A/N: Fixations done at 23.8.2015.

The picture I have in use as the cover for my CaH saga is from dA by an artist lychi and the picture's name is just simply Zelda.

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DARK LINK'S QUEST

CHAPTER 4: Talking

Link and the two other guards had been taken fully off guard about the situation. The Hero would've loved to do something but he feared too much to make things even worse than what it already was. "Let. Him. Go." Link stated as firmly as he could. "This can be handled easily so don't make it any harder than what it already is." He continued as calmly as he could.

The guard laughed. "Oh, please. Are you just blind or under a spell? This guy is not worth of your time, Hero." He replied smugly. "And honestly, I never thought that you'd of all of people, Link, would befriend an enemy." The guard continued with a smirk.

Dark had had enough of the situation. "I'm sick of this shit..." He mumbled with a sigh. The guard glanced at him bit confused but very soon gasped in shock and pain. The dark Hylian had hit his elbow right into the guard's stomach as hard as he could. The knife fell down and the grip on Dark was loosened.

Dark turned around very fast and punched the guy once hard to the face with his right hand. Right after that he gave a strong kick and knocked the guard to ground. The dark Hylian winced slightly since he had done that by his left leg that was still healing.

Dark sighed and turned around. Link and the guards stared at him quite awed. "What? I was sick of the darn situation already." The dark Hylian stated with a shrug. The two guards glanced at each other before going to hold the bad guy down. Link stared at Dark for a while before slowly starting to laugh. "What?" Dark asked in a slight whine.

Link shook his head while taking up the Master Sword and sheathing it. "You're full of surprises, Dark." He replied with a wide smile. Dark was bit startled about that and slightly blushed while shrugging.

"I... I guess..." He half mumbled while turning his gaze off of Link. The slight fighting sound caught the dark Hylian's notion and he turned around. The bad guy was thoroughly trying to get free from the two other guard's grip. After a while he stopped fighting and just calmed down.

Link had kept eye on the three guards whole time but once things started to look calm, he turned his notion back to the dark Hylian right in front of him. "Dark, there's something we gotta—" The Hero started but didn't get any further than that.

When things looked calm, the two other guards calmed down and, sadly, dropped their guards. The ex-leader of theirs used that chance and moved fast. He tackled one of the guys holding him down and from the second one he took a sword while punching the guy very harshly. Right after that he took the Hero of Time as his target.

Dark realized the situation on the second he saw it. Link had never thought enemies to be so close and so the situation got him fully off guard and frozen to his place. The dark Hylian pushed him off of the sword's way but didn't have enough of time to avoid the strike himself. He gasped in pain when the sword slashed at his back. "DARK!" The Hero of Hyrule screamed in fear.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" The guard shouted and slashed again. Dark turned around and took a grip of the sword with his right hand. The blade cut deep into his hand but the dark Hylian ignored the pain and started to punch the guard straight at the face by his left hand.

"LEAVE. HIM. OUT. OF. THIS!" Dark screamed with each punch while being more than furious about the fact that a guard of Hyrule attacked against the Hero of Hyrule. After the fifth punch the bad guy fell unconscious on the floor. Dark was out of breath while dropping the sword to ground but very soon the pain of punching with a broken arm came to him. He shook his left arm a bit before cradling it. "Probably one of the worst ideas..." He mumbled while turning around to face Link.

Link stared at him fully bewildered. He didn't know what to feel. Worry, fear or anger, each of them seemed justified but instead of starting to bark the darker Hylian down for his idiocy of handling the situation the way he did, Link only sighed and relaxed. Without saying a word the Hero took a grip on Dark's tunic and started to drag him back towards the Infirmary.

Dark stumbled few times since he hadn't been ready for the action at all. "Take that idiot into jail and make sure no-one lets him out! I'll deal with you two later!" Link shouted without turning around to check the situation behind him. The two guards just nodded without a word and started to drag their ex-leader into the jail.

"L-Link... I..." Dark started after a short while but fell fully silent when Link glanced at him very angrily. The darker Hylian flinched slightly while slumping a bit and dropping his gaze down.

Link sighed again, let go of Dark's tunic and stopped walking. "You do realize to have acted very stupidly, right?" He started while turning around. Dark didn't meet his gaze but he did nod. "Why didn't you wake me up before you left? The whole situation of you getting hurt could've been avoided." The Hero continued while crossing his arms over his chest and waited for the darker Hylian to reply.

Dark gulped once before shrugging. He didn't dare to say a word. Link sighed again and shook his head. "When are you going to believe me about my words 'I won't hurt you'?" He questioned bit angrily. Dark flinched slightly but stayed silent. The Hero sighed again while watching the darker Hylian. "Why is he acting like this? Like a kid that's waiting for getting beaten up. How the hell did he end up being like this from that confident guy I learned to know?" Link thought slightly worriedly and fully confused but he frowned after a while: "Yet, he was hiding something already at then..."

Dark got even more worried the longer the silence between them continued. "I gotta say something..." He decided eventually and took once a deep breath to try and calm himself. Yet, he stayed quiet in lack of knowing what to say but in his mind he found way too much that he would've wished to have the courage to tell out. "Because I knew you wouldn't let me get off of the bed. Because I don't want you to get mad at me. Because I care about you too much to let you get hurt. Because you're all I have besides Storm... Because I'm not worth it..."

Link sighed again and shook his head. "Fine, stay silent." He muttered quite disappointed about the situation. "Now, come on. You'd better get healed before you bleed to death..." The Hero continued and started to walk towards the Infirmary while hoping that Dark really would follow him.

When Dark heard Link start to walk again, he glanced towards the Hero. The darker Hylian sighed sadly and started to follow him without a word. Though, he was bit relieved that Link wasn't dragging him forward anymore. Without really knowing where to look, Dark glanced behind him. He knew to be leaving a trail of blood behind him but it still got him fully off guard and bit fearful. "I gotta clean that or I'll get punished for dirtying the castle..."

The walk was done in pure silence. Once they reached the Infirmary Link pushed Dark down to the bed. "Stay there and don't you dare to move even one inch. I'll go and fetch the doctor." The Hero stated out with a voice that didn't leave even slightest bit of room for arguing against. Dark gulped once and nodded . Link sighed, turned around and left the room.

Dark slumped fully and stared at the floor while bringing his knees to his chest and wrapping his arms around them. He hated it when Link was mad at him. He just didn't know which was more of the reason for Link's anger, the fact he had left without saying a word or the fact that he had once again risked his own life for the Hero's sake. Neither felt fully as the right reason for Link's current mood and there was something that nagged at the dark Hylian's head. "I should tell him... But I doubt he would understand... Or actually he'd start to hate me and... I just can't take it if... If..." Dark thought, hid his face into his arms and started to cry.

The dark Hylian jumped a bit when he heard the door being closed. He raised his gaze up and slumped again when he saw Link come further into the room with the doctor. "He's going to bark me down for breaking down again... Why can't I be more like him?" Dark thought bit fearfully, closed his eyes and just waited.

Link sighed and stopped at the middle of the room. "I'm going to get you a new tunic, Dark. I'll be back very soon... And Dark..." Link started and waited for the darker Hylian to glance at him. "Don't leave the room." The Hero half commanded before leaving the room without waiting for a reply. Dark sighed, slumped a bit and flinched slightly when the door was nearly slammed shut.

The doctor checked the dark Hylian fully while bandaging the bleeding wounds. "I know this doesn't belong to me but..." He started hesitantly. Dark slumped again and closed his eyes while waiting for the question. The doctor glanced at his patient and sighed. "Just forget I said anything..." He mumbled and concentrated fully on his work. Once he was done, he actually gave a new white shirt to Dark. "I know how much you want to keep those out of the Hero's knowledge." The doctor stated with a slight smile before leaving the room.

Dark sighed and changed the shirt as quickly as he could since he had no idea when Link would come back. He had had time to fully calm down and think out an apology for not having had woken Link up during the night before the Hero finally knocked on the door and came in. Yet, on the second the dark Hylian saw Link, his courage left him fully and he slumped once again.

"We need to talk." Link stated out while throwing the black tunic to Dark. The darker Hylian just barely caught it but stayed silent while putting it on. The Hero walked to the closest chair and sat down. There was so much he wanted to talk with Dark but knew that he wouldn't get an answer from him. So, instead he went for the latest topic that he needed to discuss with the darker Hylian.

"Navi informed me that the Great Deku Tree Sapling wants to meet us both." Link stated once Dark had managed to get the tunic on. The darker Hylian was fully surprised.

"Both of us? As in you and me?" Dark asked confused and actually looked at Link. The Hero nodded.

"She stated that it's important." Link continued. Dark sighed and dropped his gaze down to the bed.

"Did she say why it's requiring us both?" He asked quietly and glanced at Link. The Hero shook his head.

"No. I don't know why the Great Deku Tree Sapling wants to meet us both nor what the matter is but the matter is urgent." He replied. "And I'm not going without you to meet him." Link continued sternly.

Dark had already returned his gaze back to the bed. "I'm not coming." He whispered quietly. Link sighed and shook his head.

"I know you're not in the condition to go for it currently but once you are, both of us are going." The Hero half commanded and nearly huffed in anger when Dark shook his head.

"I really doubt it requires me along." The dark Hylian said quietly.

"You are coming even if I had to drag you along!" Link shouted while standing up in anger. Dark closed his eyes tightly while flinching. The Hero sighed and sat back down. "Sorry..." He muttered quietly. The darker Hylian only nodded while opening his eyes again but he didn't raise his gaze up to meet Link's gaze. "But honestly, how am I going to get you with me to meet the Great Deku Tree Sapling?" Link questioned quietly.

Dark wasn't fully sure whether or not Link actually asked it from him or if he was just asking that from himself. "Um... Let me do my own choices and don't get so mad at me because of them...?" The dark Hylian eventually answered but it came out more as a question instead of a confident answer.

Link was bit surprised to hear Dark actually answer to him again. And it took even a bit longer to fully register what the darker Hylian had said. "Wa-Wait, what?" He started and stood up from the chair while feeling anger rising up again. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! You nearly got yourself killed and you freaking well know that I can fight for myself! As long as you do such idiotic stunts like that there's no chance for me to just calmly accept it!" Link screamed and came right in front of Dark.

Dark recoiled backwards before fully backing away from the Hero. "I... I was... I was just... I..." He started but didn't find the right words. He had known that Link would get really mad at him but the dark Hylian had still hoped for the best. Slowly he pulled his knees again against his chest and wrapped his arms around them. "I... I don't have anyone else than you..." Dark whispered very, very quietly before closing his eyes.

Link stared at the darker Hylian. He only saw that Dark said something but he couldn't get even one word out of it. "Could you repeat that a bit louder?" The Hero questioned with slight hope but Dark shook his head for an answer. Link sighed again and shook his head. "I need to calm down..." He half mumbled and stood straight. Right after that he turned his back to the darker Hylian and without a word walked out of the room.

Dark watched bit freaked out how Link left him alone. On the second the door was closed the dark Hylian broke down and hid his face into his arms. "He hates me... I knew he would eventually hate me... Why can't I ever do the right choice?" Dark thought bitterly and fully in despair.

"Because you're pathetic and never could match him." The voice stated cruelly while laughing mockingly. Dark's emotion changed in a flash from misery into anger and hatred.

"LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU'VE RUINED ENOUGH OF MY LIFE ALREADY!" The dark Hylian screamed back with all his might. The voice's laugh only increased.

"Come on! Bring it all out! We'll see what's left of you when all this is over." The voice replied tauntingly. Dark flinched and fell silent. His courage had been very short lived and he broke down crying even harder. The voice laughed. "You're useless. Thoroughly waste of time and effort." The voice continued and slowly faded while whole time laughing loudly and very cruelly.

Dark wanted to scream and destroy something but instead he just sat on the bed and cried. He just barely heard Link coming back into the room. "Dark, I—" The Hero started but the dark Hylian cut him short.

"I'll come with you to meet that guardian tree!" He shouted straight off while looking desperately at Link. "Just, please, don't hate me anymore!" Dark continued and started to cry once again.

Link stared at the dark Hylian for a long while in pure bewilderment. "What. The. Heck?" He thought in complete confusion. The Hero shook his head to clear his mind fully before walking to the bed and hugging Dark.

The darker Hylian returned the hug desperately and quite tightly. "Please, don't hate me. I'll do whatever you tell me to do. Just don't leave me!" Dark whispered fully broken. The words took Link fully off guard.

"I've never hated you, Dark." The Hero started carefully and as calmly as he could. He pushed the darker Hylian off of himself to see his face fully. "And I do want you to do your own choices but... Just don't put yourself into unnecessary life-danger. And I will never leave you, Dark. I promise." Link continued with a slight smile.

Link sighed and pulled the darker Hylian back into an embrace. Dark was still slightly crying and returning the hug almost harshly. "What the heck's wrong with him? From time to time he's confident and thoroughly knowing what he's up to but then... Out of blue he's complete opposite. He's like a kid but... I don't know. Something fully wrong with him and I have no idea what it is. How the hell I can help him when he so desperately hides something?" The Hero thought and was bit surprised when he realized that the darker Hylian had actually fallen asleep in his arms.

Link sighed sadly while carefully laying Dark down to the bed. "L-Link..." The darker Hylian whispered with slightly shaking voice. The Hero sighed again and shook his head. The whole situation worried, scared and angered him but there was so little he really could do. So, to help the darker Hylian, Link carefully laid down on the bed and pulled the blankets over himself and Dark before pulling the ex-shadow into loose embrace.

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A/N: Finally a chapter without a cliffhanger. ^^; Anyway, next chapter is at next Saturday! =D

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