Chapter 32
I had minimal sleep that night, in an attempt to balance out my sleep back to during the night so I was active in the day I had tried to sleep. I awoke sitting upright my eyes still feeling very heavy. I found Kris was still on my shoulder wide awake. "What you don't like this cat so your depriving it's body of sleep for when it gets it back?"
"Not at all, I found out this cat is immortal, obviously if it's still alive after so long. Anyways, it doesn't need food, water or even sleep, their more unnecessary comforts for me now."
"Yea, well... I still need sleep. Holy crap, I just relaized." I said bolting to my feet I walked over and nudged Aidan, and again, growing tired of his deep sleep I smacked him across the face with the back of my hand, "Wake up ya lazy butt!"
"What the hell!?" Aidan said nearly falling off the stump he was sitting on.
"Where's Lilith!?"
"Who?" Kris asked.
"Holy hell a talking cat!" Aidan said now falling off his stump.
"Lilith is this chick who acted like our friend then betrayed us but it turns out Ganon was using her so I decided to give her another chance. Now where is she kid?!" I yelled at Aidan. The look on his face told me he had no clue as he stood up and started looking around then dashed off toward Death mountain. "Long as he comes back fine I don't care what happened to Lilith," I uttered more to myself but Kris clearly heard it.
"What's all the yelling about," Basha was now awake and seemed very alert.
"A very god question," yawned Midna as she emerged from Basha's house. She looked my way then blinked twice, "What's with the furball?"
"I'm a cat at least have the decency to say it!" Kris yelled at Midna. Her mouth was now agape.
"Um Midna, do you remember Kris?" I asked and she amde a strange face.
"Wait you mean that crazy chick that was linked with you or whatever?" Midna asked snapping her fingers.
"Um yeah... the cat, is her." Midna burst out laughing. "Lucky for me she also knows how to unlock the full potential of my power, which she said she could show me, but the downside is I have to be alone and able to concentrate."
"Wait so you mean your going to leave me again?" I couldn't look at Midna, I didn't want to see her saddened by me again. Without warning I felt my face grabbed and turned. It was Midna. "Listen, I... as long as you come back... and as long as you promise this is the last time!" I nodded and Midna leaned forward and kissed me. Suddenly she pulled back very fast, "I... uh, I don't know what-"
"Midna calm down, Aidan isn't even here and besides he knows who I am now." I said putting my hands on her shoulders.
"He does?!"
"Well I thought you would have known, you WERE the one who told him." I said as Midna backed away.
"Ah... I'm sorry Chris." Midna made big puppy dog eyes.
"Bah..." I said trying to ignore it, but she persisted, "Fine, your off the hook, this time."
"Well I don't know if I trust you going off alone with... her." Midna said glaring at Kris who was still on my shoulder.
"She's a bloody cat... I'd feel more threatened by a two foot tall Ganondorf." I said chuckling. Kris hissed at me, "Better not bug her too much though, she does know how I can beat Ganon, and after I learn, I can do so and then I'll never have to leave your side again Midna!"
Midna beamed utter delight at this and grabbed Kris off my shoulder, "I'd like to have a... uh... private girl talk with Kris before you go though." I shrugged and motioned for her to go ahead.
"Hey dad I'm back!" I heard Aidan call out from behind me.
"Finally what took... wait where's that jacket thing you normally wear?" I asked noticing he was only wearing the sleeveless shirt he wore under the coat.
"Uh... well," he paused and scratched the back of his head.
Suddenly Lilith's voice rang out from behind some rocks, "Some Goron stole my robes when I wasn't looking, Aidan found him for me but he said he'd sold them for well over 400 rupees!"
"So then..." I started.
"Yea all she's got on right now is my coat, so um... all us guys need to give her a bit of privacy while the girls give her a hand if you wouldn't mind."
Gone all night go figure she'd do something stupid like that, I thought turning my back so Lilith could run on by and Basha could help her find some clothes. I noticed Aidan start to turn his head to try and peek and I instantly smacked him over the back of the head.
"Hey." he whispered angrily.
"First off, have some self-control. Secondly, if you were gonna peek you should have done it back up at the hot spring, if you didn't it's your loss now." I growled back at him.
"Mom was right you are a bit of a perv aren't you?" he snickered.
"Like father like son." I said causing us both to start laughing.
"You two peeked didn't you!" we heard Adonia yell at us.
"Run away!" I yelled bolting leaving Aidan to flee on his own. After a few minutes of hiding behind a rock I creeped back to the house and found Aidan in okay condition, he said he had explained to Adonia that they were just talking. "Hm, she listens to reason... good to know." I mumbled to myself.
"Me and Kris are done with our little chat" Midna called out. I moved to greet them but stopped suddenly. Father senses tingling, I thought my brain actually registering something odd.
"Where's Lana?" I asked and everyone looked around and shrugged. I paused for a moment then realized she wasn't the only one missing. "Where is LINK!?" I growled loudly. Midna's eyes grew wide as did the cat she was holding. I took a big whiff of the air and leapt down towards the village. I ran towards the light spirit's spring, having a strange hunch that's where Link would head first. Lana and Link were sitting on the shore of the spring and I slipped behind the old shaman's hut, though I don't know who lived there now.
"Wow, so you and my father fought together all those years ago?" Lana said seeming far too interested in the story.
"Well your mother was a huge help too, she knew the way a lot of the time." Link replied seeming slightly depressed. "To be completely honest I liked your mother, as... more then a friend though."
"Oh... Ohhhh." Lana said then repeated actually realizing what he had just told her.
"But well she married Chris... guess that's how it was meant to be." Link skipping a stone perfectly across the spring so it hit the elevated wall that was at the other side.
"Guess so," Lana said dreamily. Gah if I didn't need Link to defeat Ganon I'd kill him right now, Well I guess Link wouldn't be a bad boyfriend for her... I mean he's the hero of lore and yadda yadda, but still I can't shake this feeling that I can't trust him at all.
"That'd be because your her father." Midna said in a hushed voice putting her hand over my mouth as I nearly screamed.
"How the hell did you get down here so fast? And did I say that out loud?" I said in the same hushed voice.
"Pft, you know I can travel in the shadows, it's so much faster then walking, and no you didn't... supposedly if a connection is strong enough between a Twili and his or her spouse they can sometimes hear each others thoughts." Midna explained without me even asking.
"Oh... fun..." I said realizing how terrible that could be if I was having one of my more perverted moments.
"Shh, listen." Midna said pointing back towards Lana and Link.
"Ah, but I suppose you don't wanna hear about how I thought I was in love with your mom hey?" Link said scratching the back of his head. I groaned quietly and smacked my forehead with my palm, Idiot, I thought hoping he would say something to fix it before it got worse. "So, um, how about you, you got your eye on anyone in particular?"
"Mmm... maybe," Lana said changing her tone, to something similar to that of what Midna used to use back, after we got married.
"Midna th-" I started.
"Yea, we should stop them for now, can't let them take this too far." Stop reading my mind damn you! I thought hoping she would hear it, but if she did she ignored it.
"Hey you two, what's going on?" Midna said walking out casually like she had just arrived, I moved back and looked for a better angle to approach and decided to climb up on the roof for now. I guess Midna hadn't seen me climb on top of the roof because when she looked back she seemed startled that I was gone.
"What is it mother?" Lana asked peeking slightly around the corner.
"Oh, I just thought I saw your father walking by here a moment ago."
"Speaking of dad what did you do to him the other day?"
"What? Oh! Shush, he was out cold I think and I... well I hardly was myself." Midna seemed to be blushing. Well now I'm curious, I thought almost snickering. "You can come out now, I heard that Chris."
"Doh," I said leaping from my perch on top of the roof. "All right, I came out, so... what did you do to me?" I said shooting a look at Midna.
"Nothing!"
"Bull!" I said moving closer and staring her down.
"It was nothing, keep this up and I'll just stop talking to you for a month." she said and I backed off. Well fine if you can hear my thoughts like you say you can just remember that I won't forget about this, and I won't stop asking when I get back from my little training session! I thought finally taking off.
I reached Basha's house and realized Midna had left Kris back up at the house and when I saw her I grabbed her rather harshly and plopped her back down on my shoulder. "Hey!" she hissed at me. I simply shot her a glare and she calmed right down.
"We're going, right now." I said aloud and began to walk off.
"Your taking Aidan with you." Midna's voice suddenly pipped up.
"What!?" Aidan shouted startled by this.
"If he comes so does Lilith, she goes where he does as part of our previous agreement." I said not even turning around.
"Fine by me." Midna said motioning for the two of them to make tracks. The followed without hesitation and we were off, in an eerie silence towards Link's old home town. My pace was rather quick, and I did not say a word almost he entire way.
No one said anything for the longest time in fact, that is until Lilith broke the silence. "So... this would be your first time alone as father and son were it not for me and the cat right?"
"Never thought of that but I suppose yea," I said still not turning around.
"Well-"
"If your going to suggest you go back with the cat don't, your here because Aidan is here, he promised he'd keep an eye on you, at least until I'm sure you can be trusted, the cat is here because she knows something about my powers I need to learn if I ever want to fix this mess." Everything went silent again.
"I find it hard to believe you two are related. I mean besides the non-twili features that look similar to Chris Aidan doesn't seem the same at all." Kris suddenly spoke.
I turned to face Lilith and Aidan now, "Aidan... is not the son of this body... my entire being almost has changed... what I was, what I would have become, is what Ganon now is."
"I may not know you very well father but... you are my father and I don't think you would have ever become like that sad excuse for a man." Aidan spoke up. It was brief but for a moment I felt like I had a tear welling up in my eye, I shook it off mentally.
"Thanks kid," I said putting my hand on his head for half a moment then continuing my journey.
Aidan rushed to catch up, "Why can't you call me by my name, or call me your son huh?" he asked and I turned around again.
"You know... if I remember correctly, I told you you'd earn my respect after you'd managed to hit me once in fair combat?" I chuckled. His eyes grew wide, "Ah! You forgot didn't you, silly kid!" I laughed heartily and ran off again.
"I did not forget, it just slipped my mind for the moment!" he yelled chasing after me drawing his sword, Lilith following closely laughing right along with me.
A shorter chapter, my shortest in a little while atually, just felt like writing something with a little less... I dunno action? I dunno, felt warm and fuzzy near the end ha! Anywho, thanks to all my recent reviewers, had more then I realized over the last couple weeks or so, I've got at least a few more chapters before I start gettin to the really good stuff here :) Anywho, enjoy the read, I need a break for a bit, maybe just the weekend :)