This is my very first Skyward Sword fanficiton, so please don't be too hard to me, should you read this.

I also apologize for my absence, since I have been in hospital (had to get an emergency surgery) and I am back home now, but I still need to recover from my surgery, since I am still not back to my old self yet. I have written this story before I went into the hospital, but never got the chance to read over it again and correct a few things. You should know this: I am not a Skyward Sword fan. I have never beaten the game when I first got it many, many years ago and just one month ago I decided to give this game a second chance. But I don't have changed much of my opinion about this game and it pains me to say this, but it's still my least favorite Zelda game. BUT I don't have negative things to say about this game only, since there ARE some things which I enjoy and which make me want to finish the game. One of these things are the Kikwis. Man I love these super cute looking creatures and that's why I had to write this (pretty random and silly idea) down here.

I hope my english is okay, since I have written this story in english only and without the help of a translator.

And should this be the last Story for this year, I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and also a good start into the New Year.

Please enjoy it and as always I would appreciate feedback very, very much, thank you.

A special Lesson

Never would Link have thought that there would be more than Skyloft, in which he was born and in which he lived up to this day.

But due to a terrible incident, in which Zelda had been kidnapped and in which he had become the chosen Hero, who had to save his friend, he had seen that there was more in this world than his home Skyloft. When he had met with Fi and when he had started his journey, he had met with another world. A world, that was so different than the world he knew. A world, in which everything looked different and in which weird looking creatures lived. Some were of a friendly kind, the others…not so much and he had been glad to have this holy sword with him with which he could fight against all the evil in this new world.

A few days had passed since he had come down here.

It had taken some time until he got used to this new world and he still found new things which he didn't understand and which Fi had to explain to him and yes, he was glad that she was by his side; even if she didn't show any emotions towards him. He got used to this eventually and he wished he could get used to this new world too, but he still had problems with this.

Fi had proposed to him to take a small break, before they would go into the Skyview Temple and keep looking for Zelda, since everything seemed to be too much for Link to handle and the young knight had accepted this offer with much joy. He was happy that he could take off his sword and shield and just lay down into the soft grass and do nothing at all. It was still weird for him when he lay down and looked up into the sky. Here he could hardly see the blue sky or the sun, since so many trees where in the way, but he kind of liked this sight. The Faron Woods had become so peaceful after he had slayed all these Bokoblins and Deku Babas. But he had to admit that the last days had been very exhausting. He may had trained much with the sword in Skyloft, but these training session were nothing compared to a real sword fight in which every mistake could mean death. His muscles ached, his arms were weak from carrying his sword and shield and his legs had also become weak and he was just glad to lay down here and relax his muscles. His sword and shield leaned next to him on another tree. He had also taken off his heavy chainmail and his boots, after Fi had made sure that there were no enemies left that could hide in the woods, just waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and kill him.

He was utterly at peace with himself as he crossed his arms behind his head, closing his eyes and listening to the sounds of the forest. Here he heard the chirping of a bird, there he heard soft rustling in the undergrowth and here and there he heard some insects or he heard how the wind brushed softly through the leaves. But there was another noise that drew his attention and when he opened his eyes, a soft smile appeared on his face as he saw the Kikwis, which he had found earlier in these woods and who were walking slowly into his direction. Most of them still seemed to be shy around him, but Machi was one of the only Kikwis that were pretty relaxed around him and this Kikwi was walking straight towards him and before Link knew what was happening, the little bird like creature was sitting on his belly and staring down at him.

Link still didn't move a muscle, just smiled up at the cute creature as he watched him and how he made himself even more comfortable on his belly.

"What? Don't tell me you want to play hide and seek with me again?" Link said, smirking this time as he saw the almost begging look in the Kikwis eyes. Apparently he had hit the bullseye with his question.

The Kikwi squeaked, before he clawed his tiny fingers into his green tunic and the begging look in his eyes become stronger, which made Link chuckle.

"Come on Machi. I need to relax a bit. We can play later."

"But I want to play now."

Link had to keep himself from rolling his eyes at that.

These Kikwis had the temper of a six year old for sure…but he somehow found this pretty cute. But even if he had wanted to play, he wasn't even able to get up on his feet and walk one step. His soles burned like fire and his muscles were still pretty weak. He needed a break…a long break.

"I play with you later, I promise, but I need to rest now Machi. I still have a long way in front of me and I don't know what will happen when I reach the Skyview Temple. I need all my strength for this journey."

"Pwease~?"

It was this one "Pwease~?", this special undertone in the Kikwis voice that made Link sigh and that made him give up.

That Kikwi wanted to play with him so bad?

Fine, he would play with it…but in his own way…and he didn't even need to get up for this game…

"Okay, fine. You win. I play with you. But we are not going to play hide and seek. We will do that later as I said."

The Kikwi looked at him skeptically and wanted to say something against this idea, but Link's voice cut him off before he was able to say one word.

"It's a special game. One I have played many times in Skyloft when I have been a child. It's a fun game, you can be sure of that. Lots of laughter involved too…"

Even Fi, who was still hiding in Link's sword, was getting curious when she heard her Master's words. She loved to analyze a lot of things and she also loved to learn new things whenever she got the chance to do so and that's why she hung on Link's lips as much as Machi did right now.

"What kind of game is it?" the Kikwi wanted to know and Link had to grin when he saw how his eyes began to sparkle and he could feel how Machi's small fingers tightened their grip around the fabric of his green tunic; so excited he already was.

"Are you sure you want to know that? Once I've started, there won't be a way back for you…"

The words may sound dark for Machi at first, but he could see it in Link's eyes that he had no bad intentions, because there was this playful sparkle in these blue eyes of his that made his stomach tingle with excitement and he just nodded his head to the question.

"Okay, fine. As you wish. I warned you…"

And before Machi got the chance to ask what Link meant with that, it was already too late.

Link's hands dashed forward and his fingers dug into the Kikwis soft sides and started to wiggle over his silk like fur and before Machi knew what was happening he was reduced to a squeaking, laughing mess already. He squirmed back and forth on top of Link and his small fingers clawed into the young man's sleeves, as he laughed louder and louder.

The other Kikwis, who had dared to step closer to get a better view at the two, looked at each other questioningly and it seemed as if none of them knew what was happening there or why Machi was laughing like a maniac the more Link moved his fingers over his body.

Link on the other hand couldn't keep his own laughter to himself anymore, since Machi's laughter sounded so contagious to him and before he knew it, he was laughing along with him. He sat up and bend his legs up at the same time to make sure the Kikwi couldn't escape or lean away from him, as he grabbed his sides once again and massaged his fingers into his skin, making Machi shriek with laughter.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" the Kikwi begged through his funny sounding laughter and he tried to push Link's hands away and failed miserably at that, since he was way too weak to do anything against this "attack". And when he opened his eyes and saw Link's wide grinning face right in front of him, his laughter increased even more.

Just in this moment, Fi decided to emerge, to be able to get a better look at the whole spectacle and she threw a questioningly look at Link, as he turned his head towards her and smirked.

"Master, what are you doing there?" she asked and even if she acted like a freaking robot since the day he knew her, he could hear the confusion in her voice all too clearly and that made him laugh once again.

"You can tell me almost everything about this new world, can tell me almost everything about our enemies, but you don't know what tickling is? For real?" he asked, laughing.

"No Master, I have never heard of this term before."

"Well, then see this as a lesson now…" he said, before his attention was back on Machi, who was still squirming around in his grip and who still laughed his little heart out.

"What's wrong little one? Can't take it anymore?" he teased, still with this huge grin on his lips, as he pressed his fingers a bit deeper into the soft fur of his victim.

The Kikwi shook his head and Link could already see small tears in his eyes and he decided to slow it down a little, but he didn't stop completely, since he enjoyed this silly moment way too much and he also enjoyed the funny sounds Machi made whenever he attacked his belly with tickling fingers.

"Awww but I don't want to stop. You are sooo cute when you're laughing like that," Link teased and this made the Kikwi laugh even harder, if this was still in the realm of possibility.

"H-Hehehehelp mehehehe!" he pressed through his loud laughter and these two words were addressed to the other Kikwis who stood near them and who looked at each other once again, as if they seem to think about what they should do now.

When the decision was made, they rushed towards Link and before the young knight realized what was happening, it was too late already. Suddenly there were tiny fingers on his right side, mimicking his own movements, that made his whole body wince and he tried to lean away from the soft tickling, trying to suppress the laughter these fingers produced at the same time, but when he leaned to the left side, there were more fingers that pressed into his tunic, tickling his other side as well. More and more fingers joined the party then, until he thought he was feeling them on every tickle spot he had. He felt them on his sides, his ribs, his belly, his knees, even on his feet and under his arms and it wasn't long until he stopped tickling Machi and pressed his arms against his own body. His laughter soon broke out of him like lava breaking out of an exploding volcano and he fell onto his back and when Machi shoved his tiny hands underneath his clothing and when his small fingers dug into his bare belly, it was all over for the young hero. He soon was rolling around in the soft grass and his laughter filled the whole forest as way too many fingers attacked him all at once, tickling him until he had tears streaming down his cheeks and until his green cap flew off of his head, when he shook it from side to side and soon his blond hair stood up in all directions, as if he got hit by a lightning strike. He heard how the Kikwis laughed along with him and oddly these sounds made him laugh even harder and he tried to curl up into a ball, wrapping his arms around his body as he did so, but the moment he protected his upper body, the tickle attack started again, this time focusing on his legs and feet and he had to gather all of his remaining willpower not to kick his legs out in fear he would hurt his new friends while doing so.

It wasn't long until he had rolled himself onto his belly and was still laughing loudly, since the tickle attack was still going on. Some of the Kikwis had jumped onto his back and dug their fingers into his sides and ribs and one of them even tried to worm his fingers under his tightly clamed arms, which made Link laugh like a maniac. He had always been way too ticklish for his own good, especially under his arms and he would try everything in his might not to let this little "monster" go for this tickle spot of his. It had already been bad enough when Groose and his friends had found out about his weakness a few years ago. But even Groose' tickle attack was nothing compared to this. Here he felt more than two hands on his body that tickled him and it didn't matter how much he begged them to stop, the tickling wasn't stopping at all and so he did the only thing that came to his mind now.

He opened one of his blue eyes and looked at Fi, who was still hovering next to him and watched the whole spectacle with curiosity sparkling in her eyes.

"F-Fi! Pleahahahase…AHH! NO!...B-BY THE GOHOHOHODDESS! HEHEHEHLP MEHEHEHE PLEAHAHAHASE!"

He thought his pleading words would make Fi helping him out of this situation, but she just looked at him, still with this questioningly and at the same time curious look in her eyes.

"Is this part of the lesson too, Master?"

And it was in this moment, in which Link knew that this was going to be a long day for him.

Needless to say that his loud laughter filled the Faron Woods for a long time that day…

The end