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"Lulu?" Zant thought hard trying to remember who this Lulu person was, but soon his mind turned back to Cielene. "You found Jesse huh? How about you just keep an eye on him for me, I have some more pressing matters to attend to!" He replied harshly to the strange voice who he thought of as an unnecessary distraction to his present situation, "Come, Duo, make haste!"

Jesse watched silently. It was not everyday he saw such things. However, he kept quiet. "Well... In any case lets get going... Before another ceature decides to stop us..."

Without another word, Duo locked arms with Zant as an orb of Midnight blue magic surrounded them. Then with a lound crack they were gone. Instantly, they appeared before a huge mighty castle Duo let go of Zant as soldiers began to approach them, weapons raised. Immediately, Duo ripped his chains out and dispatched them silently. "Come on...we don't want to raise an alarm. I know this guy keeps a strict guard... Unfortunately for us, this guy uses dark magic similar to mine so hiding in the shadows will do us no good..." Duo then ran up to the doors and slipped inside behind one of the tall pillars avoiding another unit of guards. The stairl case lay on the opposite side of the room. Of course there were a good number of guards watching it. That only meant one thing: their leader was here.

Cielene began to cry. "Please... don't do this..." She pleaded. Her legs trembled in fear of what he was planning on doing to her.

Kurogane smiled; he enjoyed her fear greatly. "Come come now, my dear princess. It is not all that bad. Just hink! You are ot engaged to that lord anymore... I fixed that problem... by breaking his neck!" He laughed and took her her by the throat a little roughly. He twisted her face back in forth. "So delicate... I shall be careful... I don't want to break you." He whispered, his voice rumbling. He looked into her big blue eyes savoring the moment. He then kissed her lightly on her neck, feeling her pulse racing. His body then pressed her against the wall as his hand moved from her neck to her shoulder. Her trailed it lightly downward. She squirmed underneath his touch, but he simply responded by crushing her tightly against the wall.

Cielene strained to fight against him but she was pinned. Her skin crawled where his cool fingers touched. "Kurogane... I beg you! Stop... I can't do this!" She whispered, her voice cracking with fear. Feeling the man's touch above her chest made her quiver. His hand seemed to linger before traiing down lower and caressing her soft flesh.

((I hope Zant gets here before Kuro can get the deed done! SHe will be scarred for life T^T))

Not knowing his way around the castle Zant felt it best to follow Duo. Zant also noticed the number of guards surrounding the staircase, " How are we going to manage this without just killing the lot of them?", Zant whispered condescendingly. He was growing desperate, it had taken too long just to get this far, and now they had to deal with multitudes of guards. Of course he had always considered those weak who felt the need to surround themselves with so many.. Why not show his strength and fight his own battles? And then he goes around kidnapping weakling princesses, and most likely taking advantage of her! Oh how I will destroy him, that is if I can find him..

Link called Epona over to him and hopped up onto the saddle, and urged her forward in the direction of Kakariko Village yet again. This time he did not allow himself any distraction he rode on straight into the village. He slowed Epona to a trot and Looked around for Kuri, " Where to?"

Duo cursed. Zant was right. How were they supposed to get around all of them without getting detected, especially if he couldn't use the shadows? However, a thought struck him. He motioned for Zant to stay where he was. Duo concentrated on one of the men. He sent a chain snaking around the man's neck and broke it with a snap of his wrist. He then dragged the man to himself. He changed into the armour. Duo then crept to the door. He then burst inside, gasping. "He has returned!!! Jesse! He has gotton reinforcements! All men get outside by Kurogane's orders! He is at the north gate!" And just as Duo had hoped, then men drew their weapons and went racing out of the door. Once they were gone, Duo dicarded the armor. "Come on-" However, he was cut off by a high pitched scream that seemed to echo through out the castle. Duo's eyes widened knowing who could only have made such a sheik of fear. "Dear... god.. what is going on?!" Duo raced up the stairs that seemed to never end. However when him and Zant got to the top of the steps there was a hallway... but there were no doors! Duo growled angrily. "What the hell..?!" He paced the hallway. It was eerily quiet...

Kurogane laughed. "Ah so sweet and innocent! Come now Cielene... it will not be too bad... You are over reacting... But alas.... you are so beautiful when you are terrified!" He chuckled as he slowly forced her to move to the silken sheets in the middle of the feather bed in the room.

Jesse followed Link in persuit. "Now that we have that figured out... let us do what we came here to do..."

Zant just about exploded with rage when they made it up the staircase and were greeted by hallway without doors..Who the hell makes a hallway and doesn't put in any doors!? This guy doesn't make anything easy!..But he stopped himself from throwing a tantrum and blowing their cover. He took a deep breathe and thought for a moment before pulling the crystal from his pocket, " You showed me before that she was on the moon, maybe now that I'm closer you can show me exactly where!", he said all of this excitedly, his hands shaking as he waited for the crystal to react to his command. He held his breathe as the crystal began to give off an odd sort of glow, and within he could almost make out a face, but alas the crystal dulled out leaving Zant with nothing valuable to go on. "Curse the Gods! Duo think! And fast or we shall never find her!", Zant yelled out as loud as his vocal cords would allow forgetting that they weren't in the best of places for making a commotion.


Finally they came upon the graveyard. It was as Link remembered, a place devoid of any kind of creature that you would want to meet not even the chickens would venture here even if there was a huge pile of the freshest of corn. The mood of the place drained anyone unfortunate enough to travel within of all happy thoughts, yet Link hopped off of Epona and paced a bit waiting for Jesse. He trusted that Kuri knew what she was doing.

Duo cursed and tried to call himself. He would simply try and feel for Cielene's pure energy. He could track her that way. He felt it coming from higher above them yet, it was down more toward the end of the hallway. Duo trailed his hands along the walls he headed straight torwards the wall. However, right whenhe was about to hit it, His left hand slipped straight through the wall. Duo opened his eyes and turned to where his hand was piercing the wall. He took another step forward as it swallowed up his arm. "Come on! This way! She is still up higher!" Duo pulled himself completely through the wall to seem himself in a dark corridor that spiraled upwards in stairs. However, the sides of the hallway were covered in mirrors. There was torch here and there reflecting the corridor. He began going up the steps when suddenly he felt something slash his back. He howled and tumbled dow the stairs. He cursed feeling the shadow leak out of him. He winced. However, when he looked back up the stairs to see his attcker, he saw no one. Then suddenly he felt more searing pain in his should. He a fresh gash there too. Duo then rolled into the mirror. When he saw himself, he gasped. Standing above him in his reflection was a menacing ghost about to smash his skull in.

Cielene screamed once again as the man began to massage thighs. "Don't do that! Please... stop! I cannot take this!"

Kurogane laughed as he moved back on top of her to kiss her again. "My my... I wouldn't stop for anything. Do know how much pleasure I am getting just from watching you squirm in fear beneath me? You, who rejected me and ground my affection into the dirt? Ha!" He then kissed her quite forcably on her lips. The man still had his clothes on but he still pressured himself against her. He pulled away slowly a grin on his lips. "You have no idea how much I am going to enjoy the next few moments... Ihave waited so long for this chance..." However, when he looked back down to her expression, he growled angrily. the woman beneath him had fainted. "You got to be kidding!" He scowled as he ran a finger down her tear stained cheek. "It's no fun if she is asleep. She shall be awake when I take her..." He got off her and crossed his arms. He snapped his fingers the blankets wrapped around her to keep her room. It was quite chilly in the room. He then sensed something. Were there other people in the castle?

Jesse finally caught up Link and dismounted. "Lead away." He murmured as he stepped next to Link. These were very odd places compared to the Moon Kingdom.

Diness blinked when he pointed the scimitar at her and placed her hands on her hips, but she blinked when he said this. She almost laughed, flying was to be left with the birds and the creatures who have wings. But seeing the broad smile on his face, and the confidence that seemed to radiate off of him, she could almost sense that, he was telling the truth. She took a step towards the fire and took a flame directly from it, holding it up so it literally danced and licked her palm.

"If I can play with fire, and not be burned... Then I guess you can make us fly... I believe you." She said, closing her hand as the flames vanished, but left no burns or scortch marks, she held out his hand towards him, giving him a nod that she was ready. I trust him... he helped me... she thought, looking over at Assis.

Kuri nodded, seeing Jesse and Link follow after her. She looked around, blinking. "It should be on of these graves, but I have to use the triforce of wisdom to open it up." She explained floating around the grave stones. Seeing a small one and read what it said about the man buried in it. She just turned and flew off. "Here! 'Only those with wisdom of the royal family, can pass to enter twilight.' This is it. Stay back." She squeaked, the triforce on her forehead suddenly shone brightly.

Back where Zelda was, her eyes suddenly snapped open, but they were glowing brightly yellow that you couldn't see her pupils. The triforce on her hand was glowing even brighter. She lifted up her hand and shot a beam of light out of the shadows where she was being held captive and sent it flying towards the village before collapsing once more into her deep sleep.

Kuri looked at the sky and saw it coming, but it was heading straight in the path of Link and Jesse. "Look out!" She shouted, flying over to get them out of the way before the beam of light came zooming over their shoulders and hid the grave stone. It fell apart, but the group started to shake violently. A large stone shrine was starting to come out of the ground, reviling a passage that led underground.

Kuri looked back over Jesse and nodded, floating down the passage. Her glow that shone brightly suddenly lit up the cavern as she floated up and landed on Link head, her wings twitching her wings. She was starting to think of how to get to the other locations of the pendent. She looked around seeing the place getting darker and darker, making her glow even brighter.