You Make Me Care PT. 2
Disclaimer: Ugh...i hate doing this damned thing in EVERY chapter.
AS Fire: ...And when I leave, the whole world Drops! Lace Up, Midy!
Midna: ~I hear voices in the airrr...I hear 'em loud and clear...telling me to listeeeen.~
Link: Midna...
Midna: ~Whispers in my ear...nothing can compare...I just wanna listeeen..~
AS Fire: Why is that?
Midna: ~Cause i'm invincible, I'm invincible, I'm invincibllllleeee, I ammmm...~
#Audience claps for Fire and Midna's awesome performance of MGK's "Invincible"#
Link: That was incredible!
Midna/AS Fire: Thanks.
Alice: I loved it. Great singing voice Midna.
Midna: Thank you Alice.
ADW: Indeed it was.
AS Fire: I know right? She has an awesome si...YOU!
ADW: I bid you a hearty hello, Fire.
Link: You caused me to get a shot in the 'patootie' remember?
Alice: And lets not forget the 'shock prod' incident.
AS Fire: Or bombing the safehouse. Which I miss by the way.
ADW: It gets better.
AS Fire: I'll bet. Can it wait until I present this chapter? It's gonna be hella good.
Alice: Ooooh! I wanna see!
ADW: Whatever. Afterwards, game time.
AS Fire: Bish!
#ADW Readies dragon breath#
AS Fire: OK, typing.
Midna's POV:
"...And that's the whole story."
I finished telling the now awake Link everything...everything I remembered Zelda asking me to relay, up to the Yeti being an all-seeing white tiger, so to speak. I could tell Link was having a hard time adjusting to this all, because he was staring into space after I finished.
"Link...I'm sorry...During the talk with her, she seemed very weakened...I..."
"...Dammit!", he exclaimed, punching the cushion on the couch he was sitting on, staring down. "How could I not have seen this coming? The home front was vulnerable this entire time!"
"Link..."
"Young lass and lad, for what its worth, I give you this boss's key, finding it after a wide berth.", the Yeti interjected, walking towards me, and handing me the key.
"Thank you. And the boss here has one of the Mirror Shards?"
"You hit the nail, right on the spot. Be warned, its tough. Give it all you got."
"Yes Sir. But...before we go, may we have a private moment please?"
"I understand. A steeled resolve, you must keep. I will be upstairs, if you need me." The yeti exited the living room through the door on the left of the fireplace.
"Link...we have to go."
"Go where?" he retorted, still looking down.
"We have to keep going."
"I can't, Midna."
"Link, you have to."
"And Leave my sister to die?"
"No! No, it's not like it's seeming Link."
"Well, that's basically what you're asking!" He was now staring right into my eyes, with fire in his. I couldn't blame him for wanting to go back to Hyrule. But he couldn't. It would not work.
"Link...she asked me to tell you everything, and I did. What do you think I tried to do when she told me the same thing? Because it definitely wasn't deeper in this cold icebox of a castle!"
"Well I'm sorry that I can't just get up and continue like it's not a problem. She is my SISTER!"
I Jumped at 'sister'. And I felt a small bit of my patience leave me.
"Dammit Link! Think of where we are right now. If you were to begin heading back now, it would take you what...3 days to get back? Don't you think that would be bad? You would be drained, too late, and Goddesses forgive me, in the way!"
"Grrr..."
"Please Link...I'm not saying this to get you to give up on her. I'm saying this to get you to remember the trust she placed in us."
"Trust? I remember the trust she placed in us. She trusted us to keep Hyrule safe. To keep HER save. She trusted this to us. She trusted this to me. She trusted this to you. I Trusted this to You!"
I felt the sting of his last statement pierce through me like butter. I turned my head to hide the hurt. I heard him sigh, and lean back into the seat he was sitting in, crossing his arms.
"Trusted...", I began, failing miserably at attempting to hide the pain I was in, "...that's past tense...Link...do you trust me?"
"..."
"Answer me...please..."
What am I doing wrong? Goddesses, he is starting to hate me. I'm not...I haven't even done anything. I told him everything that Zelda asked me to...wait...I'm forgetting something...that's it!
"Midna, I-"
"Vier ra Nox."
"What?"
"I forgot about this part." I turned my gaze to face him, who was now leaning forward, facing me. "Before we broke contact, she asked me to tell you 'Vier ra Nox'."
"That's...you...she..."
I gave a puzzled look, as Link got up, and walked towards me, who was hovering. We were now face to face. But I was afraid of what he might have did, so I backed away a little bit.
"And she told you this?"
"Y...yes. Link, I swear it!"
"Answering your previous question Midna?", he began, with a question, and with an apologetic expression in his eyes, "...Yes. I do trust you."
"Link..."
Before I could even say anything, he was embracing me. I was startled for a second. After regaining my composure, I buried my face in his collarbone, and returned the gesture. I began speaking, despite my voice being muffled.
"Link, I would never...NEVER lie to you. Especially over something as important as your sister. My sister."
"Midy, I'm sorry...I'm sorry that I even doubted you for a second."
"Its okay...just from now on, know that I wouldn't purposely hurt you."
"I feel like a complete idiot."
He drew back from the embrace a bit, and kissed me softly. I returned the gesture, positioning his face with my hand, coordinating his cheek, to deepen the kiss. After a couple seconds of bliss, we broke the kiss.
"Link, can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to...What does Vier ra Nox mean?"
"So she didn't tell you what it meant?"
"No."
"I see." He broke the embrace, and took my hand. He guided me to the couch that he was once on, and pulled me down beside him.
"This is a long story Midy." Link said. I gave him a soft smile.
"I have time." I replied.
He began.
"It means..."
Ashei's POV:
"Mi...Milady..."
"You can drop the formalities. Call me Zero."
"Alright."
We made it inside of the Throne Room. Something felt...off. Wrong. Evil. Kind of like the vibe I got whenever I shut the door after Zel...Zero and I came in.
"Do you feel that?" I asked her. She turned around.
"Yea. Ashei, someone else is in here."
"Brilliant deduction girls! I'm impressed."
Whoever said that caught us off guard. The door behind us warded itself with the same energy that was over the town itself. We were looking all over, from where we were, trying to find the source of the voice, until...
"Over here."
We turned towards the Throne itself, and sure enough a muscular man was sitting in Zelda's throne. He had dark skin and red hair. He also had sharp canine yellow Eyes, a slightly long nose, and elongated eyebrows connecting with the hair. He looked as if he was at least seven feet and five inches tall. He was wearing thick, but skin-tight blue hide armor, with sliver platting covering his shoulders, knees, wrists, and his chest.
The man sat up, confirming my suspicions about his height, and he wore a malicious grin. I readied my blade, and positioned myself in front of Zero, not planning on making the same mistake of not protecting her again, with determination in my eyes.
"Ashei...", She began with a whisper, "...This is Ganondorf. He holds the Tri-Foce of power. His strength is immense. You don't have to do this."
"I have to, all right." I responded, not taking my eyes off of Ganondorf. "I have to try...I can't have you dying on me."
"I can't have you dying on me.", was her rebuttal.
"Mam..."
"And drop the formality. We are in this together."
I felt a reassuring hand on my right shoulder, and an energy surging through my body. I felt great! My reflexes must have quadrupled in speed and strength. I felt much stronger. I set my sword on the ground next to me, and stared down at my own hands in amazement. I had a faint glow surrounding my entire body.
"What is this...power?"
"It's energy from my Tri-Force of wisdom. I have to maintain focus to supply you this. But you won't have a lot of time though. I'm already feeling light-headed as it is."
"Mam, I mean Zero! If this can kill you, I don't want you doing this. It's suicide!"
"It's not suicide if you win. Besides, this will only render me unconscious. And I have a plan before that happens. Now go."
"...Zero..."
"Yes?"
"I won't let him take you. I swear it, I WILL defend you with my very soul."
I turned around, to see she had a heart-warming smile across her face. I smiled back.
"This is gone on way to long. Why don't you two just kiss and make up already?", Ganon retorted while chuckling.
I don't know why but this caused me to blush deeper. I dropped my face to hide my embarrassment.
"Forget what he says, Ashei.", Zelda said, picking my face up with her hands, and placing a quick peck on my forehead, causing my body to burn intensively. "Win this. That's an order."
"I...Ze...Uhh...", I took a deep breath, "...I will."
I turned towards Ganondorf, picked my sword off the ground, and walked forward. As I was walking forward, Ganon drew his sword from his back, and it was massive.
"You know I'm going to kill you, Ashei?"
"Doubtful. Why don't you put your rupees where your mouth is and bring it?", I smirked, challenging him, and going into my battle posture of slight crouching.
And with that, he disappeared in a flash of light, catching me off guard.
"Ashei! He is flash-stepping. Focus and you will see him!", Zelda instructed me, and I did as she said.
I closed my eyes, calming myself down. And I felt the Tri-Force of Wisdom's energy resonating within my heart. As I opened my eyes, I saw Ganon preparing for a killing swing, and I guarded it with my sword. The sheer force of his momentum was enough to knock lose the ponytails my hair was in, and it now flew about freely behind my back.
Now he tried a horizontal swing, and I ducked below it. And following his motion from the swing, he kicked me in the face, sending me careening to the ground. I recovered before he could approach me.
He prepared a straight thrust, and I dodged it, and wrapped his sword with my left arm. He tried to pull it lose, and instead, lifted the entire sword, with me still grabbing it. He swung the sword left to right, trying to shake me off it, and I held on for dear life.
Then, as if catching an idea, he stopped swinging, and grinned. As he slowly positioned the sword above him, I caught on to what he was trying to do.
"Die!", he exclaimed, as he slammed the sword on the ground. He was visibly startled when he saw I was not on the other end of the blade.
"Up here!"
He looked up, and was too late to dodge me placing a lariat right on his neck, taking the behemoth of a man down with me, with a thunderous impact, to the ground. I quickly rolled off him, and returned to a battle-ready stance. He picked himself up a few moments later as the dust cleared, and coughed, grabbing his sword off the ground with his left hand.
"Grr...not bad little girl."
"When you fight for others, you have no limits."
"Oh? Well lets try this instead!"
Ganon held his unoccupied hand above his head, and charged an energy sphere, about the size of a large Deku-Nut.
"What is..."
"Ashei! Don't let this attack hit you!", Zelda instructed me again. Without looking at her, I nodded to show I was listening, and re-assumed a battle-ready stance.
"Here!"
He jumped backwards, and launched the sphere at me.
My sword began glowing for some odd reason, and as a result, I did the only thing that I could think of. I swung my blade at the sphere when it was in close range.
KINK!
The sphere was now heading in the opposite direction.
"What?", he exclaimed shockingly, as the sphere was now set on a crash course with Ganondorf as its target. He held out both hands, as he slowed the energy to a halt right in front of him.
"You...you are just like him."
"Who?"
"That boy who wears the Tunic. No matter. I cannot be bested by you Ashei!"
He began charging the energy sphere to larger proportions, bigger than me and Zelda put together.
"I...can't dodge this.", I said to myself, as I held my sword's hilt with one hand, and the pointy end with the other hand, and braced for impact. At least until...
"I'll take care of this."
Zelda placed herself in front of me. As she did, I noticed the strength of the Tri-Force faded within me, and I dropped my guard. She was visibly weary from channeling the strength of the Tri-Force to me for so long.
"Zelda! You can't be serious?", I asked her, and she began glowing brightly.
"Ashei...I want to thank you for getting us here. You have to go."
"No! I can't leave you!"
"Ashei! That's an order!"
"But-"
"Listen. You're an intelligent, beautiful woman. Courageous, and brave-hearted. You gave me the strength to be here, right now, and now its time I repaid you. Besides, I wouldn't have lasted too much longer anyways."
"It's not fair!" I retorted, with sadness in my eyes. She turned around, and embraced me once again, leaving me breathless.
"I need you to do me a favor. Go. Find the man in the Tunic. He is accompanied by a short, and blackened imp. Don't fear her, she is really nice. Tell them what transpired here. Tell them...I love them, and I tried my best."
I returned Zelda's embrace and sobbed softly in her shoulder. She stroked my hair with her hand.
"Don't...Ashei...you're stronger than this." she let me go, and I wiped my eyes with my hands. I took note of the stream of blood still apparent on her face from when she saved my life. Her eyes were healed by now, but she still had a wound on her arm. I don't know where she got it from.
She snapped her fingers, and pointed behind me. As I turned around, I noticed a whirlpool of energy has opened itself to me.
"This will warp you outside of Hyrule. It will also distill upon you power. So that you can survive. My power."
"But...what happens when it saps your power?"
She smiled.
"No..no no no no no no." I was shaking my head in disbelief, ranting, and Zelda simply chuckled, and turned back to face Ganon.
"And Ashei?"
"No no no no...yes?"
"In this short time...I...kinda grown...fond...of you."
"Ma...mam?"
"We're out of time! Go!"
"This is the END!"
Ganon shot the now massive energy sphere towards us, and Zelda was now glowing brighter than ever, as she held her hands forward.
"Haaaaaaa!"
And a split second before the energy collided with Zelda, a massive, yet thin layer of turquoise blue energy appeared before her, and took the brunt force of Ganon's attack. This intense power struggle was enough to scatter the wind itself, as Zelda's hair was dangling rapidly behind her.
"Nnn...Ashei! Go! I can't keep this up forever!"
"Ze...". I couldn't even say her name. I was utterly paralyzed with emotions, to the point to where I could not even move.
"How do you have this much energy left?", Ganon shot, directing his confusion at Zelda.
"When...when you fight for someone else..."
"This dribble again? HAH!"
The size of Ganon's energy attack increased again. The strain this was placing on Zelda had to be immense, but she did not give in. It forced her to drop one of her arms, due to over-exertion.
"Zelda, no!"
"Ashei!"
She turned her head to face me, and with her only useful arm, she quickly shot a concussive blast of energy at me, pushing me back, and off my feet. Time seemed to come to a standstill as I took in the final scenes.
The barrier in front of Zelda faded...I reached out to her with my right arm, as if reaching for my own heart...she closed her eyes...I shouted her name, and she responded with "I..." before I was within the portal she had created earlier.
And, true to her word, I was dropped on my back, on some random cliff in the Hyrule fields. Instinctively, I hurriedly got on all fours, and tried to crawl back into the portal, but it vanished before I reached it. As the portal vanished, so did the previous drive inside me, and I fell backwards, towards a sitting position on my knees, dropping my head, within folded arms, on the ground.
"Nohohooooo...this..can't..."
I felt something warm on my right hand, and this startled me. I picked my head up momentarily, and I saw it...
"This is...her...Wisdom...". I dropped my head back within folded arms...
...Finally, I broke down in tears.
Why did she have to do this? She could have came with me...she could have ran...now she...she is...dammit...DAMNIT...
With all of the will I had left at the moment, I forced my self to a sitting position, fixed my hands to cover my eyes while looking up at the heavens and shouted her name...
...and I didn't get a response...
AS Fire: And...BOOM! HEADSHOT B******!
Midna: You watch waaaaay too much Youtube in your free time.
AS Fire: What is this, free time, you speak of?
Link: Iuno
Alice: It's when you aren't doing shit.
ADW: Alice, Link, Midna, excuse me please.
AS Fire: Man, what is th-
#ADW Releases his charged attack#
AS Fire: O.O...X_X
Alice: Hahaha! You got the Fiya beat out of you! Eh? Get it? Eh?
ADW/Link/Midna: u_u
E/N: Welp! There is the exciting conclusion to the "You Make Me Care" Duo chapters!
Thank you ADW, Alice, and the regular fans of the fiction that was inspired by YOU! Yes you, reading this right now. You are an inspiration! And I love you...if you are a guy, no homo. Thank Machine Gun Kelly, AKA MGK for making that badass song, "Invincible". If you haven't heard it yet, go do it now, you noob.
What do you think? How will Ashei take what just transpired? Moreso, how will LINK take the news, if Ashei reaches him? See what happens in 'Blizzeta'