Author's Note: Hey all! GottaluvKatanas is here with the fourth chapter of this here story! Sorry I couldn't update it. I spent most of my time with my project and classwork/homework is piling up real fast =-='' Luckily, I managed to finish my project before its due and I'm done with all of my current class/homework, so I finally got time on my hands to start the chapter (Yay! ^-^) Thanks so much for reviewing you guys, I love you all :3
Side Note: I'll be taking some Ocarina of Time facts and kinda merge 'em with some Twilight Princess facts (and twist them a bit so they could make sense in my story a little better x3 Sowwy guys). Fortunately I'm a HUGE Zelda nerd, so I pretty much think I got all of my facts straight xD If I don't, please correct me in the reviews :3
Disclaimer: I do not own SSBB or its characters. They belong to their respective creator(s).
Link blocked, reflected, dodged all of the upcoming blasts Zant threw at him with difficulty. His strength and stamina was leaving him rapidly, even though less than ten minutes had passed. Damn, he got stronger! Link gasped for breath, as he dodged another one of Zant's blasts. The blast barely grazed Link's back, yet pain rippled throughout Link's body, causing his knees to buckle and yell out in pain. Link felt Zant place his hand in his hair, pulling it back, forcing Link to face Zant. Link could smell the faint smell of blood in Zant's breath as he spoke.
"Your time is coming, young Hero of Time..." Zant spoke in nothing but a whisper. A whisper filled with the intent of murdering the green-clad warrior. Link gathered a small amount of saliva before spitting it on Zant face, coating it with a blob of bloody spit. "You insolent brat!" Zant screeched as he threw Link across the room, his nostrils flaring with anger. "You... You dare...!"
Link crashed against the wall, a sickening pop in his left shoulder, signaling it was dislocated. He slid down the wall, ending up in a sitting position.
"I dare jack up your face with a blob of bloody spit...?" Link asked, a taunting smile pulling at the corners of his lips. Link knew that this wasn't the time for a joke - hell, he was probably going to die. Might as well say one last joke before meeting up with Mom and Dad, Link thought to himself, a sense of comfort surrounding him.
As if reading his thoughts, Zant spoke, "Don't worry, pitiful Hero. I'll make sure that your death is going be quick and easy." Zant grinned maniacally as he opened his hand, black ball of energy began swirling to life in the center of his palm. The very spirit of Death seemed enter the room as the ball grew slowly.
Link swallowed hard, cold sweat breaking on his brow. Looks like this is it... Sometimes... a Hero has to accept his fate when he can't run or fight... Link tried to sit straight, but his shoulder protested, so he slumped back to his former position.
S'long world...
Zelda raced toward Link's room -not bothering to take her usual route of avoiding the other competitors- the reports tucked underneath her arm. Panic, anxiety, and worry was building up inside of Zelda as she turned a corner and continued running to Link's room. Her right hand was tingling, an occurrence that happens Link was in danger. Zelda stopped in the doorway that lead to Link's room. Her face paled when she saw the mess, the reports she held firmly under her arm scattering across the floor.
Blood was scattered everywhere, and Link's Hylian Shield was broken, its pieces scattered everywhere. But the most horrifying scene there was how horrible Link's condition was; his shoulder was in a sickening position, he had a gash that ran horizontally on his abdomen, and a severe burn on his left cheek. His tunic was caked with dried blood, its proud green color no where to be found.
"L-Link...?" Zelda asked, her voice quiet. She doesn't get it, on how no one could have heard all of the commotion and lent a hand to help. Where the people here that stupid and selfish to not lend a hand to a fellow friend and competitor? Tears started to well up in Zelda's eyes.
"My, my... The dear Princess Zelda is here..." Zant said her name with such venom in his voice, Zelda felt chills traveling down her spine.
"What are you doing here?" Zelda demanded, her voice filled with anguish and hatred. Zant simply chuckled.
"I was simply giving the Hero a hearty welcome..." Zant glanced over to the bleeding Hero. "Good day to you..." And with that, Zant snapped his fingers and he was gone, sinking into the shadows. Zelda stared at the place where Zant once stood before averting her gaze toward Link.
"You idiot... You should've yelled for help..." Zelda commented quietly, quietly examining his wounds. He's never been this injured before...
"Tried." Zelda eyed Link suspiciously, an eyebrow raised. Link held up his right hand in front of him and grimaced at the pain. "I swear! But stupid Zant put up a barrier so that no one could hear the commotion. But, it faded when he left." Link let his hands drop to his side, his strength leaving quickly even at the slightest move - even breathing was unbearably difficult.
"Let's get you to the nurse." Zelda waved her hand and smoke swirled around her. The smoke faded and Zelda was no longer Zelda, but Sheik. "Let's go." Sheik said, in his usual gruff voice. Sheik studied Link's face, and noticed that Link's eyes were widened with surprise, his mouth open. Sheik tilted his head in confusion, wondering what was troubling Link. "Something the matter Link...?"
"S-Sheik...?" A voice said, its tone in complete shock. Sheik twirled around and it was his turn to become shocked. A set of light blue eyes stared at him, wide with shock, confusion, and something else. Betrayal? Curiosity? Maybe a mixture of both? Betrayed by what? Sheik thought to himself.
"Y-You and Zelda are...?" Samus stammered, still in complete shock. Her chest had a feeling that tingled and hurt, as if she had been stabbed. She felt... Betrayed for some reason. But why? She thought angrily to herself.
"L-Listen, I can explain..." Sheik was cut off short when he heard small coughing behind him, He turned his head to snap at the interruption until he remembered that Link was right behind him, severely injured. Samus glanced over Sheik's shoulder, just noticing a bloody Link. Her stomach started to churn at the sight of him.
"Oh, don't mind me. Just a dying man, bleeding to death..." Link seemed to stare off into space, feigning the causality in his voice. He saw Samus and Sheik glance at each other and sigh, while Link smiled subtly to himself, satisfied that he got their attention.
"I'll go get the nurse." Samus raced out of the room, jumping over the papers that littered the floor with relative ease.
Both Link and Sheik watched Samus leave before Sheik turned around, staring Link straight in the eye. "I'll give you first aid so at least you'll have a chance to live."
Link felt a smile tugging at the corner of his lips before saying, "Gee, thanks Princess" in a playful tone.
Sheik simply rolled his eyes and chuckled before taking out bandages -he had them on him at all times- and began wrapping them tightly on Link's wounds.
"Honestly, how much of a fool can a Hero be?" Sheik muttered to himself.
Link grinned and looked away. "I dunno..." Link replied, a faraway look in his eyes as he stared at the wall that was stained with his blood.
Samus nearly kicked down the door to the infirmary. The nurse inside nearly dropped all of the medicine in her hands, as she jumped in fright and let out a squeal. "S-Samus...?" The nurse asked cautiously, scared and confused by Samus' sudden appearance. Usually Samus would just take what she wanted and leave without saying a word.
"Shut up lady, I just need you to come with me!" Samus snapped in an urgent tone, as she took hold of the nurse's and nearly dragged her all the way toward Link's room.
"Ch-Chansey? M-Make sure to take care of the wounded!" The nurse yelled to her pink Pokemon companion.
"Chansey!" Chansey simply saluted and continued on with its business, as if nothing ever happened.
Sheik bounced his knee in anxiety, questions rampaging in his head. Will Link survive? Will it be a success? Will it be a failure? Will he... Die? Sheik's face paled at the thought, but shook his head, disrupting his thoughts. No! Link'll survive! He isn't the Hero of Time for nothing! Sheik sighed, and leaned against the back of the chair, still anxious. He didn't notice someone was in front of him until he heard the person clear their throat. Sheik glanced upwards to see Samus. Sheik stopped bouncing his knee and sat straighter in his chair, looking straight into Samus' eyes.
"So, mind telling me... All of this...?" Samus asked him, flicking her eyes up and down Sheik. Samus crossed her arms and shifted her weight on one foot, showing him a bit of attitude. Sheik sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Promise me you won't judge me or do anything?" Sheik questioned. Samus nodded, a blank and bored expression on her face. "Okay... Here goes...
"It all started when I - no, Zelda- was ten years old..."
Samus' eyes grew wider and her curiosity grew more and more as Sheik continued on with his story: before Sheik was created, Zelda was just a small ten year old girl who grew up in a strict environment of people -wasn't a surprise. She was Royalty. Part of the Royal family of Hyrule. Which meant she was the heir of her Kingdom. Meaning that she had to carry down the name of her family through feigned pride and honor. To marry a disgusting man that she didn't love. To everyone -especially her father- she was nothing but a girl that knew nothing about the world. But those who were very close to her, they knew that she had the insight of a Sage, a wise girl that probably knew everything in the world. But that all changed when someone wanted the Triforce of Wisdom ("Triforce?" Samus questioned. Sheik just ignored her question) from Zelda.
Her Castle -her home- was burning in front of her eyes. Zelda didn't know the cause since her bodyguard, Impa, took her away to a faraway place, and there, in that faraway place, Impa taught Zelda the secrets of the Sheikah -a tribe that served the Royal Family for generations- so that Zelda wouldn't get caught by Ganondorf (whoever that was). Thereafter, Sheik was born, and Link and Sheik/Zelda's first great adventure began ("First?" Samus exclaimed).
"And... That's pretty much it..." Sheik said, shrugging his shoulders. To him, it wasn't a big deal, but apparently Samus thought it was a HUGE deal; her eyes were huge and her mouth hung open. It took Sheik all of his willpower not to laugh at the usually strict and seemingly hostile Bounty Hunter.
But Samus wasn't only shocked on how insane and out-of-this-world Sheik's story was, but on how Sheik was able to tell his story with a straight face on. Samus was about to say something, but she heard the door creak open. Both Sheik and Samus turned their attention to the nurse.
"Well...?" Sheik asked hopefully. The nurse simply smiled and nodded.
"Complete success!" She piped cheerfully. Sheik felt a warm sensation of relief spread throughout his chest when he heard the news. Samus simply smirked.
"Will he allow visitors?" Sheik asked. The nurse nodded and stepped to the side to allow Sheik and Samus through.
"He might be feeling ill due to the painkillers though. Just call me if you need anything~" Sheik bowed slightly to her -a sign of gratitude in Hyrule- before entering the Infirmary. Samus simply nodded before following Sheik into the room.
Sheik pulled out a chair and sat beside Link's bed, while Samus stood several feet away from the both of them, not wanting to be close with either of them. Link nervously eyed Samus a bit before turning his head to Sheik. "Did you...?" Sheik nodded and Link's features relaxed for a bit, but tensed up when he returned his attention to Samus. "You have to keep this a secret, understand?"
"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Samus replied, a scowl on her face. "How'd you get like this?" Samus asked, her scowl disappearing, while she looked at Sheik and Link expectantly. She watched them share a nervous glance before Sheik turned his gaze toward her.
"Long story short, this man named Zant is coming after us because we wield several parts the Triforce. Link supposedly killed him before, but it seems like he escaped his demise." Sheik put a hand under his chin, deep in thought. "Problem is, how did he escape his demise?" Sheik muttered to himself.
"What's the Triforce?" Samus asked stupidly.
"Oh, well..." Sheik started. Samus listened intently to his story, feeling like the child who used to listen to Old Bird's stories. Apparently in Sheik and Link's world, their universe was created by the three goddesses: Din, Nayru, and Farore. After creating Hyrule, they left an essence of their power in Hyrule, which they named the Triforce. The place they left from was called the Sacred Realm, and the Triforce resided there for many, many years.
But, the door to the Sacred Realm was suddenly open, and word of the Triforce spread across Hyrule like wildfire. It caused Hyrule to plunge into the depths of chaos and bloodshed, its civilians blinded by the greed and lust of their wishes to come true. Then, the seven Sacred Sages split the Triforce apart and closed the door to the Sacred Realm, hoping that the pieces of the Triforce can find a worthy user to wield it.
"So, that's what this is." Link added as he raised his left hand and Sheik raised his right hand. Both of their hands had an insignia of three triangles, two on the bottom, one on top, and they were a bright hue of yellow. One of the triangles was brighter than the rest though. Samus took notice of this.
"Why is part of the Triforce brighter than the others?" Samus questioned.
"It symbolizes what part of the Triforce we have. See on how Link's Triforce the right one is brighter than the rest?" -Samus nodded- "That symbolizes Courage, which is also Farore's Triforce. Mine is Wisdom, which is Nayru's Triforce." Sheik pointed to the leftmost triangle, which Samus curiously observed.
"Um, excuse me?" All three of them snapped back to reality as the nurse quietly spoke. She wore an apologetic smile as she said, "Visiting hours are now over. You can come back tomorrow though." She smiled as she opened the door for Samus and Sheik.
"Thank you Nurse Joy, for everything that you have done." Sheik bowed and exited the room, Samus right behind him. Joy just smiled and watched them walk out of view.
"Thanks for dragging me all the way here when I was bleeding, Sheik, Samus!" Link added, and Sheik laughed at his friend, Samus grunting with annoyance.
What a noisy guy... Samus thought to herself. No wonder he's friends with Zelda. And with that, Samus smiled subtly to herself.
"So, you actually managed to keep all of that a secret?" Samus asked incredulous, as she followed Sheik to his room. Sheik grunted and waved his hand over his head, changing into Zelda. Once they reached the door leading into Sheik's room, Zelda turned around and placed her hands on Samus' shoulders, giving them a squeeze. Samus tensed up, staring straight into Zelda's sapphire colored eyes.
"Yes, I have managed to keep all of this a secret. Now, I'm asking you to do the same." Zelda told Samus sternly, her expression dead serious. "I want -no, need- you to keep this a secret. If my secret were to escape, imagine the turmoil it would cause!"
"What turmoil?" Samus retorted. This only cause the grip on her shoulders to tighten.
"The turmoil that Zant can cause not only in my Kingdom, but everyone here! Link, mine, possibly everyone here could be killed!" Zelda saw the confusion in Samus' eyes before sighing. "Listen, the people with the mark of the Triforce are cursed. People come after us for the power the Triforce it gives to its user. Zant is one of these people. He will do anything to anyone to get what he wants." Zelda held up a report of the massacre in Hyrule that she remembered to pick up from floor outside of Link's room. "This is what he did. And this is only a portion of what he is capable of. He's sending us a message, don't you see? He's saying that unless we give him what he wants, then everyone will die, no matter if their innocent or not!"
Samus eyed the report curiously and nodded. "Fine. I'll keep your secret. On one condition!"
Zelda raised a questioning eyebrow. "Which is...?"
"No more keeping secrets from me. You already told half of your problems, so why hide the others from me? Besides, I might help you." Samus replied. Zelda simply smiled and released her grasp on Samus' shoulders.
"I suppose it's a reasonable deal. Well, I will be visiting Link tomorrow, would you like to come?" Zelda asked.
"Sure." Samus said, shrugging her shoulders. She turned to leave until she felt arms wrap around her, stopping her in her tracks.
"Thank you... For everything..." She heard Zelda softly whisper. Before Samus could respond, Zelda released Samus and swiftly entered her room.
Both of their hearts pounded in their chests as they stood still.
Gonna stop there. It was longer than my other chapters (It was actually gonna be longer, but might as well cut it off here xD) I just had a lot on my mind and I was just typing them all down, letting the words flow XD Well, continue to review and stuff, and I appreciate everything that you guys have told me :3
Side Note: I'm thinking about making several oneshots (Probably Anime, Video Games, or Vocaloid XD) I'll be posting some News on my profile, so check it out! :D Feel free to PM me if you have any ideas for anything :3
Signing off, GottaluvKatanas