Disclaimer: Darunia is a bit of a weird Sage. I really don't like Gorons that much anyway…
A/N: Introducing the last OC in this fanfic: Esibeth the Goron. She'll be helping Emily get Sarah and Chikara together. Esibeth is a magic Goron that can shapeshift between elf and Goron. She and Emily tried at first to get Sarah and Lee, but then Lee grew up; so they tried Sarah and Link, which nearly worked, but then Sarah found out that Link had someone else in his heart. By then, it seemed that Sarah would ever give up on love, even though she was avatar to the Goddess of Love Karin. Will this pairing work out? We'll see…
… :3 Aah, Atchika! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! Do you really think so? I should leave this fanfic the way it is… with absolutely no changes…? THAT IS A REAL FAN OF THIS FANFIC! Oh, the gods bless you! You really cheered me up! OF COURSE! I'll show those fools whose boss of THIS fanfic: ME! I won't change a thing! You're absolutely right! Chikara, this fanfic won't change! You can keep the accent!
Chikara: Really! YES!
Me: And the Japanese stays as well! RoyMarth, this is for you! And Hikari, thank you soo much for loving this fanfic! I love all of you! Thank you for showing such loyalty to me!
Chapter Eight: Search for the Sages Darunia, Sage of Fire
Emily sighed. "Hours and hours of sailing… And no sign of a Fire Mountain…"
"Red Lions, you sailed these seas, right? Haven't you ever came across a Fire Mountain?" asked Sarah.
Chikara was leaning tiredly on the sail post of the boat, trying to stay awake. It was midday AND he was still tired from repowering the Master Sword. "Ne, Red Lions, maybe Fire Mountain would be somewhere close to Dragon Roost Island."
"Really?" asked Red Lions. "And how do you figure that?"
"It's just a guess. Chikara-chan was just thinking that if Valoo can breath fire, then maybe there's an island of fire close by."
Emily and Sarah exchanged glances. "Hey, smart thinking, Chikara-chan!" said Sarah, impressed. "Why didn't we think of that?"
"Do you really think so, Chikara?" asked Emily. "After all, most dragons can breath fire…"
"It's just a guess," said Chikara with a slight shrug. "Besides, according to the winds, we are directly south of Dragon Roost Island. And the breeze feels pretty heated up north some more. Maybe we could check up there."
"Gee, really?" asked Emily, lifting a hand up to feel the wind. "It don't feel any different to me…"
"Maybe we couldn't notice it much…" said Sarah following suit. "But then again, Chikara-chan does have a better wind sense then we do, seeing as he's the Wind Waker."
Red Lions narrowed his eyes into the horizon. "By Nayru, I think he's right…. Look up ahead, kids…"
Sarah and Emily looked over the side of the boat. "Chi-Chikara-chan…" stammered Sarah. "Take a look…"
Chikara looked over the side. "Whoa…" he gasped.
"A smoky island!" exclaimed Emily. "Three guesses as to what THAT island is!"
"Wow, Chikara. Just wow," said Red Lions as they continued to sail to the smoke covered island.
At the Fire Island…
"Man, water surrounds us everywhere…." Muttered a female voice. "Darunia, what do you call it again?"
"I don't really know," answered Darunia. "I hear that the elves here call it 'the great sea'. I wonder what a sea is…?" He looked down below. "And to think, Esibeth, below us is Hyrule…"
Esibeth nodded. "The great sea, huh? The biggest body of water I have ever seen was Lake Hylia. Well," she added, "the other Gorons are a bit shaky, but they'll be fine. They all wonder if we can get back to Hyrule without drowning…"
Darunia sighed. "I wonder too… But with all of this… water…" he made a small helpless gesture to the Great Sea.
Esibeth nodded agreement. "I can swim, but not very well… And I'm not strong enough to carry anyone to the Tower of the Gods…" Esibeth looked south. "Hm!" she stood up. "Is that… what I think it is…? Darunia, look! A sailboat!"
"A sailboat?" repeated Darunia curiously, looking behind him. "By Din's fire! How do we get their attention?"
"I… I don't think we need too…" said Esibeth, as the sailboat stopped offshore to the island. "What a weird sailboat… I've heard those only in legends…"
"But can they somehow get into this island without the danger of the out pouring lava?" asked the Sage of Fire as he watched the elves aboard discuss something. "Hey! Is that Lee? Or is it Link? And Sarah and Emily?"
"Wow… You're right! Hey, Sarah! Emily! Link, or Lee!" called Esibeth, waving her arms. "Up here!"
Down with Chikara, Emily, and Sarah…
Chikara opened one eye, looking up. "Hey, who's that?" he asked.
"Esibeth! And Darunia! This will be easier then I thought!" exclaimed Red Lions.
"Yes, it will… but how will we get in?" asked Emily. "That river of lava will be hard to come by…"
"We have to somehow stop the flow of lava…" mused Sarah. "But how would we do that?"
That was when the four of them heard Cyclos laugh again. "Oh, what fun! I was wondering when I'd see you again!"
"No, not you!" whined Emily. "Go away!"
"That's not a very nice thing to say, missy," scolded Cyclos lightly, wagging a finger. "Looks like I'm going to have to teach you another lesson!"
Suddenly an arrow whizzed by, grazing Cyclos flank. "Ouch!" he exclaimed, more out of surprise then pain. "Who—Who shot th--!" Cyclos was cut off as an arrow knocked him off his cloud, and fell into the Great Sea with a splash.
"Chikara-chan's sorry, but we're in a hurry!"
Emily and Sarah exchanged glances, and looked back. "Chikara?" they asked.
Chikara was standing up, and had already nicked another arrow. "Chikara-chan has to repower the Master Sword with Sarah and Emily, and Red Lions. He won't stand here to some cyclone god!"
Even Red Lions looked shocked.
Cyclos climbed back up to his cloud. "Huh," he scoffed. "You got some guts, kid…" he grinned. "Now THAT'S the Wind Waker I'm talking about!" He zoomed to a surprised Chikara. "Okay, I'm sorry or whatever. Here, I'm pretty sure you already know my brothers song, right?"
Chikara blinked. "…You're brothers song?" he echoed curiously.
"Yeah, the Winds Requiem! That one song you play to change the direction of the wind! Anyway, here's MY song! It'll summon a cyclone to someone vital to your adventure. You already know it. Go on, conduct the wind."
"What about us?" asked a voice faintly from the top of the mountain.
"Quiet, he'll come back to you later!" snapped Cyclos.
Looking even more confused, Chikara pulled out the Baton of the Winds, and listened for the wind chorus to begin.
"You want to see her, then?" asked Kaze the Wind Spirit.
"Uh… yes?" asked Chikara.
Cyclos smiled. "All right! See, MY song is more useful then HIS! I'll be seeing you all around someday. Bye!" Cyclos zoomed to the sky, just as a huge cyclone suddenly picked Red Lions and the whole shebang.
"Kyaaa! What—what's happening!" cried Chikara, grabbing on to the edge.
"Explanation, Red Lions!" shouted Sarah, losing balance and falling down.
Emily, on the other hand, looked perfectly serene. "Yes, do tell," she said, arms behind her head casually.
"Okay, I can see that this cyclone is taking us somewhere! Just like Cyclos said… 'someone vital to our adventure'… We can only wait and see…"
Chikara sat down carefully, pulling Sarah up. "Ok-Okay, then… we'll wait."
Sarah stared at Chikara for a few seconds, with a small smile on her face. She quickly looked away, red slightly. Oh, stop that, girl… he's younger then you! Pull yourself together; we have to concentrate! But even as she thought these things to herself, Sarah couldn't suppress a small lovesick smile on her face.
Meanwhile, With Zelda, Lee, and Link…
"Oh, don't stop now!" said Zelda. "Look, the Tower is not that far off!"
Panting slightly, Lee and Link glared back at Zelda. "Yamede shimasen!" repeated Link furiously in Hylian. "We've been rowing for over 6 hours! I want a break!"
Lee nodded agreement. "Yeah, Zelda! I'm worn out!"
Zelda rolled her eyes. "Look, boys, we're almost there! If we stop now, we'll never get there! Come on, keep rowing! You can relax all you like as soon as we can get back to Hyrule!"
"Zelda—" started Lee.
"No buts! Come on, row!" Zelda sat up more. "Unless you'd rather sit afloat here in the middle of nowhere, with no residential islands around…"
Link looked nervously over the edge of the boat. "I say keep rowing!"
Lee sighed. "No fair, Zelda," he whined, as he and Link continued to row.
Zelda leaned back again, looking to the sky. It's amazing… she thought. To think that both worlds... this world and Hyrule… can look up to the same sky, and have no idea of the other world either below us or above us… I wonder how the gods and goddesses do that? She asked herself with a smile.
After a few more hours of rowing, the reached the golden light into Hyrule.
"Oh, the gods be praised!" exclaimed Lee, and fell face first into the pool of water. "Hyrule!" Zelda and Link heard Lee's muffled exclamation.
"You're going to drown if you stay like that," said Zelda, walking into the castle.
Lee stood up, shook the water off of him, and followed Zelda and Link inside. "So, Zelda, what did you want to do here in Hyrule?"
Zelda looked around. "I wanted to know if THAT happened again…"
"Huh? What does that mean?" asked Link.
"We'll know if we see her and/or him. Kid, go explore the upstairs area. Lee and I will explore down here."
Link rolled his eyes. "Sure, sure, order me around. I don't care." Muttering under his breath, Link went to explore upstairs.
As soon as Link was out of earshot, Lee turned to Zelda. "Okay, tell me what's wrong," he said. "There's something you don't want the kid to hear, Zelda. Is there something wrong?"
Zelda looked back at Lee. "…yes, Lee… come down here…" Zelda led Lee down into a stairway below a statue of a hero. "Apparently, Time thought we were lost within her again…" Zelda pointed towards the Sage Shrine, and Lee gasped in surprise at what he saw.
With Chikara, Emily, and Sarah…
"Where do you suppose this cyclone is taking us?" asked Chikara. "Chikara-chan can see that this cyclone trail is leading to that big island…"
"The Mother and Child Isle?" asked Red Lions. "But, I thought that there was nothing here…"
"You've been here, Red Lions?" asked Chikara.
"Cool, this island is pretty big," said Emily.
"Yeah," agreed Sarah.
"I know, ain't it? And yes, I've sailed around this island a few fair times. I wonder who lives within this island…?"
The answer soon arrived as the cyclone settled the bundle down on the waters of a spring. "Oh? Who has come to visit me on such dark days?" asked a soft female voice.
Emi suddenly shot out of Sarah's bandana, sweeping into a bow. "My queen, it is nice to see you again!"
"…'my queen'?" repeated Chikara. Emily and Sarah exchanged surprised glances.
Someone began to materialize in front of the quartet. An elf with silvery hair, skin, and eyes in a silver-white dress stood afloat in the air, looking at her visitors. She smiled at Chikara. "Welcome, child!" she greeted. "I am the Fairy Queen! How delightful to meet you at last, Chikara."
Chikara gaped up at her. "Fa—Fairy Queen?" he repeated, looking in awe now. "Wow… uh, hello…"
"I am honored," said Red Lions, bowing his head.
"My gods, me too!" exclaimed Sarah and Emily.
The Fairy Queen smiled. "I like you," she said to Chikara. "So, I want to help you out." Continuing to smile, she pulled out a fairy doll. Humming cheerfully, she clapped the doll, and a fire and ice sprite appeared. They flew around Chikara.
"Eh? What—What are these?" he asked. Suddenly, the fire sprite flew into Chikara. He winced in surprise. "…!" The ice sprite flew into Chikara then. Chikara gasped. Flames hotter then he had ever felt before were burning within him, and at the same time, ice colder then the darkest night seemed to freeze him. "What—what was that?" he breathed.
The Fairy Queen laughed, looking amused. "Don't be frightened, child!" she said playfully. "I've given you ice to cool the hottest flames; fire to warm the coldest ice! You can now do things you could never do!"
"Fire and ice?" repeated Chikara curiously, pulling out two arrows. The arrow in the left hand burned with fire, and the arrow in the right hand chilled with ice.
"Sweet," commented Emily in a hushed voice.
"You know," said the Fairy Queen. "I really do like you. You're just my type, too!"
Chikara looked up at the Fairy Queen, blushing, and looked down bashfully, feeling a bit speechless.
Red Lions looked back at Chikara with raised eyebrows. "Hey, hey, hey!" teased Emily, nudging Chikara with her elbow.
Sarah, on the other hand, was looking up at the Fairy Queen with something like jealousy. "Yeah… nice…" she said.
"Well, Chikara, I guess I'll be seeing you again, right? Look closely around you, flames tend to fall towards you." With that mysterious note, the Fairy Queen bowed to Chikara and disappeared.
All four of them stared into the air. "Oh, my… What an HONOR!" exclaimed Red Lions. "The Fairy Queen bowed to YOU?'
"Amazing! That really is an honor!" said Emily.
Sarah nodded, feeling disbelief at what the Fairy Queen said. 'Flames tend to fall towards you'… I hope Chikara realizes the hint about me… thought Sarah looking down at the spring to hide her red face.
Chikara looked a bit too dumbstruck to say anything, but glanced at Sarah curiously. And that was when he felt it. Oh…. Is—is this what I was missing…? Was I missing Sarah…? Wow… Thank you, Fairy Queen! Feeling his cheeks burn red, he pulled out his journal.
Day 13
I think I'm in love… for real… I don't know, but when the Fairy Queen said something about flames falling towards me… I had a sudden flash of Sarah smiling at me… Amazing… How come I never noticed? It's wonderful… All I can think about is Sarah this and Sarah that… How did the Fairy Queen know what a wonderful elf Sarah is…? I owe her one, definitely… Aaah! I'm soo happy today:3
Chikara-chan, Spring of the Fairy Queen, 10:29 AM. Status: Affected by love///
Emily smiled to herself. Perfect… that was the trigger. Now, when Esibeth arrives, we'll make sure they fall into love forever! How lucky, though… she thought suddenly. How coincidental that Cyclos new that the Fairy Queen was 'someone vital to our adventure'… How coincidental that the Fairy Queen would point out Sarah to Chikara… Any elf will fall for whoever the Fairy Queen points out because they realize themselves that that the person the Fairy Queen pointed out was their ideal one… And if Chikara and Sarah… This is just too convenient…
"Well, how do we get out of here?" asked Red Lions a few minutes later.
"Oh, just play the song again," said the Fairy Queen.
"Okay!" said Chikara cheerfully, and pulled out the Kaze no Takuto, playing the song again.
"My, aren't we cheerful? Okay, get ready, this'll be another bumpy ride…"
Meanwhile, with Zelda, Lee, and Link…
Lee stared at what he saw. "This… that—that girl, Zelda… she looks… she—"
"Looks exactly like me. I know…" said Zelda. "But how did this happen?" she asked, more to herself then to Lee.
"Well… Hey, Saria!" called Lee, before he could stop himself.
Both the girl and Saria turned to them. Saria smiled pleasantly. "Hello again, Lee and Zelda! I was just talking to Tetra here."
Tetra glared at Zelda. "So YOU are Princes Zelda?" she asked, her tone harsh.
"I'm fairy certain I am the Princess of Hyrule," said Zelda. "And you're Tetra… Do you know anyone who looks like Lee? You must have met my father, Nohansen, right? And Sarah and Emily?"
"Who wants to know?" asked Tetra. "Why should I tell you?"
"Tetra, listen to Zelda," said Saria. "She's the Sagess of Time. She can help us all out!"
Lee glanced at Zelda. "Should I go get the kid then?" he asked.
Zelda shook her head. "No, Lee… not yet. Now until our second descendent comes down here with Sarah and Emily…"
"You're name is Tetra?" asked Lee. Tetra glared at Lee. Whoa… she has an 'I don't trust you' glare similar to the kid's… This is kinda creepy… "So you're Tetra," said Lee with a cheerful smile. "Hi, I'm Lee!" he said, holding out a hand.
Tetra didn't shake it; instead she crossed her arms, body language saying 'stay away'. "Hello," she said stiffly.
Zelda turned to Saria. "So you've met Sarah and Emily," she said. "Did they have an elf named 'Chikara-chan' with them? That's what Aryll said on Tetra's ship."
"My ship! That little brat is still on my ship!" demanded Tetra.
Saria nodded, pretending not to notice Tetra's outburst. "He looked nice enough to me, Zelda. I don't think we need to worry… I met that kid's grandma. She said that his father, a Dark Elf, named him. Chikara, apparently, is half and half. Or a really mixed hybrid, if you look at his family. He's descent of you two, so that's Royal High right there. And if his father was a Dark elf… And I recall his mother was Night elf, I believe…"
"That really is a mix…" said Zelda softly, thinking.
"So…" said Lee. "What do we do now? Are we going to wait for this Chikara? What are you hoping to find out from 'Chikara'?"
Zelda glanced at Lee. "If I can see Chikara, then I'll know for sure what Time's plan is…"
Tetra and Lee exchanged glances. Tetra looked up at Zelda. "You know, Zelda… I could tell you a bit about Chikara… He's got Dark-Elf blood in him, but he's pure sunshine. I just now realized that he's my distantly related cousin."
Zelda smiled. "Yes, Tetra. That will be very helpful."
With Chikara, Emily, and Sarah…
"Alright, we're back here again," said Red Lions, "and now, we can rescue the Sage of Fire AND the Gorons! Go on, Chikara; use the ice arrows to freeze the flow of lava! See if it works!"
Still exceedingly cheerful, Chikara nodded, and pulled out an arrow with the right hand, so it's ice. "But what if we freeze the Gorons?" he asked curiously as he nicked an arrow onto the bow.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about the Gorons," said Emily. "They're really tough cookies!"
Sarah nodded agreement, and Chikara couldn't suppress a smile as he fired at the flow of lava that was spurting out from the volcano.
"OHMIGODS!" screeched a voice from the top. "YOU NEARLY HIT ME!" scolded the female voice.
"Sorry, Esibeth," called Red Lions, and looked back at the trio. "All right, Chikara, Emily, Sarah. Go on in there and rescue the Gorons and the Sage of Fire! Worry not about their weight, I can support it. So…" Red Lions gestured with his head to Fire Mountain.
Chikara nodded, and the three of them jumped onto the surprisingly cool island ground of the island. "Well, do we just go to the top?" he asked, with a small hopeful glance at Sarah.
Sarah smiled at him. "Yes, up we go."
Emily looked between Chikara and Sarah. Yes, yes, yes… "Well, let's not stand here all day! Come on!"
So the trio walked up the hill, a spiral ascent. And when they reached the top…
"MY BROTHER! DIN KNOWS HOW MUCH WE GORONS MISSED YOU!" yelled Darunia, and he charged up to Chikara, giving him a big Goron hug.
"Gaah! Who-Who are you?" gasped Chikara.
Emily and Sarah blinked. "Uhm, Darunia… He's not Lee," said Emily.
Darunia paused, still holding Chikara in a Goron hug. "He's not Lee?" he echoed.
Sarah shook her head. "No, that's Chikara-chan."
"Chikara-chan?" Darunia looked down at Chikara. "Oh, sorry," he said, and put him down.
Chikara let out a huge gasp, panting for breath. "No-no problem," he assured Darunia. "A-And… you're the Sage… of Fire…?" he asked.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" declared Darunia, patting Chikara on the back, which, to Chikara, felt like a pound on the back. Chikara fell to the ground.
"Itaii…"
"Well, we certainly were waiting a while!" said Esibeth. "But… one question: How do you plan on bringing all of us Gorons back to Hyrule on that pitiful boat of yours?"
Chikara looked up. "Uh… Chikara-chan doesn't know…"
"Does everyone call you 'Chikara-chan'?" asked Darunia curiously. "Lee nor Link ever had nicknames like that…"
"Eh? Chikara-chan has always called himself 'Chikara-chan'…" said Chikara, looking confused, standing up.
"Oh. Well, if you're really Lee and Zelda's descendant, then that makes you a brother of mine! So I'll call you 'Chikara-chan' too!" he said cheerfully in his loud booming voice.
"….okay…" said Chikara, staring at Darunia blankly. "And for the Goron problem…" he added to Esibeth. "What can we do? From what Chikara-chan has heard, Gorons are pretty heavy… No offense," he said hurriedly to Darunia and Esibeth.
Darunia shrugged. "That doesn't matter. We have a serious problem at hand here…"
"Ne, Sarah, couldn't you make Red Lions bigger again?" asked Chikara.
"No, I couldn't…" said Sarah sadly. "I didn't realize then that that Red Lions was really Nohansen. Remember how big and impressive he was? It was my magic at work… he really wasn't so big… Imagine what I could do to him if I make him even bigger…"
"Red Lions? You mean that sailboat of yours is really Nohansen?" asked Darunia.
"Nohansen as in Nohansen, the King of Hyrule?" asked Esibeth.
Emily nodded. "Yeah. I'm surprised that me and Sarah didn't sense him when he fist saw him… then again, maybe it's because we were reminded of Lee around Chikara, and couldn't notice his presence…"
"Hmmm… interesting…" mused Darunia.
Everyone stood thinking the problem over fir a little bit.
"Chikara-chan has an idea!" said Chikara. "What if we just took Darunia, then we came back here to grab the rest of the Gorons one by one?"
"Could we fit them in the sailboat?" asked Emily doubtfully.
"Then Chikara-chan could go alone…" suggested Chikara quietly.
"Alone?" repeated Emily.
"Are you sure?" asked Sarah. "Is that a good idea? I mean, what are the chances of you meeting Ganondorf at these seas? He could still be searching for Tetra, or even you, Chikara-chan…"
Chikara flashed Sarah a grateful smile. "Yes, Chikara-chan will be fine! Chikara-chan can do this! He wants to help Darunia and the Gorons!"
Emily and Sarah exchanged glances. "Well, if you say so…" said Sarah softly. "It seems like a plan. What do you think, Darunia?"
"Sounds good to me! Chikara-chan, nice plan! Well, if I am to repower the Master Sword, let's go! Esibeth, tell the Gorons to get ready for that special gift for Chikara-chan!"
Esibeth nodded. "Sure!" she turned to Chikara. "You're going to like it! It'll make you stronger!" Esibeth disappeared into the crater of Fire Mountain.
The trio along with Darunia hurried to Red Lions. "Whoa now!" exclaimed Red Lions. "All four of you can't possibly fit into the sailboat…"
Emily sighed. "Fine, I'll hop onto you head. Sheesh…"
"Oi…" muttered Red Lions. Darunia weighed a lot. "Well, go on, Chikara. South."
Chikara was already pulling out the Baton of the Winds. "Yes, south," he told Kaze.
"Yep, yep, yep," cheered the Wind Spirit.
They sailed south, and it seemed that even the wind found it hard to push such a heavy sailboat. Chikara looked over the edge of the sailboat, just now realizing how exhausted he was. Phew… Chikara-chan wonders if he'll be okay… He isn't very strong without Sarah and Emily… Can Chikara-chan do it? Surely, with Red Lions here… But even as Chikara thought his plan over, he couldn't shake a feeling of foreboding…
Few hours later…
After they sailed into the light, Chikara, Emily, Sarah, and Darunia hurried downstairs…
"Zelda! Lee!" cried Darunia, and ran to both, crushing them both in a big Goron hug. "MY BROTHER AND SISTER!"
"Holy Ocean!" yelled Tetra. "And what in fudge are you?"
Zelda smiled nervously. "Y-Yes, Darunia, it's nice to see you again too…"
"Yeah," agreed Lee.
Darunia dropped them both. "So you three are already here, then?"
Zelda nodded. "Yes…" she glanced at Chikara.
Chikara and Zelda met eyes, and Chikara couldn't stop a shiver trembling through him. Zelda had a stare that was so penetrating… It's as if she's reading Chikara-chan's mind… thought Chikara.
"So, you're Chikara…" said Zelda. "You certainly are the spitting image of Lee…" She looked at Tetra, then at Chikara again. "I see…" she said softly. "Yes, Lee, it's just what I thought…" she turned to Lee with serious eyes. "These two are just like the kid, Lee… Only different. They're reincarnations of us."
There was a pause. "…Reincarnation?" echoed Tetra faintly. "You mean…"
"Chikara-chan and Tetra… are you and Lee?" finished Chikara faintly.
Zelda looked up at the stain glass paintings. "I know this seems kind of sudden… but now that I see you both here… I realize that it's true."
Lee looked at Chikara. "He don't look like me much… My hair is more orange then it is blond…"
"Huh…" scoffed Tetra.
"And that's probably the reason why Ganondorf has returned…" she turned mournfully to Chikara. "The release of Ganondorf was beginning ever since both you and Tetra were born… But then you, Chikara… You pulled the Master Sword… I didn't think that anyone would come down here… I didn't think that anyone would find out about Hyrule."
Chikara looked back at the blue hilt, then back at Zelda. "…So, do we keep on repowering it then?" he asked.
Zelda nodded. "There's no time to waste… Lee, the kid, and I will remain here. And I have a feeling that the rest of the Gorons are eager to return home," said Zelda, changing the subject.
Darunia nodded. "Of course sister. Come on, Chikara-chan, let's repower the Master Sword.
"All right…" Chikara pulled out the Master Sword. He and Darunia held on to the Master Sword, to add Darunia's energy and some of Chikara's life. Chikara cried out loud. He wasn't expecting the second one to be more painful. He leaned onto the Master Sword. "Th-That's it…?" he asked.
Zelda placed a comforting hand on Chikara's shoulder. "Don't worry… You'll be just fine. Now go, the Gorons are waiting."
Chikara nodded wearily, and glanced at the Master Sword to see if it changed any. A small, topaz jewel appeared at the edge of the hilt. Chikara-chan wonders what it means…
"So, Darunia, after Chikara retrieves the rest of the Gorons, where should he and Sarah and Emily and Esibeth go next to find Ruto, Sagess of Water?"
Darunia turned to the stained glass painting of Ruto, and held out a hand towards it, as Saria had done. So, Ruto, where are you…? "Ice Ring Isle," said Darunia. "She, and her Zora's are on an island called 'Ice Ring Isle'."
"Ice Ring Isle…" repeated Tetra. "I think I saw an island of ice once, while sailing the seas… It was west of the Forest Haven…"
"Thanks, Tetra!" said Chikara cheerfully. "Chikara-chan will do his best! He'll be back… Sarah, you can count on that!" although he felt as tired as heck, he glanced at Sarah as he walked up the stairs.
Lee and Zelda turned to Sarah. "Is there something you're not telling us?" asked Zelda with a small teasing smile.
Everyone in the room turned to Sarah, who blushed. "W-What?" she demanded. "Don't stare at me!"
Tetra gave a small, noncommittal shrug. "Hey, take care of my itoko, okay?"
Sarah didn't say anything for a bit. Then she smiled up at Tetra. "You're itoko? Of course I will!"
Saria and Darunia exchanged glances. "Well, you can't deny that the Royal Family has good taste," said Saria with her special smile.
"Oh, you said it," agreed Darunia.
With Chikara-chan…
Chikara saw Link leaning against the 'Hero of Time' statue, a fierce expression on his face. "Uh… You're Link, right?"
Link glared at Chikara, who couldn't help but flinch under his cold glare. "Tell me what you think!" he snapped. "Not very bright are you?" Link asked, his voice razor-sharp.
Chikara looked down sadly. "…Sorry, if Chikara-chan said something to make you feel bad…"
"Huh," scoffed Link, and he walked away.
Chikara sighed sadly, his good mood disappearing. "What's his problem?" he asked himself, as he went to Red Lions. "Well, Chikara-chans ready to go…" he said, not realizing that Red Lions didn't answer as he sailed into the golden light…
Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? Liking it so far? I know I am! Once again, my Muses and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Ja ne!