Title: Broken Promises

Game: Zelda

Rating: G

Genre: Romance

Summary: As peace and order returned to Hyrule, he left. But a certain princess has sworn to herself that she will find her best friend and bring him back.

Warning: none

Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time belongs to Nintendo.

A/N: Here's yet another double post due to the fact that I haven't been on the net for a while again… umm… yeah… I have nothing else to say…

Chapter 7

It wasn't until late afternoon the next day that I finally found a sign that announced the entrance to Termina.

"About time!" I yelled, probably scaring the hell out of birds perched in nearby trees.

It was late and the only reason I wasn't covered in scratches was because my clothing was thick. I was hungry, tired, but not angry. I was actually happy. Afterall, I had kept to the promise I made myself that I would find Termina.

Walking into the large field, I looked around. Another sign told me I was in 'South Termina'. I nodded in appreciation. The place must've been big if they had bothered to name the different quadrants. At least I knew a bit about where I was.

Looking around again, I saw the large white walls that surrounded what I supposed was Clocktown, the main town, as Link had told me. I didn't particularly like being around many people, so I decided against going there. Instead, I just kept walking on a dirt path that I had found.

After walking a bit, I realised that I had found a rather intriguing path that led to a house or something. I could tell because I could see a fence in the distance. Well, it was quite empty around here and I didn't want to be around people. What else was I to do? I walked down and found a ranch.

There was yet another blessed sign! I decided that I shall, from this moment on, never mock another sign maker. Not that I had ever done so before…

The sign said that this place was called 'Romani Ranch'. I vaguely remember Link telling me about this place. Underneath it was another piece of paper with a hand-written advertisement on it. It advertised a job at the ranch and said that the employee would be allowed to live at the ranch and be taken care of, yada yada. I didn't need telling twice.

Walking down the stretch of green, I found the house and knocked on the door, hoping that I was the first to read that ad and respond to it.

Zelda slept through the entire day as Link went out and met old acquaintances in Clocktown. The two had managed to rent their two rooms and Anju was kind enough to only charge half-price.

"I can't believe it. Everything's so different here!" Link exclaimed as he walked through Clocktown with Kafei and Anju.

"Of course, Link. It's been eight years since you last came here," Kafei said, grinning.

"What's been done with that thief, Sakon?" Link asked.

Kafei's eyes gleamed with malevolence and Link couldn't help but grin.

"He ran off somewhere. I have no idea where, but he got away," Anju said, placing a hand on her husband's shoulder, "Kafei got so mad when they couldn't track him down."

"He delayed our wedding, of course I was mad when he couldn't be punished!" Kafei hissed.

"Honey…" Anju cooed, wrapping her arms around him, "It's okay now. Everything's alright, isn't it? We're married and we have the rest of our lives to spend together…"

"I suppose you're right, my love," Kafei replied, smiling and kissing her.

Link raised an eyebrow as the two began to kiss passionately and kept walking ahead.

Noticing the Milk Bar, Link went to the door and turned the handle, to see if the bar owner still allowed visitors in during the day until he had to clean the place up for the night's business.

The door opened, so Link walked in and down the stairs, to find a whole lot of people in there, as if it were ten o'clock.

"Is that you, Link?" a familiar voice called.

Link looked at the owner of the voice and raised an eyebrow, "Cremia?"

It definitely looked like her, only, more grown up. Of course, it had been eight years…

"Yep, it's me alright. Look at you! You're an adult!" she cried, stepping out from behind the bar.

Link smiled, "I'm surprised you recognise me."

"You kidding?" Cremia asked, "I'd never forget the face of someone who helped me ward off those bandits! Remember that, Link?"

Grinning, Link nodded.

"Also, I would've been able to pick you out in a crowd, what with those green clothes and all," Cremia grinned.

"I suppose…" Link said, looking down at his clothing.

"And another thing… just between you and me…" Cremia whispered, wrapping her arm around Link, "Romani's been moping like hell since you left!"

Link's eyes widened, "Romani?"

"Like you wouldn't believe!" Cremia said, nodding, "You should seriously go visit her or something! She'd go insane if she heard you came back here to Termina and didn't visit her!"

"Heh…" Link said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh, not to be putting any pressure on you, or anything! It was just a thought…" Cremia added as an afterthought.

"What are you doing here?" Link cut in, eager to change the topic, "How come you're in the Milk Bar?"

"Oh," Cremia said, "The guy who owns this place is an uncle of mine, so I decided to come help him out. Told him that the business would go better if he didn't only open late at night when half his potential customers would be asleep or something. I yelled at him until he agreed to open the Milk Bar during the day too, and would you imagine? The business has been booming! Sale's haven't doubled, they've tripled! I had such a good time giving Uncle a good old 'told you so' lecture!"

Cremia stopped and started laughing, obviously very pleased with herself.

"Anyways, what bring you here?" she asked after her laughter had subsided.

"I just came here with a friend of mine, who's searching for someone," Link replied.

"Ooh, really?" Cremia asked, smiling, "Think you can spare a while to stop off at the old Ranch?"

"Of course," Link said, nodding, "I'm sure Zelda will be fine with it. If not, I'll talk her into it."

"Woah!" Cremia exclaimed loudly, "She? Link?!"

Link's eyes widen, "Oh. No, it's not what you think. No, she's just the queen of Hyrule and I'm just accompanying her to-"

"Queen of Hyrule?!" Cremia yelled and the rest of the bar went quiet.

"Heh…" Link said, looking around nervously as many people stared at him.

"What are you eavesdroppers looking at!" Cremia snapped, "Don't you people understand the meaning of the word privacy?"

In an instant, the customers were talking amongst themselves again, as if nothing had happened.

"As you were saying…" Cremia said.

Link smiled, "Uh… I'm sure we'll be able to visit Romani. In fact, we'll go tomorrow."

Cremia grinned widely, "Thanks, Link! Romani's gonna be so happy to see you again!"

Link managed a smile. He hadn't seen Romani in ages and was looking forward to seeing her… but he had a horrible gut feeling that Zelda was going to try and reinforce the lie that she liked him and if Romani liked Link as much as Cremia made her out to…

Link inwardly groaned, a sense of foreboding settling inside of him.

A/N: Hope you ppl won't be cheap and only review one chapter instead of both. Ah well, can't really do much about it, eh. Just hopefully review and then go read the next chapter.