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Legend of Zelda: ocarina of time (revised)
Chapter 3
With his trial behind him,Link and Kuro Landed in front of the Deku Tree. "Link, Kuro, well done." The great deku tree said without wasting time. "It was of no problem Great Deku Tree. "Kuro said. "Yea, Gohma was a challenge but she couldn't stop us." Link said excitedly. "Indeed Thou hast verily demonstrated thy courage. I knew that thou wouldst be able to carry out my wishes." The Deku Tree spoke. Both boys looked to each other, pleased to hear his praise.
"Now I have yet more to tell ye, Wouldst thou Listen?" Their grins dropped to a look of confusion and curiousness and for Kuro, worry. "Of course Great Deku Tree." Navi responded as if Knowing Links thoughts. The deku Tree was silent before speaking again. "Now...listen carefully...A wicked man of the Desert Cast this dreadful curse upon me."
Both Kuro and Link sat down on the ground and listened intently as he began. "This Evil man ceaselessly uses his vile sorcerous powers in his search for the Scared Realm that is connected to Hyrule. For it is in that Sacred Realm that one will find the divine relic, the Triforce, which contains the essence of the gods."
"The." Link started.
"Triforce." Kuro finished.
"Great Deku Tree please explain." Navi spoke.
"Before Time began, before spirits and life existed three golden goddesses descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule.
Din, The Goddess of power, Nayru, The goddess of wisdom, and Farore of courage." As they listened to the story Link could feel a vague sense deja-vu as if he had heard the story before, that or something similar. "Din...With her strong flaming arms, she cultivated the land and created the red earth. Naryu poured her wisdom onto the earth and gave the spirit of law to the world. And Farore with her rich soul produced all life forms who would uphold the law. The three great goddesses, with their labors completed departed for the heavens once again. And golden sacred Triangles remained at the point where the goddesses left the world. Since then the sacred triangles have become the basis of our worlds providence. And the resting place of the triangles has become the Sacred Realm."
As his story came to an end both boys got up for the ground and dusted themselves off.
"Thou must never allow the desert man in black armor to lay his hands on the sacred Triforce." The deku tree spoke. "Thou must never suffer that man with his evil heart to enter the Sacred Realm of legend. That evil man who cast the death curse upon me and sapped my power. Because of that curse, my end is nigh."
"What!" Navi and Link shouted in shock. Kuro though surprised also remained silence clenching his fist. despite his best efforts he failed to save the deku tree as he had hoped to. "But why?" Navi cried from over her partners head. "Tell us Great Deku Tree." came Link. We defeated Gohma as you said so why are you going to die. Tears were now starting to fall from his face. The great deku tree was a very important to the boy, since as long as he can remember the deku tree was the only one who thought of them as his own and looked after them like a father.
"Listen well my children." He spoke calming them down somewhat. "Though your valiant efforts to break the curse were successful, I was doomed before you started..."
"Then what was the point." Kuro spoke up. It was his turn to finally break. "You called us and told us to save you, we traveled deep inside you and fought a unspeakable monster all keep you alive, and yet you say you're going to die anyway? What was the point of it all!" his voice rose with every word till he was yelling so loud that Link was sure all of Kokiri could have heard him.
The great Deku tree looked at the eldest twin who was now crying as well his black fairy trying to comfort him to the best of her abilities. His wised eyes seemed to have sadden somewhat though they were unable to tell. "Yes." He started again. His aged voice and tone didn't change since he first started. "I will pass away soon. But do not grieve for me, after all. I have been able to tell you of these important matters. This is Hyrule's final hope.
"Hyrule's" Link spoke up.
"Final Hope?" Kuro finished.
"Link, Kuro, go now to Hyrule Castle there thou will surely meet the princess of destiny."
"Hyrule Castle." Navi mumbled
"Princess of Destiny." Link thought
Kuro wiped his eyes and replaced look of sorrow to one of determination. "So it all begins." He thought.
"Before you do." A small green item suddenly dropped from the branches of the deku tree landing in front of Link as if it was aiming there the whole time I was a gree sphere like item with a gold design giving the look of a leaf like jewel. Take this stone with you. It's the stone that man wanted so much that he cast the curse on me."
Link picked up the stone and both boys stared curiously at it before the deku tree spoke once again. "The future depends upon thee Link, Thou art courageous. And Navi Assist Link to carry out my will."
Navi gave a nood. "Will do great deku tree."
Kuro could feel the deku tree was nearing his end, his voice was getting fainter and fainter by the second. "I entreat ye Navi...good...bye." His voice finally failed him as the color started to drain from him leaving nothing but a lifeless grey and dying tree leaves.
The two boys and faries watched in silence of the great deku tree's final moment.
"Come on Link." Kuro spoke up. "We have a lot to prepare for, let's get back home and get some rest."
"Yea you're right." He agreed. both boys didn't even look at each other even though they were both sadden they were trying their best to hold it in and knew they would both start again if they looked. As they walked away they didn't noticed Navi who remained behind. "Good bye, great deku tree." she said before flying off to her partner. "Hey Link, Kuro, Wait up." She called.
The walk through the grove was quite and no matter where Link looked he couldn't help but feel as though even the trees were crying over the deku tree's death. As they approched the entrance to the village they could see Mido standing in his same spot waiting for their return. Kuro, Link, what happened." He asked in his demanding tone. "Not now Mido." Kuro said in a low warning tone however the boy didn't hear him and continued. "The great deku tree, is he dead?" he asked. no one answered and instead looked away. Mido staggered back in surprise. "You're kidding right, The great deku tree is really gone?" "We've done everything we could." Link said quietly. "How could you let that happen!" he yelled. "The Great Deku Tree was the protector of the forest, with him gone monsters can invade at any moment."
"Not now Mido." Kuro said a bit louder now.
"This is all your fault Link if it wasn't for you The great deku tree..."
"I SAID, CUT IT OUT MIDO." Kuro shouted. Mido froze and mid-sentince while Link, Navi and Lilly all jumped in surprise. "Right now is not the time to be pointing fingers, if you are the so called boss then gather the others and let them know it's not fair if we're the only one's who get to grieve."
Mido, for the first time ever remained silent and grumbled to himself while walking off allowing the boys to once again resume their walk home. Mido's words had done more damage then Gohma's attack's could have ever done to Link. As far as the boy was concerned Mido was right, the great deku tree tasked him to get rid of the monster and save him however becuase of his inexperience the deku tree died instead and it was all his fault.
"Cheer up Link you gave it your all." Navi said in an attempt to comfort her partner. Lilly gave a jingle before flying around Links face and tickling him all over making the boy laugh. "Ok, ok I got it." He said between laughter. Not even he could stay depressed after seeing his friends try to help him up. "Thanks you two." He said with a smile. Though he was no longer depressed, he was still feeling down and no matter how hard he smiled he couldn't hide it from his brother.
Night fell on Kokiri forest and the tree houses that would normally be lit with candles were all dark. The Kokiri had all gather around the deku tree to hold a sort of funeral for his passing within the grotto. Even so far in Link and Kuro who remained home to get some sleep could still hear crying coming from the other Kokiri's. Link tossed and turned in his bed trying his best to ignore the sounds but to no avail. Navi and Lilly had both given up on the idea of sleeping and just remained sitting on the table watching their respective partners with concerned looks. Kuro however remained motionless in his bed staring at the ceiling and listening to the distant cries however rather than feeling down and depressed it just made him more determined. "Kuro?" He heard his brother call out. "Are you awake." Kuro was about to answer with a snide remark but after what they had both been through no doubt that would have done more harm than good. "Yea, I am." He answered. He was quite sure what Link wanted to say no doubt the deku tree's death weighed more heavily on him than it did anyone in the forest. "Do you think..." Before Link could finish his question Kuro quickly cut him off. "Stop right there..." He said as he sat up in his bed. "Link it's not your fault the deku tree died. What the deku tree wanted us to save was not him but Kokiri forest. If Gohma had escaped the deku tree then it would have cursed the entire forest to search for that green stone you have." Kuro pulled out the stone that was in Link's tunic that he hung up for the night and tossed it to his brother. "The deku tree protected the forest by hiding this stone, now we must fufill his wish and protect the forest by delivering that to a princess Zelma."
"It's Zelda." Navi corrected.
"Yea her." Kuro said.
"But what if I fail again. What if someone else we know dies?" Link started to sqeeze the stone hard in his hands. "I don't want another friend of mine to die again."
"Then we protect them." Kuro said with a fierce determination. "Link looked to his brother who was now standing in front of him. "If our friends or family is ever in trouble then we'll protect them, this time with our lives." Kuro held out a fist in front of his brother. "Let's make a pact here. From this day on we will never let a day like this happen again."
Link smiled he could tell from the way his brother did that cocky grinn that he was serious. he got up from his bed and connected his fist with his brothers. "No more death's. No more tears." Link said. Navi and Lilly both smiled to each other and landed on the hands of their respective partners.
"So long as we Live. There is nothing to fear" The boys said together. as they finished the let out a burst of laughter before crawling back into the beds and finally allowing sleep to overtake them.
Fog hit the village the following morning and all the Kokiri had retreated into their homes long ago, since they were all up late last night none were presently outside, this was the perfect time for them to leave without ever being spotted. The two boys walked through the village hiding within the mist, though Navi assured them no one was awake it was still best to be careful. They made it to the entrance of Kokiri village which was a large dead hollow tree Link looked back to the misty village that was Kokiri. "You better get a good look while you can because chance are we won't be back anytime soon." Kuro said while looking at his brother from the corner of his eyes. Link didn't respond and instead gave a nod before taking off into the dark tunnel with Kuro behind him. They walked for about thirty minutes before they came to a wooden bridge that connected to another tunnel which lead out of the forest. "Finally." Link said with a smile. "Hey Kuro, we're almost there." Link called excitedly. It was his first time ever leaving the forest and the boy was really curious about what existed beyond it.
"From here on I'll take lead and guide you out." Navi said before taking off.
In order to keep up with the fast fairy the two boys had no choice but to run. Link ran further and further ahead while Kuro slowed down his pace and eventually stopping in the middle of the bridge.
It was till his brother was out of sight before turning to the entrance to Kokiri tunnel. So you came to see us off Saria" He asked. Slowly but surely the green haired girl came stepping out of the tunnel they had just came from. "So then, you're leaving after all." She said. Lilly gave a nod from above her partners head.
"It's what we must do; what...he must do." Kuro answered.
Saria tried looking into his eyes but found it very hard to do so and was often looking back at the ground. "I knew...I knew the two of you would leave the forest someday Kuro. It is because you're different from the rest of us."
"No that's not..." Saria raised her hand stopping the boy mid-sentence.
"I already know what you're going to say Kuro but you know it's the truth." She shut her eyes and closed her hands together as if praying. "You mind if I ask you a question."
At a loss for words Kuro could only nod his head. If she saw him or not remains to be questioned however she continued on. "No matter what, we will still be friends won't we?"
"O-of course we will. Now and alwasy." He nearly shouted. Saria looked into his nervous eyes and smiled before reaching into a pouch she brought along and pulling out two instruments, one a flute and another was a ocarina. If there was one thing both boys loved to do it was playing music. While Link got his teachings of playing an ocarina from Saria, Kuro managed to somehow master playing a flute alone. Both boys would often hold concerts for saria at their secret hang out spot sometimes playing together and sometimes competing for who was the best. Kuro could tell from how neat both wooden instruments were that Saria was working on them for a long time.
"Here, I've been waiting a long time to give you these; please take good care of them." Kuro took the flut in his hand and placed it in his own pouch while holding the ocarina in his other hand till he could deliver it to his brother.
"Kuro! where are you?" echoed Links voice from the tunnel.
Saria smiled as she knew their time was up. "When you play my instruments I hope you will think of me and come back to the forest to visit."
"Saria..." There was another call from his brother this time louder and coming closer. "Saria. I will come back to the forest again...I promise." This time it was Saria who was soundless and contented herself to just nodding.
Kuro took one step back followed by another before finally running off to rejoin his brother.
Saria waited till he was no long in sight before letting a tear run down her face. "Stupid." She said while trying not to cry. "Don't make a promise you're not going to keep."
The boys exited the last tunnel and instead of being greeted by more trees much to Link's relief There were greeted with a large blue sky filled with clouds and wide open greenery as far as their eyes could see.
"Here we are. Hyrule field. Navi said. Link was filled with shock. Only seeing noting but trees for the past ten years he had no clue just how large the world really was. "It's HUGE!" He yelled as he gazed at the vast field and sky.
"It is, but this is troublesome." Kuro mumbled.
Link and Navi turned to Kuro who seemed to have started thinking.
"What do you mean?" Navi asked.
Kuro pointed to the field in front of them. "Just look." other than the dirt road that went into two different directions there was really no other landmarks in sight.
"So; which way do we go?" one path lead up a small hill as for after that they couldn't tell. The other path lead through the plains of Hyrule with it's destination seemingly being nowhere in sight. Link crossed his arms and pondered for a moment before snapping his fingers. "I got it. Navi fly up high into the air and see if you can find any buildings in sight." He ordered.
"Good idea Link." Kuro praised. "Lilly you do the same taking the other rout."
"Aye aye." Navi said before flying off. Lilly gave a jingle before taking off herself in the opposite direction of her fairy partner.
While waiting on their fairies to return the two boys sat under a large tree taking in the silence around them. Kuro figured this would be a better time as any to hand him the ocarina as he promised.
"Hey Link, catch." Kuro called before tossing the item to his brother. Link caught the wooden ocarina and looked it over.
"It's a going away present from Saria." He explained before pulling out his flute.
Link smiled while looking at the ocarina.
"Saria always seem to know what we were going to do." He place his lips on the instrument and begin to blow out beautiful music. Kuro join seconds later and the two played a few songs they learned from the woods. They played for what felt to be hours before the two fairies returned from their search. "Hey. Link, Kuro." Navi called from above causing the surprised Link to blow a harsh note.
"Navi, Lilly." Kuro called to them. "Did you find anything?"
Lilly frowned and gave a nod
"Well I on the other hand found something." Navi spoked up "There's a large stone structure about a few days walk from here."
"How many days are we talking here?" Link asked.
"About two maybe three days." Navi guessed.
"Well that's not long at all." Kuro said sarcastically.
"Long or not we won't get anywhere just sitting around here." Navi said. Both boys agreed with a nod before traversing the long dirt road.
Dusk was starting to approach and with no where to lay added to the fact that both boys where getting exhausted with no sort of lodging in site they had no choice but to camp out in the fields.
Sacrificing his last remaining weapon Kuro broke the deku stick into small peices and started a camp fire. while Link who had the bag of fruits they got from home took out two apples and handed one to his brother. Kuro and Link both looked at their apples in silence. The fruit reminded them of their favorite apple tree they often visited and though they didn't say it out loud they were already beginning to miss home.
As they were about to take a bite a loud jingle from Lillian caught them both off guard. What had caught the little fairy's attention was a wagon being pulled by two horses. steering the wagon was very slim but large looking man who for some odd reason was chewing on the stem of a piece of wheat and singing some off tune song that he had obviously came up with on his own.
Normally seeing two young boys sitting in the middle of a grassy field would often fuel a some curious questions. The man however didn't even seem to mind it at all and came to a stop right in front of them. "Well now this is a surprise. I didn't expect to see two boys sitting out in the middle of nowhere. And twins at that."
If the man wasn't large before he definitely was now. With him being closer Kuro could see the small scar on the right side of the mans lip and his rugged beard.
Link was practically glad to have met someone else for a change and was even more excited to see an animal that he had never seen before. Kuro being his polar opposite was actually weary of the man making sure he wouldn't try anything strange.
"So where are you boys from?" He asked in a gruff voice. "We're from Kokiri forest." Navi answered from her orbit over Link's head. "Well would you look at that." The man said with a whistle. "Fairies and so far away from the woods too."
Lilly flew from her partners shoulder and hovered in front of the man he stuck on one finger to the girl and she shook it happily before returning to Kuro. Since Lilly was so willing to trust him Kuro let down his guard. "So fairy boys what are your names and what are you doing so far away from the woods?"
"I am Kuro and over there..." He said pointing to his brother who's attention was now on the wagon itself. "That is my younger brother Link. We are on our way to a place called Hyrule castle as for why we are going there we cannot say."
"Hyrule castle huh?" The man said thoughtfully. "Well isn't that something, we are on our way to Hyrule castle too." Kuro's face turned perplexed. "We?"
it didn't take long for his question to be answered as it was Link who discovered it.
While Kuro was talking to the driver of the wagon Link decided to take the time to investigate the inside. He opened the door to the back of the wagon and peered inside. It was dim with a number of items and barrels place around. within some of the barrels Link could see all sorts of swords and spears and on the floor were all sorts of heavy bags filled with wheat, flowers and other such items. "Wow I wonder what sort of thing he do for a living." Link questioned to himself. "Hey Link look over there. Navi said flying over to one corner of the wagon. within the dark room it was barely unnoticeable however with the help of Navi's light Link saw a figure covered in a black cloak sitting against one of the barrels, it was of the sound of light breathing Link could tell that the figure was sleeping. As he was making his way closer the wagon gave a loud creak as if an alarm going off around a trespasser. The mysterious figure's eyes shot open and blue eyes met blue eyes. Link dared not move as he was certain something bad would have happened if he did. There was a long laps of silence before Link finally came up with something to say. "Uhh...hi"
"What do you mean We?" Kuro asked. There was a cry from Link within the back gaining both of their attention. "Oh boy. I'm willing to bet Yuna has something to do with that." The man muttered.
Before Link could even blink the figure launched itself at him. It was only with quick reflexes did Link manage to avoid a punch aimed at his face. "Yeow!" Link cried in surprise as the blow just barely missed. Though he managed to evade the first attack because of the dim room he was slow to react to the following kick that struck his at his ribs and sent him flying out of the wagon. Link was able to remain standing, however the blow felt like a hit from a sledge hammer and He was sure it was going to bruise later. "Link incoming." Navi warned. Thinking quickly Link removed his shield from his back and protected his face. The shield seemed nothing more than wooden and would break after just taking one attack, that's why she didn't hold back and struck with a considerable amount of power that could have easily put a man three times her size in a coma. Natural to say Yuna was speechless when she didn't even damage the weapon. "Surprised?" Link asked. With a push he managed to unbalance her before sweeping her feet from underneath her. The girl fell and Link drew his sword putting it inches from her neck. "So am i." He said breathlessly.
