Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda. Nintendo does. PERIOD!
Author's Note: Um. I have nothing new to say.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Five: Link's Battle By Moonlight (Part 2)
Link turned to glare at Darago who was still up on the roof of the Bazaar Shop, he didn't seem to be pleased with the fact that Strack and Shackle had both been defeated because of a common hylian child. He suddenly removed a large sword from his cloak as he threw it off, it was a long single edged sword Link recognized it as a rather large saber. In Hyrule a saber was basically a sword that could cut on only one side but the blade was still straight, not like a Sheiken's katana style blade.
The rouge sheiken's red eyes narrowed as he was obviously not at all happy, he was dressed in black Sheikan armor and also used a diamond shaped shield. It seemed to be an Ikana style sword but nobody in Hyrule knew where that land was, but it was rumored that he got these weapons from the twisted king of an ancient and far away kingdom who used the same kind of sword and shield. (So basically its the same weapons that Ikana uses in Majora's Mask)
He jumped from the roof of the Bazaar landing around twenty feet from the young warrior. He glared at Link raising his sword to point at the boy "You have spurned an enemy you cannot hope to defeat boy. Defend yourself!" he shouted. He started toward Link throwing down his cloak and body armor thinking the boy was obviously an amateur with the blade. Suddenly guards were moving in on his threatening to attack, Darago wasn't worried as he brought up the sword to them.
Suddenly the King looked to Darien Lightner who had commanded this "Cancel that order. As you know, this man has defeated whole squads of soldiers before. Just protect the crowd. We must put our trust in this child who has shown grand courage." Darien reluctantly called back the guards as well as the Sheikan woman who had just killed Strack. The Princess watching this brought her hands to her chest and began praying for the boy's safety.
Link armed himself with his sword and shield and placed a determined look on his face "Well are you gonna stand there. Or are we gonna go?" he asked insulting the assassin before him that had quite the bloody history. Link was in truth scared out of his mind but could only try and keep his courage and guts up as the man moved toward him with the very large razor sword.
Suddenly he took off in a suddenly burst of speed and slashed at Link. Reacting quickly Link took the impact on his shield and quickly took a thrust at the man who blocked with his own shield. Link placed his shield on his back knowing it wouldn't do him much good as the man was at least six foot five inches compared to his five foot six inch frame. The man took another swing but Link reacted jumping to the side and lunging at the man. Darago quickly brought up his shield but underestimated the power of the Kokiri Sword as it's powerful blade penetrated the shield.
Link quickly pulled to the left the flat side of his blade flinging the shield off the man's arm and into the crowd. Darago was surprised and quickly brought his sword back up and took another large swing at Link. Suddenly there was a call from the crowd "Heads up, boy!" Darien yelled throwing up a Hylian short sword the size of the Kokiri Sword. Link caught it with his right hand and blocked the swing from the much broader sword. Link at this point knew he had the upper hand as he forced the man back with equal use of both swords.
He could only thank the goddesses that he had the gift of being amnidextrus, meaning he could use both hands equally and he had trained himself to do this with weapons as well. Link jumped into the air suddenly scissor kicking the man across the face releasing a battle cry. The man fell to the ground from the force of the kick. Link let his guard down "Do you wanna give up yet?" he asked narrowing his eyes.
Darago wasn't going to give an answer and swung his broad sword at Link's head. Surprised Link quickly brought up the Hylian sword which shattered under the blow sending a piece of shrapnel to scratch the side of Link's face. Link fell back grabbing his cheek as Darago took another swipe sending the Kokiri sword into the air to stab hard into the wooden walkway where Link had rescued Zelda.
Link went for the Deku knife and as the assasin attacked he ran by him and quickly slashed a long cut in Darago's mid-section and took off toward the ladder. Darago stumbled back to his feet holding the wound but ignored it and gave chase on Link. Link was already on one of the ladders when Darago took a swipe at him, the unseen force obliterating the wooden ladder. Link made a leap just as he did this to grab the edge of the walkway. Darago using his training as a Sheikan warrior jumped into the air going at least twenty feet and landed in front of Link on the walkway.
He gave a hard swipe at Link's head. Master's quickly ducked and rolled under the man's legs, the sword went into a large wooden beam. Link took this opportunity to get the man away from his blade with a few powerful kicks. As Darago fell back from the kicks Link gave him to the gut as he caught sight of the Kokiri Sword and quickly picked it up. Meanwhile Link pulled the heavy sword free and stood in defense.
Link and Darago exchanged a few glares and there was a long period of silence and they were both motionless. Suddenly without warning they both hurled the swords toward one another and rolled forward catching their original blades. They each chopped hard into one another's blades sending out a shower of sparks. They began fighting their way up the stairs as they were now at the Inn. The crowd followed including the princess who had taken off with Darien behind her.
Link was suddenly thrown through a window slamming onto somebody else's bed, the room must have been unoccupied at the time. Darago jumped through the window chopping at Link who was on the bed. Feathers exploded out of the window as the mattress was destroyed. "Why don't you give up and make it easy on yourself?!" Darago yelled so loud those on the streets could hear it. He swung seening a wave of unseen energy completely blowing out a section of wall. Link was sent through the wall just after it was blasted out. He looked up "Sorry but I'm a gluten for pain!" he yelled back.
Link picked up his blade ignoring the pair in the bed across the room who tried to cover themselves and attacked Darago. Who stood ready with his large broad sword "Bring it on boy!" he shouted.
Eventually they fought to a large part of the walkway that was suspended above the streets like a kind of balcony. Link was clearly getting the upper hand as he send blow after blow into the struggling blade of Darago. Link's eyes were flaring with adrenaline as he grunted chopping against the powerful broad sword. Suddenly the Kokiri Sword glowed with power before Link send an amazing cut into Darago's sword shattering it like glass.
Darago went for a dagger at his belt as Link prepared to put away his sword and slashed his across the chest ripping his tunic. Link grasped his wound as Darago then kicked him back sending him to the wooden floor. Members of the crowd had climbed to the walkway lead by the princess and the captain of the knights who had to get closer to this. The princess had her hands over her mouth as Darago began kicking Link around.
Link felt something pull loose as he was kicked for the third time and he cried out in agony. Darago suddenly stepped away from Link "Now you die!" he snarled as he raised his leg preparing to crush Link's head. Link could here this and tried to get up when something happened. Link quickly rolled as the boot smashed the boards it hit, going for the deku dagger he stabbed it into Darago's other foot. Darago screamed as he picked Link up and threw him down pulling out his own dagger.
Link seeing this tried to stand quickly. As he tried to get up his energy began going through the Kokiri sword he knew exactly what to do. Link jumped up suddenly shocking the enraged Darago "What?!" Link suddenly jumped into the air with his blade glowing. He then spun suddenly his sword's movements followed by a strange rainbow aura, the dagger was knocked away and Darago suffered multiple slashed by the powerful Kokiri Sword and fell to the ground not moving. Everybody was shocked by the power of Link's newest skill, the spin attack.
Link fell back to earth with a smooth landing. He crouched as soon as he hit the wooden balcony again as he felt drained and he was still in pain from that slash across his chest but this guy wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. Link dropped the Kokiri sword to the ground and stood up holding his side, checking himself out he found nothing was broken or damaged. Just a few bruised ribs and such, he would be fine after a while.
Suddenly Link felt a feeling of darkness wash over him as the man known as Darago suddenly rose to his feet bleeding from multiple parts of his body. Link looked to him as he stood up straight "You should give up. Your in no condition to fight. If your a Sheikan warrior you can probably escape without being seen." the man spit at Link "Never. But still my mission is as easy as done right now." he said looking at the princess that was now right behind Link.
He pulled the Deku Dagger from his foot and suddenly rushed her hoping to get past Link. Master's gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes "Get down!" he yelled to the princess who quickly jumped back. Link jumped into the air suddenly and kicked Darago with all his strength. He could here it happen as he kicked Darago in the chest, the feeling and sound of shattering ribs. Screaming in pain and shock Darago flew away from Link through the air and over the side of the balcony. Link shocked ran to the edge and hoped over scooping up his Kokiri Sword.
Link landed softly on the ground and looked to the man who was gasping for air due to the fact he had lost one of his lungs to his ribs. Link looked down at the pitiful man he had just been forced to defeat and nearly kill, he removed the deku dagger still in his grasp and slipped it into his sheath. Darago watched as everybody came down from the walkway full of commotion including the Princess and Sir Darien.
Suddenly Darago spoke as he looked up to Link with an evil grin on his face, if he couldn't kill Link he would make Link kill him. He spoke "Go ahead boy. Kill me. I welcome it. I am not afraid of death and wouldn't care if you killed me." he said trying to bluff the boy "Go ahead do it!" he said wanting to hear that innocent 'I can't kill you' talk.
Link Masters suddenly surprised everybody by smiling evilly and bringing his sword up and placeing both hands on the hilt "Alrighty then!" he screamed as he prepared to bring the blade down. The crowd all yelled for him not to do it but this feel upon deaf ears as he brought the blade down. "Die now!" Link snarled as the blade came down over Darago's head extreamly fast.
The crowd turned away as the sound of stone against metal was heard, afraid to look they listened for somebody else to announce he was dead. But this thought was shattered by the assumed dead man voice. "What the hell?!" Darago yelled as he saw that Link's blade had done nothing more than scratch his face on it's way down. Link laughed as he saw the obvious confusion of the crowd and assasin.
Link picked up his sword and slammed it into the blue scabbard glaring down at Darago "I don't want to kill you, I never did. I just didn't want you to kill me or anybody else. I'd rather watch you rot in some dungeon for the rest of you natural life than commit such a sin." Link grabbed Darago by his ivory white hair forcing his head up "Because thats just what you want. Sorry to disappoint you." Link let his head fall to the ground.
Link turned to walk away as Darago yelled out some more "Set death upon me you little fool!" he screamed. Link was still holding his side and sick of Darago's voice turned quickly snapping his foot across the man's head sending him into unconsciousness. Link then turned to the guards motioning for them to take him away. The crowd erupted in applause as the boy had followed a code of honor like a true knight and warrior of Hyrule. Link was a little bit modest about it naturally.
Suddenly one of the soldiers approached him with a bottle of crimson red liquid ordering him to drink it. Link took it and downed it knowing that he had to have earned their trust through both saving the princess and going through such pain. Suddenly Link felt his ribs heal over as the liquid somehow penetrated his body healing all of his wounds. He felt his chest stop bleeding and he felt it scab over slowly, his face did the same and Link was completely healed but still felt wasted.
Link looked around and suddenly he noticed the that the Royal Family was motioning him over. Link wasn't one to disappoint and made his way over to them placing his sword back in his scabbard. As he came before the king who stood upright in the carriage he dropped to one knee placing his right hand over his still aching chest. His sweat soaked hair fell over his eyes as he bowed before the supreme ruler of Hyrule and he could only wonder what this man thought of his almost suicidal deeds he had just taken upon himself.
The king spoke to Link in a wise voice which Link expected "Rise young one. You have no need to bow to me as a ruler only out of respect. I don't know how to thank you for what you have just done for my family as well as the rest of Hyrule." Link slowly stood up sighing remembering he hadn't done much for the Deku Tree besides prolong his death. A death to a spider. PATHETIC!
Link was of course modest as he was continually thanked by the King and Queen although the Sheikan woman stood firm keeping watch on the crowd. Darien meanwhile was dragging off Darago's near lifeless body to the nearest jail. Link smiled as he received this thanks but told them he seemed to have a habit of doing pretty stupid stuff.
Suddenly the young princess who he had never even met before in his life spoke to him in her melody voice that was pretty much expected from her "You have all of our thanks. But I didn't think that a somebody from the south would come this far." Link decided he wouldn't explain he wasn't a Kokiri just yet he had to speak with her in private. Suddenly the princess noticed the design of Link's sword "Interesting blade you carry. Would it be rude of me to take a closer look at it?" she requested.
Her father looked at her, Link could just make out his words "Zelda, behave yourself." Link told him it was okay as he decided it couldn't hurt and removed it from his scabbard. Handing it to one of the royal guards they carried it to her, she seemed to be surprised "Interesting. This is the Kokiri Sword is it not. I thought it was lost with the others years ago." she said looking into the gem on it's hilt.
Link crossed his arms as he remembered what Mido had told him "Well there were three. But recently two others entered the forest and searched for the shields and swords. I found the green shield. The red and blue ones were gone. I found that sword and the Kokiri calibur and I hear a guy wearing a red tunic took the saber." he explained.
Zelda suddenly had suspicion in her eyes and interrogated Link further "And where is the Kokiri Calibur now. Or is it just not your type of blade?" her father looked at her as it was rude of her to ask such information. Link shrugged "During a battle with a very large spider just earlier today. I tossed it to a girl in a blue tunic and cloak who seemed to help me. But she vanished." Link suddenly saw surprise in the young girls eyes but she quickly covered it up as she looked to the forest then to Link.
The crowd eventually thinned out as the elegant princess walked down from the carriage holding the blade out to Link. Masters took the sword from the princess and bowed once again. Suddenly she leaned forward to speak to him "I hope you will stay in Hyrule a little while. I wouldn't mind seeing you later." she said the second part almost insisting upon it. She then gave a small kiss to his wounded cheek and returned to the carriage. They were out of sight before Link snapped out of it.
He found himself standing in the middle of the empty streets as most of the crowd had left. Link looked up at the clock tower "Two-thirty?! Oh my goddesses! No wonder I'm so damn tired." he then sighed as he remembered a certain partner of his "If Navi hears of this stunt she will have a ball nagging me." he suddenly felt a strange presence and looked to the rooftops finding nothing. There was nothing. Link headed back to the Inn
As Link Masters disappeared through the inn's front door a shadow appeared on one of the rooftops. It appeared to be that of a person who wore attire similar to Link but one could not make out anything else. Suddenly lightning struck and a red tunic and leather boots could be seen. There was a blue scabbard on his back that belonged to a saber, there was a red gem in the bronze hilt. Brown hair was seen on his face that appeared to have battle paint on it, or possibly tattoos. He narrowed his reddish brown eyes "So. This is the warrior from the eastern forest. Tomorrow my friend." there was another flash of lightning and he was gone.
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Next Chapter: Enter Garen Shiekan
Link awakens and heres that he had been invited to the palace. There is only one problem, a number of young men claimed to be him and security has been tightened. Link is confronted by another young warrior who claims to be a destined ally. And by good fortune a young and beautiful red head decides to lead them to the castle as she is a good friend of the Princess.
Author's Note: Um. I have nothing new to say.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Five: Link's Battle By Moonlight (Part 2)
Link turned to glare at Darago who was still up on the roof of the Bazaar Shop, he didn't seem to be pleased with the fact that Strack and Shackle had both been defeated because of a common hylian child. He suddenly removed a large sword from his cloak as he threw it off, it was a long single edged sword Link recognized it as a rather large saber. In Hyrule a saber was basically a sword that could cut on only one side but the blade was still straight, not like a Sheiken's katana style blade.
The rouge sheiken's red eyes narrowed as he was obviously not at all happy, he was dressed in black Sheikan armor and also used a diamond shaped shield. It seemed to be an Ikana style sword but nobody in Hyrule knew where that land was, but it was rumored that he got these weapons from the twisted king of an ancient and far away kingdom who used the same kind of sword and shield. (So basically its the same weapons that Ikana uses in Majora's Mask)
He jumped from the roof of the Bazaar landing around twenty feet from the young warrior. He glared at Link raising his sword to point at the boy "You have spurned an enemy you cannot hope to defeat boy. Defend yourself!" he shouted. He started toward Link throwing down his cloak and body armor thinking the boy was obviously an amateur with the blade. Suddenly guards were moving in on his threatening to attack, Darago wasn't worried as he brought up the sword to them.
Suddenly the King looked to Darien Lightner who had commanded this "Cancel that order. As you know, this man has defeated whole squads of soldiers before. Just protect the crowd. We must put our trust in this child who has shown grand courage." Darien reluctantly called back the guards as well as the Sheikan woman who had just killed Strack. The Princess watching this brought her hands to her chest and began praying for the boy's safety.
Link armed himself with his sword and shield and placed a determined look on his face "Well are you gonna stand there. Or are we gonna go?" he asked insulting the assassin before him that had quite the bloody history. Link was in truth scared out of his mind but could only try and keep his courage and guts up as the man moved toward him with the very large razor sword.
Suddenly he took off in a suddenly burst of speed and slashed at Link. Reacting quickly Link took the impact on his shield and quickly took a thrust at the man who blocked with his own shield. Link placed his shield on his back knowing it wouldn't do him much good as the man was at least six foot five inches compared to his five foot six inch frame. The man took another swing but Link reacted jumping to the side and lunging at the man. Darago quickly brought up his shield but underestimated the power of the Kokiri Sword as it's powerful blade penetrated the shield.
Link quickly pulled to the left the flat side of his blade flinging the shield off the man's arm and into the crowd. Darago was surprised and quickly brought his sword back up and took another large swing at Link. Suddenly there was a call from the crowd "Heads up, boy!" Darien yelled throwing up a Hylian short sword the size of the Kokiri Sword. Link caught it with his right hand and blocked the swing from the much broader sword. Link at this point knew he had the upper hand as he forced the man back with equal use of both swords.
He could only thank the goddesses that he had the gift of being amnidextrus, meaning he could use both hands equally and he had trained himself to do this with weapons as well. Link jumped into the air suddenly scissor kicking the man across the face releasing a battle cry. The man fell to the ground from the force of the kick. Link let his guard down "Do you wanna give up yet?" he asked narrowing his eyes.
Darago wasn't going to give an answer and swung his broad sword at Link's head. Surprised Link quickly brought up the Hylian sword which shattered under the blow sending a piece of shrapnel to scratch the side of Link's face. Link fell back grabbing his cheek as Darago took another swipe sending the Kokiri sword into the air to stab hard into the wooden walkway where Link had rescued Zelda.
Link went for the Deku knife and as the assasin attacked he ran by him and quickly slashed a long cut in Darago's mid-section and took off toward the ladder. Darago stumbled back to his feet holding the wound but ignored it and gave chase on Link. Link was already on one of the ladders when Darago took a swipe at him, the unseen force obliterating the wooden ladder. Link made a leap just as he did this to grab the edge of the walkway. Darago using his training as a Sheikan warrior jumped into the air going at least twenty feet and landed in front of Link on the walkway.
He gave a hard swipe at Link's head. Master's quickly ducked and rolled under the man's legs, the sword went into a large wooden beam. Link took this opportunity to get the man away from his blade with a few powerful kicks. As Darago fell back from the kicks Link gave him to the gut as he caught sight of the Kokiri Sword and quickly picked it up. Meanwhile Link pulled the heavy sword free and stood in defense.
Link and Darago exchanged a few glares and there was a long period of silence and they were both motionless. Suddenly without warning they both hurled the swords toward one another and rolled forward catching their original blades. They each chopped hard into one another's blades sending out a shower of sparks. They began fighting their way up the stairs as they were now at the Inn. The crowd followed including the princess who had taken off with Darien behind her.
Link was suddenly thrown through a window slamming onto somebody else's bed, the room must have been unoccupied at the time. Darago jumped through the window chopping at Link who was on the bed. Feathers exploded out of the window as the mattress was destroyed. "Why don't you give up and make it easy on yourself?!" Darago yelled so loud those on the streets could hear it. He swung seening a wave of unseen energy completely blowing out a section of wall. Link was sent through the wall just after it was blasted out. He looked up "Sorry but I'm a gluten for pain!" he yelled back.
Link picked up his blade ignoring the pair in the bed across the room who tried to cover themselves and attacked Darago. Who stood ready with his large broad sword "Bring it on boy!" he shouted.
Eventually they fought to a large part of the walkway that was suspended above the streets like a kind of balcony. Link was clearly getting the upper hand as he send blow after blow into the struggling blade of Darago. Link's eyes were flaring with adrenaline as he grunted chopping against the powerful broad sword. Suddenly the Kokiri Sword glowed with power before Link send an amazing cut into Darago's sword shattering it like glass.
Darago went for a dagger at his belt as Link prepared to put away his sword and slashed his across the chest ripping his tunic. Link grasped his wound as Darago then kicked him back sending him to the wooden floor. Members of the crowd had climbed to the walkway lead by the princess and the captain of the knights who had to get closer to this. The princess had her hands over her mouth as Darago began kicking Link around.
Link felt something pull loose as he was kicked for the third time and he cried out in agony. Darago suddenly stepped away from Link "Now you die!" he snarled as he raised his leg preparing to crush Link's head. Link could here this and tried to get up when something happened. Link quickly rolled as the boot smashed the boards it hit, going for the deku dagger he stabbed it into Darago's other foot. Darago screamed as he picked Link up and threw him down pulling out his own dagger.
Link seeing this tried to stand quickly. As he tried to get up his energy began going through the Kokiri sword he knew exactly what to do. Link jumped up suddenly shocking the enraged Darago "What?!" Link suddenly jumped into the air with his blade glowing. He then spun suddenly his sword's movements followed by a strange rainbow aura, the dagger was knocked away and Darago suffered multiple slashed by the powerful Kokiri Sword and fell to the ground not moving. Everybody was shocked by the power of Link's newest skill, the spin attack.
Link fell back to earth with a smooth landing. He crouched as soon as he hit the wooden balcony again as he felt drained and he was still in pain from that slash across his chest but this guy wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. Link dropped the Kokiri sword to the ground and stood up holding his side, checking himself out he found nothing was broken or damaged. Just a few bruised ribs and such, he would be fine after a while.
Suddenly Link felt a feeling of darkness wash over him as the man known as Darago suddenly rose to his feet bleeding from multiple parts of his body. Link looked to him as he stood up straight "You should give up. Your in no condition to fight. If your a Sheikan warrior you can probably escape without being seen." the man spit at Link "Never. But still my mission is as easy as done right now." he said looking at the princess that was now right behind Link.
He pulled the Deku Dagger from his foot and suddenly rushed her hoping to get past Link. Master's gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes "Get down!" he yelled to the princess who quickly jumped back. Link jumped into the air suddenly and kicked Darago with all his strength. He could here it happen as he kicked Darago in the chest, the feeling and sound of shattering ribs. Screaming in pain and shock Darago flew away from Link through the air and over the side of the balcony. Link shocked ran to the edge and hoped over scooping up his Kokiri Sword.
Link landed softly on the ground and looked to the man who was gasping for air due to the fact he had lost one of his lungs to his ribs. Link looked down at the pitiful man he had just been forced to defeat and nearly kill, he removed the deku dagger still in his grasp and slipped it into his sheath. Darago watched as everybody came down from the walkway full of commotion including the Princess and Sir Darien.
Suddenly Darago spoke as he looked up to Link with an evil grin on his face, if he couldn't kill Link he would make Link kill him. He spoke "Go ahead boy. Kill me. I welcome it. I am not afraid of death and wouldn't care if you killed me." he said trying to bluff the boy "Go ahead do it!" he said wanting to hear that innocent 'I can't kill you' talk.
Link Masters suddenly surprised everybody by smiling evilly and bringing his sword up and placeing both hands on the hilt "Alrighty then!" he screamed as he prepared to bring the blade down. The crowd all yelled for him not to do it but this feel upon deaf ears as he brought the blade down. "Die now!" Link snarled as the blade came down over Darago's head extreamly fast.
The crowd turned away as the sound of stone against metal was heard, afraid to look they listened for somebody else to announce he was dead. But this thought was shattered by the assumed dead man voice. "What the hell?!" Darago yelled as he saw that Link's blade had done nothing more than scratch his face on it's way down. Link laughed as he saw the obvious confusion of the crowd and assasin.
Link picked up his sword and slammed it into the blue scabbard glaring down at Darago "I don't want to kill you, I never did. I just didn't want you to kill me or anybody else. I'd rather watch you rot in some dungeon for the rest of you natural life than commit such a sin." Link grabbed Darago by his ivory white hair forcing his head up "Because thats just what you want. Sorry to disappoint you." Link let his head fall to the ground.
Link turned to walk away as Darago yelled out some more "Set death upon me you little fool!" he screamed. Link was still holding his side and sick of Darago's voice turned quickly snapping his foot across the man's head sending him into unconsciousness. Link then turned to the guards motioning for them to take him away. The crowd erupted in applause as the boy had followed a code of honor like a true knight and warrior of Hyrule. Link was a little bit modest about it naturally.
Suddenly one of the soldiers approached him with a bottle of crimson red liquid ordering him to drink it. Link took it and downed it knowing that he had to have earned their trust through both saving the princess and going through such pain. Suddenly Link felt his ribs heal over as the liquid somehow penetrated his body healing all of his wounds. He felt his chest stop bleeding and he felt it scab over slowly, his face did the same and Link was completely healed but still felt wasted.
Link looked around and suddenly he noticed the that the Royal Family was motioning him over. Link wasn't one to disappoint and made his way over to them placing his sword back in his scabbard. As he came before the king who stood upright in the carriage he dropped to one knee placing his right hand over his still aching chest. His sweat soaked hair fell over his eyes as he bowed before the supreme ruler of Hyrule and he could only wonder what this man thought of his almost suicidal deeds he had just taken upon himself.
The king spoke to Link in a wise voice which Link expected "Rise young one. You have no need to bow to me as a ruler only out of respect. I don't know how to thank you for what you have just done for my family as well as the rest of Hyrule." Link slowly stood up sighing remembering he hadn't done much for the Deku Tree besides prolong his death. A death to a spider. PATHETIC!
Link was of course modest as he was continually thanked by the King and Queen although the Sheikan woman stood firm keeping watch on the crowd. Darien meanwhile was dragging off Darago's near lifeless body to the nearest jail. Link smiled as he received this thanks but told them he seemed to have a habit of doing pretty stupid stuff.
Suddenly the young princess who he had never even met before in his life spoke to him in her melody voice that was pretty much expected from her "You have all of our thanks. But I didn't think that a somebody from the south would come this far." Link decided he wouldn't explain he wasn't a Kokiri just yet he had to speak with her in private. Suddenly the princess noticed the design of Link's sword "Interesting blade you carry. Would it be rude of me to take a closer look at it?" she requested.
Her father looked at her, Link could just make out his words "Zelda, behave yourself." Link told him it was okay as he decided it couldn't hurt and removed it from his scabbard. Handing it to one of the royal guards they carried it to her, she seemed to be surprised "Interesting. This is the Kokiri Sword is it not. I thought it was lost with the others years ago." she said looking into the gem on it's hilt.
Link crossed his arms as he remembered what Mido had told him "Well there were three. But recently two others entered the forest and searched for the shields and swords. I found the green shield. The red and blue ones were gone. I found that sword and the Kokiri calibur and I hear a guy wearing a red tunic took the saber." he explained.
Zelda suddenly had suspicion in her eyes and interrogated Link further "And where is the Kokiri Calibur now. Or is it just not your type of blade?" her father looked at her as it was rude of her to ask such information. Link shrugged "During a battle with a very large spider just earlier today. I tossed it to a girl in a blue tunic and cloak who seemed to help me. But she vanished." Link suddenly saw surprise in the young girls eyes but she quickly covered it up as she looked to the forest then to Link.
The crowd eventually thinned out as the elegant princess walked down from the carriage holding the blade out to Link. Masters took the sword from the princess and bowed once again. Suddenly she leaned forward to speak to him "I hope you will stay in Hyrule a little while. I wouldn't mind seeing you later." she said the second part almost insisting upon it. She then gave a small kiss to his wounded cheek and returned to the carriage. They were out of sight before Link snapped out of it.
He found himself standing in the middle of the empty streets as most of the crowd had left. Link looked up at the clock tower "Two-thirty?! Oh my goddesses! No wonder I'm so damn tired." he then sighed as he remembered a certain partner of his "If Navi hears of this stunt she will have a ball nagging me." he suddenly felt a strange presence and looked to the rooftops finding nothing. There was nothing. Link headed back to the Inn
As Link Masters disappeared through the inn's front door a shadow appeared on one of the rooftops. It appeared to be that of a person who wore attire similar to Link but one could not make out anything else. Suddenly lightning struck and a red tunic and leather boots could be seen. There was a blue scabbard on his back that belonged to a saber, there was a red gem in the bronze hilt. Brown hair was seen on his face that appeared to have battle paint on it, or possibly tattoos. He narrowed his reddish brown eyes "So. This is the warrior from the eastern forest. Tomorrow my friend." there was another flash of lightning and he was gone.
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Next Chapter: Enter Garen Shiekan
Link awakens and heres that he had been invited to the palace. There is only one problem, a number of young men claimed to be him and security has been tightened. Link is confronted by another young warrior who claims to be a destined ally. And by good fortune a young and beautiful red head decides to lead them to the castle as she is a good friend of the Princess.