Just Corey: Yeah, long wait for an update. Meh, here's chapter 4.

Oh Fuck, Come On

An Old Friend

Link ran. He ran as fast as he could, but stayed behind the group. Zelda was up front, blasting away obstacles on the run, and Damion had joined him in the rear. More then once, an arrow whizzed by Link's ear, and one even made contact with him, wedging itself in his shoulder.

He gasped in pain, and Saria made her way back there. Though not thoroughly trained in healing arts, she managed to numb the pain .

"Go! I'll be fine. Just keep running!" He yelled to her over the noise of their escape.

Malon up front was clutching at the part of where her bikini had been slashed, so as to prevent it from falling off. She wasn't much use in the way of her retreat that is until she pulled the whistle out of her top. She blew into it eight times, and said some word in low hylian.

Link turned his head just to see a river break off, and Ruto and Mateo slowing down. Ruto connected eyes with him, and motioned for him to continue. This was seconded by Mateo telling him to keep running. Link and Damion continued to run, whoever they were looking backwards and caught a glimpse of a jet off water being lifted from the river, and Mateo doing a series of incantation movements. Next thing they saw, there was a huge wall off ice blocking the path they had just run down and Ruto and Mateo had jumped into the river.

Damion turned at kept running, Link however kept watching the ice wall, or more, the red blotch that appeared in the ice wall. Link guessed, and ran forward and pushed the girls behind a tree. The purple haired man jumped behind a rock having gotten the clue, and Damion had flipped his way behind a tree opposite to the girls. Link remained and he simply smiled, and said three things in old hylian, and then was engulfed in flame.

Saria screamed. The heat coming off the flames was overwhelming, but that was not what caused the strangled cry to escape her lips. Link had disappeared in the flame. He was gone. Link was gone.

And then the flames subsided, and Link was nowhere to be seen. She heard an unfamiliar cry, and peered around the tree. A man, among many other, had fallen to the ground a sword planted in his back. Link was standing beside him, about to wrench the blade from his back.

"Anybody else? Leave now, or I will kill you!"

He was answered by the drawing of swords and shields, bow and staffs. Link grinned, "Guess we do this the hard way then?" and lunged towards a staff wielder. Surprised the mage never even managed to get a spell across, and fell onto the sword now plunged through his chest.

"Shit, shit. Okay, um. We need to help him. Girls stay here. You, brown haired guy-"

"Damion."

"Okay Damion, uh can you use a blade?"

"Um, Swords, yes…"

"Okay, take this, and follow me." The purple clad figure said, tossing an eighteen inch knife at Damion. Damion caught it limberly, and braced himself against the tree behind him.

"So… what do you have in mind? Because I really think we should get the hell out of here…" Damion said, looking at he purple clad teenager. The boy pointed up the tree, and planted his hands against it. There were small nubs in his gloves, and he speedily began to summit the tree.

Damion simply stared at him, and finally sighed, "Fuck it." He turned, and dashed out of hiding, throwing his knife at one of the spear wielding men. It knocked off his helmet, and Damion swore as an arrow was loosed his way. He managed to duck and roll out of its path in time, hearing the arrow wiz by his ear. He jumped out of his roll, and punched one of the sword wielders in the face. The sword of the man grazed his sides, and he hissed in pain.

Damion pull the sword from the man hand, and ran over to link. Link, was dodging arrows, spear points and fire blasts, with great success. Then his foot hit a stone. He keeled over, losing his balance and getting hit in the back by a fire blast. He slumped over, the group of attackers converging on him. Then the purple man appeared.

He shot out of the tree directly to Link's right. He flung himself down, pulling out a pair of grizzled looking daggers. He landed beside Link, decapitating two of his attackers in the process. He spun, twisting the blades and stabbing another in the chest, while slitting another's jugular. (Yay for science class!!!) He threw himself forward, and rolled, severing another man's, this one a mace-men, Achilles tendon.

Damion charged, cutting down the last soldier's strike with his own, removing his fore arm. The man shrieked in pain, but was quickly silenced as the purple man sliced his trachea. He fell to his knees, and Damion ran him through. He turned towards the last crippled man, and raised his newfound sword to finish him, when the purple clad man tackled him.

"Don't!" He rasped between gasps for breath.

"But-" Was all Damion was able to get across before the man slapped him.

"Are you retarded? We need to keep him alive. Random soldiers attack you in the woods, and you want to kill your only source for as to why." The purple man said before dropping a now dumbstruck looking Damion to the group.

"Wh- what about Link?" Damion said, before getting to his feet, leaning on his knees for breath.

"Who?" Damion pointed to Link on the ground, "Oh him, you carry him. I'll take care of our prisoner."

Damion nodded, and walked over to gather Link. He was breathing, thank Farore, but his back was a deep red. Damion picked him up, and managed to carry him bridal style towards where the girls were.

Saria was on the ground sobbing, Zelda comforting her. Malon Was clutching at her bikini top, and looked a little pale. Damion entered her view, and she threw up. She gagged a second time, and wiped her lips before falling onto her back, passing out. Damion almost dropped Link.

He placed him against the tree next to Saria, and immediately began to regret it. Saria had begun to calm, and seeing Link so still threw her into another sobbing fit. Zelda, sighed, and pressed her hands against Saria's head, a white light coming out of her hands. Saria immediately calmed, and blinked away the last of her tears.

Damion run over to Malon and had sunk to his knees beside her. He checked for a pulse, and knotted the pieces of fabric of where her bikini was slashed together. She was alive, but unconscious. She was clutching her side. Damion moved her hand and the cut where she'd been cut. It was a grayish green. He picked her up, and carried her over to Zelda.

Zelda swore under her breath when she saw Malon, and motioned for Damion to place her next to Link. Saria was turning Link over, stifling sobs. She positioned him so he was lying across Zelda's lap. Zelda pulled Saria's hands over his back, and she pushed healing energy through her and Saria's hands, forcing over Link's Charred skin. It immediately turned a paler shade of red.

"That's going to hurt when he wakes up." She muttered. She turned to Malon, and grazed her hand across the cut, then placed her palms over her face, causing Malon's complexion to brighten.

The purple clad man appeared, holding a struggling man, bound by pieces of leather from various belt. He dropped him beside Zelda, then disappeared. Saria looked at the man. He was unconscious, and his leg was split open.

She placed her hand on his leg and the gash knit itself back together. The purple clad man returned, and through a large pile of weaponry on the ground.

"We have to go, now…"

Zelda looked up, "We need to let them rest we can't ju-" He cut her off.

"Listen, those men weren't just a bunch of bandits. Notice the uniforms? There'll be more of them unless we move now. I'll carry him. You, Damion. Take the red-head. And you two, carry this stuff," He pointed towards the weaponry, "Come on, we need to hurry up."

Damion, Saria and Zelda nodded and to pick up they're respected charges. The purple clad man pulled out a potion of purple liquid and quaffed it quickly. He then picked up Link and the prisoner. He turned to make sure the others were ready. Saria was having all the swords strapped around her body, and Zelda was fixing the maces and spears to her various bikini straps. Damion picked up Malon and slung her over his shoulder.

Zelda swore as the mace spikes cut into her skin, and threw them away. The purple man said, "Lets go," and began running.

Link opened his eyes. He felt the welcoming heat of the sun, then the pain from hell. He yelled for a second, then gritted his teeth in pain.

As if summoned, Zelda ran over to him. She flipped him onto his back, cue another yell, and place her hands on his back, one more, and shot white light onto the red blisters along his back. Link let out a sigh of relief, then sat up, rubbing his forehead.

The first thing he noticed was that he was lying on the ground outside a cave. The second was that he was near naked.

"Where the hell are my clothes?" He asked. Zelda smirked, and reached into her bag, pulling out some black jeans and a white button down shit.

"All I have. Sorry." Link just smiled, and pulled them on.

Damion was inside, talking with the now conscious Malon, Ruto and Mateo. From their conversation, Link learned that Ruto and Mateo had met back up with them after they had found this cave.

Saria was sitting against the wall opposite them, playing her old ocarina.

Zelda noticed his look of surprise and said, "I kept your old one."

Link nodded. Saria was playing her old tune, and Link thought he could feel the breeze from the Kokiri woods on his neck.

Zelda had joined back up with the others, and Link decided to sit beside Saria.

"Hehe, I still love that song." She looked up at him, then smiled, "You never did tell me where you learnt it." Then Link noticed her hair. It was cut short again, and held in her childhood style by her old head band. "I guess Zelda had that too somehow. I'll ask her later why she cut it."

Saria blushed sheepishly, "I- I wrote it." Link grinned, and she smiled. He sat beside her and asked if he could play. She handed him the ocarina and he began playing a tune from Gerudo valley. Saria closed her eyes and nodded her head along with the soft melody, surprising for the Gerudo, and slowly began to fall asleep.

Link was distracted by playing the notes, and was jolted from his slight daze by a warm thump on his shoulder. Saria was leaning her head against his body, her own body soon following, so that her back was pressed against his right side.

The purple clad man came in soon after. The first thing he did was ask if Link was okay. Then he asked where he'd learnt that song from.

"I learnt from an old Gerudo woman I helped a long time ago." The teenager nodded, and sat down.

"Listen, thanks for helping us. I don't really think I'd have made it out of there without your help."

The man took off his hood, and revealed blazing red hair.

"I was just wondering, though. Who are you?"

The Teenager laughed. He fixed his position then said, "To most people, I'm a thief."

"Why's that?"

"I'll tell you later. However, you guys can call me Gan. Gannondorf if you want to be formal." He smiled and leaned back against the rock he was in front of. He closed his eyes and missed the the expression of horror on everyone's face, instead whistling the tune Link had been playing.

He sat, and looked at them, "What?"

Just Corey: Haha, long fucking wait for you guys. I like this chapter. Good ending on my part. Updates may be faster. Enjoy!