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Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Bros. Melee. The characters and such are property of Nintendo. (*Although, I do wish I owned Link! He's my fav!*) All of these writings are pure fiction and came from my imagination! (*Um.. what little imagination I have, that is!*) I am also sorry if any part of my story resembles anything else that has already been done or any other idea.
On another note, I do not own Kairi, Sora, or Kingdom Hearts since I used them in the story. ^_^
See Chapter One for additional author's notes and information.
Fiction By Sherri
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SSBM: What The Future May Hold
Chapter Eleven -- Secret Affection
"Are... are you absolutely sure?" Marth asked in a high-pitched voice. "I was in there not too long ago! And so was... Kairi."
"I'm positive. I checked. I walked inside the room, and the bathroom door was open. He's not there," Link replied. "And what about Kairi?"
"Kairi was the last one in there. I saw her, tearing down the hallway just a few moments ago. But how could have Roy left without anyone noticing? Maybe he's just down at the lobby or something. Maybe we're freaking out over nothing."
"We very well could be," Samus added. "Don't immediately think he's disappeared because he's not in his room."
"Listen, you guys," Link said seriously. "Roy wasn't in good enough condition to walk, right? Didn't the nurses have to come in and help him with everything? So how could he have left like that, and so quickly?"
"Um... sudden recovery? I don't know, but I think we should look, nonetheless. It's Roy, he's in bad shape, and he might be hurt somewhere," Marth stated firmly. "Come on, Link. Let's you and me go searching the halls."
"I still think one of the doctors or something has him. Maybe he's in testing, or something," Samus said.
"But the point is this," Marth argued, "that Roy is hurt, and still, the possibility that he's could need some help is still there. It never hurts to look, regardless of if he's hurt or not. What would be terrible is if we didn't look and he really did need help... "
Marth turned to Link. "Come on. Let's go try to find him."
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"Zelda, you should be able to go home tomorrow, since we were mainly worried about your miscarriage. You seem to be fine now. Just a few brusies are really all you have. So at least you'll be able to go home and get some rest. I'm sure your husband will take good care of you."
Zelda smiled at the nurse. "Thank you. And my husband will take wonderful care of me."
The nurse nodded and left Zelda's room. Zelda sighed, thankful that she might finally be able to go home. True, she hadn't been in this place very long, but for her first time staying in a hospital, every secend was torture.
She began to close her eyes, hoping to get at least a good hour of sleep. Her entire time there, she hadn't even gotten five.
The princess felt herself slowly drift off to sleep... but was soon disturbed by her door squeaking open. She figured it was Link, so she just smiled, without opening her eyes. "Back already?" she asked softly.
"Zelda?" A voice other than Link's called.
Shocked, Zelda opened her eyes and faced the voice.
"Roy?" she asked softly. "What are you doing here?"
"I had to see you, Princess," he answered honestly. "I have to talk to you... to tell you how sorry I am... "
Zelda smiled. "Link was just on his way to talk to you. He left here just a moment ago to talk to you... to tell you that we forgive you."
"I left my room just a moment ago, so I must have just missed him." Roy tried to choke back his tears, but he failed. "I'm so sorry I caused you all this pain," he cried, looking into Zelda's eyes. "I'm so sorry."
Zelda grabbed Roy's hand. "As I've already said, no need to say you're sorry. It's alright."
Roy forced a weak smile. "I'll never forgive myself, regardless of if you forgive me or not. I can't help but think that you and Link would be making arrangements for a baby... if it wasn't for me."
"I didn't even know I was pregnant, Roy," Zelda said. "I was beginning to get suspicious, though."
"I hate that you had to find out this way. If I were you, I'd hate me for the rest of my life."
Zelda giggled, then asked playfully, "How am I going to get this through your thick head?"
"You're probably not going to be able to. I feel so guilty."
"Don't worry about it, please!" Zelda urged. "It happened, and there's no changing it now. I'll be fine. Come on, let's not talk about this. How are you?"
"Me?" Roy asked. "I feel awful. Everything hurts. I managed to build up enough strength to walk here. I just had to talk to you. But overall, I'm fine, besides the guilt in my chest."
"That will go away with time. I'm over it already, and I hope you will be soon, too."
"Thanks, Zelda. I feel so much better, just knowing that you forgive me."
Zelda and Roy exchanged warm smiles. Zelda's grip on Roy's hand tightenend. Roy pulled Zelda in for a hug.
"Once again, thank you. I already feel better."
"You're a great friend, Roy. How could I not forgive you?"
Roy let go of Zelda and looked into her soft blue eyes for just a moment...
... before leaning foreward to kiss her softly on her lips.
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"Any luck?" Peach asked Marth.
"None," he responded. "I even asked the nurses. They said that no tests were scheduled, but he was probably just walking."
"They didn't sound concerned?" Samus asked angrily. "Gooness, they're a hospital! The facuilty is supposed to keep up with their patients for crying out loud!"
"Link is still trying to find Roy," Marth replied. "I just came back. It seemed almost useless to have two people looking for him in a hospital."
"Speaking of the devil, there's Link now," Mario said. "Any luck?"
"Nope. None. If it's alright with everyone, I think I'll go back to be with Zelda now. Not that I don't care about Roy -- "
"Don't give us reasons why you'd rather be with your wife than search for Roy. It's justified, Link. Maybe Roy needed to be alone, and doesn't want to be found. At least, not yet."
Link smiled and shook his head. "I'll be back before long. Zelda hasn't slept very well. Maybe I could help her get to sleep, then come back and help to find out where Roy went." Link walked back down the hallway to find Zelda's room.
Marth was about to sit down when he felt a slight tapping on his shoulder. "Yeah?" he asked, then turned around.
"Hi, Marth."
"Kairi. What was wrong with you earlier?" Marth asked, concerned.
Kairi blinked rapidly. "Um, it was Roy. He and I began to talk, and got into a small argument. About what, I can't even remember now. All I remember was him yelling at me, and telling me to get out of his room."
"You made him that upset?" Marth asked. "Kairi, we can't find Roy now. He's not in his room. We've been looking. Do you think he ran off because of... "
"I don't know! I sure hope not!" Kairi said. "I can't say what's going through that boy's mind! He's so hard to figure out! One minute, you think you know him, then the next, he's a whole different person!"
Marth was silent for a moment. "I know that feeling. I've known Roy for a long time. He can be extremely sweet and sensitive sometimes, but at others, he can be coldhearted and cruel."
"I was hoping that I could go talk to him again, and try to apologize for the way I spoke to him."
"As soon as we find him, I'll make him understand and get him to listen to anything you have to say," Marth assured her. He placed his hand on her shoulder and smiled.
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"What... what was that for?" Zelda asked, highly confused. "I don't get it."
"Once again, something I need to apologize for. Princess, I don't know what came over me."
"We're both going through hard times right now, and... I don't know how to explain how I feel... "
Roy pressed his lips tightly together. "Zelda, answer me something. Have you been having problems with Link?"
"What do you mean?"
"Zel, don't play dumb. Everyone has noticed it."
Zelda laid back on her pillow. She closed her eyes, her hand still holding Roy's.
It was thought to be a little known fact... but she and Link hadn't been as close as they used to be. It troubled Zelda, but at least while she was in this hospital... she was close to her husband. Link was with her. As it has been said; all things happen for a specific reason. Maybe Fate chose her to be in the accident to make this couple see how they've become, and how close they used to be, and to make themselves find their way to one another once again.
Even though her heart didn't want to admit it -- Zelda thought she and Link had been married too soon. They had known each other since they were very little, but hardly spoke to one another because of their duties. But only a little over three years ago, Link and Zelda had married. And had only confessed their feelings for each other just three months before the wedding.
Maybe it was her father. King Harkinian dreamed of his daughter being married to a handsome young man at age sixteen. But she married at seventeen. Could her reasons for marriage have been because she wanted to honor her father's wishes for her? No, she had already agreed that the main reason was because she loved Link, and she wasn't going to wait...
... but what if they'd had just a few more years to date, a few more years to get closer and closer, not just let everything happen so quickly.
Zelda pushed the thoughts out of her mind. The last thing she wanted at that point was to think that her marriage to Link was... ... doomed.
"Zelda?" Roy asked. "You got so quiet. It's true, isn't it?"
"Roy, Link and I have a strong bond. We're not as close as we used to be, though."
"I don't mean to seem like I'm getting into your personal life, but... when's the last time you made love to him?"
Zelda paused to think her answer over. "Roy, the last time Link and I made love was apparently, when we conceived the baby. Which was a little over a month ago. And to be honest, I didn't feel much passion then, it was more like we were going through the motions. I was tired, but I never say no to him."
"Zelda, I asked when's the last time you made love to him, not had sex with him."
"It's been a while," Zelda said. "I remember us truly making love after Marth's birthday party."
"Zelda, that was over four months ago."
Zelda's eyes began to tear. "Roy, I don't want this to happen to me and Link. We've been through so much to let it end this way... "
"Then why, Princess, did you let me kiss you?"
"I'm not sure... "
"Why didn't you hit me, or tell me to go away, or why haven't you demanded I get out of your presence? Why am I still here?" Roy looked at Zelda with soft eyes.
When she didn't answer, he answered for her. "It's because you needed passionate love, and that's something your husband isn't providing for you right now."
Zelda wiped her eye with her right hand. "I'd rather not talk about this."
"Then do me a favor, please. Talk to Link. Tell him how you feel. Zel, nothing will ever get better if you can't talk to your own husband about your feelings. All couples go through hard times, don't just give up because things are a little rough."
"Thanks, Roy. I appreciate it."
The two exchanged smiles just as the door opened once more, this time, with Link stepping through.
"Roy! You're... here! We've been looking for you!"
"I'm sorry, but I had to come talk to your wife. I couldn't bear the guilt anymore. I had to apologize for myself."
"Glad to see you're up walking, though," Link said, patting him on the back. "You look much better."
"Thanks. Well, I'll leave you two to be together now. Thanks for being so forgiving to me, Link, Zelda. Princess, if you need to talk, my room's right down the hall!"
Zelda laughed and waved bye to Roy as he left.
Link smiled at Zelda -- he smiled the kind of sincere smile that Zelda hadn's seen from Link in quite a while. He brushed her hair back behind her ear and planted a soft kiss on her lips. His touch seemed softer than he had been allowing it to be for the past several months...
Oh my godesses, she thought. What have I done?
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"Hi guys!" Roy said, waving as he passed by the other Smashers.
Marth gasped. "Roy! What are you doing!"
"I went to see Zelda," Roy answered quickly. "I had to make everything right... or as right as I could possibly make it."
Kairi blushed as she looked in Roy's direction.
Roy turned away from her. He had just tried to get rid of guilt that he was feeling for one thing. But now, he had just caused himself even more.
He had kissed the Princess of Hyrule... and she didn't turn away. She didn't reject him. Instead, she accepted his affection.
Were there true feelings there? Gosh, I hope not, Roy prayed silently. He had already killed Link's baby. He had alrady taken that away from his best friend. The last thing Roy wanted to do was to take away the only thing Link was living for.
And after he had made such a fuss over Young Link and Kairi. Here he was, not able to look at the girl he claimed to have those strong feelings for. Those feelings for her were what got him into this. Now, did he really want to throw it away by pursing a married woman?
So he forced himself. Forced himself to turn back to her. "Kairi," he whispered softly. "Please, come back to my room so we can talk, alright?"
She only nodded shyly. Kairi hoped that whatever he had to say, yelling wasn't going to be invlolved.
The two made it back to his room, and Roy took his place in his bed. Kairi sat in a chair this time, instead of on the end of his bed.
"Roy, whatever I said to upset you... "
"I had no right to yell at you," Roy inturrupted. "Everyone feels bad about this, not just me and Zelda. This affects everyone. Everyone is going through a hard time, and I'm making it worse."
Kairi smiled. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It's alright."
Kairi and Roy talked for a while, Roy trying his best to push Zelda out of his mind and Kairi trying to figure out how things could have gone so wrong in such a short period of time. A few nurses came in, checking Roy's vitals.
Kairi was just about to get up to leave when a knock was heard Roy's door.
"Come on in!" Roy yelled. Please, not Zelda, he silently begged.
The door opened, and Roy's jaw dropped. Kairi gasped, and sat back down in her seat.
"Sora?!"
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Author's Notes -- There's that chapter! Thanks for reading!
For those wondering... I had a few reviews ask if I was going to include Sora from the game Kingdom Hearts. The original plan was to, eventually, but I had an idea (that might not turn out to well, but it's worth a shot)! I know not everyone that plays Smash Bros. Melee likes Kingdom Hearts... but I think it's a cool game, and I kinda like Sora. ^_^
This story is getting WAY to soap-operaish! ^_^ (Not like it already wasn't... but now more so than ever!) I wrote something that I never thought I'd write... a Zelda/Roy kiss! I'm such an AVID Link/Zelda fan. (I can fight for hours over something like that! =) Maybe I'm just becoming more open minded! Also, the hospital part of this will be over probably next chapter or two.
This chapter was really long in delay. I performed in the first Christmas concert of the year today, and we've been practicing hard for it. (We have two more concerts later this week!) There are a few selections where only the 9-12 graders play... and I'm the only 9-12 flute player that's in the band right now. (Some of the colorguard and majorettes are going to play for concert season... so that will add three more high school flutes.) Anyways, I guess that's this chapter's excuse for not getting it written very quickly. It seems like in every set of author's notes now, I have to make excuses! *TISK TISK* ^_^ I haven't even updated my website since I first uploaded it.
Well, that's all for me now! Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think!
-- Sherri
