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Sorry for leaving you so long on such a horrid cliffhanger…
I have so been out of it this summer… Anyways, here's chapter Twelve.
Hopefully I can get my rhythm back within the next month and start updating my fics again.
Enjoy!
(Just realized this is my longest English fic so far ô.ô ooh)
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The Lion's Ruby
By Dagron
Chapter 12: Urgent call.
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The wind whistled through the air.
They could hear it… Which was weird, considering the usual amount of noise this 'Tokyo' city seemed to harbour.
Saria stopped in her steps to close her eyes and listen. Beside her, princess Zelda and Haibara, confused, were looking around, trying to decipher where this intriguing sound was coming from.
They were now all alone in the street… Which was exceptional of itself… It didn't seem to come from some flat window or shop, so…
Saria concentrated. It felt important to certify what this melody was.
It sounded like wind blowing through reeds… Then like the leaves rustling in the eaves of the trees…
The leaves… A flute.
It sounded like a flute… No wait. An Ocarina!
She snapped her eyes open. Zelda seemed to have recognized the noise as well, for she whispered the name of the tune being played... Saria's song.
The local girl, however, didn't realize what this meant, for she stared inquiringly at the princess and Saria.
She then cried out in astonishment as she noticed the green moss forming around Saria's feet.
The young sage didn't seem to take notice, and, as the melody grew louder, a small ball of light escaped from one of her pockets.
Saria began to speak…
« Link! What is it? Your playing, it seems…»
She was cut off as the voice of the young blond hero came through to them, as loud as if he had been at their side.
« Saria! I need help, fast! Tsuki's kidnapped Ayumi, and Ruthan has b… Ganondorf… They… He… Just come quick! »
« Kidnapped Ayumi! » Went Haibara. He definitely seemed shocked, and what he said was very serious. It wasn't the moment to wonder at how the ocarina tune had kept on playing in the background.
« Link! Where are you? We need to know, so we can come. » Said Zelda. Her hands were taut with concern.
« I… In some sort of dead end street… Just past what Ayumi called the Beika Art institute. There's another park-like place just around the corner… Look, do hurry, Ruthan's hurt! I don't know how to help him… I… »
« I know where it is. » Interrupted Haibara. « I'm calling the others. » She then whisked her Detective Boy badge-transmitter from her pocket and started speaking rapidly into it…
« Alright Link. We're coming. Stay calm! » Said Zelda, seeming worried by the tone of panic she heard in Link's voice. It wasn't like him.
« Link. Try that song the skullkid taught you. » Added Saria.
As the notes of the song started to fade out, Link could hear the three girls' running feet.
'Stay calm…' he thought, staring down at his ocarina. 'As if I'd been trying to do anything else. It's just…'
He stared down further at the limp form of the young Zoran boy. His breathing was shallower then he would have wished for and as for the blood…
'Goddess! What was it Saria said? The skull kid's song? Right! Song of healing, song of healing…'
He desperately started to play the notes of the song, as he pushed out of his head any thoughts of what had just happened, wishing for the others prompt arrival…
Sad thing, those troublesome thoughts were strong.
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A few minutes before, Ganondorf and Gin had come upon the dead-end street. Just moments after Ayumi's shout.
The direction they had chosen earlier had brought them there. The magic rupee they were after was close by.
Ganondorf stopped in his tracks.
« I can't believe it. That brat follows me everywhere… » He snarled. He had recognized Link's features, despite his missing trademark green. There weren't many locals with big pointy ears, and wavy blond hair.
Gin too had stopped. He was staring at the blue skinned humanoid beside the blond boy.
'Not more monsters!' he thought.
Both creatures were turned away from them, their full attention fixed on what seemed to be two individuals just beyond his sight. A young girl and a man by the voices that could be heard.
They hadn't noticed them.
Having also realized this, Ganondorf was already charging up a 'magic bolt', ready to aim it at his young arch-enemy.
Gin put out a hand to prevent him. He pulled a metallic object out of his pocket with his left hand. His ice-blue eyes glinting from anticipation.
« Allow me… » He said.
Stepping forward and round the bend to the blind alley, he aimed his gun at the two unsuspecting newcomers.
If Ganon Dorf seriously considered eliminating other supposedly 'Hylians', he would gladly cooperate in doing so… His way.
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An urgent beeping noise made itself known from the depths of Conan's pockets. Bringing his brisk walk to a halt, he pulled his emitter-transmitter badge from it's place and pressed the button on the back, acknowledging reception.
Curious, Ran, Kuroba and Koizumi came towards him, wondering what the caller had to say. Had one of the groups already found the evasive Tsuki?
« Edogawa! Tsuki has taken Ayumi hostage… »
« What! » The four of them stared at the badge, disturbed by what they had just heard. No hi, nothing, just plain urgent fact. What! How? Who? When?
« Ha- Haibara, is that you? » stuttered Conan.
« No, it's the Queen of England. Of course it's me. We need to hurry to Kirin Alley, by Haido Park. Apparently, one of the Hylian's was injured there… » Conan thought he heard the word 'Zora' in the background… « Whatever, we need to get there fast. Can you tell the others? »
« Sure… » He answered. « But how do you know of this, if you're not there? How did this happen! »
« Link contacted Saria using that Ocarina song he mentioned earlier. » She answered tersely. She was of two minds about that. Either there was a trick, either it really was magic, and in that case, she was going mad. The less said about it, the better. « I don't know the rest. »
« Alright, I'll call the others. We'll meet you there. »
« Okay. » And then there was a beep indicating that Haibara had cut the connection.
Conan scratched his head as he turned the dial to Genta's transmitter. If they used the 'all' setting, he would set off Ayumi's badge, which would alert Tsuki. They hadn't expected that the witness could be dangerous. Curses.
As he reported the news to the other Detective Boys, his team members (plus Koizumi) stood gloomily, digesting the news.
« Kirin Alley…» Muttered Kuroba, arms crossed and his features serious. « Right. »
Then, as one, the three teenagers started running, right, towards Haido Park, followed by young Conan, still talking into his badge.
This was serious.
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Ayumi squirmed as the horrible man carried her in his smelly arms. He scared her, but not as much as his random cackling.
And he'd done a lot of random cackling, much to her dismay.
She clenched her jaw as she tried not to cry or shout out. She knew that shouting for help was more likely to annoy than frighten her captor. She had been in this situation often enough to understand this.
Sugar! Why did it always have to be the cute girls that the bad guys kidnapped? Why her! It just wasn't fair. Why couldn't it be Genta or Mitsuhiko for once?
Or why not Conan for a change? Wouldn't it be great if she could be his knight in shining armour just one time?
She sighed mentally to herself. Of course, that would never happen. Conan was way too smart to inadvertently let himself get kidnapped.
She squirmed a little more, and managed to turn her head to look behind them, half hoping to see Conan come to her rescue like so many times before, half dreading she would see those two Terrifying Men.
She shuddered at the memory. There were bad guys and then there were The BAD Guys, evil!
Even more tears reached her eyes as she recalled how the dreadful man with long pale hair had shot at Ruthan and Link. Link had somehow put up a magic shield to protect them from the bullets, but by then, Ruthan had already been badly injured…
'Oh please let them not be dead!' she prayed in thought, more tears swelling forcibly in her eyes. Being a detective boy, she wasn't as naive as other children her age when it came to death. Once you were dead, you stayed dead. It wasn't like in video games…
She then recalled how, at the appearance of the two strangers clad in black, Tuski's grip had painfully tightened, his blade even more menacing. And oh how he had cackled! His laugh had been a hundred times worse then the evil laughter of the villains in Kamen Yaiba.
« Oh! There you are! » He had cried out in glee. « I didn't think I'd get your attention so soon, Mister Murderer… » The last few words had been pronounced with a huge amount of venom in them. They seemed to be directed at the Bulky stranger. The one with the tanned skin and flame red hair.
His companion, who had stopped wasting bullets when he noticed they were being stopped by Link's barrier, turned to 'Mister Murderer' and asked him if he knew the madman. And much to Tsuki's fury he denied it.
To Ayumi's relief, he shifted his grip on both her and his knife, to yell out to the world his dismay.
« You don't recognize me? You don't! You monster! »
His eyes swivelled to fix on something, or someone, who obviously wasn't there. « You hear that Ihara! Your murderer doesn't recognize us! The cheek! »
Ayumi couldn't help at the time but to think he was the one who had cheek. Those guys obviously had guns, and didn't seem to be the kind to care about pretty little girls taken as hostage. It was like a cocky goat making fun of an angry grizzly bear. The tall pale haired man was already aiming his gun at him, an evil grin on his face.
« Well I don't think so, nuhuh… » Tsuki had continued, oblivious. His knife still in his hand, he fingered at his breast pocket. « Once we've made him pay, he's going to rue the day he murdered Ihara Shoji… For eternity!»
He pulled out a sparkling gem.
The red-head then gripped the gunman's arm.
« You're after this, aren't you? » Tsuki grinned. And cackled.
Ayumi had watched in horror as the two men in black suits silently came to the same conclusion. It would be easy to shoot him down on spot and pick up the gem. Link too must have realized this, because he suddenly ripped out of his inertia, his magic shield shattering, shouting his refusal. If The BAD Guys eliminated Tsuki, they would probably kill Ayumi too… And Ruthan was already unconscious.
He performed an impressive swing with his metal bar, effectively removing the gun from the pale haired man's grip… But the swing continued, and the blond hylian was twirling like a top, his improvised weapon hitting the two men out of his way.
Then behind Link, Tsuji snarled at 'mister murderer', and turned to run away. « See you at Teitan Temple, tonight, Mister Murderer! » He still held Ayumi tightly in his grip.
Link urgently turned round and called after the departing madman… But was hit from behind by the red-head. Hard.
Ayumi called out, as she saw Link groan and fall unconscious to the ground. Tsuki snapped at her as he jumped over a wall into a vehicle he had prepared. She had heard more muted gunshots and even some crackling, like static or fire. It seemed like the men in black had decided to chase after them…
And now, all Ayumi could hope for was that Conan, or anyone available, could rescue her before Tsuki or those dreadful Men in black decided to harm her.
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Review Responses:
Terra89: «plz update soon? » … May I say 'Oops'? Haha… Oh well here is the update anyways… (And I need to get back to reading your work!)
Onee-san: Hey, glad you like! And yes, someone should have struck me down for leaving you hanging on such a cliffy for -so long-. And glad to see someone appreciates Ruthan too! We shall have to see how or if he survives this ordeal, nay? (Evil wink.) Hope you still like despite my long break.