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Kafei's New Mask

Chapter one- A mysterious Package

As soon as he fell asleep, Kafei awoke to a knock on the door. He groaned and rolled onto his back. 'Maybe,' he thought, 'if I ignore them, they'll go away.' He was too tired and was intent on staying in bed. Unfortunately, the knocking continued.

"Kafei…" His wife, Anju, whacked her husband lightly on the arm. "Go get the door."

Kafei covered his eyes and yawned. "But it's too late. Who would be knocking at this hour?"

"It's 7:30 in the morning."

Snapping his head towards Anju, Kafei said, "What?" Anju made a Nmn...noise and waved for him to get up. Kafei sat up and stared intensely at the rotating clock on the wall. Indeed it was 7:30. He sighed and slid out of bed to answer the door.

"What is it?" He half-opened the door and peeked outside. A bright and cheery mail-boy was standing at his door, simply beaming.

"A package for you, sir!" the boy smiled and held out a large box. Kafei blinked. How in the name of the Great Faeries could someone be so chipper in the morning? He signed for the box and watched as the mail-boy skipped, yes skipped, down the road. Kafei shook his head and closed the door, a little too hard.

"Careful now, don't break the door. " Kafei almost threw the box through the roof at the sudden appearance of Anju. "What's in the box?"

"Dunno," Kafei yawned. "I'll open it later." He plopped the box onto the counter with an Oomph!

Anju smiled, "I hope that didn't break either." She wrapped her arms around Kafei's neck and kissed him lightly on the lips. She had to bend down a few inches; he was shorter than she was. Though he was in his thirties, he looked like a late teenager. An unfortunate mishap with a Stachild, who just happened to be in possession of the dreaded Majora's Mask, left him turned into a child. He had grown since then but still looked quite young.

Kafei returned her kiss and smiled. "Make us some breakfast?"

"Sure," Anju said.

An hour and a half later, both were dressed and starting the day. Anju left to manage the inn, Kafei went down to the station where all the town soldiers met for their daily job assignments. Kafei had decided to become a soldier after meeting his adventurous friend, Link. The young boy had inspired him, helping anyone and everyone in need.

"Aye, Kafei!" he heard his name being called and instinctly turned his head in the direction.

His college, a plump fellow by the name of Leoni, came bounding his way. "Have you seen the chief today?" he asked.

"I just arrived. I haven't seen him." Kafei pushed open the wooden door of the station. There were fifteen or so men all sitting around chatting.

"Nobody has," Leoni explained. A few of the men waved at Kafei as he entered.

"Maybe he's sick."

"He was fine yesterday."

"Hmm…" Kafei glanced around the room. "Then I don't know."

There were a few more minutes of chatting, then someone stood up. "Well, if the chief won't be here today, I'll hand out the assignments." He was a scrawny man, Kafei didn't know his name.

"Ugh! Always taking charge!" Leoni started to complain about the scrawny man. Kafei wished that he would just shut up. Finally, Kafei was handed his assignment and rushed out the door. 'Thank goodness I'm away from that guy.'

He had a normal, boring assignment to stand guard at the west gate. Sighing, he leaned against the wall, slightly regretting his career choice.

"Hey, Kafei! We got the same assignment!" It was Leoni. Now Kafei was really regretting it.

"FOR THE LOVE OF-" a frustrated scream was heard, echoing through the corridors of a complicated tunnel. A young man, around 21ish kicked a rock at the wall. "Where am I!"

"Link, calm down!" hushed a glowing ball with wings. Really, if you looked closer, you could see that it was a tiny little person, a fairy.

"Navi, you calm down!" Link pointed an accusing finger at her. It had been at least two hours since they knew where the heck they were and Link was starting to get angry. A kind old man had asked Link to get rid of a 'little problem' he had in his basement. It turned out to be a little more than 'little.' First, it was only a skulltulla that had made its nest in the man's basement, but as Link even stepped near it, the floor collapsed. Now, he was stuck in some sort of tunnel system.

"Watch out! There's another one!" Navi's high-pitched voice alerted Link of a crouched over re-dead. He had almost tripped over it. The noise the fairy made alerted the undead creature and it stood up, screeching. Link held his ears and groaned as it crept closer.

"Link! Watch-"

Link regained control of his motions and swung his sword at the shriveled beast, hacking its head off. "Navi," He whispered. "SHUT UP!"

The tiny fairy flew back a few feet as the adventurer yelled in her face. "Well I was only trying to help." She sniffled.

Link sighed. "I know...I'm sorry." He frowned and held his hand to her. She lightly touched the tip of his fingers and they moved on.

It was a good thing that Navi shed light, for they were completely in darkness with no lantern. Every few feet, Navi would fly ahead to make sure that Link wouldn't fall into some sort of pit-o-doom or something of the sort. Sometimes, however, she would miscalculate and Link would have to consult to his hookshot to avoid certain death. "Navi, could you be a little more helpful?" Link said, as he hung from a root in the ceiling of the tunnel, "I mean, you-"

"Exit."

"Huh?"

"There's an exit up ahead!" Navi flew full speed ahead.

"Navi, wait for me!" Link ran after her, stumbling every few seconds. For a while, he was wondering where she was getting her silly idea from.

"Navi! Where did you go?" He called out. Then he saw a light. He exclaimed a yelp of joy and ran faster.

He stopped once the light began to get bigger.

"What..?" Link blinked at the blinding light. It was rushing towards him. He had no time to shield himself from it before it engulfed him completely.

"Uhnn…"Link moaned and tried to move his body. It was so stiff, however, and every inch sent a shockwave through his muscled. Suddenly, he sat up, ignoring the pain.

And whacked his head on something hard.

"Ouch!" he rubbed at his forehead, glaring at the wooden board in front of him. He turned his head to the side and came face to face with another surprise. A horse whinnied in his face. Link screamed in surprise and scrambled backwards on his hands and knees. "What the…a horse?" he rubbed his numb temples and tried to make sense of the strange situation. Only a few seconds ago, he had been lost in a tunnel. Now he was in some musty old barn. Still confused and dazed, he stumbled around the barn, looking for the exit. Once he found the doors, he fell onto them. The force of his fall opened them, and now Link was staring out into a busy town filled with hustling people.

Link shut the door, and opened it again, just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. He wasn't. With a heaving sigh, he walked from the barn and made his way down the street. "Where am I now?" He asked himself. The place looked oddly familiar to him. He roamed the street, gazing at signs and buildings. All of the signs were written in Hylian, so he had to be in Hyrule still, right?

Suddenly, he remembered Navi. Rushing back to the barn he had found himself in only moments ago, he bumped into a woman carrying a wooden basket, knocking her and himself over.

"I'm so sorry!" He quickly gathered her scattered items and returned them to her basket.

She smiled, "It's no big deal."

Link's heart skipped a beat. Her red, slightly flipping hair, her quiet and small figure, and her smile were all remotely familiar to him. "Have…have I met you before?"

The woman considered Link for a moment. "I don't believe so. You may have seen me before though. I run the Inn just down there a ways." She pointed towards a crowded street.

"Ah." Link stared down the end of the road. He was starting to get freaked out with all of these things sparking hidden memories.

"Well good day to you sir! I have to be getting back to work!" she hummed and trotted off.

Link watched her for a second, the turned back to the barn where he was met with an angry Navi.

"How dare you just leave me like that! Why I out to-"

"Navi…do you know where we are?" Link glanced around the town once more.

Navi stopped her fuming and spun around a few times. "No."

"Oh how confusing." Linked sighed. "It seems as if we are in Hyrule…but then again it doesn't…but then again, it all looks familiar. I feel as if I have been here before."

Navi bounced up and down a few times, "Well I've never been here, so you must have not been with me."

"But I've always been with you. Everywhere…except." Link's eyes widened with realization. "It can't be..." He turned and started to walk towards the center of the town. Once in the square, he looked up at the sky. The moon was slightly visible as it was begging to turn dark. "It can't be..." Link repeated as he saw the crooked smile on the face of the moon. He snapped his head back towards the city.

"Termina?"

"So anyway, I says to him..blah blah blah bladity blah." This was pretty much all Kafei heard Leoni said. He had been talking nonstop for over an hour. Kafei wanted to jump right into the valley of Ikana Canyon, not caring what dangerous creatures lie below.

"Mr. Kafei?" another soldier appeared. Kafei stared at him pleadingly. The soldier began to tell him about some disturbance over in the north part of town and that he should go check it out. Kafei immediately accecepted the request. He nearly ran away from the west gate. A little voice in the back of his mind told him that he shouldn't be so excited because whatever 'disturbance' this was could be very dangerous. Kafei metaphorically told the voice to shut up and that anything would be better than Leoni's constant babbles.

"Hey, Kafei!" a soldier called him over. There were two soldiers talking with an old little man.

"What's going on?" Kafei asked.

"This man claims that someone broke into his barn."

"Out of it actually!" The man's voice was old and rough. "I didn't see the feller come in but I heard some screaming and saw 'em walk out. Such a strange look on his face! Like he was confused and didn't know where he was. Like one of them psycho people." He made a looping motion with his finger around his ear, implying that the person was crazy.

"Which way did he go?"

"That'er way." The man pointed towards the town square.

"What did he look like?"

"He had a dirty blonde head and was wearing some reeeeal strange green clothin'. Like some sorta fantasy book hero. An' he had some sorta glowin ball with wings with 'em!"

Kafei and the two soldiers exchanged glances and went to investigate. No matter how silly the request, they were supposed to follow it. "Shouldn't be too hard to find," One of the soldiers joked.

Once in the town square, the three stopped. Just up ahead, the man described was seen, holding his head in his hands.

"What the…that old man wasn't kidding! There he is!" a soldier began to unsheathe his sword. Kafei stopped him.

"Now wait, don't run at him swinging your sword around. We'll talk to him first." He led the way. "Excuse me, sir."

The man spun around to face Kafei. Instantly, Kafei recognized his face, and his stunning blue eyes. He almost had a heart attack.

"Link!"

"Kafei?" Link lowered his eyes. "I almost want to say that I'm surprised to see you. But since it's your world and all…I've had enough surprises for the day."

One of the soldiers elbowed Kafei in the chest. "You know this weirdo?"

"Excuse me?" Link placed a firm hand on his hip and raised his eyebrows at the soldier.

Kafei replied, "Sure do."

"Kafei!" Link gave him a hurt look.

"Well! What by the holy name of the gods are you doing here? And why are you still wearing that stupid green outfit?

"For your information, this is not that same outfit. It's a replica." Link nodded, quite sure of himself. "I have more just like it."

Kafei shook his head, "That still doesn't answer my first question."

"I have no idea why I'm here. One minute I'm in Hyrule and the next I'm not."

Kafei and the soldiers stood in silence for a moment.

"What?" Kafei asked.

"Hyrule?" The two soldiers chimed together.

"Can't you see that I'm obviously taking care of this? Away with you!" Kafei shooed the curious soldiers. They mumbled at bit, but eventually wandered off. "Ok..so wherever this Hyrule place is...you managed to just end up here?"

Link glanced over at Navi who had been remarkably quiet this entire time. "I'm being honest Kafei. I don't know how it happened."

Kafei sighed. With a sudden whoosh, the lanterns were lit in the square. It was officially nighttime. "Come back to my house. We'll try to figure this out."

Kafei acted as if he was seeing Navi for the first time. "That's not Tatl is it?" he pointed at the levitating fairy.

"No. This is Navi."

Suddenly, Navi hovered in front of Link's face. "Who is this Tatl? Are you cheating on me with another fairy?" she fumed.

"Woah!" Link put his hands out in front of him.

Kafei felt as if he shouldn't have asked that. "Well anyway…here we are." He gestured towards a normal sized citizen household. Simultaneously, Anju arrived.

"Oh, Anju. You remember Link, don't you?" Kafei asked her.

She cocked her head to one side. "Oh yes!" she exclaimed, "I remember now! What are you doing here? I thought you went...home?"

Link shook his head, "This is as confusing to me as it is to you."

"Well," Kafei said, opening the door, "We-"

He cringed when the door was open. Everyone did.

"What is that smell?" Navi hid behind Link.

Kafei shook his head. Holding his hand over his nose, he stepped inside. They searched for the source.

Anju found it, "Oh this package!" she pointed towards the large box on the table that had never been opened. "Could it have been raw meat?"

"Who would send you raw meat?" Link asked, eyeing the box suspiciously.

"Whatever it is, I'm throwing it out." Kafei took two rags out of the drawer and picked up the now soggy box. When he lifted it and held it over the floor, the bottom broke and the contents spilled out.

Link gasped. Navi and Anju screamed. Kafei stood, dumbfounded.

Splattered onto the floor, was a rotting, severed head. Attached to it, was a jewel encrusted, beautiful red and black mask.

So what did you think? Yeah it all seems really confusing until then end when BAM! Lol. So anyway, please please please leave a reveiw. I'm open to all suggestions. If you see something that could be fixed, please tell me so I can fix it! =) But no flamers please and thank you.