Fearing A Mask
Oni Link and Link
This is not meant to be yaoi, but if you want to think of it as that, go ahead.
Link was riding Epona slowly through the dead woods. He was thinking back to how he had been through so much to save the land of Termina. How he had first fallen into the strange new land, how he had been cursed by Majora, how he was able to return to his normal form and travel the rest of Termina to save it from being crushed by the moon. He remembered it all very well. But the part of his whole adventure that stuck in his mind, was a part he would rather be able to forget. No matter what, he couldn't get rid of that memory... The memory of the Fierce Diety mask.
He didn't understand why he wanted to forget about it so much. It was the reason why he was able to defeat his final opponent with great ease. Was that why, perhaps? Was he afraid of himself while he was in that form? He just couldn't figure it out. He never did remember what happened to the mask after he fell unconcious when he killed Majora. He had just woken up right outside of Clock Town in his normal 12 year-old form. He had all of his other transformation masks. Just not that one.
He heard a small branch break. He stopped Epona immediatly. He looked all around him. He saw nothing. But he wasn't fooled easily. He dismonted Epona and gripped the hilt of his sword. He shouldn't have turned his back on her. For something scred her and she ran off.
"Epona!" Link yelled at her to stop as he ran after her. Soon, she was out of his sight. He fell to his knees, sweating and gasping for breath.
"What's wrong?" he heard a voice laugh, "Tired?"
He unsheathed his sword and spun around, but froze. The white eyes of the tall figure stared into his. It was the form he had taken when he wore the Fierce Diety mask.
"I-it...can't...." Link stuttered.
"Oh, but it is..." the figure laughed more, "What? Did you think I had died?"
"N-no..... I wasn't sure what had happened to you.... I mean-"
The figure pinned him down and put his nose against Link's,
"Now, since I helped you save that pathetic land, I have a favor to ask of you."
Link gulped. He had never wanted to see this form again,
"W-what would that be?"
The figure smirked,
"Put my mask on, so I can have an actual human body, and can roam free as I please."
Link's eyes widened. He screamed at the thought of it,
"NO!"
".......What do you mean 'no'? I helped you...... The least you can do, is give me something I want!"
"No! I won't do it!" Link kicked him in his stomach. When he lost his grip on him, Link got up and ran away as fast as he could.
When he couldn't run anymore, he looked behind him to make sure that he hadn't followed. He breathed deeply. However, he felt dead for just a moment as he felt a huge hand roughly grip his wrist. He was automatically thrown against a tree. Before he could react....the Fierce Diety's double-bladed sword was stabbed right through him and pinned him to the tree.
".......You stupid little brat......." the figure growled, "Everyone always calls you a 'hero'.......However....... in my eyes, you will NEVER be a hero!"
He turned around and slowly walked away to leave Link to there, alone.
Link felt horrible. As he realized how selfish he had been, it was already too late...... And his world went black........
THE END
