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Kella could feel her heart rate picking up. It was a great effort not to start panicking right then and there. She slowly clenched and un-clenched her hands from fist to open palm. "We have much to discuss." She heard Ghirahim say, causing her to snap out of it. She closed her eyes and smirked.

"Agreed." She said calmly as she lifted her head and opened her eyes, turning around on her heel to face him, fist on her side, knuckles digging into her hip as she gave him a smirk, built up by false confidence.

Ghirahim seemed to find her new confidence amusing. He smirked as he slowly stood up and approached her. "You must be wonderin-"

"Oh, save it for someone who cares." She interrupted. "It's obvious that your going to kill me, so just get on with it, and spare me the menacing lecture."

"Kill you?" He was still walking towards her, but she didn't seem to care.

"Mhm. Hylia, it's all you ever talk about whenever we meet, all, "Oh, I'll spare you this once but next time, I'll kill you," Or, "Run along, now, child, I'll kill you if I see you again." It's really getting repetitive, and very annoying, so can't you just do it already?" She puffed out a breath of air in annoyance. "Honestly, sometimes I think you just talk for the pleasure of hearing your own voice." She crossed her arms defensively over her chest. "Besides, it's really cowardly to kill a girl when she's unarmed."

Ghirahim had been taking slow and steady steps towards her throughout her entire speech, and was now standing directly in front of her. "Oh, skychild." He sounded tired, and disappointed as he took a single strand of hair in between two finger causing her eyebrows to furrow in annoyance. "I have no intentions of killing you."

"Good, then could you shut up about it, already, it's annoying." She grumbled.

"No, My plans are far better than simply killing you." He continued as if she hadn't spoken at all.

"Oh yeah? Do enlighten me."

He grinned. "I don't want to kill you. I want to keep you here so that you can't meddle any further in my plans." Her eyes widened and with lightning fast reflexes she slapped his hand away from her. Her teeth were grinding together as she glared at him.

"You pathetic, spineless son of a bitch." She growled out through clenched teeth as he laughed at her, snapping his fingers and disappearing. "Damn you Ghirahim...show your face again, I dare you...as soon as I find Fi...I'LL KILL YOU!" She screamed the threat to the empty air.


She sat on the cold ground, her eyes narrowed as she stared at the wall. Her knuckles were bloody and swollen from where she had been punching the door, trying to break it down."Aw, done with your little temper tantrum?"

"Ghirahim." She snorted. Figures. "Shut the fuck up, and piss off"

"Now, is that anyway to talk to me? I'm actually not here to kill you."

"Yeah, you made that clear. Just keep me here until your precious master is revived and then have him kill me. Or worse."

"No, No, No. Nothing like that. I'm here to ask you a question."

"How long?"

"What?" Ghirahim raised his eyebrows at her as he stared at her. She looked over her shoulder at him and oh if looks could kill.

"How fucking long have you bloody well had me locked up in here you colossal ass!"

"Oh." He smirked at her. "You don't want to know." She snarled and pressed her hands, palm down on the floor and pushed herself up, spinning around mid air before she landed on her feet and started towards him."How. Fucking. Long. Ghi. Ra. Heem." She took a menacing step towards him with each word. With each step she took towards him, Ghirahim took a step back until his back hit the wall. He blinked down at her, smirking inwardly at how short she was compared to him. She looked like an angry little remlit.

"A month-" CRACK! Her fist connected swiftly with his face causing him to stumble back against the wall, bloody dribbling from his nose.

"ASSHOLE!" She screamed at him, fists shaking slightly.

"Hm... It looks like you still need to calm down."

"Ghirahim don;t you dar-" He snapped his fingers and was gone.


Kella didn't know how long it had been. Every-time Ghirahim came around she would punch him in the face, or kick him in the balls, harm him in someway. She snorted. "He deserved everything he got." She muttered as she picked at her nails, pacing back and forth she started looking for alternate exits.

She did that for hours. Hours turned into days. Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into months. That was when it happened. She gave up. She just lay on her back on the cold ground, staring up at the ceiling. That was when he came. She didn't fight him. Didn't speak t him. Didn't even acknowledge his existence.

"Skychild..." She gave no response, her eyes open and staring unseeing up at the ceiling. He sighed, "Alright, I have a proposition for you." She shot up quickly.

"What kind of proposition?" She spoke quickly leaning forward to stare expectantly up at him.

He smirked, liking this reaction. "We're going to play a little game. If you win, I'll let you go."

"And if I lose?"

He laughed loudly, clapping his hands together. "Oh, I'm so glad you asked! If you lose, you stay here, forever. And watch as I kill your brother." Her eyes narrowed dangerously. The prison was silent for several minutes. She didn't know how much time had passed, but obviously he did. "Why don't I give you some time to-"

"No, wait." She slowly stood up and brushed the dirt off of her tunic. "I'm in." The moment she said that there was a loud snap and she found herself in Faron Woods. She glanced to her right at Ghirahim, a question mark clear on her face. "What are we doing here?"

"Playing a game!"

"What game?"

"Hide and seek!" He sounded like a chipper child when he said the words, and quickly closed his hand over his eyes. "One, two, three," She narrowed her eyes and spun around, running through the trees. Even though he was long gone, she could still hear his counting, as if he was actually IN her head. She gritted her teeth as she heard chuckling all around her. She had nowhere to go.

"No! Fucking hell, Kella, when the fucking did you get so bloody PATHETIC!?" She snapped at herself. "Okay, okay, think. You will not give up. Not now, nor ever again." She growled to herself and grinned as she saw the giant tree nearby. She ran forward and skidded to a halt in her running as she came to the base of the tree trunk, actually placing her feet on the trunk and running up it before she jumped away from it, grabbing hold of a tree branch, she swung up so she was perched atop it. She leaped from it onto another tree branch and soon another one. She kept on climbing until she made it to the top, well near the top, she then sat panting with her back pressed against the trunk of the tree.

"Boo." She heard his voice next to her and yelped, jumping out of the tree and landing in a roll on the forest floor, she ran. "You're really running from me?" His voice seemed to be everywhere causing her skin to crawl.

"Nope. I see it more as running to Link." She grinned over her shoulder as she ran before snorted and turned her head back around. She gasped as she found herself about to crash right into Ghirahim causing her come to a screeching halt. She narrowed her eyes at him, before she clenched her teeth and darted forward, darting around him with a two-fingered salute, she ran. She ran without looking back. 'I won't let him tear my life apart.' As she ran, the wind whipping around, it reminded her of when she was back in skyloft, just wishing she could fly during the night. Flying through the sky, way up high in the clouds. She recalled how smitten Zelda and Link had been then.

She shook her head, dispelling the memories and started to run faster, her heels digging into the earth as she ran, the wind whipping around her, she refused to look back. She would have made it to the bird statue had the invisible barrier not knocked her back. She winced as her back hit the earth painfully and gritted her teeth as she tried to control her labored breathing.

"As expected, you have lost. You remember the terms of our agreement, don;t you?"

She sighed as he knelt down next to her. "Please don't say it."

"You get to watch helplessly while I kill that wretched brat you call a brother." She winced slightly as he stood up and turned away from her, raising his fingers to snap her back into her prison.

"WAIT!" She cried out quickly, frantic as she rolled onto her side and held out a hand for him to stop.

"Hm?"

"I want to make a new deal!" Ghirahim rolled his eyes.

"If it's to try and save your brother, you can't-"

"We try this game again. Any games of your choosing, for as many days, weeks, even months as you want. If I win, all of them, one of them, your choice really, you let me, Link, and Zelda go, and find another way to resurrect your master, or better, don't resurrect him at all." He paused intrigued as he glanced over his shoulder and watched her slowly get up and dust herself off with a wince and a groan here and there.

"And if you don't win? If you lose? You'll what? Try and convince me to make a new deal?"

"No! If you win... I will willingly stay here, and won't try to fight you on the matter."

"And you'll just stand by and watch me kill your brother, and the maiden?" She clenched and unclenched her fists as she stared at the floor before she lifted her head to stare defiantly at him.

"I'll kill him myself." His eyes widened before he let a sly grin spread across his face, he slowly turned around fully and walked towards her, holding a hand out to her.

"Deal." He said with a sly grin. She nodded somberly as she shook his hand. 'Goddess, what did I just agree to?'