Hello everyone! I'd just like to say, none of Nintendo's characters such as Ganondorf and Bowser and friends are mine. There's no way I could ever make up such amazing characters like that. I do, however, own the OCS I'm throwing into this fan fiction. So, as of the first few chapters (eventually more shall be added) I own Shizuoka Shiku, Derek Shiku, and Spir Ghosta. Anyway, thank you for clicking on this little story, and have a nice day! :)

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Her lungs were burning, her legs felt like jelly, but she couldn't stop running. Not now. She could hear voices, calling her name, screaming at her to come back. The white haired girl clung to a baby-shaped bundle and a sack of gold. Running and hiding, hiding and running.

This was the life of Shizuoka Shiku and her little son Derek.

Shizuoka was, to be perfectly blunt, dead. Not just figuratively either, seeing her situation. No, this girl was truly nonliving. She was a reaper now, though that was not what fate originally had in mind for her. Let's discuss that later. Her son, Derek, was a small boy, a sweetheart. His father was a powerful man, sir Kao Yakoi, the current ruler of hell. As much as he loved his father, his mother despised Kao and everything about him. After all, Shizuoka didn't exactly consent to having a child with him. So instead of a luxurious life, Shizuoka spent her days with her boss Gerome, or Death as he's better known as to mortals, stealing trinkets for him from heaven in exchange for occupancy in his manor. Not that Shizuoka minded, she got a rush from stealing, she loved it. There was a slight issue with stealing like that, however: The Resistance Force. What are they resisting? Shizuoka wasn't sure. All she knew was that those buggers wanted her head on a silver platter. It was run by the powerful judge of all life, the one who determines who is born, when they die, how they die, and where they go when they are dead. Twas the head judge Kuno Yagasi. All feared that name, all but Shizuoka. She thought of this all as a game, a game of cat and mouse. And dear god did she enjoy the frustration on their faces as the whole team watches their mouse escape. Today, however, the cat seemed to be closing in on it's prey.

"Momma?" Derek peaked his head up nervously. He could just tell that something was off, not right. He grew worried.

"Shh... We're almost home." She said reassuringly. Derek buried himself back into the blanket bundle, not fully believing her words. She yelled something at the sky, a spell of some sorts in a language only demons and maybe Latin scholars could even try to decipher. And then from her shadow came out a ghost with long, grayish purple hair. She seemed surprised, as Shizuoka hated accepting help from others, especially from this particular ghost.

"Shizuoka? Is that you?"

"Can it, Spir!" The thief growled. "I can't get home on my own. Take me to Death's Manor."

"O-Ok, ma'am..." Spir said uneasily, flipping through what appeared to be a spell book. Still, time was running out. She didn't have time to wait.

"Spir, hurry it up..." Shizuoka mumbled, hearing the voices come closer. She glanced behind her and could see figures in the dark approaching. That was when the panic started to settle in.

"Spir!" She shouted, making the timid ghost yelp.

"I'm trying, Shizuoka! Its hard to find the right spell for his manor!" Shizuoka could now distinctly hear them.

"I can almost see her! We're close!"

"Kuno'll be so proud of us!"

"I can't wait for Kuno to see this! Oh god, imagine all the praise!"

Shizuoka took a deep breath.

"Then take us anywhere!" She shouted.

"Wh-what?"

"Did I studded?! Anywhere!" She demanded. Spir let out a shaky sigh and nodded, opening a portal. She had no idea where it would go, but anywhere seems to be better than here, right? She sure hoped so. The portal fully formed on the ground a little ways ahead of her. Shizuoka let herself fall through it, expecting to step down onto solid ground. Instead, she was met with air, clouds. She was talking from pretty high up. At first, the thief expected to see her bloody remains of her body from smacking against the ground so hard her head would snap off like a broken doll. Then, as she continued a downward descent, she realized two things: there was a lake down bellow, and she couldn't swim. Well, at least her son would make it, assuming he'd find civilization. Spir could help. The petty thief glanced behind her to ask Spir to help little Derek, but the ghost was no where in sight. She sighed, and let her fate sink in, just as shed sink like a rock carrying such a large sack of gold. So this was the how it would end...

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Slowly, groggily the small child regained consciousness. What happened..? He seemed to be at the beach? No no, he was right by a lake. He could see his teddy bear lay afloat, so he swam out to get his best friend back. Where was his mother though? He saw gold coins littered a little ways ahead. Had she left without him? No, wait, momma wouldn't do that, he told himself. Then what could have happened... Little Derek pulled himself out of the waters with his bear, the breeze stung his flesh from the frigid waters. The small boy was used to hot weather, so this was borderline torturous for a boy who grew up right by hell. He shivered, following the trail of coins up to a sign that read...

"Sma... Smash... Vi... Village..?" The small boy stared up at the sign curiously. Then he sighed. "No wonder mamma left. She probably wanted more money for Mister Gerome. Silly mamma..." Snuggling himself and Ted deeper into his blanket, he noticed a small road.

"Hm... All roads lead to Rome. But we're not going Rome, Ted." So Derek instead went off route into a forested area, humming a little as he was thankful the weather was warmer now. After a little ways into the woods, the small boy caught sight of a blue... Sparkle, it seemed. It flew off, but little Derek had his heart set on getting such a shiny thing. He loved collecting pretty things for his mother after all. As he tried to chase the blue sparkle, he was so caught up in his quest that he didn't realize he was back on the main road until he ended up crashing into someone. Looking around, he no longer saw tall trees and creepy bugs floating about. No, he saw buildings, people walking about. And the sparkle was out of sight. Clearly frustrated the small child stood and brushed off his shorts, clinging to his blanket and Ted. Then he went to apologize to the man he ran into and paused.

"... Excuse me? Not to be rude, but you look like the man on the pizza box!" The boy exclaimed. The red hatted stranger stared at the boy for a moment before smiling. Derek liked this man's smile, it was very kind, made him feel safe.

"I suppose I do!" The male laughed, and his laugh made Derek giggle. This was a good stranger. Then again, any man who delivers pizza must be good.

"So, what's your name? Are you a visitor? I don't exactly recognize you..."

"Probably from Xenoblade then." Said a new stranger who was passing by. "I can't even comprehend half of the characters. He must be a friend of Shulk." The boy looked up at him, liking his pointy ears.

"I like your earing mister. My papa wanted to let me get one cause he said it would make me look cool, but mamma said no." Little Derek told him, pointing at his ears.

"Hm.. I don't know, he dresses so differently from all of them." The red hatted stranger said.

"Well, maybe its a third party visitor? Look at all the assistant trophies, he might know one of them." The elf said.

"Oh, that's a good point, Link! You're probably right, they do have visitors every now and then. Usually we get a notice though..."

"This is just a kid, though. He doesn't know any better you know?" Link said. "Here, kiddo, let me show you a... Round?" Link looked around for the small boy, but he was no where to be seen, it appeared. "Wh... What?" The hylain looked around till his high pitched squeal pierced the air:

"Papa! Papa!" Shouted the small child, tugging hard on a tall, armored man's cape. Link looked over and froze. The small boy was calling Ganondorf... His father?

welp. That's chapter one folks! Thank you for reading! :D