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 6

"This is getting really ridiculous…" Jiji said. The two of them had been wandering in the forest for days- they weren't even sure how many anymore. For all they knew they could've been in there five days or five weeks. It was horribly sad how long it was taking…

"I know we saw that tree stump yesterday," Iggy said, glaring at the familiar spot. He shook his head, growling slightly. He helped Jiji to the stump, still having to support her because of the wounds, and sat her down. "How's the leg?" he asked.

"Well, it still hurts like shit," Jiji said matter-of-factly. "Is that a bad thing?" she added sarcastically.

"Likely so," Iggy answered. He undid the bandages and took a look at the wound, which was finally barely even starting to scar. "It'll never heal if we don't get out of here and get it some proper attention," he said, retying the bandages. "Not to mention I'm getting tired of eating roasted Deku nuts every meal of the day."

"Agreed," Jiji concurred. Iggy helped her to stand again and they started off again.

"We can't go on like this…" Two more days had passed and they had not found the end of the forest nor any signs that they were getting near to their destination. Iggy was still supporting Jiji through the forest.

Suddenly he tripped over a rock and they both cried out as they dropped to the ground in a heap. "How can we not be near Kokiri?" Jiji asked, struggling to sit up. "Even with me being half crippled it shouldn't have taken us this long to get back." Iggy nodded, but suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, standing. "I mean, shouldn't we have found some kind of sign of something by now?"

"Shhh…" Iggy said, holding his hand up to silence her as he strained his ears.

"'Shhh' what?" Jiji asked.

"Shhh!" Iggy repeated. Jiji silenced skeptically while Iggy continued listening. He grinned from ear and began humming Saria's song.

"Why are you humming that song?" Jiji asked.

"Because I can hear it!" Iggy responded, pulling her to her feet. "Just listen, Jij!" Jiji was silent for a moment until her eyes lit up. "Let's go!" Iggy exclaimed as he started pulling her along in the direction of the sound.

"Iggy, slow down a bit!" Jiji said. "We're not home free yet!" The music was getting louder.

"We may as well be! Come on! I wanna get out of this for-!" he was cut off when he ran into something and fell back, once again taking Jiji with him. "Ow… What the…?" They each looked up into the glowering face of a Stalfos.

The stalfos bellowed at them and raised his sword to strike. "Shit!" they exclaimed trying to get away, but suddenly the Stalfos burst into flames and fell to pieces. Iggy and Jiji looked around uncertainly.

"You guys are pretty damn lucky. You know that?" They turned their heads and saw none other than Kage.

"Kage! Thank the gods!" Jiji grinned.

"So we are back in Hyrule then?" Iggy asked.

"Mm-hmm," Kage answered, nodding his head. He helped Iggy to his feet but frowned when he finally spotted Jiji's wounds. "How'd you manage that?" he asked somewhat quietly.

Iggy and Jiji glanced at each other. "Got attacked on the way back," Jiji replied. Kage nodded slowly, not sure he really believed her.

"Well, I'll take you to my house and we'll fix you up there," he said, picking her up. He started walking and Iggy followed. "Back from where anyway?" he inquired as he led them through Lost Woods. "You two've been gone for at least a week and a half now. We thought you might've gone home for good."

They glanced at each other again. "No, we actually were lost in here for the most part," Iggy answered. "Not to mention it's hard to cover any distance when I'm carrying her around." Jiji rolled her eyes and Kage gave a light chuckle.

"A lot's happened since you were gone," he said.

"Like what?" Jiji asked. Kage frowned slightly, memory not sitting well with him.

"You'll know it when you see it…" he replied. Jiji nodded her head slowly. At that point they entered a large clearing. A wooden structure that reminded Iggy and Jiji of the house at Romani Ranch stood at its center.

"Like that?" Iggy said and Kage smirked slightly.

"That's a nice house," Jiji commented.

"Thanks, I built it myself," Kage said.

"You built that?" Iggy asked incredulously.

"Do you find that hard to believe?" Kage smirked. Iggy's mouth closed shut. "Yeah, I actually built it for Selphie," Kage explained as they crossed the clearing to the house.

"I thought she was going to go back to her own time?" Jiji said confusedly as Kage fished inside the sleeve of his kimono and produced a key. Before he could use it though, the door opened. And behind it stood a very much grown up Selphie. Iggy and Jiji's eyes widened.

"Well… she did and she didn't," Kage said.

Selphie looked on in bemuse until she realized what was going on, at which point she put her hand to her forehead and sighed. "It's a long story…" Which they then went on to explain.

End Part 1