So, you people like the name Kimiko? I would like to give credit for the idea to MegaTokyo! You should check it out. www.megatokyo.com It's a funny webcomic. One of my favorite characters is Kimiko Nanasawa, part-time waitress and aspiring video game voice actress. Hmm... I should make Link's last name (which is now also Malon and Kimiko's last name) Nanasawa... Nah. Maybe if I decide to give him a last name later...
Note: I'm experimenting with trying to write longer chapters. Tell me how I do!
Father of Time
Chapter 10
Day Two Hundred Two: Morning
Miku's POV
Lon Lon Ranch
I felt really bad coming to Link to ask about this now, but I'd had King Zora waiting for a solution for too long. Besides, I hadn't seen my niece yet. So, I called Link's horse using a song I'd heard Malon singing once, and I rode to Lon Lon Ranch. I was just about to knock on the door when it opened. It was Link. "Hey, Miku. What are you doing here?"
"Well, besides wanting to see Kimiko, I have a favor to ask you. I really hate to ask two days after you've become a father, but I told King Zora I would do this months ago."
"What is it? Is something wrong?"
"Well, yes and no. You know how Ruto's the last in the line of the Zora Royal Family?"
"She can't produce a Zora heir if she's a Hylian, right?"
"Any ideas? I know you can do something with that gauntlet."
"Well, yes. You know, the only thing I've ever used it for without a side effect is when I made myself able to predict any side effect created by it?"
"Well, which option has the least horrible side effect?"
"I give you and Ruto the ability to transform into Zoras."
"What's the side effect?"
"Your children will be...well, I guess 'were-Hylia'. The good news about that, though, is that they will only transform once every ten years, the first time being ten minutes after they hatch, and the transformation only lasts an hour."
"I'm not sure I like the idea of becoming a Zora, and I don't know if I could handle Ruto being a Zora for nine months."
"Actually, both of you will only have to be Zoras long enough to... well, to get things started. After that, you'll have to keep the eggs in the tank in the Lakeside Laboratory for nine months."
"Do I want to know how you know so much about Zora physiology?"
"Well, besides the fact that I had to rescue seven Zora eggs the first time I went to Termina..." Link pulled out a mask that looked like a Zora and put it on. I guess everyone else had seen it before, but I wasn't created until they were leaving Termina. He put it on his face, and there was a flash of blinding light. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw next.
"Link?"
"Yup. I'm Mikau to every Zora in Termina, though. See, Mikau was fatally wounded when he tried to save those Zora eggs, and he felt guilty that he failed to save them. I used the Song of Healing to heal his soul, and seal the troubled part, along with his form, in a mask. Now, whenever I wear the mask, I become Mikau."
"I see. Well, would you take it off? It's disturbing."
"Sorry. Oh, you and Ruto can change now. I took care of it while I was talking before I put on the mask. Try it." I imagined myself becoming a Zora, and I was one. I looked a lot like Mikau, but with less of a green tone and more blue. The whole thing still creeped me out, though, so I changed back.
"Can I come in and see Kimiko, now?"
"Oh, sure. Come on in." Link showed me to the baby's room, where Malon was just picking her up after her nap. Kimiko had to be the most precious baby I had ever seen. You might say that I had never seen a baby before, but I was given a combination of memories when I was created. Really, Link had re-written history to include me in it. It doesn't matter. Kimiko was still the most precious baby I'd ever seen.
"Hey, did you guys notice that?" I had noticed a spot on her arm. "Look at this birthmark!"
"Triforce shaped?" asked Malon. "What does that mean?"
"I dunno. Farore told me that Kimiko would play a part in their plan, but she wouldn't tell me how. This must be a sign of it."
"Well, I have to be getting back to Lake Hylia. I didn't tell Ruto I was coming today, and she was still asleep when I left." I wasn't sure I wanted to know anymore about Link's conversation with the goddess of courage. How ironic. I walked outside and was about to play the Serenade of Water on the Ocarina of Water (It turns out that there's an ocarina for each temple. Go figure.), when three girls started to walk in my direction, or in the direction of the house behind me, at least.
"Hi, Miku," said the one dressed in blue. I couldn't quite place what it was that was strange about these girls. They looked normal. Maybe prettier than average, but normal. Still, something felt wrong.
"How did you know my name? Do I know you?" That was a dumb question. I'd lived for eight months. Who did I know?
"Well, everyone knows of us. And you are one of the only two who haven't met us out of the fifteen that are connected through Link."
"You haven't answered my first question yet. And who is the other?"
"The other is Kimiko. I'm Nayru. These are my sisters, Din and Farore."
"You can't possibly be..."
"The golden goddesses? Yup. I guess Link didn't tell you about his conversation with Farore. I know you need to get back to Lake Hylia, so we'll explain it to you later. Is Kimiko as cute as she's supposed to be?"
"Wouldn't you know that, being the goddess of wisdom?"
"Some things you have to see for yourself. Well, see ya later, Miku!" As she said this, the world around me changed, and I was standing in front of my house.
I'm a fool. Kimiko was born too soon. I mean, it was nine months after Link and Malon 'did it', so she didn't come too soon as far as time goes. She came 5-10 chapters too soon. I'm too ready to end this fic, but I want about twenty chapters. I could end it and move onto the next part, but I really don't want...to... *is struck by inspiration while typing* That's it! Okay, here's the master plan. Before now, Zelda is the only one of the six (not counting fairies) who had seen Kimiko. Well, I think Miku will come back with Ruto, Zelda will come back with Tael, and Fado and Saria will visit. Besides, there are some POVs I still need to write in first person before my goal of that is achieved. 1st person POVs remaining: Malon, Zelda, Ruto, Fado. Plus Nabooru and he-who's-name-has-yet-to-be-announced, once they are introduced. Not Kimiko. The whole next part will be about her. Well, enough of that. I tend to overdo these things. Till next time!
Note: I'm experimenting with trying to write longer chapters. Tell me how I do!
Father of Time
Chapter 10
Day Two Hundred Two: Morning
Miku's POV
Lon Lon Ranch
I felt really bad coming to Link to ask about this now, but I'd had King Zora waiting for a solution for too long. Besides, I hadn't seen my niece yet. So, I called Link's horse using a song I'd heard Malon singing once, and I rode to Lon Lon Ranch. I was just about to knock on the door when it opened. It was Link. "Hey, Miku. What are you doing here?"
"Well, besides wanting to see Kimiko, I have a favor to ask you. I really hate to ask two days after you've become a father, but I told King Zora I would do this months ago."
"What is it? Is something wrong?"
"Well, yes and no. You know how Ruto's the last in the line of the Zora Royal Family?"
"She can't produce a Zora heir if she's a Hylian, right?"
"Any ideas? I know you can do something with that gauntlet."
"Well, yes. You know, the only thing I've ever used it for without a side effect is when I made myself able to predict any side effect created by it?"
"Well, which option has the least horrible side effect?"
"I give you and Ruto the ability to transform into Zoras."
"What's the side effect?"
"Your children will be...well, I guess 'were-Hylia'. The good news about that, though, is that they will only transform once every ten years, the first time being ten minutes after they hatch, and the transformation only lasts an hour."
"I'm not sure I like the idea of becoming a Zora, and I don't know if I could handle Ruto being a Zora for nine months."
"Actually, both of you will only have to be Zoras long enough to... well, to get things started. After that, you'll have to keep the eggs in the tank in the Lakeside Laboratory for nine months."
"Do I want to know how you know so much about Zora physiology?"
"Well, besides the fact that I had to rescue seven Zora eggs the first time I went to Termina..." Link pulled out a mask that looked like a Zora and put it on. I guess everyone else had seen it before, but I wasn't created until they were leaving Termina. He put it on his face, and there was a flash of blinding light. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw next.
"Link?"
"Yup. I'm Mikau to every Zora in Termina, though. See, Mikau was fatally wounded when he tried to save those Zora eggs, and he felt guilty that he failed to save them. I used the Song of Healing to heal his soul, and seal the troubled part, along with his form, in a mask. Now, whenever I wear the mask, I become Mikau."
"I see. Well, would you take it off? It's disturbing."
"Sorry. Oh, you and Ruto can change now. I took care of it while I was talking before I put on the mask. Try it." I imagined myself becoming a Zora, and I was one. I looked a lot like Mikau, but with less of a green tone and more blue. The whole thing still creeped me out, though, so I changed back.
"Can I come in and see Kimiko, now?"
"Oh, sure. Come on in." Link showed me to the baby's room, where Malon was just picking her up after her nap. Kimiko had to be the most precious baby I had ever seen. You might say that I had never seen a baby before, but I was given a combination of memories when I was created. Really, Link had re-written history to include me in it. It doesn't matter. Kimiko was still the most precious baby I'd ever seen.
"Hey, did you guys notice that?" I had noticed a spot on her arm. "Look at this birthmark!"
"Triforce shaped?" asked Malon. "What does that mean?"
"I dunno. Farore told me that Kimiko would play a part in their plan, but she wouldn't tell me how. This must be a sign of it."
"Well, I have to be getting back to Lake Hylia. I didn't tell Ruto I was coming today, and she was still asleep when I left." I wasn't sure I wanted to know anymore about Link's conversation with the goddess of courage. How ironic. I walked outside and was about to play the Serenade of Water on the Ocarina of Water (It turns out that there's an ocarina for each temple. Go figure.), when three girls started to walk in my direction, or in the direction of the house behind me, at least.
"Hi, Miku," said the one dressed in blue. I couldn't quite place what it was that was strange about these girls. They looked normal. Maybe prettier than average, but normal. Still, something felt wrong.
"How did you know my name? Do I know you?" That was a dumb question. I'd lived for eight months. Who did I know?
"Well, everyone knows of us. And you are one of the only two who haven't met us out of the fifteen that are connected through Link."
"You haven't answered my first question yet. And who is the other?"
"The other is Kimiko. I'm Nayru. These are my sisters, Din and Farore."
"You can't possibly be..."
"The golden goddesses? Yup. I guess Link didn't tell you about his conversation with Farore. I know you need to get back to Lake Hylia, so we'll explain it to you later. Is Kimiko as cute as she's supposed to be?"
"Wouldn't you know that, being the goddess of wisdom?"
"Some things you have to see for yourself. Well, see ya later, Miku!" As she said this, the world around me changed, and I was standing in front of my house.
I'm a fool. Kimiko was born too soon. I mean, it was nine months after Link and Malon 'did it', so she didn't come too soon as far as time goes. She came 5-10 chapters too soon. I'm too ready to end this fic, but I want about twenty chapters. I could end it and move onto the next part, but I really don't want...to... *is struck by inspiration while typing* That's it! Okay, here's the master plan. Before now, Zelda is the only one of the six (not counting fairies) who had seen Kimiko. Well, I think Miku will come back with Ruto, Zelda will come back with Tael, and Fado and Saria will visit. Besides, there are some POVs I still need to write in first person before my goal of that is achieved. 1st person POVs remaining: Malon, Zelda, Ruto, Fado. Plus Nabooru and he-who's-name-has-yet-to-be-announced, once they are introduced. Not Kimiko. The whole next part will be about her. Well, enough of that. I tend to overdo these things. Till next time!