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"So where do we go from here?" Sora asked as they found their way to Kakariko's gate.

"Lake Hylia. To help the Zoras. They're a race of fish-like people…" Link explained, then stopped. "I… figured you didn't know that."

Sora nodded with a smirk. "You're catching on."

"Hey… I've been wanting to know. Wherever you're from- is everyone like you there?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, is everyone as powerful as you are wherever you're from?"

Sora shook his spiked head. "Nah. I'm kinda special. I have a special job, I figured out. The people back where I'm from- no, they're not like me. I'm what's called a keybearer. It was a job handed to me by destiny that gave me all the awesome powers and abilities that I have."

"Keybearer." Link repeated. "So that big key of yours- that's something really special, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's pretty special." Sora agreed. "I'm not the only keybearer around though. And… most of the other ones are pretty nice." He scratched his head. "But the problem is that in the past, there were a lot of keybearers that weren't so nice. I think there are still a few that aren't. Power can turn a lot of people to the dark, you know? Because of that, some of the people who know about us don't like us too much. When keybearers go bad, they can do some pretty devastating stuff. That's probably why Sheik doesn't trust me."

"So basically, you get this power… and you're here, helping me?"

Sora nodded.

"You have to give Sheik credit- that is awfully strange of you. If I didn't know you a little better, I might think you were up to something."

"Well… I hope you know I'm not."

"I do." Link affirmed. "Don't worry, I know you're nice. I'm glad you're here."

The two slept under the same tree that they found before they went up the mountain before. When morning rose the next day, they stayed only for breakfast, then were gone from the village, heading south. They traveled across Hyrule field for the majority of the day. It was about sunset by the time that they crossed the gate to the lake.

Upon their arrival, Link decided that Sora seemed mildly depressed by Lake Hylia. In his fairness, Link was depressed as well. Seeing the lake at such a dangerously low level was truly saddening. Some of his fondest memories after leaving Kokiri were spent at the Lake, enjoying the sun, talking to the Zora tribe, playing music for the dancing scarecrows, but with the lake all but gone, it was hard to keep a smile on.

"The temple is down there." He pointed as they made their way down the nearly empty lake. He adjusted the blue tunic he had recently changed into. "It's underwater. These clothes let me breathe under water, but I've only got one pair." He looked to Sora. "Now, I suppose that you would have a problem with that, right?"

Sora shook his head and smiled. "Nah, I'll be fine."

Link scoffed. "Should have known. But I'm excited to see how you manage this one… Alright, follow me."

The two traversed the gap between the surface and the entrance of the temple easily, surfacing and swimming over to a platform. Sora eased over to the edge of the platform before teetering off it slightly and looking around. He looked up at the way the light reflected from the several torches into the water, and up to the cave's top, which in turn lit the floors and the water. It was a pretty beautiful place. The water, as they could see it, ran extremely deep- a good fifty or so feet, of perfect, clear water. "But take heed…" Sora muttered in a playfully low voice, "for creatures of mal intent lurk in the trenches…"

"You're creeping me out."

He grinned back at Link. "Just saying. Beautiful place. But there's danger in beauty sometimes. Know what I mean?"

Link nodded back. "Well, let's go."

Sora nodded, then held out his hand. His keyblade appeared and he reared it, facing a wall. He swung hard at the wall, gashing it, with the sound and the sight of sparks making Link cringe. Then, Sora found a jutting piece of the wall in the gash and touched it with his finger and grinned at it. His keyblade disappeared and he took off his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Link asked as Sora took off his undershirt and hung both on the jutting part of the wall, as if a hanger.

"Getting ready to go swimming." He grinned, kicking off his shoes and socks and then, standing simply in his shorts, gave Link a thumbs-up. "Ready."

Link gave a confused stare. "… okay…" He decided. He jumped across the water to a platform on the other side. Sora stood with him as they started to walk around the structure. "Where to start…?" Link wondered, walking around.

They turned a corner and Sora excitedly pointed to an area across the water. "There! Look, one of those target things that you can hit with your hookshot!"

As if on cue, Link pulled out his hookshot and shot, but just before it could hit and latch in, it stopped and retracted. He frowned a little. "Too short."

"Oh." Sora said, then became silent for a moment. "I could glide over there and pull you up."

"It's… kinda high from the water. I don't know if our arms are long enough."

Sora crossed his arms and tapped his foot, thinking. "Yeah, you're right. Well, I guess we could try somewhere else."

The blue clad boy looked over the edge, into the water. "No way to go but down. Ready?"

Sora nodded. "I'll follow you."

"Okay, but if you need air-"

"I'll be fine." Sora told him.

With a breath and shrug, Link jumped into the water and started swimming to the bottom, feeling the effect of the blue tunic for the first time. It was like the clothes were putting air into his lungs for him, rendering his mouth nearly useless for breathing. It was almost scary at first, as it felt so strange, but with a few seconds of getting used to it, it was actually rather refreshing. He got to the bottom and put on his iron boots so he could stand normally on the bottom. He grinned, enjoying the idea of feeling the water, being underwater, but being able to breathe and function just as well as any other time. "Sora?" He looked around, trying to see where he was. Funny, even his voice carried just fine like it he was on dry ground. "You okay? Where are you?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He saw out of the corner of his eye, the other boy next to him. Link turned and flinched, seeing the other boy in a way he had never seen him before. For one, Sora was completely naked. However, it wasn't necessarily a crude naked, as Link could not see any 'unmentionable' parts of him, but there was indeed not a single piece of clothing on him. What really made him flinch was the sight of Sora no longer in what much resembled a truly normal form. His legs were gone, replaced by a finned tail that flicked back and forth a few times, giving him his placement in the water. It was gray and smooth, not like any fish that Link had ever seen before, not covered in scales, but certainly made for water. "… er…" That was all Link could muster.

"Yeah, I know." He said, with a grin and a shrug. "I can have a dolphin tail if I need one."

"What's a dolphin?" Link asked, wondering if that was the right question.

"Sea creature from other places. I guess Hyrule doesn't have 'em." He shrugged. "Weird though, because dolphins breathe air. But I dunno, I'm not complaining that I can breathe down here." He crossed his arms and grinned.

"How did you do that?"

"I dunno, really. The first time it happened, I was going to a place with a lot of water, so one of my friends who knows a lot of magic stuff made it so we could be underwater and you know… breathe and swim and stuff. So his magic did this to me. But it kinda stuck, I guess, because now every time I get too deep in the water, it just happens on its own. I guess his magic stuck with me, and now I'm super adaptable."

"That adaptable though?"

Sora looked at his tail. "Well, looks that way! Is this too weird?"

Link paused for a bit, considering. "Honestly, all things considered…" He said, finally, "I think that it fits pretty much right in what I think I should expect from you."

"Oh, okay. Cool." Sora agreed. "Well, let's get going."

Link ran down a corridor with Sora swimming close behind, turning a corner. "So what are we looking for?" Sora asked Link.

"There's some sort of curse on the temple- we need to find it and break it. Probably a monster of some sort."

"Hard to think a monster could drain a whole lake."

"Well, the temple effects the health of the region that the temple has domain over, and the health of a temple can be effected just by having a monster in their most spiritual places."

"Oh, gotcha." They turned another corner. "It's a sort of cool concept… like, everything's connected-" Sora stopped as Link stopped in front of him. All Sora could see was a look of incredible shock from the blue clad warrior.

"Hello, Link." A voice carried around the corner, making Sora curious. He turned the corner, looking ahead. "Who's that?" He asked in regards to the figure in front of them.

Link looked ahead at the woman, whose fins were moving in the water, holding her to the floor. Her eyes ran over him carefully, taking in his full appearance, as Link knew that she hadn't seen him for a very long time. And considering their commitment to each other, that was probably not optimal on his part.

"That's my…" He paused, not looking back to Sora. "Fiancée…" He finished.

"Oh…" He nodded. Then, his eyes went wide. "OH!" He scratched the back of his head. "Er- I… I'll… leave you two alone for a bit!" He quickly flicked his tail and practically flew around the corner and out of sight.

Link looked back to the woman in front of her, fully realized as a woman for the first time, since they had met when they were so young. "… Ruto…" He said softly.

"I never forgot the vows we made to each other, those days, seven years ago. I waited for you. I knew that one day you'd return to me. I knew you were honest. I knew you wouldn't break the promise. Of course, it's terrible that you would keep me waiting for so long."

"Ruto, I'm sorry! I didn't want you to have to wait. I got trapped- I couldn't control the situation. And you're right. I haven't broken the promise. I'm still willing to honor our commitment."

She smiled at him, then walked forward, standing close. "That's sweet of you to say. But, now's not the time for those issues…" She sighed. "I didn't come here because I thought I would see you here. I'm sure you've seen Zora's domain. It's totally frozen."

"Yeah, I saw… I'm so sorry. How did you make it out?"

"I was saved by someone. A man named Sheik."

Link exhaled sharply at the mentioning of the mysterious man. "Sheik. Of course."

"… But everyone else is still frozen. I still need to find a way to make everything right again. You'll help me right? Help the woman who's going to marry you when this is all over?"

Link nodded. "Of course, Ruto."

"Good… well, in the temple somewhere, the monster that plagues this place with its evil lurks. I'm going to keep looking through the temple for this thing. You do the same."

"Right. I will, Ruto. And then, you and I can exchange our vows, and I'll make up for the time that I couldn't be around these past seven years."

She grinned. "Link, don't make promises you know you can't keep." She sprang up and swam upward, quickly. "See you later."

"What? Ruto, I mean it!" He said, looking up at her as she rose in the water. He struggled to get the iron boots off, but by the time that he could rise up and get out of the water, she was already gone.

He sighed at the empty area, wondering where she had gone. Then, he heard a sound behind him of something surfacing. He turned quickly- "Ruto!" He shouted, but to his disappointment, was instead greeted by the concerned face of Sora.

"Hey. Did everything turn out okay?" The spiky haired boy asked.

Link sighed. "I… I don't know…"

"Oh. I'm sorry." He said, flicking his tail as his body flopped out of the water and on to the tiled floor of the temple. Water moved off of him, but as it did, it seemed almost as if his tail was moving off of him as well, like moisture falling away, separating itself and moving into two parts which Sora soon used to stand up on. Even his shorts rematerialized as he found himself back on his legs. He flicked his toes as if he missed the feeling, then stood in front of Link, who looked almost disturbed by the change. "So what's next?"

"We have to go find the monster in the temple…" He said, still staring at Sora's legs, unobtrusively checking to be sure they looked normal. They did. Link wasn't sure if it would be stranger if they didn't look normal. Trying to wrap his mind around the mystery that Sora still was, his head started to hurt.

With an agreeing nod from the spiky haired boy, the two started deeper into the temple. Through walking and swimming, several different corners, twists and turns, unlocking doors, finding dead ends, going back over ground, they found themselves deep in the temple, but as for which way to go, they were at a loss.

"Here, lemmie see the map." Sora said, snatching it from Link's hand. "See, look, I told you we should have gone right back-"

"You're holding the map upside down."

"…" He turned the map over. "Okay- so, to get to this room- wait… which room are we in?"

Link sighed in exasperation and took the map back. "This thing's useless right now. I can't believe we went through so much to get it."

"It wasn't that bad- just a switch and a water jet… okay, yeah, an intense water jet…"

Link shook his head at the memory.

"Well, we're walking, not swimming." Sora pointed out. "Is that a hint?"

"No." The Hylian rubbed his eyes in frustration, staring at the map. "This temple is way too confusing…"

Sora laughed a little. "No kidding."

"We're in the… square… room."

"They're all square."

Link groaned. "I know!" He looked back at the map, then his eyes widened. "Wait- we… we were… we got here by going through a door on… the middle level… right?"

The other boy nodded.

"I've been watching it from… the top level. Augh!" The blue clad warrior crumpled up the map and threw it away. "We're lost."

Sora tapped his bare foot on the floor, looking up thoughtfully. "Well, it could always be worse, right?" He put his hands behind his head, grinning at Link. "At least we're not alone."

Link ran his hand though the hair on his head that his hat didn't cover, and started pacing, unsure what to do. "Okay- Sora- you… you've got… some way out of this right? I mean, you've been able to do like… everything else. What do you do when you're lost?"

"Honestly? I embrace it." He shrugged. "You know… just sort of pick a direction and just… go."

"You're not helping."

"I figured, but you asked." Sora smirked. "It's how we met, remember?" He paused. "Hey, what about your teleporty thing?"

"If I use that, what happens to you? Do you just stay here?"

"Oh, right."

Link started walking. "Well, in any case, we're not helping ourselves by just standing here."

"True." Sora followed behind him as the reached the end of a hallway. "And plus, I don't think we've been in this room yet."

They walked into a room with a pool of water, along with a few platforms and strange dragon-like statues that they haven't seen before. On the water, a few blue tektites (or as Sora had been calling them, 'Whoa, look at those giants bugs'), sat still until they saw the two walk into the room, then started jumping toward them, obviously hostile. They weren't much of a threat though, and were finished off with a few arrows.

There was a crystal switch in the middle of the room of a kind that was by no means new to either of them. They had seen several around and there were a few in the fire temple as well. Link fired an arrow at the switch to see what it did. The switch changed color at the arrow's contact and the water drained from the pool, and the statues lowered. Link scanned the room, seeing how it would be necessary to shoot the switch several times before eventually getting to the last statue, which would eventually lead to the statue at the end, where raising it would serve as an elevator to an upper level. Seeing all that, calculating his moves and knowing how much time it would take, he looked to Sora and sighed. "I hate this place."

"Oh, come on, cheer up! Let's do it."

In time, the two were rising up the dragon head to finally step on the upper level. The two made their way to a locked door. Sora unlocked it with his keyblade as they approached. After unlocking it, he made a move to open the door. Then, his hand stopped before he could touch the knob, forced back by a barrier.

"Huh?" Link tilted his head a bit. "You can't go in?"

"Guess not…" Sora frowned.

"So what will happen to you if I get transported outside like the last few times?"

Sora tapped his feet at the floor, thinking. "Here, I'll wait here for you for an hour or so. And… if you don't show up, I'll start retracing my steps! Alright?"

Link gave a nod, then opened the door, keeping his eyes on Sora as they closed. As the door shut, Sora peeked past Link curiously into the room that he had been forbidden to enter. It was a strange setting as Sora could see it. It looked like an ocean. An eerily still ocean with an island in the distance.

The door shut and once again, Sora found himself alone. Only the sound of a bit of trickling water could be heard as he eased himself against a wall. He took a few relaxing deep breaths, letting his mind run back and forth between thinking about everything that had happened since he found himself in the forest temple, and what might be going on behind the door that Link had gone in. Feeling his heart racing a little at what could be, he smiled at the knowledge that Link was strong, and could handle anything that was thrown at him.

But once that thought had solidified, there was still the thought everything that had brought him to the room he was sitting in. He sat up bit curiously, rubbing his eyes. Trying to recall what he was doing before the forest temple was starting to make his head hurt. He leaned back against the wall keeping his eyes closed. "There was… after the world that never was…" He muttered to himself. "Then…" He sighed, not feeling his memory working right. "Something… important…" He couldn't quite recall. "Riku had become a master- wait… that wasn't it either." With his eyes closed and his mind cloudy, he started to think about clouds, listening to the sound of water from the temple. Then he began thinking about oceans. Water dissolving, water removing, water at the bottom of the ocean. He tried to refocus his mind on his memory, but it was drifting, like water being carried. Dissolving… removing… water… at the bottom… of the ocean…

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The blue clad warrior emerged from the door he had entered only maybe a half hour before, taking a few exhausted deep breaths, before looking over the spiky haired boy, who laid snoring on the floor of the temple. "Sora." Link said, intentionally loud enough to wake him.

The sleeping boy sprang up into a sitting position. "Same as it ever was-" He muttered disjointedly before consciousness took over his body again. He looked over to Link, suddenly noticing that he didn't look so good. He was visibly cut, there were bloodstains on his clothes, and he looked on the brink of collapse. "Whoa- Link… you don't look so good." He stood up quickly and got closer to him, as Link nearly fell over onto him. Sora held him up. "What happened in there?"

"Just a big fight…" He breathed.

"Against what?"

"Myself."

"…" Sora raised an eyebrow at Link as the answer sank in with a few second's passing. "Come on, buddy, don't get all existential on me, please. I get enough speeches on reality and darkness and hearts and all of that stuff as it is."

Link groaned in response, obviously in pain.

"Whoa, whoa… hang on." Sora put a hand on Link's chest. "Cure!"

Link saw Sora's hand light up in green light as he felt a sudden warming energy moving through him. The pain in his body started to dissipate as he found himself able to stand easily again. The warmth spread to the bleeding cuts on his arms. Link watched in awe as they started to heal, leaving no trace of scars or even blood marks. In a moment, he looked and felt like no battle had transpired, standing strong once again.

Sora pulled his hand away, grinning while Link shifted his weight between his feet and bounced on the balls of his feet. "Feeling better?"

Link nodded. "Yeah… You can heal people too?"

"Yep."

"Man- you're… you're the best travel partner anyone could ask for."

Sora smiled widely. "Aw, thanks man! You're awesome too!"

Moving his shoulders, feeling refreshed, Link looked back at Sora more seriously. "So there's a door in there that I need to follow. See if you can come in this time."

Sora slowly reached for the door, then grinned as he was able to grasp the handle. "Cool!" He opened the door and walked inside. "Island time!" He stopped suddenly, noticing that the room was massive, yes, but didn't look any different than any other room in the temple in terms of décor. "Wait- I thought… I saw…" The boy turned to the Hylian, confused.

"Don't ask." Link shook his head, starting to walk across the room.

Sora scratched his head then shrugged, going along with Link.

Through the door across the room, Link opened the door, eyes widening at the chest inside. "Yes!" He ran over and started opening it. Sora watched from behind as he heard the sound of some metal moving as Link excitedly moved his hands within the chest. Then, with a tremendous smile, he held up his hookshot. "Nice!" Link smiled.

"You already had one of those, though." Sora tilted his head a bit. "Not that it's not cool and all, but…"

"No, there was a longer chain in here. See?" He pointed it and shot it.

Sora watched as the chain shot across the room, going almost twice as far, if not a little further. "Whoa- cool!" Sora grinned, impressed. "Now that I think about it, there were a few places that you couldn't quite reach with that thing, weren't there?"

Link nodded. "Yeah, like that door near the entrance!" He almost shouted excitedly, but he frowned in sudden realization. "Er- now we just have to get to the entrance."

"Right." Sora laughed lightly.

The two started to navigate the temple once again, trying to retrace their steps as carefully as possible. It took about an hour before they started to move into more familiar territory, moving through rooms that they recognized because of landmarks such as empty treasure chests, waterfalls, and huge whirlpools. In time, the two were swimming up to the top back at the entrance of the temple, surfacing by the area that Link's hookshot couldn't quite reach before. Link didn't wait try out the upgrade, and pulled out his hookshot, shot over, and cleared the gap, landing on the other side. He turned and watched Sora glide over to him, which impressed the Hylian, as it was the first time he had actually seen Sora do it. Still, they didn't dwell on it long and went to the door.

Inside, they looked up an incline to a marvelous door, pent up by golden chains and a massive lock. "This is the third place with a door exactly like that. I haven't been able to go into rooms that are behind those doors. What's up with that?" Sora wondered aloud, summoning his keyblade and holding it to the lock. A beam of light fired out from his keyblade, unlocking the door.

"In every temple, the most sacred room has been guarded by a door of that kind." Navi quipped. "The ones who built these places probably intended it that way."

"Right." Sora nodded to the fairy, then reared back his keyblade and hurled it toward the door. A barrier that hitherto could not be seen suddenly stopped it and bounced it back in the other direction. He caught the keyblade as it flew back to him, then shot a glance over to Link. "Well… knock 'em dead." He said, both knowing that Sora couldn't go any further. "I'll see you on the outside."

Link gave a nod, then started toward the door. Sora watched him toward it, standing by the door they had come through. They looked back at each other, gave each other a smile and a nod, then left the room through different doors. Sora into familiar ground, Link into danger.

It wasn't long before Sora was leaving the temple, walking up the steep incline of what must have once been a beautiful lake. He found a place to sit and look up at clouds as they drizzled rain down on him. He didn't mind the rain. It was a bit dreary, but kind of relaxing in a strange way. Plus, if it never rained, it would be hard to appreciate the sunny days.

Still, his mind wandered back to the a curious thought of how he even ended up in Hyrule in the first place. It had happened before, but it wasn't really common for him to lose memories in this way. He spent maybe half an hour there, letting himself start to dose, trying to focus and trace back what had happened. Every time he got to a point, he felt like his own mind was keeping him away from something. Something he couldn't recall, something blocked out, something… bad.

He suddenly sat up, eyes widened. It wasn't a memory that hit him, nor a picture, nor words, nor any true thought, but an emotion. He had cracked the wall in his mind, and a feeling hit him. Fear.

Sora felt his body tense. It wasn't often that he felt fear. He liked to think he was really brave, but whatever had happened, whatever brought him to Hyrule, whatever this was, made him afraid. He closed his eyes, putting his hand to his chin, taking a breath. 'What do I fear…?' He wondered. 'The heartless? No… Organization XIII? Not really… Xemnas? Xehanort? No…' Sora put his hands around his legs, knowing that it if it wasn't any of those things, it had to be something else. At that point, he looked over both his shoulders and started to feel a bit cold. Then, a newer, chilling thought raced though his mind. He realized what he truly feared.

'Where are my friends? Are they okay?' His hands tensed into fists.Goofy, Donald, Riku, Kairi… thinking about it all, trying to recollect, thinking about everything brought one feeling. Fear. There was no way that could be good.

Then, a sound. Rushing water. Sora saw movement from the water below. It seemed to be rising. Actually, it certainly was. Quickly. The raindrops slowed as the sun began to poke through the clouds. Water rose in the lake, and the clouds above were clearing. Almost instantly, the lake had become a warmer, more welcoming setting.

He turned, hearing footsteps behind him. He stood quickly, seeing the mysterious, blue and purple armor and white cloth clad figure walking to the edge of the grass, overlooking the rising water. A red eye turned to Sora, then back to the water. "Sheik." Sora said, standing up.

Sheik hardly acknowledged the greeting, but simply observed the setting. "As the water rises and the storms clear, the evil that once plagued the lake is vanishing."

"Which means that Link did it, right?"

Sheik looked over to Sora and gave a brief nod.

Sora took a relieved breath. "Good."

"I still have reservations about you, but I suppose I owe you some thanks." Sheik looked back over the lake. "I won't deny that you seem to have good intentions. You, Link, Princess Ruto… without all of you working together, the lake wouldn't have been restored. Everything is as it once was here."

Sora looked over the features of the Lake as the water stopped rising. It was truly beautiful.

"However, your being here is still an unnerving thought. I've thought about our conversation in the Fire Temple. You made it seem like you don't know what exactly brought you here. That may be true. But what ever it was that brought you here, I have no reason to think that it could be good." Sheik looked back at Sora seriously. "Figure out exactly what it is that brought you Hyrule. We are in enough danger as it is. Until I can be convinced that your being here is not in some way putting this kingdom into the way of harm, it's hard to consider you to be anything but a threat."

As if almost on cue, before Sora could respond, a blue light descended from the sky. Sheik and Sora looked up together, seeing Link descending.

"Goodbye for now, keybearer. I'll be watching you." Sheik edged toward the water.

"Sheik-" Sora reached out, but Sheik had jumped back over an edge, diving into deep water. He ran to the edge and looked for the mysterious figure, but Sora couldn't find him. He sighed, then turned around, seeing Link landing on the ground as the light from the sky that had carried him disappeared.

"Hey, Sora." Link said, walking over. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah- same old…" He took a breath, easing his hands into his pockets. "And you? What's up?"

"My fiancée… er… well, the same thing happened to her as… my friend from the forest and Darunia."

"I'm so sorry." Sora looked down. "I can't even imagine how you feel right now."

Link took a breath. "Yeah. Honestly though… I never really wanted to marry her."

The spiky haired boy looked back curiously.

"She made me promise that I would when we were really young- it was the only way she would let me have something I needed for… someone I care about more." He kicked at the ground. "So I agreed. Under shallow terms, yes, but I agreed. I was ready to honor the commitment, but… things got out of control."

"You don't mean that… you're-"

"No, I'm not happy that this happened." Link looked over. "I never wanted Ruto to pass. I mean… she's in Sacred Realm helping me even still, but that doesn't make this any easier."

Sora pat him on the shoulder, comfortingly. "I'm here for you, alright? Maybe we should take a little break for a bit. I bet we both have a lot on our minds."

"Yeah." Link took a breath. "Hey- there's a nice fishing hole over there. Sound nice?"

Sora grinned and nodded.

Link started toward a shack that was across the lake. Inside, the two spent the rest of the day fishing, mostly letting silence sit between them. Relaxing, casting and reeling, they shared a few stories and thoughts on their minds. The fishing hole closed at Sundown, and the two went outside and found a place to sleep on the shore of the lake. Link explained to Sora that Ruto had a last request. She wanted Link to thank Sheik. Understanding, the two decided to look for Sheik the next day, agreeing that they felt that they would be most likely to find him back in Kakariko.

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