Link sat there on the trunk of Divine Beast Ruta wondering what was taking Zelda so long to figure out the problem with the water jets. He looked around, this had been the first time he had boarded Ruta since regaining his memories. Images of him and Mipha flooded his mind. It was still hard to believe that she actually loved him in that way.

Link grabbed his backpack and found his Zora armor, yep it still fit him perfectly. There was no doubt in his mind now, Mipha wanted to spend her life with him. He sat there thinking of her, she was so beautiful and kind and… no Link couldn't be having those thoughts she was dead, he couldn't be with her it would only cause him sorrow to have those thoughts now.

"Link, I believe I have finally figured out the problem with Ruta!", Zelda yelled from down below.

"It's about time." Link thought.

Link glided down the monumental trunk with his handy paraglider and met Zelda in the main hub. She was examining the room like a child in a museum. "Uh Zelda, I know this is very interesting, but have we figured this out?"

"Hm? Oh yes of course silly me. The only problem that I can deduce is that Ruta never fully recovered from your lightning arrow barrage. Its jets are completely fried and uncappable of firing."

"Really? I was just trying to make Ruta accessible. I didn't think it would cause this much damage. I can't believe I made this happen. I'm so sorry."

Link felt guilty for what he had done, Mipha treasured this Divine Beast and he just strolled up and broke it. Link noticed how much more this hurt him than it should have, was it because of Mipha? Would he have reacted this bad had it been another champion's beast? Maybe it was, maybe it was because of these feelings he was havin- "Hello? Link?"

"Oh! Sorry princess! I was just thinking of Mipha, I feel really bad about all of this."

"Well if you had been listening you would have heard me say that I could have this all fixed within a few days. I just need some supplies from the Zora people and I can have this working good as new!"

"Oh man that is so great to hear! For a second I thought I let Mipha down. I couldn't bear the thought of me disrespecting her most valued possession."

Link turned to Zelda who was giving him a wide grin. They sat there for a moment just looking at each other. Link opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Zelda. "You are in love with Mipha! I knew it!"

However, her grin soon fleeted as she saw Link's face turn solemn. "Link I'm sorry. I should have approached that differently, I know you miss her."

"Ever since I received my memories, I've been seeing her in a whole new light. Everything she said to me, all those things we did. I now realize just how much she loved me. More importantly, how much I loved her. She was so kind to me, always smiling and being playful. She was so beautiful, I can't tell you how much I hate myself for not realizing till now. It must have broken her heart to see me be so oblivious. When I saw her here in spirit form, I had no idea who she was, yet she was still understanding and kind. I just wish I could see her again. I'd give anything."

"Wow, Link, I know you two had something, but I did not know it was that serious. Thanks for opening up to me. I want you to know that I will always be here for you, whenever you need someone to talk to or when you need a friend."

Zelda wrapped Link in an embrace and began to feel tears stream down his cheek. They sat there for a moment before letting go. Link wiped away his tears and they began to make their way back to the Zora's domain. Link thought to himself if there was ever a chance that he would somehow be able to see Mipha again. It pained him to think that they would be apart forever. He saw her in spirit form, maybe there was some way the two of them to meet again. He decided to put the thought out of his head, he didn't want to get his hopes too high.

After another half hour of silent walking the Zora Domain came into sight. It's beautiful blue glow surrounded the vicinity. Many have traveled great distances to admire the city and its many hospitable inhabitants.

"Hey, Zelda, can we keep what happened back there to ourselves, I don't want to people to treat me differently because of it, I mean Sidon would freak out and start announcing us as brothers."

"Haha, no problem Link, your secret is safe with me. I promise I won't tell a soul. As long as you don't tell anyone about my thing for Daruk.

"Thanks, Zel- WAIT WHAT?!"

Zelda fell to her knees with laughter. Tears streamed down her face. "I'm joking I'm joking! Daruk was a good friend and a valued ally, but I just don't think I could marry a goron."

Link was still standing there with a frozen shocked expression which caused Zelda to laugh even harder. After Link regained himself the two continued on with Zelda still occasionally giggling. They arrived at the domain around midnight, as they walked through the front gate, Link noticed Mipha's statue. It showed her holding her famous Lightscale Spear. The statue captured her beauty as Link remembered her. She had a delicate face with a small frame, she wore royal Zora attire. She had a gorgeous shade of red for her skin tone, and her head was in the shape of a dolphin, most Hylians would recoil at the thought of a Zora for a mate, but Link couldn't get the thought out of his head.

Link stood there for a solid 5 minutes admiring Mipha before he headed to the inn. Zelda was already dressed in her night gown getting ready to sleep. Link talked to the inn keeper and decided to treat himself to a waterbed. Link changed into his shieka clothing as they were the closest things he had to pajamas. He fell asleep not long after his head hit the pillow.

Link woke the next morning feeling particularly good. He went to check on Zelda in her bed, but was surprised when she was nowhere to be found. This was strange, Zelda never woke up before he did. Link begun to get worried, he was her bodyguard he was supposed to know where she was at all times. Link left the inn to begin his search, he figured she was probably talking to the Zora leader. Link headed to the royal chamber when he ran into a great red figure. It was Prince Sidon, Mipha's younger brother. Prince Sidon is a 7-foot-tall, muscular Zora. Like his sister he is red. Sidon also has a distinguishing hammerhead like shape for head rather than the traditional dolphin shape. He is also president of the Link fanclub as he is constantly shouting how much he loves Link. "LINK! THE INCREDIBLE HERO! Have you figured out what is wrong with Ruta?!

"Calm down Sidon!" Link laughed "Yes we did find out what Ruta's problem is, apparently it's jets are malfunctioning from the lightning arrows we shot at it. Zelda said she could fix it, but it might take her a few days to get it working properly."

"Well that is certainly a relief! My father and I have been worried that Ruta would be broken for good. It's nice to hear my sister's glory will be restored. By the way Link, I was wondering if… never mind."

"No what is it? Sidon, you can tell me anything. Whatever it is I will not judge you at all."

"Well I mean now that Ruta is free once more, doesn't he need someone to… pilot him. I mean I know that was originally my sister's job and you were very close to her, so if it is in any kind of way disrespectful let me know"

"Sidon- "

"I knew it. It is not a good idea. I am so sorry for asking please forgive me for my disrespectful- "

"Sidon, I think that is a great idea. I'm sure Mipha would agree that you are the best person for the job. You are strong, brave, and smart. I believe you will do a great job"

At that comment, the prince started to tear up. "OH, THANK YOU LINK! THANK YOU! I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN I PROMISE!"

Sidon grabbed Link and squeezed him so tight Link thought he might pop. Sidon let Link go and Link continued to make his way to the royal chambers. Link made his way up the pearly staircase he stopped to admire the water surrounding the city. It glistened in the morning light. Link felt as though he had seen this before and then it hit him. Link was struck with a memory of him and Mipha.

Mipha and Link were leaning up against the railing overlooking the vast expanse of water. "You know Link, I used to always wake up early so I could get a glimpse of this scene. Whenever I looked at it, I would always feel so safe and at peace. I would know that I was home. However, recently I get a stronger feeling of safety when I'm with you. When I see you carry that sword on your back I feel like nothing can touch me."

"Mipha… remember when you said that you would always heal me?"

Mipha's cheeks burned red. "Oh! Yes, I do. I know that probably sounded a little weird just forget I said that"

"No. When you said that it meant a lot to me. At the time, I was having trouble. Zelda still did not fully trust me, Urbosa thought I was a threat, Revali was envious of me, and I didn't really know Daruk all that well. You were the only one to trust me. To this day I'm still thankful you were there. I just wanted you to know that if you will always heal me, I will always be there to protect you no matter what."

Mipha began to cry. "Thank you Link, you are one of the nicest people I've ever met. I can't wait until this Ganon is defeated so we can be together more often"

Link opened his eyes and saw that he was still on the staircase. "Mipha… I'm so sorry my love, I couldn't protect you. It's all my fault, you would be alive if I had just been there to help!

Link was sobbing, but he didn't care what people thought. The only thing going through his mind was the thought of the Waterblight demon killing his beloved. He dropped to his knees. He was in absolute agony, why hadn't he saw this coming, why couldn't he have helped her. Oh, Goddess why did this have to happen! "LINK!" Zelda shrieked.

Zelda ran down the stairs to where Link was on the ground. "What? What is the matter? Are you ok?!"

"I promised! I promised I would protect her and now she's dead. I told her I would never let anything hurt her! Why couldn't I have saved her?!"

Zelda wrapped Link up in her arms. Zelda knew exactly what he was talking about, but the surrounding crowd had no idea who Link was talking about. "Link what is going on?!" Sidon said.

Sidon came immediately to help Zelda calm Link down. Link's face was buried in Zelda's shoulder. Zelda rubbed her hand through Link's hair in an attempt to calm him down. After a few minutes Link stopped crying and Zelda and Sidon took him to the inn so he could explain what was going on. Link told them of his memory of him and Mipha and told Sidon of his true feelings for Mipha.

Sidon wrapped his arm around Link in a brotherly sort of way. "Link, I'm so sorry. No one should have to go through that, but I want you to know something. What happened to Mipha was in no way your fault, no one in all of Hyrule could have foreseen that tragedy happening."

"Sidon is right Link" Zelda said, "I know for a fact that Mipha would never blame you. She loved you, and I'm sure that if she were here today, you two would be inseparable."

Link stood up and smiled at his friends. "Do you guys really think it wasn't my fault?"

Zelda stood up and put her hands on Link's shoulders. "Link, you are the champion of Hyrule if there was any possible chance you could have saved Mipha and the other champions, you would have taken it. I know it for a fact."

"Thank you, Zelda. I give my thanks to both of you. You two are my best friends."

Sidon stood up. "Well I had better get going, I was asked to help find someone's wife today so I had better get to it. I hope you feel better… brother,"

Link smiled at Sidon and hugged him. "I already am little bro"

Sidon poorly hid his excitement at Link's comment as he was practically skipping out of the inn. Link turned back to Zelda. "I'm sorry for what happened back there, I just could not contain my sadness and frustration. It was very dishonorable for me to act like that in front of you."

"Link while you may be my royal guard, you are also one of my closest friends. You don't have to apologize for being in grief. It's hard to accept the deaths of those close to us, and it's even harder to not feel like we could have done something. If you ever need someone to talk to, I will always be here for you."

"Zelda-"

"It's ok Link, I think we have had enough sadness for today. Let's go get to work on fixing Ruta shall we?

"Yeah! That sounds good."

Link got up and followed Zelda out of the inn, feeling much better. Yet he still couldn't get Mipha out of his mind. There had to be a way for them to meet again. Someday…

Ok well there it is! After I posted the original chapter 1 I had some more ideas so I updated it. Hope you enjoyed it! I'm on summer break so I will probably have another chapter out in a few days. If there was something in the chapter that you thought was wrong please bring it to my attention. I would love the chance to improve this story in any way possible. Please leave a review I love seeing people's outlook on my writings. Thanks for reading!