I don't own Final Fantasy nor The Legend of Zelda. Credit for their respective owners. :)

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Sorry this is kind of short as well. :(

By the way a character speaks Irish Gaelic. If anything is wrong please do tell me. :D

"Link!" I gasped and ran to his side giving him a warm embrace. "Aw man! Good to see you up and healthy. Thank Gaia that the coma didn't last so long and that it didn't affect you at all!"

"T-T-T-Thank you Lord Zack." He stuttered. I pulled away and noticed he was bright red as a tomato. Cloud was right. He really wasn't accustomed to human treatment. "Just Zack is fine." He blushed once more. Je je je je! Teasable material.

"But I-I can't. It's n-not…"

"Look. I don't mind, Cloud doesn't mind. Why should you mind?" I reasoned. He looked at me with his blue eyes that so resembled Cloud's, but looked far more lonely and desperate, scared and scarred, fucked up…that was the word I was looking for. I've noticed I swear a lot.

"Who's the hottie?" A known voice came from behind me.

"Tiffs this is Link. Link; Tiffs." I motioned from her to him and vice-versa.

"It's an honour to meet you Lady Tiffs" He said and kneeled before her like if she were a goddess' statue.

"Woah! Woah! Woah! Please don't do that! You're embarrassing me." Tiffs commented beat red on the cheeks. I chuckled. "Come on Link." I said and took him by the arm pulling him up. "You don't have to be so formal around us."

"But…I must. That's the…" He tried to explain. But I won't hear it.

"You are revoked for the moment from you status." I smiled. All of a sudden his eyes grew serious and he frowned slightly.

"My apologies Lord Zack. But the only one who can do that is Cloud himself. Not you." He pointed sharply.

"Well. Since Cloud is not online right now, I'm the most acceptable commander for the time being."

"You can't do that. My…."

"Enough!" Ted's voice resonated through the room. She was inhaling that so well known cigarette of hers. Seriously, how many does she have a day? "Link. Come." And he amazingly obeyed. Wasn't Cloud the only one who could? But then again, this was Ted we were talking about. She's like a sergeant and if you disobey…Hell's wrath falls upon you. "I need you help." She said and motioned to the, until now, forgotten Cloud. I watched Link eyes change from recognition to horror. I noticed how he looked into Cloud's dull, emotionless and lifeless eyes. The horror inside Link grew. "MASTER CLOUD!" He shouted and went to his side.

"Master?" Tiffs questioned.

"Long story." I commented and kept observing the scene that unfolded before me.

Link knelt before Cloud and gazed upon the blank blue eyes of his owner, eyes that barely recognized the world he lived in. Link gasped and buried his face on Cloud's knees. "Oh master." He began. "What has happened to you?" He looked back unto Cloud's eyes. "Master? It's me Link. Do you recognize me?" Cloud kept staring to the unknown. "Cloud? Master? Say something!" He begged. When no answer came he turned to us. "Who did this to Master?" He asked furious. "WHO DID THIS?"

"It was you Link." Ted said sternly. "And that is why is your job to bring him back."

"But how…"

"When you died, Cloud blamed himself. When you entered the coma, Cloud blamed himself. So, as a relief from his grief, Cloud forgot who he was. But now, when Zack told him you woke up and were fine, Cloud is having an inner battle between who he is now and who he was then. And the only one that can help the old Cloud defeat the Cloud of now…it's you Link. So help him." Ted clasped her hands together. "Please." She begged. Link looked at her in disbelief. I guess, no one had ever asked him something with the magic word. His face turned red out of embarrassment and his eyes looked at the ground immediately. "I'll….I'll do what I can." He answered and for a minute there, I saw him smile warmly. But as fast as it came as fast as it disappeared and left me wonder whether it was real or just my imagination.

Link once more hid his face in Cloud's knees and I saw how slowly his breathing quickened and his body began quaking with silent sobs. "M-Master…" He sobbed. "It is I. Link." His voice began quivering with the strength of the sobs that were getting louder. "I h-hope you f-forgive my b-boldness for n-now I'll speak f-from the h-heart M-Master. I h-have never m-m-met s-s-someone like y-you. S-so k-kind and gentle, h-honest and respectful. I've never felt so loved by anyone like I feel when I'm with you M-Master." His tears stained his slightly tanned cheeks and chin. "I've u-usually been t-treated w-without any show of humanity. I've been looked upon l-like the g-garbage I am. I've been hit, punched, kicked, torn, whipped, burnt, electrified, spit on and…" His stopped there, his eyes grew wide as his tears continued falling freely across his face.

"Link…" I whispered. I knew the topic he was getting into. The difficulty of spelling the horrors of the slave camp was far too great for him to relay it. His eyes turned to me; so desperate, so fragile, he was in the border of breaking once more. His blue eyes bored into mine. I felt he was seeing into my very soul, open and naked to his examination. I was a bit uncomfortable. "Nach thuigim." He gasped. "Nach thuigim." He was speaking in his native language. Damn! I had forgotten he wasn't human. Or that's what I thought at least. I mean he did have a human figure except for his ears. They were different. But he was no fiend. Fiends didn't have human appearance as far as I knew. And he responded to human treatment while he was here. Thanks to Ted, Albert and his staff stayed quiet about his ears and different looks. If someone found out about him, they will probably try to experiment with him. But it was all under control. Besides, Cloud was the one that mattered right now and, well, Link who I think was dealing with something at the moment. "Níl me go maith."

"Link?"

"Níl me go maith! Níl me go maith! Níl me go maith!" He kept screaming loudly.

"What's wrong with him?" Tiffs asked worriedly.

"Shit! Ted! This is one of his attacks!" I shouted and hurried to Link's side but Ted stopped me.

"Let them handle this." She said and looked over at the pair of fucked ups. "I know they'll make it through. I have faith in them."

"Nìl me go maith." Link sobbed. "Le de thoil….Tar ar ais. Tar ar ais" His blue eyes looked at Cloud begging. "Teastaíonn uaim thú anois." And he hid his face in Cloud's knees once more. His body racked with the sobs coming from his mouth. And then I understood what Ted meant. I gasped.

Here are the words used and their translations.

Nach thuigim. = You don't understand.

Nìl me go maith. = I'm not good.

Le de thoil. = Please

Tar ar ais. = Come back

Teastaíonn uaim thú anois = I need you now.