Ranma ½ / Legend of Zelda crossover
God-born.
Chapter 6: Malon's secret.
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Link and Kasumi had waited outside the ranch the whole time. Listening to the shouts and explosions that came from within. The largest explosion had rung past the earthen walls and rocked them off their feet before the two missing from their number emerged from the ranch. Serephina was grinning like an idiot while Ranma followed behind her, shoulders slumped as he told himself over and over again that Serephina could be as bad as Happosai.
"Oh my, what happened in there?" Kasumi spoke first as the two approached. Serephina shrugged.
"Nothing Kasumi. We just ran into a bit of opposition so I blew it up." Ranma sidled away from her.
"You didn't just blow it up, you turned it to dust! Even the Happo Dakarin weren't that powerful." Serephina grinned at him and waved off the comment.
"Hey, What else would you expect? My world was more technologically advanced than yours. I picked up a few things from people I met." Link and Kasumi couldn't do anything as the pair began to squabble like children. Eventually Link had had enough and decided to check out what was left in the ranch. Kasumi tagged along. A fine white powder covered the ground, blotting out the smell that had assaulted them when they'd tried to enter before. To Kasumi's eye, she could tell that this place had once been very peaceful and beautiful. Now it resembled a white wasteland.
Link got down off Epona and helped Kasumi before he wandered off toward a far corner of the field. He found the remains of the storage tower and began to wonder as he quietly made his way through the wreckage to the far corner where there had once been a tiny tunnel to a secret room, embedded into the rock that surrounded the ranch, Malon's secret place. The tunnel entrance had been blown away and now it opened out. In the light from the outside a set of stable doors was revealed. Link moved up to them and grabbed a handle in an attempt to open them however in his current state he couldn't do it on his own. Kasumi stumbled across the wreckage and took the handle on the other door, heaving as hard as she could. The door's creaked open slowly and link stopped pulling to pear inside the darkness.
When Kasumi saw that it was to dark to see she pulled out a flashlight from her backpack. She'd taken everything into consideration when she'd packed up her things and left the Tendo household to find Ranma and Serephina. Link glanced at her gratefully before he moved into the room. The smell of horses and hay filled the still air as they moved toward the back of the room. A soft wicker sounded from the far wall and in a flash Kasumi's torch was directed at the source of the noise.
Two horses stood in makeshift stalls, shifting nervously as they watched the two intruders. One was a huge black stallion that had powerful muscles running under a shining coat. Its mane was flicked over its eyes like a red stain. Link was reluctant to go closer to it as he recognized the breed. Gerudo stallion's weren't a very comforting sight, especially when the one person you fear most rides one that looks almost exactly the same. The other horse was a tall, fine boned white mare. Its mane shimmered ice blue as Kasumi's torch passed over it. Kasumi giggled delightedly as she approached it and reached out a hand to pet its long nose.
"Oh she's beautiful!" She gasped quietly as she opened the stall. The mare docilely accepted her attention without any fuss. Then Ranma and Serephina arrived, the pair had finally stopped bickering and had tracked Kasumi and Link to the secret stables. The horses reacted as they entered, both the stallion and the mare inspecting the newcomers with a critical air before the mare moved out of the open stall and bumped its long nose into Serephina's chest insistently. Serephina was dumbfounded, the mare bumped her again and peered at her with eye's that said, 'Well, are you going to pet me or not lady?' Serephina snorted and ruffled her mane. "Well, how did you find these two Link?" Serephina directed the question to her brother.
Link shrugged and looked down, "There used to be a hole in the wall of the tower that lead to a secret room that belonged to the ranch owners daughter. I thought someone might have hidden here... She must have created the extra stable after I went to sleep." His voice was timid and he looked pale and sick, but he was in much better spirits then he had been when they'd found him in the Temple of Time. Serephina looked at the horses speculatively. "How about we take these horses with us when we leave?" She put the idea past the others. "Cause there's no way in the nine hells that I am going to run all the way around Hyrule the whole time I'm here." A faint smile crossed Link's face at the free use of an unusual cuss.
Link was just about to nod then the stallion suddenly reared and broke through the wood of its stall with a heavy kick. Link dove into a corner, the sight of it too much for him. Serephina stepped back behind the mare and Kasumi ran to where Link was huddled. Ranma however went straight for the stallion; dodging its flailing hooves he reached up and grabbed its halter. Then it was like it had never been wild at all. It just stood there as quiet as a mouse. Serephina's eyebrows shot up. "Well I think that was a yes." She said sarcastically, glaring at the huge black animal. About then it didn't seem so big anymore, it shifted its head behind Ranma who laughed.
In the corner Kasumi was crouched beside Link's huddled green clad form. "Its over now Link, Ranma caught the horse." She reached out a hand and winced and the elfin teen flinched away from it. What ever had happened to Link had indefinitely been traumatic if he was acting like this. She remembered as much from the psychology books' she'd borrowed from Dr Tofu over the years. She reached out to Link again, whispering soothingly to him and this time he accepted the hand on his shoulder. "Come on now Link, I think its time that we should leave, the stallion isn't going to go wild again." Link slowly came out of his shell and nodded. Kasumi pulled him to his feet and was surprised to feel how light Link actually was. 'Well have to do something about that!' the young woman though fiercely.
Still with the horses Serephina and Ranma watched as Kasumi led the broken hero out of the stable. They looked at each other with a look in their eyes that would have made anyone watching run in fear. "Are you thinking..." Serephina started, "...what I'm thinking?" Ranma finished. "It's matchmaker time!" They said together, not unlike the useless panda and Soun. They blinked, looked at each other... then burst out into helpless laughter.
Behind them to horses blinked as their new masters started making strange noises.
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Bah! This is a real short chappie, humph! Oh well I'll write a bit more next time to make up for it.
Don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^\/
God-born.
Chapter 6: Malon's secret.
~~~~~
Link and Kasumi had waited outside the ranch the whole time. Listening to the shouts and explosions that came from within. The largest explosion had rung past the earthen walls and rocked them off their feet before the two missing from their number emerged from the ranch. Serephina was grinning like an idiot while Ranma followed behind her, shoulders slumped as he told himself over and over again that Serephina could be as bad as Happosai.
"Oh my, what happened in there?" Kasumi spoke first as the two approached. Serephina shrugged.
"Nothing Kasumi. We just ran into a bit of opposition so I blew it up." Ranma sidled away from her.
"You didn't just blow it up, you turned it to dust! Even the Happo Dakarin weren't that powerful." Serephina grinned at him and waved off the comment.
"Hey, What else would you expect? My world was more technologically advanced than yours. I picked up a few things from people I met." Link and Kasumi couldn't do anything as the pair began to squabble like children. Eventually Link had had enough and decided to check out what was left in the ranch. Kasumi tagged along. A fine white powder covered the ground, blotting out the smell that had assaulted them when they'd tried to enter before. To Kasumi's eye, she could tell that this place had once been very peaceful and beautiful. Now it resembled a white wasteland.
Link got down off Epona and helped Kasumi before he wandered off toward a far corner of the field. He found the remains of the storage tower and began to wonder as he quietly made his way through the wreckage to the far corner where there had once been a tiny tunnel to a secret room, embedded into the rock that surrounded the ranch, Malon's secret place. The tunnel entrance had been blown away and now it opened out. In the light from the outside a set of stable doors was revealed. Link moved up to them and grabbed a handle in an attempt to open them however in his current state he couldn't do it on his own. Kasumi stumbled across the wreckage and took the handle on the other door, heaving as hard as she could. The door's creaked open slowly and link stopped pulling to pear inside the darkness.
When Kasumi saw that it was to dark to see she pulled out a flashlight from her backpack. She'd taken everything into consideration when she'd packed up her things and left the Tendo household to find Ranma and Serephina. Link glanced at her gratefully before he moved into the room. The smell of horses and hay filled the still air as they moved toward the back of the room. A soft wicker sounded from the far wall and in a flash Kasumi's torch was directed at the source of the noise.
Two horses stood in makeshift stalls, shifting nervously as they watched the two intruders. One was a huge black stallion that had powerful muscles running under a shining coat. Its mane was flicked over its eyes like a red stain. Link was reluctant to go closer to it as he recognized the breed. Gerudo stallion's weren't a very comforting sight, especially when the one person you fear most rides one that looks almost exactly the same. The other horse was a tall, fine boned white mare. Its mane shimmered ice blue as Kasumi's torch passed over it. Kasumi giggled delightedly as she approached it and reached out a hand to pet its long nose.
"Oh she's beautiful!" She gasped quietly as she opened the stall. The mare docilely accepted her attention without any fuss. Then Ranma and Serephina arrived, the pair had finally stopped bickering and had tracked Kasumi and Link to the secret stables. The horses reacted as they entered, both the stallion and the mare inspecting the newcomers with a critical air before the mare moved out of the open stall and bumped its long nose into Serephina's chest insistently. Serephina was dumbfounded, the mare bumped her again and peered at her with eye's that said, 'Well, are you going to pet me or not lady?' Serephina snorted and ruffled her mane. "Well, how did you find these two Link?" Serephina directed the question to her brother.
Link shrugged and looked down, "There used to be a hole in the wall of the tower that lead to a secret room that belonged to the ranch owners daughter. I thought someone might have hidden here... She must have created the extra stable after I went to sleep." His voice was timid and he looked pale and sick, but he was in much better spirits then he had been when they'd found him in the Temple of Time. Serephina looked at the horses speculatively. "How about we take these horses with us when we leave?" She put the idea past the others. "Cause there's no way in the nine hells that I am going to run all the way around Hyrule the whole time I'm here." A faint smile crossed Link's face at the free use of an unusual cuss.
Link was just about to nod then the stallion suddenly reared and broke through the wood of its stall with a heavy kick. Link dove into a corner, the sight of it too much for him. Serephina stepped back behind the mare and Kasumi ran to where Link was huddled. Ranma however went straight for the stallion; dodging its flailing hooves he reached up and grabbed its halter. Then it was like it had never been wild at all. It just stood there as quiet as a mouse. Serephina's eyebrows shot up. "Well I think that was a yes." She said sarcastically, glaring at the huge black animal. About then it didn't seem so big anymore, it shifted its head behind Ranma who laughed.
In the corner Kasumi was crouched beside Link's huddled green clad form. "Its over now Link, Ranma caught the horse." She reached out a hand and winced and the elfin teen flinched away from it. What ever had happened to Link had indefinitely been traumatic if he was acting like this. She remembered as much from the psychology books' she'd borrowed from Dr Tofu over the years. She reached out to Link again, whispering soothingly to him and this time he accepted the hand on his shoulder. "Come on now Link, I think its time that we should leave, the stallion isn't going to go wild again." Link slowly came out of his shell and nodded. Kasumi pulled him to his feet and was surprised to feel how light Link actually was. 'Well have to do something about that!' the young woman though fiercely.
Still with the horses Serephina and Ranma watched as Kasumi led the broken hero out of the stable. They looked at each other with a look in their eyes that would have made anyone watching run in fear. "Are you thinking..." Serephina started, "...what I'm thinking?" Ranma finished. "It's matchmaker time!" They said together, not unlike the useless panda and Soun. They blinked, looked at each other... then burst out into helpless laughter.
Behind them to horses blinked as their new masters started making strange noises.
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Bah! This is a real short chappie, humph! Oh well I'll write a bit more next time to make up for it.
Don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^\/