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 10

Iggy woke up pretty early the next morning. He placed his hand on Jiji's forehead and found that it was still rather hot. Sticking his head out or the blankets, he found that it was still pretty cold. He pulled back inside and debated whether or not to leave.

He was a bit worried for Jiji's sake. If he left, he wasn't sure if the loss of the extra body heat would leave her warm enough. And if he stayed then it could possibly take a while for anyone to stop by, especially considering both Kage and Selphie had gone missing yesterday. "Iggy…?" Jiji whispered, opening her eyes slightly. Iggy looked down at her and was about to let go, but she held onto his tunic.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Bad…" she answered. "I feel like I got hit by a wagon…"

Iggy shook his head, "I think you were cold for a little too long…" Jiji nodded hers. "Are you still warm enough?" he asked. Again a response in the positive.

"Hello! Iggy? Jiji? You guys here?" Iggy's eyes widened as he heard Kage's voice.

"Oy! Kage!" he called, crawling out from the blankets. He pulled on his coat and ran to meet Kage in the next room. "Kage! Man, where were you yesterday?"

"Urg… it's a long story. I'll tell you about it later," Kage answered, rubbing his hands together. He was cold too, that was evident. "I came out here because it's freezing. We wanted to find out if you and Jiji ended up staying out here."

"Yeah, we couldn't have made it anywhere else," Iggy answered.

"Not if you stayed here all day," Kage said.

"Yeah, well, Jiji helped me work on the house yesterday," Iggy replied. "But last night it started snowing and stuff was coming through that window. I think Jiji caught something. She had to get under the blankets with me just to get decently warm." Kage cocked an eyebrow and half smirked. "Not like that!" Iggy scowled. "Come on, this could be serious. We gotta get her to your house."

Kage nodded in agreement. "Okay, get her coat on and some of those extra blankets," he instructed.

Jiji floated in between awareness and oblivion. She was only vaguely aware of the pillow beneath her head. 'Pillow…?' Her eyes opened and she looked around. It looked like she was in Kage's room… but weren't she and Iggy at their house…?

Jiji put her hand to her forehead, groaning softly. She felt like crap. Her head hurt, it was feverish, and even her throat felt like someone had taken the sandpaper from their house and tried to sand her trachea. "It'll pass." She turned to see Selphie walking into the room with a mug, which she set on the bedside table. "We're pretty sure it's just a mild case of hypothermia," she said. "You should be okay just drinking the potion," she pushed the mug toward Jiji.

Jiji sat up and reached for the mug, bringing it to her mouth and drinking the potion. Once she was done she sat the mug down again and grimaced. "Always forget how nasty those things are…" she said.

"How you feeling?" Selphie asked.

"Better now. Thanks," Jiji answered.

"Hey, I just brought the potion," Selphie replied, adding a small semi-sly smile. "Iggy's the one that kept you warm all last night. If not for him you probably would have frozen to death."

"He wha-?" Jiji cut off, eyes widening, as she remembered. "Oh, gods! No!"

"'No' what?" Selphie asked.

"I slept with Iggy! And I was talking in my sleep, and ugh!" she groaned. "I can't believe this!"

"Jiji, if you hadn't shared a 'bed' with Iggy, you probably would have frozen to death," Selphie tried to reason.

"But you and Kage don't even sleep together yet…!" Jiji moaned.

"Well… actually we do…" Selphie said slowly. "But that's a different story," Selphie waved her hand dismissively. "The point is you have nothing to be worried about. All you did was share the blankets for warmth-."

"No!" Jiji stopped her. "I told you, I was talking in my sleep. If I can't remember anything else I know I at least remember this much. I thought the Garo were after me and Iggy saved me from them. And I kept moving closer to Iggy, leaning against him, the whole nine yards until he put his arms around me, and the Garo went away. And then…" she trailed off from the embarrassment of it all. "I told him to take good care of me." She pressed her palms against her eyes to block everything out and didn't look up again until she heard Selphie snickering.

"What's so funny?" Jiji demanded.

"You are," Selphie grinned. "Why are you so put out by the idea of saying all these things in a delirious state?"

"Because I don't know how Iggy might have reacted to them!" Jiji answered. "He might have thought I really meant it!"

"And don't you?"

"What!"

"Didn't you mean all those things you said, if only at the time?" Selphie asked.

"I… at the time I really did think there were Garo after us, I really didn't feel good, and I really did need Iggy to fight them off," Jiji answered. "So I guess I did need him to take good care of me at the time. But I was unconscious!"

"Well, you know my theory on consciences," Selphie said. "You get your conscious self for when you're totally awake, your unconscious self for when you're totally asleep, and your subconscience that drifts between the two, often communicating real feelings that your conscious self purposely hides."

"And what does that have to do with anything?" Jiji queried skeptically.

"It means everything you said, especially that last line, you absolutely really feel," Selphie replied.

"P-!" Jiji cut off when she heard a door open downstairs, voices following it. "Oh, gods! Iggy's back with Kage!" She heard Iggy coming up the stairs and her eyes widened. "I'm not awake!" she whispered hastily, lying down and facing the wall as she hid under the blankets. Selphie sighed in exasperation as Iggy knocked on the door.

"Hey? Is she awake yet?" he asked, slipping in the door and walking over.

"Not yet. She's still asleep," Selphie answered softly.

Iggy nodded his head and glanced over at Jiji. "She looks better," he commented. He noticed the empty mug on the table and frowned slightly. Selphie followed his line of vision and tried not to look guilty. "Well, if she wakes up, tell her me and Kage are gonna start moving furniture, cause the house is all done."

"Congratulations," Selphie gave him a small smile. He nodded, glancing once more at the empty mug before leaving, closing the door softly behind him. They heard the boys leave again and Selphie turned to frown at Jiji as the girl sat up again. "Now that was just mean, Jiji. Don't you ever make me do that again," she said, the girl lowering her head a bit. "I wonder if you deserve him," Selphie added. "The boy has done nothing but stay by your side since you were born. Do you think you could ask for anything better?"

"I don't know…" Jiji said softly. "You had your friend Flat like that, but you turned him down."

"Nuh-uh, that's different," Selphie replied. "It's different for me because I'm a time-traveler. I may have been given the chance to stay in my old time, but I was also given the chance to return to this time and Kage. We were put together and kept together. You guys were never separated to begin with. It's like the fates are screaming that you are supposed to stay together!"

"Selphie…"

"I'm telling you, Jiji, you need to get over this concept that Iggy's your brother and that it would be indecent for you to be with him," Selphie said, picking up the mug as she stood, moving toward the door.

"But that's just it!" Jiji blurted. "I stay with him as a sister!"

"Do you? Do you really?" Selphie asked before leaving, closing the door behind her. Jiji stared after her for a moment before drawing her knees to her chest and hugging them against her.

"I don't know anymore… I just don't know…"