Chapter 2: Meetings & Swift Kicks
It had been less than two hours since the meeting & we come to find Link taking a small walk from away the mansion heading into the forest in the area. So far he was very interested in the whole concept of the tag-team tournament. It was almost like getting a second chance from the last time & he was ready to redeem himself, but that wasn't the only thing he was thinking about. This was of course the new fighters that had entered, specifically the woman known as Bayonetta. When she had walked in Link was just like any male that saw a beautiful woman, he was captivated by her but he still kept his posture, there was no way he was going to act up with Zelda watching him like a hawk. What he didn't think was going to happen was that it seemed that Bayonetta was also interested but to what was the question as she decided to stand right next to him seconds after he felt Falco nudge his elbow and whisper "Here's your chance Link my boy".
Link in turn turned his attention to something else or someone else as he saw Samus Aran looking in his direction but from the way she stared her eyes were like everyone else; on Bayonetta. It was only a quick second but Bayonetta had moved closer to him as he saw Samus grow a small frown on her face, he realized that Bayonetta's chest was leaning on his shoulder & he swears that he heard a chuckle from the woman. He turned his head so no one would see his blushing face but that would be replaced as he saw Zelda openly glaring towards him or actually well we all know who really she's glaring at. Shaking his head, he quickly moved that encounter from his head & went off.
While wandering around he soon came up to a small pool of water, perfect for cooling of his feet from his walk. Soon he was laying down on the soft grass while he hung his feet out in the cool water, he soon was remembering the other fighters like that Cloud guy but never noticing that he was being stalked upon. Stalking through the forest following Link was a large dark feline with blood red claws waiting for her time to pounce. She had been following her prey ever since she saw him leave his room & unarmed, that was a bonus. As she was coming closer & closer the forest that was once full of the sound of birds chirping was replaced with utter silence which in turned gave her away to soon as she watched her prey stand up & begin search around but she didn't panic as she kept her composer. After a tense minute she was rewarded as her prey began to remove his top clothing revealing his upper body to the world. The second he turned his back she ran releasing a loud roar she had held after leaping into the air on her target.
"I shouldn't have left my weapons behind", that was Link's only thought as he saw a large feline leaping from the air onto him. Being mauled to death was certainly not on his list today as he pulled his arms up to block his upper body & mostly his neck. As the loud roar had taken him by surprise he was hit by an even bigger surprise as the roar turned into a laughter & the feline had changed into Bayonetta. He had lowered his guard but that didn't stop her as she collided into Link and they ended up with Bayonetta towering over Link as she was now on top of the Hylain smirking down at her work.
"You do know it's never safe to travel alone now dear, tons of wild life in the world that could erase your very existence but lucky for you I decided to tag along for the ride".
No longer in his shocked state Link moved to get back on his feet, well tried is the word as Bayonetta pinned both of his arms above his head and pressed her lower body on to his and not wanting to make this anymore awkward for himself he stopped moving completely & stared into the woman's face as she was smiling like a child who was given sweets.
"Now, now there's no reason to be leaving. I did come out here for a reason, don't you want to hear it my pointed ear friend".
Link was weighing his options & felt that even if this woman was certainly strange as she was just an animal a moment ago she did at least not claw his throat out.
"What is it?"
"Oh so you do speak, funny the large one had said you were a mute".
"Large one?"
"Sorry about that, I still don't know everyone's name yet. His large of course but in a kind of fat way, a bulbous now & for some reason his mustache is jagged. Do you know who I'm talking about my little elf".
"Please do not call me that & the name your looking for is Wario, his kind of a greedy jerk who will bite you if you get in his way plus…"
Bayonetta let Link continue on as she didn't really care about what he was saying about the fat biker. She was looking down on him & wonder why she was like this, honestly he was probably the most interesting fighter here along with the blonde known as Samus. Before they were taken into the meeting herself along with all the other new fighters were shown small clips of all the fighters. None had caught her attention until she saw Link defending himself from two fighters at the same time, swiftly dodging all attacks while countering. The way he looked & moved to her was a bit of beauty & danger as he cut his attackers down. He must have noticed she wasn't listening as he was silent once again & was staring up at her. Blue eyes stared up to gray eyes & Bayonetta was soon losing her grip which Link had noticed.
Taking advantage of this Link shifted his lower body up bucking the woman off while rolling over on his stomach & getting up on his feet. Just as soon as he was up a felt something cold on his forehead. Standing up right in front of him was Bayonetta not missing a beat as she had her weapon on Link with a smile on her face.
"Now Link most men would love a strong, beautiful woman on top of them but I guess you're not like most men?"
"I'm never one to back down".
"Is that a challenge? You do know I'm at an advantage or did someone forget his weaponless" as Bayonetta dropped her arm down no longer with her pistol on him. She kept her eye trained on him as he glared back at her until she noticed that he was no longer looking at her but behind her as was giving an "oh shit" face. As she turned her head to notice she saw an arrow being charged at her by a woman. Just as she was about to point & take a shot Link ran in between them, staring back at the only person who would have been threating anyone with an arrow made of pure light.
"Zelda lay down your bow please" he said as calmly as he could but the words never reached Zelda.
"Link I just saw that woman with her weapon on you. It's clear that she was about to kill you so please move so I can make sure she doesn't hurt you".
"Don't worry about darling Link, I was not going to hurt him well not with weapons of course but he isn't the one you should be worrying about. It should be your own wellbeing because I don't take a liking to those who are pointing an arrow at me". Quick as lighting Bayonetta pushed Link to the ground as she went after Zelda who was about 15 feet away & was already releasing the arrow.
Zelda thinking that this was the end of Bayonetta was shocked as now not only was her arrow dodged but she was now her knees staring up into the woman's eyes as her bow was now on the ground.
"Don't mess with some one that could end you six ways from Sunday missy".
Back on to Link as he had just witnessed something odd as he saw that it looked like everything was now slower but Bayonetta was faster. Maybe this was how she was already on him the second he was up. Almost as she had slowed time for herself, his heard & seen stranger things.
"Now let's see what we've got here & Link don't tell me your already taken. I may be a lot of things but a home wrecker isn't up there in my resume, so tell me who are you & please don't skip any details" as Bayonetta lowered her weapons & leaned her back to a tree as she watched Link was helping the woman up from the ground.
"My name is Zelda, Princess of Hyrule & now who are you may I ask?" said an unhappy Zelda.
"Now see that wasn't too hard & since you asked so nicely the name's Bayonetta your local witch".
"…"
"You're a witch?" Zelda asked taking the words right from Link's mouth.
"Why yes my little princess I am a witch but don't worry I'm not go to trap you, throw you into a kettle to serve you with some bread & wine. I just wanted to get to know the pointy eared man beside you but like I asked earlier Link you're not taken are you?"
Bayonetta never got an answer from Link but instead it was Zelda as she glared at the witch with hatred. She had already picked up her bow but Link grabbed her arm & was holding in down but not before whispering something into her ear. Soon Link let go of her as she withdraws her bow & began walking away but not of course before glaring at the Bayonetta once more. If they were together it seemed that Zelda was the jealous type or was it maybe Bayonetta may have stepped over the link tackling Link. As she stayed leaning on the tree Link went to gather his shirt before facing her & giving her an apology which confused her.
"Why are you apologizing. It's me you should be saying sorry; I didn't know you had someone".
"I don't".
"I beg your pardon. It's clear that princess over there has her eyes on you".
"Trust me, Zelda doesn't have any feelings for me & if she does its only feelings like a sibling love" as Link looked back at Bayonetta as she stared into his eyes.
"And your feelings?"
"I care for her, there was a time I loved her but that was long, long ago. She is my princess & I'm her warrior. Love isn't something that is in a warrior's life; especially the life I've lived through the ages, but you don't want to hear that".
Link began taking his leave to go after Zelda but soon felt a hand on his shoulder, turning his head he saw Bayonetta smiling down at him. She didn't have the face from earlier like a cat catching a mouse but saw a true smile as they both looked back at each other.
"I don't mind listening to your story. Some times when people go through tough times all it takes is someone there to listen too so why don't we meet up later tonight, it looks like there's going to be a full moon tonight since I haven't seen a single cloud in the sky. Perfect weather for story-telling, what do you say Link?"
Bayonetta didn't know why she was saying these things but after seeing the tone in his voice she quickly felt that there was more to Link & she wanted to know. The smaller being had a small part of her attention with her being new to this tournament but maybe she could get to know why she wanted to be around him. She was brought out of her thoughts as she heard him saw something but didn't know what.
"Did you hear me Bayonetta?"
"Sorry could you say that again?"
"I said meet you back here later when the stars are up" Link said before walking away & waving at the witch. She soon felt her heart skip a little before shrugging it off. "Just imagine if Jeanne saw me acting like a little school girl. She would have a field day" she thought before transforming into a crow & hurrying off back to the mansion.
Back at the mansion others were spending there evening enjoying their time before the matches. One person that was not enjoying her time was Samus Aran. You see Samus Aran had headed to the training gym in the mansion. There she was in good company as she trained was training with Wii Fit Trainer, Fox, Lucina & Toon Link. As they were leaving & saying their good-byes Samus along with Toon Link had ran into Wario & Ganondorf. Wario was trying his hardest to flirt with Samus while Ganondorf was trying to frighten Toon Link, both were failing harshly as their targets simply walked past them. Ganondorf not caring proceed to be on his way but Wario wasn't about to back down as he walked being Samus & gave her a pat on her behind. It was then that Samus had stopped walking, Link & Ganondorf felt the hallway get below freezing as they felt scared for the big man but Wario merely gave a chuckle as he went in for another smack. It never happened as Wario went crashing into Ganondorf as he was given a swift kick by a pissed off bounty hunter.
The ruckus that was caused by the bodies had gotten the attention of the local Goddess as she was walking around looking for a certain witch. What Palutena saw was Toon Link holding back or trying to hold back Samus Aran & across the hallway was a pissed of Wario has he tried to get pasted Ganondorf. While Toon Link was actually trying Ganondorf was just getting annoyed, no one had told the fat version of Mario to slap Samus, hell sure he caused nothing but trouble in his world but what else was he supposed to do; he was the bad guy but he never laid his hands on to Zelda like that. Feeling that Wario had whatever was coming to him he stepped aside just as Samus has gotten Toon Link out of the way. Soon all three watched as Wario headed after Samus cocking back his right arm only to get a quick kick in the mid-section.
As he doubled over on his knees he felt himself get lifted up as he Samus was hold him with her left hand by the scruff of his shirt. He looked only to see a fist being delivered onto his right cheek not once, not twice but with the speed Samus was going at she had already entered double digits before she felt a pair of arms around her making her let go of Wario.
"Easy Samus I think his had enough now".
It was Captain Falcon who had her & moved her away from Wario as he took her & released her over to be beside a sadden Toon Link with a worried Palutena. As he let go of her Toon Link was now hugging Samus's leg causing her anger to go down and soon felt a gentle hand on her shoulder from the goddess.
"Thank you Captain".
"It was no trouble Miss, now if you two could take Ms. Aran back to her room while Ganondorf & I take Wario here away to get healed up. I'm sure he'll be up & remembering not to piss Samus off with whatever he did".
The three of them said their good-bye & soon Toon Link left but not without a hug from both of them & Samus telling him that she was alright & not to worry about it. After he ran off looking for someone to play with Samus Aran & Palutena were alone in Samus's room. After a couple of moments of silence Palutena asked what had happened, to which Samus answered like this.
"That that that son of a…".
"Language please".
"That sack of cow crap slapped my butt, he actually touched me; one of the universe's deadliest bounty hunters. If that S.O.B thinks that this is over, then his got another thing coming. The second I catch him alone I'm going to make him wish he never came into this tournament & no one is going to stop the ass-whipping I'm going to deliver".
"Don't worry Wario will get what's coming to him, that I promise you Samus".
It was another few moments of silence again from Palutena as she took a sit on the bed & watched Samus take most of her anger on a hanging punching bag. She was still remembering that she was on the prowl for Bayonetta but was broken out of her thoughts as she heard a large thud. She looked back to see Samus walking up to her & sit next to her; behind her was the punching bag but now teared open laying on the ground.
"Thank my soul I never got her that pissed" thought the goddess.
"Cooled done?"
"Yeah I'm cool now, thanks for walking me back here".
Samus turned to see Palutena simply give her the patent 'Goddess smile' as Pit would say to anyone. Wanting to break the ice Samus asked Palutena to what she was up to now, her reply was that she was looking for the new fighter Bayonetta saying that she felt something strange coming from the woman, something dark & she wanted to know what. Samus remembered the stare that she got from her during the meeting & also the way she was leaning on Link. She doesn't know why but she felt angrier with Link as it seems that he didn't move away but instead just turned his head with that cute blush on his face.
"Cute, yeah guess that's the word" she thought.
Deciding to help out Palutena out she said that she would help find Bayonetta even if she was going to ask different questions for the new fighter.
Around the same time the very person they were about to search for was entering the mansion, Bayonetta was returning back from her encounter with Link. The mansion from what she could tell was around five stores high, not that biggest place she's stayed it but it looked well enough until she would return to her own world once this was all over. As she was heading up to her room which was on the top floor she saw a small version of Link running down the stairs being chased by a small pink puff. It seemed that this mini link didn't notice her until he bumped into her.
"Careful little one, don't want to fall & break something now" as Bayonetta crouched down to see them down to eye level.
Toon Link & Kirby looked to see the woman smiling at them, the two of them were known to get into trouble with most of the grown-ups in the tournament but it seemed that this new fighter was alright so far. Not even a second later Kirby had tagged Toon Link & waved bye to Bayonetta as he run farther away. Dumbstruck Toon Link watched Kirby escape until Bayonetta got the boy back on his feet, smiling down at him.
"Go on little one, don't want to be left behind now do you" to which Toon Link shook his head side-ways & ran after Kirby but not before giving a wave good-bye.
Bayonetta watched & wondered if the mini Link was closely related to the regular Link. She continued on to her room only to see two fighters blocking her way, one who had tried to talk to her earlier.
"Excuse me but your blocking the way".
While one simply moved out of her way the other looked pissed off. Taking a closer look it seemed that he had a large bruise on his cheek. Not one to being in the mood Bayonetta walked past until she heard an off handed comment towards her. Turning she looked at the bruised one as the other one was already walking away saying something about "why do I hang out with you?" Looking down she asked what did he just say.
"I said you doing anything babe because I can see me & you doing a few…"
That was all Wario said as he was kicked once again by a woman but this time around this woman had an insane amount of power as he was already knocked cold before hitting the wall. Having a sudden meeting with Mr. Sandman Wario never got to hear what Bayonetta said to him.
"If you need to learn how to talk to a lady, ask your mum!"
= = Author's Note = =
Sorry about the delay, but writing stories right now is not to huge on my list right now & also the fact that I had to redo this chapter multiple times until I feel it was right. Most because I didn't want Bayonetta to be all "He looks hot I want to fuck him now". While Bayonetta was playful in the games she was also a serious character & I want to make all the characters as I believe they would act & yes I do see Wario as a complete asshole. I also made the mistake of telling one reader about when I up-date my stories. Lesson learned because now I feel like a I lied to them but didn't try to. Honestly my other story is the one that may take longer as I only see this story going to maybe twelve to sixteen chapters. This is FoxandSox & I'll see you next time.