Disclaimer: Just like billions of other people, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Zelda.
Yeah, so apparently even a loser like me has SOME fans. Yay-ness. ^_^ And I'm glad you like it! It's actually... Rather touching... *Sniff* ......WAAAAAAHH!! I'M SO HAPPY!! ;_;/=D Oh, and don't worry, Sarah, I have plenty of opium, shotguns and cheese daggers just incase you forget to review chapter four. ^_^ (\/)
Phoenix, I have to agree with you, Zoey scares me too. But really, the only reasons I gave her a Brooklyn accent was to:
A - Make fun of that ridiculous accent the Dubbers gave 'Joey Wheeler.' (Whatta stupid name, too...)
And B - Because I thought it would be funny to have a princess that sounded so improper. Well, the jokes on me. After rereading it, I realized that Zoey is just... Well... She's just downright creepy! O.O;; At least reason 'A' worked, ne?
But thank you! I love it when people pinpoint a specific part of my fic that they liked! I just love going back in my fic, rereading the part they said they had liked and then saying to myself, "Hey! I did do a pretty good job with that!" It makes me feel all warm inside! Phoenix, I think my ego has fallen in love with you! ^_^;;
Twister, kudos for the compliments! *Still in disbelief* Wow... I have fans...? *.*
Itai - Ow; Owie.
By the way, there are more than three goddesses here, so that we don't get confused. I switched things around a bit. Bastet is the goddess of power, Maat is the goddess of wisdom, Isis is the goddess of courage and Farore is the goddess of life. Okie-dokie? AND THANK YOU SWEET!!! ^________^ (\/) *Purrs* The Sweet ish shoooooooo niiiiiiiice! ^_^;; *Hiccups*
And on a final note, I'd like to add something I think everyone should at least take a look at. I do NOT hate Anzu for the normal reasons that others hate her for. Most people dislike Anzu because they think she is either to preachy about friendship or because she is the canon coupling for Yugi, and most yaoi enthusiasts don't like that. I, however, dislike Anzu(And Malon and Shizuka for that matter) because they act/look like real life people whom I utterly loathe. Cutting to close to home, ya know? But it really pisses me off that people hate Anzu for the aforementioned reasons, yet don't dislike Shizuka, even though she is as bad, if not worse than Anzu herself! Lemme tell you why people don't dislike Shizuka. I guarantee it'll make you think.
Shizuka is currently in the anime being pursued by Honda, whom, to my knowledge, isn't all that popular a character. I have, however, heard some rumors that later on in the anime, Seto Kaiba will fall in love with Shizuka because of a song she wrote. (Dumb reason if you ask me, but whatever floats your boat, Mr. Takahashi...) Now, if this rumor proves to be true, I will bet you ANYTHING people will suddenly hate Shizuka. Now, they, of course, will deny they hate her because she is suddenly the canon love interest for Seto Kaiba. Oh no, they'll say they hate her for they same reasons they hate Anzu! If you look at them closely (Or not...), you'll see that both characters, not just Anzu, are just as sappy as all those Anzu haters claim Anzu is! So why isn't Shizuka hated as much as Anzu? Simple. Because so far Seto hasn't even met the girl. Seto, who is a very important character, is obviously a favorite of yaoi enthusiasts, as well as Yugi I might add, and if some dumb GIRL were to suddenly steal him away, that said girl will no longer be liked. Anzu, from the start, was Yugi's canon love interest, so of course the majority of yaoi enthusiasts who are also Yu-Gi-Oh fans, hated Anzu from the start. Watch it, the second Seto starts seeing Shizuka in a new light, everyone will 'suddenly' hate her just as much as Anzu. It ALWAYS happens. Oh, and by the way, one other thing. What is the *majority* of Anzu fans in the first place? From what I've seen, most Anzu fans are children under the age of twelve, who haven't even HEARD of yaoi. That, and homophobic people too. Though, along with everything else, there are many exceptions. I'm just some rabid fangirl who needed to get a few things off my chest.
Okay, people, enough of my rambling. Lets get on with this shit, ne? ^___________^ (\/)
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Tonda was just about to lock the gate to his ranch when Mokube came running up. He quickly opened it so that she could get in and then relocked it. Tonda led her to a small farmhouse on the left side of his property, opening the door for her, because despite his rough appearance, Tonda was a perfect gentleman. (Yeah, I'm not ashamed to say it, I love Honda! ^_^)
"Thanks." Mokube said as Tonda handed her a cup of milk. She drank it slowly, her mind preoccupied with that days events.
"A rupee for your thoughts?" Tonda asked, sitting on the compressed hay beside her.
"Nothing much, just thinking about today." She replied, taking a drink of her milk.
"How did it go with the Princess? Manzu told me you were going to see her."
"Hai, I did. She put me on a quest, which starts tomorrow morning."
"...So, what's the princess like?" Tonda asked after a pause.
"Confusing, to say the least. She's definitely not what I had expected."
"I wouldn't know, I've never met her personally. Just delivered her milk. I heard she's friendly, though."
"Oh, yeah, she's friendly... But very odd."
"Hierarchy usually are, or so I'm told." Tonda replied when a chicken suddenly jumped on his shoulder. He smiled and drank his milk, paying no mind to it.
"Hey... With the way you reacted to that chicken Manzu gave me, I thought for sure you had a phobia... But... You don't seem to mind that one at all...?" Mokube said, scratching her head in confusion.
"That's because this ones one of my special super chickens! Got only three of them, ya know!" He said proudly.
"Super... Chickens...?" Mokube asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yup! The other twos right there!" He said, pointing to two other chickens laying by the bundled hay they were sitting on.
"Well... What's the difference between those three chickens and the other goddess-only-knows-how-many chickens?"
"..." Tonda just stared.
"...?"
"...I dunno!" Tonda replied at last, grinning stupidly. Mokube sweatdropped.
"Um... Okay..." Mokube said slowly, confused.
Suddenly, their incredibly stupid and pointless conversation was cut short as Manzu walked in, having just completed her task of leading the horses she watched all day back into the stable.
"Howdy!" She greeted Mokube.
"Hello." Mokube greeted back.
"So, what are ya'll talking about, faerie girl?" Manzu asked as Mokube clutched her fists in annoyance.
"Nothin' much." Mokube replied as civilly as she could.
"Oh? Howdy, Niisan!" She greeted her brother.
"Afternoon, Manzu." He replied. They obviously hadn't seen each other since they got home, what with all the work that had to be done around the ranch. After this brief greeting, the four of them sat in silence. Tonda occasionally petting a 'super' chicken, Manzu twirling a finger in her hair, Mokube playing around with her sword, and Yuvi just chillin' in Mokube's pocket. (Chillin'... *Smacks head on keyboard* bmhj[uy6mj[u65...)
"Well, I should probably be getting to sleep. I've got one hell of a day tomorrow..." Mokube stated and Manzu nodded, getting up and motioning for Mokube to follow her. Mokube, obeying, heading to the right of the room where a set of stairs stood, heading up to Manzu and Tonda's room.
"We only have two beds, but you can go ahead and sleep in mine if you want." Manzu said, but Mokube just shook her head.
"No way, I could never deprive a lady of a place to sleep. Even someone like ME has SOME manners. I'll just sleep on the floor."
"But... You're a lady too! Why should I deprive you-" Manzu started to say, but Mokube cut her off.
"Manzu, there are many words that describe me. 'Lady' is NOT one of them."
"Regardless, I insist you take my bed." Manzu pressed on.
"No."
"I'm not sleeping in that bed while you sleep on floor!"
"And vice versa!"
"...Well... If you insist......"
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'I feel like a total fool...' Mokube thought, blushing as she laid next to the sleeping Manzu. '...Well... I suppose it could be worse..." Mokube sweatdropped, glancing over to Tonda, who was spread across his messy bed, snoring loudly and mumbling about some unknown girl, occasionally letting a sultry sounding, "Just ignore the chickens, hon..." escape his lips. Mokube sighed and finally let sleep claim her, but not before one last thought, 'Next time I need a place to stay for the night, I'm going to Ryuzaki's!'
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Later, early that morning, Mokube got up. She'd made sure to wake herself up before even Tonda and Manzu we're up. She yawned as she carefully slipped out of the room and down the stairs. She shooed away some pesky chickens who were pecking at her sword and other weapons, then after equipping herself with them, she headed out. The sun had just come up over the horizon, so it'd be safe to go out into the field.
So once again, it was just her and Yuvi, walking along the dusty path to Khnemetamun Village. It seemed a good distance away, so Mokube decided to pass the time by being annoying.
"Ninety-nine bottles of ale on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of-Itai!" Mokube yelped as Yuvi shot a small fireball at Mokube's head. However, Mokube managed to put it out before it spread all over her scalp.
"What was that for?!" Mokube glared at a snickering Yuvi.
"For being annoying!"
"Some temper you have, Yuvi! I really don't see why the Deku tree would pick a hot tempered, abusive faerie like you to be my faerie guide!"
"You insensitive brat! Sure, you act all nice in front of others but when you get right down to it you're just a stupid, spoiled, little girl! Have you even acknowledged the fact that Deku-kun is DEAD?! Have some respect!"
"Why don't YOU have some respect?!"
"Excuse me?!"
"You heard me! You talk about respecting Deku-SAMA, and yet you won't even call him by his rightful title! You're the one who's disrespecting him by always calling him 'Deku-kun' like that! He's a freaking deity in case you hadn't noticed, how about addressing him as such for a change?!"
Yuvi remained silent.
"You? With nothing to say? What, did I hit a sensitive spot?" Mokube inquired sarcastically at Yuvi's lack of speech.
"...That's none of your business, Mokube. It's not like an arrogant outsider like you would ever understand!"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"Wido was right about one thing. I, too, will NEVER accept you as a Kokiri."
"Touché! In case you hadn't noticed, a FIRE faerie isn't exactly Kokiri, either! And so impolite to your pupil, Yuvi! I'm really starting to wonder if Phoebe's still available!" Mokube retorted and Yuvi literally flared up with anger.
"ARG-! Just keep walking! I sure as heck am not going to save you if you get caught by one of those skeleton things cause we were here arguing all day!"
"I don't need your help anyways!" Mokube shouted back and marched off towards the village. (The author is beginning to wonder if she should add "I don't own Rurouni Kenshin and the Kaoru-Yahiko relationship going on with Mokube and Yuvi." in the Disclaimer...)
An hour later, which was mainly spent glaring at each other, Yuvi and Mokube arrived at the stairs leading to Khnemetamun village. They walked up the stairs and up to the entrance of the village. Mokube stopped in awe when she caught sight of the village.
It was quaint yet huge at the same time. In the distance you could see a beautiful, red windmill, a high wooden tower and dozens of houses. To the right there was a wall of earth, to the left, there was the gate to Death Mountain. Looking up, Mokube could see the top of the mountain, where blackish-red smoke billowed around it's black, charcoal top. Shaking herself out of it, Mokube headed towards the left. There was a stairway built into the wall that led to the upper left part of the village, where the gate to Death Mountain also was. Mokube climbed up and stopped at the gate, where yet another nameless guard stood watch.
"Halt!" He commanded the second Mokube even came close to the gate, "Nobody comes past this gate except royal family members and those who have their permission to do so! Maybe if you had read the sign," He explained, pointing to a sign about twenty feet away, "Then maybe you'd have known that! Oh, but you're just a girl, you probably don't even know how to read! Ha-ha!" He finished, quite rudely too.
Mokube's left eye twitched, "What. Did. You. SAY?!" She fumed. The only thing she hated worse than having her strength insulted was having her intelligence insulted.
"Care to prove me wrong little girl? Ha!"
Mokube, figuring she should prove him wrong before kicking his butt, pulled out the card the Princess had given her and read it to the guard.
"'Ah, Princess Zoey, have given mah permisshun fo' dis girl ta cross da gates ta Death Mountain. She is undah mah protectshun, so be nice or Ah'll kick yo' butts!'" Mokube finished. Instead of commenting on Mokube's literacy, he took the card from her and reread it silently to himself.
"Surely... This is Princess Zoey's handwriting!" He exclaimed, 'I'd notice that chicken scratch anywhere...' He noted mentally to himself.
"Well?" Mokube said impatiently.
"...Alright, you may pass." He replied, embarrassed, but not showing it. He knocked twice on the bars, and as if by magic, they opened.
"Thank you!" Mokube replied sarcastically.
"By the way..." The guard added, Mokube turned around, annoyed.
"What?" She asked, irritated.
"Your mother must not be doing her job right. Little girls like you should only know how to read if they are going to be reading a cookbook! Your mother should be teaching you how to sew, instead. I don't think I even need to go into your choice of clothing!"
Yuvi glared at him, and without even caring about a Hyrulian seeing her, she flew right up into the mans face. He was shocked to say the least.
" A f-fae-?!"
"Listen, buddy! What's your name?"
"C-C-Croquet!" He replied, shaken up from seeing a faerie.
"Croquet, I'd love to see your face years from now, when it is YOU looking up at this girl, and not the other way around. Goodbye!" Yuvi said, and with a flip of her hair, she flew after Mokube, who was looking almost as, if not more, shocked than the guard. They walked up the mountain for a while in silence, before Mokube decided to break it.
"Hey Yuvi?"
"What?" Yuvi replied irritably.
"Sorry..." Mokube muttered under her breath, barely even audible.
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry..." Mokube replied, only slightly louder.
"Will you stop mumbling and just freaking say it?!" Yuvi growled.
"I'M FREAKING SORRY!! OKAY?!"
"..." Yuvi stood there in silence, shocked.
"..." Mokube stood there in silence, waiting for an answer.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...Well?!" Mokube said impatiently.
".........I'm sorry too."
"Okay then..."
"Fine..."
"..."
"..."
"...So... You wanna rest on my shoulders? Flying has gotta be pretty tiring..."
"...Sure." Yuvi replied and flew over to Mokube's shoulder, leaning her head and back against Mokube's neck and resting her legs on her shoulder. They traveled the rest of the way up the mountain in silence.
On they way up they saw several out of the ordinary things, such as lots of really big spiders, which Mokube clearly avoided, a cave which was sealed up with a huge boulder, and a few grunting boulders that rolled their way down the hill before hitting the said cave blocking boulder and climbing it's way atop the mountain. Mokube finally reached a dead end, so to speak, when she came across a large doorway that lead to goddess knows where at what appeared to be the top of the mountain. It couldn't be, however, or else she'd be at the mountain crater.
"This is probably the halfway stop." Mokube said.
"Well, go on then, this is where we'll find the second stone." Yuvi replied lazily from Mokube's shoulder.
"Right..." Mokube said and walked into the doorway. Greeting her was an elaborate pathway. She was on the top level, and there was three more below her, woven together like an ants tunnel.
"Well..." Mokube started, looking down, "I'm too impatient to try and find the safe way down... Ah, what the hell!" And with a running jump, she leaped off the edge and practically gave Yuvi a heart attack as the unsuspecting faerie had only a minute ago been sleeping on Mokube's shoulder to be rudely awakened by the sudden feeling of falling.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Yuvi, well, screamed. Duh.
"Wheeeeeeeeeee!" Mokube shouted along with her.
"OOF!" Both girls, um, oofed, in unison as Mokube landed on her butt.
"Oooooowiiiiiie!" Mokube complained.
"Serves you right, only a total dumbass would jump off something that high!"
"...Um, Yuvi, have you forgotten whom you're talking to?"
Yuvi let out a long sigh, "At first I did. Thank you SO much for reminding me..." She replied sarcastically.
"Now, I'm assuming the ruler of this dump would have the stone, so let go find this royal guy, get the rock and get outta this hellhole. Literally, it's freaking hot in here! Don't you people have air conditioning?!" Mokube stated, rather loudly I might add. Yuvi smacked her head, giving nervous glances at the surrounded Garains, who looked like they were about to go homicidal on the two.
Mokube, however, paid no attention, and instead, walked over to the nearest Garain and said, "Listen, Tubby, I was sent by the princess-"
"The daughter of the king, whose great, great grandfather forced us out of our own homeland and up to this mountain?" The Garain interrupted irritably.
"Uh, I guess so. Man, you got screwed on that deal, huh?" Mokube laughed, smacking the pissed off Garain on the tummy, whilst Yuvi looked on with wide eyes and a wide open mouth. But, as luck would have it, Mokube didn't know when to shut up, "Well, anyways, I gotta see your king, the princess told me to get some dumb stone for her-"
"The Garain's Ruby the rests atop our sacred Garain emblem, the Sacred Shadow Puzzle?" The Garain asked, looking twice as ticked.
"Yeah! That's the one! Wow, you people aren't as incredibly stupid as you look!" Mokube smiled, completely oblivious.
Yuvi feinted.
"So, can you show me to his royal Stoney-ness then?" Mokube asked, wrapping it up, so to speak.
The Garain sneered, "With pleasure." He replied, and picking her up by the scuff of her neck, and motioning for another Garain to pick up the unconscious faerie, they carried them both to a doorway, which was also sealed, and knocked three times.
"Your highness, we have intruders! May we please speak to you about proper punishment?" The Garain holding Mokube asked.
"Punishment?! For what, ass?!" Mokube yelled, annoyed, in the Garain's ear.
"No! Deal with it yourselves or let the intruder go! I'm busy!" Was the reply.
"That last one sounds good, you know!" Mokube added.
"But your highness-!"
"I will NOT open this door for anyone but someone who is connected to the royal family!" The voiced boomed again.
Mokube, in a previously thought impossible moment of recognition, yelled, "Hey, wait, that's me! Princess Zoey sent me!"
There was a silence before the same voice yelled again, "You lie!"
"Well, normally, yes! But I'm not lying now!"
"Prove it then!"
"Um..." Mokube faltered.
Yuvi, who had awoken thanks to all the shouting, smacked her head once again, "Zoey's melody, moron!"
"Oh, yeeeeeeah..." Mokube said slowly, and then took out Seto's ocarina. Pressing it to her lips, she played the three notes Imai had taught her, weaving them together into a beautiful song. Then there was silence.
".........You may come in." Was the reply, as the door opened. Mokube and Yuvi started in, but were stopped when the unknown voice spoke again, "YOU may enter. You, and you alone."
Mokube looked to Yuvi, unsure. Yuvi just nodded and whispered in her ear, "Just try not to say or do anything stupid, okay?"
"Hai." Mokube nodded, and walked ahead and into the darkness.
"Hello?" Mokube called out, she climbed up a set of stairs, finding it hard to do so without tripping, seeing as it was so dark. She could, however, clearly see a light ahead, so she kept walking, despite the occasional stumble.
"Who are you?" Was the only reply she got from the darkness. She stepped into the light, shielding her eyes from the sudden brightness. Once her eyes came into focus, she gasped.
There, in front of her, instead of the extra big Garain she was expecting, there was a human, an attractive male to be specific. Of course, Mokube's mind wasn't focus on how good he looked, but surprised at how similar he and her faerie guide looked. He had multi-colored hair, which was spiked up, and narrow, menacing looking, burgundy eyes. He wore loose white robes, and golden bracelets here and there. He looked at Mokube with agitated yet curious eyes. Mokube just stared.
And stared.
And stared some more.
"Will you please answer my question instead of gawking there all day?!"
"...Huh? Oh, uh... What was the question again...?"
The king sighed impatiently, "Who are you?"
"Oh! My name is Mokube. I am of the Kokiri people."
"So you come from the forest then?" He asked, completely monotone.
"Hai."
"Huh... I am King Yami, of the Garain people. ...Fire and Earth... We are complete opposites."
"Well, ano... I suppose so... But... Aren't opposites suppose to attract?"
"Not at your age." Yami chuckled to himself.
"...What...?" Mokube said, clearly not getting it. Coming from a place when only children resided, she hadn't heard much about sex or anything of the like. Hell, ninety percent of the children there were still in their "Boys are icky!" and "Girls have cooties!" Stages.
"Nevermind..."
"Man, you seem pretty down in the dumps..."
"I am... But..."
"But?"
"But... This is a Garain thing! Outsiders would never understand!"
Mokube stood silent for awhile, "That's what everyone at the Kokiri Forest told me, too..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well... I was born and raised in Kokiri Forest, but I never really... Felt like I belonged..." Mokube started, and Yami motioned for her to sit down on the carpet beside him, seeing as how this would probably take a while.
"The other children, except for Seto, that is, always shunned me because I was different. Because I didn't have a faerie..."
Yami raised an eyebrow, "But the one outside-?"
"I just met her two days ago."
"Oh..."
"...Seto was my only friend... Though, I... Loved... Yes, love would probably be the closest word I can think of... I loved them all... I dunno why, but..."
"Yes?"
"I always had this... This strange feeling about the children... Like I was... It's so difficult to explain... Like I owed them all something, even if only one of them was ever nice to me..."
"Like you were duty bound to protect them?" Yami offered.
"Yeah... How did you know?"
"I feel the same way towards my people. Not all of them may like me or agree with me, but I still feel like I must protect them because I am their king. Who else do they have to turn to?"
"But I have no power over the Kokiri? Why do I feel this way?"
"Is it just the Kokiri?"
"Well... No... No, it's not..." Mokube said slowly, as if asking what the point of the question was.
"Have you met people outside of the forest and felt the same way?"
"Yes...."
"Then that's it!"
"What's it?" Mokube asked, getting annoyed.
"It's just your nature. You are a hero, and all hero's have that sense of duty."
Mokube laughed, "Me? A hero? Psh..."
Yami just chuckled.
"Well, what about you? I've spilled my guts, care to return it?" Mokube said.
"Well... Fine... My people live on a diet of rocks, and the most nutritious ones are found in Dodongo's cavern. However, one day, a man clad in black armor came to me demanding the Garain's Ruby..."
"What'd you say?"
"I told him to kiss my ass, that's what I said!" He stated and Mokube laughed, "But that just pissed him off. He sealed up the cave with a huge boulder and told me if I wanted it removed, I would have to give him the Garain's Ruby. And, try as I might, neither I nor anyone in the Garain tribe could get it to budge. We all tried together in a group effort, but it still wouldn't move. But I still refuse to give that man the stone. Whatever he wants with it can't be good. But how to deal with the crisis at hand...? My people will starve to death if I can't open that cave, and even if I did, how would I get those nasty dodongos out?" Yami finished with a sigh.
"Well... Why don'tcha just eat the other rocks, like, um... The ones we're sitting on...?" Mokube offered.
"We could do that, but we garains are pretty picky eaters. It's come to the point where we depend on the rocks only located in Dodongos cavern. Not to mention that our special bomb flowers are located in there, where else are we going to get our revenue?"
"Hmm... That is a problem..." Mokube said, not knowing what else to say. Yami just let out a long sigh.
Mokube glared at the distraught king, "Stop that, you look so depressed it's making me sad..." Yami just returned the glare.
'Jeez, this guy is in serious need of a anti-depressant...' Mokube thought, 'Hey... That's it!' She grinned, pulling out her ocarina. Pressing her fingers to the three notes she remembered from watching Seto play in their usual spot in the Lost Woods. (Ya know what? Screw it. I'm not gonna write her walking all the way back there and learning a song from a BEST FRIEND that a BEST FRIEND should already know! .;;)
"Seto used to play this song for me when we were really small children, it always cheered me up when I was sad..." Mokube explain, then pressed her lips to the ocarina and played for the king, who listened intently.
After a while Mokube put down the ocarina and instead began to sing the lyrics,
"Kono Mama Mou Sukoshi
Arukou Kata Wo Taki
Kieyuku Yume Wo Kazoe
Kareteku Nakama Wo Mita
Kayoi Nareta Michi Ni Mayoi Komu Kono Goro
Yami Ga Mou Hitori No Jibun Wo Tsukuru...
"Kawaita Sakebi Ga
Kujike Souna Mune Ni Tsukisasu
Kimi Wo Sasotte Sekai Wo Mitai Na
Darenimo Dasenai, Kotae Ga Boku No Naka Ni Aru
Kake Hiki Ga Kagi
Todoke Fly At Higher Game!
"Ikutsu No Kanashimi Wo Issho Ni Koeta Darou?
Ki Ga Sumu Made Motometa Ano Hi No Boku Tachi Ga Ita
Jidai Ga Meguru Nara Mata Dokoka De Aeru Ne
Sono Toki Ga Kuru Made Akimenai
"Sameteku Omoi Wa
Doushite Mo Iya Menai Kedo
Koi Ni Ochite Kawatteku No Mo Ii Ne
Come Along Together
Aserazu Sawagazu Aru Ga Mama De To Nagau Kara
Kokoro Ni Hana Wo Sakasou Just Take My Heart!
"Kawaita Sakebi Ga
Kujike Souna Mune Ni Tsukisasu
Kimi Wo Sasotte Sekai Wo Mitai Na
Darenimo Dasenai, Kotae Ga Boku No Naka Ni Aru
Boku Wo Shinjite Sakasou Just Take My Heart!
Sakasou Jinsei Wa Tsuzuiteku!" Mokube finished. Yami smiled.
"A yell of thirst,
as if piecing the depression-filled heart
I want to invite you to see this world with me.
Inside dreams are answers which no one else have.
You can trust me
Just take my heart
This journey continues..." King Yami translated.
"Appropriate for the situation, ne?" Mokube replied.
"Yes... Quite. Arigatou, I feel... Much better now."
Mokube smiled and winked, "Hey, no problem!"
The sat in silence for a while before Mokube decided to break it, "What would you give to the person who opened the cave and defeated the monsters inside?"
Yami looked at her strangely, "If it were that man that I told you about earlier, nothing! But if someone with a good heart did it, I would give them anything! Even the Garain's Ruby!" And with those words, Mokube's mind was made once and for all.
"Okay then! I'll do it!"
"..." King Yami stared at the girl for a minute, before bursting into laughter.
Mokube growled, "What's so funny?!"
"Ahahaha! I'm sorry, but-!" He snickered, "But- Youâ're just a little girl! Just how, pray tell, would you go about opening a cave that even dozens of full grown Garains couldn't open, not to mentions single handedly defeating a horde of lizard monsters?" Yami asked, bursting into a fit of giggles once again.
"Just because you couldn't do doesn't mean I can't." Mokube replied, stopping Yami's laughter in it's tracks.
"...If you're that eager to risk your life, then by all means, go ahead and try. But seriously, how do you plan to do it?"
"How come you look like a Hyrulian?"
"Pardon?"
"Before I answer your question, you answer mine. If you are the king of the Garains, people who look like and eat ROCKS, mind you, then how come you look Hyrulian?"
"..........I'm half Garain and half Hyrulian..."
"And because of your Hyrulian side, a good portion of your people don't like or respect you. But you still are duty bound to protect them because you are their king..."
"...You know, you're pretty smart for a kid..." The king smiled.
"Smart isn't the word I'd use, but oh well. Oh, and by the way, I dunno how I'd go about it. I'd pretty much jump in there, wave around my sword and hope for the best!" Mokube grinned.
"You sound like me when I was your age... But still, I can't let a child go in there, even if you could remove the boulder, you'd get yourself killed before you even got into the innermost levels of the cavern-!"
"I beg to differ!" Mokube interrupted, "I just did the exact same thing two days ago! And I won't be alone! I've got Yuvi to help me, I may have just met her, but I trust her with my life! I sure as hell can't trust MYSELF with it, after all! Don't you worry about me, I promise you on my life that if you give me a chance, I won't let you down! I WILL open that cave, and I WILL defeat every one of those lizard creatures! I give you my word!"
Yami's eyes widened at the look in Mokube's eyes. A fire burned in them that showed courage and wisdom beyond her years, and a sense of duty that Yami could relate to. After a moment, he looked away, lost in thought.
"...Do you promise not to get yourself killed?"
"Hai!"
"And do you promise that if things get too tough, you will retreat?"
Mokube stayed silent for a moment, before putting one of her hands behind her back and crossing her fingers, which Yami didn't notice, and replied, "Hai!"
"Very well then..." Yami said, and, going into the back of the room, he opened a chest and pulled out a golden bracelet with a few amethysts and rubies decorating it, in the shape of an eye. The amethysts outlining the shape of the eye itself, and the rubies outlining the pupil of the eye.
Yami handed it to Mokube, and began to explain, "This bracelet will allow you to pick bombflowers, but be careful! The bombflowers will explode exactly ten seconds after being picked. The fuse will immediately light when they are picked, too, so don't just stand there waiting for it to blow in your face! Bombflowers are dangerous, but I trust that you will be able to handle them."
"Arigatou... But why are you-?"
"Call the bracelet a thank you for cheering me up." Yami smiled, "Now, would you like to rest up before heading out or-!"
"Hell no!" Mokube interrupted, "I'm going right now! The sooner I get done with this, the better!"
"Alright then. Good luck!" Yami winked, and Mokube returned it.
Mokube rushed out of Yami's quarters, yelling a, "Ja ne!" Back to him. She met up outside with an anxious Yuvi.
"Oh, thank Isis! You're alive! I thought for sure you and that mouth of yours would get you beheaded!" Yuvi cried melodramatically, blowing her nose on a few strands of Mokube hair.
"...Gross, Yuvi. Just gross." Mokube replied.
"Here."
"Huh? Oh, ano... Arigatou..." Mokube mumbled as the girl next to her handed her a tissue to wipe the faerie snot out of her hair. The girl also looked Hyrulian, with blonde hair pulled into two pigtails, teal eyes and looked about Mokube's age.
"Who are you?"
"Huh. A common phrase. My name is Rebecca. Princess Rebecca. Though no one around here seems to realize that."
"What do you mean?"
The girls sighed in annoyance, "King Yami is my cousin. Both of our Hyrulian mothers died giving birth to us, and when I was four years old, my uncle died and the throne was left to my daddy. But only two months later my daddy died too, he was killed by a Dodongo. The throne was then left to Yami. The people around here only respect him because he's the king. They hate how Hyrulian he looks. If he looked more like a Garain, he'd get a lot more respect. However, I don't have any power here, so no one even treats me like the princess I am!" She finished.
"You and I have a lot in common then. We're outsiders. How cool... I'm sorry, but I promised your brother I'd go and defeat the Dodongos and save your people from starvation! BYE!" Mokube shouted, rushing out of the building.
Rebecca just stood there shocked, Mokube's words ringing in her ears, 'You and I have a lot in common... We're outsiders... How cool...'
Mokube rushed outside of Garain City, prepared for whatever lay ahead.
"Are you ready for your second mission, Mokube?" Yuvi asked.
"Sure, why not? Besides, I'm curious about what these 'Dodongos' look like... Oh, well, I'm sure I can handle whatever is thrown at me! No sweat!" Mokube grinned, not knowing what the hell she was getting herself into.
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Famous last words, ne? Yeah, well, if you're wondering about the Rebecca being related to Yami thing, heehee... Inside joke. But anyways, the reason I put in that whole Mokube's words playing back in Rebecca's mind thing was to make Mokube look kinda like a playah. C'mon, she needs a few more things in common with Link, and we ALL know Link is a total playah. ...Playah... *Smacks self over the head* But if you wanna know who Mokube really ends up with at the end, you'll just have to keep reading, won'tcha? Now, review!
