Chapter 5: Nekuma's Song (Kanjo-Rei)
I heard voices whisper behind me in the tunnel.
"Did you see anyone?"
"No..."
"I heard someone!! It was a man!"
"What? A hylian?"
"That's not possible!! He would be dead!"
"Well, it WAS a man...."
"A demon, you think?"
"Another one?!"
"Giozei would know about THAT, wouldn't she?"
"Do you really think she'd tell US?"
"Prob'ly no....."
I paused to catch my breath.
Why did they seem to be so against my mother?
She's a demon.....
But that couldn't be WHY, could it?
That's not right....
It is to them. And they'll judge you the same way.....
Aku no Kanjo-Rei......
Leave me alone!!
I started running faster, even though I knew I couldn't outrun him.
Not if he was in my head.....
I stopped when I heard music echoing from the tunnels.
One of the songs was a cheerful tune that everything in the woods seemed to dance to.
The other was a sad, somewhat hopeless melody that everything seemed to ignore.
Not thinking, I followed the path the second song seemed to be coming from, until the music stopped.
I looked around.
Left.
Right.
Down.
Up.......
I stared up again to see to a pair of yellow eyes staring back at me.
"Uh...."
*POUNCE*
"Gaaaah!!"
I opened my eyes, and found a girl with short black and cat-ears sitting on my lap.
"Um...."
"Sir, sir!! You is hearing Nekuma-chan's song, yes, sir?! You is being another demon people, yes? Yes?!"
"Uh, yes?"
She clapped her paws, got up, and started dancing around two tree stumps.
"Yes!! Nekuma-chan is founding another demon people!! Nekuma-chan has being discovered!! Nekuma-chan can have curse being broken!!"
"Uh, who is 'Nekuma-chan'?"
She pointed at herself and smiled.
"This is being Nekuma-chan, sir. Nekuma-chan cannot be talking good because of curse being on herself. All Nekuma-chan can be doing is staying here, singing song." There were tears in her eyes. "Normal hyrulian people cannot hear Nekuma-chan singing song. Nekuma-chan has been founded now, Nekuma-chan can be having curse off now, if sir will help."
She stared at me with pleading eyes.
I stared back at her.
"What can I do to help, then?"
Her face brightened.
She pounced on me again.
"Gaaaaah!!!"
"Ooo, you will be helping, then!! You is so nice to Nekuma-chan, sir!! What is sir's name being?"
"Uh, Kanjo-Rei..."
"Kanjo-Rei!! That is being such a pretty name, Kanjo-Rei-sama!!"
"Er, isn't "sama*" a bit excessive?" (*Sama is a very formal attachment to a person's name)
"No, no, nooo!! For helping in Nekuma-chan's curse, is nothing!!"
"So, what can I do....?"
She smiled.
"You be Nekuma-chan's friend. You prove that you be Nekuma-chan's friend, curse will leave Nekuma-chan."
"I'm sure you have better friends than me..."
"No, no, nooo!! Nobody is better!! Nobody has even been finding Nekuma-chan yet, except Kanjo-Rei-sama-sir!!"
"Really?"
"Yes. Nekuma-chan is having no friends."
Her eyes filled with tears again.
"Nekuma-chan did be having LOTS of nice friends.....then Nekuma-chan had curse put on. Now Nekuma-chan can't speak to the hyrulian peoples. And Nekuma-chan talks funny-like to the demon peoples. Nekuma-chan is not really being stupid-like...."
I put my hand on her shoulder.
"I never thought you were stupid."
"............Does you really mean saying that, Kanjo-Rei-sama...?"
"Yes. I hardly know the world.....and my own mind. If anything, I'm stupid."
Nekuma stood up.
"Nekuma-chan will get curse off. Then Nekuma-chan will be teaching Kanjo-Rei-sama everything she is knowing. The Kanjo-Rei-sama will being very smart-like."
"Nekuma....."
"???"
"Who put this curse on you...?"
"Nekuma-chan is not remembering a name. But is remembering looks. Bad woman-person. All in black-like clothes, she was wearing. Scary-like eyes. All black. Being much more strong than Nekuma-chan. Nekuma-chan wants to be knowing, where is Kanjo-Rei-sama supposed to go...?"
"I left to look for my mother..."
"Who is being Kanjo-Rei-sama's mother?"
"Her name is Giozei."
Her ears perked up.
"Nekuma-chan knows of Giozei-sama!! Nekuma-chan will be going with Kanjo-Rei-sama, and getting curse off, and will find Giozei-sama for him!!"
"You'd......do that, for me? You hardly even know me..."
"Nekuma-chan knows she can be trusting Kanjo-Rei-sama, she can tell!!"
"Well, alright...."
"Thank you, Kanjo-Rei-sama!!!"
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"
So, I got up and had Nekuma lead the way out of the woods.
I guess there are some pretty nice people out there....
But, I wonder who the woman that put the curse on her is?
And, I sure hope not to hear from "Aku no Kanjo-Rei" for a while....
(Author's note's: Hi!! This is Kanjo-Rei!! Jakako-chan, AKA the Teen-ager with no life, decided to let me do the notes this time!! So, in case that's what you're thinking, no, I don't fall in love with Nekuma. MY love life comes in WAY later.....*sigh* I think Nekuma may have a little crush on ME though, huh....Never given that much thought. Anyway, Jakako-chan doesn't own the Legend of Zelda.... She owns me, though....*sob* She also owns Gozei, Kotama and Nekuma.....*grumble*)
I heard voices whisper behind me in the tunnel.
"Did you see anyone?"
"No..."
"I heard someone!! It was a man!"
"What? A hylian?"
"That's not possible!! He would be dead!"
"Well, it WAS a man...."
"A demon, you think?"
"Another one?!"
"Giozei would know about THAT, wouldn't she?"
"Do you really think she'd tell US?"
"Prob'ly no....."
I paused to catch my breath.
Why did they seem to be so against my mother?
She's a demon.....
But that couldn't be WHY, could it?
That's not right....
It is to them. And they'll judge you the same way.....
Aku no Kanjo-Rei......
Leave me alone!!
I started running faster, even though I knew I couldn't outrun him.
Not if he was in my head.....
I stopped when I heard music echoing from the tunnels.
One of the songs was a cheerful tune that everything in the woods seemed to dance to.
The other was a sad, somewhat hopeless melody that everything seemed to ignore.
Not thinking, I followed the path the second song seemed to be coming from, until the music stopped.
I looked around.
Left.
Right.
Down.
Up.......
I stared up again to see to a pair of yellow eyes staring back at me.
"Uh...."
*POUNCE*
"Gaaaah!!"
I opened my eyes, and found a girl with short black and cat-ears sitting on my lap.
"Um...."
"Sir, sir!! You is hearing Nekuma-chan's song, yes, sir?! You is being another demon people, yes? Yes?!"
"Uh, yes?"
She clapped her paws, got up, and started dancing around two tree stumps.
"Yes!! Nekuma-chan is founding another demon people!! Nekuma-chan has being discovered!! Nekuma-chan can have curse being broken!!"
"Uh, who is 'Nekuma-chan'?"
She pointed at herself and smiled.
"This is being Nekuma-chan, sir. Nekuma-chan cannot be talking good because of curse being on herself. All Nekuma-chan can be doing is staying here, singing song." There were tears in her eyes. "Normal hyrulian people cannot hear Nekuma-chan singing song. Nekuma-chan has been founded now, Nekuma-chan can be having curse off now, if sir will help."
She stared at me with pleading eyes.
I stared back at her.
"What can I do to help, then?"
Her face brightened.
She pounced on me again.
"Gaaaaah!!!"
"Ooo, you will be helping, then!! You is so nice to Nekuma-chan, sir!! What is sir's name being?"
"Uh, Kanjo-Rei..."
"Kanjo-Rei!! That is being such a pretty name, Kanjo-Rei-sama!!"
"Er, isn't "sama*" a bit excessive?" (*Sama is a very formal attachment to a person's name)
"No, no, nooo!! For helping in Nekuma-chan's curse, is nothing!!"
"So, what can I do....?"
She smiled.
"You be Nekuma-chan's friend. You prove that you be Nekuma-chan's friend, curse will leave Nekuma-chan."
"I'm sure you have better friends than me..."
"No, no, nooo!! Nobody is better!! Nobody has even been finding Nekuma-chan yet, except Kanjo-Rei-sama-sir!!"
"Really?"
"Yes. Nekuma-chan is having no friends."
Her eyes filled with tears again.
"Nekuma-chan did be having LOTS of nice friends.....then Nekuma-chan had curse put on. Now Nekuma-chan can't speak to the hyrulian peoples. And Nekuma-chan talks funny-like to the demon peoples. Nekuma-chan is not really being stupid-like...."
I put my hand on her shoulder.
"I never thought you were stupid."
"............Does you really mean saying that, Kanjo-Rei-sama...?"
"Yes. I hardly know the world.....and my own mind. If anything, I'm stupid."
Nekuma stood up.
"Nekuma-chan will get curse off. Then Nekuma-chan will be teaching Kanjo-Rei-sama everything she is knowing. The Kanjo-Rei-sama will being very smart-like."
"Nekuma....."
"???"
"Who put this curse on you...?"
"Nekuma-chan is not remembering a name. But is remembering looks. Bad woman-person. All in black-like clothes, she was wearing. Scary-like eyes. All black. Being much more strong than Nekuma-chan. Nekuma-chan wants to be knowing, where is Kanjo-Rei-sama supposed to go...?"
"I left to look for my mother..."
"Who is being Kanjo-Rei-sama's mother?"
"Her name is Giozei."
Her ears perked up.
"Nekuma-chan knows of Giozei-sama!! Nekuma-chan will be going with Kanjo-Rei-sama, and getting curse off, and will find Giozei-sama for him!!"
"You'd......do that, for me? You hardly even know me..."
"Nekuma-chan knows she can be trusting Kanjo-Rei-sama, she can tell!!"
"Well, alright...."
"Thank you, Kanjo-Rei-sama!!!"
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"
So, I got up and had Nekuma lead the way out of the woods.
I guess there are some pretty nice people out there....
But, I wonder who the woman that put the curse on her is?
And, I sure hope not to hear from "Aku no Kanjo-Rei" for a while....
(Author's note's: Hi!! This is Kanjo-Rei!! Jakako-chan, AKA the Teen-ager with no life, decided to let me do the notes this time!! So, in case that's what you're thinking, no, I don't fall in love with Nekuma. MY love life comes in WAY later.....*sigh* I think Nekuma may have a little crush on ME though, huh....Never given that much thought. Anyway, Jakako-chan doesn't own the Legend of Zelda.... She owns me, though....*sob* She also owns Gozei, Kotama and Nekuma.....*grumble*)