A quick note I'd like to cover if you're new to my stories. The Link I use is mostly omniscient of a sort. Meaning, often he'll share memories of his previous incarnations as well as their abilities if necessary. That said, this particular Link is not of any incarnation and mostly original.

The 2nd Part. Go ahead and read if you desire so.

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The Hero Bound to Destiny

The man continued staring imposingly and threatening. However, deep beneath those eyes; as blue as the sky on a sunny day, as vast as the oceans, sailing across peacefully, was a man who is as confused as the one that brought him here.

"Um…hi." She greeted, "We're not going to hurt you." Weiss stated, keeping her distance. Despite the air of peace and harmony he emitted, she was not taking any chances.

Jaune leaned towards Pyrrha and Ren, "Do you suppose he understands us?" He asked, wondering if he can even speak English.

The man finally blinked, removing all intentions of possible hostilities, "You hit me in the head." He suddenly spoke in a soft voice.

"Yep." Ren and Pyrrha answered.

"I apologize for that." Weiss replied, bowing her head a bit, "You did startle me back there." She added, standing straight with a hand on her hip.

The man continued looking around, dropping the fact that she hit him in the head, "Where am I?" He asked, leaning on his left foot.

"You're in our school, Beacon," Weiss revealed the location of the area.

"Bacon?" He muttered quietly to himself, not hearing of this place before, "What world is this?" He asked, unintentionally revealing himself as an outworlder.

Weiss tilted her head, "World?" She wondered to herself, "This is Remnant." She answered. If she's correct, then she has somehow summoned a man from another world, which is unbelievable to think of.

"Remnant?" He wondered to himself, "So I'm in a different world again…" He trailed off quietly, looking to the side, wondering what to do now.

"Um…" Weiss tried getting his attention, "Do you have a name?" She asked, getting more confused about his ramblings.

The man looked at her, "Is it not rude to ask for a name without offering yours first?" He asked, currently getting annoyed now.

Weiss scoffed in shock at his behavior now, "Don't talk to me about rude." She snapped towards him.

He glared at her, "You hit me in the head." He reminded, pointed to the spot where she hit him with a book.

"I already said sorry…"

"Twice."

"You want another apology? Fine, I'm sorry."

"And stuffed me in a closet." The two continued to argue.

"This meeting escalated quickly…" Blake muttered to her teammates.

"Talk about two-faced." Yang pointed out, noting how he quickly became annoyed from his peaceful face.

"He was brought here without his consent." Blake pointed out.

Ruby had her arms crossed, "Looks like the two are already becoming friends." She crossed her arms, tilting her head at this behavior.

"Can you two settle down?" Jaune asked. Even though he doesn't know this man, he could see that he was just confused.

The man and Weiss just crossed their arms and looked away from each other with a scoff.

"I'll break the ice here. My name is Jaune. This is Nora, Ren, and Pyrrha." He walked up, introducing him and his team, "Together we form a group of Hunters called Team JNPR." He added to his introduction.

Ruby walked up next to him, "We're Team RWBY, compromised of myself; Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang." She introduced herself and her team.

The man looked back at them, "Link." He replied.

"Link?" Weiss tilted her head, wondering what he meant.

"A link to what?" Yang muttered to herself.

Blake sighed, "That's his name." She quickly pointed out.

"Oh," Yang called out.

The man who introduced himself as Link looked at all of them, "What is my purpose here?" He asked, standing straight and studying them all, more specifically; the one who knocked him out.

"Destiny…" Nora whispered to her team quietly.

Link looked at her, noticing something on her that was important to his character, "Why does she have my hat?" He asked, finally seeing that he wasn't wearing his cone-shaped hat.

Nora just sheepishly giggled before taking it off and throwing it to him.

Weiss was quiet at first, not wanting to speak with a man who was rude to her earlier, but she supposed that she did start it, "First of all, who exactly are you?" She asked. Perhaps if she knew where he's from, she'll be able to send him back and she'll go back to her previous problem of looking for someone to pose as her spouse for the weekend.

Putting on his hat, Link looked at her, "I'm just a simple farmhand, out by the lake, fishing for my meal." He explained what he was and what he was doing.

They all looked at each other, wondering if he really was a Hero. Ren looked back at the paper, reading it over to himself again.

"A farmhand?" Weiss placed her hands on her hips and leaned forward a bit, trying to confirm what she heard.

Ruby held his weapons up; well it was more resting the shield on the floor in front of her and pointing his sword at her, "Why would a farmhand need a sword and shield?" She pointed out, still holding the longsword in front of her until the weight of it caused her to stumble forward over the shield, stabbing the floor with the blade.

Link looked at her curious, "Why wouldn't I? Monsters lurk every corner waiting to pounce on you when your guard is down. And that's before getting to the actual monsters who'll attack without hesitation." He explained why he never went anywhere unarmed. "Plus, I do live in the forest and including said monsters, there's also dangerous wildlife." He added to his story.

Ruby stood back up dusting herself off, "That's a valid point, heh." She sputtered quietly.

"Can I have them back?" He held his arms out, gently asking.

Weiss looked at the sword stuck in the floor and grabbed it, tugging at it a bit before being able to pull it out. As Ruby demonstrated, she could also feel the unwieldiness from holding it properly. Of course, she was used to light swords; her rapier to be exact. She held it with both hands, one on the hilt and the other on the flat side of the blade. She then looked at Link, trying to read his eyes.

Yang stepped forward a bit, "Weiss?" She held a hand out. She figured he wouldn't be a threat of any kind, but she wasn't taking any risks. Plus, there was the fact that he was acting snobby earlier, so she figured he was hiding something.

Weiss continued to look at him, tilting her head, "It's fine." She finished judging him and walked forward holding his sword out to him. "Ruby, bring his shield." She requested.

"But it's heavy…" She muttered before noticing all eyes were on her, "Fine." She murmured in defeat before picking it up with both hands and slowly walking towards him, trying to hand it to him.

Link grabbed his sword and shield before holding them out and in a flash, they disappeared in a light.

Yang stepped another step, "What did you do?" She asked suspiciously.

"I know you guys aren't fully trusting me, but I do mean no harm. I just put my weapons away." He explained, looking at the blonde. They were all quiet and looked at him before a silent growling came from Link who widened his eyes in embarrassment.

Weiss raised an eyebrow at this 'Hero' "Are you hungry?" She asked.

Link looked away, "My apologies, but I have been fishing for my supper before being brought here." He explained, before noticing his fishing rod by the bookshelf, "I guess I fell asleep while fishing." He pointed out.

Ren looked at him, "You know, for someone claiming to be a simple farmhand, you are pretty calm about being in a new place." He had to point out, seeing that his ears are shaped differently as well as having a completely unknown emblem to them as well as the means to 'store' his weapons.

Link looked at him, "I am calm about most things, but there have been moments where I can get…riled up a bit." He answered the youth.

"We've noticed," Nora commented on his and Weiss' little argument.

Link crossed his arms, "If you must know, after my world, this isn't the second world I've been to." He revealed the existence of different worlds.

"Different worlds?" Jaune muttered quietly.

At another growl at the stomach, Weiss sighed, "Can we continue this in the kitchen?" She requested, looking at the group.

"There should be some leftovers from supper." Blake pointed out.

"To the kitchen!" Ruby and Nora called out simultaneously.

Jaune and Blake looked at each other, knowing what the other is thinking, "You guys go on ahead, I need to get something in our dorm." Jaune replied, watching everyone else leave before heading back to his own room.

Blake had her arms crossed, "I'll catch up later, I need to fix up something." She pointed out, standing by her bookshelf, near the head of her bed.

"Okay." Ruby agreed, walking off with a wave.

Link only stood still, unaware that he was invited as well. "Come on Hero, you're the reason we're going to the kitchen." Yang poked her head back in.

Link tilted his head, "Hero?" He muttered to himself quietly, catching Blake's attention. Shrugging his shoulders, Link decided to play along.

Waiting for a minute or two, Jaune walked back out of his dorm and back into theirs to Blake with a book in his hand. "That was close." He replied, giving the book to Blake.

"How did you enjoy it?" She asked, grabbing it and looking at the pages to make sure it's still in good condition, "To be honest, I'm surprised you liked it, considering what it's about." She added, closing the book and hiding it back under her pillow.

"I enjoyed it." Jaune replied, crossing his arms, "Although my only critique is that why does that one guy have to have a huge…katana?" He asked, holding his arm out. "Seems pretty unwieldy to me." He added.

Blake turned to him, "It's not about the size, it's about how you use it." She answered.

Jaune looked to the side with a sigh, "How you use it, huh?" He wondered to himself before looking back at her, "You have any other books I can read?" He asked.

Blake looked to the side, "Maybe you would enjoy this one?" She picked up a book, handing it towards him.

Grabbing it, Jaune looked at the title; "The Man with Two Souls." He read out the title, "I'll give it a shot." He replied, walking back to his dorm to place it under his pillow before leaving and locking the dorm.

With a sigh, Blake left the dorm, closing and locking it before going to go join up with her teammates.

As they left at the same time, Blake and Jaune walked up to the kitchen room together and from what they were hearing, things weren't exactly going smoothly. So, they opened the door only to see the group running around with buckets of water and a fire happening at the toaster.

"What happened?" Jaune asked, trying to make his voice heard through the chaos.

Link, who was crouched behind a table looked at him, "I may have blown up your toaster." He sheepishly answered.

Blake watched on bewildered and could only ask, "How?"

Weiss came along and noticed through all this chaos that her scroll was ringing. Picking it up and seeing that it was her sister; Winter, she decided to answer it, "Hello?" She greeted as innocent as she possibly can.

"Weiss?" Winter called out, obviously knowing that something was up, "What in the world is going on over there?" She asked, hearing the clamoring in the background and the bells ringing.

"Uh…" Weiss stuttered, not knowing what to say.

"You know how I feel about stuttering." Winter sternly replied.

Weiss looked back straight ahead, "Bugs!" She answered.

"Bugs?"

"Beacon Academy has big bugs!" Weiss fully answered, looking back at the chaos.

"Should I be concerned?"

Weiss looked around for Link who proceeded to help with the fire, "Uh, no. We got it under control." She answered, seeing that the fire was dying down.

"That's good to hear. As a Schnee, we should always find a way to get a situation under control."

"Thanks for the compliment!" Weiss answered, still unsure if this is the reason why she called.

"Now listen here, Weiss." She spoke in an imposing tone, "You are aware what's happening tomorrow, right?" She asked.

Weiss looked around to see if no one else except the group were around, "Yes. It's almost time for our yearly supper where we can actually get together as a family." She answered, knowing what she was about to say.

"Yes. Probably the only time father actually thinks of us as his daughters." She replied, "You do know what he's going to expect from you right?" She asked.

Weiss slumped down onto the floor, leaning her back against the wall, "Yes. Unfortunately."

"I know you don't want to go through with it, but you never know what father will do to get exactly what he wants."

Weiss looked ahead at the three current males in the room; Jaune, Ren, and Link, the former two willing to help, but the latter unsure of why he's here, "I may have a plan for that." She replied.

"Good." Winter replied, "I'll be sure to assist wherever possible." She added. "I'm having one of my vessels coming to retrieve you and your spouse, as Father would like to call him. Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick you up myself." She pointed out. "He should be there soon." She added.

Weiss sighed, "That'll be fine. I'll see you at home tomorrow." She solemnly replied.

"One more thing." Winter called out, "I need that book I lent you the last time we have seen each other. I left a note in there by accident. Nothing serious, but I do need it." She revealed the origin of the note.

Weiss blinked at this revelation before looking at Link, "If only you knew." She murmured.

"What was that?"

Weiss focused back to her sister, "Oh nothing. See you tomorrow." She hung up the phone. Giving a deep sigh, she saw that the fire was taken care of and they began to think how this man; Link somehow manage to blow up the toaster.

A few moments later

They all sat near the table, surrounding Link who just looked at his bowl of soup. "Do you guys need to stare?" He asked, noting how they were all looking at him.

"Hey, we're feeding you so show some gratitude," Yang replied, leaning on the table and crossing her arms.

Link only looked at the food again, "I didn't ask to be fed, but you guys decided to feed me. A man who literally came out of nowhere." He began speaking, "So perhaps a huge thank you is in order." He added, looking at them, "So thank you. But please don't crowd around me." He thanked the group before requesting the distance.

In response, they all moved a step back, "Meh, it's what we do." Ruby replied, scratching the back of her head. "Although helping a guy Weiss somehow summoned here is new." She added, looking at the Hero.

"You summoned me here. I would guess it was an accident as evident by you striking me at the back of the head…

"You're not going to let that go, are you?" Weiss quickly intervened with a sigh.

"No." Link answered bluntly, "However, are you able to send me back? I would rather not be in a place where I don't belong." He asked, giving his reason for not wanting to be here.

"If I knew, I would have sent you back as soon as I saw you." Weiss answered, shifting her weight to her left and crossing her arms, "But, I do hope my sister might be able to help." She added, revealing the first step in her plan.

"Your sister?" Blake asked. She rarely brought her up but when she did, it was mostly for important things. But seeing that Weiss was beginning to learn how to summon and her sister; Winter was more experienced in it, adding to the fact that instead of a monster, she brought a man here, then this was an important case.

"What does your sister know?" Ren asked curiously.

Weiss looked at him, "Well, seeing how fate would have it, it was her that wrote that incantation. Therefore, she should know how to send him back if there's a way." She explained how her sister may know the way to send him back.

"But isn't she busy with her job? Do you think you'll be able to get her to take some time off?" Pyrrha asked, pointing out how the job can keep one busy.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to take him to the Schnee Household tomorrow. It just so happens that we're having our yearly supper this weekend and she'll be present." She revealed the second part of the plan.

"Destiny…" Nora muttered quietly.

"Wait, hold on. You don't mean…" Yang immediately knew what she was suggesting, "Weiss, come here for a bit…" She grabbed her arm and pulled her back to the other side of the dining room where Ruby and Blake followed. "Are you seriously going to ask him to do that job for you?" She asked, not liking where she was going with the conversation.

"He said he was looking for a purpose and it just so happens that Winter is the reason why I accidentally summoned him. If anyone would know how to send him back, then it would be her." Weiss explained the reason why she would have him take the job.

Blake glanced at the Hero before looking back at Weiss, "You barely know the guy." She pointed out.

Weiss crossed her arms, looking downward, "It's my fault for bringing him here, so I'm taking responsibility for it." She looked back at him. She knew her teammates would be wary of this and she didn't blame them. "Besides, it's not like we can just leave him to his own mechanics. He almost blew up the school with a toaster!" She added, pointing out what he could be capable of. Looking at him, she could tell he wasn't the talkative type, just giving simple sentences to all the questions they asked him.

Ruby studied him, "It's his blonde hair and sword and shield combo, isn't it?" She pointed out, looking at her.

Weiss glared at her, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, grimacing at her.

"I'm just saying, with that dusty blonde-hair, deep blue eyes you can get lost in, his calm and cool attitude, his simple sword and shield. He's basically a better Jaune!" She pointed out with a coy smile.

"You lost me at blue eyes." Weiss dismissed her accusations.

Blake looked at Ruby; "That wasn't very nice to say of Jaune." She silently scolded her, looking at the huge differences between the two.

"Fine." Yang gave in to Weiss' response, "But if he tries anything, just know that we can come help in anything goes wrong." She pointed out, placing her hand on Weiss' shoulder.

"I do have a plan. If everything goes well. Nothing will go wrong." She reassured, grabbing her hand with her own before moving it off. With a sigh, she walked back to the group with the others following behind.

"How did you manage to blow up the toaster?" Was the first thing they heard Jaune say when they returned.

Link only shrugged his shoulders, "I have a certain…chemistry with technology." He answered simply. He had already finished the food they gave him and pushed the bowl away before crossing his arms again.

"A certain chemistry." Weiss pointed out, standing beside him again. "So, you are capable of causing things to explode?" She asked, crossing her arms.

"Not always explode." He answered, looking up at her, "I once made a portal from a television once." He suddenly pointed out causing the group to be silent at the response, "I do not know how though." He added, looking down sheepishly.

"I have a favor to ask you." Weiss decided to put her plan to work. Link only looked back at her, "As I said earlier, my sister may have a way to send you back, but you would have to come with me to my household at Atlas, North of here." She pointed out where they would have to go.

"And what is the favor?" Link asked. Slightly nervous at what she had in mind.

Weiss looked away with a sigh, making sure no one came along, "To make a long story short, I need you to pretend to be my spouse for the weekend." She looked back at him, waiting for the predicted response.

Since they were eating the leftovers, Nora had helped herself to another bowl of soup and began eating it gleefully until she heard Weiss' request which in response, she sucked the spoon into her throat in shock at the request and began coughing ferociously pounding her chest causing everyone else to look at her until she managed to cough the spoon back out with high velocity, bouncing off the table and smacking Link in the middle of his forehead where it amazingly stuck.

"Are you serious?" She asked, coughing still. "It was our plan and you're just going to make off with it?" She started ranting at her stealing their plan.

"Nora, it's fine." Ren tried calming her down, "Well, sort of, but it's fine." He added. While he didn't mind it at all, she was basically asking a stranger to pretend to be her spouse.

Link looked back at Weiss, pulling the spoon off his forehead and setting it aside, "Let me clarify. You brought me here, hit me with a book, now you're asking me to go with you to your house, pretending to be your…boyfriend for the weekend." He tried to put everything in a dekunutshell.

"I know it's a lot to ask, but…" Weiss started out.

"Okay." Link immediately intervened.

"Okay?" Weiss repeated his answer, "Just like that, you're going to say okay?" She was a bit skeptical of his response and if he knows what he's getting himself into.

"To be fair, it's far from the weirdest request I was given." He answered, looking away from them all at that saying.

Nora glared at him, "And what were these weird requests?" She asked, wanting to know what his backstory was.

"It's a very, very long story and I'd rather not go into detail with it again." He answered, looking back at Nora. The tale was indeed a long story, five stories actually, but that's a whole different tale. Then he looked at Weiss, "If this would get me home, I'll do this job." He added.

"Very well. I'll explain the details on our way. We'll be leaving soon actually." Weiss pointed out, then she sat nearby, "Ren. Can I have the paper?" She held her hand out.

Ren was still looking at the tidbits of the paper, still determined what these phrases meant. But at the request, he handed it over to Weiss.

Weiss decided to try something. Since he's going to be her spouse for the weekend, she wanted to know what his tale was and how this incantation was linked to him being summoned here, "Does this phrase sound familiar to you?" She asked and cleared her throat. "Whether skyward bound, adrift in time, or steeped in the glowing embers of twilight, the Sacred Blade is forever bound to the soul of the Hero." She read out the phrases, but since she wasn't holding her Myrtenaster and wasn't attempting to summon, she didn't bring another soul into this world.

Link remained quiet as she read it out, when she finished he gave an amusing scoff, "Never thought I would hear that out here." He pointed out, looking down with his eyes closed, reminiscence of times past.

"So you are a Hero." Jaune immediately pointed out.

Link looked back up at him, "I guess you could say that." He half-hearteningly agreed to the title.

Blake noticed this back when he mused the Hero part before leaving their dorm, "You hesitate at the title though?" She pointed out her observations.

"When you travel as I do. You're given the title many times." He answered, looking at the girl.

"Then what does this phrase mean?" Weiss asked, wanting to know how such a phrase was familiar to him.

Link stood up and looked at all of them, "Simply put. It's a part of my Coronation to Knighthood." He revealed that it was only a part.

Ren looked at him, "But you said you were a farmhand. How can you be a Knight?" He asked, noting that he might have been lying to them at first.

"It's a common alias I use when thrown into certain situations such as my introduction here." He began explaining, "But even at that, it's not a total lie. I had worked on a farm before becoming a knight. I still, in fact, go help out at the farm." He further elaborated on his position.

"But what does that all even mean?" Yang asked, waving her arms, "Skyward bound, adrift in time, lost in…twilight. What does that all even mean?" She asked curiously.

Link looked at her, "While those are marvelous legends, that's what they are. To speak even about one of them would take an incredibly long time. All you need to know is that I am here and that I'm one Hero." He explained, refusing to go into tales since there was no reason for him to explain it all to them.

"One Hero." Blake pointed out in that term.

Ruby stepped up, "What about this Sacred Blade? Surely it's not that plain sword you have?" She pointed out.

"Quite true. The Master Sword is this Sacred Blade you speak of. It's currently in its resting place awaiting its use again." Link mentioned that he currently didn't have the sword. (Plus, his Goddess' figured it wasn't worth it to give it to him while fishing.)

Pyrrha stood up, "The insignia of your shield. Which emblem is that?" She asked, noting that the emblem was unlike any other they had ever seen before.

"The Kingdom of Hyrule. A land blessed by the Goddesses and ruled by a fair, but just Queen." Link mentioned his homeland, looking at them.

Before any of them could ask any more questions, a speaker just clocked loudly, "Weiss Schnee. Your vessel from Atlas is here to pick you up. Please prepare to board." The school announced, which caught their attention.

"As much as I'd like this tale to continue, we have to go." Weiss grabbed Link's wrist, pulling him along out of the kitchen and down the hallway.

The others stepped out, "Is this what they mean, 'This is not your story?'" Jaune pointed out. He was fascinated by the stories this man could have told, but as fate would have it. It would have to be on another day.

"Who's they?" Nora asked, confused at the statement.

"Maybe one day, we'll learn all we want about him, but for now, we'll just be the side characters," Blake replied, patting the discouraged Jaune's shoulder before walking back to their dorm.

"I still want to know who they are." Nora continued asking.

"One day, Nora," Ren answered, walking away in a different direction.

"But I want to know now." Nora continued being insistent on it, but noticed Ren leaving, "Hey, don't give me the silent treatment. I want to know…" She continued speaking, before fading out as they turned in the hallway.

Yang crossed her arms, "I hope she knows what she's getting into." She muttered to herself quietly.

Ruby had similar doubts, but she had confidence that Weiss could handle it, "I'm sure it'll be fine. Hopefully." She patted Yang's shoulder.

"Hopefully," Yang muttered. While she had her doubts, the only thing she could do now is to have hope in that it'll all turn out fine.

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Proceed to Part 3.