Forgive any mistakes... its late here and my meds make me loopy.
Two weeks.
That's how long it had been since Link had been remarried to a princess. How long it had been since a certain shadow had left the castle with no assurance that he would ever return.
Link sat at his desk in silence, trying as hard as he could to read over the many requests and status reports that he had been neglecting since he had suddenly been left by his lover. But as usual he was not in the right mindset for reading.
Shigen was not far from him, leaning against that wall next to a large window. His eyes were shut, mostly likely because of the bright sun shinning in the room hurting his one remaining eye. But the older man made no complaint and even seemed to be at ease in Link's presence.
Link wished he could feel the same way.
At ease that is.
The king sighed and laid his head down on his desk, not caring if ink from the parchment got stuck on his face. From the corner of his eye he could see his shadow resting silently on the floor. Almost looking as if it was mocking him.
He closed his pale blue eyes and willed himself to sleep, but his mind continued to reel. It was no wonder he was like this though, Kai was his other half, without him he was an incomplete being.
Link growled and jumped to his feet.
"That's it! I'm going after him!"
For the second time that day, Shigen was woken from his resting state and was forced to tackle the King to the ground before he raced off into the setting sun. "Not on my watch sexy..."
Link groaned and rubbed his now bruised face, having over one hundred pounds of dead weight smash you to the ground never felt too good. "But he left to do something crazy, and I have to stop him. You know how he is Shigen," the bruised elf rolled out from under his friend and stood up, brushing himself off. "He's like a child, you can't leave him alone for more than a few minutes. He doesn't even know how to cook, how is he going to feed himself?"
Shigen also stood up, although his expression remained blank and his eyes held no emotion, Link could feel his concern when the taller male gently rested a cold hand on his shoulder. "And you and me both know that Kai's love for you is too great to stop him from returning... Let's just wait and see... I'm positive the shadow will return..."
Link nodded his head unconvinced, but he returned to his seat without further complaint, once again picking up the parchment he was reading before and trying to make sense of words he no longer cared to pay attention to.
Shigen returned to his position against the wall, his senses briefly searching out his mate to check and make sure he was faring well before returning his mind to it's resting state. He doubted that it would be the last time the king would make a break for it, so he made sure to keep his ears open.
Where's the other part to this document? Link pushed aside as many papers as he could, a large book fell off the table and landed on the floor loudly, nearly giving both men a heart attack.
Link sighed and picked it up off the floor. Wait, this is that journal I wrote a long time ago about all my adventures. I guess Kai was reading it at some point... He opened it and wasn't surprised to see that it was indeed the journal where he had met Kai for the first time.
He briefly read over the lines, smiling to himself as it brought back memories, albeit scary ones. Well if I can't concentrate on my work, might as well do something to keep my mind occupied.
I was exhausted. I had been running all over that accursed temple for three days straight. No sleep, barely anything to eat, and it was always cold and I was always soaked. Looking back I'm surprised I didn't die from some sort of sickness.
But Hyrule didn't have time for me to slow down, so I kept quiet and pushed on.
I remembered the moment I came up the the room that was holding Kai prisoner, I can remember the bad feeling in my gut, telling me to turn back, but the Triforce kept me filled with enough courage to continue.
And when I opened the door...
"Hey Link! Those bars on the door are solid! I don't think you can open them with your hands!"
I gave Navi a look that said "No really?" and continued to search around the door, hoping to find some kind of switch that might open it.
Someone coughed behind me and I paused to look up at Navi.
"What?! I didn't say anything!"
I looked behind me, scared that something was going to pop out and scare me half to death, but luckily there was nothing there.
The fog swirled just a bit and I was able to make out the form of what looked to be a... tree?
I walked slowly over to the thing and drew my sword, it never hurt to be prepared.
As I stood a few feet away from it, I was able to make out what appeared to be a shadowed figure leaning against the dead looking tree.
"What is that?!" Navi landed on my shoulder and grabbed my ear. She looked as scared as I felt.
When I stepped on the sands of the little island where the tree was resting, the shadowed figure immediately lashed out with it's own sword. I barely had time to block the blow. This creature was strong, it was even able to push me back a few steps, and the whole time it's red eyes never left mine.
The creature let out a raspy chuckle that made my hair stand on end. "What do we have here? A pretty boy from the forest?"
It jumped back, the shadows around it swirled making it look like a storm cloud, the only thing visible were its eyes.
"Actually, I kind of like your face... Ganondorf said he'd free me from here if I killed you, so if I take your appearance I can play pretend and pay all your little 'friends' a visit. They'll think it's you until my sword finds their throat."
I wasn't sure what this creature was talking about, so I charged at it expecting it to meet my blade, but instead it just disappeared into the ground and with all my momentum I kept running and then fell on my face.
Okay. Not one of my most cleaver moments.
A sword impaled itself into the ground next to my face and a boot quickly found its way on my back to hold me in place.
"Really? Is that all there is? That was no fun at all."
The boot was removed and placed with a different weight.
Was it sitting on me?
"Now that I have your appearance, I need to get to know you a bit better, just stay still now."
My head suddenly hurt, like someone was cutting into my mind with a sword. I must have let out a pained sound because the creature laughed at me.
"Get off of Link you fiend!"
I heard the sound of Navi's little fists make contact with something, and then the weight was gone. I quickly got to my feet and retrieved my sword. I searched the room for the creature and found him leaning up against the tree again. But this time he looked much different. He looked like... Me...
Well his hair was a bit longer and silver in colour, and his skin was much paler than mine, but overall...
"Link! You must conquer yourself!"
I gave her an affirmative nod and got into a defensive stance.
"Come now. Aren't you going to question what I did to you?"
I shrugged which seemed to make him angry. I had to hurry and defeat him so I could continue on my way. I don't have time for this.
"I'll tell you anyway, just so you don't think you're going crazy in the future. I linked our minds together, now every dark thought, any impure impulse you have will be sent to me. That's the type of demon I am. I am a shadow, your mirror image, and you will never be rid of me."
I knew right away he was telling the truth. I could feel him in my head, like a parasite, feeding off my thoughts and emotions.
"Why are you in such a hurry to rush to your death anyway? You'll never defeat Master Ganondorf. Why try?"
He disappeared from in front of me, and this time I wasn't surprised when he came up behind me, his arms wrapped themselves around my waist as if he was embracing me, and his warm breath tickled my ears. For a moment I enjoyed his warmth, I was freezing and still soaked and it felt so nice to be warm.
"Why go through all that pain and suffering when we could do more... pleasurable things?"
I felt one of his sharpened incisors nip lightly at my ear and I swerved around to attack him, slicing only through air.
"Link! Don't let him distract you! Just kill him!"
I turned back toward the tree, knowing he'd be standing there. This time when I charged at him I was ready for his tricks, when he appeared behind me, I brought my sword behind my back to block his, then spun around to swing at him with my own sword.
He looked delighted by this and gleefully blocked all of my blows. When I thrust my sword towards him intending to impale him, he surprised me by jumping on my blade.
He stayed like that for a few seconds, my blade felt as if there was nothing on it, that thought distracted me enough that I didn't see his own blade swinging down toward me. I rolled to the side as quickly as I could, but I still felt the bite of his blade.
It sliced across my chest and some of my blood splattered into the water. I covered it to try to stop the bleeding, but it was a deep cut.
The creature appeared in front of me. His eyes fixated on my wound.
"Link! Are you alright?!"
I was breathing heavily, wounded, freezing, starving and ready to collapse out of exhaustion, but I nodded at her.
He appeared directly in front of me and embraced me again.
"What is this stuff?"
I yelped as he used one hand to dig his fingers into my wound, the pain brought tears to my eyes and I struggled to get free, but even with one arm he had more strength than me. I was forced to watch as he pulled back his bloody fingers and sniffed at the crimson liquid before licking at some of it.
Ew.
He seemed to think so too, he grimaced before wiping his hand off on his tunic. And then he did something even weirder.
He kissed me.
Kai slowly opened his eyes, the morning sunlight caught his red orbs, making them glow like rubies.
Lore was still on the other side of the small clearing of the little camp they had made in the woods. She was laying on her back and staring up at the changing sky, looking lost in thought.
Kai sat up and stretched his sore muscles, letting out a drawn-out yawn to alert Lore to the fact that he was awake. It had been some time since he travelled and slept in anything besides his comfy bed. It wasn't helped by the fact that his light's warmth was no longer there at night to keep him warm.
"Did you sleep well shadow demon?"
Kai narrowed his eyes but offered no reply, choosing instead to stand and fold up his blanket so he could prepare his horse for another day of riding. We're almost to the ocean, and then it's back to Hyrule.
"I miss my prince. Why couldn't he have come with us? He was such better company than you." Lore's voice trailed off as she continued to ramble about something Kai didn't give two fucks about.
"Yeah, because Shigen, the ultimate emo bastard has way more personality than me." Kai began the task of saddling their mount, making sure to give the horse a few good morning pats on the neck.
Lore stood and brushed off her clothes, picking a few leaves out of her hair also. "I suppose a beast like you would never be able to understand how perfect and deep of a man my prince is."
"Can we stop talking about that idiot for more than two seconds? You do realize you two are related right? That's just disturbing." Kai stopped talking while he struggled briefly with a stubborn buckle. "And I swear, if I hear one more thing about Shigen's dick or perfect body again, I may go back to Link just to impale myself on his Master Sword." Not that he would mind impaling himself on Link's other sword, but there were some things you just didn't need to know about your best friend that could leave you thinking suicidal thoughts.
"But-"
"No!"
Kai finished saddling the horse in blessed silence since Lore seemed to be too angry to talk at the moment. He snapped his fingers at her to get her attention and then motioned for her to get on.
She did so without complaint which was new for him, but he wasn't going to argue. He mounted in front of her and then clicked his tongue, the horse also listened to him without complaint.
Today is shaping up to be a good day.
As if reading his thoughts, a vortex swirling with dark energy appeared on the ground in front of his horse, causing the animal to damn near take a heart attack and almost throw them both off. Kai managed to calm the beast before it bolted, he did have a harder time removing Lore's clawed grip from his arms though.
"It seems I have found the little lost shadow. You've left everyone in a panic you know."
Kai watched angrily as Ganondorf emerged from his portal with that superior smirk on his face. Behind him Lore let out a low hiss.
Ganondorf looked like he was about to say something, but his words caught in his throat when he saw who was riding with Kai. "Ah, I see. Interesting. Very interesting..."
"What are you doing here Ganondork?"
"Dork?"
Kai waved his hands. "Never mind, just tell me what you want and then leave, and if you're here to drag me back to Link, it's not happening."
"I'm interested in no such thing," Ganondorf said while stepping closer to get a better look at Lore. "I simply wanted to see what could possibly possess you to make you leave that hero of yours."
Kai looked unconvinced.
"And I think the hero's brother has been taken by Zelda and I may or may not need help in getting him back."
Lore dug her nails back into Kai's arms. "Please tell me we're not going with him. I don't want to be anywhere near that bastard."
Ganondorf chuckled. "Just think of it as a pit stop, you're going to Hyrule anyway aren't you? I just need you to get that damn elf out of there and then you can go on your merry way."
"Sounds easy enough, but in return I need your help with something else too."
The Evil King was delighted when he noticed a familiar glint in the shadow's eyes.
"Deal."
Ryuk curled his fingers, ignoring the painful burning sensation consuming his hand as the scars stretched in protest.
"Are you ready for another round mom?" In front of him Rush held up the sword that he had acquired from Roxven who stood close by watching.
"Fuck you, stop fucking calling me that. Do I look like a woman?"
"Well..."
"Don't answer that if you want to live."
The last bit of sunlight finally left the sky leaving the two nocturnal creatures in more welcome darkness.
Roxven tried not to worry when his human eyes prevented him from seeing the two fighters well. Hopefully they don't kill each other on my watch.
"What are they doing?"
Roxven twitched slightly but did not cry out in fright. He was starting to get use to the Queen's bad habit of popping out of nowhere and scaring him.
He bowed low. "Good evening my Lady." He straighten back up and turned his attention back to the two fighters, even though he couldn't see them well, trying not to meet the Queen's eyes.
He heard her sigh angrily. "I told you to call me Sparrow, and you still haven't answered my question."
"Forgive me my Lady. I believe Sir Ryuk and his son, Rush are currently engaging in battle. It's my understanding that Sir Ryuk wishes to learn how to wield his bow better, and since General Shigen is unavailable, he's training with Rush."
"Oh, well I hope he doesn't push himself. Link told me about Ryuk's hands, men are so stubborn sometimes, they never know when to quit."
There was a loud clang of metal clashing followed by Ryuk's cursing.
"Like I said... Men..." Sparrow continued to make her way into the castle, missing the look that Roxven gave her as she walked away.
She made her way into the inner garden where she knew Shan and Blane would be relaxing. She smiled when she saw them braiding each others hair.
Shan twisted some of Blane's blonde hair together, growling in frustration when he couldn't get it to go into a braid. "How the hell can you do this so easily? I've been trying for the last hour now."
Blane smiled and laughed silently to himself.
"Fine, whatever," Shan dropped the hair in a huff. "I'm obviously not skilled in women arts like you."
Blane rolled over onto his back and glared up at the taller man, still not saying a word.
"Hey, I was wondering... Since you're now a Haniam and all, are you going to get a special ability?"
Blane tilted his head, confused by the prince's question.
Shan waved his arms around a few times, trying not to get frustrated by Blane's silence. "You know! Like Ryuk's targeting ability, and Shigen's speed, and Seth's invisibility. You must have one too."
Blane shrugged.
"I bet I know what yours is anyway..." Shan laughed when Blane gave him a look that suggested he tread carefully. "I bet yours is to make the most beautiful clothes in the world!"
The reaction was nothing more than an eye twitch.
"Okay, then maybe it's the ability to turn into a woman."
This time Shan got the reaction he was looking for as Blane jumped to his feet and tried to tackle the prince to the ground and beat the shit out of them, but Shan was too fast and he ended up chasing him out of the gardens and past Sparrow who had to lift up her skirts to keep them from tripping over them.
"Men..."
Ryuk snuggled into Shigen's chest groaning happily as his muscles finally relaxed. He almost felt like purring when Shigen began running his hands through his hair. He knew it would make his spikes stand up more than usual, but he was willing to allow it this once.
He jumped at the sound of their door opening, not expecting anyone to come in without knocking.
Link poked his head in and smiled sadly at them. "Can I...?"
Ryuk lifted the blankets up and Link was soon buried under them. He pressed himself as close as he could to Ryuk, not seeming to care about how cold he was.
"Just for tonight. I promise."
I know you all hate me.
I wasn't really sure if I was going to post this. It is rather emo... I had most of it written up a long time ago and then I kind of lost my muse and my piece of paper that had the whole plot written on it. And I can't for the life of me remember what I had planed.
But I'm going to attemp to do this, muse or no muse!
I don't even remmeber when I last updated... Did I tell y'all that I got a cat named Ryuk who constantly looks grumpy?
: D
-Kisetsu
