M.S.K: Hello everybody! Thanks for the patience. Because, recently, I've been working non-stop on this chapter. I couldn't really put it down, that day ago. It just kept me writing until the end of it. But, that doesn't mean it's the end of the story yet! XD There's a surprise for you in this one! So, Zelda? Will you do the disclaimer for me?
Zelda: Of course! Kaoru-san doesn't own anything about Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. She only owns her own characters for the story. Everything related to the Four Swords story of the Zelda Series belongs to Nintendo.
M.S.K: Thank you very much, Zelda! Now, on with the show! Hidey ho! I made a rhyme!
Chapter 13: Almost-a-Wedding Fight! Hoshimi VS. Kuromi!
Navi is now flying in circles around the wedding ship, eagerly waiting for the moment to see her dear friend getting married to the Prince. But then, she heard some sinister whispering from one of the portholes of the ship, even from far away. She flew towards the porthole and took a peek at what's inside. What she found is that the bride is not Hoshimi, but a girl who looks a lot like her. But what's different about her is that her hair is ebony black. It's Kuromi! "Hmm? That's weird. That's not really Hoshimi, isn't it?" She said to herself.
While Kuromi is dressing herself up, she took one more look at the ruby pendant she had around her neck and smirked again. "Heh, heh, heh, heh . . ." She laughed to herself.
Now, this gives the little blue fairy the chills. "Now, that's not how Hoshimi will laugh at all."
As soon as Kuromi is fully dressed in her wedding attire, she walked over to the mirror and looked into it. She laughed again. "Ha, ha! Gorgeous am I? If I do say so, myself! Why, with all my wondrous charms, that silver haired girl will never outshine me, now that I have the Prince! Hee hee! May I ask, do I really look like a perfect princess, who's going to be a great Queen-to-be, Master Ganondorf?"
The mirror's reflection rippled and the face of the Sea Wizard appeared on it! He smirked too when he saw Kuromi in her outfit. "Of course, of course, my dear. But remember, once you have the Prince completely under your control, you should leave the Princess of Hylia to me. I'll know just what to do about her. Let us bring our plan of conquest to success! You and me! Ha ha ha ha!" He started another maniacal laugh again.
"Yes, my lord! Now that I have that girl's voice and the Prince, I'll be the one who will definitely have everything! Ha ha ha!" She laughed too.
"You're too much!" The wizard teased.
"Oh! Stop that! You're embarrassing me, Master!" Kuromi giggled while dancing around the cabin in circles.
Navi analyzed the situation and gasped. "Ganondorf! Oh no! Oh dear! Why. . . Why, I ought to. . . !" She flew backwards once, then quickly charged towards the porthole's window! But, "Ow!" When she hurt herself, she knew that she wasn't strong enough to break through a window with such a small body.
Navi regain her composure and hastily flew back to Hyrule Castle's shore and towards the dock. She cried out. "Hoshimi! Hoshimi!" Luckily, she found her sitting at the dock with her siblings. She's about to fly downwards to them. But, she landed into the water, for she's a little exhausted from flying from a long distance.
Everyone on the dock stopped their moping and looked over to the little blue light that's in the water. Then, they saw Navi, flying out and up to Hoshimi's face. "Ho. . . Hoshimi. . ." She huffed. "I have something. . . to tell you. . ." She looked over at Link and the rest of the Royal Children. "You all should listen too. . ."
"Why are you in such a rush, just now, Navi?" Link asked her.
"Listen! I was flying for a while, obviously. Then. . . Then. . ."
"Then what?" Asked Red.
"This ought to be good. . ." Blue mumbled impatiently.
Navi regained her breath and spoke out loud to them. "I saw this black-haired Hoshimi in the wedding ship!"
"Black-haired Hoshimi?" The Four Princes and Zelda exclaimed in unison, together.
Hoshimi, however blinked in surprise. She knows that this 'Black-Haired Hoshimi' is the one who is going to be marrying the Prince.
"Yes! Yes!" Cried the fairy again. "She is talking with a familiar figure on the mirror and she's using a voice that's apparently not her own! Do you all see what I'm getting at?" Then she turned to the princess. "The Hoshimi I saw back there is not the real Hoshimi! She's a clone of you! And she has your Prince under her control through dark magic from the aid of Ganondorf and she's going to trick him into marrying her!"
After listening to everything the fairy said, Hoshimi gasped silently! She never knew that Ganondorf is behind that girl! He has been trying to keep Shining Link out of her reach by creating a clone of her!
"Ganondorf?" Zelda gasped too.
"I thought so!" Vio exclaimed, laying a fist upon the palm of his other hand. "I always knew that Ganondorf will be up to something. Once he gave Hoshimi what she wanted in order be with the Prince. People like him always have a thing with making deals, treating them like a game of some sort! He will let it go along but, in a while, he may not play fair."
Blue snarled, stiffening his hands and curling his fingers up like talons. "Argh! I knew we can never trust him! He's nothing more than a dirty, lying, cheating, disagreeable, despicable, untrustworthy, double-crossing, two-faced, conniving, dastardly sea devil! Oh! He's going to get it! I really ought to have his face meeting the impact of my mallet! I will have his head separated from his shoulders if I have to!"
Link then spoke. "If this is what's really what he's doing, then we ought to do something and fast!"
"Yes! Yes! We need to keep that evil looking clone of Hoshimi away from the Prince and quickly too!" Navi exclaimed again.
"But, how are we going to do that?" Red asked.
"What do you mean by that ridiculous question, Red?" Blue asked back.
"I mean, the ship is far away from us, now." He stated. "Plus, with the sun setting down, we have very little time left! Especially you, Hoshimi."
"He's right, sister!" Vio said to her. "You got to have your first kiss with the Prince in a matter of minutes, now. Or else it will be too late, once you change back!"
Hoshimi got up and looked out towards the sun and the wedding ship. "If he doesn't have any romantic interest in you in any which way, by the light of the third sunset, you'll turn back into your natural form. . ." Ganondorf's words echoed throughout her mind. Seeing that there's no other way besides going after the boat by swimming, Hoshimi thought to herself with stern eyes and her hands gripped into fists. "Right! I'm not going to let that wizard toy with me! And I'm not going to let that clone take away my Prince and get away with it! It's now or never, Hoshimi! So, there's no point in waiting!"
After glancing a few backward steps first, she ran over to the edge of the dock and jumped into the water. Once she done that she quickly rose up to the surface, treading a bit.
Vio knew that Hoshimi won't be able to catch up to the ship this way. He quickly spotted some barrels bundled up together with some rope and he used his sword to cut it, letting the barrels fall on to the water loose. "Quick! Grab on!" He instructed his sister. Then, he and the others fell back into the water.
Hoshimi found one of the barrels with enough rope wrapped around it. She also found a long strap of it, trailing from the barrel and showed it to Link and Red.
"Green! Red!" Vio ordered out again. "Grab that rope and pull Hoshimi over to the ship as fast as your fins will let you and be quick about it!"
"Sure thing!" Link saluted.
"We'll try!" Red responded too.
So, the two pulled and tugged on the rope and they began swimming towards the wedding ship, taking Hoshimi with them.
Zelda spoke to Vio. "We need to get back to Father! He must know about the whole thing!"
"We should!" He agreed.
"Hey! Hey!" Navi shouted. "What about me? What am I supposed to do?"
Vio turned to the fairy and gave out his order. "And you! Go out and seek a way to stall the wedding! So whatever you do, Navi! Don't ever. . I repeat! Don't ever let that clone say 'I do'!" Then, he, Zelda, and Blue dove underwater to swim back to the Palace of Hylia to find their father and told them everything what's happening.
Navi is about to fly but she stopped, asking herself. "Wait! Stall the wedding? Why. . . Why! I know just what to do!" So, without waiting a second or two, she flew over to a different part of the sea shore and made some squealing noises to say that there's something really fishy going on! Those squealing noises resonate throughout the seashore, alerting some sea birds, dolphins, seals, sea lions, elephant seals, and some lobsters and crabs! Once she got all of the animals together, she cried out. "Come on, everybody! Let's get a move-on! This is urgent! We got an emergency here, and I'm in need of your assistance! To the wedding boat!" Without further ado, everyone followed the little fairy
Right now, on the deck of the ship, the wedding theme is playing and all the guests are bowing their heads to the couple that's passing by upon the red carpet, towards the priest at the altar. This couple is the still-hypnotized Shining Link and Hoshimi's clone, Kuromi.
King Phoebus and his wife are also there in the ceremony, with Sheik, Liliana, and Erune as they watched the two making their way to the altar.
Erune is still feeling that there's something wrong about this marriage, though.
Snow is checking things out up close while hiding among the crowd. She is sitting on someone's foot. When she saw Kuromi walking by, she flew up slowly and met her face. Once this black-haired girl saw her, the fairy gave her a stern glare. She's still sensing something suspicious about her. "Hmph! I don't think I've seen you before." She said to her.
Kuromi pulled back her hand and slapped the white fairy away, sending her up near the ceiling. Then, she returned her attention to the path.
Snow regained her composure after that slap and huffed. "Oh! How rude!"
The couple are now at the altar. The priest cleared his throat and began to speak. "Dearly beloved people of Hyrule! We have gathered here today, to bear witness. . ."
Meanwhile, Red and Link are still swimming over to the ship while their sister is holding on to the barrel they're pulling. They are getting a bit closer and closer to the boat, although they are hardly getting anywhere faster with their swimming.
"Pull!" Link grunted to his brother.
"Don't worry, Hoshimi! We're getting there! Almost! Just hold on!"
Hoshimi is still not sure if they are going to get there in time. She's worried that Kuromi will be saying her vows before she gets there. "Hurry!" Her mind squirmed.
Back on deck, it doesn't seem that vows from the couple are spoken yet. The Priest is still doing his part. "Now, do you, Prince Shining Link, take Kuromi to be your lawfully wedded wife for as long as you both shall live?"
The Prince, still under the control of Ganondorf's magic from the girl next to him, spoke. "I do. . ."
"And uh, do you. . ." Before the priest can say anything else, a loud screech distracts everyone in the ceremony.
Everyone turned their attention up above, except for the Prince who is just standing at his spot.
What they saw is Navi, leading a flock of albatrosses and seagulls in the sky.
"All right, fellas! Let's crash this party!" Then, the fairy and the seabirds dive bombed sharply towards Kuromi!
Kuromi just dodged their air dive. But, when she brought her head back up, she can see that they're coming back down for another!
Navi and her winged companions swooped down and caused her to fall by flying underneath the skirt of her wedding dress!
"Woah!" The black-haired girl screamed and she fell to the floor on her back!
Snow cheered. "Yes! Yes!"
Then, the entire crowd was in a panic when the seals, sea lions, and elephant seals jumped up from the sea and right on deck! They're all lunging over for the bride! Some of them are chasing a few guests around the boat.
"What is this? What's going on?" Raina exclaimed.
Sheik got on to his position, ready to defend the two royals.
"Gracious! The animals have gone mad!" The King gasped.
Liliana is about to bring her daughter away from the party crash. But, Erune just wanted to watch this for a while.
The wedding crash is still going on when pelicans are flying over Kuromi's head, when she's struggling to get up. While flying over her, the pelicans were dropping bucket-fulls of sea water! The last one dropped a crab on top of her and it began pinching her cheeks! The clone of Hoshimi screamed in pain and a horde of lobsters and some other crabs leapt on top of her!
Erune was giggling softly when she saw what happened.
Kuromi tried to pull the shellfish off her. "Oh! Get off me you little. . . ! Oh!" Before she can do anything else, a sea lion picked her up on his nose, bounced her up and down on it for a bit, and used her to play catch with the other sea lions, seals, and elephant seals!
At the very same time, Link, Red, and Hoshimi made it to the wedding ship! The two brothers let their sister climb aboard as they dove underwater to get back to the others.
The sea lions, seals, and elephant seals are using Kuromi on their little catch game for a while longer, until the baby seal bounced her off on top of the refreshment table! Kuromi landed upon the wedding cake along with the barrels of cider!
Hoshimi made it to the railing of the ship. When she got on board, she made an amused grin of what she saw. She found Navi in the air and showed her a 'thumbs up', saying "Well done, Navi!"
"Sure thing, honey!" The fairy squealed with delight.
Kuromi rose up from the pile of cake mush growling and upset. "Oh! Those beasts! All of my beautiful clothes! Ruined!" She is about to charge at the barking sea mammals until, she slipped on a puddle of spilled cider, causing her to break both of her heeled shoes and land on her back again. "Ow!" Then, she heard some clicking noises. She looked behind her and some dolphins were in the air. Then, she was sprayed by more sea water from them! "Gah!" Now, she's more of a big mess than before when she fell on to the cake.
Navi flew over and circled around Hoshimi's Clone rapidly while screeching at the same time.
Utterly annoyed, Kuromi shouted. "Oh! You pesky little insect!" She grabbed Navi and flicked her over to a nearby wall, roughly!
The poor fairy landed on the wall with a smack! And she slid down the wall and landed on the floor, moaning weakly. "Oh. . ."
Hoshimi gasped silently and everyone else, who saw the whole thing gasped too.
"Oh! How dare she!" Snow screamed.
Kuromi huffed. "Hmph! That shall teach you some respect!"
Navi tried to get up, but she fell back to the floor feebly.
Now, Hoshimi couldn't believe what this clone did to the little fairy! She flicked her to a wall as if she were a fly! The Mer-Hylian Princess' anger deepened as she glared at her clone.
Kuromi looked over at Hoshimi and shifted her eyebrow. "What?"
Hoshimi's fury is beginning to boil up and she charged towards Kuromi, pushing her! Then she pointed her finger at her. Though she doesn't have her voice, she mouthed words to her, saying, "You imbecile! You'll pay for what you did to her!"
Well, Kuromi isn't stupid enough to misunderstand her silent lips. "Well, she deserved it and you shouldn't be here! This is my marriage!" She got up and ran over to the Prince, wrapping her arms around his arm. "Now, come on, Shining Cakes. Let's finish the job and get this party over with!"
Now, Hoshimi isn't willing to accept that as a proper response. Plus, seeing her clone clinging on to her prince made her anger boil even more! She mouthed again, "You can't do that to my friend! Ever! You and Ganondorf almost broke my heart! You two can take away my Prince! But when you take away my dignity, that's the part when I get really, really angry! Get ready to drown, girl!"
Kuromi snarled too as she lets go of the prince. "So! You want to fight me for him, eh? Well, I accept!"
With that, both: Hoshimi and her clone charged into each other and brawled!
The Priest, who's hiding behind the altar, saw the fight and he announced in a panicky way. "Um, I pronounce myself. . . Gone!" Then, he quickly ran off to where he can hide.
Everyone is now witnessing the two girls fighting, one on one, while the Prince is still not moving from his spot. They couldn't believe this is happening as they stared with wide eyes. They never actually see two girls fighting each other before.
King Phoebus whispered to Sheik. "Is this happening now?"
"Yes, sir." He answered, sighing. "A fight between two young women."
Kuromi just got Hoshimi by slapping her on the cheek. But, the real princess recovered and punched her clone back! The clone is about to give her another blow before, Hoshimi completely disappeared with the use of Farore's Wind. She looked around to see if she can find her, but she was pushed down when Hoshimi reappeared by landing her foot on to her stomach!
Kuromi wasted no time by knocking Hoshimi off her stance by shoving her feet aside, allowing her to fall. She fired a flame of dark magic at the princess but, she dodged it just in time!
Hoshimi began to use Din's Fire which unexpectedly let out a strong flame, this time! The flame flew towards Kuromi and caught her! Now, she couldn't believe what happened! Her Din's Fire was a lot better than the last time she used it! "Yes! Yes!" Her mind exclaimed!
Now, she's going to finish her off with a dash of her Naryu's Love! A giant crystal trapped Kuromi and it bashed on to the floor with her in it! As it broke, the shards scratched her up a bit!
"Gyah!" The black-haired clone shrieked!
Hoshimi stood, huffing a bit. Then she ran over to Navi who just got up. She picked her up, giving her a look, asking her if she's okay.
"I'm fine. My injuries just recovered, so thank you." She said. That made Hoshimi sigh in relief.
Kuromi sat herself up and growled at Hoshimi. "Who do you think you are. . . you white-haired wretch?"
Hoshimi turned to her and mouthed, "The game's over, Kuromi. You're finished!"
But, her clone laughed. "Hah! Actually, I'm not Kuromi at all!" Then, her aquamarine eyes turned ruby red, her teeth bared sharp fangs, her nails grew a bit longer, and her wedding dress turned into a black one! Plus, white highlights appeared on the bangs of her hair! "I'm actually a living shadow of you! I. . . am. . . Shadow Hoshimi!"
Everyone on the boat gasped at the appearance of this shadow! Hoshimi couldn't believe what Ganondorf created! He made a dark copy of her just like he did with her brothers long ago! "So! You've showed your true form!" She mouthed to her.
"That's right! Now you'll have a taste of what darkness will look like to you!" Shadow Hoshimi lunged more of the raw dark magic towards Hoshimi, who is frantically trying to dodge them!
"Ha ha ha! Give it up! You can't win!" Her clone laughed again!
After dodging some more of her clone's power, Hoshimi was then pushed to the floor by her! She winced a bit and she saw Shadow Hoshimi looming over her with a sinister looking dagger in her hand! "I'll be sending you on a little trip to the Dark World, under the orders of Ganondorf! You can say good bye to your Shining Lover Boy!" She's about to lunge the knife down at Hoshimi's heart until, the Princess caught her arm, preventing the impact of the blade!
Hoshimi struggled to push the knife away from her as both of her arms are wobbling, trying to hold it back with all the strength she had left! "Oh! Her weak spot! Her weak spot! Where's her weak spot?" She thought desperately. Then, she noticed her ruby pendant and the glowing sphere that's contained inside it. "Ah!" With her free hand and the other, still grasping her clone's, Hoshimi grabbed the pendant and pulled it away from her neck! Then, she pushed Shadow Hoshimi off her!
Her shadow growled some more until she noticed that her pendant was removed! "Eh?"
Hoshimi showed it to her in her hand.
"What are you doing? Give it back!" She cried desperately, trying to grab it away from her!
Hoshimi glanced backwards over to the railing of the boat and the pendant happened to crack when it landed on the wood.
When that happened, Shadow Hoshimi felt a jerk of pain in her! "Gah!"
Now, this gives Hoshimi a good chance! She now knows what her weakness is! Then, she mouthed to her shadow one more time raising the pendant's gem in the air. "This is for Navi!" She threw the ruby on to the wood once more and her shadow felt bitter pain than before! Then, she raised it up again. "This is for Shining Link!" She made another impact on the ruby with the wooden surface and Shadow Hoshimi's body jerked, making her wobble! Finally, Hoshimi is ready for the last one to finish this fight! "And this. . . ! This is for me!" The ruby finally cracked open as it shattered! The glowing sphere floated slowly into the air.
"Gyaaaaaaaah!" Shadow Hoshimi shrieked in bitter pain as she fell on her knees, grabbing her head. Her body is slowly dissolving too! Into wispy shadows. "I'm dispersing!"
Shining Link's trance ended and he rubbed his eyes. His head felt a little bit of pain too. "Oh. . ." Then he looked around and about of what just happened. "Huh? What happened here? How did I end up here?" He then saw Hoshimi standing over at her shadow, who is slowly disappearing!
Hoshimi crossed her arms in a satisfied way.
With her body slowly fading away, Shadow Hoshimi screamed. "GANONDORF, MY LORD! I'VE FAILED YOU! GYAAAAAAAAAH!" Finally, Shadow Hoshimi is now gone!
Everyone in the crowd just stood there, speechless about Hoshimi's doings.
"What. . . What was that?" Shining Link asked.
Snow came up to him and answered. "A dark, evil, fiendish, bratty, and spoiled version of Hoshimi, herself."
"Huh?" The Prince is still questioned about everything in the whole situation.
The glowing sphere that's free from the red ruby flew and circled around Hoshimi, singing. "~Time was swallowed by a great man-eating demon from the west. . . A brave knight was called upon, to fight that horrible beast. . . He took up sword and battled the great demon. . .~" Then, the orb seeped into Hoshimi's throat, allowing her to sing the last verse perfectly! "~From the beast's armor, an instrument formed!~" Hoshimi got her voice back!
King Phoebus, Queen Raina, Sheik, Liliana, and Erune couldn't believe their eyes!
Neither can Shining Link and Snow!
The Prince rubbed his eyes to check if he's dreaming. But, he isn't! "Ho. . . Hoshimi!"
She turned to the Prince and smiled. "Shining Link!" She said to him.
"Yay!" Navi cheered while Snow joined her. Then, they looked at each other. "Say? Do I know you?" She asked her.
"I was about to ask the same thing!" The white fairy exclaimed. "Aren't you the Blue Maiden's Fairy?"
"Yes I am! And I believe you're the White Maiden's Fairy!" Navi said again.
Then, they both exclaimed in unison. "We do know each other! Ha ha!" The two fairies hugged each other and danced together!
Shining Link ran over to Hoshimi with a delighted face as she ran over to him. "You. . . You can speak! You can sing! You're the one with that singing voice! You're the one who saved me!"
"Yes!" She exclaimed back.
Now, the whole crowd is exclaiming to each other of what the two were saying!
"Oh! Quick, you two!" Navi exclaimed. She can see that the sun is almost set!
"Hoshimi! Why didn't I thought about this sooner? It was you the whole time!" Shining Link took her by her waist and brought her close to him.
Hoshimi wrapped her arms around his shoulders too. "Oh! Shining Link! I wanted so much in order to tell you. . ."
The two were about to kiss when warm light shone upon Hoshimi! The sun just sank! Then, she felt her heart skipping a beat! "Ah!" She gasped! Another jolt of pain struck her again and she fell from the Prince's arms and on to the floor! "Oh!" One more shock of pain bolted from her head and throughout her body then, down to her legs. "Kyaah!" She screamed at this! She grabbed her head as she twitched on the floor. "No! No!" She muttered with desperation in her voice.
"Hoshimi!" The Prince cried as he kneeled down to her. "What's wrong? Are you all right?"
But, she muttered again. "No! Not yet! Not yet! I just need more time! Please!" The pain her legs deepened and with the final jolt of it, Hoshimi let out a blood curdling scream! "Kyaaaaah!"
Then, bright light flashed all around her! Everyone shield their eyes.
"Oh no!" Navi gasped. "It's too late! She's turning back!"
"Into what?" Snow asked her.
The light faded and it revealed the big truth to everyone! What they're now seeing made them all gasp slightly!
Hoshimi is now back to what she naturally looks like! She's back in her white tank top and below her torso, her legs have joined together already, transformed back to her glittering fish tail! She was startled when she had turned back to her original form.
Shining Link is startled too! "Ho. . . Hoshimi?"
Then a familiar voice spoke. "Heh! You just don't get it, do you, pretty boy!" Then out of the blue, with another windy wisp of shadows, there's Shadow Link! He's now standing in front of Hoshimi and Shining Link, with his arms crossed over his chest. He had legs too. Though he kept his black hat, under shirt and black tunic, he had leggings and black boots upon them! He must have transformed himself as well, just to get here!
Hoshimi gasped once she saw him. "You!"
He turned his gaze on her and smirked! "Well, I was impressed by you, Princess. I never would've known you are clever enough to figure out that marionette my lord sent up here is a mere shadow of you, just like me. Plus, I was amused that you found her weakness when you are fighting her! I didn't really expect that to happen. But, hah! It did!"
"You're the one behind this, along with Ganondorf?" She asked him back.
"Heh, yeah." He laughed and shrugged. "But, that spoiled little shadow sprite, Shadow Hoshimi. As I've told you before, she's only a puppet! Ah hah!"
"Hold on!" Shining Link shouted. "Just by the name of the Goddesses! Who are you?"
Shadow smirked even more. "Heh, is that really a way to treat a guest, Prince of Hyrule? I'm Shadow Link. A servant to the lord of darkness, Ganondorf!"
That name sent a shock to the whole crowd and the Royal Family!
"Ganondorf? The one who betrayed the Gerudos?" The Prince shouted again!
"Of course!" Replied the Shadow. "Right now, I'm just here to return the favor of you taking good care of my sweet angel fish." He kneeled down to meet Hoshimi's gaze and smirked at her.
Now, she didn't liked it at all this time.
"What are you saying?" Shining Link asked him.
Shadow Link looked up to him with a sly grin again. "What I'm saying is that I'm now going to bring this lovely little mermaid back to the sea with me. Or shall I say, Mer-Hylian Princess Hoshimi, the youngest daughter of Ocean King Thor, the ruler of the Kingdom of Hylia, below the Great Ocean!" He even wrapped his arms around Hoshimi, which made her even more uncomfortable.
What he told everyone send an even bigger surprise! Especially to the Royal Family!
"Mer-Hylian?" Asked Phoebus.
"Hoshimi is a Mer-Hylian girl?" Asked Raina too.
"It cannot be!" Sheik said.
Then, Erune told him. "But, look now! She really is one of them!"
"I thought they only exist in the imagination of young children and sailors." Said Liliana, holding on to her daughter.
Shining Link looked at Hoshimi and her true form. "Hoshimi? Is this true? This whole time, you're really a. . ."
Hoshimi sorrowfully lowered her head as she held her tail up to her chest. "I'm sorry, Shining Link. I was hoping you'll never see me like this. Even though, I'm the one who saved you from the stormy sea. You see, I've been trying to tell you! I did rescued you but, not in the way you imagined it! Above all, I didn't want to frighten or scare anyone!"
Now, Shining Link is too surprised to make another response. He never would have guessed that the girl who saved his life is actually something that his mother used to tell him stories of. But, he sighed and told her. "But, I'm not afraid of you and I will never hurt you for hiding the truth about yourself, either. I adore you for who you are. Not for what you are. Hoshimi, you're not frightening me at all, really." His words made the princess look up at his gentle gaze.
Shadow Link mocked while smirking some more. "Aww, parting is such sweet sorrow. Who would dare to break up such a delicate relationship, in spite of differences? Well, I would!" He quickly scooped Hoshimi up from the floor and hopped on to the ship's railing with her, holding her tightly.
"Wait!" The Prince called out.
"Unhand me at once, Shadow!" Hoshimi commanded trying to struggle out of his grip but, her actions are fruitless!
Shadow Link chuckled at what she was doing. Then he turned back to the Prince, his family, and the rest of the guests who are about to come after him. "We'll be on our way, now!"
King Phoebus called out. "Guards! Seize that creature! But don't harm the girl in his arms!"
His guards were about to come after Shadow. But, before they can reach him, they were all driven away by his dark powers, sending flying to the other railing of the ship!
The King was shocked! He didn't expect that his men will be flung aside with one swoop by a young boy!
Then, Shadow laughed. "Hah! You pathetic fools should all stand aside for now. I will not tolerate unwanted guests. Dear Hoshimi and I will be having a private reception of our own, tonight! So, thanks and farewell! Ha ha ha!" With that, he jumped off the railing to dive back into the sea, taking the struggling Princess with him!
"Hoshimi!" Shining Link cried out when he found that he was too late to take her back!
"Shining Link!" Hoshimi cried out too before landing in the water as she is taken away by Shadow, who is carrying her downwards to the bottom of the sea!
While seeing his princess gone, Shining Link hung his head low and slowly started to cry. It's all his fault that he would have known soon that since his love is a member of a different race, he should have just stayed at her side long enough!
King Phoebus walked over to his son and sighed as he laid his hand on his shoulder. "Oh, I'm sorry, my son." He is feeling sad about what happened. "There are some things in this world that you just have to let go."
But, the Prince now, raising his head, revealing his eyes filled with tears of anger, replied. "No. . . ! There are some things in this world that you don't want to let go!" He really ought to do something! Hoshimi saved his life and now, he should do the same for her in return!
Red: This is big trouble for Hoshimi! I hope neither Shadow Link or Ganondorf doesn't harm her!
M.S.K: Well, Ganon might be after something else, you know.
Link: Ganondorf does happen to be a play-brain. Once he makes a game out of the deal he makes with someone, he'll never let that person win! Even if his client wins, he'll never let him or her go free.
M.S.K: You can say that again.
Blue: (Giggles)
M.S.K: What's so funny, Blue?
Blue: The Wedding Crash! Ha ha! XD
M.S.K: (Snickers a little) You're right. It is funny! I just wanted to add something to this chapter along with Hoshimi's first cat fight with her shadow. Now, I hope you're liking this chapter. More excitement is yet to come on the next chapter. So, cross your fingers. I'll be seeing you all next time. So, don't forget to review and comment! Matta ne!
Blue: What will happen on the next chapter?
M.S.K: You'll soon see!