OOOOOKay! Sorry for the long wait. I've been packing. We're moving soon and I haven't had much time for anything. Well, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I'll try to get the next one up sooner than I did this one.... Oh yeah, and Kenshin says hi.

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When Link came-to he found himself on the cold stone ground. He sat up and rubbed the back of his head.

"Ow...." He looked around, "Where the hell am I?"

Link was at the bottom of a large square room made of reddish stones. It was smooth stone all around except for a huge window about ten feet above him and a rectangular hole even further directly above him. Looking down over the sides of the hole were two Gerudo sentries. In fact, Link recognized them as the same two who had attacked him earlier. He brought his gaze back down and sighed.

"Yup, this is just great." 'sigh' He looked up once again when he heard voices. He could hear them speaking, but he couldn't understand what they were saying. ""They must be speaking Gerudo.... Maybe they know Naomi!!""

"Um excuse me ladies...."

They stopped talking and looked down to glare at Link.

"Uh.....Would either one of you happen to know Naomi? You see, she's an old friend of mine and...."

Link stopped when they started speaking again, aparently not interested in what he had to say. ""Did they even hear me?....I bet they're just ignoring me."" Link strained his ears to try and listen to what they were saying.

Sanna: "Did he say Naomi?"

Mya: "Hmm, yeah. You don't suppose he's the one Naomi's always talking about do you?"

Sanna: "I don't know" she looked down "....Ooo, he's awfully handsome, Naomi did say his looks were pretty good."

Mya: "Yes, but that was a long time ago, they were both only children, plus, she never said that. You only just assume.....My, but he IS all dressed in green."

Sanna: "Yes, yes, but that can't prove anything......Well, if it is him I have half a mind to go down there and kick his ass! I can't believe that anyone as great as Naomi puts him out to be would up and leave her. They were best friends! He should be ashamed of himself! Worrying her like that"

Mya: "Yes, but you know how Naomi is, she'll only say that something really important must be keeping him or he had to go and hel...."

'sigh' "I can't understand a single word they're saying!" he mumbled to himself. Link's ears then picked up another woman's voice. One that he could understand.

Nauni: "What are you two doing? Our Magi wants the prisoner brought before her."

""Oh crap! That doesn't sound good.""

Sanna: "Oh, we're just guarding...making sure he doesn't try anything."

Nauni: "Try anything?! What could he do way down there?"

Nauni walked over to the edge of the hole and peered down at Link. Her eyes grew wide for a moment and then she began speaking in Gerudo to the other two women.

"My my, He's quite the looker, eh? Too bad all our other cells are full up, we might get a better look at him if he was moved.....Well anyway, come now, we mustn't keep our Magi waiting, she wants to see the prisoner, if we're lucky she said we could toss one of the men over the cliff. After she sees this looker I'm sure we'll clear a space for him real quick." She paused when she realized that the two Gerudo women were smiling at her. "What?"

Sanna spoke up first. "Pretty boy down there wants so see Naomi. She's all he's talked about."

Mya joined in. "Yeah...you don't think that...?"

Nauni looked down once again at the man below them. "I'm not sure. He says he knows Naomi? Well, let's just see what comes of this. When we get down there tie him up, alright? We can't have him trying to take off on us."

"Right!" Mya and Sanna said in unison.

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Back down in the hole.....

"Well, this is just great Link! How are we going to get out of this one?"

"No worries Navi. Naomi will save us. She'll see me and tell all the other girls that I'm not like... "that". It'll all be okay."

"Will she know it's you? I mean, you have "changed"."

"What?! Of course she'll know!"

'CREAK' The creak of a door stopped Link and Navi's conversation. Navi quickly hid in Link's hat as three Gerudo women entered the room through a concealed door. Link, with a confused look on his face, looked from the Gerudos to the door to the hole above and back to the door again. Finally he looked at the Gerudo women, a glaring bite to his eyes, "You, ah, you threw me in here from that hole up there didn't you?"

Mya smiled and Sanna made a little kissy face.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." he rubbed his head again.

Nauni then chose to speak up, "Alright girls, tie him tight!"

"Whoa, uh, why are you going to tie me up?" 'gulp'

"We can't just let you run away."

"I won't run, you have to believe me! I only want to see Naomi, please, at least tell her that I'm here! Please you must-"

Nauni rose her hand swiftly and Link silently gazed, unflinchingly ahead. Nauni smiled and lowered her hand to cup Link's cheek. She moved her hand so that her fingers held his chin and she moved his face to face her. Her face was only inches from his but he continued to gaze forward. "You will hold your tongue boy. Remember, YOU are the one bound here. If you're a good boy," She removed her fingers from his face and trailed them to his shoulder, making little circle patterns, Link still refused to look anywhere than forward, "you just might get to see this, precious Naomi of yours." She pulled away completely and smiled, he would not look her in the face, his features emotionless. ""Hmm, I might have made him angry. Oh well I guess. hahaha!""

Nauni stud upright and turned towards the door, "Alright, let's go!"

Mya and Sanna picked Link up off the ground and lead him by the arms from the old stone cell.

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""Gah.....it seems like we're going in circles! I can't tell which way is which anymore.""

Link gave a deep sigh of defeat as he was lead from corridor to corridor. After calming down from his little "incident" with the Gerudo guard known as Nauni, Link had been trying to memorize the path in the corridors they were taking to go see this "Magi". But to Link's disappointment many of the corridors all looked the same.

""Okay, first it was left....then right, down two, right again.....Wait, no then it was. GAH!!! I'm not gonna remember! And then their Magi's gonna kill me, and Naomi's not gonna see me! RARW!!! Why ME!""

At first they all walked in silence, but then the two Gerudo women began to talk....of course I their native tongue.

Mya: "What was that room used for? I mean...it was too big for a cell. I can't remember."

Sanna: "Oh....wasn't it a chamber for our spirit guardian, Nagi? Yeah....And then we moved her out to the temple.. You know, so she could have more room."

Mya: "Oh yes. Wasn't it more...decorated when she was here."

Sanna: "Of course....she IS our Oni. She protects us. Hmmm, I haven't seen her since I was just a little girl."

Link quietly listened to their conversation, wondering just what they were plotting against him.

""They're thinking of ways to kill me, I just know it! And that one over there, Nauni.....I won't let her have her fun with me....""

Nauni suddenly spoke up. "Alright..I can take him from here. You both may go back to your posts."

""Oh CRAP!!! I'm going to be alone with her! She creeps me out...and really pisses me off!"" Nauni began to walk towards Link and grabbed his arm.

""Don't touch me! Don't touch me you wench!""

"Come little boy... Our Magi awaits you."

"I'm not going to run, you can let go of my arm."

"That's what they all say. I'm keeping you right here with me...Why? Don't you like it?"

Link replied through gritted teeth. "Not particularly."

"Ooh, boo hoo. You make me cry....Don't worry. It won't be for much longer. Her chamber is just up the way here. Oh, I know you'll be sad when I'm gone."

"Don't count on it....miss."

"Miss? Oh such manners....even when you're angry you're a gentlemen. Well maybe...we did catch you sneaking around. Now didn't we?"

"......"

"Oh, you're done talking with me. So sad......We're here."

Nauni lead Link into a comfortable looking room. There were lavish wall hangings covering every wall. Each depicting a different scene in Hyrule. The desert, the mountain, the field, the waterfall....the forest. This one seemed special compared to the others. It was placed in the center of the right wall. Link looked around the room further and saw pillows and blankets and other various plushy things lining the floor on the opposite side of the room. The windows were open to the desert, and Link could see a rising sun from over the horizon.

Nauni stopped Link in the middle of the room. She spoke and Link noticed for the first time that there was someone else in the room. Whoever she was, she was facing with her back to them.

"I have brought you the prisoner.." She paused and bowed, "My Magi"

Link gulped. Then he suddenly felt himself being forced down.

"You will bow in the Magi's presence you dog!"

"Grrrr" Link grit his teeth as he was pushed down. Once he was down, he did not try to sit up.

"Nauni...."

"Yes my Magi?"

"........Leave us."

"As you wish." Nauni gave Link another shove and turned and left the room.

Without turning, the Magi spoke.

"So.....You thought you would come to gawk at the Gerudo, did you?"

"No miss, it wasn't like that! You see I.."

"SCILENCE! 'ahem' Please forgive me. You see, I am so very tired of men who think we are but things to amuse them. Now, I know not all men are like this, but, I must do what I can to protect these women from those who wish to do them harm.....You may not have been here for..."those" reasons, but the way it sounds, you WERE! Now, what do you have to say?"

"Please...I'm here looking for someone very dear to me. A friend I lost. I was told she might be here, so I came to find her...but when I got here, I was captured, and I wasn't even given a chance to explain myself...."

She stud, still facing away. "Well, now you are....I don't like to hurt people, but I must keep order. Otherwise men would come from all over.... Who is this woman you look for?"

"I keep saying her name, but no one seems to know her. She, she's not a born Gerudo. She grew up with me in the forest. We were trying to help the princess when..." Link saw the woman before him began to shake. Her shoulders shuddered and he could hear heavy breath.

"Um, excuse me....are you...crying miss?"

'sniff' "So long....so very long. But I knew, I knew all the time."

"Uh, I don't understand what you're saying. Please, you can tell me...."

The Magi turned, tears filled her eyes. Link looked into her face, it was the same Gerudo he had seen earlier. The one who had taken Epona. Only now her face was uncovered. Then he remembered that she had said it was for a good friend of hers. Then he looked up into her eyes.

"My goddess. It's...it's." He walked toward her. Then he began walking faster, then faster until he was running to her.

"OH, LINK!" Naomi ran to Link the same and they met halfway, nearly knocking each other down when they collided. Link held Naomi as she cried happy tears.

"I always knew you would come back. Never, never did I doubt you. Oh Link, you're finally back! I missed you so much!"

"Naomi! I thought you were dead! The last thing I saw was Gannondorf cutting you in half! I felt like my heart was going to explode! I'm so happy you're safe!"

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Well, I told you all he'd get to see her in this one. I hope y'all enjoyed it. Ooo, I wonder what's in store for them next? (evil laughter)

-Kohaku-sama-