#I didn’t mean to give Daruk big fangs I just

[smilesrobotlover]

Team B do kotg plus the Royal family. Idk how I feel about Urbosa’s design, truthfully I didn’t put a lot of thought into it, all I know is that I reallly wanted to give her boots because the idea of the Gerudo running and fighting in the sand in HEELS hurts my ankles. Like OW?? But idk I don’t like her pants. It’s not a final design anyways… I’m excited to explore the champion’s dynamic more. They’re so fun. I also wanted to give Rhoam very light blonde hair instead of white cuz I hate how he looks like he could be old enough to be Zelda’s grandfather 😭😭

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-yigas]

We've seen Riju and Sooga, what about Sooga and Yunobo?

Oh absolutely??? Sooga stop adopting the children

"And you don't ask Daruk for this because?..."

"I dunno. He just. Makes me nervous. He's THE great Daruk! He's so strong and brave and big. It makes me feel like I can't be near him or I'll make him look bad."

"Name someone who IS comfortable with their father nowadays."

Sooga retorted. Yunobo had asked him to join him to go gem hunting. You'd think a goron wouldn't need that. But he wanted something very specific, deep in a rock mine. Sooga watched as a lizard ran past him, before turning to Yunobo. He didn't know what to make of him, other than the fact that Kohga pitied him enough to have Sooga accompany him.

"I THINK it's around here...though, I've never seen it."

"So we're running a fools errand?"

"Maybe? But I wanna try anyway. Even though you get those...m...m..."

"Monsters?"

"Yeah, those. The moblin creep me out the most. Big pig snouts and nasty breath."

"Id be less worried about the ones you can see...versus the ones you can't."

Just then, a pack of keese seemed to fly out of nowhere, fangs bared and bodies aflame. With a quick swipe of his sword, they became nothing but monster parts. Sooga tucked his weapon away, sighing. Yunobo was in his shield, cowering. Sooga was already tired of him. He knocked on the shield to get his attention, and Yunobo chuckled.

"S-sorry, panicked. Let's keep going!"

Yunobo kept leading the way, further down the darkened tunnel. There were plenty of gems and jewels that glittered the cave walls, but none seemed to be what he was looking for. Sooga lit his emergency torch, and shone them across the walls. It was lovely in here, all things considered.

"May I ask, what IS this stone anyway? You have ambers, rubies, ive even seen diamonds."

"Its a REALLY special one. Its called 'Eldin's tear'. It's said to be tears from a dragon, upon meeting the goddess. At least, that's what the stories say."

Sooga gave a shake to his head. Goron stories. He'd never understand.

"What are they FOR anyway?"

"It's...uhm...for someone. Someone who's special to me. If they're here, I HAVE to find it."

Sooga couldn’t help but chuckle at that. Boy was soft as clay, but he had love in his heart. It was endearing to see.

"Ah. Someone...special."

"Yep."

"Is it someone...pretty?"

"Yeah, really-I mean, no!"

Yunobo hid his face in his big hand, and Sooga chuckled. Pathetic as he may be, he was at least kind in the heart. Yunobo suddenly stopped, sniffing the air.

"What? Why did you-"

"Something...smells different. Hold on, in here!"

Yunobo turned the corner, starting to dig at the wall ahead of him. Sooga peered from behind him, and saw three blue, round spheres underneath the rock wall. Yunobo grinned, turning to him, clearly excited.

"Sooga I think this is it! It's GOTTA be it!"

Sooga quickly drew his weapon. The spheres quickly revealed three, awful, old, snake like skulls. Sooga quickly stepped in between Yunobo and the monster, slicing through two of the heads. One more to-

"DAMMIT!"

One of the skulls dug its fangs into his shoulder. Motivated by the taste of his blood, a second followed suit, while the other went straight for Sooga’s face, barely giving Sooga time to block the incoming bite with his sword. He was in quite the amount of pain, but that didn't matter. Yunobo was the one to protect, not him.

"Sooga!"

"Go! Get back outside, I'll join you in a moment!"

Yunobo sat there, like a deer in headlights. Sooga was about to bark at him again, when he was pushed to the side, his body hitting the rock wall and making his new wounds flare in pain. The monster was trying to get to Sooga through Yunobo, but the boy sat there, arms braced up in defense, refusing to let the giant thing near him. When the heads suddenly started to attack in unison, Yunobo brought out his protection, smashing all of their skulls in one fell swoop. The body fell limp onto the floor, skulls shattered to pieces. Yunobo stood there, looking at his hands and trembling.

"I...I...oh my god Sooga!"

He turned around, helping Sooga to his feet. He made the motion to carry him, but Sooga pushed him away.

"You should have ran off like I said. You could've gotten hurt."

"YOU got hurt. Because of ME!you're bleeding everywhere!"

"Wouldn’t be the first time. But new scars to-oh my god you're crying."

Yunobo suddenly picked him up in his arms, starting to absolutely SOB.

"I GOT YOU HURT!! I'M SORRY! NO WONDER DARUK WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!"

Yunobo was crying because he was scared. Scared that he hurt Sooga. Scared that he was worth nothing, and was but a bane on this earth. Sooga knew his pain. He patted his back carefully, as if the boy was made of glass.

"Shh. It's okay. Look, put me down, I'll get us both fixed up. I saw one of them bit your hand."

"....i failed, didn't I?"

"We both did. But the wonderful thing about failure, is that it's crushing weight molds you for the better. Speaking of crushing-you're hurting my bones."

"Oh, sorry!"

Yunobo put him down, and they soon left the cave. They must've been here for a while, given that it was night time. Sooga patched himself up with his emergency gauze, before tending to the bite on Yunobo's hand. The boy was still sniffling.

"How about we make a stop before we go home? Get you something to eat? On me."

"B-but I got you hurt and we didn't find Eldin's tear-"

"You are not Daruk. You are Yunobo. You cannot always have grand feats like he does. You can only be you. Do you understand?"

Yunobo nodded, wiping his face with his wounded hand. He held onto his hand, having just the place in mind.

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"You better have a good reason to drag me all the way out h-oh my fucking god."

Sooga and Yunobo had ordered quite a bit of food, and had eaten it outside underneath a tree. Yunobo had stuffed himself until he passed out, pretty much crushing Sooga. Suffice to say, Kohga didn't appreciate getting a call to pick him up.

"Master Kohga-"

"No. No, we are NOT adopting this one too. I got Mipha, you got Riju, that's enough."

"But he's a BABY?"

"I don't care, we are NOT adopting him."

"...pretty please with bananas on top? And whipped cream? And sprinkles? And-"

"Oh my fucking god- FINE. But you fucking gotta help me carry this 'baby' back home. Baby fucking rhino."

"Thank you, Master Kohga!"

"Thank me after he's fucked up all of our backs. We got a trip home, Sooga."