Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda. Nintendo does. Prove it? Okay I am a teenager and wouldn't make Link a toon!
Author's Note: Okay here comes a little something with the Gerudos. Note: I have made Nabooru younger to add to the story. It will make the story better I promise. She is about thirteen. Also the Gerudo Village is located where the Archery Range would be.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Sixteen: Challenge from Nabooru
It was pretty impressive how it had all of a sudden started an then slowly silenced, the clanging of weapons and the battle crys from the Gerudo Fortress. Professor Gray at the Lake Side Laboratory had listened to the entire things as he had seen somebody crossing over the bridge earlier while he was searching for eyeball frogs along the lake side. He didn't know what kind of poor soul had been possessed to walk right into the Gerudo's Territory like that. He sighed as he slowly walked back to his home hoping that the poor soul would at least wash up on the lake alive.
Malon Moonstar meanwhile sat at her window in her bedroom looking toward the west watching as the eye of Din slowly sank behind the rocky hills of Gerudo Valley. She was very worried for Garen who had gone in alone, she had been waiting for him and knew that he wouldn't have a chance if they found him. Suddenly it hit her as she grasped her head "Malon your such a fool." she groaned as she sank down deciding that if he didn't reappear by the following morning she would go in and rescue him herself.
Garen meanwhile just might have been in need of rescuing as he found himself in a cell similar to the one he had rescued that prisoner from, only he was in a closed off room with only one exit. He had just woken up and he found that he had been disarmed of everything he had. The Kokiri saber, the red kokiri shield, his Deku dagger, his staff, his fat wallet, bomb bag, slingshot even his utility belt had been taken. His left arm throbbed in extreme pain as he found he had a very deep cut gorged into his arm. He kept one of his eyes winced in pain.
A pair of Gerudos were talking at the table that was on the other side of the room, one of them was the captain that had taken him down. He shouldn't have wasted so much energy fighting the others. The captain was speaking with one of the decorated teachers of the Gerudos "Captain. Some of my students would like to congratulate you on you victory over the intruder." she said. The captain sighed "Whatever. He is just a child, not to mention a Hylian. I should have allowed one of your students to fight him." they laughed.
Garen narrowed his eyes as he clinched his fist, suddenly the captain placed something on the table, Garen's eyes went wide "Oh no." he muttered. The captain looked at the Deku Moonstone with a gleam in her eyes "I wonder how much this is worth? Not much in price I can assure, but sentimental value must be through the roof." she said as she put a small silver chain through the loop and tied it around her neck. The captain looked to Garen "I wonder if he would be willing to fight for this thing." she said as she thought of an old Gerudo tradition they used to do with prisoners.
The captain looked back to the teacher "I wonder do you think your students should try and test his skill. He is obviously trained in Sheikah arts I say we pit him against our top five students." the teacher said she would think it over and both left the room "I just hope Gannondorf likes my work. We'll find out day after tomorrow." she babbled as they both walked down the halls.
Garen Sheikan pounded his elbow into the stone wall cursing his luck "Great. Now I gotta fight to get Malon's stone back. But if Gannondorf is showing up in two days, I'll never have time to heal. I won't even have a chance." he cursed. Then he remembered something.
He remembered a little something he had stored in the sacred realm, he smiled as he channeled his remaining energy to the sacred realm and removed it with his free hand a bottle of the powerful Red Potion. He popped the cork using his good arm and teeth and quickly drank half of it, using what was left of the liquid on the wound in his arm. He watched in amazement as the ancient magic did it's work. In a brilliant glow of warmth his skin and damaged muscels slowly came back together and his arm was completely healed. He reached once again into the Sacred Realm and removed something else, a small bag of Impa's enhanced Deku Nuts.
Looking around he found a large stack of hay in the corner that was obviously supposed to be a makeshift bed. He smiled at this as he got on his knees and started pulling away at the hay. He removed two more items from the sacred realm, another pair of his leggings and his other boots. He worked on this for about ten minutes stuffing the clothing with the hay, he knew that they would at least feed him and that was it so he had to make this count. He removed his already ruined tunic and placed it over the dummy's body then pulled his hat tightly over the things head.
He stood up and smiled "Perhaps Link is right about this thing being good luck." he muttered as he heard footsteps coming down the hall "Food for the prisoner." the Gerudo complained to herself. Garen moving quickly jumped up on the bars and vanished from sight. The Gerudo walked into the room and over to the cell where she removed a short sword as she slowly moved over to the bars placing the hardly cooked almost raw meat into the cell on a plate.
Garen thought he would throw up at the sight of this but kept it in, the Gerudo suddenly noticed that Garen wasn't moving. She tapped the sword on the bars "Hey kid, you awake." no answer. She became curious and opened the cell. She walked up and tapped the sword against the body having no reaction. She then got carried away and stabbed it revealing this. She stumbled back falling against the bars then looked up the see Garen coming down at her his fist together over his head.
Nabooru walked down the halls of the Fortress wearing her new Gerudo garments, red and black ones that showed that she was finally recognized as a superior graduate. Her sisters Arena and Revel followed her both of them wore blue showing that they were the next class down from her, green being the third high class. Nabooru had talked it over with her sisters and they decided that they had to see this guy for themselves.
Garen took the short sword from the ground and stabbed it into the wall he stepped out of his cell over to the table where his sword, staff and the rest of his equipment rested. He looked back at the unconscious guard he had managed to take down, the only thing left was to try and locate the spiritual stone and escape this crazy place. He picked up his boomerang, slingshot and bomb bag from the table finding that his wallet was compleatly empty. He scoffed as losing fifty rupees was no great loss. He tucked all the items back into the sacred realm and started down the hall.
The young Sheikah ran down the halls eventually finding a large open room that seemed to be abandoned besides one familiar Gerudo siting at one of the tables. The captain. Garen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Deku Moonstone that was tucked between her breast. Garen cracked his knuckles as his anger grew, this bitch had the nerve to take something obviously precious to him. The normally respectful Garen Sheikan was done being nice to these people.
Garen looked to see that there was a stone platform just over the captain, Garen had the advantage as far as this went he was lighter and would be able to get out of there quickly. Suddenly a yell came down the halls as he prepared to jump down "ALARM! ALARM! The prisoner has escaped! This is not a drill!" another Gerudo's voice screamed as she ran through the halls. The captain looked up to hear this when suddenly she saw a pair of boots slam onto the table, she blankly looked up not believing who they were attached to.
Before the captain could make her move the enraged Garen grabbed her by the arm the power of the Goron Bracelet fueling his strength and threw her across the room. The captain slammed into the stone wall letting out a grunt of pain, she looked up one eye winced in pain "You little brat." she muttered as she went for her scimitar. As she raised it Garen switched his sword to his right hand and slapped the sword out of her grip. She quickly grabbed the sword and swung at Garen.
The young Sheikah clashed with her noticing that her blows were alot softer than before he didn't even need to use much effort to force her back. He gave her a quick kick to the abdomen causing her to stumble back and fall to the ground. Garen raised the sword as if he was ready to kill her but she simply braced herself. This made Garen stop as the Gerudo seemed to be...afraid of him now.
Garen looked at her seeing that her eyes were bloodshot and her shoulders were both sagging, Garen lowered his weapon as hurting her would be cowardly. It was obvious that she had been working and was obviously too tired to fight, Garen still had to display his anger to her. He grabbed her by the neck lifting her up to face level "Now you know what exhaustion and fatigue can do to you in a fight." he then without hesitation reached at her vest and removed the Deku Moonstone from under it. He calmly lifted it over her head and took it back.
The captain looked seeing that he was completely healed as he was not wearing his tunic "How did you heal so fast. It isn't possible. That kind of magic is no longer in existence." she muttered. Garen looked at her tired, worn form and feeling pity for the poor woman took his hand off her windpipe lowering her to the floor. He looked at her and smiled "Your a remarkable fighter but I have quest to finish. Sorry captain." he said as he allowed her to softly pass out.
As he prepared to leave the large kitchen when suddenly the sounds of multiple heels were heard along with the sound of bow strings being drawn back. "Oh Hell." he dragged out as he looked around to see that several Gerudo archers were gathered around the walkways upstairs and four armed Gerudos stood at every entrance to the room, even the window's wooden shutters had been closed. Needless to say Garen was trapped.
Garen's gaze went over the room most of the Gerudo slightly intimidated by his reddish-brown eyes that were those of a Sheikah. Garen saw he was obviously outnumbered and flipped his saber around in his hand before sliding it neatly back into his scabbard. He then showed his hands at his sides "Okay. Who's next?" he dared. In the back of his mind he found himself being mentally kicked 'This is just about the stupidest thing I've ever done' he thought.
Suddenly he noticed that the guards standing at one of the entrances stepped out of the way allowing some other Gerudo to walk through. There were three of them, one dressed in red the other two dressed in blue, the two in blue both wore their hair short but the one in red wore her hair in a long pony tail that was held at the top with a very large red ruby with gold. Garen recognized her right off, the girl that had been at Lon Lon Ranch the other day that in her own way told him he was useless.
She walked into the room as Garen placed his hat over his face causing his unbrushed hair to fall over his eyes and eyebrows. She spoke to him firmly but gently "You have proven yourself a remarkable warrior. What if I told you we would give you a chance to win back your freedom." Garen's expression stayed the same as he spoke "I would ask to know more." he responded.
Nabooru stepped back and pointed to her teacher in the corner of the room "It seems that the captain found you an interesting warrior and thought it would be good entertainment if you were to fight our top graduates. After all you are obviously very well train in Sheikah arts." Garen scoffed with indifference as Nabooru decided to finish up. "You simply have to defeat me in a one on one battle. No tricks or advantages I swear. Do you accept my challenge." she asked.
Garen took a minute and spoke "Fine on one condition. I want it to be tomorrow morning and if I win I want all of my weaponry back." Nabooru nodded in agreement as she then demanded his name, Garen was silent and walked past her. She narrowed her eyes turning to face him shocked at his nerve "How dare you turn your back on me. You will tell me your name or you will forfeit the battle and your freedom." she said harshly and commandingly.
Garen sighed and suddenly turned around removing his hat, his hair was brushed aside revealing his eyes and the rest of his face to her "My name is Garen Sheikan. Unofficial Sheikah trainee and I gladly accept your challenge, Nabooru." he said darkly. He then turned walking out of the room. Nabooru took a few seconds before finally recognizing who he was and in a little anger at being shouted at took off after him.
Garen looked out the window as he walked down the halls to see the large gate at the entrance being closed. He was now wishing that he would have discussed this more with Link and Zelda as it was obvious by now that dispite being a Sheikah silent infiltration was not his specialty. He placed his hands in his pockets as he looked around for the stairs that would lead to the roof he needed a quiet place to think. The Gerudos were obviously not worried with the gates down he had no way out. Garen had already replaced his tunic by reaching into the sacred realm while nobody was looking.
Suddenly he heard the sound of running footsteps coming down the hall Garen crossed his arms as he stopped in his tracks. Nabooru stopped behind him "You. You were at the ranch the other day. Just what do you think your doing here, spill it!" she shouted. Garen turned around "I was at the ranch on a social call, Malon is my friend. And as for this place I really don't remember why I came here." he said falling silent.
Nabooru looked into his eyes, those deep dark red eyes of the Sheikah "Your lying to me, Garen." he looked at her scoffing in anger "What does it matter? As far as your concerned in a few days I'll be dead as you will surly win the match. Think again Nabooru." he said knowing that he was really pushing it.
Nabooru narrowed her glassy yellow eyes before grabbing Garen by the collar "Well you tell the truth what did you come here for. Searching for a good time or something?" Garen didn't exactly know what the hell she ment by that and pulled away. Nabooru cracked her knuckles at her sides "Fine then. If I beat you tomorrow you tell me just why you came here. And if I lose....I'll give you something that has never been possessed by an outsider." Garen didn't really care what she ment by that and said it was a deal.
They both walked away but all Garen could do was continue kicking himself "Alright I came here to steal your race's treasure so your king can't make you the dominate race of this land." he pulled his hat off whipping the sweat from his brow "Garen you are a born idiot." he muttered as he made it to the roof and started practicing. -
Next Chapter: Battle With Nabooru
Garen the next morning finds himself fighting Nabooru in the makeshift arena of the archery range. To make matters worse he is surrounded by the other Gerudos. Nabooru is ready, the crowd is ready, he had better be ready.
Author's Note: Okay here comes a little something with the Gerudos. Note: I have made Nabooru younger to add to the story. It will make the story better I promise. She is about thirteen. Also the Gerudo Village is located where the Archery Range would be.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Sixteen: Challenge from Nabooru
It was pretty impressive how it had all of a sudden started an then slowly silenced, the clanging of weapons and the battle crys from the Gerudo Fortress. Professor Gray at the Lake Side Laboratory had listened to the entire things as he had seen somebody crossing over the bridge earlier while he was searching for eyeball frogs along the lake side. He didn't know what kind of poor soul had been possessed to walk right into the Gerudo's Territory like that. He sighed as he slowly walked back to his home hoping that the poor soul would at least wash up on the lake alive.
Malon Moonstar meanwhile sat at her window in her bedroom looking toward the west watching as the eye of Din slowly sank behind the rocky hills of Gerudo Valley. She was very worried for Garen who had gone in alone, she had been waiting for him and knew that he wouldn't have a chance if they found him. Suddenly it hit her as she grasped her head "Malon your such a fool." she groaned as she sank down deciding that if he didn't reappear by the following morning she would go in and rescue him herself.
Garen meanwhile just might have been in need of rescuing as he found himself in a cell similar to the one he had rescued that prisoner from, only he was in a closed off room with only one exit. He had just woken up and he found that he had been disarmed of everything he had. The Kokiri saber, the red kokiri shield, his Deku dagger, his staff, his fat wallet, bomb bag, slingshot even his utility belt had been taken. His left arm throbbed in extreme pain as he found he had a very deep cut gorged into his arm. He kept one of his eyes winced in pain.
A pair of Gerudos were talking at the table that was on the other side of the room, one of them was the captain that had taken him down. He shouldn't have wasted so much energy fighting the others. The captain was speaking with one of the decorated teachers of the Gerudos "Captain. Some of my students would like to congratulate you on you victory over the intruder." she said. The captain sighed "Whatever. He is just a child, not to mention a Hylian. I should have allowed one of your students to fight him." they laughed.
Garen narrowed his eyes as he clinched his fist, suddenly the captain placed something on the table, Garen's eyes went wide "Oh no." he muttered. The captain looked at the Deku Moonstone with a gleam in her eyes "I wonder how much this is worth? Not much in price I can assure, but sentimental value must be through the roof." she said as she put a small silver chain through the loop and tied it around her neck. The captain looked to Garen "I wonder if he would be willing to fight for this thing." she said as she thought of an old Gerudo tradition they used to do with prisoners.
The captain looked back to the teacher "I wonder do you think your students should try and test his skill. He is obviously trained in Sheikah arts I say we pit him against our top five students." the teacher said she would think it over and both left the room "I just hope Gannondorf likes my work. We'll find out day after tomorrow." she babbled as they both walked down the halls.
Garen Sheikan pounded his elbow into the stone wall cursing his luck "Great. Now I gotta fight to get Malon's stone back. But if Gannondorf is showing up in two days, I'll never have time to heal. I won't even have a chance." he cursed. Then he remembered something.
He remembered a little something he had stored in the sacred realm, he smiled as he channeled his remaining energy to the sacred realm and removed it with his free hand a bottle of the powerful Red Potion. He popped the cork using his good arm and teeth and quickly drank half of it, using what was left of the liquid on the wound in his arm. He watched in amazement as the ancient magic did it's work. In a brilliant glow of warmth his skin and damaged muscels slowly came back together and his arm was completely healed. He reached once again into the Sacred Realm and removed something else, a small bag of Impa's enhanced Deku Nuts.
Looking around he found a large stack of hay in the corner that was obviously supposed to be a makeshift bed. He smiled at this as he got on his knees and started pulling away at the hay. He removed two more items from the sacred realm, another pair of his leggings and his other boots. He worked on this for about ten minutes stuffing the clothing with the hay, he knew that they would at least feed him and that was it so he had to make this count. He removed his already ruined tunic and placed it over the dummy's body then pulled his hat tightly over the things head.
He stood up and smiled "Perhaps Link is right about this thing being good luck." he muttered as he heard footsteps coming down the hall "Food for the prisoner." the Gerudo complained to herself. Garen moving quickly jumped up on the bars and vanished from sight. The Gerudo walked into the room and over to the cell where she removed a short sword as she slowly moved over to the bars placing the hardly cooked almost raw meat into the cell on a plate.
Garen thought he would throw up at the sight of this but kept it in, the Gerudo suddenly noticed that Garen wasn't moving. She tapped the sword on the bars "Hey kid, you awake." no answer. She became curious and opened the cell. She walked up and tapped the sword against the body having no reaction. She then got carried away and stabbed it revealing this. She stumbled back falling against the bars then looked up the see Garen coming down at her his fist together over his head.
Nabooru walked down the halls of the Fortress wearing her new Gerudo garments, red and black ones that showed that she was finally recognized as a superior graduate. Her sisters Arena and Revel followed her both of them wore blue showing that they were the next class down from her, green being the third high class. Nabooru had talked it over with her sisters and they decided that they had to see this guy for themselves.
Garen took the short sword from the ground and stabbed it into the wall he stepped out of his cell over to the table where his sword, staff and the rest of his equipment rested. He looked back at the unconscious guard he had managed to take down, the only thing left was to try and locate the spiritual stone and escape this crazy place. He picked up his boomerang, slingshot and bomb bag from the table finding that his wallet was compleatly empty. He scoffed as losing fifty rupees was no great loss. He tucked all the items back into the sacred realm and started down the hall.
The young Sheikah ran down the halls eventually finding a large open room that seemed to be abandoned besides one familiar Gerudo siting at one of the tables. The captain. Garen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Deku Moonstone that was tucked between her breast. Garen cracked his knuckles as his anger grew, this bitch had the nerve to take something obviously precious to him. The normally respectful Garen Sheikan was done being nice to these people.
Garen looked to see that there was a stone platform just over the captain, Garen had the advantage as far as this went he was lighter and would be able to get out of there quickly. Suddenly a yell came down the halls as he prepared to jump down "ALARM! ALARM! The prisoner has escaped! This is not a drill!" another Gerudo's voice screamed as she ran through the halls. The captain looked up to hear this when suddenly she saw a pair of boots slam onto the table, she blankly looked up not believing who they were attached to.
Before the captain could make her move the enraged Garen grabbed her by the arm the power of the Goron Bracelet fueling his strength and threw her across the room. The captain slammed into the stone wall letting out a grunt of pain, she looked up one eye winced in pain "You little brat." she muttered as she went for her scimitar. As she raised it Garen switched his sword to his right hand and slapped the sword out of her grip. She quickly grabbed the sword and swung at Garen.
The young Sheikah clashed with her noticing that her blows were alot softer than before he didn't even need to use much effort to force her back. He gave her a quick kick to the abdomen causing her to stumble back and fall to the ground. Garen raised the sword as if he was ready to kill her but she simply braced herself. This made Garen stop as the Gerudo seemed to be...afraid of him now.
Garen looked at her seeing that her eyes were bloodshot and her shoulders were both sagging, Garen lowered his weapon as hurting her would be cowardly. It was obvious that she had been working and was obviously too tired to fight, Garen still had to display his anger to her. He grabbed her by the neck lifting her up to face level "Now you know what exhaustion and fatigue can do to you in a fight." he then without hesitation reached at her vest and removed the Deku Moonstone from under it. He calmly lifted it over her head and took it back.
The captain looked seeing that he was completely healed as he was not wearing his tunic "How did you heal so fast. It isn't possible. That kind of magic is no longer in existence." she muttered. Garen looked at her tired, worn form and feeling pity for the poor woman took his hand off her windpipe lowering her to the floor. He looked at her and smiled "Your a remarkable fighter but I have quest to finish. Sorry captain." he said as he allowed her to softly pass out.
As he prepared to leave the large kitchen when suddenly the sounds of multiple heels were heard along with the sound of bow strings being drawn back. "Oh Hell." he dragged out as he looked around to see that several Gerudo archers were gathered around the walkways upstairs and four armed Gerudos stood at every entrance to the room, even the window's wooden shutters had been closed. Needless to say Garen was trapped.
Garen's gaze went over the room most of the Gerudo slightly intimidated by his reddish-brown eyes that were those of a Sheikah. Garen saw he was obviously outnumbered and flipped his saber around in his hand before sliding it neatly back into his scabbard. He then showed his hands at his sides "Okay. Who's next?" he dared. In the back of his mind he found himself being mentally kicked 'This is just about the stupidest thing I've ever done' he thought.
Suddenly he noticed that the guards standing at one of the entrances stepped out of the way allowing some other Gerudo to walk through. There were three of them, one dressed in red the other two dressed in blue, the two in blue both wore their hair short but the one in red wore her hair in a long pony tail that was held at the top with a very large red ruby with gold. Garen recognized her right off, the girl that had been at Lon Lon Ranch the other day that in her own way told him he was useless.
She walked into the room as Garen placed his hat over his face causing his unbrushed hair to fall over his eyes and eyebrows. She spoke to him firmly but gently "You have proven yourself a remarkable warrior. What if I told you we would give you a chance to win back your freedom." Garen's expression stayed the same as he spoke "I would ask to know more." he responded.
Nabooru stepped back and pointed to her teacher in the corner of the room "It seems that the captain found you an interesting warrior and thought it would be good entertainment if you were to fight our top graduates. After all you are obviously very well train in Sheikah arts." Garen scoffed with indifference as Nabooru decided to finish up. "You simply have to defeat me in a one on one battle. No tricks or advantages I swear. Do you accept my challenge." she asked.
Garen took a minute and spoke "Fine on one condition. I want it to be tomorrow morning and if I win I want all of my weaponry back." Nabooru nodded in agreement as she then demanded his name, Garen was silent and walked past her. She narrowed her eyes turning to face him shocked at his nerve "How dare you turn your back on me. You will tell me your name or you will forfeit the battle and your freedom." she said harshly and commandingly.
Garen sighed and suddenly turned around removing his hat, his hair was brushed aside revealing his eyes and the rest of his face to her "My name is Garen Sheikan. Unofficial Sheikah trainee and I gladly accept your challenge, Nabooru." he said darkly. He then turned walking out of the room. Nabooru took a few seconds before finally recognizing who he was and in a little anger at being shouted at took off after him.
Garen looked out the window as he walked down the halls to see the large gate at the entrance being closed. He was now wishing that he would have discussed this more with Link and Zelda as it was obvious by now that dispite being a Sheikah silent infiltration was not his specialty. He placed his hands in his pockets as he looked around for the stairs that would lead to the roof he needed a quiet place to think. The Gerudos were obviously not worried with the gates down he had no way out. Garen had already replaced his tunic by reaching into the sacred realm while nobody was looking.
Suddenly he heard the sound of running footsteps coming down the hall Garen crossed his arms as he stopped in his tracks. Nabooru stopped behind him "You. You were at the ranch the other day. Just what do you think your doing here, spill it!" she shouted. Garen turned around "I was at the ranch on a social call, Malon is my friend. And as for this place I really don't remember why I came here." he said falling silent.
Nabooru looked into his eyes, those deep dark red eyes of the Sheikah "Your lying to me, Garen." he looked at her scoffing in anger "What does it matter? As far as your concerned in a few days I'll be dead as you will surly win the match. Think again Nabooru." he said knowing that he was really pushing it.
Nabooru narrowed her glassy yellow eyes before grabbing Garen by the collar "Well you tell the truth what did you come here for. Searching for a good time or something?" Garen didn't exactly know what the hell she ment by that and pulled away. Nabooru cracked her knuckles at her sides "Fine then. If I beat you tomorrow you tell me just why you came here. And if I lose....I'll give you something that has never been possessed by an outsider." Garen didn't really care what she ment by that and said it was a deal.
They both walked away but all Garen could do was continue kicking himself "Alright I came here to steal your race's treasure so your king can't make you the dominate race of this land." he pulled his hat off whipping the sweat from his brow "Garen you are a born idiot." he muttered as he made it to the roof and started practicing. -
Next Chapter: Battle With Nabooru
Garen the next morning finds himself fighting Nabooru in the makeshift arena of the archery range. To make matters worse he is surrounded by the other Gerudos. Nabooru is ready, the crowd is ready, he had better be ready.