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Chapter 8

Link went to respond when footsteps reached his ears. He turned to the steps as a male with even more outlandish multi-colored hair of red, black and blond walked back holding a woman in a restrained position. His clothes were white for the most part minus some dirt like he was tossed around earlier with blue trimming. He had a strange device on his arm. He looked over at the other man and realized they both had it. He looked back to the spikey haired man. Maybe he shouldn't have put his sword away.

"I got her," The crazy haired man stated almost exhausted. "Hopefully this time, she won't run away again."

"Using such a cheap trick you might want to add." The girl spat angrily. She obviously was not happy and Link prepared himself for the worst, because why not. He was already exhausted enough, why not add some strangers who had a dragon on their side to top it off. Maybe he should have taken Zelda's advice and stayed, the patrol could have waited until he was rested. Though, both of the men looked like they were attacked by a bunch of rogue Bullbos before rolling down the cliff to the grassy plain, almost like he did, without the Bullbos.

"Yes, so cheap that you couldn't see coming. Personally I didn't know why I didn't think about it before."

"That's because you are slow and needed to have your skull rattled a little first." The other male mocked his partner.

"Hey! What is going on here?" Link asked interrupting them. "Release the girl."

The white dragon lowered itself to the ground and growled in defense. The brown hair male smirked. "Yeah, I think I'll pass on that."

Link eyed the dragon while paying full attention to the taller man. "Explain to me what she has done wrong then." He needed details before he attacked, he really didn't want to deal with the dragon that was defending its master.

"Yes, where do we start on that then?" the man turned to the lady in some emotion, but Link couldn't tell from his demeanor other than he seemed very angry at the woman. "But I don't have the time to list everything, so I'll cut to the chase. Leave us be and you won't get hurt or you can attempt to stop us with your pathetic sword and probably be my dragon's best meal of the day. Your choice."

Link drew his sword and shield, his sword was not pathetic and second, he wasn't going to leave a girl behind if she didn't do anything wrong. It was only a matter of time before bandits would take advantage of the situation, ones that survived piles of monsters that is. "I've fought bigger."

"Blue-Eyes-" The man started but was interrupted as footsteps entered Link's ears.

"Enough!" Zelda's voice rang throughout the air majestically cutting off the man with the dragon named Blue-Eyes. "There is no point to a needless fight."

"I second that." The spikey hair man agreed as he looked at his partner. The brown haired man rolled his eyes in annoyance. "All we want is to find a few of our comrades, this woman here misplaced them and needs to be held responsible for her actions."

"We don't have time for some diplomatic conversation." The other man argued. "If you don't remember correctly, Regan was shot and is probably bleeding out some place."

Shot? Maybe the woman was responsible for that as well. The taller man seemed a little more aggressive over some misplaced comrades. Maybe he had misjudged the real enemy in the situation. But he needed more details before picking sides. "Who is Regan?"

"None of your business."

"They could help," The shorter one mumbled probably presuming Link wasn't able to hear in on the conversation. Thanks to his experiences of being a wolf, they were mistaken.

"We can find her quicker without them." The other one said louder finalizing the decision.

"Do you know where anything is, sir?" Zelda continued to press on the questions like she had done earlier to him. "The popular spots, the underground routes, the trades, the meeting stops, the hide away areas, the creatures that walk this land? Do you any of them?"

The tall one didn't answer.

"Well you must surely know the towns, the divisions, who to ask for answers, the currency at which they ask for such valuable information."

Silence.

"Well, it looks like they are not requiring our assistance."

"Seems that way… but what of the woman?" Link asked as he narrowed his eyes. He was missing something. He looked other the two men and found a gun in the tall one's hand. "Wait, I know of this weapon."

"Well if you do, Then I hope you realize that I will gladly use it on anyone who gets in my way."

"Zelda," Link said ignoring the man's threat. "They're from Electra's world."

She remained silent as she thought about it. This was definitely someone that was not expected, but it explained the disturbance and why it was like the monster gates.

"Zelda?" the tri-colored male started. "You mean the princess from the games?"

"She's a queen." Jerom corrected.

"My apologies."

Link starting to get the jest that the smaller male was much politer and regal than the other one, but at the same time the tall one seemed to give off a lord like presence. Who were these people?

"Stop acting so nice to them." The tall one warned. "I don't care if they are a god; we're wasting time with all your little conversation attempts."

"Seto," So that's what the tall one was called. "She's the queen of Hyrule." Seto sighed as the tri-colored male turned to the woman. "Your brother is in a game universe?"

"It's a dimension, stupid pharaoh," the woman growled. Link became confused because he remembered very vaguely that pharaoh was a title for a king from some ancient kingdom but he didn't remember what it was or why it confused him. He let it go as the woman continued. "And you dragging me along is not going to help you find your little buddies, so how about you just leave me here."

"Like hell we are. What timeline is this?" Seto demanded but the woman was silent.

"This is the Twilight Princess game, at least in your world." Link answered putting his sword away. They weren't a threat, just very lost and probably very confused all with the power to have a dragon. What a wonderful combination. "Or at least a couple of years later."

Seto seemed skeptical as he narrowed his eyes at him. "How can we trust you?"

"You know those pyramids that started glowing for no apparent reason off of Florida?" Link started, he was sure that if the man had a gun, he probably had access to the news as well.

"Maybe…"

"That was because of an incident that happened when I was in your world."

"You were… when?" Pharaoh asked.

Link didn't want to go into details as the incident might have caused the end of two worlds but he answered the when. He needed to know how they got into his world and made even more holes between the two realms. "Several months ago, point is, you got here somehow right? Who was it?"

"This bitch right here, look some douchebag didn't waltz in and kidnap us, this was this chic's fault because she is insane and needed to find her brother in another god damn dimension that could have killed everyone that wanted nothing to do with any traveling." Seto answered enraged.

"Does it look like I care, my plan worked." The female challenged. "You are all freaks of nature anyway, why not use you to get what I needed."

Link wasn't against violence, especially towards females, but this woman seemed like a real piece of work and something really wanted him to smack the woman upside the head with his sword.

Fortunately, Zelda settled his thoughts. "Come back with us to Castle Town, we felt a disturbance when you arrived and expected the worse. Lucky for us, it was just a low boss from a different timeline. There are several of us wandering about that felt the disturbances both good and evil. I'm sure someone has found your comrades and taking them back to Castle Town as well. It is the safest location to meet and the most guarded so if there is anyone wounded they can take time to recover."

Pharaoh didn't even think about it as he opened his mouth. "We agr-"

"No," the taller one interrupted bluntly.

"Seto! There are evil things lurking about and whether or not you choose to acknowledge that is your own decision. I know for a fact that I do not have the energy to be summoning monsters to look for everyone and protect ourselves from other monsters and other assorted mishaps that are most certainly going to come our way."

"Just because your royal ass doesn't have the energy to deal with your missing shadow magic doesn't mean I can't."

Link congratulated himself on the fact that he did figure out that Pharaoh was royalty.

"Don't listen to me then and think about what Regan and Mokuba would do if they found out that you were killed because you were stressing yourself looking for Regan. Mokuba would most certainly be pissed and Regan would probably blame herself, again."

"With the amount of time that has passed, which we have no idea I might add, she might already be dead meaning your sister is also probably dead, again!"

How can someone die again?

Pharaoh seemed like he was hit hard as he looked at the woman and sighed. "I think they are both fine. They have each other and that is more than what they need. Even against monsters, Nile can summon stuff to get Regan to safety."

Summon? What the hell were they talking about? He didn't hear or read or know of anything from Electra's world that had summon methods to deal with monsters.

"If she has the juice to do it."

"I'm going to Castle Town and you're coming with me."

"You and what dragon."

"I would summon Millennium Dragon to destroy yours, but that would probably kill you and then I would have to deal Mokuba and Regan." He answered. "So let's go and use your bloodlust for later."

Seto looked up at his dragon and seemed to realize that it was the best option. "Fine, but your little final say ends once we reach Castle Town."

"I never had such power."

"Bull."

"Awe, you guys are so adorable." The woman cooed and Link flinched as Seto hit her on her neck area and she dropped unconscious.

"I don't usually hit girls, but I will do it again without hesitation just for her." Seto stated.

"I don't classify her as a girl." Pharaoh said his opinion. "She's a Knight's Templar, they have no bounds with gender."

"A Templar?" Link questioned. It had to be a coincidence that Jason just happened to be a Templar as well. Or maybe it wasn't.

"Yes a Templar," Seto growled. "What has that got to do with anything in your world?"

Link turned to Zelda before turning back to the tall man. There couldn't have been a coincidence. She was looking for her brother and she seemed pretty positive that she had arrived in the right location and Jason just happened to be a Templar that was shoved into this world because of Dean. "I think we know who her brother might be."

"Wonderful, I don't care."

"But-"

"Link," Zelda interrupted and he stopped.

"Your name is Link?" Seto questioned.

"Yes…" he could see where this was going.

"Seto…" Pharaoh warmed before Seto could say something.

Link cleared his throat. "You guys have a friend you said that was injured, is she familiar with this world?"

"Very." Seto and Pharaoh replied.

"She should be fine…"

"Why the dramatic pause?" Seto glared. "Is there something that is a little different?"

"It's best to explain on the way, the faster we get to Castle Town, the better we can handle the situation and prioritize things."

Link went to walk up the path when the dragon growled stopping him from going forward. He didn't appreciate the creature watching over his every movement. "No, explain it to me now. What is the catch?"

"Look, we don't have time to diplomatically discuss anything and I'm not in the mood. I've already had a long night and your arrival has probably started something that was probably still cooking." Link told him exhaustedly. He was going to sleep as soon as he got to Castle Town and dealt with the newest problem on his plate. He wished sometimes that he was heartless to abandon people that obviously needed his help but refused it, but he didn't. It was probably better in the long run.

"Looks like a personal problem."

"You want an explanation, you can come now or you can stand there and get killed by something while the rest of them leave while I explain every detail. I can stand here all day; it makes no difference to me." He was done, he was up this long, he didn't need to leave. Vaati was gone and his plans for when he got back was sleeping. If standing out here to tell the story in great detail so Zelda could go home and get the sleep she needed, then so be it.

Seto look like he was about to retaliate when a bunch of Kargaroc flew over the rock wall. The soldiers around Zelda started to prepare arrows sluggishly and Link went to grab his sword as the man in front of him sighed.

"Blue-Eyes, get rid of those things."

The white dragon looked upwards and Link watched it charge its attack blasting most of the Kargarocs out of the sky. They disappeared once they hit the ground not leaving any loot behind. Not that he needed it; his wallet wasn't exactly crying for mercy at the moment.

"You missed some." Pharaoh stated.

"If at first you don't succeed," Seto started as the dragon attacked the remainder. "Blast them with your Blue-Eyes again."

"How long did that take for you to be able to use that line?"

Link wondered if the man in front of him had an obsession with his dragon if that was the response that Pharaoh gave. He didn't get to ask as the man tossed woman's body over to the messy haired man and turned to Zelda. Link felt like he was purposely being ignored, which was fine by him. He didn't want to deal with Mr. Attitude anyway. Though, Zelda now did which was not what he had in mind. "We'll head to Castle Town, but on the condition you throw this woman in a very secure cell until I find Regan and can deal with her appropriately."

"We have cells that can hold anyone." Zelda responded. Link was surprised how well she was tolerating this Seto guy, but then again, this was Zelda he was thinking of. His mind must have been all muddled if he was surprised by anything at this point.

"That sounds like a challenge."

"Even a Templar won't make it out of the ones made for powerful sorcerers; she will be contained there when we get to Castle Town."

"Good." The man huffed. Finally, the man was happy for something. Now all he needed to do was have some manners towards Zelda and Link would also be happy. But he did know where the man was coming from. He would be in a particularly awful mood if he was missing some comrades.

"Milady, you are going to dishonor you like this?" Jerom questioned getting ready to draw his sword.

Link was about to tell him that it was fine, but Zelda beat him to it.

"He is concerned about his comrades," She replied turning to the path slightly hinting towards Seto and himself. "Even the most mannered man can be untasteful when they are in distraught."

"Still…" Jerom muttered and Link just shook his head. It was not something that needed to be pressed, both Zelda and he just wanted to rest and this was the quickest way to do it now that Seto was actually cooperating.

"Let's go," the man he was just thinking about started as he rolled his eyes.