The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Book I Chapter IV The Kakariko Events, a legend of zelda fanfic

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Chapter IV: The Kakariko's Events

"Yes ma'am." He replied to the red-haired women, while staring down at the ground, with a bit of flush sprinkling upon those light cheeks in a familiar manner.

"Go and get the Cucco's and I'll give you a special treat." Came the voice of the auburn-haired woman, she was looking down upon him with such a giantess, though not as much as a certain Shiekah. The young woman nodded a little with a small giggle and parted the hair out of his face, brushing digits away from his forehead. Kneeling down, she cupped his cheeks, tilting his head forward and kissed his forehead with a small bit of passion pressed into her lips. More of a tempting gesture for one who was quick to take a reward, there seemed to be no other way than to follow these own actions. Link nodded quickly and turned around, looking for those stupid fluffy things with the feathers, the ones who held so many little secrets in his own mind.

He and Navi had left the Kokiiri Forest four days ago, the first day they reached Lon-Lon Ranch and spent the night, with the infuriating Talon trying him with more chores. Denying the privilege, he left early that morning, and the next two days were spent traveling back to Hyrule Market Place. The journey then spent westward, in a new direction, and at three o'clock the fourth day they reached the stairs up to Kakariko Village. The path led up several staircases and when the time was five o'clock they reached the top. How long did it take to reach the top? Link would guess about two hundred feet up to the village? The staircases seemed endless and forevermore. Would they ever end, he had pondered, and well, they finally did, the marble casing ended just as the sun was setting over the horizon.

This village was larger than the Kokiiri Village, but it was smaller than the Hyrule Market Place, hence the name market and village. The entrance was adorned with a top gate made of out some strange wood, but when he asked the guard at the entrance, all the man could say was the time and the name of the village. Not even acknowledging his presence, it was more of the fact that he was being ridiculed for asking a question, if you could call it that. Ignoring him, the group went on, deeper into the village. Not that many shops were around the place; well actually, there were no shops around. Just houses and some carpenters lived in the center of the village, so that something new was placed near the back of the village, something twirling.

"W-what's that!" Link's voice stretched out for what seemed miles around, no matter how small this place seemed, there was still the presence of a big town, it was larger than his Kokiirish home.

"It's a windmill, Link." Navi answered, sitting upon his hat with her veil gleaming around her entire body, the explanation coming out in her matter-of-fact tone, that was a monotonic reason. "The things at the top are being moved by the wind. Basically, it controls the water supply."

"You've been here before?" Of course she had to have knowledge of this place, but was this hands-on experience although there could be the fact that she had read this out of a book. There was that possibility, Link's mind not really caring about the subject, just something to keep the two of them from going out of their minds.

"Nope, I haven't ever been here, but I do know about windmills." Her tone sort of lightened up now that they were talking, the speech between them had been brief and small following the days since they had left.

"Ah, okies." Just like that, Link dropped the subject as quick as it had come up, staring over towards the ground and now noticing the light-green grass that splashed upon the ground. Navi and he were not on very good speaking terms, that was for the reason on what had happened the night before, a small sigh coming over while he stared at the ground still. Feet trailing in a little motionless drag, more of that than a walk, the breath of fresh air was springing from those lips of his, nodding while the memories flooded.

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The entire trip, Link had been on the edge of the world, so to speak, with the happiness boiling down inside of his little frame, more than it usually held. There was just a simple tone about him, that somehow would make others around him just as happy, like the joy was some sort of disease. If it was, then everyone in the world he had met would have encountered it, even those he had never met, it was like the world was his own desert, and he was eating justly. The Kokiiri had been a little bit giddy and always giggling at the slightest things, even when they weren't in the least bit humorous. Meanwhile his own fairie, Navi, had not pestered him on the subject, but as the days tolled on, she just had to remain the question and so it filed from her mouth.

"What's going on, Linky, you've been acting weird the last few days." It was true, "weird" was the only acceptable term that she could of for his unusual behavior, he (in the time she had known him) never showing this much happiness for this period of time.

"I just feel glad we are getting back on the road, finishing out journey." Grinning over towards her, a small hand reached up and stroked her face gently, then going back down behind his back while his walk was more of a skip.

"…No, that's not it, you seem very gay today. Are you thinking about Saria?" As bad as she wanted to push it away, that must have been it, and when she saw his reaction, a low growl came from her mouth. Although if his ears had matured a little earlier, he would have heard it, but now he didn't hear a thing, and she was quite glad--that thing that escaped her mouth was of pure anger.

. "Yea, a little bit, but I am ready to complete this journey so we can be together, and you too!" It was something inside of his face that seemed to explode, like she had hammered the nail that was his own brain and gotten it right. In other words, hitting the hammer on the nail was what she did and there his face decided to show the joy until it either stretched out too much of blew up. It really wasn't known if a face did blow up after that much happiness, but if there was, then that would have happened for the boy in this time and place. He giggled and nodded a little while his body was getting ready to spin towards her, the hands still remaining in his lap when he attempted it.

He turned to her, cupping her back into his hands, and nuzzling his face into hers, with such affection that when his voice came out, it sounded like an angels. "When this is over, will you still be my farie?"

"As long as I can, Linky, I will be yours forever…" Well, she meant a little bit more than he could have ever understood, but that wasn't the important thing, what was important was their time together. So what if the happiness was because of Saria, the fact of the matter was that she got to share the happiness, not the young Kokiiri girl.

Link nodded and said that he would hers as long as she was his, but that wasn't what made the two so uncomfortable, not at all. What made the two a little angry with each other is what happened that night after they had began camping, it was quite nice thanks to Saria. This was because when they were with her, Saria not only gave him most of his stuff including the following: an extra tunic, nightclothes, soap and powders for bathing, some rubies of her own, a sleeping bag, tinder wood, and some bedrock. She also included a few extra parts so that any injuries could be taken care of; not to mention all the kisses and hugs that were said on their goodbye. Those materials were used to start a fire, so that night they were bathed in the night from the Stalchildren, for it was a known fact that they hated fires and stayed miles from them and that solved that little problem.

Their talk that night was not of anything important, they knew where the journey was going to lead them, so there was no point in speaking into that. The feelings between them was not shown as of yet, well, they were in the more mature Navi's, though she was not about to sprout them out at him. That would wait for the time being, so the talk slowed down about near when the moon was almost high in the sky, it was clearing down on a crescent. Pretty soon there wouldn't be much left except the shadows that sprayed out, the remnants of the moon was the only light, aside the fire. After the fire had dimmed, but not yet drawn out, for it would last the entire night to keep the monsters away, Link dug something out of his satchel, and hugged it. The satchel, along with the Kokiiri Blade, Deku Shield, and the side pack were all strung on a stump, a few feet away, so it was had easy access.

Navi scurried over from her spot, on his hat, and fluttered down towards his arms looking upward, curious to what resided inside of his arms. The two had no secrets between each other; at least that's what they had said between one another, so this was either something she knew about, or a new little topic. What happened made her eyes widen and she looked up at Link, the anger streaking down inside of her, boiling like the hot coals in a roast. From what she could tell, his face was groggy with lack of sleep, he hadn't had any at all and it was long walks during the day, not that she even cared. Right now the only important thing was to find out that this thing was really there, rubbing her eyes once more, she decided to give it a second glance.

When the second rub revealed the same object, the kindles had dimmed down, but now were flaring up and even more wood was added. Link wasn't yet asleep, his eyes drifting, but enclosed in his arms was a green-haired little doll, well more of a plushy than those dolls that children carried. The doll had light, green hair with small beads for eyes, and had peachy skin, perfectly crafted in someone who had been taught in the area of sewing. The entire body was made of Deku silk and it was wearing a big sweater, small shorts, and some green shoes, a common material for the dolls, but what the doll consisted of was what it was.

"L-Link, what is this!" That was a Saria doll that sat there before her, entangled in his arms, and right now her voiced sounded like a jealous wife finding her husband unfaithful.

Hmm? Saria and me made them. I made my own self and she made this one and we switched. You like it?" Smacking his tired lips, he looked down at her with the sleep still standing inside of his eyes, then a glance was pushed down and with a small smile, he explained. Saria's had more detail thank Link's, but they were both adorable, and at this time, Saria was curled in her own covers with the doll of him in her arms.

"I knew it! I knew you loved her more! First it was sending me off, and now making dolls! Why don't you just go ahead and marry her, Link! Fine, go ahead and be her hero, but you'll need me someday and then you'll be sorry!" She couldn't control it, she tried too, but she just couldn't, her emotions were too strong to keep a hold of, the jealously getting the best of her. Her veil flashed off, she had taken it off occasionally for him, but this was no friendly look, this was a look of hatred, one Link had never witnessed before. It was really sad how she looked, the jealously really did transform someone's face into ugliness, not that she was found repulsive by the boy at this very moment. Her face was drawn up in a shouting movement, and she screamed out as loud as she could, before the droplets began to fall. Tears streaking from her hued orbs and for a few seconds she looked like she would collapse and apologize (although just at that moment, the anger came back) and she was gone into the night.

Link just stared up at her, trying to interrupt, but was drowned out with a scream every time he tried to intercept, so he ended up sitting there. Confused? No, that couldn't explain the feelings he felt a more appropriate word would be flabbergasted, he really couldn't explain how he felt to realize this. What in the world is she talking about? No time to even speak up, he jumped up, in his pajamas and grabbed his sheath, where the sword rested inside, and not even his shoes were on when he took off into the dark night after the glow. She left small sparkles when she ran, so it was easy to find her, so for twenty-some minutes he ran after the little farie until he saw a small sparkle lying on the ground over a bigger shadow. This night, the moon was new, so he couldn't see what it was until he got closer, but nevertheless he sensed danger and ran with the unsheathed sword.

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She didn't know how could she have been doing stupid, the idiocy was what was going to bring her own downfall, especially the un-controlling of her emotions. Why did she run right into its clutches, the evil that would surely be here to swallow her up for her own wrong-doing, not even the boy deserved this. When she took off, away from it all, she wasn't thinking about anything, not even the consequences of her actions, only to get away before she hurt him. All she wanted to do was die…to fall into the ground and rot in her own grave, then the world would be better for the good of them for her to be away. A few minutes later she felt a little better and was over the whole suicide-trip, her emotions finally starting to clam themselves down.

Now she was caught in the clutches in one of those Stalchildren, while its friend were surrounding them with no escape, they're seemed to be more than two. To her own suspicion, not even able to wipe the tears from her eyes, she realized the amount had more than doubles, it had most likely tripled. Of course she knew that no way was out, even if the monster let go of her, the Chi light was not going do anything except annoy them. Besides, it might be a good thing to go down now, more than cause heartache with all her cries of passion, she knew that it wasn't true, just the darker part of her mind at work. This was bad and while the clutches of claws came closer, she knew that it wasn't his fault, she loved him and yet he wasn't able to understand that as of yet, he was a child.

Of course, he is still a child, even though he will remain one, there was a deeper meaning to this than just little physical appearance that would take the form of a smaller adult. Maybe a teenager was the most he'd grow to; a young teenager and some even stopped the premature adolescence, the shorter of the forest people. He is still a child, Kokiiri-wise, so he hasn't matured like the rest, which wouldn't be for a few more years, not that it was a long time from now. Was there ever, in the history of the forest, a guardian who fell in love with her protectee, it seemed a little obvious that way? Since she hadn't always studied her history, so there was no way her knowledge dwelt to the reason why there was never a care of Fairie/Kokiiri love, though she believe there was.

To ruin all of this over a silly friendship doll not only seemed stupid; there wasn't even a word for the stupidity she had shown from them. The two had been together for so long; of course they expressed their friendship in a different way that other people could, like him and her. One day, their friendship would expand to making a doll, maybe even more, there was no way she'd let it end with the slice of a skeleton's claw. Plus, there was no reason in seeing the crush that he held for the girl; she was a pretty impressive Kokiiri, one of the most beautiful of them. Why wouldn't he love Saria, she is his best friend, his foster-mother, and an older woman, it was only natural, the way he felt. Love or crush, it was natural.

"Linky! Help!" Crying out his name, she stared into the soul-less holes of the Stalchildren, the ignites of orange were starting to stir up more even than was needed. She knew that it was probably too late, even if he raced out here, there wasn't enough time to take them out before one of them sunk its teeth into her flesh. How evil it would be to die this way, but she knew in her heart that she end would be a blessing, in an evil way, she almost wanted it to come. Those thoughts would of stayed unless she decided that Link would cry over her death--and there was nothing in the world she wanted to do more than stop his tears. The evil dinosaurs were going to eat her; those soldiers of the Old World would finally have a taste of farie flesh, so the scream for her evil screeched out.

Of course he knew what was attacking her, even without the sounds, there were no other monsters situated on this field in Hyrule. No one else was coming to aid them, so the ambush would be complete, he also had no backup, so this would probably be an unfair fight, for the monsters, of course. His smirk came upon him and that's all he needed, that cry and the scary little scuttle those Stalchildren made, the deriving one that he had come to hate even as the month was about to pass onward. There was no way it was going to end like this, he would make sure, and that piece of steel in his hand would definitely make way for what was to come. With a flash of steel in his hand, the young boy leapt forward with all his might, the dagger held forward like the sword it was to him and leapt into the pile of bodies.

I will not let her die! There was when he surrounded the entire area, taking her quickly and tucking her down inside of his hat, noticing her for the first time. She really didn't see much of the fight, since she had passed out, it was good luck she had, for he didn't want her to see the scratches he was going to get--there was no way he'd get through this with no marks upon his body.

Strikes were blown from all directions, the shield was of no use to the boy, since the moon was not even enough to notice anything, there was nothing left to do but fight. Yet fight what was he did well, so that done with the maneuverability of a pro, the anger in him had sparked such a sensation to help. Empowering him beyond his imagination, there was physically no way he could of won without this god-like power enabled. There was just no way his withstanding would have matched up to twelve or thirteen of them, probably equaling the power of a normal Hylian Guard. Of course he received his match of blows, that was seen from the beginning, but with the power in him, there was no doubt in his mind that he would win--and he did.

The claws scraped his entire body, not too bad, since he dodged most of them of the attacks, able to move since the power had temporarily enabled him to sense their auras in the dark. That was great work he did, and he threw his own share of the ending winces, knocking the Stalchildren down with whatever the Goddesses had allowed. No matter how many were around, his active duty remained because he would protect her, even though she was out of danger's way now, he'd still live up to his name. She had been brushed with the claws, a little cut up, but she would live, these were given before he scooped her up and jumped in the fight. They both would, and when the ferocious battle was over, he stood with the blade in his hands and a little blood falling from his chest.

"Are you alright, Navi?" He spoke before taking her out and putting her on his hand, seeing her temporarily unconsciousness had been knocked out, she was a little freaked out. To make her fears even worse, he fell down to his knees, he turned around and looked down at her, breathing heavily.

Navi couldn't help it, the emotions were getting the best of her once again and so she looked at him sternly for a moment before the cries came out of there. She burst into tears and buried her head into his chest, punching him and clawing at his face with the intentness of a wildcat in heat. It wasn't like she was attacking him; the guardian was scolding him in her own language, cursing and telling him how much of a fool he had acted. Link wouldn't know what she said, so he lied down on his back and passed out, right as she came closer and closer to him, knowing in her own mind how much she thanked him for it. Of course thanks was never given, but that night she did mange to curl him back to the fire without any encounters, nursing him with the First Aid Kit.

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Now they were in Kakariko, the two infuriated with each other, but the funny reason was that neither of them really knew why the anger was settling there, though this is what they knew. Link was mad because she got mad over some doll and didn't even try to explain, just storming out on her own and endangering them both. She was mad at him because he came after her, and also angry with her for leaving, plus a little at the doll, though the little plush didn't seem that important. There were more important matters to take into hand, they wanted to make sure that it was okay, but the power did seem to slowly push away. It had been worse a few days ago, at least they spoke a little now, and both were sure that within the hours the fights would cease and happiness would ensue.

The place also had a huge, and a tower estimating at three hundred feet, that stood in the center of the town, right below a house on the ground. Quite an extraordinary place, it had land features that the castle-market could only dream of, the envy was here because this place had a homey feel to it, but even better. A place where you could move into without the crowds, a place that was not as good as his own forest, but gave a nice tone to it. This entire place was unleveled; it seemed, with bumps and hills all over, but that didn't necessary make it made, the un-levelness seemed to give it the hills it needed. Of course, the erosion from the mountains could of done that, so there he had to look over with the unbelievable tone down inside of him, no idea the Mountain of Death was go big!

"Yea, Link, the race of the Gorons live on the center, though. You won't have to climb to the tip of the mountain, about half there." She knew because of the most reliable source in all of the land: The Deku Tree, at least that's what she would of thought only a few weeks ago. Now she knew that there were smarted sources out there, the two of them were going to discover these people together, maybe becoming wiser than them all.

"Navi, just like at the farm, with all of the chickens around." Now he stood in the first half of the village, wide-eyed, because the whole place was overrun with Cuccos, the other name for the chickens. He had no idea why they had two different names, all he knew now was this place was overrun, there were even more than in Lon Lon Ranch.

"Yeah, they don't raise Cucco's at the Market Place, but they raise them here. This village is small, compared to Hyrule, as you can see." Small wasn't even the right word, it was just a little village compared, of course it was a village, there just seemed to be the best place around here.

"I noticed that, there are no shops."

Twenty-foot towering wooden gates were closed off and other places, such as people's doors he knocked on just told him to "…Get the hell out", and whatever that meant. Navi's face would turn up in disgust, and she would lure him away, so he figured one of those words was bad. The next area, near the windmill, was where he met the Cucco Lady named Anjou.

It was complete luck he ran into her at all, while he walking down from the windmill, seeing a weird man inside playing some sort of instrument lured him away from there, and he heard sneezing. Pulling himself down the large flight of stairs, he saw a small red-haired woman holding a Cucco and reacting to it dangerously. He never knew infection and sickness because in the forest everyone was always healthy, so he leapt forward and grabbed the Cucco throwing it aside. That was when she slapped him across the face.

Standing there, dumbfounded, he watched the lady grab the Cucco and stick it inside of the large pen that was to her left. The pen was connected to a large house, above on a hill, that towered over the village. This was one of the largest houses there was, and a guard stood on the other side of the mountain, guarding the door. Link had seen him when he passed through, but now they were near the back, so there was no way to see him or the front of the house. Meanwhile, Navi had stared at Link, shaking her head. She knew about disease, she should have told him.

"W-why did you do t-that?" Link whimpered out, watching the woman stare at him. She was a plain woman, but beautiful otherwise. Her clothes weren't like Princess Zelda-sama's, but instead, she wore a long blue skirt, that came with a tucked in shirt. Right now, her otherwise pretty face was red and infuriated with passion.

"Why did you slap my Cucco's, you naughty little boy!"

"Y-you were making funny noises…I thought it was hurting you…"

"I was sneezing, where are you from, wait until I inform your parents. I am going to the--" She trailed off, staring at the small thing fluttering over his shoulder. "What's that?"

By this time, Link knew only the Kokiiri had faries, so he smiled and spoke proudly of his heritage. "I am a Kokiiri, and this is guardian force, Navi."

"Kokiiri? You are a forest child? No…they can't leave the forest." Of course not, she knew this and by her standards was a little astounded at this boy and whatever he had with him.

"Oh, I can, the Great Deku Tree said so."

"Who is this Great Deku Tree?" Anjou looked bent down at her knees, and watched him inquiry. He sure didn't look like a liar, but how could he be a Kokiiri?

"The Great Deku Tree is the guardian of the forest." Navi spoke up. She didn't want to give away that the Great Deku was dead, because if they found out he was dead, then someone might try to invade the forest for it's jewels. There were no jewels, of course, but did the robbers know that? This Anjou wasn't a thief, or so it seemed.

"H-huh!" Anjou stared forward the tiny veil, it seemed so life-like and that's when she tested to see and to her surprise, the test was a pass. "I-it's real!"

"Of course, ma'am, why would I say she wasn't?"

"A she? How can you tell?"

"It's a veil, miss. My veil can be removed, but I prefer not to remove it." She went up on his hat and laid on it, her wings coming to a rest as she stopped moving, and her shine lowering down. There she stared at the two and stopped speaking.

"So, who are you, ma'am?" Link just noticed her leaning down and giggled a bit, sitting down in the fresh patched grass. That was another thing, the Kakariko Village was patted with grass. When he first entered the Hyrule Market Castle, some of the materials confused him, especially the stone-paved ground. This place was sort of a relief, from the man-made materials of the castle. The grass felt good upon his legs, and so sitting Indian-style, he peered up into her eyes. They were a bit lighter than his were.

"Anjou, and who are you, little boy?"

"I'm Link, Miss Anjou." Pulling his gaze from her eyes, his cheeks softened with a red crimson, shrugging just a little bit.

"Link, Eh? That's a cute name. What are you doing out here, Link?" Even if he was a Kokiiri, he was young and didn't the children have parents or at least guardians of some sort?

"Shall I tell her, Navi? She seems nice enough." Yea, even though they weren't supposed to be revealing their information, this was more important.

"Well, we need something in return." Navi, being quite the contradictor, did not expect to be given anything easy, so this Anjou woman wouldn't get anything in return.

"What do you want?" Anjou, who had been staring at Link, now focused her attention onto Navi, smiling a little. "Well?"

Navi didn't have an idea, so she shrugged her shoulders. It was Link who spoke up. "I…don't see an inn, and we don't have anywhere to sleep. Could we sleep with you tonight? In return for information."

Anjou chuckled and stared back at the boy, a hand went to his cheeks and caressed them. "Sure, but on one condition. I need you to gather up my Cucco's. I am allergic to those Cuccos, but I love them to death, and someone destroyed the pen last night. I repaired it, but my Cuccos are all over town, except this little fellow." She pointed to the Cucco from before, who was inside the pen, asleep.

"But, Miss Anjou." He frowned just a little bit and shrugged his shoulders somewhat, as if trying to get out of this.

"Oh, please, Link. Please and I'll let you stay here, plus I'll give you a treat." That seemed a little bit nicer for the offer, she was sweetening it for him and with a nod, and he smiled.

"Yes ma'am." He replied to the red-haired woman, while staring down at the ground, flushed a little bit.

The woman giggled and parted the hair out of his face, brushing digits away from his forehead. "Go and get the Cucco's and I'll give you a special treat." Kneeling down, she cupped his cheeks, tilting his head forward and kissed his forehead. Link nodded quickly and turned around, looking for those stupid fluffy things with the feathers.

"How many are there?" Navi asked.

"All together five of them, but now three, since we already have two. One was already here asleep, and the other one is the one you threw, now get." She pulled him off and sent him off, patting his behind as sort of a push-off. Link was still looking down when he was twenty yards from her, hiding those cheeks full of passion.

Navi scowled at the woman named Anjou, right before they left, and when they were some ways away, she spoke. "She was a little too friendly."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" He was a little confused, but nevertheless he did listen to what she was saying with his own tone. It was just the way he acted sometimes that made her sigh a little and decide that he was just too naïve. It was a bad thing to be, especially in this world, it didn't seem too bad, but who knew the weirdos in here. There was no telling who was sick in this world, it could be told with some good investigating. The naivete in his voice was coming out; it seemed to be a little bit annoying for her sometimes.

"I think she thought you were cute." She nodded in her response; the older woman was a bit old for Link, plus the fact she was of another race.

"I'm not cute, Navi. Now where are those Cuccos." He could hear the clucking now, but the Cuccos were nowhere to be found. Link had dropped the subject, however she hadn't.

"Yes you are cute, Link. You aren't a handsome young man, like the Hylian women like, but you are a cute little boy, in their eyes. They just want to eat you up." She giggled a little bit, but was a little peeved off at what was happening, the girls were starting to like Link.

"Like Gohma?" He reached for his sword.

She burst into a stream of giggles, and kissed his cheek, her anger was dissipating at his cuteness. "No, Linky, they aren't like Gohma. They love how you look and just want to hug you all over."

"Oh, well, I guess they can…" He shrugged his shoulders, it felt nice when he was hugged by arms, especially the bigger ones.

"No, they can't." She simply stated.

"Why not, Navi? I don't mind."

"I do, you are a hero. I don't want you to become those stupid heroes in the storybooks who get all the glory from every woman in the land. You are going to get praise, but these women want to do bad stuff." She nodded a little bit, and smiled in compliance for her answer, it was some bad news for those women.

"Like kill me?" Link was now at the beginning of town and peered at a small Cucco. Leaping forward, he caught the Cucco in his hands, and turned around, heading back to Anjou. When he dropped it off, there he noticed she was gone. Probably gone to her house to make preparations for us. Link concluded and went back to looking around.

"No, not kill you, other bad stuff." She nodded, knowing he didn't understand; though it was still worth a little try.

"Like what?" He whispered, a little bit scared.

"Like what Gohma was going to do." Gohma was going to do something else before she got for her pray; she knew that in her mind. An old legend, Navi had looked it up some time ago and from her memory, was what she remembered. The Gohma was a female spider and she only feasted upon males, which explains why she didn't go after Navi. When the monster went for the's pray, it would sexually attract them upward, then feast upon their sexual organs. A sick ritual, it was what got the spider off, for some strange reason.

"You said they wouldn't eat me, Navi." Now, he past the beginning of the village, which signified the near center, by a huge palm tree bearing the mark. Under that tree, someone was laughing in a manner to himself, he couldn't see whom he was laughing at, but the man seemed good enough as anyone for information. He looked at the old man, grayed hair and balding, then spoke to him. "Mister?"

"What do you want, kid." The man was a bit rough looking, with a pair of arms that looked like they had seen many years of working out, somewhat.

"I'm looking for some Cuccos, mister, and I need to know have you seen any?" Anjou, he needed to get those chickens before the night-fall, that way he could get a free night's sleep and a prize.

"My daughter has Cuccos, why do you need some?" He seemed a bit suspicious, there was just something weird about a child sitting there with a sword and shield.

"A lady name Anjou is asking we find them, she's allergic to them." Navi stayed quiet, she didn't like to direct her attention to people she didn't like, and she did not approve of this man.

"Anjou? That's my daughter, what do you want with her!" Of course now he did seem more serious and growled somewhat, a muscled arm raising up as if to strike the young boy.

"H-huh? We just need to find some Cucco's, she said she would give me a room and give me a surprise."

"Oh…only that," He knew the surprise and nodded in approval, his girl had been giving that out for quite sometime, when stragglers broke the cage. "Some of the Cucco's like to hide in the boxes around town, so try those, young lad." He said one other thing; something about his daughter needs to ask before permission, and walked off into the deeper section of the village.

"Under some boxes? What did he mean, Navi?"

Navi heard some clucking and pointed to the northeastern section, yea that seemed somewhere near. There, next to the stairs that led to a place he hadn't been, was a small box that was shuffling. Clucking was heard from inside of the house, and Link walked to the box, smashing it open. Inside was a small Cucco trying to get out of the place, but before it could get away, he had it. This time, however he didn't let the chicken go, he headed back to a small section where a large section looked like it was being built.

Construction equipment was strewed all over, but the screw didn't seem active at the time. Probably on a break, he concluded, as he watched no one around, which seemed a bit suspicious. Walking up to the area, he looked across the area and saw there was another Cucco across the stretch. This one was barred up by one of those large gates, but if he could get across he could get it. Then he had an idea; it appeared down inside of his mind and that was when he came about with it.

"The Cucco!" He nodded; there would be a way to get away with it.

"Which one?"

"Let's glide over and get it." Before she could comply, he leapt across the crevice, holding the Cucco high in the air. This Cucco flapped its wings, so he and it didn't fall at all, they just floated across the twenty feet crevice and landed next to the clucking machine. Picking both of them up, he floated back and raced his way down until he reached the pen, throwing the two animals back in. There he saw on the fence, and waited until Anjou came back from her chores or whatever she was doing. She was not there, it was strange, though he had nothing better to do, and he was a little tired anyway.

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Anjou returned at about three hours later, at eight o'clock. She found all the Cuccos and cheered him on, that is when she pulled a small glass bottle out from behind her back and presented it to him. It was just like the one from the Lon-Lon Ranch, but a tad bigger. "Here you go, Link, a reward for your services. Now are you ready to come home with me."

"Urm, Miss Anjou, I'd like to explore. What's back there?" Pointing from behind them to a bath that led into the darkness.

"It's the graveyard, Link. All right, my house is right near the center of the village, from the tree you go north and it's the first house you see on the front. I will leave the light on for you, so hurry back." Bending down, she kissed his forehead and walked off into the village. He couldn't see if she headed for the house, but he had a small hunch that's where she headed.

When she was out of the distance, he turned towards Navi and whispered out, so that no one else could hear "Graveyard?"

"It's a place they bury the dead, Linky. When a person dies, they bury him in the ground so he isn't exposed to the world." He didn't quite understand, but he turned around, stuffing the bottle into his side pack and headed down into the darkness. The next few minutes of walking, it seemed the world go darker, and fear began to shiver down his spine. Link kept Navi close, using her almost like a flashlight, and she kept herself closer to him.

"Let's go, Link."

"No, Navi, I want to go and view this 'graveyard.'" You see they never had graveyards in the Kokiiri Forest, because the Kokiiri never died. Each Kokiiri was born every three hundred years, and Link was the newest of the pack, but they never died. These forest children remained just as they were. They remained children for all eternity, the only way they died is if a monster was there, and the monsters had disappeared centuries ago.

"Link--please." She didn't feel the urge to go trekking through the undead tonight, nor she really any night.

"Navi, please, let's just wonder around then we can go back and see Anjou." He tried the same techniques upon her and smiled in compensation a little bit, giggling when she seemed to give in.

"I'd rather be in a graveyard than with Anjou." Navi muttered lowly.

"Why don't you like her, Navi?" He frowned a little, he considered her a new friend, and his best friend didn't seem to approve of her.

"Because, I don't trust her, she likes you." The guardian nodded meekly.

Burying his hands at his sides, Link continued down the path in silence for the next few seconds. Then he finally composed himself and decided to continue upon with his way, nodding silently. For another ten minutes, he walked on, until a large sign, just like the Kakariko, streamed over the top of a new place. Across the top read the words "Kakariko Graveyard." In the front of the new structure, which was paved with stepping stones, was a large stone? This stone had all sorts of text on it he couldn't read, and was old as dirt. Wiping the dust away, he knelt and read it out loud.

R.I.P.

Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule.

The Shiekah, guardians of the Royal Family and founds of the Kakariko,

Watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber.

"Shiekah? Isn't that what Impa said she was?" Navi fluttered over to the text and read it silently, before explaining what in the world that was.

"Yea, she did. Wow, so she must have founded this town, or something. At least helped, huh? Navi, what does R.I.P. mean?"

"Rest in Peace, it means happiness for the undead. Anyway, you're probably right about her, Linky, all right let's go on. I'm interested now."

Nodding in approval, Link moved forward and above the large tombstone were smaller ones. He read most of them; some had flowers, some none, and most had wilted flowers. Most of the graves were Hylians, but the older ones were those of the Shiekah. This whole area was full of hundreds of graves, so the place had such a spooky entitlement. He was just about to leave when he looked up and stared into the face of ugly old man. His age was undetermined, but he reminded Link of the character from the Hunchback of Notre' Dame. Letting out a scream of fright, he took off running, but a sweaty hand clasped over his shoulder.

"Hold your horses, young person, I may look ugly, but I am as friendly as can be. Could I interest you in Danpte's Heart-pounding tour? I host it and it only cost ten rubies. I dig up in this graveyard, there are many treasures, and whatever I find is yours. What do you say?" After recovering from his heart attack, the boy nodded in compliment. Navi went inside of his hat, keeping her glow down. The other man was all right, but this man was…she didn't trust him as far as she could throw him. Link pulled out his wallet and put down ten rubies in Danpte's hand.

Danpte was dressed in brown rags, his entire body pale and deformed, from behind his back he took a shovel and pointed down. "You pick a spot and I'll dig." Link walked infront of the Shiekah grave and placed his foot upon the center. "Right here, I like this spot."

Danpte dug for a few minutes, until he found a small fourth of a heart concealed inside of a container. "I don't know what it's worth, but it's yours." He bent down, grabbing the thing and pressing it inside of his hands, that was when Danpte threw the digging tool aside and headed back to his little shack. The shack was only about four feet wide, and six feet high, hidden by the giant fence from before, so Link hadn't noticed it.

Link didn't even notice the man leave; he saw another piece of heart! Squealing with delight, he placed it inside his pocket and searched around the rest of the place with shovels. Link didn't dig up any graves, but he found enough money for his wallet to stock it full of ninety-nine rubies. When he was done, he propped the shovel up against one of the graves, leaning on it. "Hey Navi what should we--whoa!" He screamed as the grave he was leaning on, slid open and he fell through. The grave was deep and deadly, he should have died, but when he landed at the end, he stared around, unharmed. His scars from before didn't ache, neither did any of the other ones, it was like he dropped three feet. Turning around, he saw a small platform with light leading up and looked up at it.

"Navi! Come down, it's clear, it wasn't a grave! It is a hidden passage!" Navi came racing down and stared across the room. Wow, this place was actually nice. The place wet all around, looking like it hadn't been inhabited for about a thousand years, but nevertheless, it was nice. Entirely, the room was made of stone, and not an inch of dirt fell inside. Cobwebs were all around the walls, but most were washed by the leaky interior. Stepping forward, he saw all the room had been stairs leading up to a small chest. A chest? A small one, but a chest!

"Ooh! Navi!" He ran forward, not even bothering to unsheathe his sword and raced up the fifty stairs, to the box that led to the top. It was smaller than the ones he got his Farie Slingshot out of, the map, but this one may have still had some nice stuff in it. Kicking the edge open, he leaned forward and store inside was a large shield.

Inside of the chest, was a Hyrulian Shield, with a long buckled strap along with it? Now, she nodded her head, and actually began to work on fastening it around his body. When she was done Link didn't know how, but the Hyrulian Shield was upon his form, and a strap came across his left shoulder, moving across his right armpit. The strap went fully around his back and held tight in place. How it was presented was that the strap wrapped around the center of the sheath, holding it in place. The Hyrulian shield was hanging off, around his back, stopping directly at where his neck began. Even his cap seemed to fall inside the shield. The Deku shield was, however, clasped in his right hand.

"You'll have to carry it from now on, either that or stick it in your satchel. On the other hand, you could stick it in your side pack, but don't do it, because it will be in your way. Stick it inside of the satchel, and keep it on your hands unless you are using them to move something." On the shield were handles to which it could he held, and also clips where the shield could be held down. This was only on the Hyrulian Shield; the Deku shield had only two handles to hold it with.

This shield resembled nothing of his Deku Shield. This shield, when propped up, reached almost to his waist. A silver rim surrounded the triangular shaped defender, but at the same time, it wasn't a triangle. At the top it was pointed, and the top left and right, but at the center and bottoms it curved inward. This rim of the shield didn't curve in straight, it moved in and out, in different directions.

The shield wasn't all silver, though, because after the rim, the background was painted blue with small silver squiggles at the top of the, not connected to the rim. Right below the squiggles was a large golden Triforce. Under the Triforce was a large eagle, with its wings spread from the rims, this was in the center. Now at the end of the shield, below the eagle, was a single golden triangle. This one was turned upside down, the bottom facing up. Link held the shield up and turned it around, on the inside it was golden with some buckles. Some were to hold the shield to one's back and others were to hold for defense. Link held it out proudly.

"Should I keep these both?" He nodded a little, asking her opinion; sure that he might need both of them for the future.

"Yes…I think you should. Death Mountain is an active volcano or it maybe. I don't really know. How much does it weigh?"

"I would say about seventy pounds, but somehow I can hold it."

"But can you fight with it? Why don't you just keep it on your back, and use your Deku Shield until it wears out? I know you can't hold the shield up and fight, so kneel when you want to dodge with that, all right? Let's try some flips, see if you can handle the weight." Pushing the shield on his back, under the Deku Shield and right below the sheath, so he had easy access to it, Link pulled the sword out and began to practice. It took a few minutes of running around, but he eventually got the hold of it and was able to perform some flips with it. The only problem was the Deku Shield was not in easy access.

"How do I get my shield for easy access?"

"Well, put it in front of the Hylian Shield, or you can just get rid of it. No, that's stupid, I have a solution." She grabbed the Deku Shield and began to circle him all over, making a few adjustments. A few minutes later, he had the shield right infront of his Hylian Shield, it was pinned up, so it had an access he could reach. "There we are."

"Great!" You ready to go home? I think that's all for the graveyard."

"Yea, let's go."

That was the first plan, but when Link stepped into the light, he was transported not out of the grave he got out of, but out at the top of the graveyard. This way he was infront of a new grave, this one much larger than the Shiekah, with two other smaller graves to the side. On the ground, imprinted In the grass was a large Triforce symbol, and this symbol was shaped with the grass. Standing on the Triforce, he read the large text printed in the old language. Some of it he couldn't understand, but he got the familiar feel.

Here lie the souls, who fought in the War of Wars,

We honour thee who gave their lives for the country of Hyrule.

Let eternal peace be blessed to Shiekahs, Hylians, Zoras, and Gorons.

Next to the tombstone were a set of graves, he read the right one, ignoring the left one because it said the exact same thing. Each was just a duplicate of the other, which he found was useless going to read them both. Most of it was old and unreadable, but he managed to get most of it through his mind. Yes, it was written in the new language, great because he didn't seem to understand a world of Hylian or Hyrulian. Each was a different language and he had seen some at the castle during his training, not bothering to learn it.

To the Royal Composer Brothers, there lives for the Royal Family of Hyrule

We honour their brave ness and wish them happiness for wherever they maybe;

Peace and happiness shall prosper through Hyrule for their sacrifices.

"Who are they, Navi?" He whispered out, sure she probably didn't know, though it never hurt to get more knowledgeable in this area.

"I don't know, I've never heard of them. Hey, remember what Impa said about the Triforce?" He nodded a little bit and she went down into a huge explanation about how it went on.

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Impa stood over the two of them, her hands upon her broadened, muscular hips. She smiled affectionately and patted Link's head. "Young lad, the next Spiritual Stone is the Spiritual Stone of Fire. It is up in with the Goron's of Death Mountain."

"Gorons? What are those?" Link stared up in the distance, staring at Death Mountain, from the castle balcony.

"Those are the rock-eaters of Hyrule, Link. You might need to gain their approval, but they are a friendly race, indeed. First you must pass through my hometown, Kakariko. From there you must climb the torturous Death Mountain. It will be hard, but I have faith in you." She nodded a little, a hand going back upon his hand and stroking him ever so softly.

At this time, Zelda raced up to the trio and puffed out from her breath, the three had been heading outside, after Link viewed the mountain, when Zelda showed up. "W-wait, Link!"

Turning around, Link stared at her. "What is it, Zelda." She had something folded in her hands, and placed it on his, clasping them together.

"This is my signature and a letter. You see, there's a guard who will not let you in without my permission, so give this to him." She nodded, holding that into her hands that was a letter, a firmly and nicely placed piece of paper.

"Good idea, Zelda." Impa spoke up, and smiled patting her hair. She had it taken off, bearing the most beautiful golden hair that Link had ever seen. The two were just alike, an almost sibling way, in a sense from their looks, but it wasn't so. Link was a Kokiiri and she was a Hylian. Navi grabbed the letter and stuck it down in his side pack, turning to Zelda and nodding her head. "Thank you, Zelda."

She giggled and petted the farie. The little girl had rather enjoyed Navi's company these past few days, because faries were things of the past, but here was one now! "Your welcome, Miss Navi. Okies, I must be going before my father comes looking for me. Now remember, Link, come back to me when you have both the Spiritual Stones. I don't want you to waste a trip unless you can't find the Water." There, she trotted back up the stairs, turning around once with a wink, then she was gone.

Impa lead them out of the castle, eluding the guards, and taking a carriage towards the Hyrule Town Market. When they were out of the castle area, she walked them out of the whole market, finally resting when they were outside the castle gates. "Link-kun, take a look."

He stared up, in the distance and caught just the peak of Death Mountain. "Link, I want you to remember something. Whenever you see a Triforce embedded upon something, such as a symbol, play the Royal Family song, because those notes hold such special power. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Miss Impa."

Leaning down, he pulled him up into his arms, hugging him roughly, then she laid out her palm and rested him on it. "You are quite a fine lad, Link, take care of yourself and your partner."

"Will do." He felt a little uncomfortable on her hand, but he sat there and listened contently with what she had to day.

"This is for you." That was the last thing she said and then she didn't talk anymore, though; she clasped him in her arms, once more and kissed his lips. She kissed him long and hard, breaking it after a few seconds and sitting him down upon the ground firmly.

Link sat there, staring at her, dazed, he seemed a little bit crimsoned in those areas of flush. His cheeks were crimson, his eyes misted with a little bit of excitement, giggling with content. She was a pretty woman, indeed, so that is why her kiss made his eyes illuminate with pleasure. He was about to speak, when she backed away a few feet, and threw something out. The land seemed to explode, when light filled his eyes. Putting his hands over his eyes, he looked up as the smoke cleared and she was gone.

"Navi, where did she?" But Navi was inside his hat, a little streamed off.

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"I remember the kiss." He giggled and pulled out his Farie Ocarina, but before he could blow a tune Navi smacked him on the side of the head. Rubbing it, he grinned and played the Royal Family Tune. As soon as the tune ended, the sky seemed to darken. The entire place was getting darker and darker, so Link backed up a few feet with light began to glow around the tomb. A few seconds later, he was thrown across one of the many gates, which surrounded the graveyard. He was thrown back when the lightning, from the sky, struck the tombstone and sent pieces flying everywhere. If he had been near it, the rocks would have crushed him, and now lying on his back, the boy thanked the Goddesses.

"L-Link are you okay!" Navi was by his side, checking him for any new scratches, but besides the scratches from the fall, he was all right. Breathing a sigh of relief, she flew near the hole and called out. "Another hole, another secret passage!"

"Really!" Jumping up, he jumped the gate, and rushed near the hole. Where the huge, two-ton tomb stood, was a hole about five feet around that lead into darkness. "Should I jump?"

"Yea, just land on your hard shield. Link, that is a knight shield, I saw some of the knights wearing them. That shield can withstand anything."

Without hesitation, he pulled the Deku shield off and jumped in the hole, bottom first. He should have landed on his behind, but again, he landed on his feet with a quick snap. There behind him, was another one of those transporters. "This must be the old magic of the world?"

"Yea, like in the legends. Let me go check." She went forward into the darkness, and a few minutes she returned with her veil turning a complete white. Taking the veil off, she sat her small body on his shoulder, covering herself up. "Link, I think you'd better take your sword and shield out."

"Why?"

"T-there are bones in there, they look old, but there has to be something in there. I didn't see anything out their, but two unlit torches, and a room door that was barred. Let's go back."

"Navi, if it's barred, then we need to go see what's out there!" He started forward, Navi pulled at his shoulder a few times, but she pushed her fingers aside and continued forward. The area was just like the last, made of stone and having carving all around the walls and floors. The only difference was on the left and right sides of the place were, in fact, bones. He couldn't tell if they were human or animal, because he saw no skulls, but they scared him half to death. He did, this time, pulled out his sword, and since his shield was already out…he placed them readily in his hands.

Navi went ahead and rechecked the area, didn't see anything and flew back, with her veil on. It was just too damp in here for her, but what about him. "Link, if you stay in your skirt-tunic any longer, your going to catch a cold."

"Can't help it, Navi. I've always dressed like this."

"And been in a subtropical environment."

"Well, maybe I'll try to find something to put under it one day, but for now I love this Kokiirish clothes, they give me a certain feel. I like for people to know I'm from the forest." They had been walking and talking at the same time, so now they were near the center of the tomb. Yes, tomb was the only word to describe this place. The other one was maybe a crypt, but this was a tomb. They both moved to the center, and he could see that they were about twenty-five yards to the entrance. "How do we open it?"

"I wouldn't even begin to guess, unless we were to make some fire?"

"It's too damp down here, Navi." He walked the entire distance forward, and was about the climb the stairs when Navi, who had stayed in the middle, yelled out. "Link! Duck!"

Link hit the ground and as he did, three giant thumps slammed into his Hylian Shield. His hands raised upon in the air and that was where he readied himself to block against the currents. This thing was coming towards him, and he would do whatever he would to take care of this problem. Jumping up, his Deku Shield raised up, he saw three bats flying towards him. He'd read about them before, they usually stayed in the caves and wet places like this.

"Bats?"

"No, worse than that, they are Keese! Luckily they aren't ignited…" She whispered that part, but he caught it. Ignited? What is she talking about? Before he could comply, he saw two of them head for him. Flipping backwards, he slammed his blade through the neck of the other one and smashed the shield into the second one. They may have been stealthy, when hiding, but they were quite weak. Over the next two minutes, he stood forward, taking out his sling and putting his sword and shield back. Navi was at his side, and soon turned towards a shadow and shone yellow. "Another one!"

Pulling a Deku Seed back, he slipped it into the notch and fired into the sleeping Keese. The thing screeched, a dying scream, before it plummeted to its death, a lively, but also boring dead. It was a good thing that he had begun to practice with this; otherwise he would have been in a bit of trouble. The practice with this was really showing when he locked that stupid little thing out as quickly as possible. The seed was just that strong inside the sling, that it had pushed into the thing's throat and ripped it out.

"Was that one asleep?"

"Yea, Link."

"But I heard--Navi!" He leapt into the air, reaching for the sword, but pulled out a Deku Stick. No time to threat, he slammed the butt of the stick on the skull of the last Keese. It seems the thing had gone after Navi, that was, until Link bashed the brains out. The Deku Stick broke, it wasn't made for combat, but it sure did the job for him. Pushing the shattered remains of the branch away, he gathered Navi in his hands and checked her over.

Navi let herself being checked, taking the veil off, and giggled whenever she was kissed. She usually did that, takes the veil off whenever it got too hot slept at night, alone with Link, or was kissed. When he kissed the veil, it tasted weird, and felt no affection at all. It was different with her, though, he felt much emotion. Right when he was about to speak a small snap cleared the air and the bars of the door raised up. Turning around, her raised in his palms, he saw it and squealed with joy. "It was a puzzle."

"What do you mean?"

"It was a puzzle, Navi… You see? Whenever the enemies died, there is was a triggering switch, or something, that activated the door." Not random events sort of puzzle, but if you were to take out the life forms then the door opened it up for you.

"Wow, Link, that is very perspective." Now hanging upon his neck, her arms around his face, and pressing her face to his left cheek. Link pulled his sword and shield back out, keeping them handy as he climbed the stairs up to new room. The bars were gone, but the door was still solid and couldn't be lifted. Kicking the door, it creaked and slid open at a stop. Another reason to look forward, this room was filled with complete darkness.

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"What's that smell?" Something was very disgusting about this next room. The next path was a bit stonier than the last, but it had the same feel too it. The only difference between the two was that this new room had sections of it cut off and in those crests were some green liquid bubbling about.

"It must be that, Link." Rising out of most of the pools, formed in pillar-structures, was gaseous forms. She pointed to the gaseous layers. The form entered Link's nostrils, and he broke out in a gag. Navi went right to his face and stuck his nose in the barrier, by sitting on his nose. Instantly, he was feeling with relief of the pressure.

"Thanks, Navi…" The room wasn't very big, a littler bigger than the rest by twenty-five yards. Small little lumps were piled around the rooms, they didn't look very dangerous, and so he sheathed up his sword, and kept the shield incase any more Keese showed up.

About half way away from the first lump, his body froze. Link didn't know what to do, he couldn't move his arms, nor could he perform even a blink. Whimpering, his tongue the only thing that could move, cried out in a screaming voice that he was paralyzed. That's when he saw it, the lump curled up and looked at him. This thing made Danpte look like a Raphael angel.

This hideous creature revealed it hadn't eaten in weeks, or even months. It's skin was a dark gray and stretched across its body, like a tight suit. Its ribs, veins, and everything else slithered and wretched out of the body, giving Link a full view. Claws for hands, and its feet were already decaying, the monster was sexless, but from its structure, it looked male. But across its face was the worst, because across it's face was a brown mask, the mask made of a brown wood. Holes, where the eyes went, and a grinning mouth shone out from the beast. This monster was deadly, he didn't know what it was, but it was deadly.

"Navi, what is that!"

"Let me think…A Redead! Link that is a Redead! It's the body of a dead soldier infected with evil chi! Run, don't let it look you in the eyes." Navi flew up to the tyrant's eyes and flashed a full white. That made the thing cry out and cover its eyes, and since its eyes were off of Link, he could run.

Run? Run was an understatement. What the hero did was dash for his life. First, he ran to her grabbed her, and ran across the left side of the room, because there were no cuts into the green liquid, which he was convinced, was toxic. There he dodged three of the Redeads; they were well over seven feet tall and hard to reach him. One actually jumped on his back, with its arms and legs wrapped around him, but Navi blasted it with some of the newfound powers she had been acquired in him.

At last the new path opened, this time the sword inside his hands, when he dashed in and slammed the door shut. Wow, the new room had a large runic wall; this was different, because he knew not a word of runic. It was a very strange language, and even so, he didn't know the Hylian runics, or the Kokiiri. So even if he had studied, he wouldn't make out many, except a few that had been translated into the common language or something. Upon the wall was a bunch of unread text, but a simple message and chords from a song he could read. This is what it read.

This poem is dedicated to

The memory of the dearly departed; the Sun's Song.

Members of the Royal Family of Hyrule, scripted by Royal Composer Brothers.

"Those guys from the grave!" Link took out that piece of paper, with three other songs on it, and wrote down the script of the song. It was a very bright, dancing tune, or so it seemed on paper. I mean, he couldn't tell that until he played the Ocarina, so out that small playing machine went to compose this song. Link stared up at the notes, stuffing the instrument inside of his pocket and blew the notes out, but the strongest thing was nothing happened.

"Navi, usually a tune happens. Or something happens."

"I don't know Li--" A crash fell and the door exploded with a moaning rush. Out came all the Redeads from the room before, he hadn't noticed this many, there were fifteen of them! Navi squealed and hid behind his back, praying in her own tune to the Goddesses. Nothing could save them, anything!

"I wonder…if we play these tunes, they are dead. This is the Sun's Song. Worth a try, I mean, I can't kill fifteen of those things at one time." Propping the Ocarina in his lips, he blew out the Sun's Song. Hrm, staring around, the moaning had stopped and all the Redeads looked at him with a paralyzing face on them. "Navi, they froze!"

Navi peered up and burst into laughter, she fluttered up to his face and pecked his cheek, grabbing his Ocarina and holding it into the air. "This magical thing saved us! Yes!" She placed it inside of his satchel and stared forward at them, the bandages were coming unloosened. They had been wrapped in bandages when the song they heard, but they were unraveling. "Linky-chan! Run, they are unfreezing--whoa!"

He was way ahead of her; he had noticed the wraps and packed his shield into his satchel while she was praising around. Then, yanking her forward with himself, he dashes passed the group of more than a dozen as they came to life. One actually caught him, but a quick hilt of his boot sent the monster back into a shallow grave of the earth. The old room was empty; all of them must have really been trying to open that door. Good, no more disturbances. Pushing forward, in an open sprint, he crossed the entire room in less than ten seconds and burst through the old Kesse door. Nothing there so the room with so many yards, from before, was now empty. So now he busted through that room and was up into the silver light within a matter of seconds.

This time, the light transported him back to one of the old graves. Impudent, he walked to the center of the room, which happened to be the room the shield room and played the Song of Suns. The room changed, and a clear hole blasted through the roof of the floor. Also, some sort of ladder slid down. Taking this chance, he climbed up the ladder that was dropped, and when he came out he was back in the graveyard. At his side was another piece of heart, wow that made three fourths of it. One more piece and we get stronger! He still had Navi in his pocket, so as he walked back to the graveyard, he opened his hands and spoke. "How long were we there?"

"Three hours at the...most? It's the evening, but how!" The sun was lowering when they had come out of the tunnel.

"Maybe the Sun's song is actually warping time? I played it twice, so the first time maybe it became morning, and now it warped back to night?"

"So you are telling us we wasted an entire day."

"Pretty much." He was halfway back to the Kakariko Village, he had been jogging and now it was just darkening. When the two reached the inside of the village, they saw a small light on in a tiny house out to the west. "Must be Anjou-san."

"Are you as tired as I am? Did that song drain a whole day out of us?" She yawned and slowly, but surely, patted down inside of his hat. Even if he spoke, she wouldn't be able to hear. She was in her own dreaming land, and she was queen there, but he was her king.

Walking across the village, he followed the light and knocked on the side of the door. It felt solid, but also there was a bit of hollowness inside of it; he knew deep in his mind that she wasn't there. Nope, she was not there, and probably wouldn't be for quite some time, that was for sure. Judging from the moonlight, it was only about seven o'clock, enough time to eat and get to bed. No answer at all. Nodding against the door, he began to pound on the door and call out her name, wanting her here.

"Miss Anjou…Miss Anjou…" Too late, gonna faint, and there he slumped against the ground and fell into a small curl.

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When Anjou opened the door, she couldn't help but stare down at the boy with awe. He's so cute… Scooping the young child into her arms, she walked inside of her small house and put him right to bed. The whole house wasn't much of a house, it was about the same place as Link's, except a little larger for her. The kitchen positioned to the right of the room, the bathroom situated with a shower in the left corner. In the center was a small seating area where when she had guest over, which was never, she would have seated them there. Finally, where he was now, was her bedroom. A large bed was there, enough to suit two, with a small chest full of clothes. Anjou sat him down, covering him up.

He's so dirty. She pulled off his cap, and saw the small twinkle was here. Pulling the farie up, she moved her to the small couch and covered her up with a blanket--actually it was a towel and a small couch pillow, but you get the idea. When Navi was down, he walked over to Link and removed his armour. Wow, a Hylian Shield, how could he carry that! She had to throw the thing across the room, using every ounce of strength to move it. The thing must have weighed a hundred pounds! Next came out the lighter, twenty-pound bag across his back, and the heavier one across his waist. There she unhooked the sheath, sword, and pulled all that sweaty armour off.

There, now let's clean him up. When she actually touched the boy, was when she noticed his soft he was. There wasn't an ounce of muscle on his skin; it was smooth as a baby. She guessed he was about nine or ten, but was he really from the Kokiiri Forest?

That sparkle isn't a candle, Anjou. Her father spoke in her mind. Anjou got her sense of determination and sense of knowing if something was real, until she had evidence. She did not believe these people who drilled holes in their heads to let the 'evil spirits' out. That was nonsense!

The woman, she was about twenty-five, didn't bother to go through his satchel, but instead pulled out some of her clothes as a teenager. This shirt would fit the boy not perfectly, but came down to his knees. At least he couldn't slip upon them; she was a lot shorter then she was now. Looking at his full body, she just had to ponder. Why is he wearing a skirt? Link-kun isn't a girl, at least she thought so, but tonight she would be sure. She did have to bathe him, after all. Looking up the skirt, too see if her wore anything under, she saw a small pair of shorts and nodded to herself. Quite embarrassing if he tripped over a rock or something in the middle of town. Ha! Now, the woman couldn't help blush and hid her face deep into the covers, right by his head.

"You are quite queer, young boy. What are you exactly? You look just like a Hylian child, but carrying that shield, I am sure you aren't…hmm." Walking to the left side of the room, opening a small door, and leaving it ajar she began to draw his bath water.

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It actually took longer to draw the bath than she thought she had to go fetch some water from the newly refilled well. Yes, the Kakariko had been in the drought season for a few months, but now Hyrule Castle was sending water, and milk, for that matter, to the Kakarikoians. Weren't they so glad they had opened up their lands to us Hyrulians? Pulling off his hard boots then the socks. Anjou removed the tunic top first, running her fingers across his chest and resting her head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. He looked like an adventurer, but what she saw made her gasp. A huge scar was placed upon his chest! It was healed, but she scar was there. He must be an adventurer.

Then she took came the tunic skirt, they were actually buckled from before, but she undid that in a matter of seconds. He didn't smell too bad. It was obvious he hadn't had a bath since he had come to Kakariko, so he just needed a good scrubbing. Pulling him, still in the small undergarment-shorts, Anjou headed to the fresh warm water and slipped him in. She did, of course, strip his shorts off and slide him in the water. When he was in, comfortably, she gathered up his clothes and stuck them near the wash. She'd fix the tear on his hem later, but now she needed to wash him.

Maneuvering back to the room, with a towel and a washcloth, she shut the door and knelt beside the unconscious boy. Should she have awakened him? No, he is a maturing young boy, not that mature, but be rest assured he would have blushed and looked away from her the whole time he was here. The final decision was this: not to wake him up. For the next the twenty minutes, the young woman bathed him all over.

First the started with his face and the upper neck region, then she moved down to his chest and arms now. That was when she moved down past his waist and to his feet and legs, scrubbing them hardly, and then going to his back and flipping him over washing his back, behind, and thighs. His entire body was so soft that he felt just like an infant, even though he was aged more about ten years. It really didn't matter what he felt like, even if he was rough, she continued to wash him all over. Anjou slipped him back on his rump and slipped a hand down there, scrubbing under the water.

During the twenty minutes, Link moaned when he was flipped, and then called out various names. The most repetitive one was some one named 'Saria' and his farie 'Navi'. She knew who Navi was, of course, she had heard Link talking to him the day before. A few minutes into the bath, his eyes opened and he stared her deep into the eyes. A very embarrassing situation, except he had smiled and slipped deep into his slumber. He's probably a heavy sleeper. After he washed everywhere, she went down and washed down there. That was when he woke up and stared at her.

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Oh, his dreams were so sweet. In them he was dreaming of Saria, they were kissing again. Hee, but the dream flashed forward and he was inside of a large bowl of water. Looking up, he stared into the glaring eyes of a Gohma with a spoon in her hands. Something was creeping up his shoulder and washing him all over. Not being able to see what it was, he stared at Gohma as her tongue came out and ran upon his skin.

Piles of goose flesh appeared all over his body. When he was able to stare up, he stared into the eyes of a man. No! His worst dreams had come true. Above him, It was the man from the room. It was Ganondorf! He had a giant spoon in his hands and was chuckling evilly. Springing out of sleep, he stared down at Anjou washing his body.

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Anjou stared down at the ground, and was still washing at his area when a voice spoke up. "Miss A-Anjou!" Link was staring down at her, widened eyes, and his face was turning a deep crimson. "Anjou-san, what are you doing?" He nearly squealed with a whimper and peered at her sharply.

"L-Link, I was just washing you. I thought you would be out for at least a day or so, so I decided to wash you. You do smell--" A pounding came at the door and suddenly a loud voice boomed in. The voice wasn't a man's, it was a pissed off little farie.

"OPEN THIS DOOR, ANJU!" Before Anjou could comply, the door turned and Navi burs in the room, looking at Anju with her rag still down there and Link looking scared.

"What did you do to Linky!" Nearly soaring towards Link, she sat up his newly washed hair, and stood up staring up at Anjou. "What did you do! Were you touching him!"

Anjou's eyes widened when she heard what Navi said. "Navi-san! You know me better than…" Cut off, by herself, she realized that Navi didn't know her, and she didn't know Navi. Staring down, pulling her hands out and shuttling them, she spoke. "Link-kun, I didn't do anything, I was…bathing you, you were smelly, so I wanted to give you a bath."

Navi stared at her, eyes glaring with hatred and flew down to Link's face, staring at him as hard as she could. "Linky, do you feel different, did she rub you or touch you in any way?"

Link rolled his eyes. "Of course she did, Navi, she was bathing me. You have to touch to bathe. Hee! Don't worry, Miss Anjou, I believe you. I don't know what Navi is speaking of, but you didn't do it." He slowly grabbed the towel and slid out of the water, walking into the living room to dry him off.

Anjou looked up at Navi, who had stayed behind and frowned. "I didn't do anything, Navi, believe me. I was going to give you a bath too. He was just so cute looking, and when I took a scent of him, I had to bathe him."

"…I know, I just got mad. He is cute, isn't he?" Navi flushed under the veil, showing a deep crimson through the center, and fluttered right infront of Link.

"Yes, he is adorable. His flesh is so soft, but come on, I have some clothes for him." Yea, she had some just for him and they were a bit big, though more than enough to comfort him.

"Okay, Miss Anjou, I am sorry."

"It's alright, Miss Navi." With that the argument was forgotten and the two headed into the main room to dress Link.

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"No." Link looked at Anjou and Navi and shook his head a little bit, nodding somewhat she he could. "I can dress myself."

"Come on, Link. Let me dress you, please? You can slip the shorts on, I just like the way you skin feels." Anjou pounced at him, gathering him inside of her arms and began to tickle him profusely.

Link, in turn, burst in a stream of giggles and pawed away from Anjou, as quickly as he could. He had told them sternly that they were to go away while he was dressing and at once they left. He just felt weird being naked around girls, even Saria at this stage in his life, and then he changed. While they were gone, he had slipped on his boxers and was looking for his tunic, when they came in. The place was very small, reminding him of his own room, but why did they want to dress him up? What was this?

"Linky… Come on, we just want to pretty you up." Navi spoke this as the two of them came back a few minutes later; they were holding different things such as clothes and makeup.

"Pretty me up? Navi what are you talking about?" Link frowned just a little bit and looked upon the two of them, sighing a little and looking even more confused about this.

Anjou intercepted the conversation. "We want to see what you will look like with a dress and such on. You are such a pretty-looking boy, we want to dress you up like a little girl." There was no real expensive or beautiful looking makeup back then, and since Anjou didn't wear it, there was no need to use it. Or no desire to do it at all. Link frowned towards Navi and finally agreed.

Begging was something the two were great at, the two of them begged and begged him to do it. At first he didn't budge, but eventually he just threw his hands up in the air ad nodded a little. He really didn't care after about two hours of begging and just shrugged his shoulders, letting them do their worst. That night, he was prettied up and dressed like a little girl, as best as he could be with the makeup. The embarrassed Link took it all with full force, and at about ten-thirty that night, he went to sleep in a dress.

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The following morning, Link and Navi set off for Death Mountain, the fiery home of the Gorons. The two ate breakfast with Anjou, and Link was dressed up in a tunic that was sown up. Looking up towards the woman, he gave Anjou a huge hug and ran off towards Death Mountain. There Anjou stared at the strange boy as he headed up the miles to the mountain top. He might have some trouble with the guards, but if he did, then Anjou would make sure that the boy was put up to that place.

His pace was kept at a slight small walk, and there he headed for where the gate stood, or so Zelda had explained. Moving north of the town, they climbed a little section of the mountain and by eight-thirty reached a huge gate that enclosed the entire region of Death Mountain. The gate was long, steel and fifteen feet tall, covering against walls so no one could get out, and not a being could anyone enter. Link was walking to the gate, examining it from right to left, when a voice sprang out of no where. It was a deep and menacing voice, there seemed to be no friendliness to this male voice. "Halt! Who goes there!"

A tall man, well large compared to Link, was sitting along the right-hand side of the mountain with his arms folded around his chest. The man was dressed just like the guards at the palace: ugly small clothes, no real leg armour, and a helmet that hid his face to the world. A large spear was withheld inside of his hand, which he had pointed at the young boy. "Where do you think you're going, you little ass, I think you had best step back from me, before I decide to get angry!" This man was not one to tempt with, especially with the weapon that was bound between his pulsing fists.

Navi just stared at the encounter, and surrounded the man's face, yelling out to him. "Hey! Leave him alone, this boy is on orders from Princess Zelda!"

"Zelda-! What the hell is this thing talking about." Trying to swat at her, but profusely missing, he still not seeing it was some sort of fairie, or simply not believing it. "Give me some proof, you little punk."

"She must have been speaking of him Navi--"

"Shut up and show proof!" The guard sputtered out, the spear pointed right at Link's chest, the young boy grunting uncomfortably.

Nodding, Link pulled out the large letter and handed it to the guard, smiling as the man read. He was sure the man's face seemed to turn from anger and spite to a bit of fascination. As the man read, he knew he would be granted his way forward and there he could prove he was a hero once and for all. What it read was this: This young boy's name is Link, and he is on his way to save Hyrule, I want you to please let him pass onto Death Mountain. It was signed Zelda, and a small insignia of the Triforce was right below her name, an un-counterfeit mark. That basically meant that no one could break this little thing, or that it could be duplicated.

"This is definitely Princess Zelda's handwriting, but what is out princess up too!" He burst into guffaws of laughter. This laughter went on for about five minutes, which Link stared at the man rudely, but when it was done the guard handed the letter back and clapped his hands. "Alright, Alright, Mr. Hero! I'll let you pass, but it's a good thing you have one of those Hylian Shields. Death Mountain is an active Volcano, you know. Usually you need the King's permission, but I guess our little Zelda's is just as preferred. I'd kill you if this was forged, you know."

"Yes sir." That was when he looked up at the gate, growling and slammed his spear into the ground. A clinking sound surrounded the atmosphere and the gates slid back into from hence they came: the mountain. Link stared at it, gape-eyed with amazement, as the guard broke out into laughter.

"Alright, Mr. Hero. I hope you have a fun time on Death Mountain." Breaking into another barrel of laughs, he had the nerve to ask if Link would get him a mask for his 'son.' Link was considering it when Navi shook her head, pointing at the veil and twirling her finger. Giggling, he walked away, but the man was still laughing when Link walked away with his hands stuffed in his pockets, boiling with anger.