Ok, since this story was going pretty good, I decided to update a bit earlier. Thank you for all of you guys reviewing, and if you guys ever cross it, could you guys check out Living in Shadows or Destiny's Consequence please cause no one reviewed. I'd appreciate it. Anyway, here we go.

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Seeing Truth

Chapter

By: kitana5055

The last thing I could remember after I passed out was Kado's face. I knew he had nothing to do with it, but I was still angry with him, at the servant, at everyone in that stupid camp. I wanted to have nothing to do with them, but I knew I would be seeing all of them again, and I hated that. I was awake, now, in the tent I was supposedly staying for the night. I was in a cot with light sheets pulled up to my chest. I was sprawled on the small mattress, just staring ahead. I had just woken up, and I already felt like I was being watched. The wind that shook the tent slowly increased, the flaps of the tent moving back and forth with the wind. I moved around a little then decided to rest on my left side, which made me face the rest of the tent.

It was dark inside with no lantern or candle anywhere, except for the small patch of light that appeared every now and then with the flap's movement. My eyes weren't too adjusted to the darkness, but I could see well enough that something caught my eye in the far corner. I glanced up and realized someone was there, sitting on a chair, just staring at me. I jumped up when the figure moved, but I had nowhere to go except out, but that was not processing in my head. The figure moved into the faded light, and when I saw his face, I was relieved, then confused.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked as I sat on the cot.

"Well, I thought someone should be here when you woke up." Kado said with a smirk as he leaned back in his chair.

I scowled, "Like you should care. Your stupid servants drugged me, and you knew all along, didn't you?"

He sighed, "Their was nothing I could do, by the time I had figured it out, you had already eaten."

"Figured it out?" I repeated angrily.

"I was talking to my parents before I bumped into you."

"They told you?" I was getting tired of this by the second, "You people are crazy."

"Listen, they didn't know if they could trust you."

"So, they decided to drug me, and then what?" I could feel my voice grow louder.

Kado shrugged.

"What? So they just did it? To get rid of me or something?" I stood up in frustration, forgetting how far off I was getting with, and didn't realize I was beginning to shout, "What, they just wanted to ruin my whole body system and possibly die or something? Geez, how paranoid are your par-"

I was cut off when Kado jumped up and covered my mouth in attempt to stop the yelling. So, what? I woke up a few people? What harm could it do?

"Jade, no one knows I'm here. So, if they find out you were yelling to nobody, they're going to officially call you 'mentally ill' because I will be out of here in a second..."

For a few seconds, I just stared at him; his face was only a few inches from mine with a hand clamped over my mouth. I was supporting myself with the cot with the back of my knees against the small mattress. Any more pressure added I would fall onto the bed. I was still staring up in his hazel green eyes that I just couldn't avoid when he finally decided to continue.

"…Now, I am going to let go of you, so do not yell, scream, holler, shout, shriek, kick, punch or…" he said.

"Okay, I get it…" I said, but my voice was muffled.

He finally let go of me, and I sneered. With more strength than I ever thought I had, I grabbed the collar of Kado's shirt and yanked it towards me. He looked surprised, and I would never forget that face. He gazed at me with his hazel green eyes, making me hesitate more than I should. I could feel his eyes boring into my soul, but I only glared at him back.

"Listen here, Kado." I sneered, "I don't care if you care about me because ever since I got here everything has been a total disaster, and I don't need you or your stupid bodyguard fangirls to make it worse. So, do me a favor and leave me alone."

With that, I pushed him away and went outside, but rather to the camp, I went to the moat. It took only seconds after I had reached the area that I spotted the sun peaking above the horizon.

"Thank you…" I drawled to no one in particular.

I kneeled next to the rather large moat and washed my face. It felt refreshing, and I couldn't help feel relieved when I heard small chatter heard from the camp. Morning was finally here, and I was a bit excited, much less confused that the bridge would be lowering any time, soon. I was wiping the water off my face when I heard footsteps behind me, then that familiar voice that had to make my day. I turned around as Kado sat down beside me.

"What do you want?" I said flatly.

"Gee, no good morning?" Kado smirked.

"Shut up. I'm not in a good mood today. So cut the-" I began, but was cut off when I heard metal rub against metal. Well, it was the bridge, of course, and on instinct, I jumped up and waited for it to lower, well, not entirely.

It still had about a quarter of the way to go before it completely reached the ground, but I decided to jump it. I had to jump onto the edge of it with one foot then use my hands to grip the bridge then pull myself off at the same time that I had almost tripped.

"Too bad you couldn't have done that last night…" I could hear the smirk in Kado's voice, which only made me stop running.

I thought of saying something, but on second thought, I decided to resume running. I didn't need a snobbish prince's wry humor to get me into a bad mood since I already was. When I stepped off the bridge, I was greeted with faint sound of music and chatter. The cool, morning air was getting to me, and I grinned. I looked around a bit, admiring the tall, wooden buildings that towered over. Well, they weren't that tall, but the tallest man-made structure I had seen so far was right in front of me. When I glanced at my feet, I noticed the cobblestone ground, and suddenly so many thoughts entered my mind of logic, theory, why the hell I was here, why do I have to be here, and all the other things that had filled my mind the second I came here. I shook those thoughts away and continued to look around.

Out of curiosity, I turned around to see how far the camp was doing in packing up when I noticed Kado leaning against a wall with his arms folded across his chest and his eyes closed. I walked up to him slowly and peered at him with narrowed eyes. I couldn't tell if he was sleeping or not but either way I would have started laughing, but I never did because when I realized how his dark brown hair fell over his eyes I stood transfixed. He began to grin and after a few seconds he opened his eyes and gazed back at me. I must have looked confused because he was biting his lower lip to keep from laughing.

"What are you looking at?" he asked, that same grin still on his face that made my heart skip a beat.

Wait, did I just say that?

"Nothing, you just look funny." I lied as I folded my arms across my chest.

"Why? Closing my eyes?" He asked with amusement.

"Yeah, that's it." Well, part of it was true.

He straightened up then sighed, "What are you planning on doing, now?"

"Well, look for a special someone, which I'm going to kill if he left me alone here with you." I said as I looked around with more of an anxious look on my face.

"What, you don't like spending time with me?" he said, pouting, and looking at me with puppy-dog eyes.

"Oh, you're so funny." I mumbled, trying to look away but either way, I stole a glance at him, "Go hang with a fangirl…"

What's wrong with me?

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Well, I've got a little boy with a kokiri hat to find." I trailed off as I began my first searching area.

If Link were waiting for me somewhere then he would have had to stay with that one soldier in that one useless building right next to that bridge that I completely hated. In a second, I was right. The first thing I noticed was that irritating kokiri hat pulled over Link's eyes while he was leaning against one of those booths in the corner close to the window with his arms folded across his chest. I walked up to him casually then placed my hands on my hips, looking down at him with an aggravated look. I didn't exactly know if I should:

Either wake him up gently

Wake him up by scaring him half to death

Wait until he wakes up while I wait very patiently

Or leave him here to worry for the rest of his life.

Okay, I take plan B) but plan D) would have worked just as well, but how would that work if I wanted to return home. So, I suppose plan B) would have worked, but unfortunately, he was waking up. I leaned against the wall opposite him and waited for him to wake up as he shuffled around a bit then brought his hand to his head and removed his hat. He looked up at me groggily with his deep, blue eyes, and for a moment, I was worried in my appearance.

Gee, I wonder what's happening here?

"It's about time you woke up." I said flatly as I looked out the window.

He ran a hand through his golden blonde hair and I pretended not to notice, "When did you get here?"

"Hmm…Well, after the bridge went down about fifteen minutes ago, I found you here about five minutes ago." I said, completely confused, now. I didn't have a watch, what could I say? Well, if I did, I would have so much fun confusing people. How dumb they could be as not to know what's ticking and moving in a dangerous clockwise motion. Ah, simple pleasure…

Okay, anyway, "Well, thanks for waiting for me to get up…"

Oh, great, now he thinks I'm a nice person.

"I was trying to bargain with the soldiers, here, to lower the bridge, but they wouldn't even give in to 300 rupees."

Well, my thoughts of Link sleeping in a cozy bed while I was out in the cold, being drugged, and everyone around me knew. Gee, how wonderful.

"Well, I'm just glad it's over with, but never, and I mean NEVER leave me out there alone with Kado."

Link looked bemused, "Kado? You mean the prince from Meyenn?"

"Sadly, yes." I sighed.

Link looked at me a bit confused as he stood up and placed his hat on his head.

"Whatever, he's probably waiting outside. Come on." I said with so much dread.

"You don't seem happy you met him." Link said as we walked out of the building.

"Happy? Happy that I met him?" I said exasperated, "I was drugged by his crazed fangirl servants."

Link looked at me confused as I noticed Kado waiting outside.

"Oh, great…" I muttered.

"Jade, finally." I heard him say as he walked towards us.

"Yeah, finally." I muttered as I stopped beside Link.

"Link. It's so good to see you." Kado said as they shook hands.

"It is good to see you too, Kado." Link said.

I rolled my eyes. For the first time since I had gotten here I was actually bored. I was with two boys in which my friends would be falling head over heels just to talk to them, but me, well, I just wanted to get home. It sucks being here, especially when you have no one to trust. I guess I had wandered off in my own thoughts because when I had resumed listening to the conversation next to me, they were talking about Zelda. Oh, joy. First, I felt like I was going to be ignored for the rest of my stay here with the beautiful Princess Zelda in view, but when I noticed a certain red-haired girl walking towards us, I only felt like a fifth wheel. Oh, so much more joy.

"Link, I haven't seen you in ages." I heard a girl say as I glanced Link's direction.

"Same here, Malon. How have you been?" Link said.

"Great. We have two new colts, now, and that's great cause we're getting a lot of profit with the extra rooms getting rented, and horses being bought almost every day, and…" Malon began and continued.

Gee, I never thought Malon to be so talkative. I couldn't help getting back into my reveries about nothing in particular or looking at anything in nothing so particular, either. When my eyes landed on Kado, who was standing right next to me, I realized the whole entire time he had been gazing at me with his hazel green eyes. Well, either I was blind or too lost in my thoughts to notice that.

I narrowed my eyes and whispered, hoping not to break Link and Malon's lovely little chat, "What the heck are you looking at?"

"You." He stated simply, looking quite calm as he brushed some of his brown hair from his eyes.

"Oh, joy. That answers my question," I said sarcastically, "What for?"

He shrugged.

"Great answer…" I mumbled.

What a joy to know I would be seeing him, again. Well, might as well ask for how long, but then again, that would be quite rude. I guess I should just try and figure that out from one of his fangirls or something. After what seemed like minutes later, Malon had stopped talking and I began to hear the sound of horse's footsteps. I turned to the entrance that led from Hyrule Field to the Market and realized the same crowd I had met (unfortunately) last night was, now, right behind us. I stepped out of the way and Link and Malon followed suit while Kado walked over to his black mare then mounted. The servant who had been leading the horse with its reigns handed them to Kado and walked off. She glanced towards me and gave me a death glare then walked off. How many more times would I have to see the face of that girl before I died of a heart attack. I suppose she is the one I was supposed to stay angry at, but I was angry with all of them. I just didn't know why I was so angry with Kado.

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Well, here you go peoples. No one wanted to wait three weeks, so I updated, but it was kind of short. Anyways, thank you so much for reviewing. I appreciate it! This seems to be the most popular story that I've written, but please check out my other stories. PLEEEEEASE! AGH! Anyways…

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