Elena leaves home

[belak]

Over the plains of Termania, a sweet voice is herd sing tales. A black dog chases a green chuchu jelly. The setting sun shown through the gelitin body, making a green iridescence shadow. The singing ceased to call the dog.

“NYX!”

The dog, Nyx ran to the owner of the voice, Elena, while the chuchu jelly retreated to the bushes.
Elena greeted the dog with a pat. They stopped at a tree to rest for the night.

Before going to sleep, using her extra clothes as a pillow, she shared her thoughts with her dog.

“Nyx, The Legendary Hero came from Hyrule, right? So I suppose the Legion Hero, or heroin would come from there too. We should go to Hyrule. If we cross the great sea then we should be in Hyrule in no time.” She surveyed the area. “The ocaen is–is...That way I think.... Ah well, we’ll worry about it in the morning.”

After staying up, worrying if she could deal with her journy, Elena fell into a deep slumber.

[ironronin]

Kiba wandered aimlessly through the fields. He had finally managed to get off the beach and away from his boat, hopefully for a while, however, unless he found some place that he recognized soon he would be in serious trouble. All he had found was a chuchu and a rabbit, which wasn't all to bad, the chu had some rupees and the rabbit would become his first hot meal in a month. Suddenly, he found himself facing a massive and angry dog.

'Ok' Kiba thought 'it looks like it belongs to someone, so if it doesn't kill me it may benefit me.'

[belak]

Elena’s deep slumber thinned until she was once again in the realm of th awake. She rubbed the crust away from her eyes, and limply stood up to stretch. After packing her belongings she called for Nyx.
Frustrated by Nyx not obeying, she began to search for her. Luckily, she didn’t have to look far. Nyx was glowering at a man.
Elena began to run towards Them, yelling, “Ye there! Don’t fear her! She’s friendly! Ye’ll be fine! Just talk to her! Nyx, be good!”

[ironronin]

Kiba kept his eyes fixed on the dog, but he had heard every word that this stranger had said. He was a little miffed about having to talk with a dog, but it beat getting mauled or, even worse, mauling the dog.

"Calm down Nyx, I dont want to hurt you, and you have no reason to hurt me. I mean your master no harm." Sure enough the dog backed down. Kiba then turned his attention to the dogs master, "Thanks for that." Kiba quickly stated, having yet to take his eyes off of Nyx. He turned to look at his host, and found himself next to a young woman. Now he was more embarrassed about talking to the dog in front of her, seeing that she was the first female he's seen in a month who hasn't tried to kill him.

Kiba decided to get straight to the point, "Do you know how to get to Castle Town from here?"

[belak]

“Castle!? Boy you must have taken a wrong turn. There’s no castle here. Unless you mean the Deku palace.” Elena felt a surge of laughter, but held it in.

[ironronin]

Kiba was completely confused now, 'maybe this isn't the mainland,' Kiba thought to himself, 'I guess that there is only one way to find out.'

"I'm trying to get to Castle Town in Hyrule, this is Hyrule right?" asked Kiba, though he had a good idea about what the answer was going to be.

[belak]

Oh my, Elena thought somberly. He’s lost.

“No, This is Termina. ... Is there anything I could do to help ye? There’s an inn near by. ” Elena invited the stranger.

[ironronin]

Kiba cringed, 'Termina?' he thought 'I've heard the name before but... uh oh.' He figured that he'd better ask her how to get to Hyrule.

"I'll consider that offer on the inn, however, Is there a land passage to Hyrule from here, or do i have to go back out to sea?"

[belak]

Nervously, Elena began to play with her hair. She wished to apologize for her rude reaction earlier.
“I’s not quite sure about by land, but, um, I know ye can get to Hyrule by sea.”

[ironronin]

Kiba died a bit inside, he had been at sea for two years, and it had proved to be the most annoying and unfortunate period of his life. But it didn't look like he had a choice. He noticed that the girl seemed a bit uneasy, but he wasn't good when it came to social skills and decided to keep the conversation to the point.

"About how long would it take by boat? I have my own boat, so i can leave whenever necessary, but it would be nice to know how long the trip is before i set out unprepared."

[belak]

Inside Elena, her heart began to flutter.

'A boat! Maybe he I can travel with him,' she thought.

Elena scratched her head and told Kiba, “Er, geology isn’t my thing. I have no clue how far Hyrule is. A few days, maybe months.”

Nyx, being board with the two humans, ran off to chase after green chuchu.

[ironronin]

Kiba watched Nyx run off. He had planned to nail that chuchu with a handful of needles when it got close enough, but he decided to let the dog have its fun. He turned his attention back to the girl.

"Well, I guess that i can pull that off. I'd need about a day or two get prepared. Do you know where i can buy supplies?"

[belak]

Elena pointed towards the distant walls of Clock Town.

“About three miles that way there’s a town. I’ve never been there except during the festival, but I think it has everything. It has tons of merchants.”

[ironronin]

Kiba looked towards where the girl was pointing, then back towards her, "Thank you, I'm indebted." Kiba stated. "I guess ill be on my way then. Once again, thanks." With that Kiba turned and began to walk away. He kept thinking that he should say something else before simply walking away, but he just didn't know what to say.

[belak]

“Wait!” Elena cried out.

Nyx stopped what she was doing to see what her owner shouted for.

“Can I with you?” She asked. “I can pay you.” Hastily, Elena showed Kiba her money pouch.

[ironronin]

Kiba looked at the girl, pondering his response. He normally didn't trust people, and wouldn't let someone just suddenly ally with him unless he had a good reason to consider them trustworthy. However, when he looked into her eyes and prepared to rebuke her, he found himself to dumbfounded to speak. Her eyes where large, round, and pure brown, like a cows eyes. As if that wasn't enough, she had a pleading puppy dog look, which went perfectly with the cow eyes. Kiba briefly weighed his options, then looked at the girl, who was still standing there holding out her money pouch.

Kiba took out his pouch, which was double the size of hers, "I don't have any need for money, however, I don't see why you cant come with me. I have one condition however."

[belak]

Elena let out the breath which she had been holding. She felt like prancing in beatitude, but she knew that if she’d start, embarrassment would overcome soon after. Also, she had to focus, there was that Condition.

Nyx howl quietly, as if to ask, "What is it already"
Elena rapidly asked, “. . . yes?”

[ironronin]

"I prefer to know the name of those that i travel with." Kiba stated, his neck guard hiding his mischievous smirk, "I'm Kiba,"

[belak]

Elena couldn’t help but smile as relief washed over her. “And I’m Elena.” She bent down to scratch her dog. “And I bet you figured the pooch’s name is Nyx. Right?”

Nyx wagged her tail at the sound of her name.

[ironronin]

"Nice to meet you, Elena," Kiba stated, "Now then, shall we be on our way?"

[belak]

Elena nodded. “yes, to Clock Town.”

She began walking. “Hey, um, Kiba, What do we need for a trip on the ocean?”

[ironronin]

Kiba didn't need to think to answer that question, "In most cases, all that you need is water, and food that has been treated in order to last longer. I'd have to say that water is definitely the most important. You can find food when out at sea, but water is a whole different story."

Kiba thought for a moment, "By the way, Elena, why do you want to go to Hyrule?"

[belak]

Elena thought it was silly to bring water on the ocean, after all, wasn’t the ocean like a giant lake? But she has heard stories of men who’ve drank sea water and became raving mad lunatics. She thought it was better to take the sheikah’s word as truth. He has been to the ocean.

“Because, that’s where the Legendary Hero came from. I thought that if there’s a Legion Hero, he would be from Hyrule too. Like all heros, I thought that he, or she, would need a helping hand.

[ironronin]

Kiba felt somewhat confused, 'Legion Hero?' he had never heard of such a thing, however, there was probably a lot of things that he had missed.

"What is the Legion Hero?"

[belak]

Kiba’s question, made Elena wonder if it was the Legion Hero was a regional story.

“Well, there’s this rumor that the Triforce has been shattered, and a new hero will rise. Thats the basic gist. I think that it really has happened too. I’ve heard all these wacky rumors, like Kokiri are leaving the forest, which I guess that’s not normal. My dad told my adventuring rates are up since last year.”

[ironronin]

Kiba began to think, 'Hmm, i was going to Hyrule to find either a job or a quest of some sort," After a bit more though Kiba turned to Elena,

"Though Iv never heard of him before, I suppose that I could offer my services to a hero. In what part of Hyrule were you going to look for this hero?"

[belak]

‘Funny’, Elena thought, 'I didn’t really plan that far a head. Kinda stupid to go to another country and not have a plan.’

“I don’t know. Maybe that Castle town you talked about,” Elena told Kiba. “Does that sound like a good start?”

[ironronin]

"Yes, that would be a good idea. " Kiba replied "It is the capital of Hyrule, and I am sure that, even if we do not find the hero within the city we could find a lot of information."

[belak]

Clock Town’s wall was only a mile or a half away. Nyx was happily romping ahead.

What kind of information? I wonder,” Elena said thoughtfully.

[ironronin]

Kiba watched Nyx, humored by the dog's playful terrorization of a chuchu, he looked back at Elena and replied "Information concerning this hero. There are a lot of libraries and scholars in Castle Town, I'm sure that we can find some clues as to the whereabouts of this hero."