Hylia Academy Chapter 15

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The field went queit as Link stepped forewards and held the tip of his sword to Teba's throat. The rito wheezed and gasped, trying to recover from getting the air knocked from him. Link had to admit, it was nice being on THIS side of the expirience. He kicked Teba's sword away, then placed a foot on his shoulder, applying just enough pressure to make the rito feel the joint. "Surreneder." He said. Teba scowled at him. "I'm good." he coughed. Link pressed down on the boy's shoulder. "How about now?" He asked. Teba grimmaced in pain but said nothing. Link leaned down, putting more wiehgt on his shouldier, and Teba twisted, throwing his body to the side, and sliding Link's foot off his shoulder. He leapt to his feet, lashing out and delivering a blow straight to his-- Link's fist pounded into his face, snapping his head back and throwing Teba to the ground. Silence reigned for a second, then the field errupted into cheers. Yunobo ran forewards and scooped Link onto his shoulder, hoisting him into the air. His bruised ribs shouted in protest, but Link laughed. He had won. He had defeated every other cadet in a duel, gueranteeing himslef a spot on the team. He cheered and whooped, giving high fives to the rest of the team. "Excelent job, Link." Rauru said, stepping forewards and quieting the group, "I'm honestly very impressed. Those techniques you executed were advanced and complex. I'm proud to welcome you to the team." Yunobo clapped Link on the back excidedly as joy bloomed in his chest. He was on the team. He was a Ringer. "You may go take your position with the other memebrs of the team." Rauru told him. Link's smile stretched so wide it hurt his cheeks. Nothing, not the ache in his ribs, not the blood on his face, not the pain in his lungs, could dampen the estascy rising in him. "Thank you, Sir." He said, before high fiving Yunobo and jogging over to the other Ringers. One of the boys up fron clapped him on the back. "Dude, that was insane!" He said, "No freshman should be that good." Link grinned, letting the others high five him and clap him on the back. "Welcome to the team Little Lynel." Quinn said, ruffling his hair. Link chuckled and swatted his hand away. "Little Lynel huh?" One of the other guys said, "Seems fitting." "Yeah, we got ourselves a Little Lynel now boys!" Another yelled. "Looks like you got a title your first day." Quinn said as the rest of the team began chanting 'Little Lynel'. "I'll take it." Link said, laughing. "I think Rauru's going to announce the rest of the new members." Cliff said from behind Link. He locked eyes with the older boy. Cliff sneered, but seemed to accept that Link had won this day. "The rest of the cadets who will proceed to become full Ringers," Rauru called, silencing the chanting, "Are as follows." Link cheered as Rauru welcomed others to the team, each one jogging over to the Ringers across the field. Yunobo was one of the first called out, as was Teba. Finnick and Rien made it as well, seeing as they had made it to the top four. The cadets who didn't make it went away slightly downcast, but msot of them had accepted that they weren't cut out for life in the ring. "TO THE NEW BATTLE RING MEMBERS!" Sidon hollared, popping open a bottle of Nightbrew. Zelda laughed as Link and Yunobo bowed, and Sidon drenched them in the sweet liquid. Tulin, Impa, and Purah cheered, hoisting cups of soda or other festive drinks. Link and Yunobo had entered study hall hours earlier cheering and whooping about being official ringers. She wasn't sure how big of a deal it was until Sidon and Tulin leapt to their feet and clapped both boys on the back, hollering about having ninjas for friends. Within minutes their entire group had been kicked from study hall, and Sidon was making plans for a celebration party. So here they were, after sunset, celebrating in Havenvale. "So what does it mean now that you're actual Ringers?" Zelda asked, letting Sidon fill her cup with Nightbrew. Yunobo grinned, flexing his enormous biceps. "It means we're men now goro." He said, dropping his voice several octaves. Zelda rolled her eyes. "No, like what's going to change now that you aren't cadets anymore?" He clarified. "More training sessions." Link told her, grinning, "Actual matches against other schools, becoming awesome." Wow. Okay then. "It also means you're super tough right?" Impa asked. Link frowned, but Yunobo grinned. "Yup." He said. "And you guys can take more of a bearing than other non-ringers huh?" Impa pressed. Link narrowed his eyes at her. "What are you playing at cous?" he asked suspisciously. Impa held up her hands casually. "Nothing, I'm just curious." She insisted. Zelda grinned through a frown, Impa did seem to be acting a little wierd, why was she...