Her eyelids seemed heavy as the next few weeks passed without a trace of information on the being called 'Shadow'. She located the planet called 'Gaia' in which Cloud and the others lived and planned on visiting them once her adventures were over. She flew through that vast emptiness called space as she kept firm on the controls. Her thoughts seemed to drift to different things as she leaned back against the seat of her ship, Her helm sitting beside the chair as she flew on. Her long blonde hair fluttered down over her shoulders and over the armour. Her head sank down for a moment as her eyelids fluttered, She was beginning to get tired. She heaved a heavy sigh as she looks up to the monitor, then to her map on the lower portion of the monitor, It seemed a lower-class inhabited planet was nearby. This planet read clear for her to breath without the use of extra oxygen supply from her armour.
She then changed her course for the planet as she began to fly towards it, Thoughts of Tifa and the others, along with Shadow crossed her mind. She wondered, Would she meet another unique being on this planet and have a small adventure here too? She let a small giggle pass her lips as she continued towards the planet, only a few minutes away from the atmosphere of the planet where she would have to concentrate on flying into the planet. She closed her eyes to think for the few moments she had. She giggled to herself as her mind wavered from here to there. She pictured herself on the planet, She was without her armour in her black spandex-like outfit as she leaned against a tall dark-haired man with large muscles. She held the dream man tightly and cuddled up to his rock hard muscles. But he then began to shake slightly and she snapped her eyes open, coming back to reality as she looked to the monitor, she must've dozed off and was entering the planet already. "Shit," She said to herself quickly and sharply. She then grasped the controls, manuevering the ship back to the proper angle she shot down towards the planet. Looking like a large fireball from the ground she blazed over the ground and slowed the ship down as she crossed over a large amount of grassland. As she came to a stop she was only a short walk away from a nearby forest. A Very large forest at that.
The land was very prosperous, and a large castle was in the distance which Samus could see from her location, she smiled to herself as she leaned back in her chair, closing her eyes as she dozed off. Distant blackness flooded her dreams, she continued to run and run but nothing was there, nothing at all, only a small knocking sound as she continued to run. She looked from side to side as she continued to run along the dark stretch of solid material which she thought was a path. The knocking began getting louder and louder, suddenly as the knocking sound sounded as if it were right next to her a flash of light engulfed her and she snapped open her eyes quickly, sitting up as she was sweating slightly. The moisture had caused her outfit to stick to her slightly. She panted heavily as she reached for her chest and clutched the armour as she looked around. The knocking sound was really there, something was banging on the ship with something. She grumbled as she grabbed her helm and put it on quickly, it locking into place with a small hissing and clicking sound as she leaped over the chair and got onto the lift.
The lift soon took her up through the top of the ship as the hatch closed around her boots, she stood on top of the ship as she looked downwards towards the noise. All she could see from here was a green hat and she still heard the banging noise. Pushing her right foot down she leapt into the air, over the thing that was banging on her ship as she landed about ten feet away from it, facing away as she soon stood up, she heard familiar words as she turned around to see a man as he wielded a sword. He shouted out violently as he pointed the sword at Samus, "Din's Fire!!" He screamed as a wave of flames barraged Samus' Armour. She raised her arms in a block as the fire raged against her and soon dissipated as she grunted and looked to the man wielding the sword and now a shield which he drew from his back.
She raised her hand as she shouted out from her armour, the voice hitting the man hard as he stopped his assault. "STOP! I mean you no harm!" The man blinked a few times as he felt as if he could trust this being. He nodded to her and sheathed his sword back on his back and put his shield back in position on his back also. The man walked towards Samus as he extended a hand towards her. "I'm so sorry. I thought you were one of Ganon's Minions that were remaining in hyrule." Samus laughed at this as she extended her own hand and shook his gently, "It's alright, I know you didn't mean to harm me. Besides, You don't look the type to hurt a lady." The man blinked a few times at this, he didn't understand, if anything, he thought this being would be a man, but, could it be a woman? He raised a brow at this as he crossed his arms, letting out a "Hmm…" To himself in question of the being now. Samus let out a chuckle, she threw her identity foolishly but she may as well prove it, She reached to her helm as she grabbed the sides of it, with a clicking and a hiss the helm came off with ease as her hair fluttered down around her armoured shoulders. The man looked at her in astonishment, not figuring she was a she. He blinks but then remembered that Princess Zelda had fooled him by assuming the persona of Shiek. He nodded to her as he spoke once more, a slight accent to him now that her hearing wasn't filtered by the helm. "My name is Link. May I ask yours, M'lady?" She smiled to him now, the purple orbs of hers flickering with contentment which she had not felt for a long time as she spoke, her voice sounding much more melodious than before when she had the helm on. "My name is Samus, Samus Aran."
Link smiled back at Samus as he turned towards the direction of Hyrule castle. He motioned for Samus to follow him as he spoke. "Come on, I'll take you to Hyrule Castle, I'm sure you would like to freshen up, After all, I'm not the type to be rude." Samus nodded to Link, not saying another word as she slipped on her helm after placing her hair back into her armour, It clicked back on with a hissing sound as she walked along with Link. Not even a few seconds after she had done that a familiar voice rang out against the cheerful nature of Hyrule. "BRAVER!!" Was heard as Link stumbled forward and slammed into the Ground. The Cool-Looking Cloud stood there holding his Buster-Sword as he swung it through the air and looked towards Samus, not understanding the situation. Samus gasped as she looked to Cloud. "H…How the hell did you get here!!" Cloud grinned a bit as he shrugged. "After you beat Sephiroth, I ended up in some mountains and managed to find you." Cloud breathed in a heavy breath quickly. "You were moving too fast so I followed you and snuck a ride in your ship, hoping you were going to return to the Crater so I could be back with the others…" He then shrugged slightly, "But it appears your not from the same planet as me…" Link growled as he stood back on his feet, turning to face the warrior who struck him when he was so defenseless. "You…You Disgraceful Man!" Cloud growled back at Link as he thought that he was a threat to Samus as he then rushed towards Link, Link drawing his own blade and shield as the two clashed quickly, Rushing across the plains of Hyrule as the exchanged blows, each one slamming into the other's blade. Then the two managed to come back towards the area near the ship as Samus watched this, knowing far too well than to try and stop them, men are men, they would have to battle it out and yell at each other until they could figure out that neither was a threat towards her or the other.
Cloud rushed Link after they cleared a bit of room between each other. Cloud screamed out a he brought his blade in a upward slashing motion, "Climhazzard!!" He bashed his blade into Link's as he raised himself and Link into the air as link went flying upwards, Cloud landing back on the ground. Link's eyes went wide as he fluttered above the ground about thirty to forty feet up as he gasped and aimed his sword down, it glowing with a dull red aura as he narrowed his eyes and screamed out, "Din's Fire!!" A wave of fire slammed through the air as it came toward Cloud. Cloud smirked as Link and the wave of fire came down towards him. He then reached to his side, grabbing two small gems as he brought his armlet up and took out the two red orbs that were there and put in the blue and green one he took out. He exchanged to a elemental fire combination in his armlet as he raised his left arm up, the fire being absorbed into his armlet as he felt a refreshing energy flow through his body. Link saw this and gasped, he had better think quick, he grinned as the sword began to glow a dull bluish color. He shouted out "Nayru's Love!" as a blue aura engulfed him from the blade. He came down quickly upon Cloud with his sword, meeting Cloud's own but having more power since he was falling as he quickly overpowered the mighty materia-warrior. He slammed Cloud backwards onto the ground and sent him flying as he swung his left leg out, smashing cloud in the chest.
Cloud grunted as he managed to get back to a normal stance as he sheathed his blade on his back as he narrowed his eyes at Link. "Fine then Magic Man, How about no blades!?" Link grinned, this was more than fine with him, he sheathed his blade and his shield on his back then tossed the two to the ground and Cloud dropped his sheath and blade also as he began to run towards Link. Link grinned, there wasn't anything about using any other weapon though as he quickly grabbed the long-shot at his side. He shot it outwards and seeming missed Cloud, Cloud smirked as he saw a opening and began to run faster. Not more than a few seconds later the Long-Shot began to come back, but to the other side of Cloud, Link had planned this. It wrapped around Cloud and began to pull him in towards Link as Link jut his fist outwards towards Cloud's face. He smashed his fist into Cloud's face as Cloud let out a yelp of pain as the Long-Shot let go of his clothing and retracted as Link placed it back to his side, Cloud stumbled backwards as Link rushed up with a quick knee to his stomach and smashed him backwards as Cloud fell on his back. It seemed as if the mighty warrior from SOLDIER was down and out but he slowly got back up as he shook his head a little. "Fucking Punk." He said with a slight bit of amusement, the two had lost sight of why they were battling now, Samus watched in Awe of their skill as the two continued their battle. This was it, Cloud would unleash one of his most devastating attacks her could possibly think of, the purple materia on his armlet began to glow slightly as he muttered to himself. "Let my speed increase to overcome this fool." The other purple orb began to glow slightly too as he muttered once again to himself. "Let my vitality become more than humanly possible…" (HP Plus + Speed Plus Materia) Link growled as Cloud then burst out running towards him, his speed being much faster than before, but Link decided to go with one plan that just might work. Cloud came in quick and fast as he slammed his fist towards Link's skull. Link quickly slided to his right as he reached to his side, grabbing one of the weapons he used as a child, a Deku Stick from the Deku Tree as he brought the mighty hunk of wood down upon Cloud and smashed him in the back of the head as the warrior collapsed upon the ground unconscious from the heavy blow as link twirled the stick then put it back on his belt.
A clapping noise was heard as Samus walked back over to Link and the K.o.ed Cloud. She whistled slightly at this and smiled from inside her helm. "Bravo Bravo, Link. But he was no threat, Let's take him back to this Hyrule Castle and fix him up. Then I have to take him back to his home." Link nodded to her as she walked over to him and lifted him over her shoulder and grabbed the sheath and blade of Cloud's then walked back towards Link and nodded. The two of them then set off towards Hyrule castle. But not more than a hour's time it began to get dark. Link gasped slightly, this meant the remains of Ganon's army would be out, the regenerating skeleton monsters. He then burst into a run and Samus followed as they spotted the Castle now in plain sight. The gates were still down but the torches began to be lit by the guards. The continued to run but the draw bridge began to come up as Link began to shout. "Wai--t!" The guards ignored this since it was their duty to lock up Hyrule Castle town at night. The three of them reached the moat as they looked up towards the draw bridge, no one was in sight as Link sighed a little, grabbing the hilt of his blade as he turned his back from the moat and drew his sword with a small growl. "Samus, Drop the warrior, I'm going to need some help…" Samus blinked at this, she didn't understand why she would need to sit Cloud down, it was only night-time. She shrugged as she sat Cloud down on the cement which started the road into Hyrule Castle Town. The dirt began to shake lightly as it burst into the air, Skeleton demons burst from the ground as Samus' eyes went wide. Link growled as he rushed the one skeleton. He slammed his blade into the ribs and tore upwards, ripping the demon in two as it fell to the ground and sunk back into the dirt. As soon as this happened, two more appeared behind Link, which he turned to face and drew his shield. The two skeleton blade came down on his shield as he held his ground barely. Two more burst up behind him as he gasped. No sooner than they started their assault, Samus ran in with a tackling motion and smashed them into the ground, smashing them into bits as they sunk into the ground. She cursed as one appeared infront of her, and two behind, She then began to fire off plasmatic beams as the skeletons fell left and right, Link slicing here and there as they barely held their own. Cloud lay there in a half daze as he awoke, watching the two fight as he spotted something else coming towards them, it seemed like a ghostly image of a old man or a old woman. He slowly got to his knees as he focused, a Poe was flying towards Link! Cloud grabbed the blade and sheath Samus had sat with Cloud as he strapped it on quickly, Rushing over the landscape as Link spotted the Poe coming towards him, He was already dealing with four skeleton knights and Samus had three she was fending off against. She screamed to Link as she spotted it, Cloud out of both their sights. "Link!! Watch Out! A Spectre is behind you!" Link growled as he smashed the two infront of him and turned to the two skeleton knight behind him.
Cloud rushed towards the Poe as another skeleton knight appeared by Link, catching him in a triangle like they did with Samus. Cloud raised his blade as he leapt into the air, Being high above the Poe he screamed out with anger as he brought his blade into a downward swipe. "Braver!!" He shouted as he sliced right through the spectre and fell into a crouching position, the Poe disappearing a flurry of flames. Samus and Link seemed to be relieved that Cloud was awake now as he rushed towards Link, Raising his buster sword as he took out two of the skeleton knights and Link took out the third with a quick swipe. Samus screamed as more and more began to surround her, they soon grabbed her arms and disabled her from using her cannon, now more than ten had her captured as Link and Cloud smirked to each other and turned towards the Skeleton Knights as they began to claw at Samus' Armour. She feared they may hit the emergency release switch on her armour which would leave her defenseless as he system began to sustain damage from the heavy blows. The two of them rushed into the group of skeleton knights as Cloud took out three at once with a wide arc swipe as crouched in his swipe, spinning on the ground as he came to face Link and Samus now as he watched. Link Leapt into the air as he mimed the very actions Cloud had done only moments ago as he cried out in anger. "Braver!!" He shouted as he brought his blade down in a swipe as he slammed into a skeleton knight then rushed upwards with another swipe. Once again he copied Cloud's technique he saw before as he screamed at the knight, "Climhazzard!!" The blade tore through the knight as if it were butter. This let Samus free as she back up and trampled two of the knights, leaving only around three knights left as she aimed her cannon and began to fire rapid plasmatic blasts into the remaining three as they fell quickly to her cannon and all the knights were absorbed into the ground.
The three were left panting as they stood there, tired from the battle which seemed endless as Link smiled up at Cloud. "Well then, I supposed you're a noble knight after all…" Cloud just smiled in return without a comment on that as they all went to the entrance to Hyrule Castle Town, Sitting by the moat's edge they began talking amongst themselves. The demon knights wouldn't be back for a little while since they eradicated them pretty badly and they would have to reform themselves. "So…Samus, Why are you here, in Hyrule?" Link asked with perked interest. Samus then explain to Link about other planets and why she was here, after meeting Cloud and that she was searching for the reason Shadow killed so many innocents and she strived for information on him. Cloud and Link stared at her in awe, the two seemed like little boys hearing a story about a quest for gold as they both stood up suddenly. "Wow!" They both said, thinking that Samus had a really exciting life as they looked at each other, laughing nervously as they realized exactly what they had just done. Cloud then spoke up as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Well Samus…Would you mind if I accompany you on your quest, Since you did help me defeat Sephiroth." Samus looked to the ground as she began to think about this, a partner, she hadn't had one of those in quite a long time to her recollection. She made her decision as she looked back up to Cloud. "Sure." Cloud laughed a little bit, being slightly excited as the three of them went on talking for a little bit. Soon enough the sun's rays' peaked out from the mountain tops as the Draw Bridge began to lower and the three got up from their camping spot.
They were greeting was friendly by the Hyrulian guards as Link led them through town. Many people giving them odd looks as Samus and Cloud were dressed oddly compared to the Hylians. They then got to the Castle gates and Link assured the guards that the two were not going to harm anyone. After a small debate and Link getting a bit angry they were allowed to pass until the passed through the castle and came upon the courtyard where Zelda stand watching the birds that flew through the air as she smiled slightly at the three. "Well, Link, Who do you have with you now?" Link laughed a bit and pointed to Samus, "This is Samus Aran." He then pointed to Cloud and flashed a quick smile. "And this is the Knight Cloud Strife." Zelda nodded as she greeted them both. After the formalities the three split up, Link with Zelda. Samus and Cloud were led to their own chambers where they were allowed to freshen up, after several hours of rest and relaxation they were sent to the throne room where Link and Zelda sat on their thrones. It seemed Link was the King of Hyrule and Zelda the Queen. Samus quickly knelt infront of them, Cloud on the other hand had never been exposed to royalty and didn't care for rulers and stood there normally in his relaxed stance as Link laughed a little bit. "Samus, Cloud has the right Idea, you may stand up." Samus nodded as she quickly stood back into her won relaxed stance. Link then stood from his throne and took a few steps down towards the two warriors as he let out a small sigh. "I've come to a decision…" Samus blinked as she spoke back to him, not having any idea of what he meant. "Decision…On what?" Link laughed a bit to himself as he turned his head to look at Zelda who sat there smiling at him as he looked back to Samus. "I wish to accompany you on your quest to defeat the evil you seek." Samus seemed a bit shocked as she nodded at this. She stood there thinking as she wondered what she would do with another partner along the road, it'd be tight in her tiny ship though, but not too bad, she did have a few extra seats incase this kind of situation came along.
She nodded to him as she laughed to herself lightly. "Well then, I usually don't do this, but why the hell not." Link clapped his hands together in joy as he looked down at his two new companions. "Well then, We'll be off tommorow!" Link then sent them off to get more rest as the rest of the day passed, Cloud and Samus rested up in their own rooms as Link packed all his fighting gear that he needed into his Tunic as his guards roused Samus and Cloud early morning and they were sent to see Link once more, The three warriors were prepared now with Hylian tools. They then set off back towards Kokiri forest where Samus' ship was, Riding their brilliant Hylian stallions it only took them a little over a hour to get to the location where the ship was, compared to the few hours on foot. Link and the other dismounted as Link whistled and Epona and the others began to gallop back towards the castle. They then got onboard Samus' ship one by one, Samus taking seat in her place as the driver and the others taking place as passengers in the tight confines of this small ship. And so, The quest for the reploids continues on for Samus and her new companions.