Chilling in The Forest![Closed][Saria, Chase]

Holodrum wasn't exactly worlds away from Hyrule, but that did not mean Axel wanted to travel all the way by foot. It seemed as if he actually did miss his homeland and wanted to go back earlier than usual. After all, he didn't even explore it all, so why he thought in the first place he was better off in another location was beyond him. The hard part was that he had no way of transportation other than on foot. It was night as well, so instead of trying to figure it out he went into the town closest to him instead and was about to walk into the nearest inn, but he saw a ton of people coming in and out of an average-sied building that was titled 'National Teleportation Corporation.' Now that the mercenary thought about it, he has seen that name multiple times, but didn't care enough to actually figure out what it meant, and since it had teleportation in it's name, he decided that he should go figure out what all the fuss is about. Once he got in, Axel noticed that it was empty inside except for a few tables, a brown carpet, blue walls and multiple people in the middle of the room all surrounding an old lady. After a few seconds, all of the people surrounding her disappeared. Axel was shocked, but was also intrigued, so he walked towards the lady until he was just a few feet away from her.

"Hey, lady. What is that magic that you just performed on those people?" The pink-haired mercenary asked.

"Foolish boy! You don't know teleportation magic when you see it? And did the name not do you any good?" replied the senior, her face angry and red. Axel soon realized that he did not like this lady's attitude.

"Woah, I am sorry old lady! Anyway, can you take me back to Hyrule then? Millenia Town is where I want to go," Axel asked.

"Well, our corporation doesn't have a building in that town, but I can send you to one a few miles east of itm" she replied, her face seeming more calm now. Axel noticed a bracelet on her right arm that was lit up in blue just a few seconds ago, but vanished. He wondered what it was.

"Uh, ok. That would be great!" Axel said, smiling.

"First, let me rest for about 10 minutes so that I can clear my kind, ok? After that I will take your rupees and you can go," she replied, which made Axel quite mad. He knew that most services required purchases, but his mind was off as well since it was the night time, and he also did not want to spend anymore rupees today.

"Well, if you are gonna take my money at least get me there now! Please, I will walk any extra distance if your mind is not clear enough to get me to the exact location. How much do you need?" Axel asked, with a curious expression. The Old lady was clearly annoyed by his demand, but finally decided to agree to his wishes, but he was certain he saw a small wicked smile form on her face for just a second. They made the rupee exchange which was about 30,000 rupees(to Axel's disliking) and then the lady shot her arms forward, and the bracelet on her right arm glowed brightly, just like Axel saw it before. Suddenly, his eyes closed against his will and he felt like he was being thrown into the skies at an extremely fast speed. He felt a bit sick, but then a few seconds later all he felt was his hands and legs on something soft and green. He opened his eyes and saw grass. After that he looked up and realized that was about noon. The sky was a clear blue, and what he could see of the sun was out. It was hard to get a good look at it because of all the tall trees blocking his viewpoint. That is when he realized he was in a forest.

"What the hell? Dammit, I should have listened to that lady when she said she needed rest! I expected to be in one of those buildings and not in some stupid forest!" Axel shouted, letting out his anger. It seemed that anyone within a hundred meters could have heard his loud voice.

Life was as simple as usual in the Kokiri Forest. The children of the forest were going about their lives as usual, mainly consisting of playing, though some were actually doing jobs, such as farming their food, or doing the village laundry. Their guardian fairies floating around them to make sure they didn't get in too much trouble. Chaotic, perhaps, but no sign of true danger. Yes, all was at peace.

Or rather, it was until the strange being materialized before them from thin air. They gasped, as he began to yell, clearly angry. They did what any normal Kokiri would do in that situation. They ran and hid from the strange, tall monster, many going into their treestump homes.

One male voice whispered, albeit loudly enough so the monster could hear "Get Saria...She'll know what to do!", while a female responded "But no one knows where she is! She went to the Lost Woods as usual to do Deku Tree knows what..."

However, at that moment, seemingly out of coincidence, the girl in question spoke. "Well now this is a surprise." came a female voice from above. Standing on a ledge above the newcomer was another Kokiri...Though she held no fear. While she was dressed similar to the rest with her green garb, she was distinctive for her hair also matching her clothes, her green fairy floating around her.

She began to climb down a patch of vines from above to meet their guest face to face....Or rather....She had to crane her neck to look him in the eye. She observed him for a moment before then speaking again "Well you're clearly not from the Forest...May I ask how you got here?" she asked politely, and diligently. "Forgive me...Its just we don't often receive visitors around here...And for good reason." although the last part was muttered in annoyance as she looked to her Kokiri brethren quivering within their homes.

"I knew it, its official, fucking mother earth hates me. I ask for one thing, dont get lost. And what happens? No matter what I try, I could not avoid this forest. And what happens after that? Oh yeah, I get lost in these god forsaken woods. I am so done with life right about now." Chase mumbled to himself. Chase was resting by a tree, in the shade, trying his best to plan ahead a little bit. Also, resting his legs. He had been traveling for days before, not really stopping for food. And even worse in this case, water. Days without water, not exactly the best plan. Chase found that out the hard way when he did indeed black out randomly earlier. And by the looks of it, he was out for awhile. "I better be grateful I didn't get robbed or killed. That would really suck. Stop talking to yourself Chase, you're going to die if you keep doing that." Chase then propped himself up using the bark to help him a bit. Chase suddenly remembered he actually had some water left. But he decided to save it for when he actually needed it.

Chase started walking through the woods again using a walking stick, trying to get together his thoughts. Cause, y'know, when you're slowly dying you do that a lot. Gets real deep real fast. Like, who exactly was that blue woman he thinks he saw. An, if his mom was even still alive, why hasn't she came home? Why does it feel like she made no attempt to ever even contact him? Those were the type of things he was thinking. After Chase stomach felt a little bit better, or more like numb, he equipped the walking stick on him, just in case he ever needed it to walk. Even though he wasn't in crippling pain anymore, he was still lost in thought, until angry, chatter? Yeah, chatter interrupted him from his mind. Chase immediately started walking over to the noise and equipped his gauntlets at the same time. You never know what that could be. Chase finally equipped it fully when he came to full view if who was yelling. "Hey, uh, are you hurt?" He asked the man.

Unlike other people, Cassidy wasn't lost in this forest. He simply came here exploring, aiming to make other's lives miserable. He was wearing his classic red jester attire, strolling through the forest whilst whistling. Today, he decided that he would be his more whimsical, mischievous self. In his mind, he would be doing the world a favor by not killing hundreds of people in a single day.

While looking for the next victim of his pranks, he heard a rather angry yell. What was going on? Could he get this person even more angrier? Giggling at the thought, he began to frolic over to the source, getting one of his homemade pies ready.

What he found was a small group of people chatting. Out of sight, behind the man with the pink hair, and near one of the bushes, he got his aim ready. Cassidy had no clue who was the yelled, but crossed the girl out. It was quite obvious she didn't do it.

Now..who looks the ugliest..who has the least style?

Cassidy looked at both men, and frankly, it didn't take him too long to make a decision. Who the hell dyed there hair pink? The clown chucked the pie as hard as he could, aiming for Axel's buttocks. The weirdo was only three meters away from him, after all.

As soon as it hit something or somebody, he would skip out of the bushes, laughing, abruptly stopping, and bowing down.

"Hello you guys! I'm your friendly neighborhood jester, who are you people?!"

The jester had even more pranks up his sleep, determined to make this group's day one of the worst they've ever experienced.

The boys will be especially fun! They'll try to fight me..but then, they'll get embarrassed! I'm so happy I brought some banana peels!

Axel got up once he noticed that he was surrounded by many children who decided to run away from hearing his voice and seeing him, as if they had never seen an adult before.

"Get Saria...She'll know what to do!" whispered one of the boys, thinking that the mercenary couldn't hear him, but he couldn't see him however due to the fact that he must have been hiding in a tree stump.

"But no one knows where she is! She went to the Lost Woods as usual to do Deku Tree knows what..." whispered a girl, who also said that a bit louder than she must have meant. All of the sudden however, the person they were speaking of was on a branch a few meters above Axel.

"Well now this is a surprise." she said. She looked as young as the others and wore almost the same, green clothes, and she had green hair. She then began to come down the tree through the vines, and once down, she would throw her head back so that the small child could see the mercenary. She asked where Axel came from, but then apologized saying that it is just that they didn't get many visitors.

"Hey, uh, are you hurt?" asked a man on the left of Axel a few meters away, suddenly. This man had a cap on that kind of hid his gray hair, but not all of it. He also had purple hair, and three scars on his left cheek.

"Uh, no, I am fine," Axel replied, looking at the man and then back towards the child, smiling at both of them. "I am just a bit lost. A mage was supposed to teleport to a town in Hyrule, but instead I was teleported exactly in this area," he added. He was going to speak a bit more, but then he heard footsteps and the bushes moving behind him, as if someone was trying to hide from the group. With his guard up, of course Axel then dodged the pie that obviously was heard coming from the throwing motion of someone's arms with a dodge-roll going to his right. This pie was destined to hit the child somewhere near her stomach since it was originally aimed towards the mercenary's buttocks.

"Hello you guys! I'm your friendly neighborhood jester, who are you people?!" a boy asked behind Axel. He turned around while crouched on the ground to see an odd-looking fellow with green hair and wide blue eyes, and a strange smile on his face. Axel now had an angry expression.

"What the hell boy! Watch where you are throwing food, you hear?!" shouted Axel, but his voice was not as loud as the last time he dared to raise it, in fear of other weirdos coming out to play.

The girl's eyes widened in surprise as another man emerged from the forest. He looked about the age...he...had been when he had finally returned and awakened her role as a sage despite the grey hair.

She shook her head out of those thoughts, however. He didn't seem to notice her yet as he questioned the pink-haired man she was inquiring. "Hey, uh, are you hurt?"

"Two in one day. Looks like you're getting that excitement you were longing for after all, Saria!" the green fairy flying around her whispered.

Saria couldn't help but smile a bit at her friend's comment before whispering back "Now's not the time Gate..."

"Uh, no I am fine. I'm just a little bit lost. A mage was supposed to teleport to a town in Hyrule, but instead I was teleported exactly in this area." replied the first man with a smile, which certainly perked up her curiosity. He seemed to be about to continue, before something distracted him...She heard the bushes moving too. Likely one of the forest's animals, or one of her terrified friends.

"Well I can certainly help you find your way out then." she said with a smile. "My name is Saria. And I can get you both out of here before you know it!" she offered, before the pink-haired man suddenly rolled to the side, as a pastry suddenly came sailing through the air right at her.

Her eyes widened as she attempted to get out of the way, but to no avail. With a loud "SPLAT!" it hit her square in the stomach, covering the front of her tunic. Now the forest echoed with the laughter of the Kokiri, their fear suddenly beginning to melt away at the sight of the prank. In fact, Gate couldn't help but get in on it too. "Heheh, OK, looks like you REALLY got that excitement you were wanting!" the fairy exclaimed in between her fits of laughter. Saria could only give a disgruntled sigh at that.

It was then that a strange boy came from out of the brush....A Zora boy she recognized....An eccentric Zora boy, considering his attire, and green hair....Not many Zora HAD hair she thought...Perhaps something had changed in the last few hundred years?
"Hello you guys! I'm your friendly neighborhood jester, who are you people?!" announced the boy. OK, now THAT was peculiar. Multiple strangers getting lost in these Woods was rare, but not unheard of. But one acting as if SHE were not meant to be there? Something was fishy...So to speak.

"What the hell boy! Watch where you are throwing food, you hear?!" shouted the Pink-Haired man, though not as loudly as before, which she had to smile at that. At least this man had sense, even if he had completely left her vulnerable to the attack for his own sake.

"Excuse me?" she asked the jester. "You're barging into these sacred woods, and asking who WE are?" she paused, taking a moment to calm herself. "I am Saria...And these two, I was just about to ask the same question." she looked to the two men inquiringly.

Chase leaned on a tree and got narrow eyed at all the, characters that was in front of him. Usually he would be right there with all of them, actually reacting to everybody, but he was, seriously just out of it. Wasn't in the mood and simply, didn't care about everything going on. He then equipped his gauntlets and put his bag on the ground. He unzipped it and pulled out his last bottle of water and downed it like it was nothing. He then rubbed his eyes and sipped his bag back up.

Chase looked at everybody, they all looked like they taken up their own personality. We had a pink haired old guy. A kid who obviously took being a clown, just a little bit too seriously. And, a fairly young looking girl with green hair. Chase still had yet to say anything to anybody, cause he didn't want to bother to try and remember everybody's name. He then finally started to feel much better. That's when he noticed, its not like he didn't want to talk, just that his thought was so dry, he couldn't talk. He then raised his hand up, only sticking up his index and middle fingers. "Hey, hows it going? The names Chase. And, that doesn't look pretty." Chase said, commenting on the pie all over Saria.

Everything changed when he dodged...that pink hair bastard! He was never good at hiding, but god damn! He frowned a little as the pie instead hit the girl, who began yelling. Tempted to backhand some sense into her, even though he didn't have any, he was about to approach her and deliver the blow when he decided to change his mind. No reason... he kept his signature clown grin, his teeth as white as snow.

"Woo! Tough crowd here, eh? You throw one pie in some sacred woods and everyone gets there dirty panties soiled! Geez! Women, am I right fellas?"

He motioned over to Chase and Axel, nodding eagerly.

Then, Chase said his name, causing Cassidy to snicker at how BLAND and unoriginal it was...he wanted to kill him!

"Hey....hey Chase! How many humans does it take to come up with an original name?"

He couldn't stop fits of laughter escaping even as he covered his mouth.

This is gonna be the legendary punchline! It'll kill em all...if only if I meant that literally!

Suddenly, he stopped, his face completely straight, his eyes piercing into Chase's soul.

"Zero. Because I killed them all."

For the first few moments, the forest was silent, until Cassidy busted out with his raucous laughter once more.

"Am I funny, friends?"

He kept on laughing and laughing, unable to control himself..that is, until an unwelcomed guest arrived.

A chubby Kokiri, who looked just like a child walked into the little gathering. He was completely naked, but that wasn't the first thing you would see....besides his hands and face, all of his skinned was gone, leaving just a hunk of meat. Cassidy remembered this guys screams. He remembered all of his victims..

But, why did he skin him alive? Perhaps the Kokiri looked at him the wrong way. It didn't matter, as he was prepared to make his escape. But before the Kokiri could point out a suspect, he plopped to the floor, dead. Looking at the body, he whistled.

"I feel bad for whoever has to lift him in the casket....wait, wait, too soon guys?"

before he dodged, the small girl said that she could get him and the gray-haired male out of the forest. Now that pie was all over her shirt, he wasn't sure that the offer still stood. After Axel finished yelling at the kid, he turned around to help get the pie off of Saria.

"I am so sorry about that foolish kid, girl, and that I dodged. I wasn't thinking about what would have happened. My warrior's instinct took over to be honest, heheh," Axel said trying to play it off while scratching his head and smiling, while his eyes were closed.

"Woo! Tough crowd here, eh? You throw one pie in some sacred woods and everyone gets there dirty panties soiled! Geez! Women, am I right fellas?" the Kid said, thinking that he was telling good jokes, but in actuality he just made Axel real pissed. After that he began insulting the man with the cap that was named Chase because of his name. The joke was mixed with death, as if this mere toddler was actually able to kill someone. Axel let out a laugh.

"You kid, really are funny you know that? Tell that joke again when you are just a bit older," Axel replied, laughing some more as the kid laughed as well, but then he stood firm and his facial expression turned into a mix of surprise and seriousness. A rather plump Kikori walked in the area, but he was skinned from the neck down. His hand was ascending to point at someone, but then he fell to the floor, finally dying.

"I feel bad for whoever has to lift him in the casket....wait, wait, too soon guys?" said the kid, and that was what made Axel go over-the top that moment. He took out his sword and equipped it in his right hand, then he took out his shield and equipped it in his left hand. He then began spinning the blade around.

"You like making jokes kid? Yea, I hear the devil loves em," Axel replied with a really angry expression. Obviously the boy didn't do this, but the fact that he was making a joke out of this grotesque occurence made Axel want to kill him, even if he was a child. JUst then, logic took over, then he turned to the boy in the cap.

"Hey you, you just got here too, like the kid right? Where did you come from? I wanna hear some answers dammit!" Axel shouted, walking towards him with the blade rotating. If the victim was a man he would be a little less angry because adults had a ton of time to train in their life, but this was just a boy, just like Saria. There was most likely no way he could have been training to protect himself. None!

"I am so sorry about that foolish kid, girl, and that I dodged. I wasn't thinking about what would have happened. My warrior's instinct took over to be honest, heheh," the pink-haired man apologized to Saria, as she took a large leaf from a nearby tree, beginning to wipe the confectionery treat off of herself.

"Oh no, you're fine. I understand you were acting in the moment. After all, you're not the one who threw it. That's something I would have expected from one of my friends to be honest." she smiled to him, clearly no ill will directed at him.

"Woo! Tough crowd here, eh? You throw one pie in some sacred woods and everyone gets there dirty panties soiled! Geez! Women, am I right fellas?" the rather distasteful child exclaimed, causing her to close her eyes in frustration. She said nothing, however, as she continued cleaning her tunic as best she could before discarding the leaf.

However, her attention was caught again when she heard what next came from the boy's mouth.
"Hey....hey Chase! How many humans does it take to come up with an original name? Zero. Because I killed them all."

What was WRONG with this boy? She looked to Gate who no longer seemed amused, nor did the rest of the Kokiri still in hiding. She was about to reprimand him as the pink-haired man began to laugh and joke with the sick boy....But then something disgusting happened.

One of her Kokiri bretheren emerged from one of the entrances to the Lost Woods. That wasn't so out of the ordinary...Other than his lack of skin from the neck down. He seemed as if he were about to point to one of them....But death consumed him before he could, falling to the ground dead.

"Y-Yorrel?" she stammered for a second, watching the scene, raising her hand to her mouth in horror. A fairy, likely belonging to the boy known as Yorrel, flew frantically out of the Lost Woods shortly after the boy's death, going straight to Saria and Gate, beginning to converse with Gate about the situation, unheard to any others.

Now screams filled the forest. The Kokiri in their hiding spots yelling in horror and disgust at the sight before them.

Saria wordlessly walked to the boy's corpse, holding him in her arms for a moment as tears began to stream down. "Wh-Why....How...." she muttered, the very Earth around them beginning to shake violently. "The Great Deku Tree is not pleased..." she stated, feeling the tremors, and looking to the Deku Tree's glade.

And then the boy continued
"I feel bad for whoever has to lift him in the casket....wait, wait, too soon guys?",
the pink-haired man then pulled out his weaponry, clearly not amused either
"You like making jokes kid? Yea, I hear the devil loves em,"
and then began questioning the man known as Chase. Clearly the Pink-Haired Man did not do this...Unless he was that desperate to cover up his crime.

She ignored the three though, walking over to her fairy, and the failed guardian of the boy. "Who did this?" she asked the former guardian, steel in her voice.

Chase stood straight up and almost just as fast had to lean back on the tree. He thought he was ready to fight, but truthfully, he wasn't. Maybe once he got some adrenaline. Chase then heard the old guy question him, which, surprisingly pissed Chase beyond belief. He would never kill somebody for as long as he lived. "Where the hell do you get off blaming me for something I obviously didnt do? Also, Kid, stick with jokes from the book." Chase told them. Chase then looked over at the Kokiri kid that was skinned. That, was actually really sickening to watch. Who decides to just do that to a person? Chase then sighed and wiped his eyes then looked at the man who, obviously wasnt ready to grow up. Chase then looked at the fairy as it flew closer to him. Chase was, actually about to start punching, not the fairy exactly, but he was ready for a fight. Chase really thought, deep down in his heart that the fairy was coming over to him to say that Chase was the one who did it. Chase then looked at the fairy once it got fairly close to his face. It was, a girl. Quite pretty actually, if only she was, just a teeny bit taller. "Wait! No! He didn't do it mister!" Chase heard her say. Chase then smirked and pointed at her. "Yeah, listen to her! I aint no sociopath that likes to skin people just to tun myself on!" Chase said, adding to what the fairy said, maybe going a little too deep with it.

Since the fairy was about to blow his cover, Cassidy gave a small, rather unnoticeable shrug. He might as have revealed his identity.

"Okay, okay guys. I got one more joke. I. Totally. Did it!"

It was so silent, you could hear a heartbeat. The various animals of the forest all began locking there eyes at Cassidy.

He could tell that he would feel this in the morning..except, the ecstatic anticipation of his violent beating never came. The forest creatures were simply shocked, until one spoke up.

"We are a peaceful, kind understanding people. But because of your atrocious actions, even we must punish you. You are to be banished, starting immediately, and forbidden from ever returning."

The forest creature motioned to two others, who, although a little scared, walked over to Cassidy and began to apprehend him. It was like he was some sort of criminal! Okay, well, he was, but....

Anyways, Cassidy had no smile on his face, nor any witty joke. He was plotting and thinking..he needed to get stronger! This place was very interesting..

EXIT

Right as Axel was just a yard away from Chase ready to cut him up, he heard the voice of a woman.

"Wait! No! He didn't do it mister!" she said, close to his head. He stopped spinning around his blade and looked around to figure out who was speaking to him, but then he saw something bright floating around him. He focused his eyes on the object that was a very small but beautiful girl. If she said that the man didn't do it, it must have been true since it seemed as if she came in with the skinned kokiri. Axel then faced Chase and looked sad.

"I...I am sorry sir. I am just a bit angry at the moment, too angry to think. I am guessing that it takes a very long time to skin someone, so the fact that he was still alive.... the suffering of a little boy, I just can't take it," Axel responded, looking at the ground.

"Um, sir, Yorrel is not a child. In fact, he is about 200 years old, but yes, this is a very tragic event indeed," the fairy said, crying tiny tears, which made Axel want to cry as well. A tiny bit of sadness was taken away however once the fairy told him how old Yorrel was. Now he realized that every kokiri in this forest must have stopped physically aging at around 10, meaning that  Sari might have even been centuries old by how some of the kokiri asked for her when he just got into the area. He wanted to stop thinking about age for a second however, because no one should have to suffer a death like that. Usually for kill contracts, Axel goes for a quick kill.

"Well, if Chase didn't do it, then who did?" Axel asked. Just as the fairy was going to answer however, the child-clown began to speak.

"Okay, okay guys. I got one more joke. I. Totally. Did it!" he shouted, and that made the mercenary take on a very shocked expression.

'A child? A mere child would do something such as this? Sure, I have seen kids stabbing people and whatnot, but skinning a man alive..... That was not called for dammit!' Axel thought in his head. He was ready to dash towards the clown and behead him, but then an animal close by began to speak.

"We are a peaceful, kind understanding people. But because of your atrocious actions, even we must punish you. You are to be banished, starting immediately, and forbidden from ever returning," he said, and then a few animals stood next to him, escorting him out of the forest. Axel didn't like this decision however and began to run towards the boy, but the fairy's voice stopped him.

"No, no! Don't kill him! If you do it then you will be just as rotten as him! He won't ever come back, so that is a good thing. Better than murder!" she shouted. He didn't like this way of thinking, but didn't want to anger the forest like that clown did.

"Ugh, fine. It just makes me so mad that he would do that!" Axel said, letting his anger out on a tree as he began to cut it, but stopped half way since he might get punished for cutting a tree in this forest. He walked back towards Saria and Chase.

"Well, if anything, I am sorry Saria that some people have to be like that. What are we to do now?" the mercenary asked, looking back at the dead Kokiri with a sad face. He would have cried if he hadn't figured out that he had 200 years to train. Instead it was spent playing games in this forest. He wanted to do something about that so that these joyous people would no longer have to suffer like that.

Saria looked to Yorrel's fairy, Kaira expectantly, before the fairy flew to the pink-haired man. "Wait! No! He didn't do it mister!" she shouted, Chase seeming quite triumphant at that. "Yeah, listen to her! I aint no sociopath that likes to skin people just to tun myself on!" the pink-haired man seemed greatly regretful then, as he looked upon Kaira and to Chase. "I...I am sorry sir. I am just a bit angry at the moment, too angry to think. I am guessing that it takes a very long time to skin someone, so the fact that he was still alive.... the suffering of a little boy, I just can't take it," he apologized to Chase...Before Kaira corrected him.
"Um, sir, Yorrel is not a child. In fact, he is about 200 years old, but yes, this is a very tragic event indeed,"

Well then that solved that mystery. She didn't show it, but she really was glad that these two at least felt enough compassion towards Yorrel's fate. If neither of them did it, however, then that meant... "Okay, okay guys. I got one more joke. I. Totally. Did it!" exclaimed the jester Zora boy.

Her teeth clenched in anger at that. How dare he? How dare he kill one of the children of the forest....With such care and precision too...And make a joke out of it!

The pink-haired man seemed shocked at this, ready to kill the demon child.

That's when the animals of the forest began to speak. The Deku Tree's doing, of course. A squirrel seemed to be leading the assortment of chipmunks, rabbits,badgers, beavers, and birds. ""We are a peaceful, kind understanding people. But because of your atrocious actions, even we must punish you. You are to be banished, starting immediately, and forbidden from ever returning," the squirrel announced as they began to lead the psychotic Zora out.

As they did, Saria raised her hand up, despite still holding Yorrel's large corpse. "Now he will never find his way back to this village...I have cursed him with the Great Deku Tree's aid so that even if he seeks this place out again...The woods shall work against him so that he will never find his way..." she announced this so the boy would hear. As well as the two other strangers, and the other Kokiri.

However, the pink-haired man didn't seem to want to have any of it though as he made a dash towards the sickening boy. "No, no! Don't kill him! If you do it then you will be just as rotten as him! He won't ever come back, so that is a good thing. Better than murder!" Kaira yelled. The Pink-Haired man didn't seem too thrilled by this...But he relented as the boy left with the animals.

Saria looked to Kaira, about to speak, but Gate cut her off "What the heck Kai!? That sick boy just MURDERED Yorrel! If he had done that to Saria, why I would have-" but stopped as Saria looked to her sternly. "Gate. Enough." she commanded, the fairy instantly stopping, as Saria looked to Kaira. "Personally, I'm proud of you...I'm sure Yorrel would be too...He didn't deserve this..." the lump in her throat was getting harder to avoid.


"Ugh, fine. It just makes me so mad that he would do that!" the pink-haired man shouted, as he began to cut at a tree....before stopping, likely thinking there would be problems if he had.
"Well, if anything, I am sorry Saria that some people have to be like that. What are we to do now?" he asked, looking to Yorrel, the sadness evident on him.

Saria closed her eyes for a moment before then looking to him and Chase. "I am a bit torn..." she began before turning to the village around her. "All of you come out! I feel we can trust these two! After what just happened..." she looked the two strangers in the eyes. "Don't make me regret that trust." she warned.

And with that, the Kokiri all began to emerge from their hiding spots, gathering around. Nearly 300 of them. And then the questions bombarded her.

"What ARE we going to do now, Saria?" one boy asked. "What happened to Yorrel!?" a girl wailed. "How do we know we can trust these two?" demanded a boy.

"QUIET!" Saria demanded, them all instantly falling silent. "Now...I really must be leading Mr. Chase and....I apologize, I never got your name?" she looked to the pink-haired man. "Out of the forest...Its dangerous for outsiders to stay too long...However, a ceremony must soon be held in front of the Great Deku Tree to honor Yorrel....And to unite him with the Earth once more." her brow furrowed, clearly not knowing what to do although she tried to give the illusion of control, murmurs in the crowd breaking out, before she looked to the strangers. "I should direct you out first...My apologies you got mixed in with this....But I really must teach my friends a valuable lesson once you two are safe. Its already too late for Yorrel...But you two...Are still alive."

(On my phone, so sorry for any mistakes if any.)
Chase looked at Axel as he apologized. Chase would usually say screw you, but he understood why he accused the teenager instead of the kid. Especially since rage obviously over came him. Chase nodded at him, as to accept his apology. Then watched as the kid walked away. Chase would go after him, but was way too, dead really. Chase walked slowly over to the, he guess old man, hearing how everybody was way older than they looked. He then got on one knee to get a closer look at the person. He felt the fairy land on his head and lightly sob. Chase understood her pain. This was the most sickening thing he ever saw. Kinda. Chase was though, wondering why is it that nobody was better prepared for something like this. Why is it that nobody looked prepared to fight if they need to? Chase then put on his gauntlets and closed Yorrel's eyes. He then stood up and turned to everybody. But, what he saw wasn't Koriki. It was him. It was him when he was not strong enough to fight those people off, to protect his mother. Chase lifted his fist some, to see the blood from Yorrel drip off of it. "I'm not leaving. You guy's, obviously do not have what it takes to survive out here. In a couple of years, I am sure you will all die." Chase said out loud, still looking at his bloodied gauntlet. He then looked at Saria. "Please, I know you shouldn't trust an outsider, but trust me. Let me train some of the,. Just so they can protect themselves from this world, and maybe the one closet to them."

"I am a bit torn..." Saria said, then began turning around. "All of you come out! I feel we can trust these two! After what just happened..." she added. The kokiri reluctantly began coming out, but before they did, Saria turned to Axel and Chase and warned them not to make her regret that trust. Axel understood why she would say such a thing, since a boy just killed one of her own. She didn't want to think that these two that stood befire her were males that would do such a thing, but had to be certain. Axel nodded, making sure that Saria knew he would do his best not to betray the kokiri. In fact he had the feeling that he wanted to somehow help them.

The kokiri cane out and began asking questions they demanded answers to, but Saria shut them up quickly and brought up the fact that they would have a funeral for Yorrel in front of the great deku tree, but not before she escorted Axel and Chase out of the forest. Chase then responded saying that he did not want to leave, but instead train some of the kokiri so that they could protect themselves and maybe even those around them. Axel respected his thought, but as it was coming to him, he wanted to expand on that.

"Now that I think of it, I am with Chase on this one, madam. I am not going to leave a forest that's only protection is a tree that clearly was not aware of the skinning of this boy," Axel replied, glancing aroubd at all the trees since he didn't really know what they were talking about when they named one 'the great deku.' After that, the kokiri got angry at these comments from two strangers.

"How dare you insult the great deku tree! We are nice people that don't want violence spread across this forest! Just leave us alone!" shouted one female kokiri, with a few dozen around her suppirting her by clapping or adding in a word or two like 'Yea!" and 'She's right!'

"Oh really? Ok then, how about this. After blessings are given for Yorrel, I will say a few words to convince you all to listen to us and train. If the mahorit still wants us out, we will leave. How about it, Saria? You seem like a person they listen to around here," Axel said, looking Saria in the eyes with a mixed facial expression of seriousness and curiosity.

Saria was honestly shocked as the two men showed grief for her fallen friend. Chase closing Yorrel's eyes...Both of their expressions....They truly did feel sorry about this event. They weren't bad men. Though she could tell they had done horrible things....They had the hardened expression that HE had whenever he had finally returned. They were still vulnerable to the Forest's Curse though. But that still didn't prepare her for what happened next.

"I'm not leaving. You guys, obviously do not have what it takes to survive out here. In a couple of years, I am sure you will all die." Chase stated. Well...His heart was in the right place. But the Kokiri certainly didn't take kindly to that. After all...A couple years? Even she had to scoff at that. He seemed to ignore them though, as he turned to her. "Please, I know you shouldn't trust an outsider, but trust me. Let me train some of them. Just so they can protect themselves from this world, and maybe the one closest to them."

She was about to respond, when the pink-haired man spoke again, still not giving his name....Mysterious jerk.....Then again, not that she truly needed it. Soon he would be out of the forest and-
"Now that I think of it, I am with Chase on this one, madam. I am not going to leave a forest that's only protection is a tree that clearly was not aware of the skinning of this boy." OK, THAT really wasn't met well by the Kokiri...In fact, she wanted to be offended as well...But he had a point regarding the Great Deku Tree....Neither she, nor he had known about what was being done to Yorrel while it was happening, and now...

"How dare you insult the great deku tree! We are nice people that don't want violence spread across this forest! Just leave us alone!" yelled one girl...Walina...with many of them coming to her side, clapping and exclaiming how right she was.

The Pink-Haired man seemed unfazed though.
"Oh really? Ok then, how about this. After blessings are given for Yorrel, I will say a few words to convince you all to listen to us and train. If the majority still wants us out, we will leave. How about it, Saria? You seem like a person they listen to around here," he looked to her questioningly.

Saria gave a brief sigh, surprised Gate wasn't shouting at them at this point...She must not've been in the mood. Now all eyes were on her. She shifted the weight of Yorrel's corpse in her arms, her tunic and hands beginning to soak in the blood slightly...Though she didn't seem to care. "First of all, don't insult the Great Deku Tree...He may not have known about Yorrel's fate...But neither did I...I'm just as at fault...He must have wandered too far...Out of our sight..." she closed her eyes before continuing "We have lived this way for hundreds and hundreds of years...This...is the first incident involving an outside force..." she shook her head. "While I agree...That perhaps our path is no longer sufficient if someone such as him found his way here...I feel your want to train us...Is a call out of my reach to make...How about this? After the ceremony, we three shall discuss with the Great Deku Tree this matter?" she asked the two, looking between them....The Kokiri themselves were quiet on this. If it was something for Saria AND the Great Deku Tree to discuss, then it was a serious thing.

Chase opened his hand again to look at the blood on the inside. He kind of, felt the un-pleasure the Koriki. Chase sighed. He knew how blunt he was, but it was the simple truth. That kid, could have easily killed every single last one of them if he actually wanted to. Which, did not feel right in Chase's gut. Chase still felt the fairy on his head. Chase thought about complaining, but he understood her loss and truthfully, it felt quite comfortable for her to be up there. Chase listened to what the pink haired man said. Chase heard the uproar come from all the Kokiri. What was a Deku Tree exactly? Chase kept on looking between everybody and Yorrel. Chase, actually did not like the idea of burying him. It just felt, like his life ended too early. Chase understood the fact that the kid was like, two hundred years old. But still, the whole part of killing someone, was fucked up. Chase walked back towards Yorrel. "Yeah, I agree with that." Chase said, kind of in a hushed voice. Chase felt kind of, like a dick for thinking this at the time, but this event, the pain everybody was feeling, he really wanted to continue on with his song. he just had to remember the words. "Now you're hoping, trying, praying, crying...."Chase thought sung to himself. Those words, made him even more sad.

Saria responded to Axel, not like the other kokiri did, but instead she decided to compromise, basically saying that it was not her decision alone. Not before warning him not to insult the great deku tree, since the killing probably did not even take place in the forest itself, and because of that Axel thought about what he did. Now that he considered that that clown could have done it far away, that made him think that perhaps the deku tree could still defend these people, but that did not change the fact that they could still die. Had Yorrel been trained in the magical arts, or maybe some blade combat, he could have matched that criminal, and Axel really believes that. He doubted that they were cursed to not be able to fight in any way. Any one could read a spell book. So what if you weren't physically built? You could still be taught to run fast and attack with precision.

Chase agreed with discussing this after the funeral, which made Axel feel at ease. If all went well, they would be training the kokiri together!

"Ok, I agree to those terms, lady Saria. Now, let's get this funeral under-way, I guess," Axel responded.

"Yeah, I agree with that." Chase said, kind of in a hushed voice, clearly still grieving.

"Ok, I agree to those terms, lady Saria. Now, let's get this funeral under-way, I guess," the Pink-Haired man responded, clearly anxious.

Saria gave a small smile, looking between the two, before turning away." Follow me then...Everyone. " she ordered, as she began to carry Yorrel's body towards the village's edge, the rock wall that signaled its end splitting into a winding passage. The Kokiri all followed behind, although their massive number made it so they had to form a line of pairs as they entered into the glade at the end.

A large clearing met them here, the lights of the fairies flying about the forest even more prevalent here, surrounding the massive tree in the center. He loomed over all present, towering over all of the other trees i the forest. While height-wise he went on for miles, he only had a couple of branches before shooting into leaves at the top. The trunk, however, depicted a face on the bark. A face filled with wisdom, and sadness as he looked upon his children and the two strangers. In all honesty, his face didn't look like that of a wise protector. The bark curved to make it seem as though he had a large bulbous chin, a flat tooth sticking out from the bottom, topped off by a unibrow above his eyes.



"Great Deku Tree....I regret to say..." Saria began, before the tree's mouth began to move, speaking in a low fatherly tone. "I already know, my child...The faeries have informed me..It is always a sad day that we must lose one of our own...Especially to unwelcome guests...But alas...What's done is done...I regret he was outside of my view...But alas, we can only move forward. Saria, would you do the honors?" he asked the girl. She gave a brief nod, as two Kokiri boys began to move behind her with wooden shovels...They didn't appear to fully understand...But their fairies were instructing them to do this.

Saria paused as the two began to move back into the crowd, before giving a nod. "Of course, father." she aid before looking over everyone again, now with a new determination. "My friends, brothers, and sisters...As you know, today we lost our brother Yorrel to an outsider. He wandered beyond where I, or the Great Deku Tree could ensure his safety and paid the ultimate price. While this is a tragic event...As our father said, we can only move forward and live with his memory...I know with the protection our father grants, hardly any of you have experienced this before. But the fact is...This is a common factor in the world outside the forest. Centuries ago, when I, myself was young and not quite as experienced, a close friend was forced beyond the protection of our home to do grander things. He told me of his experiences, and one day many years later...I, and the others of that time began to learn the hard way the truths of the world." she then looked to a smaller group of Kokiri...Evidently those who had also lived through what she spoke of. "But we must take this as a learning experience...Yorrel shall surely be missed...But now he is once again one with the forest...And shall help provide new life." she said attempting to give a brave smile, gently placing Yorrel's skinned body within the hole in the ground the boys had made, them returning to cover the hole up.

"Now...Before we disperse...I am under the impression that our two friends from beyond the forest wished to say something as well?" all eyes then fell onto the pair expectantly.

Chase, seeing no more danger at the time, hurried and ties his gauntlets back on his bag and started to walk with everybody to, who he guessed was the Deku Tree. Though, he decided to lag behind a little. Not because he was trying to snoop around, but because he wanted Kaira to mourn a little without being disturbed by anybody. Chase was looking at all the little Kokiri. Chase was, trying his best to study them, when something caught his eye for a second. He looked a little to the right to see some of them run off. Chase actually stopped walking, looking at them walk away. He started to hear Kaira start to question things. "What? Whats going on? Is everything okay?" Kaira asked Chase, looking around. Chase nodded and pointed to where the three were going. "Uh, three of the Kokiri just ran off. Should they be doing that?" Kaira looked over to where Chase was pointing. She then sighed and shook her head. "That, must be The Crusaders. We should, go get them. Saria and Deku will be mad."  Chase squinted a bit. Did Kaira not want to partake in the funeral? Chase sighed and saw that he did not even see the group anymore in the first place. Chase shrugged and started to jog over into the woods, trying to find, The Crusaders. Wasn't the best group name he heard.

Chase pushed his way through some bushes to see, the coolest thing ever. It was the three he saw a little bit ago around a tree stump, with a, apparent map of the forest on it. He saw they had a flag that, he guessed were their logo on it. And a list of something he couldnt see. It was like they we're wannabe super heros. Chase came into view to try and read the paper. "Whoa, this is awesome!" Chase said out loud. He heard one of them, a girl, say "Hey! Who are you?!" Chase was about to answer when he saw Kaira fly over to them and start to scold them. "You know you were not supposed to do this anymore! Now we got to go!"

"Follow me then...Everyone," Saria ordered while showing a small smile on her face and carrying Yorrel. They all went further into this village with Saria and Axel in the front, and all of the others having to form massive lines once they made it to a narrow passage in a wall. They kept walking until they got to a clearing with a giant tree in the middle, that had a face and everything. It really intrigued Axel, since he had never seen anything like it. He also thought that it may have been this great deku tree everyone had been talking about. Saria was about to tell the tree that Yorrel was dead, but he stopped her, saying that he knew, said a few more words and then asked Saria to do the honors. Before she opened her mouth, the mercenary looked around, but could not find Chase anywhere, which was odd because he was walking with the group before.

Saria began talking about moving forward from this death, while related her own experiences and such. Axel was intrigued and wanted to listen to what she was saying, feeling more emotion swell in him for the death of the kokiri. This only made him wish to protect this race more. After Saria stopped talking and Yorrel was burried, she told the great deku tree that he had some words to say to them all, which he did. Axel walked towards the deku tree, stopped a few feet away and then turned to his child-looking audience. It was kind of weird since he knew that giant tree eyes were looking at him from behind, but he managed to let his seep out unto the crowd.

"Ahem, people of the kokiri forest, I stand here today to tell you all something important. I understand that you are a peaceful people and enjoy the ways of life through games with your loved ones and many other activities. That is all well and good, because I know I had fun when I was a child, but now from this day onward, things have taken a turn for the worst here," Axel stated, pointing at the area Yorrel was burried in. Many kokiri's facial expressions turned into fear. "I assume you have never had something happen like this in the forest, and the fact that it did happen is a sign. You all are no longer safe from the evils that come from the rest of this world. I have seen these evils, and if any more of them got in here just like our intruding friend that just recently left, it would be even more tragic than today, because if one kid can do that to one of you, anything could happen," he added, walking back and forth from the sides of the deku tree while his arms were folded behind his back. "Most of you have lived for hundreds of years, so I was shocked that you have not learned any forms of combat. Welp, I wish to change that. Please, let me and Chase stay in this forest awhile, as your trainer," He asked, and like when he asked last time, there were multiple comments that didn't sound happy. "Stop it with your comments, will you! I can't believe that one of your people just died and most of you still wish to be cowards!" he shouted, waving his arms around in anger. His anger showed via facial expression. That sure shut the kokiri up. "It is simple really. Either you guys train for the evil that will be coming to your forest, or you keep playing your games. I am asking to help you all because I do care. Think about Yorrel. He wouldn't want anymore of you to die like he did, would he?" Axel asked. Most of the kokiri looked as if they were now deep in thought. "I am done speaking. Now you all shall choose your own path, but please, pick the right one," Axel closed, now looking back at Saria and the great deku tree.

Saria watched as the pink-haired man gave his speech. She stayed quiet as he did, silently thanking the Goddesses that the rest of the Kokiri, and Gate were currently being quiet as he spoke. She also noted that the Deku Tree was also taking in the man's speech. It was no surprise, really for their patron deity and father to do such. But she still had to note it due to the fact that as far as outsiders within the forest were concerned, he was always polite in speaking with them, but made no secret that they had to leave as soon as they could.

However, as he made his speech, she made another observation...The man known as Chase wasn't with them any more...Hadn't he been following them!? Where was he!?...And then it clicked...The Crusaders weren't there either. Oooooh, those three....He'd probably followed them, after seeing them sneak off.

Her attention then snapped back as the Kokiri began shouting their displeasure in the man's plan to train them. She was about to speak to silence them, before the pink-haired man did it himself.

"Stop it with your comments, will you! I can't believe that one of your people just died and most of you still wish to be cowards!" as he waved his arms around in anger. That shut them up. "It is simple really. Either you guys train for the evil that will be coming to your forest, or you keep playing your games. I am asking to help you all because I do care. Think about Yorrel. He wouldn't want anymore of you to die like he did, would he?"

Now they all seemed to be deep in thought at what he was saying...She had to admit...He had a point. She remembered whenever the Deku Tree's protection had failed all that time ago...How swordplay had been a mere game all that time ago, and then suddenly something very real when Ganondorf took over. If more people like that child were able to find their ways into the forest...Then the ability to protect themselves was suddenly a very real need.

"I am done speaking. Now you all shall choose your own path, but please, pick the right one," the pink-haired man concluded, now looking back at her and the Great Deku Tree.

"Very well then...You are all dismissed to consider this event amongst yourselves. " the Deku Tree announced. "Saria, the outsiders, and myself shall discuss this plan of theirs amongst ourselves."

And with that, the Kokiri all began to leave the sacred glade that housed the tree, as he then looked to Saria. "But first...I must ask where our second guest has gone?"

Saria sighed. "I think I may know, father..." she looked to the pink-haired man. "Please hold on, stranger...It seems I may have to look for Mr. Chase..." and with that, she ran out of the Glade as well, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Mr. Chase! Mr. Chase! We need you right now!" she called, heading directly towards the hiding spot of the Crusaders, by now having grown used to their tricks.

Chase stayed for a couple of seconds to listen to Kaira scold the three, until he got kind of bored and walked back over to the paper with the list on it. By the looks of it, it was a list of all of their "Heroic" deeds. And, the list was, actually kind of long. So Chase was kind of impressed. Till he actually read what was on the list. Save an apple from the mouth of a Kokiri? Dig a hole for the worm to escape? Rescued a bird from its bird nest? The list went on and on with deeds like those. Chase raised an eyebrow at it and kept on walking, exploring a little bit more of their secret hideout. Chase would then look back and forth between their little hideout and them. Were they really serious about becoming heroes?

"What are you guys even doing? You do realize-" Kaira started, then shut herself up almost as fast. Chase noticed this, but ignored it for right now. Was not his time, or place. Chase heard another one of them, a boy, say something about it."Yes! We understand Kaira! But, we need to try and make sure something like this-" The boy started, but then got interrupted by Kaira. "I, don't want to talk about it. Just, do whatever." Kaira told the three, then started to fly off. Chase quickly looked over to her, and started walking towards her. "Wait, Kaira. That is the wrong way to the funreal. Don't you want some part of it?" Chase asked her. Chase saw her turn around, and he truthfully didn't really see her, but he could tell she was sobbing. "No! I don't want any parts of it! The moment I see him get buried, is the moment he is officially dead. And I am just not ready to accept that." Chase looked at her for a second, sighed, and tried one more time to convince her to go back to the funeral. "He was dead way before now, Kai. I'm sorry for being blunt. But its the truth. I just need you to remember, "Nobody is truly dead, until they're forgotten."" Kaira then looked at him, and just flew away. Leaving Chase with the three Kokiri.

"So, what are your names?" Chase asked the three. Who were, all peculiar in their own way. A purple haired girl in a skirt, shirt, and some shoes. A poofy haired ginger with kind of, a frilly skirt sticking all ways, with the same shirt and shoes. And a black haired boy who looked like he got into one too many fights, kind of like Chase. They all introduced themselves, The purple haired one being Sukuta. Red haired being Kukki. And black haired being Kuro. Chase smiled and nodded at them, starting to walk over to them. "So, what are you guys doing here besides going to mourn over your loss?" Chase asked them, actually wondering. Kuro was the one to answer this time. "Oh, Well, from what you hear from Saria, you may think er and the Deku Tree protects this place. But believe us, that's a lie. We are the true protectors. But, the thing that just happened." Kuro said, starting to get a little serious. "We, we couldn't. We couldn't do anything at all." Chase closed and opened his eyes slowly and nodded. He understood where these three were coming from. Thats when he looked at the one that he remember was called Kukki. She was, just staring at him, while biting an apple. If Chase could describe her, for once in his life, he wouldn't describe a girl as cute. But beautiful. She just looked gorgeous. Chase wasn't used to seeing a girl like her interesting in being wannabe heroes. He could also tell that she was very obviously the quiet one. "So, you guys dont like Saria or something?" Chase asked them, looking between all of them. The purple one, Sukuta, answered that question. "Of course we like her! We would hang with her sometimes. But, Kuro here liked her a little more as just a friend, right?" Sukuta said, elbowing Kuro a bit. Kuro got, a little bit flusted and shook his hand and head. "N-No! These girls just don't understand good friendship like us, right Sir?" Kuro asked Chase, looking at him. Chase closed one eye and looked at him. "Don't bring me in on this one." Chase told him, smiling. He could totally hang with these three all day, until he heard Saria calling him. "Oh look, Saria is coming." Chase said out loud. Then, in the corner of his eye, he saw Kuro start to go very still. Chase just shook his head and chuckled abit. He really hoped he could hang with them for a bit longer after this.

The great deku tree dismissed the kokiri so that Axel, Saria, Chase and him could speak about this, but then he realized that Chase was gone, so Saria went looking for him. Now it was just Axel and a gaint tree, which made him feel awkward.

"OK, I will go back to the village to see how the kokiri are holding up after my speech. When Saria and Chase come back I will surely be with them," Axel said, then walked out of the clearing, through the narrow passage and went into the small village that housed about three hundred kokiri. As he walked past it, the kokiri found it best to not say a word to them, and instead give him their opinions once they were called back by the deku tree. However, while he walked in-between these tree trunk homes, one kokiri began to run towards Axel who were in front of them, the got in front of him and held their hands out, demanding he stopped. It was a girl who wore a green long-sleeve like other kokiri and a green skirt. She had blue eyes and long black hair that went to her thighs. She had scars in the shapes of an x across both of her cheeks, and Axel thought her quite cute for a child. She was about 4"4', which was more than a foot and a half shorter than him, which placed her head just a tiny bit below his chest.

"Stop right there human! You are supposed to be talking to the deku tree, so what, are you gonna leave us after saying such an awesome speech?!" she asked while shouting, with a serious yet angry look on her face.

"No no, you are wrong little lady, heheh. You see, I am just hanging out in this village while I wait for Saria to bring someone back to us. I still plan to train you guys to prepare you for what may come next," Axel replied with a smile on his face. This made the girl turn her anger into a small smile, turning her face to the side and looking to the ground.

"Well, mister, while you are waiting, you can maybe train me?" she asked, stil not daring to look at him for whatever reason. Another kokiri ran towards the two until he was next to the girl. Once he stopped he began panting, attempting to catch his breath. He had spiky jet-black hair and a green long-sleeved shirt as well as long green pants like the other kokiri. He had dark brown eyes and was about 4"6. After he was able to regain his stamina, he stood up straight and looked at the girl.

"Emma! It is rude to question this man after what he is trying to do for us! Surely he wouldn't just leave... right mister?" he looked up at Axel with a confused facial expression. "Oh, by the way, my name is Alex, nice to meet you," he added, turning his confusion into a smile and shaking Axel's hand.

"Hmm, well you two seem like you understand where I am coming from. I hate to be the one to stop the fun and all, but it is best that each colony have warriors that will stand to fight for them. I am sorry to say I can't train you exactly now Emma, but once I begin training all of you guys I will be sure to give you the ability to protect your friends that you deserve," he replied. Emma glance at him once he said her name and blushed a little, then she gave a big smile.

"I will count on you to, mister!" She replied, shaking his hand as well.