And now for the second half of this look into Nemisa's past, can things possibly get better for her? Wait and see...
"Okay, you're coming with us this time!"
"Not interested."
It had been six months since Nemisa had been captured by the Wyvern Keepers, her enslavement to Monsieur Adulph, and her eventual escape.
She eventually was able to make it back safely to Gerudo Town, and while her return was met with happiness by her friends, she never told them what exactly happened.
As much as she wanted to tell them, she knew this could potentially lead to trouble for the Gerudo as a whole if they tried to retaliate. It could potentially lead to a second war between the Gerudo and Hylians, which she didn't want, even if they did resent the Hylians so much in that time.
To earn her keep in town, she took a job as a guard. While she carried around a halberd as her weapon, she wasn't particularly good with it. She supposed it was a good thing as not much happened around the town to warrant it's use.
For now though, her friends Sumof, Otuko and Ifemi were all surrounding her as she laid back on a chair at her place, trying to get her to go on another man-hunt in Hyrule.
"Oh come on!" Sumof said with her hands to her hips, "I still don't know what happened to you last year, but you GOT to come to this one!"
"Yeah, you'll love it! Trust us!" Ifemi said.
"Pleeeaaase?" Otuko pleaded, grabbing Ifemi and shaking her by her shoulders.
"Hey, don't shake me, shake Nemisa instead!" Ifemi exclaimed.
"I told you I'm not interested." Nemisa said.
"Well that's too bad I guess..." Sumof shrugged with a little mischievous grin, "Cause I think he'd be disappointed if you didn't come."
"He?" Nemisa asked, looking to her friend with a raised eyebrow.
"We were gonna save it for a surprise, but there's a certain handsome blue haired guy waiting for you at the restaurant we're going to in Kakariko Village!"
Nemisa's eyes widened, "Wait... are you serious?"
The girls all grinned widely as Ifemi spoke up, "Yep, it took us some time to track him down and get in contact with him, but as soon as we told Mr. Jayde about you, he wanted to see you big time!"
"You're serious...?" Nemisa asked, she had the beginning of tears in her eyes, memories of what Erien had said to her last year echoed in her head.
"Nemisa... someday you'll know what it feels to truly be happy..."
With that, Nemisa stood up and nodded with a smile.
"Alright then, let's go!" Nemisa said, as her three friends all cheered out.
Their trip took them to Kakariko Village, a small town at the base of Death Mountain. While there were usually Hylian Knights guarding the area, this was one of their off days, and the Gerudo tend to use days like this to meet guys in the area. That night, Nemisa, Sumof, Otuko and Ifemi were on their way to a local restaurant in the village.
"I've never been to a restaurant like this before..." Nemisa said, as the four walked in. The building itself was mostly wood with paper-like walls. The interior was decorated with short tables that required kneeling to eat at, the walls were lined with ancient text, and there were paper lanterns decorating the place, as well as statues of deities Nemisa had never seen before.
"This place was done in the style of ancient Shiekah tradition." Sumof explained. "Over the past years, Kakariko Village has been developing to cater to the traditional ways of their ancestors."
"The Shiekah, huh...?" Nemisa muttered.
"Yep, the Shiekah are a mysterious and secretive tribe that have some roots here in Kakariko. They're said to possess magical shadow abilities and act as guardians to the goddess Hylia. There's even rumors that one guards over Princess Zelda in Hyrule Castle!" Sumof said.
"...Sumof, you're way too much of a history buff." Otuko said.
"Shadow abilities... now that sounds cool..." Ifemi said with a grin, "Being able to go invisible and sneak up on enemies, or sneak up on hot men and having some fun with them..." her expression glazed over a little with a bit of drool hanging from her mouth as her friend looked at her oddly.
"Um, so anyway, where's the people we're going to meet with?" Nemisa asked, looking around anxiously.
"Settle down girl." grinned Sumof, "You'll meet your man soon enough."
"Ah heh..." Nemisa laughed nervously as the four of them were met by a kind waitress to had them check their weapons in for safety. Nemisa was hesitant to release her halberd after what happened last year, but decided this was an indoor area with lots of people around, and there was little risk there. After turning in their weapons, they were escorted to a private area of the restaurant, where upon entering, Nemisa stood with wide eyes and her mouth agape.
Sitting there, among three other good-looking men, was the blue-haired handsome man she had fallen for half a year ago, the man she had been separated form by the Wyvern Keepers.
"Jayde..." Nemisa said softly, clenching her hands together.
"...Nemisa, there you are." he smiled softly, "You don't know how long I've wanted to see you again..."
With that, Nemisa ran forward and embraced him, to which he hugged her back. Sumof, Otuko and Ifemi all stood grinning widely at their friend's reunion with the man she loved.
"You know, for some reason I'm not feeling so jealous of her anymore..." Sumof said to the others with a smile.
The four Gerudo girls and four men all spent the next hour chatting at the dining table, as a young pretty waitress in a robe came in, who severed the eight strange food Nemisa had never tasted before, it was a combination of raw fish, vegetables and wrapped in rice and seaweed, but she found it was quite good.
"What is this exactly?" Nemisa asked.
"It's sushi, a meal made in the style of ancient Shiekah cuisine." Jayde said, taking a piece and reaching over to place it in Nemisa;s mouth, causing her to blush, "A delectable combination to enrich one's spirit and wisdom."
"It's weird eating with these wooden stick things." Otuko said, trying to grab the sushi pieces with a pair of chopsticks, only for one to go flying into the air and onto Ifemi's head.
Nemisa took a glance over to see her friends chatting happily with the other guys as well. She couldn't help but feel such a huge sense of happiness in that moment.
"Oh, if you'll excuse me my dear, I have to go use the washroom." Jayde said to Nemisa, standing and walking off.
"You two are getting along great." Sumof whispered to Nemisa once Jayde was gone, "I bet tonight will be the night the two of you have some real fun together, if you catch my drift!"
"J-Jees..." Nemisa said with a blush, but finding herself enjoying the thought. The idea of the two going on a walk together, eventually going to an inn where he would take her in his arms and make her his own, then eventually the two would marry together, and spend their days together as her stomach swelled with his children...
In her nervousness, she reached out for some tea, but accidentally knocked it over, causing it to get on her pants. "Ah crap!" she shouted out, before covering her mouth in embarrassment, but it was met with some light-hearted laughter from everyone.
Sumof whispered through her giggling, "You better get to the girl's washroom quick, before Jayde sees you!"
"Uh, right..." Nemisa said, getting up and going off.
Nemisa wasn't too sure where the washroom was in a restaurant like this, with the somewhat narrow hallways and those strange door panels to slide. She searched around for a staff member to ask about the restroom, so she could clean up quickly and not look like a mess to Jayde.
"Jayde..." she smiled thinking to herself about what Sumof said, and her own fantasies, "I wonder if tonight really will be the night..."
She then eyed the waitress that served their group down a hallway, who seemed to be talking with someone around the corner. She started to walk up to her to inquire about the washroom, when she heard a familiar voice that was talking to the waitress.
"You're quite a hard worker, my dear, and a beautiful one at that. Would you like to come with me later alone to chat about your future?"
Nemisa froze up, and realized it was Jayde speaking to her.
"Oh,.. well... it sounds tempting..." the waitress said blushing, "But I have my work to do here and...
"But one with skills such as yours would be better suited for greater places then just this simple little restaurant, and with beauty like yours' there's many who would want your hand..."
"Um..." the waitress started, "Even you Mr. Jayde?"
Before Jayde could answer her though, Nemsia broke the moment by shouting out.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Nemisa got the attention of the waitress and Jayde, "What's going on here?!"
"Oh... maybe I should go, I apologize!" the waitress said frantically, bowing to Nemisa and Jayde before running off.
"Jayde.. what was that?!" Nemisa asked worriedly.
"Oh, Nemisa!" Jayde said in surprise, "My apologizes, but I thought our waitress might be interested in being involved with a business I work with. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding." he said, with a polite bow of apology, taking her hand and kissing it.
"It... it's okay..." Nemisa said, with a light blush, her anger suddenly melting away at his touch.
"Listen... there's.. something I need to discuss with you about actually.." Jayde said distantly, "You know, in private...?"
"O-Okay..." Nemisa said blushing, as Jayde escorted her into a single dining room that was usually reserved for couples.
Nemisa walked in, smiling deeply, thinking about what Jayde was going to ask her; could be for another date? Or maybe spend a night together? Or maybe even marriage? Her mind was wracked with possibilities in that moment.
As soon as Jayde shut the door behind him, Nemisa turned around to him.
"I've... waited so long for this day..." Jayde said smiling.
"Me too Jayde, I'm sorry for disappearing all that time ago, I want to explain it all to you and-" Nemisa started.
...but Jayde stopped her with words she was never expecting to hear.
"Oh I know full well what happened, and it's time you answer for what you did to us."
"W-What... us?" Nemisa asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Jayde lowered his head, then took the jewels decorating his outfit and pulled them off, revealing them to be a pair of three-pointed sai weapons. He spun them in his hands and gripped them firmly, before looked up with a smile on his face, but while it looked pleasant at first, it gave off a very creepy feeling that unnerved Nemisa as he spoke.
"It's time you pay for what you've done."
"Jayde...?!" Nemisa asked nervously, reaching her hand out to him, "What's going o-"
It was then he brought down one of the sais, it took a second for her to realize what had happened, but then saw he had the sai impaled into her wrist, causing her a severe amount of pain.
"AAAHHH!" screamed out Nemisa, falling to her knees.
Jayde smirked and yanked the sai back, causing it to rip at Nemisa's wrist and tear away some of her flesh. Blood started to come out from the wound as she covered it with her good hand. Her body was shaking and tears were running down her cheeks.
"J-Jayde... what are you doing?!" sobbed Nemisa.
"You've caused me a great deal of trouble over the past ..." Jayde said darkly, "It didn't take me long to find out that you were the one responsible for killing Monsieur Adulph, which lead to the Hylian Parliament bringing down my organization."
"Your... organization...?" Nemisa asked, despite her pain, she thought about what he meant.
"Correct." Jayde said coldly, "After the authorities learned about the death of that aristocrat, they searched his estate and found out about the women he kept there. The bastard turned out to keep records of his past business with us, probably to use as blackmail. After all that, the Hylian Knights tracked down our old organization and seized our assets and men."
That was when a cold sweat ran down Nemisa's head, as everything came together in her head, it was the only thing that made sense in that moment.
Even if it was the worst possible thing to make sense.
"You're... a member of the Wyvern Keepers... you were working with that man who kidnapped me that night..." her body was shaking as she spoke those words.
"Hmph, so you finally figured it out? Bravo." he said with a mocking tone.
"Jayde... you can't be serious... We love each other!" Nemisa pleaded.
"Love? HA! You were one of my easier prey, just put on a little charm and you were putty on my hands. Then my associate just snatched you up without any effort."
"T-This has to be a joke..." Nemisa whispered.
"Does that wound on your wrist look like a joke, you damn woman?" Jayde sneered, making Nemisa flinch at his expression and brazen words, "We've been working hard and sacrificing everything to rebuild our the Wyvern Keepers from the glory it was, and I can't forgive you for what you did to us..."
Nemisa just hung her head low, her features darkening as she reflected on everything that happened.
"You... you bastard... you..." Nemisa snarled, she glared angerly at Jayde, as she thought back to the vile man who captured her last year while she was waiting for her date, then to the man who put the collar on her neck and sold her, then to the buyer Monsieur Adulph, the one who treated her like garbage, punished her, and killed Erien...
Then finally to Jayde himself, who used honeyed words to lure her into a trap, played with her heart to sell her into slavery, and who just hurt her in every way possible.
"YOU MEN ARE ALL BASTARDS!" Nemisa screamed out.
"Hmph, as if I care about that. I simply called you here to send you a message. The Wyvern Keepers may have suffered a harsh blow, but soon we'll rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and grow mightier then before, with each new slave we take in." Jayde said.
"That waitress... you're planning to make her your next target, aren't you...?" Nemisa realized.
"Yes, she's a hard worker, and quite pretty. I think she'll earn us a fair rupee, every little bit helps to rebuild our great organization." Jayde smirked.
"Bastard..." Nemisa said coldly.
With that, Nemisa ran at Jayde, not even caring about the intense pain she was in, lunging at his face to strike him, but the man simply brought his foot up and kicked her to the ground again.
"Don't you dare try to lay a hand on my beautiful face." Jayde sneered, "You can't do anything to me, you're just too weak."
Nemisa stared down, as those words sank into her.
"You... you made a big mistake..." Nemisa muttered looking up at Jayde, "Despite how weak you think I am, when my friends find out what you're doing, they won't show you any mercy."
"Your friends? You mean those three weaklings back there?" Jayde threw his head back laughing, "My dear, they can't lay a hand on me. It may interest you to know half the patrons in this restaurant, including those they're chatting with right now are my personal guards."
"W-What?" Nemisa exclaimed.
"I'm going to be generous tonight, and I'm going to only take the cute little waitress with me. However, if you so much as tell anyone you know the truth about me..."
He knelled down and whispered in her ear.
"I'll have you and all your little friends taken as well, and I have certain clients who would love to use them in ways that even I would find unspeakable."
Nemisa's eyes shrunk down, as sweat ran down her head.
"You... monster..." Nemisa muttered.
"Now I think it's time to go back to our little dinner date, yes?" Jayde asked. He then knelt down, pulled out a handkerchief and tied it around Nemisa's wound, "This should hold the blood until you get to a doctor, naturally I don't think you'll be telling anyone about how you actually got it though."
Nemisa just stared down at the makeshift bandage. She hung her head low, with tears running down her face, before wiping them clean and hesitantly following after Jayde...
...back to their wonderful date...
"Hey Nemisa, why don't you come with us on another man-hunt?"
"Yeah, give it another chance!"
"I'm not going, period." Nemisa told her friends as she sat back on a bench in Gerudo Town.
It had been two months since her reunion with Jayde at the sushi restaurant. After she was attacked by him, it was a tense moment for Nemisa to sit there at the dining table with everyone as the group date eventually came to an end. Jayde had kept his promise, as Nemisa and her friends all left safely that night and returned back to their home.
"Look, I'm sorry things didn't work out with you and that Jayde guy, but there's still a lot of great men in the world!" Sumof said.
"Yeah, I'm sure there's a guy out there that'll really make you happy!" Otuko said cheerfully.
"...there isn't. All men are despicable monsters." Nemisa said coldly and bluntly
"Jees, Nemisa really has become a total man-hater..." Ifemi said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Ugh, I guess there's no convincing you?" Sumof asked, "Maybe we outta just forget about it this time." she turned and told the other girls.
"Yeah, it's not really the same without Nemisa." Ifemi said, "How about we just go get some food at the diner, wanna come too Nemisa?"
"You guys go on ahead, I'm not hungry." Nemisa said.
"Suit yourself." shrugged Sumof, "Come on, let's go girls."
"Okay." nodded Otuko, who took a second to give Nemisa a big hug, "Take care of yourself, okay Nemisa?"
"Thank you..." Nemisa said, patting her back, as her friends waved goodbye and left to go eat.
Nemisa just looked up into the sky, seeing a few clouds floating in the air, and what looked like a big but scrawny bird flying overhead. As it passed overhead, she could have sworn she heard a crash and a Gerudo yelling and calling someone a birdbrain in the distance, but she paid it no mind.
She looked around at the Gerudo going down the street doing their errands, she saw one Gerudo girl in particular tell her friends "Sorry, I gotta get to the diner, my shift is soon and the lunch rush is about to start!" and she ran off in the direction her own friends had gone in. Seeing her brought back some painful memories of that night a few weeks ago.
Flashback
As the girls left the sushi restaurant in Kakariko Village, Nemisa saw out of the corner of her eye the evil blue-haired man who broke her heart; walking off with the waitress from the restaurant. The waitress clung to Jayde's arm, seeming to be in bliss, and was unaware and the two were being followed by some of the men that Jayde was accompanied with.
Nemisa had been quick to realize in that moment that the poor girl wasn't going to be coming to work the next day...
Tears were forming in Nemisa's eyes, and she quickly wiped them away, to prevent any of the citizens of Gerudo Town from seeing her. She laid backwards on the bench and closed her eyes, thinking about the waitress, and wondering if she was now going through something similar to what she had been through with Monsieur Adulph. As much as she had wanted to do something about it, she was powerless to do so. She wasn't anywhere near the strength of Jayde, and if she asked for help from anyone, they could only get hurt, or worse...
"Hey, the bench is for sitting, not for sleeping." spoke a new voice.
Annoyed, Nemisa opened an eye to see a familiar Gerudo towering over her. She was wearing a bandanna around her head, a white vest with the black belt, and those odd red eyes of hers. She recognized her as the strange woman that she and her friends bumped into the day she had met Jayde and was kidnapped.
"Back off lady, I'm not in the mood to deal with you." Nemisa said, turning to her side to avoid looking at her.
"You should learn to respect your elders, young one." the older woman said.
"I said back off, or I'll make you!" Nemisa shouted, sitting up.
"Really? Is that a challenge then?" the woman asked.
"I don't..." Nemisa paused, "...you know what? I suppose I could use a quick fight to blow off some steam." she said, getting up onto her feet.
"Very well, I am Tuldon and I shall be your opponent, now draw you weapon and fight!" the woman said, bringing up her fist.
"But... you don't have a weapon." Nemisa said, looking her over.
"I don't need one." Tuldon said, clenching her fist.
"Well... I suppose..." Nemisa muttered, withdrawing her halberd and going into a fighting stance, 'I'm not very good with this thing anyway...' she thought to herrself.
"Come at me." Tuldon said, gesturing with her hand.
"This still seems a little unfair but... fine." Nemisa ran in against her with her halberd, but Tuldon blocked it by swinging her foot up onto the pole.
"Huh...?" Nemisa asked, "What kind of battle style is..."
That was when Tuldon knocked the halberd back before swinging her fist at Nemisa, smacking her back. Nemisa then came in with another attack but Tuldon ducked down to avoid her attack and swung her leg out at Nemisa's, causing her to fall over. Nemisa quickly leaped back onto her feet and went in for another attack, but Tuldon quickly evaded each attack, and smacked away the halberd, before impacting her leg into Nemisa's side.
"Ack!" shouted Nemisa, thinking to herself as she stared at her opponent, 'Just what is this?! Am I seriously going to lose to someone using their fists and legs?!'
She looked around to see a few other Gerudo had come to watch the fight. She felt her nerves catching up to her, and she gulped.
"Don't mind them, focus from mind and body, and attack!" Tuldon said to her.
"Um... right..." Nemisa said a little weirded out that her opponent was giving her advice, She rushed at Tuldon, who was about to strike, but Nemisa in that moment quickly and instinctively did a slow twirl around the older woman to evade the punch, before impacting the blunt end of her halberd against Tuldon's back.
Tuldon's eyes widened, realizing Nemisa managed to hit her the way she did, "That dodge was... impressive, girl."
"W-What did I just do...?" Nemisa asked, surprised by her own actions.
"But now we end this!" with that, Tuldon swung her leg, Nemisa blocked it with her halberd, but Tuldon managed to kick the weapon away and thrust her fist inches from Nemisa's face, causing the younger woman to fall backwards in shock and land on her rear, while her weapon impacted some distance from the fight.
The people watching cheered and clapped from the match, while Nemisa sat there in complete shock at how fast and powerful Tuldon's technique was.
"You... defeated me with just your limbs...?" Nemisa exclaimed.
"It's the style of marital arts known as karate, an ancient technique of the Shiekah people." Tuldon said.
"The Shiekah... right... like Karkariko Village..." Nemisa muttered, only to find herself recalling what happened at the sushi restaurant, and she found herself trembling again, her hand reaching up and gripping the scarred wound on her wrist.
"...you seem as though you're in a lot of pain, and not physical pain." Tuldon said, looking down to her.
"I... went through a terrible experience last year... and it resurfaced even worse recently..." Nemisa muttered, surprising herself that she was so open to this woman she just met.
"...perhaps we should talk." Tuldon said.
Nemisa found herself at Tuldon's place, it was modeled into some sort of fighting dojo. It reminded her in some ways of the sushi restaurant's attire. As Nemsia looked around, she wondered more about just who this Tuldon person was.
"Here," Tuldon said, handing her a cup of tea, "This will work to cleanse your soul."
"We'll see." Nemisa said, taking and sipping the tea. It was bitter, but a nice taste she had to admit, "I don't know if it's soul-cleansing, but thank you..."
"I suppose it isn't my place to ask what's troubling you, but perhaps I have a way to assist you?" Tuldon proposed.
"Well..." Nemisa paused, "I am fascinated with that technique you were using before... what did you call it, kah-rah-tae?"
"Karate yes, the art of turning your body into a living weapon, founded by the Shiekah" Tuldon nodded.
"So you're connected with them?" Nemisa asked.
"My father was a Shiekah, before I came here to town I grew up and traveled with him, and he taught me all he knew, until the day he passed on, " Tuldon said, "Do you wish to know more of the technique?"
Nemisa paused, as she remembered back when she was attacked by Jayde, and how she lacked a weapon to fight him with, it didn't really matter though as she was never good with a halberd. This style of battle however...
"You can teach me that technique?" Nemisa asked.
"I can, but you must be ready for the worst!" Tuldon said, pumping her fist with a gruff but mighty tone, "And during this time you'll refer to me as 'senshi'!"
"Very well, I accept... Senshi." Nemisa said with a bow.
"Argh!" Nemisa shouted as she impacted onto the ground of the dojo in defeat. Tuldon stood over her frowning. It had been two months since Nemisa started training, and while she was getting the techniques of punching and kicking down right and quick, it wasn't until she had to challenge Tuldon in a battle itself that she hit a brick wall.
"No good." Tuldon said, "You're strong and agile, and you have the styles down, but you lack patience, you rush in recklessly and set yourself up for an easy counter."
"I can do this..." Nemisa said, getting up, she then charged in and swung a punch, before Tuldon grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground. She laid back and slamming her fist onto the floor, "Damnit!"
'That technique you used to evade my attack and hit me...' Tuldon thought to herself as she looked down at Nemisa, recalling their battle from when they met, particularity that moment when Nemisa dodged to the side and struck her, 'What was it that made you use it...?'
"You need to find a way to hold back this anger of yours. I understand you're in great pain from your past, but you need a way to focus or you'll just continue to fail in battle." Tuldon said out loud.
"Yes Senshi..." Nemisa said bowing, "I apologize."
"It's fine, just work on it. That ends today's lessons, Nemisa." Tuldon said, and the two did a bow of respect.
That night, Nemisa went into her home and fell back on the bed, exhausted from the training session and getting kicked around by Tuldon. She reached out and grabbed a Goron plushie she had bought the other day and held it in her arms.
"Damnit..." Nemisa said, "This is something I need to do... if I can master karate, maybe I'll be able to..."
She paused, reaching her hand up and looking at the scar on her wrist, she released the Goron plush from her other and arm, reached up and squeezed her scarred wrist a little, her thoughts wandered to think about the malicious look in Jayde's eyes, and she narrowed her own eyes coldly.
"Every time I think about him, or any man... and I just get more angry..." she muttered, then let out a sigh, "I really do need to find another way to focus myself..."
She then saw something on the small table beside her bed, it was the green jewel she salvaged from Erien's music box. She stared at it, and reached out to hold it in her hand. As she gripped the jewel, she closed her eyes and thought to herself. It was in that moment she thought she could hear a familiar melody, a gentle and soothing little tune. She opened an eye and looked around to see where it might have been coming from, but saw nothing. She closed her eye again and felt the melody continue to flow through her.
It was in that moment she remembered the days she danced with Erien in the basement of the mansion they had been in. She could never forget the feeling of bliss she had when she danced with Erien to the gentle tune of the music box, their bodies swayed in sync with the music, and they were both at peace with the world, even in what was the darkest moment of their lives.
Nemisa got up from her bed, and found herself starting to move her feet across the ground, her hips started to shift left and right, and her arms gracefully moved through the air, as she danced around her bedroom, as her memories of the music box, and it's owner, stayed with her. She twirled in circles, doing a graceful leap into the air, and landing down perfectly.
She paused in that position, opened her eyes, and had a faint smile on her lips.
"I think I know what I need to do..."
"Want to have another go already?" Tuldon asked the next morning, as Nemisa stood across from her in the dojo, "Are you sure about this?"
"More then sure." Nemisa nodded, going into a fighting pose.
"Very well then." Tuldon nodded, going into a pose herself, "Then begin!"
The two of them both charged into battle. Nemisa started off with a punch, but Tuldon blocked it with her leg and kicked her backwards, then came in with a punch of her own. Nemisa brought up her arms to block it, then immediately did a kick of her own, which Tuldon stepped back to dodge, before going in and punching Nemisa in the stomach, sending her back.
"You seem to be more focused then before, but you're still sloppy in your approach." Tuldon pointed out.
Nemisa took her word's into account and took a second to close her eyes, take a deep breath, and reach into her pocket, clutching at the green jewel. Her thoughts drifted to Erien and the melody of the music box, and the dancing they did together. She opened her eyes and smirked, surprising Tuldon.
"I'm just getting started." Nemisa said.
It was then that Nemisa started by throwing a punch, but Tuldon moved her head to the side to avoid it, and grabbed out at Nemisa's arm to throw her, but in that moment, Nemisa quickly brought herself back and did a twirl, catching Tuldon off guard and allowed Nemisa to swing her leg out at Tuldon's side, managing to impact into her. Nemisa spun back and did a leg sweep, but Tuldon leapt up to avoid it, swinging her leg at Nemisa, who quickly did a back flip to avoid it.
"...not bad..." Tuldon said, before lunging in and drawing her fist back for a punch. Nemisa attempted to start to sidestep the punch, but Tuldon turned out to have done a feint attack, allowing her to to impact her arm into Nemisa, knocking her back, before lunging in with a rapid series of punches.
Nemisa closed her eyes, and focused, her body moved slowly but surely, and managed to dodge each punch that came at her. Tuldon was shocked to see how Nemisa gracefully moved. The younger Gerudo then did a spin and swung out her leg, which Tuldon blocked. The older woman then took a deep breath, before lunging in with a rolling kick, but Nemisa squatted down and leaped into the air, doing a spin over the top of Tuldon, surprising her again. Tuldon attempted to catch her off guard with a back kick as she descended, but Nemisa landed to the ground with a low split of her legs so the kick went over her head, giving Nemisa an opening to do a speedy uppercut which impacted into Tuldon's chin, causing her to step back. Tuldon rubbed her chin, loking up to Nemsia, and then the two of them then rushed at each other, thrusting out their fists, both stopping inches from each other's faces. They paused in that position for a little, before stepping back.
"...that's enough." Tuldon said, with her head lowered in silence for a few seconds. Before she brought her head back and laughed wholeheartedly, "That was amazing! You've done well Nemisa! When I fought you that one day, I saw something in you that made me want to train you, and that was it!"
"Thank you, Senshi." Nemisa bowed, "This training is for my own resolve, so I can go through with what I need to do, to truly settle my anger."
"I see... if you keep that focus, them you won't lose to anyone!" laughed Tuldon.
Nemisa reflected on those words, squeezing her wrist, "Of course, Senshi, I will."
"So you're leaving then?" Nemisa asked Tuldon, who stood at the exit into town with a supply bag hanging off her shoulder. A small group of Gerudo were there as well to see Tuldon off.
"Yes, I realize even I have more training to do. I'm going to find new challenges of my own to conquer." Tuldon nodded, "Don't worry, with what I've seen from you over the past months I think you're ready for anything now!"
On that note, Tuldon thought to herself, and an idea occurred to her.
"There you go." she said, removing the black sash she wore and handing it to Nemisa.
"Y-Your sash?" Nemsia exclaimed, "But I can't take this!"
"Nonsense, I think you're earned it, as a symbol of your new strength." grinned Tuldon, "Wear it with pride!"
"Well, I mean I can't take it because it's what was holding your pants up." Nemsia said sweatdropping as Tuldon realized her pants fell down to her ankles.
"Oh."
Eventually the girls got Tuldon got a new sash to wear, and she was ready to set off.
"Thank you again, Senshi." Nemisa said, bowing to her with the black sash now on her own waist, "Good luck on your journey."
"And good luck with your own goals. Farewell, and may we meet again someday." Tuldon nodded, before turning and walking out of Gerudo Town, as the other Gerudo who had come to see her off waved.
Nemisa smiled ever so slightly, watching her master leave. She put her hand to her wrist and nodded to herself.
'With what you've taught me, I'll be ready for when the day finally comes.' Nemisa thought to herself, 'That will be the day I strike down the blue-haired monster for what he did to me...'
'And I vow to never lose to another man.'
And with that Nemisa's backstory comes to a close, the question now is to what end will see go to confront her past? Stay tuned to find out!
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