Chapter 6 Armana's death

Tamakaro was getting ready for her gerudo scimitar lessons. She started that training since she beaten most Gerudos with only a dirk. Someone finally taught her how to use scimitars. Tamakaro practiced on how to dual wield. She was getting good at it for a long time. Soon she could try the last weapon she thought it would help her. The gerudo glaive. Tamakaro always want to know how to fight with the glaive but most seen it for low guards. So Tamakaro pass it off.

"Tamakaro," said Shigra.

"Yes Shigra," said Tamakaro.

"I just want you to learn something for today," said Shigra. Shigra gave Tamakaro a Gerudian glaive.

"I thought this was a weak weapon," said Tamakaro.

"It is weak if you do not know how to use it. Most strongest guards can get killed with a pole arm if not careful," said Shigra. Tamakaro was shocked to hear this coming out from Shigra.

"I may not be a guard by blood but I do know how to kill a guard who is born in blood of a warrior with the weakest weapon she ever had and kill anyone with it. Even the highest guard," said Shigra to Tamakaro.

"So even if I dual wield the scimitars I can still be defeated," said Tamakaro.

"I am trying to give you all of my knowledge," said Shigra.

"Why are you doing that," said Tamakaro.

"Someday I will get killed by something that the Gerudos will be dying and something tells me that your mother will caught it too," said Shigra.

"That cant be possible," said Tamakaro.

"Do not doubt the spirits for they told me," said Shigra.

"You know that my daughter is too young," said Shigra to Tamakaro, "I might not able to see her grow or pass my knowlege so you might have to someday." Tamakaro does not understand what Shigra means but she is willing to learn anything.

"Ok then teach me," said Tamakaro. Tamakaro learned how to use a volge against another person with the volge. She also know how to deflect dual weilders and everything. Most did not know that Shigra is a natural battle shaman.

Days later something happened to the fortress. Tamakaro took Sigra out of the fortress to the hylian world. There were creatures comming out of the sea that attack the people. The Zoras were trying to help out with the Gerudos but no avail. Sigra was crying. Tamakaro just stood there and try to find out what the names mean.

"Nabooru means true light. Mairanu means spring flower. Avail means wise. Armana means life. Shigra means power. Your name Sigra means hope. Mine means Special Child," said Tamakaro to Sigra. Tamakaro hid with sigra to the town and stay at the inn. Most does not know that there is a battle going on in the bay. Tamakaro did lied to stay at the inn. She was there with Sigra for months. Soon Maikaro came and take Sigra away. Tamakaro went to follow Maikaro.

"Maikaro what do you have there," said a Gerudo.

"It looks like a baby," said Maikaro. Tamakaro thought that Maikaro was an idiot and she has no right to take Sigra away from her. Tamakaro had her scimitars in hand and was ready to attack Maikaro and anyone else.

"Halt," said a gerudo went to Tamakaro.

"Maikaro you had this wannabe Gerudo following you," said the guard.

"I am gerudo dont you see the round ears," said Tamakaro.

"Hah! any Hylian can dress as a Gerudo now a days," said the guard.

"No really I am," said Tamakaro.

"Hahahahaha! Do not fool anybody. Christine!" said a Gerudo. Tamakaro forgot that she lied to the inn keeper. Tamakaro did is a swoop and caught Maikaro off guard and take Sigra.

"Hey stop you theif!" said Maikaro. Tamakaro runs in the fortress and has guards following her. She ran and ran until she find a room and went in it. Tamakaro was thankful that she remembers the fortress well. And what makes the rest of the guards trying to find her.

"Tamakaro?" said Armana who sounded weak. Tamakaro did not know that it was the room that they put her mother in.

"Maika!" said Tamakaro. Tamakaro was going to touch her mother until the shaman appeared.

"Do not touch her!" said the Shaman. Tamakaro stand back and hear her mother coughing and scratching.

"Maika, what happened?" said Tamakaro.

"Child let me explain your mother has caught a disease when she was fighting with the creatures of the sea with the Zoras. Unfortunately, she and my daughter, Shigra, has the disease. My only living daughter dies and I can't even imagine how this disease spreads from both the Zoras and us Gerudo. Unfortunately both the Zoras expert and myself cant find any cures," said the shaman.

"Is Shigra-" said Tamakaro.

"I am sorry but my daughter had died," said the shaman.

"Well what also happened like how it started," said Tamakaro.

"Well for the Zoras is different than how we have it. The Zoras have bumps all over their body and started to fell like they are being cooked and being in the ice plains soon they started to look green then they die. We had it worse. It start off as bumps and give us both cold and hot flashes. Soon we start coughing up blood. After that we lost our voice and then we die because we caugh up too much blood," said the Shaman, "Your mother will be the 300th gerudo. Luckily no one touches her and I make sure of that. I also make sure that no one else touches the sick under my care. All 299 died already that has the disease and your mother will join them." Tamakaro does not know what to do. She stood there crying.

"There you are," said Maikaro, "Now you wont run away from me Hylian."

"I do not think so," said the Shaman.

"Why do you say that old hag," said Maikaro.

"Tamakaro," said faintly Armana as she cough up blood.

"Maika, please do not die," said Tamakaro.

"Maika?" said Maikaro.

"That is the Gerudo language for mother," said Maikaro.

"WHAT YOU THOUGHT I WAS LYING! I LIED TO THE INN KEEPER SO I CAN STAY AT THE INN AND LIED ABOUT I AM RELATED TO A HYLIAN MAYOR WHICH IS I AM NOT!" said Tamakaro furiously. Tamakaro started to cry.

"Let the child stay here with her mother since it is her mother's final hours," said the Shaman.

"What about the baby," said Maikaro.

"The baby belongs to Shigra since it was her daughter," said Tamakaro still sobbing.

"My granddaughter?" said the Shaman who is surprised to see her.

"Shigra was telling me not to tell you because it was an accident," said Armana faintly.

"What did my daughter name her?" said the Shaman.

"Sigra," said Tamakaro.

"She name her daughter after her oldest sister," said the Shaman.

"I do not know," said Tamakaro.

"I will take care of my granddaughter like if she was my own," said the Shaman.

That night Tamakaro did not fell asleep she heard over and over what Shigra told her and felt something as well.

"Maika? Maika!" said Tamakaro. Her mother did not speak.

"Maika!" said Tamakaro. The shaman woke up.

"Child what is- OHHHH," said the shaman in shocked.

"WHAT IS GOING ON!" said Avail who looked very pissed.

"Child your mother is dead," said the shaman.

"Aunt Avail," said Tamakaro as she cried to her aunt.

"It is ok Tama," said Avail.

"We heard screaming," said the guard.

"Leave here NOW!" said Avail to the guards.

In the morning they start a cermonial burial for Armana and Tamakaro was the person that was putting the touch at her mother. She had felt the sticks and lay the fire there. She moved back and hear the fire burned her mother away. From that point on, she started to blame herself for her mother's death.