Now it's time for Chapter 56! Impa is set to complete her mission, and she has an important choice to make, while Link has gained new resolve himself. Enjoy!
The next morning came at the Happy Goron Hot Spring, and Impa's eyes slowly opened. She was in her room, and she glanced over at the young man laying beside her. He was sleeping soundly, just as she remembered him from the days when she'd come wake him up during the time she was training him as a child. The difference now though was he wasn't just a child like before; but a grown man, a king to the Gerudo people, and as she learned last night, a fantastic lover.
Impa smiled softly, taking some strands of bleach-blonde hair hanging over his face and pushed it aside to get a good look at him as she thought about what they did last night. Impa knew he had experience with the Gerudo over the past year, but she could have never thought he'd make her feel as good as she did; the way he kissed her, the places he touched her... it was a night she'd never forget.
It was then Link's eyes slowly opened, and he smiled lightly, seeing the woman before him, "Hey Impa, how'd I do last night?"
"Wonderful my protegee." Impa smirked, "I can see Lady Nabooru was a fine mentor to you in many ways..."
She then gave Link a kiss on the lips, then tracing her finger slowly along his chest.
"Or maybe you're just an upstanding student."
"I'm fine with either." grinned Link.
With that Impa got herself up from her futon and started changing into her skin-tight jumpsuit. Link took that moment to get a good look at her figure, the one he was holding closely in his arms and making love to all of last night. For a moment his mind curiously thought about how she would look carrying his child, both within her stomach and eventually in her arms, and the exciting feeling he get from it.
But it was then he also recalled a promise he made to himself before he met with her last night.
"So Impa, I know you said you're ready now, but just in case you have a change of heart, I asked Dr. Sarami to get something for you." Link spoke up to Impa, taking out a small wrapper with something in it from his robe and giving it to her.
"What's this?" she asked, opening the wrapper, and seeing a small rubbery capsule that was colored black inside of it.
"It's a black chu jelly capsule, made from Dr. Sarami's chuchu alchemy research." Link said, "If you take one within seventy-two hours of having sex, it'll prevent any possible chance of you getting pregnant from it."
"That's fascinating." Impa said with wide eyes, "That doctor can do this much with chuchu jelly?"
"Yep, she's definitely a miracle worker, and she's saved my ass a number of times." Link nodded.
"No kidding, after what the cooling jell did to that Talus back in the mines, and her work in treating that dragon, she's an impressive woman. That kind of ability would be invaluable to helping Hyrule with it's own problems." Impa said.
"I'll talk with Sarami and Nabooru about it then. It could be a good way to build some relations with the people of Hyrule if she shared her medical skills with them." Link nodded.
"Sounds good, I'm sure Zelda will be happy to hear of this as well." Impa said.
"Yeah..." Link whispered at the mention of the princess.
Impa paused and looked to Link, seeing the distant look in his eyes again. She nodded to herself and spoke up to the young king.
"Link, I know Zelda's situation is still bothering you... but there's something I want you to know..." Impa said.
"W-What?" Link asked, startled that Impa caught on to his worries so quickly.
As she took her long hair and started braiding it with swift fingers, Impa spoke to him,
"No mater what happens with her marriage to the Fargent prince and her eventual inauguration as queen... she never stops thinking about you and what you did for Hyrule. Despite these peaceful times, she trains in the art of the rapier, not just to strengthen herself, but as a reminder of those happy times the two of you spent together as children..."
Link paused and looked down. As Impa finished with her hair, she stood up and walked up to him, taking him by his cheeks and giving him a gentle, loving kiss on the lips.
"...and no matter what, you're always going to have a significant place in Zelda's heart, my young hero." Impa whispered with a smile.
"Thanks Impa..." Link whispered with a light blush on his cheeks.
"Well, I have to meet with my client soon, I'll see you later." she said.
Link watched as Impa walked on out of the room, unable to take his eyes off her firm rear end as she left. He laid back on the futon they had spent the night making love on, and he then thought deeply about a particular situation he was dealing with over in Gerudo Town, with three certain women he had unresolved business with. He knew he had to answer to them when he got back, and knew exactly what to say.
He then remembered something else, and reached into his pocket, pulling out a certain thing he was holding on his person; a small key on a string in the shape of a pretty green leaf. He held it up into the air and gazed at it, with a faint smile on his face, as he reminisced about where it came from, and the words the person who gave it to him said...
'I almost considered just giving this to Impa and forgetting about it... but I made a promise, and now I know more then ever I intend to see it through.' Link thought to himself.
"So are you the contact we made?"
"Yes, it's good to finally meet you Ms. Impa, would you like one?"
"Oh, thank you."
Impa sat down on a chair in a private room set up for her by the Gorons to meet with the contact she was to speak with. She sat at a table across from a man who laid back casually on his own chair. The man had handed her an apple to eat, and she took a bite of it after making sure it wasn't dangerous.
"I don't normally do this sort of thing, especially now since I'm currently on the run after everything that happened." said the man. He was a large muscular man in a vest and baggy pants, and had a large beard done into braids. He had a basket of apples beside him which he was taking and crunching into with big mouthfuls, "But I felt it was important to talk about this."
"No worries Mr. Rassan, me and the princess have already agreed to see to your safety in exchange for this information you have." Impa assured him.
"Wahahaha, I appreciate that!" the man named Rassan said with a big hearty laugh.
This was Rassan, the former leader of the slaver organization the Wyvern Keepers. After the slavers were invaded and defeated by Link, Nemisa Nabooru, and the Gerudo, he himself had vanished and was traveling the land, hiding out from Hylian Knights and potential assassins alike.
"So let's cut right to the point, what can you tell us about that item you said you had before, where is it now, and whom might have it at the moment?" Impa inquired.
"Wahahaa, if you're going to play twenty questions with me you have to let me answer one first!" Rassan laughed, as he stroked his beard, "Well to answer your questions in no particular order; about four years ago, my slaver gang were under hard times after the Hylian Knights sought out and captured my boss. Then out of nowhere, we were met by a benefactor who was willing to provide the funding to rebuild our group. I'm still not entirely sure who the person was, but I couldn't pass up the rupees. They only asked for two things in return; a small cut of our profits, and that we acquire for them a certain item, a powerful weapon, using our connections to the black market." Rassan explained.
"Yes, the black market has been dealing in the procurement of many dangerous items and weapons across the lands over the past years..." Impa said, "From what I've been told their own connections have fallen greatly since your group was disbanded."
"And even now even they're after my head as payment for my failure, wahahaha!" Rassan laughed out loud, bits of apple were flying out from his mouth as he did.
'So your worries were right then, Zelda...' Impa thought to herself, 'If the weapon that benefactor wanted is that one you mentioned in particular then...'
Impa paused and continued to think to herself, taking another bite of her apple.
'If that person wanted to remain anonymous even with the Wyvern Keepers, then they're likely of a high position of power and influence... They wouldn't risk keeping that weapon under their personal ownership either... they must have given it to someone else to hold... someone who would be staying in seclusion themselves...'
"Do you have any idea who it is that has the weapon now then?" Impa asked.
"From what I could gather, it's some gang far off in the valley. The one who received the delivery was an old man and some others, though I'm not sure who they were exactly, my team couldn't quite recognize them..." Rassan said.
"Anything about the man in particular?" Impa asked.
"The boys said he was covered up, they only knew he was an old man was because of his voice. Speaking of the voice though, they mentioned he had a weird way of pronouncing the word 'rupee' when they were discussing the payment, for some reason he kept calling it a 'rubee'." Rassan said.
"Huh, that is a bit odd..." Impa pondered to herself, "I see then, thank you for this information Mr. Rassan. I was surprised when I was told you wanted to speak to us about this to begin with."
Rassan's big smile lowered, as he sported a far more serious tone in his voice, "Well I may have been a slaver, but that doesn't mean I don't understand the gravity of this situation... If that weapon falls into the wrong hands, it could very well mean disaster for Hyrule as a whole." he muttered, "I doubt I can ever fully redeem myself for what I've done as a slaver, but I intend to do whatever I can in this life while I still have it."
"...that's quite noble of you." nodded Impa, "If you don't mind me asking, what brought about this desire?"
"I fought someone during the raid on my hideout. A strong warrior who showed me compassion and mercy, despite all that I had done. It made me think a lot about everything going on here in Hyrule, and it made me focus on the bigger picture, you see."
Impa's eyes widened at those words, and in that moment, all she could think of was a certain blue-eyed young man she knew quite well, and smirked lightly.
"Very well then, I'll be off." Impa nodded, finishing her treat and setting the apple core down on the table. She got up and started to walk out, "Thank you for your time."
"Wahahaha! My pleasure, you enjoy yourself here at the resort while you're at it!" Rassan laughed.
"Believe me, I already did..." Impa chuckled as she left.
After Impa was long gone, Rassan simply sat back in his chair and took another apple, crunching into it, as his thoughts drifted to a certain young man with a sword and shield who had confronted and batted him back in the Wyvern's Nest, and changed his view of the world.
"I hope you're doing well with your life right now, my friend..."
"So you're leaving already?"
Nabooru stood at the exit to Goron City, along with Link, Darunia and the Gerudo, all there to see Impa off.
"Yes, I need to report back to Hyrule Castle. Thank you all for everything." she said bowing at the waist.
"Bwa ha ha, no problem!" laughed Darunia, "Thank you for helping us with the situation in the mines!"
"I'll be including the plight your people had to go through in my report, as well as you speaking with new clients about trading your ore." Impa said, as she glanced to Nabooru with a light smirk, "We'll see if it makes those members of the parliament sweat a little."
"Heh, I like how you think Impa." Nabooru chuckled, "If you ever feel like dropping by our town to observe the progress we've been making over the years you're welcome to it anytime."
"That sounds good. I'm sure the princess would like to hear about it herself." Impa nodded.
"We'd all love to have over Ms. Impa, and if you do decide to have Link's baby I can give you a checkup whenever you want!" Sarami said cheerfully.
"O-Of course, thank you..." Impa said to the doctor with a light blush.
"And thanks again for teaching me about bombling arrows!" Aviel said, holding up her crossbow, "Now I can make my arrows have more punch if I need to!"
It was then an arrow accidentally shot off from her bow, causing it to explode into a cliffside, everyone stared at it blankly.
"Uh, oops." Aviel said sweatdropping.
"Is Impa sure it was wise teaching her that...?" Nemisa asked.
"Well anyway, you take care Impa, and give Zelli- Princess Zelda our regards." Link said to her, quickly correcting himself
"That I will, farewell for now." Impa said, turning and walking off, waving to everyone without so much as looking back, while everyone called out goodbyes to her until she was out of sight.
"So I heard you had some fun with Impa last night, what do you think she'll do about it?" Nabooru spoke up to Link with a snide grin.
"Not certain, but whatever she does, I know she'll make the right choice." Link smiled and nodded.
Nabooru looked to Link closely, seeing the somewhat eager look in his eyes, and smirked knowingly.
"Well with that done, how about we go back to the resort? We still got one more day here thanks to the free pass!" Nabooru spoke out to everyone.
"Yeah! Come on Link, let's go to the mixed bath again! I wanna get a massage from you too!" Aviel chirped out, grabbing his wrist, as well as Saria's, "And Saria said she wants another one as well!"
"I didn't say that!" Sara shouted with a red face.
"Yeah, let's get goin' lover-boy!" Togau grinned, grabbing Link around his free arm, "When we get back to the inn room tonight me and Nemisa got a lot planned between the three of us!"
"Yes, emphasis on 'between' for you, my love." Nemisa purred into Link's ear as she wrapped her arms over his shoulders from behind.
"Uh, wait..." Link stammered in embarrassment, but was quickly taken away by the girls, with Nabooru, Sarami and Reirousa all following after.
"Bwa ha ha, you all have fun and enjoy the resort!" Darunia laughed. He turned back to look out at the view of the land of Hyrule. The Goron smiled proudly and nodded to himself.
"I think this will be the beginning of a great alliance with my brother and his people." he spoke outloud.
Impa slowly walked down the road of Death Mountain to Kakariko Village to prepare for her trip back to Hyrule Castle and give her report to Princess Zelda. She stopped in her tracks, and took a look up at the mountain she had been staying at for the past few days, and the fine people she had spent that time with, especially her young protegee Link. She turned and saw to her left a vast canyon that went down to a shallow river below. She stared out at it in deep thought of her time meeting with everyone, and especially the wonderful night she spent with Link.
She then reached into her pocket and pulled out a certain gift she received from Link. It was the black chu capsule Dr. Sarami had created to prevent pregnancy. She held it up in her open palm, gazing at it and thinking. She then nodded to herself and slowly opened her mouth...
...before blowing the capsule out of her hand, sending it flying off the side of the cliff and into the depths of the canyon below. She placed a hand to her stomach and gave it a gentle rub, with a light blush on her cheeks.
"You've truly grown over the years Link..." she whispered to herself, "...and I hope this child will grow and mature to be as strong and virtuous as you someday..."
And with that, Impa sent off down the road to complete her mission.
A couple days later, Link, Nabooru and the gang returned back to Gerudo Town, having been refreshed by the little semi-vacation at Goron City. Thanks to their assistance with the crisis in the mines, and Link's own close bond with Darunia that soon leaked over to Nabooru and the others, negotiations of an alliance between the rock-people and the desert women went splendidly, and Darunia was eager to make sure that the Gerudo's voices would be heard during the meeting with the parliament.
While the others went back to their homes, Link, Nabooru, Aviel, Nemisa and Saria went back to their rooms at the palace to unpack their things and relax from the trip.
"Hey Nabooru?" Link spoke up to the head lady of the Gerudo in her study.
"What's up?" Nabooru asked as she and her assistant Halei were working on paperwork for the Goron's alliance and trade.
"I'm about to take a warm bath, could you possibly call over you-know-who to my room?" Link asked.
"You-know-who..." Nabooru muttered, then her eyes widened, "Oh, sure! Are you certain?"
"Yeah." Link nodded, "I think I'm ready."
"Alright then, go get em tiger." Nabooru grinned.
Link nodded and went off on his way.
"Is... is he really going to...?" Halei asked with a heavy blush on her cheeks.
"Yep, I think he's learned a lot during our trip." smirked Nabooru. After she completed the last paper she was worked on, the Gerudo leader stretched out and spoke to her assistant, "Hey it's getting late, did you want to quit for the night and go get some dinner at the diner, Halei?"
"Oh, okay!" Halei said brightly, finishing up her own last paper before following off after Nabooru out into town.
Link stood before his bedroom door, preparing himself for what was in there. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened the door. When he walked in, sure enough, he saw the three child-bearers Nabooru had chosen for him laying back on his bed of pillows he had been sleeping on since he arrived in Gerudo Town.
The three girls were all chatting lightly with each other while doing other activities at the same time. Ragome was juggling some oranges from a nearby fruit bowl, Leivuri was reading a light novel and Esolu was painting her toenails. Ragome's eyes lit up as she was the first to notice Link.
"Oh hey there King Link!" Ragome spoke up and raising up her hand as she caught all three of the oranges with her other hand, "Wassap? You called us here for something?"
"Yes, how was your trip?" Leivuri asked happily, putting a bookmark in her novel and setting it aside.
"Went pretty well, we had a good time." grinned Link, "And I think I learned a few things while I was there."
"Really now, like what?" Ragome asked, tilting her head slightly.
It was then Link leaned down over Ragome, surprising her, as he pressed his lips against hers. Ragome's eyes were wide in shock and her face was a beat red, while Link deepened the kiss further, reaching up and cupping at one of the Gerudo woman's large breasts, causing her to moan out lustfully.
"Oh... oh my!" Leivuri said, covering her mouth.
Esolu simply reacted with wide eyes and holding up a picture on her sketch pad of three exclamation marks.
Link then pulled away from Ragome, and she reacted by leaning toward him a little with her mouth agape, as if she was suddenly deprived of him kissing her in that moment and wanted to reclaim his lips again. He then spoke softly to all three of them at once.
"I think I'm finally ready to give the three of you the children you've been waiting for, and for me to become a father for them."
"Link..." whispered Leivuri crawling forward somewhat nervously, but motivated by the idea of bearing Link's child, as the young Gerudo King turned to her with a grin, giving her a kiss as well. Leivuri moaned out a little herself, while Link's hands trailed along her curvy body, running his hand along her soft, thick thigh.
Esolu meanwhile just paused, looking at the three of them. She took a breath and went forward, pushing Link back to lay on the pillows. She then straddled his waist, and stared down at him, before leaning down and giving him a kiss as well. The two of them made out as Link put his hands on her waist and round butt, rubbing them softly.
Ragome was still in a light-headed daze, as she was hugging herself, gasping out from how forward Link was being, and how much she was enjoying it, as her legs squirmed in desire. She wasn't about to be deprived of her king anymore, and took Link's head, pulling him away from Esolu and towards her. Link and Rogame went to making out as Leivuri came up to the other side and ran her hands along his chest and tickled his ear, using the seduction skills she had learned from her training to entice him further.
As Link broke his kiss with Ragome, he looked to Esolu, who was sitting there on his lap with a wide-eyed expression on her face.
"What's the matter?" Link asked.
It was then Esolu held up her sketch pad to show a picture she did of a cute elephant. It didn't take long for the others to pick up on what she meant with it, considering where she was sitting at that moment.
"Kyyyaaa! Esolu!" Leivuri shouted, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment, "You ruined my image of elephants now!"
"Heh heh, can't help myself." Link grinned sheepishly, "You girls and your sexy bodies have that effect on me."
"Well I'm glad to hear that," grinned Ragome, grabbing Link and practically yanking off his sleepwear in seconds, "So let's get to babymaking!"
"But are you sure about this your highness? You seemed so uneasy about it before..." Leivuri asked, trying not to look directly at his nude toned body.
"I am." Link nodded, "I've learned there's a lot more to being a parent then just the stress and worries, but the happiness and love you feel for them, and I' want the three of you to enjoy that feeling as well."
Esolu sat there contemplating what he said, with a blank expression, before nodding and running her hand along Link's cheek, giving him a kiss on the nose, as if to affirm she was ready to everyone as well.
"Alright then, let's get started." grinned Ragome, pulling off her own clothes, as the three of them all started to move closer to Link. The girls all fondled Link passionately, as his hands went to work on them as well.
And the four spent the night working to bring new life and happiness into the world together, with the desert moon beaming down on them gently through the windows...
Outside the palace, a group of Gerudo soldiers were returning home from a mission they were on, and arrived back to the war barracks to give the report of their mission to their superior.
"Hello sisters, how was the hunt? Seems as though it went faster then normal." the commanding officer asked.
"The Octorok infestation have been cleared out for now." nodded one of the soldiers, "We're certain there's still plenty hiding, but the numbers are much lower then before."
"Huh. Well General Reirousa will be happy to hear this news, but I wonder what's causing their numbers to decrease all of a sudden...?" the officer spoke.
"Not sure maam, but we have found large numbers of these things everywhere where they usually show up." the soldier said, holding up a purple Octorok air sac.
"Heh, maybe we have some help now." chuckled the officer.
Meanwhile, far, far away from Gerudo Town, up on a cliffside, a mysterious being was watching down over the desert. The being were small of stature, and had long red-orange hair.
After a while of watching, the being seemed to be surrounded, then suddenly disappear into flames, and moments later a large reptilian creature flew over the sands of the desert, letting out a mighty roar.
Meanwhile that night, back in the Happy Goron Hot Springs resort, a tall long-black-haired man, clad in a resort robe was walking down a hall. A Goron past by and he gave the creature a small wave of greeting, before going into an inn room. Shutting the sliding door behind him, he saw another man kneeling at a table, sipping tea. He walked over and knelt down as well.
"Hello my friend, so what have you learned?" the tea-sipping man asked.
"I'm afraid we were just a moment too late, the dragon left just the other day."
"Damnit, and after all that time we spent planning to sneak into the mines. I was hoping the ghost rumors that were being spread could give us the opportunity we needed."
"Yes, that beast would had been perfect for what we were after..."
The two paused, but it was then the black-haired man smirked lightly.
"On the plus side, I might have found something much better though."
He then pulled out a scroll from his robe and unrolled it, showing it to the tea-drinker.
"I overhead a conversation by a group in the mixed hot spring shortly after the dragon had vanished. It appears the Gerudo have chosen a new king, strangely enough a Hylian man."
"Oh? How odd..."
"Yes, and from what I sensed, he may very well be the one we've been looking for."
As he spoke, the black-haired man pointed at a picture on the scroll. The tea-drinking man looked down at the scroll and almost spit out his drink in shock at this news.
"You're kidding me, that was lost to us ages ago!"
"Yes, and now we know right where it is... it's just a matter of determining a way to unleash it." chuckled the black-haired man.
As the two continued to speak, a robe hung from a hanger in the inn room's closet. It was a silver full-body robe with a hood, and it was decorated with strange blue markings. Attached to the hood was an eye mask of sorts, made to wear completely over the upper half of one's head, and it was decorated with gold lines resembling an eye of some kind that let off a gleam...
And that ends the chapter, and this arc. I was unsure about whether I wanted Impa to keep the pregnancy or not going through this story, but encouragement from all of you helped me finalize my decision, so thanks for that! I've already decided how I want this story to eventually end, but that doesn't mean I'm not open to new material to write based on responses, so make yourselves heard and I'll take it into consideration!
Next time a new arc begins, and a certain lady has to finally build up the courage to say what she's wanted to for so long...