Chapter 2 of "A World I Once Knew" has arrived and is officially ready for viewing. As a recap, Kuura and Malon began their day of chores on the ranch, while queen Zelda had a near fateful encounter with a deadly enemy that claimed to have come from another world entirely. Afterwards, a new foe arrives on the scene to assess the situation one last time before making final preparations on his plan for Hyrule. What is Shida's ultimate goal, and what will he do with Zelda if he does get his hands on her?
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Chapter 2- A Night of Fun… and a Premonition…
The day went on as Malon and Kuura tended to their daily chores around Lon Lon Ranch. Malon tended to the horses in the field and sang as she brushed them out, unconcerned with a care in the world. No matter what stresses life would throw at her, the farm girl always found her peace and special moments to herself when she was tending to the cows and horses on the ranch; the horses especially she spent the most time with. In return, they never fussed or acted rebelliously, save for a playful game of 'Catch Me' here and there among the foals, and eagerly looked forward to their Mistress feeding them and brushing them out. This was Malon's little slice of paradise in the world, and she cherished every bit of it.
Meanwhile, Kuura stayed to the stables and cleaned them out, as requested of Malon. It would not quite do justice to say simply that he disliked cleaning the stables, rather if there was something else to do, he would decide upon the alternative in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. Still, Malon was the head of the ranch, and since he was staying there under her care, he was obligated to help out and pull his weight in order to keep a roof over his head and have food to eat. Not that he would complain too much though, Malon was an excellent cook, and just thinking about her food was enough to make him begin drooling with a growling stomach. Kuura's problem however was that he just couldn't seem to stick to a single task without wandering off or finding something else to do. Some would say that he gets easily distracted, but that's not quite the case. He shows great interest in history, especially when it comes to learning of other kingdoms outside of Hyrule, and will easily spend a single night reading and studying about a neighboring kingdom and its history, at the cost of that night's sleep. When it came to hard work however, he always seemed to find something else to do, no matter what that alternative may be.
"Man this sucks…" he mused to himself as he finished washing the floor to one of the stalls, "I'm super bored with this job and wanna go do something else. Though… I'm still interested in that reward. Ahh she's probably pulling my leg just to keep me on a task, knowing Miss Malon. I wonder if she would accept ideas for possible rewards…"
Something more that bothered Kuura was the fact that he himself was not quite like everyone else. He had some meat on him, but compared to his peers he was rather skinny-looking. This very often put Kuura on the receiving end of a lot of harassment and humiliation whenever he would run into a peer that was training to be a knight in Hyrule's army, or one that was training to be a master smith. Kuura simply was one of those people that was naturally the odd one out when he was put in a group. Perhaps one of those factors was the fact that his ears were not pointed like everyone else's. No, his ears were nice and rounded, while other people's would be pointed and be of varying lengths depending on the individual. This harassment has been going on for him as far back as he could remember, and over the years slowly grew more and more calloused to it. Now whenever he goes into Castle Town or wherever he would run into someone he knew that was his age, he'd simply give them a sarcastic remark, of which he had plenty of on hand, and then walk away. Most of the time, this would result in getting himself pummeled into the ground by that person, or persons, before he made it around the corner to escape.
Suddenly shaken from his musings by a cow's moo, he cleared his head and took a breath as he checked his progress. He had managed to clean about three-quarters of the stalls in the stable in the several hours that passed, and for a moment was satisfied with his work.
"Huh… I guess I can get things done when I put my mind to it. I usually end up cleaning half of them, but this time I did three-quarters of them all. Talk about an achievement!"
Malon finished with the horses a little while later as she headed back to the house to start on dinner for her and Kuura. It had been a couple years since her father, Talon, had passed away. It was a difficult time for her, always expecting to see his jolly face sleeping on the job somewhere on the ranch. Back then, she would yell at him for sleeping during the work hours, but oh what she would give just to have her father back, even if he did sleep on the job like he normally did. So as a result, Malon ran the ranch by herself with the help of Ingo and Kuura for the first couple months. But before long, Ingo slightly strained a couple muscles in his back trying to lift a milk tank, and used it as an excuse to retire to Kakariko Village. This left the poor farm girl with everything on her shoulders for the most part. Through her time of grief, Link had made special visits to stay with her and help with the daily chores; often helping her work late into the evening that he would end up having to sleep over with her before heading back to the Castle the next day. The Hero's acts have touched Malon's heart deeply, but she knew that she would not be able to rely on him every time she needed help and he was busy elsewhere. Malon walked past the gate to the field and sighed to herself, thinking about her late father.
"I really do miss him…" she said to herself, her head slightly lowered, "When Daddy died, I was so glad that Fairy Boy and Kuura were there to help me through it and keep the ranch looking nice for visitors… But there are times I still wish my Daddy was around to talk to…"
"Thinking about Talon again?" A voice called out to her from the entrance to the ranch.
Malon looked up suddenly to see Link with a warm smile on his face, his arms crossed as he leaned on the post.
"Fairy Boy!" Malon grinned as she quickly walked up to meet him, "Haven't seen you in a while, where've you been?"
"Ahh… Been busy lately, especially with the Festival coming up later tonight. And can you please not call me Fairy Boy… that name's a little embarrassing since we're not kids anymore…"
Malon grinned a little wider and gave him a wink, "Well I gotta call you something of course, since plain Link seems just a little boring. Besides, that was the name that I gave you when we first met, how can I give that up so easily?"
Link looked to the side and shrugged, "Ahh… what was I thinking? I AM talking to the woman with the iron will after all."
"You know it Fairy Boy! And make sure you keep remembering that."
Malon laughed cheerily at seeing her special friend once more, completely forgetting about her pain. That was something she loved about him, was that when she seemingly begins to feel down, he was always there without fail to cheer her up. In the last six years, she and Link have begun growing close, though have not yet reached the point of becoming lovers. However, despite this, neither of them have thought about seeing other people since Hyrule's freedom from Ganondorf's grasp. Just about everyone in Castle Town knew of their relationship, including Queen Zelda; though unlike her subjects in Castle Town, the latter never pushed or bothered either Link or Malon about their love affairs or what was going on between them, because it was none of her business.
"So Fairy Boy," Malon began, "what brings you here today?"
Link reached into a satchel on his belt and pulled out two slips of paper before handing them to her, "I'm technically not allowed to give these away, but I wanted you and Kuura to have these."
The farm girl looked the slips of paper over to find that they were tickets to Castle Town's Celebration Festival later that night. Not any simple admission tickets either, they were special V.I.P. tickets meant for noble families and higher-ranking knights in the royal army.
Malon was astonished at the gift as she read over the description text at the bottom, "This ticket allows you the opportunity to spend the evening with the Hero of Time himself, valued at a one-half hour time limit to do as you please with him at the Festival…" She looked up at him with a mildly amused look, "A time limit?"
"Hey, you're not the only one getting a ticket like that you know." Link retorted jovially, holding his hands up in defense, "But the less people that show up for it, the more time you would be able to spend with me."
"Sounds like I need to start comprising a list of names to kidnap…"
Link laughed at her comeback, seeing a sly grin on her face, "Well no overkilling with your dastardly plans Mal, don't forget there's other stuff to do at the festival than seeing me."
Little did either of them realize that Kuura had been watching their conversation the whole time as he leaned on the doorframe to the stables, "You two lovebirds kiss yet?"
Immediately upon hearing him ask that, both Link and Malon's faces flushed beet red and quickly averted their eyes to avoid contact.
"K-Kuura!" Malon stammered, unable to properly form words from her current state of embarrassment, "Don't you know it's rude to eavesdrop on people's conversations?! And what about the stables and the cleaning is that all done or are you getting ready to sneak out and got caught and maybe trying to distract me!?"
"Y-Yeah!" Link agreed, "Be-besides, we're not there because we don't want to be. Well, we do but not like at this point in time you know kinda trying to space everything out and not rush too fast!"
Kuura grinned wide and held up his hands, "Seriously you guys, you need to just make it official and say you're seeing each other already. Everyone in Castle Town knows that you two hang out together any chance you both get anyway."
Malon's face turned as red as her hair, "E..Everyone….. in…. C-Castle Town…?"
"Kuura, come on and lay off already will you? It never fails that you always find some way to tease us about that." The Hero retorted, beginning to go off on a mini rant about how he and Malon were not seeing each other and that they were just not 'ready' to advance their relationship yet and so on.
The silver-haired boy shrugged and walked up to them, "I'm just kidding, and you know that I am. I just can't help that you guys make it so easy with your reactions."
"That's so mean Kuura! You know better than to treat people that way!" Malon pouted as she crossed her arms.
"I'm sorry Miss Malon, I didn't mean to make you guys feel all embarrassed or anything, I'm saying that like everyone else, I'm supporting you two going out together."
Malon mumbled to herself, trying to suppress the blush in her cheeks as Link took a breath to calm his heartrate.
"So, what brings you here anyway Link? Haven't seen you here in a while."
"Well I was here to give y-" Link began, but was immediately shushed by Malon as she covered his mouth, a sly grin on her face.
"I dunno Kuura…" she began, "You were being awful mean earlier to me and Link with your teasing. I'm not so sure that you deserve what Link brought. Besides, what's to say he didn't bring anything for just me and not you?"
"So you're ADMITTING that you two are going out then, Link bringing you special presents and all."
Malon's cheeks flushed red once more at Kuura's comeback as she gave him a defeated glare, "Fine Mr. Swindler, here's your gift already… Geez you make it so hard to have fun with you when you spin it back around on me or Link Kuura…"
She handed him one of the tickets and Kuura looked it over as a wide grin grew on his face, "No way… tickets to the Festival tonight?! Ahh Link you're the best!"
"Hehe… Thanks Kuura." Link shrugged, "But… In all honesty I was really just planning to bring one you know. It was Zelda's idea that I bring one for you before I left."
"Awww come on Link, you wouldn't forget your ole buddy Kuura now, would you? Wait…. Did you just say that-"
"Kuura!" Malon interrupted, quickly covering his mouth with a frantic look, her face still beet red, "You're excused from your chores for today just get inside and changed and get to that festival!"
Kuura gave a satisfied grin to the two of them before heading into the house to clean up and change, leaving Malon and Link alone outside the door.
"I swear…" Malon sighed, bringing a hand to her forehead, "That boy really does know how to get me all riled up…"
Link chuckled and smiled at her, "Well, you'd have to admit that things would be pretty quiet around here without him around."
"Sometimes I do wish we had a LITTLE peace and quiet though…"
"We'll get a chance later tonight if you wanna 'meet' me at the Festival."
"And you know that I will Fairy Boy."
Link began nervously fidgeting with his fingers a little, "Well… I actually have something to tell you Mal…"
She looked over at him curiously.
"Well… you see… I honestly-"
He was stopped as the farm girl put a finger to his lips, "Save it for tonight… Because… I have something I want to tell you as well… ok?"
Link's cheeks flushed a little pink as he nodded slightly.
"But until then…" Malon leaned up on her toes and planted a brief kiss on his cheek, her own turning a little pink as well, "Will that suffice?"
He nodded again, his cheeks now a rosy red as he looked away, "S-So uh… I guess I should be going. Still got a couple things to prepare for tonight, you know? So I'll uh… see you later then?"
"Count on it Fairy Boy, I'll be there."
"G-Great, see you then."
Link offered a wave goodbye as he headed back to the gate where his trusty steed, Epona, waited patiently for his return. Before long he was mounted and galloping back to Hyrule Castle, leaving Malon alone in front of the ranch home.
"Well…" She thought to herself as she headed inside the house, "I suppose I'd better get ready for tonight too. Tonight's going to be a big night."
-000-
Elsewhere, deep inside a forgotten cave in Death Mountain, Shida and Kuda remained hidden as the former finalized the minute details of the plan to be carried out. Shida was always one known to be meticulous, and never overlooked even the most unimportant detail. If it was relevant or related to his topic of study or planning, it was to be checked and double-checked before he would take action upon it. The necromancer sat down on a flat rock, a couple books and maps in front of him, and using an otherworldly glow from his staff as a light source to help him read. He would take glances at a map, and then jot a note or two down in one of his books before resuming his research, ignoring the soft and muffled screams of agony and despair emanating from the energy within his staff.
"Hmm…." he mused out loud, "As I thought, this land… Hyrule… really has nothing to offer that's worth saving it. Armor and weapons are made using common ores and metals found also in Grand Gaia, though under different names… Food imports differ somewhat from our home, but not enough to be worth mentioning… However…"
He flipped through a couple pages of a book, various symbols of Hyrule's history and culture drawn and diagrammed on each page, "Its history seems to interest me the most. Power left behind by the goddesses that they worship…? The gods themselves of Grand Gaia would not be found dead leaving a portion of themselves behind, no matter how minute. Talk about careless."
"Perhaps the deities of this world trusted in their creation to properly take care of it." Kuda remarked, leaning on a cave wall and looking over his dagger-chain, "As beings not necessarily capable of properly harnessing the power of the gods, most likely the goddesses of this world saw little reason to remove themselves completely."
"Highly doubtful, but indeed a possibility. If that was the case, I can see why the God Army would want to eradicate this world. Mortals, according to the God Army, should not dabble in arts and power that does not belong to them. Those that do, are wiped out. And the deities responsible for letting that slip, are wiped out as well."
Kuda looked over to the side and mumbled to himself, "Says the one that dabbled in their forbidden arts to begin with…", before looking back his way and speaking up, "I honestly care not how the God Army goes about its business. All that matters is that I'm paid what I was promised for assisting in this endeavor. Though if I knew I was to be paired with a psychotic necromancer like you, I would have refused…"
Shida looked over at the assassin with a challenging and smug grin, "Hmm? I didn't catch that last part Kuda, you were mumbling something."
"Nothing of your concern, necromancer. What have you found?"
"Ahh, nothing really. To be truthful, this world almost literally offers nothing that sets it apart from other realms the God Army has invaded and conquered. That said, this should be an easy defeat."
"You seem confident in yourself, you must be wary of that."
"If you know you're going to win, then why be modest? It wouldn't be fair to them to let their deaths be slow and painful, thinking they have a chance to fight back, as much as I would greatly enjoy that scene. No, I'm afraid that I do not have the time to act upon such a desire at this point. Besides, the only reason this world has not been wiped out yet is because of the special individuals that can summon the Gate. Call them… this world's saving grace… for now."
Shida put away his books and maps before standing up and walking to the entrance of the cave to look around. There was no one in the area, most likely on their way down to Castle Town's Festival later that night. He was also careful to pick one that was out in a direction that he noticed the inhabitants of the mountain rarely traverse; thus allowing him and Kuda to stay out of sight almost as long as they pleased. Hyrule Castle was still visible in the distance, and he could hear the sounds of people shouting and working hard at preparing for the Festival carry on the wind up the mountain. Shida then turned and headed back inside just a little, and then held his staff forward before forcefully tapping the ground with it. Immediately, a dark portal opened in the floor as more souls burst forth from the new opening and screamed in horror and agony. After a moment, a dark figure emerged from the opening in a kneeling position; his pitch black armor with dark violet trimmings, and the violet horns emerging from the figure's helmet, making him nigh invisible in the darkness of the cave, save for the gold linings on his armor. A torn and faded red cape fluttered at the movement of the portal before slowly resting on his backside. The necromancer grinned in approval as the portal closed, his henchman kneeling in front of him in silence.
"Your time has come…" he declared, his crimson eyes glowing as he looked down upon the black warrior, "You failed me once, and deemed my project of that time unsuccessful. As a result, I made your abilities to complete your tasks much stronger in order to compensate for your weakness. This is your second chance, do not fail me…. Logan."
Two violet eyes glowed within the helm of the black warrior, and made his presence in the dark cave more evident, as he slowly nodded in submission, "Yes Master Shida… I will… not fail you this time. This power you gave me… will ensure that your will… be done."
"Excellent. You have been known in Grand Gaia under an alias, the Vampiric Knight. Use this power, along with that of which I have granted to you, and find a certain someone of interest to me. I will meet you at the site where my plan is to be enacted after a time."
Kuda stood up from his position on the wall and walked past Shida and Logan towards the entrance of the cave. The sun was getting ready to set, and night was coming. A perfect time to launch an attack. Logan rose to his feet and drew two swords, the blades of which began pulsating and glowing with dark ethereal energy similar to his master.
"Name my target, Master Shida…" Logan nodded, "And I will ensure that they are brought before you…"
Shida grinned devilishly as he opened another dark portal deeper into the cave to call forth more subordinates to aide Kuda and Logan, "She is the queen reigning over this land… One who holds a power that I desire to extract and study. Her name… is Zelda."
Logan and Kuda gave each other a look before dashing out of the cave and down the path towards Castle Town, the small army of monsters Shida summoned following behind them. The necromancer's grin grew wider as he watched his followers charge towards the location in question.
"Queen Zelda doesn't stand a chance against me…" He said to himself, "Kuda and Logan will ensure that she is defeated and brought to me, and my subordinates will create a diversion by wreaking havoc upon her little Festival. If you indeed contain the power of your goddesses within you, then show it to me! Prove to me that you are one capable of bridging the gap between your world and mine!"
-000-
Once Kuura was ready to go, he checked himself over in the mirror in his room. He dressed in his typical wear, which were dark grey baggy leggings, his earth-brown boots, a lighter, almost stone grey, tunic that rested on the bare skin of his chest with nothing underneath it, and his satchel linked firmly to his belt on the right side of his waist.
"Kuura you handsome devil, you are rockin' it tonight!" He grinned as he finished getting ready and then started walking for the door.
However, he was missing one more thing that he almost never left anywhere without. He looked over on the nightstand to see the keyring and the stone-keys linked to it before heading to the nightstand and looking it over. Each of the keys had a colored etching into it, being either Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, White, or Purple; and bearing some sort of symbol in a dialect he had no hope of understanding.
"Honestly don't see why I feel the need to bring this… but… at the same time I feel defenseless without them. Maybe it was because it was all I had when I was dropped off at the orphanage years back in Kakariko… Maybe it's a relic from my folks?"
He looked them over a little more, absent-mindedly fiddling with one or two of the keys.
"Nahh… I'm over thinking it. These're just some key-shaped rocks on a keyring. Nothing special. What's the worst that could happen if I toted these along for the ride… get humiliated? Harassed? I get enough of that from any other time I'm in Castle Town, so I doubt they would make a difference."
He made a short nod as he packed the keyring away in his belt satchel and headed downstairs to meet Link and Malon. When he arrived in the kitchen however, neither of them were anywhere to be seen, but a small note was left on the table. He picked it up and looked it over to see it was in Malon's handwriting.
"Got tired of waiting on you and went ahead to the Festival, call it your punishment for embarrassing me and Link earlier. You know the rules about locking up before you leave. Be careful on your way to the Festival~"
~Malon
"Awwww Miss Malon!" Kuura sighed out loud, "You left without me! I didn't take THAT long getting ready! At least, I didn't THINK I did… Ah, but I gotta get going if I wanna get there on time and beat the lines!"
Kuura packed a couple more things into his satchel and then locked up the house on his way out. As he closed the door, he heard a loud pop coming from Castle Town as fizzling lights were seen in the darkening skies above. They just started the Festival with a short fireworks display, and Kuura was missing it.
"Shoot! It's getting started without me! Maaaan Miss Malon, did you really have to leave me behind?"
He bolted in the direction of Castle Town as he left Lon Lon Ranch. It was a good twenty to twenty-five minute walk between the ranch and the Castle Gates, but by horse it was about half that time at a steady gallop. Kuura was in a mad dash as fast as his legs would carry him, hoping to cut off as many minutes from his travel time as he could. When he arrived about seventeen minutes later, out of breath and exhausted from running like a banshee across Hyrule Field, he noticed the line of horses next to the drawbridge leading into Castle Town, and one familiar steed, brown with some white in color, stood out to his attention. Epona. She stood patiently with the other steeds and enjoyed herself with the trough of hay that was left out for them.
"Maaan…" Kuura moaned, "I can't believe they left me behind…. And I had to run all the way here because of it."
Finally letting his heart catch up to him, he approached the guards at the bridge and presented them his ticket. One of the guards took it from him momentarily and looked it over.
"Talk about a lucky break, kid." He chuckled as he inspected the slip of paper, "A chance to meet the Hero of Time in person? Can't get another chance like that in a lifetime. You better take advantage of it while you're here tonight."
"Well it's not like he visits Miss Malon's ranch EVERY opportunity he gets. So it's not like I'd be missing out if I didn't see him tonight anyway…" Kuura thought to himself, before nodding to the guard, "Yeah, big chance tonight."
"You gonna try the fried cuckoo stand? I hear the head chef running it has a new recipe that he is debuting here for the first time."
"Ahh I heard that he said that was just a rumor." The other guard interrupted, "Don't listen to this guy kid, he's just upset since he was stationed here and not in the festival grounds."
"You don't have to be like that Captain! I'm just speaking what I heard on patrols." The first guard handed Kuura his ticket back.
"Well next time, make sure that you don't get your information from a drunk at the tavern will ya?" The second guard looked over at the boy, "The main event will be taking place later tonight, so don't wander off too far or leave the festival grounds if you want to see it."
"Understood," Kuura nodded again as he started across the drawbridge and into Castle Town, "Thanks for the heads up."
He looked around at the decorations and lights that were strung up in banners here and there all across the grounds. The crowds were constantly moving in any direction he looked, talking amongst themselves, laughing, and making merry cheer in celebration of the night. Kuura also noticed several couples among the crowds, and why not? A festival certainly made for a good date night to have some special time with their lover. Seeing the couples, namely the ones acting somewhat loud for others to see and hear, gave him a slight feeling of nausea as he started in another direction to look around.
"This is it Kuura," he said to himself, "Now's my chance to have some real fun and relax. But I wonder what I should do first…"
The main square was littered with shop stands offering their goods and limited-time merchandise for the crowds; calling out to them and advertising the great deals they had on their wares. Stalls ranged from food, to children's toys, to decorative plaques and more, though none of it really caught Kuura's attention at that point in time. That aside, he didn't have a lot of money to waste on things that he didn't need, save for maybe a small souvenir or two he might pick up towards the end of the night before going home. Deciding to wander around a little bit first, the boy headed towards East Castle Town; hearing more cheer and applause in that direction being what caught his interest. Navigating through the swarms of people and heading towards the source of the crowd's cheering, was an archery contest with three contestants lined up and taking shots at the targets on the far end. A couple shots were off and embedded themselves in the wood wall behind the targets, making Kuura assume that the contestants weren't necessarily the best marksmen in Hyrule, but the last contestant let loose shot after shot; making their arrows nail the target close to dead center. The closer they got, the more the crowd cheered. And after a couple more cheers, the contestant made a perfect bullseye as the people surrounding them roared in applause. The master marksman turned to reveal themselves… as a markswoman, surprising the crowds even more.
"Haha! I never expected you to be that on target with your shots Missy," the stall operator laughed, "You have yourself a sharp pair of eyes there."
The crowds began to disperse as the markswoman looked over at the stall operator with a smile, her braided head of brunette hair swinging slightly with her movement, "Thank you sir, it helps when you practice in the Lost Woods since you can put a target just about anywhere and not worry about hitting anything."
"The Lost Woods you say? Getting' a little risky there are ya. You heard the stories of people disappearing in those trees?"
"I heard them, but I don't go in too deep. Just enough to give me a little privacy is all."
Kuura looked her over, exchanging glances between her homemade longbow and her sea-blue tunic with knee-high brown boots. He knew this girl from previous visits to Castle Town in the past, an old friend of his from a couple years back.
"Well I feared mostly for another fact," the stall operator shrugged, "other tales I heard saying that most of the disappearances were mostly females."
Her expression changed immediately to that of an offended and angry one as she glared at him.
"What're you getting at?! Are you saying that just because I'm a woman means that I'd get lost in that forest or abducted?! What kind of blockheaded imbecile thinks that all women are helpless and can't protect themselves!"
He held up his hands in defense as he took a step back, "I-I'm sorry Miss, I promise you I didn't mean to offend. I was just-"
"Just what? Assuming that I'm like every other woman you've seen? Frail? Dainty? All like, oh-I-need-a-strong-man-to-protect-me kind of girl?! Talk about insensitive!"
Kuura watched from a few feet away in amusement and slight shock, but took a slight step back to ensure that he wasn't dragged into that situation.
"A-As I said, I'm sorry for offending you Miss, please know that I didn't mean it."
"Hmph! Of course you didn't… you pigheaded idiot." She spun on the heels of her boots and walked away with a huff, putting away her longbow and walking past Kuura; not even seeing him.
The boy stood still for a moment before he started after her, thinking that she could use a friend, "Elise! Hold up!"
She spun around at the mention of her name, and smiled at seeing Kuura walking up to her, "Oh, hello Kuura. Doing well tonight?"
"Yeah, just got here a little while ago." He returned, "Hey uh, what was the deal with that archery stall over there?"
Elise suddenly blushed a little and looked to the side, "Oh… you heard that… How much did you hear?"
"I heard enough."
She covered her cheeks and turned the other way in embarrassment. Elise and Kuura were childhood friends growing up, and ever since they were both about twelve years of age, she would often be brought to Lon Lon Ranch with her parents; and during that time, Kuura would set up a target for her to use for practicing her archery skills. Over the year's she's greatly improved, and is hoping to get in the Royal Army as a scout. However, saying that Elise was a spitfire in personality would be an understatement. Get on her bad side, and her wrath, as well as her tongue, knew no bounds. Outside of this, she generally was a very sweet girl that grew up in a village close to the border of the Lost Woods.
"Sorry if I embarrassed you Elise…" Kuura said, taking a half-step back, "I was just wondering if you wanted to do something to take your mind off of it."
"Kuura you dummy…" She sighed as she turned back around, her cheeks still a little pink, "You really don't know how to deal with women, do you?"
"I'm just doing what comes naturally is all, can't really help if I seem to miss something."
"You don't just bring up an issue to a girl Kuura, that's not polite!" Elise pouted and crossed her arms.
"Well, I'm sorry Elise… I just wanted to help."
She looked over at him with her violet eyes, "Well…. You're very sweet in that respect, so thank you. Just please try and work on being a little more sensitive to a woman's feelings, alright?"
Kuura scratched his head with a laugh, "Miss Malon tells me that all the time, but if you wanna go do something I'm up for hanging out with you."
"Well I don't feel like doing anything else on this street for a while, so why not go look around in West Castle Town? I heard they have a couple new stalls for up and coming Armories getting ready to open."
"If that's what you wanna do, then sure."
She hugged his left arm and gave a cute wink, "You're staying with me all night and escorting me where we decide to go. Call it your punishment for making me blush like I did before."
Kuura could feel Elise's chest press against his arm, coupled with the cutesy grin she gave him, it was now HIS turn to blush. However, since Elise was latched to his arm, he couldn't go anywhere to suppress it. Unfortunately for him, she took notice of this.
"Ha! Now I got YOU to blush Kuura, I guess that makes us even now."
"Heh… Yeah, I guess you're right."
"I'm still not letting you get away from me until I'm ready to go home, so I hope you didn't have plans for anything else tonight."
She tugged on his arm as they both started walking through the crowds and towards West Castle Town.
Looks like Shida's added a new player to the game by calling forth one of his loyal subordinates, Inferno Blades Logan. And what about Kuura? Suddenly rushed into a night on the Town with a childhood friend and not truly realized it, he really doesn't know how to deal with women.
Elise is also an OC that belongs to me.
Rate and Review, and until next time fellow Summoners!
(-Chapter's Unit Library-)
Death God Shida
Master Assassin Kuda
Inferno Blades Logan [called by Shida]