Through the Eyes of a Gerudo
Disclaimer: I still don't own it....
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**Nabooru: 5 years old**
Little Nabooru sits in her room. Basically, she got busted. Her thieving skills are still in training, so it is only natural that she would get caught. So, until the sun comes up tomorrow, she can't leave her room. At least that is what her mom said. Nabooru goes over to the window and smirks. She is leaving. Very quickly and quietly, she jumps out of her room, and runs to the desert. But just before she enters....
"And just where do you think you are going young lady?" Nabooru sinks to her knees. //So close// she thinks. She turns around. Her mom is the one who caught her. But, she doesn't look mad. In fact, she is smiling.
"I'm sorry mom." She says. Her mom kneels down next to her.
"You know, if you went up on the ledge up there," she points, and Nabooru follows, "You would have been out of sight." The elder Nabooru beams at her daughter. "But it was still pretty good work getting from your room all the way here without being caught." Little Nabooru smiles. Then they both head on in.
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**Next Day**
"NABOORU!!" Her mom calls. Nabooru looks up from the group she is talking to. After excusing herself, she heads over to where her mom is standing.
"Yeah mom?" she asks. Her mom hands her a full sized scimitar and a bow.
"You are five years old now, it is time you learned to use these." She says. Nabooru takes the weapons and backs up a bit. Then she takes a couple of practice swings with the scimitar, and finds she likes her right hand. Her mom beams.
"This is so neat!!" Nabooru says. She is very happy. Her mom points to the training ground.
"Go up and talk to Relan. She will teach you how to use them." Nabooru looks at her mom confused.
"But, why can't you teach me?" she asks. Her mom shakes her head.
"That isn't proper. I can't give you the impartial training you will need. No Gerudo ever teaches their own child. Besides, Relan is more qualified than I am." She gives her daughter a gentle shove. "Go on now." Nabooru heads off to the training ground.
"Hello Nabooru." Relan greets her. Then she sees the weapons. "Oh, is that what you are here for?" She says with a wolfish smile. She is definitely going to enjoy this. Relan has a rep in the Gerudo for being a relentless teacher. And a harsh one. "OK, kid, pull out your bow." Nabooru does so.
"I don't have any arrows yet." Nabooru says. Relan waves it off.
"You aren't supposed to, not until you prove you can use that thing." She replies. Relan then takes her own bow and fires at the target, hitting a perfect bulls-eye. Nabooru doesn't even blink. "You do it now. Use that target though." Relan points to the target next to the one she shot. Then she hands Nabooru an arrow. Nabooru puts the arrow on the string, pulls back, fires......................and hits dead center. Relan can't believe her eyes. No Gerudo she has ever taught has ever done it on their first try. She decides to see if it is a fluke.
"Did I do it right?" Nabooru asks. Relan nods, then gives her another arrow.
"Hit the arrow you just shot." She says. Nabooru gives her an odd look, then fires the arrow. And splits the previous arrow right in half. Relan motions for her to stay there for a moment, then goes into one of the rooms of the fortress. She then comes out with some clothes.
"Go change." She says. Nabooru gives her another odd look, then goes and changes into the new outfit. When she comes out, she is in the white outfit we all know her in.
"I don't understand." She says. Relan smiles.
"I am proud to be teaching someone like you. That white outfit means that you have started with not one, but 2 bulls-eyes. No Gerudo has been able to do that for generations. Hold your head up as you wear that." Nabooru is really proud now. Then she pulls out her scimitar.
"When do I learn this?" she asks. Relan smiles.
"Eager, aren't we?" she says. "Well, I can teach you a bit. Although, I still don't approve of the size of that thing......you really can't learn it until you are full grown." Nabooru's smile fades a bit. "Oh don't worry, you'll grow up soon enough. Then I'll make you the deadliest swordswoman ever known. But for now, it is Archery and Thieving."
"Like the medal that was in your pocket?" she asks. Relan gives her an odd look, then looks in her pockets.
"What the......" she says as she comes up empty. Nabooru holds it up. Relan laughs as she takes it back. "Not bad. But keep in mind, no witnesses up here." She gives Nabooru a pat on the head. "You're going to do just fine. You will definitely make a good leader for us. I......"She is cut off by a large cry coming from inside the fortress. Nabooru is begging to go find out. Relan nods and gives her a dagger. "I presume you can use this, at least." She says.
"Yes, my mom taught me." Nabooru says as she puts the scimitar away and accepts the dagger. Then they both head on in.
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**Inside the Fortress**
A Gerudo guard stops the two as they enter. Relan is about to blow past her.
"Don't." she says. Relan closes her eyes for a moment. Nabooru looks up at her teacher, then at the guard.
"What's happening? We heard a scream......" Nabooru says. Dawning appears in the guard's face.
"Oh. I see now. Don't worry. We just had a new child appear here." She says. Relan's eyes go wide.
"Is it....." She asks hushed. Nabooru has no clue what is going on. But the guard does.
"Yes." She says. "Our King has been born." Relan breathes a sigh of relief. Nabooru is still confused. She looks up at Relan.
"What's a King?" she asks. The guard and Relan laugh, then Relan guides her back out to the training ground.
---------------------------------------====================----------------- ------- To be continued...(if anyone wants me to)
Disclaimer: I still don't own it....
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**Nabooru: 5 years old**
Little Nabooru sits in her room. Basically, she got busted. Her thieving skills are still in training, so it is only natural that she would get caught. So, until the sun comes up tomorrow, she can't leave her room. At least that is what her mom said. Nabooru goes over to the window and smirks. She is leaving. Very quickly and quietly, she jumps out of her room, and runs to the desert. But just before she enters....
"And just where do you think you are going young lady?" Nabooru sinks to her knees. //So close// she thinks. She turns around. Her mom is the one who caught her. But, she doesn't look mad. In fact, she is smiling.
"I'm sorry mom." She says. Her mom kneels down next to her.
"You know, if you went up on the ledge up there," she points, and Nabooru follows, "You would have been out of sight." The elder Nabooru beams at her daughter. "But it was still pretty good work getting from your room all the way here without being caught." Little Nabooru smiles. Then they both head on in.
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**Next Day**
"NABOORU!!" Her mom calls. Nabooru looks up from the group she is talking to. After excusing herself, she heads over to where her mom is standing.
"Yeah mom?" she asks. Her mom hands her a full sized scimitar and a bow.
"You are five years old now, it is time you learned to use these." She says. Nabooru takes the weapons and backs up a bit. Then she takes a couple of practice swings with the scimitar, and finds she likes her right hand. Her mom beams.
"This is so neat!!" Nabooru says. She is very happy. Her mom points to the training ground.
"Go up and talk to Relan. She will teach you how to use them." Nabooru looks at her mom confused.
"But, why can't you teach me?" she asks. Her mom shakes her head.
"That isn't proper. I can't give you the impartial training you will need. No Gerudo ever teaches their own child. Besides, Relan is more qualified than I am." She gives her daughter a gentle shove. "Go on now." Nabooru heads off to the training ground.
"Hello Nabooru." Relan greets her. Then she sees the weapons. "Oh, is that what you are here for?" She says with a wolfish smile. She is definitely going to enjoy this. Relan has a rep in the Gerudo for being a relentless teacher. And a harsh one. "OK, kid, pull out your bow." Nabooru does so.
"I don't have any arrows yet." Nabooru says. Relan waves it off.
"You aren't supposed to, not until you prove you can use that thing." She replies. Relan then takes her own bow and fires at the target, hitting a perfect bulls-eye. Nabooru doesn't even blink. "You do it now. Use that target though." Relan points to the target next to the one she shot. Then she hands Nabooru an arrow. Nabooru puts the arrow on the string, pulls back, fires......................and hits dead center. Relan can't believe her eyes. No Gerudo she has ever taught has ever done it on their first try. She decides to see if it is a fluke.
"Did I do it right?" Nabooru asks. Relan nods, then gives her another arrow.
"Hit the arrow you just shot." She says. Nabooru gives her an odd look, then fires the arrow. And splits the previous arrow right in half. Relan motions for her to stay there for a moment, then goes into one of the rooms of the fortress. She then comes out with some clothes.
"Go change." She says. Nabooru gives her another odd look, then goes and changes into the new outfit. When she comes out, she is in the white outfit we all know her in.
"I don't understand." She says. Relan smiles.
"I am proud to be teaching someone like you. That white outfit means that you have started with not one, but 2 bulls-eyes. No Gerudo has been able to do that for generations. Hold your head up as you wear that." Nabooru is really proud now. Then she pulls out her scimitar.
"When do I learn this?" she asks. Relan smiles.
"Eager, aren't we?" she says. "Well, I can teach you a bit. Although, I still don't approve of the size of that thing......you really can't learn it until you are full grown." Nabooru's smile fades a bit. "Oh don't worry, you'll grow up soon enough. Then I'll make you the deadliest swordswoman ever known. But for now, it is Archery and Thieving."
"Like the medal that was in your pocket?" she asks. Relan gives her an odd look, then looks in her pockets.
"What the......" she says as she comes up empty. Nabooru holds it up. Relan laughs as she takes it back. "Not bad. But keep in mind, no witnesses up here." She gives Nabooru a pat on the head. "You're going to do just fine. You will definitely make a good leader for us. I......"She is cut off by a large cry coming from inside the fortress. Nabooru is begging to go find out. Relan nods and gives her a dagger. "I presume you can use this, at least." She says.
"Yes, my mom taught me." Nabooru says as she puts the scimitar away and accepts the dagger. Then they both head on in.
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**Inside the Fortress**
A Gerudo guard stops the two as they enter. Relan is about to blow past her.
"Don't." she says. Relan closes her eyes for a moment. Nabooru looks up at her teacher, then at the guard.
"What's happening? We heard a scream......" Nabooru says. Dawning appears in the guard's face.
"Oh. I see now. Don't worry. We just had a new child appear here." She says. Relan's eyes go wide.
"Is it....." She asks hushed. Nabooru has no clue what is going on. But the guard does.
"Yes." She says. "Our King has been born." Relan breathes a sigh of relief. Nabooru is still confused. She looks up at Relan.
"What's a King?" she asks. The guard and Relan laugh, then Relan guides her back out to the training ground.
---------------------------------------====================----------------- ------- To be continued...(if anyone wants me to)