Chapter eight: A new friend and Mt. Rurouni
It was morning when Fiore woke up. He got up and stretched, and then he walked over to Wonder and shook her shoulder, trying to wake her up.
"Come
on Wonder time to wake up." He said. Wonder opened her eyes and
looked at Fiore. Then rolled over.
"Too early. Want sleep. Five
more minutes." She mumbled. Fiore smiled, he knew this game. He had
to go through it with Link all the time. Five minutes would turn into
ten and ten would turn into twenty. He decided that if she wasn't
going to get up then he would make her. He lifted her up like she was
a baby and set her on her feet.
"I'm sorry, Honey but it's time to get up." Fiore said as he saw the glare he got. Wonder sighed and stretched. Then they woke everyone up. As they were putting their stuff away, Polly started to smell something.
"Hey, does anyone besides me smell blood?" She asked. Everyone looked at her and Wonder started to smell the blood to.
"No, Polly. You're not the only one. I think it's… IT'S LINK'S BLOOD!" Wonder said. Fiore started to freak out.
"What! Where is it coming from! We have to find him!" Sheik walked over to Fiore and put his hand on Fiore's shoulder.
"Fiore, you need to stay calm. The last thing Link needs is a freaked out older brother." He said. Fiore looked at Sheik and nodded then he walked towards the trees that surrounded the camp.
"Where are you going Fiore?" Candy asked. She looked very pale and just as freaked out as Fiore was. Fiore turned to face her. He smiled but it was a sad smile. He couldn't help but think that they were too late and that Link was already dead.
"If I know my brother then I know he'll be around here." He said. Candy nodded and everyone started searching for Link. It was twenty minutes that they decided to go to the river. Maybe he would be there. They went to the river and saw something or someone by a tree that was at the edge of the river. Fiore ran over to the body. When he got closer he realized that is was Link. His hand and some of his hair was in the river and there was blood flowing into the river from the puddle that was underneath Link.
"LINK!" Fiore cried running over to Link. Everyone else started to run over to Fiore. Fiore was on his knees with two fingers to Link's neck. He was hopping for a pulse. There had to be one. Fiore sighed. Link had a pulse but it was faint. When everyone got to Fiore he was crying.
"What is it Fiore! Is Link…? Is he…?" Candy said. Fiore looked up at the group and they saw that he was smiling.
"No, he's alive. He's alive." He kept repeating this as he hugged Link's limp body. Everyone sighed in relief.
"You know, he won't be alive unless you stop the bleeding." Every one looked up into a tree and saw Shiory. She jumped down from her perch in the tree and landed next to Sheik. She looked at Sheik and smirked.
"My, my I haven't seen a Sheika in a long time." She said. Sheik sweat dropped. He wasn't sure he trusted this girl. But she didn't seem to be causing any trouble.
"Hey. If you knew my brother was in this condition why didn't you try to help him?" Fiore asked. Shiory looked at Fiore and smiled.
"That's because I helped put him in that condition." She replied calmly. Fiore got up from Link's side and drew his sword. Sheik got his knives out and was prepared to throw them at her.
"How dare you do this to my brother! You will pay!" Fiore shouted and ran at her.
"Now hold up! I'm here to help you." Shiory said. Fiore stopped running and looked at her confused.
"How are you supposed to help us when you try to kill Link!" He demanded. Shiory sighed and smiled. She walked past Fiore and went over to Link. She bent down and laid her hand on his chest.
"Hmm. I did a good job with his ribs. I broke five of them." She said. Fiore turned around and glared at her.
"What do you mean good job!" He said. Shiory looked at him and sighed.
"I was hired to attack him. I hate that damn Naraku though so I'm going to help you get to him, since I know that's who you're after." She said. Fiore relaxed and sheathed his sword. He walked over to Shiory and looked at Link who was still bleeding. He went to his knees and sat next to Shiory.
"So what you're saying is that you want to help us?" Fiore asked. Shiory looked at him and nodded. Fiore looked at Wonder.
"Wonder, could you make a red potion please?" He asked. Wonder nodded and began making the potion. Fiore got into Wonders kit and got some bandages out and rapped Link stomach and chest. Wonder handed Fiore a bottle. He looked at her a smiled.
"That was fast Wonder." He said. Wonder smiled and shrugged.
"What can I say? I'm an expert when it comes to potions." She said. Fiore nodded in agreement.
"Hey Sheik?" Sheik looked at him and walked over to him. He knelt down beside Fiore.
"Yes?"
"Could you help me give Link the red potion?" Fiore asked. Sheik nodded and Fiore gave Link the potion. As soon as it went down his throat it started to work. His stomach and chest started to heal. Five minutes passed when Link woke up. He sat up slowly and looked at Fiore. Then he through himself into Fiore's chest. This surprised Fiore but he hugged Link back. As Fiore hugged Link he felt hot tears on his chest. He looked at Link.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked. Link looked at him. His eyes were swollen from crying.
"I… I saw Father's and Mother's deaths!" Link said. This shocked Fiore. How could he have seen their deaths? Fiore was the only one who remembered their Mother and Father. How could Link…? Then it dawned on him. He glared at Shiory.
"What did you do?" He demanded. Shiory had been watching the two of them. She had realized that they were all they had left. She knew very well how it felt to lose your family. It hurts horribly. She looked at Fiore.
"All I did was play The Child of Memories" She said. Fiore continued to glare at her. That song could show you the memories you don't know or dread the most. How could she do that to a sixteen year old? To play that song is illegal. Fiore looked back at Link.
"I'm sorry Link. I wasn't there for you again." Fiore said. Link looked up at him.
"N… No it's… It's not your fault." Link said between sniffs. Fiore smiled at Link. He shouldn't have let Link keep watch the entire night. He felt that he was a bad older brother.
"I… I don't want you to blame yourself!" Link cried. Shiory felt bad for them. Link had to turn to Fiore as a father and a brother. That must have been hard.
"Hey, Pipsqueak don't cry, be tough." Shiory said. Link looked at her, his face stained with tears.
"Shut…Up" He said. Fiore glared at Shiory. He was really starting to not trust this girl at all. Wonder walked over to Link and Fiore. She hugged Link with Fiore. Wonder sometimes felt very protective of Link.
"Hey Link come on let's get going ok?" Wonder said. Link looked up at her. He nodded and got up slowly. Then he started to walk away. Fiore walked after Link. Wonder, Candy, Polly, and Sheik followed them. Shiory watched.
"What about me?" She asked. They stopped walking and faced her.
"If you must come you may, but you stay away from my brother. Got it?" Fiore said putting his arm around Link's shoulder protectively. Shiory nodded and followed them. They walked for five hours when they decided they should stop. Wonder made her soup to hopefully cheer Link up. Fiore sat next to Link, Candy sat next to Polly, and Shiory sat next to Sheik. Fiore was trying to comfort Link, trying to make him his usual obnoxious self. It wasn't working that much, but Link would laugh when Fiore told a funny joke.
Sheik got up from his seat and went over to Link and Fiore. He walked up to Fiore and saw Link slurping up the soup Wonder gave him. As soon as Sheik sat down Link gave his bowl to Wonder.
"Wonder… May I have more?" He asked quietly. Sheik felt really bad. As long as he had known Link, he had never witnessed Link being that polite to anyone. Fiore looked at Sheik and shook his head. Sheik understood. For a long time Link is not going to be the same. Wonder smiled at Link and gave him more soup. She had made a lot just in case Link asked for more.
"Link, after you finish your bowl you want to continue?" Fiore asked. Link looked at him. He shrugged.
"I guess." Link said. Fiore sighed. It was going to be a very long day. So after they finished eating they continued on their journey. An hour past when they got to a mountain. They looked up and down it.
"Welcome to Mt. Rurouni," Shiory said. "It is the tallest mountain in all of Hyrule."
"And I thought Death Mountain was tall." Link said. Having to climb Death Mountain twice and now seeing a larger mountain impressed Link. Fiore walked up to Link. He looked up at the mountain with Link.
"There's also something else. Death Mountain had a path. This one doesn't." Link looked at Fiore then the mountain then back at Fiore.
"You're right, brother" Link said. "Well let's get climbing. I mean Naraku's not going to come here and greet us now is he?" Link walked over to Candy and knelt down.
"Get on my back Candy. I'll carry you up." Candy smiled and leaped on Links back. Nearly making him collapse. When he regained his balance he walked over to the mountain and Candy started to scream. Making Links ears hurt.
"Candy we aren't even on the mountain yet!" Link said over Candy's screaming. Candy laughed and stopped screaming. And thus the climbed the mountain. It took them two hours to reach the top and all of them were very tired. Except Fiore because he flew up the mountain. When Link and Candy got up the mountain Candy got off of Link's back and Link collapsed from exhaustion. Fiore helped Link up and they sat on a rock together. Fiore decided that while they were taking a break he might as well train Wonder with the sword. So he got up and went to get Wonder. Link sat their pondering about stuff. Like how Saria was. And how Zelda was. Just stuff like that. Fiore went over to Link with Wonder.
"Hey, little brother can Wonder barrow one of your swords?" Fiore asked. Links eyes flashed Fiore saw this and prepared himself.
"Who are you calling a mouse so small that a cat can't see him because the mouse is so small that the cat can't eat him!" Link screamed. Everyone stared at Link and burst out laughing. As they were laughing Link was chasing Fiore around. It looks like every thing was back to normal.
End chapter eight.
