I am soooooooooooooooooo sorry! I never meant for this to take so long. This chaper is super long, over 4,000 words. I have no idea when the next chapter will be up, but it won't be as long as this one, I promise.

I just finished this chapter a minute ago, so it might have a few spelling errors. Sorry about that too.

Read and review and let me know how I'm doing, and any comments. I love comments, so feel free to leave any comment or idea at all.

Anime Wildfire

"ok, now keep going. Don't stop. Watch out for the chair! That's it." Link said.

"Dad, where are you taking me?" Willie asked. He had a blindfold over his eyes, and was being led by Link.

Link had told Willie that he had a surprise for him, so he'd blindfolded him and was leading him to his surprise.

Link led Willie over to the table, where Willie's present was sitting.

"ok… almost there…" Link said. "and… stop." Willie stopped in front of the table.

"wella!" Link said, untying Willie's blindfold. Willie's jaw dropped in amazement.

A sword was sitting on the table, and exact copy of the master sword. The sheath was even the same, a dark blue with a gold design over it.

"so? What do you think?" Link said, Willie laughed. "this is the best presant ever! Thank you dad!"

Link grinnned at his 14-year-old son. Willie had certainly grown since those days when Link had taking him with him as he traveled around.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Are you going to show us what that think can do or not?" a voice said.

Surprised, Willie turned around and saw Kendra, Kate and Kari standing in the doorway, smiling. Or at least, Kendra and Kate were smiling. Kari was on the verge of smiling.

"go on." Kendra said, gesturing towards the sword. Willie nodded and turned to face Link, who was holding the real master sword.

"com' on, let's go to the training field." Link said, he led the way out the door.

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a few minutes later, they were all standing at the training field. Kari, Kendra and Kate standing at the sides to watch.

"alright Willie, let's see how good you are." Link said, he lunged forward and slashed at Willie. Willie rolled to the side to avoid him and slashed at his feet. Link jumped to avoid it, backflipping out of the way and landing a few feet away.

Willie grit his teeth and raced towards Link, sword raised high. Just as Willie was about to hit Link, Link pulled his shield out and countered the attack. Surprised, Willie's sword hit the shield and bounced off, stinging his hands and making him fall back.

"is this all you have?" Link said in a teasing voice, he was trying to get Willie steamed up, and it was working.

Willie grit his teeth again and jumped to his feet. Turning around to face his father. The two circled for a minute, each watching each other, waiting for their next move.

Link suddenly stabbed at Willie, taking him by surprise. Willie's eyes widened and he jumped back to avoid the stab, naturally leaving himself unbalanced.

Link took the opportunity and and lunged forward, slashing at Willie over and over.

Willie saw it coming at the last second and quickly dropped to the ground, wincing as Link's sword slashed two inches above his face.

While Link was slashing as Willie, Willie saw an opportunity and kicked Link's feet, causing him to loose his balance and trip. Willie quickly jumped to his feet and raised his sword to Link's neck, grinning the whole time.

"I win dad, give it up. I know all your tricks." Willie said. Link grinned again and quickly shoved Willie's sword aside before backflipping to his feet. He grabbed his own sword and held it opposite to Willie's.

"not all my tricks son." Link said, grinning. Willie looked stunned that his father had managed to escape him so easily.

But before he could ponder it longer, Link attacked. Using his spin attack to try and unbalance Willie.

Unfortunatly for Link, Willie was beginning to catch on to his tricks and jumped in the air to avoid the spin attack, kicking Link in the back before jumping back and landing on his feet.

Link stumbled back, surprised by Willie's avoidance. Willie took the opportunity to throw his sword aside and leap at Link, knocking him to the ground. The two wrestled around for a minute before Link eventually was able to pin Willie down, being the stronger of the two.

On the side lines, Kendra, Kari and Kate all applauded as the two swordsman stood up, each picking up their own swords.

"that was amazing!" Kate said, running over to congratulate Willie. Kendra smiled at both of them.

"that was truly wonderful boys." She said. Kari just smiled and nodded.

The group headed back to their houses, the girls going home to fix a nice lunch and have some tea, the boys going home to eat some cold food and polish their swords.

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Several weeks later…

"they're almost here!" Kari said, coming out of Willie's bedroom. Willie's cat Mia was having kittens, and Willie had asked Kari to take care of Mia while she gace birth.

Willie and Kate were sitting in the living room, playing cards when Kari had come out. At the sound of her voice, they looked up from their game.

"are you sure?" Willie said, he and Mia were good friends, even if she was a cat and he was a Hylian.

Kari nodded. "I'm positive, It shouldn't be too long now." She said, then she turned and disappeared back into the room. Leaving Willie and Kate to play their game.

Link had left for a while, saying he needed something for his sword. He had departed rather quickly, leaving the others to stare after him.

Kendra had left as well, she said she had some shopping to do, and that she would be back later.

"kitten number one is here! And it's a girl!" Kari said, poking her head out the door.

"where? Where?" Willie said, abandoning his game with Kate and jumping to his feet. Kari shook her head.

"no no, girls only. Why don't you sit down? Your acting like a nervous father-to-be." Kari said, pulling her head back in and closing the door with a snap. Willie blushed and returned to his card game with Kate. Kate was trying her hardest not to laugh, he looked so cute when he blushed!

"kitten number two is a boy." Kari said, poking her head out. "wait till you see them, they're adorable!" Kari said before closing the door.

"why is she always like this?" Willie asked Kate, Kate shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno, she's weird, that's why." She said.

"you got any fours?" Kate asked, Willie shook his head. "nah, got any kings?"

"nope."

"ugh, fine, have any threes?"

"nope."

"how about sevens?"

"nope."

"… you're having fun with this, aren't you?"

"yep."

Willie groaned, "if you don't have any of those, then it's your turn." He said, Kate rolled her eyes and glanced down at her cards.

"you got any kings?" she said with a grin. Willie groaned and threw her one of his cards. She smiled and added it to her pile.

"number three is a boy!" Kari said, running out of the room. "he's adorable! All the cats are doing fine!" she said before running back inside. Willie and Kate stared after her.

"makes me wish I was adopted sometimes." She muttered, picking up another card from the pile and glancing at it.

The two played their game in silence for the next few minutes. After a while, Kari came running back outside.

"number 4 is a girl!" she said, "all the kittens have been born, would you two like to come see them?"

Willie and Kate stood up and followed Kari into Willie's bedroom. Mia was lying in her bed, her four kittens sleeping quietly.

"they're adorable." Kate said, cooing as she leaned down to pet Mia. Willie smiled and stroked Mia as well.

"yeah, they're really cute." He said.

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"there is no way, no way at all."

"oh come on Kari, why not? It'll be fun." Piper said, she and Kari were walking to school.

"there is no way in Hyrule I am going to that dance." Kari said again.

Their school was having a halloween dance, and Piper was trying to get Kari to go.

"pleeeeeeeeeeease! You have to go! You won't make me go by myself, will you?" Piper said as the two approched the school.

"tell you what Piper, stop nagging me about it, and I'll think about. Ok?" Kari said, walking up the steps into the school.

"fine." Piper grumbled, following Kari into the school. They were greeted by Kate, who was standing in the doorway waiting for them.

"Hey Kari, Hey Piper." She said. Kari and Piper waved at her.

"so, you two going to the dance next week?" Kate asked, Kari threw her hands up in the air.

"why is everyone so obsessed with going to that dance!" she exclaimed.

"you mean the dance next week?" A voice said behind them. Kari, Kate and Piper all turned around to see Willie and Jason standing behind them.

Kari rolled her eyes. "yes I mean the dance next week! What other dance is there?!" she said.

"I'm trying to convince her to go to the dance, but she keeps saying no." Piper said.

"speaking of which…" Jason said, he wrapped his arm around Piper's shoulder, Piper stared at his arm in horror.

"you going to the dance with me, right?" he said, Piper rolled her eyes. "the day I go to the dance with you is the day moblins fly." She said, she pulled Jason's arm off her shoulder. Kari and Kate tried not to laugh.

"Well then I have a pretty good chance, don't I?" Jason said with a grin, Piper rolled her eyes.

"com'on girls. Let's go inside, those two are starting to annoy me." She said.

The three girls headed into the school house, leaving Willie and Jason at the entrance.

"so Kari, what's your favorite dessert?" Piper asked.

"give it up Piper, it's not going to work." Kari said, Piper shrugged.

"hey, it was worth a try."

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"Hey Kari, could I talk to you for a sec?" Willie asked, Kari paused from eating her lunch and stared at him, Piper nudged her in the arm, making her blink.

"uh… sure I guess." Kari said, she stood up and followed Willie to where his backpack was sitting on the steps.

"what do you want Willie?" Kari asked, sitting down on the steps.

"I've got something for you." Willie said, he reached into his backpack and pulled out one of Mia's kittens. Kari's jaw dropped open.

"Kari, would you go to the dance with me?" Willie asked, holding the kitten out to her.

"Willie, isn't this one of Mia's kittens?" Kari asked, Willie nodded. "yeah, I wanted you to have one, since Mia likes you and you did help deliver her kittens." Willie said. Kari took the kitten from Willie and gently stroked it.

"it's so cute." She said, Willie grinned. "it's a boy." He said, the little kitten meowed and stared up at Kari with big blue eyes.

"aww… Kari said, scratching the kitten behind the ears.

"so will you go with me?" Willie said, Kari glanced up at him. "I don't know, I'd have to think about it. Give me some time to think about it and I'll let you know." She said, Willie nodded and stood up, petting the kitten before returning to his lunch. Kari stood up and walked back over to Piper.

"wha'd he ask you?" Piper asked as Kari sat down next to her.

"he gave me a kitten and asked me to the dance." Kari said, she showed Piper the kitten.

"he's adorable! What are you going to name him?" Piper asked. Kari thought for a minute.

"I'll call him Hero. He seems like a little hero to me." She said, Piper smiled. "that's such a cute name." She said.

"Are you going to go to the dance with Willie?" she asked, Kari rolled her eyes.

"I don't know. I told him I'd have to think about it." She said, Piper sighed.

"Kari, you have to go to the dance with him!" Piper said, "do you know how many girls at this school would die just to go on a date with him?!" Piper said.

"I don't know Piper, going to the dance with Willie…" Kari said. "I've never really liked him very much." She said.

"that's why you have to go with him! You have to give him a chance." Piper said. Kari sighed.

"I'll think about it." She said, she took another bite of her sandwich and refused to talk about it anymore.

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"Kari! Wait up!" a voice called. Kari stopped walking and waited for Piper to catch up with her and her sister.

"have you… decided… to go to… the dance… with Willie?" Piper said, pausing to catch her breath.

"no! I haven't decided yet!" Kari snapped, she continued walking.

"oh come on Kari, you can't blame us for wanting to see go to the dance with Willie. He's a great guy, and he really likes you." Kate said, catching up with Kari.

"what she said." Piper said, coming up behind Kari.

"look! There's Willie and Jason now!" Kate said, the two boys were talking. But they stopped as the girls came up.

"hello ladies." Jason said. Willie just grinned.

"so Piper, have you decided to go to the dance with me?" Jason asked, putting his arm around her shoulder. Piper rolled her eyes and pushed his arm off her shoulder.

"I already told you, no. Now leave me alone." Piper said, she jogged after Kari.

"what's the matter with them?" Willie asked, Kate sighed.

"Kari's mad because Piper keeps pressuring her into going to the dance with you, and Piper's mad because Jason keeps pressuring her into going to the dance with him. But don't worry, they'll calm down. Just give them some time." Kate said, jobbing to catch up with Kari and Piper. Jason and Willie glanced at each other before racing after the three girls, not really wanting to be left behind. They caught up to the girls just as Piper said-

"Come on Kari, it's not that hard, just say 'Yes Willie, I'll go to the dance with you.'"

"No way, and not a force in the world can make me change my mind!" Kari said.

"I dare you." Piper said, Kari stopped in her tracks and glanced at Piper. "that's not fair, your taking advantage of me." She said. Piper grinned. Kari had never turned down a dare before.

"what's the dare." Kari said. Piper grinned and glanced at the house the too were standing in front of. It was an old house, owned by some man that had died years ago. All the kids in the neighborhood said it was haunted by the ghost of a boy and his sister who'd died in the house years ago.

"I dare you and Willie to stay the whole night in the haunted house, if you get too scared and run out, you lose and have to go to the dance with Willie. If you manage not to leave the house the entire night, I'll stop nagging you about going to the dance with Willie." Piper said. Kari glared at her.

"I'm in." Willie said. The girls spun around, they haden't even known the boys were there. Piper turned back to Kari and grinned. "Willie's in, how about you?"

All eyes turned to Kari. She sighed and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "I guess I have no choice. All right, I'll do it." She said. Piper grinned and pumped her fist.

"so when are we doing this?" Kari asked, she was beginning to get impatient.

"tonight, the four of use will meet here around nine o'clock." Piper said. Jason and Willie both nodded. Kari sighed and nodded as well.

"what about me?" Kate asked, her hand on her hips." Kari rolled her eyes. "Kate, you can't come. It's just the four of us." She said.

"I'll tell mom, so unless you don't want to get in big trouble, you'd better let me come." Kate said. Kari groaned.

"fine, you can wait out here with Jason and Piper." She said. Kate smiled, satisfied she'd been allowed to come.

"com' on Kate, let's get going. Mom'll get worried." Kari said, she turned and started walking, waving to Piper as she did. Kate waved and ran after her sister. Willie looked over at Jason and Piper before following Kari and Kate. Making Piper and Jason grin.

"he's like a puppy following his master." Piper said, Jason just grinned. The two turned and headed toward their homes, both of them thinking about the adventure taking place that night.

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Kari and Kate quickly slipped out of their front door and closed it behind them. Both were wearing long, dark cloaks.

"shhh! We have to be quiet!" Kari hissed when Kate sneezed. Kate shrugged weakly. "sorry." She whispered. Kari glanced around and spotted Willie standing by his front door. He waved at them. Kate waved back.

Willie jogged over to the two girls. "you two ready?" he asked. Kari and Kate both nodded and the three friends headed off, arriving at their destination a few minutes later.

Piper and Jason were already there, standing by the front gate of the house. Piper waved as they aprroched and jogged over to Kari.

"alright you two, no making out while we're in there." Willie said with a grin. Jason rolled his eyes and Piper glared at him.

Kari pulled off her cloak and handed it to Piper. "there's no use using a cloak in a pitch black house." Kari said. Piper nodded.

"have fun in there you two!" she teased as they headed up towards the house. Kari looked back and glared at Piper before following Willie into the haunted house.

Willie closed the door behind him and the two glanced around the room, Kari wrinkling her nose at all the dirt and dust.

"this place is so gross." She said. Glancing into a grimy mirror on the wall. Willie shrugged and peered at an aging book case before turning to Kari.

"so, what do you want to do? We have the rest of the night." He said, Kari rolled her eyes.

"men, so impatient." She said, noticing a dusty picture on the wall. She walked over and brushed some of the dust off with her hands.

A young couple smiled back at her, a man of about 19 or 20 and a young woman about 18, her stomach was big, and is was obvious that she was pregnant.

Kari smiled at the picture and sighed. Willie walked over to see what she was sighing about. He glanced over her shoulder at the picture.

"what's so special about a picture?" he asked, Kari glanced at him.

"they're a young couple, newly married and living on their own. That's every girl's dream. To get married to her dream guy and raise a family." She said, she ran her finger down the picture.

"I just wonder what happened to them." She said. she stared at the picture for a minute before walking away.

"why don't we explore the house? Like you said, we've got the whole night." She said, she headed for the stairs.

"Kari wait!" Willie cried before she stepped on the stairs, he raced over and grabbed her arm.

"ow, that hurts, now what is it?" Kari asked, prying his hand off her wrist.

"these steps could be dangerous, let me go first." He said, he carefully stepped up on the first step, testing how much weight it would hold. Then he moved slowly up the stairs, testing each step to be sure it was safe.

"alright Kari, it's safe, you can come up now." Willie said, Kari sighed and walked up the stairs.

"you're not going to be like this all night are you?" Kari asked once she reached the top. Willie shrugged.

"it's better to be safe than sorry." He said as Kari pushed open the door to the first room. She gasped at what was inside.

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meanwhile, Piper, Kate and Jason were talking.

"what so you think they're doing in there?" Kate wondered, leaning against the fence, Piper shrugged.

"If I know Kari, she's probably on one side of the room while Willie's probably on the other." She said.

"why doesn't Kari like Willie?" Kate asked, turning to look at Piper and Jason. They glanced at each other.

"Well Kate, it's my belief that Kari's in deny, she does like Willie, but doesn't show it." Piper said.

"but why wouldn't she want Willie to know? Willie really likes her." Kate said, Piper sighed and joined Kate against the fence.

"sometimes love's complicated. Maybe another reason Kari doesn't like Willie is because he shows off around her and trys to impress her. I bet if he acted normal for once and was truly himself around her, she'd find it hard not to like it." Piper said.

"Willie once talked to me about Kari." Jason said, joining the two girls by the fence.

"he also wondered why Kari didn't like him. He said all he wants is her attention. For her to like him. And he doesn't understand why she doesn't." Jason said, Piper stared at him in surprise.

"you actually said something smart." She said, Jason shrugged his shoulders.

"hey, even a guy like me can have his moments." He said. Piper watched him for a minute.

"you know Jason. I change my mind, maybe I will go to the dance with you." She said. Jason's head jerked in her direction.

"y-you really will?" he said, Piper nodded. "it's like I said, maybe if Willie showed his true self to Kari she'd accept him." She said, smiling at him. Jason's eyes widened and he grinned.

"did I miss something here?" Kate asked. Both Piper and Jason mentally groaned, they'd completely forgotten that Kate was there.

"don't worry about it Kate, it's nothing of interest to you." Piper said, a light blush on her cheeks.

"then why are you blushing?"

"I'm not blushing!"

"yes you are!"

"no I'm not!

"come on Piper, admit it, you're blushing."

"I'm not blushing!"

"yes you are!"

"Grr... Enough of this! We're suppost to be making sure Kari doesn't leave before morning!" Piper said. She returned to watching the house.

"you were so blushing…" Kate muttered.

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Inside was a little girl's bedroom. A small white bed was pushed against one wall. A pink dresser was against another, the top covered in pictures and small trinkets.

"careful Kari…" Willie said as Kari stepped forward. She knelt down and picked up a small cloth doll off the floor, the doll had hair made of yarn, eyes made of buttons, and a mouth made with a pencil. Even though it was simple, it was most likely the girl's favorite toy.

Kari felt tears well up in her eyes. The doll dropped to the floor as Kari let out a sob and buried her hands in her face.

"Kari?! What's the matter?!" Willie asked, rushing over and kneeling down next to her.

"i-it's just… the little girl who lived here was probably killed… and never got to grow up. Never got to go to school… or fall in love… or get married." Kari managed to say,

Willie took a step forward and placed a hand on her shoulder. "hey, it's ok, think about how happy that little girl probably is right now." He said. Kari nodded slowly and got to her feet.

"sometimes… I worry that I might never make it either. That I'll die and miss out on so many things, like falling in love and getting married. Or raising children of my own." She said, she glanced off into the distance.

"but that's just silly I guess." She said. Willie shook his head.

"no, it isn't." he said.

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"how much longer till morning?" Kate asked, pacing besides the fence. Piper groaned again.

"for the last time Kate, it's not even eleven yet. If you're going to be so impatient, then you're better off going home." Piper said. Kate immediately stopped complaining.

"maybe we should all take turns." Jason said, "we can swich every two to three hours. That way we can each get some sleep." He said. Piper brightened.

"sounds good to me, why don't I take the first shift? Then you two can get some sleep. I'll wake one of you up in an hour or two." She said. Jason and Kate nodded before leaning against the fence with their eyes closed. With in minutes, Piper could tell by their breathing that they were asleep.

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Willie and Kari left the little girl's room, closing the door behind them. Suddenly, they heard a thud down the stairs.

"what was that?" Kari said, Willie shrugged and glanced down the hallway towards the stairs. Curiousity got the best of them, because seconds later they were heading back down the stairs to investigate.

"this place is so creepy." Kari said, clinging to Willie's arm. Willie glanced around the room.

"I think it came from this way." he said, heading through a door on the left. Kari followed him, still clinging to his arm.

The door led to a very large and spacious kitchen. A layer of dust covered everything in the room. Kari let go of Willie's arm and ran her finger over the counter, leaving a white spot behind. She wrinkled her nose.

"This place must not have been used in years." She said, walking back over to Willie. He nodded. Another thud echoed in the room. Both Kari and Willie glanced at a door on the right, the direction the sound had come from.

"come on, this way." Willie said, walking through and pushing the door open. The door led a beautiful dining room. China plates were on the table, completely decorted with candlesticks and plastic flowers.

"it's beauiful." Kari said, she walked to the other side of the room and glanced around, "it's like they were having a big dinner." She said. Willie grinnned.

Suddenly the ceiling collapsed, filling the room with dust and pieces of the ceiling.

"KARI!" Willie shouted, trying to make his way over to where he had last seen Kari.

"Willie!" Kari shouted. "help!"

Thank you all for being so patient for this chapter, I didn't even realize how long it was till I upleaded it here. The next chapter'll probably be a bit shorter, but I'm not sure yet.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or anything you want to see happen to Willie and Kari or any ideas about them or anything, let me know! I accept any ideas, even if I don't use them all, I still want to know what your ideas are and what you want to see in the story.

See you all soon! Please review!

Anime Wildfire

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