Past and Present

As we neared each other, I suddenly felt like I wanted to pull back.

Funny, huh?

I've loved this girl all my life, and now that she's probably willing to love me back, I want to pull back.

But I never stopped moving my head.

My head was telling me no, while my heart was telling me go.

Maybe...I'll go with my heart.

Before our lips touched, however, Zelda suddenly pulled away.

I sighed.

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I'm finished.

Done with all the obstacles, done with the adventures, just done.

Well...not quite.

There's one little obstacle holding me back, and that obstacle was called Ganondorf.

More like Ganondork.

What kind of man spends his time torturing people, ruling lands, just for the heck of it, when, in the end...he knows...that he's going to be beaten?

By a hero.

When I was a little Kokiri...

Saria told me all kinds of tales. Tales of beasts being slayed by knights, heroes. She told me of evil men trying to rule over a land...they were also slayed by people...who later became heroes.

And you know who the hero is that's slaying this evil man?

Me.

I'm the hero of this fairy tale.

The evil Ganondork is going to be beaten by me.

As I walked to the Temple of Time, I kept that in mind.

I stepped into the Temple of Time.

Who else did I see but...

"Hello, hero," Sheik greeted me. "Congratulations...you have conquered all the temples, collected every item necessary for this quest, and now, you are ready."

"Thank you," I replied anxiously, waiting for Sheik's next move. "By the way...you never...actually told me who you are...who is the person behind that mask?"

Sheik stared at me for a bit.

"I guess..." he finally said, very un-Sheik-like.

He turned, and with his back to me, raised his arms over his head...and with a flash of blinding light, he faced me...and I was gaping at what was before me.

PRINCESS ZELDA?!

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"Zelda..." I said nervously. I felt more calm and collected now, unlike earlier's sudden outburst of tears.

"Link...no need to say anymore. I know." She said quietly.

"So where do we go from here?" I asked, trying to pretend that the last half hour never happened.

"In all honesty, Link, I...don't know anymore," she replied, looking off into the distance. Then she looked back to me. "Do you still...want to stay?"

I looked at her and thought, now it seems like she wants me to stay...

"If...you still want me to go...I'll go..." my voice trailed off. She seemed to be lost in thought.

Probably thinking about what to do.

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I stared in shock.

Zelda started to giggle.

"Your face...it's so funny!" she laughs.

I smiled. I smiled a wide grin, took the few steps that was separating us from each other, and gave her a big hug. She hugged me back, and we stood like that for what seemed ages.

"So...you were Sheik, eh?" I asked...and suddenly began to blush.

I remember all the things I said to Sheik about Zelda...no wonder Sheik avoided the "Zelda" topic.

"Oh Link...its ok," she smirked, "Although I did not like it when you told Sheik that Zelda had a nice butt."

I laughed nervously, and that was probably the last time I would ever get to chat with her.

For a strange rumbling started to happen at that very moment...

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"Do you want to go back, Link?"

"It seems to me that you're the one that doesn't want me to go back..." I replied.

"Then don't," Zelda snapped at me, "don't go back. Stay here for all I care. Stay."

I smiled at her.

"It seems you want me to stay, Princess," I said smugly, "and that you DO care."

"What...are you talking about, Link? I want you to leave. I want you to leave and I DON'T CARE!"

I jumped back, shocked at what she said. She suddenly started crying, and I knew...

"Zelda, you don't want to tell me," I said, grinning, "You don't want to tell me that you love me!"

She looked up and wiped her tears away.

"Are you kidding Link? I've said everything I wanted to say! If I loved you, we would have kissed by..."

She was stopped short by my sudden action. I suddenly felt the urge to grab her...to hold her.

So I did.

And I kissed her.

And, not to my surprise, (AN: Or anybody else's surprise...lol) she kissed back.

It was a deep and slow kiss...

One I've been waiting for all my life.

When we finally pulled apart, I smiled at her.

"Zelda...you have been the one thing I've been waiting for all my life. I don't know if you feel the same way, but I love you.

Throughout this past year, you're the person who was always on my mind. Not even the destruction of Ganondorf could keep my mind away from you. And now, as you're sending me away, I just want to say this: No matter what, no matter when, past and present, I will always love you. And I won't let a little thing like amnesia get in the way of that."

And with that short speech, I took out my ocarina, the one most important thing in my quest, and held it out to the princess.

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**AN** PHEW! That was the longest chapter I have ever written, but all in all, still short.

Anywho, I will leave it up to the readers.

SHOULD LINK STAY OR SHOULD LINK GO???

I know most of you are saying: STAY! STAY!, but if you all want, I have a very interesting plot if you say he goes.

So, to put it in short, if Link goes there will most probably be a sequel. But if not, there might or might not.

It's your decision!! PLZ respond in review!

Thanks,

~K. Yoshi~