It takes either three or four hours, but they eventually arrive back on Outset as the sun starts rising. Toon has fallen asleep and Link seems a little tired himself.
Cloud just about dozes off, until he hears Link park the boat. He sits up carefully, picking up Toon while he was at it. "I'll put him to bed... Then he'll leave me alone, hopefully." Cloud looks at Link. "We may as well get some sleep. I'm aware its daytime, but just to prepare ourselves for anything dangerous. You never know."
"Well, this island is free of danger from what I know, but I guess we do need to get some strength back... Ah, we should also wrap a bandage around Toon's head." Link says, getting out of the boat himself. "Follow me." Link commands, walking toward a nearby house.
Cloud follows Link with a neutral expression. "Lets get this over with." He whispers, following Link to the house.
Link opens the door of the house.
"Ah, Time! Good to see you! Did you go on an adventure with Big Brother?" A young girl asks, her hair is blonde and is styled in two short piggy tails. Her dress, red with some white skulls on it and it lacks any sleeves. She also appears to be wearing sandals.
"Yeah, he took me to see this ghost ship." Link replies.
"Ah, I hope he takes me there one day... And who's this? He doesn't look like another one of you..." The girl asks.
"He isn't..." Link laughs, then giving Cloud room to introduce himself.
Cloud shakes his head to respond to the 'another Link' comment. "Cloud. Nice to meet you." He holds Toon gently in his arms, putting him on a chair beside him without asking. "He got roughed up."
"Oh, I keep telling that boy to be more careful..." Says a voice from across the room, it sounds like an old lady. Then she comes into view. White hair tied up in a bun, wrinkly skin, slouched posture and a dark red dress. "Ah, Time... So nice of you to visit." She says.
"Nice to see you again Grams." Link says with a smile.
"Would you and your friend like some breakfast? I just made pancakes." She offers.
Cloud looks off to the side. "Whatever Link wants. I'm not complaining." He says, walking back behind the door and leaning against the wall. Cloud sighs softly, while the others were having a conversation. 'I can't take care of that kid... I hope we leave soon...' Cloud thinks to himself.
"Well, I think Pancakes sound great!" Link says, then turning to Toon. "Let's patch him up, shall we Cloud?"
"Lets make this quick..." Cloud quietly comments, nodding afterwards. The kid really got on his mind, and not in a good way. It reminds him of some other children he knew, but he didn't want to bring it up in front of Link. Cloud gets off the wall.
Link pulls out the bandages, also quickly checking his own. "Ah, some blood on mine... Time to change it." Link rips off a section of the bandages for Toon and hands the rest to Cloud. "You change mine while I apply Toon's." He says, then gently holds Toon's head and starts wrapping a bandage around it.
Cloud looked off to the side. "I'll just wait until you're done..." He said
Link quickly finished wrapping the bandage around Toon's head then lifted up his tunic. "Alright, your turn."
Cloud unrolls the bandages and applies them to Link's waist, wrapping them gently. Once they seem tight enough, Cloud ties them off and stands up. "Does it hurt?"
"Of course not. Like before, it's tight enough." Link comments with a smile.
"Stop playing doctor and come eat already!" Aryll beckons the two.
Cloud smirks, walking over to the table to eat. "I'm not that hungry." He notes for them.
"You can have at least one pancake, can't you?" Aryll asks as she begins digging into her pile.
Link chuckles a little and begins eating his small-ish pile of 4 pancakes.
Cloud sighs, looking at Link's hungry behavior. "You're that hungry?" He asks, serving himself one pancake and eating it slowly.
"Hey, Aryll is eating like 10!" Link replies for his defence, finishing his first pancake.
Cloud looks confused, still eating his food. "You guys sure eat a lot." He comments, looking down at his half-eaten portion. "I've never heard someone eat that many, not even from a girl." Cloud adds.
"Well, Aryll uses up so much energy that it's not a surprise that she eats so much. Erm... Toon isn't much different." Grams replies.
Aryll has already gulped down five of her pancakes and Link is only on his third.
Cloud finally finishes his pancake, moving his plate away. "Why do they use so much energy, then?" He asks.
"They're still young children you know... You were a child before weren't you? Didn't you run around like mad and play games and such?" Grams asks.
Aryll finishes her pancakes before Link finishes his. "Alright I'm going off to play with Link now, cya grams!" Aryll says, then running out the door.
"There's a pig named Link, don't question it." Link says with a chuckle.
"Sounds interesting." Cloud answered. "I... Never played games, seeing I had no friends to play with." He speaks quietly, trying not to make the conversation too awkward. "I put it simply."
"Really? That's unfortunate..." Grams says.
"Well, you have friends now. Like me!" Link says to try and brighten Cloud's spirits, even though they're technically more than friends.
Cloud smirks, sighing softly. "Yeah, I wouldn't forget that." He glances at Link for a second, then looks around. "Nice place you got here."
"Oh, it's just the basics..." Grams insists.
"Nnghh..."
"Oh, looks like someone's waking up!"
"Morning Toon!"
Toon gets up and sleepily trods over to them, sitting down where Aryll sat. "Mooooorning..." He yawns."
Cloud looks at Toon, who seems better then before. He walks over to him and looks down. "How are you feeling?"
Toon yawns. "Just sleepy." He replies.
"Ah, you want some pancakes child?" Grams asks, holding out the pancakes.
Toon nods with a smile of his face. "Yes please!"
Minutes later...
Link and Cloud are standing outside, looking ready to leave the world of the Wind Waker.
"So, where should we go..? Back to Midgar?" Link asks.
"WAIT!" Toon rushes to their side. "Wherever you're going... Please take me with you!" He insists.
Cloud sighs in response, not looking at Toon directly. "Listen... Coming with us isn't a good idea, unless you'd like to be slaughtered alive." He pauses after a moment, figuring out what he just said. "There isnt a safer way to put that."
"I stabbed a guy in the head, I may be young and small but I can fight!" Toon proclaims, then clinging to Link's leg.
Link sighs but can't help but smile a little bit. "How about if he promises to keep quiet?"
Cloud looks at Link for a while before answering. "Fine... But I'm not responsible if he gets hurt." He looked ahead. "I've done that too many times..."
"Yay!" Toon says, jumping with joy. "Where we going?"
"Midgar, right?" Link asks, just to be sure.
Cloud nods. "Yeah. Just stay close and don't wander off." He assured the kid, looking at Link. "Should we get there using your instrument?"
Link nods, handing his Ocarina over to Cloud once more.
"Oooh! Are we gonna use the Song of Soaring? I love using that song!" Toon can't help but comment.
Cloud rolls his eyes, taking his time to hold the Ocarina properly. He got the hang of it again, but hesistated. "I can't play this..."
Link looks confused. "Why not? You played it before and only you know where the 'save points' are in Midgar."
'This is ridiculous now that I think about it...' Cloud thought, shrugging. "Well so do you. I'm not confident using this thing..." He explains.
"You played it beautifully before Cloud. And it's not like it's gonna break on you." Link says, trying to encourage him to play it.
Cloud sighs in defeat, putting the instrument to his mouth. He thought for a moment, remembering the tune before playing it.
Link smiles as Cloud plays the Song of Soaring. He seems pleased by the melody then clings onto Cloud, and Toon clings to his leg again.
The trio are taken away by wings and arrive at their destination in around 30 seconds.
Toon looks around once he can observe the world. "Where's all the colour? Don't tell me this place is like Twilight's place where everything is supposed to be dark and edgy.
'I assume thats another one of their worlds, or something...' Cloud thinks, looking down at Toon. "Its more serious then that."
"Should we show him around? Let's try to keep it safe if we do." Link suggests.
"Hey! I can defend myself from people like twenty times bigger than me!" Toon says, thinking it's an insult.
"Then you'll need to prove it. For now, stay out of trouble, I'm not the one taking care of you." Cloud explains, looking ahead. They teleported right in front of the church, which was a safe and convenient place.
"You don't need to take care of me anyway!" Toon replies, then looking at the Church, suddenly looking enchanted.
"Reminds you of the places we pulled our master swords, doesn't it?" Link says with a chuckle. "Oh, any parks? Like... Plain grassy parks? Or is grass non-existent here?"
Cloud shakes his head. "All destroyed." He answers simply. He recalls the times him and Tifa would spend together at the park in his mind, until destruction came. Could then begins walking into the church.
"Well, any open spaces? If not sailing or sleeping, Toon's running around like a cheetah hyped up on coffee and sugar." Link says, a little worried about what will happen if Toon doesn't go nuts with running.
"I wouldn't be surprised for a kid that hyper all the time." Cloud responds. "There's and ocean a few hours away from here, but no boat to use."
"Well he can't run on water. Is there a beach?" Link asks further.
"Where there's an ocean, there's always a beach." Cloud answers, looking at Toon who was roaming about the church.
Link smiles. "Of course. But since everything else was destroyed I was expecting the beaches to have been destroyed too." He laughs.
Cloud shakes his head again. "Mainly the villages suffered the impact. The beaches shouldn't be affected." He explains, looking down at Link. "I'd run it by the kid, see what he thinks."
"Toon!" Link calls out, with Toon coming back on Gerudo.
"This yellow ostrich likes me!" He laughs a little, laying on Gerudo's back.
Cloud walked towards Toon and Gerudo, leaning against one of the walls and crossing his arms. "Chocobo." He corrected him, closing his blue eyes.
"I didn't know what this thing was called..." Toon responds, rolling over to laying on his back and looking a little annoyed.
"Hey, would Gerudo like the beach?" Link asks. "Epona normally does."
Cloud shrugs. "Maybe. It might be thirsty, too... But it'll hate the saltwater. We can stop by a river and feed it." He suggests, looking at Toon.
"Sure!" Link says as he grabs Toon. "So shall we all hop on Gerudo?"
Cloud once again shakes his head. "Go ahead. I got my own ride in the back. It won't like the heavy load, trust me."
"Alright then, I'll follow you." Link then hops onto Gerudo with Toon in his lap. "Ready when you are!"
Cloud walks to his bike, opening the sword display. He grabs the longest, sharpest one, and sheathed it onto his back. He closes the display, starting the bike and reving the engine. "Stay a bit behind me, the chocobo will feel more comfortable."
"Got it. Follow that bike!" Link says, pointing toward Cloud. When Cloud starts to move, so does Gerudo.
Cloud starts to drive out of Midgar through the back passage, with Link following him from a short distance. They exit Midgar with no difficulty. Cloud looks around, heading straight forward then turning left, driving through a forest.
Link manages to keep Gerudo steady and still have Cloud in his sight. "Are we put stopping here!?" Link shouts out the question.
Cloud looks back at Link, then looks back ahead to park beside a tree. He notices Link stop on Gerudo beside him as he hops off. "We can take a break here. Gerudo would appreciate it." Cloud insists, looking at the tired chocobo. He pulled out some greens from his pocket, feeding them to the bird.
Link nods, then letting himself fall and relax beside a tree.
Toon laughs. "We're all generally chill and easygoing when not on an adventure." He comments.
"I can tell." Cloud adds, petting the chocobo on the head. He sits himself down by a tree, opposite from Link so they can look straight ahead at each other.
"Its strange, chocobos usually run away if not tied off by rope. This one seems to like you." Cloud comments.
"Really? Well, I guess I must have a thing with animals. The song helps too." Link says, pulling out his Ocarina and beginning to play Epona's Song.
Gerudo chirps happily, walking to Link and twitching its head at the sound. Cloud observes this carefully, closing his eyes afterwards and listening.
They sat there relaxing for around half an hour. Link and Toon even fell asleep, with Link resting against the tree and not slumping to the ground, with Toon stretched out on his lap.