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Must Have Done Something Right

The all too familiar place came back to Link's mind as Epona paced slowly through the soft grass, lifting a hand he touched with the tip of his fingers the stone walls from the cave, the hard surface feeling cold in his skin, he took his hand back and placed it on the reigns, had he known they needed help he would have gladly come to their aid, but little had he known this place was in need of help, and he had even fewer information of its own existence, a tinge of guilt burned his insides as he came closer to the gates of what he came to know as the Alternate Hyrule, it felt to him as if he had let this nation die right before his very eyes, and he didn't even budge to help, he looked down.

Tetra looked at him "Are you ok?" Link nodded absentmindedly, not ready to reveal the guilt he felt, Tetra left him be, figuring it was better not to meddle too much on his mind at the moment, instead she decided to look around to see where they were so far and started recalling how many temples they had visited as well.

First was the Forest Temple in The Lost Woods, they had gained about three barrel fillings of monster saliva which was hard to wash off later, -specially for Link- they jumped across lava pits to reach a fire bird covered in chains and armor, which gained them intense burns –Link didn't seem to mind all that much, to which Tetra found odd at first but later dismissed it as just another day for the Hero, later followed several other temples, the last one getting Link badly wounded by the phantom samurai that lurked in the depths of the Spirit Temple.

Tetra pondered deeper, Link had also been more secluded ever since the first part of what she figured was Zelda's energy entered his body, for every monster defeated there was one sphere like it that seemed to do the same to Link the first sphere did, maybe these spheres were affecting Link more than she thought, she looked at him, perhaps this was too much to handle?

The horses lead them to the first town in view, clearly tired from the trip they stopped at the entrance, Link got down from Epona without a second thought, his subconscious telling him Epona had led him to the temple in need, Tetra placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from aimlessly walking about, Link snapped out his trance and looked up finally realizing he was nowhere near the temple, he looked at the sign to his left "Ordon Village" he pronounced out loud.

"Maybe they know where the temple is" said Tetra as she motioned to the entrance, Link nodded and moved to walk but was stopped by Tetra, her hand had never left him "Hey are you alright? You've been acting strange lately"

Link looked at her in confusion "Have I?" he asked, truly unaware of his state.

Tetra nodded "You have been closing yourself ever since we started collecting Zelda's energy, you were fine then, even though you weren't as energetic as before, but since we passed Termina you've been closed inside your thoughts a lot, you barely even know where you're going, if it weren't for Epona we'd be lost by now, that is if we're not already"

Link's expression filled with realization for his actions, he looked around trying to make sure he was in the right place "This has to be… I could never forget a place like this", convinced he was in the right direction he breathed "It's hard to explain" he answered her.

Tetra shook her head "Look, at this moment as long as you and I travel together, your problems are my problems, and if something ails you then it ails me as well, now what's wrong?" Link looked at her for a moment, unsure if opening up was a wise thing to do.

"This place…" he started but then shook his head "It's unfamiliar" he concluded and walked onward, Tetra let him go and walked shortly behind not speaking a word.

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They took in the view of the village as they walked in, despite the rest of the country being in ruins, the village was surprisingly intact.

Watching no one out they decided to knock on the door of one of the houses, everything seemed to quiet down as the door slowly opened, revealing an older woman of taller statue than Link, her expression seemed void for a second before she took a glance at the man before her "L-Link?" she blinked, Link gazed at her slightly confused "It's you! You're back and you're alright!" she ran out of the house to the middle of the village "He's back!" she yelled enthusiastically.

Tetra approached Link closer "Do you know these people?" she whispered to him, Link shook his head, not tearing his gaze from the woman.

They were both suddenly surrounded by children "We thought you died!"

"We heard from the princess herself!"

"Where have you been?" questions kept raining down on Link.

He faked a smile "Sorry to have worried you, I'm sorry I didn't let you know how I was doing" to his answer Tetra raised a brow in suspicion, Link was hiding something not only from her but from everyone else, she frowned slightly, she didn't liked to be lied to.

"Link!" he was brought to an embrace from a man that had come running from the other side of the village "I knew you'd be ok!" Link was embraced again, the empty smile never leaving his frame.

"I'm sorry I kept you all so worried" he was embraced by everyone and invited to the mayor's house to stay and tell of his adventure, Link accepted the invitation and walked with them, where he and Tetra got welcomed greatly.

"Link my boy" started the mayor, a smile of pure happiness spread across his face "When news came of your death we couldn't believe it, we had even asked to please return your body to us but we were declined of it, saying it had disappeared"

Link looked away, but returned his smile as he looked at everyone "I'm sorry, I had to go journey far by order of the Royal Family and chances were I wasn't going to return, they had staged my death foreseeing this event" he explained, everyone seemed to have let his lie slip, everyone but Tetra. After a few more questions that he had skillfully answered he stood up, motioning Tetra to do as well "I know I've just got here, but I heard there was a disturbance in the temple"

"Does this mean you have to leave again?" asked Colin, disappointment clear in his tone.

Link slowly nodded "I have to save this world…" his voice had sounded sadder than what he intended, but again it was dismissed by the people around him.

"Alright Link, we understand, we're just glad you're alright" said the mayor.

To which everyone agreed, "We left the map to the forest in your house" assured Ilia, Link nodded and bid goodbye along with Tetra, as they exited the house Tetra grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him out of the village and into the house supposedly belonging to him and locked the door, she turned around and glared at him.

"Tell me what's going on, and I want the truth this time, I know you're hurting but hiding your feelings isn't going to make it any better, stop being a lone hero and tell me what's wrong" her demanding voice slowly died down as the words passed, turning from demand to concern.

Link finally gave into her worry and sat down by the table near the fireplace "This place… Has been destroyed, evil lurks everywhere and the hero of this country perished by the hands of Ganondorf… I can't help but think I am responsible for this"

Tetra looked at him, starting to slowly understand his grief "I still don't understand why these people think they know you"

"This is sort of an alternate version of Hyrule, I don't know what joke the Goddesses have placed in this country but everything is very alike here as it is in Hyrule, the hero of this country must have looked identical to me, what surprises me is that he bares my name as well" he fidgeted slightly with the cloth covering the wooden table.

Tetra smiled slightly "So you pretended to be him in front of everyone to ease their grief", she then stood up and placed her hand on his shoulder "You can't expect to save everyone all of the time, stop blaming yourself for things you couldn't have known happened"

Link's shoulders relaxed slightly as he took her words in, he stood up and walked about the room, looking for the map to the temple "You're right, I accomplish nothing by grieving, I have to honor his memory and save his village" he said, smiling genuinely as he held the map between his hands.

Tetra smiled as well "That's the spirit!" she opened the door and walked outside, letting him walk out as well, they climbed on the horses, racing quickly to the temple hidden deep in the forest.

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"Link!" Tetra screamed from the other side of the room as Link ducked and rolled, holding his side as a red stain appeared in his tunic, the wound from his previous battle still open and gushing blood with every rough move his torso made, he flinched before standing up again, barely avoiding the teeth from the enormous plant that had surfaced from the pond in the middle of the room, the creature screeched before trying its luck once more at Link, succeeding to hit him this time, pressing him firmly against the ground, his energy was running low fast as the creature pressed further, making his blood run faster from the wound, his sight started to become blurry when he suddenly heard an explosion.

Feeling no more pressure on his back he forced himself up, he looked around, and saw Tetra holding an exploding spider before lunging it at the mouth of one of the plants, making the second head explode as well, the remaining head directing its eye to Tetra, she docked the creature's attack and jumped to grab another spider, she had managed her goal but as she was readying herself to lunge it at the creature it lunged its head at her making her drop the bomb.

Tetra closed her eyes expecting to be digested when she heard it scream, she opened her eyes to see an arrow embedded deep within the creature's eye, the plant monster contracted and withered unwillingly admitting defeat, she looked at Link but she let a scream herself as she saw him sprawled across the floor unconscious, blood spilling freely from his wound, running to his side she hurriedly opened his pockets, desperately looking for something to stop the blood, finding a bottle with red liquid she quickly lifted his tunic and let it fall onto his wound, the medicine reacted and started to close his side, enough to prevent it from bleeding any further.

Tetra sighted in relief and proceeded to bandage his side; after she was done she grabbed him by the chest and dragged him out of the temple and into the entrance, where she collapsed from exhaustion. Hearing a body collapse near him Link forced himself into consciousness and tried to open his eyes but doing so only slightly, unable to make sense of anything he slowly moved his head looking around for any sign of Tetra, where instead of a figure he saw white paws, followed by a howl.

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Slowly opening her eyes to adjust to the light, Tetra blinked a few times, letting her eyes focus before moving, she looked around trying to analyze the room, finding herself in what she knew as the other hero's house, she lifted herself from the bed and looked around more closely, finding Link nowhere in sight, she panicked "Link?" she asked aloud, hoping to any gods she knew that he would still be alive, relieved when his head popped from the floor above her she sighted.

"Hey, you feeling better?" he asked as he climbed down the stairs.

"The question is, are you? That wound you received from that phantom samurai was deeper than you let on"

Link smiled "I'm used to these wounds, that's why I don't give them such importance" he stated, sitting on the bed beside her.

"Well you could be more careful, you lost a lot of blood back there, I would have expected you to still be resting"

Link laughed slightly "So did I, but I healed quickly, thanks for taking care of me"

Tetra grinned and slightly punched him in the arm "You owe me" she joked, but then Tetra's expression changed into one of slight fear "Wait! We didn't get a chance to grab the sphere from the temple! We have to go back!"

Link grabbed her arm before she could jump out of the bed and into the door and smiled "Don't worry, we got it" he assured her.

"How are you so sure? You fell unconscious after the final attack"

"I'm not sure myself how I got it, I just know I did" he said, looking down at his chest where the spheres had all entered his body.

"Then it's time to go to the next location right?" Link nodded, his frame changing to a nostalgic glow "You did well, they don't feel grief anymore" she reassured him, he nodded and smiled to her, letting her know he was going to be alright.

"Zelda is waiting" he stood up, reaching his hand out for her, she grabbed his hand and stood up with him, their next destination marked clearly on their map, Link grabbed the doorknob behind him and looked back, giving the house one last look before closing.

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"Where's the next location?" Tetra asked Link as they exited the village, waving their goodbyes as they left.

Link looked closely at the map, "The next temple is west from here and it's a pretty long ride" he placed the map back in his pocket, they took in the view which Link found surprising to see that part of the trail he remembered wasn't in the bad state he had left it in, he relaxed slightly, at least he had been able to bring more light to the land, he made Epona walk faster, slightly excited about this new discovery.

After their long travel they arrived to Kakariko Village which Link found somewhat depressing, he had known Kakariko Village to be enormous and this seemed too narrow for him, nevertheless he got off Epona and looked up, the mountain roaring and erupting giving him the sign that he was on the right place, without a second thought he climbed on Epona and rode towards the summit, Tetra following closely behind, he climbed the first wall up the mountain and helped Tetra climb as well, but as he turned around he was suddenly rammed by a rolling stone engulfed in fire, he fell hard on his back right down the wall, loosing all the air from his lungs.

Tetra jumped down before the stone came for her and landed on her feet right beside Link "You ok?" she asked, crouching down on him and examining his body with her eyes for any trace of a serious injury.

For a few seconds Link remained immobile, his eyes staring at the sky, he then took a breath and forced himself up, coughing slightly "Yeah…" he managed to voice.

Tetra helped him up and looked up "What was that?"

"Goron…" Link tried his voice again, sounding just as bad as before, he then took a few seconds to breathe properly and straightened himself "At least, I think it was…"

Tetra looked at him "What do you mean?"

"They're not usually covered in fire" Link said as he checked his arms and back for any kind of pain.

Tetra looked at him "Fire? I saw no fire"

Link looked at her "How can you have missed it? He was engulfed in flames"

Tetra shook her head, her stare showed concern "Are you sure you're ok? Maybe we should rest a while"

Link shook his head "We don't have time for that" he said and proceeded to climb back up, Tetra followed him suit, trusting that Link was going to be alright.

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Author's notes: Hurray for the chapters! And hurray for more news! My good friend here in RK-Lali is making her own story! So if you like romantic Yu Yu Hakusho-related stories then hers is the right one for you!

Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus-: I laughed so hard at your comment! Link is insane and suicidal! xD

-Gravity