Ranma ½ / Legend of Zelda crossover
God-born.
Chapter 4: Broken toys.
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The blue light blasted down on the hexagonal platform in the temple of time. As it receded three figures could be made out standing on the platform around the master sword as it grated around on its own and came loose into Serephina's hand with a soft click. She let out a sigh and slid it back into the sheath with a hiss of metal. She turned around and opened her mouth to speak to Ranma when she noticed the third person standing in front of her brother. "Kasumi?" Ranma managed to stutter out while getting over his shock. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asked worriedly.
Out of all the Tendos Kasumi was the only one Ranma really liked. She didn't yell at him or try beat him up like all the others did. Instead she would listen to what he had to say and always managed to comfort him when he needed it the most. But to see her here in another time and place looking like she'd runaway from home, Ranma was beginning to worry about her safety already. Serephina had let slip that this was a war torn country.
"I...I ran away from my family and I didn't have anywhere else to go so I went looking for you but you went into the building site so I followed and couldn't go back so I followed you into the blue ring..." Ranma's eye twitched slightly, lucky for him Kasumi didn't see it, but Serephina did. "Look, Ranma, we can't send her back to your old home now, not until the next opportunity comes around in the lunar cycle to open the gate to her dimension. Time still flows but it's more complicated to move like that." Ranma slumped in defeat and Kasumi smiled hopefully. "So does that mean I can stay with you two?" she asked eagerly. Serephina nodded wearily. "Yes, you can stay, but you have to be very careful. The land of Hyrule is on the brink of destruction and if we don't help to stop it we will find ourselves saying goodbye to our past, present and future." She suddenly trailed off from her warning as a shadow detached itself from the base of a column and darted out to grab her tightly around her middle, sobbing quietly. Serephina was stunned for a moment before she pried the shadow off her and Ranma caught a glimpse of the person.
He had dirty blonde hair that hadn't been washed in Kami knows how long and his face was streaked with old red tear tracks. His blue eyes looked up at them almost fearfully as he moved his deathly skinny frame as close to Serephina as he could get. His clothes, what had once been a green tunic, a white shirt and leggings no longer fit him as they hung off his bones. Ranma especially could see that the frightened teen had once been very fit, but now he had wasted away with illness and malnutrition. Kasumi was silently horrified by his condition, she'd seen many things living with Ranma and her family that would make a normal person toss their cookies, but this disturbed Kasumi more then an open wound ever could.
Serephina knelt and put her arms around the quivering wreak. When she spoke it was softly, as not to alarm the person in her arms. "Ranma, I'd like you to meet your other sibling. This is Link and he is the reason why I came to find you in the first place." Link whimpered pitifully but forced himself to look up at the dark haired boy, a measure of calm returning to his wild eyes as Serephina whispered reassurances in his ear. "H... hello..." he stuttered quietly, returning his eye's to the floor. Ranma moved slowly and sat down on the ground close by. Link's head darted back into hiding behind Serephina's arms.
"Hey Link, why are you hiding? Right now you and Sere are the only family I got, I would never hurt you." His careful assurance caused Link to look up again at him. "I...I know, you wouldn't." he said simply. "But it's not you I'm..." he trailed off, his expression was that of a dear caught in the headlights. Serephina suddenly let go of her brother and reached around her back for the clasp to the sheath strap. The master sword thunked neatly into her hand and she pulled it over her shoulder to hold out to Link. "Here Link, I think you should take this back, I have no need for it now." She reached around his wasted shoulders and attached the sword to his back.
At the feel of the weight of steal on his back Link straightened a little. For the first time in days his mind was beginning to clear, and it was all because of the presence of the master sword back where it belonged. He held out a shaking hand with out saying a word and Serephina surrendered the blue ocarina. Link's gauntlets moved about on his hands as his thin fingers folded around the magical item. "I think," he spoke calmly, "that we should leave the temple now." He put the ocarina in a pouch on his belt and tried to stand up. Ranma and Kasumi rushed to help him when he threatened to fall. Serephina unfolded herself from the floor and brushed off her black rags, not that it made much difference.
They made their way out into the temple proper. Ranma and Kasumi noticed that it was almost exactly like the one in their dimension except this one was empty of the archeological tools that had littered the floor of the one they'd left behind. They didn't bother to remove the gems on this side either. Serephina was quick to explain that the gate had to be left open for now, until Hyrule had been purged of the evil running rampant. Ranma's first look at the devastated world almost brought him to tears. From his dreams he'd seen glimpses of what it had once been but now it was like a fire had ripped through and destroyed all life in its path, leaving only the spirits and zombies of the people to linger in purgatory until they where freed.
Link , Kasumi and Serephina all looked sad but they made no move toward the screams of the lost, instead they where forced to plow on away from the rotting city that had greeted them upon leaving the temple of time. The sound of running water reached Ranma's ears as the empty howl of the wind began to fade. It was easily found as they crossed using pieces of the drawbridge that had fallen into the moat. Link refused to go near the water, he was afraid of it, so Ranma ended up carrying him across. On the other side, it was much lighter than in the dead city. The clouds didn't gather to block out the sun and the air was still in comparison to the howling winds behind.
A horse grazed in the field, the moment it noticed Link the mare came running to nuzzle his side. Ranma put him down and the blonde teen went straight to the horse. "What's wrong Epona?" Serephina muttered, surprising all of them. They watched as she looked over at the ranch on the hill not far away. Link's expression showed fear and worry that was mirrored in the face of his sister. "Epona usually g...g...goes b...b...back unless she's c...called." Serephina nodded in agreement while Ranma and Kasumi settled for being confused. "What's going on now?" Ranma asked. Serephina and Link looked at the pair.
"We have our first problem to deal with Ranma. You up for a fight?" She needn't have asked the question, Ranma's eyes lit up at the prospect of going into battle. Fighting was his life. Serephina laughed and helped Link up onto Epona. "Kasumi, I want you to ride double with Link on the way there, Ranma and I will run until we can secure horses for ourselves." Link looked nervous as Kasumi came up and hoisted herself into the saddle behind him. Panic flickered in his blue eyes for a second before he settled down.
They set off at a fast pace toward Lon-Lon ranch
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Heh, well that's it for now. Sorry the chapter is a bit short but it's a good place to leave off for now. (Its not like I can write now anyway, I was just watching the episode of transformers armada where Optimus prime gets turned into space dust while trying to stop the Decepticon's from blowing up earth, I'M STILL CRYING ABOUT IT.)
Oh and another thing...Link's condition will be explained later in the story so for now keep your hair on.
Don't forget to review.
Cya ^__^\/
God-born.
Chapter 4: Broken toys.
~~~~~
The blue light blasted down on the hexagonal platform in the temple of time. As it receded three figures could be made out standing on the platform around the master sword as it grated around on its own and came loose into Serephina's hand with a soft click. She let out a sigh and slid it back into the sheath with a hiss of metal. She turned around and opened her mouth to speak to Ranma when she noticed the third person standing in front of her brother. "Kasumi?" Ranma managed to stutter out while getting over his shock. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asked worriedly.
Out of all the Tendos Kasumi was the only one Ranma really liked. She didn't yell at him or try beat him up like all the others did. Instead she would listen to what he had to say and always managed to comfort him when he needed it the most. But to see her here in another time and place looking like she'd runaway from home, Ranma was beginning to worry about her safety already. Serephina had let slip that this was a war torn country.
"I...I ran away from my family and I didn't have anywhere else to go so I went looking for you but you went into the building site so I followed and couldn't go back so I followed you into the blue ring..." Ranma's eye twitched slightly, lucky for him Kasumi didn't see it, but Serephina did. "Look, Ranma, we can't send her back to your old home now, not until the next opportunity comes around in the lunar cycle to open the gate to her dimension. Time still flows but it's more complicated to move like that." Ranma slumped in defeat and Kasumi smiled hopefully. "So does that mean I can stay with you two?" she asked eagerly. Serephina nodded wearily. "Yes, you can stay, but you have to be very careful. The land of Hyrule is on the brink of destruction and if we don't help to stop it we will find ourselves saying goodbye to our past, present and future." She suddenly trailed off from her warning as a shadow detached itself from the base of a column and darted out to grab her tightly around her middle, sobbing quietly. Serephina was stunned for a moment before she pried the shadow off her and Ranma caught a glimpse of the person.
He had dirty blonde hair that hadn't been washed in Kami knows how long and his face was streaked with old red tear tracks. His blue eyes looked up at them almost fearfully as he moved his deathly skinny frame as close to Serephina as he could get. His clothes, what had once been a green tunic, a white shirt and leggings no longer fit him as they hung off his bones. Ranma especially could see that the frightened teen had once been very fit, but now he had wasted away with illness and malnutrition. Kasumi was silently horrified by his condition, she'd seen many things living with Ranma and her family that would make a normal person toss their cookies, but this disturbed Kasumi more then an open wound ever could.
Serephina knelt and put her arms around the quivering wreak. When she spoke it was softly, as not to alarm the person in her arms. "Ranma, I'd like you to meet your other sibling. This is Link and he is the reason why I came to find you in the first place." Link whimpered pitifully but forced himself to look up at the dark haired boy, a measure of calm returning to his wild eyes as Serephina whispered reassurances in his ear. "H... hello..." he stuttered quietly, returning his eye's to the floor. Ranma moved slowly and sat down on the ground close by. Link's head darted back into hiding behind Serephina's arms.
"Hey Link, why are you hiding? Right now you and Sere are the only family I got, I would never hurt you." His careful assurance caused Link to look up again at him. "I...I know, you wouldn't." he said simply. "But it's not you I'm..." he trailed off, his expression was that of a dear caught in the headlights. Serephina suddenly let go of her brother and reached around her back for the clasp to the sheath strap. The master sword thunked neatly into her hand and she pulled it over her shoulder to hold out to Link. "Here Link, I think you should take this back, I have no need for it now." She reached around his wasted shoulders and attached the sword to his back.
At the feel of the weight of steal on his back Link straightened a little. For the first time in days his mind was beginning to clear, and it was all because of the presence of the master sword back where it belonged. He held out a shaking hand with out saying a word and Serephina surrendered the blue ocarina. Link's gauntlets moved about on his hands as his thin fingers folded around the magical item. "I think," he spoke calmly, "that we should leave the temple now." He put the ocarina in a pouch on his belt and tried to stand up. Ranma and Kasumi rushed to help him when he threatened to fall. Serephina unfolded herself from the floor and brushed off her black rags, not that it made much difference.
They made their way out into the temple proper. Ranma and Kasumi noticed that it was almost exactly like the one in their dimension except this one was empty of the archeological tools that had littered the floor of the one they'd left behind. They didn't bother to remove the gems on this side either. Serephina was quick to explain that the gate had to be left open for now, until Hyrule had been purged of the evil running rampant. Ranma's first look at the devastated world almost brought him to tears. From his dreams he'd seen glimpses of what it had once been but now it was like a fire had ripped through and destroyed all life in its path, leaving only the spirits and zombies of the people to linger in purgatory until they where freed.
Link , Kasumi and Serephina all looked sad but they made no move toward the screams of the lost, instead they where forced to plow on away from the rotting city that had greeted them upon leaving the temple of time. The sound of running water reached Ranma's ears as the empty howl of the wind began to fade. It was easily found as they crossed using pieces of the drawbridge that had fallen into the moat. Link refused to go near the water, he was afraid of it, so Ranma ended up carrying him across. On the other side, it was much lighter than in the dead city. The clouds didn't gather to block out the sun and the air was still in comparison to the howling winds behind.
A horse grazed in the field, the moment it noticed Link the mare came running to nuzzle his side. Ranma put him down and the blonde teen went straight to the horse. "What's wrong Epona?" Serephina muttered, surprising all of them. They watched as she looked over at the ranch on the hill not far away. Link's expression showed fear and worry that was mirrored in the face of his sister. "Epona usually g...g...goes b...b...back unless she's c...called." Serephina nodded in agreement while Ranma and Kasumi settled for being confused. "What's going on now?" Ranma asked. Serephina and Link looked at the pair.
"We have our first problem to deal with Ranma. You up for a fight?" She needn't have asked the question, Ranma's eyes lit up at the prospect of going into battle. Fighting was his life. Serephina laughed and helped Link up onto Epona. "Kasumi, I want you to ride double with Link on the way there, Ranma and I will run until we can secure horses for ourselves." Link looked nervous as Kasumi came up and hoisted herself into the saddle behind him. Panic flickered in his blue eyes for a second before he settled down.
They set off at a fast pace toward Lon-Lon ranch
~~~~~
Heh, well that's it for now. Sorry the chapter is a bit short but it's a good place to leave off for now. (Its not like I can write now anyway, I was just watching the episode of transformers armada where Optimus prime gets turned into space dust while trying to stop the Decepticon's from blowing up earth, I'M STILL CRYING ABOUT IT.)
Oh and another thing...Link's condition will be explained later in the story so for now keep your hair on.
Don't forget to review.
Cya ^__^\/