Tales of the wild

a X-over between

Breath of the wild/Tales of Symphonia

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia or Breath of the wild.

Before you start: please note that English isnt my first language. It is possible that there are mistakes in this story. That said, have fun reading :)

Luck was with her, it seemed. The balloon shaped shop appeared the very first night the female Yiga set up camp. She didn't see how it came there. She blinked and suddenly the thing was standing there, close to the sign.

Somewhat wary, the Yiga walked toward the shop. A strange shape stood in it, not to mention its face. Were those buttons for eyes, and was that a hole instead of a nose?

On closer inspection, it revealed to be the back of the shopkeeper. But when this person turned around, the sight didn't really improve.

Its head was almost egg shaped, with a wide mouth like that of a toad. And the skin-color matched that. Over its tick, wide lips poked exactly two, sharp teeth. There was a little tuft of white hair on the top of its head, next to that it had a small mustache and a couple of hairs under its lips.

The figure was kind of hunched over. It was clothed in a sort of cloak, but most of its arms – which were long, stripped and had clawed fingers – were exposed. The feet were also clear to see, but those seemed pretty normal, be it a bit short legged.

"Oh, well this is an interesting sight. A Yiga coming to my little shop." The creature said with a small shriek in its voice, rubbing its hands together.

Still careful, holding a bit of distance, the female Yiga asked: "Who are you?"

The creature looked surprised. "Me? My name is Kilton. I suppose you are here because you heard I was opening a monster shop, and you wanted to see for yourself."

"A monster shop?" She asked confused.

"Yes. I am opening a monster shop called Fang and Bone. But I'm still preparing for my grand opening. Here, take my business card."

It was a pretty simple one. '- Fang and Bone - Come see ol' Kilton for the most monstrous deals in all of Hyrule!'

"I uh…am going to need that card back. It's the only one I have."

Not very smart, but she kept that remark to herself and give the creature its card back.

"So," Kilton leaned forward, folding its hands (claws?) together. "Tell me, are you into monsters?"

She cocked her head. It was a bit of a strange question that she had to consider.

"They are mostly just in the way."

"No, no. You should like them. I adore them, love them!" Kilton raised its shrieking voice for a moment. But then it cleared its throat.

"I uh…sorry. I did it again." It dropped its head on the counter, as in shame. "I just love the field of monster research so much that I decided to open a shop all about monsters! I travel all around Hyrule in search of rare and exciting monster parts. But I'm not sure which village I should visit next. Kakariko or Hateno Village?"

Kilton trailed of naming some other pretty well known places. The Yiga was really doubting that she really should be here. By the looks of things, he didn't have much to offer in this shop of his. She saw a lot of books, bits and pieces that were hard to identify, and the biggest piece was a mask of a Blue Moblin.

The shop keep kept on talking even though his one client wasn't really listening. She didn't really see anything useful in this shop. It was all just...crap.

"Oh, sorry. Here I am just blathering away. What can I help you with dear?"

The Yiga decided to let the 'dear' slide. It was because of the ways she was treated in the past – like she was very delicate porcelain – that sh chose a very different kind of life style. The Yiga clan's ideals and plans she could agree with. It wouldn't bother her to much to walk over a couple of bodies to get there.

"Master Koga said that I would know it when I see it. Is this all you have?"

A gesture to the very small space behind the creature. Kilton 's eyes followed her movement.

"No, no. that is just mostly for show. Allow me."

Kilton turned around for a moment, and the next turned back, both claws full of stuff. Was this creature magic? Did it have a bottomless bag some where?

The Yiga shook her head slightly; concentrate! There must be something here, master said so.

She was shown some masks first, from all kinds of monsters that wondered around. They would make you invisible among them, or so Kilton told her. As long as you didn't act weird of course.

Then there were some weird weapons, so called ingredients and even things for a horse (that looked pretty creepy actually).

"Still nothing, huh?" Kilton noticed a missing enthusiasm in the Yiga. "Well, I got one more thing. Though I don't really see how it could be useful to you."

Clothing was put upon the counter. A full set: a pair of pants, a short sleeved tunic and a cap. All in one single color: black.

She looked it up and down. But for some reason her eyes were drawn back to just the cap. It seemed such a simple piece of fabric. Just a bit of cloth, going into a point. It was very much Hylian, except for the color.

Kilton cackled, which gave her involuntary chills. "Got your attention, hm? Well, well, isn't that interesting..."

"How much for the cap?" She rudely interrupted, not planning on letting this creature in on to much information. Next to that, she was pretty done with all this.

"Hmm, it wont come cheep."

The Yiga just let the bag full of monster bits fall on the counter, with a pretty impressive 'thump'. It had its effect. Kilton stared at it and then greedily grabbed it to look inside.

"Oh, oh yes. This will do fine. Such a pleasure to do business with you Yiga."

By this point, she just took the cap from the shop keeps bent, weirdly green hand an left. It was not that she was uncomfortable. She was just done. And also very curious now. What will this bit of black cloth be able to do?

Master Koga told me to go with my gut, and that is what I did. Hopefully I wont let him down. I would feel so stupid and ashamed.

The way back was as uneventful as going there. It was very well known terrain. And the monsters tended to leave the Yiga alone. They somehow knew they were on the same side (Ganon's). Maybe they saw it, or just smelled it?

Koga was once again with their hostage. She had no clue what he was doing, but did not doubt it was useful.

"Back already? My, do you work fast."

"Thank you, master. But I was just lucky. How did you know about that... thing?"

"Oh, that is a story for another time. Do you have it?" He was rubbing has hands together, meaning he was getting excited.

Hopefully this wouldn't disappoint... The female Yiga showed her purchase: a piece of cloth, in a form of a cap, deep black. She still wasn't sure about it, but should she mistrust her guts?

Master Koga cocked his head and she felt her heart sink. Did she disappoint him? Did she really miss the target this hard?

"It is perfect, well done!" He suddenly applauded.

"M-master?" She was very shocked. And then followed by curiosity: "What does it do?"

"Ah, I will show you. I need to wake our hero up first. Do me a favor and grab that vial with green liquid?"

Koga pointed to his work bench while he walked around the table the hero was on, making sure all the straps were tight enough to hold him. Not that he'd would really get anywhere in the middle of this Yiga hide out.

The vial had a worrying glow an it's green contents didn't look to healthy. Master Koga gestured her to stand at the side of the table, by the blond guy's face. Koga himself stood at the head.

"Uncork that and hold it under his nose."

Of course she did what the master asked. The strong odor even hit her own nostrils a bit. So it was no surprise the hero shot up immediately, but the strains kept him in place. There was panic in his clear blue eyes, also pure confusion. He didn't expect to wake up here, of course. On a table, with two red clad, masked persons.

"Hello there, hero. You've been asleep for one hundred years, so I figured it was about time to wake you up."

Koga cackled, looming over the blond haired young man. More shock and confusion filled his eyes. Was she...feeling sorry for him? Quickly she shook her head. This was the great enemy who would destroy their hard work in an instant! Just thinking that made her hate this boy again.

"Now, don't you think it would be fun if the hero would work for us?"

The question was directed to her. She looked at her master, cocking her head to show her confusion.

"Ah, you're thinking: 'the hero would never do that! He is loyal to Hylia.' But, what if we corrupt him, just like Ganon did all the Divine Beasts?"

"Can we really do that?"

"Watch."

Koga cackled once again. Then he pulled the cap over the hero's head. At first, there was nothing. Only the boy who was still frantically trying to get free.

Then, it started – weirdly enough – at his feet. (The blanket didn't cover that much.) Something dark, like ink pored over them and crept up his legs. It was almost like a Shadow that was falling over him.

Next to all the black, the hair chose to be white as snow, and a pair of emerald shaped, bright red eyes. This image send an involuntary chill down the female Yiga's spine.

Koga loosened the bindings. "Stand up," he commanded.

The dark figure listened, much to her surprise. Even though this figure wasn't tall, it was still imposing, purely because of those glowing, blood red eyes.

"This is Dark Link. The hero is no more. He serves..." Koga looked at the dark appearance, expecting to fill in for him. But there was only silence, as the cold eyes stared dead ahead.

"Uhm, well Ganon."

"Are you sure?" She didn't want to doubt her master, but this felt so terribly wrong. Not in a moral kind of way, but just whole picture. It didn't feel like it would serve anything, but itself.

"Hey, I used my magic. The cap acts like a mind control. He is ours now."

It was admirable, surely enough.

"Won't it easily come off?"

"Geez. Have a little more faith in me! I protected it of course. It wont be easy at all."

"I'm sorry, master. I did not mean to doubt you. Pleas forgive me." She bowed deep.

Koga waved it away. "Ah, I cant stay mad at you, you've done so much good work."

"Thank you master. What will you let this...Dark Link do?"

She still eyed him suspiciously. Luckily Koga couldn't see that thanks to that mask. He rubbed his hands together and laughed.

"Let him create chaos and despair. It would be a real blow if the so called hero starts to do just that. The people will have no hope left!"

The plan seemed fine, so she nodded to her master. It was best to follow his advise and take some rest.

Koga turned toward the shadowy figure. "Go out and bring the people despair. Let them see that even the hero has given up."

All Dark Link did was bowing his head lightly. After that he left, swiftly vanishing out of sight. Koga laughed triumphantly.

"Ganon, all is on your side now. Nothing will stop you now. That damned princess will perish soon enough and you will rule all!"