Hello my readers! I'm back with a new chapter!
Oh, I wanted to personally thank Jarock16 for giving me information on Thuban, I would have been lost without him since my mom took away SCII because she told me that I play it too much... but... she's had it for like three weeks now! How much longer will she keep it? ; ; this is insane!
And, I wanted to thank all of the others who gave me help, I would say your names but hasn't put up your reviews yet! And, it seems that after a period of time AOL erases my old e-mails. Sigh so, if you have any Q's that you asked then please ask again! Bows Sorry.... Sorry... sorry....
Ok, and just to let people know this IS A TALIM AND LINK FIC! Zelda is Link's sister but she isn't Link's sister in my fic 'What Is The Truth?' so I'm telling you that way some people don't freak out! Although, none of you even read my Zelda fic besides Hououza... hem....
Another thing, I know, I know, all of you just want me to shut up and get the fic going, but I have to say this. This fic WILL HAVE A SEQUAL! OK? I might as well state that since I already have all of this other junk up, on my last chapter of this fic I will state that again, I'm just warning ya'.
I own nothing of Soul Calibur II but the plot is mine so if you take it I get to sue you!
Chapter Five: ThubanTalim and Link had been traveling for at least a week now, both of them chatting about anything that came to mind. The same thing was on their minds' though, when would they get to the next town?
"Talim," Link asked. "Can the Wind tell you how many miles the next town is?"
"I'm not sure." Talim replied as she looked up at the clouds. "I can't remember if the Wind uses miles. I'll ask though."
"Alright."
"Wind," Talim asked, Link had gotten used to her talking openly with the wind, and surprisingly it didn't see odd to him. "How far away is the next town?"
'Ah, you are not far. By the end of the day you should be able to reach a ferry. Beware young Talim.'
"What?" Talim asked, but the when the Wind didn't reply Talim understood that this was a test of her smarts.
"What's wrong?" Link asked as he looked at her with worry.
"We should arrive at a ferry by the end of a day, but the Wind told me, 'beware, young Talim' what do you think that meant?"
"'Young Talim'? The wind calls you that?" Link said instead paying attention to what she had said. Talim saw this and let the Wind blow hard enough to knock Link backwards.
"Hey!" Link cried as Talim decided to run off to farther annoy him. "That wasn't far! Get back here!"
Link scrammed up and then ran after Talim, who was running faster then he could.
"Talim!" Link yelled, she laughed and ran faster. "This isn't fair!"
Talim just kept on going, and Link actually envied her height. Because she was so short with a pitched in waist, that made her light. Her legs were long for her height, which added an advantage. And another thing that she had that Link didn't have was her connection with the wind; she was using the wind to push her faster and faster.
"Talim!" Link cried out as he continued chasing after her for at least twenty minutes, thank Farore that he had been training with that runner in Hyrule that he gave that odd bunny hat to or else he would have lost his running pace about ten minutes ago. And that made him wonder how Talim was keeping her speed.
Talim finally stopped after another twenty minutes; Link finally caught up with her and then sat on the ground.
"What'd you run off for?" Link huffed as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead.
"Because you ignored me." Talim replied with a small, taking in large breaths as well. She kicked the ground and then lay back on the grass and blinked against the sun.
"What?" Link asked, he thought back and realized that he had. "But did I have to chase you for forty minutes?"
"You bet your hat." Talim told him with a satisfied smile.
"Ack! You're a pain!" Link told her sarcastically as he lay back as well.
Link rested there for only a few seconds before he heard Talim get up. Sitting up, he saw her running off again. He got up as well and just as he was about to run after her when he tripped in the hole that she had kicked into the ground just before she had lain down.
'She did that on purpose!' Link cried in his thoughts as he got up as fast as he could and started chasing after Talim again. Unfortunate for our Hero of Time, she was already far enough to where she had turned around to make sure that he had tripped in the hole she had made.
"I'll see you later Link!" Talim teased as she turned around and started running off again.
"I'll get her for this..." Link mumbled under his labored breath.
They had arrived at a dock next to a large river, but they hadn't arrived at the end of the day. Talim's little running marathons had sped them up, and she had kept on doing them over and over again.
"There aren't... any boats...." Link huffed as he caught up with Talim as she stopped at the dock.
"You're... right." Talim replied as she took in deep breaths and then rested her palms on her knees. "Let's rest... and then... look...."
Link nodded and then sat down and took out his canteen and drank up the rest of his water. Talim did the same, and then after that they just laid on the dock. After a few minutes, they both felt re-energized and were ready to go.
"Glad that I'm used to this." Link told Talim as he stretched.
"To what?" Talim asked as she looked at the river.
"Getting tired and then easily feeling great again. Where I come from, I would always fight monsters and be out-of-energy, but I got used to it and I was used to getting energy from somewhere else inside of myself and let the tired side of take control later."
"That is nice."
"What about you?"
"Me? I'm just used to not getting much rest. I can go with only two hours of rest and feel as if I slept for hours! It's something that you have to learn to be a Shaman, because sometimes you must go on challenges and sometimes you can't sleep for days. So they prepare you for that."
"Being a Shaman sounds pretty bad." Link told her as he finished stretching, Talim turned around and smiled.
"Well, good thing that I don't have to be one right?"
Link realized what he had said and was about to apologize when Talim pointed and said:
"Look Link! There's a boat over there!"
Link looked where her finger was pointed and indeed there was one small boat left.
"Let's go!" Talim cried and she ran off towards the boat. Link sighed and shook his head, she knew that he was trying to say sorry but she just wouldn't let him!
Link trotted after Talim as she waited for him next to the boat. They both looked at the boat and at the wide river.
"Do you think this boat is strong enough?" Link asked doubtfully.
"I'm not sure, but it's the only boat, do you see any other boats?"
Link looked around, and even though he knew that there weren't any he looked anyway just to be sure.
"You're right." Link agreed, and Talim started getting into the boat....
"There's a fee."
Talim and Link turned around to see a person standing behind them, and they knew that he was a thief by the way he was dressed.
"There's a fee to travel on this boat."
"What is it?" Talim asked, wanting no trouble.
"900,000,000 gold."
"What? That's crazy!" Link argued, Talim frowned and then thought up of a plan.
"Alright, we'll get on the boat." Talim told the stranger, "But we aren't paying."
"What? But you have to!"
"Not if you tell us that we don't have to." With that said Talim pulled out Syi Sarika and Luka Luha and ran towards him and started smacking him with the sides of her Elbow Blades, which wouldn't cause scratches but would cause painful bruises.
"Stop!" The thief yelled as he tried to escape but Talim just kept on hitting him. "ALRIGHT! YOU GET THE BOAT FOR FREE! JUST STOP!"
Talim immediately stopped and then the thief ran off and dropped something, Talim bent over it and then picked it up after looking at it for a while and put it into her pack. Talim then stood up and then walked back over to Link and got on the boat.
"Let's get going." Talim told Link as started unwrapping the rope that kept it to the dock. Link got into the boat and Talim finished and pushed the boat off of the dock.
"Do you do that to everyone?" Link asked bewildered.
"Do what?" Talim asked as she paddled across the water, Link grabbed another paddle and started helping.
"Hit the guy until you get the boat for free?"
"Oh, that?" Talim laughed. "Well, he was being unfair. It was obvious that he was just cheating. This boat probably won't even take us that far."
"What? Then why are we in it?"
"Because it's the only boat." Talim replied simply as she looked forward. "But you're strong, so we'll get across soon enough."
"Just me? You're strong too."
"Oh, thank you." Talim told him as she looked over the water. "If we had a mast then we could across so much faster! Too bad. Maybe next time."
"Right." Link replied.
By the end of the day they arrived at the other side of the river, they would have made better time if the boat had been constructed better and if the water hadn't been pushing against them.
"Finally!" Link cried as he jumped out of the boat and onto the firm ground. Unfortunately there hadn't been a dock, so they had to pull off next to a small forest. Talim got out as well, and instead of tying the boat down she let it go because both her and Link knew that they boat wouldn't be able to hold another person without sinking.
"Should we set camp Link?" Talim asked as she looked at the sky that was starting to become covered with streaks of red, purple, and pink.
"Beats me." Link replied. "Does the wind know?"
"Wind, is there a town nearby?"
'It is not far. I suggest that you go, it is strait ahead. Good work with the thief.'
Talim blushed from the Wind's praise and then turned to Link.
"We should go, it's strait ahead."
"Alright, let's get going though... I hope that they have an inn!" Link cried as they started off.
In ten minutes or so, they arrived at a village next to a river that had nets hanging out. But the odd thing was, was that all of the nets were empty.
"Maybe they just got all of the fish down?" Talim suggested as she looked at the oddity as well.
"I don't know..." Link replied doubtfully.
"Why don't we go and see if they have an inn and get a room?"
"Good idea."
Link and Talim walked into the village, the stars in the sky starting to come out.
"Welcome travelers!" Some cried out, Talim and Link waved and smiled as many others called out as well.
"Do you have an inn?" Link asked a young man going to his home.
"Yes, it's right down there." He pointed to a slightly large house nearby.
"Thank you." Talim told him as they walked past, the man blushed and waved good-bye as he looked at her clothes.
"We would like a...." Talim looked at Link and Link looked at her as they stood at the counter of the inn. "Do you want to share a room Link?"
"Uh... sure. Less money right?" Link replied and she nodded.
"One room with two beds please." Talim told the man at the counter, he smiled and then nodded.
"Follow me." He said.
He led them to their room on the second floor and opened it for them and then handed Link the key.
"There's only one key to this room," The man told Link. "Don't lose it."
"We won't." Link replied and then smiled as he closed the door.
"What a nice little room!" Talim mused as she looked at the two beds. "Which bed do you want Link?"
"Doesn't matter." Link replied as he looked around the room. "Small, yet satifying."
"Shouldn't you say that for food?" Talim giggled as she picked the bed closest to the window.
"Eh, I guess so... but I like saying for this."
They laughed together and Talim went over to the window and opened it for a moment and then closed it.
"Why'd you close the window?" Link asked as she walked away from it.
"It would bother you."
"I wouldn't mind."
Talim shook her head and took her pack off of her back and put it next to the bed and then sat down. Link took the other bed and did the same.
"Let me see... shouldn't they have some food downstairs?" Link asked, Talim nodded as she leaned on her hands, which caused her shoulders to go up to her ears. She wasn't looking at Link; she was staring at the floor. "Hello?"
"What?" Talim asked as she straitened her back and her hands on her lap.
"Shouldn't there be food downstairs?"
"Ah... yes, but we have to pay for it just like... oops, we forgot to pay for the room!" Talim jumped up and then grabbed her purse that was tied to a golden loop on her pants. Opening it, she counted how much money she had and then nodded and closed it. "I'll be right back, don't lock the door!"
She went out and Link watched her and as she closed the door he called:
"Don't take too long!"
She nodded on her way out and then closed the door; Link watched her and then turned away as she closed the door. Sighing, he looked around the room and then took off his boots and gauntlets and after a few moments of consideration he also took off his hat. He took down his horsetail and then put a hand through his and found that he couldn't. Ah... he needed to brush his hair! But he didn't have a brush, did he?
Maybe Talim one? Although he didn't want to go through her things, he didn't know how long Talim would be gone and so he decided just look at the brush and nothing else. He got off of his bed and then walked over to Talim's bag and opened it, making sure not to take put anything out of order. He found the brush after a few seconds, and he reached down to get it when he spotted something. He reached down to get it and as he touched it, he felt a horrible feeling....
He took his hand away and stepped back... that had been a piece of Soul Edge!
Why hadn't Talim told him that she had another piece of Soul Edge? Didn't she trust him...?
Link heard the door open and turned around and saw Talim coming through the door with a platter of food.
"I've got some food!" Talim cried as she went into the room and closed the door with her left heel. "Ah... Link, I forgot to tell you, I found a piece of Soul Edge."
She... she did trust him?
"When?" Link asked.
"Remember the thief? He dropped something and it was a piece of Soul Edge, I was going to tell you immediately but I decided to wait until we found a place to sleep."
"Really?" Link asked happily. "That's great!"
'That's great!' was also said because they had found a piece of Soul Edge but also because Talim did trust him!
"Eat." Talim laid down some bread, water, and salad. "They didn't have any meat."
"What? But I thought that this was a fishing village?"
"It is, but some miners have been giving them a problem. The miners have poisoned their water source and it's effecting the fish and driving them away." Talim told him sorrowfully as she took a piece of bread and put some cheese on it and then ate it as unison.
"Hey, soft bread." Link joked as he picked up a piece of bread and gently squeezed it and watched it go up and down.
"Ha, ha." Talim told him after she drank some water. "Hey Link, why is your hair so tangled?"
Blushing, Link touched his hair.
"I never bother to brush it." He admitted.
"You can use my brush!" Talim told him. "I'll give it to you after we finished eating!"
And indeed they finished and Talim gave him her brush, Link attempted to brush his hair but found that it was too knotted.
"Can't get the brush through your hair?" Talim asked after she had watched him on her bed for ten minutes.
"You noticed eh?" Link replied as he put the brush down.
"Do you want me to brush your hair?" Talim asked, Link looked at her surprised. "What? I will!"
"Uh... alright." Link said as she got off of her bed.
She walked over and then took the brush from Link hand and then sat down on the edge of his bed.
"Turn around." Talim commanded gently and he turned around on the edge of the bed with one leg off of the bed.
Gently, Talim softly started brushing Link's hair, only letting the tips of the brush touch the outer layer of his hair. She worked slowly, letting the tangles come undone slowly. Link closed his eyes, the feeling of Talim brushing his hair actually calming him down and giving him slight goose bumps. She brushed as gently as she could the layers of knots in his hair. She brushed for a long time, long enough to where everyone in town had fallen asleep. She soon stopped, and by habit she put her hand through Link's hair to make sure that there weren't any tangles left. She immediately took her hand down, but Link turned around and grabbed it.
"No... uh... that feels... nice." He told her shyly, she nodded and he turned around and she put her hand through his hair again. He sighed softly, closing his eyes again.
Talim looked at Link's ears and noticed that they weren't as normal as they usually were. Usually they were pointing upward slightly against his head. But now they were facing completely outward, but the funny part was, was that they pointed down and the tips of his ears touched his shoulders. Talim smiled and kept on brushing her fingers through Link's hair. After a few minutes had passed, she took her hand down.
Link turned around and looked at Talim, and for a moment they were looking at each other eye-to-eye and not looking away. For a moment, everything seemed to completely melt away....
"Thank you for b-brushing my hair Talim." Link stuttered, Talim blinked and then nodded and then got off of Link's bed after smiling at him.
She went over to her bed and sat down and started pulling out all of the blond hairs out of her brush. Once she had all of them out and into a ball of hair she opened the window and let the hair go out the window. Then she put her brush away and lay down on her bed and closed her eyes.
Link watched her and then looked away and put a hand through his own hair and felt how soft and untangled it was. Smiling he put his hair back up into a horsetail and then looked over at Talim who was already dead asleep.
Link walked over and pulled the covers out from under Talim and then put them over her small and yet somewhat delicate body. He laid it over her, and then took the pillow and put it underneath her head. He sat down on his ankles and looked at Talim's face. Her bangs slightly covered her face, so Link lightly brushed them away. Then, without noticing what he was doing he bent down, and gently kissed her cheek.
MWEHEHEH! FLUFF! AND LOTS OF IT! EHEHEHEH!!!!! FLUFF SHALL RULE THE WORLD!!!!!
So Until Next Time,
CrypticElf....