Author's note: Not much to say. I don't own the Legend of Zelda but that's
a given isn't it? Well, this chapter really isn't that long. I tried to
squeeze this chapter into my schedule so it probably isn't that great. Oh
well, HAPPY READING!
Zemon turned around and stood facing Link. He was ashamed he had lost, but continued to tell himself he would have won if he had not been so out of practice. Zemon was really too arrogant for his own good. He was self absorbed, and so incredibly focused on his past that he made himself look senile. The way he bragged of himself, disgusted Link. He was "washed up" as Zelda had so put it.
"Link," Asked Zemon, his bright green eyes shifting from one place to another "How can I possibly help you and.." Zemon turned to Zelda "Her Majesty?" He glared, eyeing Zelda. Right now, she looked nothing like a princess. She looked rather weak, and timid. Her hair looked like it hadn't had a decent combing in over a week, her eyes appeared bloodshot, and her dress was wrinkled and still slightly damp from the incident at the lake at 3 AM.
"I am warning you, old man," Link growled in a dark tone "Do not speak of Zelda like that!" Zemon rolled his eyes and sighed loudly. In a huff, Zemon marched in front of Link, turning around brisk fully on his heel, and point to the tunnel Link had planned to use as their escape.
"Well kid, you got your chance. I am letting you escape. Run, get out of here boy and take the princess with you!" Zemon lowered his eyes and folded his arms, remaining perfectly still. Link's jaw dropped and turned to look at Zelda who had the same expression as him.
"You must be bluffing!" Link stuttered in disbelief "This isn't helping us, this is simply throwing us back into the situation before!"
"You can't just throw us off like this!" Zelda quickly added.
"I can, and I will!" Zemon turned around and walked towards the exit Link and Zelda had tried to use. "I will simply never return to hyrule again, I can avoid your father Zelda I have and will continue to do so until the day I die! I will meet your father in hell, Zelda, as I will you and your bastard lover!" He didn't look at them. Within a blink, he felt an amazing force upon him. He fell down to ground, gasping for air, delirious to what had just happened.
"You.." He heard some one mutter angrily. The warm breath to his ear caused him to shutter.
"Link," Zemon spoke, pleading with Link. He didn't have to go any further, he felt the pressure immediately relieved off him. He rolled onto his back, still trying to regain the wind he lost. Zelda was holding Link's arm. It wasn't affectionately however, She was restraining the hero from literally cutting Zemon's throat.
"Relax!" Zelda hissed into Link's ear. She wrapped her arm around Link's waste and forcefully, yanked him back. Link's struggled against Zelda's restraints, ceased and Link slowly sank to the ground, ashamed of what he had done. Zemon was just began to sit up.
"Link, despite what you might think, I can handle my own problems. If Zemon wants to insult my father and I, so be it. I don't need you to constantly stand up for me!" She scolded. Link looked down to the grassy floor like a young boy who had just been punished for taking a pastry before dinner. Surprisingly, she walked over to Zemon and aided him up off the ground.
"Well that's surpr-" Zelda punched Zemon incredibly hard in his face. He yelled out in pain, grabbed his bleeding nose and he fell to his knees moaning.
"I told you I can fight my own battles." She looked over her shoulder to Link who watched Zemon at Zelda's feet gripping his wound. Link chuckled slightly and stood up, to walk over to Zelda. He wrapped his arm around her waist and watched Zemon struggle to regain balance.
"Do you want to help us now?" Link asked "Or do you want Zelda to deal with you again?"
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"Has there been any news?" The king asked one of his knights "Has my daughter been found?" The knight pretended to arrange his feet to try to gain him some extra time. He didn't want to have to tell the king the news.
"Sire, Lord Zemon has also been reported missing. He was last seen threatening and assaulting the guard at the main gate." The knight squirmed in his armor.
"I should have foresaw this coming as well." The king heaved a great sigh. "Well, I see no use in sending any more men out. Zemon has already fallen to the aid of Link. I don't know how, but I know he has. He would have found them and brought them to me if he hadn't."
"Sire, perhaps he is just lost?" The knight attempted to hide his face, almost as though it might save his life "The guard told him the lost woods, and it takes several hours to find one's way through. Even the most skilled fighters have been reported to be lost for several days the woods!"
"Perhaps, but I find it highly unlikely. Not Zemon." The king was struck with a sudden wave of sadness. "Leave me please, I would like to try to settle the matter alone. I am sure I can think of a way." The knight bowed his head, and obeyed the king, sighing with relief that he left the throne room with his head.
****
Zemon, Zelda and Link left the forest without much difficulty. Not much talking was heard through out the team, except for the occasional grumble that was heard by Zemon. When they reached hyrule field, the first words were spoken.
"Well, what do you two have in mind?" Zemon questioned, not showing much interest.
"Well, you the one who has been exiled for the past sixteen years." Said Zelda, trying to get on his nerves in an attempt to get him to try harder. He turned around, a fire in his eyes that would have burned through any person's soul. Yet, Zelda just returned the gesture.
"Zemon," Link tried to avoid conflict "You might know of a place were it might be safe for us to stay outside of hyrule?" he asked. He looked at Link and raised his head. He shut his eyes and made a few whispers that Link nor Zelda could understand.
"Well, I hid in the one place no one expected me to," He turned, his lips formed something similar to a smile, and gritting his teeth beyond his mouth. "Tantano." Link brightened up, relieved he had thought of a place that might have some hope as to keep he and Zelda safe. She however, glared at the former warrior.
"Are you crazy?" Zelda said nearly pushing Link out of the way to look Zemon in the eyes "The people of Tantano have a thirst for hylian blood! The second they see us walking into the country gates, out throats will be cut and we will be strung by our arms and legs to suffer a long lingering death!" Zelda stepped back, breathing nervously. The thought of Tantano scared her. The occupants were horrible beings that ever since the war and even before, had a reputation for killing random hylians that wandered into their forests.
"It's our only choice princess," He relied flatly "Your father will have search parties through out all our neighboring races. But, my little princess, you are smart enough to know not to go. That is, at least to your father." Zelda raised her brow, turned around and marched back, angered, but retraining her self.
"Link?" Asked Zemon, eyeing the troubled Link. He was putting his and more importantly, Zelda's life on the line. He looked to Zelda for advice, alas her eyes were to the ground. He had no choice...
"Alright Zemon, we will go to Tantano. But may the goddesses help you if Zelda is-" Link stopped remember what Link had told him. He moved stepped closer to Zemon and whispered, not wanting Zelda to over hear him. "Zemon, lend me your sword for this task. I will do all I can to protect Zelda, but I am not sure if it will be enough. Zelda has seen horrible things, as have I, but the way she spoke of these people." Link stopped and looked away.
"Go on Link." He said gently, honesty wanting to hear what Link had to say.
"Just, help me here, OK?" Zemon solemnly nodded. From what Link has just said he could truly see he really cared for the girl. He no longer wanted to help the couple because Link threatened him, but because he honestly wanted to help them get through this. At that moment, Zemon swore himself to Link and Zelda and vowed he would protect them both, through what ever was to come..
To be continued.
Zemon turned around and stood facing Link. He was ashamed he had lost, but continued to tell himself he would have won if he had not been so out of practice. Zemon was really too arrogant for his own good. He was self absorbed, and so incredibly focused on his past that he made himself look senile. The way he bragged of himself, disgusted Link. He was "washed up" as Zelda had so put it.
"Link," Asked Zemon, his bright green eyes shifting from one place to another "How can I possibly help you and.." Zemon turned to Zelda "Her Majesty?" He glared, eyeing Zelda. Right now, she looked nothing like a princess. She looked rather weak, and timid. Her hair looked like it hadn't had a decent combing in over a week, her eyes appeared bloodshot, and her dress was wrinkled and still slightly damp from the incident at the lake at 3 AM.
"I am warning you, old man," Link growled in a dark tone "Do not speak of Zelda like that!" Zemon rolled his eyes and sighed loudly. In a huff, Zemon marched in front of Link, turning around brisk fully on his heel, and point to the tunnel Link had planned to use as their escape.
"Well kid, you got your chance. I am letting you escape. Run, get out of here boy and take the princess with you!" Zemon lowered his eyes and folded his arms, remaining perfectly still. Link's jaw dropped and turned to look at Zelda who had the same expression as him.
"You must be bluffing!" Link stuttered in disbelief "This isn't helping us, this is simply throwing us back into the situation before!"
"You can't just throw us off like this!" Zelda quickly added.
"I can, and I will!" Zemon turned around and walked towards the exit Link and Zelda had tried to use. "I will simply never return to hyrule again, I can avoid your father Zelda I have and will continue to do so until the day I die! I will meet your father in hell, Zelda, as I will you and your bastard lover!" He didn't look at them. Within a blink, he felt an amazing force upon him. He fell down to ground, gasping for air, delirious to what had just happened.
"You.." He heard some one mutter angrily. The warm breath to his ear caused him to shutter.
"Link," Zemon spoke, pleading with Link. He didn't have to go any further, he felt the pressure immediately relieved off him. He rolled onto his back, still trying to regain the wind he lost. Zelda was holding Link's arm. It wasn't affectionately however, She was restraining the hero from literally cutting Zemon's throat.
"Relax!" Zelda hissed into Link's ear. She wrapped her arm around Link's waste and forcefully, yanked him back. Link's struggled against Zelda's restraints, ceased and Link slowly sank to the ground, ashamed of what he had done. Zemon was just began to sit up.
"Link, despite what you might think, I can handle my own problems. If Zemon wants to insult my father and I, so be it. I don't need you to constantly stand up for me!" She scolded. Link looked down to the grassy floor like a young boy who had just been punished for taking a pastry before dinner. Surprisingly, she walked over to Zemon and aided him up off the ground.
"Well that's surpr-" Zelda punched Zemon incredibly hard in his face. He yelled out in pain, grabbed his bleeding nose and he fell to his knees moaning.
"I told you I can fight my own battles." She looked over her shoulder to Link who watched Zemon at Zelda's feet gripping his wound. Link chuckled slightly and stood up, to walk over to Zelda. He wrapped his arm around her waist and watched Zemon struggle to regain balance.
"Do you want to help us now?" Link asked "Or do you want Zelda to deal with you again?"
****
"Has there been any news?" The king asked one of his knights "Has my daughter been found?" The knight pretended to arrange his feet to try to gain him some extra time. He didn't want to have to tell the king the news.
"Sire, Lord Zemon has also been reported missing. He was last seen threatening and assaulting the guard at the main gate." The knight squirmed in his armor.
"I should have foresaw this coming as well." The king heaved a great sigh. "Well, I see no use in sending any more men out. Zemon has already fallen to the aid of Link. I don't know how, but I know he has. He would have found them and brought them to me if he hadn't."
"Sire, perhaps he is just lost?" The knight attempted to hide his face, almost as though it might save his life "The guard told him the lost woods, and it takes several hours to find one's way through. Even the most skilled fighters have been reported to be lost for several days the woods!"
"Perhaps, but I find it highly unlikely. Not Zemon." The king was struck with a sudden wave of sadness. "Leave me please, I would like to try to settle the matter alone. I am sure I can think of a way." The knight bowed his head, and obeyed the king, sighing with relief that he left the throne room with his head.
****
Zemon, Zelda and Link left the forest without much difficulty. Not much talking was heard through out the team, except for the occasional grumble that was heard by Zemon. When they reached hyrule field, the first words were spoken.
"Well, what do you two have in mind?" Zemon questioned, not showing much interest.
"Well, you the one who has been exiled for the past sixteen years." Said Zelda, trying to get on his nerves in an attempt to get him to try harder. He turned around, a fire in his eyes that would have burned through any person's soul. Yet, Zelda just returned the gesture.
"Zemon," Link tried to avoid conflict "You might know of a place were it might be safe for us to stay outside of hyrule?" he asked. He looked at Link and raised his head. He shut his eyes and made a few whispers that Link nor Zelda could understand.
"Well, I hid in the one place no one expected me to," He turned, his lips formed something similar to a smile, and gritting his teeth beyond his mouth. "Tantano." Link brightened up, relieved he had thought of a place that might have some hope as to keep he and Zelda safe. She however, glared at the former warrior.
"Are you crazy?" Zelda said nearly pushing Link out of the way to look Zemon in the eyes "The people of Tantano have a thirst for hylian blood! The second they see us walking into the country gates, out throats will be cut and we will be strung by our arms and legs to suffer a long lingering death!" Zelda stepped back, breathing nervously. The thought of Tantano scared her. The occupants were horrible beings that ever since the war and even before, had a reputation for killing random hylians that wandered into their forests.
"It's our only choice princess," He relied flatly "Your father will have search parties through out all our neighboring races. But, my little princess, you are smart enough to know not to go. That is, at least to your father." Zelda raised her brow, turned around and marched back, angered, but retraining her self.
"Link?" Asked Zemon, eyeing the troubled Link. He was putting his and more importantly, Zelda's life on the line. He looked to Zelda for advice, alas her eyes were to the ground. He had no choice...
"Alright Zemon, we will go to Tantano. But may the goddesses help you if Zelda is-" Link stopped remember what Link had told him. He moved stepped closer to Zemon and whispered, not wanting Zelda to over hear him. "Zemon, lend me your sword for this task. I will do all I can to protect Zelda, but I am not sure if it will be enough. Zelda has seen horrible things, as have I, but the way she spoke of these people." Link stopped and looked away.
"Go on Link." He said gently, honesty wanting to hear what Link had to say.
"Just, help me here, OK?" Zemon solemnly nodded. From what Link has just said he could truly see he really cared for the girl. He no longer wanted to help the couple because Link threatened him, but because he honestly wanted to help them get through this. At that moment, Zemon swore himself to Link and Zelda and vowed he would protect them both, through what ever was to come..
To be continued.