Hello everyone! Chapter 94 is here! We continue on with the story of the lady knight, as she begins her training. How will she do, what secrets could she still be hiding, and what measures will Link go to in order to help her? Read and find out!
"So yer the scrawny lady I gotta whip into shape? Feh, I think I got my work cut out for me."
"Hmph, I'll ask you not to underestimate me."
Reirousa, the training general of the Gerudo, was standing before the initiate knight of the Hylian army, Ashe. She had called upon to help train the Hylian under the warrior regimen of the Gerudo. However, it didn't take long for the two different but equally stubborn women to get confrontational about it.
"Oh yeah? You sure underestimated Link back at that little battle you had earlier." Reirousa pointed out.
"Do you wish to taste the power of my blade then?" Ashe asked, about to grab at her sword handle, only to remember it had been confiscated from her.
"Woah, okay you two! Settle down!" Link said sliding in on his feet and putting his hands out between the two of them, "Reirousa, don't antagonize her, she's reaching out to us for help."
"Eh, alright alright... sorry bout that." Reirousa muttered. The other soldiers nearby were in awe of how Link could easily calm down the training general who was always so rough and short-temtpered with them.
"Are you sure of this King Link?" Ashe spoke to Link.
"Positive, if anyone can help you get stronger, then it's Reirousa." Link nodded, "She was a soldier in the Hylian vs Gerudo war, and she's been teaching everyone what she learned from a mentor of hers."
"...very well. I'll be in your care then, General Reirousa." Ashe said bowing her head.
"Ah jees, don't bow like that..." muttered Reirousa, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment.
"Ashe, you ready yet?" Link called out from inside the training ground's changing room.
"Just a minute, and don't look!" Ashe called out, tying together something on her back, before putting her shirt on. She took a deep breath and walked out with her eyes closed in meditative thought, "I'm ready now."
"You're not going to wear that Gerudo top we got you?" Link asked, "It gets pretty hot around here, and it's made to help you keep cool."
"Thank you, but I need to decline." muttered Ashe looking to Link, "It's too skimpy, and I'd rather not show too much ski- EEP!"
Link was standing there before her with his shirt off and clad in some simple green pants. Ashe caught herself staring at his lean but muscular physique, before shaking her head to clear her thoughts.
"You alright there?" Link asked, tilting his head.
"N-Never mind, let's just get started." she said walking past him.
"Alright, first thing we're going to do is some basic weight liftin'." Reirousa said, "We Gerudo start weight training when we're real young, so you got a lot of catchin' up to do."
"Very well, I'm prepared for whatever you present me with." Ashe spoke nodding.
"You said before yer about a year older then Link... so we'll start out with these older kid's weights then." Reirousa said, standing beside a barbell with one hundred pound weights on both sides.
"I'm not prepared for that!" Ashe interjected.
"Huh... Link said something like that when he started out too, what's with you Hylians not being able to lift normal weights?" Reirousa asked, "What do you do when you need to move a boulder out of the way or something?"
"We certainly don't do it by ourselves!" Ashe exclaimed.
"Here, this might be more your size." Link said, coming over and handing Ashe some thirty pound dumbbells, "I got these from a merchant after moving here, and used them to get myself started. You can go ahead and use them yourself." he said sporting a small smile.
"Oh, thank you King Link..." Ashe said in surprise, her cheeks slightly red at his smile.
Reirousa just stared at the look on Ashe's face and turned away, grumbling to herself.
"Okay, now it's time to work on those legs of yours for a while." Reirousa said to Ashe as they stood at a four hundred meter dirt track. There was a handful of Gerudo women running the loop as well.
"Very well, how much should I run?" Ashe asked.
"Well usually we have newbies run about forty two." Reirousa said scratching her chin.
"Forty two laps?" Ashe nodded, "I can handle that just fine."
"No, forty two kilometers." Reirousa corrected her.
"A WHOLE MARATHON?" Ashe exclaimed.
"Come on Reirousa, I told you to go easy on her!" Link called out, as he was helping Dr. Sarami do some warm-up stretches, "You're sure you're going to be okay doing this Sarami?"
"Oh course Link-honey." Sarami said smiling blissfully at Link's concern, giving him a kiss on the cheek, "I've been doing this as my exercise routine so I can keep myself in shape!"
"Okay, okay, we'll just start you with fifty laps then." Reirousa said to Ashe with a heavy sigh, feeling a little annoyed at Link being so lovey-dovey with his fiances.
Ashe nodded and started jogging laps around the track, it was a bit more exerting then what she was used to in Hyrule due to the hotter atmosphere of the area, but she endured it and kept going.
She past by Sarami at one point around her twenty third lap, and looked behind her with shock to see the sight of the older woman. Sarami was jogging as best as she could, but she was sweating a lot. Her top had been made to contain her breasts as she exercised, but they still bounced around as she jogged. Her face was flushed and she was gasping out in exhaustion, as sweat ran down her body. The doctor's expression looked almost... erotic to a point.
"Y-You got to be kidding me..." Ashe spoke to herself with a bright red face, turning away, "I can't let them..." she shook her head and focused on running.
Soon Sarami completed her last lap and came to a stop at Link, who immediately handed her some water and a towel to cool off.
"Nice work out there Sarami." Link grinned, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Th... thank you... Link-honey..." Sarami gasped out with a soft smile.
"Hey wait a sec, where'd that knight girl go?" Reirousa asked looking around.
"That's a good question." Link said, "I don't see her on the track."
"You don't think she chickened out do you?" Reirousa asked.
"I'm sure it's nothing like that." Link said, "Maybe she had to stop to go to the bathroom?"
Meanwhile Ashe was focused on jogging the road before her. Once she felt she had made good progress, she came to a stop and let out a gasp of breath, "Okay General Reirousa, how am I doing?" she spoke out.
"Mooooooo."
Ashe looked up to see a cow mere inches from her face, causing her to yelp out and fall backwards.
"Hey, yer that lady knight Ashe ain't ya? What're you doing runnin' around the cow's field?" spoke up the animal rancher Togau walking up to Ashe, "Don't ya know the surprises they leave behind?"
Ashe looked around realized she had gotten lost on the track and somehow ran all the way out to the livestock ranch, and all around her were cows standing around munching grass. She then smelled something in the air and looked down to find out what she had stepped in multiple times.
"AAAARGHH!"
"Moo."
"Thanks for finding her for us Togau." Link sighed out.
Togau had escorted Ashe back to the training grounds. The lady knight was mortified beyond belief as she was working on washing off her shoes of the remains of what she stepped in back at the ranch.
"Okay seriously, how the hell did you end up at the ranch?" Reirousa exclaimed.
"I don't know, I was just following the road like you said!" Ashe interjected.
"Ah don't rag on her so hard Reirousa, she just got a little off track, literally!" Togau said with a laugh.
Sarami glanced at the bothered look on Ashe's face as she stood herself back up and stretched. The doctor noticed something was... off about her, so Sarami took a step up and looked her over.
"Tell me something Ms. Ashe..." Sarami asked looking at the knight up and down, "Are you experiencing any kind of back pain or respiratory problems?"
"Uh, n-no, I'm just fine." Ashe said, turning and walking off, "Let just continue with the training."
"Something the matter Sarami?" Link asked.
Sarami frowned, "I'm not certain, but I think she's hiding something..."
"Nabooru mentioned that too..." Link pondered, before Reirousa grabbed his arm and dragged him off.
"Whatever, let's just move on to the next part of the training." Reirousa muttered.
"Now we'll do some combat training." Reirousa said, grabbing two short wooden swords and tossing them to Ashe. "These outta be good in place of yer regular blades."
Ashe caught them, but the mighty force of Reirousa's throw actually knocked her over in the process.
"Watch your strength, you big stupid oaf!" Ashe shouted as she got herself up.
"Who you callin' big?!" Reirousa shouted back.
"Can we just get on with this?!" Link shouted out, letting out a sigh as he held his own training sword. The in-training soldiers around the area were all staring at Link with hearts in their eyes, all while at the same time somehow expertly swinging their wooden swords to clash against each other.
"Fine, I'm about ready to take her on myself." Reirousa said, taking a large wooden mallet and towering over Ashe, glaring down at her, "Ready to throw down, runt?"
"Have at you." Ashe said, wielding her training swords as she did her steel swords, holding one upwards in an offense position while holding the other downward in a defense position.
"Have at me? What the hell do you want me to have?" Reirousa asked in genuine confusion, "I already ate breakfast a few hours ago."
"Just fight me." sighed Ashe as the two went into battle.
Ashe flipped into the air and started striking at Reirousa with her swords, but Reirousa either blocked or endured each swing, as she brought back her mallet to swing it at Ashe. The knight backflipped away, cringing a bit from something, before dashing forward and attacking Reirousa's legs. The muscular woman snarled as she tried to smash her mallet down on Ashe, who kept darting around, striking at her from below, before leaping up from behind to strike at her back. Reirousa narrowed her eyes and swung the mallet out from behind, bashing it into Ashe and sending her flying before impacting into the ground.
"Ugh, damnit. Lost again..." Ashe groaned, getting up slowly and taking a deep breath, before standing and bowing politely, "Thank you for the match, you're faster then you appear General."
"...uh, thanks... I think?" Reirousa spoke, rubbing the back of her head.
Link meanwhile had been sitting back watching the fight, he felt Ashe was a good capable fighter, but it seemed to him something was causing her to flinch at times or strain herself, but he couldn't quite pinpoint just what it was. He remembered both Sarami and Nabooru had said something similar...
"Do you want to practice against me for a while now?" Link offered, standing up and brandishing his training sword. Ashe stared down at the sword that had defeated her steel blades and she sighed out.
"Not... right now..." she spoke, turning her head away.
"How about we just break for lunch then?" Reirousa said, rubbing her stomach, "I'm starving!"
"Didn't you say a second ago you just had breakfast?" Ashe pointed out.
"This is... just what is all this?!"
Ashe was sitting at a bench at an outdoor dining area of the training grounds. Before her was a plate covered in many slabs of grilled beef, heavily marinated in hickory sauce, along with a side of rice.
"This is gonna be your lunch for the time yer training." Reirousa said, gobbling down the meat on her own plate, "Gotta have loads of protein to help yerself bulk up."
"I can't possibly eat this much. King Link, can you believe thi-?"
Ashe cut herself off when she saw Link was already halfway through his own plate. He had a piece sticking out from his mouth as he asked, "You say something Ashe?"
"..." Ashe sighed and started eating as much as she could of the beef platter.
"Argh!" Ashe screamed out as she fell backwards to the ground, her wooden swords hitting the ground, as she had just been defeated by her sparring partner Nemisa, "Damnit! Not again!"
"You did rather good all things considered." spoke Nemisa, who brought herself out of her martial arts poise and bowed, "Your uncle trained you well."
"Ah, thank you..." Ashe sighed out.
Ashe took a look up to Nemisa as the Gerudo women undid her hair bun to allow her hair to flow out freely. As frustrated as she was about falling again, especially to someone who didn't even fight with weapons, Ashe had to admit the Gerudo woman was exceptionally strong. It was no wonder King Link appointed her as his personal bodyguard.
"Nice work girls." Link spoke, walking up with a big grin, "Wanna go get some drinks?"
"You two go on ahead..." Ashe spoke getting up, "I need to continue my training."
"Very well, let me know if you ever want a rematch." Nemisa said, walking off with Link. Ashe noted as she leaned against Link, who put an arm around her waist. She blushed a little thinking about how she had walked in on them making love the night before.
"She's so strong, yet so beautiful..." Ashe spoke softly.
"Yo, you alright there lady knight?" Reirousa asked walking up to her.
"Yes I suppose." Ashe said getting up, she took another glance at Link and Nemisa and asked, "Just how many wives does the Gerudo King have exactly?"
"Besides Nemisa...?" Reirousa muttered, folding her arms as she thought to herself, "Well there's Togau and Doc Sarami you saw earlier, his other bodyguard Aviel, that cute little forest friend of his named Saria, the magic twins Kesuta and Korume, that one fish lady from... uh, what was the name again...?"
"Fish lady? You mean he's engaged to a zora as well?" Ashe asked in surprise.
Reirousa caught herself in saying that, suddenly remembering she wasn't supposed to talk about Link's engagement to Queen Ruto just yet, "Uh, never mind about that. We're also supposed to be allying with this lady who owns a pack of wolfos, and I think the two of them are trying to have kids as part of the alliance or somethin'..." the muscular woman added with a small grin on her face as she recalled playing with the wolves a while ago, "Then of course everyone's talkin' about him marrying Lady Nabooru too, but nothin' official on that."
"My goddesses..." gasped Ashe, "Just what power does he have to court so many woman?"
"Not power or anything like that, he's just got this good attitude that draws women to him." Reirousa shrugged, "He treats people right, and understands them." she thought about how Link comforted her when she told him her past in the war, "Guess the good looks help too... n-not that I'd know."
"..." Ashe paused on that note, taking one last look at Link and Nemisa, before going back to training.
Two days past, and Ashe continued to train under the methods of the Gerudo. However, it was a trying process for her; while she was having less trouble with the work-outs, when it came to combat practice, she kept getting overwhelmed by the strength and technique of the desert women.
"Ugh, I'm exhausted..." sighed Ashe as she staggered through the halls of Gerudo Palace. She had spent the whole day participating in Reirousa's training while sparring against any Gerudo willing to fight her. Unfortunately she lost every single match. Now she just wanted to relax in her guest room.
"My room should be this way..." she muttered turning a corner, only to gasp in surprise to see two guards standing at the door that went into her bedroom. They were holding halberds, staying sharp and focused on guarding the door, "What on earth, why are there guards at my room?"
Ashe paced back and forth in thought, keeping out of sight of the guards, "Could it be that the king has gotten fed up with me and wishes to trap and arrest me? The bastard!" she peeked back out over at the guards, "I have no choice, I need to escape, but I need to retrieve my possessions from my room."
Being careful to evade the other guards, she headed out to the dining room's balcony. She looked out at the side of the palace wall at another smaller balcony out in the distance. She recalled her room had a balcony with curtains colored like that one, and believed that to be her room.
'I'll just sneak in through that way and retrieve my things, then find my swords." Ashe whispered. She jumped from the balcony onto a side ledge, and climbed carefully along it. Thankfully since it was so late at night no one would see her. She flinched a bit due to her fatigue from before as well as a certain sensation that had been bothering her for a while, but she wouldn't let that stop her.
Ashe climbed across the structure of the palace and leaped up to the edge of the balcony, pulling herself up. She walked up to a curtain hanging over the way into the room and peeked inside. But instead of her room, she instead saw something very surprising.
It was a spacious lascivious room with a gentle scent of lavender flowing through it by some incense burners. There was soft silk pillows everywhere in the room, with about twelve beautiful Gerudo women laying back on them. There were some girls chatting happily, some were eating, some getting massages by servants, there was one drawing on a sketch pad...
But what really surprised her was almost all of the lounging Gerudo girls had various sizes of round bellies, some were feeling at each other's stomachs or putting their ears to them. It didn't take Ashe too long to realize they were all pregnant.
'This is bad...' she thought, hiding her presence behind the curtain. She took a look over at one lady with long pigtails and particularly huge breasts cuddling a baby in her arms. Two of the pregnant women were happily talking to the woman and playing with the child.
"Oh, Tulisi's growing well!" spoke one of the girls, "King Link must be so proud of her!"
"Yes, he is..." spoke Leivuri, the mother of Tulisi. She had a blissful look on her face, "He's always so excited to see her. He even brought her a cute fox mask as a present from his trip to Dhaijialoft, when I put it on it makes her giggle so cutely!"
"Ooooh, I can't wait to have my kid!" grinned one of the younger women stroking her belly, "I hope King Link gave me a daughter as cute as yours!"
'T-This is King Link's concubine?!' Ashe thought to herself with a bright red flush on her face. While Reirousa had told her before about Link's wives, she never expected him to be so potent in conceiving children. She stared at the child from behind the curtain, the one apparently named Tulisi. One of the mothers-to-be tickled the baby and she giggled happily.
'She is rather cute...' Ashe thought, too distracted by the sight of the child that she didn't notice a large bird flying down from the sky and perching on the balcony rail not too far from her. The bird ruffled it's wings and let out a loud "SQUAWK!"
"KYAAA!" shouted Ashe in surprise, stumbling over and falling through the curtains into the room.
All the talking and laughter stopped as all the Gerudo turned to see the stranger that had gotten into the room. There was a long, to pardon the pun, pregnant pause as all the child-bearers and servants were motionless. Ashe got herself up and stared blankly at everyone there.
"I, um..." Ashe muttered, "S-Sorry for disturbing you, I'll just be on my wa-"
"Hey, who the hell are you?!" spoke one of them; she was a young woman with wild spiky hair, a rather voluptuous body and probably had the largest baby bump of all the girls, to the point where she was laying back just to endure the weight of it. This was Ragome, still awaiting the day her twins would be ready to be delivered, "Are you an assassin for the rebels or something?"
Ragome tried to get herself up to grab her spear but it was difficult due to her weighted abdomen, some of the girls held her back from getting up regardless.
"Hey come on Ragome, not in your condition!"
"Look, I can explain myself. My name is Ashe an-"
"Ashe? Oh, you must be Link's new friend!" spoke up Leivuri, "He's told us all about you!"
"Huh?"
"Oh, no wonder you're confused!" giggled Leivuri after hearing Ashe's story, "Yes there's some guards outside, but they're here to protect us, this is the child-bearers' living quarters!"
"Ah, now I see." Ashe sighed out, feeling guilty about assuming Link was trying to have her arrested, "I must have been mistaken of where my bedroom was located." she bowed her head, "I apologize again for interrupting you."
"Shii-shi-shi! Nah, don't worry about it." Ragome said with a laugh, waving her hand, "If you're a friend of Link's that's okay. Least you aren't like Aviel the Birdbrain's dad, he snuck in to peep on us but he didn't realize we're all carrying Link's daughters! He freaked out and ran away until his wife and guards caught him and beat him senseless! That's why there's guards stationed at the door."
"It's quite nice to meet another Hylian girl, and such a pretty one as well!" spoke Leivuri with a smile.
"I don't know about that..." Ashe muttered before looking to the baby, "So this little one is yours?"
"Yes, her name is Tulisi." Leivuri said with a nod, "She's my first daughter, and Link's as well."
"Oh, you're so lucky. Congratulations." spoke Ashe, staring at the gurgling child.
"Feh, talk about lucky that she already had hers." Ragome said rolling her eyes, "Dr. Sarami said I still got at least another two weeks before I have my twins, and they've been poking and kicking me for months!"
"..." another pregnant women was staring right at Ashe with a deadpan expression, which started to unnerve her. The women reached up and started feeling at Ashe's straight hair.
"I'm sorry, what are you doing...?" Ashe asked.
"That's Esolu, she's a mute. She talks to us with her sketch pad." Ragome explained.
Esolu said nothing but held up a sketchpad she had been doodling on to show two people's heads with straight long hair. The one on the left had black hair with a odd sparkling effect coming from it and the one on the right looking sad.
"...I think she's asking what you do to get your hair so nice." Leivuri said, to which Esolu nodded.
"I... really don't do much, just brushing it each morning." Ashe spoke, reaching up and running her hands through her hair, "My mother taught me how to do it before I moved to Hyrule Castle Town with my uncle so I could become a royal knight."
"Oh that's so nice! You should show us your technique sometime!" one of the other child-bearers said, taking Ashe's hands excitedly.
"Ah, okay..." Ashe spoke with slightly widened eyes.
"Is something wrong?" the girl asked tilting her head.
"No, I just..." Ashe looked over at some of the other girls, "Before I came here, I've always been told stories about the Gerudo being strong and mighty desert warriors. I never thought you all could be so feminine as well. I always assumed life in the desert hardened you all."
"That's understandable, we were like that in the old days, back when we were working under the former king Ganondorf." spoke one of the older servants, handing Ashe a fruit drink, "When Lady Nabooru took over after the war and moved us out here to Gerudo Town, we all started to change our ways, and found we could be much more then just thieves and warriors."
"Yeah I used to try and be a warrior myself, but I could never really do too well at fighting and stuff." Ragome said, "So instead I'm a child-bearer for Link, and I think I'm liking this a lot more!" she said, patting her stomach and sporting a toothy grin.
"I see..." spoke Ashe.
"What about you Ms. Ashe? What do you hope to achieve as a knight?" Leivuri asked.
Ashe glanced around at the other girls wanting to hear her as well, a little surprised to be getting along so well with these girls after accidentally breaking into their room. She went ahead and started telling them about her life and how she wanted to become a great knight, while the child-bearers of the king all told her stories of their lives as well. Ashe found herself getting along with them all rather quickly.
Hours wound up passing, until Ashe realized how late it as getting, and remembered she had to be up early for training practice.
"Well I must take my leave," Ash said, standing up and heading out of the room, "It was a pleasure meeting you all."
"Ah no prob, have a good night." grinned Ragome, the other girls calling out as well while Esolu held up a sketch she did of a penguin waving goodbye.
"Are you sure you can't stay and talk some more?" asked one girl.
"No, I need to go to my bedroom to rest for tomorrow." spoke Ashe.
"Oh of course!" spoke Leivuri, she thought for a second before speaking again, "Though perhaps..."
"Perhaps...?" Ashe asked.
"If things go well with you and King Link, maybe this could be your bedroom someday after all!" she spoke with a small giggle.
Ashe blushed lightly as the other girls squealed out and laughed at Leivuri's words.
"...I seriously don't think so." sighed out Ashe in response as she left the room.
The next day at the Gerudo Training Yard, Ashe was rested up and ready to start her routine. She was still getting through the workouts easier, but the sparring sessions on the other hand...
"Hello everyone, how's our new friend doing?" Nabooru called out, walking up to Link and Reirousa who had been observing Ashe's latest match.
"Urgh, damnit!" groaned Ashe as she laid back, having been defeated by her latest opponent.
"Oops, sorry about that, did I go too far?" asked Saria worriedly, clutching at a battle staff.
"How the hell did I lose to a child?" Ashe groaned out.
"She's been pretty frustrated." Link said to Nabooru with a sweatdrop going down his head.
"Don't worry about it Ms. Ashe." Saria smiled softly, "I think you're really strong!"
"You're a sweet one... thank you." Ashe sighed.
"Besides, I think I can relate to you in other ways," she giggled a little as she noted Ashe's flat chest, but didn't say anything beyond it.
"Huh?" Ashe asked in confusion.
"Hm..." Nabooru scratched her chin, looking at Ashe carefully as the knight got up and rubbed at her back, "You know Link, I've been talking with Sarami about something the other day... and I think I might have an idea of how to help her."
Before Link could ask what, Nabooru walked up to the lady knight, "Nice work there Ms. Ashe, you've been improving quite well. That said though, I think I might have an idea to help you with your training."
"What's that Lady Nabooru?" Ashe asked.
"You can't be serious."
Ashe found herself in an area of Gerudo Palace that she had never been before, she had been led downstairs to a room with a large spacious pool.
"Why not?" Nabooru shrugged, now wearing a two-piece bikini, "Swimming's one of the best exercises there is, it requires the use of all your muscles and you won't get tired out from the heat of the sun here."
"Whoooo! Pool time!" cheered Aviel, running past the two and jumping in, "Come on in, the water's great Ms. Akia!"
"I don't know about this..." Ashe spoke starting to back off, only to bump into someone, and she turned to see Link and Nemisa both there. Link was in a pair of swim trunks while Nemisa was in a one piece black swimsuit.
"Hey Ashe, gonna try swimming too?" Link asked, Ashe found herself staring at his physique again, recalling what Leivuri and the child-bearers talked to her about last night. Nemisa noted her expression and sported a knowing smirk.
"N-No, I need to focus on combat training right now!" Ashe exclaimed, about to leave when Nabooru grabbed her shoulder.
"Oh come on, strip down and have some fun with us for once!" Nabooru said, her eyes giving off a mischievous gleam.
"Absolutely not!" Ashe shouted, jerking herself away from Nabooru frantically.
"Okay, guess I have no choice." shrugged Nabooru with a sigh.
Ashe calmed herself and nodded, "Good, I'm glad you see-"
"Do it Aviel."
"Yaaay!" Aviel squealed out as she turned her arms into bird wings and used them to sweep up some water which shot through the air and impacted right into Ashe.
"Gack!" shouted Ashe, spitting out the water.
"Her aim's getting better." Nemisa noted.
"Hey, what was that about?" Link asked Nabooru, "Why'd you have her do-"
"Uh, Link?" Saria spoke with a blank stare, as she nudged her friend.
"What's the mat-" Link asked as he turned to Ashe, and his eyes widened like dinner plates, "-ter?"
"This can't be happening..." Ashe spoke.
Her body was completely soaked all over thanks to Aviel's surprise attack, causing not just her clothes to get wet, but some bandages soaked by the water to start slipping out from under her vest. Everyone but Nabooru now looked in surprise to see what Ashe had been hiding from them the whole time.
Being a woman she had breasts naturally, but these were a drastic contrast from the flat chest they had assumed she had all this time. Instead she had a very impressively sized pair of chest mounds, by Link's observation based on all the women he had slept with, they were slightly smaller then Sarami's, though Ashe's were much perkier by comparison. Her wet vest was clinging to them and showing off their shape to everyone.
"W-WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE?!" Ashe shouted, trying desperately to cover herself, one arm was covering the front of her breasts while her other arm was propping them upwards.
The lady soldier-in-training looked over at Link who was staring at her with wide eyes. She blushed brightly and turned away, "Stop gawking Gerudo King!"
"Just as I thought, you were taping your breasts down to hide them." Nabooru said with a wide grin.
"This can't be happening... my secret..." Ashe spoke with small tears forming in her eyes.
"My, they're impressive." Nemisa said with surprise.
"You traitor..." Saria said to the lady knight with a slight pout, confusing Ashe again.
"Ashe it's fine, this explains so much." Nabooru chuckled, "I've been talking with Sarami, and she started picking up on your problem back on day one of your training. It's why you've been so strained and short of breath, wearing those bindings for so long each day must have been extremely painful for you."
"That also explains you during our match." Link realized, "Despite your training you had to hold back because of your chest."
"But I had to do this." Ashe spoke looking down at her mounds, "The knights of Hyrule laughed me out just for being a woman alone, I had to tie up my breasts or they would take me even less seriously."
Link nodded, "Then you'll just have to work to prove to the knights that you can work with them as you truly are. And we're going to see to it that you do." he paused and scratched his cheek a bit, "Besides, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed about with a chest like that. I think it's adds to your beauty."
"B-Beauty, me?" Ashe exclaimed, blushing brightly at Link's words.
"There goes Mr. Playboy at work again." Nemisa whispered to Saria, who giggled.
Nabooru grinned as she put her hands on Ashe's shoulders from behind and leaned forward, making her her own breasts press against Ashe's back, and making her blush more heavily in reaction.
"Don't worry. Link's right, you're in good hands with us." Nabooru spoke to her with a smirk, "If you haven't noticed around here there's plenty of powerful Gerudo warriors with big ones like these, and now that the truth has been laid bare, so to speak, we can put you through the right strength training to manage them, and set you up with some good firm tops that'll let them breathe."
"Yeah, we want you to keep working with us to get stronger, so that you can join the knights, and bring smiles to the people that you wish to protect." Link nodded with a grin.
"O-Okay, thank you..." Ashe spoke softly.
Later that day at the training grounds, Link, Nabooru and Reirousa were all siting back waiting patiently. Eventually they heard a voice call out and they looked over to the changing room door.
"Alight, she's ready!" spoke a Gerudo lady stepping out of the door.
She was known as Miteito, one of the top seamstresses in town. She was the one who crafted Link's Gerudo King outfit, as well as Saria's own gerudo outfits. Her hair was done up into a bun with sewing needles sticking out of it, as well as a measuring tape that she let hang on her shoulders.
"Eehhh... I don't know if I'm ready for-!" a voice was quickly cut off by Miteito pulling off her measuring tape and lashing it out like a rope lasso, grabbing something and pulling it out of the changing room, making Link and the other's eyes widen in surprise.
"There you go!" Miteito said, showing off Ashe in her new clothes.
She was now wearing a traditional Gerudo outfit like the women of the desert, it's primary color was teal with white. The top was specially designed to contain her breasts so that they wouldn't move too much, yet was still comfortable to wear. It also showed off the slight curves of her body, as well as the muscle she had developed.
"Um... h-how do I look?" she asked, clearly a bit mortified about showing off so much of her pale skin.
"Splendid! You remind me of a rare albino Gerudo now!" smirked Nabooru widely, "And once your training is complete, you'll be able to fight like one as well!"
"I see..." spoke Ashe, "And what do you think, Gerudo King Link?" she gave him a slight glance.
Link shook off his surprise and nodded, "Looks great on you Ashe. Can't wait to train with you now that you won't be holding back!"
"Thanks..." Ashe spoke with a light blush.
Ashe swung her sword, clashing against a Gerudo solider. She backed them off and stepped back, taking a full deep breath before charging back into battle. The two swung and impacted their swords together, until they realized neither was going to be able to knock down the other. They decided to declare the match a tie and step back.
"Nice work lady, that was fun!" grinned the Gerudo, shaking hands with her.
"You as well." nodded Ashe.
"Ashe is doing pretty well now." Nabooru spoke as she and Link had been watching the match.
"Yeah, now that she's no longer afraid to show her true self she doesn't have to hold back." Link nodded.
The new training regimes Ashe went through were a little different then before, mostly focusing on upper body and arm strength so that she could bear the weight of her chest while still being nimble in combat. At first she was a bit mortified about showing off so much of her body, especially with the cleavage the top was showing off. But the girls took to her quite naturally, and she found herself less bothered about it.
"Thank you for the training." Ashe spoke bowing her head to the soldier she fought against.
"Nice work Ashe, now let's get you started on your next lesson!" Reirousa said stepping up, "We'll work on some evasive techniques next!"
"Very well, what kind of training dummies do you use for i-." Ashe nodded, only to be grabbed by Reirousa and led off.
"Great! I'll start having my team gather up the boulders!" Reirousa said.
"Boulders?!" Ashe exclaimed.
As Reirousa lead Ashe off, Nabooru took a look over to Link who she could see had clearly been distracted with the way Ashe's new outfit showed off her figure. The gerudo leader smirked knowingly at Link's gaze and whispered into his ear.
"You know, she's been getting along with everyone quite well, Link. At this rate, I've even considered making her an honorary Gerudo. And as a Gerudo, I think she needs to understand some of the joys of being a woman..." Nabooru spoke suggestively.
Link's face blushed, quickly getting the hint, "Yeah, maybe I'll ask her to dinner sometime before her training is done..."
Time past as Ashe continued to live in Gerudo Town and train; doing weight lifting with Reirousa and Link to help build her strength, running the track to strengthen her agility, and eating protein heavy meals to supply the energy she needed. She also continued to practice with Link and the Gerudo in the way of the sword in the training yard. Her chest was somewhat problematic at first due to the weight and friction they caused, but thanks to the Gerudo's advice and the muscle training she was getting, overtime she was maneuvering better and actually overcoming her opponents more often.
At the end of the day Ashe would often go visit Link's child-bearers. They were pretty surprised at first to see how large-chested she actually was, but they seemed to open up to her even more then ever after that. Ashe spend a decent portion of the night with them, exchanging stories of each other's lives, including the girls talking about Link and his own time he spent with all of them, though Ashe always got embarrassed when they wanted to talk about how good of a lover he was.
They child-bearers were also keen to help her learn how to treat her body right with the femininity they felt it deserved, like lotions and massages to keep her pale skin looking lovely. Her chest had been affected a little by constantly binding it, but once the girls coaxed her to start having her mounds be massaged as well they started to perk up more. Occasionally the girls would ask Ashe when she was going to let Link give her a child so she could live there with them, but she always turned the suggestion down.
One day Ashe was pumping a barbell with fifty pound weights on each side as Reirousa instructed, taking careful breaths as she hoisted it up and down.
"...ninety eight, ninety nine, one hundred! Alright, that's good!" Reirousa grinned.
"You sure I shouldn't try more?" Ashe asked as Reirousa helped her put the barbell on the stand above her.
"Nah, take a rest, ya earned it!" Reirousa said, before going over to check on a younger soldier's workout.
Ashe went ahead and sat a chair to take a sip of water. Someone came over besides the lady knight and handed her a piece of beef jerky.
"Hey Ashe, nice work today." Link grinned, sitting down beside her.
"Thank you King Link..." Ashe said, accepting the jerky and nibbling on it. She was trying not to look directly at Link who was sitting back shirtless. She was also trying to block out some of the stories the child-bearers would tell her about his skills in bed.
Link took a look over at Ashe and how much she had changed since she arrived in Gerudo Town. She had been pretty lean when she arrived, but she was quickly building up some genuine muscle, and he could see the beginning of some abs on her stomach. Her arms and legs had some budding biceps as well. He had a feeling she always had some muscle to her, but the training she was getting here helped it along and showed it off better.
He had a hard time not taking small glances at Ashe's generous bust that was comfortably held in the teal top strap, giving her some generous cleavage. All the exercise she was doing didn't seem to have much effect on reducing their size. They weren't as big as Sarami or Sheeva's, but on a much smaller body like Ashe they looked huge by comparison.
Ashe was not naive; she was well aware of the way Link was looking her over. It was strange that merely a couple weeks ago she was determined to kill him, but now saw him as a training ally and, dare she say it, a friend as well. She was even kind of enjoying the fact that he was noticing her body more, maybe it had something to do with the stories the child-bearers would tell her...
'He is indeed a kind person,' Ashe thought, 'I truly was wrong to see him as the monster I thought he was...'
Reirousa meanwhile was looking over to Link and Ashe hanging out together in annoyance. Her jealousy was distracting her to the point where she was unknowingly starting to lift the soldier she was supposed to be spotting up and down instead of helping her with the barbell.
"Hey, let go of me General Reirousa!" shouted the Gerudo.
"Haha, so then King Link was able to catch the greased pig after that?" Ashe asked as she sat among the royal child-bearers one night.
"Yep, he's got a knack for taking down big bloated swine!" Ragome laughed out along with some of the others.
"Oop!" Ragome suddenly gasped out, gripping at her belly, "Feels like these two brats are kicking me like crazy. Wanna feel it Ashe?"
"Very well." Ashe nodded, placing her hand against Ragome's belly and feeling the bumping from within.
Ashe closed her eyes and focused on the movement, it was amazing to feel this life within this lovely woman, and that it was Link who gave her that life. Sometimes when she came over to visit Link would come in as well, and the child-like enthusiasm she saw on his face when he'd play with Tulisi or feel the other child-bearer's stomachs was so different then what she had thought about him so long ago...
"Tell me something Ms. Ashe..." spoke Leivuri, "But have you ever thought of just staying with us and living as a Gerudo? We love having you here, and you can keep growing as a warrior without being judged by the Hylian army."
"Yeah! I know we tease you about it a lot, but I bet King Link might even ask you to be a child-bearer, or even one of his wives!" spoke one of the girls, causing them to all squeal out around Ashe.
"I-I don't know about that last part, and while the idea of living here in Gerudo Town is very tempting..." Ashe shook her head, "I'm afraid I have to decline, for I have a duty I wish to do. I want to be a great knight who can protect the people of Hyrule, so they won't have anything to fear from the evils of the world. As much as I love being here, I can't turn my backs on them."
"Well, if that's how you feel I guess we can't stop you." shrugged Ragome.
"Still..." Leivuri spoke as she cuddled her child, then handed her to Ashe to hold, "Perhaps some day when you feel you've done your part for your people, you'll be able to find the time to do something that makes you truly happy yourself!"
Ashe paused on those words as she held Tulisi in her arms, for just a moment she imagined a beautiful baby Hylian child in her arms, and a certain young king with blue eyes embracing them both. She blushed brightly at that thought.
"...my own happiness..." she whispered. She then felt a strange sensation on her chest, as she looked down with wide eyes to see Tulisi was spontaneously sucking her chest, mistaking her for Leivuri.
The girls in the room all laughed or let out collective 'aww's at the sight, while Ashe's face turned as red as a tomato before quickly but safely handing Tulisi back to her mother.
"Shii-shi-shi! She really does take after her father!" grinned Ragome.
"I didn't need to hear that!" shouted Ashe.
Link was hanging out at the entrance to Gerudo Palace, leaning against the door frame. He was wearing the white-ruffled red jacket worn open, as well as the black pants he wore for his date with Sarami, though by Nabooru's suggestion he didn't wear the shirt so he could show off his chest, he was used to doing that nowadays anyway. He was dressed up as he was ready for a very special time that night...
"Are you ready King Link?" spoke a voice, getting his attention. It was Ashe, and she was dressed up as well.
Ashe's skin was still pale despite all the time she had spent in Gerudo Town. She had a headband with a jewel in the center, with small sashes hanging from it on the sides. She still wore her hair straight and down, though it looked a little longer then before. She had on a maroon colored outfit consisted of a top that held her large round breasts in place perfectly. Her stomach area was exposed, showing off her slowly developing abs and her bellybutton. Her belt was laced like the top, and rather then pants, held on a silk cloth that wrapped around her legs, showing off most of her right leg. On her feet were a pair of pointy shoes that complimented the outfit.
"Wow," Link's jaw dropped, "You look great!"
"I suppose I could say the same of you..." Ashe spoke, looking to the side with a blush, "S-So should we go?"
"Yeah, here's a restaurant I wanted to show you where I like taking the girls at night." Link spoke, he didn't mention it was the specifically the place he liked taking his dates and fiances.
"Sounds good..." she spoke, as the two went off together.
The two guards standing at the post saw the two off as they went down the stairs.
"I bet you ten rupees the king will bed her by the end of the night." spoke one of the guards.
"You're on." said the other.
Link and Ashe had a wonderful dinner that night, followed by a show at the local night club where they watched Nemisa as her alter ego of the mysterious Madame Scarlet do one of her exotic dances. All the while Ashe kept thinking about Leivuri's words to her about her happiness. Eventually the two of them made their way back home to Gerudo Palace and Link helped get Ashe to her correct bedroom.
"It was a wonderful dinner, thank you King Link." Ashe said bowing her head to him.
"Anytime Ashe." Link grinned, "And seriously, you can drop the 'king' part, I don't expect to be called that by any of the girls, and you're practically one of us at this point."
"One of you, huh?" Ashe whispered. she looked up to Link and into his blue eyes, working up some coruage, she spoke to him, "...if you believe I'm one of the Gerudo now, perhaps you should treat me like one yourself...?"
"What do you mean by tha-?" Link stopped himself as he saw the gaze in her eyes and quickly figured out what she meant. Ashe leaned forward and pressed her lips against his, and he found himself embracing her figure. He felt her large breasts pressing against his chest, and a heated sensation started to arise between them both.
Link and Ashe said nothing more, but went into her room together for a wonderful night...
Hours later, Link and Ashe's clothes were laying on the floor, and the two of them were cuddling in bed. It had been Ashe's first time with a man, but Link had enough experience with virgin women that he was good to help her endure the pain of it, before that pain turned into incredible pleasure for her.
"Hey Ashe." Link smiled softly, giving his newest lover a gentle kiss, "How'd you like it?"
"It was... amazing..." gasped Ashe, "I've never felt so good before."
"Well it was pretty enjoyable for me too. You have a lot of energy, you made some really cute noises..." Link started stroking her large breasts and making her moan out in pleasure, "And I just can't keep my hands off this beautiful body of yours..."
"Ooh..." moaned Ashe, "It's kind of embarrassing to admit... in an attempt to get stronger I drank a great amount of Lon Lon Milk in my youth. I think it may have backfired and went to my chest instead..."
"If that's the case, I tip my hat to my friends over at the ranch." Link whispered into her pointy ear, "I know you want to go back to Hyrule Castle Town after this, but I'm glad you were able to spend this time with me and everyone."
"Yes, I think I understand now." Ashe spoke, "You wanted me to be here not just to train with you to be a real knight, but so I could fully understand the Gerudo as well." Ashe spoke, "They're strong as soldiers and warriors, yet also beautiful as women and mothers, and you wanted me to experience it all for myself."
"Heh, that's right." grinned Link as he held her close, "You mentioned you admired the Gerudo, so I felt if you were a part of them you could work towards your resolve to become a knight. I wanted you to not just be a strong warrior, but appreciate your womanly side as well, as the two sides of you are special in their own ways..." he kissed at her neck before whispering into her ear, "...and I think I've grown to love both of them."
"Link..." Ashe gasped out, as the king then flipped himself so he was laying up over her.
"In fact, I think I'm ready to go again." Link said grinning, before he kissed her on the lips.
"Mmm..." moaned Ashe, but she hesitated and pulled away, "I don't know Link, what if I get pregnant from this? I couldn't exactly become a knight right away if that happened..."
"It's okay, we have the best doctor in all of Hyrule who can get you medicine to keep you from getting pregnant. My fiances have been taking them for years now." Link clarified. He ran a hand along her face, "Of course, even if you did get pregnant, I'd just let you stay here if you wished, and I'd see to it you get treated like a queen."
Ashe blushed at his words, recalling the child-bearers suggesting the same thing. For a second she thought about living with those girls, carrying a child of her own, but she was prepared to give the same response as she did before... mostly.
"I... don't think so. I still want to be a knight of Hyrule, so I don't really wish to settle down..." Ashe said shaking her head, but then putting a hand up to Link's cheek and smiling softly, "...at least, not right away... Maybe with time, when I'm satisfied with what I've done in life."
"Sounds great. You still want to have another go though?" Link asked, clearly still in the mood.
"Of course..." she nodded, "I want you to make me yours once again..."
Ashe wrapped her arms around Link's neck and gave him a lustful look.
"... and make me feel proud... proud to have been born a woman."
"Awww, do you really have to leave?"
Aviel was moping as Ashe was standing at the gate out of Gerudo Town. The lady knight was back in her regular outfit, through she was no longer wearing her steel chest plate. Ashe did have the Gerudo top worn underneath it to help support her chest, and even if it did show off her cleavage, she didn't mind anymore. She smiled somewhat sadly as she rubbed Aviel's head affectionately.
"Sorry, I have to go back home to Hyrule Castle Town so I can give my report." Ashe spoke, "I'm just going to have to tell Captain Andreas that I can't possibly beat your king as he is now."
"But what about you becoming a knight? Didn't they not want you to come back until you finished your mission?" Nemisa said.
"It shall be fine." Ashe nodded, "I don't need to do something like that anymore. I'll prove myself to them another way."
"Good for you, I like that confidence." Nabooru smirked, "You're welcome back here to Gerudo Town any time... Sister Ashe."
"Heh... I never would had thought I'd become a honorary Gerudo." Ashe spoke with a light blush, "It feels kind of exciting."
"D-Don't forget your exercises got it?" Reirousa shouted, trying to look as tough as possible but tears were actively spilling down her cheeks, "When you come back I wanna see how tough you've gotten! If you still can't lift my beginner's training weights I'm going to drill you into the ground next time!"
"Your beginner's training weights weigh five hundred pounds." Nemisa pointed out sweatdropping.
"Good luck to you Ashe." Link smiled as the two shook hands, "I hope you achieve your dream, and just remember if you ever want another place to call home, we'll be waiting."
"Thank you King-" she paused, "Thank you Link, I know we'll meet again. Farewell."
With that, Ashe turned and walked off down Gerudo Canyon, everyone waving goodbye to her, before looking over her map to chart out the route home.
"Once again Link, you've taken someone's life and turned it into something greater then before." Nabooru chuckled, "I think that girl has a bright future before her now."
"I would had loved to have her stay." Link spoke, "But she wants to make Hyrule's lives better, just like how we want to for the Gerudo."
"Indeed." nodded Nabooru.
"Jees, I kinda miss her already..." Togau said sniffling.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll meet her again soon!" Saria assured her.
Later that night...
Link and Nabooru found themselves standing out of the town in their sleepwear, having been called out by the guards to meet with someone who had just arrived at the Gerudo Town gate.
"Link? Lady Nabooru? What are the two of you doing all the way out here at Hyrule Castle Town?" Ashe spoke in confusion, clutching at her map which was upside down.
"..." was Link and Nabooru's only reply.
And that ends the chapter, with Link having gained a great new friend and lover, things continue to look up for him... but little does he know a great threat is coming, one that will put his strength and compassion to the test. What could that possibly be at this point after all he's gone through? Find out next week!
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