Hello, this is my first Soul Calibur II fic. So if I do bad, please let me know! I want to make this story as good as possible. My name is CrypticElf, and I hope that all of you like this story. Also, I'm looking for online friends, so if you're interested then please look at my Bio for more info! Ok, here's the story!

I own nothing of Soul Calibur II and never will, but the script is mine so if you take it I get to sue you!

Chapter One: An Unexpected Meeting

A young man around seventeen stood on a hill covered with grass. He had ears that were pointed, and they stuck out much farther then normal human ears would go. He wore a dark green tunic with tights on his arms and legs. His eyes were a magnificent light blue. He wore gauntlets, a belt and boots, both the color of dark brown. He had an odd dark green hat that went all the way down to his belt, his light blond hair coming out at the front over his forehead. And his name was Link.

Link paused as he looked out at this new world that almost looked like his own home. But he knew that it wasn't, and that he would never return to his home again. He would never see the Korkori, Malon, Talon, Navi, Epona, not even the Gerado, Zora, or the Gorons. The person who he would miss the most would be his sister, Zelda.

Zelda, her face and smile would always be in his mind. But he would never be able to hug her in a brotherly way or tell her how happy he was to have a sister like him.

The Hero Time was no longer considered alive in Hyrule. Now he was just a thing in history, just like Ganondorf was. His closest friends would remember, but no one else would remember him. To others he would simply be another chapter or perhaps just a person in the page of a book. Nothing more.

He sighed and looked around at the hill that he had been sent to. He had no idea where he was, and he didn't even know how close a town was. That was the first thing that he had to do, to find out where he was and where the closest town or city was.

A young girl around the age of fifteen stood at the edge of a forest. Her hair was like a black raven's wing and round brown eyes so dark that they looked almost black. Her skin was dark and tanned from the sun. For a shirt she had a piece of green that simply covered her cleavage and breasts and nothing else. Her pants were white, but they split out in four different places and the pieces stuck out, revealing that the inside of the pants were a dark red. She had something like sleeves that came out like cups as they came up to the middle of her upped arm. Her hair was split in two and were held in place with large circular pieces of something that looked like gold with an odd design on it. She had a clip on the back of her head. And if you looked closely at her hair you would realize that they were completely made up of braids all put together.

She had a large necklace around her neck. She had boots on with uneven tight dark green wraps that came out of them, meaning to be something like socks. She had a small purse that hung on a loop on her pants, and two elbow blades that she held on each hand and she also let both face downward instead of up as they would when she fought. Her nails were painted light orange.

And even though there hadn't been any wind, right went she came out the grass moved as the wind touched it with its gentle fingers.

Her name was Talim, and she was on a quest to stop the evil that threatened to destroy the world.

She looked out at the grass filled hills that was before her. It looked odd from seeing so many tree and bushes for so long. But she welcomed it just the same, and a pleasant breeze of the wind went by her.

"Where to now?" She asked herself, she had grown used to talking to herself. She hadn't seen any one that was human in a long time, and the only thing that she ever talked to was herself, animals or the wind.

"Well, I have all of this space, so I might as well get going."

She began walking, and the wind followed her. Blowing in the direction that she was walking in.

Talim looked up at the sky towards the sun as she moved, it would be about two hours before the sun would set. She needed to find somewhere to camp, and that would be easy for she had plenty of space to pick from. But she was low on water, and so she needed to find a stream or river.

"Wind, where would I find water?" Talim asked as she continued walking.

'To the North-East, it will take a while to get there.'

"Thank you."

The wind didn't answer, but kept on blowing freely around Talim.

Link walked down the hill, he hoped that there was someone that was friendly that he could talk to nearby.

Suddenly, someone came from the top of the hill left of Link. He ducked and watched the strange figure.

The person was clearly female. But the thing that made Link cautious of her was that she wore shirts of the Gerado, and even though her pants didn't go all the way down they still puffed out. But the most dangerous thing about her was her ears... they were round. That meant was that she was a Gerado. Did the Gerado also live here? If so, then Link didn't know if this person could be someone he could trust.

She still didn't seem to see him, and so Link waited until she was close enough and then he jumped up in her path and pulled out his sword and pointed it at her. She looked shocked, but then she calmed down and started speaking.

"Please, let me through."

Link stared at her, what in Farore's name had she just said? Then, she gave him a startled look.

"Your ears!"

At first it seemed as if she was going to attack him, but he read her wrong as a look of curiosity crossed the girl's face as she looked back at him.

"Who are you?" She asked him in a gentle voice, Link calmed down but he kept his weapon up. She might just be trying to trick him.

"Esin feaknie eashi?" Link asked her, she looked back at him.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand you." She told him in a sad voice.

"Esin feaknie eashi?" Link asked her, he just wanted to know her name!

"I can't understand you, what are you speaking?" She asked him again. Then she paused as a breeze of wind passed by her. Then she smiled and looked at Link.

"I get it, you aren't from here are you? If only I could understand you...."

Link was getting irritated, what was she saying? She was speaking in a language that he didn't know. But he was in a different world, what should he expect?

He could only think of one thing, and he hoped that his prayer would reach Nayru in this world. He prayed that he could understand this girl, that he could talk her language. For if he couldn't tell what she was saying, then he wouldn't be able to talk to anyone in this world!

'Please Nayru I need your wisdom. If I can't speak to this girl, how can I talk to anyone here? I need ways to speak to help me in my quest. Farore, Din, please help me as well!'

"My name is Talim." The girl before him said, he still couldn't understand her. His prayer hadn't worked....

"My name is Talim." She told him again. This time it sounded clearer then before!

"Can you understand me? My name is Talim." This time he knew what she had said his prayer had worked!

"I can understand you." He replied to her as if he had been able to speak her language this whole time.

"I mean no harm, if you're a thief or bandit then I will fight you. But please, I wish to simply pass and go on."

"Fight? Fight with what?"

"Please, let me through...."

"Where are you going?"

"Must I tell you?"

"No."

"Then may I pass?"

"No."

Talim sighed. She wished that she hadn't met this person; even though his ears had gotten her interest he wouldn't let her through. She didn't want to do this, but she had to.

Link looked at the girl, and finally he put his weapon and shield down.

That had been a mistake, for right after he did that the girl raced foreword and smacked the handle of her weapon into his stomach. All of his air was pushed out, and Link fell backwards as he gasped for air.

The girl raced off, saying this as she ran:

"I'm sorry! But you wouldn't let me through!"

Link got all of his air back, and soon he stood back up and grabbed his weapon and shield. He began running after the girl, he needed her help. He hadn't meant to... well... she hadn't let him ask for her help.

She eventually noticed him, and so she ran faster. Link ran faster as well, how was this girl moving so fast?

"Wait! I need your help!" Link cried out to her, she suddenly stopped and turned around. Link nearly ran into her, but stopped himself just in time.

"What?" She asked him.

"Um, where are we?"

"Where are we? We are near Regulus, are you lost?"

"Well, yes."

"Hmm...."

The girl thought for a moment and then she smiled at him again.

"You need a guide."

"I suppose that I do."

Her smile disappeared and her face turned serious again.

"But I can't tell if you aren't trying to trick me."

"How can I prove to you that I'm not tricking you?"

"Let's fight."

"What? Fight?"

"Yes."

"But... no offence but I don't think that I could fight you."

"Why not?"

"You're... to small."

This seemed to make her angry at first, but then she calmed down.

"You can be easy on me if you like, but I will try my hardest."

She got in a battle position, she was going to fight. But with those things? They didn't look too threatening. Link sighed and got in a fighting position as well.

The girl looked at him, and then said.

"Well, let's begin!"

She raced strait foreword, what was she doing? Link ran foreword as well, his sword pointed strait ahead. He would hit her in the chest, what was she doing?

Then without any warning she smacked his weapon down, tripping Link over. As he fell foreword she kicked him in the chin, making him fall backwards. As he fell backwards he put his hands before his head and did a back flip. As he landed the girl ran foreword, but then suddenly she swerved to his right just as he made a swing.

She had made him vulnerable again!

Again, he kicked him in the chin. But before he was able to do a back flip, she jumped on top of him and laid on him.

She had won.

"Ok, I won!" She laughed as she got off of him, and Link scowled and sat up as he rubbed his chin.

"So, I guess that you're tougher then you look." Link told her as he stood up and dusted himself off. "So, are you going to be my guide?"

She turned serious again and looked at Link in the eyes.

"Well, while we were fighting, I didn't feel anything evil coming from your body.... So it seems that you have only good intentions. I would be happy to be your guide! At least until we reach the first town."

Link sighed as he rubbed his sore chin. Now he had a guide.

"What's your name?" She asked him happily as she began walking.

"Link." He told her as he followed behind her.

"Link? Oh, I've heard it as a word but never as a name. I like it. Mine is Talim, in case you don't remember."

"Ok, Talim. Do you know what a Gerado is?"

"No, is it something that I must know?"

"No, and does everyone in this world have round ears?"

Talim giggled and answered him.

"You're the first that I've ever seen that has long pointed ears."

Well, that answered his question. Now he had one more thing to ask....

"How old are you?"

"Fifteen Winds."

"Winds?"

"Oops, I mean years. Where I come from, we say Winds."

"Fifteen? You have to be older then that!"

"Nope."

"Really, how old are you?"

"Fifteen."

"That can't be."

"Why not? Just because I beat you doesn't mean that I have to be older then sixteen you know."

"But... never mind. I guess that you are fifteen. You're short you know, so I guess that you are."

Talim laughed again.

"Well, I am short, and I'm not ashamed of that! Being short makes me faster then others."

"So, when you fight, you use your speed?"

"Yes."

Link couldn't think of anything else to say, and the girl named Talim said nothing as well. But after half and hour passed, Link could hear Talim singing softly.

"Let the.... Guide us...." He couldn't hear her that well, and could only catch pieces and bits of what she was saying.

"Our.... Blend together..."

She kept on singing, but soon she stopped. Link felt odd, he felt like he should say something....

"Where are you from, Talim?"

"No one has asked me that in a long time.... I am from a village south of the land that we are traveling on right now. I have been traveling for at least a month now. How long have you been here?"

"What do you mean by 'here'?"

"How long have you been in this world? I don't think that you come from this one.

"For less then an hour." Link admitted feeling embarrassed.

"Oh! How is your world?"
"My world? Well, it's hard to explain...."

"You don't have to tell if you don't want to."

"Alright."

Link was happy that he didn't have to say anything about where he was from. Now he felt sad and depressed, Zelda... the Korkori....

"We should make camp soon." Talim told Link, calling him out of his thoughts.

"Um, right."

Link sat down quietly, his bread in one hand as he looked up at the sky as stars started coming out.

"Water?" Talim asked him as she held out her canteen, but Link smiled shook his head.

"I have my own, thanks." He told her as he raised his up and shook it and the sound of water was heard. Talim nodded and picked up her own piece of bread and started eating it.

After a few minutes passed, Talim asked a question that Link thought that he would never hear.

"You're searching for Soul Edge, aren't you?" Her voice was dark and cryptic, and Link looked up at her with surprise. But she was looking out into space, into the wind.

"How did you know? Do you know what it is?"

"Soul Edge is a horrible sword that takes souls and devours them. At least, that is what I have heard. I have a piece of it."

Link's eyes widened as he pulled out his own piece and held it out. Talim looked at it, and then took hers out as well.

Suddenly, the pieces began glowing and pulsing. And then they flew foreword, and in a flash of flame they fuse together and then fell to the ground.

Talim gasped as she leaned over and looked at the fused piece, Link leaned foreword as well and gingerly picked up the piece.

"It fused together... I can't believe it!"

Talim crawled over and looked over Link's shoulder.

"Hmm. is it a good thing that it fused? Or a bad thing? I don't think that it's a thing."

"You're right, it isn't good." Link told her. Then an idea came into his head. He turned around and looked at Talim.

"Hey, why don't we team up?"

"Team up?" She asked him.

"Yeah, we could to do better if we worked together instead of going against each other. Wouldn't it?"

Talim thought for a moment, then looked back at Link with her full attention.

"Well, I suppose that we could.... But I don't know enough about you. And I don't how well you fight."

"True, you have a good point.... I know we could fight again."

Talim shook her head.

"No, I think that I know how we shall decide."

"How?"

"From what I have heard, Regulus is known for training new warriors. If we pass their test, then we shall know if both of us are trustworthy!"

Link paused and thought he didn't like the thought of being treated like someone who didn't know what they were doing. But then again he would know how well Talim fought and if he could trust her.

"Alright, just how far is this Regulus?"

"I think about just a day or two away. Not that far." Talim told him, Link nodded with a smile on his face.

"But, Link... your ears. I don't think that others will treat as kindly as I have to you."

Link's smile went away, she was right. He was lucky enough that Talim didn't scream and run off at the sight of his ears.

"You're right, but how will we hide them?"

"Hmm...." Talim looked at the sky with the red sunlight shinning on her hair. "What about a cloak?" she suggested kindly. Link nodded, it was the only idea that he had as well.

"But where will we get one?" Link asked her. Talim's face lit up and she smiled again.

"I have one! You can use it. So until we think of another way to hide your ears we can use a cloak."

"Hmm. Sounds good to me."

"Wait! I have another idea! Why don't you hide them in your hat?"

Link smiled as he touched his hat, it would be a lot better then wearing a cloak that would probably only come up to his knees.

"I like that idea, it would be better then wearing a cloak."

Link had a little trouble putting his ears in his hat, but he did in less then a minute.

Talim looked at him, and then reaching forward she pulled the hat closer to his face.

"There, now it's perfect!" She cried out, the sun was practically down now. And only a little light remained. Talim was actually a very pretty girl, perhaps not beautiful. But when she would get older, you could tell that she would be one of the fortunate women who had their looks.

Link looked at Talim and smiled, she seemed like someone who could be trusted. But he could never sure. But there was something about her that made him trust her.

"Well, do you have a blanket Link?" Talim asked him.

"Um, yes."

"Alright then, I suppose that you should go to sleep. I'll make sure that nothing sneaks up on us!"

"You sure?"

"Of course I am!"

"Alright, goodnight.... What about a fire?"

"Oh, the night will be cold enough to need a blanket but not a fire. You would get too hot."

"Alright, goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Link grabbed his blanket and laid down. Closing his eyes, he thought and dreamed about Hyrule.

Talim waited well into the night before she grabbed her Wind Guides. She didn't want Link to see her dancing.

She walked a little away from the camp so that way she could dance without waking up Link but close enough so that she could still keep watch.

Lifting her arms up, she began to swoop and swerve in circular patterns. She twirled the Wind Guides in her hands as she danced, keeping her balance. She danced for longer then she thought, memories of her village dancing in her mind. She had no music to dance to, nor a partner to dance at her side. But she still felt the power of the Wind coursing through her.

Talim finally did the last step to finish; the same move that you did with all of the other Wind dances to signal that you had done your dance.

Talim quietly walked back to the camp, wondering how long she had been dancing. According to the sweat that covered her face, a long time.

She glanced at Link, and for a moment she thought that she saw an open eye but soon dismissed as she looked closer. Sighing, she sat down and looked at the stars.

After a few minutes passed by, someone shook her shoulder. Talim looked over and saw that it was Link.

"You need to get some sleep." He told her quietly. Talim smiled and shook her head.

"No, I'm fine."

"Well, why are you covered in sweat?"

Talim looked down at herself, she was still covered in sweat. She hadn't bothered to wipe it off.

"Well...." She began, but Link cut in before she could finish what she was going to say.

"You need some sleep, I don't care what you say."

Talim yelped when Link suddenly picked Talim up and put her in his sleeping spot. She tried to get back up but he put his blanket on top of her.

"Get some sleep, I'll see you in the morning."

Link turned away, and Talim stared at his back.

Well, she might as well get some sleep.

Closing her eyes, she sighed and went to sleep as the wind blew by her.

Ok, I hope that the first chapter wasn't bad! And yes, in this story Zelda is Link's SISTER! In my Zelda story called Truth, she isn't. But in this one she is, got it? I know some of you probably want to kill me, but oh well. I don't even like the idea of Zelda being Link's sister. But that's that, and that's how the story is. I couldn't stand letting having Link and Zelda in love and yet they couldn't be together!

Link: Just shut up and get the next chapter going!

Talim: I agree with Link.

O.O When did you two get here?

Talim: I'm not sure, I was somewhere and then I was here.

Link: What she said.

Ok, whatever.... Um, please review! Oh, and if you like Zelda: The Ocarina of Time or the game GoldenSun then please read my other stories!

So Until Next Time,

CrypticElf....