Chapter 25

Rain, rain was the only thing Ganondorf heard and as he slowly opened his eyes he saw that he was being imprisoned in a large crystal of some sort. He looked around his surroundings, but could see not much of anything because of not only the weather, but because he knew he was close to dying. 'I told them I would not let it end like this." The Gerudo let out, as he gritted his teeth and took in a short breathe of air. After he had done this he looked down at his left hand and saw the Triforce of Power was still glowing brightly. "I did not want to have to do this. But it seems I have no other choice if I am going to survive with all of these injures." The warlock added, before he closed his eyes and concentrated. Once he had done this his entire body began to be engulfed in light. Within that light Ganondorf's body changed into something completely different until it vanished he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion..

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Zelda flipped through the pages of an open book that was in front of her until she came to the page she was looking for. And while she reread the section of the page she heard Fox's voice as he asked, "Okay so tell me Zelda, how is playing a song going to help me return home?"

The brunette broke her gaze away from the book to look at the green eyed fox who was now wearing the same attire that he had worn when she had first met him. She broke out of her memories though and replied with, "The song I am going to play to return you home is one which holds great power over the fabric of time. It is able to take the person back to a time before certain events had occurred which was why it was given the name The Song of Time."

The mercenary nodded in understanding before he asked her, "So in other words the song will take me back home before any of this happened." She looked and saw him looked slightly away while he added, "And I guess I'll forget about ever meeting you, won't I?"

"I-I do not know for certain if either one of us will forget all that has happened here." The Princess admitted, as she also looked slightly away. She felt the tears begin to form in her eyes while she continued with, "But if such a thing does indeed happen. Then I-I want to thank you for saving my kingdom." She slowly brought her small harp up to her shoulder but before she played the first note to the song the blue eyed noble ended in a hushed voice, "Goodbye, Fox McCloud."

The Hylian Princess however, was not even able to run her finger against the harp string before she broke down while dropping the harp in the process. And as she placed her hands in front of her face she said, "I-I'm sorry Fox, but I….I cannot go through with sending you home." She tried her best to look at the anthro fox while she went on with, "I know this is a selfish desire, but I-I know that if you were to leave….then a piece of me would be leaving with you." And tried as she did the noblewoman could not stop herself as she confessed, "And the only reason for this is because…I have fallen in love with you."

Zelda would have kept pouring her heart out to the brown and white furref fox. However, she found herself becoming silent when she felt his arms wrap around her while he responded with, "Zelda, I'm….sorry I didn't know how you felt about me. Of course I guess I should have known since I-" Hearing him stop caused her to slowly opened up her eyes and look up at the vulpine. And when she did she saw him remove a piece of equipment from inside his ear before he went on with, "I love you, Princess Zelda."

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"So you have decided to stay here and live the rest of your life with The Princess then?" Farore asked, as she saw stared at the anthro fox.

"I uh yeah, I've decided to stay here and be with Zelda." Fox replied, as the green haired woman saw a blush spread across his face. He quickly away out of embarrassment when he continued with, "But I will admit I don't have a clue when it comes to ruling over an entire kingdom."

The green eyed goddess just smiled reassuringly when she told him, "There no need to worry for I am certain she would be more then willing to help teach you what you need to know. Although you should not doubt yourself for you have already proven to be a very capable leader when in battle."

She saw the light brown and white furred fox turn away as he said, "Thanks, and I guess you're right I shouldn't worry about it." He turned his head back towards her while he added, "By the way you wouldn't mind doing something for me would you?"

"Of course not, it is the least I can do in return for what you have done for Hyrule." The green haired woman replied kindly. "Now what is this favor you would ask of me?" Farore continued with, before the vulpine began to slowly walk away from her.

"Well, to be honest I was kind of hoping you could teleport my stuff to my teammates back home." Fox confessed, as he gave her a slightly nervous expression.

"There is no need to be so nervous Fox." Farore reassured him, while she let out a light giggle. "I would be more than happy to perform this task for you."

The mercenary smiled with gratitude while he said, "Great I'll just go my things and then-"

"That will not be necessary." The goddess interjected with, causing the fox to stop his walking. She proceeded to close her eyes before she brought her hands together. A light then formed around them and within seconds it was gone just as quickly as it had appeared. The green haired woman reopened her eyes as she wnet on with, "There all of your old things were sent to your friends."

Suddenly though she saw a hint of worry run over the vulpine's face as he asked, "Wait did you sent the letter I wrote from last night? She gave a simple nod answering his question. He let out a sight of relief while he added, "That's good." He then lifted both his left hand and The Master Sword upward a bit before he ended with, "But now I'm thinking I should really be giving these back to you."

"Yes, but before you do that may I do something?" The green goddess asked, as she extended her hand outward. She waited a little until the fox nodded and placed his hand on top of hers. She then placed her right hand on top his left hand and began to remove the Triforce of Courage. While she did this though she continued with, "You may no longer have the Triforce of Courage, but I decreed that if something ever happens to this era's Hero of Hyrule. Then you Fox McCloud shall become the bearer of this piece of the Triforce and so will your offspring until the next Hero of Hyrule is brought into this world."

Once she had removed her hand the piece of the Triforce was gone, but the mark still remained. And after she had placed her hands back onto her sides she saw the anthro bow to her as he stated, "Thank you, I'm not for sure if I deserve this or not. However, if something does happen to Link then I shall do my best to keep the Triforce of Courage out of the hands of someone like Ganondorf."

Farore nodded in understanding as he stood up straight and walked away leaving the Master Sword and sheathe behind. And once the goddess had picked up the two items she began to disappear. While she did this though she let out, "Fox, you may not know this now but your actions today have greatly affected your own galaxy. I just hope you will be ready to face those challenges with the same amount of bravery you had shown for these ones."

A/N: And so ends another story. Also the line where Foix tells Zelda that he loves her was meant to be in Hylian, but I guesss that font doesn't show up on here. Moving along though I do have a sequel planned out for this story however, whether I do that one or not all depends on how many votes I get for it. The interesting part though is that I'm considering making that one M rated. (not for cursing, but blood and a lemon or two) Of course I might just make it T rated. Anyway thank you everyone for reading and leaving a review because those keep me going.