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On a fast sailing vessel, one made for only a few people, Suzaku was sitting at the bow of the ship, watching them speed forward, Snitch was currently lying on the stern railing, apparently feeling very seasick, and Tira was at the wheel piloting the ship. Tira was watching Suzaku, obvious distrust in her eyes as she mumbled to herself, "How did he beat me?"
"It's because he's the shadow of a very powerful man," Snitch spoke up weakly.
"A shadow?" Tira asked turning around to look at the little black fairy.
"The shadow of Link, the current Fierce Deity. I sensed that connection the moment I met him. That's why he needed the vessel, he is hunting Link done,"
"The Fierce Deity, he plans on hunting down the Fierce Deity?" Tira asked looking back at Suzaku, "What kind of insane man would even consider such a thing?"
"A shadow of the Fierce Deity, if anybody can find the Fierce Deity let alone kill him, it's him," Snitch stated, "From what I can tell, they've fought before."
"How did it go?" Tira asked.
"He apparently lost, that's all I can tell,"
The boat began to rock back and forth, the waves about them beginning to grow larger. Tira began struggling with the wheel, let the wind didn't change at all, it kept blowing them forward. "What's going on?" Suzaku yelled as he stood up and walked over to them.
"I don't know. The waves shouldn't be…" Tira began to say as she suddenly yelled out, "Shit! It's Morpha!"
"Morpha?" Suzaku stated as he walked to the port side of the ship and looked over, "MORPHA! Get you ass up here!"
The waves stopped as a large tentacle made of water slowly rose above the waves as it traveled alongside them as a red gelatinous orb slowly rose through the tentacle. "How dare you impede my journey Morpha!" Suzaku roared out as he glared at the orb.
"Dark Link, it has been some time since we last met," a strange, gurgling voice stated.
"I am no longer Dark Link, I am Suzaku Meibatsu!" Suzaku roared as the voice chuckled, "Do you understand me Morpha?"
"Very well, Suzaku, I understand. Where is it that you are going?" Morpha asked as the tentacle and the orb moved to look at Tira and Snitch, "With such weak companions?"
"The fairy is my guide, the woman is the pilot of the ship," Suzaku stated glaring at Morpha, "Their fate is mine to decide, not yours. To attack them is to provoke me."
"Worried about your pets?" Morpha asked as the tentacle circled about Tira and Snitch, "I didn't know you could feel compassion."
"Morpha you are trying my patience, leave now or be prepared to die a second time," Suzaku growled as he unsheathed his sword pointing it at the orb.
"Very well, Suzaku, I shall leave," Morpha said as the water tentacle slowly began to sink back into the ocean, "Until we meet again."
With that the waters calmed as the boat steadied, Suzaku sheathed his sword and sneered looking at the water, "Why must I be reminded of my past?" he asked himself as he went back to sit at the front of the ship.
"He threatened Morpha, the scourge of the seas," Tira said as she stared wide eyed at him, "And not only did Morpha listen, it worked."
"Like I said," Snitch stated, as he seemed to shine a little greener, "He is the only one who has a chance to defeat the Fierce Deity."
"I doubt it, no man born on this earth could stand a chance against a god,"
Snitch suddenly turned really green as he let out a long stream of liquid over the side of the railing. "That's disgusting," Tira commented as she turned back around to look towards the bow.
Later on that night, Suzaku was laying in the middle of the deck looking up to the stars. Apparently enjoying the ocean air and the gentle breeze that was blowing, it was one of the few moments where he seemed at peace. He was alone up on deck, both Tira and Snitch having gone below deck to go to sleep. He himself was slowly falling asleep, smirking as he did so…
"I know you're looking for me," a dark voice came to Suzaku on a boundless plain.
"Link," Suzaku growled drawing his sword and looking for the source of the voice.
"So you recognize me, even now? I must say I'm impressed," the voice came to him again, "Don't bother looking for me. This is my realm, the realm of dreams."
"Where are you!" Suzaku roared as he looked about even more, peering into the distance with squinted eyes.
"You'll never find me Dark Link, I've mastered my powers, as things stand this is a pointless war you wish to fight,"
"I AM NOT DARK LINK!" Suzaku roared as the plains began to shatter apart, being replaced by a burning inferno, "My name is Suzaku! I am not a part of you! I am not your dark half! I am my own being!"
A shimmering image began to take shape from within the fire the shape of a massive armored warrior, which slowly vanished, "So in your dreams you are the master, not I. Very well Dark Link, we will meet again, next time it shall be in person. That is if you can find me."
"Damn you! Come back here you bastard!"
Suzaku bolted up from his sleep in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, and to make matters worse he was facing Tira who was kneeling down in front of him, "Bad dream?" she asked smirking.
"Oh shut up you harlot," Suzaku grumbled as he got up and walked to the nearest railing.
"Moody," Tira commented as she began to pilot the ship again.
"So what's the first stop?" Suzaku asked not turning around as he looked out over the sea.
"A town called Harvio, We should be seeing land at any moment now,"
"Harvio, weird name," Suzaku mused as he took out his notebook and pen, turning to a page opposite of a sketchy map of what parts of Terminia he had seen he walked towards the bow of the ship and prepared to draw what he would see.
The ship slowly pulled into a large docking platform, a great wall encircling the entire town and stretching out into the sea with great sea gates to control what get in and out of the harbor. Looking out at the town Suzaku grimaced slightly, it looked like it was put together hastily for the most part with only a few well built buildings, the largest of which was a tavern that was right next to the port. The locals were dressed like they could at any moment take off on the many ships that lined the docks that stretched from one side of the city to the other, many of them with all manner of swords at their sides. "Well you could have told me this was a pirate town," Suzaku stated dryly as he looked at Tira.
"But then I wouldn't have seen the face you're making," she replied sweetly.
Suzaku growled deep in his throat as they slowed, Tira pulling a few levers near the wheel as the sails closed up around the masts as she jumped down to the deck and threw a rope to a waiting harbor boy who immediately tied the rope to the dock. "Tira of the Gale! It's been a while since we saw your sweet ass here!" a gigantic muscular man yelled out as he walked over to them.
The man was wearing a red leather vest, tanned baggy pants, and heavy boots. His darkly tanned skin contrasted with his fair blonde hair and his emerald green eyes, but his stubbly beard seemed perfectly in place. At his side was a large broadsword which looked like it had seen more than it's fair share of battles. "Well if it isn't Kain the Storm Blade, still alive I see," Tira yelled back as she jumped a ten foot gap to the dock as the harbor boy placed a board across the gap to the ship.
Suzaku began to walk across the board with ease as Snitch came out from below deck and began following, flying like he was drunk. "Whose this strapping young man Tira? You're lover?" the large man laughed out looking at Suzaku.
"No," they both said, Suzaku calmly like it was a reasonable mistake, Tira in an angry tone as she smacked Kain across the head, having to jump up to do so. "I'm not even interested in him," Tira added hastily.
"Then why the hell did you let him on your ship? You never even let one of your fellow Gerudo on it while you were out on the ocean," Kain asked looking at Suzaku, trying to size him up.
"She lost a bet she made while she fought him," Snitch muttered as he landed on Suzaku's shoulder.
"Really? Tira lost in a fight?" Kain said walking over to get a better look at Suzaku who was now standing on the dock, looking into his eyes, "Well if I didn't know better I'd say you were a goddess damned demon with those red eyes of yours."
"He certainly fights like one," Tira stated as she crossed her arms and sighed, "The only person to ever beat me besides you."
"Really?" Kain said looking back at her for a moment with a surprised expression, then looking at Suzaku he grinned and held out his massive hand, "Pleased to meet you buddy, Kain of the Storm Blade at your service."
Suzaku looked into Kain's eyes for a moment, smirked and accepted the handshake, "Suzaku Meibatsu, or Pheonix Retribution in the common tongue."
"Strong grip, means one of two things, the first is that you fight or train a lot, the second is that you play with your sword too much," Kain said with a smirk, "I'm betting it's the former."
Their hands parted as Suzaku asked, "It's the latter for you isn't it?"
"Ooh, he's got a sense of humor too, you sure you don't want him Tira? I've got a sister in Feran that would love to meet him," Kain asked with a broad grin as he looked back at Tira with his hands on his hips.
"Go ahead, I'm sure he'd love her," Tira said shrugging her shoulders.
"Alrighty then! Next time you're in Feran you have to look my sister up, her name's Kara,"
"Good luck getting him to do that," Snitch mumbled, obviously still not feeling well, "The guy has no interest in women…or men."
"Well that's too bad," Kain sighed looking at Suzaku, "I could just imagine the children you two would have. They'd be the next rulers of the world with her brains and your strength."
"Heh, maybe," Suzaku commented as he looked into the sky, "Right now only one thing I'm interested in. And that's finding the one man who beat me, and taking my revenge."
"Ahhh, getting even is something I can relate too," Kain stated as he put his hands back on his hips, "Had to have been one hell of a fighter to beat somebody with the kind of strength I see in your eyes."
"Indeed," Suzaku answered, "Tell me, was their any major crisis that threatened any major group of people that happened seven years ago?"
"Seven years ago you say?" Kain asked as he began to stroke his chin, "Actually there was, I forgot where exactly but the pirate lord here has records that would probably tell you. If you can gain an audience with him I'm sure he'll let you, he's known for being a generous man when it comes to knowledge."
"Good luck getting an audience with him, he hardly sees anyone, you'll have to prove yourself somehow," Tira commented.
"I'm just going to see him, no sense in beating around the bush," Suzaku stated as he looked up towards a slightly raised portion of the town, a large manor residing on it, "That his place?"
"Yes, but if you cause a commotion he'll just…" Kain began to say as Suzaku seemed to vanish, "…escape? Where did he go?"
Elsewhere, inside the manor in the inner chambers, a man with a large black beard and a long mane of black hair sat in a cushioned chair. He wore a elegant navy blue buttoned up jacket and ebony black pants. He was looking at a map on the desk in front of him when all of the sudden he heard a voice, "So you are the pirate lord around here?" Suzaku asked as he appeared behind him.
"Pretty impressive to get in here without anybody knowing it, you must have gone through a lot of trouble. So tell me, why are you here?" the pirate lord asked, sitting in his seat as he continued to look at the map, "If it was my head I would be dead right now, so you must want something."
"A bit of information," Suzaku replied as he walked around and leaned against the desk as he looked down on the pirate lord's face, "Concerning a major crisis that occurred about seven years ago."
"An awful lot of trouble to go through, just for a little tidbit of information like that. This information must be important to you."
"Yes, because it will lead me to my prey,"
"You're prey? So you are hunting somebody, what makes you think this will help?"
"Trouble attracts him,"
"The heroic type then, so why do you want to find him?"
"Revenge, simple as that,"
"Very well, go to the city of Kentav, it's pretty far to the south from here, it was on the outskirts of the crisis, from there you'll have to go inland,"
"You have been most helpful,"
"What's your name?"
"Just call me, Meibatsu," Suzaku stated as he vanished once again into the shadows.
"Meibatsu eh? Retribution, gotta say, he's certainly an interesting character,"
Elsewhere, in the tavern near the harbor, Tira and Kain were talking at a table, Snitch currently drinking from a normal sized mug of ale, and somehow had drained half of it, where he put it was a complete mystery however. Suzaku appeared from a corner of the tavern, startling a couple of the pirates that were sitting at a nearby table as he walked over to Tira and Kain. "That has got to be the creepiest thing I've ever seen," Kain chuckled as Suzaku sat down, "The way you can just come out of nowhere like that."
"It's a gift, Tira, our next destination is Kentav," Suzaku stated simply.
"Great, a xenophobic kingdom, that's going to be easy," Tira mumbled.
"Nobody said this was ever going to be easy,"
"It will be now, I'm coming along," Kain declared as he crossed his arms and grinned.
"No," Suzaku stated, "I don't need you, I don't need another weakling."
"Wanna bet? I can beat you," Kain stated confidently.
"I seriously doubt that,"
"I'll take you on right now, I win I go with you guys, you win I stay here," Kain stated, "It's win-win for you, you lose you get a strong ally, you win and you won't have a stowaway."
"You know what, I'll accept just because I need to entertainment," Suzaku said as he got up, "Outside I assume?"
"Yep," Kain said as he got up as well, "This is gonna be fun."
And that's where I'm ending it for now. And you thought my other cliffhangers were evil. Good guess by the way Intemptesta. And good guess Total Darkness on what I was going to do next. I had already finished the boat part by the time I got your review too. Well without further ado……
1. Is it any better than the other chapters?
2. What do you think of Kain?
3. So what do you think will happen? Will Kain win or lose?
4. What do you think of Suzaku now?
5. What do you think of Snitch now?
6. What do you think of Tira now?
Well that's all. Now press that review button. Ciao for now.