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(( Mishiranu hito- Stranger))
Link stole a quick glance back at the beautiful woman slumbering peacefully on his bed, despite the tortuous damage that slashed through her body, before jumping from his tree house, forgetting to use the ladder. He landed with a thud to the soft, grassy earth and wandered throughout the small village to gather the local girls. He took the time to search in every house, around every corner, and near the realm of the deceased Great Deku Tree. Feeling satisfied with the great number of girls, he requested them to follow him to the middle of the village. Sitting upon the ground, which was about their level, he rested his arms on his knees.
"So what is it, Link?" one of the girls crossed her arms and tapped her foot, faking impatience.
Link laughed nervously and gave a sheepish smile to them, scratching the back of his head, "Er.. yeah, what I called you ladies for..." he sighed and looked to the ground, as if it would aid him in his explanation.
"Oooo Link, so we're ladies now?" one of them giggled slightly.
Ignoring her comment and the scattered giggles that followed, he continued, "...You see, I found this woman on the shore of Lake Hylia..."
"Oh my goodness, Link! Is she okay?" one of the girls linked her fingers together in surprise.
"Yes, yes... well, actually, no... she's hurt, and bad. And what I was wondering was if.."
"What happened to her Link?"
"How bad is she?"
"Can we help?"
"Where is she?"
"Is she almost dead?"
"Did you hurt her?"
"Why is she hurt?"
"Who's the perpetater?" some of the girls, frantically replied to him, each asking a different question.
Link sighed and stood up, looking upon each one, yes, he had enough girls for the job, he took a deep breath.
"I have no idea what happened to her... she's beat up pretty bad, but I didn't find anything that was life-threatening.. Yes you can help and that is what I have called you all here for... she's, as of now, is resting in my house... and as for dying, I don't think so... and NO I didn't hurt her! Why would I do a thing like that? I don't have a specific idea why exactly she is injured... and as for you... the correct word is "perpetrator", and I don't know! Stop asking me questions I just found her! I don't even know if it was a person that committed this to her!" He gasped for a breath. Kokiri girls were wonderful beings, but when it came to something as important as this, they were down right annoying.
"Soooo... uh... how do we help... exactly?" One of them mumbled, finding her boots suddenly very interesting.
Link smiled, placing a hand on her shoulder, "Can you guys change her clothes and put her in bandages for me?"
The girl below him smirked, "Why can't you do it, Link? You're a big boy!" she giggled uncontrollably.
Link quickly removed his hand from her shoulder, as if it burned, and backed away, stuttering for words, "I... er... You see, ermm..." He blushed a brilliant crimson and twiddled his thumbs. The possibility of him stripping her down and washing her body free of blood and bandaging her made him shiver with embarrassment and modesty, not just for him, but also for her.
The sound of faint giggles around him, startled him out of his little fantasy world.
"Never mind Link, I'm joking!" She burst with laughter, as well as the girls surrounding her, taking great enjoyment at poking fun at the bright face of the young elf.
One of the girls calmed enough to call above all the giggling, "Ok girls! This is how it's gonna work! This group right here..." she pointed towards a crowd to her left, "..you girls are gonna make sure she is cleaned up and bandaged good and tight. Then when you are done you need to measure her real good! Cause then.." She pointed to the group on the right of her, "you girls and I are gonna dress her all up, Kokiri style!" she added a wink and a short giggle, "Any questions?" she searched around for any confusion, not finding any, she fisted her palm, "Right then! Split up!"
Link watched one of the groups head through the doorway of his house and the other disappear behind the entrance of another house, down the trail. Sighing in relief, he walked to the foot of the ladder and called from the ground.
"You girls please take good care of her!" he blushed slightly at his own statement.
"We will! Promise!" a muffled voice echoed from the inside.
Link smiled and headed down the trail, heading towards the realm of the Great Deku Tree. Shoving his hands in his pockets, he whistled a song he heard in a pub once, while shuffling across the ground quickly. There was something he had to retrieve before he returned to the woman. He just hoped that she was going to be alright by the time that he returned to her.
'I wonder what her name is... he chuckled.
"What a strange girl..." one of the Kokiri girls thought aloud. They all turned their attention to the woman's face and peered curiously over her "clothing."
"Weird..." she noticed a small lump in the side of her skirt.
Deciding to be nosy, she dug her hand into the pocket, and pulled out a strange black and silver box, connecting to some sort of earmuffs. She placed them on her head and looked on the box. She discovered a sideways triangle and peered at it curiously. She slowly, and cautiously put her finger to it. A pause... then a soft, but quick beat began playing in her ears. Then words began to emit from the inside of the earmuffs.
(emergency, coz I'm about to knock'em out!
give it up yo! move's in the house!
check it out yo! pass that mic!
denwa ni derenai SHICHUEESHON ai sae mo shimekirarete
ii wake bakari no dengon ni fuman na koibito
how many time i have to cry?
(inside out, back and forth! left to the right, let's get lost!)
how much I have to make them dry?
(fuck this out! it's all the same! it's just a easy game!)
otagai awanai TAIMINGU wakatteru itai kurai
sore demo hitori de nemurenai heya wa hirosugite
(when the fuck you gonna be back?)
day & night kirai na kotoba afureru michi
wow pure sight enji tsukareta shunkan
kitto kimi ni wa wakaru to shinjiteru
(it's right time of the real love)----
A/N: Of course she isn't gonna listen to the whole song!
The girl began dancing around the room and giggling happily. She enjoyed this song very much! A/N: Who wouldn't? I love this song! Knock'em Out is awesome! VERY dance-able! ok..i'll shutup.. Not knowing, however, that the other girls were staring at her with anger laced in their eyes. One girl stole the magical music box and yanked the earmuffs from her head and scolded her firmly, as a mother would a child.
"We were specifically assigned to clean this woman up! We have to hurry, Maaya! The other girls will be here very soon and you are not doing a thing! Think of what will happen if she gets here and we are not done! We have to measure her, also!" she glared at her harshly, searching for any sign of protest.
Maaya apologized and got to work, realizing that Kokiri clothes were not hard to come by. She began by softly brushing a warm rag on the woman's face, working down her neck and arms, wiping dried blood from her skin. Then she tore the already maimed shirt from her chest, then wiping the remaining blood from her chest.
She had a few girls beside her, brain-storming as to how to remove the 'strange white cloth' that concealed her breasts. One of them, gently, as not to disturb the woman, reached behind her and fiddled and searched, finally snapping it off, she threw the shirt and the undergarment to the floor, to be discarded, with a muffled 'slump'.
"What in the world?" Maaya pondered.
"C'mon! Get to work!" Maaya started and quickly returned to the task at hand. She retrieved bandages from the floor and began mashing herbs and water together and applying them to the bandages, like a paste, then began to wrap her, from her breasts to the very tips of her ribs, tight, but gentle. She and some other girls then began to wash out the scrapes, carefully, from her stomach, and then applying herbs and bandages here and there. They did the same for her arms, though they did not use as much herbs as they used for her stomach and chest.
They, with difficulty, found a way to remove her forest green skirt, and tossed it along with the other discarded clothing that lay in a bloody heap near the window, on the floor. This action revealed to them her white underwear.
"Those aren't ruined! I think that we can leave them on!" she concluded with a giggle, hearing the others sheepishly laugh in response. Maaya decided, with the rest of the group, to leave the undergarment on and return to work. Looking down to her marred legs, Maaya sighed in sympathy.
"This don't look to good." It took all of their effort to lift and raise her legs, and to rinse her free of all of the dried crimson blood, then cover them nicely with the bandages and pasty herbal medicine. Once they finished, they removed her socks that were splashed with her blood and her shoes, then tossed them unceremoniously to the floor.
Stepping back to admire their work, they all exchanged high-fives and smiled to each other.
"Ok! She's all fixed up! Time for measuring!" Maaya scrounged up the measuring tape and ran it all over her body, calling out numbers and sizes, having somebody writing the information on a leaf, to set neatly on the nightstand, next to Link's bed, for the next group of girls to pick up and begin to dress her.
They had just finished calling out the final measurement when the next group came in. Continuing on with their giggling and discussions of life and gossip, that flourished like a healthily growing plant, among the Forest.
Link's feet softly whispered across the sacred boundaries of the realm. This bright, fluorescent place, was a wonder beyond wonders. The faeries among the thick leaves, darted and swooped through the Great Deku Tree, playing and sending a showers of soft light. A luminous light, that drifted silently and comfortably, surrounding him like a warm blanket. Fascinated, he decided to remain a while longer to witness and marvel this strange beauty that was these magical beings.
Their soft, delicate wings fanned his toned face as they fluttered by, quickly and silently, bearing innocent light into his peripheral vision, then fluttering safely to the tree's branches. He began to step softly, farther, into the safe haven and treasure what lay before his eyes in just a mere second. The faeries of the wood exploded from within the withered leaves and sent a rain of glittering, singing auroras of brilliant light. They flowed down the tree's trunk like butter and swooped from the ground, hanging there, blinking and glowing various colors. Link allowed a fascinated sigh of wonder escape from his lips as they all shone brilliantly, casting a silhouette of colors, leaking through the air. But as soon as they began... they ended, much to Link's disappointment. But this display still plastered a wistful smile to his face.
Beautiful...
He continued his journey around the thick, long, roots of the Deku Tree, to the usually anxiously waiting Sprout. He snickered at the thought of always being bubbly and bouncy about everything. It reminded him of the usual stereotype girls that seem to take happy pills, always hyper and excited, greeting the day with a cheery 'hello' and moving on.
But... that wasn't all bad was it? What's wrong with just being joyous that a new day has come? Link scoffed a curse beneath his breath and mentally punched himself for ever thinking such a thing about anybody.. Saria, she was always his nymph. Wherever she traveled to, she always had something good to say. So, he guessed, that this was the reason that he avoided people with a positive point of view. In her memory.
'I should not think that..' he had walked for so long that he bumped into the Sprout. He began to make out an apology, when he noticed that he was asleep. Rolling his eyes, he gripped the Sprout by the limbs and shook him.
"HEY! Wake up!" the young plant stirred slightly and yawned fully, before turning to Link and throwing him a drowsy greeting.
"N-nani? Oh. Good morning Link." he yawned.
Link couldn't resist giving a chuckle at this as he crossed his arms and shook his head, "Do you realize that it's past midday?" He pointed to the blue sky for reference. The Deku Sprout looked above him as if he just noticed that, there was in fact, a sky hanging brightly above their heads. He gave a nervous giggle and smiled happily at Link.
"So, anyway, what brings you here to this place?" he bounced around and waited patiently, noticing how Link thoughtfully placed a hand on his hip and scratched the back of his head.
"Well... you see, hmmm.. Ah! Ok, do have a remedy for aches and pain? Like bodily pains of course!" he explained. The Sprout looked to the sky, as if seeking assistance from the heavens. Then, he turned to Link, reading his thoughts like a book. The solution came to him like a sudden summer rain.
"I've got your remedy! What you do is take all of my leaves from my brambles. And then... you take a bunch of sap as well! Then, you crush it in a bowl or something of the sort, and mix it well with warm water! And there ya go! We call it, the Deku Tea!" he smiled brightly, grinning from limb to limb.
Link bent lower to his level and placed a hand on his leaves, "Wait, are you sure, well, I'm not a tree, but are you sure this is alright with you? I mean, when will they all grow back again? And will you be okay without some of your sap?" he questioned worriedly.
The Sprout rolled his eyes and giggled, "So naive, Link! Of course! I'm no ordinary plant ya know! Everything will be fine!" he bubbled.
"Alright, if you say so..." he took one of the leaves, reluctantly, but soon found himself gripping the whole branch and stripping it of its leaves. He searched frantically around for a container to keep these contents in. He searched around and around until he finally found something and threw them all in the bowl of twigs and bark, then returned for the sap. The Sprout was still holding that same vibrant smile. A smile that kept all of the evil at bay from the rest of the Forest. Once he received the right amount, he quickly crushed them both together, all the while, conversing lively with the Sprout.
"So, Link, what's wrong?" The Sprout mentioned, looking on to Link's hands that worked at the mushy mess.
Link looked up only slightly and then back to his work, "Nothing... why do you ask?"
The Sprout cocked his head to the side and looked at him, confused, "Well then why are you making the remedy? To keep in your house?" he thought for a moment, "Eww.. then it would get gross! All clumpy and chunky, Blech!" He threw his tongue out in disgust.
Link ceased smashing the herbs together, to think back for a moment about the Deku's question. Did he miss something? He suddenly went into a state of complete unconscious thinking and pondering.
'So, Link, what's wrong?' The young voice echoed in his mind. Replaying over and over again.
'Oh! The Sprout must have been confused with me needing the remedy, instead of that woman needing the remedy!' He wondered why he didn't think of that before.. must be the blond factor. He laughed at himself.
"No, no, no... It's not for me, you see, there is this woman, she... she's kinda hurt and, well. I'm takin' care of her! And so, when I get back, I will give her," he held up the completed form of the honey-colored mess, "this!" he smiled triumphantly, dipping his finger inside of the gooey syrup and stuffing it in his mouth, childishly, sighing in contentment.
"Mmmmm, this is amazing..." he sighed marveling at the rich flavor and unique texture, "thank you so much, I'll be on my way now... sayonara!" and with that, he sprinted from the realm and stared ahead at his destination. He skidded to a halt.
"Oh, right, water... WARM water.." he grumbled and headed to the Lost Woods. This was going to take some time...
yay! another chapter completed! Success! Bwahahahaha! sorry for the unexpected cutoff at the end, but I have to go to school tomorrow and won't have any time that week to get it done. (since I hafta do them on the weekends now it will probably be about 3 or 4 weeks till the next chapter!) But I promise that I will hurry! I love you all and THANK YOU for all of you guy'z motivational reviews! They help me so much!
Ja Ne!
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