Daisuke jumped onto the railing and then onto the roof. "I made a promise and I'm not about to break it!"
Kaze nickered and then knelt so Zelda could mount him. Daine silently told Kaze her thanks for him being so cooperative.
Daisuke suddenly felt courage rise up in him. "Why do you want it back so badly? Are you scared that I'll lose it or break it or something?"
Daine nodded. "Yeah. I could use it; I've ridden him for too long."
A shiver passed through Daisuke and he held onto the necklace. "No." His voice wasn't strong but there was enough will behind it to show that he wasn't going to just hand it over.
"He's not strong enough to cary two people." Daine replied. "I'm fine with walking."
Daisuke jumped off the railing, startled. When he saw it was Sasuke, he got a bit intimadated. "Why?" He asked, keeping his voice steady. "Rukia-sensei gave it to me."
Daine smiled. "Sorry there's no saddle. I didn't have any money to buy one. But he'll go exactly as you want him to." Kaze shook his head up and down as if to say 'of course I will'.
"If you do anything to harm him, in any way, I swear I'll track you down and make you wish you hadn't been watching us!" Rukia called after him. Daisuke sat on the railing on his balcony, fingering the crest and looking at the stars. Rukia-sensei really is great. I'm glad I talked with her. Now I know I'll do well on the mission tomorrow. He thought confidently.
Daine nodded. Kaze moved next to Zelda. "He wants to know if you want to ride him." Daine said.
"Not very far. Maybe a ten minute ride." Daine said.
Rukia ran up to Sasuke and put a hand on his shoulder. "Leave Daisuke-kun alone. He doesn't need you bothering him."
Kaze whinnied. Daine smiled and laughed a bit. "That's a 'yes.'"
Daine smiled, really feeling like she was a part of their group. "Thanks, Princess Zelda."
Daine smiled, knowing Zelda was right. "That was nothing." She said, embarassed and not used to compliments. "I had to do a lot of things to try to fit in with the others when I was growing up, and they still didn't accept me. They'd make me do things like climb to the top of a tree and jump off saying that they'd let me into their group if I did. They never did of course, they just wanted to see what they could make me do. I guess it was the little things like that that made me want to get out of there so badly. Maybe I should thank them. After all, if they hadn't made me do that, I might still be back home, moping that I was a loner."
Daine nodded meakly.
Daine looked up at Zelda. "Well, he taught me how to concentrate my magic into a ball and throw it. And he taught me how to control how much of it I use when I put it into my arrows. And..." She paused. "He... He said I was like Link..."
"I don't really know." Daine admitted, dismounting Kaze. "Kaze and I were about to go after Ganondorf when a golden wolf came. I thought I'd try to talk to it, but my magic didn't affect it. I got off of Kaze and then next thing I knew I was in a different place and the wolf had turned to a skeleton soldier." Daine looked at her feet. "I know it sounds weird, but that skeleton helped me with my magic."
"What do mean by 'one last time'? And so what if I did give it to him? You don't know a thing about him. He's not a punk." Rukia retorted.
Daine realized that she should have been tired, but she felt fine. That's weird. She shook it off. "Princess Zelda is right. We should rest before going after them again."
