Chapter 8: Awakened Fury

Link awoken from his short slumber and realized he and Cremia had fallen asleep. He looked into the Eastern sky and saw that while the sun hadn't yet shown it'd only be about hour or two before the sun would be visible. He turned to see Cremia sleeping peacefully as he remembered again that in a couple hours that the Gorman Brothers and the people of Clock Town would be coming to destroy his peaceful life. He worried as to what would they do, and when he imagined what they could do he panicked and began to wake Cremia.

"Cremia, Cremia! Wake up! We need to go get Romani and leave before the Gorman's come." Link explained urgently as her eyes fluttered open. After a few moments of waking up she looked to Link and began to process his words. She began to climb to her feet as did Link – the two holding hands as if afraid that if they did not the world would drive them apart. The couple stepped into the house where the two gingerly separated their held hands as Cremia went upstairs to wake her sister. Link wandered the first floor; he found a few large bags and began shoving odds and ends that he thought might be needed for a potential journey. A few minutes later Cremia came down with a half-asleep Romani who was in a disheveled dress that was quickly put on thanks to Cremia. Romani wiped away some sleep in her eyes.

"What is going on? Why is Sister waking Romani up so early? It's not even sunrise yet…" the young ranch girl asked.

"We're…" Cremia began but was lost for words as she looked at her younger sister; however Link stopped doing what he was doing and came over got down on a knee in the effort to look at her eye-to-eye.

"We're going on a trip – a long one. I and Cremia talked about us all going on a trip to see the world!" He said with a smile.

"A trip? Are we going to see oceans and big fields of flowers?" Romani asked, nearly fully awake. Link and Cremia nodded with smiles, which were promptly returned with a big hug from Romani around Link's neck. "Oh this is going to be so much fun! Thank you!" She exclaimed. Link nodded and patted the young girl's back and put her down.

"You're welcome but we gotta be quick! So grab only what you need, understand?" Link said as he looked down at the young girl whom nodded and went upstairs to grab a few things. The two adults stood for a moment as they watched the girl run upstairs.

"Link…" Cremia whispered as she gently slipped a hand into his; when he felt the small hand slip into his he looked to her. "Thank you," she said simply.

"For what?" he asked.

"For saying that we're going on a trip with Romani. I didn't have the heart to tell her that we're running away from home."

"Neither did I. So I just told her the truth the way I know a kid would like to hear it." He stated flatly as his gaze moved around the house, trying to find more items to bring.

"I think I understand." Cremia stated as she began to help Link find more things to bring. Link shrugged as he moved away from her and towards the door. "Where you going?" she asked.

"I'm getting the carriage and the animals. You should help your sister get ready."

"Oh," Cremia stated as she looked away, almost saddened. Link noticed this and stepped back closer to her, re-taking her hand. He moved even closer quickly and locked his lips with her own, for a fraction of a minute. Their lips parted, he smiled and quietly walked out the door and towards the barn, he rushed the animals awake as he quickly got the carriage ready and packed with what he had already grabbed. As soon as he finished the two ranch girls exited the house and approached the carriage.

"Link are we ever coming back?" Romani asked as she looked at the house and then with a somber face. Link felt the pang of guilt hit him as he knew how impossible it would be to ever return here - the only home Romani and Cremia have ever known. He forced a smile on his face and kneeled down to her level.

"Maybe one day. But we're gonna make a new home." he said reassuringly to the child, whom nodded with a smile. Suddenly though Link felt his heart sink into his stomach as he heard with heightened hearing the tell-tale sound of horse galloping. He looked to the girls. "Get in the cart! NOW!" he ordered, but the girls froze in confusion as the sounds of horse galloping grew louder quickly.

Time seemed to slow to a crawl as Link's instincts kicked in as he moved to pick up Romani in front of him and run to the carriage, as he moved he saw Cremia catch onto the horror of his words and the sickening sounds of the horse galloping and the voices of an angry mob approaching. He could see the Gorman brothers now passing the gates of the Ranch with a large group of people - the citizens of Clock Town - many of them carrying spears, torches, pitchforks and whatever they could find. Link hurriedly put Romani in the back of the cart and turned to grab the still frozen Cremia, but his long legs shook and his movement suffered as the fear of the situation now fully undertook him as the Elder Gorman approached quickly.

Link was but mere feet from getting to Cremia when he suddenly felt a heavy object collide with the back of his skull. Stars flew into his vision as he stumbled down to one knee, one hand instinctively reaching for the wound. The Elder Gorman grasped firmly Cremia's thin wrist and with momentum dragged the girl along the ground, away from Link as his head swam in pain. He heard the voice of Romani as she screamed and kicked as someone climbed into the cart and grabbed her, pulling her too out and away from Link. He tried to get back onto his feet but he felt the weapon that had struck him, hit him again across his back causing him to fall to the grassy ground.

The Younger Gorman dropped from his horse, holding the club he had hit Link with, approaching quickly he took Link's unarmed hands and pulled them behind him and began to bind them with some rope. Link tried to tap into the power of the form he was in but... he couldn't. All he could feel was lack of hope for the situation. He couldn't even feel rage. All he could feel was an unexplainable emptiness as the Gorman slammed a foot into Link's back, making the demi-god taste dirt. The Gorman grabbed the back of Link's head painfully to gaze in front of him to see one of the Guards of Clock Town now holding Cremia's arms behind her as streams of tears flowed down her eyes. Romani was held by another guard, she struggled and wiggled against her captor, but the guard smacked the child with the back of an armored hand, knocking the child to the ground, bleeding.

"Don't touch her! They are innocent!" Link screamed as he pathetically tried to wriggle out of his restraints, as he felt his eyes water. The Elder Gorman noticed his words and approached the demi-god with an evil smile and laughed.

"Innocent? INNOCENT?! Hiding and protecting a demon doesn't make then innocent! That makes them no better than you!" Gorman spat.

"And what makes him so bad?!" Cremia roared as she too pitifully tried to escape the grasp of her captor. Elder Gorman's rage filled insane gaze flew over to the ranch manager. The enraged farmer stormed over to Cremia, drawing a large knife from his belt.

"Don't touch Sister!" Romani screamed with tears and blood on her face as she got up into run, she collided her little body into the Elder Gorman, nearly making him fall over.

"You little piece of shit brat!" Gorman yelled as he shoved the child back into the ground, bringing the knife to Romani's face, fear reflecting in the little girl's sapphire eyes. The Older Gorman's gaze moved towards Link with a gaze that seemed even more enraged. "I was going to destroy the demon first but it is clear this child has been… misguided by the demon!"

"Don't hurt my little sister, please!" Cremia screamed, streams flowing from her eyes, but her defiance was rewarded with a punch to the face by one of the guards.

"Neither of these people deserves to live!" The Elder Gorman said with pride.
Time suddenly slowed and all the air in Link's lungs exited him, as it felt like his heart sunk to his gut as the Elder Gorman raised the knife above his head, and then plunged the knife deep into Romani's small chest, puncturing a lung. Blood spurted from the little girl's mouth as tears rolled down her cheeks. Cremia screamed and cried, Link however was left speechless.

All the memories of violence flowing through his mind's eye: His younger self desperately slashing at Gohma's eye as he cried. The Deku Tree dying as he bid him and Navi good bye. The Solder in the back alley's dying pathetically and going limp. Shiek being flung about like a ragdoll in the air as she landed with a disturbing thud to the ground. Nabaroo slowly sinking into the sands as she screamed for him to run. Ganondorf spitting up globs of red blood and clutching his neck. Himself slashing at Beast Ganon's face and ultimately stabbing him in the throat. The Monkey being dunk in boiling hot water over and over again as he desperately screamed of his innocence. Mikau as he slowly bled to death in the sand on the beach, begging to be healed. The Researcher half and painfully transformed into a Gibdo coming out of the closet. Romani being raised through the sky with the cows by a mysterious light. Skull Kid being pathetically dropped to the floor by the floating and sentient Majora's Mask.
Link shut his white eyes, trying to stop all the memories flashing before him. After a long painful moment he opened his eyes to see Romani's body, limp and unmoving. The Elder Gorman smiling devilishly as he moved away from the little girl and towards Cremia.

"I think I'll make you especially suffer, little lady" Gorman said, bringing the knife to her delicate neck that hours before Link was kissing.

At that moment something inside Link snapped. He couldn't tell if it was either rage, love, fear, sadness or a sickening mix of them all; whatever it was… it empowered him. He found himself breaking the ropes binding him with sheer strength that he didn't know he had. The Younger Gorman stepped back in horror as Fierce Deity Link rose to his feet, the Double Helix sword materializing into his hands. The Gorman tried to recover his lost bravado but Link just turned and glared at him, his white eyes seeming to glow with untold power. Link took his long powerful Helix sword and with such elegance; brought the mighty sword down, cutting through the Younger Gorman's body as if it was butter… Blood splattered everywhere as the face of terror was permantly planted on the Younger Gorman. Link unfazed by all the blood that now covered him, turned towards the surviving Gorman brother who had watched in horror as his sibling was easily murdered staring at the Fierce Deity.
Link glared back at the man who snapped out of his terror and brought the knife back up to Cremia's throat.

"STAY BACK! I'LL KILL THIS WHORE! I SWEAR I WILL!" Gorman screamed as tears of terror and rage welled in his eyes. Link didn't as much as blink, he instead raised his sword with one hand at the man. "Don't you move, you demon!" he ordered with a shaky voice. A small ball of blue light formed at the end of the Helix sword. Within the blink of an eye the small speck of light shot through the air like a bullet, it knocked the knife out of Gorman's hand to fall pathetically to the ground. Gorman, shocked by this tried to recover his weapon but another shot of blue light came from the sword and penetrated through one of the shoulders of the desperate man. Gorman screamed in agony and instead clutched at his bleeding wound. Link slowly approached the wounded man, his white eyes darting to the crowd that watched in unspoken horror and terror – not daring to move an inch. Link briefly turned to Cremia who was watching his every move, streams of tears flowing from her now reddened eyes. She did not display the same fear that the others had showed to the violence Link had just committed.

"Go to her, Cremia…" Link said to her, just barely audible. Cremia took a second to realize his words; she then nodded and dashed over to her little sister. Link watched her till she was at Romani's side. He then turned his gaze back at the bleeding man before him. "You pathetic little creature…" Link muttered to Gorman whom just looked at him with rage and hate in his eyes. "You fear the unknown, whatever is deemed 'different' you repel and demand destruction. Your close minded mind disgusts me." Link continued in a tone he didn't recognize as his own. It felt like someone else was talking through him. "This is why your gods abandoned you all. This is why your great nation of Ikana fell. Fear overcame your pathetic little minds. History again keeps repeating and the same mistakes are done over and over again despite the lessons your ancestors tried to leave you. This day proves you humans will never change and that the same mistakes will destroy you all."

Gorman and the crowd stared back at the Fierce Deity with confusion in their eyes, not fully understanding his words. The Fierce Deity simply shook his head and then went back to glaring angrily at Gorman, then with one hand, lifts the man into the air. "Even though I know this won't change the opinions of you pathetic humans, I must however make you Gorman brothers pay for your sins against these innocent women whom know more about compassion than you ever will!" With that final word spoken, Gorman's eyes went wide in fear as the Fierce Deity then painfully impaled the man through the torso with the Helix sword. The demi-god the slowly turned the sword from vertically impaling Gorman to diagonally. With a swift motion Link slashed the sword left and then back, cutting all the way back across, slicing Gorman clean in half. Then with one last swing another slash across the Gorman's head, cutting it too into half. Blood splattered everywhere again, as Link slowly lowered the mighty Helix sword.

A long silent moment passed as the sun finally peaked its way over the hills in the distance, showing in full detail all the blood and gore of the events. The Fierce Deity looked back to the crowd of people. "If there is anyone out there who dares to fight me and 'punish' these girls, then step forward! I will show no mercy, even if you are a man, woman or even a child! You will suffer the same fate as these two men! Even if you decide to attack me collectively I will still be able to slaughter you all! I have the strength of 10 men so defeating you all won't even be a challenge!"

The people did not speak for a long moment; they instead looked to each other and then slowly put out their torches, and put away their pitch forks, and slowly left the ranch.


Author's Note: "YES! Finally an update!" I am sure you are thinking, and I am thinking the same. I am sorry for the super long wait but I'm not gonna lie it was due to some of the immature comments that annoyed that killed my desire to do that lemon chapter. I had forced myself to do it, and because I forced myself and did not enjoy writing it, it killed my desire to write this chapter. I think this chapter was about 15% done for many months until I got the inspiration to write again last week. I admit I've been kinda forcing myself to write this chapter too, even though I did decide to change the ending I had originally to make it more interesting personally. I still have one more chapter to go which is the epilogue. I am probably gonna force myself to write it so I can have this story done and move onto other works. Whether this makes the ending lack luster or what, I don't know. Hopefully not, I want you people to enjoy this story even though I've lost my interest.