Chapter 7: "Castle Town, and a New Partner!"

Matt: Neko does not own Zelda or any of its games.

Angela: Where is she anyways?

Matt: The last time I saw her, she was chasing a butterfly.

Angela: That's… Interesting.

"HEEEYY!!!" I looked around to see a tall man with a red cap and backpack.

"EEP!!" He was right in front of me, and he was digging in his pack.

"You've got mail!"

"Ok, then?" He was holding a huge bulky envelope. I grabbed it, noting the rabbit stitched in his hat. Weirdo, either this guy is hugely obsessed with rabbits, or… He's hugely obsessed with rabbits. "Thank you."

"Whenever you see or hear me, don't run away, because I've got mail for you, eh?"

"Ok."

"See you later!" Then he trudged off. He ran so fast I couldn't see him 5 seconds later. I opened the package to see a Hylian shield inside.

"Ooh! Very useful, I wonder who sent it." I looked at the note attached to it, it said:

Dear Ayumi Yamashita,

I have gotten this shield for you, and I hope it will be useful. Since this is the start of your journey, you might as well go off safely. A sword would not be enough protection. So, I decided to buy it for you. Please don't do anything rash, or anything way out of your league.

Wishing you a safe journey,

Telma (a.k.a.Bar tender of Hyrule Castle)

If your confused about who I am, my dear friend Russel told me to write to you, since he is currently indisposed.

Telma

"Wow, this Telma person seems rather nice!" Just then a Bokoblin struck me.

"OW!" I immediately drew my sword, and slashed the thing. I kept slashing at it, until it yielded.

"HA! Anymore challenges?" I grinned supremely, but got hit again, this time by a flying Kargorok. "Shoot!" I stopped looking at the four Bokoblins surrounding me. Holy crap. I'm dead. They all started coming for me, and I wildly started slashing my sword at them. They all disappeared in a poof of smoke in one shot.

"Oh my Din!!" That was quite useful. I had just quickly spun my sword around me, killing all the monsters in one shot. I should practice; I'll never be able to survive without going over my sword fighting skills.

I continued on for about 5 hours, then it started getting dark. Shoot, I really got to stop somewhere. It was light enough to see around me though, so I didn't have to get out my lantern, but I decided to eat supper. I reached into my bag, and started fiddling around. Something papery in there got my attention.

"What is this?" I pulled it out and saw that it was a map. "Oh! How did this get in here?" I thought for a minute, "Maybe Russel put it there." Usually Russel has a sort of sneaky side. I opened it, and tried to find out where I was. I seemed to be outside the area of Lanaryu Province. I looked up and saw, with the help of my lantern, a huge golden cloud covering the area.

"Oh dear, this is not very good."

"YAMASHITA!"

"EEEEEK! DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR ME, OR I WILL ATTACK!"

"WAIT! DON'T HURT ME AYUMI! AND WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN ORDON!" I turned around to see an angry Yoshimi behind me.

"Ooh! Yoshimi, what a surprise! How are you?" Yoshimi glared at me darkly.

"Don't change the subject, what are you doing here?" I began to grin widely.

"Russel let me leave, and I'm on a journey as well." Though the expression on his face was not surprised, it was angrier than that. I'm not really on a journey because I don't have any idea what I'm supposed to be doing.

"Hmph. Then you're staying with me, because it's too dangerous for you to be here alone."

I stared at him. Very suspicious.

"What?"

"You aren't telling me everything. So spill it all out."

"Fine, I knew about the Spirit contacting Russel, and I was against it. I warned Russel not to tell you, or let you go but I guess he decided to tell you. I didn't want you to be exposed to danger. That would kill me. But since you are here, you might as well stay with me." This surprised me very much, and I tackled him, punching everything I could get.

"YOOSHIIMI!!!"

"Get off me!! What are you doing??" I was at the point of tears and hugged him. He sighed, then said:

"Are you ok?"

"Yes." I sniffled. "I'm fine."

"Alright, then are you ready to go? I'm about to head back to Kakariko village."

"Why?" He looked at me. "Because I have a surprise for you.

"Ooh, surprises I just LOVE surprises!"

We then started heading to Kakariko. We ran into a few monsters on the way. I got to see even more of Hyrule, but it seemed to take years to actually get to the village, and we still were traveling. One night, I saw something interesting.

I was pretending to sleep while Yoshimi was seemingly talking to himself. I turned over, peeking through my eyelids, and saw a partially visible impish creature, talking to him.

My memory suddenly flashed back.

I was in some sort of sewer looking at that imp.

Then I came back to reality. What was that? Hm, it seems like I have seen her before. Wait, how did I know it was a her? Shaking the thought off, I listened in on their conversation.

"We still have one more Shadow armor to go. We should go to lake Hylia after Kakariko."

"Ok, but what about Ayumi Chan?"

"What about her?"

"Will she have to go into the Twilight? What will happen to her?"

"I don't know."

"Will she have to stay in Kakariko?"

"Maybe."

"If she does go into the cloud what will happen to her?"

"If estimation goes right, she might just become a spirit like the rest."

"I see."

"Hmm, you should get some sleep Yoshimi, we'll get to Kakariko by noon tomorrow."

"Ok."

I watched the Imp become his shadow. Then fell into a questioning sleep. In my sleep I saw many things in my head. A blue eyed wolf, a figure in a dark cloak in a tower. A man and a woman hugging a young girl with light brown, shoulder length hair. A cubed shape device and a bright light.

I woke up in cold sweat, and tried to make sense of those dreams, but found I couldn't remember them. That made me extremely annoyed.

"Morning Ayumi Chan." I looked to my left to see Yoshimi sitting there next to me. I squinted in the bright sun.

"Hello Yoshi kun." I found a new nickname! Awesome!

"Yoshi kun?"

"Mhm, my new nickname for you."

"Alright, then I shall call you Neko Chan."

"Neko… Chan?"

"Yes, it's to describe your catlike behaviour at times. Though you are still very clumsy. Most of the time you remind me of a cat."

"Oh, ok then, Yoshi kun." He looked at me concernedly.

"You like a bit pale, and your sweating like a mad goat! Did you sleep ok? I was watching you and you were moaning, tossing and turning, and saying things that I couldn't quite catch."

I thought again about my nightmares. What was I dreaming about?

"I guess I didn't, I was having nightmares, but I can't remember what they are, and it annoys the hell out of me." I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand and yawned loudly, breathing in the fresh air.

"Alright then Neko Neko Chan." He said.

"When are we leaving?"

"As soon as you get ready."

"Alright."

A couple hours later we were already traversing the last bit of Hyrule field to Kakariko. After we went through the gate, I noticed how deserted it seemed. I've always known that Kakariko was a very old village (it was said that the protectors of the Royal Family, the Sheikah, founded this village a long time ago.)

"It's like a desert here." I said.

"Yes, very few live here now. Actually the Shaman is the only one who lives here.

"Oh! I almost forgot, I have a surprise for you. I went to Ordon village (that was the time you asked me again if you could come) to tell everyone the good news, but you seemed to not have heard it, haha."

"Good news?"

"Mhm watch."

"YOSHIMII!!! AYUMI SANNNN!!!"

"AHHH!!" I screamed as a lump suddenly glomped me, then two more did the same. Then I realized the lumps were in fact: Beth, Talo, and Malo.

I looked ahead and saw Colin looking at me nervously.

"Hey you're all safe! I am so glad." I pushed them off and walked toward Colin. He looked up at me anxiously. Then I grabbed him off his feet, and hugged him tightly. He then did the same.

"How are you Colin? Are you ok? Are you getting picked on still?"

"I'm fine Ayumi san, they stopped being mean to me, and it's boring here."

"Ahh, as long as they don't pick on you, I'm happy." I kissed him on both cheeks. "Care to show me around?"

"Sure." He beamed at me.

Colin showed me everything, from the Inn, the graveyard. We climbed the stairs, and I noticed an interesting ceremonial stone, Colin didn't mention it, so I guess he doesn't think much of it. Then quite a few Crows started squawking from the trees and they began circling us. We quickly ran away.

We went into the different shops (I was very surprised and amused to see that Talo had taken ownership of the place, yet it doesn't surprise me, since he's a very bright kid). We went inside the Sanctuary and I met the Shaman. His name was Renado, and he was very nice.

Later, Yoshimi left late in the night. He didn't tell me what that place was, but I was a bit curious.

I followed him closely for several days, sleeping when necessarily, but waking several moments to see if he was still there.

Then one day, the sky got darker, and we were going to Lanaryu Province. We were right outside the path, and it was covered in a deep golden cloud. The same gold cloud I saw days before. He began to get near it, when the imp like creature came out of his shadow.

"Alright, you know the drill, once we get in, we can't come out for a long time. Are you sure there isn't anything you need to do, before we go in?"

"No, Midna, I'm sure."

Midna? That name sounds familiar. Another memory flash:

A brown haired girl followed a blue-eyed wolf, and Midna into a tower. There was a figure in a black cloak standing by the window. The figure turned around and I saw a flash of green eyes before reverting back to reality.

Suddenly, Midna went into the wall, and a red fiery hand (her hair) pulled Yoshimi in. I suddenly felt everything disappear behind me.