Chapter 3 – Mreow

Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda or Nintendo, or Mario, or Samus, or Sonic, or… oh. That's Sega. Oops.

Notes: Auuuuw! Errrm. Fixed the last chapter. Red's PoV makes sense now. And… VioxShadow goodness in this chapter. Even if it's really light.

Thanks for reviewing! Enjoy!

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Shadow's PoV

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting the new girl. So far, all Gufuu has said is that her name is Sutaa… and she's a Gerudo.

Tap tap tap

I hear something in the hall… footsteps.

"Do you mind?" She says, peeping in my room from the hall.

I lift my head up from my bed and shake a 'no'. She enters.

She's wearing a light purple spaghetti-strapped top with sewn on buttons. She sports a short, purple skirt with frilly little ruffles on the end; it's on the borderline of mini. Her boots are more or less the same as mine, only in that dull, dark brown color. Not like black is any less dull though. Her eyes hold a sense of regret and worry, and are large and glassy. She smoothes her big cowlick down only to have it pop back up, almost comically. I snicker at her and sit up.

"What do you want?" I ask.

She looks around and runs a hand through her silky hair. It takes her a while to answer my simple question.

"Oh… I… Might have-… Er. I hurt the Red one." She answers finally.

I let myself fall back on the pillow behind me.

"That's it? That's all you came to tell me? What about Vio?" I ask as I fold my arms.

"That's it… I just felt bad for doing it and… I don't know why I thought you'd care." She says quietly. "And… I don't know anything about your lover."

Sutaa gets up to leave, rubbing her eye and pretending like she's not about to cry. I let out a little 'humph' at her for not having any information for me. And how the hell does she know about us? She disappears into the hall again.

Minutes pass. They're filled with me day dreaming of Vio and I. I sigh at the images of him as they float through my mind. I suddenly stop and clench my fists in anger.

"Gufuu promised me I'd get to see him again but so far, I haven't seen anything but this dull, imaginary castle." I thought.

For reviving me, I'll do you a great favor. You and your friend can live happily ever after. That's something that never would have happened if you'd never have helped me. But thanks to me, you have a way of getting out of this place…

Remembering his words, I got up and marched right into his lavish room, slamming the door open.

"Temper, temper." He mocked.

"Why don't you send me on a mission in Hyrule? Where's my part of the deal here?" I asked.

"In due time… I've got something planned for you soon anyway. You have to give it time… hehe."

He poked my nose playfully, knocking me back a little. I clenched my fists again, harder this time and stormed off, punching the stone wall on my way.

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Vio's PoV

Back in Hyrule

The five of us rushed into the emergency room, Zelda and Blue in front. Red clenched the Blue Link's clothes tight and held his eye in pain.

"Please, help my friend!" The Princess asked, pointing to red.

The nurse nodded and took Red from Blue's arms, placing him on an empty stretcher in the hall. Blue waved to his friend as more doctors and nurses flooded the hall, whisking Red off to a room.

Green wrapped an arm around the Princess, who was covering her mouth with her hand in fright.

"Don't worry, Princess, we'll get Vaati and restore color to the land. Oh, and Red'll be alright! Yeah… that's what you wanted to hear, right?" He said, smiling.

The Princess was not amused. We all head up to the waiting room and take our seats, waiting for information on our friend's condition.

Blue sat on the right side of Princess Zelda, leaning over the row of blue, hard seats and pouting. Zelda sat patiently, leaning on Green on her left side, who leaned back onto her.

Cute.

And I sat on the other end… Watching my friends do whatever they do. I lay back and sigh, thinking of Shadow.

"I wonder how he likes the afterlife. Whichever one he's in…" I think to myself.

I close my eyes and imagine us walking down the empty docks of Market Town. I would hold his hand for balance as he slowly walked across the high, stone edge. If he slipped, I'd fall in with him. And it would be worth it.

Or maybe we could be walking down Hyrule field, just the two of us. The sun rising over the plains, making the sky turn a brilliant morning blue…

"Vio-kun…" He'd say, stopping and turning towards me.

I'd look over into his red eyes.

"What is it, Shadow-chan?" I'd ask with the most loving look in my eyes.

He'd lean in closer… our noses would touch. The corners of my mouth would twitch slightly, awaiting contact. And then…

"Vioooo… Vioooo… Are you listening?"

"Ah! Oh… Green." I said, startled by his sudden interruption.

"Weren't you paying attention? The doctor just said that Red would be ok!" Green said, grinning.

"That's good." I said, looking at the other Links.

"Mmhmm," He nodded. "There was a lot of blood loss though. And… now he's blind in one eye."

"Poor little guy." I said.

And it's true. I mean, he's easily the most gentle of us four… with his 'no violence' thing and all. And then there's his attraction to Blue. You can't forget that.

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"Auuw! You guys came!" Red squealed, hugging a teddy bear.

He had a patch over his left eye, the one that Sutaa had hit.

"Of course we came." Blue said, ruffling Red's hair.

"Eee! You look like a pirate!" The princess remarked.

Red giggled and the rest of us joined in.

"What happened, did I miss anything?" He asked.

"No, nothing happened. It's only been an hour or two." Green said.

"Or three or four…" Zelda continued.

I leaned up against the wall and smiled, checking the watch in the pocket of my tunic. It read 6:47pm. I closed the cover and let it slink back into the pocket.

"Mreow. I'm hungry." Red whined, shoving the bear in his face and cuddling it violently.

But could you really call that… 'cuddling'?

"We'll get you something to eat in a second." Blue said.

The doctor came in minutes later and basically shooed us out, saying we should give our friend time to heal. We said our goodbyes, and after much promising and "Yes, we'll be back!"…ing, walked back to Green's house and sat around for a while.

"It's still early." I thought.

Zelda lay on the floor, her legs resting on the couch.

"Have you no decency?!" Green shouted, covering his eyes.

"Well oops." She said, rolling over and closing her legs.

Blue and I laughed at them. For a while, nothing happened.

"We need a plan!" Blue suddenly announced, banging a fist into his other, opened hand.

"You're right, but what are we supposed to do?" Green asked.

"Yeah, Gufuu's nowhere in Hyrule. Or at least we think he's not." I added.

Blue sighed heavily and sunk into the couch, stumped.

"I guess you guys will just have to wait for him to appear again…" The Princess said, resting her head on her arms, which were folded on the floor.

We agreed and soon decided to get in some sleep now while there was nothing to do.

"I'll meet you at the market clearing tomorrow." Zelda said, slipping out the front door and waving.

"Ok, see you then." Green called.

Then we spread out and slept anywhere there was room to.

"Good night." I called to the two others.

"Good night…"

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Auuuw! Long delay, I know. But neh. Anyways… BIG-ish edit to the last chapter. Red's PoV makes more sense now. Yeah… Review please (No, not having reviews doesn't make me go any faster or slower.
… Whoa. 1,294 words.)

-Pai