Hi everybody!! Hi HELLO!!!! lol well here I am updating for you all again!! Well there will be arguing in this chapter so expect some light cursing....he he he he. OH!!!! And for those who also like Inuyasha fics I started one but it's a Kagome Sesshomaru thing!!! And eversince that stroy Sesshy decided to tag along!!! ^_^ YAY!!!

Sesshy: I do not tag along you pulled me along with you! Any how I suppose you want me to say the desclaimer again?

Starlighter: PLEASE!!!!????

Sesshy: Fine *sighs* She does not own me nor anything from the Zelda games. Especially not Malon or Link.

Startlighter: *hugs Sesshy* Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! Yay!! Well yeah I did pull you along! AND WHAT! Im aloud to I think.....Well enough of this!!! oN WITH THE STORY!!!!^_^

Chapter 12: What's Next, After This? But before that answer me this.

Malon stared at him awkwardly anger rising with each moment passing by. She began to walk towards him but stopped a little bit apart from him. "How could you!?'' She yelled at him slapping him at the mention of the last word. "Link!! You lied to me!!! You told me that you were someone else!! Then you lie to me about your death!!!! What, did you expect me to fall for all these schemes with ease!? Maybe I did at the begennimg but you sure did mess up a lot!! What's the big secret Link!? What were you trying to cover up!? What did you get tired of the princess all these years and now you came back to me expecting me to fall right into your arms!!!?? Or did you just want to play me the fool!! ANSWER ME!!!" With her last yell she collapsed onto the floor sobbing loudly.

Link kneeled beside her and put one hand on her shoulder. "Malon it's not what you think. I'm sorry for lyingto you but non of what you just said is why.I have my reasons and since you already know the truth I might as well tell you. But please I know I did wrong in liying to you but it was the only way. I wanted to see you, to hold you, to talk to you. You have no idea how much I longed to be here with you but every time I was denied the chance. Every day all I thought about was you. When I was finally here, I was too happy and blinded by my love for you that I did not realize that I was hamring you. But damn it!

"There came a time when I saw you distraught that I wanted to tell you." By now he had stood up. His hands were clenched up in fists and he was walking around. Malon was staring at him with tears falling from her sad blue eyes. She was about to say something when he began again, "I wanted to tell you that I really was Link. That I had come back! That I was here, so please don't cry! But I couldn't I just couldn't!!" He slammed his hands against the wall with great force making his knuckles bleed. He had been so angry he hadn't even flinched at the pain.

Malon now understood a little better his situation but she was still curious about why he hadn't told her. She stood up slowly walking towards the kithcen. She filled a bowl with water and put it on top of the fire. She then grabbed some towels and put them aside on the counter while the water heated. She hadn't wiped pff the tears yet but she had stopped crying. She held a serious face now, but still with a pained expression in her eyes. "So, why couldn't you tell me?" She said, sounding dull and lifeless.

Link was still in the same position he was in when he hit the wall. His head was bowed low and he was crying silently. "It would have endangered Hyrule and everybody in it." He said quietly, his voice breaking only a little."How? Why?..." Malon asked concerned. "If anyone would know the truth of me and my identity memories of that whole incident with Ganondorf, his defeat, and my existance in it....would come back. Then the lives that they live in now would be altered to the lifestyle that they had when that happenned. Worst of all is that, Ganondorf would have a bigger chance of coming back. The sages realized that his escape would be based on just how many people remembered him, but worse than that feared him. If that came back it would make him stronger and, he would return chaos to Hyrule. The only reason you weren't alowed to know was because you might say something to another by mistake and the knowledge of his existance would return. And all that I said would happen. Not to mention, now the memories of what happenned then will return if not now, maybe within a few weeks."



He turned to face her with his eyes saddenned and guilty. He walked towards her an kneeled on one knee. He took her hand and put his forehead on the back of her hand. "Malon....Please, forgive me." He gave in then and there and began to weep freely. Now Malon held the guilt for making him feel pain. For degrading that once strong form of his to a weak and pitiful state. She kneeled down with him and hugged him. She began to cry too but amidst her cries managed to say, "My dearest friend, I forgive you. But now you must forgive me, for I have caused you great pain and probably, because of me the chaos of Ganondorf might return. I had no intention on doing so. Please Link, forgive me." He raised his head to look at her. Her eyes were watery and held so much that was left unsaid. He shifted his position and freed his hands from her embrace. With his hands he cupped her face in them making her look straight into his eyes. "I forgive you Malon. I always will. But I want you to know that you had every right to make me feel bad. After what I did to you I deserved it. Although there-"



The water had boiled and had started to pour out of the bowl. Malon stodd quickly and took it off the fire carefully. Link got up and sat in a chair by the table. Malon set the bowl on the table and took the towels that she had set aside a little while ago. She dipped them in the bowl and sat infront of Link. "Give m your hands, you hurt yourself while in your rage." He set his hands on the table. Letting her know where exactly he had wounded his hands. "Must be painfull" He nodded at her comment. "So what were you going to say?"



They had calmed down and Link had cleared his face of all signs of tears. He looked quite cool holdiong an expressino that gave no hint to anything that happenned. He looked up at her watching her dip the towel and clean his wounds bit by bit. Everytime the towel made contact though he would flinch a little hinting that it hurt. "Well. it's something that in time you should remember thanks to you now knowing the truth." He said playfully placing a small grin on his face." Let me guess this is one of those things that are like ' it's for you to know and me to find out' right?" She asked sarcastically. He just smiled a bigger smile and nodded his head in a as-a-matter-of-fact-yes type of way.

She had formed a scowl on her face and stopped in her cleaning his wound."Well then if I have to find out on my own then you'll have to clean your wounds on your own. You will have to cook on your own, clean your room on your own, do your chores withoutmy help, and wash your clothes on your own. Basically do everythin on your own." She stood up and began to walk up to her room."Gee Malon you don't have to be that harsh I was just playing. But I mean what's the point of me telling you if you will find out sooner or later ON YOUR OWN." He said the last words a little bit louder than the rest being even more sarcastic than before. "Because, it will make me know sooner!" She wined playfully. "Besides" she added "It will make you stop looking like a jerk!" She crossed her arms and continued walking back to her room.

"Hey!" Link said playing hurt. "Like I said you will find out anyway but if you really must know then I will be more than happy to tell you-" He was cut off when she had rushed from the stairs to get to him knocking him over and both falling on the floor. Link was on the left side and Malon was on the right, she had sat up a little resting on her elbows to boost her up more. She turned to face Link and decided to pin him on the floor, so she did both her hands at his wrists pinning him on the floor. He stared at her in shock that she had pinned him but relaxed when he realized that she wasn't putting that much strength into her hands."Well, tell me!" She smiled eagerly.

"You didn't let me finish my sentence." Link said supposedly annoyed."Fine. Finish your sentence then." Link cleared his throat and began, "Like I said I would be more than happy to tell you if you would answer me these questions three" (lol I just had to put that in. Sesshy: Please do get on with it woman! Me: ok ok sorry peeps^_^) She raised an eyebrow, glaring at him suspiciously but nodding in response."Ok, so ask away" Malon said.

"Ok first question, What did you think of Eros' charecter romantic-wise?" Malon was dumbfounded by this question but also began to get nervous. And when Malon got nervous she began to giggle a lot. "Now what type of question is that?" She asked giggling. "It's one of the questions you have to answer of you wanto know what I was going to say." Link pointed out. "Well.....uh....he was.....practically-" She was cut off by her own giggles She began giggling so much she let go of Link and began laughing on the floor while trying to answer him.Meanwhile Link had sat up to hi elbows and had a huge smile on his face when he saw her giggling. He knew shw was nervous and judging be how much she was laughing she was really nervous."Well....he.....is...practically....like you.....only.....more....sophisticated..." She answered giggling in between her words."That still doesn't answer my question. "Link told her raising an eyebrow playfully knowing he was pushing her alst nerve. "He was attractive okay!" She managed to get out while laughing even harder.

Link decided to let her rest a little and let her catch her breath before continuing......

( I should really stop it here and leave a cliffhanger but I figured I owe you all for leaving such a short chapter the other day so I'm gonna continue it!^_^ What do u think Sesshy? Sesshy: -.- Do what you want this is your story. Me: Ok!!^_^)

"Ok so are you ready to go on with the next question?" He asked smiling playfully. She looked at him and glared at him annoyingly."Yes I am. Now go on get on with it!" She said eagerly."ok ok, calm down. Patience,hmmm....let me think." He said tapping his finger on his chin."You mean to tell me that you don't even know what to ask!?" She yelled. "To be quite honest not really....but, ah! I got one. OK

How much did you miss me while I was gone." He said his face getting a little more serious but the smile was still there. Malon looked down and frowned a little. "A lot Link. Too much. Life wasn't the same without you. You were such a great friend, I had grown so close to you. I...there was sometimes that I would think.....that...maybe you weren't coming back. Maybe....you had forgotten about me. But my heart never gave up on the chance of your return. But I did miss you way too much." She smiled a relieved smile.

"Well, there is no need to worry about me not coming back, because I'm here. And so far you are the only one who knows.Besides that sages that is and Quintus." He said smiling at her. "Who's Quintus?" Malon asked curiously. "Oh, after you answer me tha last question I will tell you about that too. It's a long story but I think it is fairly interesting.Ok so last question you ready? " His smile seemed to grow even more if it was even possible and his eyes hela a hopeful glint towards her answer. "Malon, if you missed me a lot, and thought I was a great friend, did ou ever once, maybe, think of me as...more....than a friend? Like maybe as even a ....well....your knight in shining armor?"

_____________________________________________________________________________ MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!! I don't think this is a bad cliffhanger and maybe not that good of a cliffhanger but it's all good! ANYWAYZ I hope you guyz enjoyed it and think of it as a debt repaid for waiting and for the short chapter. I really hope you Liked it and please please please do not forget to review!!!! ONE MORE THING!!!! Sesshy will you do the honors?

Sesshy:-.- *sigh* If she does not recieve at least six reviews from this chapter or chapter 13 there will be no new update for awhile. Because I say so. So there. Starlighter this is so sutpid! What type of scary threat are you trying to pull? This is not even a good threat!

Starlighter: O.O well....*sniff* I try *sniff* I tried *sniff* But I guess I'm just not good enough!! ;_;

Sesshy: Forgive me, I had no intention on making you weep. Please Forgive me.

Starlighter: OK! ^_^ Well I will update soon ONLY if I get six reviews Or more!!!lol REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!