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Okay, the final part of this episode and a lousy ending is here. Oh well, I guess it can't be helped.

And after this part these files will be rated R because of reviewers request and I trust that you know better than I do.

Thank you, reviewers! Your feedback is always nice to read!

Sagesumi: *laughs* Ahaha, great that you like my writings! Young Link's a wonderful character, I really love him because he's so real and honest and… simply clueless. *laughs* I'm sorry for the blood, but this episode would become all boring if I didn't put it in, right? yeah, something really is wrong with Roy, but what I won't tell yet. There is a reason for his close-minded way of life, yet it is rather sad too. And, the yaoi-scene became a lot longer than I had planned *wonders* maybe I'm just getting dirtier… Well, if you say I'm getting better, I guess then I am, though I don't feel like it. Thanks for saying that!

Zora and co.: I'm happy to hear that you liked the chapter, there was so much going on that sometimes I was confused about it even myself. That's why it took me so long, I had to rewrite some parts and think and think and think. What did Lindsay do?

Sherrilynn: No, I don't think you've reviewed before… Oh well, who cares anyway? Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad that people like Link/Roy, because it seems that I'm the only yaoi-author that writes about the two of them together. And I haven't seen a Marth/Young Link pairing either, though it might be just because Young Link is so young for him… *Laughs* I've been experimenting on Link/Roy lemon, but I'm not good at it yet. Maybe when I get better I could write a lemon story about them, but we'll see.

RavenGhost: It's great that you're so excited about an update! And I guess you're right… It's safer to rate these files R.

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"What if you're present? Then you could supervise us all the time." Link had the general pinned on his bed, holding his wrists because he'd tried to escape to the shower from their argument. It was still morning, a few hours until breakfast was served.

"What if you make their diseases worse or kill them?" Roy wriggled to free himself, but couldn't.

"But if spirits don't exist, nothing will happen, right?" The Hylian whispered in the boy's ear gently. He knew that the redhead would never admit the existence of supernatural and that was his key.

Roy glared at him for a while, clearly thinking what to say. "What if you cause an allergic reaction to them?"

"I highly doubt that." The blonde took a smug smile on his face. "One leaf can't cause an allergic reaction."

"You never know." The boy snapped back.

"Please?" Link kissed his neck lovingly and slowly, feeling how Roy relaxed under his touch, stopping the wriggling. He let go of the boy's hands, running his hands down his sides and feeling the pleasant shivers the general experienced.

"No." Roy said, his eyes closed.

"Aww, come on." The Hylian bit his ear teasingly.

"No." The general said strictly, his hands pressing Link closer against his body. He embraced the Hero in a passionate kiss, quickly turning him under and pinning him. With a victorious smile he continued: "I already told you that Zelda and Peach will be healed by medical ways and that's it. You're not going to turn my head."

Link had to think about what to say next. Roy was really seriously against his methods. "But it wouldn't hurt anyone if I could just try."

"Link… Do you know how strenuous you can be?" The general hung his head as he sighed. The Hylian sat up and pulled him down on top of him, seizing him in a kiss once again and dodging the question.

Roy felt Link's hands in his hair, playing with it and pressing his mouth against his, deepening the kiss to the limit. As the general answered passionately, the elf slowly won the gentle duel, claiming the boy as his own.

The general pulled away, taking a deep breath and starting to place hot kisses on Link's chest, moving lower and lower, his hands touching the Hylian's body gently. His shyness hit him right before he reached the elf's lower abdomen and gazed into his cerulean eyes.

Link looked back at his lover, his mind blurring, feeling incredibly good that the general had made the first move. He saw those sapphires asking for permission to go further, Roy was unsure had he done something wrong and needed to be encouraged.

"I love you, Roy." The blonde said huskily and caressed the redhead's hair. He had given the sign that the fiery boy had done nothing wrong. Roy gave him pleasure then that made him forget the world around him, their little quarrel, everything. He was in the middle of an inferno, enjoying every second like it was his last.

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Young Link looked at Marth, who ate his dinner quietly, looking at his plate. They had been sitting in the cool night air, talked a lot last night, about the age difference, about how their minds were different, about everything there was to talk about. Even about making love and that Marth couldn't do it to him because he was so young. That had made him thought a lot.

"Then what is it?" he'd asked.

"It's… it's showing your love between adults." Marth had answered, gazing away from him.

"Why is it only between adults?"

"Because it's scientifically mating. And you know that when you go through you puberty you become ripe to mate. If you're younger, you're not ready, not mentally or physically." The prince had explained it bluntly the way it was. He'd been thinking about his answer for a long time. Young Link had been disappointed, he'd felt that he was unsatisfying and not enough for his love.

"But, Young Link, it's enough that you love me the way you do." The cobalt eyed man had said gently. "Love doesn't care how it's shown as long as it is there, in your heart."

Then they'd kissed, the first time Marth had pulled him close and touched his mouth in a completely new way for him. It had been weird and a bit scaring to feel his tongue in his mouth, exploring it gently. His whole small body had trembled in the excitement, but the noble had pressed him closer and told him that everything was fine and that was a way to kiss.

But the most important thing that had happened was that the prince had finally told him he loved him. The feeling of knowing that was worth the long wait, his heart fluttered every time he even saw the noble or thought about him.

The small elf watched the blue-haired man drink his glass empty in his thoughts. He had already finished his own meal, having nothing else to do than look at his beloved.

"Hey, Marth?"

"Hm?" The noble lifted his eyes from the table.

"I thought that… maybe we could do something together today."

"Yeah, sure. What would you like to do?"

Only be with you…

"Do something fun. I don't kno--" he couldn't finish his sentence when the noble grimaced in pain, dropping his glass on the table where it rolled down to the floor, surprisingly it didn't broke. "Marth!?" Young Link stood up, his face as white as milk.

"I…" The cobalt eyed man coughed, covering his mouth with his napkin. "I'm fine… really." He coughed again, noticing Link from the corner of his eye looking at him with a worried expression. When he took the napkin off his mouth he noticed that it was bloody and felt how a drop of blood flowed down his chin.

"Marth!?" The small elf repeated. "Why're you bleeding!?" his voice was scared and caring.

"I…" The prince of Althea coughed again, feeling a wave of disposition hit him and swallowing hard to avoid vomiting. "I guess I need some rest." He said as he stood up, taking his plate to the kitchen and coughing all the time.

Young Link saw his bigger self waving to him to come to the same table with him and a few others, who were having their dinner in peace. Roy had left in a hurry when the noble had started coughing. The small elf sat down, looking at his plate with a worried expression.

"Link…" he said, his hands trembling. "Is Marth sick too?"

"I think so." The Hylian answered with a sad tone.

"Will he be okay?"

"I hope so… If we get to heal him." Link looked away from him. "With Roy's methods… I don't think he'll be healed."

"Then let's heal him! I want to heal him! Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Young Link stood up, hurrying his older self. His worry had turned into desperate excitement, he was positive that the elf could be able to heal his love.

"Shh! We need to do it secret from Roy!" The blonde whispered. "If he gets to know you know what happens."

"Then we'll heal them when he's asleep!"

I know it's not fair to you, Roy, but this needs to be done. Before everyone falls ill and we lose them. I hope you understand. Link thought. Though it'll be hard to leave your side at night without waking you up.

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The evening came, after dinner Roy was busy with the ill and the two Hylians planned how to get past him. They didn't know he had his own plans as well. He had put together a few things while sitting next to his sick friends and had had nothing to do.

He sat on the edge of Marth's bed, wondering why had he come ill.

First Peach, then Zelda and now you, Marth, he thought. It was obvious where the noble had got the disease, he'd spent so much time with the princesses that it wasn't a surprise to the general. How sad it was to see his friends fall ill in front of face, their situation getting worse and worse every hour.

He needed to get someone watch over the three, he had to make this stop. He knew what and who was behind the disease and he'd need to get rid of it. As soon as possible.

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Link went to the redhead's room's bathroom in search for the painkillers. He looked at the cupboard, finding it and was about to leave when he stepped on something that crunched under his boot. He looked down, seeing a burned larva. He took it in his hand, looking at it. It had been burned to a crisp, like it had been in extreme heat.

Roy… Could this be of your doing?

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The general entered the dim tent of the fortuneteller, waiting for her to ask him come closer. She lifted her eyes from her crystal ball, smiling gently.

"I knew you would come."

"I'm here to ask you a question." Roy said flatly.

"Well, then sit down and ask. I'm not charging you because you're such an interesting persona." The fortuneteller said as he sat down opposite her.

"Do you know anything about tuberculosis?"

"I know that it's a disease. A lung disease, can be fatal, why?"

"Did you infect two princesses and a prince that visited here the day before yesterday?"

"What!?" The fortuneteller's eyes were open wide.

"You heard me." The redhead said calmly. "After visiting you they fell ill. What did you do to them!?" His anger roared, but soon he collected himself, regaining his cool expression.

"Uh… Then why haven't you got ill?"

"I've never been ill. Not a day in my life." Roy held his temper back.

"Now you will!!" She had opened a can and threw some white larvae on his face. Before Roy had realised what had happened and tried to wipe them off, they had gone under his skin, wriggling to get to his lungs.

"What did you do!?" He shouted as he touched his cheeks, trying to find out what was going on in his body.

"I infected you with my larvae! With these I shall destroy all royals and bring the world back to the time it was centuries ago, when fortunetellers were still appreciated and honoured!" She said standing and looking at the boy who had fallen on his knees and held his head with his hands.

"But… nobles were never… in the way… of fortunetellers…"

"Yes, they were when I say so! See? You too are to fall because of my larvae! And when you die, the larvae breed and feed on your body until you're nothing but bone!" The fortuneteller laughed.

She looked at Roy who stood up, his legs unstable.

"Now, go home and die." She commanded, but the general didn't move, his eyes glaring at her defiantly. He hung his head and she saw how something black fell on the ground from his mouth.

Are those my larvae!?

"I told you I've never been ill." The redhead looked at her again, unsheathing his sword. The fortuneteller tried to run past him, but met with the blade that pierced her stomach.

"H-how is that possible?" she said, hardly breathing. Roy pulled the sword slowly out of her stomach, looking at its bloody blade. She fell on the floor, still breathing but discontinuously.

"My body temperature is too high for any bacteria or virus to survive."

"It-it's not… p-possible…" She died in her own blood puddle and the general bent over her, cleaning his sword in her dress. Then he sheathed it, mumbled a spell and watched her burn. He collected himself and left the tent, trying to keep his cool.

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Meanwhile Link and Young Link hurried to the sick ones, healing them one by one. When they'd seen the redhead search for someone to look after them, Link had offered to do that kindly. The general had left in a hurry, his sword and armour on. It had been strange, he never wore them when he went to the city.

Link decided not to ask anything about it, maybe that way Roy wouldn't ask him about the healed ones. When they finally got the noble stop vomiting up blood and falling asleep, he put a leaf on his tongue and the ocarina on his lips, playing the melody. Its beautiful notes opened Marth's red eyes, they pleaded for the Hylians to heal him.

His eyes closed, Young link played the melody, knowing that it would heal his dearest. It had already healed Peach and Zelda and the cobalt eyed man was the last. He was excited and happy, now he'd be the noble's hero and they could again kiss like last night.

He woke from his thoughts when Link grabbed his shoulder and pulled him down, saying something, but he couldn't hear it. He watched the three spirits that came to the room, laughing and dancing. They're bodies were like glass and their long hair looked like the rays of the sun. Looking fragile and so beautiful, like a glass swan. Their movement was smooth like that of the fishes.

"Innala, Ameleona and Hiralia! Please, heal this man!" Link said, looking at them with a respectful look.

The spirits heard him and started dancing and singing around Marth's bed. After a while they went closer to him, touching his body and singing another melody. Finally they put their hands together, creating a ball of light above the noble and draining the white larva from his body to it.

The Links played another melody, forcing the spirits to go away. When they were done, Young Link ran to Marth, who had his cobalt eyes half-open, looking at him gratefully. He was breathing calmly, there was no pain in his expression. With slight hesitation, the small elf placed his lips on the noble bloody lips, giving him a kiss he'd got from the noble the day before.

The prince answered tiredly, almost asleep again. The small boy pulled away, gazing at him apologetically.

"I… Thank you…" Marth said, closing his eyes and his breathing slowing as he fell asleep. Young Link couldn't help the relieved smile on his lips. He sat there for hours until it was late night, making sure everything really was all right.

"I love you, Marth." He laid down next to his beloved, curling into a ball and falling asleep.

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"Why are you here?" The general had walked in when Link was having a shower.

"What?" The Hylian turned the water off as he heard Roy speak.

"Why are you here? Is someone watching after the ill?" The worried redhead asked, peeking into the bathroom.

"I'll tell you if you come here." The elf teased.

"Stop it." A red rose on the general's face and he looked down. "I'm just worried about them. So, is someone watching over them?"

"Yeah. Young Link." Link said, he knew the redheaded teen was seriously worried about his friends and he shouldn't tease him like that.

"Oh, good." Was Roy's reply. The boy took off his armour, relaxing on his back on the bed.

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In the morning the general went to see how the ill were and found out they were all healed.

It can't be because I killed her… But what else could it be? Even if Link had performed some ceremonies, it was impossible that they would've healed the ill. Roy thought. It's impossible to heal them like that.

Link found him standing on Peach's door, thinking. He quickly peeked to see that there was no one else in the corridor and hugged him.

"They're… healed." The redhead said, not really realising it.

"Yeah." The blonde smiled. "They're healed."

"But… how? It's not possible!" Roy fought against the fact. The elf pressed him against himself tight, whispering to his ear:

"Yeah, not as long as science is trying to explain it."

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Again, another episode's over. Though it was bloody, it was still one of my favourites.

What was funny, I was listening to music when I heard Dashboard Confessionals' Hands Down and I knew that it was almost Roy's and Link's theme. I can almost imagine Link singing it to Roy… *sighs* It's so sad that I can't add any music with this. Well, if you hear it, tell me what you think. That made me think about the other protagonists… Marth and Young Link. Marth could be Do as Infinity's Fukai Mori (though I can't understand the words, the melody sounds like him.)Young Link's theme is The Rembrandts I'll be there for you (yeah! Friends' theme song too) The melody and the words, just like him… Ah, *slaps self* I'm babbling again. Oh well, please tell me what you think.

I really hope you liked it, ignoring the stupid ending. Thanks for reading!

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