Lots of useless stuff here. D: But nicknames are born!
"Link!" I shouted, but the boat lady (I forgot her name) held me back.
"You can't!" She told me, holding me by my arms.
"Don't tell me I can't!" I shouted, but the barrier was already up, and Link was already fighting the Shadow Beasts.
Lucky for him, he managed to kill them without phasing. It took him a while, but he did it. He got a nasty gash on his upper arm, though. It was on his right arm, so we didn't really have anything to worry about, since he's left-handed.
"Whoa… That scared me." The woman said, letting me go to the boy's aid.
I pulled out some bandages, though Link placed his hand over mine. "Don't worry about it." He said with a small smile to me.
"I don't want it to get infected." I said, my grip on his arm tightening a little.
"It won't get infected." Link said with a sigh.
"Yes, it will!" I flicked his forehead and he grumbled, though he didn't move, so I was able to bandage it up.
"Who… are you?" The lady asked, and Link turned his head from me to her.
"How can you keep your cool fighting monsters like that? ….Uh… Wow… You… Wow, what a champ you are!"
Link blushed slightly, and I couldn't help but giggle. I tied the bandage together to keep it in place, though I kept my back to the woman.
"Well, what are we doing standing around jawing for? Come on inside!" She waved her arm to us, motioning for us to follow her.
I glanced up to Link to see him looking back down at me with a question on his face.
I shrugged. "Sure." I turned around and followed him into the little shop… place.
"Golly…" The woman said when we were all inside. "Talk about scary… I thought I was done for!"
Even though there's a barrier around them? I thought, staying close to Link's side.
"Things have been getting pretty crazy around here, let me tell you…" She sighed. "So thanks for earlier." She said with a smile. "My name's Iza. I rent boats here. Well, I USED to rent boats here."
"What happened?" Link asked, tilting his head slightly.
"We had a rock fall and it dammed the river up." Her head dropped a little. "Yeah… I could sure use a helpful guy around at times like this…"
Hint hint.
"Yup, a handy guy would sure be a big help around here." She nodded a little at her statement.
"I'll help." Link said with a shrug.
"REALLY?"
Link and I both flinched at her sudden excitement.
"You're a lifesaver!" She clapped happily. "Well, do you think you could do something about that rock?" She thumbed to a large pile of rocks that kept the water from flowing. "I'll give you some bombs and arrows, so you can just put 'em together and shoot bomb arrows at that thing."
"I'll do that. Link's still learning how to use a bow." I said, pulling the bow off of my shoulder and attaching a bomb to it. I quickly aimed and fired (I'd kill myself if I missed THAT), and I had to use three in order to get it all out of the way.
"YAY!" The lady exclaimed, clapping again. "Well, my gal tells me there are still some rocks blocking the way along the river, so you should take care of those, too. Here's my boat… Hop in!" She said, pointing to a boat that looked pretty sturdy.
"Alek, I want you to stay here." Link said as we walked over to the boat.
"Screw that." I said sternly. "I'm not leaving you. We're a team, remember?"
"But you could fall off of the boat." Link said; worry starting to enter his eyes.
"I can control water and time now, Link. I'll be fine." I showed him the ring Nayru gave to me, and he sighed. "Fine." He opened the little door to me and I hopped in. It was larger than I expected.
"Now… it's a teensy bit dangerous downriver from here, so don't leave the boat, OK?"
Link nodded.
"One of our part-timers is waiting down there, so you can get the details from her! And when you're done, you can keep that bomb bag and everything in it as a token of my appreciation. So… be seeing ya!" She waved to us.
Link started to paddle, and I took aim.
It was pretty steady for most of the ride. That is, until we got about a third of the way there. Then I fell off.
Link had to make a sharp turn in order to avoid a large boulder that was in the way, and it ended with me tumbling off of the side.
I heard his voice calling my name, but whenever I opened my mouth, water rushed in and down my lungs. I was sent flying through the death-water like a rag doll when you throw it across the room as a child. I couldn't help but think that Nayru was not on my side since I wasn't already knocked out after hitting so many rocks. I was somehow able to see underwater, though. I tried to swim up to the surface, though as soon as my head popped out of the water, I had only a few seconds to gasp for air before the waves pulled me back under. I looked up to see the deadly waterfall coming closer and closer, until I finally fell off of it.
The crash of the waterfall used to calm me down whenever I was on land, but now I couldn't fear it any less than what I am now. How am I supposed to help Link if I die from this? I can't die. I won't die.
I could see the surface of the water as it pushed me out of the way, and I barely missed sinking to the very bottom, where the Lakebed Temple waited.
I heard a crash nearby, and I instantly thought that Link just went down the waterfall in his boat. I heard a muffled call, but I was too tired to try and respond this time.
The now somewhat peaceful waves brought me to the surface, and I was able to breathe again.
"Alek!" I heard Link scream. I then heard a splash, and I only assumed that he was swimming toward me. I felt his arm wrap around his waist and tug me towards the shore.
Sooner or later I felt land slide beneath me, and Link scramble to pick me up. "Alek! Alek!" He shouted, and when I didn't respond, he set me down on my back and started pressing down on my sternum.
He did that about eight times, then plugged my nose and pressed his lips against mine, breathing air into my lungs.
He pumped my stomach again. "Don't die, Alek. Please, please don't die!" He begged. "I never should've…" He stopped to plug my nose and breathe into me again.
In my head, I was just floating around in darkness. Nayru was floating next to me, and our hands were connected.
"Alek…" She said softly. "He really loves you, you know that, right?" She asked me.
I nodded lazily. "I do." In the distance, I heard Midna shout at Link, telling him to give up on my, since he was pumping my stomach for about the fourth time. He snapped back at her and continued.
I heard a very soft giggle escape the Goddess' lips. "I think… that you should go back to him." She said, though I could tell she didn't want me to leave.
"Do you?" I asked, taking a deep breath. "But it's so comfortable here…"
"I know. But he needs you more than I do." I turned my head to see, not Nayru, but my mom. My birth mom.
"I don't want to leave you." I said, looking at her with sadness entering my eyes.
"You won't leave me. I've always been with you, love." She turned to face me and I could see her eyes, which were almost the same purple/blue shade that mine were.
"How?" I asked sleepily.
She lifted our hands to show me the ring Nayru gave me. "This." She said, shaking our hands a little. "Never take this off, and I will always be with you." I let go of her hand and I instantly sat up, coughing the water out.
"Whoa!" Midna exclaimed, jumping at my sudden movement.
"Alek!" Link cried happily.
I continued to cough, but as soon as I stopped, I turned to look at him with a wiped out expression.
I saw what seemed to be tears well up in his eyes, and he instantly wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him. "I was so scared…" He muttered, holding back his tears. "I thought I lost you…" He mumbled, taking hold of my shirt as he held me.
I lifted my arms and gently wrapped one around his neck, the other one taking off his hat and rubbing his hair soothingly. "I would never leave you." I said, and I felt the Hero shake beneath me, and I also heard soft sobs. "I saw my mother…" I muttered, and the boy loosened his grip and sat back so he could look at me.
"Your mother?" He asked, closing his eyes as I wiped his tears away with my thumb.
"Yes. I had the choice to stay with her, but I didn't want to. Because I didn't want to leave you." I said with one of the weakest smiles I could manage. That damn water trip tired me out too much.
Link smiled back at me. "I'm so sorry…" He muttered, hugging me again.
"Don't worry about it." I said, stroking his hair again when he set his forehead on my shoulder. "Should we get going?" I asked after a few moments.
"We can't go anywhere new until I know you're fine. I'll take you to Kakariko—"
I cut him off. "You're staying with me, though, right?" I asked loudly, surprised that my voice could be that loud.
"Yes." He said sternly. "I won't leave you." His grip around me tightened for a moment, and then he swung me, carefully and gently, onto his back. He pulled my arms over his shoulders and set my head on his shoulder.
I decided to lean my head against his, and when I did, I could feel him gently nudge his head against mine in return. I smiled weakly and he started to hum Zelda's Lullaby, lulling me to sleep.
~x~
I woke up to feel something soft beneath me. I drowsily opened my eyes to feel that it was bed sheets, and I knew that I was in Kakariko.
"Alek?" I heard Luda ask me.
"Mm?" I responded, not really wanting to say anything else. I turned my head away from her and saw that Link wasn't in the room. My eyelid shot open and I sat up, my eyes wide. "Where's Link?" I asked, my chest heaving.
"Please, calm down!" Luda exclaimed, putting her hands in front of her. "I'll go fetch him." She hurried out of the room and I heard a door open and close, so I assumed Link was outside.
I looked down and saw a damp cloth, and I felt kind of bad. Luda's such a sweet girl, and I didn't even thank her.
I then heard the door slam open and the thuds of boots, and Link was there, his eyes wide when he saw me. "Alek!" He exclaimed again, rushing to my side and hugging me again.
I felt adrenaline run through my veins and I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck in return, pulling him closer.
"Noel… Noel…" He said quietly, and the way he said it made me think of Phantom of the Opera. "Did you have a bad dream or something?" He asked, though he kept his pose, burying his face into the base of my neck.
"No. I didn't know where you were, and it scared me." I replied, holding onto his shirt, afraid that if I let go that he'd go away again.
Link then released me and sat down on the bed, gently pushing me onto my back. "The kids were worried sick when I brought you here drenched." He said, placing his hand on my cheek. He turned his head to look at the door, and saw that there were Talo, Beth and Colin huddled at the door.
"Is… Is she okay?" Colin asked first, and Link nodded with a smile.
"Alek! We were so worried!" Talo exclaimed, running over to my side. "We thought you died!" He started to cry by my side, and I couldn't help but giggle.
"I'm fine, Talo. I just got beat up a little, that's all." I rubbed the boy's head in an assuring way, and I saw Colin shyly make his way over behind Beth, who was on the other side of the bed.
"Are… Are you sure?" He asked, and I nodded.
"Positive."
"Link ran in here so quick he was just a blur." Beth said, smiling at me.
I had to admit, Beth was actually pretty in real life. Her eyebrows weren't so….high like they are in the game. "Oh really?" I asked, turning to Link who was looking away in embarrassment. "That's sweet." I said, gripping his hand and smiling.
Link glanced at me, and then turned his eyes away again.
"Children, leave them be." Renado was in the doorway all of a sudden, though the kids obeyed, jogging over to them.
"Get well soon, okay, Alek?" Colin asked before he left, the other three Hylians following.
Link sighed. "They can be really embarrassing sometimes…" He muttered.
I shook my head. "They're just kids." I smiled up at him, and that made him smile back at me.
He then leaned down and tucked his lips against mine.
Almost as an instinct, my eyes closed.
He slipped a hand behind my neck, and I could sense the heat radiating off of his gloved hand. He pulled back a few seconds later, his forehead on mine. "You have a fever…" He said with a worried tone.
"Though I was thrown through cold water, I somehow have a fever." I said, nodding a little. "That makes perfect sense." I smiled, and he just chuckled.
"I'm Jake…" I muttered with a giggle.
"Who?" Link asked, lifting his forehead off of mine and reaching over to grab the damp towel that I put back into the little bucket.
"Jake Blues." I said, smiling lightly.
"Again, who?" Link asked, placing the small towel over my forehead after he wrung it out.
"The Blues Brothers, they were on a mission from Gyad." I said, laughing at how I said Kami (A/N: Japanese word for God. Alek doesn't believe in him, so she says basically everything BUT God.)
Link was quiet for a few seconds.
"I'm the sidekick." I shrugged.
"So then what's my name?" He asked, resting his left hand on my other side to keep him up.
"Elwood." I said with a grin. "My sister's favorite." My smile faded a little when I mentioned her. I really missed my sister.
"So we're on a mission from Gyad." Link said, mimicking my accent.
I giggled. "Well, technically we are."
"Does that mean I'm a God?" We heard Midna ask.
"No. Not you, silly. The Goddesses." I sighed quietly through my nose.
Midna was quiet after that.
"From Gyad…" Link muttered again, and then chuckled. "It's fun to say that." He said, smiling at me.
"Isn't it?" I asked, laughing quietly. I then moved to sit up, but Link put his hand to my collarbone, silently telling me to lie back down.
"Link, I want fresh air. Don't tell me I can't have that." I pouted slightly.
Link was motionless, but his hand eventually left my collarbones. "I'm going with you, though." He said, standing up.
When I stood up, I realized that I didn't have a coat on, just my undershirt. Lucky for me, it wasn't see-through. "Where's my coat?" I asked, my shoulders dropping.
"Drying. I'll go fetch it." Link then turned and left me alone in the room, just waiting for him.
He quickly came back with my large coat draped over his shoulder. "Here you are, Jake." He said with a smile.
"Thanks, Elwood." I replied with a small giggle, taking my coat from him and putting it on. "Shall we go?" I asked, smiling at the Hero.
He nodded, sliding his hand around mine, clasping it as if he was afraid that I'd fall without it.
"Can we go to the Graveyard?" I asked, and he raised an eyebrow at me, though he was still smiling at me.
"I want to check something…" In the fanfic I wrote about Yvaine, she died in Kakariko Village. I remember exactly what I wrote, too.
"Yvaine, I can't have you die!" The Hero of Time exclaimed, gripping his love's hand. "I don't know what I'd do without you!"
"Sure you do." The silver-haired female replied, her smile fading as her life proceeded to leave her. "You… will go on… living…"
"I can't live without you! Please, don't leave me!" He begged.
"I cannot change my fate, Little One…"
"Goddesses! Please!" Oh god, the blood! It's everywhere! He thought.
You see, Yvaine and Link pretty much JUST finished fighting Ganon, and before Zelda sends him back and everything, Yvaine gets stabbed in the right side by Ganon. So Zelda teleported them to Kakariko Village, and right now they were laying in front of the well, with Yvaine basically dying.
"My time is coming…." Yvaine said, now fighting for breath. "I will love you… Until… My dying…"
"Don't say that, Yvaine!" Link cried. "You won't die! I won't allow you to die!"
Yvaine had a hint of a smile on her face. "Day…" Her hand that was holding onto Link's hands released his, and her eyes closed, her last breath leaving her lips.
"Yvaine! No, Yvaine!" Link pressed his warm hand against the Dragoness' cold cheek, then quickly scrambled to get his arms around her waist, pulling her soulless body close to his, one hand pressed to her back, the other cradling her head. Link's sobs continued, until he finally let out a scream of agony.
"Link, we must leave." Zelda said, resting her hand on his shoulder.
"No!" Link shouted, rocking himself back and forth.
"Leave her be! We'll bury her in the Graveyard!" A carpenter said, pulling the boy off of his love.
"No! Yvaine!" The boy struggled to get out of the man's grip, but he was stronger than him. "Let me go! Yvaine!" He screamed. "Let. Me. Go!" He continued to struggle, and another carpenter came to assist the other one in holding Link down. "She's not dead! She can't be dead!" He insisted, but no one would listen to the Hero of Time. "She's had plenty of lives before this one; this can't be her last one!" The male thrashed angrily against the men, but they wouldn't give up.
Another carpenter came and started to pull Yvaine's body away, and that just made Link even angrier.
"I said let me GO!" He shouted, his voice becoming weaker with all of his shouting.
"Let it go, boy!" One of the carpenters shouted.
"No! She's not dead!" Link's energy soon gave out and the carpenters set him on his hands and knees.
He was panting heavily, his arms and legs shaking. "She can't be dead." He gripped the earth beneath him, bending over so his forehead would touch the ground. He let out another scream.
Link, please don't mourn over me.
Link instantly looked up, and saw Yvaine standing in front of him.
Her clothing was much more formal. She was wearing a dress, which was something she never did when she was alive.
"Yvaine!" Link exclaimed happily.
Yvaine smiled faintly. "I cannot stay long." She walked [more like floated] over to him and kneeled in front of him. She lifted her gloved hands to rest them on his cheeks, stroking them carefully with her thumbs.
To Link, however, it just felt like a soft, warm breeze.
"I don't want you to mourn over me." She said, sighing. "I want you to bury me, and whenever this day comes again, I want you to come here and place a seashell in front of my grave." She started to fade away.
"No, Yve, I can't have you leave me twice!" Link pleaded, but Yvaine just continued to smile.
"I love you, Link." She leaned down to press her lips against Link's for the last time, then she faded away into what seemed to be mist, and the mist swirled together to form the first seashell of their new promise.
And if Yvaine was somehow real, I wanted to see if they still had her grave.
Link lead me down to the graveyard, holding my hand the entire time.
"What exactly are you looking for?" Link asked, glancing at all of the graves.
I saw it instantly. "There!" I ran over to it, my hand slipping out of Link's, and I ran over to the rather large grave that had 'YVAINE DENTON' scratched into it. "Wow…"
Link jogged over to my side and kneeled down next to me, tilting his head slightly. "So this is where she was buried…" He muttered.
I took a deep breath. I saw something shimmer beneath my foot, and I looked down to see a seashell. My eyes popped open.
"No way!" I exclaimed, but quickly covered my mouth.
"What?" Link instantly stood up, thinking that something was wrong.
"This shell!" I said, picking it up and showing it to Link. "This is the shell that the Hero of Time promised to put on her grave whenever the day of her death comes!" I jumped up excitedly, like a little girl would when she got a brand new doll to throw around.
Link looked at me like I was crazy, though simply shrugged.
"That's so cool!" I shouted, and then Link quickly covered my mouth and pulled me behind the stone grave, putting his free hand to his lips, telling me to be silent.
I nodded, though he didn't release his hand.
He turned to look behind the stone, and I mimicked him, and I could NOT believe what I saw.
It was Link's ghost! He had another shell in his hands, and when he floated over to the gravestone, he heard me hiccup, and he pulled out the old master sword, aiming it to where we were. "Who goes there?" He demanded.
Link looked at me like, "Really? Did you REALLY just do that?", but I stood up anyway.
"Hi there!" I exclaimed with a grin.
The old Link instantly dropped his sword, his eyes widening in relief. "Yvaine! I'm so glad! You're still alive!" He rushed over to hug me, but I held my finger up before he could wrap his ghostly arms about me.
"I'm afraid I'm not Yvaine." I said with a 'sorry' smile.
"But… you look exactly like her…" The old Link's arms dropped a little, sadness entering his eyes again.
Seriously? Man, I gotta change that… "That may be so, but that's only because I am a descendant of your love." My shoulders dropped a little.
Link looked down in sorrow.
"If I may ask, why are you still here?" I tilted my head to the side.
"I will not rest until I see Yvaine again." The ghost lifted his head again and straightened himself out.
I took a deep breath through my nose and put my hands on my hips. "Link…" I said, and both of them looked at me. I couldn't help but smirk at that. "You have the Triforce of Courage, do you not?"
Link nodded a little.
"Then you have to be courageous and move on." I tucked some loose strands of hair behind my ear. "You will see Yvaine when you do."
The old Link smiled weakly and shook his head a little. "I've already seen her."
My eyebrows knit. "Then why aren't you gone?"
"Because I just saw her."
My eyes widened a little. I lowered my head slightly, then looked back to the ghost and smiled as sweetly as I could. "Farewell, my love." I said in the best Yvaine voice I could manage.
Old Link smiled back at me, tears streaming down his face. "Farewell, my love." He echoed, and he, too, faded to mist.
When he was gone, I looked down to the ground, thinking about how sad I really made their tale.
"What was that?"
I jumped, and turned around to see Link leaning against the stone with his arms crossed. "I had to say something, yes?" I asked, walking back over to him.
"But did you have to say that?" He asked me.
"Link… Don't tell me that you're jealous." I said, putting the back of my hands on my hips, jutting one out.
Link rolled his eyes. "As if." He muttered.
"You so are!" I exclaimed, laughing a little.
"So what if I am?" He demanded, turning to look at me with an angry/embarrassed expression.
I grabbed the collar of his tunic and pulled him into a kiss, my eyes closed.
Link's arms found their way around my waist in just a few seconds, though one was pressed against the back of my head. The other one slid up to hold my face in place so I didn't move, though he was the first one to pull away. He glanced to the opening of the graveyard, then took my hand and pulled me into a corner of the area, and then his hands snaked back into their former position, pulling me into another kiss.
My hands went back to the collar of his shirt, my eyes closing.
Link's hand that was formally on my face slid to my back. He pulled me closer, but all he really did was make my back arch.
My hands slipped and rested on his chest. I could feel his heart beating so quickly. It was like a bass drum has an adrenaline rush.
And I swear I could hear the instruments that were in the game playing somewhere in the distance. Either that or I was just imagining it.
Link's hands found their way to my face again after caressing my back, and he gently pushed my face away.
I leaned forward again, but his hands held me in place.
"What is it?" I asked breathlessly.
I could feel Link's breath gently hitting my face as he breathed deeply. He was just… looking at me. "I think we should head back." He said, his thumbs stroking my face.
I sighed through my nose. "Way to ruin a moment." I said, standing up and dusting myself off.
I heard Link get up as well and hit my rear, and that made me jump.
"What the hell?" I demanded, covering my ass with my hands.
Link smirked in an almost evil way to me.
"You're lucky I love you; otherwise your ass would be on fire right now." I pointed a warning finger at him playfully.
Link did the jazz-hands motion. "I'm shaking in my tunic." He teased.
I turned around and slapped his chest as hard as I could, making him go "WHUF" as he lost his breath. I then spun around on my heel and darted off, heading towards the spring.
I blew up the entrance to the small cave that led to the back of the area, and ran to the little cliff where there was a calm pool waiting for me to jump in.
"Alek!" I heard Link shout, and I instantly jumped off of the ledge, using my awesome water skillz to form a breathing mask. I hid beneath another small cliff, grabbing onto some seaweed that stayed in place, thankfully.
Link sighed, and when he dived into the water, I noticed that he was in his Zora armor. Boy, that sure was quick.
He turned to look at me with his beautiful cobalt blue eyes, and I could see his cheek bones rise, which means that he was smiling.
I opened my mouth to snap my jaws at him, and then I swam off, trying to avoid him.
Mission failed, Jake.
Link managed to grab my wrist and push me gently until my back hit the wall. His hands were holding mine beside my head, though he released on to pull down his mask and kiss me again.
I breathed into him in order to keep it going longer, though I was the one to pull back this time.
Though that didn't really stop Link. He pressed his lips against mine once again, both of his hands sneaking to the back of my neck.
My hands held his adorable face gently, and I breathed air into him once again before we both pulled away, heading for the surface.
I crawled out gracefully, standing up and wringing my hair out.
Link, however… Once he got out, he slipped on Goddess' know what, and pulled me back into the water with a "WAH".
I swam back to the surface, floating on my back.
As soon as Link came up, gasping for air, we both started to laugh.
We laughed for a few moments at how stupid that must've looked to anyone else but us.
"Way to fail, Elwood."
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BEHOLD, THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS THE BLUES BROTHERS.
There's a lot of cuteness and stuff here, and that's 'cause I didn't feel like going with the story for a chapter. So here's something completely different than the original. :]
And I'm totally watching the latest episode of Bones.
HOLY SHIT, HER HEAD ASPLODED. SO FUCKIN' AWESOME. I'M SO HAPPY.
By the way, I drew my own version of Farore. :] I picture her being a childish lady, really playful and adorable.
I'm gonna scan it soon, then I'll put it up on my profile. :D
And I won't put up a new chapter(hopefully 10 frickin' pages long like this one) until I get AT LEAST five reviews. ;]
Love ya, bye.