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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Thirty-Six: A Meeting

Link stumbled his way out of the fortress. He had just won his way into the Gerudo tribe, and was now going to find Tessa, wherever she was. A shudder ran throughout his body as he realized how angry she might be that he had left her there for so long.

Although, it wasn't like it was his fault.

With a small sigh, he blinked up at the hot sun as some sweat trickled down his face. "Oh, are you the new male Gerudo?" A voice asked him. He turned to see a young girl with bright red hair and golden eyes. She had a mischievous smirk about her.

"Yes…how did you know so quickly?" Link asked.

"I'm the Gerudo Princess, I have my ways." The little girl grinned.

"Korinu!" A shout came from inside the fortress. The little girl's eyes widened and a playful smile dawned on her face.

"Time to go! Welcome to our tribe!" The little girl then ran off, and two blurs followed after her, obviously other Gerudo. They seemed very familiar to Link, but he wasn't sure as to why. He looked at their backs. One girl had short black hair and was significantly taller than the other, who was short with red-brown hair down to her shoulders.

"…Maybe Tessa won't be mad at me…" Link said as he recognized the shorter figure. "Maybe she was able to join the tribe quicker…since she's a girl."

"Don't tell me you're just noticing that little fact." Navy stated, exasperated as she flew out of his cap.

"Of course not." Link blushed. "It's just…"

"So why haven't the two of you talked about the kiss since it happened? The explanation still doesn't make any sense." Navi stated casually as she sat on his shoulder. Link's blush turned to the shade of a bright red tomato.

"I told you! It's awkward!"

"If you don't talk about it, she'll think she imagined it. Besides, I've been waiting for it since the argument at the Water Temple. It's quite frustrating, actually. I'm a fairy, so I don't usually get to see this kind of thing happen with Kokiri. They're all too innocent. I need something to tell my friends about!" Navi was grinning by this time.

"What? Why would you tell your friends?" Link was confused, and his blush deepened.

"Well…it's kind of bragging points for us, who can get the most diversity with their Kokiri…or I guess I should just say "charges" now, since you're not a Kokiri." Navi giggled. "It's how we amuse ourselves, especially if we end up with a dull charge. You, however, are going to earn me bragging points for a long time!" Navi stated this time with tremendous glee.

"Oh, I'm so happy I'm doing something right for you." Links stated sarcastically, his blush starting to diminish. He looked off in the direction that Tessa had run. "Although…" He didn't continue his thought out loud, but a smile appeared on his face. Navi noticed this and sighed.

"If you're thinking about what she was wearing, don't let her find out. She will probably kill you." Navi advised. Once again, Link blushed, and flinched guiltily. "I'm not blaming you, Link. You're a guy. That kind of thing happens."

"Okay…" Link's voice trailed off, but he started off in the direction that he found Tessa and the tall girl going. "So tell me this, where did I see the other girl before?"

"At the Water Temple, with Shadow Link." Navi stated. "You know, it's a good thing I'm here with you, otherwise you wouldn't even know your own name."

"Shut up!" Link growled.

"I'm just saying…"

"I got you!" Rhea shouted in victory. She had dived onto Korinu and was now gripping her legs. Korinu had fallen at the sudden impact, and was now trying to crawl away. "Why the hell were you running off?" Rhea demanded, and Korinu simply grunted.

"I want to see my friend! Shadow!" Korinu whined. Tessa rolled her eyes and Rhea giggled.

"Why didn't you say something? He's my friend too, I would have escorted you." Rhea grinned.

"I don't want an escort! It gets annoying!'

"Hey, you're the youngest of us reincarnations, we have to take care of you!" Tessa pointed out. "Your mom would probably kill us if we lost you just because you couldn't go off on your own."

"Hah, that's funny." Korinu grumbled, and finally loosened Rhea's grip by making her ankles as cold as ice. Rhea yelped and tried to warm up her hands by rubbing them together.

"Get back here you little brat!" Rhea shouted as Tessa began to chase after the little girl again. Rhea stood up and followed after. She easily passed Tessa, who wasn't as fast with such short legs, and kept the pursuit of Korinu.

Korinu was incredibly agile, and flexible. She constantly took twists and turns that the other two, being older, couldn't perform. That lost them time, but helped Korinu out in the long run.

"When I get my hands on you I swear…" Tessa growled as she kept chase. Her breath was starting to shorting as her stamina wore out. Rhea wasn't having as much trouble. "Rhea, how did you get so fit?"

Rhea grinned. "I trained a lot under Ganondorf. It kind of comes with the territory I guess."

"Ah." Tessa frowned. Of course she couldn't get really fit in such a short amount of time, but it would have been very nice…

The chase after Korinu ended up indoors again, and down many passageways. Rhea smirked, and suddenly took a different direction after waving for Tessa to continue following Korinu. Tessa did, but the chase led on for a while, and Tessa began to slow down. Just as Tessa thought she was about to pass out, Korinu stopped in front of a doorway and composed herself before entering. Tessa wondered briefly whose room it was before a loud crash was heard.

"I GOT YOU!" Rhea's voice shouted from inside. "Honestly, I'm your secret guard, do you think I don't know special shortcuts to this place?"

Tessa entered to see both Rhea and Korinu on the ground again. Korinu was a bit stunned-looking and Rhea looked a bit maniacal. "Rhea, I think you enjoyed the chase just a bit too much…"

"Oh, believe me, I didn't enjoy it." Rhea's voice sounded dangerously close to crazy, but Tessa chose not to say anything about it.

"Whose room is this anyway?" Tessa asked.

"This room belongs to me." Another, deeper voice sounded from somewhere in the shadows of the room. Then, a figure appeared that made Tessa gasp. He looked almost exactly like Like, but his hair was jet-black and his eyes were the color of blood. His tunic was also black.

"Link? Did you die your hair and get contacts? Since when did you go gothic?" Tessa asked in a bewildered manner. Rhea began to laugh hysterically, and Korinu simply looked confused. However, "Link" began to look very angry.

"Do not call me Link. I am Shadow Link." The gothic version of Link said.

"Just call him Shadow, it saves on time." Rhea grinned. "Shadow and Link have fought before…"

"Shut up!" Shadow growled, but Rhea only stuck her tongue out at him in a childish manner.

"Nah, she prefers to know the truth. You could say she's the real version of me, except that I'm real too and I look nothing like her…I don't really act like her either…"

"I'm confused…" Tessa stated.

Rhea let go of Korinu, who went to go sit in one of the chairs. Rhea and Tessa followed suit, while Shadow just sat by the wall. "Basically Shadow Link isn't a real person. At least,, not in the conventional way."

"What do you mean in the conventional way? He seems real enough to me." Tessa stated.

"Well, you see Tessa, when a man and a woman love each other very much, or when a man and a woman don't love each other very much and just like to have a bit of fun, they…"

"I know that!" Tessa shouted to stop the direction that the conversation was going into.

"Okay then, no interrupting!" Rhea smiled. "Anyways, Ganondorf created him to defeat Link. The plan was have Link fight a version of himself. Thus, Shadow Link. Shadow is the dark version of Link, and because of the dark magic associated with him, he is able to become a shadow wherever there is a shadow." Rhea then looked thoughtful. "Now that I think about it, he'd make a better spy that way…"

"Hn." Shadow grunted. "Somebody is at the door."

"Oh, let them come in." Rhea shrugged. "I'm done with my lecture, anyway."

So, Link entered the room. Shadow immediately seemed about ready to kill, and Rhea seemed to be pretty on-guard. Tessa took no notice of this and instead she stood up.

"Link! Where the hell have you been?" She shouted. "All I know is you say you're going to go and see what the Gerudo have as for information on the Spirit Temple, and another hour later I'm sick and tired of waiting for you to come back and then I'm inducted into this odd tribe! What the hell?"

Rhea, and Korinu stared wide-eyed at Tessa. It was the second time they had really seen her display such a temper. Once in front of the Goddesses, and now in front of the Hero of Time. It was a really bizarre trait that the short girl had, but it was actually not that surprising now since she was the reincarnation of Din herself.

Shadow, however, didn't appear to be too impressed. His look had died down, and now he was leaning back against the wall. Link eyed the guy warily, but answered Tessa's question none-the-less. He was still thankful that she hadn't maimed him in some way yet.

"The Gerudo aren't very fond of men. They threw me in a prison, and I proved my way into the tribe by breaking out and freeing all of the carpenters they had locked up in various parts of the fortress. They seemed to think I would make a good thief." Link then turned his full attention to Shadow and Rhea. "Now you explain to me why these two are here, and why you are with them."

"They were here before me." Tessa shrugged. "Rhea and I have known each other since the Fire Temple, although our first meeting wasn't the most pleasant…"

"Sorry about that, I was following orders." Rhea grinned, and rubbed the back of her head. "I hope you understand."

"I know, I know. Anyways, Rhea and I were both assigned to watch Korinu, the Gerudo Princess you see before you. She made us chase her all of the way here, and I think my legs are about to fall off."

"Ah." Link stated. "So, what are you two doing here?"

Shadow seemed reluctant to answer, but Rhea didn't seem to mind at all.

"Well, as you know, the both of us were Ganondorf's servants. I act as his spy and assassin, and I take care of some jobs he can't get to himself. You know why Shadow was created, obviously. Well, after your battle with Shadow I had to go and heal his wounds. So I took him to the Shadow Temple. As it turns out, he fit right in there."

Tessa giggled, as did Korinu, but Link and Shadow didn't even twitch a muscle.

"Well, afterwards we came here to seek protection from Ganondorf. As you can imagine, he's pissed that so many of his plans have gone badly. He'd be pissed that I let Shadow live and that I didn't fight you myself. The Gerudo are more loyal to Nabooru, although Ganondorf doesn't know that. Nabooru despises Ganondorf, so they let us stay as part of their tribe. Obviously if Ganondorf were to pay a visit we'd have to leave to the desert for a while, but we'd be able to return once the coast was clear."

"Wow." Tessa stated. "That doesn't really sound like a fun life.

"Oh, it's not, but it's what we have to work with." Rhea shrugged.

"I have a question to ask the two of you." Korinu's voice suddenly popped up. Tessa and Link looked towards the young Gerudo princess. "Are you really going to the Spirit Temple?" Something in her voice sounded so hopeful, Tessa was curious as to why she cared so much.

"Yes, we have to find the Sage of Spirit that resides there, and then we'll head over to Ganondorf's castle to hopefully kill him and free the Princess of Hyrule." Link stated. Tessa looked over at him, and the look of determination on his face made her blush in admiration.

"Well…if you are going, will you tell my mother that I miss her, and wish that she would come home. I don't even remember what she looks like." Korinu murmured. Tessa looked sympathetically at Korinu. "I understand if she can't, but it would be nice to at least see my own mother."

"How long has she been at the Spirit Temple?"

"About seven years." Korinu murmured. Tessa and Link looked at each other, both with the same look in their eye. They figured that Nabooru might be the Sage of Spirit, but then again they wouldn't know until they actually met the Sage of Spirit.

"Of course we'll tell her. If I can, I'll try to drag her back for you, okay?" Tessa smiled at Korinu, who smiled back.

"I'll lead you to the gate. I would advise not taking horses there, they'd just sink in the sand."

So, Tessa and Link followed after Korinu, as Rhea and Shadow Link stayed in the room and watched them leave.

"I'm surprised you didn't attack him, Shadow." Rhea said. Shadow simply growled.

"He's not worth my time." Shadow snarled, and then disappeared into the Shadows.

"Huh…you'd be surprised, Shadow. Even I'm more connected to him than you thought."

End of Chappie

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