Making Love and Murder

Link waited for Zelda in the courtyard where they first met ten long years ago. This was not the first time he helped her sneak out, but he jokingly feared he might be rusty. He remembered that day all those years ago, he had been instructed by the Great Deku Tree to give the princess the Kokiri Emerald which now lies in the royal vault. When he met her she had said she saw his arrival in a dream and the two hatched a plan. Apparently, she had the Wisdom to see that Ganondorf, leader of the Gerudo at the time, was not planning for peace and the two foiled his plot to use the three spiritual stones to open a doorway to the Sacred Realm. Still the thing he remembered most was here beautiful smile when he met her.

"Here I am" came a women's voice from behind him, it was Zelda's. She was wearing a beautiful baby blue dress; it was formfitting but conservative and modest as was her style. "Let's go my escort" she said happily taking Link's hand and leading him into town. Link showed her some secret ways out of the castle he discovered when he met her. "How can I trust a man who probably knows how to sneak into my chambers unnoticed?" she jokingly questioned.

"Easy, you showed me that spot" he retorted to her delight.

Back inside the castle, Faust was discussing the possibility of an invasion from Ganondorf. "Any idea where he'll strike at least" Faust asked openly hoping for some ideas. Kyle had suggested that Ganondorf will just do as he does best and use a temple of Forest, Fire, and Water to power some doomsday magic. "That's highly unlikely for him to be that dumb" Faust retorted.

Colonel Hans looked around, "Anyone see the princess, she probably knows what he'll do this time. After all, she figured him out last time." he suggested

King Daphnes at the head of the table just nonchalantly said, "Oh she snuck out again, she's doing that more and more lately". Faust asked him how he knew aside from just knowing his daughter. "I bribed the Xangese guy, uh, Shin with cake" he stated.

Kyle couldn't help but chuckle, "I never met a father who was okay with his daughter being alone with a suitor she had "impure" thoughts about" he teased. It was a little out of line but King Daphnes wasn't cruel.

"Watch your mouth Flame Sword!" Hans yelled.

Daphnes rose his hand to calm Hans, "Oh don't worry, I have faith in both my daughter and Link. She wouldn't have those feelings for him he I couldn't trust him with her" he revealed. "But still, Impa!" he said as he clapped his hands.

Suddenly, a woman appeared before King Daphnes with incredible speed. She had some form of formfitting robes and a few daggers, she also had red eyes. "Impa, do me a favor and tail my daughter and Link, don't disturb their reunion but…" he ended implying what he wanted Impa to make sure of.

With that, she gave a nod, "As you wish…also, did I hear correctly that there is a Xangese person here?" she asked and got her response. She was asked if that was a problem. "No, just something I remember from my people's history, nothing threatening" she answered as she disappeared in a puff of smoke indicating her people have connections to the Xangese. Kyle left right after she did.

Faust then turned to Hans, "So, what is wrong with you?" he ordered. He and Daphnes could tell something was bothering him.

He looked for a second until he has given permission to speak freely. "How come Kyle is made Link's superior? I am far superior for this task!" he declared. Faust could guess that he just wanted to get a chance to transfer out of the West and get away from the Gerudo. "You don't know what it's like! Having to listen to them berate you because of your gender constantly and after they're done they bug me for two or more soldiers to "borrow" so they can use them to knock a few of them up. To breed children that they'll never see, children that'll be raised to hate them simply for their gender. These women claim we're are sexist but they are HUGE sexists! I CAN'T TAKE THEM ANYMORE AND NIETHER CAN MY SOLDIERS, MEN OR WOMEN!" he yelled out so the whole castle could hear him.

Faust and King Daphnes just stared at him, "Happy you got that off your chest?" Faust asked. With this, Hans stated he was going for a walk. "Still, I wouldn't wish keeping peace with the Gerudo on my worst enemy" Faust told Daphnes as they both agreed that they were a troublesome race to keep in line.

In the town, Zelda and Link enjoyed the nightlife, it was late the clock tower showed it was almost 10 o' clock. Zelda wanted to stop into the Epona Inn where her friends Malon and Anju worked for a snack…and to rub it in Malon's face that Link was with her. They had a friendly rivalry over him and they both knew that all was fair in that fight. "Anju makes such delicious mini-cakes" she said as she led Link in.

The Inn was mainly empty, and Link could see two characters at the far end of the restaurant getting into an argument with the management. "This ain't money I told you both!" he yelled pointing to the coins in his hand. It didn't take Link and Zelda long to see that it was Shin and Sieg!

"What do you mean, that's 250 dao! You said it was 25 for the meal and that's best I could come up with because you guys price things for small!" Shin argued pointed to the shiny coins that had shapes like a square in hollowed into it.

Sieg got up, "Shin that's YOUR country's currency, here it's worthless! Why do you think I didn't give him any copper coins, their worthless here! I thought you said you had money!" he complained and explained. Zelda and Link took pity on them and gave Malon a purple rupee which was double the price. As the two ate, Sieg laughed happily as Shin had trouble learning to use utensils. He was sloppily eating his Sheppard's Pie, "This was worth it" Sieg said to himself as Shin struggled.

As Link went to help Shin, Zelda had a moment with her three friends. Anju could only giggle as Zelda and Malon playfully bickered with each other. At the moment, Zelda "wasn't" royalty so they could speak their minds to each other and their silly bickering was cute to her, that's why despite how handsome Link was, she was happy she had a boyfriend of her own. "You know, usually men fall the women with the superior chest, and Zelda beats us by half a size" Anju teased to throw gasoline of the raging inferno.

"ONE LOUSY HALF A SIZE!" Malon defended as Anju giggled. "Besides, don't you have some nobleman to marry and leave the "commoner from the woods" to a beautiful farm girl like me?" she teased to Zelda. Link heard their laughter as they drank from a wine bottle that Zelda gave to Malon and to make them feel better that they couldn't "Stack Up" to her. He knew the rest of the night would be "eventful" since he was warned that Zelda never drinks so her tolerance would be minimal to none. But still, at least she was having fun like a normal girl.

Elsewhere, Colonel Hans walked the empty streets of Castle Town's southern edge, this was a dead street during the night, but he enjoyed being alone. "That flaming brat, taking Link as his subordinate and taking MY glory" he grumbled. "Now how am I going to get away from those annoying Gerudo?" he yelled to himself. He never noticed the young man before him until he was twenty feet from him. "Hm? You in the black tunic identify yourself!" he announced.

The young man stepped toward him where the light of the street torch showed his face, it was Cain. "Colonel Hans the Stern One, Head Hylian soldier of the West" he announced until Hans gave his confirmation that he was the man he was accused of being. Cain then pulled out his sword and shield which was decorated with a skull like the buckle of his belt. "I am here to put you to rest" he declared.

Zelda and Link had left the Epona Inn and went to a large fountain in the center of the town. A little tipsy, Zelda said she loved the fountain that was made in honor of her mother's passing. No one was there and she threw a rupee making a wish into the fountain. "Very unlike a princess, right now aren't we?" Link joked as she continued to lean on him.

She just giggled and look Link in the eyes, "What to know what my wish was?" she asked as she leaned closer and closer to him. Whatever was influencing her at the moment was not the small amount of wine she had with her friends. It was something more, the timing, the beauty of a full moon in a clear sky in the lighting they had. It was truly a magical moment.

"Oh, I'm going to the Special Hell" Link said to himself.

Back at Cain and Hans, Hans just laughed at Cain, "Put me to rest you say? You must be joking!" he bellowed. "Still, it's been awhile since I had a good fight" he said pulling out a mace off his back. "I am called the Stern One for a reason" he began. He then launched the spiked ball at Cain causing a dust cloud from the collision, "It's because I just stand to attention and you die before I have to move" he said believing the man dead.

"Interesting" came a voice from the cloud which surprising Hans. As the dust settled, it was revealed that Cain had stepped to the side and dodged the ball! "My guess is they were mediocre enemies" he said as he charged forcing Hans to set to the side. "Guess I'm an exception?" he sarcastically asked as the two dueled.

"Don't get cocky brat!" yelled Hans as he pulled out a bottle of blood and poured it all over the mace. Suddenly, the spikes grew! "My mace absorbs the iron in blood, the more damage it causes, the more powerful it'll become!" he yelled throwing it at Cain.

Instantly, Cain dodged the strike but heard a bounce. He turned just in time to see it coming right back at him! With only a second he ducked and began to understand. The chain in the mace also grew with the iron from blood. Thus the mace would keep bouncing until it got its target. "Nice weapon, this Bloody Mace is rather interesting" he praised.

But the game was now Cain's; he quickly summoned a scythe out of nowhere and shoved it into the ground. "You can requip like Link?" Hans yelled as Cain summoned a bow and shot two arrows into Hans's shoulders. He then noticed that as he ached in pain Cain darted right for him! "Don't underestimate a colonel of Hyrule brat!" he said as he pulled back on his mace. However, he soon noticed why Cain just left his scythe; it was lodged into a link of the Bloody Mace thus making it unable to return!

Cain instantly summoned a Goblin Scimitar and stabbed Hans in the heart with it instead of his own blade. He then grabbed the blade and forced it down into the center of Hans's frame, turned it sideways, and forced it through Hans's body into the streetlamp. Hans's was dead before he knew what hit him. Cain then proceeded to unsummon his scythe and take the Bloody Mace as his own. "Target, silenced" is all he said as he disappeared into the shadows pulling out a man and placing him at the scene. The man was horrified; he wasn't thinking straight, fear was controlling his mind.

It didn't take long from some people to hear the commotion. A handful of soldiers came looking and found the body Colonel Hans. They instantly sent word back to the castle to Faust and the King. They didn't know what to do, but they couldn't let people know about this.

Back at Zelda and Link, the two were leaning ever so closer until their lips almost met. Suddenly, Impa appeared before them kneeling. "Princess…did I interrupt something?" she asked.

When she lifted her head Zelda and Link were three feet apart indicating that what was about to happen didn't happen. Zelda face showed annoyance to having what she wanted taken from her. "No, did daddy send you to get me?" she asked.

Impa shook her head, "No, but you and Link must return to the castle immediately" he began and paused when they asked why. "Colonel Hans has just been assassinated" she declared to their horror.