Yay! Chapter 5! I never even thought I'd actually have the time to write this chapter, I had a video project done and only 3 more days of school… OO schools almost over. AWESOME!

Anyways, on with the story!

Zora Cape

Chapter 5

Let's Make a Deal

Medli sat on the rocks beside the pool until she was dry, and then flew up to her and Komali's room. She didn't find Komali there, so she walked over to Rapas' room.

"Oh, hey Medli!" Rapas said, opening the door.

"Hi, have you seem Komali?" Medli asked.

"Yeah. Kevin sent for him. They're probably still talking…"

"Kevin…?"

"Yeah, remember? The band leader… actually the leader of the entire Zora population… the leader."

"Oh, I see…"

"Hey, are you hungry? Come in, I just got a big plate of calamari delivered- room service!"

"Uhhh…" Medli thought back to her revolting breakfast of fish eggs. "No thanks."

Komali entered the room shortly after Medli returned. He cautiously opened the door.

"Hey Komali!" Medli chirped. Komali swallowed, and walked over to his bed.

"Hi…" he mumbled.

"So… why did Kevin want you?"

Komali bit his lip. He couldn't tell her about Kevin's request…

"He- uh- he wanted to make sure we were enjoying the food…" It was half true after all…

"Oh." Medli looked at Komali for a few more seconds, trying to see if he was lying, then gave up and flopped down on her bed. Komali had became very good at not letting anything show through his eyes, ever since his grandmother had died. "Hey, why did you leave?" Medli asked. "The Zoras are very nice- once you get past their bluntness. Especially Larosa. I think you'd like her, she's-"

"It's okay." Komali interrupted. "I just didn't feel like it. I'm… gonna go for a flight, okay?"

"Uhh… okay… I guess…" Medli said, confused. Komali seemed a little more tense than usual. Komali got up, and left the room.

Komali flew downstairs, and left the cave, not stopping until he reached the far side of Hyrule Castle. He sat down, ignoring the Wolfos that was frozen in mid-leap just a few feet away from him. He needed time to think.

He couldn't tell Medli what had happened in Kevin's room, not with the threat of the Ritos being chased from the roost. But if he didn't tell somebody… he didn't know what to do…

"Now, Komali." Kevin said. "What I'm about to ask does not leave this room, you understand? Do not tell ANYONE! Not Medli, not the other band members, noone."

"Okay…" Komali shifted uncomfortably in his chair… he didn't like this.

"As I've already told you, the gods will turn the Zoras to stone if we are discovered. So, how do we make sure that they don't find out?"

"Uhh…" Komali thought for a second. "You… don't… get… caught…?"

"No!" Kevin slammed his fist on the table. Komali jumped. "We evolve. We turn into Ritos!"

Komali swallowed. He knew where this was going.

"What do you want me to do about it?"

"Valoo, your dragon god, has the power to give Ritos their wings and he also helped Zoras evolve into Ritos. With his power, we can turn all the Zoras into Ritos, and the gods would never notice."

"So you're telling me this because…?" Komali saw Kevin's eyes flickering with annoyance at his tone of voice, but Kev kept his cool.

"You, Komali, are to somehow persuade Valoo to take a little trip over to Greatfish Isle… we'll take care of the rest." Kevin turned around, and looked back at Komali. "Will you do this for me?"

Komali sank down in his chair. Something told him that Kevin was planning more than just turning the Zoras into Ritos…

"Yes… sir." He mumbles. Kevin smiled.

"Very well then, you can leave now." He turned back to his desk. "Oh, and Komali?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm watching you. Tell noone, or else."

Komali hugged his knees to his chest. He didn't know what to do. He wasn't allowed to tell Valoo what was going on, but he had to convince him to come all the was to the other side of the ocean. How would he do that?

Suddenly, the bushes close to him started rustling, and out stepped…

"Ruru?" Komali said, surprised. Ruru brushed the leaves out of her fins, and nodded.

"Oh, sorry, I was just passing by and happened to…" Ruru opened one eyes to look at Komali, then sighed. "Okay, okay, I'm an eavesdropper, don't make a big fuss about it. What matters is that I overheard your conversation with Kevin."

Komali looked around him, to see if anyone was listening, then turned back to Ruru.

"Are you a spy for Kevin?" he asked cautiously. Ruru held her hand over her chest as though Komali's question had offended her.

"Me? A spy! How could you even think that I would…" Komali gave her a blank expression, and her ears twitched. "No, I'm not a spy, especially not for Kevin. Sure he's the band leader and everything, but he's a real jerk!"

Komali looked down at the ground. "Why are you telling me this?" Ruru flopped down on the ground beside him.

"Well, cause I'm offering to help, stupid. But first, I need to make a deal with you!" Ruru looked over at the young Rito, smirking.

"… What kind of deal?"

Medli sat down outside her room to wait for Komali to come back. He must have been hiding something, why else would he have flown off so fast?

She sighed, and shook her head. Komali was a confusing guy.

Suddenly, she heard laughing of someone coming up the stairs. Ruru and Komali appeared, Ruru was the one laughing, at Komali who was carrying a pile of towels that towered above his head. He didn't look too happy do be there.

"Komali…?" Medli stared at him, eyes wide in surprise.

"D-don't ask… please…" Komali mumbled, walking towards Ruru's room. Ruru smirked at Medli as she went by.

"Faster, slave!" Ruru said, pushing Komali ahead with her foot. Komali stumbled, trying not to drop any of the towels. Ruru laughed. "No talking to your little Rito friend!"

Medli cocked her head. Well then, that was random.

Komali dropped the towels off on Ruru's king-sized shell bed, and turned to her.

"Anything else, Ruru?"

"Ah-ah-ah, what did I tell you to call me?" Ruru sniffed. Komali rolled his eyes.

"Anything else, your majesty?"

"Well…" Ruru took a shiny disk-like object off her desk. "This used to belong to my grandmother… it's very valuable." Ruru tossed the disk over her shoulder. "Oops! Clumsy me…"

"AHHHH!" Komali ran after the dick, which rolled out the door and off the edge of the cliff. He dove after it, managing to catch it before it hit the rocks below. He flew back up to Ruru.

"What was that for!" he yelled. Ruru smiled.

"That didn't really belong to my grandmother. I just wanted to see you panic."

"I could've just let it fall you know!"

"Hey, want me to tell Kevin that you broke your promise?" Ruru frowned. "Kevin will believe me, after all."

"But I didn't break it-"

"But he'll believe me, so I'd keep my trap shut if I were you!" Ruru turned, and flopped down on her bed. "I'd like a plate of caviar, please."

Komali gritted his teeth, and left the room in search of caviar for Ruru.

Medli caught Komali as he headed downstairs.

"Komali, what's up? Why are you doing all these things for Ruru?" Komali looked over at her. He really wanted to tell her, but he couldn't. Not with Kevin's room being just metres away.

"I'm sorry Medli."

Komali jumped off the edge of the cliff and glided to the bottom. Medli sighed.

"I don't understand that kid…" she said, before heading back to her room.

Komali returned several hours later, and collapsed on his bed, exhausted. Medli passed him a plate of fish.

"It's dinner. You missed it."

Komali took the plate, and wolfed it down in less than 30 seconds. He hadn't eaten anything for almost two days, and he was starving. Right after he finished eating, there came a knock at the door.

"Come in Rapas…" Komali said, too tired to get up and open the door for him. Rapas entered the room, and shut the door.

"How did you know it was me?"

"I just had a feeling…"

Rapas held out a letter to Komali.

"It's from Kevin… he also told me to tell you something… what was it again… oh yeah! He said 'stop calling Ruru your majesty and she gets no more free caviar!'" Komali swallowed. Did Kevin know about the deal? "Well, I'd best be off…"

Rapas left, and Komali opened the letter.

Komali,

Meet us at the entrance at noon tomorrow.

Kevin

"What's it say?" asked Medli. Komali folded the letter.

"…It's just tomorrows menu…"

Medli sighed. It seemed that Kevin thought a little too much about Komali's opinions about the food.

"Well… okay then, if you say so…"

NO CLIFFHANGER THIS TIME! I let you off easy. Well, as you can see, I've gotten less out of my theory and more into my story… Oh, and to avoid questions that might pop up; I know that you get to Hyrule from the Tower of the Gods, but that doesn't mean that Hyrule's under the tower, now does it?

Anyways, might be awhile till the next chapter, tomorrows my last day of school and I have no computer… but we'll get it fixed, don't worry.