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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time
Chapter One
-Unknown Location-
"He… akin… ..p..,"
"Som.. shou.. .get Mido."
"Saria! We.. safe… ..erous!"
A soft groan escaped the boy's mouth as he slowly sat up from the soft grass he lay. 'Wait a second… grass?' Looking around himself, the blonde was surprised to find himself settled in an extremely soft bed of grass. Before he could ponder the mystery on how it suddenly seemed to be summer in the middle of winter, the boy finally noticed his current company, more specifically the young green haired girl whose face was now inches away from his own.
"Hey, are you alright?" She asked with a tilt of her head when he recoiled slightly in surprise. "Huh, um ah yeah, I'm fine," He said stumbling over his words slightly before catching himself. "Good, you look pretty beat up when we found but you seem all better now." The girl stated while standing up and dusting off her green shorts and shirt. "Yeah that's normal, a good sleep always helped me get better. By the way my names Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki!" He said boisterously causing the girl to giggle loudly while loud muttering could be heard behind some bushes.
"Nice to meet you Naruto, I'm Saria." The now named Saria said as she held out a hand for him that he accepted. "Nice to meet you too, Saria-chan." Getting pulled up to his feet, Naruto took stock of his surroundings with a confused expression, missing the equally boggled look on Saria's at his saying her name. "Uh, Saria-chan, where am I? This doesn't look like the forest around Konoha." 'I should know, I had to hide in them more than once after pulling a prank.' He thought, mentally laughing at some of the old pranks he pulled.
"Konoha? Never heard of that place before, this is the Kokiri Forest." She said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Before either could speak again, they both turned their attention to a loud yelling noise to see a short blonde boy wearing an almost identical version of Saria's outfit charging at them while wildly swinging a long stick. Reacting instinctually, Naruto pushed Saria behind him protectively just as the boy showed up and gave him a strong whack over the head breaking the stick.
The previously charging boy froze as he watched his only weapon shatter against his opponent, his shock more towards the fact that Naruto took the blow without any visible affect other than a small red mark. "…ow?'' Naruto said/questioned. 'That was it? Sheesh this guy needs to work out or something, the old granny at the orphanage hits harder than that.' Sariah who was the fastest to shirk off her surprise, got out from behind Naruto and gave the other boy a stern gaze.
"Mido! That was entirely uncalled for." She scolded, somewhat reminding Naruto of some mothers he'd seen at the park when their kids did something bad. "He's an outsider Saria, he could be dangerous!" "He hadn't done anything wrong to deserve you attacking him." As the two argued, Naruto just stood there in an awkward silence. "Don't worry about those two, Mido just tends to be a bit overprotective." Jumping at the high-pitched voice beside him, Naruto snapped his head to the side to see two tiny glowing people with wings floating beside him.
The one who spoke was a girl who glowed a soft green, wore a simple green dress and hair and a somewhat amused expression upon her face. The other glowed a bright white that made it hard to look at it straight, but based on the short chortle it gave off Naruto guessed it was a boy. "Whoa…" Naruto mumbled as he leaned in closer to the duo. "What, never seen a fairy before or something." The white was asked causing Naruto to shake his head negatively.
"Well now you have, the names Elia, Sariah's guardian fairy, and this here is Sittr." The green one said, landing on the tip of Naruto's nose. Naruto nodded slowly while breaking out into a wide grin. "Nice to meet you Elia-chan, Sittr. Could either of you explain how I got here." Neither of them had a chance to answer as a deep baritone, yet somehow gentle sounding voice rang out.
"I do believe that I can answer that for you." Jumping once again in surprise, Naruto whirled around, looking for the source of the voice only to see nothing but more plants. "Who said that?" Naruto demanded, not noticing how Sariah, Mido and the fairies and focused their gaze in the same direction. "The Great Deku Tree wishes to speak with you, we should not keep him waiting." Sariah said, grabbing Naruto's arm, and dragging him along.
"Hey! Slow down! What the heck is a Deka Tree," "Deku Tree, he is the protector of the forest." Sariah explained as she all but dragged the whiskered boy with her. Cutting through a small village like area that had several other green clad children with fairies watching, Naruto grew curious on where all the adults were. "Wait, He? Your acting like this tree caaaaaaa..." Naruto trailed off as the sight of a MASSIVE tree came into view, a giant tree WITH A FACE!
"Big Tree…" Was all Naruto could mumble, his brain fried out as he and Saria came to a stop atop one of the tree's roots. "Great Deku Tree, you wished to speak with Naruto?" Sariah asked while giving Naruto a gentle push forward. The tree was a dark brown color with vibrant green leaves, It's face consisting of a large mouth with a bark mustache and moss like eyebrows that covered where Its eyes would be.
"Young one, you wish to know why you are here?" The tree asked getting Naruto to snap out of his stupor and shake his head rapidly. "Yeah, what the heck is going on?! Fairies! Mysterious Woods! That guy hitting me with a stick!" Gestures over to Mido who was now standing with a group of other children. "And now a giant talking Tree! You better have a really good explanation for all this Tree-Jiji!"
Many of the children behind him gasp at the blunt and disrespectful way he spoke to the Great Deku. The Deku Tree itself remained silent for several moments itself before chortling. "Ah, it is quite refreshing to hear such bold and honest talk from someone these days." The Tree said as it's lips curled into a smile. "I am known as the Deku Tree, guardian of the forests and the Kokiri." "Yeah nice to meet'cha, can we get on with this please?" Naruto asked impatiently drawing another laugh from the tree. "Of course, as I was informed by the ones whom brought you here, you were taken here to act a haven and an apology for all the harshness you had to deal with from your former home."
"Hey, Konoha is awesome! Take that back! And what do you mean former, I'm going back there eventually right?!" The Deku Tree remained silent for several seconds before speaking again. "Your love for your birthplace is understandable, and I meant no disrespect." Naruto seemed to calm down, but kept a firm glare upon the tree. "Your gaze bares a weight to it no child should know let long hold. The great fairy of the forest, Faron herself brought you here and informed me of your life. Answer me this, did your home love you as much as you it?"
Naruto wanted to scream yes, to answer without hesitation, but couldn't as the memory of all those cold glares, harsh words, and forced isolation he had endured. Sure, it wasn't all bad, but the small number of happy times he had were easily overtaken by the mere number of bad ones. Dropping his glare to the ground, Naruto refused to answer.
"Your posture tells me all I need. As for returning home, that is currently impossible." Naruto stepped back as if the words struck him like a blow. "Even the great fairy Faron said she has no clue as to you come from." Naruto's legs wobbled as he started to collapse only for Saria to catch him. "Saria, please take young Naruto somewhere he can rest, it is getting late and he has a lot to think about." Saria nodded as she gently leads an unresponsive Naruto back to the small village.
Arriving at a small wooden hut with her name hanging from a sign, Saria guided Naruto to a simple made table and sat him down on the single seat she had. Crouching down next to him, she tried to think of a way to cheer him up like she did the other kokiri, but this wasn't something simply like a bruised knee or a bad dream. She was dealing with completely unfamiliar territory here. Drawing a big blank in her head on anything else, Saria wrapped her arms around the boy in a gentle hug.
Naruto's entire body froze up at the unfamiliar sensation of someone holding him like so. He reflexively tried to wriggle free but Saria's next words caused him to stop. "It's okay, it's okay, it's gonna be okay." She softly whispered into his ear as she gently rocked back and forth. Before he even realized it, tears were streaming down his face as he leaned back into her grasp. Saria continued to whisper comforting words to him even after his crying ended and soft snores sounded.
Naruto would spend the next three years believing that to be both the saddest and happiest night of his life. He had lost his home, but he got something just as if not more precious, his first friend.
-Chapter end-
AN: To those who say this isn't how Naruto or Saria would act. Naruto in this story is currently only six years old, emotionally and mentally stunted, and yet to truly befriend anyone from Konoha (Including Teuchi and Ayame as he didn't start going for ramen regularly until after he befriended Iruka at the academy). He just woke up in an unfamiliar area, told he can't go home, and forced to face the fact his home was a terrible one, (again not hating, I am following canon on this, his childhood SUCKED and only got marginally better AFTER he started going to the academy).
Saria on the other hand is described in canon to be motherly, caring, perceptive and compassionate so unlike the other kokiri who would be nervous or suspicious of an outsider, she would try and help however she could.
As for the Deku Tree and Faron, they were only told about the poor childhood part via Farore as she wants thing to play out naturally.
Omake: Why Zelda is afraid of Rats
"Bored… bored... so borrrrred…"
The Goddess of Wisdom and Law groaned as watched over a six-year-old Zelda snooze away through a magical projection. She wasn't taking any chances that something could happen to her champion without her noticing but by the heavens did it get boring. Especially since her only company was the still comatose Hylia.
Unlike what most would think, just because she was the Goddess of Wisdom didn't mean she only enjoyed reading books or studying. She had other hobbies she enjoyed! "Oh, what's this?" She asked as a shadowed figure appeared in Zelda's bedroom. Stepping into the light it showed a soldier from a visiting Duke holding a large sack.
"What dumbass sends a kidnapper without having them change out of uniform." Nayru grumbled as she snapped her fingers and the man yelled in sudden agony. The sudden yell awoke the young princess who opened her eyes just in time to see the man collapse into a pile of armor and rats…
…all over her bed.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEK!"
"… … …oops."
-end omake-
