Death if Apart
Chapter 9
(Nuri's P.O.V.)
Samus and I entered the town, through some secret passage. Turns out, there's a crack in the wall. I guess Ganondorf doesn't send many people to do inspections.
It turns out the crack is supposedly covered by some house. Samus slid open the door and entered the dark room of the house. Then she opened a closet and threw a dark cloak at me.
"Put this on, so that we won't be spotted," she told me. She too, was wearing a black hood over her head.
I follow her orders and then she opened the door, where we stepped outside, and for a second I wished I hadn't.
Everyone outside looked deranged and some had to hold on the sides of houses for support, to be able to walk. No one was smiling; instead many were frowning and scowling. This kingdom seemed more liked a huge prison.
Samus nudged me to keep on walking and I followed her. After walking what seemed like an hour, she stopped at the blacksmith's shop. The vendor looked at her and she whispered something in his ear. He nodded and gestured us to a back door. When opened, all you saw was a small room. Samus took off her hood, and looked around.
"What are you doing here?" a voice said.
Samus just chuckled, "I could say the same thing to you. Now come out and show your face."
"Who's your companion?"
"He's Nuri. Don't worry, he's not an enemy."
Finally the owner of the voice showed himself. He had elfish ears an wore green clothing. "Alright, I showed myself, so what do you need?"
"Your skills in teaching," Samus replied. "Nuri here wants to learn how to fight with a sword, Link. Do you think you could teach him, in a short time?"
Link glanced over at me, "Depends. Why in a short time?"
"Because I'm going to attack Ganondorf's castle for a rescue," I answered.
His eyes widened. "For who?"
"My sister."
"As for me, I have something important there, along with some other friends," Samus added.
"Let me guess, your suit?" Link assumed since she didn't wear it.
"Yep."
"And by friends, you mean some Smashers."
"Right again."
"Who were petrified."
"Correct. Wow you figured all three. And the grand prize is teaching Nuri how to fight," Samus said.
"How much time do you have?" Link asked me.
I answered, "Not much." Actually I had no idea how much time I had to bring Luna back to home in my definition of time. All I know is that it's less than a month in this world. "Less than a month, at most," I added.
Link crossed his arms and just responded with, "Then you and I need to fight, now."
(Luna's P.O.V.)
Red, Pikachu and I have been searching for any traces of their Smasher friends for a while now. So far, no luck.
The sun is hot, and I'm starting to sweat. I pull another leaf branch away from my walking path and that's when I notice something odd. With the sun shining I notice the reflection of something on the ground.
No sooner later, I'm on my knees digging in the ground with my bare hands. After brushing off all of the dirt, I see what the thing, truly was. Sparkling with the sun touching the gold was a winged heart locket.
I open it and see two figures in a picture. One was a brown haired girl in a dress while the other wore green all over and had blond hair. Both had elf- looking ears and were smiling, showing their signs of love to another.
My finger slips and it accidentally move a small handle. Right after that, I hear Moonlight Densetsu, a song that's widely commonly played from where I'm from.
"Luna?" that's all Red says when the melody is playing in the air. Pikachu is leaping toward the tree standing nearest to me. And all is silent as I softly sing the lyrics,
A/N The words said are the Japanese original sounding lyrics. The words after it are English translations.
Japanese…
"Gomen ne sunao ja nakute
Yume-no nakanara ieru
Shikou kairo-wa shouto-sunzen
Ima-sugu aitai-yo
Nakitaku naru-yo-na moonlight
Denwa mo dekinai midnight
Datte junjou doushiyou
Haato-wa mangekyou
Tsuki-no hikari-ni michibikare
Nando-mo meguri-au
Seiza-no matataki kazoe uranau koi-no yukue
Onaji kuni-ni umareta-no
Mirakuru-romansu
Mo-ichi-do futari-de weekend
Kami-sama kanaete happy-end
Genzai-kako-mirai mo
Anata-ni kubittake
Deatta toki-no natsukashii
Manazashi wasurenai
Ikusenman-no hoshi-kara anata-o mitsukerareru
Guuzen mo chansu-ni kaeru ikikata-ga suki-yo
Fushigi-na kiseki kurosushite
Nando-mo meguri-au
Seiza-no matataki kazoe uranau koi-no yukue
Onaji kuni-ni umareta-no
Mirakuru-romansu
Shinjite-iru-no mirakuru-romansu"
[A/N English translations…
"Sorry if I'm not gentle"
I can say that in my dreams.
My thoughts are about to short circuit.
I want to see you, now isn't soon enough.
Just about ready to cry, moonlight,
Can't call, midnight.
Because I'm so naive, what can I do?
My heart is a kaleidoscope!
Led by the moonlight,
Often we meet by chance.
The twinkling count of stars foretells love's whereabouts.
Born on the same planet
Miracle romance
May we have together just one more weekend
O God, please grant us a happy end
In the present, past, and future
I'll always be in love with you
When we first met, that dear
Glance you gave me, I won't forget
From out of the millions of stars, I'll find you.
Changing coincidences into chances, I love this way of life!
A mysterious miracle is headed our way.
Often we meet by chance
The twinkling count of stars foretells love's whereabouts.
Born on the same planet,
Miracle romance.
One thing I still believe in, miracle romance]
After the last word is said, Red, Pikachu, and I are broken out of the trance. Pikachu jumped on my shoulder and his eyes bulged when he sees the picture. When Red saw the picture he put a sober face.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
He hesitated, but finally said "That picture is Link with his love Zelda. He gave it to her and she never took it off. Whenever Link left on a mission or something, she would always listen to it, and wrap her hands around it. She didn't even let people touch it."
"So why is it here?"
"I don't know," Red says and then he stared into the locket again, "And that's what I'm afraid of."
Ohhhhh… mysterious. Why was Zelda's locket buried? And why does Luna know the song so well? What happened to the other Smashers?
Well sorry, but that's the end… of this chapter. Hopefully, next chapter will be up soon. School is back for me again, so I can't promise anything.