Dark Lord Link: *Speaks in dark voice* I've put this off for far too long. The time has come...*voice returns to normal* And about time too. We're using Ocarina of Time Link for this with characters from Twilight Princess because Link has some connection with this strange world as you found out in the last chapter. Confusing, yes. I've lost my mind, haven't I?

Black Knight Link: Yep.

OneWingedHeron53: Maybe the goddess' gave him the memories of the other Link or the other way around?

Soul Calibur II: War of Souls

Chapter III: Busted Biscuits

Link, Rusl and Zelda walked on into the forest without a clue on which way they were going. It had been two-hours since they parted with the others, and the sun had set. A few squirrels scurried about, a lone deer chewed idly on some grass nearby while watching the three as they walked on.

"Come on, we need to get out of here...!" Link muttered in frustration to himself. Rusl grinned at Link, he heard the young warrior's grumbling.

"What happened to your patience? You used to be very calm." Rusl stated, still holding Mr Chicken. He found it amusing when Link was upset on something.

"I just can't shake the feeling that I've been here before...It must have not been too long ago." Link answered, Rusl only rolled his eyes. Zelda, who had been listening, spoke up.

"Well, what comes to mind when you get that feeling?" She asked. Link turned his gaze to her then back to the ground and gathered his thoughts.

"It has something to do with souls. I keep remembering a name, 'Athens', though I have no clue what it is, or who it may be." He answered. Zelda gave Link a thoughtful look and scratched her scalp.

"Athens?" Zelda repeated, thinking the name to be a little unusual in her head.

"Yes, I have never heard of anything like it before, but I believe that whatever it is, we are close to it." Link stated, Zelda did not respond, Link's judgment was the last thing she knew to ignore. Especially now that they are no longer in Hyrule.

They continued to walk on. The day was over with and the dark of night had engulfed the forest. The sounds of crickets playing their own music surrounded them. An owl hooted at them from a branch above. Link ignored the bird, his past with the species was questionable, at least in his opinion it was.

Rusl, bored out of his skull, thought of an extremely embarrassing and painful way to prank Link for his own amusement. Zelda was walking along side the green garbed teen, Rusl's eyes scanned the two, and he suddenly got the worst idea he could think of. He walked a little faster and reached out, he poked Zelda's back side (Butt), and slowed down. Zelda tensed visibly and turned to glare at him. By now, Rusl had gotten to far back to appear to be at fault. Added, he was looking in the other direction as if he was looking for something. So, naturally, Zelda turned to the only other person near her and screamed.

"LINK!" Zelda roared angrily. As Link turned around, startled by the sudden scream, Zelda kicked the unfortunate and unsuspecting hero right between the legs. As Link's eyes widened, an audible crack sounded throughout the surrounding. Immediately, Rusl could not breathe, he was laughing to hard.

"Aaaaaah!" Link exclaimed as he tumbled down holding his unspeakables. He fell flat on his face, right into a muddy puddle. Zelda glared at him, but the sound of Rusl's laughing voice caught her attention, and she immediately realized that Rusl framed Link. Zelda, with a killer glint in her eye, marched rather threateningly towards the rebel, he took notice of her approach and covered his head in fear. You can't outrun a princess who's alter ego is a swift ninja.

"Ow!" Rusl yelped as Zelda's fist connected with his nose. The princess gave a horrified look to Link as he recovered from the blow enough to stand up, his face was completely brown and had a thick layer of mud attached to it. Zelda struggled not to laugh at the ridiculous sight. She soon forgot Rusl, who was laughing again despite the blood coming from his nose.

"Zelda? Why?" Link asked her, showing how upset he was. His voice was disturbingly high in pitch. Zelda couldn't take it anymore, she exploded in a fit of giggles. Link glared at her until she recovered enough to respond.

"Link, I'm sorry, I thought you grabbed me! I'm sorry, I can't help but laugh, you look and sound so ridiculous!" She giggled out before loosing her control again.

"You...busted my biscuits...!" He squeaked. That comment only made their laughing much harder and louder. Rusl was laughing so hard tears were rolling down his cheeks. Zelda was supporting herself against a tree as she attempted to use her quivering legs.

Link grumbled as he stood and walked away. Mr Chicken flew up and landed on his shoulders. Link eyed the bird, ignoring Rusl who stopped laughing to call the bird back. Mr. Chicken also ignored him, rather he started moving his head around excitedly as Link reached into his pouch and pulled out some bread pieces and fed them to the bird.

'I'll get you back Rusl, mark my words...' Link thought darkly as he heard Rusl cease his shouting and sulk.

*Later*

Link wasn't all too happy with the previous events, he felt like a fool. Rusl wouldn't let him live that down, he just knew it. Zelda, out of guilt, wouldn't breathe a word of it. But Rusl was likely to use that incident to have the Rebellion laughing just as hard as Zelda does every time she finds him talking to owls.

"We're going in circles aren't we?" Rusl asked for the third time since the 'busted biscuits incident' as he insisted it be called.

"Yes...Strange, but I think I recognize this place. I think we have to go left." He answered as they came up to a fork in the trail and pointed to the left.

"So if you recognize this area, why did you make us go in circles?" Zelda asked him. Link looked up at her question.

"I just wanted to make sure. You can never be too careful." He responded matter-of-factly.

Zelda eyed Link for a moment before shrugging. She knew he was wise enough in these situations, and his words did make sense after all. Besides, if he was wrong, she could torture him with his owl mishaps. Or worse.

Spread the word of the 'Busted Biscuits Incident'.

*Nearby*

Two young women sat at a camp fire, both had blond hair, bright blue-green eyes and carried a short sword and small shield. The older wore a simple skirt with blue top and had her hair in a pony tail much like Zelda's. The other had shorter hair, a white skirt, and a pink bow on her neck. Both wore sandals as custom from their nationality.

"Hey sis, how much further before we get home?" The younger of the two asked.

"We'll be home by tomorrow, Cassandra. Thank Athena." She muttered. Cassandra was gazing at the stars, wondering how things were supposed to work out now that they were going home.

"Sophitia, do you think father will be a bit upset when we get back?" Cassandra asked. Sophitia gave a smirk though Cassandra couldn't see it.

"Not unless he wants to face Hephaestus." She said sarcastically. Cassandra smiled, but was too tired to laugh. They had been traveling for well over a month with little rest while forced to fight, mainly bandits the majority of the time.

Cassandra had almost fallen asleep when she heard the bushes rustle nearby. She sat up and heard voices as well. She nudged Sophitia a bit until she woke up.

"Huh? What is it?" She asked. Cassandra motioned for her to lower her voice and pointed towards the sounds. Nodding, Sophitia grabbed her sword and shield as did Cassandra and approached the edge of their camp.

The voices got a little louder the more they got closer. They both stopped to listen and thought they recognized one of the voices..

"Hey...isn't that...?" Cassandra started.

"Probably just a couple of travelers with one that sounds like him. He left a few years ago, remember?" Sophitia whispered.

"Yeah, but what if he came back?" Cassandra whispered back. Sophitia shrugged before responding.

"Only one way to find out." Sophitia stated quietly as she nodded to Cassandra who grinned and nodded back.

Link continued to lead Zelda and Rusl on, unconsciously moving in the right direction. Though, over the lecture Zelda was giving Rusl about certain types of jokes and respect and-

'Yadda Yadda.' Rusl thought to himself as he simply looked as if he was listening. He practically raised Link, so why could he not have some fun with the teenager who was practically his child?

Link, ignoring the two, thought he heard whispers nearby. He halted and held up his hand signaling the others to stop and stay quiet. They did and looked around, not moving. Eventually, they just looked at Link.

The whispers stopped. Link looked around for a bit, trying to find the source of it, but not succeeding.

He shook his head, thinking it was the shard playing with his mind.

"Oh great, first I'm humiliated thanks to Rusl's damned cheap joke, now I get to look like I'm paranoid. Why me...?" Link muttered to no-one in particular. The bushes rustled nearby, and Link thought he saw the glimmer of steel, but for the sake of his pride, he decided against the chance of making himself a bigger fool.

That proved to be a mistake.

Out of the bushes jumped what looked like two lizafoes armed with similar swords that seemed strangely familiar to the surprised Hylian warrior. Almost immediately they tackled him to the ground. Luckily, Link managed to whip out his shield before being shredded to confetti. With surprised shouts, Rusl drew his broad sword and, in turn, tackled one of the creatures off Link. It kicked him off out of reaction and stood ready.

Zelda shot a Light Arrow at the other, striking the unsuspecting reptilian in its shoulder. The creature screeched in pain. It writhed around, the motion making its tail hit Link in the exact same spot that Zelda had did. Link could not scream, nor could he keep consciousness after that blow. Apparently, he was bruised from the last hit, making it that much more painful for the poor hero.

Two sets of eyes watched this all from the bushes, both holding unbelieving glints in them.

Rusl rolled right and managed to bring his sword up in time to avoid being chopped in half. The creature responded by throwing a kick that never connected. Rusl looked up to see two rather gorgeous woman skewing the lizafo with swords similar to its. He rubbed his eyes in surprise, thinking the two mysterious women were figments of his childhood fantasies...but sure enough, they were still there when he looked again.

"Whoa momma..." Was all that escaped Rusl's mouth. And he immediately regretted it. Just after that comment, the younger of the two seemed to boil with anger then smacked him with her shield.

"Aaaha! Not again!" Rusl yelled as he held his broken nose. Rusl looked up and saw that Link was unconscious.

'Now what the hell happened to him?' Rusl thought through the pain. The two women raced over to Zelda to help but stopped half way when Link, regaining consciousness, shot a warning shot at their feet. The young hero took a protective stance over the princess, aiming the bow with another arrow already notched to fire at one of them. His stance was crooked, the pain was still very present in him. His face was still very dirty from the mud, making it difficult to tell what he was or who he was.

"Who are you?" the younger of the two asked in a threatening tone.

"Someone who doesn't barge in and slap people across their faces with shields, that's for sure." Rusl grumbled to the mysterious two sarcastically. The short haired woman, who seemed to have a temper, drew her sword. The other was unsure what was going on.

The younger woman launched herself blindly at Link. The hero released the arrow on impulse but the young warrior dodged it. She threw a stab at Link but he parried it with quick motions. The woman stared at Link's muddied face and gasped before jumping back.

"It can't be...Nightmare!" She shouted. The other woman charged forward at the name and attempted to run Link through. The hero, still in too much pain to talk, said nothing. He side stepped and turned in time to deflect the others stab. Link backed off as the two circled him. The eldest saw an opening in Link's defenses when he became a little dizzy for reasons unknown to her.

Moving quickly, with Zelda and a bleeding Rusl trying to intervene, the older woman grabbed Link's shoulders forcing him to look up at her in surprise, and a knee was thrusted in the same spot as before. Link doubled over and vomited. But before that, the woman looked into Link's eyes and gasped, she recognized those eyes anywhere. Just as the other woman was bringing her sword down, Zelda shouted one word that stopped them both dead in their tracks.

"LINK!"

At the name, both women looked at Zelda, then back at a, again, unconscious Link.

"Oh crap..." The younger muttered. The other shook her head unbelievingly.

"Link...Gods..." the eldest whispered quietly.

After a while

Unfortunately for Link, he passed out after getting struck in his unmentionables. The sisters surrendered after hearing his name and offered them help to make the situation better.

"Wait. Back up. Your saying a couple of years ago. Link came here to help destroy an evil blade called Soul Edge?" Rusl asked, sitting on the opposite side of the fire with Zelda, while the sisters sat on the other end.

Sophitia, the older of the two, nodded. "After that, he just mysteriously disappeared in the woods. Never to be seen again. He also left a lot of broken hearts." She replied, looking towards the younger sister, Cassandra, in amusement. The latter only scoffed, crossed her arms and turned away.

Zelda looked at Link concerned, who was still in a semi-coma. She then looked at Rusl, "Guess he wasn't just crazy, but a lover-boy as well" She replied amused.

Rusl, having his arms crossed and Mr. Chicken sleeping on Links body, he only let out a little laugh. "Guess so. Wonder how the others are faring?" He wondered, looking at the night sky.

Somewhere far

"I'm hungry" Shad complained. His body wasn't made like Auru's; bulking, full of muscle. Or Ashei's; Slim, but agile as well as a sharp eye. Or Midna's for that matter, well her body is different than their Hylian's body so she probably had more endurance than they do.

Ashei, annoyed by this, tossed a salty biscuit at him, "Here. Now stop whining" She replied.

Midna, curious, spoke up. "Where are we?"

"You expect us to know?" Auru answered. Basically, it took them all this long to figure out they were just wandering aimlessly.

They all remained quiet and continued their aimless wandering.

OneWingedHeron53: Sorry if the last is rushed, but we'll be updating a bit more frequently since I recieved word that DarkLordLink might (please note the might) get his internet back. Also, the next chapter is going to be written by me and may come up more faster. Review please.