Look at me I'm typing. (No duh, right?) Okay, now for the insanity that is my Yoshi crossover. YAY! (I hate Navi the fairy! That's why she's not in my Zelda fics, not because she left Link. She's just so stinkin' annoying!)
Chapter 2 Arrival and Acceptance
Link saw the blue-green points of light swirl away. He still hadn't quite gotten used to the tingling sensation that enveloped him whenever he re-materialized after warping to his destination. He was surrounded in jungle. There was no platform with a Triforce painted on it like the ones he usually saw when he warped from one place to another. There was just a simple rock of no notable shape or color. Link looked around, expecting to see Navi flying around his head, pestering him about the state of Hyrule and the rest of the world. He was half-relieved when he saw she was gone. I can finally relax, Link thought. Then he wondered whether she was dead or had simply gotten lost. The best part was he didn't really feel any remorse at all. If she was dead, she was dead. There was nothing he could do about it. Besides, it's gonna be so much easier without her nagging me about every last little thing. Even if Hyrule is in trouble, a hero does have to rest every now and then, right? Link thought, knowing the danger in thinking this, but not really caring. He wanted to let out some of the tension that had been building ever since he was chosen to go forth and save Hyrule from Ganondorf.
Link walked forward, all of the thoughts had passed through his mind within five to ten minutes. When he'd been traveling for a few hours, he saw a huddle of strange-looking creatures. They seemed to be debating something with a furious passion. Then, Link saw the human baby in the middle of the group. Seeing as the creatures spoke with a combination of Yoshis, Link couldn't understand what they were deciding. Reasoning that the creatures were hostile and planned to destroy the human baby, Link rushed up on them, yelling a blue streak. "Leave him alone!" he yelled, finishing his wordless scream. The Master Sword was already in his hand, though he had no recollection of drawing it from its scabbard. The creatures stared at him with deadpan expressions. If they were afraid, they were good at hiding it. Seeing as they were about half his height, they should be afraid, he figured.
"Yoshi?" one of the creatures asked.
"What are you saying?" Link was growing quite frustrated with the beings. "I'll kill you if you don't answer!"
Suddenly, Link had a strange feeling. One of the creatures, the yellow one, was singing something. The green one's string of Yoshis became intelligible.
"This guy's crazy! He's probably working for Kamek. We must be cautious."
"Shut up, Greeny! I think he's kinda cute," the pink one said.
Link felt like he was going to throw up. "Go with your own species."
"But that's no fun," the pink one replied.
Link felt a flush hit his cheeks. The creature was hitting on him. That's gross. Nasty, nasty, nasty little thing, Link thought. The singing must have been what allowed him to understand. He didn't care how he understood. He just wanted to. In fact, now he wasn't even sure he wanted that.
"You're disgusting!" the red one shared Link's sentiments. He instantly knew that the red one would see things his way.
"Hey, guys, um... uh..." Link blacked out as all the creatures looked at him. "What are you things anyway?"
"We're Yoshis, duh," the purple one said. He seemed quite sassy.
"Well that makes sense."
"He's dumb enough to be a Toady!" the green Yoshi replied.
"Green, you've got some serious issues," Yellow said. Link presumed from Yellow's comment that the Yoshis went by their colors instead of having actual names for whatever reason.
"It remains to be seen if he's friendly," Green said pointedly. "Even then, I'm not trusting him unless he proves himself worthy of my trust.
"Why would I want your trust anyway?" Link asked. "I just wanna know what in the world is going on here!"
The Yoshis quieted. "Why should we tell you?" Green asked, whirling his head on Link, since he had faced the other way as if to gain reassurance from the other Yoshis.
"Hey, bro, calm down," Yellow said, putting her hands up as if to ward off his anger. "Let's think about this rationally. If he comes with us, we have one more protector for the baby."
"You've got to be kidding me," Link said. "You're trying to take the baby somewhere."
"Yeah. We kinda found a map with the baby who fell out of the sky," Blue said. He was darker than the other blue Yoshi who was about the same color as the sky.
"Be nice, Blue!" the lighter Yoshi admonished.
"Whatever, Sky," Blue said. "In any case, we're gonna deliver this baby."
"That sounded really bad," Link said. "That's what mothers do and sometimes they get help from doctors. We're just gonna transport it. Unless one of you happens to be a doctor." He added just for a kick.
"No, I'm not, but there is White. She is an excellent doctor. She makes sure all the eggs hatch and all the Yoshis that hatch from them are okay," Blue put in.
"No comment," Link replied.
"So, what do you think, Bro?" Yellow asked Green.
"Fine. I suppose I can trust him. He seems to have a good heart."
A growl made some of the Yoshis duck for cover as the others dived for the baby. Link stood upright, a sheepish smile crossing his face. Green looked up at him, a skeptical expression knotting his features.
"Great. Just when I think I can trust the guy, we find out that he's brought some sort of ferocious beast here to kill us all." Yellow giggled at Green's side.
"What?" Link asked. "What'd I do?"
"It's more like 'what didn't you do?'" Yellow teased.
"So what?"
The other Yoshis emerged. "Perhaps we can fix this," Green said, finally figuring it out. "We do have delicious fruits at our disposal."
"Right," Link said. "I figured as much, seeing as this is an island after all. What's the deal with the baby? Why did he randomly fall out of the sky?"
"The stork that was giving him to his parents was attacked," Green Yoshi replied.
"By who?"
"Kamek. He's a really evil guy. I'd love to take a piece out of him," Red answered for Green. "We were just getting ready to leave with the baby, you know, take 'im to his parents and all, when you crashed the party. What's your name?"
"Link."
"Uh huh," Red replied. "And I thought our names were weird."
"Yeah, about that, I don't get why you guys don't have actual names."
"It's because the author is too lazy to think up real names for us."
"The author?"
"Yeah, the person putting us through everything," Green answered.
"I thought I was controlling my life."
"How wrong you are, " Yellow answered.
"You guys can believe in this author if you want to, but I think it's a useless gesture," Link said.
"Suit yourself," Purple retorted. "I could talk about the author until I turned red, believe me that takes a really long time, and it probably wouldn't convince you of anything."
"Exactly my point," Link replied. "We were going to the settlement, right?"
"No. There's a fruit tree right here," Green said pointing at the clearly marked tree.
"I knew that," Link said.
"These humans aren't very convincing liars, are they?" Pink said.
"I'll show you convincing," Link growled.
"Ouch," Red said. "Link one, Pink zero."
Link reached up into the branches of the tree to have a strange creature that seemed to be all head and feet crawl down his arm. It sat on his shoulder until Pink's tongue shot out and grabbed it. It was gone as soon as it had appeared. Link jumped, startled.
"What was that?" Link asked.
"Shy Guy," Pink said around the creature in her mouth, she swallowed and a second later, laid an egg. Link was scarred for at least the rest of his life.
"Why-what-huh?" Link stammered.
"Yeah, all Yoshis can lay eggs. Guys and chicks alike. It's why our species is so numerous."
"On second thought, I don't think I'm gonna take traveling with you guys very well," Link said.
"Ya gotta come. How else will we know you're not working for Kamek?" Yellow asked.
"I still think he's too cute to be Kamek's servant," Pink said.
Link almost choked on the fruit he'd managed to grab. It was reminiscent of an apple, but with almost a peachy taste. Maybe Pink's comments were twisting his very being. Then again, he didn't care what the deal was. He liked the fruit. Grabbing another, he noticed the Yoshis were moving off, and shining the bizarre fruit on his tunic, took a bite as he followed the Yoshis.
"Okay, we're gonna use the relay system so that if somebody shows up off of schedule, as in late, we'll know whereabouts to look for him... or her," Green added 'or her' at a glare from Pink. "You guys need to get going. I'm gonna brief Link for a coupla minutes here. "
"Briefing. Wonderful idea. Maybe now I'll be able to understand what in the world you guys are basing this mission on," Link said around a bite of fruit.
"Yeah, we just feel compelled 'cauz the baby's on our island and he's basically our responsibility. I was walking around for no good reason when the baby just fell out of the sky and landed on my back."
"That's not strange at all."
"I know, right. Anyhow, we're stuck with an infant human, who can't take care of himself, blah, blah, blah. Go cry me a river, right? I'm done whining, I promise. I just wish that everyone else could see things my way. Pink thins that the idea of caring for the baby is endearing. I think it's just gonna be one pain in the butt after another. Everyone else thinks like Pink does. Well, let's just put it this way: I'm not gonna be the one changing the diapers."
"Nasty. I definitely AIN'T doin' it."
"I don't expect you to," Green replied.
"Good, 'cauz if you did, I'd definitely be turning to Kamek's side."
"Don't even joke about Kamek. That Magikoopa is out to get us all," Green admonished.
"Don't give me all that paranoid garbage," Link said. "I understand that you guys aren't on the best of terms with Kamek, but it can't be that bad, can it." Link tossed the core of the fruit off into the jungle.
"It can be. You will see. You will see."
"I was afraid you'd say that."
Link and Green Yoshi began walking. They came upon a field of flowers.
"Look, there are these crazy plants that just so happen to like to eat anything that passes by. Shy Guys are the usual victims, but that doesn't mean that they're too small to eat you. You've gotta be quick to escape these things."
"Sounds lovely," Link said sarcastically.
"It gets better. There are loads of castles. Not just one or two, mind you, but LOADS. Each castle has its own guardian monster. We've gotta get rid of the guardian monsters in order to get the baby through the island to where I think the stork is. You see, the stork never did show up. It's been kidnapped. My guess is Kamek wanted the babies for some reason-"
"Babies?" Link interrupted.
"Yeah. I get a funny feeling whenever I'm near the baby. I think he's a twin. I only get this feeling 'cauz Yellow and I are twins."
"I don't wanna know how."
"No. It's not like that stuff with human birth. We weren't in the same egg. We just hatched at the same time." Link sighed, relieved for a reason he couldn't explain, not even if his life depended on it. "Anyway, we've also gotta save the other baby so they can all live happily ever after. You know the deal."
"Yeah, do I ever."
A loud screeching could be heard far above the trees. "It's Kamek. He's trying to scare us out of hiding. Don't make any sudden movements."
"I'm the master of waiting. Once I had to wait three full days for a sword to be made. I got really bored, though. That's beside the point."
"Shut up."
"Of course, Your Majesty," Link said, again sarcasm was painfully noticeable in his tone.
Kamek swooped low over the field. "My baby senses never deceive me."
Link had to fight to keep from making audible gagging noises.
"The baby has gotta be here. I'm never wrong when it comes to these things. It could be mother's instinct... wait... I'm not a mother."
"Is this guy for real?" Link whispered to Green.
"I thought I told you to shut up."
"Sorry."
Kamek flew away.
"That guy is so messed up."
"What else is new?" Green asked, raising himself from the ground and continuing forward across the golden grass. The rest of the trek was rather uneventful. Link was haunted when the Yoshi had to lay an egg in order to throw one at a floating cloud which would allow them to climb up a plant. The only way to scale this mountain was to use the plant, if one wanted to make good travel time. He'd never get used to the egg-laying idea, no matter how many times he saw it. For about the tenth time that day he thought, what was I thinking when I decided to follow these strange creatures? I MUST be losing my mind. I wish I'd never played that song. One thing's for sure: this trip will royally mess me up.
My computer did the dirty thing again. When I typed "Do I ever," it said the 'I' was supposed to be 'me!' Eww! Link is so juvenile! It's highly amusing to write all of this stuff where people say something that could be taken dirty and Link finds it and is all like, "NOOO! Wash away the horror! Wash away the horror!" By the way, I don't own Nintendo's characters, but I'd love it if I did. I do own the fruit and the crazy jokes. The trip will royally mess Link up, huh? Wonder how that's gonna turn out. My first five-pages-in-Word chapter! Yay! 2,277 words in the story alone! Not counting the ANs! My longest chappy ever! It's epic! Cheer with me! I'm listening to Linkin Park right now! Yay! The irony of it is that it's the song What I've Done which is in my other Zelda fic and I'm really happy about what I've done with this fic. Sweet irony.
