Malon: Stupid hardware failure...
Niagra: She should've posted this earlier but the site HAD to have an error.
Link: Don't worry!! The problem is fiiiixed!!
Niagra/Me: Yay!!
Now, without further a do, CHAPTER 18!!!
(revision note: yeah... same deal as with the last chapter. xD originally 18, but now 17.)
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Chapter 17: Link has an emotional breakdown! Again!
Link and company, after a minute of healing all their wounds and scratches from the battle beforehand, went through the unlocked doors and saw six chests. Nicole gasped as she took a block longshot out from it. "LONGSHOT! WEEEE! HEEHEEHEE!"
Everyone stared. "o.O"
"What's wrong with you?" Gilbert murmured.
"Hmmm, NUUUUUUTHIN'!"
Link sighed. "If you say so..."
Everyone got their longshots too, in their own colors. They come upon a block with the same symbol as the Door of Time inscribed on it. Navi looked at the blond. "Oh Liiiiiiink..." Link was staring at the block. Everyone else waited patiently. Link noticed the quiet and looked at them. "Huh? Wha? What do we do now?"
Nicole twitched.
Link cackled. "Hwe hwe, kidding!" He played the Song of Time and the block disappeared. The Asian girl gasped as she saw a hole in the ground. "HOLE IN THE GROOOOUUUUUUND!" she squee-ed in all her obviousness, jumping in.
"What the heck is wrong with her?!" Hayarpi asked.
Brian sighed. "Her insanity came back."
"YUP YUP YUP YUP YUP YUP!" giggled Nicole from the hole. "IT DIIIIIIIIIID! Aren't YOU happy?"
"I am!" Link cackled in all his happiness, jumping down the hole to join her.
Ines blinked. "So... Link likes Nicole when she's insane... OH! I FIGURED SOMETHING OUUUT!
Hayarpi, Gilbert, and Brian stared. "WHAT? WHAT?!"
"Hmmm... I'll tell you later."
"Awww..."
"JEEZUS PEOPLE!" came Nicole's impatient voice. "HURRY THE FREAK UP!"
"Okay!"
The rest of the people jumped down the hole and saw a river with a couple of vortexs. Link sighed heavily. "OH GREAT! A river with a couple of VORTEXS!"
... -.-
"Someone lead," Hayarpi said.
Nicole waved her hands. "ME!"
"NO!" everyone yelled back.
"CRAP!"
"Can I?" asked Link.
Brian eyed him. "Remember what happened in this temple and the Fire Temple?"
- FLASHBACK! -
(ch.12)
In the Fire Temple...
Link put his hammer away in his pocket. "Cool. Now, where do we go?"
"This time, we'll let YOU figure it out." Hayarpi nodded.
Navi blinked. "But, why?"
"Because we've been telling you what to do for too long, and you might get used to it," explained Brian.
Link and Navi exchanged glances and then sighed. The blond looked around. "Ok, first I think that we should go here..."
And so, Link led the group of five all over the temple for around two hours. They pounded a column that they found, which made a bridge to the boss's room. But that's all they did, really.
"Ok," Link mumbled as he looked at the temple map. He was holding it upside down. "Um. I think you go here--"
Nicole sighed. "Link, you've been saying "I think" for about an hour--"
"Two hours." Brian corrected.
"Whatever. And nothing is happening."
"We pounded that column," Link tried to defend.
"So? Why don't I just tell you where to go?"
"No, I want to find out!"
Everyone except Link made annoyed sighs.
Link rolled his eyes, handing the map to her. "Ok, ok, fine. Lead the way, Nicole."
"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she threw the map behind her and raced off to the entrance.
"Okay, I guess I should follow the leader, huh guys?" Link looked around. "Guys?" But no one responded cuz no one was there cuz everyone else had already left to follow Nicole!
"... WAIT FOR ME!"
- END OF FLASHBACK! -
Link blinked. "... Oh yeah!"
"Why don't I?" Ines asked.
Navi nodded. "Yeah, Ines lead!"
Brian yawned. "I'm sleepy."
"That was random."
"But I AM sleepy!"
"Well, let's hurry up and get to the boss room! We've spent too much time in this temple!" Hayarpi pointed out.
Ines nodded, already putting her iron boots on. "All right then, follow me!"
Everyone else donned their own iron boots as well, jumping into the water (since they all still had their zora tunic/belts on.) She carefully avoided the vortexs while moving forward. They continued through the temple and went all the way to the bottom of the temple, entering a random room underwater and floating to the surface.
Gilbert blinked as he eyed the row of spikes in front of them. "This looks hazardous."
"Hey," Navi called out. "There's a hookshot target above the door on the other side!"
Ines eyed it. "Oh! Nice eye, Navi!"
The current leader hookshot at the target and got to the other side. Everyone else followed and went through the door. Ines stomped underwater until she saw the boulders. 'Oh! This is my chance now!' she giggled, eyeing Gilbert from the corner of her eye. Moving forward, the Hispanic girl swiftly dodged the boulders. Everyone else did the same except Link, who was cursed by boulders and was hit by them several times. (L: -.-) Finally, they reached a room a third full of water and Stingers.
"KILL!" Nicole yelled.
"Kill what?" Brian blinked.
"Those evil slimy swimming thingies in the bluishish waters!"
"Ooh."
Nicole and Gilbert teamed up, killing the stingers while Ines, Brian, Hayarpi, and Link pulled the block on the left (LFG: Or was it right?) (L: Left.) (LFG: Okay I was right.) (L: LEFT!) (LFG: OKAY! OKAY!) side of the room onto the underwater switch. Hayarpi swam to the right side and bombed the wall. Ines, Brian and Link went to her side, pushing/pulling the other block on top of the other block that's on the switch. The chained door opened, granting them access to the next room.
(LFG: Hey! The information on the top isn't really exact, so if you're using this fic as a walkthrough (O.o), the directions aren't entirely correct. Sorry.)
"Wow people! Good teamwork!" Navi said, grinning. "I've never seen you work in that manner before!"
Hayarpi gave a heavy sigh, leaning on the wall. "What do you expect after we've been in this FRIGGIN' temple for hours?"
"It was when we had to fight our dark sides that took about 45 minutes," Ines pointed out.
Gilbert blinked. "Really? It seemed like 30 minutes..."
"Whatever," Brian said, waving his hand. "C'mon let's just get going. This is getting real old."
"Even my insanity is being drained from the longness!" Nicole sobbed.
Link sighed, resting his head on her shoulder. He heaved a long sigh, putting a hand to his forehead. "I wanna get outta here..."
"Everyone does," Navi reassured.
The blond stood straight then, going to lean on the wall Hayarpi was on. "It's not just the temple, though. I wanna get away from everything... I didn't even want to become Hero of Time." Everyone stared. A round of shocked 'what?'s came around. Link looked away. "I mean, I wish I could just live a normal and peaceful life with my friends in Kokiri Forest..."
Gilbert frowned. "But Link! This is our destiny!"
"Destiny?" he repeated quietly. A roll of his eyes. "Tch, destiny this, destiny that! It's like we can't live for ourselves! Haven't you guys ever thought that way?"
"Of course," Hayarpi murmured. "But it's Ganondorf we're talking about here. Don't you want to restore Hyrule back to peacetime?"
"//Of course// I do! But it's been seven years, and the people haven't even rebelled," Link retorted, a tad bit of bitterness dripping from his tone.
Nicole's eyes narrowed, walking forward. "Watch what you're saying, Link. You don't know who tried rebelling and who didn't. We weren't here to watch any of that." Link looked off as Nicole stopped in front of him. "You talk as if anyone could overthrow Ganondorf any time they want! Don't you think they could have done that by now? You can't keep going like this... we were the ones chosen for this task, and we were given the power, so--"
She was cut off as Link brushed past her. "Hey!" she growled. "Come back here, I was talking to you!" She grabbed his shoulder but Link shrugged it off harshly.
"Why did WE have to be the ones to do this? Of all the people in Hyrule... even those not even from this //dimension// had to come here!" Link said, gesturing at the earthlings. His fist clenched. Everyone was silent. "Seven years of our lives were wasted! I don't want this to be my destiny! I wish I was a kid again! I wish my life was as it was before all of this happened!"
He quieted when he noticed a faint light appearing behind the humans. Everybody turned, and three orbs of light floated down, all turning into each of the three Goddesses, with their formal attire.
"So, Hero of Time," Din started, arms crossed. "Is that truly your wish?"
Everyone bowed in their presence. Nayru sighed. "Now now, get up." They slowly did so.
"Seriously Link, is that what you want?" Farore asked quietly. "I don't want my chosen one to be unhappy."
"Well..."
His companions all stared, quietly wishing that it wasn't...
But they were betrayed when they saw Link nod slowly. "Yes, that's what I want."
Nicole's eyes widened. "Link! No! Don't wish for that!"
Link turned to her. "Why not? Don't you think if we hadn't pulled the Master Sword out of it's pedestal everyone would have been all right?"
Nicole turned silent, but her eyes held a great sadness in them. Link stared... why did she have a strange look in her expression... as if... The Goddesses looked at the ground. "Nicole knows what's going to happen," Din stated.
Another faint light was seen, and then a silver orb floated down. In a flash of light, The Goddess of Fairies, Keikya, appeared in her formal attire as well. "I've... been listening to the conversation..."
Farore sighed. "Ganondorf and Zelda were listening too... and they know what will happen."
"Can you explain how?" Ines tried.
Din nodded. "It's very simple. The Triforce pieces all watch over each other. Nayru chose Zelda, so she informs her of what happened to the rest of the Triforce pieces. Farore chose Link, but he can't know because he's the one who wished for something. Ganondorf got the Triforce, so I had no choice to inform him. Understand?"
They nodded. "Yes."
"Okay then, but how does Nicole know?" Gilbert murmured.
"Well," Keikya started. "I'm a Goddess too so..."
"... You chose Nicole." Link finished. She nodded.
Nicole blinked. "... Wow."
Link glanced at the back of his left hand, seeing a Triforce mark glowing gold. Brian noticed it, and then took Nicole's hands, inspecting, but there was nothing on it. "Then isn't she supposed to have a Triforce piece?"
"No, the Triforce only has three pieces," Keikya explained. "She has a Goddess piece."
Ines blinked. "What's that?"
"When a Goddess that is not part of the Triforce chooses a person for any reason, they get a Goddess piece," Nayru said.
Farore continued. "That is a holy piece that allows them to know what the Triforce pieces are up to."
Navi blinked. "Is the Goddess piece on her hand?"
"No, on her forehead. It glows with the respective color of her Goddess."
The fairy flew over to Nicole, landing on her shoulder. She eyed Nicole's forehead. A strange symbol appeared, softly glowing silver. "Hey! Cool!"
Nicole gasped. "Lemme see!" she whipped out a mirror out of nowhere and put it in front of her face. "Oooh, cooolie!" Link went over to her, staring. The rest ran and stared at her too. She sweatdropped.
After a while... "Okay, okay stop it! You guys are getting creepy!"
"Sorry." They all backed away.
Nicole looked at the blond. "Anyway. Don't be stupid, Link! Don't make that wish!"
Gilbert blinked, turning to the Goddesses. "Why doesn't she want Link's wish to come true?"
"Whatever Link wished for, it involved her..." Farore said quietly. "And all of you."
Navi and the earthlings froze. Link's eyes widened as he heard that.
"Link," Nayru called. Link looked up at her. "Do you still want it?"
He bit his lip. It involved them...? All of them?
What was it, he wondered... yet, by the tone of Farore's soft voice, it sounded dangerous.
... No.
He wouldn't risk it.
They were all he truly had.
Link looked at Nayru. "If it means that something will happen to my friends, then no, I don't wish for it."
Keikya made a relieved sigh. "You have made a wise choice, Hero."
A wise choice... now his interest was really piqued now. "But..." he started. "Can you still show me what would have happened if I said yes?"
The four Goddesses looked at each other before finally looking at Din. She sighed. "All right." She and the rest of the Goddesses raised their hands and another flash occured, causing everyone to cover their eyes.
-
When they uncovered it, they found themselves in Link's treehouse. On the bed, a child Link was sleeping soundly.
"Remember, no one can see or hear you," Nayru stated.
Farore nodded. "Even if you go right up to their faces, you still won't be able to interact."
The young Link began to stir, sitting up slowly and rubbing his eyes. He looked around, taking in his surroundings. "Hey, why am I in my house..." his eyes widened upon hearing his voice. He looked at his arms, legs, hands, then gasped. "I'm a kid! Navi, look! The Goddesses made my wish come true--" he cut himself off when he noticed nobody responding. "N... Navi? Navi! Where..."
No response.
Young Link stood up, looking around. "Navi? Where are you?"
Link watched quietly, feeling his chest tighten. He realized; since he wished for everything to be the way it was before everything happened, that meant he didn't have a fairy. He never met Navi, he never left the Forest, or helped the Deku Tree, or met Zelda... and... he never met...
Young Link was now realizing this as well, eyes downcast. "Wait... my wish made everything normal again so... I don't have a fairy..."
Navi's eyes softened. She flew over to him, shaking her head. "No Link, I'm right here, don't cry--" she tried putting her tiny hands on his cheeks but they only went through him. Her eyes widened, then remembered she couldn't interact. "Link..."
Young Link gasped. Navi wasn't here... so everyone else... "Where... is Nicole? Hayarpi? Gilbert? Brian? Ines?" He looked around frantically, even going outside and looking around his balcony at Kokiri Forest. But it was evening and no one was there. It was silent.
"No..." he fell to his knees. "They're gone... back to Earth..." his eyebrows furrowed, lowering his head to the floor as tears fell uncontrollably from his eyes. His fist began to shake. "No! I didn't want this to happen! Oh Goddesses... Farore even told me it involved everyone, but I didn't know I'd lose... lose... " he couldn't talk any more, tears overflowing as he continued to cry...
The earthlings kept quiet. They didn't dare utter a word, also forgetting that Young Link couldn't see or hear them. Ines and Hayarpi's hearts broke at the scene and they couldn't hold their own tears back, feeling Young Link's pain as if it were their own. Link, Gilbert and Brian tried to stay strong but the tears were also too strong, forcing their way through.
Nicole stood, silent, yet her fists trembled slightly.
The four Goddesses watched them with sad eyes. Keikya went over, speaking quietly. "Please, everyone... be happy that Link made the right choice and decided to be with you for a little while longer."
Link let out a small sob, backing away a little from his younger self. Nicole went over to him, puting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it. "It's okay, Link..."
Young Link was still kneeling on the ground, his entire body shaking as he continued to cry. It felt as if he could cry for a thousand years, the tears wouldn't stop.
Everyone was gone.
He had nothing left.
He screamed, banging the ground with his fist before clutching at his head, pulling at his hair.
"I think you've seen enough..." Farore started quietly. "Beyond this... the rest... it's too much."
"The rest?" Link spoke. "What's... going to happen to me?"
"Should we show them?" Keikya asked quietly.
The other three Goddesses exchanged looks.
It was then that Young Link stood up. Everyone quieted and watched as he went slowly back inside the house. He spotted his sword on the table. Then he just stood there for a long time, staring at it.
Ines's eyes widened. "No..."
Young Link took his sword, holding it by the blade, not the handle.
"Wait!" Gilbert yelled, trying to grab it back but of course nothing happened. The child Link gripped it so hard that it cut his hands, blood trailed down his arm, staining the bottom of his tunic.
He turned the sword so it pointed at himself...
The earthlings began to scream. Link only watched with wide eyes. Was he...?
"No!" Navi screamed, turning away. "Take us back now! PLEASE!"
The four Goddesses quickly used their power, and another flash of light occured.
-
In no time, everyone was back at the Water Temple, right where they left off.
"Please," Nayru sighed. "Think calmly before jumping to conclusions." Link looked down in shame, a little shaken up from what he saw. "But I'm not talking about only you, Link. All of you. Be careful what you wish for."
"And we didn't tell you to do any of this," Din continued. "You guys were chosen for this task for a reason."
Farore went up to Link. She reached down, taking his left hand and holding it close to her heart. "Remember," she spoke softly. "Destiny doesn't choose how you live. It's how you respond to what happens around you. It's what you do and what happens that truly make the foundation of your fate. Based on your actions, you make your destiny. The only question now is..."
Link looked up at her.
She smiled at him gently. "Now that these events have happened, what will your course of action be? Will you run? Or will you stay and fight?"
His eyes softened in understanding. Farore let go of his hand and returned to the others.
"Our time is up," Din said.
Nayru nodded. "Goodbye heroes and heroines."
"We wish you the best!" Keikya completed.
With a flash of light, the orbs appeared again, and they faded until completely disappearing.
Link gave a heavy sigh and leaned on the wall, sliding down to the floor and cradling his head in his palms. Everyone else just stood there quietly, everything the Goddesses showed and said to them still sinking in.
After a moment...
Brian decided to brave the silence, clearing his throat slowly as not to startle anybody. "S... So now..."
Gilbert cracked a tiny smile. "Wow. Link can sure be suicidal, huh?"
Hayarpi twitched, kicking his shin. "Gilbert! What's wrong with you?!"
"OWW! What?! I'm just pointing it out!"
"Can you not kick him like that?" Ines mumbled. "How would YOU feel if I did this?" she went and punched Brian in the stomach.
Brian sweatdropped heavily, bending over at the pain. "Ack! What the heck?!"
"Ahaha, pain," Nicole sweatdropped. "I mean... stop hurting each other!"
Navi sighed, rolling her eyes. "You guys are so lame..."
Link looked up from the floor, a small smile gracing his face at all their silliness.
So, these were the ones he was destined to save Hyrule with, huh?
He gave a laugh.
He wouldn't have it any other way.
-
In the Sacred Realm...
Din smiled as she gazed at them from above. "It's good to see them work together again."
Nayru nodded. "Yes, very."
Farore smiled.
She didn't choose Link for no reason.
-
At Keikya's Fountain...
"Ah, you guys," Keikya laughed also as she watched. "Good luck..."
-
The Water Temple...
"Now we need to finish this temple and rescue the Zora Princess," Ines sighed.
"Not that anyone WANTS to rescue her..." Gilbert grumbled. "But it would be rude if we didn't."
Everyone sighed. "CURSES!"
Navi stared. "Curses?" she repeated.
They all shrugged. "C'mon guys," Brian said. "Let's get going!"
"And banish Ganondorf!" Hayarpi added.
Ganondorf's voice came from out of nowhere. "YOU'RE NOT GONNA BANISH ME!"
"GANONDORK! LEAVE US ALONE!" they all yelled back. They heard him scoff.
Nicole went over to Link, who was still squatting on the floor against the wall. He stood up quietly. Brian, Gilbert, Ines, Hayarpi and Navi went over to them as well, the six forming a circle as Navi sat on Nicole's head.
Nicole put her hand in the center of them.
She was joined by Gilbert's hand, followed by Hayarpi's, and Ines's and Brian's.
They looked to the Hylian.
Link smiled at them all.
He put his hand in as well.
-
"That is so NICE!" Farore giggled as she saw the scene.
"Isn't it?" Keikya said, MTT-ing her. Nayru and Din sweatdropped but they //did// agree.
-
Later...
"You have received the Boss Key!"
"FINALLY!" everyone yelled after running around the Water Temple a bit more.
"Let's go kill Morpha!" Nicole suggested as she jumped up and down. "Let's go kill Morpha! Let's go kill Morpha! Let's go kill Morpha! Let's go kill Morpha! Let's go kill Morpha!"
Link twitched, waving at her. "Okay! Shut up!"
"Arf arf!"
They went back up the third floor, and did all the stuff to get into the boss room. Finally, they got to it and ran inside.
"Oh cool!" Nicole 'ooh'-ed as she went up to the water, peeking over the edge. "Look at this..."
"Be careful," Navi murmured. "That's not ordinary water..."
Nicole observed it some more, seeing something in it moving. She blinked, squinting until something shot out. "Wah!" she yelped and jumped aside, narrowly dodging a tentacle of water. "o.O;;"
"I told you!"
Then a huge tentacle of water rose from the pool. It had a nucleus in the middle. Automatically, Navi flew over to it and turned yellow. "Longshot to this icky eyball thing next to me and hit it with your sword!" she called. "That's it's weakness! BUT DON'T LONGSHOT AT ME!"
They sweatdropped at her.
"Okay!" Nicole longshot at the icky eyeball thing aka IET but missed. "Shoot!"
The tentacle went back down and the IET circled around the water.
Gilbert stared. "What the heck is it doing?!" His question was answered as the IET created two tentacles. They reached up, grabbing Link and Ines.
Nicole started screaming, waving her arms. "AHH! LET GO OF ME!"
Gilbert, Brian, Hayarpi and Navi stared.
Nicole blinked. "... Oh wait. Hey! I'm not the one captured this time!"
"Well, I am!" Ines yelled from her position. "AAAAIIIIEEEE!" she screeched as the tentacle flung her sideways. Her back crashed into the wall and she slunk down, narrowly missing the spikes.
"INES!" Gilbert yelled, running to her side.
Meanwhile, Link was still in Morpha's grasp, being swung around like a rag doll. "AHH! AHH! AHH! Oooh, I'm dizzy!"
Navi gasped as she noticed the tentacle's grip loosening. "Hey! Watch out, she's gonna throw him--"
"AHHHHH!"
Link came soaring towards Nicole, and they both crashed into the wall. Link got a few scratches, a big cut on his right arm and a bruise. Nicole ended up closer to the spikes, therefore there was a huge gash in her arm...
Nicole hissed, clutching onto it. Blood went all over her hands and clothes. "Argh! My arm..."
Link gasped, turning over and looking at her condition. "Uh oh..."
"What will I do? I need to fight in the battle!"
"No, you can't fight with your arm all leaking like that," Link grumbled. Nicole sweatdropped at his wording. "You stay here!"
"But--"
"NO!"
"-.- ++"
Meanwhile, Hayarpi and Brian were fending off Morpha so she wouldn't attack their other comrades. Hayarpi longshot at the core; it caught it and was pulled to her, landing at her feet. Brian stood ready with his sword beside her and he began hacking at it insanely before it hopped back into the water. He looked to his right. "Hey Gilbert! Is Ines okay?!"
Gilbert looked up at his name just as he was helping Ines to her feet. "Yeah! She just has a bruise on her hip."
"It kinda hurts but I'm gonna be all right," Ines added, taking out her longshot. The two went over to Hayarpi and Brian.
Navi 'eek'-ed as she narrowly dodged the tentacle, but dutifully kept beside it to help the others target the nucleus. She looked around. "Hey! Where's Link and Nicole?"
The other four looked around. Hayarpi gasped, pointing. "They're over there!"
"Nicole's bleeding!" Gilbert noticed.
"You guys keep fighting, I'll check on them," Brian called. The three nodded as he ran over to the other two. He stopped, kneeling down beside them, biting his lip when he saw Nicole's arm. "What happened?"
"Morpha threw me and I crashed into Nicole, then we both crashed into the wall but Nicole got the gash from the spikes," Link explained.
"I need to fight!" Nicole grumbled stubbornly, trying to get up.
Link pushed her back down. "I said no!"
Brian sighed, getting up. He reached in his pockets, taking out a bottle, somewhat filled with red potion, handing it to Nicole. "Here, drink it. It'll keep you alive for now."
Nicole would have fallen over if she wasn't already sitting down. "Oh yeah, you're so comforting!"
Brian snickered. Link got up, unsheathing his sword. "Come on Brian, let's go! Nicole, stay!"
"I'M NOT A DOG!" she twitched.
The two boys sweatdropped but ran off.
-
After some more slashes and longshots later, they finally defeated Morpha and the water in the pool drained.
Everyone groaned. Morpha had thrown each of them at least once, and their bodies ached like hell. Nicole had tried several times to go help but she was losing more and more blood every second. Even TRYING to stand had made her dizzy and she almost fainted. (But she knew not to or else maybe she wouldn't wake up again...)
The other five weakly staggered over to Nicole, wincing as they saw her arm lying in a pool of her own blood.
"Ahahaha... look at the pretty cows..." Nicole giggled with half-lidded eyes, pointing to the ceiling.
"SOMEone's delirious," Gilbert sighed.
Nicole cackled when she felt Link put her good arm around his shoulders, hoisting her up. "Linky-poo! I think the flowers need some more manure..."
Everyone ignored her as they limped to the blue light thing. Nicole started waving her hands. "SOMEONE SLAP ME! I THINK I'M GOING TO FALL ASLEEP! NOOOOO--" She was cut off as Brian backhanded her. Nicole stopped fussing, falling all over Link, who sweatdropped and just decided to carry her over his shoulder. "Ow. Thank you."
They reached the Heart Containers and all injuries were healed! (Even their clothes!)
As Nicole got her Heart Container, her gash healed and all her blood restored. She shook her head, regaining full consciousness and poked Link. "Thank you for helping. You can put me down now." He did so.
"As much as I hate to say this," Gilbert started. "We have to go see... (gulp)... R-r-ruto...
Everyone started screaming. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHH! AHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Navi shivered. "Veeery terrifying..."
"C'mon, let's go," Ines sighed.
Brian cheered. "FINALLY!"
Hayarpi eyed him. "You WANT to see her?!"
"Yeah!"
Everyone but Brian started screaming again. "AHHHHH! AHH! AHH! AHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!" Nicole sobbed, hands reaching up to the ceiling.
Gilbert eyed Brian. "WHY?!"
Brian stared at everyone's overreactions. "So I can sock her!"
Everyone stopped overreacting. "Oh yeah... WOO HOO!"
"Let's beat her up!" Link grinned.
"YEAH!"
"HEY!" Navi yelled.
Everyone looked at her. "What?"
"... I FOUND A NICKEL!"
Everyone fell.
"And I named it Susie!"
"O.o"
Eventually the seven stopped horsing around and went onto the blue light thing, warping to the Chamber of Sages. There they saw Ruto standing on her sage symbol. She smiled at Link, nodding slightly. "Thank you, my love, for rescuing me."
The seven were turned away, not looking at her.
Ruto twitched. "How dare you snob your wife!"
Link scoffed. "Goddesses! Can't you understand?! I HATE you, I DON'T LIKE you, I NEVER WANT TO BE NEAR YOU, YOU STUPID FISH!"
"... Now I know that you truly love me." Everyone fell over. Darunia, who was beside her, edged away from her area. Ruto reached her arms out. "Link! Give me a kiss!"
"NO WAY!"
"JUST GIVE US THE MEDALLION!" Navi yelled.
Ruto sighed. "Fine then!" She tossed the Water Medallion and it landed on the floor. Everyone edged away from it.
"She touched it..." Hayarpi whispered.
Gilbert nodded. "Yeah, I know."
"Now, how are we suppose to get it, SAGE OF WATER?!" Brian grumbled.
Ruto raised an eyebrow. "Pick it up."
Everyone started screaming for the third time. "AHH! AHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Rauru rolled his eyes from his symbol. "Someone HAS to pick it up!"
Ines eyed him. "Shut up! Why don't YOU pick it up?!"
"GODDESSES NO!"
Hayarpi looked at the Goron sage. "Darunia?"
Darunia shuddered. "Not even if my life depended on it."
Gilbert looked at the Forest Sage. "Saria?"
Saria stayed silent. Everyone made puppy faces at her. She twitched. "... Oh all right! But I'm washing my hands in the Sacred River after this!"
Carefully, Saria walked over to the medallion.
"Be careful!" Link yelled to his best friend.
Saria sweatdropped.
She got to it and leaned over, hesitantly picking it up. Nicole put on some gloves and Saria tossed it to her. The Asian girl then whipped out an anti-bacterial zip-lock bag (LFG: Whoops! Don't own Zip-lock either.) (N: ZIPPY WHIPPY!) (L: Yeeeah...) (M: MILK!) (All but M: O.o) and stuck the medallion inside. Then she took off her gloves and threw it in the trash. Nicole handed the bag to Link, who stuck it in his dimensional pocket.
Ruto twitched at the entire process.
Saria meanwhile was screaming her head off. "AHH! I TOUCHED IT!" then she ran away to wash her hands in the Sacred River.
"Grrr... anyway, Link, now that I'm a sage, I'm going to have to break our engagement."
Link cheered.
"But I'll always have a place for you in my heart."
Link made a weird face. "Eww..."
"Goodbye..."
No response.
"... Fine! Be that way! I've always had an eye for that Zora who gave you the silver scale..."
"O.o"
A bright light came from somewhere, and when it disappeared, they all landed on the warp symbol in Lake Hylia's island in the middle of the lake. They cheered upon realizing the water in the lake had been restored, and the dreaded Water Temple was FINISHED! "FINALLY!" they all yelled.
"Hello."
The seven turned around. There stood Sheik.
Ines sighed. "Again!?"
Sheik twitched. "You could TRY to like me!"
"How could we after you rescued R-r-r-r-r-ruto?!" Navi asked. Then she blinked, making a weird face at herself cuz she had such a hard time pronunciating 'Ruto'...
The Sheikah sweatdropped. "Sorry... :D;;; Anyway, you have restored Lake Hylia. Soon, the ice in Zora's Domain will unfreeze and all the Zora's will be rescued. Thanks again."
Gilbert waved his hand. "Ahh, you're welcome."
"Well, I'll see you next time."
Link went forward. "Wait!"
Again he was too late as Sheik threw yet another deku nut, disappearing when the flash subsided. Link and Navi ran/flew to where he was before and looked around. The earthlings looked up at the dead tree and saw Sheik. Finally they all smirked at him before he jumped into the lake.
Link didn't notice. "Where is he..."
"I think he went away," Nicole grinned.
Brian looked to the east, seeing the sun barely peeking out. "Hey look! The rising sun!"
"Let's shoot our arrows at it!" Ines suggested.
"... Why?"
"I dunno."
Everyone shrugged and aimed their arrows, shooting at it. Six fire arrows came down from the sky. Everyone squee-ed and swim to the smaller platform, except Nicole, who waited patiently on the big island for them.
"You have the fire arrows!" the voice box thingy cheered.
Hayarpi poked it. "Duh." The seven ran around, wasting the day at Lake Hylia. Soon, it became evening. Hayarpi eyed the sky. "Hey, it's night already?"
Ines yawned. "Let's get somewhere to stay for the night. I'm sleepy..."
Gilbert nodded. "All of us are..."
Nicole looked around. "So! Where do we go, my pack of gum?"
"What?" Link mumbled.
Nicole stared at him, then remembered something. She looked to the blue fairy. "Oh, Naviiiiii!"
Navi grinned evilly. Nicole returned it. Both turned and looked at Brian and Gilbert. The two boys blinked, then their eyes widened. "No no no no no no no!"
Nicole bent backwards and started to cackle. "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Navi sweatdropped. "Hurry up and decide where to go!"
"Let's just find another random place to sleep!" Ines said quickly.
"Okay!" Nicole whistled six times. "MANIAAAAAAC!" Said horse came galloping from the direction of Lon Lon Ranch. "Hi boy!" she mounted him. He neighed happily. "AHAHA!" Maniac reared up and galloped away with Nicole.
Everyone stared. "O.o"
"Where do you think she went?" Hayarpi sweatdropped.
"Sooooooomwheeeeere! Over the raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiinbooooooooooow!" Link sang passionately.
More staring. "O.o..."
"Stupid." Gilbert murmured.
Link sniffed. ";.;"
Everyone cackled. "KIDDING!"
Link squee-ed. "Give me a hug!"
They all had a group hug. Nicole stared at them as she just came back. "Uh. What are you guys doing?"
"A group hug! Wanna join?"
"... No thanks!" They stopped group hugging. "Yeah anyway, I found a place to sleep!"
Ines blinked. "Where?"
"This little hill where we have a good view of the sky! It's really nice there! Oh yeah, and I saw a few poes there.
"Then, wouldn't that be dangerous?"
"I killed the poes."
"... Well okay."
"Summon your horses," said Navi.
Link nodded. "Okay!" he played Epona's Song on his ocarina. Brian clapped twice, loudly. Epona and Raikou came from the direction of Lon Lon Ranch.
Hayarpi gave one long whistle. "Dash! C'mere girl!" Dash came from right behind Epona and Raikou.
Gilbert and Ines began to prepare fireworks. Everyone else stared. The fireworks shot up into the sky and formed into the shape of a thunder bolt.
"OOH... AHH..." everyone but the two drawled. Streak and Thunder came galloping towards Ines and Gilbert.
"That's cool!" Nicole grinned.
"Yeah, but I think that it would be easier if two horses came at one time," Navi suggested.
Link nodded. "Okay then. Maniac will go with Epona when she hears Epona's song.
Maniac and Epona nodded, indicating that they agree. Maniac looked to her. "Hey cool! You're my partner!"
Epona whinnied. "I know! YAY!"
"Dash will go with Raikou when Brian does that loud clapping thing." Link continued.
Dash and Raikou nodded their heads. Dash cheered. "Yay!"
"I'm sleepy!" Raikou whined.
"... You're always sleepy."
"Oh yeah huh..."
"And Streak will go with Thunder when Gilbert shakes this thing." Link handed Gilbert one of those things that when you shake it, a sound that sounds like thunder emits.
Gilbert stared down at it and shrugged. "Okay!" he put it in his dimensional pocket.
Streak and Thunder nod. "We already come together," Thunder noted.
Streak nodded again. "Mmm hmm."
Everyone mounted their horses and rode out of Lake Hylia. Then they headed to that place that Nicole was talking about, which was a nice hill in Hyrule Field that overlooked a large part of the land.
"It's cold here!" Hayarpi sweatdropped.
"It's cold everywhere else," laughed Gilbert.
"Whew! I'm tired," Nicole said. She and Link dismounted their horses and took off their gear. Once done, Nicole lied down on the grass, looking at the stars. Link went over beside her, lying down as well.
Ines, who was still sitting on Streak, looked over at the others. "Hey, remember when I said that I figured something out?" Hayarpi, Brian and Gilbert, also on their horses, recalled that time in the Water Temple after defeating their dark sides. They nodded. "Yeah well... I'll tell you now."
"Me too?" Navi asked.
"Yeah."
"Yes!"
They dismounted their horses and sat in a circle a little ways from Link and Nicole. The two didn't notice as the stars were really pretty that night, distracting them.
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With Link and Nicole...
Nicole shivered a little. "Wow, it's cold..." Link nodded in response. She got up, going over to her dimensional bag and taking out a blanket large enough for two people. Then she went and lied back down next to Link, wrapping the blanket around her.
Link pouted as he watched. "How about me?"
"Hehe, I'm kidding!" she took the blanket and put it over Link as well.
"Oooh, warmness!" he grinned. "Where did you get this anyway?"
"From Malon. She gave some to us when you were with Keikya."
"Oh." he mumbled, snuggling with his part of the blanket.
Nicole laughed when she glanced at him. "Hehe, you look like a little kid like that." He only grinned in response, taking his hat off and putting it aside.
A little moment of silence.
Her eyes darted around a little. "Um... hey."
"Yes?"
"It's cold tonight, right?"
"Yes."
"... So... can I..."
Link eyed her.
Nicole grinned at him stupidly. "May I use you as a source of heat? I mean I'm not hitting on you or anything. It's just seriously cold tonight. And you look warm."
"... What?"
Rolling her eyes, Nicole scooted closer to him, leaning her head on his arm as her own arm draped over his stomach. He sweatdropped as he felt her snuggling into his chest. "Hah! I was right! You're warm...!"
"Uh... thanks?"
"No, thank YOU! Okay goodnight!" she closed her eyes.
He sighed, wrapping his arm around her too. "Goodnight."
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With the others...
They grinned stupidly as they watched Nicole and Link. "Haha, Nicole made a move for once," Gilbert laughed as he leaned on Ines.
Ines giggled (at Link and Nicole, and the fact that Gilbert was on her). "How cute!"
Brian had his head resting on Hayarpi's lap (LFG: Did that sound perverted or what?) (N: Eww, LilFilipinoGurl!) (LFG: Shut up! I didn't mean it like that...) (L: What the heck? How else could you mean it?) (M: Oh leave her alone!) (LFG: (sweatdrop) Thank you!), watching quietly.
Hayarpi patted his head, then looked to the other girl. "So Ines, what were you going to tell us?"
"... Oh yeah!"
Everyone sat up straight.
"Well, isn't it obvious that Link likes Nicole more when she's insane?"
The other four quieted. Hayarpi blinked. "Hey... that's right."
"But Link also likes Nicole when she acts normal too," Brian noted.
"Yeah, but it's just that he likes her MORE when she's insane..." Gilbert said.
Navi fell over. "This conversation isn't going anywhere! You guys just repeated what Ines said!"
Brian sweatdropped. "We know, but there has to be something to it..."
"Or maybe something we can do." Gilbert added.
"Pft," Navi laughed. "You guys just want an excuse to talk about those two."
"Well who else can we pair them off with?" Ines sweatdropped.
Hayarpi sighed. "Well Link could get Malon... but no one comes to mind for Nicole..."
"Ah whatever, it was just a random observation," Ines laughed, waving her hand. "Nevermind, nevermind."
Brian sighed, grabbing one of those two-person blankets Malon had given them. "Okay then, let's hit the hay."
"What hay?" Gilbert said, looking around.
"I dunno, I heard it from somewhere."
So Brian grabbed Hayarpi and stuck them under one blanket, and Gilbert grabbed Ines and stuck them under another one. ('Oh my god, Brian's holding me,' Hayarpi thought stupidly as she snuggled with him.) ('Haha Gilbert smells good,' Ines giggled as she hugged him.)
Everyone said goodnight to each other and soon fell asleep...
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This is the 18th chappy!! If I get more than 120 reviews, I MIGHT consider making Nicole and Link a pair...
Link: Hoo haw!! Wait, it's not really me and you, right? It's the fanfic me and the fanfic character Nicole, right?
Duh, Link! Unless I turn into a crazy Link fangirl and we end up boyfriend and girlfriend.
All: O.O
Niagra: Oh the horror!!
Malon: Man! I have to go. Problems at the ranch again... (sigh)
All: Bye Malon!
Malon: Bye! Until next time! (walks out of the house)
Niagra: Anyway, that would be creepy... LilFilipinoGurl as a fangirl?
Ugh, I can't imagine that. Anyway, I already have a boyfriend.
Link: Marth from SSBM, right?
Yeah! And no one can take him from me because he loves me back!
Link: I wanted to be your boyfriend!
Niagra/Me: O.o
Really?
Link: No, but you're okay. I WANT SAMUS!!
PLEASE REVIEW THIS STORY!! HELP ME GET MORE THAN 100 REVIEWS!!
Link/Niagra: YEAH!!
- LilFilipinoGurl
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