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Chapter VII: The Flames Cool Down
Copyright: I do not own Zelda, Nintendo does. Story by Habuki productions.
The next three days he spent wandering the Goron City, the first day he lit all the torches with the help of his Deku Stick and got that large statue of the Goron in the middle to start spinning around. A few hours later, he wondered to the third floor and threw some bombs inside of the mark, which resulted in throwing a heart piece at him. The last piece until he got stronger, so he connected them and the feelings he had just felt a day ago returned to him with full extent. Stronger than ever, he could run up the entire place in and it too a half-hour shorter than before.
On his way up to the top of Goron City, Link ran into a Goron who called himself Hot Rodder Goron (that's what the sign said.) It also challenged anyone to throw a bomb out, to stop him from rolling. Link took the challenge with every bit of himself, throwing an explosive when the ball was two feet infront of him. Dodging the Hot, the bomb blew up and threw the Goron against the wall, a very tough little motion. Gasping, he ran to the Goron and helped him back on his feet, who was smiling at him.
"You've stopped me!" He seemed a little surprised; there were a bunch of burn marks from the bomb masking his face.
"Are you hurt?" Worry entered the boy's tone.
"Not at all, young Kokiiri. I've heard of you from the local Goron, you helped end our starvation, right?" He was just fine, and there he waited for the answer from the boy that had been called the 'Dodongo Buster.'
"Yes, sir."
The Goron reached inside of his pocket and took out a larger Bomb Bag could fit more bombs than ever. "You have more bombs, correct?"
"Yes, sir."
"All right, take this Bomb Bag as a sign of my appreciation for stopping the great Hot Rodder." Taking the Bomb Bag, inside were eleven more bombs, which brought his total number of explosives to forty bombs. Putting the bag back on his in place of the other one, he traded it and wondered off, for the Hot-rod was already gone with the wind.
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On his explorations through the city, Link discovered an entrance to the Kokiiri Forest. An entranceway had been here all along; he hadn't even known it, after all the time they had visited the forest. Maybe it was because Saria may have led him that they bypassed this entrance, which was true, he could hardly navigate this place alone, without the music. It really explained why Daruina liked Saria's music, for they were so close together, that he had heard it before. Placing a bomb right infront of a pillar of rocks, Link went off to the side letting the rocks crumble. When he wondered through, he was in the middle of the Lost Woods.
"That's where those rocks led. Hee!" Navi was tuckered under his cap, so he let the girl sleep while he wondered through the rest of the woods and back through the Sacred Forest Meadow. When he came upon the exit of the meadow, he peered through the gardens to see Saria was sitting upon the stump, as the last time he visited. There she was, in all her glory, perched upon the bench, enjoying herself. The instrument wasn't being used, so at least there would be no time to practice.
"Saria!" Running from the entrance of the new meadow, he saw as she jumped up and met him halfway. Giggling, he fell into her arms, causing them both to collapse into the dirt, yet he smothered the forest child with kisses of glory and misfortune. She, in turn, retrieved the smooches and gave a few back. When it was all over, he sat infront of her, grinning a little.
"Link--you're back, but you were still in Goron City less than a week ago, how did you get back so fast!"
"A secret passage. You see, there was this place covered with rocks, and I bombed it…" Triggering off the sentence, he pulled the bomb bag out and showed her the fresh patch. These never went bad, so there was no need to replace them after a length of time.
"Wow, what are those?"
"I'd show you, but you aren't used to them, they might make your ears bleed. Almost did for me, first time I used them. Anyway, in Goron City, there is a place where you can bomb rocks, and we could hear your tune. So, I bombed the area and turns out it leads into the Lost Woods." He nodded, and there he was about to go into detail about the Goron City before she interrupted.
"You mean that stone wall that was covered up?" She had been there before and often wondered what was there, though none of the equipment in the Kokiiri Forest was strong enough to break through.
"Yea, a few sectors away from where the small lake is." Putting the Bomb Bag up, he told her of his journeys with the Gorons, and the rewards he received. He happened between him the Dodongos, and a lot of other stuff, basically he told her the entire tale until up too today. The boy also mentioned what Navi had done (his words didn't describe what she saw), so Saria glanced at the hat and passed it off as embarrassment from her nudity. Half-agreeing with her, something else seemed wrong, he dropped the subject and went on with his tale.
A few hours later, the tale done and them both eating, Navi came from her hat and was surprised at the place. "Link, how long have I been sleeping!"
"Three or four hours, ohh, the place? I bombed that entrance with the music we heard, that took us here." He giggled, thinking that the girl must be bewildered, like she had slept over a week or so.
"Hello, Miss Navi." Saria spoke up, she had Link bounded in her lap, but since she was hovering over them both, he fully recognized her without moving.
"Hi, Saria. Urm, Link, when are we leaving?" She didn't want to sound mean, but she just whispered it towards the boy, aware of Saria. Of course she heard him, those ears were keen and could pick it up in barely a whisper.
Saria gasped, trying to hide the frown, so she stared down at the ground. What was it with this farie? Why was she always trying to separate the two of them? This girl, is she jealous, because they spend much time together, but why was that? Saria grasped it with full colours, nodding with anticipation. Of course, that was the perfect reasons. "Maybe you should leave tomorrow?"
"Saria! I came too visit you!" Link sounded ecstatic, now Saria wanted him to leave, just as Navi had asked a second ago.
"Yes, but you need to spend time with Navi." She nodded.
"Navi? I see her all the time, she knows I care for her, right Navi?" He looked up at the grinning farie, but her grin disappeared and she nodded a little.
"Of course you do, but we do need those Spiritual Stones." Navi added a little bit, she was trying to be helpful, though on the inside was cheering for Saria.
"Yes, Link." Saria had picked him up and sat him upon the stump, kneeling before him and resting her head in his lap. "You need to find the last Spiritual Stone, and then before you go see the princess, you can come and see me for a while. I have a feeling that maybe the entrance to the water leads to the Zoras, but it is too deep to swim. When you return…my hypothesis is you will be able to swim it."
"Saria…I--we can't be-- you don't…like me?" Staring off to the side, he was holding back the tears. Saria didn't love him anymore! Why did he have too leave! Silently, the salty sprinkles escaped from his tiers and stained his small tunic. As if like magic, he was gathered up in those arms, returning too her lap, and feeling her kiss and stroke his brow affectionately. Navi also sat on his shoulder, nuzzling him pitifully.
"Oh, Link! How can you say that? I do love you so much, but now isn't the time. You are slacking off, my little hero, and the sooner you finish this. The sooner you can come back too me, all right?"
"…Okay, then tomorrow?" She seemed so impatient, as if she wanted him to leave; though that tone was so sweet and sincere.
"Yes, Linky." Saria nodded, that was a good agreement.
Navi came over to Saria's side, speaking out loud; she was more interested in more of the information that the Kokiiri had found. "Saria, about the Zora's?"
Peeking up his interest, Link rested his head against her small breast, but listened too them speak fondly of each other. Nodding quickly, she reached into her pocket and spread out some material she had written down. A bland piece of paper, they really didn't have good stationary in this place, which was where it was written. It was in Kokiirish (which Link could read little of, he mainly read Hyrulian, for that was mostly what stuff was written in.) Clearing her throat, she spoke out loud in a warm tone, one that could show her age in it.
"I found this in the Deku Tree's files, it's written in the old language, but I roughly translated it. What is means is that the Zoras live down in the domain that lies south of that village you were at, Kakariko. It also mentions you don't go across the river, but you follow the river downward and that will lead you to the domain. This text mentions you need to learn to song of the Royal Family too open up the great waterfall that leads inside. You have that song?"
"Mmhm, Miss Impa taught it too me." Smiling a little, he flashed that ocarina of the fairies just for her, receiving a return smile.
"Great. The Zoras have the Spiritual Stone of Water, also known as Zora's Sapphire. The King is in good relations with the Zoras, so you shouldn't have a problem." That was a good thing, the Zoras were probably sealed up, just as Daruina had been before.
"What do they look like?" Navi spoke, hovering over the tablet, reading the Kokiirish with little trouble; her specialty was the old Fairie language. Although you could learn it down in the forest, she just had never taken the time to learn it, always busy with something else.
"It says fish-people, but that could be a mistranslation. I think they just maybe a race of swimmers, and the Deku Tree misunderstood." Of course, the tree had never left the forest, so he probably had never even seen them before.
"Nevertheless, do you have a special tunic for Link, any water-proof ones?" He wondered about it, did he have one that was waterproof, and the answer was that he didn't have one, of course this was to himself.
"Ah, yes, I do have one. If one is sprinkled with the dust of a Deku, then we can have it. I just happen to have some dust. Link, take off your tunic for me?" She nodded, spreading her arms open, and in one of them was a little pouch, though neither of them knew what it was full of.
"Mmhm, Saria," He sleepily pulled himself up, and slipped from his tunic. Standing just in the boxers, boots and weapons, he climbed back onto her lap and watched peacefully. Saria stroked his hair, pulling it over his ears, and gathered off his hat also, along with his socks, boots and the rest of the clothes. His clothes had changed, he felt a little tighter in them, and she might have to stretch them out a bit. Only after a few weeks and already he was growing out of his clothes, reaching larger heights. She smiled; she was happy, but also sad that he wasn't here, that she could see it all.
"It will also keep his sword from rusting, and that new shield. We can do that tomorrow, how about we go too sleep, now?" Yea, it felt to be around here, especially with him in his shorts, so why not just going onto sleep.
"I like that idea." He was asleep in a few seconds, being moved into the grass, and covered with his own clothes. Saria spread out a large sleeping bag, pulling him into it and sliding in herself, wrapping herself up. Offering Navi a home for the night, she refused profusely, flying away with a trail of disgust spluttering from her aura. Saria knew she was mad, but there was nothing between the two, she knew that in her mind. Though the kiss still astonished her, why she had done it, dismissing it simply as affection. Sliding down, so their heights were the same, the older Kokiiri kissed his cheeks wetly.
"You asleep?" She spoke aloud, keeping her voice quiet; the forest had turned darker and a bit more frightening.
"Nuh-uh." As much as he wanted to sleep, the young boy was even more lost about this place.
"Want me to let you?" She felt the urge to sleep, she could stay up if she wanted too, and also it was just a part of which she was. Sometimes she could go on for days without sleep and other times she slept for weeks at a time. It had scared Link the first time he had seen it, she had kept him out of the forest, but he wandered in. In the meadow is where she did it and as he had explained in tears, he thought that she was dead. Now as she held him, she wouldn't sleep for days or stay up for days, she would simply rest with him.
"If-you-don't-mind." He spoke in one quick word, cracking his eyes open too her. Staring into her face, his eyes widened, and he stared back at her. "What's wrong?"
"I'm a little scared, Link."
"…Oh." Giggling, he wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his head upon her shoulder. With their bodies pressed so close together, his figure couldn't help but scream in some unknown feelings. This felt as if hot lava was being poured upon his stomach, and yet the feeling was marvelous. Groaning, he nuzzled his head into her shoulder, mumbling aloud. "Scared now?"
"No… as long as I have my little hero, why should I be scared?" She smiled and stroked her hands along his body, feeling the soft skin was hardening a little bit, and getting darker.
"Someday, I'll be bigger." He whispered.
"Oh, no you won't. I like you this way, you are much cuter." Ruffling his hair up, she settled her head on his shoulder, in a matching manner, closing her eyes. If he replied, she never heard, for she was in her own dreamland ten seconds later. The same feelings were starting to flow over her body, sure she had felt it before, and knew what it was; yet it mystified her while she felt it for one so young. Each of the Kokiiri was thousands of years old, yet he was barely a decade old. She being one of the oldest and wisest, it really was strange too feel something for one so young.
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She just had too cool off, that was all she needed to do was calm the jealously inside of her. It was fine, for in the morning; Navi was right at Link's side, curled in those blonde tresses. That morning, while the duo ate Saria's breakfast, she prepared his tunic and clothes for the Zora's domain. When it was done, he shyly gave her a kiss and a hug goodbye, watching as Navi shook Saria's larger hand. So weird how they never got along, it really made him mad, since they were never angry with him. At about ten o'clock that morning, they walked back inside of Goron City, heading right for the exit. On there way out, Daruina was at the gate, with a few of his men.
"Brother!" They had been on the road for some time when they had warped back and found their Sworn Brother. Neither had any idea which was the brother, or if Navi was a Sworn Sister or something like that. Beating his chest profusely, he entangled Link in another one of those Goron hugs, a hard one. They were very long and hard, but he had learned to endure them, just a little bit more than the first time. Crying out, he hit the ground a few seconds later, and smiled a little bit at his newfound friend.
"Hello, Daruina."
"Brother, are you leaving?" He insisted on calling him brother, it was weird, but better to have an older-brother figure around.
"Yes, sir. I need the next Spiritual Stone, remember?" He had told Daruina of his quest, they were Sworn Brothers now, so he knew all about the quest for the stones of elements. The Goron nodded his head sadly, he was quite sad too see the little guy goes, but his spirits kicked up as he remembered what he was here for.
"Link, you might want to visit the top of the mountain." He declared and crossed those muscled arms around his huge chest, smiling down upon the kid. He had never liked kids before, but after this one, he started to enjoy them, from the looks of it, he might even have one soon.
"Why is that?"
"There is a mystical farie that lives up there. Some of the Gorons have seen here, not many though, she maybe a legend, but I wanted you too see for yourself. As legend goes she will grant you manna power."
"Manna power? What's that?"
"It is sort of like your chi power you showed us, but Manna gives you the ability to use your sword attack to more of an extent." The man seemed to be contended in this, as if he had done a study upon it himself. That was a good thing, what he spoke of did interest the boy very much, this weird little part that was named Manna. He would divulge upon it and explore even further into it; there he would go for a more extensive review.
"An extent?" Leaning against the city walls, Link crossed his arms over his chest. This Great Farie would be worth going too, so it seemed.
"Yes, you can use it a lot more often, and won't get tired as easily."
"Wow, thanks Daruina-san."
"My pleasure, brother."
Waving a quick goodbye, Link and Navi journeyed past the outskirts of Goron City, passing that red flag from before and headed up there. The city seemed to stretch out as they left, and at the door stood many Gorons, each of them waving. A welcome entry he had made upon them, a hero he was going to be to these peoples. By the Kokiiri he was banished, but now the Gorons accepted them as their savior, and by Farore he loved it. On the way, boulders were considered around the area, easily blown up by the boy and his new special crops. With little ease, there was not much trouble up the mountaintop.
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The third day after leaving the city was the worst of all; it was almost a catastrophe, rivaling to Dodongos. The duo had left the area and begun to sink in a sort of cavern, a weird sort that was a crevice. Nothing of the volcanic activity was around, so the two ignored the little rumbles every now and then. They had arrived in the center of the canyon, when the action started. The sky all of a sudden grew a darkened black, the clouds swirling all overhead. Staring up at the sky, since it was day, Link turned towards Navi with caution plastered in his eyes.
"…Navi?" He muttered when he noticed that the earth was turning a deep crimson, it was stranger than before.
"I don't know, I don't--the volcano! Link, under your shield!" She had blurted that out, for a large molten rock headed right for Link's head.
Cowering under the shield, the farie scrawled under it with him. Craving his arms around her tightly, he began to cry softly. The rocks stung as they clashed upon the shield and dented it inward. No immediate damage, so the stings were minimum, they were really from the pressure of the protector. Burying his face in the dirt, he shivered and cried out.
"Shh…Shh! Calm down." She hushed him loudly.
"W-w-w-w" He couldn't even speak out, his voice was lost in the shattering fear that encircled around him. They were going to die, and it was his entire fault! His entire fault! Letting out a shakily cough, Link pressed his head into the darkness, but a beam of light lit up into his face. Blinking, he peered forward and saw her aura brightening a lighter shade of azure. She blew him a slight kiss and his entire body was filled with the light and chi he always felt when close to her veil. Shivers of pleasure ran down his body, the aura all around him, as if it had swallowed him up.
Gazing forward, he saw that he was inside of her aura, yes the blue light had gulped him up. Somehow, someway he knew it was real and, she had expanded it so it included him too. Pushing himself up, Link brushed the dirt from his body and gazed over at her. At the full light, he finally caught her with all her glory. With the aura on, she would fill his entire hands, and some of her would stick out. This way, she could stand in the palm of his hand, but could also curl up and be held. A mini-human is what she reminded Link of. He had seen Navi a lot, but usually she had some of her aura on, or she was hiding on him. Chuckling nervously, he looked down at the ground, embarrassed. She stared up at him curiously, and spoke.
"What is it?" She was acting as if nothing was wrong.
"…I was scared." He whimpered just a little bit, and there he stared into her eyes, grasping the over confidence in them.
"Of course you were, Link, sweetie. You had to be scared, you saw fire and it frightened you." Her wings were finally shown to him with full colours. These were a clear, see-through substance, the top part connected to her back, while the bottom were at her back, but stood out south. Wearing a blue top, and silky pants on her body, a shawl extended down across her body, covering up her pale stomach and other hidden fleshy parts. On her feet stood a pair of small shoes, this was maybe what she usually wore. He guessed Faries didn't need to bathe much, because she always smelt good.
Link had been staring at her, eyes agape, which in turn made Navi flush a little bit more than ever. Flying up to his face, she kissed the tip of her nose, and spoke out loud, hoping that he heard. "Link, the fire has stopped."
"Really?" His hands went from away from his body, he couldn't see the outside world, and all he saw was the aura.
"Yes, and we didn't need this aura. It doesn't protect you, you know." That smile upon the fairie's face widened, and she leaned forward, kissing his lips gently, so soft as a mother would.
He knew this; Gohma had mortally wounded her while wearing this little veil. Nodding simply, he curled her inside of his palms, stroking her like a doll. Navi, in turn, flushed and pulled away from him giggling a little. Pulling her close, he kissed her cheeks sweetly, before settling her back on his shoulder, speaking out. "You ready?"
"Y-yea." Clearing her throat, she snapped her fingers and they appeared back in the old scenery. Her aura was gone, for the time being anyway. Gathering up his scattered shield, the boy ran out into the valley even deeper, running into the rocks sometimes, but he learned they were easy to dodge. That night it was officially decided that from that day on the veil would stay off unless they were in the company of others. She argued, he compelled, eventually winning the argument and receiving what he wanted.
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"Why do you want too look? Aren't I ugly?" She spoke of the subject the following night, as they lay down upon the ground for the night. He had spotted a new area to climb, but it was at least a few miles away, that would have to be for tomorrow. They rested for the night, so they could tackle it before noon tomorrow and are done with this dreaded mountain. This mountain would go to the very top and hopefully the legend that his new brother spoke of would come true. All Navi knew was this Great Farie had better have been as good as the legends said.
Link smiled a little, stroking her hair somewhat, it was quite lovely for her. You would never tell by her veil that she was lovely. "I want it, because you can see me and that isn't fair. Remember that, we are equal."
"Yes, but am I ugly?" She hadn't answered the question of his, so of course she was going to ponder it once more.
"No." He answered without any thought put into it. Thinking a little, he shook his head once again. "You are very pretty Navi. You have some things on you I don't quite understand." He was referring to her breast. "Yet, I didn't understand why those are on Anju and some of the other women in this land."
"Women get those when they get older." Navi was very matter-of-fact, besides, the boy had seen that many women in Hyrule had breasts. Some even wore those cut-off, so it was easier and easier to see them, she knew the boy had noticed, she had caught him staring.
"Saria's older than me." He nodded, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Doesn't matter, she's a Kokiiri. You all don't grow up." It was true that Saria's were there, she just wore a sweater, so they were pushed back. Navi could tell that the girl had breasts, plus some of the other girls seemed to have smaller ones.
"Ah, yea. So, how old are you?" They had set up camp; Link lying in the sleeping bag with Navi rested right before him. It wasn't really a sleeping bag, but a comfortable sheets stocked together for when people traveled. No monsters were on the mountain, so the fire had drawn out of its cover and was put out when Link kicked it out. Receiving an odd look from Navi, he stared back into her deep eyes, kissing her forehead. "What, what's wrong?"
"It's impolite to ask a woman her age." Even though Link probably didn't know that, she spoke it nevertheless about the phrase.
"But, I know mine, and I know Saria's." He whined.
"Ohh, how old are you and her?" Navi stretched herself out a little, curling the covers around her body, and watched Link with quite the glaring movements.
"I'm ten Navi, you know that. Saria is 5,600." Mmhm, Link had asked her that a few years ago and she had said a few years earlier, so he calculated in the additional years and came up with it exactly.
"S-she is!" Surprise appeared upon his face.
"Yea, she said that she is one of the oldest Kokiiri. Mido and the Know-it-all's are the oldest." Of course, Mido had been around since a few years after the creation of the Deku Tree.
Wow, she was a lot older than Navi, which was for sure, a lot older than she knew of anyone else. Navi wasn't even a century old at all, she had had no idea that the Kokiiri girl had been around that long. Should she tell Link how old she was, should she reveal how much the small girl had existed? Nah, she just drifted herself off to sleep as he explained what he and Saria did that night down when Navi was asleep. Nodding off to a distant unconsciousness, the jealously was erased, because they were together.
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A total of five days the two they spent wandering the atmosphere, the ground was so sufficient. By the third day, they reached the little area that led up out of the valley; the cavern had thankfully been over. Taking out the trio of Skulltullas, he spent the next day climbing up to the top of the area. There were little crests in the mountain where he rested upon one that night, upon a small piece of land sticking out. The fifth day he climbed up the top of the Death Mountain, and peered into a hot molten lava entrance of the mountain.
"We can't go in there?" Link pondered as he watched the steam arise in the air, it was smoking in that boiler room.
"No, we can't, Link. It's too hot, you would suffocate, and this is the direct lava. The Dodongo's Cavern was at the bottom of the mountain, this is the top." She proclaimed.
"Where is the farie then!" Growling, he slammed his foot into the left area of the wall he was leaning upon. A small creaking sound interrupted his thoughts. Gasping, he stared at the wall, setting down a bomb and setting it off. Moving back a few feet, the bomb exploded, and when the smoke cleared a hole was in the place of the wall was.
"Navi!" His voice was surprised.
"That must be the fountain. We can go inside here, it is safe!" She nodded, she remembered this place, and the caverns were never harmed by the temperatures.
"You sure?" The young hero asked.
She didn't even answer him, but flew into the cave, with him running after her in response. As soon he entered, the soft harp music fell upon his elven ears, a melodic tone, better than his Ocarina playing. Sighing softly, he stared around the brightened room, seeing the places around here. Sprites of all kind were erected in the room, talking amongst themselves, staring off to the sides. When his presence was shown, they immediately surrounded him, pouncing Link in the ground. Letting out a stream of giggles, the smaller faries nipped and nibbled at his flesh, playfully excruciating him.
"De go, fee he nai! Link he jie!" The sprites made tracks, returning to around the structure in the middle staring at him with wide eyes peering out of the veils. Sitting on the pale blue stonewall, he stood up and stared forward. Up towards the ends of the stairway were two small steps and the symbol of the golden Triforce. Right above that was a pool that sprinkled with glistening water, the water wasn't very large, but the pool extended out twenty feet. Where the sprites were, were drips of water that they could rest on, but it didn't compare to this place. Turning to the owner of the voice, he stared at Navi.
"What did they want?" He was still flushed from the licks, and smiled, waiting for the answer from his fairie.
"They were trying to eat you." She spoke out, steamed.
"E-eat me!" So the naivete was in action once more, he thought it was like with Gohma and whatever the other women wanted to do.
Smacking her forehead, she let out a little chuckle. "Not swallow you, but taste you. Most sprites up here never get too meet anything close to a Kokiiri. Gorons hardly travel up here, and no one has ever found this place, they wanted too taste your skin."
"Did they like it?" He blushed, staring at the sprites, to see each of their reactions at his skin taste they had gotten. Each of their veils was off, only surrounding their waists; the rest of their body was shown. It shown that all the faries were females, at least all here and all had pink hair that was long, short, or medium built. Each wore different pairs of clothes, which included shorts, dresses, shawls, battle armour, and just regular attires. None of them battled, but they were probably meant to aid someone on a quest, helping fairies.
"Of course they did, you are a Kokiiri. Besides, you are sweet, I've tasted you." She whispered out, flushing.
"Y-you have!" Covering his cheeks, they were burning up, and trying to catch himself, he sat upon the stone path, lying down on his back.
"Yes, of course I have. Don't worry, that is how sprites and faries tell if your personality. Most of the Kokiiri faries taste there masters of mistresses, it is a way to find out if they even want him or her for a partner." Of course not a soul knew about that, the Deku Tree, though the Kokiiri shouldn't have.
"Ohh, urm, what is the deal up there?" He pointed at the Triforce symbol, and with the crimson to his cheeks already gone, he pulled the ocarina out and walked up to the symbol, standing upon it.
"Play it, that summons the Great Farie, she is just the one of many. I forgot which farie she is, since I have never seen her. Only Royal Family members can access the faries, of course, no one usually finds them."
Placing the nozzle to his lips, the young lad blew out the tune of the Royal Family. After the tune was out, a few seconds passed, but nothing happened, the place seemed to stand still. Then a scream of laughter pierced Link's sensitive ears, making him grip it with one hand, holding the ocarina with the other. A spiral of magic interrupted the water, spewing out in a cone-like structure shown it. Out of the cone came a body that started to form in the air. Beautiful soft skin clad upon her body, a darker colour of pink hinter her long hair, maybe magenta, it was.
The woman was at least six feet tall, with ivory vines aligning upon her form, with the illumination of those deep brown eyes staring at him. Link couldn't help but be propelled by her beauty. Never had something seemed so lovely, and yet at the same time too be so forbidden. She seemed to be a forbidden fruit, of course much scarier than the regular kind of fruit. A nervous laugh entered his esophagus, throwing out in the atmosphere, and throwing up his head, he stood upon the Triforce with full stance. Navi stayed at his side, watching the sprites every now and then, but keeping a close eye upon the farie.
"I am the Great Farie of Power, what is it you wish to ask me, young hero? You have traveled a far and dangerous road, as I can foretell." Nodding her head, she took her place of floating around, watching upon the young hero.
"I-I-I was told by the Daruina that there was a farie up here who could grant me something called manna. Is that true?" He flushed.
"Manna. Yes, Daruina knows well of his tales, yet has never been up here. Indeed I am one six of the most power faries in the world. Maybe I shall grant manna, but then again, maybe I shan't." Smirking, she laid upon the air, as if it was some sort of furniture, defying the laws of gravity.
"I…what do you mean?" His was caught beyond his words and frowned.
"I shall grant you manna for your hardships, but I require something in return." Of course something was needed, the special things in life were never given without a good prize in return.
"Anything!" He blurted out.
"Link, don't say that!" Navi scolded, staring up at the farie, she didn't know what this one was capable of, she wasn't evil, but something about the glimmer in her eyes made lower class farie feel a bit uncomfortable.
"I haven't seen anyone out of this cave since I entombed myself, which was three hundred years ago, and I require something that hasn't been given too me. I would like a dae nei."
The guardian's eyes widened, what did this want, he wondered looking up at the higher in the chain of faries, Navi shook her head all of a sudden. "No."
"Dae nei." The woman smiled out through those lips, she was staring at the two of them with glimmering eyes.
"No, not that, please!" Navi pleaded.
"I need a Dae nei, little farie, from the boy, of course." She smirked.
"What is a dae nei?" Link stared up at the farie, then changing his expertise to Navi and both seemed in some sort of spoil or a battle of some sort.
"It means she wants a kiss." Growling, she fluttered off to where the sprites were, pouting at what was about come. She knew he needed the manna if he hoped to take any of the other monsters our, but this was ridiculous! Keeping her distance away from the group of sprites, she heard their fairish speech of what the Farie wanted. Of course most of them could read the minds of the boy, so understanding him wouldn't be bad. They understood her, but not any other Hyrulian, so it was hard to distinguish if the boy was going to reply.
"You want a kiss? But why, I am but a little boy." Link had sat himself down upon the Triforce mark, gazing up at the farie. Lowering her a few feet, but still hovering over his body, she grasped him by the collar and brought him up too where she was. The boy gasped, levitating up to her height, which she returned to where she lay only a few minutes ago. Nodding a quick approval, the farie spoke.
"Yes, you are a young boy, but one day will mature into a Kokiiri. Sure, you have your form of it, but yet I desire something from a true hero. Heroes aren't as common as they used too be, so I desire the love of one. Just one kiss, and we shall begin the training so you may gain manna." The Great Fairie just smiled, watching the reaction upon the boy, for her prize she waited.
"There is training?" Wow, so there was a method to get the power.
"Of course, you did not think it was just a restoration process? The other faries might not require training, but you need my manna to gain their powers. So, do you agree?"
Turning around, he faced Navi, and spoke at his girl, frowning a little bit more, shrugging his shoulders. "Navi…it's for the mission."
Remaining silent, she nodded a sigh of deep consent through her mouth, she would let him go ahead. Navi knew that this kiss meant nothing, the boy was for him and for him only, and this was a business deal. To seal the deal, a kiss was needed, there was no way that her hero would enjoy this. Link couldn't help, but feel bad for it was weird how her emotions spurred out when they were around other women. Never-ending the thought, the young hero nodded a little for the approval of the kiss. It wouldn't be painful, nor as beautiful as the one with Saria, but he had kissed a few times.
Nothing was ready for what came next. The farie began to smirk, her long arms coiling upon his body and entangling him into a barrel of passion. Lips moistened, puckering for the release, and went into motion with a barrage of feelings surged through out her. Link's arms flailed a little during the kiss, coming to her neck, and holding onto it for the support of accidentally falling. There were no words for what his thoughts were during those two minutes of kissing. Repeating Saria's actions from before (meaning the tongue), it coiled and slid to and fro from inside his mouth too inviting his own to hers.
All the sprites watched with ease, and when their mistress waved her hands, the sprites sped up towards Link. Being covered with an entire suit of pink veils, each of the sprites began to lick at certain parts of his body, but they couldn't go in specific areas, those were just off limits. Some crowded upon where his lips were; some just picked any other spot, but most went from place to place, searching for his sweet spot. Shivering lightly, he could feel them all around his body, while the kissing went on.
Finally, the farie broke the kiss, dropping Link down on his knees before the Triforce. Smirking a bit, she petted his head a little, reaching into his satchel for that bottle he had gained from Anjou. Opening up the top and pouring the Milk out, the white liquid splashed all over the ground. Grabbing a sprite, she placed it inside of the bottle, shutting the cap on it and returning the glass jar back to the home where from hence it came. Touching his head, she spoke sweetly; the tone was more satisfied than the other had been.
"I was kidding." Her voice was that of a singsong.
"About what?" His breaths were a bit harsh, trying to rejuvenate after the experience; it had really left him winded.
"About the training, I was going too train you for no power gain if you didn't comply to my kiss, but you did, so I shall restore it onto you. Peii, heal Link!" A small Sprite came up to Link, kissing his cheek, and disappeared after a few seconds. All the pains of the climb to Death Mountain were now only a little bit of a problem, and standing himself up, he smiled a little, crossing his hands at his chest.
"There is a Sprite in your bottle, her name is Tui, and she shall be with you until you need healing. Of course my fairies are different, they temporarily heal you, the other one was for the scruffs on you. When you are hurt, it shall subside the pain a little, but not forever--don't rely on it." Placing a hand upon his forehead, her other hand came forward where Navi appeared in the palm of it. Nodding, each palm lit up a different colour, the one Link was near shaded green, while Navi's shaded a light-blue appearance. Beginning to speak in a language even Navi couldn't comprehend, the great being asked for the powers to be bestowed upon these two brave souls.
Magically, Link began to fill enlightened with his feet, like the world had transformed him into a god. As it would turn out, his strength, vigil, speed, and other important elements were enhanced beyond the Kokiiri boundaries. Remaining in the same form, when she took her hands off the two, she made them test out each other's power. Navi's blindness technique could affect more than one enemy, her chi was also stronger, but it was Link who received the most power. Along with being enhanced physically and mentally, his sword gave itself a new glow. For the next few hours they honed their powers, trying to reach the peaks, and discovering new things about them.
"This is called the Rhiu-Kiyto. It is an ancient sword-technique passed through the legends. Try it out, hold your sword and concentrate upon it." When Link did give it the ole' try, the blade shimmered a bright blue from before, but about two seconds later the chi around the blade began to waver and turn a monstrous rogue. Asked to spin around, when Link did, the results were astounding. He went around three times, cutting anything in his path. Thanking her profusely, the farie had one last reward for the duo.
"I was going to let you enter Death Mountain and retrieve this, but since you are running short on time, I shall give it too you. I understand you collect heart pieces, is that correct?"
"That is right, Great Farie." Navi spoke, they had only been here practicing for five hours, but Navi now held a deep respect for the farie. She may have been love-hungry for Link, but with all tricks aside, she had deeply affected the odds in their way.
Throwing her hands out in opposite directions, a fourth of a heart container fell down at Link's side. Reacting, he stashed the fourth piece inside of his pocket, bowing to the mistress. "Thank you, Miss Farie."
"You are welcome, young hero. Anytime you come around here, I shall heal you, but for a price." Winking at Navi playfully, she leant down and patted the boy upon the head. "Ah, that reminds me. Since you know the Royal Family, next time you are in Hyrule, I advise you too visit the Fountain that is located right before the palace. There you shall find another one of my kind." Waving to the two, she slid back inside of her pool, gone without a trace, but this time the sprites went with her. After the magic was over, the cave resembled a basic water fountain where one would wash clothes.
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"She was too love-struck." Navi was muttering too herself, when Link blurted out a yell of surprise. Turning towards her companion, she spotted what had dumbstruck him so much. Resting upon a wooden sign, the one they had seen before entering the cave, was Kaepora Gaebora. Turning towards the attention, the owl burst out in a 'hoot-hoot'.
"Hello there young farie, young Kokiiri. I see you have grown stronger since our last encounter." The owl hooted out, the two of them had turned around towards the edge of the mountain and caught his vision.
"Hi, mister Gaebora." Link walked over to the edge of the cliff, sighing a little; just knowing it would be a while back. This was going to take a long time go get down, but before he could start climbing, his farie was at his ear whispering an idea silently. The girl had said something that he needed, the boy nodding at her, patting her hair softly. Eyes widened, and he nodded to her little devilish scheme, walking over to the owl, coughing a little bit. The cough acted up a bit more and he whimpered a little, looking around, as if he was dizzy.
"What's wrong, young Kokiiri? You seem ill?" He sounded concerned.
"It was that dreaded Dodongo, I think he had something I caught from him, or maybe an injury." Link whimpered.
"Ha, so you have the Spiritual Stone of Fire, I presume?" He hooted, he knew of course that the boy had it, he could smell the jewel in his pack.
"Yes sir, but I guess I won't be making it down." Slumping to one knee, the owl was at his side in seconds, with concern plastered upon the animal's face.
"Don't worry, young Kokiiri, I will take you down to mountain to the Kakariko village." The owl smiled the best that an owl could smile, and nodded that he would take the child back.
"R-really? Oh thank you!" He smiled a little, stroking the owl's feathers, as it flew above Link and dug its claws into his shield, anywhere else would have injured him. Gathering up Navi in his palms, the lad smiled and nodded for them too take off. The plan had actually worked, no he wasn't sick at all, and it had been the idea of getting down the mountain in a few minutes. Plus, a chance too fly was one in a million. Spending the next few minutes with hands spread, Navi stayed under his hat and watched them bound the mountain that had taken long too climb. The record time was forty-five minutes.
Gaebora stopped onto Impa's house, dumping the boy on the roof, a better place to go. Maybe it was revenge because he could sense no illness in the boy, so he would have to work his way down. Either he knew or he wasn't letting on that there was a secret area down here, it was good either way. This was an area Link couldn't have reached from before, it was inside of the pen where Anjou's Cucco's were, but the roof of the next house was where they sat now. The owl smiled at the two of them, his grin was sort of, nodding quickly, and he would be gone soon.
"No time to doodle, young ones, I must be off. Do not worry, for I will always have my eyes on you. Hoot-hoot-hoot!" Not even a polite goodbye was given, before he was heading down where the sun set its horizon.
"He left us on a roof!" Growling, Navi went down inside the house too look for a proper person with a ladder. Down inside the Cucco pen was a small passageway that led inside of a cage with a barn.
She didn't know until she smacked into the cow, though. No one was in the house, except a small heart piece near the cow. Bundling up the piece, she fluttered back and presented it too Link, who completed the half of the piece. Link had managed to skim down the side of the house, past the Cucco pens, and was looking for Anjou when Navi arrived with the heart piece. The Cucco girl wasn't found that night, so he and Navi rested at a local's house for ten rubies for the each of them. It wasn't one of the best stays in the home, but each got a hearty meal for supper and breakfast. Starting out early the next morning, the two would head to the next Farie fountain to get one of the other powers that laid within the Goddesses', what it was? That in it was a mystery.
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Taking the way to Hyrule Market, the group took three days to reach the mysterious fountain that was deserted in the place before the desert. Link had to bribe to guard ten rubies too slip past the gates before getting unnoticed (the vines had been cut only a few days before.) When he slid past, she spotted an area that was deserted besides for a small rock and a sign that read 'dead end.' A dead end was bad, but that wasn't what he was mad about, there could end up being a passage. It wasn't too hard to figure out that with one of the special plants in place, that the walls imploded to reveal another one of those entrances.
This encounter was a lot quicker than the other one, for there was no training or any formality. The farie, who was Great Farie of Magic, did ask for a simple lip kiss, one that the other had. Though she wasn't as hungry for love as the other had been, probably since she was closer to the rest of Hyrule, the other was trapped on top of a mountain. Not as intense as the last, plus there were no Sprites around too interfere with the two. After the kiss, he was given a small little diamond shaped glass jar, where a jewel was uncrowned in the middle, and he had to speak up.
"What is this madam?" He whispered.
"Spread your legs and slam your fist into the ground, young one." These great ones just loved that he was so young, for some reason, but complying to her wishes…he did slam his fist into the ground (after making sure she wasn't looking up his skirt.) When his interactions were perfects, a ball of fire entombed him, spreading in every direction. The fire was like an aura, as it didn't burn him, Navi of the Farie, but everything else was singed.
"That is the Goddess of Power's own little tool. Din's Fire is the correct name of the term, and the Goddess of Power has entrusted it too you. It will sap at your manna, but now that you have this, some new little tubes shall appear in dungeons, along with heart containers. They are brown and cylinder shaped, but when you drink them they shall return your manna to full power." She seemed confident in her procedure and there she nodded for the hero with the magic.
Saying quickly thanks to the farie, they rushed from the small cavern and made their way back to the Hyrule Castle Town Market. Reaching the town right before it closed at nightfall, they received a small room at an inn for the night, where they rested. Only residing for twenty rubies, the room was a deal, since people always visited the Market Place for days at a time maybe to see the sights, shop around, or see royalty. Truly the Goddesses for providing a rest for them blessed them, that seemed a miracle in itself. Bad luck had been on this trip, along with good luck, and now here was a little bit of the good kind.
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"Where did she say the Zoras were?" Nine days total had been neglected from these Farie requests, they were essential, yes, but the adventure did need to be met on. Link was lying in his bed in only his nightclothes, while Navi rested upon his chest, asking the question.
"Saria said that we were to go to the river, remember that river we passed on our way to Kakariko, across the bridge?" Remembering the bridge, the one they almost fell off of, she gave a nod, nuzzling her face into his chest.
Flushing, he gave her a small pat on the head. "We follow the river, then we get to a place where we must swim the river for a while. She said the current would drag us along, so we needn't worry. Then we go a while until we reach this waterfall and from there we play the Royal Family's tomb and something happens. Probably the entrance opens up."
"Saria is probably right." Crawling up his chest, she laid her head on his shoulder, letting out a small growl. She had been on the top part of his chest, veil off, so it wasn't a hard climb to the top area of him. The growl, playful in all its nature, was a way to express her tired bones from this journey. She wasn't a very young farie, nor an old one, but this journey could work wonders on anyone.
Lifting her small body, he set her in his palm so that their eyes could meet each other and spoke. "So, why do you get mad?"
"Mad? At what, there is a lot of stuff I get mad at." She seemed innocent enough, though you could detect a bit of sarcasm in her voice.
"Well, whenever a girl…you know, messes with me. Why does it bother you so much?" He blushed a little bit.
That hit the nail right on the head. Her face tightened up in fear, and she looked off to the side, chuckling nervously. "I don't know, Link, I-I guess I am a bit protective of you, that's all."
His eyes veiled over a little, and then they brightened up, him stroking her hair softly some more. She was dressed in a long silky robe for the night, so his fingers could come over those small features from the robe. Yes, she had attire too, but it was stuffed inside a small pocket of his satchel, so she didn't change. She hardly changed, the fairies really didn't need baths, which was the truth, and they could go for months. Not that she did, whenever he bathed, she always went with him and scrubbed herself clean. "Don't worry, I'm not mad about it, I am sort of glad too have a protector out here. I know Saria would get mad that those women are being so weird with me…especially those Great Faries."
"D-did you enjoy their kisses?" She whispered.
"'Course I did, it was fun! I mean, it was nice too be kissed, makes me feel loved, and I was happy to do it so those faries would be happy, you know? I just don't understand why me, I am just a boy." Of course he would enjoy kisses from a beautiful woman, as scary as the fairie was, but she was beautiful. Enchanting was a better word for it, something that he knew he could never claim, but dreaming wasn't ever a bad thing.
"Faries are attracted too little guys like yourself. Some of them even fall in love with their partners, like forest faries." She had no idea if it was the truth it was, she didn't know at all, and that was the pure truth.
"R-really? Wow, like who?" He whispered.
"Oh, I haven't met any." Unless I look at my reflection in the water, that is, her thoughts came around there as she continued. "But they are around, Link."
"I have a question, I have seen faries all around, every type that is known, but are there boy faries? And how do they reproduce?" It was a good question, she wasn't even sure how they had a long time ago, but now she did know.
He knows about reproduction! Then maybe he will want too with-- She was about to speak something else, though something did respond back and interrupt her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Down girl. Link has read about it in his lessons, but he doesn't do it! The voice was back, not as evil as before, only trying to make her understand the facts: Link didn't reproduce, at least, yet.
"Boy faries? Well, faries reproduce asexually; all are females, though. What I mean by this is that us faries have the parts a female farie would have, but we don't reproduce sexually. In other lands there are other faries that reproduce and have males, but not here. I guess everyone decided that females would be better." She nodded somewhat, and smiled, waiting for those answers that he was going to ask about next.
"Why is that? I mean I like you as a girl, your pretty and smell nice, but what's wrong with the guys?" Were guys bad, he wondered, he knew he wasn't bad, but maybe the male fairies were.
Flushing a little, Navi shrugged. "Thank you… Urm, I don't know, the Deku Tree wasn't in charge of faries. I guess it was evolution that decided it, that and the Mistress faries are all girls."
"Mm, so do you know anything about these Zoras? Are there any pictures or anything?" It was a subject change and Navi welcomed it.
"Sorry, Linky, I don't really have the slightest clue…" Her voice drifted off into oblivion, Saria might know, but what was for tomorrow, it really was. The tiredness was consuming, but she didn't want it too go on. No…stay with him and be with him. Yet it was futile to resist, for within a few seconds she was out like a candle. Link pulled the covers over the two of them, kissing her softly, admiring her scent, and joining her within minutes later. That was the last night they spent in Hyrule, for the next morning as the sun rose at six, they headed out into the lush fields to search for a river.