"Song? Link?" called a voice.
Song and Link broke apart from their lip lock. They scrambled to the door of Link's treehouse. They gazed over the edge of the house and saw Saria. "There's a boy who calls himself Echo asking for 'Miss Song'."
Song swiftly scrambled down the ladder. Link finally found his bow and they both went to see Echo.
"Ah, Hero," whispered Echo, giving a curt but polite nod of respect to Link. "How great it is to see thou in person..."
Link smiled. "Hello, sir. No doubt thou'rt one of the noble men who serves our Princess?"
Echo gave a rueful laugh. "Ah, Hero, if only that were true!" Echo shook his head. "If only that were true. Since the King of Evil took over, I have not been in Hyrule Castle Town. At night we hear screams of pain and maniacal laughter coming from the Castle. We dare not go in. Hero," Echo looked earnest, "we are afraid. We are so deathly afraid of the King of Evil. He had returned; did you hear? His master...Master Sapleo, a god, is commanding him to rape all of the maidens. He wishes to have children who will take over the world!" Echo shuddered. "Not only that, but Ganondorf plans to use potions on the maidens so that when their children are old enough...they will rape their own mothers!"
"Ugh!" cried Song. "We must head to Kakariko immediately!"
!X!x!X!
"Where's Naiya?" shouted Akio. "Where is she?"
"Akio, calm down – " Kyle began.
"NO, dammit!! I'm trapped in Hyrule, my girlfriend is missing, and so is Song. Why the hell is this happening to me?" yelled Akio. He was pacing back and forth in the Cuccoo Lady's house. "Why the...hell is this happening...to me! Where the hell is Naiya!"
"Akio...!" began Kyle.
"Kyle – whatever you have to say, I don't give a shit," snapped Akio. "I'm going out to search for Naiya, because I love her, and I won't let her die out there." Akio paused, and then whispered, "Or get raped by Ganondorf."