A/N: Yes, it's a new chapter. I am alive! I have survived a week without Internet access! Seriously, I was on holiday. I'm sorry for not updating.
Disclaimer: I have officially given up using Chibis for disclaimers. They never get it right! I'll have to do it myself. I don't own Zelda or anything connected to Zelda. I also don't own anything else that may show up in this fic. Thank you.
Link yawned and streched. He heard a rooster call outside the window. {Good. 6 o'clock am. Everyone would be asleep and I can sneak out,} he thought to himself. Zelda had decided to "rough it" and sleep in another room in the Inn. Her parents would never know, she had climbed out a window at 10 o'clock at night and bribed Impa to lie about where she was in the morning. He went along the corridor to her room and knocked softly. She opened the door, already dressed in her outfit. Link forced a smile. The disguise still freaked him out. They went down the stairs and left out the Inn front door.
"OK, Link," Zelda said. "What now?"
"Well, I'm going back to bed." Link said. "Saria and Mido'll know something's up if I'm awake any earlier than nine."
"So I have to stay out here waiting?"
"No. You have to start acting. Like using that voice and asking people about a ginger-haired fairy boy. Then you have to "find" Mido at breakfast. Saria and Mido will be in the same room then so Saria will be able to see what's going on. If Mido finds you first, invite him to have a meal at the Inn. If Saria isn't there draw it out until she comes."
"I get it. I really like this guy, I take it?"
"Yeah. Apparently you hero-worship him. Some facts: Mido is the Boss of The Kokiri, or at least was. You are at the moment. You left the Know-it-all brothers in charge. You came to look for Mido seeing as you love him so." Zelda coughed at this and pretended to puke. "You love the colour green. The Great Deku Tree is your guardian and he's perfectly fine at the moment. Your fairy flew away soon after you left the forest, just like Mido's."
"Sure. I have to suck up really bad to Mido, don't I?"
"Yes. You can do anything it takes, I know it's only acting."
"Sure. As long as you don't get jealous."
"What? Me? Jealous?" Link asked airily. "As if!" He went back inside the Inn and crept back up to his room. Zelda sat down, shivering. Her shorts and and sleeveless shirt felt very cold in the frost of the wintry morning.
After a few incredibly boring hours of watching people walk around the market, Zelda looked into the Inn window for what seemed the trillionth time. She saw a small male figure walk down the stairs. She looked closer. {Ginger hair... green tunic... blue eyes... it has to be Mido,} she thought to herself. She looked around the Inn to see if Saria was there. She was sitting at a table in the back of the restaurant, staring blankly at a wall. {Looks like a perfect chance,} Zelda thought to herself. She tried to gather up her skirt, and then remembered she was wearing shorts. Embarrased, she walked quickly to the Inn door and entered the Dining Room. She purposely slammed the door, so people would turn around and look.
Mido gasped. {It's Tomoko! Link said he saw her... but I thought he was playing some kind of stupid joke. Why is she here? How am I supposed to tell her that's she's now a Hylian? Will she understand?} His frantic thoughts were interrupted by "Tomoko" running up to him and yelling excitedly.
"Mido! I've been looking for you everywhere! And Saria's here too!" she squealed. Saria rolled her eyes and pretended she hadn't heard her name mentioned. Saria had never particularly liked Tomoko.
"Oh, Mido, you have no idea how upset I was when I found out you'd gone!" Zelda was over-acting horrendously. Link, sitting at a nearby table, signalled to her to tone it down a bit. She winked at him. Mido didn't notice.
"It's nice to see you too, Tomoko," he said guardedly. "But I think..."
"Mido! Everyone's missing you! You have to go back to the forest!" Zelda said. Link fell out of his chair. {THAT wasn't part of the plan!} he yelled inwardly. Mido stared at him.
"Uh... Link... what's wrong with you?" Mido asked. Zelda stared at Link pointedly, as if to tell him to make something up fast.
"Oh... I was... um... pushing my chair out and it... uh... it stuck... on... the carpet! Yeah, that's right. It stuck on the carpet!" Link lied patheticly. Mido gave him a funny look, but eventually turned back to "Tomoko" who quickly stopped pointing at the wooden floor. Link smacked his forehead with his hand.
"Is that Link?" Zelda/Tomoko asked. "I thought he was dead. And don't you hate him?"
"No, he's not actually Link," Mido said. "This guy is called Link, and looks like Link, but he isn't Link." Zelda arranged her face into a confused expression.
"Huh?" she asked stupidly.
"Don't worry. It's a long story. But he's not the Link you know," Mido said.
"Oh. Well, I'm please to meet you mister," "Tomoko" said.
"Pleased to meet you too," Link replied, picking himself up off the floor.
Saria was watching the scene. She was wondering when Tomoko would start to talk to her. {Surely if she wants Mido to go back she'll want me to go back too,} she thought.
"Tomoko" was still trying to explain the invented situation to Mido.
"You see, we need you back. You left the forest, but you left to look for someone. That means that we're allowing you back. But Saria left for no reason, therefore she isn't allowed back," she said.
"WHAT?" Saria screamed. "I'M NOT STAYING HERE ALONE!"
"You've got that Link guy," said Tomoko unconcernedly. Saria blinked rapidly.
{Why am I so upset?} she asked herself. {It's not like Mido's my boyfriend anymore. Why should I care if he goes? Oh, what am I thinking? I know very well why I should care. I still love Mido. I've lived for two thousand years without him, and yet I don't think I could ever live for sixty alone now. But I can't tell him... He's probably still angry at me.} "Tomoko, go. Take Mido. See if I care," Saria said angrily. Mido sighed.
{She doesn't care,} he thought to himself. {She doesn't love me anymore. Maybe she never did. Maybe it was all a lie. Maybe I should go back... No! I still care about her, even if she doesn't care about me. I can't go. But what about Tomoko? She's no longer a Kokiri. And that's my fault! She followed me, after all.} Mido's troubled thoughts were interrupted by Tomoko.
"Mido! Please come! You've got to!" Tomoko said.
"Look, Tomoko, I need to talk to you. Come up to my room," said Mido sadly.
"Sure," giggled Tomoko. She followed Mido upstairs.
{He's going to accept!} Saria thought to herself. {I just know it! He's going to go, and leave me here. I'll be all alone, Link is with that Zelda girl twenty-four hours a day.} She started to cry. Link walked over to her table.
"Saria, what's wrong?" he asked concerndly.
"Nothing," sobbed Saria.
"Then why are you crying?"
"Just go away Link! I don't need your pity!"
"Saria, I want to help. Now what's wrong?"
"Link... will you promise not to repeat this to anyone?" asked Saria.
"Of course."
"Idon'twanttostayherewithoutMido," blurted Saria.
"Excuse me?" Link asked.
"I don't want Mido to go," she said. "Link... I still care about him. But I'm sure he's angry with me."
"Saria... It's perfectly OK. Just go up there and tell Mido," Link said. "I mean, what's the worst thing that can happen? He'll leave? Looks like he is anyway if you don't say anything."
"I suppose you're right. Fine. I'll go." She got up from her chair. She slowly walked up the stairs and knocked on Mido's door.
A/N: MWA HA HA HA! *Cough* Cliffhanger! Aren't I evil?
Disclaimer: I have officially given up using Chibis for disclaimers. They never get it right! I'll have to do it myself. I don't own Zelda or anything connected to Zelda. I also don't own anything else that may show up in this fic. Thank you.
Link yawned and streched. He heard a rooster call outside the window. {Good. 6 o'clock am. Everyone would be asleep and I can sneak out,} he thought to himself. Zelda had decided to "rough it" and sleep in another room in the Inn. Her parents would never know, she had climbed out a window at 10 o'clock at night and bribed Impa to lie about where she was in the morning. He went along the corridor to her room and knocked softly. She opened the door, already dressed in her outfit. Link forced a smile. The disguise still freaked him out. They went down the stairs and left out the Inn front door.
"OK, Link," Zelda said. "What now?"
"Well, I'm going back to bed." Link said. "Saria and Mido'll know something's up if I'm awake any earlier than nine."
"So I have to stay out here waiting?"
"No. You have to start acting. Like using that voice and asking people about a ginger-haired fairy boy. Then you have to "find" Mido at breakfast. Saria and Mido will be in the same room then so Saria will be able to see what's going on. If Mido finds you first, invite him to have a meal at the Inn. If Saria isn't there draw it out until she comes."
"I get it. I really like this guy, I take it?"
"Yeah. Apparently you hero-worship him. Some facts: Mido is the Boss of The Kokiri, or at least was. You are at the moment. You left the Know-it-all brothers in charge. You came to look for Mido seeing as you love him so." Zelda coughed at this and pretended to puke. "You love the colour green. The Great Deku Tree is your guardian and he's perfectly fine at the moment. Your fairy flew away soon after you left the forest, just like Mido's."
"Sure. I have to suck up really bad to Mido, don't I?"
"Yes. You can do anything it takes, I know it's only acting."
"Sure. As long as you don't get jealous."
"What? Me? Jealous?" Link asked airily. "As if!" He went back inside the Inn and crept back up to his room. Zelda sat down, shivering. Her shorts and and sleeveless shirt felt very cold in the frost of the wintry morning.
After a few incredibly boring hours of watching people walk around the market, Zelda looked into the Inn window for what seemed the trillionth time. She saw a small male figure walk down the stairs. She looked closer. {Ginger hair... green tunic... blue eyes... it has to be Mido,} she thought to herself. She looked around the Inn to see if Saria was there. She was sitting at a table in the back of the restaurant, staring blankly at a wall. {Looks like a perfect chance,} Zelda thought to herself. She tried to gather up her skirt, and then remembered she was wearing shorts. Embarrased, she walked quickly to the Inn door and entered the Dining Room. She purposely slammed the door, so people would turn around and look.
Mido gasped. {It's Tomoko! Link said he saw her... but I thought he was playing some kind of stupid joke. Why is she here? How am I supposed to tell her that's she's now a Hylian? Will she understand?} His frantic thoughts were interrupted by "Tomoko" running up to him and yelling excitedly.
"Mido! I've been looking for you everywhere! And Saria's here too!" she squealed. Saria rolled her eyes and pretended she hadn't heard her name mentioned. Saria had never particularly liked Tomoko.
"Oh, Mido, you have no idea how upset I was when I found out you'd gone!" Zelda was over-acting horrendously. Link, sitting at a nearby table, signalled to her to tone it down a bit. She winked at him. Mido didn't notice.
"It's nice to see you too, Tomoko," he said guardedly. "But I think..."
"Mido! Everyone's missing you! You have to go back to the forest!" Zelda said. Link fell out of his chair. {THAT wasn't part of the plan!} he yelled inwardly. Mido stared at him.
"Uh... Link... what's wrong with you?" Mido asked. Zelda stared at Link pointedly, as if to tell him to make something up fast.
"Oh... I was... um... pushing my chair out and it... uh... it stuck... on... the carpet! Yeah, that's right. It stuck on the carpet!" Link lied patheticly. Mido gave him a funny look, but eventually turned back to "Tomoko" who quickly stopped pointing at the wooden floor. Link smacked his forehead with his hand.
"Is that Link?" Zelda/Tomoko asked. "I thought he was dead. And don't you hate him?"
"No, he's not actually Link," Mido said. "This guy is called Link, and looks like Link, but he isn't Link." Zelda arranged her face into a confused expression.
"Huh?" she asked stupidly.
"Don't worry. It's a long story. But he's not the Link you know," Mido said.
"Oh. Well, I'm please to meet you mister," "Tomoko" said.
"Pleased to meet you too," Link replied, picking himself up off the floor.
Saria was watching the scene. She was wondering when Tomoko would start to talk to her. {Surely if she wants Mido to go back she'll want me to go back too,} she thought.
"Tomoko" was still trying to explain the invented situation to Mido.
"You see, we need you back. You left the forest, but you left to look for someone. That means that we're allowing you back. But Saria left for no reason, therefore she isn't allowed back," she said.
"WHAT?" Saria screamed. "I'M NOT STAYING HERE ALONE!"
"You've got that Link guy," said Tomoko unconcernedly. Saria blinked rapidly.
{Why am I so upset?} she asked herself. {It's not like Mido's my boyfriend anymore. Why should I care if he goes? Oh, what am I thinking? I know very well why I should care. I still love Mido. I've lived for two thousand years without him, and yet I don't think I could ever live for sixty alone now. But I can't tell him... He's probably still angry at me.} "Tomoko, go. Take Mido. See if I care," Saria said angrily. Mido sighed.
{She doesn't care,} he thought to himself. {She doesn't love me anymore. Maybe she never did. Maybe it was all a lie. Maybe I should go back... No! I still care about her, even if she doesn't care about me. I can't go. But what about Tomoko? She's no longer a Kokiri. And that's my fault! She followed me, after all.} Mido's troubled thoughts were interrupted by Tomoko.
"Mido! Please come! You've got to!" Tomoko said.
"Look, Tomoko, I need to talk to you. Come up to my room," said Mido sadly.
"Sure," giggled Tomoko. She followed Mido upstairs.
{He's going to accept!} Saria thought to herself. {I just know it! He's going to go, and leave me here. I'll be all alone, Link is with that Zelda girl twenty-four hours a day.} She started to cry. Link walked over to her table.
"Saria, what's wrong?" he asked concerndly.
"Nothing," sobbed Saria.
"Then why are you crying?"
"Just go away Link! I don't need your pity!"
"Saria, I want to help. Now what's wrong?"
"Link... will you promise not to repeat this to anyone?" asked Saria.
"Of course."
"Idon'twanttostayherewithoutMido," blurted Saria.
"Excuse me?" Link asked.
"I don't want Mido to go," she said. "Link... I still care about him. But I'm sure he's angry with me."
"Saria... It's perfectly OK. Just go up there and tell Mido," Link said. "I mean, what's the worst thing that can happen? He'll leave? Looks like he is anyway if you don't say anything."
"I suppose you're right. Fine. I'll go." She got up from her chair. She slowly walked up the stairs and knocked on Mido's door.
A/N: MWA HA HA HA! *Cough* Cliffhanger! Aren't I evil?
