Hey, guys. Sorry for the really late update. I've got end-of-the-year finals coming up, so my mother is hounding me about that, and I've got almost no drive to write in this story, unfortunately. More info at the end. Also, I kind of hit a little bit of writer's block, so I had some trouble writing this chapter. But I can't wait until The Legend ofZelda: Twilight Princess comes out! I'm so excited! BTW, that's the new game for anyone who didn't know.Anyways, to the Wall of Thanks!
Xiao-Darkcloud - Don't worry, I never give up on any of my stories. And thanks for the description of the Fierce Deity's Mask, but I don't think I'm going to use it. Sorry!
Hylian Dragoness – I know that the language I'm using is Elvish. I figured since Hylians have pointy ears like Elves, and since I don't know the Hylian language, I substituted Elvish instead of Hylian. Heh heh. Ok?
ChaosFox – Thanks for the compliment. And don't worry, something will happen soon. -
Dante – Thanks! And no, I don't think I'm going to bring Spawn into the fic. Sorry, but I don't have the Xbox game, and neither does my brother, and I don't have a clue about anything about Spawn, at least as far as his attitude and fighting moves. Stuff like that. Sorry!
Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Calibur II. Own Soul Calibur II, I do not. Belongs to Namco, it does.
SOUL CALIBUR II FROM LINK'S POINT OF VIEW
Chapter 5
Link turned his head from side to side, midnight blue eyes questing for some way that the whole group could travel together. However, he saw no other options, and turned to the rest of them, swiveling his mount to meet their gazes under his hood.
"It looks like we'll have to split up." he said, an air of finality about his voice. "One group will take the right-hand path; the other will take the left one." They all nodded, and started to turn their horses towards whichever path they wanted to take. Soon everyone was ready to go, and Link blinked, having expected them to want him to divide them up. Five stood at the entrance to the right path, and the other six stood at the entrance to the left path. A small smile came to his lips, and he walked his steed over to stand next to Mina, Kilik, Yunsung, Talim, and Sophitia.
"Alright. We'll meet in Berlin in 2 weeks." Link announced calmly. Suddenly he seemed to remember something, and withdrew a wooden flute from a pouch on his horse. He looked up at Cassandra, Mutsurugi, Taki, Maxi, Xianghua, and Heihachi opposite his own group.
"Can any of you play a flute?" Link asked. Cassandra extended her hand.
"I can." she volunteered. Taki and Xianghua also raised their hands as Link nodded.
"Good." he said, tossing the flute to Cassandra, who caught it with ease. "If you run into trouble and need to contact us, play that and at least one of us will answer." He took his Ocarina out of his belt pouch. "Here's the song you'll need to play. Repeat after me." Slowly he played six notes, and Cassandra, putting the flute to her lips, repeated the tune at the same speed, making sure she got it right. It was the song that Zelda had played, the day a week ago when Link had almost died; he also played it on many nights when they had trouble sleeping. Zelda's Lullaby. Once Cassandra had successfully played it back to him, Link nodded.
"Great." he said. "Like I said, we meet in Berlin in 2 weeks. If you are not there by then, we'll contact you via ocarina or flute, and figure out what to do from there on. Good luck!" And with that they all went their separate ways, one group of six heading towards the Northeast, the other to the Northwest. Navi the fairy, perched on Link's shoulder, murmured a small prayer in Hylian, as they rounded a bend and the others vanished from their sight. Link caught sight of Sophitia saying a prayer as well.
May Din, Nayru, and Farore bless your path, all of you. he thought, his mind drifting to the other group. May you come safely to Berlin so that we may continue on our journey. He watched the Northeastern path for a second longer, and then urged his horse into a walk, catching up with the other five as the wind began to pick up.
Yunsung fidgeted a little atop his burgundy steed, Talim's chestnut mare walking along beside his. He kept glancing over at the young Asian girl, his own red hair being tossed about by the wind that had blown up. Vaguely he wondered if she was cold- she was barely wearing anything by even Seung Mina's standards, and Mina was no better off. Yunsung shook his head a little. Why did he care if she was cold or not? He went back to watching the path, his sharp brown eyes scanning the mountainsides for anything out of the ordinary.
"Yunsung?" came a voice from his right, and he inwardly cursed. It was Talim.
"What?" he replied, deciding to use a question to answer a question. She was silent for a second, and he wondered if he had sounded harsh.
"I think there's something wrong with Link." she finally said, her voice low. She steered her mare a little closer to his so that they could talk quietly with more ease.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but he's been acting strange since the incident at Venice." she murmured. He chuckled, full of a sort of carefree mirth.
"Talim, he acts strange all the time." he got out.
"I mean stranger than he usually acts." she retorted irritably. "I'm sort of worried. He's been more quiet and withdrawn than usual, and he hasn't played his Ocarina as much. Do you think he's sick?" He shook his head, still grinning.
"Nah. If he was sick, I'm sure he'd tell us." he said. She furrowed her brow (which Yunsung thought was quite cute, actually), but remained silent, and they continued on their cold, long ride.
Meanwhile, Kilik and Seung Mina were having thoughts similar to Talim.
"Kilik, he has been quite quiet lately. Let's go see if we can find out what's wrong." Mina said, and pulled her horse into a slow walk so that Link's horse, a mare with a black coat and white mane, was walking beside hers. Kilik followed suit, falling into step on Link's other side.
"Link, you ok?" Mina asked. He blinked a couple of times before looking over at her confusedly.
"Huh?" he said innocently. "What do you mean? I'm fine." She scowled at him.
"Link, you've been acting strangely." she said condescendingly. "Don't think none of us have noticed. You've been quieter than usual, and you haven't played your Ocarina as much lately. You act as if you are ill." Link shook his head.
"I'm fine, really." he said with a smile. On his other side, Kilik rolled his eyes.
"No, you're not." he stated matter-of-factly. "Your breathing is labored, and I've heard you coughing. You sound as if there was some kind of horn lodged in your throat." Link scowled at the Asian man from under his hood before turning his gaze back to the path.
"I'm fine." he said stiffly. "And for your information, I do not have a horn lodged in my throat." He added this last part with a hint of mischief in his voice, a small smile playing with the corners of his mouth. Mina giggled silently, but Kilik only rolled his eyes.
"That's what they all say." he said. "Then they end up coming down with pneumonia. Just don't say we didn't warn you." With that, Kilik rode up to keep pace with Talim and Yunsung, where they rode several meters in front of Link and Mina, Sophitia behind them. Once the other man was gone, Link turned to Mina.
"You like him?" he asked, deciding to skip straight to the point. Mina choked on air and turned beet red.
"N-N-No!" she stuttered. Now it was Link's turn to roll his eyes.
"Oh, come on, Mina. I've been in love before." he teased, taking one hand off of his horse's reins to poke Mina in the shoulder, an evilly mocking tone in his voice. Turning forward again, a triumphant smirk playing with his cherubic features, he quietly added: "I see the looks you two have been giving each other." She sputtered indignantly.
"Are you saying I look like some love-struck puppy!" she accused him, balling up a fist and waving it threateningly. He laughed before kicking his mount into a run.
"Yes!" he hollered back at her as he rode off. She gave a cry of outrage, giving chase.
"Crap!" Link choked out through his laughter, and sped past a bewildered Kilik, Talim, and Yunsung. When they looked back and saw Mina chasing after Link, they happily moved aside for her to get past, and she gratefully took the opportunity, racing ahead. As she passed a boulder, she chopped a handful of snow and ice off of the hunk of stone with her zanbatou, caught the frozen water, and packed it into a ball with her hands before taking careful aim. Once her target had been acquired, she let the snowball fly. Throw. Whiz. Splat. One Hylian with snow down his cloak. Mina smirked triumphantly as Link released some colorful curses into the cold air and reined in her horse as he did the same. She continued up to her hooded friend at a slow trot, watching him try to get some of the cold stuff out of his cloak, and pulled her horse to a stop next to him.
"You gonna take it back, or do I have to put more snow down your shirt?" she asked smugly, and punched him in the shoulder. He sighed heavily, not actually harmed by the blow.
"I guess, if I have to." he said with a roll of midnight-blue eyes. They waited for the others to catch up, and they stopped when they reached the two.
"What was that about?" Sophitia asked bewilderedly. Mina smiled sweetly.
"Nothing. Link and I just had a disagreement, but now we see eye to eye." she replied cheerfully. The others except for Link all exchanged confused glances before shrugging, and their ride continued.
Snow whipped into his face, blinding him to everything past two feet in front of his nose, and he pulled his cloak tighter around him, gripping his horse's reins with his left hand. Link looked behind himself to the others. They weren't faring much better than he was.
"We should stop for the night!" he called back to them. "We can't go much farther, anyways! The horses need a rest, and we can't see where we're going! Let's find some shelter!" There came an affirmative sign from one of them- he couldn't tell which- and he turned his midnight-blue gaze back to the path in front of him. Carefully he led his horse down the now down-sloping path, the animal's hard hooves slipping slightly on the ice and rock as it walked. He just hoped that they could find some sort of shelter soon.
This one is sorry that the chapter was so short and seemed like it was unfinished! Gomen nasai! Argh! This one is running out of ideas! This one needs inspiration! This one may have to put this story on temporary hiatus until this one gets more ideas! Currently, this one is in the mood for writing Final Fantasy VII songfics. This one has two of them currently posted, so if any of you are interested, you can read them. They're both CloudxTifa, romance/angst. More angst in the first one, Angel, than in the second one, Toki No Hourousha. Well, this one will attempt to update again soon, so until then, "May God bless you and hold you in the palm of His hand." Arigato, and sayonara!
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