He stood, and stretched. He figured he should take a shower before Ghirahim woke up. Goddess knows what kind of weird things he'd try. He grabbed a towel and headed for the bathroom. On the way, he saw pipit in front of the door. Pipit gave him a wide smile "Hey! There's Mr. Big shot hero!" Link gave him a modest look and smiled. Pipit laughed and patted his back "Don't so modest buddy! You deserve to be called a hero!"
Link hadn't gone back to skyloft since the moments before he fought Demise. Pipit smiled "Groose came back. We were all really confused, like 'Where'd he go?!'" He laughs "He came back and told us all about the surface world and all that jazz.. None of it made a lick of sense! No one really believed him.. but then things started to click into place, and whoa boy is that a crazy tale! So that's where you were running off to all that time…" he smiled "Off being a hero."
Link gave a modest blush, and laughed a bit "It was my duty.." Pipit smiled some "So you're back on skyloft?" Link nodded slowly "Yeah.. To see everyone" Pipit smiled "You going to stay?" Link shrugged "I'm not sure yet.. I was just going to take a bath…" Pipit grinned "Oh! Don't let me keep you then! Go on ahead!" He moved out of the way. Link smiled "Thanks pip." He walked into the bathroom and locked the door.
He smiled and took off his hat, tunic, chainmail, boots, and pants. He ran the water, and filled up the basin. He sat in the basin once it was full, and his shoulders relaxed, and he tipped his head back. The warm water felt nice on his skin. While he washed himself, He thought about everything that had happened. All the people he met, new places he'd seen, monsters he'd fought, injuries he'd gotten.
Could he really use Ghirahim as a sword; as a companion? After fighting him and he resurrected Demise? He wasn't sure. Link had come to realize in his travels, that if things line up in an almost perfect way, it was meant to happen. So perhaps this was destined. Perhaps, as Ghirahim had said earlier on, they were bound by a 'Thread of fate.'
He sighed, and stood; now feeling clean and refreshed. He dried himself off, and put his clothes back on. He fixed his hair and walked out. Pipit was gone, probably out to talk to Karane or something. He was starting down the stairs when he heard a loud yelp, and a thud, followed by Groose's yelling. He had a sinking feeling and ran downstairs.
He was greeted by the sight of Ghirahim, pinned and yelling under Groose. Ghirahim scowled and squirmed "Get off me you big fool!" Groose pinned him more "No way! I'm not letting you cause trouble again! What were you doing in links room?!" link piped up and jogged over "Groose!" He looked up "Oh hey! Link! Look who I found sneaking out of your room! I totally got him though!" Ghirahim gives him a wry look "Well you may have gotten me, But you still don't get fashion.."
Groose glared at him "Oh shut up! Link, what should I do with him?" Link kind of frowned "I'd say let him go?" Groose did a double take "Say what? Oh… Like we let him go, then hunt him down?" Link raised an eyebrow and shook his head "He doesn't pose a threat…" He bent down and guided a stunned Groose off of Ghirahim. Ghirahim stands and gives an indignant grunt, dusting himself off. Groose looked down at link "He aint a threat?! You, better than anyone knows what he's done! "
Link nodded and looked around, sighing. "Let's not talk out here.. Come on" He brought Groose and Ghirahim into his room, and explained the previous night's events. Groose looked surprised, but slowly nodded. "So… you brought him to our side, eh?! Good job!" Ghirahim just kind of sighed at this. Link nodded "Something like that…" Groose nodded "So what will you do now link?"
Link thought "Well... In retrospect, I didn't even tell Zelda I was leaving..." He frowns and looks guilty. Groose shrugged "I guess she'd be used to you wandering off…" Link frowned "Still..." Ghirahim smiles some and flips his hair, crossing his legs daintily "Are we heading down to the surface, Master~?" This time he purred it out, No doubt to show that he belonged, to make Groose uncomfortable. He doesn't really need to try though. He tends to naturally make people uncomfortable.
Link shrugged "I suppose so…I would like to see a bit more on skyloft before I go though… The statues only work sometimes now.. and the birds don't really like flying to the surface…" Ghirahim nods "But do I have to go back into my sword? The other people of skyloft don't know about me… Just say I was your sword spirit all along!" Link sighs "You really don't like being in your sword, do you?" Ghirahim nodded "I was out of it for so long, then cooped up for 3 weeks… I don't like being in it."
Link nodded some "Alright… But you have to go in it if I say so." Ghirahim hefted a dramatic sigh, but link could tell it was in defeat. Link stood and walked out of his room, followed closely by Ghirahim. Link stopped and grabbed some food from Henya. Then he moved on and walked around the commons, seeing Keet, as well as Parrow, Fledge, Orielle. Link smiled and chatted to his old friends. Of course, Ghirahim introduced himself too. He visited the bazaar, and bought a few things, Ghirahim looking around in mild interest.
While they were leaving, he commented "This place sure is… odd. It's so…bright. It's pure, and happy… It's beyond anything I've ever seen. The Demon world is dark, evil and dismal... Here, it's simply… I'm not sure how to describe it, really. " Link looked at him and shrugged "Home? Well.. It's my home. And it always will be. But.. I still crave adventure…" He paused, not sure how to continue.
Ghirahim nodded slowly in understanding "Yes… I think I know what you mean, Sky child..." It had been a while since he called him that. "We're from almost opposite worlds… You lived high in the blue, open, and windy sky… While I lived in the demon world… It's in another dimension. A boy from the sky, and a man from the ground. What an odd pair. A man chosen and loved by the goddess, and a Demon exile, ex-servant to the demon king.."
Link looked at him, in a new light. When Ghirahim wasn't being a snide creep, he made sense. He nodded, and gave a faint smile. He stood "Come on.. we should head back to Zelda.." Ghirahim put on a bit of a sour face "Ah.. I imagine it will be very tense…" Link sighed and nodded "Which is why you'll stay in the sword until I can explain things to her…She'll panic if she sees you"
Ghirahim sighed, but nodded "If I must…" Link went over to the edge of the diving platform. He got Ghirahim back in his sword, said a few goodbyes, and looked around fondly one last time before diving over the edge, and calling his loftwing with a sharp whistle.
The red bird appeared under him and cawed. He ruffled it's feathers, and smiled. He steered his bird the the green opening in the clouds, and dived off, after a quick goodbye.
He dove through the hole in the cloud barrier, and landed, with his sail cloth, in the sealed grounds.
My chapters might not be too long, but eh, writings harddd. This is gonna be a long story oh geez.
