The Princess...
Patch had noticed since this morning that his friend was distracted. He had asked him about it, but Jak had just said it was nothing. Patch knew better. Jak was most likely looking for his rebellious cousin, Princess Zelda of the Hyrulian royalty.
The last time Patch had seen her, she had been unhappily wearing her hated pink dress while trying to coax him into a spar with her. Jak and he were going to go to the Hero Games and Patch had been waiting in the entrance hall of the castle for Jak, when she had appeared. Coming right out behind a corner, Zelda was wearing a beautiful silk gown that her guardian had somehow gotten her into, she had her hair undone, and it was flowing behind her gracefully. Completely stunned, Patch had just gaped at her when she turned and smiled at him. That was when she started challenging him to a match, before Impa came down the stairs of course. Impa had been wearing her armor plate over her shirt like usual, was wearing black, tight, silk pants, along with black combat boots which went all the way to her knees. When Impa looked at him, he thought daggers would come out of the lady's cold amethyst eyes and stab him in the gut.
Zelda was the first part Sheikah of her royal family, so she was taught the Sheikah martial arts by her aunt, her guardian, and the king's sister-in- law, Impa. She used to be one of the king's top generals, but she felt it was her priority to teach Zelda their heritage, principally because Zelda's mother had died when she was but a year old, so Impa resigned from her office. Impa is still Zelda's teacher, but that doesn't mean that Zelda will stay at the castle when she asks her to.
Luckily for Zelda, she doesn't have to take the throne until her thirty- five-year-old father dies, especially since she is rebelling against her father at the moment. He's known Jak since he was thirteen, so it was inevitable that he would meet her as well. Although Jak isn't even Zelda's real cousin, they grew up together, making them more like sister and brother than anything else.
And since Zelda loves the Hero Games, she's bound to be here while the rest of the country out looking for her. And since there are people looking for her, she will most likely be in disguise. What she normally looks like when: she doesn't die her hair, it's normally a beautiful golden blonde, and she has crystal clear blue eyes when she doesn't change them with her magic. One way you know it's her, it that she'll always look beautiful. And she has magic mainly because she has Sheikah blood in her, but also because the royal family is known for having sorceresses every three generations.
He also wondered if Zelda's green-clad friend, Link, was here too. Goddesses know he'd be qualified. Maybe he should check the melee tournament for him? Nah, Jak wouldn't care much if he did. Jak hated Link, not just because he thought Link was nothing but a commoner, but mainly because he was highly protective over Zelda, like a big brother over his little sister.
When Patch had finally gotten out of his deep thoughts and snapped back to reality, he noticed that Luna and Tanya had won their match against the Zoras, and Zoras are very hard to beat in free style combat. Zora fins can come off and act as boomerangs, and those things hurt, he knew because of his last match earlier that day.
As a matter of fact, Luna had won that match by using the fins against them. When her opponent, Jazz, threw his fins at her, she caught them and threw them back at him. Jazz was obviously not at the Phoenix Pub last night. The match had been over with so quick, that Tanya and the other Zora never got a chance to fight.
"Well, at least I don't have to wait any longer to get the spar over with," Patch thought as he and Jak left the bleachers to go wait for Luna and Tanya over at the arena entrance. The only reason Patch had brought Jak along, was because he thought that maybe Jak had changed his thoughts about humans. But it became obvious Jak hadn't changed his mind when Jak sneered when the subject of Luna came up.
He never really knew why his friend hated humans so much, and he never asked because he believed that if Jak wanted him to know, he would tell him. That is probably another thing why people like him so much; he wasn't nosy. He was fun, sarcastic, charming and wasn't nosy; the perfect friend.
And he hoped one day, that his personality would earn him a girlfriend. A real girlfriend, not someone you meet a bar and date for a week or two, somebody who he might fall for. And that was probably another reason why he was here; he hoped that Luna may consider him, even if Jak disapproved. He also found she was a lot like him too; fun, sarcastic, stubborn, but she was probably nosier than him. He found that they may be perfect for each other; he just hoped he would meet up to the beautiful, strong, green-eyed, loveable blonde's standards.
"Hey guys! You ready or what?" Luna called out, snapping Patch back to attention.
"We are, but are you ready to get your butt kicked?" Patch said when Luna and Tanya reached them.
"I doubt you would get that far," Tanya the Gerudo said.
"Why don't we get a move on? The sooner this is over, the sooner I can get on with real practice," Jak said sneeringly.
Patch was only slightly surprised that Jak still felt like insulting Luna when Jak saw her outfit close up. Starting from the bottom, Luna was wearing black combat boots, dark green leather shorts, a dark green, silk top that showed a decent amount of cleavage, and her hair was tied back into a pony-tail with a green ribbon. Everything she wore emphasized her beautiful green-gray eyes.
"Yes, why don't we? You guys aren't good enough to even exercise a muscle," Luna retorted while walking past Jak toward the Gerudo training center.
Tanya hurried to catch up with Luna while he and Jak trailed them.
"How in the world did you get me into this?" Jak whispered to Patch.
"Hey, you don't have to be here," Patch stopped and grinned at Jak, "I don't mind hanging out with a couple of girls on my own."
"I would happily leave you to flirt away with these two 'girls', but I want to prove once and for all that I'm better than that human," Jak whispered stubbornly.
"What? You're only interested in fighting her! I hope to do more than that my friend," Patch said slightly amazed at his friend's one-track mind.
"Is that all you ever care about? Just another perv in this big world..." Jak said knowing it would anger Patch.
"That's not the only thing I think about, but it's a major thought on my mind. That doesn't make me a perv, Jak, it just makes me a normal boy with raging hormones," Patch noticed that they were getting closer to the training center. "That's another thing I don't get. Whenever you actually meet a pretty girl you like, all you ever care about is whether or not she likes humans. Don't you ever admire the way a woman walks or talks or, in a few cases, she fights? It's as if you killed your hormones before they ever came..."
"I'm sorry that my hormones don't turn me into a giant womanizer like you, but they're still there. I just haven't met a girl I really like yet," Jak said knowing his friend was going to retort about the bit about womanizing, which Patch did.
"I know I'm a little girl crazy, but that doesn't make me a womanizer! It just means I like the opposite sex, that's all."
"If you ask me, I think you like the other gender more than you like your best friend."
"Oh, come off it Jak! Promise me this, then. If she can beat you today, you have to start treating her with respect. But if you beat her, I promise I'll stop chasing after this girl, 'kay?"
"Alright, you've got yourself a bet, then. But you're not gonna hold me back when we fight, got me?"
Patch nodded happily.
Patch had noticed since this morning that his friend was distracted. He had asked him about it, but Jak had just said it was nothing. Patch knew better. Jak was most likely looking for his rebellious cousin, Princess Zelda of the Hyrulian royalty.
The last time Patch had seen her, she had been unhappily wearing her hated pink dress while trying to coax him into a spar with her. Jak and he were going to go to the Hero Games and Patch had been waiting in the entrance hall of the castle for Jak, when she had appeared. Coming right out behind a corner, Zelda was wearing a beautiful silk gown that her guardian had somehow gotten her into, she had her hair undone, and it was flowing behind her gracefully. Completely stunned, Patch had just gaped at her when she turned and smiled at him. That was when she started challenging him to a match, before Impa came down the stairs of course. Impa had been wearing her armor plate over her shirt like usual, was wearing black, tight, silk pants, along with black combat boots which went all the way to her knees. When Impa looked at him, he thought daggers would come out of the lady's cold amethyst eyes and stab him in the gut.
Zelda was the first part Sheikah of her royal family, so she was taught the Sheikah martial arts by her aunt, her guardian, and the king's sister-in- law, Impa. She used to be one of the king's top generals, but she felt it was her priority to teach Zelda their heritage, principally because Zelda's mother had died when she was but a year old, so Impa resigned from her office. Impa is still Zelda's teacher, but that doesn't mean that Zelda will stay at the castle when she asks her to.
Luckily for Zelda, she doesn't have to take the throne until her thirty- five-year-old father dies, especially since she is rebelling against her father at the moment. He's known Jak since he was thirteen, so it was inevitable that he would meet her as well. Although Jak isn't even Zelda's real cousin, they grew up together, making them more like sister and brother than anything else.
And since Zelda loves the Hero Games, she's bound to be here while the rest of the country out looking for her. And since there are people looking for her, she will most likely be in disguise. What she normally looks like when: she doesn't die her hair, it's normally a beautiful golden blonde, and she has crystal clear blue eyes when she doesn't change them with her magic. One way you know it's her, it that she'll always look beautiful. And she has magic mainly because she has Sheikah blood in her, but also because the royal family is known for having sorceresses every three generations.
He also wondered if Zelda's green-clad friend, Link, was here too. Goddesses know he'd be qualified. Maybe he should check the melee tournament for him? Nah, Jak wouldn't care much if he did. Jak hated Link, not just because he thought Link was nothing but a commoner, but mainly because he was highly protective over Zelda, like a big brother over his little sister.
When Patch had finally gotten out of his deep thoughts and snapped back to reality, he noticed that Luna and Tanya had won their match against the Zoras, and Zoras are very hard to beat in free style combat. Zora fins can come off and act as boomerangs, and those things hurt, he knew because of his last match earlier that day.
As a matter of fact, Luna had won that match by using the fins against them. When her opponent, Jazz, threw his fins at her, she caught them and threw them back at him. Jazz was obviously not at the Phoenix Pub last night. The match had been over with so quick, that Tanya and the other Zora never got a chance to fight.
"Well, at least I don't have to wait any longer to get the spar over with," Patch thought as he and Jak left the bleachers to go wait for Luna and Tanya over at the arena entrance. The only reason Patch had brought Jak along, was because he thought that maybe Jak had changed his thoughts about humans. But it became obvious Jak hadn't changed his mind when Jak sneered when the subject of Luna came up.
He never really knew why his friend hated humans so much, and he never asked because he believed that if Jak wanted him to know, he would tell him. That is probably another thing why people like him so much; he wasn't nosy. He was fun, sarcastic, charming and wasn't nosy; the perfect friend.
And he hoped one day, that his personality would earn him a girlfriend. A real girlfriend, not someone you meet a bar and date for a week or two, somebody who he might fall for. And that was probably another reason why he was here; he hoped that Luna may consider him, even if Jak disapproved. He also found she was a lot like him too; fun, sarcastic, stubborn, but she was probably nosier than him. He found that they may be perfect for each other; he just hoped he would meet up to the beautiful, strong, green-eyed, loveable blonde's standards.
"Hey guys! You ready or what?" Luna called out, snapping Patch back to attention.
"We are, but are you ready to get your butt kicked?" Patch said when Luna and Tanya reached them.
"I doubt you would get that far," Tanya the Gerudo said.
"Why don't we get a move on? The sooner this is over, the sooner I can get on with real practice," Jak said sneeringly.
Patch was only slightly surprised that Jak still felt like insulting Luna when Jak saw her outfit close up. Starting from the bottom, Luna was wearing black combat boots, dark green leather shorts, a dark green, silk top that showed a decent amount of cleavage, and her hair was tied back into a pony-tail with a green ribbon. Everything she wore emphasized her beautiful green-gray eyes.
"Yes, why don't we? You guys aren't good enough to even exercise a muscle," Luna retorted while walking past Jak toward the Gerudo training center.
Tanya hurried to catch up with Luna while he and Jak trailed them.
"How in the world did you get me into this?" Jak whispered to Patch.
"Hey, you don't have to be here," Patch stopped and grinned at Jak, "I don't mind hanging out with a couple of girls on my own."
"I would happily leave you to flirt away with these two 'girls', but I want to prove once and for all that I'm better than that human," Jak whispered stubbornly.
"What? You're only interested in fighting her! I hope to do more than that my friend," Patch said slightly amazed at his friend's one-track mind.
"Is that all you ever care about? Just another perv in this big world..." Jak said knowing it would anger Patch.
"That's not the only thing I think about, but it's a major thought on my mind. That doesn't make me a perv, Jak, it just makes me a normal boy with raging hormones," Patch noticed that they were getting closer to the training center. "That's another thing I don't get. Whenever you actually meet a pretty girl you like, all you ever care about is whether or not she likes humans. Don't you ever admire the way a woman walks or talks or, in a few cases, she fights? It's as if you killed your hormones before they ever came..."
"I'm sorry that my hormones don't turn me into a giant womanizer like you, but they're still there. I just haven't met a girl I really like yet," Jak said knowing his friend was going to retort about the bit about womanizing, which Patch did.
"I know I'm a little girl crazy, but that doesn't make me a womanizer! It just means I like the opposite sex, that's all."
"If you ask me, I think you like the other gender more than you like your best friend."
"Oh, come off it Jak! Promise me this, then. If she can beat you today, you have to start treating her with respect. But if you beat her, I promise I'll stop chasing after this girl, 'kay?"
"Alright, you've got yourself a bet, then. But you're not gonna hold me back when we fight, got me?"
Patch nodded happily.