Hello my readers, here is the next chapter to my fic!
Navi: Whatever let's get going.
Wait! I have to thank someone....
Navi: WHAT!? Another person to thank? People actually like you?
Sticks tongue out that's right! People care about me!
Navi: Can't believe that someone actually... gees....
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Navi: Why do people even waste their time on you?
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Zelda: How did I...? Whatever.... CrypticElf owns nothing of MY game and I will never share it, I will only share it with Link! Does the loser sign
Your game? Meanie! Runs off crying
Chapter Twenty-One: Time To Relax
Zelda looked at her things again, even though she had done that a few minutes before. She was restless, full of energy for some unknown reason. She kept on going through her pack at least six times until she forced herself to stop. Striating her back, she looked at Link, who was still sleeping on his bed quietly. She smiled, walked over and gently touched his face with her fingers and then walked away.
She didn't want to leave Link; she wanted to greet him when he woke up. But she couldn't stay inside, she had to get out and do something!
Then a thought struck her, how was the seed that the Deku Tree had given her was doing? She should go and check; perhaps she would see just a little green head sticking out.
Looking at Link once more she went outside, she climbed down the ladder and then looked around, no one was outside. Seemed that the Kokori hadn't slept in a while. It was just about sunrise, the perfect time to get out. Walking out of the ring of the tree houses she went the way that she had remembered the Deku Tree being. She thought that she might be lost when she finally arrived at the meadow.
She saw nothing in the large meadow, just the dead Deku Tree. It gave her grief to see him dead, but at the same time it gave the meadow a clam feeling. She walked over to where there was dirt that looked like it had been meddled with, leaning over she looked at it and saw nothing but the dark healthy earth of the forest.
"Damn it." Zelda cursed, then, something popped out of the ground and Zelda jumped back.
"Feels great to get out of that dirt! Wow!"
Zelda looked at a small looked tree that had eyes and ears, with a single leaf at the top of its head. He saw Zelda, and then did something that looked like a smile.
"Hey, hey, what's a pretty looking female like you doing the forest? Looking at trees? Well I can tell you, I'm the best looking tree here! Hands down! I mean, branches down!"
Zelda laughed, and then sat down, this was the seed that she had planted.
"You think that I'm funny?" The little tree asked. "Well I think that you're pretty! Do have anything to do? If you don't, why don't you spend time with me? I like talking with beautiful women. You really are beautiful, except I think that you could use some leaves."
"Well, I'm not a tree." Zelda replied to the tree, which made a sad face.
"Shame really. If you were, then you be planted next to me. And we could talk all day about the weather, maybe we could have little itty-bitty sprouts...."
"I'm sure that you'll have a chance." Zelda told him before he could finish the sentence.
"You're right... hey, I have something, although I don't know why. Want it?"
"I... guess so."
"Alright, here it is."
The sprout grew a branch and on the top of it there was a flower, the flower bloomed and inside was a bag.
"Take it... why did it have to be a flower?"
Zelda took the pouch gently, opening she found... needles.
"Needles? What are these for?" Zelda asked.
"They're needles eh? Uh, don't the Sheikah use those?"
"No, they don't.... but the old Sheikah did." Zelda lifted one of the slender and long needles, looking at the sharp tip.
"The bag s enchanted, just to let you know... so, I guess that the needles won't poke you or run out or something stupid like that."
Zelda put the needle back and closed the bag gently; wait until Impa heard about this....
"I have another item if you want it."
Zelda looked up and nodded, and another branch with a pink flower appeared, this one seemed much larger then usual, and it opened to reveal a chain.
Zelda picked that up too, looking at it she wondered what in world she could use it for. Shrugging, she put it on her belt along with the needles, careful to hide it behind her cloak.
"Zelda!"
Zelda turned around and saw Link, who looked half-asleep. He scratched his head and yawned.
"Who's he?" the sprout asked.
"Link." Zelda told him with a smile as Link walked over.
"What are you doing outside Zelda?" Link asked, Zelda chucked, surprised that he wasn't realizing that there was a talking tree.
"Wanted to get out."
"Oh, Ok... what's up with that tree it looks like it has a face.... Crap! You're the new Deku Tree!" Link looked fully away now, he stumbled back and fell on the ground. Zelda helped him immediately, and then looked at the sprout.
"You're a little clumsy." The tree told Link. "You're a male aren't you?"
"Gah! I can't believe it you're... so small." Link told him, still flabbergasted.
"I am now, but in a couple of years I'll be bigger then you, you can bet that! I'm talking with this pretty female, would you mind?"
"What?" Link asked surprised.
"Yeah, I'm talking to the female with blond hair, blue eyes and pale skin! Nice combinations really, wish that there was a tree here that had that... too bad."
"Are you flirting with her?" Link asked defensively.
"So what if I am?"
Zelda looked back and forth, trying to contain laughter.
"Hey! I'm the only one allowed to flirt with her!"
"Link!" Zelda laughed. "It's Ok, nothings going to happen!"
Zelda started cracking up, and when Link started realizing how foolish he had been he started laughing too.
"What's so funny?" The sprout asked as they laughed.
"S-sorry." Zelda told him as she forced her laughter to stop. Link bit his lip, still laughing.
"Eh, right... hey, you two are lovers aren't you? Don't answer that...." The sprout sighed and then slightly shook his head. "There are many more females around, I'll just have to wait."
"Nice to meet you." Link told the sprout as he leaned over. "You're the next Deku Tree?"
"Yep, you bet ya'. The one and only!"
"Wow."
"Oh yeah, I have somethin' for you. Or at least for the female, which ever one I don't know... which one of you has magic?"
"I do." Zelda said.
"This is for you."
A branch came out of its head, and then on top of it a flower appeared. The flower opened, and inside of it was a green medallion with symbols carved into it. Zelda walked forward and took it, feeling the warmth of the forest magic inside of it.
"Why a flower again?" the sprout complained. "Why couldn't it be a bunch of leaves? Now I look like a female!"
"Thank you." Zelda told the sprout. "I think that the flower make you look handsome."
"You do? In that case, I'm working on growing some flowers.... If you two want to keep on keeping the Temples safe, then go to the Fire Temple, and I'm guessing that you two already know where you're going. See ya, thanks for the tip gorgeous."
Zelda laughed and Link slightly made a face but then he waved good-bye and started walking off with Zelda, together the two of them said:
"Good-bye!"
"Bye... bye...." The sprout said just as a bunch of pink flowers popped out of its head.
Zelda looked at the medallion in her hand, and although she couldn't see any magic she could feel it.
"What is that?" Link asked as they walked out of the meadow with his arm around her shoulder.
"I'm not sure... but I can tell that it has a lot of magic, that's what I can say."
Link nodded, and Zelda rested her head on his shoulder. It felt odd to Link for her to be laying her head on his shoulder, but he definitely liked it.
"When should we leave?" Link asked, Zelda sighed and stopped looking at the medallion.
"When? I don't know... when we have everything that we need. When we feel that the time is right, that's when we should leave."
"Sounds good."
Zelda nodded, and she let Link take them back to the ring of Kokori trees. Link climbed up first followed after Zelda, who carefully made sure not to drop the medallion.
"Sleep well?" Zelda asked as they both sat down on Link's bed.
"Really well. You?"
"Yep." Zelda replied.
"Oops... I forgot to get some food, I'll be right back, just wait."
Link got up and went out the door, leaving Zelda behind.
"Alrighty." Zelda told herself, she leaned back but jumped back up when she felt something on her back. "Oh yeah...."
Zelda plucked the items off of her back; looking at them for a moment she put them inside of her pack and then closed it. Then thoughts of the Sheik the Sheikah came to her.
Also her love for Link, and the fact that she was forbidden to tell anyone who wasn't Sheikah her secret. But... Link....
"What should I do?" Zelda asked herself in a whisper, hurting thoughts coming to her head.
"Zelda!" Zelda looked up and saw Link, who was holding some fruit. "What's wrong?"
"O-oh. Nothing." Zelda lied with a smile. Link lifted an eyebrow but then he seemed to shrug it off.
"Here you go." Link handed Zelda a piece of fruit, she took it and bit into it quickly.
Once they finished, Link handed Zelda a canteen of water. Zelda drank half of it and then handed the other half to Link.
"Link, I need to tell you...."
"LINK! ZELDA!" A voice from outside called; Zelda cursed her luck as Link walked over to his door.
"What?" Link yelled, he looked out and then waved.
"Hi! Everyone wanted to ask you and Zelda if you two wanted to help gather some berries for the celebration of the new Deku Tree!"
"Let me check, I'll be right back Leelia."
"Alright! Hurry up!"
Link turned and faced Zelda.
"You want to?" He asked.
"Sure."
"Wasn't there something that you wanted to...."
"LINK? MADE YOUR DESITION YET?"
Sighing, Link looked back outside.
"Yeah, we'll come."
"Then down here!"
"Yeah!" Kasi called as she climbed down from her tree house, which was right in front of Link's. "Get down here now!" She giggled and then jumped the rest of her way down, and then sighed when she realized that she forgot to bring her basket. She went back up, muttering.
Link went through some of his things until he found a large basket. He went to the door and then stopped and looked at Zelda.
"What did you want to tell me Zel?" He asked, she shook her head.
"I'll tell you later, Hat boy. So now my nickname is Zel?"
Link laughed and then waited for Zelda to get up and then he started on his way with her next to him.
"Zelda doesn't have a basket?" Asked Mido, he shook his head. "That won't do. Take mine, I'm going to get my other one."
Link looked surprised but Zelda just elbowed him in the ribs and accepted the basket. Then Mido walked off to his house.
"See? He really is a kind little boy!" Zelda mused, as Link didn't know what to think. Mido came out with another basket and then walked over to where all of the other Kokori were gathering as Link and Zelda followed.
"Yay! Link, Mido and Zelda are finally here! Let's go!" Kasi cheered as all of the Kokori smiled and then ran off to gather berries.
Zelda and Link walked off into the forest, and together they collected berries, fruit, and nuts. Zelda also insisted on getting a type of white flower, which Link told her would kill her if she ate it but she shook her head and collected as much as she could.
"It'll kill you if you eat it!" Link told her with fright.
"Link, would I pick it and take so much if I didn't know how to stop it from killing me?"
"Still! I'm worried."
Zelda stopped and looked at Link
"Don't worry, I'll be fine."
She smiled and then started walking again, Link, filled with less worry followed after her.
"This'll be great!" Zelda told Link as she picked a berry.
"You'll have lots of fun," Link told Zelda as he watched her. "This'll be so nice, after saving the temple and all. Like our reward."
"I think that saving the ghosts and getting you was a good enough reward for me." Zelda replied with a dangerous smile.
"What are you planning?" Link asked as he felt a sweat-drop go down his temple.
"Nothing." Zelda replied as her smile turned into a friendly one. "I think that this is enough, what about you?"
"Yep, it sure is." He said as looked at her strangely.
"Stop looking at me like that! I was just joking!"
That night, the Kokori and Zelda made pies, juices, salads, treats, and of course Zelda made sure to throw in some Sheikah specialties. After the food was done, the Kokori started cleaning the Deku Tree meadow and then they pulled out some wood that they had thinned to where they could bend it and paint it. They pulled out blankets, cups, bowls, and bowls and also things for games.
As the Kokori and Link rested, Zelda had snuck off and went to the meadow of the Deku Tree.
"Hey, hey! It's you! What's the party for?" The young Deku Tree asked, Zelda laughed at the sight of his head covered in flowers with only his face visible.
"It's for you." She replied with a smile.
"Really? Cool!" He shouted as he slightly shook the flowers on him. "Anyway, do you need something? I'm guessing that since you're out here when no else is that you want to ask or tell me something?"
"Well, I was wondering what that medallion was."
"It was the medal of the forest temple, that Saria was supposed to give it to you but she forgot."
"Really?" Zelda asked.
"Really." He told her.
"Would you mind... if some fireflies were to join the party?" Zelda asked and he smiled back at her.
"Heck yeah! I like those things...."
Zelda laughed, and then sat down on the ground. Putting her hand up, she let her hand glow with magic on and off until she saw a firefly approach her. Then, she copied the pattern it was doing and more and more started coming. It took a while, as it should, but soon there were enough to where she was satisfied.
She stood up and worked out the stiffness in her back by rotating her back on her hips for a few minutes. Then she took in a deep breath and stretched her arms up to expand her lungs and then exhaled as she put her arms back down on her side. She looked up at the sky and saw the streaks of yellow, red, orange and pink across the sky through the leaves of the trees. She smiled at the sky for a moment gently, and felt as if someone was smiling down at her as well.
She looked down and at the new Deku Tree, who was looking at a firefly was passing by his face.
"You like them?" She asked, he looked at her and smiled.
"Sure do!"
"Glad that you do..." Then, a question pricked at her, and it was about something that she had completely about and so she was wanted to punch herself. "What happened to that horse in the Forest Temple?"
"The horse? Ah, that horse... he was freed."
"How?" Zelda asked relieved.
"When that Phantom Ganon was destroyed all of the magic that he had cast was dispelled, so the horse was free."
"That's... great... wait, what about the fairies?"
"Fairies? Oh yeah, they're off somewhere; they're using their magic to keep all of the temples in balance. Well, the temples aren't in balance, but they're just trying to keep the power from exploding out of the temples and destroying Hyrule... that's it." He replied as if it was nothing.
"Are you serious? How are they doing?"
"Beats me. I can feel what happens in the forest and the forest only, the fairies have left the forest and are now in the Sacred Realm."
"The Sacred Realm?" Zelda whispered purely awed.
"The Sacred Realm, I find it odd that you know about it." He said to her as another flower suddenly popped out of his head.
"Well, I live with the Sheikah and was raised by them." Zelda retorted.
"That explains it! Yes it does indeed!" The Deku Sprout mused, and then both him and Zelda turned to see all of the Kokori heading towards them through the trees with Link leading them.
"Zelda!" Link cried as he ran over to her, when he reached her he put both of his hands on her shoulders. "Why do you keep on running off?"
"No real reason. I just wanted to add a little extra to the party." Zelda told him as she took one of his hands and then turned around the lifted her other hand into the air referring to the fireflies that the Kokori were chasing after.
"I didn't even notice!" Link stated and Zelda turned around and hugged him.
"Well, now you do." She whispered into his ear, he smiled and nodded.
"LET'S EAT!" One of the Kokori cried and all of the others cheered in agreement. Link and Zelda parted, but their hands stayed together.
That night, they ate and drank all of that they made in that one night. Everyone looked at the Sheikah treats for a moment before nibbling on it, and then they started eating a piece in one bite, which they did for all of their food. They played games and sang forest songs as they danced around the Deku Tree as he watched and laughed at the jokes that they told. At the end of the party, which was during the middle of the night, all of the Kokori (including Zelda and Link) were asleep on the grass of the Deku Tree meadow all of them spread out without any blankets. Zelda's head was on Link's shoulder as she slept, and one of Link's arms was under her back, holding her.
In the late morning everyone woke up slowly, turned his or her faces away from the sun. But soon they were all up stretching and picking up what they had used for their party last night.
"It's all made from the forest," Link told Zelda as she picked up something off of the ground. "So we can actually just leave everything here if we wanted, but the Kokori prefer to keep the Deku Tree's meadow as clean as possible, so we pick it all up and then scatter up around the forest for the animals to use, and also bugs and it's also good for keeping the forest healthy."
"If you threw beer into the trees, I'm guessing that that wouldn't be healthy at all!" Zelda joked as Link made a fake laugh.
"Ha, ha." Link replied with a smile as she got up and turned around with an armful of healthy trash. He had an armful of trash as well and had been waiting for Zelda to finish, smiled at her and she smiled back and then he headed off towards the edge of the meadow with Zelda following him. At the edge they started randomly putting or throwing the pieces that they had into the forest, making sure that they distributed the pieces out far apart. Once they finished they headed back to the meadow and continued gathering healthy trash and then throwing it about the forest. Very soon they were finished, and all of the Kokori headed back home.
Zelda and Link both looked through their things, Link because he hadn't done so already and Zelda because she was doing it by habit.
"I'm getting paranoid." Zelda laughed after she finished going through her back.
"About time you realized that...." Link joked and Zelda gave him a friendly glare.
"Very funny."
"Hey, you owe me a belt...." Link reminded her.
"I know I do, I will once we get to a store." Zelda replied with a sweet smile.
"When should we leave to go to Death Mountain?" Link asked as he looked at Zelda.
"Whenever you want to."
"What about tomorrow then?" Link suggested.
"Sounds like a plan to me, we have all of the supplies that we need already, we didn't really use many supplies. Maybe we need food, but nothing else." Zelda told him as she closed her pack.
"Right." Link replied as he sighed and then lay down on his bed and closed his eyes. Zelda got on the bed with him and laid down next to him, closing her eyes slowly as she slipped into sleep.
All right, I admit that that chapter was a little pointless, but I didn't want my reviewers to be left without any chapter what so ever!
And also I have started a new fic, it's a Rurouni Kenshin fic. I hope that if any of you are interested that you'll read it, chapter two and three and soon to come!
So Until Next Time,
CrypticElf....