Author Note: Ah-hah-haa! Betcha didn't think I'd actually write another chapter, eh? Eh! … Well, okay, I'll admit that I am one hell of a lazy ass and have been putting off writing this chapter for no good reason. Thanks to all my FAAANS who have been reviewing and to the person the e-mailed me. O.o I had no idea that this story would be so… liked. Thus I get off my lazy ass and write this chapter… yah… . ' here. Oh yes, FYI to aaaalll; there will be no couples. You all got that? I CAN'T HEARRR YOOOOUU!
-Story Start-
A tension filled the air as the four stared at each other, the Hylians studying their first encounter of the inhabitants of this world, the Greeks… well, staring at the Hylian's ears. Now the Hylians weren't stupid, they knew that girls could fight, having had their fair share of Gerudos back home, so treated the situation carefully. Dio was the first to break the silence, simply pocketing the shard, "No, if you want it so bad, you can take it from us." He challenged. Link started,
"Dio! We aren't trying to start a fight here!" he objected, only getting a smug smile and shrug from the other. Link glared, but brought his attention back to the two girls at a sigh from the taller one, whom readied herself into a fighting position along with the other girl.
"I'm sorry we have to fight you." She apologized, gaining some respect from Link. He and Dio drew their swords and shields, Link's sword glowing with a slight holy light while Dio's shimmered with a dark shadow, both in the same fighting stance. It ran through both Cassandra's and Sophitia's head that they looked exactly alike, like looking in a mirror. Cassandra struck first, letting out a battle cry and going for a vertical strike in between the two, then a horizontal strike at Link, splitting them up. Believe it or not, there WAS some strategy to this; putting the two people with the shards together.
Link backed up, doing a back flip for more room and then striking forward, meeting a shield and having his sword tip glance off, then bringing down his shield to stop the short two from embedding itself into his hip.
-Dio and Sophitia-
Sophitia backed up, blocking each of Dio's strikes. She glanced over at her sister to find her being the offensive one. It was kind of sad, but also probably for the best that the pairing went up this way, even if Dio was going for killing strikes. Unable to ignore the threat of the elf in front of her much longer, he took a quick step back after avoiding a swipe from his sword and back flipped, catching Dio in the jaw and making his head snap upward.
Dio stumbled backward and shook his head, readying his sword and shield again. That hurt… After wiggling his jaw back and forth to make sure nothing was out of place, he struck forward again. This time Sophitia struck forward as well, swords glancing off each other's shields like a jousting match as they went past each other. They stopped about eight feet from one another and turned, Dio smirking and holding up the woman's shard. He watched as she pulled a tight lipped smile and tilted her head to the side, holding up his shard. Damn. "We certainly aren't getting anywhere." He commented, making her smile, knowing he was right. Holding the shard tightly in his gloved hand, he ran forward, sword out, seeing the woman take a defensive stance. With a grin he thrust his shield forward at an angle, forcing her shield aside as he came up and hit her in the temple with the handle of the sword. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the shard she held flying away, and turned his head to watch where it fell. It was a shame, because he really should have been watching Sophitia, who used the momentum from the attack to turn and kick Dio at the knees. As it so happened, the shard flew from his hand as he fell, both watching as it landed near the other.
-Link and Cassandra-
Link parried another of Cassandra's persistent blows, backing up and slashing low, making her take a step back. He didn't want to kill her, but she certainly seemed ready to take him out. The side of his vision caught a flash of light, and he turned his head to the side, only to look back as Cassandra rammed her foot down on his and swing the handle end of her sword to hit him in the temple, just like the way Dio had done to her sister.
Link winced and stepped back, but looked to the flash as that was what Cassandra was looking at. He could see Dio was on the ground, propping himself up with his sword hand, the woman standing upright. What was going on?
-Dio and Sophitia-
The two of them watched as the shards glowed and pulsed violently, each floating upward by some unseen force and coming together about a foot above the ground. In a red and white flash that made all of them raise their shields slightly from the light, a larger shard remained from where the two had been dropping to the ground and steaming slightly. Dio blinked, and pushed himself up, using his sword as an extension and prodding the shard. He could see the woman stepping forward as if to stop him, but it was little too late.
"AGH!" the shard violently shocked Dio with a red lightning, which ran up the sword. Well, curiosity DID kill the cat after all… He fell back, closing his eyes against the energy that ran through his body. Not even Gannondorf was that powerful. He opened his eyes as he heard a disappointed sigh from the woman standing next to him,
"It fused…"
"Dio, you alright?" Link asked out of habit, being the nice person he was. Dio only leaned his head back, looking at his mirror image upside down,
"Aww, you care about me, I'm so touched." He grinned childishly, making Link roll his eyes and sigh agitatedly. His eyes flicked over to the woman Link had been fighting, who was standing next to him, not too close, and looking at the larger shard that had once been two. All of them seemed to be at a loss for what to do, at least, right up until a black crow swooped down and snagged the shard.
"What-!" Cassandra exclaimed as she watched the crow fly away with its stolen goods… er, good. Acting on reflex, Link pulled out his hero bow and an arrow, notching it and aiming. Now it would have struck gold if Dio hadn't surprised him.
"I can't believe that just happened! This place has evil birds too!" Dio complained, standing suddenly and throwing off Link's aim. It was damn close too, clipping half a feather on the crow's right wing.
"Dio!"
"What?" he asked, turning his eyes from the disappearing shard. Link only fumed silently, glaring at Dio as if he was about to say something. He waited calmly with a slightly innocent/confused face. Link just threw his arms up in exasperation and turned around, walking away to get away from Dio, whom stood with the same look on his face.
Cassandra and Sophitia looked from one to the other. It seemed they didn't get along too well…
-End Chapter-
Awwh, that sucks. But I had to think of some way to make them work together, right? Soo… they're gonna set up camp, share some background history, work together, then all set off happily to try and destroy Soul Edge. Now I'm gonna try and have them meet everyone, buuut I'd like a vote on who shall staaay with the group. And as for Dio… well, he's turning into the comic relief… sort of…