Chapter 2
Author Note: I thank ye for your reviews, but keep in mind please that I am bad at keeping constant with such things as this. Expect long gaps between chapters, because I really don't have this thing planned out, so I need all the help I can get. Ah, and because I am a fan of foreign languages, Link and Dio will have arguments in another language.
Chapter Summary: Now stuck traveling with his dark mirror image created by the Gerudo King, Link must find a way to deal. But what about the residents of this dimension?
-Story Start-
"You know… I have the distinct feeling that you are trying to lose me." DAMNIT! Link glared up at Dio from the ground. He had tried to get rid of his dark doppelganger by running ahead and weaving through the trees. Just when he had thought he lost him, he tripped over a dark boot and did a nice face plant on the ground. Rolling over had only confirmed the Hero's guess of what he had tripped over.
Dio couldn't help but grin, idly offering down a hand to his fallen brother. His grin lessened slightly as Link didn't take it, and stood on his own, back to him, and began to dust himself off. Huffing childishly, the darker of the two crossed his arms and waited for Link to start walking again. He followed after him as the Hero began walking again, humming a Hylian song quietly. For a while they walked in silence, Link having given up on trying to lose him. Suddenly, Link stopped, Dio almost bumping into him. He poked his head over Link's shoulder to see why he had stopped.
BA-BUMP. Something in Link's belt pulsed a red color. Ignoring the small bit of black bangs he could see out of the corner of his eye, he pulled out the source of the light. The shard he had pried from the dead body of that wizard. It was glowing a bright red, pulsing slowly with a steady beat that Link could almost hear and feel through his hand. The Hero of Time stared at the metal fragment, trying to figure out what the pulse meant. His thought train was suddenly interrupted by the only other person there.
"Hey! Give that back!" Link snapped, whirling around to face Dio. His mirror image had the shard in hand, and was holding it up with two fingers as he looked at it.
"What's this?" he asked with a hum, totally ignoring the demand. Link didn't answer, swiping at Dio's outstretched hand in an attempt to get the shard back. It was a failed attempt, as Dio now found a new game to play; Keep Away. Each time Link moved forward and took a furious swipe at his prize, Dio jerked it out of reach. He couldn't help but grin devilishly as Link continued to try and get the shard back.
"YEWL TA N'ALAQUEL DIO!" the Hero fumed, jumping slightly as he tried to get the shard. Dio only chuckled and kept it out of reach.
"Ele zhah ol ji kleel?" Dio asked, stepping back again to avoid letting Link get to the shard. Said Hylian growled in frustration, taking a jump forward to try and get the shard back. It pulsed and glowed, like a star; right there in the sky, but out of reach.
"Fridj yewl ta n'alaquel!" Link snapped, standing on his tiptoes as he reached for the shard, growling as Dio pushed him down and away.
-Else Where (not too far away)-
"But sister! Please! You cannot do this alone!" Cassandra objected, bending forward to try and see her sister's face. Sophitia walked on, without looking at her sister.
"No Cassandra, this is too dangerous. I don't want you to get mixed up in this, return home and return the sword and shield you stole to the shrine." Sophitia replied with a calm but strict voice. Unfortunately, this would not deter her little sister, and she knew it.
"But it is also too dangerous for you! What about your family? Your husband? Your children? Who will take care of them if you are killed?" Cassandra pleaded, looking for any excuse possible to allow her to stay. Her sister sighed, bowing her head and shaking it in disapproval. BA-BUMP. Sophitia froze, a pouch at her side emitting small rays of red light.
Cassandra had stopped as well, looking directly at the now glowing pouch, and knowing what it meant.
"Soul Edge!" Sophitia whispered, looking around for where another shard could be. She didn't have to look very hard or very long.
"Yewl ta n'alaquel SII' Dio!" A voice shouted from their left. It sounded like a young mans voice.
"Doer pholor, fridj tesso ussa vel'bol ol zhah. Zhah nindel ji dubo?" chuckled another, slightly deeper voice. It also sounded male as well.
Glancing at each other, the two Greeks quietly approached, peering through the brush to see who was there. It appeared to be two young males, perhaps about 18 years of age. They looked exactly alike one another. Or, almost exactly alike. The one that was shouting was dressed in a green tunic with a long green hat. He was wearing white leggings and long sleeved under shirt, brown gloves on his hands and brown boots on his feet. His bright blue eyes were currently narrowed in anger, golden hair ruffling furiously as he wrestled with what looked like a dark version of himself. The only difference between the two was the other wore a black instead of green, light gray instead of white, had red eyes instead of blue, and black hair instead of blond. There was also another difference; he had in his hand a shard of Soul Edge. Both sisters glanced at each other with worry; it appeared that they were fighting over it.
-Back To Dio And Link-
Link finally backed off, glaring at his dark, mirror image as he grinned and held the shard tauntingly out of reach.
"Kr'athin ulu tesso ussa vel'bol nindol zhah?" Dio asked, still grinning as he tossed the shard up and down in his hand. Link took a deep, calming breath in, closing his eyes as he did so. After regaining composure, he replied, this time in English.
"Look, all I know is that this thing gives the possessor immense evil power, and is a threat to Hyrule. I came here to destroy the source so everyone would be safe."
"Hmm… still playing the hero?" Dio hummed, holding the shard once again with two fingers as he looked at it. Yup, it was evil. He looked back to Link, whom had bristled at the snide remark but kept his temper in check. The Hero suddenly stopped glaring at him, looking to the side.
He had heard something, like whispering. Link's long ears twitched, listening for what that sound had been. It didn't take long for Dio to catch on. Pocketing the shard and turning toward the bush.
"Hey! Whoever is there, come out!" Link demanded, his hands twitching in anticipation, ready to go for his weapons should who ever, or what ever it was attacked them. It took a moment, but two women stepped forth, both with blond hair and a sword and shield.
"We are sorry for spying on you, but you have something that is very dangerous. Please, give it to me." The taller one requested, her voice soft and kind.
"Sorry if we're a little cautious, ladies, but why don't you give us the full story about WHY we should give this to you." Dio pulled out the shard, the metal fragment suddenly pulsing violently. There was a glow of red at the woman's hip; apparently she had one of these shards as well.
"Hey, just hand it over, okay? We don't have time to explain It." The younger girl commanded, pointing her short sword at the fragment in Dio's hand. Both Hylians looked at each other with quirked eyebrows.
-End Chapter-
Cliffhanger, ne? Yes I know, I am very bad for doing this. I would like more reviews on who they should meet next. As far as story line goes, I was thinking just to go through the basic story line, like in the video game. And meet all the characters. You can choose who stays with them as a group too.