Me: Sorry this took so long to put up. This being a pretty lengthy chapter should make up for it. We came across some bumps and problems trying to make the Zelda video game more real (such as day turning to night and eating). Also, if we write something that the Zelda characters are supposed to say from the game…don't expect it to be too accurate. We can't remember what they say exactly, so we might just make it up. Oh, well. This is fanfiction after all, which also means…
Disclaimer: We don't own Digimon or Zelda!
Me: By the way, me being me, I ended up putting in some Rukato stuff, so if you don't like Rukato…um…can you ignore it? ^_^; It's nothing major (I don't think), so it should be okay. Also, if anyone seems OCC…whoopsie. ^ ^;
The
Tamers of Time
Chapter 2: Encounters
"Uhh…my head…what
happened? I can barely remember." Takato was lying on his front, groaning in
pain. He tried to think back to what had happened before he ended up here.
'Uhh…wait…wasn't I at the museum with the others? If that's the case, then…why
am I lying on grass?' Takato flipped himself over, to see a blue sky above him,
filled with slowly passing clouds. 'Ah! The others!'
He immediately sat upright, and looked around for his friends. He found them
close to where he was, but… their clothes… "Huh? What happened to their
clothes?" Takato looked down at himself. Sure enough, his clothing had changed
as well. His blue hooded sweater, which extended down past his waist, was now
green in colour, as well as his wristbands. Across his chest, was a brown strap
with a gold buckle. His pants were now full-sized, and
a leather belt was placed around his waist. Gazing downwards, he saw that his
sneakers were also replaced with boots. He reached up to feel for his goggles;
they were still there. He pulled them off, to find that they were green too.
"What in the world?" He slipped his goggles back on. When he brought his left
hand down, he noticed that the triangular marking from the chest was outlined on
the back of it. Not only that, but half of the left part of the triangle was
outlined. "Wh-what? Why is the symbol on my hand? And
why is a part of it split?"
"Ugh…where am I?" Takato heard a groan to his left. He looked up to see Jen flat on his back.
"Jen!" Takato ran over to his friend. "Jen, are you okay?" he asked, helping him to sit up.
"Yeah," he answered back. "Eh? Why are we wearing- "
"I know," Takato said. "I have no idea where we are either."
Jen glanced up at the sky. "Well, we're defiantly not in the Digital World. The Real World Sphere would be visible from here if we were."
Takato noticed some movement to his right. When he turned around, he saw Renamon, moving towards someone who seemed to be Ruki. It was a bit difficult to see her clearly from where he was, but it was definatly her. Takato was taken aback when he saw Renamon. She still looked like herself, but the colour of her fur had changed. Instead of yellow, she was now a light brownish in colour, and her gloves were black. 'That's right,' Takato reminded himself. 'The Digimon were with us when we were at the museum, so they should be here too, right?' He began to frantically look about for Guilmon. He was relieved when he saw him, and called out, "Guilmon! Are you awake?" Slowly, he watched as the lizard-like Digimon rose up.
"Takato?" Guilmon turned towards the direction he had heard the voice. "Takato!" he cried when he came into sight. Guilmon lept up and bounded towards his Tamer. When Guilmon got closer, Takato could see that, somehow, Guilmon was…glowing? "Takato!" Guilmon jumped on his partner, narrowly missing Jen's head as he did so.
"Guilmon, get off!" Takato choked.
"Oh, sorry," Guilmon childlishly said, as he got off his Tamer. "Takato, why are you wearing different clothes?"
"I'm not sure Guilmon, but look at yourself!"
"Huh?" Guilmon raised his paws to his face. "Takato, look! I'm full of light!" he said, as though it were perfectly normal.
"Not only that, but you have wings on your back too! The markings on you are also a bit fuzzy, and you've gome from red, to a purplish colour!" Takato exclaimed, a touch horrified.
"Purple? Ha! Take a look at me!"
"Terriermon?" Jen looked behind him, bewildered. It was Terriermon alright, except that he was black with red and blue markings. Terriermon was wearing a smirk across his face.
"Am I cool, or what?" Terriermon boasted.
Takato laughed. "Looking good, Terriermon!"
"Wow, Terriermon, look at you!" Jen said when he saw his Digimon.
"I did. You should check yourself out," he retorted. Jen did as his Digimon said. He was now outfitted in a russet and coal coloured shirt and pants, covered in black armor. Attached to his shoulders, was a cape with gold designs printed on, fluttering in the wind. On his forearms were red and bue bands, connected to black armor with gold square markings on it, reaching over the back of his hands. He had something similar around the lower half of his legs, except that the armor was on his knees, and spikes replaced the square decorations. Boots were on his feet as well, except that they were a bit chunkier than Takato's. Jen was also surprised to discover that he had a sword connected to the back of his left leg.
"A sword?" Jen said in disbelief. "This must mean we'll have to fight something here," he added, in a worried tone. Takato checked himself over again.
"Hey, how come you have a weapon, but I have nothing?" Takato complained.
"Huh? Uh…I don't know. Maybe your character isn't supposed to have a weapon," Jen answered.
"What? Character?" Takato retorted, confused by his friend's logic. "You mean we're in a video game or something?"
"Well, maybe not exactly like that," Jen clarified for him. "I think we're in another dimension or something, and our clothes changed to help us adapt to it."
"So, you mean like, I'm an elf, and you're a warrior?" Takato asked.
"Yeah, something like that," Jen replied back.
"Well, if that's the case, then what's- " At that moment however, the four heard a yell echo throughout the field, freezing them in their spots. The yell didn't sound like one of fear though…more like…anger.
"What was that?" Terriermon inquired out loud.
"Uh…is it just me, or did that shout sound familiar?" Takato timidly asked the others, though he felt he already knew who it was. After all, it came from the direction he had seen her.
"Come on, let's go make sure," Jen said, as he raced off with the others tailing behind him. As they approached the source of the cry, Renamon came into view. She was watching someone beside her, crouched with their right had over their head. When they reached, Takato spoke:
"Ruki?"
"Eh?" Jen and Terriermon stared at Takato, then back at the person hunched over on the ground.
Ruki quicky shot her head up and looked at them. After a second, she stood, still watching them, but angrily.
"Uh…Ruki?" Takato nervously said. Nervously, because of what she was wearing. Ruki was wearing one of the things she hated most; a dress. The bottom half of the sleeves were of a light blue colour, with gold trimmings at the cuffs. From the elbow up, it was a darker shade of blue, going down the front of her dress, past her waist. Around her was a golden belt, and further down, the dress reached the ground with its snowy white pureness. A gold brooch was fastened to the front, as well as the triangular image on the front flap of her dress. The triangle, however, had more details placed below it. Not only that, but her hair was let down to hang about her shoulders, crowned with a headdress to match the garment. Ruki moved at a brisk pace towards Takato, and grabbed him by the front of his collar.
"What the heck happened to us!?" she shouted at him. "And why did we change!?"
"Your personality didn't seem to change," Terriermon mumbled.
"Terriermon, be quiet!" Jen hushed up his partner. "You're going to make things worse!"
"R-Ruki, I really- " Takato began, but then noticed the triangle emblem on her headdress. He then remembered how he had found it on his hand. Takato took Ruki's right hand from his collar, and placed it in his own hands. Carefully, he examined the back of her hand, and saw that she had it as well. Tracing his index finger along the outline, he discovered that instead of half of the left side of the figure outlined, it was the right. Ruki instantly snatched her hand away from him, her cheeks covered in a slight blush.
"What are you doing!?" she cried, holding her right hand in her left one.
"Eh? Uh, sorry!" Takato said, a bit startled and red too. "It's just that I found the triangle marking on my hand, and wanted to see if you had it as well."
"You could have asked, you know!" Ruki continued in a loud voice. Terriermon started to snicker. Jen nudged him in the side with his boot.
"Terriermon!" he whispered. Trying to calm things down, he said, "I guess I should check for it on my hand too, huh?" He slid off his right armband. As expected, he too had the triangular image, but with part of the top piece coloured in. "Do you guys think each part represents something?" he asked the others.
"I don't know," Ruki spoke, crossing her arms. "That plaque back at the museum didn't have a lot of information on it."
"Hey, look over there!" Takato said, pointing at something. What he was pointing at, was a huge castle, surrounded by a stone wall with a wooden gate. "Doesn't that look like the castle in the painting we saw?"
"Are you saying that we're in the painting?" Terriermon squealed.
"Or maybe we're just in the time period and setting that the painting was displaying," Jen said thoughtfully. "That must be it," he concluded. "This is like another dimension or something."
"Well, how are we supposed to get back?" Terriermon retorted, stunned by the answer he had gotten.
"Hey!"
The Tamers and their Digimon turned, to see a boy about their age, walking towards them. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and pointed ears. He was wearing a green tunic and hat, with a strap and belt, quite similar to the ones Takato was wearing. On his back was a small sword and wooden shield. With every step he took in his boots, he made a small pattering sound. Floating above the boy, was what seemed to be a ball of light with wings.
Once he had reached them, he asked, "Who are you people?" He directed his eyes towards Jen. "You! Why are you dressed like him?" he said, drawing his sword. Terriermon stepped in front of his Tamer.
"Him? I don't know who you're talking about! We just got here," Jen replied with a confused look. Takato stepped in.
"Uh, let us try to explain…"
***
The group was sitting under a tree, shading themselves from the sun. Takato had just finished explaining what they were doing before, and what had happened to them. The boy seemed to accept their story for some reason, and had put his sword back in it's sheath.
"I'm sorry I thought you were evil," the boy apologized to Jen.
"It's alright," Jen accepted his apology.
"Jen, evil. Yeah, right," Terriermon qipped.
"Terriermon!"
"My name is Link," the boy introduced himself as. "And this fairy is named Navi. She's my guardian fairy.
"Hi, everyone. It is very nice to meet you!" Navi greeted cheerfully.
"Hi, Navi!" said Guilmon.
"Hello," she responded. She flew over to Guilmon. "Odd creatures," she gestured at the Digimon. "I've never heard of anything called a Digimon before. The future must really be something."
"Well, I didn't know that fairies existed in the past either," replied Takato with a grin.
"That's true." Navi circled around the group. As she circled around them, fairy dust went everywere. The dust tickled the group, causing them to laugh. "Though, why are you glowing and have wings like a fairy?"
"Huh? I don't know," Guilmon simply said, smiling.
"Oh."
"Anyways," said Takato cheerfully, "it's nice to meet you, Link."
"Same here," Link said.
"Here, let me introduce myself. I'm Takato, and this is Guilmon." Guilmon waved his claw at Link.
"Hi, Link!" the red Digimon happily greeted.
"Hi, Guilmon!" Link smiled.
"I'm Jen, and this guy here is Terriermon," Jen said.
"Yo!" Terriermon saluted.
"Hey, Terriermon!" Link was beginning to enjoy his newfound friends. He looked over at Ruki and Renamon.
"I'm Ruki, and Renamon is my partner," she said.
"Nice
meeting you," the young Hylian replied.
"So, Link," said Takato. "Why
don't you tell us about yourself? Maybe it'll help us understand this place
better."
"Sure," said Link, sounding a
little discougeraged; Takato had reminded him that the Great Deku Tree had
died.
"Eh?" thought Takato. "Is
something wrong?" he asked.
"UH!" said Link surprised.
"No, no, it's nothing. I was just thinking of something else. Anyways, there
was a great wise tree in the forest I come from, Kokiri
Forest. The name of the tree was
the Great Deku Tree. He was a guardian that protected one of the Spiritual
Stones."
"What's a Spiritual Stone?"
questioned Takato.
"I'm not too sure," replied
Link. He took out the emerald, and showed it to the others.
"Wow…" Takato said in awe.
"I'll tell you everything that the Deku Tree told me. He said these very words:
***
"Oh Navi,
thou hast returned!" said the Deku Tree. "Thank you, Link for coming. Thy
slumber these past moons must have been restless, and full of nightmares. A
vile climate pervades this world. Verily, ye have felt it. The time has come to
test thine courage. I have been cursed. I need you to dispel the curse with
your wisdom and courage. Art thou prepared?"
Link entered the Great Deku
Tree and broke the curse.
"Well done, Link! I knew that
ye were worthy of carrying out my wishes. A wicked man of the desert cast this dreadful
curse on me. Employing his vile, sorcerous energies, the evil one is searching
for the sacred realm connected to Hyrule. For it is there that one will find
the divine relic, the Triforce, that contains the essence of the gods. Whoever
holds the Triforce can make their wishes come true. Thou must never allow the
desert man to lay his hands on the sacred Triforce. Thou must never suffer that
man to enter the sacred realm of legend. Link, go now to Hyrule
Castle. There, ye will surely meet
the Princess of Destiny. Present this stone to the Princess. I have forseen
that she will understand everything."
The Great Deku Tree gave Link
the Kokiri Emerald. Before dying, the Deku Tree's last words were, "The future
depends upon thee, Link. Thou art courageous."
***
"Wow," said Takato. "That was quite a tale."
"So, you were on your way to see the Princess when you saw us?" asked Jen.
"Yes, I was," replied Link.
"Ruki kind of looks like a Princess," Terrirmon whispered.
"Terriermon!" scolded Jen. "Don't remind her!"
Ruki glanced at Jen and Terriermon. They looked up at the sky, as if they had said nothing. She started to eye them suspiciously.
"Oh, that reminds me," Link spoke up. "There was this owl sitting outside on a tree branch when I came out of the forest."
"An owl?" Takato repeated.
"Yeah, and it could talk too," Link replied.
"Talk? What did it say?" Takato asked him.
"Oh, he said, 'It appears that the time has finally come for you to start your adventure! You will encounter many hardships… That is your fate. Don't feel discouraged even during the toughest times! Go straight this way and you will see Hyrule Castle. You will meet a princess there… If you are lost and don't know which way to go, look at this map,' and he handed me a map of Hyrule. Then, he said, 'There are some children and creatures up ahead. Go speak with them. All right then, I'll see you around! Hoot hoot hoot ho!' " The others laughed when Link had finished his hooting.
"I wonder why that owl wanted you to talk to us," Jen said when he had finished laughing.
"He probabaly thought he could help us find out bearings," Takato said. "Well, I think we should go to Hyrule Castle and see the Princess with Link." Link looked surprised.
"Are you sure that's alright?"
"Of course! While we're there, we might get some answers about why we're here."
"Takato," said Guilmon.
"Yes?" answered Takato. "What is- "
GROWLLLL!!! "My tummy is growling," said Guilmon. "Is it time to eat?"
"Eat?" said Takato "EAT!! Oh, no, I forgot about eating! Link, do you know where we can get some food?"
"Well, no actually. I didn't really think about that," he said.
"HEY!!" yelled Navi from above. "I can see a lake, but there are some monsters there." Guilmon, however, had already begun his tread towards the pond. "Guilmon, don't go near that Pea Hat! They are very powerful!"
Guilmon stopped. "If you say so, Navi!"
"Navi," asked Takato. "How do you know about those monsters?"
Navi flew down and said, "The Deku Tree taught me about all the monsters. What are thier weakness, where you find them, etc." Navi glanced over at Ruki, and flew towards her. "Why do you look so grumpy?"
"Navi!" said Link "Don't say things like that in front of people!"
"Sorry," said Navi. "So, how about the lake? It will most likely have some fish in it."
"FISH!!" Guilmon yelled with excitement.
"Let's go, Takato!"
"Alright, Guilmon," Takato laughed. Guilmon took Takato's arm and ran in the direction Navi was facing, until they came to a iron gate.
"Nice to see you again." Startled, Takato and Guilmon looked up, to find an owl resting on one of the posts.
"Are you that owl?" Takato's eyes widened. The owl raised one of his large eyebrows at him.
"That owl?"
"Takato!" Link called. He looked to see what Takato was staring at. "Mr. Owl! It's you again!"
"Hello again, Link," the owl hooted. "I see you met up with the others."
"Yeah, I did. They're coming with me to Hyrule Castle, but first we want to catch some fish to eat."
"Ah. Well, beyond this point lies Lake Hylia. It is full of deep, pure water. The Zoras, who live all the way upstream, guard the sunken temple at the Lake's bottom, as well as Zora's Fountain." He hooted. "Be careful, and go on ahead!" With that, the great owl flapped his wings, and soared away into the clear blue sky.
"That was interesting," Terriermon commented.
"So, how are we going to get over these gates?" Ruki asked the others.
"Hey, over there! A ladder!" Navi pointed out. Eveyone walked over to the back of a stone wall, to indeed find the ladder.
"Guilmon and I will go first," Takato stated, grabbing onto one of the steps, starting to climb up it. When the pair got to the top, they carefully walked along the top of the wall shaped as a path, then climbed back down. Afterwards, they waited for the others to cross. Terriermon held onto Jen as he started to scale the wall, and Link followed with Navi. Ruki stared at the ladder, then at the gate.
"Renamon, can you jump over those gates?" Ruki asked her partner, but knew she probably could. She was Renamon after all.
"Of course I can," Renamon responded to her Tamer. "Do you want me to take you over that way?" Ruki nodded her head, disliking the downsides to wearing a dress more and more. Picking Ruki up in her arms, Renamon gracefully leaped over the iron gates, landing next to the others.
"Alright fish, here we come!" shouted Guilmon.
When the group walked in further, what they found was a giant lake.
"Hey, what's that?" Takato pointed up at a house of sorts.
Link walked up to Takato. "I don't know," he replied.
"Well, let's just get something to eat for now," Navi said. "We can worry about that place later. We still have to go see the Princess after all." They all agreed. "There are monsters here, so be extra careful! Link and I will get rid of all the monsters, to make it safe for you guys. If you run into any trouble and need help, call for us." Ruki stepped towards them.
"Hey, just because you only met us a few minutes ago, you think that we're totally defenseless? Well, we have our Digimon, and they can take care of any problems that we run into, including these pint-sized monsters. We've been up against bigger threats than those, you know, and- " Renamon placed her hand on Ruki's shoulder.
"Ruki, I don't think that she meant that she thought we were weak or anything…"
"Uh, I'm sorry if Navi insulted you guys or anything," Link said.
"Yeah, I didn't mean it that way, Ruki," Navi insisted, a bit surprised at her outburst. "It's just that I wanted to make sure the monsters didn't bother you guys while you fished." Ruki sighed.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you." Pausing, she added, "I don't really want to fish though." She looked down at herself. "I don't think I'm dressed for it either."
"Do you want to help us fight the monsters then?" Link asked.
Ruki looked up and a smile appeared across her face. "Now you're talking! Let's go, Renamon!" Then, the four of them went off.
"It looks like Ruki still enjoys a good fight once in a while, huh?" Jen said to Takato.
"Yeah," he grinned.
"Bleah," Terriermon stuck his tongue out.
"Terriermon, why don't you go collect some wood for the fire?" Jen told his Digimon.
"Fine," he said, and strolled off.
"TAKATO!!!" yelled Guilmon "I'M HUNGRY!!!"
"Okay, Guilmon!," Takato answered. "You can go ahead and fish."
"Yay!" cried Guilmon. Just then, a crab like monster came out of the blue, as Guilmon was about to dive in.
"Hey, shoo!" Takato yelled. This caused the monster to go after Takato. *POW!!* Jen kicked the monster in the face, and it burned up.
"Thanks, Jen," Takato said.
"No problem. I don't think it's a good idea to provoke those things."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Hey, it looks like that monster left behind something." Takato was pointing at what seemed to be a blue crystal. Jen cautiously went up and touched it. *POOF!* It was gone.
"Huh?" Jen said in disbelief. He started wondering what had happened, and what that blue crystal was, when…
"Hey!" called Link. "We're back! So, where's Guilmo-"
"TAKATO!!!!!" shouted Guilmon. "I caught a big fish!"
"Okay, bring it here," Takato shouted back.
"If you say so!"
"Well, while Guilmon brings the fish, we should make a fire," said Navi.
"Here's the wood," Terriermon called. He was making his way back towards them, with a bundle of sticks in his arms and ears.
"Guilmon can light the fire," said Takato.
"Okay, then," said Navi, " we'll leave it for Guilmon to do."
BAM!! Guilmon slapped the fish down. "Here's the fish, Takato!" Guilmon chirped.
"Guilmon!" said Takato with a surprised voice. "This fish is huge!" Terriermon laid the kindling in the circle of stones Jen had made.
"Guimon, can you make us a fire?" asked Navi.
"Okay!" replied Guilmon. "Fire ball!" Guilmon launched his attack on the the pile of wood, lighting it instantly. FLASH!!! A nice warm fire was now before them. Guilmon started to scale, gut, and cut up the fish, with the help of Renamon and Terriermon.
"Wow!" Link said in a astounded voice. "Digimon are really amazing creatures. Just over there, Renamon was able to take out two enemies with her attack!"
Takato laughed. "If you think that's amazing, you should what they can do with when we card slash, and when they evolve."
"That reminds me," Jen said. "Do we still have our D-Arcs and cards with us?"
"Well, we still have our bags, so those things should be here too," Ruki replied, digging into her bag. "Here!" She held out her D-Arc and deck for them to see.
"It must be because our Digimon are here with us. This dimension must have known that we would need these things here," Jen concluded, checking his own bag for his D-Arc and cards.
"What are those things?" Link was looking over at Takato's D-Arc and cards.
"Well," Takato started, holding up his D-Arc, "this helps us to connect with our Digimon. We can also use these," he held up his deck of Digimon cards, "to slash into D-Arcs, and boost their abilities. The cards are also a card game where we come from."
"Can you show me?" Link asked.
"Sure!" replied Takato. The Tamers sat down with Link, and began to explain the rules and object of the game to him. After some rounds of playing the game (where Jen beat Takato and Ruki in turn beat Jen), Renamon told them that the fish was ready to be eaten. When they went over to the fire, they found some sticks placed around it, each with a piece of fish. They all sat down around the flame, each taking a stick from the ground.
"Hey, this is good!" Jen commented, biting into his chunk of fish.
"I didn't know you guys could cook so well," Takato gestured towards the Digimon.
"Renamon did most of the cooking," Guilmon replied, holding up two pieces of fish. "Terriermon and I stuck the fish onto the sticks." He started chomping on one of his pieces.
"I could have cooked it too if I wanted to," Terriermon inputted.
"Is that so?" Jen smirked at him. "Then I guess we'll have to let you try it sometime." Terriermon gulped.
"Ah…yeah, sure…just say the word, and I'll get cookin'!" He launched his fist into the air. Ruki turned to look at Renamon.
"You cooked this?" She was confused. When did Renamon learn to cook? Renamon simply nodded her head.
"I sometimes watched your grandmother whenever she was cooking. I picked up on a few things." Ruki's eyes widened. She sometimes watched her grandmother cook as well. Her grandmother would even ask Ruki to help her on occasion. She began to wonder how well she would do at making something.
"Well, this really tastes great, Renamon," Takato said.
"Thank you," Renamon replied. Then, Takato remembered something.
"Hang on a sec…" He pulled out his knapsack, and began searching through it. After a while, he pulled out a bag of what seemed to be bread. "Here it is! Guilmon bread!"
"Guilmon bread!" Guilmon cheered at Takato's discovery.
"You only now remember that you brought along food?" Ruki said in an annoyed tone.
"Eh, heh…" Takato put his hand behind his head. "Well, I had brought it for Guilmon at the museum, but I guess I just forgot about it when we came here. Anyways, now that we're eating, does anyone want some?"
"Guilmon bread?" Navi was floating above them, examining the Guilmon shaped loaves.
"Yeah," Takato responded. "My parents own a bakery, so they made Guilmon bread for Guilmon."
"I'll try some!" Link said, and Takato handed him piece. Link took a bite into the soft dough. "Hey, this is good! What's this inside of it?"
"It's bean paste," Takato answered. He then handed out the rest of the bread to the others.
"Hey, look, Jen!" said Terriermon.
Terriermon put the Guilmon bread in front of his face. "Now I'm Guilmon!" Jen laughed. "Hey, Takato!" he said. "Now you have two Digimon to take care of."
"Hey!" said Takato "I'm not taking care of two Guilmons! One is good enough for me!" Jen, Terriermon, and Takato laughed, while Guilmon was chewing on his bread.
"Now, don't play with your food Terriermon." Terriermon stuffed the bread in his mouth.
"Okay, Jen."
"Terriermon, don't eat like that! You'll choke yourself," Jen cried. Terriermon placed his hands next to his cheeks, and sqeezed. The bread got shoved down his throat, and into his stomach.
"Whoa, that took some air out of me." Terriermon flopped down onto the grass, letting the air out of his mouth.
"Well, we should go to Hyrule Castle now, huh?" asked Takato.
"Yeah, I guess so," said Link, remembering that he had to go meet the princess.
"Alright, let's go," replied Takato.
Navi went in front of Link's face and said, "Don't forget to put out the fire!"
"Right, I almost forgot!" Link took off his hat and put some water in it. He went over to the fire, squeezed it, and put it back on.
"Link, you're going to catch a cold!" cried Navi.
"Don't worry," said Link. "I'll put it to dry in the sun later."
"Alright, but if you get a cold, don't say I didn't warn you."
"That's fine," said Link. Navi flew back to Hyrule Field, while Link trailed behind.
"I was putting out the fire," Link informed the others, as he went up to the ladder.
After Link jumped down the wall path, they started walking towards the castle. Then: WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!! The group turned to where the "whooshing" sound had come from. What they saw was a Pea Hat, coming straight for them! Link drew his Kokiri Sword and took off his Deku Shield from his back.
"Go! Hurry!" yelled Link.
"Are you sure about that?" Takato asked. He didn't want to leave his new friend behind to fight all by himself.
"Positive!" Link replied, holding his sword and shield in front of him.
"Alright! We'll go and try to find some information," said Takato, "but if you take too long, we'll come back for you."
"Fine, then. Hurry up and go!" shouted Link, still focusing on the Pea Hat. The Tamers and Digimon ran to the draw bridge, while Link stayed to fight the Pea Hat.
***
When the group crossed over the wodden drawbridge, they saw a guard there, plus a big house. They didn't have time to check that out however; they needed to talk to some people. The guard said, "Welcome to Hyrule Castle Town. It's a peaceful, prosperous town," as they went past him.
"Thanks," Takato waved.
"Hold it!" The guard stuck his spear out to stop them. "What creatures are these?" he gestured at the Digimon.
"Don't worry, they won't hurt anyone! It's alright really. Why would we be with them if they were dangerous?" Jen quickly responded. The guard thought about this for a moment.
"Alright, but if anything happens, I'm going to throw you all out!" Nodding, the group passed by a few houses, until they got to some kind of market. There was this girl chasing a Cucco, people fighting for items, a girl standing, people talking, etc.
"Wow. There sure are a lot of people here," said Takato .
"Yeah, where should we start?" asked Jen.
"We should split up," suggested Ruki.
"Good idea!" they both said, so the Tamers and their partners split up.
***
While on occasion there would be people a bit afraid of their Digimon, the Tamers also got their share of unique responses.
Ruki kept getting weirdoes, that said:
"Hey, you look cute in that dress!" or
"Hey! I would go out with you if you were older!" etc. So, Ruki just stopped talking to people, before she lost her temper.
Jen got people who would just say:
"Aren't you a little young to be wearing armor and weapons?" or
"Hey, look! This kid looks so funny!"
"These people aren't very helpful," Terriermon grunted.
"I know," Jen replied. "Let's go see if the others found anything useful."
Takato kept meeting boorish people, saying:
"Hey, move kid! You're in my way!" or
"Go away you little runt! You're bothering me!" Takato decided that this wasn't getting him anywhere, so went to search for his friends.
Jen found Ruki leaning against a wall, her arms crossed.
"Ruki!" he called out to her. "Did you get anything?"
"These people are weirdos!" she yelled, as Jen approached her. Renamon walked up the Jen and whisperd in his ear about what happened to Ruki.
"I see," said Jen "... these people ARE weirdoes," he added, deciding it was best to support Ruki's thought of these people.
"Told you."
Terriermon just kept snickering. Since he was on Jen's shoulders at the time, he had also heard what Renamon had said. Jen reached behind his back and pulled on Terriermon's ear. This, in turn, caused Terriermon to fall over.
"So, did you get any luck?" she asked Jen.
"Nope. People just criticize my clothes."
"See!" said Ruki. "Weirdoes! These people are completely useless."
"Jen! Ruki!" called Takato. He ran over with Guilmon to join them.
"Takato!"
said Jen.
"Hey," said Ruki, still
sounding a bit bitter.
"Did you guys find anything?" asked Takato.
"You go first, Ruki," said Jen. "Tell Takato what people told you."
Ruki blushed a little. "BE QUIET!!!" she yelled at him.
"Sorry, sorry," said Jen quietly, putting his hands up in front of him.
"I found out that these people are weirdoes!"
"Why are they weirdoes?" Takato had a confused look on his face. Jen walked up to Takato, and whispered to him. Takato's eyes widened. Guilmon cocked his head to one side, wondering what Jen had just told his Tamer.
"Are you serious!?" Takato blurted out.
"Yep," said Jen.
"No wonder she's so upset." He looked up to talk to the whole group. "Well, I got these rude people who were fighting each other for items. How about you, Jen?"
"I got criticized about my clothes."
The whole group sighed.
"Hey," Takato said abruptly. "Link has been gone a long time, hasn't he?"
"Now that you mention it, he has," said Jen.
"Let's go check up on him," said Ruki "At least we'll be away from these people!"
***
The Tamers ran, then stopped. They heard a, "pit pat pit pat" sound. Slowly walking towards them, was Link. He was scratched up, dirty, and seemed to be limping a bit.
"Link!" they choursed in unison, running up to the "Kokiri".
"Sorry it took me so long to come back," Link greeted, "but Navi wanted me to dry my hat in the sun."
"Hey, don't blame this on me!"cried Navi.
"Nevermind that," said Jen. "Are you alright? You look beaten up!"
"I'm fine," answered Link in a calm voice.
"Well, you don't LOOK fine," replied Ruki.
"No, really; it's nothing," said Link. Deciding he knew what he was doing, the Tamers and their Digimon followed Link back into the market. "I'm going to get some healing items."
"Do you have money?" Takato asked his green-clad friend.
"Yep! I got some when I was fighting monsters."
"Fighting monsters? The money didn't happen to look like a crystal, did it?" asked Jen.
"Yes, actually," said Link "How did you know?"
"When I fought a monster at Hylia Lake, it bruned up, and a blue crystal came out."
"Well, in that case, do you want to go with me?"
"Sure," replied Jen. Link opened the door and went in with Navi, followed by Jen and Terriermon. Takato and Ruki were left alone outside with their partners. Guilmon was asking Renamon about the monsters she fought at the lake. They were comparing the enemies they had to fight in the past, to the ones they might have to face now.
"What?" Ruki had caught Takato staring at her.
"Uh- um- n-nothing!" he stammered, turning his head away quickly, blushing. This was the second time he had looked at her like that, since that day in the underground tunnel. "I-it's just that I've never seen you in a dress before." He paused. "I-it looks nice on you…"
It was Ruki's turn to blush. "Well, don't get used to it," she turned away. "I'll be glad once I'm out of this thing."
Silence. This was beginning to make Takato feel uneasy. He decided to try and talk about something else.
"Hey, what's that?" Takato pointed at something up high.
"It looks like a church," replied Ruki, looking up.
"Look! There's also a mountain behind it!"
"It looks pretty tall from here."
*UANN OHNN!*
"That sounded like a door opening and closing," said Takato.
"It's Link and Jen," Ruki responed, glancing behind her. "Guys, over here!" They spun around.
"Hey," Link said, walking towards them. "So, did you get any good information while I was fighting?" The three of them shook their heads.
"So, Jen," asked Takato. "Did buy anything interesting?"
"I bought a nut," he replied.
"It is a Deku Nut," said Navi. "Just make sure you don't drop it, or you will regret it."
"I only had 5 rupees," said Jen, "but they gave me a discount, since I look like the evil one."
"How much was it supposed to be?" Takato inquired.
"10 rupees each," Jen said. "I was able to get 5 Deku Nuts. Here, you can have them Takato; since you don't have any weapons."
"Thanks, Jen," said Takato. "I wonder why I didn't get any weapons like you did."
"Neither did Ruki," Terriermon spoke up. "She's just a defenseless damsel in distress," he smirked.
"Need I remind you that I still have Renamon with me?" Ruki had overheard him. Terriermon looked up at the tall brown Digimon.
"Did I say defenseless damsel in distress?" Terriermon said innocently. "I meant a Queen of Digimon with a kick-butt partner. Eh heh heh…"
"We should get going to the Hyrule castle now, don't you think?" Navi intervened.
"Yeah, I guess so," Link replied.
"Excuse me," said a little girl. She wore a white dress, but not as long as Ruki's. It had short sleeves with a yellow collar, and the sleeve cuffs and hem had a blue print around it. Her hair was long, reddish-brown, and she was the same height as Link. She looked Link over. "Hey, your clothes! They're…different… You're mot from around here, are you?"
"No, I'm not actually," replied Link. "I came from Kokiri Forest."
"Ohh… So, you're a fairy boy from the forest!" she cried. "My name is Malon! My dad owns Lon Lon Ranch! Did you say you were going to Hyrule castle?"
"Yes, we did," Link answered.
'Fairy boy?' he and the others thought.
"Really?" said the girl with excitement. "Well, can you help me?"
"Sure," Link smiled.
"Alright,
I'll meet you there," she replied, and with that, she ran off to the castle.
"Link, are you sure that we
can trust her?" asked Navi.
"Don't worry, Navi," Link answered. "You can tell by the look on her face. She was telling the truth. She looked…sad."
"Oh…if you are sure…" Navi trailed off. Link smiled up at his guardian.
***
The group strolled along the path to Hyrule castle, when they came upon Malon. She was waiting for them, standing near some vines.
"Hi!" she said. "Okay, first see if the guard will let you in." So, the group went to talk to the guard near the gate. They walked up to the guard.
"Excuse me," said Link. "Do you think we can see the Princess, please?"
"What!?" cried the guard in astonishment. "So, you say you want to see Princess Zelda, eh? You probably heard about her in town and decided you had to meet her… Well… Go home! Get out of here! The princess would never grant an audience to the likes of you! Besides, you can't get past our tight security," he scoffed at them. He stared at the Digimon. 'What in the world are those things?'
"If we don't talk to the Princess, all of Hyrule will be destroyed!" countered Ruki.
"Sure," the guard said sarcastically, "and I'm the King of Hyrule."
"More like the king of morons, if you ask me," whispered Terriermon.
"Terriermon!!" Jen whispered back.
"Sorry," he replied sarcastically.
"And YOU!" he pointed accusingly at Ruki. "Who do you think you are wearing clothes similar to the Princess' garments!?"
"What!?" Ruki cried, completely baffled.
"Take those clothes off right now!" he demanded.
"WHAT!?" Ruki yelled in astonishment. "What the heck are you- Man! I am gonna- Hey, let go!" Takato and Jen had grabbed Ruki, starting to cart her off back to where they had come from. Link, Navi, and the Digimon followed.
"Uh… don't worry, we'll take care of it sir," Takato told the soldier over his shoulder.
"Like heck you will!" Ruki steamed.
"Ruki, relax; we're just going back to where that girl is. Nothing more," Link assured her. "That is what we're doing, right?" Link asked Takato, not exactly sure if that was what he had in mind.
"What!? Of course!" Takato stammered. Terriermon started snickering in the back. Renamon gave Terriermon a light kick in the sides to make him stop.
"Ow!" he complained. Looking up, Renamon gave him a stern look. "Sorry," he apoligized, still trying to keep himself from laughing out loud.
When they reached Malon, waiting for them, they let go of Ruki. She approached them, asking, "Any luck?"
"Nope," said Terriermon laughing, jumping up onto Jen's shoulder. "The king of morons thought we were lying."
"Terriermon!" said Jen.
"Moumentai, Jen." Jen sighed.
"Why are you laughing if he didn't let you in?" she wondered, at bit confused.
"Pfft! It's because-," but Jen pulled him down, wrapping his arms over his mouth.
"It's nothing," Jen told her, smiling yet sweatdropping. Ruki crossed her arms, looking away from the others.
"Huh?" Malon rose an eyebrow.
"So," Link changed the subject hurriedly, "how can we help you?"
"Oh! Well, you see," she began, "Dad went to the castle to deliver some milk, and he hasn't come back yet… Would you mind finding my dad? He must have fallen asleep somewhere around the castle. What a thing for an adult to do!" she laughed. "Oh yeah, if you'll look for him, I'll give this to you." She held out a Cucco. "My dad's a pretty heavy sleeper…"
"That sounds like someone I know," whispered Navi. Link stared at Navi.
"I don't mean you of course!" LIED Navi.
"…but this Cucco can wake anyone. Will you do it?"
"Of course we will!" Link promptly replied.
"Great!" She handed the cucco to Link, which had it's beak tied up. "Thank you! I'll wait for my dad to get back, here."
"Right," Link responded.
"We should be able to climb up these vines," Navi said, flying up to the top. Takato sent Guilmon up first, and he followed. Terriermon sat on Jen's head while he went up next, and Renamon jumped up with Ruki. Link went up last.
"So, now that we're here," said Takato, "what are we going to do next?"
"Look, there's a ladder leading down that hole!" Navi pointed out to the others. The group went over to the hole, one by one going down it. They ended up in a small room with a torch and a door. Slowly, Link opened the door. He saw the guard from before standing near the iron gate. Cautiously, the group made their way to a large rock. When they got there, there was a sign that read: "Dead End."
"I don't think so," said Navi. "I don't know how to explain it, but I sense a strange force coming from behind that rock. If we could only blast the rock out out of the way…"
"Well, I don't think we want to cause a blast," said Jen quietly.
"Right," said Navi. "We better keep going." They began walking up the hill, when…
"Watch it!" said Terriermon. "Here comes the king of morons' minions." Jen put his hand over Terriermon's mouth. Terriermon tried to get his hand off, but Jen had an incredibly tight hold on him. They group ran to hide behind some trees.
"Did you see anything unusual today?" the guard that was near the gate entrance asked his companion.
"No, sir," said the other guard. "Why do you ask?"
"There was these bunch of kids, and weird monsters that were asking me if they could go see the Princess," he replied. "Well, anyways, I'm going to talk to the other guards." He walked away. Finally, Jen let go of Terriermon's mouth. Terriermon gasped for air.
"Monsters!? Where does he get off calling us monsters?" he murmered. "He's the one who won't let some innocent kids and their friends go in to help save Hyrule! "
"You're Digimon! That stands for Digital Monsters!" Jen hissed at his darkend partner.
"Oh, right."
Everyone sighed.
"Come on, we'd better get moving," said Takato. The group slowly walked past a guard, then another, then another, until they came to two guards on either side of a pathway. Carefully, they went up the hill it went around.
"Wait," whispered Terriermon. "Look." There was a guard in front of them, about four meters away. They gradually went past the four-meter-away guard, past another guard, and another. When they got to a closed draw bridge, they stopped. There were two guards standing on either side of the entrance.
"If the draw brige is closed, how are we going to get in?" asked Terriermon.
"We'll have to find another way," Link gazed around.
"There! A wall," said Navi. The group looked over to where Navi was gesturing. She was right; there was a wall. It looked climbable, so the group creeped towards the wall, and climbed it the same way they went up the vines. They crossed paths with a strange looking stone as they got to the end of the trail. Jumping down from the trail, little by little, they tiptoed behind the two soldiers, and walked the rest of the way.
"Stop!" Terriermon said all of a sudden.
"Terriermon!" scolded Jen. "There are guards over there!" Terriermon looked back.
"Ah…!" Terriermon waved his paw. "They're twenty meters away." He promptly stuck out his tongue and made faces at them.
"Terriermon!"
"Anyways, I can hear something," Terriermon spoke up.
"Coming from were?" Jen asked.
"Over there!"
The group looked to where Terriermon was pointing. There they could faintly see the outline of a man, and some big crates. They skulked closer, just in case it was another guard. As they got closer, they could hear a noise.
"Hey," said Ruki. "That sounds like…snoring?"
"Snoring?" Terriermon raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe it's that girl's father," said Takato. The group quickened their pace, and sure enough it was him, snoring away.
"Z Z Z Z Z…" he snored. Mumbling, he said, "Welcome…our ranch is so fun… C'mon and look around… Z Z Z…"
"Hurry," said Terriermon, "unleash the cucco!" Jen tapped Terriermon lighty, on the top of his head, and Terriermon stuck he tounge out with a smile. Link removed the band from it's beak.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo!" sounded the Cucco.
"What in tarnation?" he cried. "Can't a person get a little shut-eye around here?" The man got up, and blinked at the crowd before him. "Hello, and who might you all be?" The group sweatdropped.
"Uh…well I'm Link, and these are my friends," Link responded. "Say, do you happen to come from Lon Lon Ranch?"
"Yep, I'm Talon, the owner of Lon Lon Ranch. I went to the castle to deliver some milk, but I sat down here to rest, and I guess I fell asleep…" he replied sheepishly. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, your daughter asked us if we could look for you once we got here," Takato answered this time.
"What?!" Talon yelled. "Malon was looking for me? I'm gonna catch it from her now!"
"Well, she's waiting for you outside the castle gate," Jen said.
"I messed up bad, leaving Malon behind to wait for me!" he went on. Running off, he cried, "She's really gonna let me have it!" As he ran, he left a trail of dust behind, the Cucco following. Everyone once again sweatdropped.
Glancing to his right, Takato saw a door. "Hey, I wonder if we can go through here." He walked over to the door, pulling on the handle. "Ah, no good; it's locked," he told the others.
"Look," said Navi. "There is a hole from where the running water is coming out." They stared across the moat, at the opening. There was definitely water coming out of the hole. They couldn't reach it from where they were however. Link looked over at the two crates of milk Talon had left behind.
"Hey, maybe we can use these," Link said, taking hold of one of the boxes. Jen helped him out, pulling hard. Then, they went around and pushed it over the ledge. *BAM!* The large box made a great stepping block, but the hieght was still to short to be able to jump over. They pulled and pushed the other box on top of the other, so that it was now tall enough to allow them access to the hole. One by one, the group jumped over to the hole, and crawled through. When they got in they were standing in a fountain. They looked around, seeing a door, and a wall with some boxes placed next to it. Just then, a guard went past behind the adjacent wall, yet abruptly turned, so he did not see the group.
"Close one," whispered Terriermon. The group ran for the wall. *Cling cling cling* Terriermon peeked to see what was making the noise. Jen quickly pulled him back, as the guard missed Terriermon's ear by a millimeter. The guard didn't notice Terriermon, because of his height.
"Terriermon!" Jen spoke in an undertone. "You nearly got us caught!"
"Sorry."
"How are we going to get past those guards?" questioned Takato. Navi flew high, looking around.
"That's it!" cried Takato. Everyone put there hands on his mouth. *Cling cling cling*
"Hurry, the boxes," whispered Link. "We can hide behind them."
The group ran to the boxes and hid. Navi watched above and started freaking out.
"What to do, what to do," she repeatedly said to herself. "What to do…" The guard walked over to the crates, stabbing his spear through a row of them. The group had to part in half for a bit. The guard pulled out his spear. "Odd. I thought I heard someone." He was about to prod the crate again, when another guard called him over. The group's guard went over to the other, getting distracted from what he was doing.
"Man, that was too close for comfort," murmered Terriermon. "WAY to close."
"Alright, now that the guard is distracted, we can go," said Takato.
"Geez, Takato," sighed Ruki. "You almost made us shishcabobs!"
"Oh, yeah," said Takato, rubbing to back of his head. "Sorry about that."
"Takato," Guilmon started. "What are shishcabobs?"
"Huh? Uh…well, they're these sticks with pieces of food on them, and-"
"Food?" Guilmon interrupted him. "When can I try some?" he happily smiled.
"I don't think we have time for this conversation right now," Renamon spoke up.
"I agree," Jen said. "Let's go before the guard comes back."
"Wait," said Takato. "I have an-"
"Hey, you guys," Navi flew back down. "That was close, huh? Well, when I was up there, I saw a soldier going around this flowerbed. It's pretty big though, so if we go one by one, he shoudn't notice us."
"Thanks, Navi," Link said to her. "Let's go, guys." Sighing, Takato and the others carefully made their way past the guard, one by one.
"The next area has these soldiers each circling around a founatin. The fountains are pretty big though, so if you time it right, neither of them will see you," Navi informed them. Once again, each of them rushed by without trouble.
"What's next, Navi?" Link asked once she had arrived at the group once again.
"A sort of archway that has vines growing all over it. It's above the room the guard is in. If you climb up the stairs, the guard won't see you, even if he comes back. He's revolving around the beam holding it up you see," Navi said.
"That shouldn't be too much of a problem," Takato responded. Two by two this time, they went up the stairs to move across the beam holding up the greenery.
"Hey, Jen, watch this!" Terriermon whispered as he went up the steps.
"What? Terriermon, wait!" Jen whispered back urgently. "What are you doing?"
"I'm gonna run across this beam, then float back down!" he replied, preparing his footing.
"What!? Terriermon, don't! You'll get us caught!" Jen tried to stop his Digimon partner.
"It'll be great! It's just a straight beam. What could happen?" He took off. 'Yeah!' he thought to himself. When he looked up, however… 'Ahg! Ruki hasn't gotten off yet?' Sure enough, Ruki was still on the beam, almost at the end. 'Oh, no! I CAN'T STOP!' The momentum Terriermon was going at was too much. He ended up ramming into her. Terriermon used his ears to prevent himself from falling, but that wasn't the case for Ruki. She ended up falling off the end of the beam. 'Oh, no!' Terriermon closed his eyes. 'Hang on a second…why didn't I hear a crash?' Terriermon got up to reach the end of the beam. When he looked down, he had to stifle his laughter, incase the guard heard him. The sight at the other end was one of Ruki falling on Takato, and Renamon prevented the fall of the two by having to support Takato. The two Tamers looked at each other, faces heating up. They managed to quickly stand upright, while Terriermon joined them.
"Sorry about that," he smiled.
"Terriermon, you nearly got us caught with that little escapade of yours!" Jen had followed him to the other side.
"He's right, Terriermon," Takato retorted.
"I fell because of you!" Ruki scolded him.
"Yeah, but you were caught, weren't you?" he grinned.
"That's not the point!" she hissed, though Terriermon thought that this was one of the reasons she was angry with him.
"Guys, come on!" Link tried to keep them calm. "If this keeps up, we'll definitely be discovered."
"Right," Jen responded, jumping down.
"Guys," Navi had come back from her observation of the next room. reaching the top of the archway. "There's a huge monument over there with two guards."
"So one by one again?" Takato asked.
"Yep," Navi replied.
"Alright, here we go again," Link said.
Once they had all gone across the room, they leaned against a raised flowerbed. The flowerbed was the only thing keeping them from the guard's view in this room. The soldiers here were moving around and around in a circle, nonstop. The only time they would stop was when one guard was in front of the entrance, so there was no way to get around them. Navi flew down to the others.
"There is no way for us to go around these guys," sighed Navi. "They don't stop, and they're moving at a quicker pace than the others."
"That's impossible," said Jen.
"Yeah, they aren't robots," replied Terriermon.
"Robots?" said Navi. "What are robots?"
"Uhhh…" Terriermon was thinking, "nevermind." While the group was just sitting there, a guard passed by and saw them. *TWEEEEEEEET!!!* went a whistle. They quickly turned around. A guard was pointing his spear right in front of Link's face. Link and the rest of them sat still, shocked. The other guards came running.
"INTUREDER!!!" yelled the guard. "THROW THEM OUT!!!"
The guard forced them to a door, hands raised, still pointing at them with his spear. The other guard that was with him opened the door. The guard made the group go through the door, then closed it as he followed them. As they came to another door, the guard slowly opened it. Light came through the crack in the door. The guard raised his spear, then pushed the group out the door. Everyone tumbled onto the ground.
"Hey!" shouted Terriermon angrily. "Don't push us so hard!"
"I can do as I like," said the guard. "When it comes to protecting the Royal Family, there is no room for being gentle." With that, he slammed the door shut.
"WELL!!!" Terriermon huffed. "SEE IF WE SAVE YOUR BUTT FROM THE RISING EVIL!!!" Jen quickly got off the floor and started running after Terriermon in circles. Eventally, Terriermon got too tired trying to run anymore, so he just plopped himself on the floor. Jen picked him up. As everyone dusted themselves off, Takato remembered his idea from before.
"Hey, you guys," he said. "I remember my idea to get past those soldiers!"
"Well, Mr. Forgetful," said Terriermon, "what was your idea?"
"Terriermon!" said Jen. "Why don't you go back to sleep?"
"No more sleep," ranted Terriermon. "No more…..zzzzzzzzzzz"
"Well, anyways," said Takato, "my idea was that we should fly across the room."
"You know," said Ruki, "that isn't such a bad idea."
"So, we'll have to get in again and try it," said Link.
"Hopefully, we won't get caught again," Jen said. "I'm pretty sure they won't just kick us out this time."
"I don't even want to think about what they would do the next time we get caught," said Takato.
***
The group were now back at the two circling guards, where they were last caught.
"Okay," said Ruki, "now it's time for your plan, Takato." Takato took a deep breath. He was worrying about what his friends would do to him if his plan backfired, and what the guards might do if they got caught again.
"Alright, let's go," said Link.
Navi was on lookout, and Guilmon was the transporter. He picked up Takato under his arms, and flew him over. Next was Jen and Terriermon, and then Link. When Guilmon came to get Ruki however, she refused. Not because she didn't want Guilmon's help, but because of what she was wearing, and the fact that there were boys at the other end. So Renamon, as stealth as she was, leaped over to the group with Ruki in her arms, and Guilmon flew back. Takato was relieved that his plan had worked.
They now only had a stone archway to go through. Carefully, the group travelled through it. As they approached the other end, they saw a girl standing in front of a window. She was too far away to get a really good look at her, and there were no guards in sight, so they slowly walked in. Carefully approaching the girl, they stopped.
"Excuse me," Link caustiously said.
"Who?!" The girl quickly spun around. When she turned, they saw that her clothes looked like Ruki's, but her dress was composed of pink, blue, and white colours. Her pink/white head dress had a golden medallion on it. The medallion had a the same triangluar marking that they Tamers had on thier hands.
"Who are you? How did you get past the guards?" she gasped.
"Heh, getting past those guys was a piece of cake," Terriermon said with a smirk.
"Except we got caught the first time," Jen reminded him.
"So? Well still made it past them in the end!" Terriermon rejoiced, snapping his fingers.
"Oh?" The girl looked up, above Link's head. "Is," she paused, "that…a fairy?!"
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Her name is Navi," Link answered her question.
"Then, are you… Are you from the forest?" Link nodded. "Then…then… you wouldn't happen to have the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, would you?! That green and shining stone… Do you have it?" Link answered by pulling the stone out from his tunic, and showing it to her. "Just as I thought!" she giggled excitedly. "And, did you three come from the skies?" She was asking the Tamers and their Digimon.
"The skies?" Terriermon repeated.
"Actually, we're not really sure how we got here," Jen said.
"My head did hurt when we woke up here, so I guess maybe we did," Takato replied. "We were unconcious when we wound up here, so we couldn't really tell where we came from."
"Hmm…" the girl before them wondered. "I had a dream… In the dream, dark clouds were billowing over the Land of Hyrule… But suddenly, a ray of light shot out of the forest, as well as three more from the sky. The ones from the sky were red, blue, and green in colour. The clouds parted and the lights lit up the ground… They then turned into figures; the one from the forest was holding a green and shining stone, followed by a Fairy, while the others had were holding stange objects in their hands, each one one of the three colours of the lights. There were also these three other figures were with them, but I could not tell what they were… I know this is a prophecy that someone would come from the forest and skies… Yes, I thought you might be the ones…" She straightened up. "Oh, I'm sorry!" she apologized. "I got carried away with my story and didn't even introduce myself!" The group listened intently. "I am Zelda, Princess of Hyrule," she smiled.
"So, you're the Princess," everyone happily choursed; they had finally found her.
"Yes, I am. What are your names?" Everyone introduced themselves, but when it was Link's turn, Zelda seemed to be thinking. "Link… Strange…it sounds somehow…familiar." Her face brightened, "Okay, then… I'm going to tell you the secret of the Sacred Realm that has been passed down by the Royal Family of Hyrule. Please keep this a secret from everyone…" They all nodded in agreement. "Alright. The legend goes like this:
When the goddesses returned to where they had came from, they had wanted to hide the sacred Triforce somewhere in Hyrule. You see, whoever holds the Triforce can be granted a wish. In the hands of a person with a righteous heart, there would be a golden age and the land would prosper. Someone with an evil mind however, would be consumed by their evil, and bring chaos upon the land. The Sages therefore, placed three shards of the Triforce in the Temple of Time, to be protected from evil.
That's right… The Temple of Time is the entrance through which you can enter the Sacred Realm from our world. But the entrance is sealed with a stone wall called the Door of Time. And, in order to open the door, it is said that you need to collect the Spiritual Stones. And another thing you need…is the treasure that the Royal Family keeps along with this legend… The Ocarina of Time! As for the remaining shards, they were hidden away by one of the Sages, so that if evil did arise, three young heroes would find them in the future. Having found them, these children would come back to our time, to help destroy the evil." She looked at them. "Did you understand well the story I just told you?" The Tamers were gaping. They had recalled the painting in the museum, and the image of the Triforce with three glittering pieces.
"Wait," Jen began. "Does that mean that we're those three heroes from the future?"
"That's correct," she nodded.
"Okay, so we're those three from your dream," Ruki said. "I understand that, but…" She looked at herself, and then the others. "Why are we dressed the way we are?"
"I've been wondering that too," Takato added.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you…" She stepped aside. "I was spying through this window just now… The other element from my dream…the dark clouds…I believe they symbolize…that man in there!" she gestured. "That's who you are dressed as, Jenrya. Do any of you want to look through the window at him?"
"I'll go first," Jen volunteered. "I want to see this guy who I'm dressed as." He went up to the window and peered through it. The man was dressed in dark clothing, similar to Jen's. He walked across the room to the front, kneeling on one knee, an arm across his chest. 'He must be in front of the King,' Jen concluded. The others took turns gazing through the window, while Zelda continued speaking.
"Can you see the man with the evil eyes? That is Ganondorf, the leader of the Gerudos. They hail from the desert far to the west. Though he swears alligence to my father, I am sure he is not sincere. The dark clouds that covered Hyrule in my dream… They must symbolize that man!" Link went up the window. Seeing this man, he thought back to his nightmare. 'It was him, wasn't it?' Suddenly, Ganondorf turned his head to face Link. Startled, Link let go of the windowsill and stepped back.
"Link, what happened?" Takato asked.
"Did he see you?" Zelda specified. Link nodded. "Don't worry. He doesn't have any idea what we're planning…yet! To answer your question earlier, since Ganaondorf, Link and I are the ones after the Triforce in this time, that's why you three are dressed like us. As for your Digimon, they resemble someone close to us; someone who help aid in our quest."
"So that's why Guilmon looks like mei," Navi concluded.
"And I'm the evil guy?" Jen spoke.
"But you're not evil in reality, so that shoudn't matter," Takato said.
"You're just dressed like him; I don't think that will affect your attitude," Ruki helped to support him.
"Yeah, just look at Ruki!" Terriermon chuckled. At that, Ruki grabbed him by the ears, starting to squeeze them. "Ouch! See? Ow! Stop! I take it back! Ahh!"
"Um…have you told your father about your dreams?" Link turned to Zelda.
"…Yes. I told my father about my dreams…" she replied. "However, he didn't believe it was a prophecy… But…I can sense that man's evil intentions! What Ganaondorf is after must be nothing less than the Triforce of the Sacred Realm. He must have come to Hyrule to obtain it! And he wants to conquer Hyrule…no the entire world! Now…we are the only ones who can protect Hyrule! Please!"
"Of course we'll help!" Link said.
"Definately!" Takato cried. "You in, Guilmon?"
"Guilmon is ready, Takato!" Guilmon grinned.
"Yeah, who wants some crazy, power-hungry maniac in charge of the world?" Terriermon agreed with them, rubbing his ears.
"I'm with you," Jen agreed. "I want to stop this guy too!"
They looked over at Ruki and Renamon, waiting for their responses. They smiled, simply saying, "Do you have to ask?" Zelda brimmed at everyone's enthusiasm.
"Thank you! I-I am afraid… I have a feeling that man is going to destroy Hyrule. He has such terrifying power! But it's fortunate that you all have come…" She took a step forward. "We must not let Ganondorf get the Triforce! I will protect the Ocarina of Time with all my power! He shall not have it! You all go find the other two Spiritual Stones! Let's get the Triforce before Ganondorf does, and then defeat him!"
"Yeah!" they all shouted.
"One more thing…" Zelda started writing something up. "Take this letter… I'm sure it will be helpful to you." She handed the letter to Link. My attendant will guide you out of the castle. Don't be afraid to talk to her." Saying their farewells to Princess Zelda, the Tamers, Digimon, Link, and Navi, walked back towards where they had come from. Waiting there for them was a woman, who had her arms crossed. Her face had markings on it, while her hair was white, she wore black leather armor, complete with boots and gauntlets.
'Huh?' Ruki thought when she saw her. 'Renamon must represent her.'
"I am Impa of the Sheikahs," she told them once they had reached her. "I am responsible for protecting Princess Zelda. Everything is exactly as the Princess foretold. You are a courageous group… You are heading out on a big, new adventure, aren't you? My role in the Princess' dream was to teach a melody to the one from the forest. This is an ancient melody passed down by the Royal Family. I have played this song to Princess Zelda as a lullaby ever since she was a baby… There is mysterious power in these notes. Now listen carefully… Memorize this song…" She raised two of her fingers up to her lips, so that she could whistle out the melody. It was a gentle and soothing sound; definitely a tune worthy of representing the Royal Family of Hyrule. She put her hand down, saying, "Now you try."
"Huh? You mean whistle it out like you did?" Takato asked the Sheikah.
"Wait, I think I have something even better," Link said, reaching into his tunic. He pulled out a small, potato-shaped instrument, which was a sort of peachy colour. "I'll try playing it on this," he replied to the others. He took the wind instrument into his hands, and brought the mouthpiece up to his lips. He slowly began to play the melody Impa had whistled. When he had finished, the peachy potato began to shimmer. Link and his friends gazed at it in wonder.
"That song you just learned is called Zelda's Lullaby," Impa told them. She turned to look out the archway. "If the castle soldiers find you, there will be trouble. Let me lead you out of the castle."
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Once they were back in front the market entrance, Impa said, "You brave children…" Terriermon coughed. "and…"
"Digimon," Jen completed for her. He shook Terriermon a bit on his shoulder, to show his disapproval for his cough.
"Digimon. Thank you. We must protect this beautiful Land of Hyrule!" She turned to face something. "Take a good look at that mountain. That is Death Mountain, home of the Gorons. They hold the Spiritual Stone of Fire. At the foot of Death Mountain you will find my village, Kakariko. That is where I was born and raised. You should talk to some of the villagers there before you go up Death Mountain." She gazed back at he group. "The song I just taught you has some mysterious power. Only Royal Family members are allowed to learn that song. Remember, it will help to prove your connection with the Royal Family. The Princess is waiting for you to return to the castle with the stones. All right. We're counting on you!"
"We understand," Link said on behalf of them all. Impa nodded. At that moment, she unfolded her arms and stepped back on her right leg. She raised her arm up, then brought it back down, throwing something at the ground. A puff of smoke surrounded her, and she was gone, leaving the destined group surprised.
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THE TRIFORCE
Me: Ah, the end of the second chapter. Not sure when we'll start the next chapter though. School takes a lot of time up. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Speaking of reviews, R&R! No flames, just suggestions, thanks! ^_^
Espeon: HA HA HA!! I think this chap is FUNNY!!! Don't you?
Me: Bacause of Terriermon?
Espeon: DUHH!! He is HALLARIOUS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Me: Uh…huh…
Espeon: How rude…^,^ See if I help you ^,~*
Me: I mean, he's HILARIOUS!
Espeon: HEY!!...I spelled hilarious WRONG!!!
Me: Yeah, I noticed that too… BWA HA HA!
Espeon: .\/. WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!!!
Me: I was going to, but then I forgot about it. ^ ^
Espeon: Don't give me that fart!!!! "I forgot"
Me: I did though, and don't say that word on the internet.
Espeon: What?
Me: Nevermind… there is spell check you know
Espeon: Spell check? Ppppppppp Spell check is STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: It would have found your error though.
Espeon: Mun! Whatever…
Me: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Speaking of reviews,
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