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The sun had just past below the tree tops when little Link plopped down on his child size bed. After a long day reminiscing and merriment, the young hero was ready for a good night's sleep. When he had thought about the day for a second…Link realized that he actually delayed the preparations for the Autumn Festival……Oh well, Link thought to himself, there's still another day to finish everything. We'll definitely get everything done tomorrow! Link burrowed deeper into the soft Kokiri bed. It was so much better then sleeping on a hard ground.

To all of Link's friends, he was only gone for three days…but with all the time backtracking, to Link it was more like a month! A whole month of sleeping outside, on the ground…sometimes not sleeping at all!! But this time Link had his own bed, in his own house. A nice, comfortable bed in a nice, comfortable house……too nice…too comfortable…Link couldn't sleep. With a heavy sigh, the young hero lifted himself out of bed, threw his clothes on, and went outside.

Nighttime in Kokiri Forest was always a sight to see. The wood sprites had come out of the trees to play with cousins, the fairies. Dozens of fairies and sprites danced across the forest waters, reflecting their glow and increase the astounding show of lights. A rainbow of colors: blues, greens, yellows, reds, and purples all flashed about the forest. There wasn't anything like it all of Hyrule…in the all the world!!

As Link watched the spectacle, a feeling of calm washed over him that hadn't felt in a long time. The feeling soon dissipated. After the festival, the young hero plan to leave again. Navi was still gone and he needed to find her. That's all there was to it, Link didn't need a grand explanation for finding his former fairy partner…she was Link's friend.

A sudden scream broke the young hero from his contemplation. A girl's scream, Link silently thought, from next door…SARIA!! Jumping off the deck of his tree house, Link rushed up the small hill and over to the Kokiri girl's dwelling. Link found several other Kokiri had arrived in front of Saria's house just as he did, including Mido.

"Hylian boy?!" Mido franticly asked, "What's going on?!"

Before Link could answer that he didn't know (why the hell Mido think he did?), Saria's tree house exploded and sent a few Kokiri flying. The only ones left standing were Mido and Link…and they gasped as the smoke dispel, revealing tall man in a long cloak. The man looked at the scowling Link, with a sinister grin on his lips and hourglass figure on his forehead……

"Keh keh keh……So I succeeded in attracting the infamous Link…" The man related.

"Where's Saria, you bastard!!" The young hero demanded as fury grew in the him, "If you've hurt her, I-"

"Don't be simple!" The man quickly interrupted Link, "It does not matter what happens to these rats! But…if it makes you feel better…she's just fine. Here…"

Just as the man finished his speaking, a set of long tentacles raised up from behind him. They were apart of him!! Attached to the man's back, the tentacles wormed around in the air. And at the end of them, the tentacles held an unconscious Saria. The cloaked man cackled lowly……

"…keh keh keh……I thought about knocking on the door. But this seemed to be a more…motivating way of drawing you out."

"PUT HER DOWN!!" Mido bellowed as he charged towards the man.

Two additional tentacles ripped out of the man's chest and knocked the Kokiri boy a few feet away. Meanwhile, Link had prepared his own attack. Reaching into his bottomless weapons-pack, the young hero pulled out his bow and two arrows. When Mido was flicked away, Link notched the first arrow, creating a light blue aurora around the arrow's tip, and then let it loose. The arrow hit dead-center in the man's forehead and a blanket of ice swiftly started covering the man. As the ice ran up the tentacles, Link notched the second arrow as an aura of flaming orange wrapped around its tip and took aim. The arrow flew from the bow and hit ice covered tentacle…just under where girl was being clutched. The ice broke apart and Saria plummeted down. Luckily, Link had run forward and caught the girl in time. Looking back at the frozen man, the young hero reached into his pack and produced his Hookshot…then fired it. Chucks of ice flew through the air, landing in every direction, and Link breathed a sigh of relief.

"That wasn't too bad, kid." A voice announced from behind. Link tore around and found the cloak man standing there, perfectly fine with a same sinister grin as before, "Though, what else would I have expected. You are the Hero of Time!"

"Wha-" Link was dumbfounded. I had just……How could he…… (Link was dumbfounded).

"Keh keh keh…" The man then thrusted his hand forward and a dull, gassy substance poured out which hit the young hero directly in the face. Link was placed in a fit coughs, but it soon disappeared the young hero was ready…wait…HE COULDN'T MOVE, "Keh…I think it's time for another game now…" The man walked calmly to the helpless Link and Saria. Link desperately struggle to get legs moving, but it was hopeless. As the man reached the two, he bent down and relieved the boy of the Saria's motionless body, "Perhaps, now, we'll a good round of Cat and Mouse!"

"Don't…get away…GET AWAY FOR HER!!"

"Keh keh keh!! That paralyzing powder will wear off in a few hours, so don't worry! But in the meantime…I'll take this little one with me…" The cloak man face show the sick pleasure he got from seeing Link staring defiantly at him, but was powerless to stop him. His smirk beamed with all his teeth as continued, "As much as I hate playing the cliché villain, I do so love seeing that look upon you……If you want the girl back, meet me at Faron Spring…in southern part of the Lost Woods…"

And with that, the man vanished in burst of green light…taking Saria along with him. Link stood in place, paralyzed by the man's powder and the sheer shock of the moment. A well of rage pooled in the young hero's heart, fueling his muscles enough to ball his fists. Link had failed her…….

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Link was propped against the wall, next to woman's changing area. After the 'incident' in the hot spring, the hero had felt guilty and wanted to apologize to Rin properly. The way she looked after Link kissed her, like she fell out of reality, it lead Link to one conclusion. It had to have been her first kiss. It made perfect sense…all of Rin's flirting must have been a front. Just then, Meeko and Naru step out of the changing area.

"Guys!" Link called out to the girls, "Is Rin still in there…?"

"Yes. She's just sitting there, like she's waiting for something." Meeko responded as she looked back toward the changing room, concern filling her eyes, "I'm a little worried……She's never acted like this before…"

"It's me fault…" Link proclaimed as he held his head down in shame, "I should have thought that I might be taking her first kiss when I did that!"

"First kiss?" Naru said in confused, her eyebrow reaching for the ceiling, "Rin was chasing boys since she was seven!! She got her first kiss even before that! Holy Farore, she brags about it, too."

"Really…" Link blinked a couple times as he wrapped his mind around the subject. What else could have troubled the girl?

"Link…you should go talk to her…" Meeko stated to the hero.

"W-Wait. In the girl's changing room?"

"No one else is in there, and Rin's fully dress…" Naru said as she grabbed Link's arm, "Come on! Be a man and fix this problem!!"

Naru heaved the hero through the doorway and into the wooden wall…the wooden wall that prevented people from seeing into the changing area. This doesn't feel right, Link thought to himself, I'm a guy and this is the girl's changing room! Turning around to continue his wait outside, Link found the death glares of both Meeko and Naru digging into him. With a heavy sigh, Link knocked on the wall divider……

"Rin…it's me, Link" The hero was met by silence, "If you're ok with it, can I come in? If you're ok with it?!"

"……you said that already……" A small version of Rin's voice called back. Link didn't know if that meant stay back or come in. Looking back at the girls, Link saw Naru mouthing 'GO'. The hero stuck his head around the wooden wall. The room was just like man's changing area: baskets for clothes, yellow wallpaper, long wooden bench running down the middle of the room, just like the other changing room. Rin was sitting on the bench, a distant look spread across her face as she stared at the wall.

"Coming in now!" Link announced in a nervous voice as he took a step into the room (Yes. You're really smooth, Link). The 'hero' walked over to Rin and sat down on the bench a foot away for her, "So…what happened back in the spring…was different, huh?" The girl shook her head, yes. "Did you…want to talk about it?"

Rin looked up at Link's face…his eyes were already scream 'I'm sorry' and his lips were formed into a remorseful smile. Lips. The girl felt her face burning up again and heart beating faster. The girl quickly tore her face always and bent her head down in attempt of hiding her blush. Rin's shy reaction seriously freaked Link out! Since the first minute he met the girl, she's been throwing herself at Link (sometimes literally) and now she's bashful and going all flushed?! It's like blue becoming yellow!!

Link sighed as he tried to think of way to start…nope. Nothing. As Link continued to reflect on an icebreaker, he felt a warm and soft touch on his hand as it lay on the bench. Looking down, Link found Rin's hand on top of his own. After the raven haired maiden's full-on body-checks from before, the light touch of her hand created a sense of surrealism in Link that ran deep into his soul. Gazing back up, Link found the girl staring right back with a stoic expression. Her deep violet eyes were search through Link's, looking for something that couldn't be express with word. (Sorry. I'm an ass)

"Link…" Rin finally broke the silence as she maintained her stare, "Back in…the hot spring. I'm sorry…" What? "I pushed you into doing that and I shouldn't have forced you. It was pretty obvious that it was your first kiss…"

"What…"

"The way you tensed up was big give away." Rin continued to relate as stroked Link's hand to reassure him, "It's ok. You don't have to play the mucho guy with me."

"It wasn't…Merciful Nayru" Link was rubbing his temple as a massive migraine ravaged through his head, "Rin…I've kissed other girls before. Back in…where I come from I had a thousand and one girls chasing after me. And before that started, I there this girl back in my hometown-"

"It really is ok, Link. I understand." Rin pulled herself over the foot that separated the two and wrapped her arms around Link's shoulders. Nestling her head against his collarbone, the maiden went on, "I think it's so cute that your first one with me! I love finding strong men's fuzziness!!"

"Sigh…Nice to see your ok, Rin." The hero stated flatly and patted the girl's back.

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After three temple maidens (plus Link) worked out their problems, they preceded to the inn lobby to head upstairs and to their respective rooms. Link was quite relieve that his new Goron friend had bed to spare…especially with Rin pushing for the hero and her to be 'room buddies'. She had told the group that she had moved everyone's things into their proper rooms (i.e. Naru and Meeko in one room, Link and Rin in the other). Luckily for Link, he was carrying everything had brought with him, thus could slept anywhere he choose.

As the four of them exited the back part of the inn, they met two individuals in the lobby. One was known to Link and Meeko. Okiru, the young shaman that the pair had helped at the entrance of the village, he was standing in the middle of the lobby with older gentleman that none of them had recognized. Link stared at the elderly man: The man had long, white whiskers that reached down to his waist, yet his head was completely bald…and very shiny (The glare!! It blinds!!). His body was totally covered in a long golden robe with foot-wide sleeves…like Okiru's…but on the ends of the sleeve hung a dozen (or so) little strips of cloth. Instantly, Link was reminded of the shaman healer from his era, Renado. The old man in front of the hero also wore a light brown mantle that covered his front and back of the man, much like the one Renado wore. The mantle had complex designs placed around a pentagram. The pentagram, itself, had the Triforce depicted in the middle. The elderly man's hand was wrapped around a tall staff topped with a red ruby.

"Okiru? What are you doing here?" Meeko asked as the group walked over to the two. Okiru was just waiting for her to say those words……

"Ah…my fair liberator. I was hoping that our paths would meet again…" The young shaman related as he outstretched arm and hand as he place the other hand on chest. Meeko felt her eye twitch as she watched the boy's earnest pose of endearment, "My heart jumps up to the very heavens with joy at sight of your gory filled face, milady-OW OW OW!! NOT THE CHEEK AGAIN!!"

"I thought you would learn from the last time, kid…" The Yellow Maiden stated plainly and then released the boy's cheek. As Okiru nurse his sore mug, the maiden turned to elderly man, "Accuse my rudeness. Was there something that you wanted?"

"Please. I do not mind the boy's punishment…" The old man replied. Okiru was about to speak up when the man's staff clobbered the boy square on the head and silencing him, "…I have come to enlist the aid of two of you now this most calamitous night…"

"Ok…that's enough!" Link cried out. All attention was drawn onto the irate looking as he spoke out, "I've gone through three whole chapters without knowing what tomorrow is and I just can't take it anymore!! WHAT IS TOMORROW?!"

"You really don't know?" Naru inquired Link. The hero had regressed to a much more timid stance. He hadn't mean to blowup like he had, but the annoyance of it all had hammered down on Link (three chapters!). The green haired maiden was all too happy to explain the matter. A small smile appeared across face as she cleared her voice, "In the ancient days, before establishment of Hyrule, the lands were in a constant state of war. Three major powers ruled: the Hylians of Hylia, the Gerudo of the deserts, and the Sheikah of what is today southern Hyrule. When the ruler of Sheikah had died in battle, his oldest daughter, who was called Uzume of Ame, took the throne along with her younger sister, Kakarikohime. The two brought many years of peace to the Sheikah.

"One day when Kakarikohime was walking along the fields, a Hylian lord came along and saw the girl. The lord became infatuated with the Sheikah girl and kidnaped her. Uzume swiftly took action and acted the Hylian lord's castle and defeated the disgusting lord, easily. Unfortunately, Kakarikohime was found slain.

"Uzume was placed into a furious bloodlust against Hylians after the battle and the great female leader of the Sheikahs launched a powerful campaign to exterminate all Hylians. The campaign was extremely successful and had destroyed almost every Hylian city-state in all of present-day Hyrule. But one remained. King Thurston's walled city, located at present-day Castle Town.

"King Thurston feared Uzume's wrath and assembled an army for a preemptive strike against the Sheikah. On the night before the two armies' battle, Uzume of Ame and King Thurston met at the very spot of this village and fell in love with each other. Two quickly ended the war, married, and built Kakariko in honor of Uzume's sister and their love.

"From then on, the day when the Hylian king and Sheikah queen met and married each other was celebrated as a day of friendship and true love. The Frejerock Festival nowadays is considered an important part of every town's and village's Autumn Festival and is celebrated by almost everyone. I'm surprised that you don't know about it!"

"So…tomorrow is…Fre-je-rock Day?" Link being such adapted learn, didn't get much out of the girl's explanation, "Umm…why is it called Frejerock Day?"

"Frejerock is present-day the name of the ancient Arachne, the weaver goddess." Rin enlightened the hero, "Arachne is an analog to the Sheikah deity, Zhinu, the goddess of love and weavers."

"Right……What's tomorrow?" The three girls simultaneously sighed as Link asked again. Meeko decided to dumb-it-down a little for Link (Dungeons are easy. A understand of regional religious holidays through mythos along…kinda' harder).

"Tomorrow is the day where everyone in Hyrule celebrates love, ok." Link shook his head vigorously in comprehension.

"Wow…if it's just that, then why don't people just call it Love Day! ……the explanation for Frejerock makes this chapter look stupid……"

"Ask a stupid question…" Naru retorted flatly.

"Please, please! If you had enough of the writer's pathetic sense of humor, then we can come to the crux of Kakariko's problems." The elderly man piped in. The group turned their awareness to the old man, all-ears for him to explain his dilemma, "What the young ladies have said is true…but there is more to the story.

"When Queen Uzume and King Thurston were married, many other couples married or promised their love to one another. Among them was a unlike pair: Alberich, a simple goat herder, and the powerful Great Fairy of the woods known as Titania. The two loved each other very much, but…being that Alberich was a mortal man…the two were eventually separated for all eternity…"

"Oh…That's so sad." Meeko said sadly as she whipped a tear from her eye. Rin buried her head in Link's shoulder, crying fake tears as she wrapped herself around the hero. Link just sighed heavily.

"Meeko-chan, you can cry on my shoulder if you-OW" Okiru was swiftly hushed by the girl with a slap to back of young shaman's head. The old man went on……

"When Alberich died, Titania lamented for many centuries. But it was said that some decades ago, the Great Fairy found new love. Unfortunately, he was said to have died in the Unification War as well. Now on the eve of her first love's vow, Titania misery lingers throughout the forest the Gods have given to her to protect. Misfortune spells to all those who walk the forest……Especially newly found lovers…"

"Oh, no!!" Rin exclaimed as she pulled herself tighter around Link, causing the hero to wince from the girl's breasts press firmly against him, "We should stay far, far away from the woods tonight, Link-hun!"

"I wouldn't worry about that…" Okiru announced, crossing his arms over his chest, "The woods being haunted during Frejerock Eve is a tale mothers tell their daughters to scare them away from their romantic rendezvous with a cute boy! Not to mention, it's giant cliché-OW!!" Meeko had slapped the boy again.

"And how would you know what girls would do, pipsqueak…" The maiden declare evenly.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PIPSQUEAK!! YOU'RE NO TALL THEN ME AND YOUR OLDER THEN ME!!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING OLD!!"

"I think I'll check thinks out after a couple winks, alright." Link related to the old man as Meeko and Okiru continued to argue.

"I thank you, brave hero." The elderly man responded with a bow, "You are truly send be the Gods."

"Meeko!! You're acting like a child!!" Naru yelled over the scream pair as she tried to pull the girl away from the quarreling boy. Then the green haired maiden suddenly froze…as she stared at the doorway leading to the rear inn. Link followed her gaze and found the Goron from the hot spring. Perfect timing, the hero thought……

"Mr. Goron!!" Link called over to mountain dweller and walk over to him (Rin was still attached to the hero's torso), "You've came out just at the right time! I was hoping to get some sleep in the room!"

"Oh, yes goro." The Goron replied with a smile, "I'm happy to let you slept on my room's floor, even if it is some what odd! Hohohohohoho!"

"Ha ha ha ha! ……What?" Link was perplexed. Every room had two beds and the Goron should have an extra, right? No…don't tell me, Link silently thought to himself.

"Well…" The Goron started to explain, "I didn't think you wanted to sleep in the same bed with me or my son goro. We Gorons could crash you easily!!"

"Son…" Link sobbed.

"S-Son!" Naru repeated anxiously.

"What's all the shouting about down here!!" a voice bellowed for the stairs, stopping one pair from arguing and another for hugging (well…it was just Rin was hugging, but still). Naru slowly turned around and found the last thing that wanted to find…another Goron…this one with a red bandana around its head. The green haired maiden screamed at the top of her lungs, much to the new Goron loathing, "Ah! Stop the earsplitting, already!!"

Naru felt her head lightening as she finished her scream…then fell backwards. Meeko quickly caught the girl as everyone else run over. The maiden shook Naru slightly and called out her name, but the green haired girl didn't respond. The old man leaned down to take a closer look……

"Mmmhhhhh…She just fainted. That's all." Everyone let a sigh of relief, "What had caused such a reaction?"

"Naru's afraid of Gorons…ever since she was a little girl." Meeko stated to the group. Link nodded once as his the concern filled his face.

"Ok…Get her to your room and put her bed. We should just let her sleep." Link dictated Meeko and she replied with a nod. Link turned back to the old man, "I'm going to get some sleep, so in an hour I'll meet you at the front of inn." The elderly man merely twisted around and started to walk towards the door with Okiru close behind.

"Ok, Link-hun! Time to get you to bed!!" Rin declared as clung around Link's arm. The hero blinked at the girl in bewilderment, "With the Goron's son in sharing the room, you need to another room to sleep in…" Oh, CRAP!! Link thought to himself, I forgot!!

"Wait!!" Link yelled over the two shamans. They halted and looked back at the hero, "What was I talking about! A threat like this is too big to leave alone!! I'll have to go now!!"

Link rushed out of the girl's arms and through the door in a second. Rin frowned as she turned to her friend to help carry Naru up the stairs. The raven haired maiden was extremely worried for Link's wellbeing…if there was a mysterious intelligent in the forest, then the hero might be in some type of terrible trouble! After actually finding someone special, Rin wasn't going let the guy be taking away. She would go and help Link!!

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Young Link had been tracking through the Lost Woods for some time before he finally reached spot where the cloaked man spoke of. Faron Spring…crisp, clear water fell down a small rise of rock into a large pool, flowers of thousands of different colors grew around the spring's waters. It was a beautiful sight…but there was one thing that was off……

"Keh keh keh…It took you long enough to reach the spring…" The cloaked man was standing a yard away from the young hero, his back turned, "I was wondering if I had made that powder a little too strong."

"You can shut the hell up!!" Link roared at the man. The boy yanked his golden blade sword from his scabbard and mirrored shield from his back, "Where's my friend!!"

"Keh keh keh!! Such a mouth for a young boy!" The man turned to the young hero with a large grin across his face. As he turned, Saria's still unconscious body came into Link's view and the boy gasped. Link looked back to the cloaked man, staring draggers into him "Strong words and strong eyes…how very scary…….But traveling through time and fight evil tyrants does that, I would think."

"Who are you?"

"Ah…The question of the hour……The simple answer…a phantom. A spirit who lurks through the shadows, mourning the fall of the populous' ethics and principles. We live in a world full of corruption and depravity, and I will change this!" The man's smirk had completely vanished. The man's eyes trained onto Link as the he continued slowly, "This realm is split…split because of one's selfish actions to return to normal. This realm is split and I will fix it. Hundreds will die…thousands! But…I will fix it……"

Link looked back down at Saria. If he could grab her fast enough and get to the tree line, then the young hero could easily hide from the man and get back to village. Though the cloaked man had moved a step away from the Kokiri girl…Link couldn't get to her in time or attack the man.

"I'm sure your wondering 'Why me?' Yes, little Link…" The man started again. Well no, the young hero thought to himself, I'm actually used to bad guys bothering me and friends…sigh, "To be forthcoming, you're just a simple pawn in a strategic…yet futile game." Link didn't quite know how to take the comment (neither do I) "Shall we continue…"

The man brought his hand up into the air and Link moved into a defensive position. Closing his eyes, the cloaked man murmured a few word and an object fall into his hand. On a closer examination, the young hero gasped!!

"The funny thing about…what did you call them…bottomless travel-packs…" The man related as pulled the object closer to him, "They use a pocket made into sub-space. Each one has its own pocket, so supposedly they can never used by another person. Save…those who understand the machinations of the multiverse.

"A strange object for anyone to have, even the Hero of Time. A mask made of pure hate……Very rare, indeed. Fierce Deity…I can't even say I that now the creature, but its mask is some that I do know. An object born of demon magic and controlled by such……"

Link recoiled a little…this guy could use any weapon the young hero had!! The cloaked man's lips turned in an ominous grin as Fierce Deity Mask rose into the air. The next thing Link knew, the whole world turned black and he felt his body alter shape. Through the dark void, Link could hear the man's laugh……

"Keh keh keh……You'll be a fine pawn. One who will pave a grand path to the future. The two will become one…and balance will be restored!"


Author's Note: That Hyrule history lesson...totally off the top of my head. I didn't have a lick of it thought out, save a few names (I changed one during the writing). It's suppose to be dry if that's your opinion of it. One thing I want to clear up before anyone asks...I did not explain the wars described in Ocarina of Time nor Twilight Princess. You could say I set this non-canon war between the two, so...don't jump to conclusions. But tell me what you think.