Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda
Author's note: It's really good to be back, finally doing something creative after all this time, well something creative that I actually end up liking. Well some of you may be happy to hear this, I've decided to rewrite my very first fic, Evil Link, so it will be in a format I can keep on Well without further ado, onto chapter two….damn that rhymed.
Suzaku walked amongst the leaves and grass of the great forest, the lost woods. Across a log bridge that he could recognize through brief glimpses of what he had of Link's memories. He snarled as that thought crossed his mind, to have anything of Link's was a vile thing to him. Through a log tunnel he walked, having to duck in order to get through he came upon a village, the Kokiri Village. "So this is where he grew up," Suzaku said to himself, "How dare he have such a peaceful life while I was made to suffer."
Something flashed in front of his eyes, temporarily blinding him. "What the hell was that!" he roared as small stones began to pepper against him. He quickly ran into a corner and brought his shield out and hid behind it, letting his eyes readjust as he thought. "The Kokiri, so they are attacking me," he said to himself as his eyes darted about, looking for some sign of the forest children.
He looked up to the entrance to the lost woods and saw a fairy hovering about, "There!" he yelled as he ran forward towards it, walking up the cliffs effortlessly, his feet finding small grooves to propel himself upwards with each step as he drew his sword. A small red haired child appeared next to where the fairy floated as he neared it, holding a slingshot in his grubby little hands, "I see you!" Suzaku roared as he jumped up and raised his sword high over his head, preparing to bring it down to slice the boy in half.
All of the sudden a giant root sprung up from the ground and grabbed Suzaku by the hands and lifted him high above the ground, a faint green aura enveloping it. "So the Forest Sage too?" he asked as he began to chuckle.
"Why have you come here?" a small girl with green hair clad in a green tunic and green shorts asked walking out from the Lost Woods.
"Following my enemy," Suzaku replied simply as his skin began to coalesce into the shadows about him, "And nobody, not the forest, not the goddesses, and certainly not a snot nosed brat like you is going to stop me!"
He vanished into the shadows and then he emerged from the girl's own shadow, "I am Suzaku Meibatsu, I will never allow anybody to stop my desire," he said as the girl jumped forward and turned to look at him.
"You desire to kill Link? Is that not it?" the girl asked as green energy formed about her.
"Yes, I will not be his shadow, I will never allow myself to be his shadow again," Suzaku growled, staring straight into the girl's eyes, a passion in his eyes that caused her to look away.
"Leave this forest," the girl demanded, not looking at him.
"Where did he go?" Suzaku demanded, "Where did he go Saria?"
She stared at him, surprised he knew her name for a moment, "I won't tell you," she stated, "I won't let you hurt him."
"Then I will destroy this forest," Suzaku stated simply, without emotion, like it was not a threat, but an ultimatum, "Are you willing to let that lie on your conscious?"
"You wouldn't dare," she said staring straight into his eyes, and then flinching and stepped back, "No…..you would wouldn't you?"
"Yes I would, now where did he go?"
"To the south," Saria said, giving into his demand, "He got over the great mountains that border the forest somehow. I can't tell you anymore than that."
"That is all I need," Suzaku stated as he walked into the Lost Woods without a second thought, into the labyrinth that trapped one's soul for eternity.
Suzaku saw something however, in the woods he saw darkness all about him, dark sigils that shined on each and every tree. That filled the forest with a dark ominous tension, he laughed as he easily made his way through, working his way to the south, drawing ever closer to his goal, even as the trees grew thicker and the feeling grew more powerful. "So this is how it works, a dark spell," Suzaku chuckled to himself as he stopped and looked at the ground near him, the torn apart body of some explorer who had died at the hands of a great beast, "So I am not the only one to travel this way before."
Suzaku knelt down next to the body and began looking at what the man once carried. All he found that he could still use was a notebook and a simple pen with an ink well. Suzaku looked through the book, and tore out the few pages that had anything on them and walked over to the nearest tree and began to copy the dark sigils into the book along with some notes about it. Satisfied he put the book into his pocket and continued to walk through the forest. Eventually he came upon the foot of the mountains, a sheer wall of rock going up over a hundred feet. "Well damn, I knew it wouldn't be easy, but that's ridiculous."
Suzaku began walking about the base of the cliff, looking for some way to climb up. A foothold, a shorted expanse to climb, something, and after several hours he eventually gave up trying to get up an easy way and took out his sword and began slashing foot and hand holds into the cliff wall and began climbing up, all the while straining each and every muscle in his entire body, sweating up a storm as he struggled against some unseen force. "Wow, I'm impressed, not many Hylians can fight against the forest like this," a small cocky voice stated as a black fairy began to flitter next to his head.
"What do you want?" Suzaku grunted as he kept climbing up.
"I want to be your fairy partner!" it chirped, "I wanted somebody strong, and here you are."
"Aren't you supposed to be with one of those stupid Kokiri or Skullkids?"
"I don't want one of those weaklings, I want a strong person, someone who can fight against the forest."
"And why should I let you?"
"Because I can help you. I can make your attacks more accurate and I can give you information about things," the fairy stated confidently as Suzaku neared the top of the cliff.
"Why would I need that? I'm already accurate enough," Suzaku panted out as he flopped onto the top of the cliff, on top of a small plateau at the base of an incline up the mountain.
"Hey look at it this way, I can make you stronger than you already are, I know things only my long life would let me know," the fairy stated as it floated over his face.
"…How much stronger?" Suzaku asked, starting to get interested.
"Much stronger, we work together and eventually we'll be unstoppable!" the black fairy declared confidently.
"What's your name pipsqueak?"
"Snitch, what about you punk?"
"Suzaku Meibatsu,"
"So why are you heading over the mountain?"
"Revenge,"
"Oooh, I like you already, I think we were made for each other,"
"Heh, if you say so, well then Snitch, what is over the mountain?" Suzaku asked as he got up and began climbing.
"A land called Terminia, we'll be entering Goron territory first, nothing to worry about, Clock Town will be south of there. There's a smith in the mountains that can improve your weapon as well. He's a legend ever since he helped the boy who saved that land about seven years ago," Snitch stated proudly.
"Boy?"
"Yah, some kid named Link. The guy became a hero in the entire area, he did so many things for the people it was amazing that he only did it in three days," Snitch answered.
"So I am going the right way," Suzaku chuckled as a smirk crossed his face as his pace increased.
"Wait a second, that's who you're after?" Snitch asked startled.
"Yes, I'm going to kill that bastard," Suzaku growled as he only increased his pace.
"You've got high hopes, it's said he killed a god to save the place. Well then, I knew I picked someone with high ambitions and I was dead right. I wish I could tell you where he went, but I sure as hell can help you find him," Snitch apologized.
"Damn, I didn't think he was that powerful, and seven years ago, this is going to be tough," Suzaku stated as he neared the top of the mountain.
"Nothing worthwhile is ever easy, but then again, nothing fun is ever easy either,"
"Very good point, I think I may have made a good choice allowing you to tag along pipsqueak,"
"And I made a good choice of deciding to tag along punk,"
They reached the top of the peak, and saw a giant crater with a large mountain in the middle, Suzaku whistled as he slowly walked about the rim of the crater towards the other side. They traveled in silence for a time until they both came to a path that lead down the mountain on the other side. "Terminia, well lets see what we can find," Suzaku stated as he began to walk down the path.
"Hold it right there fairy lover," a gruff voice threatened as a group of rather large Termineans walked out from behind a cliff, "Hand over all your money and nobody gets hurt."
Suzaku sighed as he clenched his fists, "I won't even have to draw my sword to finish you all off."
Snitch stood by and watched Suzaku tear into them, his blows sending them flying. "Wow, he really is strong," Snitch commented as Suzaku grabbed the last of them by the throat and lifted him into the air.
"Now you hand over all your money or I kill all of you," Suzaku demanded as the man quickly pointed to a small cave nearby.
"It's all there," the man stuttered out.
"Good," Suzaku said as he drew his sword.
"But you said!"
"I lied,"
"That wasn't necessary you know," Snitch stated as they neared a building closer to the base of the mountain.
"But it was fun," Suzaku stated as he walked over to the door and knocked.
"But still," Snitch said as Suzaku walked inside, to be greeted by two men, one of which was literally a giant of a man.
"Welcome to my smithy, what can I do for you?" the smaller of the two asked.
"I need my sword improved," Suzaku stated simply as he lay his sheath with the sword inside on the counter.
The man took the sword out and inspected it, giving an impressed whistle as he studied it, "Fine piece of work you got here, gonna be hard to improve upon the design. But we can do it. It'll cost you about three hundred Rupees though."
Suzaku put fifteen red rupees on the counter, "Well?" he asked.
"You got yourself a better sword coming up, we'll be done by the end of the day," the man stated as he handed the sword to the giant who began to work on it.
And I shall end the chapter here. Phooey, I don't like this chapter as much as the first one. Oh well. Things are starting to pick up, we have an entirely new character, one that I think would have been a good replacement for Navi or Tatl. Well then, off to my usual questions…
1. What did you think of this chapter?
2. What do you think of Snitch? Am I actually breaking the vicious cycle of annoying fairy partners?
3. Well, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, what would you give this fic thus far?
And that is all, now press that review button and give me one.
Ciao for now!