A/N: See? SEE? I updated again! Thank you to zeldaisthebest and Miss Piratess for reviewing, and Anni, are you out there? Just wondering…
"Well, that was interesting," Rauru remarked as Zelda got to her feet and helped him up.
"Yeah, it was," Zelda nodded. "But I can't understand why I came out up here, and the water just keeps falling."
Rauru nodded. "I don't get it either."
"And there's the fact that I had my eyes closed and was screaming my lungs out."
"True."
"Well," Zelda began, rubbing her chin, "you could throw me again, and I'd watch this time."
"You'd be willing to do that?"
"Sure!" Zelda grinned.
"Okay!" Rauru made a grab for her again, but Zelda dodged and wagged a finger at him.
"First, why did you bring me here?" she asked.
"I was bored," Rauru shrugged. "I got sick of everyone neglecting me. I want some recognition. I've been here so long that I've forgotten what I look like! There aren't any mirrors here, in case you haven't noticed."
Zelda gazed at him thoughtfully. "Well, couldn't you just look in the water?" she asked.
"I guess…" Rauru mused.
"Ha! I am smarter than you!" Zelda cried triumphantly.
"Oh, yeah?" Rauru grabbed her, and for the second time since she'd gotten there, chucked her over the side of the platform.
Aranel landed gently in the sand in front of the Desert Colossus, and all his little passengers slid off and ran into the temple. They were dismayed to find that the Sapphire had disappeared.
Ruto advanced menacingly at Quinn. The young man ducked behind Lute, who had a time fending off the enraged Zora.
"You – said – you – had – it!" she cried, trying to reach over the prince's shoulders to claw at Quinn.
"We did, Princess!" Quinn shouted. He was terrified. An angry Zora Princess, especially one with an incredibly short temper, was something very horrifying to behold. "I don't know where it went!"
"It doesn't just walk away!" she shrieked.
"I know! I know!"
At that moment, Falen gasped dramatically.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to him. He was (in case you haven't noticed) the airhead of the group.
"What is it?" Ruto asked, struggling to sound calm. She wasn't succeeding.
"What if someone stole it?" he asked in a stage whisper.
"Oh, for crying out loud, who would steal it?" Ganondorf asked. "I mean, who even knows that you have it?"
"No one, as far as we were aware," Falen said, still whispering. "But then, how did Rauru know the Princess was here?"
"Easy. He's Rauru," Cassandra replied sarcastically.
"Right!" Falen said, not noticing or simply ignoring the scornful looks they were giving him. "So we have to go from realm to realm and see if anyone knows where the Sapphire is!"
"So you just expect the thief to come out and say, 'Oh, I've got the Sapphire'? Is that it?"
"Uh…yeah!"
Ganondorf smacked himself on the forehead. "You people are too stupid for words."
The six others shot him looks of complete fury.
"I mean…you're too…thoughtful…for words…" he said, waving his hands in front of him in an attempt to ward them off.
Link sighed. "Well, I guess we'll just have to do some investigating," he said, rubbing his hands together. He then whipped out his Lens of Truth. "And I'm just the man to do it!"
"How do you propose we do that?"
"It's elementary, my dear Watson."
"My dear – Who the heck is Watson?"
Link looked at him. "I don't know. Who's Watson?"
"Forget it!" Ganondorf yelled. "Let's go see if the Gorons know anything about it."
There were no other suggestions, so they went ahead with the plan.
"So, did you see anything that time?" Rauru asked, pushing Zelda off of him for the second time.
"No, not really. Why?"
"Why do you think I threw you down there?"
"Because you were upset that I said I was smarter?"
"Well, there was that. But it was also to see where the water goes," Rauru said, his arms crossed.
"Oh. Actually, I just saw a lot of black," Zelda told him.
"Your eyes were closed, weren't they?" Rauru asked.
Zelda nodded.
Rauru sighed. "Okay. We're going to try this again. Can you keep your eyes open this time?"
"Sure!" Zelda grinned.
For the third time, Rauru threw her over the side.
A few seconds later, he saw a pink shape falling towards him from above. Like a flash, he moved aside – and Zelda fell on him anyway.
"Do you hold anything against me?" Rauru asked as he pulled himself out from underneath her.
"No. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, no reason," he said, waving the matter off. "So did you see where it went?"
"Actually…no."
Rauru shook his head and threw her over again.
A/N: Till next week, then! I think Rauru's having fun…Oh, and the whole Sherlock Holmes thing...I can' t STAND Sherlock Holmes, so it was kind of a revenge.
