Disclaimer: I don't own Nintendo or anything involving Legend of Zelda, but I am attempting to write a story about things that involve them for entertainment purposes only. Not for the money thing. That's bad.

It Won't Stop Running Down My Hand

In a large, brown colored horse drawn carriage, comfortably sat a young man and woman with golden blonde hair. Although their form of clothing was both very different, since the woman wore a beautiful dress and the man wore an aging green tunic, they still looked very regal. While the man looked handsome with his clean-shaven, smooth face and bright blue eyes, the woman looked very gorgeous with her long hair, shining jade eyes and unblemished face.

"Thank you again, for allowing me to clean myself up before lunch," Link softly spoke with his eyes fixed on his feet, unable to look up at her. Zelda only smiled at his bashful behavior.

"I still don't think it's right for you to pay though," Link said as the driver of the carriage made a slight turn, avoiding a bump in the dirt road that they traveled on.

"Link, its part of my thanks to you for saving my kingdom…" she trailed off, becoming annoyed that he continued to bring such a thing up. As they sat in silence for a few more moments, Link could feel his eyes rising up to look at her.

"I shouldn't be thinking of such things with her, she's far to pure to even imagine in such a way…" Link trailed off in his own head, as he began to imagine them both making love.

"I can't get her out of my head," he nearly whispered aloud, as his feelings, among other things, began to grow more intense.

"So what was it, that Kastu said to make you become so embarrassed?" she suddenly asked him out of the blue. After she decided to take him into town for lunch and gave him time to clean up, he had hoped she forgot about it.

"Oh, he was just teasing me," Link stated, finally looking up at her, unable to avoid her beautiful eyes anymore.

"About what?" she asked in an innocent tone, but Link knew better. He may have been naïve on the subject of women, but he could see a sly look in her eyes. A look that almost made him think of a cat playing with a mouse, before it finished him off.

"Well, what was it about?" she asked after a few seconds of silence. Link was too busy being afraid to respond though, having compared her to a cat playing with its meal. After another few seconds of silence, neither willing to break it, the carriage slowed to a stop.

"We're here, your majesty," the drivers voice called from the front of the carriage. Zelda then stood up and went for the door, only to turn back to Link with a smile across her face.

"Coming?" she asked in a polite manner. He could only smile and nod at her.

Walking off of the carriage, they seemed to be in the middle of the town square, with people rushing around them, saying hello the Princess and continuing along their way, as if she was constantly coming and going into town.

"Perhaps what I've heard of royalty being cut off from their kingdoms is untrue," Link thought to himself, as he followed her around as she walked towards a large building which was likely the restaurant she spoke of earlier.

"Your majesty, you simply must see my sister's newborn child!" a very happy voice called out to Zelda, who stopped in her tracks and smiled.

"Link, you don't mind waiting for a moment, do you?" she asked him in a polite way.

"Not at all, I'll just wait around here," he spoke in his soft voice causing the lady with a happy voice to giggle at such a well-mannered young man. They both left into a home nearby, leaving Link to himself. Looking around the town square, he saw groups of people purchasing goods and talking in a joyful fashion. It was almost as if his brush with death never happened. Suddenly, shouts from nearby alerted him to trouble.

"You're trying to rip me off, old man!" a disgruntled voice rang out in Link's ears as he headed towards the source of the problems. Standing in front of a familiar carriage filled with goods was an old man and his grand daughter.

"Please sir, don't say such things. I would never try to cheat you," the old man stuttered out, afraid of the crowd of men now surrounding his cart. Just as one of the rough looking men reached out to grab him, he felt a strong hand grasp into his shoulder. Turning around to see the angry blue eyes of a young man in blonde hair, he stepped away from him, only to glare back.

"What do you have to do with this, huh?" the angry man yelled at Link.

"They're with me," Link merely said, standing proud and tall against the small group of men. Just as the rough man was going to yell at Link, a group of guards turned around a corner, no doubt having heard the commotion.

"It's him!" one of the guards shrieked in hysterics, as everyone turned around to meet his terrified gaze, which was locked directly on Link.

"It's the Army Slayer!" he screamed, slowly backing away from the inevitable fight that was going to break out.

"That's him? The guy who took out the northern division of Mandrag Ganon's army?" his partner fearfully asked him, but not backing away. As the group of angry men looked back from the soldiers to Link, they found that he was still intently staring at them. To Link, when a threat arouse, he would do everything in his power to focus on the enemy, or enemies as the case may be, so that he would be ready for anything they tried. The group of men quickly backed away from him though, when they noticed the look of intensity he was giving them.

"His eyes look like a devil's!" one of them shouted, as they scattered and ran off. Even the soldiers, turned away and left him in the middle of town square, rumors flying around that he was responsible for destroying an entire army. Turning to look at Arielle and the old man, he still had a look of ferocity in his eyes, which seemed to take the elderly man by surprise. Arielle however, hardly seemed disturbed by such a thing and walked over to him and rose in arms up to the sky.

"Thank you Link," she smiled, as she walked over to him and symbolized she wanted a hug by moving her arms around until Link picked her up.

"Is it true boy? Did you really defeat an entire army?" the sagely merchant asked Link who bobbed his head up and down, wordlessly saying 'yes.'

"Wow, you're a hero!" Arielle smiled at him as he gave a soft smile back.

"To see such a thing… It would have been incredible to watch your plight from afar," the old man spoke in a voice that seemed to almost be far away. Before anyone else spoke another word, he could feel a familiar presence coming closer towards him. Turning around, he saw the smiling face of Princess Zelda.

"Link, is this your family?" Zelda asked in sincere way. The old man and Arielle could only stare at them both in shock. The young man they had just met recently was already on friendly terms with the Princess who controlled their kingdom.

"My family?" Link asked, confused for only a second. He turned to look at the old man who's name he had yet to learn and the young girl named Arielle who at first was very rude to him, but then would have sacrificed her life to let him live.

"If I had a family, they would be it," he smiled warmly at Zelda who merely let a smirk slide across her face. Upon hearing this, Arielle showed all her teeth in a rare smile and buried her face in Link's shoulder. After a few moments of Arielle hugging Link, he carefully set her on the ground near her grand father.

"It would be an honor to have a hero like Link's family come along with us to lunch then," Zelda smiled at the elderly man and Arielle. Before Arielle could begin to make a big deal of it though, the old man stepped forward.

"It would be an incredible honor your majesty, but we have already eaten. So could we try to have lunch another day? All four of us?"

"That would be delightful," Zelda smiled as she glanced at Link, who's smile was even larger then her own.

"We'll talk to you another time then Link," he smiled and winked at the boy as he and the princess began to head towards the restaurant. As they both left, Arielle gave her grand father a stern look.

"You fibbed grandpa, we haven't eaten yet!" she admonished.

"Sometimes small lies can make people happy though…" he trailed off with a smile on his face, watching Link and Zelda head towards the restaurant.

As Zelda walked into the restaurant, followed closely by Link, they were instantly greeted by a man in a nice suit, which showed that this establishment was very classy. Link followed closely behind Zelda, reminding him of chicks following a hen, unsure of what else to do but follow the more experienced mother. Link had been to taverns before, but never before had he been to a place as elegant as this.

"Who is your escort, your majesty?" the person who began greeting them asked with a sly smile.

"This is Link," she stepped aside, so that the greeter could take a good look at him. Looking each other up and down, the older woman who was greeting them smiled at him.

"Very well, we have just the table for you two…" she trailed off with a smirk, and began to lead them through the restaurant. Taking them past tables of crowded people, she finally stopped at a darker and more secluded area of the eating-place.

"There you go, the waiter will be with you in a few minutes," she smiled and walked off. The only table that was around them was a small one with two chairs next to it. Candles that surrounded them illuminated the area around them and single red rose was in a thin vase in the middle of the small table. As the lady who had greeted them began to walk away, Zelda raised her hand out and prepared to call out. Suddenly, Link found that his hand was on top of hers, bringing it down to her side. A faint tinge of blush was creeping along her face as Link looked into her eyes.

"If you don't mind it, I don't mind…" he gently told her, feeling warmth in his face. She said no words but nodded and sat down. For a few minutes an awkward silence hung around them, as they looked at the menus. Link could barely contain the smile that was creeping across his face as he hid behind his menu. From all perspectives, this was practically a date with the girl that had haunted his very being for so many years. Finally, realizing the silence would destroy all that he was working for; he placed the menu down and smiled at her.

"So what should I get?" he asked her, as she began to look up at him.

"The steak here is really nice, I bet you would like it…" she trailed off, glancing back at the menu.

"Isn't steak expensive though?" he asked, sure that he couldn't ask for such a thing.

"Not really," she lied right through her teeth. Link was sure it was expensive, but decided not to press the matter further. After a few minutes of talking about the restaurant and some of it's employees, a man walked up who was obviously the waiter.

"May I take your order, your majesty?" he asked in a very strained voice. To Link, it seemed as if he was nervous or maybe tired.

"I've never seen you before, are you new?" Zelda asked the young man who's body frame suggested he was more suited at being a soldier then a server.

"Why yes, I just started today…" he trailed off with a thin smile on his face. As Zelda told the waiter what she wanted, and even what Link would be having, Link was staring the waiter up and down. There was something unnerving about him, causing Link to feel cautious. Glancing to his right, where he had leaned his swords against the wall while they sat at the table, he began to realize they were further from him then he would have liked.

"Very well your majesty, I will be back with your food in a little while. Enjoy your date," he then bowed and walked towards the kitchen. Had he not left in such a hurry, he would have noticed both of the young adults were blushing uncontrollably.

"Why do you suppose they keep mistaking this for a date?" she asked, as the flush began to fade from her face. Link, who had not cleared his face of warmth, could only shrug his shoulders.

"Anyway, I was curious as to how you became so powerful? How is it that you're able to battle an army, and come out alive?" Zelda asked, with an inquisitive look on her face. At her question, Link's face instantly became serious.

"It's very hard to describe, to tell the truth… You would have to see it to understand," Link stated, as he reached for a glass of water the greeter had left behind and took a sip.

"I'll have to watch as you train some of the new soldiers then," she smiled as Link began to build up enough nerve to ask her a question.

"So tell me, do you do much traveling?" Link asked, praying that she would somehow be reminded of her past with him.

"When I was younger I did, but since my accident and then the battles with Mandrag Ganon, I haven't had the time…" she trailed off with a look of remembrance on her face.

"Accident?" Link asked, with a look of panic on his face.

"Yes, when I was younger I had a horse riding accident and bumped my head," she started, as Link's mouth began to hang open.

"I'm afraid my memories of before then are a little blurry," she finished up, sighing. Realization and a smile struck Link as she finished her story.

"She doesn't remember because of an accident!" his mind shouted at him, as he realized that she didn't just hate him and totally forgot about him of her own free will.

"I have something to tell you," he began as she looked into his crystal blue eyes. As they sat there for a moment, staring at each other's eyes, Link could feel himself melting in her presence. He could feel himself growing red in the cheeks, (and growing in other areas,) as he began to fantasize about making love to her. Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask what it was, a group of people began to come towards the table from a long hallway.

"Our food is here," she said, knocking Link out of his trance. Turning around in his seat, he began to take a good look at the people who interrupted his moment with her. Their waiter and two other waiters were now closing in on the table. On the plate with Link's steak though, something caught his attention.

"A dagger? Why would they need to cut such tender meat with a weapon that can kill a person?" he thought to himself, until it suddenly hit him. The panicky behavior from the waiter, being placed in such a remote area, keeping them distracted by calling their lunch a date, the dagger on the plate… They were planning on killing the princess. Before the waiters could get close enough, Link spun around in his chair to face Zelda and reached for his full blade 'Death.'

"When I say so, hide under the table," he whispered with a look of dread on his face. Had it been anyone else and the expression on his or her face wasn't so alarming, she would have thought it a joke. The waiters then surrounded the Princess with looks of hostility on their faces.

"Did anyone order some revolution?" one of them smirked as he reached for the dagger on the plate. Link had already seen this coming though, and shouted at Zelda to hide. In the blink of an eye, she was under the table and Link had already begun to swing his humongous sword at them. Before any of them realized what was going on, the blade swept right through all three of them without pause, splitting them all in half from the waist across. Under the table, Zelda heard the piercing of air, a spray of liquid and thump. After a few seconds she came out from the table on a different side, only to see that three dead bodies lie on the ground.

"What did you do!?" she shouted, not realizing they were after her life. Link began to feel guilty, since he was now covered in blood, a fearful sight for anyone.

"I said, what did you do!?" she repeated, as Link looked at her. Her face showed no fear though, only a look of anger on her face. Every time that anyone saw Link, covered in blood, they most always compared him to some kind of devil. That, or they would just run away screaming, not bothering to say a thing.

"They're after you're life!" Link stuttered, not wishing to make her angrier then she already was. He then went over to one of the dead bodies and lifted the dagger off him, showing it to her.

"He was preparing to stab you, he even said something about a revolution," Link said as Zelda began to glare at the dagger he was showing her.

"There may be more people in the area, so I've got to get you back to the castle where it's safe…" he trailed off, preparing his weapons.

"I can't believe such a thing would happen here," he said to herself as Link gave her a tiny smile.

"Please, allow me to protect you, my magnificence. Just stay close to me and never leave my side…" somewhere in his heart, he wished that he could continue protecting her for all of eternity.

"You must be an angel sent to Hyrule, Link…" she gave him a slight smile, despite the danger. Link let out a slight gasp as he realized he had never before been compared to such a divine celestial.

Author's Notes: Sorry that took so long, but I also tried to make it longer then usual, since it seems most of you are concerned about it's length above all else. I was nearly tempted to put the fanfic on some sort of hold, since I've thought about what I wanted to do as my next fanfic. After reading through all my reviews though, I realized that I just couldn't do that to those who are interested in my writing. For those of you reading this who are fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion, the next fanfic I do will be based on that. I think it's a nice idea, but I'll only be doing this Zelda one for a while. I'd say I'm about halfway through with writing it. Then again, maybe I'm only a hundredth of the way done, or maybe three quarters of the way done. Who knows? I guess I'll be finished, when I finish…