Chapter 8: Light the Fire... AND LET IT BURN!!!
Paine and Lenne stood on the edge of their highs school field. It was lunch right then, and they students were allowed outside. All that remained between them and their ticket out of Kakariko Village was their decision of which way to go and a big, wide, opens space.
"So," Lenne asked her friend, "which way d'you wanna go?"
Paine grinned mischievously. "Death Mountain."
Lenne knew she should've expected that. They looked around them to make sure they wouldn't get caught right off the bat. Then, with silent understanding, the pair grabbed hands and ran across the field to the adventure that awaited them.
~*~
Meanwhile, Joker was leaning against the house of the graveyard boy's father. Two girls flew by him towards the gate. One of them-looking like the more dare devilish of the pair-pulled out a long sword and smacked the guard over the head, knocking him unconscious. The two sprinted through the gate and managed to close it just before one of their teachers came after. They ran head-on, not realizing quick enough that the gate was closed.
Lenne, as Joker later learned her name to be, stuck her tongue out at the now very dizzy teacher. Lenne started to run after Paine but Joker called out, "Wait! Take me with you!"
Paine, hearing him calling out, turned around and looked at him skeptically. "Why should we?"
"Because... umm... well, I can fight. See, I've got my own sword!" Joker promptly pulled it out and showed it to them.
"Where did you get that?"
"I won it."
"Huh?"
"One of the soldiers. We bet on a fistfight. And I won."
"Oh. I-I guess.........you could come........." Paine looked attentively over at Lenne. Lenne nodded.
"Hurry up then," Paine called, "We've got a ways to go." And so they set off towards Death Mountain.
~*~
As the trio plodded along towards Death Mountain, Shanti came up with acronyms for everyone's names. They were somewhat strange, as Niku put it, but Shanti didn't seem to care since she came up with 'N' oying, Idiotic, Corny, Unic for Niku, which he didn't appreciate AT ALL.
"Annoying doesn't start with a 'N'," Niku said.
"It does now."
"That should be yours. You even have an 'A' to go with it!"
"No, that's athletic."
"Sure."
"Yes."
"What is it, anyway, your acronym, I mean?"
"Sweet, honorable, athletic, nice, tantalizing, idol."
"Oh, of course YOURS is the best."
Shanti just glared at him.
"Well, what's Renzoku's? Huh?"
"Resourceful, energetic, nice..." "Is that the only 'N' word you have?" Niku cut off. Again, Shanti glared at him. "Fine; Naughty, zesty, original, klutzy, ukulele." "UKELELE?!" Ren burst out, "WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?!" "Yeah," Niku added, "Zesty is like how you would describe a fruit." "Maybe she is a fruit." "ARRGH!! SO I'M A FRUIT AND AN INSTRUMENT?!" Ren hit Shanti on the head. ".........ow........." The rest of the trip was spent in silence except for Niku's ongoing chant of "fruitcake, fruitcake........." Finally, after much yelling, screaming, and hitting, they reached Kakariko Village. The place was in complete havoc. They saw the clear way up to the summit and ran for it.
Once on the trail, they (although Ren noticed it first and was totally absorbed by the fire and bombs) saw a Goron with a bomb, rolling down the hill. Suddenly, it exploded and burst into flames. "I want one of those! Can we get those? Please?!" "Oh, we will, we definitely will," Shanti replied confidently. *So confidently,* Niku thought, *maybe she knows something we don't. She probably knows a lot of things........some things... that might be too dangerous to keep secrets.* *Or maybe,* Ren said in Niku's mind, *they're so dangerous... that we might be safer not hearing them.*
Paine and Lenne stood on the edge of their highs school field. It was lunch right then, and they students were allowed outside. All that remained between them and their ticket out of Kakariko Village was their decision of which way to go and a big, wide, opens space.
"So," Lenne asked her friend, "which way d'you wanna go?"
Paine grinned mischievously. "Death Mountain."
Lenne knew she should've expected that. They looked around them to make sure they wouldn't get caught right off the bat. Then, with silent understanding, the pair grabbed hands and ran across the field to the adventure that awaited them.
~*~
Meanwhile, Joker was leaning against the house of the graveyard boy's father. Two girls flew by him towards the gate. One of them-looking like the more dare devilish of the pair-pulled out a long sword and smacked the guard over the head, knocking him unconscious. The two sprinted through the gate and managed to close it just before one of their teachers came after. They ran head-on, not realizing quick enough that the gate was closed.
Lenne, as Joker later learned her name to be, stuck her tongue out at the now very dizzy teacher. Lenne started to run after Paine but Joker called out, "Wait! Take me with you!"
Paine, hearing him calling out, turned around and looked at him skeptically. "Why should we?"
"Because... umm... well, I can fight. See, I've got my own sword!" Joker promptly pulled it out and showed it to them.
"Where did you get that?"
"I won it."
"Huh?"
"One of the soldiers. We bet on a fistfight. And I won."
"Oh. I-I guess.........you could come........." Paine looked attentively over at Lenne. Lenne nodded.
"Hurry up then," Paine called, "We've got a ways to go." And so they set off towards Death Mountain.
~*~
As the trio plodded along towards Death Mountain, Shanti came up with acronyms for everyone's names. They were somewhat strange, as Niku put it, but Shanti didn't seem to care since she came up with 'N' oying, Idiotic, Corny, Unic for Niku, which he didn't appreciate AT ALL.
"Annoying doesn't start with a 'N'," Niku said.
"It does now."
"That should be yours. You even have an 'A' to go with it!"
"No, that's athletic."
"Sure."
"Yes."
"What is it, anyway, your acronym, I mean?"
"Sweet, honorable, athletic, nice, tantalizing, idol."
"Oh, of course YOURS is the best."
Shanti just glared at him.
"Well, what's Renzoku's? Huh?"
"Resourceful, energetic, nice..." "Is that the only 'N' word you have?" Niku cut off. Again, Shanti glared at him. "Fine; Naughty, zesty, original, klutzy, ukulele." "UKELELE?!" Ren burst out, "WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?!" "Yeah," Niku added, "Zesty is like how you would describe a fruit." "Maybe she is a fruit." "ARRGH!! SO I'M A FRUIT AND AN INSTRUMENT?!" Ren hit Shanti on the head. ".........ow........." The rest of the trip was spent in silence except for Niku's ongoing chant of "fruitcake, fruitcake........." Finally, after much yelling, screaming, and hitting, they reached Kakariko Village. The place was in complete havoc. They saw the clear way up to the summit and ran for it.
Once on the trail, they (although Ren noticed it first and was totally absorbed by the fire and bombs) saw a Goron with a bomb, rolling down the hill. Suddenly, it exploded and burst into flames. "I want one of those! Can we get those? Please?!" "Oh, we will, we definitely will," Shanti replied confidently. *So confidently,* Niku thought, *maybe she knows something we don't. She probably knows a lot of things........some things... that might be too dangerous to keep secrets.* *Or maybe,* Ren said in Niku's mind, *they're so dangerous... that we might be safer not hearing them.*