Hyrule Adventures 2

Ryk snapped his clawed fingers, and instantly, the boy Worru had fallen asleep. Or unconcious. Or he could be dead, but the breathing said he wasn't. "Listen...Sakiko, my boy happens to now view you as a hero. Don't ask why. His mind has always been in a constant state of flux, and so, he doesn't understand why his mind places people in these categories. It just does, so don't be alarmed if he decides to follow you around for a time." he explained, as best as he could.

"..Whhhaaa??"

The mage backed away a bit, her eyes narrowed. Any normal being would be jumping up and down, shouting joy at being called a hero. But then again, Sakiko was never a normal being. She flipped back her hair, gazing at Worru with an ambivalent feeling. He seemed like a nice person and all, but she already had people following around her everywhere - Zeze, Arrika, Laido... adding one more to the party? Well, it wouldn't make a difference anyway. She glanced at Ryk,

"Wait, doesn't he follow you around?"

Ryk shook his head. "Other way around. Ever since the boy was ten, I was fused into him, to protect him. One this thing happened, I'm to protect him when he needs it. He wants me to follow him, he just needs to call." he explained, scratching the back of his head. "And, secondly, if the boy follows you, just remember one thing, and one thing only." he added.

Sakiko muttered under her beath,

"If I don't treat him well, he's gonna kill me or something?"

She glanced up, meeting Ryk's eyes. Louder, she asked,

"What? What is it?"

"Nah." he said, simply. He scratched his chin for a while, as he tried to remember what it was exactly that Sakiko should remember is Worru would ever follow the pale girl around. "Heh, the thing is, I can't remember. Should come to you, when the time itself comes." he said.

Sakiko flicked a piece of sand on her knee. Was this demon purposely not telling her, or did he honestly forget? The mage stood up, and yawned. She concluded,

"Well, I guess all's well that ends well, right? I think I've done enough for one day...that reminds me..."

She packed up her belongings inside her robe and grinned,

"Glad to have earned your respect from our acquaintance - however, you have yet to earn yours. In the meantime, I am still calling you Big Ego."

Ryokiden picked up Worru, giving the kid a piggy-back ride as he was still unconcious. "Yeah, well, Saki, in the meantime, I can still look up your robe, and trust me, you want some new underwear." he said, grinning. "You're not exactly hiding much." he added, as he began his trip in some direction, as if the daemon had no real idea where he was going.

Sakiko blushed crimson red, the blush reaching all the way to her neck. Her ears neon pink, the mage yelled,

"What the hell, pervert!"

She ran towards the daemon and pounced on him, giving him what was supposed to be a rough shove. The mage shouted,

"My underwear is decently modest, thank you very much!"

Ryk grinned from where he was in the sand. "You're welcome!" he yelled, as if stuff like this made him happy. "Course, I wasn't complaining. Might need to shave, though." he added, still grinning like the happy daemon he was.

"...You..."

Sakiko was inwardly glad that Aureliano wasn't here - he probably would've challenged Ryk to a 'duel of honor' or something like that. It wouldn't be easy, considering how she wanted to tear out the daemon's throat at this point. Embarassed beyond explanation, she felt tears of indignition lining her eyes. The mage yelled in fury,

"Was that appropriate to say in front of such innocent ears?!"

Meaning Worru, of course.

Ryokiden laughed at Sakiko's yell. "Saki, the boy is unconcious, if you hadn't noticed what has happened in the last half hour, or so." he replied, still grinning. "He can't hear a single thing. That, and the boy has done far more then what you think someone his age is capable of. Luckily," he began, "He still acts like a kid most of the time. Even I couldn't change that about him." He smiled warmly at the boy, before turning once more to look at Sakiko. "Course, I've never tried to."

Sakiko glowered at the daemon, and growled,

"Yes, I can see why, too. Like father like son, so I heard. Except in your case..."

Like daemon like boy? Like older brother guardian type person to a person who's being defended? Whatever. It gave her a headache to think of how they were truly related, or how to put them into words. The mage patted her hair down, as if that would change her mood in one magical touch. Breathing slowly, she cleared her throat,

"Well. If the boy chooses to follow me, then I would try to change whatever habbits he may have had in..the past..."

She trailed off, becoming unsure of herself. What could've this innocent looking boy, looking so peaceful to her, have done?

Ryokiden once more grinned. "Well, you've got your work cut out for ya, Saki." he said with a grin, this time one that had nicer intentions than his others. "The boy is a clean slate. Any sin he does, is transferred to mine. As long as I do my job, the people I work for will make it as clean as his." he explained, before turning, and leaving. With this, he yelled out behind him.

"Hope you get a shave!"

Sakiko clenched her teeth, and yelled at the daemon who was walking away from her,

AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIX THAT PERVERTED MIND OF YOURS!

Rolling her eyes, and slung her medical bag around her shoulders, and scurried towards the original direction she was heading, running through a list of herbs in her mind.