-Chapter 2-

How long have I been here? A year? A decade? …A century even? I wanna leave. I've been training for so long it's an instinct. Is that man gonna come like Ganondorf said he would? What kinda Hero disappears for so long? Some Hero he is! Leaving his own land… Must've done it in fear of master… Lucky. I wish I could flee. He's not coming. He's too scared. He escaped to some far away land that's nothing like Hyrule and is living the life he wants. Does that mean master will come and get me? Or has he already forgotten me? I'm sure he has. I'm just the shadow of a dumb hero he hates. Why would he ever even think of coming back here to get me? I'm just-

The door opened suddenly and he heard the footsteps of someone walking in water. He instinctively hid in the shadow of the dead tree and watched as a man came into view. He was wearing a brilliant blue tunic and matching hat with wondrous golden hair that seemed to be perfectly tamed, but free at the same time. The deep, sparkling pools that made up his eyes seemed to shine with such kindness and love, but Dark didn't know that. Dark had never even heard of the word love or kindness. All he knew was that he was to follow his orders and his orders were to kill the only person that could walk into this room other than Ganondorf, the Hero of Time.

The man walked closer, making Dark cower in the shadows. Why was he so scared? He'd been preparing for this his whole life, right? He should be charging at him right now! The hero looked at his sword marks on the dead tree before walking up to the door. He kept looking back as he walked until, THUMP!

'He walked right into it! Haha…He walked right into the door! This guy really is a dumb hero!', Dark thought as he chuckled silently. These thoughts gave him the courage to surface from his hiding place and confront the man. He stood in front of the tree, looking at the hero with a wide grin. The hero seemed to be frozen in his spot in awe.

"The Hero of Time… What took you so long~? Though I guess I shouldn't be complaining. At least you had the guts to even think about trying to stop master Ganondorf", he said confidently. The hero suddenly snapped out of his daze and grits his teeth. The blue fairy next to him turned yellow as it flew up to me and circled around my head from a distance. Dark tried to shoo it away, but it just flew out of his reach.

"I'm not afraid of Ganondorf and I will save Hyrule! Who are you!? What're you doing here!?", Link growled. Dark chuckled and waved his arms down.

"Calm down, little hero! We've only juuust met! My name's Dark Link and I'm here to kill the Hero of Time! Though right now I just wanna talk~", he purred slightly as he grinned at Link. Link's eyes widened slightly before he glared at Dark. Link knew Ganondorf was evil, but he never thought he'd be evil enough to make someone look like an evil copy of him and have them wait until he arrived. Who knows how long he's been here!

"I'm Link…"

"Don't tell him your name, Link! He's just another monster created by Ganondorf! You need to kill him!", Navi urged before Dark Link caught her in his hat. Link's jaw dropped as he stared at Dark Link then the hat as it was tied and thrown far across the room. Dark laughed as he watched it swore before his eyes widened. The hero was charging at him with his sword and shield drawn, only giving him a few seconds to pull out his own sword and shield. Dark was pushed up against the tree, grinning, as Link was about to thrust his sword. Dark's sword was held at Link's neck, stopping him from move.

"What? Is it bad that I don't want to die? I'm not just some monster…", he said before leaning in close to Link's ear, "I'm you~"

Link jumped back and sneered at Dark, but couldn't hide the light, pink blush on his cheeks. Though his body was 18 his mind was practically still 12 and it was racing with so many things as it tried to stay focused on the fight, but failed when noticing…things. Dark was laughing as he lightly pointed his sword towards Link. His fangs sparkled and glinted a splendid white. His hair was loose and not as neat as Link's, but still looked nice as it naturally covered his eyes a bit with its jet black strands. His eyes glowed a stunning crimson that made Link want to just stare into them.

"Hey! Hero! Wake up!", Dark said, slightly annoyed by his spaced out stare. "What're you looking at!?", he asked. Link snapped out of his daze, blushing as he shook his head.

"N-nothing! W-we just look really similar!", he said as an excuse. Dark blinked before looking at himself. He was right and now he was curious. Dark walked up to Link calmy to get a better look, but Link raised his sword and shield in defense. Dark easily got Link's sword out of his hand before catching it with his foot and tossing it up to his hand with a smirk. Link blinked, now scared of what the dark man would do to him. Dark dropped his shield and ripped Link's away as he held Link's own sword against his neck.

"Now that was just too easy…ah…", Dark sighed before noticing something. He had made the hero bleed on his neck. The red liquid captured his full attention. Link blinked in utter confusion as he lowered the swords until squeaking. Dark was licking his small cut. Link held in a moan, but couldn't control the deep blush that took over his cheeks. Dark pulled away and walked back to the tree, pondering the taste. It was sweet, but strong almost. He liked it and he wanted more.

Link shivered as Dark pulled away and came it a terrifying realization. He had liked it. Link was freaking out. He had started to pace side to side until another sword was at his neck, making him freeze in terror. Dark was grinning wildly at him.

"Wh…what are you- ahh!", Link cried as his sword cut into his arm. Dark watched the blood start to pour out of his wound before dropping the swords to the ground. Dark's tongue grazed over the opening of flesh and sucking on it for more. Link moaned as he watched, his blush deepening. Dark shivered at the sound. It made him want to continue, but with more intensity. It was such a lovely moan. Dark kept suck and sucking until the cut seemed to run dry. Link lifted Dark's head up to look at him until WHAM! Link punched Dark in the face before running back behind the tree.

"What the hell was that for!? What'd I do!?", Dark yelled before checking his nose for blood, but he couldn't bleed. Link was peeking at him, heart racing, from behind the dead tree.

"Why would you do that!? Why didn't you just kill me like any other monster would!?", he yelled.

"CAUSE I'M NOT A MONSTER!...quit calling me that…", he yelled before it faded into a weak whimper. Link had hit a soft spot. Dark was sitting in the water quietly, defeated by his words. Link suddenly felt bad. As a hero, he always had an urge to help people.

"I'm sorry…I didn't mean it like that! You…you just startled me", he said shamefully. Dark got up and sat on the island of sand.

"…let's make a deal…I'll open the door for you if you get me out of this temple! You can leave me after that if you want, I don't care! Just get me out! Okay!? Deal?", he asked with pleading eyes. Link hesitantly stepped out from the tree's protection and looked down at Dark.

He could deal with this guy until they get out. They'd get out and go their separate ways! Done!

"Alright…Deal!", Link agreed. He walked past Dark and grabbed their swords and shields, putting his away before holding out Dark's for him with a light smile. Dark didn't take them. Dark just stood there with his head hung low. A tear rolled down his cheek before another on the other side. Link thought it was his fault that he was crying.

"I'm sorry! Whatever I did I didn't-", he stopped as he watched Dark hesitantly wrap his arms around him, giving him a hug.

"Thank you…Link"

The doors unlocked as they stood there. Link was so shocked it took him a second before he chuckled and hugged him back.

"You're welcome, Dark Link"

"Just call me Dark", he said before pulling away and trying to smile, but it was crooked and funny looking with his fangs. Link laughed at him, making Dark blink before chuckling with him.