Wow... This chapter was completed a lot faster than usual. O.O
This and the next two chapters will center around Link and Zelda's relationship, so prepare yourself for some romance and action. Enjoy!
The Four Swordsmen
Chapter 10: The Burning Village
Link and Zelda (dragging Roy across the ground) ran into the forest for a long time. They don't know exactly how long they were running, but it was until it became dusk. Eventually, they stopped in the middle of the forest. The two both got down on their knees, gasping for breath.
"Think we lost 'em?" Link asked.
Zelda looked back at the direction where they ran. "Definitely." She replied, letting a smile creep on her face.
Her smile is just so gorgeous... How do I tell her how I feel? Not even the Triforce of Courage can help me out here. Link thought.
He's so handsome... Oh... I wish I had enough courage to tell him that I love him. Zelda thought at the same time.
They both got up, back on their feet. Link looked around. There was only a little light from the setting sun, and an odd bright light from another direction. He raised an eyebrow. "Hey Zelda. Look."
Zelda squinted. "That's an odd amount of light coming from there. Should we investigate?" Her sweet voice rang in Link's ears. Link nodded, as he grabbed Roy's arms as Zelda grabbed Roy's legs and they walked towards the light.
Strangely, the light was far, but the light was very bright. "Err... Link? Is it me, or do I feel a bit warmer?" Zelda asked, as they got closer to the light. Link nodded.
"It's as if the place's is another five degrees warmer."
Roy wiggled around for a bit. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. "Umm... Why am I being carried by two elves that would make an incredibly cute couple?" Link and Zelda automatically dropped Roy at his statement, blushing furiously. Luckily for Roy, when the two had dropped him, he landed head-first on a rock, knocking him out... again. The Hylians looked away from each other in embarrassment.
Unknown to them, Roy opened one eye, and mumbled "What babies..." He closed his eye again and continued to play dead.
"Err... should we go on?" Link asked after a minute, his face still a little pink.
"Of course, carry on." Zelda replied, also a bit red. The two continued to walk towards the bright light, dragging Roy across the ground painfully as payback more than anything. The finally got to the source of the light. They both gasped at the sight.
A village was on fire!
Zelda's POV
"What's going on here?!" Link shouted, enraged. A Waddle Dee dashed in from the village with a few bruises, came, begging for mercy.
"Please! Strangers, help us! Our town is being burned down by the koopas! We surrendered, but they continued their onslaught. We can regroup, but we need you both to clear out the village of the cursed turtles. Please! You are our only hope!!" He cried, eyes starting to fill with tears.
"We'll see what we can do." I replied to his plead.
The Waddle Dee's face brightened. "Thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!!" He chanted, hugging my legs tightly.
Link squinted his eyes, to see several Dry Bones (as ironic as it is, considering they are weak to flames) throwing bones at several Waddle Dees.
"I'll take care of this." He said, grabbing the Hero Bow. However, I stopped him.
"Link," I said, placing my hand on his bow. "We have to tackle this together. There are just too many of them. Please, let's fight these soldiers together." Link's eyes widened slightly when I said the last word, but shrunk back almost immediately.
"Okay." Link replied. "But on one condition."
I raised an eyebrow. "And what will that be?" I asked. Link quickly whispered something into my ear, forcing me turn a little pink. "O-of course. But not now. When we're back on Earth." I shakily replied.
Link let a grin appear on his face as he proceeded to draw his sword and shield instead. I smiled, focusing some of my magic, letting me transform into my alternate ego, Sheik.
Link's POV
In a flash, Zelda disappeared, and a Sheikian ninja stood in her place instead. Still, even has a Sheikah, she still had a heart of pure gold. We both rushed into the village, ready to fight off every troop.
At entrance, there were just a few Koopa Troopers, Goombas, and a Koopatrol. The Goombas attempted to attack me, but while I was rushing towards the Koopatrol, I 'accidentally' stepped on them. Sheik easily defeated the turtles by simply knocking them on their backs. The Koopatrol's armor was hard to penetrate, so I just used my shield to simply bash the Koopa in the head until he fell unconscious.
"Do you suppose there is an easier way to take Koopatrols down?" I asked. Sheik nodded, whirling her chain. "Well, we need to get clear the whole village. So I hope you're ready to break some bones." I continued.
"FIRE!!" An obnoxious voice called out. Several Koopa Troopers and Goombas used Bill Blasters to fire missiles at us. Immediately, Sheik pulled out about 10 needles, while I grabbed my bow and armed an arrow, while my ninja friend threw needles to counter the Bullet Bills and I fired arrows at incoming Bullets.
"There are too many! Quick, teleport out of here and rally up the survivors. If we're lucky, they'll be enough to set free their own village. I'll see what I can do about these cannons." I told her, ducking for cover under some burned crates. Sheik quickly turned into back into her princess form.
She dashed over to me and we embraced each other. "Please be careful, Link." She whispered, pulling away from the hug. Using Farore's Wind, she disappeared.
I looked around. 5 Bill blasters littered the area. All of them were on top of buildings. I simply had to climb the buildings and take out the gunner. However...
The buildings were on fire.
I gulped. Luckily for me, one of the Bill Blasters was right above me. I braced myself for excruciating heat, as I tried climbing the dome. (Author's Reminder: In Dreamland, homes are shaped like half of a ball. No I do not watch the anime)
The pain was unbearable, yet I had to keep going. As soon as I got to the top, I quickly kicked the Koopa out of the way, and redirected the Bill Blaster.
"Link!" A familiar voice rang.
"Zelda?" I asked confused.
"Yes it's me. I'm trying to send a message to you through our Triforces. Listen, are in command of a Bill Blaster?"
"Yeah." I replied, crouching down to avoid being detected by the other gunners.
"Okay good. You need to use that blaster, and destroy the other cannons. I'm still recruiting troops, so King Dedede's men won't be able to catch up with you yet."
"Okay. Good luck."
"You too."
I quickly moved the Bill Blaster to aim at one of the others. There was only one button. I pressed it, and my turret launched a missile at the other Blaster. A huge explosion engulfed the machine. I aimed my blaster at another, launching Bullet Bills (Even Mario doesn't know why these things never run out of ammo). All until mine was the only one left. The village was still burning harshly.
"Those Blasters have been destroyed?" Zelda asked, through the Triforce.
"Yes. Even Roy could be able control this. It's not really that hard." I replied.
"Okay good. I was able to rally up several of King Dedede's men, so they'll be running through the town, trying to find an exit. If you see any of Bowser's men, take them out, okay?"
"Sure thing, Zel." I replied. At that moment, Koopas ran through the area. Using my Bill Blaster, I aimed, and fired missiles at the Troopers. They got hit, obviously. However, after them, a lot more of Bowser's men ran through the area. In the other direction, running towards them, were Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, and several other of Dedede's men. Leading Dedede's men, was Zelda, holding her own sword. (Author's reminder: She has a sword in Twilight Princess)
"Shoot as many koopas as you can. We'll need as much help as possible." Zelda told me.
"I will." I replied, aiming my blaster towards Bowser's army.
Zelda's POV
Furiously, I charged right into the war. Several armed troopers slid past many of Dedede's troops. I noticed one heading for me. I took a step, and pointed my sword out, letting the koopa ram right into my sword, dazing him, despite his helmet. I rushed into combat, with the rest of King Dedede's army following.
Ducking to avoid a hammer, I quickly used my leg to trip a Magikoopa. (Author's reminder: A koopa in a wizard's robe an hat that can use healing and fire magic)
I conjuered some magic in my finger tips before launching Din's Fire at a Dry Bones. He set on fire, burning into ashes in seconds.
I looked up at Link, still firing Bullet Bills with ease and grace. His dirty blond hair flowed in the wind a his determined blue eyes shone brightly. Oh how I wished to make him mine. I thought.
Link had his trademark grin, as he fired another Bullet at a Koopatrol, blasting his shell off, leaving him in his poxa-dotted boxers. I couldn't help but giggle at the sight, as many other of both King Dedede, and Bowser's minions all laughed heartily as well as Link. Suddenly, Link aimed his Bill Blaster at me.
"Get out of the way!" He yelled, firing. I looked behind me to see a Hammer Bro raising his hammer to strike me on the head. I quickly rolled out of the way as the missile blew him away.
We continued to gain ground, defeating Bowser's troops. Eventually, we took the whole village back. However, one Hammer Bro was left standing. He yelled out. "They're too strong! Unleash Operation: Hammer Storm!" He ran away, and moments later, over thousands of hammers were flung towards us.
We all ran. However, the Hero of Time stood his ground, shooting the hammers with the Bill Blaster. It wasn't long until he was pelted, however he used his shield to protect himself. However, one hammer was able to hit him in his arm, knocking the shield out of his hand. Only a second later, his head was hit by a hammer, and he fell over unconscious, and off of the building. He fell off of the building and onto the ground.
"Link!" I shouted. How dare they hurt him! I quickly used Farore's Wind to catch up to him. I appeared right next to him, and grasped his hand. Even while he was unconsious, his hands were filled with warmth. I casted Farore's Wind again, and this time we were both teleported out of the village where King Dedede's troops were. We also left Roy in the same spot.
I laid him on the ground and grasped my head. It was the first time I tried teleporting someone else with me, and it took a lot more effort.
"Is he okay?" Several Waddle Dee asked. I felt his pulse. He was still alive.
"He is. I'm sorry, but right now I have to get him and my other friend out of here. Maybe we will meet again. You should go to the lake and grab as much water as you can to douse this fire." They all nodded, and walked towards the lake. I waved to my friends, as I grabbed Link's hand, and Roy's leg before I teleported into the forest.
It was much darker now, yet still enough light to see Link's face. Link drowsily woke up. "Zelda? What happened?"
"You fell unconscious during combat." I replied. "I had to come and save you."
He made a soft chuckle. "Well, looks I know what it's like in your shoes."
I felt myself blush a little. "Oh be quiet." I laughed. "We're on the other side of the lake, so we'll just wait for Marth and Ike to get here. Do you think you can get some firewood? I'll try building a tent."
Link nodded and left. I sighed, looking up at the bright moon. "One day..." I closed my eyes, smiling. "We'll be together..."
Unknown to anyone, Roy was still conscious throughout the whole thing, and listened very closely.
Looks like they both love each other... Roy thought. I can't wait to tell the guys this!
Don't, Roy. They wouldn't appreciate it if you were to exploit their love, when they don't even know the other loves them as well.
Who are you?
I am your conscience. I'm the part of your brain that tells you not to do extremely bad things that would most likely kill you, or other people physically, emotionally, or mentally.
What about sexually?
That too, but I thought that would be embarrassing and just plain wrong to say.
So what do I do, conscience?
You must simply let them go. They will bond on their own. Just don't do anything reckless and get caught, because you and I know how viciously they fight when they are ticked off.
So true...
Good luck Roy... Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be dismissing the reader.
Okay... What reader?
Never mind. Just go to sleep.
Hmm-kay! 'Night conscience. And Roy fell asleep into a deep sleep...
Nice! I gave him the slip! YES! It was I, Edfan Seven hundred and Sixty Five (I think I'll just call myself Edfan. Sounds much less confusing), who was Roy's conscience! MWAHAHA!
So anyways, not too much for an Author's note... except that possibly, the entire fiction will probably be finished by mid-January. YAY! I give a thanks to every reviewer, and for good critisism. Over 500 hits for this story!
What has 500 hits?
Crap! Well, I better go before Roy finds out who I really am. Review go to Praiseland, and flames go die.