Sorry it took so long! I've been busy with exams and stuff like that, but school is finally over! Chapters will hopefully be released faster from now on. Please R&R, and PM me any suggestions you think would make the story better.

The Legend of Zelda: Only Chosen Love

Chapter 7: Revenge on Both Sides

Link began sprinting down the hallway after hearing her scream, and nearly fainted when he saw Zelda's bloody body lying on the floor in front of Ganon, his fists covered in blood. Link felt dizzy and sick, but he shook it off. She didn't even appear to be breathing...

"I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch!" Link growled, running towards Ganon with his fists ready. He looked down at Zelda's unconscious body once, and then threw a punch at Ganon. He grabbed Link's fist, and smirked.

"You're so slow today," Ganon muttered to him in a satisfied voice. He began to twist Link's hand, sending a wave of pain through Link's arm.

"Why... why would you do this?" Link screamed.

"Because I felt a need to have some revenge," Ganon chuckled. "She decided to make a fool out of me... so I put her through a pain she'll never forget."

Link brought up his second fist, but it was stopped by Ganon's other hand. Link could see the blood on the terrible man's dark hands, and it just made him feel sicker. It was Zelda's blood, not Ganon's. And Link was going to make Ganon pay for spilling her blood.

"Your fighting isn't as good as usual," Ganon mumbled. "Is it because you can't stand looking at that girl's bloody corpse?"

Link swallowed, and glanced down at Zelda lying on the floor.

"You have such a weak spot for her. What makes her so special? Answer the question for me."

Link looked around the room, feeling a bit off guard from Ganon's question.

"She's special because... she's the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on... she's smart... she's funny... she's talented... and... she had the guts to do something that I never even dreamed of accomplishing! She defeated you!" Link began pulling his hands away from Ganon's claw grip. "I'm not going to let you do this to her!" In one swift movement, Link snapped his wrists out from Ganon's clutch, and in another quick movement, he grabbed Ganon's shirt collar, and punched him right in the jaw. Ganon fell back in surprise, but he quickly retaliated with a punch to Link's stomach. Link curled up, holding his stomach in pain and falling to the floor next to Zelda.

"You're so weak!" Ganon mocked. Link coughed once, and then slowly began to stand up again. He wearily caught his balance, and then cracked his neck.

"I'm not weak enough... to fall after one punch!" Link yelled, and grabbed Ganon's shirt collar again with both hands. He glared up into Ganon's dark brown eyes, and gritted his teeth in anger. He punched Ganon in the face again, hitting him even harder. Ganon wiped his mouth, and came back at Link with a swing of his fist, but Link dodged it, and punched him in the face again.

Link cracked his knuckles, wiping Ganon's blood from his skin. "What's wrong, getting tired?" he asked Ganon in a mocking voice. Ganon wiped his mouth again, and glared at Link with a fire in his eyes.

"Go ahead, do to me what I did to your precious girl," Ganon mumbled, smirking as he spoke.

Link grabbed Ganon's neck and threw him into one of the lockers, holding him against it. He tightened his grip around Ganon's neck, but not tight enough to make him become unconscious.

"I'm not going to do anything to you," Link replied. "I'm not trash like you." He punched Ganon in the face one last time, sending Ganon into the floor. Ganon laid there, staring up at the ceiling, not saying anything. Link turned away from Ganon, and then walked towards Zelda. He bent down and lifted Zelda from the floor, her head hanging off his right arm and her legs hanging off his left. He looked at her pale face, blood running from her forehead to her neck. Her lip was bleeding too.

"I'm sorry, Zelda," he whispered, even though he knew she couldn't hear him. "This is all my fault..." He carried her through the hallway, all the way to the main lobby of the school, and into the nurses' office. When he arrived, the nurse jumped out of her chair behind the desk.

"Good lord, what happened?" she asked hysterically.

"I'll explain later, just help her," Link muttered as he set Zelda on one of the beds. The nurse examined her wounds, and then wrapped bandages around all the cuts on her arms and head.

"She's lucky," the nurse said. "She'll be fine as long as she stays here. She just has a few cuts, nothing to serious. You're bleeding by the way."

Link blinked in surprise. "I-I am?"

"Forehead and mouth," she answered, not looking up at him.

Link left the nurses' office and headed to the nearest bathroom, the other students staring at him as he walked. When he was in the bathroom, he looked in the mirror to see blood running down the side of his face and down the side of his mouth. It made sense that he had blood in his mouth; the punch that Ganon had struck on his stomach probably made him throw up a bit of blood. But why was there blood on his forehead? Did the wound happen when he landed on the floor? Either way, he had to get the blood cleaned up fast. He splashed some water on the blood, and wiped it off with paper towel. After he had gotten rid of the blood, he could clearly see that there was a deep cut in his forehead.

"Dang it!" Link growled, staring at the huge cut. He pulled his blond bangs over it, which hid it pretty well, but he could still see a trace of the cut. And it was still bleeding too, which didn't help either. Link ran back to the nurses' office, and saw that the nurse was finished wrapping bandages around Zelda's wounds.

The nurse approached Link with a bandage. "Here, you'll need this." She wrapped the bandage around his cut, the bandage hidden under his bangs.

"Thanks," Link muttered, and walked to Zelda's bedside. She was breathing again, and her face wasn't as pale as before. She was just peacefully resting now.

"How long will it be until she's out of the nurses' office?" Link asked the nurse.

"That depends on how fast her wounds heal," the nurse replied. "She got beaten pretty badly. What happened to her anyways?"

Link clenched his fists as he stared down at Zelda's face. "Tell Principal Kaepora Gaebora that he should take a stroll through hallway fourteen that leads to the library. Everything will be answered..." Link smirked, feeling proud of himself that he actually managed to defeat Ganon. But was the guy even still lying in the hallway? That would be answered if Kaepora saw him there or not.

The nurse proceeded to the phone on her desk, and dialed the number for the office.

"Hello, Mr. Gaebora?" the nurse asked. "Yes, I have a wounded student here. A friend of hers told me that the reason for her beating can be found in hallway fourteen, near the library. Can you go check it out please?" There was a brief silence. "Yes, thank you. Have a good day." The nurse hung up the phone, and turned to Link again.

"He's going to go to hallway fourteen?" Link asked.

"Yes. You should head back to class though. Lunch will be over in five minutes."

Link sat down at the chair next to Zelda's bed. "Is it alright... if I stay here? I won't be able to sit through class if I'm worrying about Zelda so much."

"Alright, you can stay here," the nurse replied, nodding her head. She left back to the front desk, leaving Link alone with Zelda in the room.

Link turned the chair around, and watched as Zelda slept on the nurses' bed. He stroked her forehead with his thumb, looking down at her with a sorrowful expression.

"I'm so sorry Zelda..." he apologized again, laying his head down on the bed next to her head on the pillow. "I promise, I'll never let anything like this happen to you again... I promise..." Link felt a tear run down his cheek. He wiped it away with his thumb, and then continued to stroke Zelda's forehead. "I promise Zelda... I'll never let Ganon hurt you again... I'll always be there to protect you..." Link sat there, his head rested against the pillow, until he closed his eyes and fell asleep.


Sheik tapped his fingers against his desk all through History class, waiting for his friend to arrive. Link had disappeared during lunch, and he hadn't seen him since. He was starting to get worried. He didn't like how Link had jumped up and chased after Ganon in the lunchroom. Something had definitely made Link anxious.

"Quit your worrying, Sheik," Mido mumbled. "I'm sure Link is fine."

Sheik looked out the window, and sighed. "You'd better hope so Mido."


Link opened his eyes when he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked up to see the nurse standing next to him.

"What time is it?" he asked her in a drowsy voice. He still couldn't believe that he had actually fallen asleep on Zelda's bedside.

"It's four p.m.," she replied. "You should head back to your dorm room now." The nurse left again for the front desk when she heard someone ring the bell at the door.

Link stood up and took one last look at Zelda. He bent down, and kissed her forehead, then left the nurses' office without saying another word. He shoved his hands in his pockets, and walked through the lobby towards the doors, when Mr. Gaebora stopped him.

"Link, there you are," he said.

"Oh, Mr. Gaebora," Link muttered. "How's it going? Did you get a chance to see hallway fourteen yet?"

"...Yes, I did, and I have to say I'm very disappointed in your actions."

"Listen, it was his own fault. He decided to hurt Zelda... so I gave him a taste of his own medicine. This was all because Zelda humiliated him..."

"Never the less, I feel that you need to be punished in some way..."

"Mr. Gaebora, look at the wound on my forehead." Link lifted the bandage to show the principal the deep cut. "Now I want you to go into that nurses' office and look at Zelda. She's been wounded so badly by him..."

"I understand how Ganon can act sometimes..."

"Then why in hell's name do you let him continue attending this school?" Link yelled, not paying attention to the fact that he was raising his voice at the principal. "Do you know how many people he's hurt? Back in the ninth grade, he nearly broke my arm! Another time he tried to smash my skull open! And it's not just me either! He broke Mido's wrist back in sixth grade, he busted open Sheik's nose in seventh... do you know how many gang fights he starts in a day!"

Mr. Gaebora was silent.

"If you want to punish me, go ahead!" Link turned to the door and began walking. "But face it, while you're punishing the victims, Ganon is still hurting more and more people!" Link left the building, and continued walking until he reached his dorm, where Sheik was waiting for him.

"Link! Where have you been, man?" Sheik asked him the moment he walked in the door. Sheik was playing video games as usual.

"I've been busy with something," Link mumbled.

"What happened to your head?"

"I just had a bit of a run-in with Ganon..."

Sheik groaned, and paused his game. "Is that why you left at lunch?"

"Yeah, I guess." Link didn't really want to tell Sheik the truth that he had left to save Zelda. He wanted to keep that a secret to himself. "I'm going to bed now."

"Already? But it's only four."

"Fine, then I'm leaving to go for a walk," Link said impatiently, leaving the room in a hurry. Sheik was about to say something to interrupt, but he never got his words out before Link slammed the door. He began walking down the hallway, walking past the doors leading to the other rooms and towards the stairs that lead to the entrance of their dorm building. He ran down the stairs, and out the door, slowing down once he hit the grass. He caught his breath, and then he sat down next to a tree in the front yard.

"Link, what have you gotten yourself into...?" he muttered to himself. He couldn't stop thinking about Zelda. In fact, for the past few days she was the only thing he could think about. Even during guitar practices or track meet his mind always strayed to thoughts about Zelda. Her beautiful chestnut hair, her amazing eyes... he must have been an idiot to think that a perfect girl like Zelda could possibly fall in love with an idiot like him. He had let her get hurt... he knew that she wouldn't want anything to do with him when she woke up. Those memories of their first date, their first kiss... all of that would mean nothing. They would both part ways. She would go find someone else more reliable than him, and he would end up with some other girl that would never be as perfect as Zelda was.

Link blinked when he felt a tear run down his cheek. He wiped it away, and buried his face in his arms, watching the students go by towards their dorm buildings. And he continued to sit there, even as the students disappeared and the sun began to slowly hide in the horizon.

Link realized that he had nearly fallen asleep again. He checked his watch. It read seven p.m. He had to be in his room by ten if he didn't want to break the curfew. Sheik would also be worried to death; what a weirdo.

Link stood up from the grass and stretched his arms out, his back sore from laying against the tree for so long. He turned around to head towards his dorm room again, when he heard a loud screech. Oh no, he thought. Ruto's back... why can't that girl take a hint? Link kept walking, not bothering to turn around, when he felt the girl's arms wrap around his body, clenching his torso like she was dying, and she dug her face into his back.

"Ruto, how many times do I-" Link cut himself off though when he saw that it wasn't Ruto holding him, but Zelda. "Zelda? You're out of the nurses' office already?" Link asked, nearly breathless because he was so happy to see her. Link rotated his body so that she was facing him, but still holding on to him.

"Link, I'm so glad to see you!" Zelda cried, burying her face into Link's chest. There were tears running down her face. "I heard about what happened from Mr. Gaebora! I've been trying to find you!"

Link grabbed her shoulders, and looked into her eyes. "You understand... why I had to do that to Ganon, right?"

"That doesn't matter Link! Ganon is the worst of them all... I'm just so happy you did that for me!" She smiled, until her eyes spotted the bandage on Link's forehead. She placed her hand on it, and looked at Link with a worried look. "Did... did he hurt you?" She began to lift up the bandage, but Link grabbed her wrist before she got the chance.

"I'm fine Zelda..." Link muttered, lowering her wrist.

"Link, you helped me when I was wounded... you can at least let me help you." Zelda raised her wrist again, and this time Link let her continue to slowly peel the bandage off from his forehead. When she had the bandage in her hand, she stared at the deep scar forming on his forehead and where the dried blood lay inside the cut.

"That looks like it hurts..." Zelda whispered, like she was afraid that someone would hear her. She rubbed her thumb over the cut, wiping away some of the dried blood. Because the cut did still hurt, Link cringed a little, but he soon relaxed when Zelda held his head and hugged it, bring his forehead to her chest. She was only about a centimeter shorter than Link, so he didn't need to bend down for her to do this.

"I'm sorry that had to happen to you," Zelda apologized as she dragged her fingers through his hair.

"Don't apologize," Link said softly, closing his eyes from feeling so relaxed. "It's not your fault."

"But if I hadn't left for the library and just stayed in the cafeteria... maybe this wouldn't have happened..."

"It was a miracle you were near the library Zelda. Ganon could have attacked you while you walking down to your dorm room. If that had happened, I wouldn't have been able to help you."

Zelda smiled, and kissed his forehead. "Thank you..."

"You don't hate me for this? That I let you get hurt?" Link asked, feeling guilty.

Zelda pulled him away, and stared into his eyes. "Link, I wouldn't hate you for this. You saved me, and that's all that matters. Like you said, he could have attacked me on my way back to my dorm room... I don't hate you Link. I... care about you." She brought his head into another tight hug, and watched as the tears fell from her eyes and into Link's blond hair. "Don't ever think that I'll hate you..."

Link couldn't keep his heart from pounding so much. It was almost like she was telling him that she loved him, in a weird complicated way. But he had only known her for over a week... she couldn't possibly love him yet. He had about three more weeks to go before his time to make her fall in love with him was up. But it only took over a week for her to care about him... Link knew that it would only take a bit more time before she ended up falling in love with him.

Zelda brought Link's head back up again, and held his face in her hands, looking deep into his blue eyes. "I can never thank you enough for what you did Link..." Zelda giggled. "So I hope that this will be better than just a simple 'thank you'..." She smiled, and brought her lips into his, kissing him softly as she backed him up against the tree. They moved their lips together, their once soft kiss turning into a passionate one. Zelda moved her hands from Link's face and over his shoulders, bringing him closer to her. Link wrapped his arms around her waist, rubbing his hands up and down her back. They breathed heavily between kisses, filling their hearts more and more with lust for each other.

"Zelda..." Link breathed. "This isn't really the best place for this..."

It really wasn't. Let us be reminded that they were still outside the dorm buildings in the front yard. Of course, they were lucky that there weren't any students around to see them, but it still wasn't the right place for a kiss like this.

Zelda stopped, and rested her head on Link's shoulder. "I don't care Link... this is the only chance we'll get today..." She traced her lips along his jaw, until her lips reached his again.


Sheik stood up from the floor, and stretched his arms out. He had been playing video games for hours, and was getting extremely sore. He checked Link's bed, and realized that Link hadn't returned from his 'walk' yet. Ugh, I'd better go get him, he thought. Sheik left his dorm room and walked down the stairs. When he reached the door and went outside, he widened his eyes when he saw Link kissing Zelda.

"What the... he leaves for a walk and I come to see him making out with the new student?" he muttered to himself. "Sheesh, things are getting weird all over the place..." But he didn't interrupt them anyways, and went back inside.

But even after he went into his room, Sheik couldn't help but watch them through his dorm room window.