Small Author's Note: No I'm not small this note is...I wonder what this would look like if I was...Ow, okay here's what I was going to say.. Italics with "" are thought speech and Italics are thoughts, bold words are emphasized.
"Link, you know I'm right"
You aren't, you are most certainly not right Oni.
"Now, now, there's nothing wrong in admitting I'm right"
know, and you're not right.
"Come on, you know you were doing it"
Was not.
"Was too, I see the world through your eyes after all, I see everything you do"
You imagined it.
"Oh come on, what's wrong in admitting you were looking at her ass?"
In the middle of Hyrule Market Town, amongst the normal rustle and bustle of the Hylians buying and selling, wheeling and dealing, one man sat on the edge of a fountain with a rather annoyed look on his face, wrapped in a brown cloak with the cowl pushed back, one leg crossed over the other's knee. "I suppose I should go speak with her, but I've been gone seven years, she probably wouldn't remember me," he grumbled to himself as he looked up into the sky.
"Now see here young man, there's no use in getting down in the dumps, so what if she hasn't seen you in years? There's nothing true love can't defeat!" a rather loud, and rather large man said plopping down right next to the young man and putting his arm round his shoulders, forcing a jug of what could only be alcohol of some sort he said into the young man's hands, "Come have a drink with me, let's celebrate true love"
"Errr, what?" was all the young man could get out before the large man starting speaking again.
"Now there's no need to be shy, I could see it in your eyes. Ahhhh, they remind me of my youth," the large man said stroking his rather impressive beard, one could guess it was making up for the lack of hair on his head, "I probably wasn't too much older than you were...oh where are my manners? I've forgotten to introduce myself, name's Vavon head stone carver for the Mason's Guild of Hyrule, and you"
"I'm Link, good to meet you, Vavon," the young man introduced himself, obviously still a bit uneasy with the whole matter.
"Link eh? Unusual name, but strong one. Not like some of the people being named today with those fruity unisex names," Vavon declared in a loud voice as he banged his tunic covered chest with his free hand, "So where you been for seven years Link"
"All over the place," Link responded, looking dumbly at the jug in his gauntlet covered hands, Vavon taking a look at the gauntlets then nodded his head knowingly.
"A warrior eh? Not a bad profession to be in, plenty of money involved, and work is always available if you know where to look. Say, you wouldn't be applying for that bounty at Hyrule Castle would you"
"Bounty?" Link asked handing the jug back to Vavon.
"That that'd interest ya, it's on some guy named Kage, right nasty guy he is too. Broke into a local garrison and killed all the guards, in the middle of the day unlike some of those cowards who would do it at night. If it wasn't for your tan and blonde hair I'd say you were the spitting image of the guy"
"I think I know who you're talking about...but that can't be, he's dead"
"Apparently not, the guy you're thinking of have red eyes and has a fetish for black?" Vavon asked.
"Yep, that's him all right," Link answered with a sigh, "Well damn it, that guy has more lives than a cat"
"Sounds like you've fought him before"
"I have, kicked his ass several times," Link answered, "So he's strong enough to take on a garrison of solders now, that's not good"
"He did it with some strange weapon, a longsword with a gold glow to it, somehow he sliced the garrison in two," Vavon said taking a long swig from the jug.
"What? He was never that strong"
"I'd say, that's just insane, even for me"
Quiet you.
"I'm just saying"
"Well then I suppose I should go look into the matter, can't have someone that dangerous and obviously hostile running around," Link said standing up and adjusting his gauntlets.
"You're going after the guy? Are you sure you can handle it?" Vavon asked, almost like he didn't believe Link.
"If I can kill a mad god I can certainly handle some overpowered mortal," Link answered throwing back his cloak revealing his green tunic, white pants, and brown boots. He pushed his cloak back further behind a sword and shield he had on his back, checking to make sure his sword was clear in it's sheath he walked off towards Hyrule Castle.
Back with Vavon, it took him several minutes to realize what Link just said, "Wait a second...did he just say he's killed a god before"
Elsewhere.
High atop a canyon wall looking down into it was a man dressed all in black, with black hair, ashen white skin, and crimson eyes. In his right hand was a longsword that was glowing with a soft golden light and on his middle finger was a gold ring tipped with a ruby. "Well Ganondorf? What do you want me to do now?" he asked the air about him in a yawn, waiting for several moments his eyes seemed to light up as he grinned with an almost devilish delight, "He's back? He's really back?" Waiting several more moments he started chuckling, "I can't wait, lets see how the Hero of Time deals with the Golden Sword and the Red Ring"
Anyway, somewhere less obviously evil and insane.
"So you're looking for that bounty are you? You sure you want it?" a man in thick metal armor inside a small stone room asked Link.
"Quite, if I don't take it someone less able will," Link answered smugly, his eyes and hair a different color than before, now they were green and brown respectively, "So how much is the bounty for"
"Ten thousand rupees, a hundred times the amount of the next highest bounty we have," the armored man said.
"Oho, what else did he do?" Link asked, a smirk crossing his face.
"Killed several squadrons of royal knights, several bounty hunters, destroyed several buildings, attempted to assassinate the queen several times. He's an S-class criminal by all known standards"
"Sounds fun, you want him dead or alive?" Link asked.
"Either is fine, we pay the same for either"
"Excellent, so I don't have to hold back," Link said turning around to leave, a smirk on his face.
Alright Linky-boy, did I leave an impression that you aren't you yet?
"Yeah that's fine"
I still say you should have put the mask on.
"Hell no, a giant with blazing white eyes and hair with demonic tattoos is not a good disguise"
Party-pooper.
As soon as Link had walked through the halls of Hyrule Castle's lower reaches and was outside his hair changed back to it's normal golden blonde and his eyes back to their normal sapphire blue.
"I still say you should keep the green eyes Linky-boy, they suit you better than blue"
I'll keep it natural if its all the same to you.
"But it's not"
Stop whining.
"Why? It's fun"
"Oh Link..." a voice called out as Link reached the center of the courtyard.
What is it?
"Wasn't me"
Say wha..."Crap"
The man from the canyon, the one dressed all in black came from the air sword pointed down as he tried to impale Link with it. Link jumped out of the way and unsheathed his sword and took out his shield, watching the new man, "Dark Link, it's been a while," Link said, relaxing his guard watching his attacker create a small crater upon impact with the ground.
"It's Kage now," the other man said removing his sword from the ground, "It means Shadow"
"Couldn't come up with anything more original than that?" Link asked with a large smirk as he crouched down slightly, extended his sword arm a bit and brought his shield arm closer to his body.
"Screw you," Kage responded.
"Sorry I don't swing that way"
Kage raised his free hand, clenched his fist, and then extended his middle finger, "Fuck off and die," was all he said before he jumped forward, sword ready to stab Link through the chest.
Link stepped to the side and slapped Kage's sword away with his own, or at least attempted to. The moment their swords connected Link was blown backwards as if he had been punched by a Goron. "What the hell?" Link asked, laying on the ground as Kage skid to a stop.
"Incredible," Kage said as he slowly started to laugh, "I'm stronger than him...I'm finally stronger than Link"
All right, you ready?
"'Bout f'n time"
"Oh Kage, I didn't want to have to use this, but you leave me no choice," Link said taking out a mask, one that depicted him with white hair, pale skin, and blazing white eyes. "Let's see how you deal with the Fierce Deity," Link said putting the mask on his face, dropping his sword and shield as they both vanished, hunching over as if in pain.
"So what am I supposed to be afraid of Link?" Kage asked, a moment later blue fire enveloped Link as he let out a bestial roar, "Oh"
"Alright ladies and germs! Prepare to feast your eyes on this prime example of manliness," a far darker and sinister voice came from the blue fire, "I am the one and only Fierce Deity!" From the fire sprang a man in black armor, a light blue tunic and black pants. His face was pale and his eyes were blazing white flames, "Well then, Kage, let's see how you deal with me!" he yelled as he clenched both his fists as he raised them forward, then extended both middle fingers, "So now you can fuck off and die"
"That's my shtick," Kage growled charging forward again, the new Link, the Fierce Deity, formed a helix bladed sword from the blue flames.
The two blades met, and the Fierce Deity was pushed back, "What the fuckin hell?" was all the Fierce Deity said while Kage recoiled and brought his sword back around for another swing, hitting the Fierce Deity in the side of his stomach, sending him flying across the courtyard.
Link returned to normal before he even hit the ground, the mask falling off, "How in the world...how did Dark Link get so strong?" Link asked, slowly picking himself up to one knee.
"Heh, I've grown so much stronger than you Link, its pathetic. It truly is, I was hoping you could have put up more of a challenge than this," Kage said walking over to Link, and in response Link raised his left hand as a giant fireball began to form.
"I remember how much you hated this attack, lets see how you deal with the mastered version," Link laughed weakly, the fireball launching from his hand straight at Kage.
"Like this," Kage answered, slicing the fireball in two, dispersing it, smiling all the while.
Link clenched his teeth and glared at Kage, then looked down, "Of course," looking back at Kage, Link smirked, "I forgot all about that. You're still only a Hylian"
"But I'm stronger than...What are you doing?" Kage asked as Link raised his left hand high above his head, flames erupting from it, forming a gigantic fireball.
"It's simple, doing the one thing you have no defense against," Link answered tossing the fireball down on himself, melting the ground all about him and melting the ground where Kage was.
"Idiot," Kage stated simply as he sheathed his weapon.
"Yes you are!" a gigantic Goron in a green loincloth and a green cap yelled rocketing from the molten ground.
"What?" Kage asked, eyes going wide, a fist full of molten dirt and rock coming straight for his face.
Kage grabbed it with his gloved hands, smoke searing up as he whimpered in pain, pushing the Goron away from him, back into the lava. "Damn it Link, you have more tricks than a Keaton." Kage growled moving as far away from the molten ground as he could. Examining his hands he growled while whincing in pain, they were charred, the magma having eaten away at his gloves and a decent portion of his skin. "Fine I'll be back, you win this round," Kage said, "But I won't fall for this trick next time"
Kage vanished into the shadows, the Goron stepping out of the magma a few moments later, shook what he had on him off and then looked up to see a whole battalion of solders waiting for him with raised weapons. "All right Goron, what are you doing here and why have you melted our courtyard?" a man in thick black armor demanded.
"Goron?...Oh right," the Goron said, as he touched the sides of his face, Link appearing from where the Goron was, now holding a Goron Mask.
"What manner of sorcery is this?" the man in black armor demanded.
"The Magic of the Hero of Time, Chosen of the Goddess Farore," a strong feminine voice declared from behind the men, "Link, you've been gone for seven years, where have you been"
"Zelda?"
Zelda. "Everywhere looking for a vanished friend, and saving the world basically." Link answered as the solders parted for a woman with long blonde hair in a flowing white dress, "It's good to see you Zelda"
"Liar," the woman declared, tapping a foot, "You were even in the castle and you didn't try to see me"
"I thought you'd be..."
"Too busy to see an old friend? Since when have I ever been too busy to see you, even when my father forbid me to see you?" Zelda demanded, all the while the solders staring on in disbelief.
"Hell, I should know better than to argue with you," Link admitted putting a hand to his forehead and letting out a sigh, "I'm sorry, I thought I should take care of Dark Link first"
"Well that may be important, you should have seen me first"
"I give, you're right," Link said raising his hands in defeat.
"Whipped"
Shut it.
Link blinked a moment, in that brief second he had been distracted by the Fierce Deity's voice in his head, Zelda had run over and embraced him in a big hug. "So good to see you, you have no idea what's happened," Zelda whispered.
"I have a few ideas," Link whispered hugging back.
They both let go and Zelda turned around, "What are you waiting for? Secure the perimeter," she ordered sending the solders hustling all over the place.
"My Queen, I'm a bit confused here," the man in black armor said looking between Zelda and Link.
"We're old friends Captain Gaston, what's to be confused about?" Zelda demanded more than asked.
"Could he always..."
"I don't think so," Zelda answered before the man in black armor, Gaston, could finish his sentence, "So since when have you been able to transform into a Goron"
"Got it about six years ago," Link began explaining, "It's a borrowed form from a Goron Hero who died, I released his spirit to the afterlife and he gave me his body so I could save his people"
"That sounds like black magic, Link what did you"
"It's not like that at all, it's a song that releases people from curses and heals souls, sometimes it leaves a mask behind, sometimes it doesn't"
"Man you're pathetic"
Oh do shut up.
"Why? It's fun taunting you"
You wouldn't do much better.
"Shut up"
Link sighed, "So how bad have things gotten?" he asked bluntly.
"You might want to come inside and sit down for this," Zelda said turning to go into the castle, motioning Link to follow, leaving Gaston to go about his business.
Link followed her inside, through the halls of the castle, up high into the upper reaches, stopping in a library. The two of them sat down. "In short, war is about to break out," Zelda finally answered Link's question.
"Between Hyrule and the Gerudo"
"And the Zora, and the Gorons"
"How'd that happen?" Link asked, slightly taken back.
"I'm not sure, the Zora have allied with us while the Gorons allied with the Gerudo. The Gerudo probably promised the Gorons something, the Zora's allied with us to fight their age old enemies the Gorons"
"The Gorons and Zora have always been enemies"
"Yes, that's why Kakariko Village was established, as a barrier between the two people," Zelda explained.
"So who's leading"
"Ganondorf, the seal in the future holds that one, but he was never sealed in this time. And this time he is using both monster and Gerudo for his attacks. Dark Link, or as he's called now Kage, is working with Ganondorf"
"How did he become so powerful"
"Through a Crystalline Dream,"
And that'll be where I stop it for this chapter. I'm a bit rusty I'll admit, but I'll play Dixie on my own horn and say it's not bad at all. Do forgive any messy grammer and all that good stuff, I'm using wordpad instead of Microsoft Word, haven't had time to reinstall all my stuff after a system reinstall. Then I had to transfer it to Notepad just to upload it, followed by the site's document manager taking out some of my punctuation, really rathing annoying.
Alrighty then, press that review button and leave your opinions, favorite character shout outs, suggestions, declarations of your undying love for me, etc, etc.