A/N: Well, this will be my first Yaoi story, and since I forgot about it, I need to do some background for you guys. I set this story into the Four Swords + manga, so read that if you want to understand this better. Now, after Dark destroys the Dark mirror, killing him and Vaati, and after Green calls Shadow a Hero, the four go back to the shrine of the four sword. Now, in MY version, instead of placing the sword into the pedestal, Ganon uses the last bit of magic he has to destroy the pedestal, preventing the Links from merging. The story then progresses 2 years after that incident, leaving the four heroes at the age of 17, a suitable age for fluff and a cough lemon or two. note: this is NOT a One-shot. Dark's sudden reappearance will be explained in the next chapter! And expect feelings for the shadow to be revealed from one of the Links! Fluff will occur and Dark will sing! . now enjoy the story! Oh, and the Title is in Latin, and if you want to know, it loosely translates to "Twilight of Broken Shadows".
Shadowed Love
Crepusculum of Infractus Umbra
Hyrule's storm season. An extremely dreary season, not to mention wet. It even dampens the souls of Esmeralda and Marth, the love strung couple of Hyrule Market Town. The little tavern, "The Smiling Skull Kid", stood as a beacon of hope against the harsh winds and rains, offering food and shelter for any traveler caught up in the horrible storm raging through Hyrule. Today, special guests were paying a visit to the little tavern. They were the Heroes of the Four Sword, Green, Red, Blue, and Vio. They were sitting at a little table in a corner, away from the drunkards at the other tables. Vio was eyeing the crowd suspiciously, obviously hating it.
"And we had to come here, why?" He asked Green, the undisputed leader of the group.
"Because it was the closest one in town, Vio, and if you want to test your luck out in the storm, be my guest, but I can tell you, I'm not following," He retorted, somewhat venomously.
Vio merely snorted and went back to his drink, still taking in the crowd of drunks. Red was looking very hurt. He never liked it when they fought.
The waitress came over to their table and almost dropped their drinks when she saw they all had the same face.
"My, my, aren't we all a bunch of adorable brothers!" she said after regaining her composure.
The four heroes made it clear that they weren't technically "Brothers", by saying in unison, "Blame it on the sword, and pointed their backs. Although they were the same person, they did feel brotherly towards each other.
The waitress still looked greatly confused but shrugged it off. "Here's your drinks, boys. A round of Lumos, on the house for taking care of those pirate thugs," she said setting the drinks on the table. Before walking away she turned around and winked at Blue, who turned a violent shade of red.
Vio felt the need to put in, "Well, looks like someone has a love interest, eh boys?" Blue then proceeded to tell Vio to shut his trap, or he'd shut it for him. "Well all I'm saying is that she likes you, that's all," he told Blue in an innocent tone, shrugging.
While Vio was struggling to breath since Blue was strangling him, Green turned to Red and initiated his own conversation, "I wonder where the heck Vaati and Shadow Link are, you know after the mirror was destroyed, I've been wondering what happened to those two. I wonder if Shadow Link di-" their conversation was cut off when the barmaid screamed "Help!" at the top of her lungs.
Acting on instinct, the four Heroes dashed to the open door to assist the barmaid, swords drawn, only to find something the didn't expect to find.
Blue was the first to speak, "Shadow?!" Sure enough, the Barmaid was standing over a figure face down in the ground. It was Shadow, but he was covered in wounds, gashes across his back and chest, red staining his usual black tunic.
Green, the ever vigilant and leader, told the Barmaid to go get some medical supplies and put them in their room. She did as she was told, and Green and Vio picked up Shadow, and sure enough, he was unconscious, and bleeding profusely.
"Red, Blue, go help her get the room ready for Shadow!" Green told the two, who followed their orders without a second of hesitation.
"Tell me why were doin' this?" Vio asked Green, with a little venom in his tone.
"Because were heroes, and even if he is our enemy, we can't just leave him to die in the rain."
"Always the noble one aren't you?"
Green just grinned at Vio, and started telling off the drunkards that got too close. But they were intensely worried about Shadow, and carried him up the stairs.
When they finally laid him on the bed, he was still bleeding and shaking violently, trying to breath, though unconscious. Green of course took charge and tended to his wounds and the other four waited outside.
The room was a blur as Shadow Link finally opened his eyes. When the room finally stopped spinning, Shadow finally realized he was in a bedroom, probably at the tavern he collapsed in front of.
"So, you're finally awake?" The voice made Dark nearly jump out of his skin, which caused intense pain from his wounds. A hand rushed over to push him back down onto the bed, a hand attached to an arm garbed in green.
"Green… Green… Oh no!" Was all Shadow thought before he looked over to see his arch enemy standing before him, pushing him back down onto the bed. Shadow, finding that his weapons were laying on the other side of the room, tried to use his shadow powers to move over to them and slay the green hero, but found he couldn't. Defenseless and powerless, he took the alternative, the much less honorable way to die by your enemy. He scrunched up into the farthest corner of the bed, causing immense pain, but anything to get farther from his would-be killer. Link looked a little taken aback by this, but he shrugged it off. Shadow had been wounded and goddesses know what else happened to him. He wouldn't blame him to be scared stiff of everyone he saw. So he told Shadow good night and walked off to his, Blue's, Red's, and Vio's room, but not before asking a worker to keep an eye on him and not let him leave, and to get him a meal on Green. With that, Green felt happy that he was able to help out a friend in need and walked off to bed. When he finally got back to the room, which was right across from Shadow's, he found Vio, Blue, and Red all sitting on the large bed they had to share. Only thing was that they all had worried expressions on their faces, and when he shut the door, all eyes were on him.
"Is he okay, Green? How is he?" Vio was obviously shaken by the state he last saw Shadow in, bleeding, shaking, and barely breathing.
"Yeah, yeah. He's fine. He's beaten up pretty badly, but I dressed his wounds well, if I do say so myself." Green replied with a hint of pride in his voice.
"Well, let's go see him then!" Blue said, attempting to bolt out of the door. Though Green held his arm in front of the door.
"You can't go see him now; he's in a very bad condition." He told the stunned Blue.
Blue understood and nodded on his way back to his bed. Vio and Red did the same. Green, exhausted by the day's events, walked up to his bed like he was drunk. When he fell down onto the bed he almost immediately passed out, not even bothering with the blankets. Seeing this, Red took it upon himself to put the covers over Green, and then stalked off back to his own bed.
That night, Green slept his easiest in two years, knowing his old friend was safe. His dreams, usually plagued by nightmares of Shadow's demise, now were filled with dreams of Shadow and Green together, without any death.
A/N: Well, there may be no fluff yet, and Dark doesn't seem very badass right now, but he will. Trust me, he will. Well, .MX-.Dark Link, signing off till chapter two.