The Sword of Syruben
Samura Sheikah
Chapter one
The first encounter
Brown hair flapping in the wind, yellow eyes blazing in the darkness, her cheeks red with tears, she clutched the letter tightly to her chest.
"Regrettable incidents… the death of Tatsu Syruben…" the rest illegible smudged by tears. Suddenly she sat up in bed, all a dream.
She stood up slowly and picked the picture from the side, the a proud army man holding an unusual blade, with the green of forests, the blue of water, the gold of sand and the red of fire all in one.
The initials on the bottom. Sargent T. Syruben. She pulled on her bag. She had already searched the oceans and rivers and the forests, all the temples of Hyrule, but had never found the blade, the one that went missing after her father's death. She left the money for the innkeeper on the side table, collected her possessions into her bag and left the room.
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"Come out come out!" he hissed brushing his blonde hair from his eyes. "I know you're here…" he thrust his hand in to a bush and pulled out a deku scrub. "Got you!" he exclaimed
"Aww! Link! No Fair! You always win!" the scrub hooted.
"Hay its not my fault your terrible at hide and seek!" he laughed rubbing the back of his neck.
The scrub hooted and hopped away. "Oh well…" Link muttered to himself slumping up against the gnarled roots of a tree. He closed his eyes and felt the warm sunshine on his face, which broke through the darkness of the canopy. Soon he would head to the castle town to stock up on supplies for his journey, but not right now. All there was to do until then was lay back and relax.
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She drew up to the gates of the castle town on her white stallion. The bridge was up, as usual, ever since the monsters invaded Kakariko people had been very careful of whom they let in their towns.
The Guard popped his head over the turrets high above. He squinted down at her in the bright light. "Who goes there?" his voice rang.
She Smiled "Hot in all that armor?" she sniggered. The guard looked impatiently down at her. "Ok ok, I'm lady Syruben, child of Sargent Tatsu Syruben, first division of the royal army of Hyrule." She said happily.
Suddenly the smug look wiped from the guard's face. He quickly saluted "Yes lady! I will lower the bridge right away!" With that he began as he'd promised.
At that moment, Link rode up on Epona. He stopped by her side waiting for the bridge to come down. She glanced at him occasionally, as did he glance back.
The bridge had fully opened and the two rode in side by side. Suddenly, two guards stopped Link.
"Dismount your horse!" They ordered. He did as they said. "Who are you boy?" they asked. "I am Link, of Kakariko village."
He said. The guards looked at each other. Syruben stopped to see what was going on. "There is no one in Kakariko by that name, tell us who you really are or we may have to arrest you!" one guard spat.
Link was silent for a moment; he hadn't lived in Kakariko (his birthplace) so no one knew him as a resident. A worried look spread across his face, the guards stared at him for a while. "Go fetch some irons!" muttered one guard to the other.
Just as the guard turned Syruben called "Wait!" they all turned to look at her. "The kid is with me, he is my stable boy." She Said. The guards cowered, "y…yes lady, s…sorry lady" they stammered before withdrawing into the shadows.
Syruben looked down at Link and laughed. "You weren't lying were you?" she asked. Link shook his head,
"I was born in Kakariko, my father was in the army here." He said. Syruben smiled.
"I'll accompany you just until we're out of sight, then you're on your own!" she laughed "don't get into trouble again!" Link just smiled, by now he understood that was impossible. The two came into the square, where they were out of sight. "Now we have to go our separate ways." She said turning. Link ran after her
"Wait!" he called "here, take this, a small token for helping me!" He handed her a small cloth bag and then turned and slowly walked off.
Syruben smiled and tipped the contents of the bag out into her hand, there must have been 500 rupees in it! She looked up to say thank you, but Link had already vanished. She laughed, "a little kindness…" she sighed.
