~*- 3 -*~
Somehow it scares me to end my favourite story. But I can always write about something else. I already have an idea, but I'm not nearly sure will I put it up.
And the way water reacts with the inferno… It's true. When fire is hot enough, the water resolves into its constituent parts at the contact, hydrogen and oxygen. And hydrogen with oxygen… Now that's what I call BA-BOOM!
*squeals with joy* I also wrote the final yaoi-scene! And because it's the last, I also made it twice as long as normal so that it wouldn't disappoint anyone! Enjoy!
Thank you, reviewers!
RavenGhost: Thanks for saying that, I feel like such a good author! I can always try writing a CSI/SSBM crossover, but it would be most likely very far from the real CSI… Well, we'll see what my twisted imagination makes up next. I think I won't make you cry, I just think that the end is extremely sad. But as I don't want to spoil anything, you'll see for yourself, right?
Sagesumi: Will they die? Hmm… It depends on your point of view that's all I'll say. No matter how much I'd like to let you know, I don't want to spoil the story. So, the best thing is to get your Kleenex near, just in case you'll cry. I know, the last ending was weird even for my standards. *laughs like a maniac* I just needed to do that cliffhanger! But did it seem like Roy was in danger? He was quite peaceful, I think Link just overreacted. I'm really flattered about the way you talked about my stories. Thanks!
PikaPower: I'm doing my best to write a good ending! I really like it, but I'm just a crazy fanfic author and I shouldn't be taken too seriously. Did you mean you want extras of this story?
---
The elf ran back to the Smash Building and found Marth talking with Young Link in the living room.
"Marth!! The Final Destination's on fire! And Roy's in it!" He shouted as he ran to the phone and called the fire department.
"What!?" The prince asked not really understanding the blonde's fast speech.
"Roy! Fire! Final Destination!" Link shouted when talking to the person in the phone. "Yes, the Smash Building, yes."
The noble stood up and ran to the Final Destination as fast as he could. The inferno was huge, it covered the whole stage and held Roy inside it. The boy was relaxed, his eyes closed, enjoying the warmth around him. His hair fluttered in the raging fire.
How can it be? The prince took a step closer, feeling the warmth burning his skin. It was impossible for anyone or anything to survive inside that inferno and yet the general seemed to be in no pain.
Marth mumbled a spell and an ice berg fell on the inferno from the sky, but before it hit it, it melted into water and exploded, only making the inferno grow larger.
I should've known the fire's so hot water can't extinguish it!
"Roy!?" He shouted. The fire seemed to keep a humming voice so loudly, that the redhead couldn't hear him.
Soon the Hero ran back, followed by the fire department. The water they used against the inferno was useless, just as the noble's spell had been. It seemed like nothing could extinguish that fire.
"ROY!!" Link shouted. "ROY!! GET OUT OF THERE!!"
And the general opened his eyes. He looked around for a while, realising that he was inside the inferno.
"Extinguish!!" He commanded the fire like he was it's master.
It was like the fire obeyed him. It grew smaller and smaller until it was nothing but a bonfire around him and disappeared. Roy looked around, realising all the destruction the fire had caused and a deep blush rose on his face.
The Hylian transported himself to the burnt Final Destination and ran to his love, hugging him tight.
"Are you okay?" he asked, sounding extremely worried.
"Y-yeah. I'm fine…" The redheaded teen looked into his lover's eyes with confusion in his owns. " What happened?"
"What?" The elf couldn't understand. Roy couldn't remember what had happened? "You were set aflame."
"Me!?" He asked and started to laugh. "But that's ridiculous! My clothes haven't burn and I don't have any burns on my body." He ascertained.
"I don't care. As long as you won't do that again."
"I didn't do anything!" The general flared up.
"… I just don't want to lose you." The blonde held him tighter against himself.
Marth looked at them with icy eyes. It was true that they were close friends and he couldn't understand why he felt what he felt. Whatever it was, he hid it behind his unemotional mask and gazed at the two calmly.
The fire department was surprised. They all stood still, wondering what had just happened. The fire had gone off just like someone had snapped their fingers.
It had been extinguished as fast as it had started. Something or someone was in control of that inferno that had just destroyed a whole stage. A surprisingly huge power, the heat was able to destroy so much and so ruthlessly.
After a while the fire department left, everyone confused, but didn't ask any questions.
---
"Roy…"
"Yeah?"
"Now."
"No."
"Why not?"
"No way."
"It's Christmas!"
"You're 24 days too early."
"Nope, only 23!"
"Still… No."
"Aww… I stood here for twenty minutes to be rejected?" Link was standing under a mistle toe in the living room alone with his beloved, looking at Roy pleadingly.
"Seems like it."
The Hylian sighed, looking at the redhead with a you're-hopeless-look and started to laugh. "Then I need to get one of these in your room."
"Whatever." The general sighed with a smile. It seemed like the fire earlier had never happened. Roy was completely normal, no burns, no memory, nothing. Link decided not to ask about it, if the general couldn't remember it would be useless trying to ask what had happened. But secretly inside he couldn't stop thinking about it.
How had Roy's sword set aflame? And why had he burned too? There was something obviously wrong with the general, but Link though that he could wait. And if he needed to, he'd go to the library and try to find out about it.
At dinner the only one who reminded them about the fire was Ganondorf, who had lots of fun about it. He called the general names and acted stupidly. The Hylian needed to hold the redheaded teen back so that he wouldn't kill the Gerudo. That only made the Gerudo King enjoy. He continued his mocking the whole dinner and Roy was furious. After it the elf needed to drag his love upstairs to avoid the general from killing Ganondorf.
"Just let me at him!! I'll kill him!" He raged as the blonde tried to pull him to his room and he tried to go back.
"No, Roy!! You could be thrown out of the tournament if that happened!"
"I don't care! I hate him!" Link could feel how the general's body temperature was rising, his skin felt hot.
"Roy! Do you understand what that would mean?"
"No! And I don't care!!"
"You and I!" Link reminded, trying not to sound suspicious.
"…Oh." The boy stopped raging, calming down and a blush covering his face.
"Good. Now come." The Hero didn't let go of his hand before they were in the boy's room and the door locked.
"You're too hot-headed, Roy." He said calmly.
"I am NOT!" The general flared up.
"See?"
"But I am not!"
"You are. You know it too." The Hylian moved closer to his love, putting his hands on his waist and touching his lips slightly with his owns.
"I'm not…" The boy protested weakly, probably only because of habit. He pulled Link nearer and embraced him in a passionate kiss.
I know I'll die before the end of the week… and before that I want to be with you.
---
"Young Link…" Marth looked at the small elf. This wasn't easy for him. "Please, just listen."
"Okay, so?" The boy said cheerfully, he didn't seem to notice the pain behind the prince's words.
"I… We…" The cobalt eyed man stuttered. He collected himself before continuing: "Do you remember when I told you I love you?"
"Of course I do!" Young Link looked into his lovers eyes.
"I… Back then I didn't think about my feelings."
"And?" A hint of worry could be heard in the boy's voice.
"I've thought a lot… And I know that you don't want to hear about our age difference, but I think that it has a great role in our feelings."
"Marth!" Young Link shouted. "I don't want to hear!"
"Listen. I told you to listen." Marth's eyes had turned a bit icy.
"But I don't want to!" He hugged the prince he loved tight and swallowed his tears.
"My love towards you… It's more like… Brotherly love, do you know what I mean?"
"Marth! I love you!"
"Shh…" The prince of Althea held the boy gently against his body, feeling the tears moistening his tunic. "And your love towards me… It's more like I'm the father to you you never had. You've always wanted to have parents, right?"
"Marth… I…"
"Have you?"
"…yes." The small elven boy pressed his love against himself tight, letting his tears roll down his cheeks. "But I don't--"
"How do you know if you love me like a father if you've never had one?" Marth answered calmly. "Love is a complicated thing. You were right when you told me that it doesn't care about age or gender or skin colour. But there are many kinds of love--"
"How do you know if I don't love you like that!?"
"I do. Young Link, you act like I'm your father. Even when we kiss, you respect me in a way. Lovers' love is different… It can't be explained."
"I love you!!" It was a desperate cry more than a confession.
"I know that. And I love you too. But you love me as a father and I love you as a brother."
"I…" The boy couldn't talk anymore. He just cried all the pain away from his small heart and the noble could do nothing but hold him. He had said everything and there was no going back now.
"Cry…" Marth said gently as the boy tried to stop crying. "It will only do good to you."
And Young Link cried for everything that had ever happened to him. He cried of all the pain Mido had caused to him, of the pain of being teased, of being different from others and most of all, he cried of losing his love. Marth meant so much to him. He wanted to make him love him, force him to do it, but inside he knew that it was impossible. And he wasn't sure was the prince right about his feelings. Did he really love him as a father? If he did… It hurt so much.
Marth let go of him when he finally stopped crying. The prince looked into his eyes with a sad expression. He felt the tears again and wanetdto cry, but held them back.
"Marth… I… I understand." The elven boy said before he ran away to his room. The prince stood up, looking after him. He'd done it again. A small, innocent heart had been crushed because of him.
At least I was honest with him. And he has no idea how much it hurts me too. The prince looked down, holding his own tears. He wasn't sad because he loved the elf like a brother, but because of the pain on that angelic face.
And now… I need to talk with Roy and then everything'll be okay again. My heart is way too torn to last much longer. I want answers today and I have to get them.
---
"I want you, Roy." Link hugged his beloved and touched his hot neck with is lips to see was the redhead in the mood or would he just push him away.
The general took the elf's hat and tossed it away as he ran his tongue by the length of the blonde's ear.
The Hylian pressed his love against the wall behind him, placing a passionate kiss on his lips. Roy answered and pressed his mouth tightly against his own and ran his hands in his hair. The Hero lifted his love's legs around his waist feeling, how Roy tangled his legs around him and locked him between them. As he pulled away from the kiss, he saw the general's sapphire eyes pleading for more. They were almost sad that Link was so far yet he was so close: their bodies touched each other.
"Link… Please, on the bed." The redhead had opened his belt buckle quickly and was trying to take off his tunic, kissing his lips and cheeks all the time.
The Hylian put the boy gently under him on the bed, letting his lips touch the boy's and feel the inviting warmth around him. He let his hands roam around the redhead's body, taking off his clothes to give him pleasure.
Someone knocked on the door and Roy pushed Link quickly away, looking at the door with a scared expression.
"It's locked." Link said patiently, yet annoyed to the one who'd interrupted their sweet moment together.
"Sure?"
"Yeah." The elf pulled his love close and embraced him in a kiss.
"Yeah?" Roy said after the kiss as the one behind the door knocked again. He'd totally forgotten that someone had knocked on his door. The blonde kissed his ear gently as he spoke.
"I just wanted to make sure you're all right…" Zelda's worried voice said behind the door and the general sighed.
"I'm completely fine. No need to worry about me." He said cheerfully, keeping his eyes closed in the pleasure the Hylian's tongue caused in his ear. He put his hand on his love's back of the neck to hold him still. "Link…"
"Mm?" The Hero didn't stop, instead he kissed his cheek and bit his ear gently pulling it with his lips.
"…I hope I'll never lose you." Roy said as he took the elf's head in his hands and pressed his mouth on his and gave him a passionate and deep kiss.
"I'll never let you lose me." The blonde finally got off Roy's tunic and started to place kisses on his collarbone and lower on his body. The more the boy moaned in pleasure the lower he went. At times he came back to kiss his love and start all over again, just to feel the pleasant shivers Roy experienced.
Finally he entered his love and the general arched his neck back, groaning and silently repeating his name. With a kiss they both let go of the world and felt each other's love more powerful than ever before, more warm that they'd ever felt.
---
The two held each other in a gentle hug, smiling at each other tenderly.
"I never thought Ganondorf would trigger this." Link giggled.
Roy laughed shortly. "Me neither… But it doesn't chance the fact that I'm still mad at him."
"You don't look too furious, now, baby."
"Baby?" The general rose his eyebrows. The blonde giggled and moved his head closer:
"I just wanted to say that. Never mind."
"I won't." The redhead felt shivers and tried to reach for his blanket. "Where's my blanket?" he looked at the bed, confused.
What the--!?
Link looked at the bed as confused as his love. There were sligth burns here and there on it and it seemed like a pile of ash had once been the general's blanket. The Hylian connected the earlier inferno with that and got up and dressed quickly, ignoring the general's inquering look.
"I'll go get my blanket." He said gently as he left.
The general looked at his bed with confusion in his eyes. Had he done that? Or they together? It was impossible. No one could set anything on fire without the right temperature. Had someone been in their room? He gasped as he jumped off the bed and checked under it. No one there.
I can't understand any of this… Why did the Final Destination burn? Why does my bed look like this?
The Hero interrupted his thoughts as he walked in, carrying sheets and a blanket.
"Things got pretty hot, don't you think so?" He teased.
"I… I can't understand." The redheaded teen said, looking at the bed as he walked to his love.
"Me neither. But I think that I'll soon understand." Link said encouragingly as he wrapped his arms around the nude body of the general. "Don't worry, I'll tell you when I know."
Roy looked at him under his eyebrows. "You're just going to give me that supernatural crap again, aren't you?"
"Most likely, yeah."
"You can save it. I know it'll be something so absurd I can't even imagine it, so don't bother." The general let go of him and started to change the sheets.
Oh, whatever. The Hylian thought as he helped his beloved.
---
The next day's morning everyone kept glancing at Roy to see would he catch fire and burn down the whole house. The general noticed it and tried to ignore their gazes.
He and Link ate their breakfast in silence until Marth joined their company in his polite way by asking could he come to have his breakfast with them.
"Of course you can", the general said kindly.
"Are you all right, Roy? Considering what happened yesterday, I'd--"
"I'm completely fine. I don't have memory of what happened." The fiery boy cut off the prince, feeling annoyed that everyone worried over him so. "Where's Young Link?"
"Yeah, he usually follows you everywhere." The Hylian looked at the noble, rising eyebrows. Have you already told him?
The prince shook his head calmly. "He's not going to follow me anymore. I broke up with him."
"You did?" The redhead was surprised. "Why?"
"Because I realised that I loved him as a brother and he loved me as a father. In any case, I hope he won't hate me for telling him that." Marth looked at his plate.
"I'm sure he won't. You were honest with him, so he can't hate you. Of course he's hurt but when he thinks about it over, he'll understand that you were right and then he'll be back to normal again." The elf said, talking about himself more than his smaller self. But did it matter? They were the same person after all.
"He seemed to be very hurt…" The cobalt eyes turned to look at Link. "But I still hope you're right."
"Don't worry. I am." The blonde grinned. "Who would know him better than I do?"
They spoke about the small elf until they'd all finished their breakfasts and left the dining hall to spend time together in the living room. Christmas was coming and the room had been decorated by the two princesses.
I'm so glad they haven't got an idea to furniture the corridor again… The Hylian though as he sat down and looked at the Christmas calendars of the children. Young Link's 2nd day had already been opened and the chocolate inside was gone.
The noble seemed to still be a little sad about being so blunt, yet he'd tried to be very gentle. As he thought about it, there really hadn't been another way of telling. He sighed, but kept his expression blank.
Suddenly Roy stood up and walked to the fireplace where a cosy fire was and looked at the mistle toe above his head with a rascal grin. He was obviously teasing his beloved. He couldn't see how the fire reached out of the fireplace and grabbed his pants and when he walked back to Link it retreated back to the fireplace.
The elf looked at the fire with a thoughtful expression. It seemed like it was attached to the general somehow, that it somehow seemed to want his attention. Could it be that you could control fire…? And that you're doing it without realising it yourself? The blonde thought.
"What's the matter?" The redheaded teen asked with a grin as he sat down next to his love.
"I just… Did you see that, Marth?"
"See what?" The blue haired prince snapped out of his thoughts.
"How the fire…?" The Hylian looked at his beloved, at the fire and then at Marth with a confused expression.
"I didn't see anything." The noble answered, looking confused. Why's he asking that?
"What about the fire?" Roy rose his eyebrows.
"It somehow… reacted to you."
"How?" He could hear the kind amusement in the general's voice.
"It reached out at you… It seemed like it wanted to burn you." Link tried to take the redhead in his arms, but the boy snorted to remind him of Marth's presence.
"I didn't feel anything." The general said kindly, placing his hand on the Hero's forehead. "You could have a little fever." He put his hand on his own forehead to compare the warmth.
"I'm not ill." The blonde ascertained. "Not mentally or physically."
"Just teasing." Roy grinned.
Ganondorf walked to the living room and as he saw the two, he laughed.
"That's not the way to check are you crazy or not!!" he enjoyed his own joke by laughing after it. "I can take you to a mental hospital with pleasure, but I can say that you're both positive!"
"Ganondorf, please." Marth asked in his kind way. He didn't admit it to anyone, but he secretly was a little afraid of the Gerudo King. Who wouldn't?
"You shut up! Or maybe you're just as crazy as these two!"
"Ganondorf, stop that right now." Roy said, his eyes flaming.
"Don't listen to him, Roy." Link told his beloved, but it was probably already too late.
"I'm just letting you know the facts." The Gerudo said with a grin. The fire exploded in the fireplace, but stayed there still. "I don't know what kind of freaks you two are, but it helps me to understand you that you're both absolutely out of your minds."
"We're NOT!!" The Hero held the general's hands and Marth came to hold his waist. "Let me go! I'll kill that son of a bitch!!"
"Roy! Calm down for god's sakes!"
"I like to tease you, I can say whatever I want, but you can't do anything to me." Ganondorf said scornfully and laughed. "I want to see you furious, come on, get mad at me."
"Roy! Hold yourself! Don't give him what he wants!" The prince told the redhead. The general fell silent immediately, still breathing heavily. His eyes flamed at Ganondorf, who was surprised.
"I thought you'd like to kill me, pretty boy."
And I'll kill you when I get the chance!!
"This is no fun. I'll come back sometime when you don't have your guardian angels, who seem to understand something about survival." The Gerudo King left, laughing scornfully.
"I'm not sure how long I could've kept holding you like that." The blonde sighed as he let go of his beloved.
"Me neither. You have incredible strength when you get mad." Marth ascertained when he sat down again.
"Thanks for holding me back. I guess I would've already killed… or been killed by him if it weren't for you." The redhead said, looking at his feet.
"You would be dead. Think about his true powers." Link said sadly.
"I know…" Roy turned towards the Hylian and the prince looked at the two with a serious expression. "I just always… get angry so easily…"
"But you could try to hold it back." The elf placed a hand on his love's waist, clearly on a place where it couldn't be taken as a sign of love and caring but as a sign of close friendship and worry.
They're just friends. The cobalt eyed man told himself.
Roy rested his head on the Hero's shoulder, feeling exhausted. Somehow he felt so tired and worn that it was amazing that he was still on his feet. Maybe it was because he had used such a great amount of his energy in his rage towards Ganondorf. He placed a hand on the Hylian's back as he gently answered the hug.
It seemed like no one was there to bother that moment. All was quiet and still and the general could feel the blonde's breathing against his chest. He was happy that someone could make him feel so tranquil and… loved. That moment, he somehow thought that he didn't want to loose that feeling ever. But inside, his instincts told him repeatedly how close he was to parting from this world, no matter how hard he tried to push them away.
The small elf ran into the room, surprising the three and looked at the hugging couple with his eyes wide before a rascal smile curved on his lips and he said jokingly:
"Hey, I know that you two are close friends, but isn't that getting a little gay?" He laughed his clear boyish laugh. Roy jerked away from Link, remembering that there were others in the room as well. How could he have forgotten that?
"Aww… Now you made Roy afraid of me." Link said playfully. The general looked at his beloved blushing and rising one eyebrow, but he said nothing.
How could I forget where we were so completely? I have to start thinking about my surroundings more… But I think that Marth and Young Link think that as a sign of friendship, not love. Thinking that, the redhead decided not to talk about it and sighed as he sat down and joked with a smug grin:
"I didn't know you liked me, Link." But I do know that you love me.
"Me neither, but it seems I discover new things about myself everyday!" The Hylian answered with a laugh, bringing his head closer. "I'd ask you out if I hadn't devoted myself to protecting princess Zelda."
"Aww, too bad." The redhead pushed him away, turning to the small elf. "Were you outside?"
"Yeah, I made a snowman with Popo and Nana and Ness. Marth, come and see it!" The tiny blonde took his ex-lover's hand and dragged him out of the room. The prince had an utterly confused expression before he realised that Young Link had forgiven him and understood his point. And maybe the boy'd thought about his own feelings too.
"There!" The small cerulean eyed child said as he pointed towards a large snowman from the balcony they were standing on. Before Marth could say anything, he was dragged closer to the snowman to see it completely well from a closer angle.
He's showing this to me because he's proud of it… Isn't that why children show their parents everything they do? So I was right. Thank gods I was right. The blue haired noble thought as he ran after the boy, his kindness forcing him to be excited and interested in the young boy's matters. He was probably the closest to him after the older Link, who was obviously more like a brother to him.
---
In the meantime, the redhead looked at the clock, realising that the day was almost over and then his beloved with a relaxed expression, not wanting to say anything at all. He was just glad to be with him.
Link saw his expression and sneaked a hand behind his neck, pulling him closer to rest his head on his shoulder.
"No, Link." The general stopped his love. "It was a mistake I hugged you in front of Marth and Young Link. I'm glad everyone else's training. If Ganondorf would've seen that… Boy, would he have had fun."
"True…" The elf admitted.
They were both quiet after that, just enjoying the moment they both felt so special in the darkening winter night. And the snow slowly fell to the ground outside, silently, beautifully. It created snowdrifts, making the earth look cotton-like, soft and pure.
---
Link woke up in the middle of the night, hearing screams of panic and loud cracking. First he closed his years from it, but then it started to bother him so much that he couldn't sleep and he got up.
Drowsily he looked outside from Roy's room's window, seeing how fire raged in the town of Haine. He just stared at it for who knows how long before he woke from his trance, realising what was happening. The town was burning to ground! But how could it? It was snowing and it would be unlikely to have a fire at a time like this, because the ground was frozen.
Unless… The elf looked at the boy's bed and it was empty. He quickly connected the fire with his beloved and dressed up quickly, his worry growing in him. His subconscious told him furiously that the general couldn't have died in the fire if he had been the one to start it. But he doubted that too, even though his mind had told him that fire would be where Roy would be.
Some of the smashers were downstairs, looking at the fire and trying to cast spells to weaken and extinguish it. But it didn't seem to help. All they did was feed the fire and make it grow larger.
As the elf came out of the Smash Building, he saw the redhead standing in front of the burning town of Haine. People were screaming and running past him, but the general only spread his arms and arched his neck back.
Roy looked at the burning town, the fire flickering on his face. A small smile curved on his lips as he walked into the fire. It grabbed his clothes and devoured his body, curling around him like he was a part of it.
"ROY!!" Link couldn't see the redheaded teen anymore, he'd disappeared to the fire raging in the town. Some houses were already falling apart and some explosions happened near the gunsmith's.
Oh god… WHAT have you become, Roy?
---
*laughs like a maniac* Another evil cliffhanger! I guess this is way more evil than the first one, but oh well… I still hope you liked it! So much happens in this episode… I've almost completed it, only a few details need to be done…
Also, even though the Smash Files end after this episode, I can always write a deleted scenes/commentary/abandoned beginnings-part. But I'll do that only if many enough want it. So, how about it?
Thanks for reading!
~*- 3 -*~