Note: Welcome to another fanfic from Darthritter!! This story came out of the blue. I was hoping to make another story based off of my previous fic, but after I was done with the first one. Give this one a chance, though.
Prepare for ACTION and romantic...but more importantly, prepare to laugh. It's a romantic comedy with monster fights! I'm opening to opinioins and flames,...so Read & Review, tell me your thoughts.
First chapter sets the seen for major mystery...enjoy.
Disclaimer: I am neither Japanese nor rich, thus I can not own the Zelda series (specifically "The Wind Waker")...so don't get on my case, Nintendo!!
It was a sunny afternoon on Great Sea...gulls squawking, fish jumping from the waters, and the endless blue stretching to the horizon. Upon the it's expanse, a massive sail boat gently glided across the waves as it voyage on the western edge of the seas. Merchants by trade, the sailors on board the vessel were a rough lot (though all good to there fellow man) and could traverse the treacherous waters by smell only. At the bow of the merchant boat stood the ship's honest captain, his beard red as coral and wore a blue coat that stretched to his knees.
"Mr. Gumnan!!" The Captain exclaimed as he rose a spyglass to his eye. A thin framed boy rushed to his side, arms full of books and scrolled up papers, "Mr. Gumnan, would you say that we're on course to the port of Horon?"
"Aye, Sir!! Straight and true to Holodrum's waters!" Gumnan blinked at the Captain, bewildered and a little annoyed. Of course they were on course! The Captain lowered the telescope and pointed forward... ...
"Then why are the Gerudo Spires on the horizon...WE'RE TOO FAR NORTH!!!" (So I lied about the smell thing.)
The scrony sailor boy recoiled back, then quickly shuffled through his maps and charts, looking for some indication as to where he had messed up. By the time he went through half his papers, Gumnan found his error... ...
"I guess we should had turned left at Three-Eye Reef, 'stead of right-OW!!" The Captain bashed his spyglass off the boy's head and gave him a stern glare.
"Turn the ship about!!!" Bellowed an infuriated captain to his wheel-men and then started directing the other sailors, "Move the sails to starboard, we'll try to catch the western winds!!"
The men aboard the vessel sprung to work, dashing to one side of the ship to the other. The sailor on at the wheel yanked down the left side of rudder-control and changed there heading.
Rubbing the sizable lump on his cranium, Gumnan knelled down and collected his charts. The Captain had already marched to the stern of the ship, forgetting all about the boy. That was the way the Captain was, never much about...Gumnan's thoughts where interrupted when he noticed something lying on the sea. Hmm...that wasn't right... ... It was not lying nor floating...no, it seemed far different from that.
As the ship traveled closer, Gumnan leaned over the railing and squinted his eyes. It was...circles of...light...? That's a little off, the sailor boy thought to himself. Move closer and closer to the circles, Gumnan started make other light symbols within the circles. Most were just lines in the form of geographical shapes, others perhaps even letters...but at the very center of the circles was a familiar symbol to the merchants' travels. Gumnan remembered a tell from many islands that talked of an ancient power and representation of that power. Triumph Forks...or some'em like that... ...
Suddenly the waters around the began to whirl. The spinning increased, faster and faster, and soon the waters started to funnel downard. There was hole in the ocean, and Gumnan eyes bugged out when realized what it was... ...
"Whirlpool!!!" The boy screamed at the top of his lungs. The whole crew ripped their attentions to Gumnan as he jumped and flailed his arms, "Whirlpool!! Dead ahead!!!"
The wheel-men turned on the rudder-control, pulling all his weight on the right of the wheel. The ship reluctantly veered to the side, steering away from the whirlpool. The Captain ran to portside and stared after the twisting hole of water. It was great whirlpool that could have easily swallowed the whole boat! With a loud sigh, the Captain looked to the horzion...they were turning back to the left?!! He realized that the whirlpool had just doubt in an instant!! The Captain turned to wheel-men, finding him straining to move the boat back to the right...all to naught.
The ship tore around the hole in the sea, traveling faster and faster as it moved towards the center of the whirlpool. The funnel opened wide and the vessel sank down, down, down... ...
The morning sun tethered on the edge of sky, creating a sea of oranges and yellows. Riding above the waters, a youth stood with his arms around a ship's mast and the wind gust through his blonde hair. Two years of sailing, coming on to three, and he was finally going home. The youth smiled at the prospect of arriving at Outset Island and seeing everyone again...being with his grandmother, his sister...the smile erupted into grin.
Sticking his thumb into his belt, the youth thought about his dress. Surprising, he had change much in style! The emerald tunic and hat look very much like the ones he wore years ago, though bigger. Underneath the tunic, he had placed a lighter green shirt with short sleeves, coming up to his armpits in length. Beneath the shirt and tunic was a torso and pants set of white, skin tight garments (which he though made him cool...right). Boots of brown leather were on his feet, along with a pair of leather gauntlets on his hands. The gauntlets came out of the fly, the youth never understood why he wanted to buy them...he just need to wear them. They were useful, of course, protecting his lower arms from weak weapons and light strikes of a blade...but...it always puzzled him as to why-
"LINK!!" The call from below popped the youth from his contemplations (because they were so life change...hhmm...) and turned with attentions to the deck, "Stop wasting time and get down here!!"
Not one to disappoint, Link leaped from the mast and onto a near be rope, sliding down it. Hitting the wooden haul with a loud whack, the youth hurried to his awaiting captain and commander...a girl. She was same age as Link, which would incline a one to believe that they held mutual respect... ...
"Link, you sorry sack of bowel movements!! You can't be up there all day, dreaming about Gods'-know-what!!" Ha...they don't though, "There's work to be done! And it doesn't matter how close to Outset we are, we're still not there. Try to focus."
"Right, sorry Tetra..." The youth replied as rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"LINK! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU!!" The girl roared into Link's face and poked him in the chest, "YOU'RE TO CALL ME CAPTAIN TETRA...OR JUST CAPTAIN!! OR SIR!!!"
"...but...your a girl..." (Link isn't that bright...)
"IT'S OUT OF RESPECT, NOT TITLES!!!"
"Sigh...they at it again..." A short, glasses wearing sailor muttered out and went back to his distance measuring.
"You know, I still can't believe that after almost three years they're still arguing about the same things!" A second sailor said with long sideburns and disinterest look, then put his eye to a telescope and searched the horizon.
"And a another thing!" (This chick doesn't stopping!!) But Tetra was cut of by a tall standing sailor with a cap and swirling tattoo... ...
"Captain! There's a peculiar object floating off the starboard bow!"
Tetra rushed to the said sailor at the front of the boat. Handing her a spyglass, the sailor pointed to an area off to the right. Link had joined the two by the time Tetra found the object.
"Hey, Gonzo. What is it?" The youth inquired the sailor.
"Don't know. But if I had to guess, it's a body!"
The green clad warrior gasped at the thought of finding a dead body...they it was never implied by Gonzo. Looking over to the captain, Link could see Tetra was internally deliberating as to just what to do. Which meant she was going to need something... ...
"Niko!! Bring me a cup of rum!" Tetra commanded as she crossed her arms.
The sailors groan and Link sighed...every time the captain needed a minute or two to think over something, she'd order a cup of rum. She never drinks it all, Link thought silently, she just takes a sip and throws the rest overboard. She only does it to sound more like a pirate!!
A short sailor with buck teeth ran over to Tetra carrying a small tin cup filled with brown liquid. The girl took her arm out, grabbed the cup, and pull it up to her lips...all without looking away from the sea. The alcohol hovered there, before her mouth, burning Tetra's nose with it's distinct smoky smell. Pushing the cup to her lips, the captain slowly tipped the tin and the contains came rushing onto her tongue, then jumping down her throat, burning it all (Damn that sounds good right now...I like rum, especial well aged rum...but I digress...).
"Link..." Tetra rasped out, then quickly coughed and started again, "Link! Take the launch and check out that object!"
"Aye, aye, sir!" The youth responded dutifully and hurried to the stern of the ship.
The 'launch' the captain was talking about was in actuality the King of Red Lions. The boat was lifeless after Link had defeated Ganon, though still fully functional, the pirate crew had adapted it as their vessel's inshore attack/transport. Reaching the boat, Link speedily untied a few ropes and jumped down into the launch. The King of Red Lions plummeted down and landed with great splash, throwing water above the youths head, and sprayed Link a little.
The boat's mast popped up and the sail unfurled, pushing the launch forward. Luck was on Link's side, the object in the right direction for the youth use the wind and he arrived at it's side almost immediately. With his boat halted, Link lend over the side to get a better look. The object was indeed a body, a girl! Link quickly pulled her onto the boat and place his ear by her mouth. It was slow and uneven, but the girl was breathing and Link let out his breath in relief.
Staring her over more carefully, Link found the girl a tiny bit odd. Her skin was extremely pale, blue even, and she was very lean. She isn't that cold, Link thought to himself, maybe she doesn't get that much sun. In compression, Link was far darker after his years of sailing...though not as dark as Tetra and the others. The girls hair was a vibrant orange and red, with some of it tied on top of her head in a pony and the rest blanketing down to her midsection. Her ears were pointy, of course, but her nose had a flat ridge and connected to her forehead. As strange as she was, Link couldn't deny how attracted he was to her (or maybe it was because of how odd she looked...).
Pulling her up into a setting position, Link gently slapped the side of the girl's face, prompting her to wake. Her eyes revealed under her lids, then she blinked once, and after a moment the girl open her sight to the world. The youth held back a gasp when he saw the girl's eyes...deep red, set against a light gold...they place the girl apart from anyone else Link had every met.
"Hey...hi..." Link voiced softly as he lend away from the girl slowly, making sure that she could sit up.
The girl twisted her head around, side to side and pulled her wet, black cloak around her. Turning back to Link, she frown and slightly drew back from him.
"It's ok. I'm not going to hurt you." The youth quickly related, raising his hands up to show how her. The girl eased back light more, but looked calmed. Link went on, "Do you have idea where you are?" The girl gave a small head shake, no, "We're a couple miles away from Forest Haven...um... ...Where are you from?" The girl took a moment to herself, processing the youth and his words.
"From far away..."
The girl's voice was a pleasant affair to hear. It tickled Link's ears and made his heart skip a beat as it took a doubt-take at the girl. After staring at her for a minute, the youth gave an awkward laugh and grinned apologetically. The girl gave him a bewildered look (because it was CREEPY), but said nothing about it.
"HOY, LINK!!!" Tetra's cry raced across the air, "STOP BEING STUPID!!! HURRY UP!!!"
"Right!!!" Link called back and turned the King of Red Lions around and back to the boat... ...
On the deck of the ship, Link and the girl had just climbed aboard when Tetra and rest of the crew rushed around the two. The girl coward behind Link, looking over his shoulder to the assortment of sailors gawking back at her, the she noticed the only female in the group step forward. She was girl appeared to be the same age as her and the boy who had woken her...though as she looked, the girl was quiet sure she was a female. This crew member had short blonde hair, tied at the straight up on the top and continued into itself...is that girly? The sailor did have feminine body and face...but the person was...in the chest area...flat.
"So...what's your name?" Tetra abruptly inquired, startling the girl. She stepped out from behind Link and took a moment to think, lips touching her knuckle. The young captain wasn't too understand to the girl, "Well?! Come on!! You have a name, don't you?"
"... ...Nyx..."
"...'Nyx'? Is that some type of greeting-OOHH!!" Gonzo was quickly silenced by the female pirate in front of him with a sharp jab of the elbow... ...
"No, lame-brain! That's her name...Nyx... ... Nyx?"
"It sure is a different name..." Link related aloud. The girl looked at him and frowned, then the youth speedily corrected him, "I mean! No!! I-It's great name! Nothing that you should be ashamed of!!"
Nyx tilted her head and wondered way Link was getting so work up over. The blonde youth sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and awkwardly smiled back (Link's always a smooth operated...expect when he's not...hmm...). Tetra had grown tried of the two's little back-and-forth, so she cut in... ...
"Is it too much to ask for you to take the poor girl back to me cabin, Link." The young captain turned to Nyx and looked the girl over, up and down, "You should get out of those wet clothes before you catch a chill... I think we wear the same size... ... though you're a little taller..."
"Oh... you right" Link had just notice that Nyx was also taller than him! Most of the larger sailors still towered over her, but the girl still held a good two inches on the green clad boy, "Are you sure there going to fit her?" The youth study Nyx a second and dicovered another big difference...yeah, "There's no way she'll fit into your shirts! She actually has a chest!!"
The girl gasped and wrapped her arms around her self as she shied away from the youth. Tetra's face changed to a shade of red akin to a tomato while she glared at Link with thousand and one daggers in her eyes. In an span of a blink, the young captain rocketed forth and slammed her fist into the green clad boy's cheek, sending him flying back against the railing. Link hit the wooden beam in his lower body (ow!) that sent his body into spin (ow!!) and then landed into the sea below with rough splash (OW!!!). Nyx and the whole crew stood a agap to the scene and blankly stared at Tetra... but the young captain sent the lot a stern look and they quickly turned away, pretending nothing in the slightess had happen.
"Grrr... Why do all men think alike..." The pirate girl muttered to herself, holding her shaking fist still, before addressing the crew, "Get that the fool out of the water and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!"
The sailors sprang into action without a second word... ...
Sometime later, Link was standing outside the captain's cabin as Nyx searched through Tetra's drawers, looking for ensemble to would fit her form (it wasn't that easy with Tetra's clothes). The youth was nursing his swore, swore face with his hand, trying to ease the ache... it didn't work. Why she always so mean to me when I mess up, the green clad boy thought silently, it's like she's constantly watching me to see if I'd do the wrong thing. Ok... maybe I did go a little far with her cup size, but she's done a lot worst for things that shouldn't have mattered to her... ...
The youth thought back to a time when the ship was docked at an eastern port, far from the pirate's local waters. The port town was holding one of those annual festivals to celebrate some spirit or something. The whole crew was excited to go to the event, play games and eat food, Link especially. He had met a girl at the docks who had said she'd knew where all the best stands for food and games with the biggest prizes where set up. But just when the youth was leaving the boat, Tetra stopped him and told him about some rule that the crew weren't allowed to go on dates that night, since they were heading out in the morning. Link try to protest, say it wasn't a date and that Nudge and Gonzo had been on with girls on islands...though the young captain had none of that. She ended up forbidding Link from going and sent him to do some senseless chores on the ship instead!!
The whole incident had strained the two's friendship to the breaking point... ... Fortunately, the both of them made up (well... Link apologized to Tetra) and everything went back to normal.
"...um...Link?" Nyx voiced softly from behind the door, "Did I do something to make Tetra upset with you?"
"What? No, no! She's just gets on my case sometimes. It was nothing to do with you."
"...ok... ...um...Link? Could you help me with something?"
"Help you..." The youth posed as he turned his head to the door to better hear Nyx on the other end.
As soon as Link had moved, the door opened wide and an article of clothing was thrust in front of him...panties. With rims of black lace, sown onto pink fabric with a series of black skulls printed on it, Link took in the undergarments with wide eyes and a speechless mouth.
"I don't know what these are for" Nyx related as she held the panties closer to the green clad boy's face. Link stepped back quickly and then stumbled down onto his butt. The girl blinked at the odd reaction and looked down at the piece of clothing, "Are they...some kind of head covering?"
"...aaahhh...chaaaaaaaa...uuuummm... ..." (... ...)
After a few seconds of mindless chattering, Link had finally regained himself. Looking Nyx over, he was thankful that the girl had decided to fully change before asking the youth for help. Nyx had chosen a light blue shirt with a short sleeve, collarless dark purple shirt over top. Darker gray pants with a ratty legs finished the outfit, all the clothes a little short in a way that showed her shins and midriff, but still fit around Nyx well. Expect...that is...aahh...the chest area...yeah... ...
"Nyx, those are...underwear...to where under the clothes." Link explained as he stood up, "Let me just put those back ok..." The youth lightly grabbed the panties with his two fingers...however Nyx did not let go... ...
"Oh, no! I should put it back, I should have known better!" The girl pulled back on the undergarments, but Link quickly took a firmer hold on them and pulled right back.
"Really! This is embarrassing enough for you, so let me..." Link yanked back.
"It's really my fault, so let me fix the mistake..." Nyx yanked back.
"Anyone could have done it. So, seriously, let me do it..." Link yanked back.
"I was the one being stupid, so..." Nyx yanked back (Have you ever get into argument with somebody because both were being too polite?).
"I insist...!" Link yanked back forcefully.
"No, I insist!!" Nyx yanked back even more forcefully!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!" A voice called out.
The two turned around and found the young captain standing behind them, watching the Nyx and Link with terror across her face. The pair eyes' popped out and they gasped as they continued to pull on Tetra's panties. After a moment of silence, there was loud rrriiipppp and the piece of clothing the two were holding tore apart. Tetra took a sharp breath and rose her hands to her mouth. Nyx mimicked the young captain's actions and Link just stared at the 'pantie half' in his hands.
"L-L-LINK!!!!!!"
"Oh Gods!! Not my face again!!!"
The green clad boy dash into a run, straight up the stairs, and onto the deck. Tetra raced after him, growling loudly and gritting her teeth. Nyx was to much into a stupor to follow. The young captain chased Link past the main mast and the hapless crew, right up to the bow of the ship. The youth halted when reached the railing.
"Listen...huff...it was...huff huff...not what you think!!" Link stated between breaths, trying to rectify the misunderstanding, "She didn't know...huff...I tried to fix it-" The youth was interrupted as a four knuckles punched right into his face.
The green clad boy fell backwards, blood erupting from his nose, and slipped over the railing, right into the sea...again. Tetra stomped away, still gritting her teeth and growling. The pirates were all silent for a second or two before someone spoke up... ...
"... ... Should we... pull him out this time?" Niko posed and turned to Mako. The sailor shrugged in response.
Authors Note: This was fun! I hoping to get more chapters of the fic out soon...but with my other story and...well... MY LIFE, I can't say anything for sure. So...please review, I'll love you if you do...so...ok.