Darunia: Disclaimer! Selphie Louise does not own the Legend of Zelda or any of its characters. They are the property of Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo.

Tingle: The characters she does own are Selphie, Iggy, and Jiji. The characters of Kage, Yugi, Mable, and Raven belong to Kearra. The character Ravick is the property of Selphie's friend, Patrick.

Chapter 4:

A year passed. The second bedroom in Kage and Selphie's house was still in nonuse, and they were not expecting it to ever be used again, excepting possible guests, but you get the point. They still had no child. No birth. No conception. No hope anymore. The couple had given up. It was just not going to happen. Link was going to suggest that they adopt, but was stopped, for even Iggy could tell the response would be more than negative.

Don't think that they were in a state of depression though. They were getting along well enough. They did, of course, still have each other. A child wasn't all that necessary… not really… Though they did feel a bit of longing once in a while- especially when they saw their niece and nephew.

Selphie woke up and got out of bed, heading downstairs to get her glass of LonLon milk as usual. She felt Kage's arms around her and heard him say, "Good morning."

"Morning," she replied.

"Want some breakfast?" he asked, making his way over to the pantry.

"Breakfast? Is there an occasion?" she asked.

"No, not really," Kage replied. "But if we eat now we can skip lunch and not have to worry about being full for Link's birthday dinner."

Selphie mulled that over for a moment before shaking her head. "Nah, I just have too hard of a time eating in the morning," she said. "Unless I'm really hungry…"

"I guess the woman I married is just not a breakfast person," Kage sighed, giving her a small smile.

Later that evening they were at Link and Yugi's house for dinner. Nothing fancy: just Link, Yugi, Selphie, Kage, Iggy, Jiji, Darunia, and even Ravick, who somehow managed to be in the right place at the right time (go figure).

"So… where are the kids?" Ravick asked later that evening when they were all sitting in the living room just chatting.

"Goron City," Darunia replied. "Link needed the extra rupees, so we let him take the job," he added.

"I see," Ravick said. "So how many kids is he watching?" he asked slyly looking around at all three couples.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Iggy asked.

"It means I assume you've all been pretty busy in bed in the four years I've been out of the loop," Ravick answered. Selphie and Kage remained silent.

"Only two," Link said stiffly.

Ravick looked around at all the solemn faces. "Er… was there something wrong with my question?"

Several of them glanced to Selphie and Kage, who caught their gaze. "Yah, of course. What makes you think Selphie and me want kids? Huh, Rav?" Kage laughed. Ravick nodded his head, though he wasn't quite sure he believed him.

"Yah, seriously, Rav. What with all the crying and the mess? Why would Kage and me want kids? We can just play with Mable and Raven if we feel like it, anyways," Selphie added. The others looked at them rather uneasily. "What?" They shook their heads.

"Well, I'd say it's late enough for us to head out," Kage said standing up at last.

"Yep, me as well," Darunia agreed, also standing and stretching his rocky body.

"Hmm. Us too, I think," Jiji said, glancing at the clock: nearly midnight. She placed a hand on Iggy's arm and he stood up with her.

"Eh, you guys mind if I spend the night here?" Ravick asked. Jiji hit him in the arm. "Ow! What?"

"Hello, it's his birthday! Don't you think they…?" she said giving him a significant look. A look of understanding crossed the mage's face.

"Oh, never mind, I think I can make it back to the castle if they can make it to where they're going," he said, standing. Selphie stood up as well walking over to Link.

"Thank you for having us," she said, hugging him and giving him a small kiss on the cheek. "Happy birthday."

"Thanks," Link said. He got a hug from Jiji as well, a big Goron hug from Daru, and three handshakes from Kage, Iggy, and Ravick.

"We'll be seein' ya," Iggy said as he closed the door behind the group.

"Bye," Link and Yugi called. They sighed.

"So… Jiji had a good point…" Link smirked as he pulled Yugi to her feet and toward the stairs. "Are you getting me a birthday present?"

Yugi raised her eyebrows seductively. "Guests gone, kids in Goron City… hell yeah, baby," she said, Link's eyes widening slightly as she pinched his butt. He scooped her off her feet and went upstairs.

Out in the field where everyone was walking home… "Heh heh…" Ravick smirked, looking over at the lone stone wall as they passed it.

"What?" they all asked turning to face him.

"Remember that spot Kage?" he asked. Kage looked over and smirked slightly. "I still say it was my third guess."

"Yeah, right…" Kage said, rolling his eyes.

"Third guess at what?" Selphie asked. "What are you talking about?"

"Heh… on our wedding day, Ravick was following me around and this was one of the spots we ended up at. He was pestering me, trying to figure out why I got cold feet."

"I believe my exact words were, 'What is it? Is it commitment? … Kissing? … Or maybe it's the sex?'" Ravick laughed, as did they all.

"And let me guess what his exact words were," Iggy said. "Uh… 'No' …'I already kiss her' …and 'Well… yeah…'" They all laughed, especially when Iggy's ass was set ablaze again.

"So…" Ravick said when he'd finally caught his breath again. "Are you sure it wasn't the sex? Cause I'm pretty sure you guys would've had something to show for it by now if you weren't." It was dark, but had it been light, they would have seen the looks of pain on Selphie and Kage's faces- more Kage's than Selphie's.

"Well, perhaps we've just gotten lucky…" Kage said. Finally they reached the forest. "Well, this is us," Kage said.

"You going through the Lost Woods shortcut, Daru?" Selphie asked.

"Nah, I'll go the long way," Daru answered. "I don't know that I trust him to make it all the way back to the Castle Town."

"Feh…" Ravick rolled his eyes. "Thanks for the concern… Well, it was good seeing you guys again."

"See you later, Ravick," the two answered and disappeared into the woods.

"…Do you think they meant to not say, 'Good to see you too?'" Ravick asked.

The remaining three glanced at each other. "…No?"