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"Hold on to my arm. and do not let go!" Link shouted over the roaring waters. She did so and he fired his longshot at a tree hanging over the cliff in front of them. They both were propelled upward as Link pulled them over the edge with the powerful strength of the golden gauntlets. The afternoon sun warmed them from the cold water and they took a long embrace.
"Thank you. Link." she said after a moment of perfect silence. "Hey, I'm your Hero of Time, right? I always come around don't I?" Link smiled into her beautiful eyes and she did something that neither of them had expected. she kissed him. She quickly looked away in embarrassment. Link looked down at the river and looked into the distance. "Where does this river lead?" "I don't know. I think this is the same river that comes from the back of the castle. It stretches underneath part of Hyrule Market and leads around the side of the castle. I think it goes around Gerudo Valley, past Lake Hylia and into the desert here. Lets just follow it back to Hyrule Field." Zelda pulled herself up over the edge of the cliff completely and looked around. The large broken tree shrouded them from sight very well. She looked back into Link's bright blue eyes with her own, only to find him staring upwards into the slightly darkening sky. Everything seemed to get dark all of a sudden. "What's going on Link?" Zelda rushed over to him and grabbed his arm. He looked down at the girl and sighed as he pointed upwards. "Is Ganondorf attacking again?" "No. It's the planet that Ganondorf summoned to kill us all with. Sometimes it is hard to see because both of our atmospheres are mixing together. The sun is beginning to move to the west, causing the planet to cast a shadow down on this half of us. I imagine we will have half the amount of daylight we used to have if it stays this way in our orbit." Link looked down and sighed. Zelda seemed to be in shock. "What are we to do? We can't stop something of this magnitude. Any time he wants he can just drop it on us can't he?" Zelda shook her head with frustration. Link tried to comfort her by consoling his arms around her but it didn't work. She lightly began to sob on his arm. "I can't bel-" Zelda was cut off without warning by a loud blast in the sky. It rocketed through they're ears like nothing they had ever heard. The ripping shockwave of sound reverberated between the two planets violently in an array of emanating heat. They looked up to see the source of the horrible sound and found two black objects shooting through the atmosphere, which the two planets now shared. Previously, there had been too many clouds to recognize any surface features but now the clouds had begun to billow away. Becoming visible was a massive, circular structure, covered with glowing lights. The hub was black and seemed to be made in the shape of a pie. It had several slices that all pointed inward, towards a large infrastructure. Along the outer rim were several large pots that contained green and blue smoke. It was utterly amazing. The seeming castle, to them, was so close that they could see every twinkling light and every burst of smoke. They're new interests were the sleek, black objects that had erupted from the sky above.or below. They weren't sure which to decide. Link and Zelda tucked away underneath the large tree and hid from view completely. They watched as the two strange machines hovered in the sky only about a hundred yards away and slowly halted to the ground below. They were long and black and had stealthy wings that were inverted from the rear. A long, blue smoke trail slowly dissipated from the path they had taken as the loud humming died from within the machines. They had sleek, silver windows that were rounded off and underneath and to the sides the machine contained what looked like weaponry. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. The silver windows popped up suddenly and slid backwards inside the machine. Emerging from each apparent vehicle were two interesting figures. Both climbed down a small ladder that opened from the side of the machine and met up in front of the landing zone. The grassy plain faded into the desert in the distance it seemed as one of them stared off into the heat stricken horizon. The men conversed in low tones that the duo hiding could not comprehend. Link and Zelda took this time to study them. The taller man was only ahead by an inch and had long silver hair that flowed down to his calves. Rustling with his long hair in the wind was a long, leather coat that was tightened at his waist with a small silver buckle. His strong arms filled out the arms of the coat well as did the rest of his muscular frame. He was not bulky like Fierce Deity but his muscles were very definitive, even through the long coat and black trousers he wore beneath. His black trousers were slightly loose around his half hidden legs and were tucked into a pair of tall fighting boots that came to his knees. Two silver straps tightened them perfectly around his legs. As he slightly moved out of the shadow of the ship Link could tell that he had no shirt on, only leather straps crisscrossed across his muscular chest, and covered mostly by the open front of the coat. Covering his shoulders were four silver plates that were tightened securely by the leather straps that were across his chest. The straps hooked onto a large metal belt that covered half of his stomach and attached to his fighting pants. It was engraved with a strange symbol. Finally, on his wrists were heavy silver armlets that tightened his black fighting gloves to his hands. Suddenly the two men looked over at they're hiding place and whispered to each other. They walked over sternly with what seemed like snobby pride. They stopped about six yards away and glanced at each other. The man beside the slightly taller one had black hair that fell down his back in large spikes. His shiny hair, which fell to his waist, seemed like a spiky mane. The young man had one large bang that fell around the side of his face with a smaller one that went down past his chin. The man beside him had two long silver bangs that covered up the sides of his face completely if you looked directly at him. Link glanced back at the younger man and studied him. He wore a blue, sleeveless ski sweater, with blue fabricated fighting pants just like his friend's. The pants were connected to a belt just like the other man's only it had a different symbol. The leather straps acted as suspenders, attaching to the belt and securing his shoulder bangles tightly. The gray metal of the bangles was scratched and worn and had two-inch pillars that protruded from them. The man had a strong frame just like the silver haired man. Attached to his forearms were heavy, metal armlets that resembled the bangles on his shoulders. They connected to his fighting gloves, which were secured at the wrist by silver fasteners. His blue pants were fastened to his leg, just above the brown combat boots that he wore. The boots didn't have laces, and unlike the metal fasteners of the other man's fighting boots, his had a large metal zipper that secured them tightly to his legs. The most impressive feature about his attire was the massive sword he had sheathed on his back. The shiny, black, blade was about ten inches wide and had two cylindrical holes punched in the base of the blade. The handle base was large, and the metal was very finely crafted, as was the blade. The handle was almost a foot long and was made of a dark wood. It had a small golden cap at the end of the hilt that glinted in the small amount of light that was now in the area. His glowing purplish eyes were startling in the slowly settling darkness. "Come out." the insistent tone of the black clad warrior's voice erupted. Link looked into his eyes through the deep leaves and was startled at the catlike pupils and glowing emerald tint to them. How did they know they were in there? The leaves were so thick. "I won't say it again before we attack." Link froze and looked at Zelda. She tucked backwards into the leaves further with fear in her eyes. He gripped his Master Sword handle tightly with his left hand and leapt out of the fallen tree with it ready to guard. Before he even emerged, the younger black haired man whipped the massive, black blade from his back and rushed forward with blinding speed. The two sharp blades clashed together with an array of red sparks as both young men thrashed again three more times before hitting the ground. Link noticed that his powerful gauntlets weren't helping him much. The spike haired guy didn't look any stronger than any other guy but he struck with such power that Link was amazed. Link, annoyed by the dual, back-flipped quickly away from the younger man. He gritted his teeth and flared outward with a raze of Din's Fire. Both men took the blow without guard but weren't affected at all as the globe of flame dissipated. Link sighed. Who were these guys? He'd never seen anyone withstand a blow like that. "Who are you? If you try to hurt my home I will kill you both." "We aren't here to hurt you, unless you are the cause of this planetary crash course." The older, yet still young, man spoke in his sharp voice again. His long, straight hair flowed behind him like a river of molten silver. The lights shined off of it ominously as he stood against the small light reflecting from the planet above. Link shook his head. "The person who caused this is known as Ganondorf, King of Evil. He is a man of a desert people but he has been consumed by evil over his years as a sorcerer. He has taken the reign as the king of evil during the past seven years. I defeated him about a year ago but he has arisen since. He gained extreme power in his new crusade and used his magic to envelope your planet with a magical shield. He has the power to pull it towards our planet and can destroy us with it, as well as the inhabitants of your planet itself." Link eased his sword slightly, as did the black haired man his massive, black, blade. "Uh huh. Well, anyway, my name is Sephiroth. This is my personal student, Zack. I am the Top Officer of a military force known as SOLDIER. Zack is second in command below me. We would like to help stop this menace you speak of," Sephiroth crossed his arms and looked over at Zack. "How many men do you have," Zack brushed his hair back and looked at Link with his glowing purple eyes. They weren't as striking as the other warrior's but the interesting glow really interested him. Zelda suddenly walked out of the leaves of the tree and was met by cold gazes from the newcomers. "We were wondering why you didn't come out." "We don't have many men left. Ganondorf could easily crush us now if he tried hard enough. I can only pray that we have enough." Link walked over to Zelda and put his arms around her to give her warmth in the cold, wet state of her body. Sephiroth and Zack looked at each other and seemed to have a small conversation without even opening they're mouths. Link brushed it off but was snapped back to attention as Sephiroth turned to them and spoke. "I was worried about this. By the way, who are you two," the calm fighter asked with a slight squint. Link studied his features before replying. He was young, quite handsome. His smooth long hair and sharp features gave him a pretty boy look, but Link knew that he was a seasoned fighting expert. It was as if he could see it in his face. He himself was a seasoned warrior. Zack seemed a little too young and eager to be as acknowledged as them. Zelda eyed both of them with a keen eye, but Link held back his slight jealousy with a quick reply. They weren't any competition to him, Link thought to himself. "My name is Link, the Hero of Time. This is the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda. Now what do you mean this is bad?" Link crossed his arms and awaited his reply. A light breeze cut through the small valley and caressed through all of their long hair. Sephiroth sighed. "This is bad because there is a war waging on my planet right now between Shinra, the capital of the world, and Wutai, the rebellion ninja faction. We need most of our forces to withstand Wutai." Sephiroth glanced back at the black objects that he and Zack had arrived in. Zelda and Link followed. "So you are saying you would bring some of your men here to help us fight?" Link arched an eyebrow, unsure whether it would be good to bring unusual warriors into Hyrule. Zack nodded slightly at the conception. "I can probably manage about two thousand of my men I suppose. What do you say Zack, a thousand Third Class SOLDIERs, and five hundred of both Second and First Class?" Sephiroth climbed up into the seat inside the black bird he flew in and looked down at Zack and the others who were about four feet below him. "That should be enough. Probably won't decrease our fighting abilities in the war. I'll stay here while you go and choose them." Zack saluted sharply to his friend and commander and glanced over at the duo behind him. Link and Zelda just stared with curiosity. "I'll be back in about an hour with two thousand SOLDIERs, armed and ready at command. We will be landing in the middle of the big field that is East of here so be ready." Sephiroth flipped several switches in his machine and disappeared as the glass window slid over him. There was a loud hum as the machine lifted off and blasted through the atmosphere like some kind of rocket. Link and Zelda watched in curiosity as the blue stream of steam was left behind the black vehicle. "What are those things?" Zelda glanced over at the other one while Zack walked towards it. Zack raised an eyebrow and turned. He glanced at they're attire and took the hint that they were not as industrialized as his planet. The duo waited for an answer. "On our planet we have advanced equipment that is state of the art." Zack patted the hard black steel of the machine with his gloved hand. "This is one of our military's fastest airships, Skylancer. It has guns that can eject from these armored plates and fire upon enemies at our will. We typically only use it for special operations and only First Class SOLDIERs have the skills to fly them." "Interesting, my horse does me just fine but whatever floats your boat I guess. So how does this military system of yours work? What is this Class thing you guys talk about? Is it your form of rank or what," Link asked as he walked around the Skylancer and looked at Zack from the rear of the ship's powerful engine boosters. Zack nodded before replying. "Yeah, Third Class of SOLDIER is a fairly low rank, but they are only trainees to SOLDIER. Second Class is a difficult class to rank in because you can't mess up once or you get demoted to Third again. You have to pass at least twenty majors at Shinra University with at least a Master's degree, and you have to master all of your special skills and fighting styles based upon your weapon of choice. If you complete that and get an A on the final exam you are only considered for initiation into SOLDIER First-Class. After that Hell you have to impress your higher ranking commander with your fighting skills in a one-on- one battle." "Pretty deep stuff. Our military is based upon occupation. The basic ones are Squire's, the trainees, Knights, the higher ranked swordsmen, Lancers, spearmen, and Archers, our long- range fighters. There are commanders of each class and a single General named Rile. I'm not a part of the military but my rank is higher of everyone else's," Link almost gloated. He was prideful of being the Hero of Time. "Why is that? What did you do that was so special," Zack pressed a button inside the cockpit of his Skylancer to open a storage compartment and reached inside. His strong hand came out with a linen bag filled with assorted items. He began filling the pockets on his belt with potions, small glowing orbs, and small medicine bottles. "Save the world?" "As a matter of fact, yes. I stopped Ganondorf a year ago and I just saved the land of Termina from destruction only months ago. I was only a grain in the sands of time, chosen to be the destined Hero of Time." Link tinged with pride. Zack raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Righty-o," he brushed his hair back with one hand and let out a long breath. He was better looking though, Zack thought to himself as he noticed princess Zelda studying his muscular frame. "Well, I'm going to fly over to that big field and wait on General Sephiroth to get back. Oh yeah, and a few words of advice, don't piss off Seph right now man. He is very stressed about this war going on with Wutai and his fuse is burning quickly." "Its Hyrule Field, the majority of our kingdom lies there. Land your ships between the river and the ranch in the middle of the field. General Rile and Link will meet you there to help build a camp." Zelda smiled and motioned for Link to use his Ocarina of Time to transport them back to the castle. Link nodded, just remembering the useful transportation technique. Zack saluted and readied his Skylancer fighter jet.
"Hold on to my arm. and do not let go!" Link shouted over the roaring waters. She did so and he fired his longshot at a tree hanging over the cliff in front of them. They both were propelled upward as Link pulled them over the edge with the powerful strength of the golden gauntlets. The afternoon sun warmed them from the cold water and they took a long embrace.
"Thank you. Link." she said after a moment of perfect silence. "Hey, I'm your Hero of Time, right? I always come around don't I?" Link smiled into her beautiful eyes and she did something that neither of them had expected. she kissed him. She quickly looked away in embarrassment. Link looked down at the river and looked into the distance. "Where does this river lead?" "I don't know. I think this is the same river that comes from the back of the castle. It stretches underneath part of Hyrule Market and leads around the side of the castle. I think it goes around Gerudo Valley, past Lake Hylia and into the desert here. Lets just follow it back to Hyrule Field." Zelda pulled herself up over the edge of the cliff completely and looked around. The large broken tree shrouded them from sight very well. She looked back into Link's bright blue eyes with her own, only to find him staring upwards into the slightly darkening sky. Everything seemed to get dark all of a sudden. "What's going on Link?" Zelda rushed over to him and grabbed his arm. He looked down at the girl and sighed as he pointed upwards. "Is Ganondorf attacking again?" "No. It's the planet that Ganondorf summoned to kill us all with. Sometimes it is hard to see because both of our atmospheres are mixing together. The sun is beginning to move to the west, causing the planet to cast a shadow down on this half of us. I imagine we will have half the amount of daylight we used to have if it stays this way in our orbit." Link looked down and sighed. Zelda seemed to be in shock. "What are we to do? We can't stop something of this magnitude. Any time he wants he can just drop it on us can't he?" Zelda shook her head with frustration. Link tried to comfort her by consoling his arms around her but it didn't work. She lightly began to sob on his arm. "I can't bel-" Zelda was cut off without warning by a loud blast in the sky. It rocketed through they're ears like nothing they had ever heard. The ripping shockwave of sound reverberated between the two planets violently in an array of emanating heat. They looked up to see the source of the horrible sound and found two black objects shooting through the atmosphere, which the two planets now shared. Previously, there had been too many clouds to recognize any surface features but now the clouds had begun to billow away. Becoming visible was a massive, circular structure, covered with glowing lights. The hub was black and seemed to be made in the shape of a pie. It had several slices that all pointed inward, towards a large infrastructure. Along the outer rim were several large pots that contained green and blue smoke. It was utterly amazing. The seeming castle, to them, was so close that they could see every twinkling light and every burst of smoke. They're new interests were the sleek, black objects that had erupted from the sky above.or below. They weren't sure which to decide. Link and Zelda tucked away underneath the large tree and hid from view completely. They watched as the two strange machines hovered in the sky only about a hundred yards away and slowly halted to the ground below. They were long and black and had stealthy wings that were inverted from the rear. A long, blue smoke trail slowly dissipated from the path they had taken as the loud humming died from within the machines. They had sleek, silver windows that were rounded off and underneath and to the sides the machine contained what looked like weaponry. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. The silver windows popped up suddenly and slid backwards inside the machine. Emerging from each apparent vehicle were two interesting figures. Both climbed down a small ladder that opened from the side of the machine and met up in front of the landing zone. The grassy plain faded into the desert in the distance it seemed as one of them stared off into the heat stricken horizon. The men conversed in low tones that the duo hiding could not comprehend. Link and Zelda took this time to study them. The taller man was only ahead by an inch and had long silver hair that flowed down to his calves. Rustling with his long hair in the wind was a long, leather coat that was tightened at his waist with a small silver buckle. His strong arms filled out the arms of the coat well as did the rest of his muscular frame. He was not bulky like Fierce Deity but his muscles were very definitive, even through the long coat and black trousers he wore beneath. His black trousers were slightly loose around his half hidden legs and were tucked into a pair of tall fighting boots that came to his knees. Two silver straps tightened them perfectly around his legs. As he slightly moved out of the shadow of the ship Link could tell that he had no shirt on, only leather straps crisscrossed across his muscular chest, and covered mostly by the open front of the coat. Covering his shoulders were four silver plates that were tightened securely by the leather straps that were across his chest. The straps hooked onto a large metal belt that covered half of his stomach and attached to his fighting pants. It was engraved with a strange symbol. Finally, on his wrists were heavy silver armlets that tightened his black fighting gloves to his hands. Suddenly the two men looked over at they're hiding place and whispered to each other. They walked over sternly with what seemed like snobby pride. They stopped about six yards away and glanced at each other. The man beside the slightly taller one had black hair that fell down his back in large spikes. His shiny hair, which fell to his waist, seemed like a spiky mane. The young man had one large bang that fell around the side of his face with a smaller one that went down past his chin. The man beside him had two long silver bangs that covered up the sides of his face completely if you looked directly at him. Link glanced back at the younger man and studied him. He wore a blue, sleeveless ski sweater, with blue fabricated fighting pants just like his friend's. The pants were connected to a belt just like the other man's only it had a different symbol. The leather straps acted as suspenders, attaching to the belt and securing his shoulder bangles tightly. The gray metal of the bangles was scratched and worn and had two-inch pillars that protruded from them. The man had a strong frame just like the silver haired man. Attached to his forearms were heavy, metal armlets that resembled the bangles on his shoulders. They connected to his fighting gloves, which were secured at the wrist by silver fasteners. His blue pants were fastened to his leg, just above the brown combat boots that he wore. The boots didn't have laces, and unlike the metal fasteners of the other man's fighting boots, his had a large metal zipper that secured them tightly to his legs. The most impressive feature about his attire was the massive sword he had sheathed on his back. The shiny, black, blade was about ten inches wide and had two cylindrical holes punched in the base of the blade. The handle base was large, and the metal was very finely crafted, as was the blade. The handle was almost a foot long and was made of a dark wood. It had a small golden cap at the end of the hilt that glinted in the small amount of light that was now in the area. His glowing purplish eyes were startling in the slowly settling darkness. "Come out." the insistent tone of the black clad warrior's voice erupted. Link looked into his eyes through the deep leaves and was startled at the catlike pupils and glowing emerald tint to them. How did they know they were in there? The leaves were so thick. "I won't say it again before we attack." Link froze and looked at Zelda. She tucked backwards into the leaves further with fear in her eyes. He gripped his Master Sword handle tightly with his left hand and leapt out of the fallen tree with it ready to guard. Before he even emerged, the younger black haired man whipped the massive, black blade from his back and rushed forward with blinding speed. The two sharp blades clashed together with an array of red sparks as both young men thrashed again three more times before hitting the ground. Link noticed that his powerful gauntlets weren't helping him much. The spike haired guy didn't look any stronger than any other guy but he struck with such power that Link was amazed. Link, annoyed by the dual, back-flipped quickly away from the younger man. He gritted his teeth and flared outward with a raze of Din's Fire. Both men took the blow without guard but weren't affected at all as the globe of flame dissipated. Link sighed. Who were these guys? He'd never seen anyone withstand a blow like that. "Who are you? If you try to hurt my home I will kill you both." "We aren't here to hurt you, unless you are the cause of this planetary crash course." The older, yet still young, man spoke in his sharp voice again. His long, straight hair flowed behind him like a river of molten silver. The lights shined off of it ominously as he stood against the small light reflecting from the planet above. Link shook his head. "The person who caused this is known as Ganondorf, King of Evil. He is a man of a desert people but he has been consumed by evil over his years as a sorcerer. He has taken the reign as the king of evil during the past seven years. I defeated him about a year ago but he has arisen since. He gained extreme power in his new crusade and used his magic to envelope your planet with a magical shield. He has the power to pull it towards our planet and can destroy us with it, as well as the inhabitants of your planet itself." Link eased his sword slightly, as did the black haired man his massive, black, blade. "Uh huh. Well, anyway, my name is Sephiroth. This is my personal student, Zack. I am the Top Officer of a military force known as SOLDIER. Zack is second in command below me. We would like to help stop this menace you speak of," Sephiroth crossed his arms and looked over at Zack. "How many men do you have," Zack brushed his hair back and looked at Link with his glowing purple eyes. They weren't as striking as the other warrior's but the interesting glow really interested him. Zelda suddenly walked out of the leaves of the tree and was met by cold gazes from the newcomers. "We were wondering why you didn't come out." "We don't have many men left. Ganondorf could easily crush us now if he tried hard enough. I can only pray that we have enough." Link walked over to Zelda and put his arms around her to give her warmth in the cold, wet state of her body. Sephiroth and Zack looked at each other and seemed to have a small conversation without even opening they're mouths. Link brushed it off but was snapped back to attention as Sephiroth turned to them and spoke. "I was worried about this. By the way, who are you two," the calm fighter asked with a slight squint. Link studied his features before replying. He was young, quite handsome. His smooth long hair and sharp features gave him a pretty boy look, but Link knew that he was a seasoned fighting expert. It was as if he could see it in his face. He himself was a seasoned warrior. Zack seemed a little too young and eager to be as acknowledged as them. Zelda eyed both of them with a keen eye, but Link held back his slight jealousy with a quick reply. They weren't any competition to him, Link thought to himself. "My name is Link, the Hero of Time. This is the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda. Now what do you mean this is bad?" Link crossed his arms and awaited his reply. A light breeze cut through the small valley and caressed through all of their long hair. Sephiroth sighed. "This is bad because there is a war waging on my planet right now between Shinra, the capital of the world, and Wutai, the rebellion ninja faction. We need most of our forces to withstand Wutai." Sephiroth glanced back at the black objects that he and Zack had arrived in. Zelda and Link followed. "So you are saying you would bring some of your men here to help us fight?" Link arched an eyebrow, unsure whether it would be good to bring unusual warriors into Hyrule. Zack nodded slightly at the conception. "I can probably manage about two thousand of my men I suppose. What do you say Zack, a thousand Third Class SOLDIERs, and five hundred of both Second and First Class?" Sephiroth climbed up into the seat inside the black bird he flew in and looked down at Zack and the others who were about four feet below him. "That should be enough. Probably won't decrease our fighting abilities in the war. I'll stay here while you go and choose them." Zack saluted sharply to his friend and commander and glanced over at the duo behind him. Link and Zelda just stared with curiosity. "I'll be back in about an hour with two thousand SOLDIERs, armed and ready at command. We will be landing in the middle of the big field that is East of here so be ready." Sephiroth flipped several switches in his machine and disappeared as the glass window slid over him. There was a loud hum as the machine lifted off and blasted through the atmosphere like some kind of rocket. Link and Zelda watched in curiosity as the blue stream of steam was left behind the black vehicle. "What are those things?" Zelda glanced over at the other one while Zack walked towards it. Zack raised an eyebrow and turned. He glanced at they're attire and took the hint that they were not as industrialized as his planet. The duo waited for an answer. "On our planet we have advanced equipment that is state of the art." Zack patted the hard black steel of the machine with his gloved hand. "This is one of our military's fastest airships, Skylancer. It has guns that can eject from these armored plates and fire upon enemies at our will. We typically only use it for special operations and only First Class SOLDIERs have the skills to fly them." "Interesting, my horse does me just fine but whatever floats your boat I guess. So how does this military system of yours work? What is this Class thing you guys talk about? Is it your form of rank or what," Link asked as he walked around the Skylancer and looked at Zack from the rear of the ship's powerful engine boosters. Zack nodded before replying. "Yeah, Third Class of SOLDIER is a fairly low rank, but they are only trainees to SOLDIER. Second Class is a difficult class to rank in because you can't mess up once or you get demoted to Third again. You have to pass at least twenty majors at Shinra University with at least a Master's degree, and you have to master all of your special skills and fighting styles based upon your weapon of choice. If you complete that and get an A on the final exam you are only considered for initiation into SOLDIER First-Class. After that Hell you have to impress your higher ranking commander with your fighting skills in a one-on- one battle." "Pretty deep stuff. Our military is based upon occupation. The basic ones are Squire's, the trainees, Knights, the higher ranked swordsmen, Lancers, spearmen, and Archers, our long- range fighters. There are commanders of each class and a single General named Rile. I'm not a part of the military but my rank is higher of everyone else's," Link almost gloated. He was prideful of being the Hero of Time. "Why is that? What did you do that was so special," Zack pressed a button inside the cockpit of his Skylancer to open a storage compartment and reached inside. His strong hand came out with a linen bag filled with assorted items. He began filling the pockets on his belt with potions, small glowing orbs, and small medicine bottles. "Save the world?" "As a matter of fact, yes. I stopped Ganondorf a year ago and I just saved the land of Termina from destruction only months ago. I was only a grain in the sands of time, chosen to be the destined Hero of Time." Link tinged with pride. Zack raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Righty-o," he brushed his hair back with one hand and let out a long breath. He was better looking though, Zack thought to himself as he noticed princess Zelda studying his muscular frame. "Well, I'm going to fly over to that big field and wait on General Sephiroth to get back. Oh yeah, and a few words of advice, don't piss off Seph right now man. He is very stressed about this war going on with Wutai and his fuse is burning quickly." "Its Hyrule Field, the majority of our kingdom lies there. Land your ships between the river and the ranch in the middle of the field. General Rile and Link will meet you there to help build a camp." Zelda smiled and motioned for Link to use his Ocarina of Time to transport them back to the castle. Link nodded, just remembering the useful transportation technique. Zack saluted and readied his Skylancer fighter jet.