For those who didn't know, yes, Skyward Sword won the poll! Yay! And here it is! Double yay!

But for those who were hoping for Harvest Moon, do not despair, I'll be posting another Special just before the Future Arc starts. It really would be too much of a shame if I didn't after all and I do love both games.

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR (Amano Akira does) or Skyward Sword (praise Nintendo!)

When Tsuna had been young, his parents died from air raiders. He thought he would be all alone since he had no family. That is until he met a blonde girl his age. She wasn't from the island, he knew. He didn't recognize her and he knew almost everyone. He remembered all too well how she looked like. They had just been introduced to each other then. She was thin, her hair was the color of the sun, she had a small but stubborn chin and her eyes, which were red from crying, were strikingly blue. The first thing she did when they met was smile.

He looked at it and wondered how she could smile when the world was so bleak.

They told them that they would be living together at the Academy and still she continued to smile. At first they didn't talk much. That was okay with him. No one ever wanted to talk to him. He was the resident clown of Skyloft. But then Mia began probing him to explore and play around the Academy. Even if he thought it was pointless, he went anyway. Slowly, he started to feel less lonely. He started to smile again.

However he felt that Mia was keeping her distance. It wasn't just him, it was everybody else too. It worried him because he had grown to care for her. One night, he caught her crying and thrashing in her sleep. Scared, he woke her up. The look she had given him was so sad he started crying too and he wasn't a pretty crier. For the first time, she opened her heart out to him. She told him that she hadn't been born on Skyloft; that she had grown up in one of the smaller islands. When her parents had been killed by Raiders, she had been left all alone to take care of herself.

Her parent's loftwings abandoned the small island shortly after they died and she was too young to have one of her own. She told him that it had been hard being alone. She had even eaten a poisonous mushroom by mistake once and nearly died if it hadn't been for a group of knights passing by. They saved her and brought her to Skyloft. She told him how much she missed them. Even though she had food to eat and a bed to sleep in, she didn't feel like she fit in. She was an outsider. Tsuna wanted to argue with her, tell her that it wasn't like that all when she suddenly thanked him. Startled, he asked her why and she replied, with that pretty smile of hers,

"For being a friend."

From then on, they were inseparable. If he had known then he was going to suffer so much in the future, would he be still friends with her?

The nightmare began when she fell down the sky.

He would remember it every time he closed his eyes. They were gliding through orange tinged clouds, laughing until it faded away with the wind. She looked to him, her expression so tender his insides were bubbling inside, ready to burst.

"I wish we could always stay like this." She said, sounding almost like a prayer to the gods. He was going to tell her how he felt. Honest to the Goddess that he was but she interrupted him. "Tsuna…" It was her nickname for him. She called him that ever since they were children. She always said it as if his name was filled with light but at that moment it carried heavy foreboding. She never finished what she was going to tell him. A great and terrible cyclone ripped her away from him.

When he woke up he was told that she was gone.

He thought it had been a nightmare. It was too terrible to be true. But when his peers continued to look at him with pity, the harsh reality crashed down on him. He was so numb. No one could console him. Not his other friends or anyone else. He sat on his bed and hid in the shadows hours. He had even stopped speaking. Mia had no family to grieve for her except for him. They were orphans. He was all she had to call family and he couldn't save her. When he was asleep he would relieve their last moments and when he was awake he would remember all the times they've spent together.

He couldn't take it. In the dead of the night, he ran towards the Goddess statue, dropped to his knees, and broke down before it.

"I want her back!" he cried to the ancient monument, his voice hoarse for being unused for so long. "I was going to tell her…" tears clouded his vision. "I… I wanted to stay with her too." He choked. Mia had encouraged him since they were young. He had been laughably weak then and cowardly to boot but she saw through all that. She helped him become a knight. But what was the point to being a knight if the one they wanted to protect was gone? There was a large gaping hole in his heart that the cyclone tore open and he feared it may never be filled again.

It was there that destiny called for him. A spirit of a man with considerable presence appeared before him and led him to an ancient relic. He looked at it, burdened by doubts and fear. The spirit, named Reborn, told him that he would suffer, that he would go through many trials as foretold by prophecy. It daunted him. He was frightened by his so-called 'destiny'. But he was also given hope. That the person most dearest to him was waiting for him in the land below. Knowing that Mia was down there, there was no way in the entire world would he abandon her again and so he grabbed destiny by its hilt and raised it skyward.

He was going to bring her home.

After three-hundred and ninety-four times of nearly dying, Tsuna was near the end of his wits. These dungeons that he had been traversing for so long had the hardest puzzles he had ever encountered in his entire life. He wasn't cut out for this. He can free-fall above a thousand feet in the sky but he can't - Goddess can you hear him? - Can't solve these confounded riddles! He took a respite in a dark corner. Sweat trickled down his brow as he leaned against the wall, thinking. Could he really do this? He thought to himself. He was taking so long in these dungeons he wondered if he will ever see the light of day ever again. The spirit of his sword wanted him to pass these puzzles on his own but he secretly felt like it enjoyed watching him suffer. Had it not been for the helpful spirits he had met and befriended along the way, he would have been stuck for a thousand years in there. If Mia were here, she would have been able to figure it out in a matter of seconds.

If Mia were here…

His spirits crumbled at the thought. He wanted to see her. So bad that he was starting to forget his frustrations. It doesn't matter how long it took, he will find her. A burning fire of determination blossomed in his chest as he recalled his meeting with the young guardian of the Temple of Time. She went by the name of Yuni. She told him that she was alive. It was all he ever hoped to hear.

Gathering his bearings, Tsuna set off once more in search of his friend.

Mia.

Are you scared right now? He faced an undead monster, terror shaking his bones.

Are you eating enough? He nibbled on stale bread. It would be a while before he would be able to find something edible in this dungeon.

Are you warm? He took shelter underneath a large overgrown plant from the rain. He blew into his hands for warmth.

Are you hurt? He held his arm as it oozed blood. He staggered through the hall, making his way to the next room.

Are you lonely? He sat by himself all alone in the deepest bowels of the dungeon. Not a living soul in sight. He huddled closer in on himself. His sword was oddly quiet.

Do you miss me? He missed her. Every second, every minute, every hour of every day. He missed her terrible jokes, the way she spent most of her afternoons reading and her constant teasing of his clumsiness even though she wasn't better off.

After what felt like an eternity, he found her in the ancient temple on the Sealed Grounds, a thousand years in the past. She had been making her way to the dais when he called out to her and she stopped. She turned around. It was all too surreal because she was there and she was real. He had been searching for so long he thought it almost a dream.

Her eyes shone with wisdom beyond her years. She was clad in a pure white dress like a beacon of light, the image of serenity and benevolence. She was different but he probably must have been the same too her. This journey made him change too.

They stared at each other for a moment, studying each other's faces, drinking in expressions. He broke into a smile. "Mia…" he said. But Mia did not smile. He was confused when her expression saddened.

"You came," said Mia softly, as if she hoped he didn't do so.

He was too deep in shock to notice her odd behavior. For some reason, he couldn't move his feet. He was afraid that if he moved she might disappear again. "Why wouldn't I? I was so, so worried."

She blinked and her expression became unreadable. Her eyes though, were bright with emotion. "It must have been hard for you Tsuna. Yuni must have told you that you needn't have come but you did anyway."

"Of course I did," he swiftly replied. "I could never leave you."

Still she did not smile. She bowed her head. "Sephira and Yuni must have told you about the evil lurking in our world."

His stomach churned nervously. "They did."

"And about your destiny."

He swallowed and averted his eyes to the mural decorating the inner sanctum. Mia sighed softly. "It seems that the stories we heard while growing up aren't that far from the truth. I think it's time you learned the whole story. Let me try to explain…" She followed his gaze to the murals. "The old gods created a power unparalleled to any other that gave anyone who possessed it to shape reality and fulfill any desire. It was called: the Triforce. In his thirst to conquer the world and make it his, the Demon King rallied monsters for far. He sought to take it by force. The goddess feared for her people. Do you remember the legends?"

He was suddenly compelled to answer and fumbled with the words. Mia patiently waited for him. "Um… ah… She gathered her people on a huge rock and… uh, sent it to the sky." He couldn't have put it more eloquently than that.

Humor sparked in her eyes. He ducked his head and blushed.

"That's right," she murmured. "After a long and fierce battle, the goddess succeeded in sealing away the Demon King. However, soon after he had been imprisoned, it became clear to the goddess that the seal will not hold long against his power. She suffered terrible injury in her last battle with the Demon King. She knew that if he broke free again, there would be no stopping him. And if he were to free himself… do you know what will happen Tsuna?"

Fear slowly began to build inside him and he gulped. "End of the world?"

Her eyes darkened and she nodded.

"Knowing that, she devised a plan and set it into motion. The first was the creation of Reborn, a spirit of fortitude and austerity, to serve as the soul of Evil's Bane and assist the goddess' chosen hero. Which was you."

Tsuna kept shaking his head in denial. "I-I'm no hero. You have no idea how much I screwed up. I think the goddess chose wrong."

"You underestimate yourself Tsuna. That's precisely why you were chosen."

"I almost impaled myself on my sword!" he burst as if he was begging to be proved wrong. "What kind of hero almost gets himself killed by his own sword?"

Her eyes twinkled with amusement and he almost thought she would have laughed but she didn't. She snorted instead and the mystical and magnificent image she had been carrying vanished. "Indeed. Tis truly a question that might take a millennia to answer." She rolled her eyes sarcastically. "But," she noted and began walking down the dais slowly. "She hadn't chosen wrong."

He couldn't look at her. "She made a mistake," he said. "I'm useless. I'm not smart, I'm only passable with a sword, I'm - "

"Pure and kind. Gentle and understanding. Someone who encompasses all and accepts all. A true child of the sky." She was standing before him now. She cupped his face and he flinched but she didn't mind and turned his head so he would look at her. "She chose you for your heart Tsuna," she said. Her voice was thick with emotion. "For your heart."

He himself was feeling really emotional too. He swallowed heavily. "You make it sound like you knew her personally."

She blinked and the light in her eyes dulled. She retracted her hand. "Which brings me to her second plan - to abandon her divine form and transfer her soul to a mortal body."

He stiffened. "W-Why would she do that? She's a goddess!"

Mia looked down on her hands. "But you forget that the Triforce can only be used by mortals. If the Demon King were able to get his hands on it, do you think the goddess would stand a chance? No. It was her last and only hope. Knowing that, the goddess gave up her divine powers and immortal form." She looked at him, eyes begging.

His breath stuck in his throat. It couldn't be… she can't be…

Seeing understanding dawning in his eyes, Mia closed her eyes. "You are the chosen hero and I… I am the goddess reborn."

He stared at her in shock.

Mia continued to speak. "When that tornado tossed me down the land, I was almost captured by demonic forces but was rescued by the young guardian who lives in the Sealed Grounds. I don't remember anything about my existence as the goddess but she explained it to me. She helped me remember who I was… what I had to do."

"But why us?!" he cried out suddenly. "Why does it have to be you?" the anguish that had slowly been building inside him was unleashed. He had hoped that once he found her, they would be able to go home and live happily together once more. Not more of this.

"Tsuna…" she tried to placate him but he jumped away from her touch as if appalled. Hurt flittered into her expression that quickly went away. "Please understand that the Demon King must not revive. He's capable of destroying the land if we allow him to do as he desires."

He knew that but he couldn't understand why him. Sure, he had his heart but if he was incapable then what's the point? He felt like he only lived this long because Reborn kept him alive. Mia looked at him with sympathy. "You've always lacked confidence Tsuna," she said quietly. "But you've grown so much. Don't you see? You've grown wiser from the many devious puzzles and traps."

That wasn't true at all. He shook his head in denial. "I got help. I never did any of that on my own!"

"But," she interrupted him. "You acknowledged those around you and drew strength from them. You did not dismiss their advice or their warnings and neither did you blindly follow them without pondering it on your own. That, in itself, is wisdom." He started to protest again but she went on, "You also gained power from honing and tempering your sword."

"This?" He pulled his sword out of its sheath and proceeded to drop it. An awkward silence stretched between them.

After a moment, Mia spoke. "Reborn won't be happy with you for dropping him like that."

Tsuna hastily picked the sword up, his ears burning. "You see? I suck."

She sighed, a little frustrated. "You do not suck Tsuna."

"You know I'm not that good! If the hero was a swordsman, Takeshi would have been better off." He looked at his reflection in the blade bitterly.

"That's because that is not the sword's final form. Its true form takes after the heart of its chosen master." At his confusion, she touched his hand that held the sword. "Kneel Tsuna," she commanded gently.

Even if he was confused, scared and angry, he did as he was told because he still trusted her. She took his hand to hold the other end, so that the blade lay flat in his palms. She touched the tip of the sword with her finger and began speaking, "Valiant hero, you have endured many hardships and journeyed far in your quest to reach this place." She dragged her finger across the blade. Where she had touched began to glow softly. "Along your travels you have found wisdom, power, and courage, and for this I shall bless your sword with the goddess's power. May it give you the strength to drive back the abomination that threatens this land!"

The brightness intensified and Tsuna shut his eyes. He felt the weight of his sword disappear and instead felt a strange sensation as if he was growing a second skin over his hands. When the light faded, he slowly opened his lids to find that his hands had donned a pair of gloves. They gleamed like the magical steel of his blade, sturdy as the most ancient of foundations and flexible as his riding gloves. On the back bore the insignia of the Triforce. He looked at his gloves with awe and twisted his hands around, admiring the detail.

"Well, you never were suited to hitting things around with sharp pointy objects." Her dry comment brought his attention back to her.

"Mia…"

"Look at how far you've come Tsuna," she said softly. "What you've done was no easy feat. The fact that you're here speaks much of your courage… even if you refuse to admit it."

Her eyes were beseeching him to believe but it was hard. "I… I still don't get it," he admitted. "I don't understand why I'm the chosen hero. You can't expect me to believe that it was because of my-my heart." He blushed. "Besides! Why would the goddess - er… you - would need a hero anyway if you're here!"

Her mouth quirked and he knew he was setting himself up to look like an idiot. "You're right Tsuna. Why would a hero be needed when the reincarnation of the goddess is here?" She said sarcastically though her words held no true bite. She stared him right in the eyes. "Because I can't do this alone."

Startled, he gaped at her. "Huh?"

"Look at the back of your hand. Do you see the mark of the Triforce? Its proof that you are the hero of legend and that sacred power dwells within you. If I cannot obtain it then you can. If you are able to acquire it, we will have the power to vanquish the Demon King once and for all. The goddess needed someone with an unbreakable spirit to wield its might. That was you Tsuna. "

She looked at him with such intensity he couldn't break away. "But spirit alone wasn't enough," she continued. "You had to overcome many trials and awaken the hero within so you could wield that power."

Suddenly the full weight of his destiny crashed down on his shoulders. "W-What if I fail?" he whispered, his eyes wide with fear.

"You won't be alone." She turned around and he watched her climb up the dais.

"Where are you going?" he suddenly asked her, voice small with fright. Seeing the way her shoulders were set terrified him for some reason.

She paused on the steps but didn't turn back to look at him. "Back in our time, you've already driven him back into his prison twice now. I can't thank you enough for that Tsuna but you've seen it for yourself - the seal is weakening. That is why I intend to remain here in this time and place… to sustain the seal as the best as I can."

"What?" Tsuna gasped.

Determined, she spoke, "As long as I continue this vigil, we may be able to prevent the Demon King from fully reviving himself in our own time. I must maintain the seal that the goddess - rather, I - created so long ago and keep it strong for as long as I can. There's also something else… Tsuna... I've used you." Her shoulders began to shake.

Tsuna was frozen on the spot from her confession and strangely enough, he wasn't angry.

"I knew that if it meant saving Mia, you would throw yourself headfirst into danger without a moment's doubt… I forced you to be who you are now." She continued walking up the steps, each step burdened by guilt.

"There's nothing I can say to make up for it. I needed your strength to tip the scales in our favor but… while all that might be well intentioned and true, it doesn't mean it was right… and it doesn't excuse what I've done." Standing on top of the dais, she turned, tears streaking down on her face. Seeing her cry jolted him out of his shock as he felt his heart squeeze painfully at the pain in her tone.

"Mia - "

She shook her head. "I'm prepared to be hated by you Tsuna."

"No… I would never have hated you." He disagreed. "I could never do that."

"That's relieving to hear." She gave him a watery smile. She studied his face, her eyes sweeping his every feature as if she were burning his image in her mind. "To ensure the seal holds, I will remain here in this time… deep in sleep for thousands of years."

He sprung into action and sprinted up the steps. "No Mia!" he cried, reaching out for her.

A quiet roar of light that grew in intensity cascaded down from the ceiling and dowsed her figure, cocooning her slowly in amber. He slammed against the hard surface. Mia continued to smile for him. He pounded the surface with his fists, desperately begging her at the same time not to do this.

"I can't say it enough how sorry I am Tsuna. But before my memories of my past life returned to me, I had no idea we were fated to carry such a heavy destiny." Her voice reverberated through the crystal but was slowly growing fainter as the hollow inside was slowly being filled.

"You don't have to apologize!"

She chuckled sadly. "No. I have to. I just wanted you to know…" her voice quivered. "Before all this I really was happy just spending my days with you. I wanted that feeling to last forever."

No, he wailed in his heart. Don't say it like you're saying goodbye! His pounding began to weaken as he started to cry too. "Me too Mia," he sobbed. "I was happy being with you."

"While it's true I'm the goddess reborn, I'm still your friend… I'm still your Mia."

He looked through the crystal and her eyes, so blue in their magnificence, began to flutter to a close. "Goddess or not… you'll always be Mia to me." After all he went through, was he going to lose her again?

"Don't despair Tsuna." Her voice now came as a whisper. "When the Demon King is finally gone, there will be no need for the seal that binds him, and then I'll be able to wake up."

"I'll wake you up," he swore fiercely to her. "I'll wake you up and we'll live together again. Alright? That's a promise!"

"Promise…" A few more tears slipped through the edges of her eyes just as the crystal had been fully formed. Another flash of light and Tsuna shut his eyes. When it faded and he could open his eyes again, she was entombed in a great crystal. She had been crying, just as he was. He sunk on his knees before it, desolated.

She had been wrenched away from him again. He didn't know how long he knelt there but it occurred to him that he couldn't stay there forever. He wiped his tears and snot away. He had to get the Triforce, no matter what. It was the only way to get her to wake up. He slowly got to his feet, his hand still against the crystal. Beneath his gloves, he could feel it hum with Mia's life force. It was also warm like her.

Suddenly he couldn't care less about being scared of his destiny, not when Mia mattered to him more. He had no words to say - what was he going to say anyway? It's not like she'll hear it - so he decided to engrave this image in his mind before he left. He stood there; memorizing her like she did with him and tore away. He couldn't linger here. He had a promise to keep. He turned his back to her as determination grew with each step he took. He strode confidently to the door, ready to face his 'destiny' once more.

He was going to get her back.

Tsuna was startled awake as a loud crash happened in the room next door. He blinked, realizing he had fallen asleep on the table while taking a break from playing. He stretched the stiffness from his joints and noticed that the TV was still on. Skyward Sword's paused menu was open. He had been readying himself for the last boss battle with Demise when he suddenly fell asleep.

As he was musing about his game, he suddenly recalled the dream he had where he had been Link and Mia had been Zelda. He rubbed his chest morosely. Not because it hurt but because he felt incredibly sad. It had been the saddest scene in the game and now Tsuna can fully appreciate what Link must have been through. Knowing that, made him feel even more determined to kick Demise's ass. Him and that Ghirahim prick.

A quiet moan brought his attention to his bed where Mia had been sleeping, a book in her open hand. There was a small frown in between her eyes as she slept. He sat beside her. She didn't seem to be having a bad dream. He glanced at the window where it was evening already. Mia often took naps but watching her sleep now, right after that dream of his, made him want to wake her up. He poked her cheek and watched as she batted his hand away.

"Mia…" he poked her again.

"Knock it off Tsuna," she growled softly when he kept on poking her. "I'm trying to sleep!"

"Yeah but…" he trailed off. She opened one lid and saw him looking down on his hands, frowning. With a small sigh, she sat up.

"Okay, okay, I'm awake," she conceded with a yawn. "What's got you so down?"

"Well… um…" his eyes wandered to the nun chucks on his table. She followed his sight.

"How you doing anyway?" she asked him. "You were pretty annoyed with the controls earlier. You gonna finish the game?" He nodded with such fierceness he surprised her.

"Yeah, I will." He was determined to keep his promise.

Her gaze softened. "Look at you fired up," she uttered. "A few hours ago you look like you were ready to rage quit."

"That was before I remembered that I had a promise with Zelda."

She nodded slowly in understanding at the same time looking confused and a bit put out. "Right…"

"You remind me a lot of her Mia," he said, suddenly inspired. Her eyes widened as did his smile. "In a way, you're my Zelda."

Red-faced, she grabbed the pillow and smacked him with it in embarrassment. He laughed and kissed her cheek.

They stared at each other then…

"Well aren't you going to save her?" she questioned him impatiently. "You don't keep a girl waiting!"

If anyone is wondering when this chapter is set because it mentions Yuni and Sephira - you've guessed it right then if you think its after the Shimon or Inheritance Arc! They're older here and both are in senior high school. Don't take this too seriously. It's a fun little chapter without no greater impact on the overall story.

Anyways, tell me what you guys think if you enjoyed it or not! Did I do Skyward Sword justice or did I fail?

AUTHOR IS VERY THANKFUL FOR THE ASSISTANCE GIVEN

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I AM IN YOUR DEBTS READERS

ONWARDS WITH THE QUEST!