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Chapter 8 - Return of the green hatted kid
"Excuse me, could you let us pass?"
The guard stook his chest forward, tilted his helmet a bit forward to look more intimidating and turned around.
"If you address one of the town guards you can be a bit more poli..."
His jaw dropped when he looked right into Links face covered with Goron warpaint. A tri-force was painted under his right eye and a sword with wings on his left.
"I said excuse me."
"Oh, really, I didn't hear..." the guard whimpered as he got out of Links way.
Link and Romani passed the south gate. Link pointed at the passage to the western part.
"If I'm not mistaken the bank is that way."
Romani nodded and they passed the tower the carpenters made for the Festival of Time.
Just before they reached the passage a kid ran into Link. Link grabbed down and held him up.
"And where are you going in such a hurry?"
The kid first was scared at first because of Link's face but now was looking brave in Link's laughing eyes.
"Let me go!" the little kid shouted. "Wait 'till my mother gets her hands on you!"
"Oh? And who may that be?"
"Link?"
The boy and the man looked up. A redheaded woman came running from the western part.
"Oh sorry, sir, but he can be a handfull. Oh, hello, Romani."
"Hello, Anju."
Link looked at the woman. She had barely changed.
"Anju, how nice to see you again," Link said, "how's Kafei?"
"Uhm, do I know you?"
"Think eight years back," Romani helped, "and then think of your son."
Anju suddenly realised who was holding up her son.
"Oh, you're the one who brought Kafei back!"
"Is that really you?" the kid asked.
Link nodded.
"Dad didn't say you had that on your face." The kid pointed at the warpaint.
"I didn't have that then, I only have it on now because the so called Shadow Thieves took things from me and I intend to get them back."
"Good thing, 'cause they stole from my mom and dad!" the little guy said.
"I would like to talk to Kafei." Link said to Anju.
"Why? Do you think he has something to do with them?"
"No, but if I remember correctly, he knows the owner of the curiosity shop and I would like to ask him some questions."
"Kafei is in the inn."
"Very well, I have some bussiness in the western part of town. When I finish them I will come see him."
"Uhm, can you put me down now?"
Link looked at the kid he still held up. He had completely forgotten about him.
"Wow, you're pretty strong!" the little boy said when Link put him down.
"That because of the glov..." Link suddenly realised he didn't have them on anymore, "yeah, yeah I am."
"I will tell Kafei you will come," Anju said, "Link, come along, we're going back home."
The little boy ran after his mother as she passed the clocktower.
"What are you thinking?"
"The things I did here seemed less important than what I did in Hyrule, I didn't think I had such an impact."
"When I was at Zora's bay, I met the kids of that singer of Indigo-go's, Lulu. She has five daughters and two sons..."
"The eggs I saved from the Gerudo and the seasnakes." Link nodded.
"The two boys are called Mikau and Link."
"She saw me transform from Mikau to Link when I saved the temple and I told her everything." Link thought for a second. "Who's the father anyway?"
"That was Mikau."
Link didn't know what to say. He never suspected why Mikau risked his life for Lulu's eggs. When he met the dying Mikau, he said he was the last of the Zora heroes, and for Link that was enough to risk his life. That was what Link was taugth. Heroes risked their lives because they had to, not because of something personal. He had fought Ganondorf because first the Deku tree asked it and then princess Zelda. He had saved Termina because Ganondorf asked him (well, kinda). He never thought he had a choice. Heroes aren't suppose to have choices, they just do it because they had to. Link wondered if Mikau would have tried to save the eggs if he wasn't the father. Of course he would, he had to, Link figured, he was a hero.
"How did they turn out?" he asked Romani.
"Pretty well, I think," Romani answered, "Link doesn't say much, but Mikau does the talking for the both of them. They play both the guitar pretty well or so I'm told. And they have been spotted entering the Gerudo fortress from time to time, apparantly looking for a thrill."
"Like you?"
Romani smiled.
"Like me. But tell me, Grasshopper, did you do the same when you were young? Before the whole hero stuff?"
Link thought about this.
"Yes, I suppose I have, although I couldn't leave the forest, I thought I was Kokiri, but I did several dangerous things. I was always willing to climb trees and jump from ledges. I was the only one who even dared to play with the Skull kids. I thought for a long time that was the reason I didn't have a fairy, because I was a bit of a dare devil, but that fact didn't slow me down."
Romani smiled and wrapped her arms around Link.
"We don't have enough time now," Link said with regret in his voice because he really wanted to kiss this beautiful woman, "we have to go to the bank."
Romani pouted for a second and let Link go. Link kissed her on the forehead and took her hand. A few minutes later Link had 8000 rupees in his purse. He figured that was to be enough for his house.
