IV

Yeah I know, I haven't uploaded a chapter for A-G-E-S! Sorry, I've been doing loads of revising for my GCSEs (wish me luck! ^_^;;;) Anyway, this chapter's for Shae. (?)

IV

'What the hell do you think you're doing?!!'

Shadow ran outside, chasing after a small boy. He had something in his hand, and by the way Shadow was chasing him, it was obvious who it belonged to.

'Venus!!! You little brat, come back here!!' shouted Shadow

He kept on running, dodging past other Sheikah and ran into Keyva.

'Wha--? Venus, what are you doing?' asked Keyva

Venus looked up.

'Umm…' he stuttered, moving his dark blue hair from his eyes with his free hand 'I…'

'There you are!' they heard Shadow shout

She ran forward to Venus, towering above him for intimidation.

'Now you stu--.' She stopped when she realized Keyva was with them 'Where is my ring?'

'It's not yours!' Venus shouted

He ran behind Keyva. Keyva sighed.

'Give her back her ring, Venus.' He said

'It's not her ring!' he shouted 'It's Reyon's!'

Shadow knelt down with an impatient smile.

'Yes, but he gave it to me. Now be a good brat and give it back!' she said with annoyance

Venus stomped the floor angrily.

'My teacher called me a brat! Did you hear that Keyva? Shadow called me a brat.' He said 'I don't wanna be taught by her anymore. Can Rayn be my teacher instead?'

'Good luck.' Shadow thought 'Rayn hates kids, especially Novices.'

Keyva sighed again and whispered to Venus.

'Tell you what,' he said 'you give her ring back to her, and I'll see what I can do.'

Venus smiled and threw the ring at Shadow. She caught it, and then he ran away to meet his friends.

'Thanks.' She said to Keyva

'I get really tired of having to break up your stupid fights.' He said

'I get tired of having them.' Replied Shadow 'I'm guessing he's still my student?'

Keyva nodded.

'But why?' Shadow protested 'He hates me. He's going to be 10 soon and I haven't even taught him on how to use the Eye of Truth yet. I can't teach him.'

'I know you can. Besides, if I did make Rayn his teacher, the little guy would go through hell.' Said Keyva

'And that would be a problem because?' said Shadow sarcastically

'Come on, give the kid a break.' Keyva asked

Shadow shrugged and walked away.

'I'll give him a break,' She said 'in both legs.'

She couldn't be bothered to argue with Keyva, it might have been because she would lose, she wasn't sure. She just knew that she needed a break from all the stress of teaching, maybe even releasing her anger physically.

'Keyva,' she spoke 'can I practise against you?'

Keyva rolled his eyes.

'I don't have the energy,' He replied 'I've really only just finished training the new Novices.'

'Oh, okay.' Shadow sighed

She walked away.

'Hey!' called Keyva

'What? She asked, turning back

'Why don't you ask Rayn, he'll be more than happy to test out his skills.' Suggested Keyva 'I'll bring Link. Who knows, maybe he could learn a few things?'

'Oh great, I'm putting on a display for the "Hero", why not just team him up with me?' Shadow thought angrily 'Sure, I'll be happy to show him how we fight.'

Keyva knew she was lying, after all, she had told him how she really felt about Link yesterday. He walked back to the tent where Link was sleeping and found him already awake.

'Up already?' asked Keyva

'Yeah, I had a rough night.' Replied Link

'Nightmare?'

'Yeah, I guess.' Told Link 'It started off kinda strange.'

Keyva sat down.

'You want to talk about it?' he asked, he was full of questions

'Nah. It's too awkward to explain.'

'All right then.' Replied Keyva 'Come with me, I want to show you something.'

Shadow was fed up. She'd had it with Venus and now she was going to perform a play for Link, something she wasn't looking forward to. She entered the forest surrounding the camp and sat down on the grass, slipping Reyon's ring in her pocket.

'Rayn?' she called telepathically

'Something wrong?' he replied

Shadow sighed.

'Yeah, a lot.' she told him 'I asked Keyva whether or not I could train with him and now I've ended up getting both you and me into it'

'Into what?' Rayn asked 'I like wrestling, especially with Sheikah like you.'

She laughed, she knew what he meant. Rayn could tell that she was happier than before.

'Heh, so you know that one huh?' he asked her

'Yeah.'

'But seriously, what's wrong? Don't you want to spar against me?'

'Oh yeah, I love it every time I get to kick your ass.' Shadow replied

'But we have to fight in front of Link.'

Rayn fell silent. The telepathic link told Shadow that he didn't like the idea.

'I guess you don't want to either.' she assumed

'No. I don't mind, it's just that…'

'Don't lie. I can tell.' Shadow told him 'Something's not right between you two.'

'Where are you?' he asked her, trying to get off the subject

'Can't you track me?'

'I'm still learning that trick.' Rayn replied

'The Training Circle.' she replied 'You better be quick, Keyva will be here any moment.'

The link closed. Seconds later, Rayn appeared out of nowhere.

'Quick enough?' he asked smugly

Shadow sighed disapprovingly. Sheikah weren't meant to use their magic unless they were ordered to.

'You know, you're not supposed to do that.' She told him

Rayn shrugged.

'What Keyva doesn't know won't hurt him.' He said 'So, when do we fight?'

'As soon as He comes here.'

'You really don't like Link, do you?'

'I don't like the way people like him, no.' Shadow replied

Silence passed. Shadow didn't think that she should be bad mouthing Link to his brother. Rayn tried to pass the time by pacing backwards and forwards, until Shadow complained that it was pointless and annoying.

'Someone needs a hug.' He said, reaching forward

Shadow recoiled back.

'Don't.' she warned him

Eventually, Keyva arrived with Link following closely behind.

'You took your time.' Rayn said to Keyva

Keyva sighed. When Rayn was in this type of mood it usually meant that he was about to be challenged for leadership.

'Well, we're here now.' He replied 'I promised Link that he'd see Sheikah in combat. You know, see if he can improve before he sets off.'

Link smiled smugly at Rayn.

'Don't disappoint me now.' He spoke

Rayn faked a grin back at him and drew his sword, the Dragon Slayer, a medium thick blade with two jagged edges awkwardly sticking out and facing the hilt. Link wondered how anyone could use it without slicing their own hand.

'Well,' Rayn said to Shadow 'Let's begin.'