A/N: Lollilou12- Thank you for your review.
Skull kid was finally able to get his feet under him when he told the fuming deku shrub that he wouldn't run away. "So," he started as he watched the girl pull at the petals on her head, "you're not a deku shrub?"
The wooden figure stopped and pivoted sharply, "I'm a Hylian, stupid." She glared at him making Skull Kid swallow loudly; she was very scary. Once she was satisfied, she turned back to her southern path through the forest.
Skull kid remained silent for a couple of minutes, "So where did you get all those rupees?" He was really hoping to ease the tension in his captor.
"I earned them. You see I'm the royal musician. People pay a lot to listen to what the nobles listen to," she responded as she climbed over a fallen tree getting caught on top of it.
"You're lying," he stated, somehow knowing that she was. She glared at him, but didn't comment. "You do know that Clock Town is north of here right? You're going the wrong way," he said as she landed on the other side of the tree.
She sighed heavily before climbing over it again. She proudly lifted her head and stomped on a new course to the north. "I don't have many visitors here in the forest. I know your name, but that's it. So what is your favorite color?" Skull kid asked.
The girl didn't answer as she continued with steadfast determination. She eventually sighed, "Green, it's the color of rupees."
"And trees, and leaves, and life," Skull kid added, "Besides green rupees aren't worth much."
Kareena looked back, "Maybe not to you, but even those who the world sees as worthless are precious to someone."
Skull kid almost gasped at the insight. "Have you ever been to Clock Town?"
Kareena looked back before answering as she weaved through the trees, "Yes, it's the best place to collect rupees. The people are fools. Have you, been there?"
"No, I've never left the forest," he answered sadly.
She looked over her shoulder, "That sounds like it would be lonely."
Skull kid shrugged, "I had four friends, but they left me."
Her eyes softened, "I'm sorry." She frowned in thought before stating, "Maybe when I turn back into a Hylian, you can stay with me?"
Skull Kid looked at her shocked, "Really?" The girl nodded with a smile. An odd scratching sound overtook the touching moment.
"What is that?" she asked, looking around frightened. Skull Kid also looked for it. He narrowed his eyes looking into the canopy. "A Skulltula," Kareena answered her own question also staring at the human-sized spider. "What do we do? I don't have a weapon," she whispered to Skull Kid.
The imp tried to think of anything. "Can you shoot deku nuts like all the other deku shrubs?"
The girl frowned at him. He had forgotten that she was still sensitive about the topic. She took a deep breath and released it. A solid brown nut shot out of her snout and struck the spider. It fell to the ground where it flipped over. "Yes," she shouted pumping her fist. The spider flipped over onto its legs.
"Now what?" Skull kid asked as the spider looked at the two hungrily.
Kareena looked at the spider, "We do what I always do… RUN." Skull kid nearly fell over when the deku shrub ran by. He squeaked slightly before following her. The two ran through the trees. Their heavy breaths were the only thing they could hear.
The spider's footsteps followed crushing all the small plants in the undergrowth. Kareena tripped and rolled toward a tree. She closed her eyes as she tumbled into an unseen hole at its base. Skull kid seeing the girl disappear also dove into the hole.
"You're crushing my ribs," the girl complained. Skull kid looked down into the deku shrub's eyes. For some reason his face felt like it was burning.
" .sorry," he stuttered finding that his tongue refused to speak. He picked himself up into a sitting position. This allowed enough space for Kareena to also sit up. Skull kid pushed himself as far as he could feeling very close to the girl. She didn't seem to notice and kept an eye out for the spider.
"I think we lost him," she said softly. As soon as she finished this sentence, the large spider stopped at the hole. Its eight eyes glared right at them. He reached forward with his pinchers trying to grab the two. They scooted as far back as they could trying to stay out of its grasp. The spider tried to reach further scratching at the dirt. "How do we get out of this?" Kareena asked.
Skull kid looked around. "I don't know," he said, "We're going to die."
Kareena looked through her bag. She gave a small laugh, "I forgot I had this in here." Skull kid looked at what she pulled out. It was an ornate dagger.
"Why do you have a knife?" he asked.
"I was going to sell it," she said unsheathing it.
"You stole it?" Skull kid asked already knowing the answer.
"Yup," she said proudly banishing it in front of her. She gripped it tightly before slicing off the spider's legs. It screeched and fell forward off balance. Kareena used this minute to stab the spider in its head. It gave an awful scream before curling up.
The girl sighed in relief and crawled out of the tree. Skull kid was right behind her. The two looked at the dead spider. "That's gross," Skull kid said.
"You're telling me. Now I can't sell this," Kareena said looking at the goo-covered blade.
"Uh," Skull kid said thinking that he wasn't speaking of the knife, but the spider.
"Here, I don't want it anymore," the deku shrub said handing the dirty weapon to Skull kid.
"Thanks," he responded unsure.
With that the girl begun walking to Clock Town. The two spoke amiably as they made their way to the large city. The forest cleared to a wide field. At the edge of their sight, was Clock Town's tall walls. "Now we just need to find that whistling stone," the girl said excitedly running to the town.