Meeting a World Unknown Chapter 4: Saved by the Deku Nuts, a Legend of Zelda + Lord of the Rings Crossover fanfic

Title: Meeting a World Unknown
Rating: T
Warning: Cussing...no that's all I can think of besides sarcasm and fatal jokes that aren't even funny.
Summary: Ch.4 – More people seem to want answers from the confusing Hylian. Will he be able to sate their curiosity?

A/N: XDDD I couldn't help myself on the title. Okay, this chapter honestly was done a LONG time ago, I just... didn't upload it. Sorry! I don't really have any good excuses, so I'm just gonna leave it at that. Enjoy~! (And review plz, that's always a nice motivator)

Chapter 4 - Saved by the Deku Nut

Gandalf's chuckles echoed in the room for a few seconds before dying out. The fire crackled behind the two, and Link fidgeted. He hated being still, why was everything so quiet? Biting his lip, Link made eye-contact with the wizard, twinkling gray orbs staring back with questions. Link sighed, releasing his lip from between his teeth.

"Look, I'm sorry if you want more answers-," Gandalf shook his head, a small frown on his lips.

"It's not that, I'm just more curious… you just appear out of nowhere you know and now-." Gandalf cut himself off, leaving the sentence to Link's own interpretation. "There's something special about you Link, and I do hope you accept my apologies, but I must ask you to leave. I have several things I must contemplate."

Link nodded, standing and walking towards the door with an odd gait. His body was slumped forward slightly, head hanging lower than normal. It was almost as if Link was depressed.

"Gandalf, I'll warn you. I may not be the only… thing here from my world." Link glanced behind at Gandalf, blue eyes meeting gray once more, "If that's true you'll need my help."

Gandalf nodded. Link twisted the knob on the door, opening it with a slight creak. Turning, Link shut it carefully, as to not disturb the powerful wizard's thoughts. At the soft click signaling the door was closed, Link shifted around…

… Meeting two twin-looking hobbits to the face. "Nice to meet you Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took." Link gave–what he hoped was- a pleasant smile. "Now if you'll excuse me…"

Link tried to shimmy away from the inquisitive stares when suddenly bumping into a rather firm chest made Link wince. Glancing upward, Link's ears twitched down, red covering the tips as he gave an awkward smile. It was Boromir, the steward of Gondor.

"Why hello there Boromir," Link tried to move away when both the Took and the Brandybuck were once again in his way. "Well Din," Link cursed quietly under his breath, "what do you want?"

"We," Boromir gestured to all three of them, "want to know more about you." Eyes narrowing, Boromir looked accusingly at Link, "How exactly did you find out our names?"

Link gave a coughing laugh, "Well, Aragorn might of clued me in a little."

"So Aragon 'clued' you in, eh?" Boromir snapped back, basically repeated Link's previous statement. Link only nodded. "Well then, maybe you can 'clue' us in."

"On what?"

Merry and Pippin jumped in at this point, Pippin speaking first, "Like where you really from!"

"Yeah yeah, and what you did!"

Link looked from Boromir to the hobbits; once, twice… Then he began laughing. The hilarity seemed to overwhelm the Hylian as he keeled over. Pretty soon he was clutching his stomach in the fetal position laughing his guts out, begging for them to stop. With questioning glances, Boromir decided to kneel down next to the laughing Hylian.

"Kid," Boromir poked at Link whose laughter was starting to recede, leaving only small quivers of mirth left. "Kid, what's with you?"

Link glanced up, blue eyes watered over with tears of joy, "I'm sorry, but your expressions-!" Link clasped a hand over his mouth to quench mirth bubbling up his throat. Swallowing it down, Link tried to contain his smile, "Ah-anyway…"

"Yes, anyway; how about you clear some questions for us."

"I keep telling you people, but you never listen, and or you never believe me." Link's contained smile faded away, leaving an expressionless stare. "My name is Link, I come from, and have saved, the land called Hyrule."

Boromir raised an eyebrow, "You know boy," he began his voice skeptical, "I can't take you seriously with all that…" he paused, glancing up and down at Link who was –at the moment- lying on his side, green hat fallen forward, and a good portion of the bottom half of his tunic riding up his thigh. A soft blush crossed his face as he coughed awkwardly into his hand, "All that get-up."

Link looked down at his tunic and a coy smirk wrestled up his lips, eyes twitching upward as he looked at Boromir innocently, "Oh- and I suppose this would have nothing to do with it?" Link waved the skirt portion up and down, fingering the cotton material with nimble fingers. Boromir Looked away, his eyes refusing to look back at the Hylian. "I guessed right then- you're either gay or bi."

Boromir turned back horror crossing his face as a look of disgust seemed to creep across his expression. "I am no such thing!"

Link sighed, teetering from his side to his back, legs open as he stared up at the steward with knowing eyes, "I'm quite experienced when it comes to this sort of thing you-know- I've met quite a few gays." Boromire simply stared with unbelieving eyes as Link shifted into a sitting position, not even noticing the repulsive look the two hobbits held. "Not by choice mind you- one of them set me up to find a mask when I was twelve! The others…" Link shrugged, "I mean I guess since they were dead so it doesn't count, but still." *A/N: Redeads rape you for life…or at least it looks like it and before you complain- no I'm not making a gay pairing out of these two…just continue, it'll make more sense later.*

"You horrid man!" Boromir screeched, his eyes turning into slits, "How dare you- I mean, what are you even thinking?"

Link rolled his eyes, "That I was forced into it," He tilted his head, "Besides- if you don't believe a thing I say why my previous statement should make any impact on you." Suddenly a sly smile, "I mean I could be making this whole thing up and here you are falling for it like a fool." *A/N: Make sense now?*

Boromir's mouth grew slack, his eyes wide in utter shock as the two hobbits suddenly burst into laughter. "He pulled one over you Boromir!" Pippin laughed gleefully, "And us two," agreed Mary.

Link leaned back, flashing well kept white teeth, "It was pretty easy," Link casually responded.

Boromir felt rage flush through his system- not only had the Hylian accused him then threw it off as a joke, he had the indecency to rub his face in it! "Now El-!" Link growled, turning back to him.

"I. Am. Not. A bloody elf!" A quick thought flashed through his mind, and he grinned sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, "Though I do like them so far- they're nice." A chorus of voices from the hallway made Link's head jump as his eyes turned in that direction, "And if you'd be so kind- I have three others from our team I need to meet." With that, he scrambled to his feet, shuffled through his pack, and disappeared in a flash of white light.

Though he technically didn't "disappear," he had simply blinded them for a short period of time allowing him to flee without notice.

Rushing about, he found someone, asking for directions to a bed and was lead towards an empty rather spacious room. Smiling, he thanked them, handing them a rupee in thanks. They looked at the red gem curiously for a second, before smiling and saying it was no trouble. Shifting into 'his' room, he fell atop the bed, not taking notice of a towering shadow of a man hooded in gray glance into his room.

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