Note: God, it was crazy this week!! My computer got a Trojan that kept downloading adware and spyware. It was to much to handle, so I FDISK or wiped the computer drive and reinstalled Windows. Don't worry...I saved all the important files and stuff (I had a lot of crap on my drive...I should have wiped it earlier!!). Watch out, guys. Make sure you have enough security when traversing the Net and place a firewall around your network connection...and update your computer.


The faint rays of morning slowly ran through the window of a humble inn room, projecting themselves against the green clad hero. Link lay comfortably in his OWN bed…a simple thing to say, but in comparison to the last couple of nights the hero experienced, it was heaven! He had fallen asleep softly and was awaking up just as softly, no rude arousal this daybreak. What's up with Gods and messing with my sleep patterns, Link thought to himself, do I have a sign on that says 'screw with me'?!

Rolling over to his left, Link looked over to his…sigh…roommate…Rin. The great Hero of Time had spent a good portion of the night waiting for the love-crazed maiden to fall asleep before he even attempted (out of a very manly fear of a girl). Staring over to the other bed in the room, Link found it empty, its sheets and cover scrunched to the bottom of the bed. Craning his head up, the hero searched for the raven haired girl…nothing. She must of left the room, Link silently thought, well that's good. I can get some extra rest.

Link started to twist himself to face the wall on his right side. There was something about facing a wall that place the hero in a state of-

"AAAAAAHHH!!" …terror? The hero jumped back and fell against the floor with a bang! When Link had turned to his right, guess what, "RIN!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU MY BED!!"

"If I was on top of the covers…then I'd get cold!" The girl replied with an innocent tone as she rose to her knees.

The bed sheets drew down Rin's body and revealed the most scandalous looking nightie the hero had every seen (because, he's seen so many!). Two spaghetti straps around the shoulders held the garment just above the breast level and was colored a light indigo. The nightie puffed out and was made from a slight sheer material, showing off the maiden's curves. The bottom had a lace-like trim and stop short of Rin's purple, ribbon-topped panties (this is annoying scene to write).

"Linkie-hun…" Link's eyes bugged out at the clothing (or lack there of) as the raven haired girl smirked deviously, "I see you like my nighttime pajamas. Oh my!!" Link followed Rin's gaze down……

"T-Th-That's a normal morning thing for guys!!" The hero squealed out (manly) as he placed his hands over his shorts. Damn it, Link thought to himself, why didn't I wear pants to bed!!

Rin continued to grin…then suddenly leaped from the bed and plowed into Link. As she rammed into the hero and wrapped her arms around him, Link noticed that the girl's hair was undone for it's usually ties and let to hang down. Link watched as the hair draped around Rin and him, noting that it was even longer then Naru's or Meeko's. Wow…, the hero thought, it's like a curtain……

"Link-hun…can I ask you a question?" Rin whispered into Link's ear, breaking him out of his thoughts, "How do you…like to kiss!!"

"WH-WHAT?!"

"Well…do you like it nice and slow…or fast! And hot!!" The raven haired maiden started to move her head to face Link, tickling his cheek every time she exhaled a warm breath. Looking into her plum eyes, the hero noticed the all too familiar look. Rin smiled for a second…then leaned forward, ever slowly, brandishing puckered, pink lips. As the two surfaces met, Link felt a heat accumulate throughout his body. For a moment…Link wanted to return the kiss…but the moment past and he resisted the urge. The girl pulled away leisurely and broke the contact, "Now…wasn't that nice…" Link gulped as Rin paused for a second, "Choose number two……"

Barreling forward, the raven haired maiden locked lips with Link and thrusted her tongue in his mouth (WHOA!!). The hero's eyes widened to the point of falling out! She wasn't kidding about fast and hot, Link thought to himself (though it was obvious that he couldn't say much right then…). After a few seconds of suck-face, the two were interrupted by the door's sudden opening. Meeko stared blanked at the boy and the girl, half naked boy and girl, as they stared back at her. Then she shifted from shock to fury……

"GRRRR, LINK YOU PERV!!" The blonde girl bellowed. She rushed at the hero and bashed him with hefty metal club…with spikes (…great…she's using randomly appearing weapons again…sigh). Link flew back, through the wooden wall, and into the hot spring in the back of the inn with great splash! Meeko stood at the hole Link made and glared down at the hero, flames in eyes, "CAN'T YOU STOP BEING A LOUCHE FOR FIVE SECONDS?!"

"…somebody just kill me-" Link started, but was cut off……

"EEEKKK!!" Turning to his side, the hero found Naru ducking herself under the water, "THIS IS THE WOMEN'S BATH RIGHT NOW, LINK!! RYUGA-KUN!!"

"LINK!! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!" The Goron roared as he dashed outside.

"I didn't mean really kill me!!"

Link raced around the pool, the enraged mountain dweller in trail, with the green haired maiden screaming all the while.

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"Meeko…why are you such a mood killer?" Rin asked as Meeko, Link, and her walked through Kakariko, "Me and Link-hun were just getting to the good part!"

"WHAT?!" The hero shrieked, "WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!"

"I was just talking about frenching, Linkie-hun. Oh, my…"

The hero released a heavy sigh and rubbed his swollen head. Ryuga had a mean left hook…and a right (basically the Goron beat him to a pulp). Suddenly a question popped into Link's head……

"Hey! Didn't the old shaman cure those two, Naru and Ryuga? Why did she call for him?"

"The two of them were cured, but something unexpected happen." Meeko replied, "It happened when you went to sleep……"

The elderly man and Okiru were standing in the lobby of the inn. In front of the two were the hopeless pseudo-lovers, a Goron and a maiden. Meeko was on the side lines with Rin. The experience shaman took Ryuga and Naru in closely as the pair gazed into one another's eyes.

"Mmmhh……" The old man began as he stroked his white beard, "I believe…that if we administer the antidote now, the girl and the Goron youth will revert back to their average behavior."

"Alright!!" Okiru yelled, "Let's fix these two…and stop all this creepy kissy-kiss between the two…"

After seeing the two interacting so longingly with each other, the young shaman had been unsettled. A super cute girl and a stony face Goron…, the boy thought, that's not right! Meeko had similar opinion about the matter.

The maiden had nothing against the mountain people, she just knew Naru and how deathly afraid she was of them. Even if she is cured, Meeko silently thought, she might not get over the experience. I remember every little bit that happen when I was infected…every little bit……The girl touched her hand to her lips.

"So…what happened?" Link popped in, "You stopped talking. What happened?"

"Oh! Um……"

"Now…Okiru" The elderly shaman began again, "The antidote for an ailment such as this one of the come on plants that grow around this and many other areas, so you should find it right away. Go out and retrieve a flowering Love-in-idleness from the ground…"

"……? What's tha-OW!!" The old man struck the boy, "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!!"

"IT'S A PANSY, YOU IDOIT!! YOU NEED TO STUDY MORE!!"

The young shaman ran out of the inn and quickly returned with an arm full of purple pansies. Laying them out onto a table (where did that come from again?), the elderly shaman promptly went to work. Taking the flowering parts of the plants, the old man grinded them together into a wet mass. The man took his pansy mass, walked over to the "lovers", and speedily covered their eyelids with the wet substance……

"Eew! Eew!! Eew!!" Naru squeal as she waved her hands in disgust.

"YUCK!!" Ryuga related, rubbing the substance from his eyes, "Old man!!"

"You should be back to normal now" The elderly shaman stated.

The two looked at each other for a moment. The room was mute as everyone waited (…for what…?). Then the Goron took the green haired girls hands into his own……

"Naru! I don't know if the flowers are still effecting or not, but…I know this feeling in me is something more then magic or curses!!" The maiden stared into Ryuga's eyes and saw the truth……

"Ryuga-kun…It's truly true!! I still hold feelings for you!! You are my one and only!!"

"WHAAAATTT!!" Okiru bellowed in astonishment, "OLD MAN, IT DIDN'T WORK!!"

"It is not possible!!" The elderly shaman declared, "I prepare an amount that would have cured them ten-times over!!" As the pair continued to look into each other eyes, it hit the old man, "Mmmhh!! The girl must have always held Gorons in a romantic matter!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone shrieked in horror…save the old shaman and the lovers.

"Indeed. Naru was always attracted to them…but she never understood those feels, so she began to fear them to the point of fainting at the sight of a Goron. Now…she understands the feelings and sees Ryuga as a handsome suitor."

"B-Bu…B-But Naru always liked Zora! Not Gorons!!" Rin exclaimed, bewildered by the turn of events.

"Mmmhh…yes…more evidence of confusion." The old man retorted sagely, "What is the opposite of a stocky, rock eating, mountain dweller…a slim, slick, swimmer!"

"Wait!" Link interjected in doubtful tone, "Are you trying to say that Naru likes Gorons now?!"

"That's what the old shaman said…" Meeko answered.

The blonde girl thought back to Link's and her encounter in the woods. She knew that she should feel terrible about having her first kiss with such perv…but didn't really. The feeling growing inside Meeko…the feeling towards Link…had increased tenfold since she kissed him. It was different from what she felt for Izunoo…it felt subdued and light, but at the same time felt extremely strong.

As the three walked, the raven haired girl took the hero's hand and pulled herself close. Link complied with a heavy sigh. The Yellow Maiden found herself glaring at the two. When Meeko found Rin and Link together that morning, the feelings she had for the hero had doubled for an instance and stung at the maiden with a jab of jealousy…which prompt her to attack the Link. And right then, as they were walking, Meeko felt the same jealousy as before and grief as she watched the two. They do make a nice couple, she thought to herself as frown formed across her lips.

"Oh, Link-hun!" Rin proclaimed, "To have you and I go on a breakfast date! It's a dream come true!!"

"Just because we're going to breakfast doesn't make it a date!" Link said quickly (and fearfully), "We're just going to eat together, not-" The hero's sentence was cut short by a cry……

"AAAHH!! STOP FOLLOWING MY AROUND YOU STUPID FAIRY!!" It was Okiru! Buzzing above the boy's head was pink ball of light. The young shaman swung is at the ball, but to no avail, "GRGH!! WHEN ARE GOING TO LEAVING ME ALONE!!"

"But Oki-kun and me are suppose to be together forever!!" The light ball announced back, "You're my one true Oki-kun!!" The pink entity's last comment incited a gasp from Meeko, which in turn alerted Okiru to the others' presence.

"Meeko-chan!! Rin!!...um…" (He STILL does not remember…) "What are don't this morning?!"

"Me and Linkie are going on a breakfast date!!" Rin announced.

"...why do you keep saying that..."

"You and him, huh..." The boy posed as he took in the information, "Then...Meeko-chan can go with me-GAH!!" In an instant, Okiru was on the ground with a large lump upon his head. Meeko stood over him...

"When are you going to stop all that and start acting your age, kid..."

"Oki-kun!!" The little fairy shrieked as she hovered around the young shaman's head, "Oki-kun?! Are you hurt, Oki-kun?!"

"...Just my pride...and maybe my skull!!"

"You know Meeko..." Rin started to say in a mockingly cheerfully tone, "With your height and the way you overact...well, if I didn't know better I'd say you to were the same age as Okiru-kun!!"

"WHAT!!"

"She has a point" Link joined in, "You are short for your age...and you have short temper-ARGH!!" The 'short' maiden slugged her fist into the hero's face, cutting is comment off. The attack was so sudden that Link fall backwards and held his nose. Now my pride and skull hurts, Link silently thought (when did the Hero of Time become such a girl!).

The blonde looked around her. One side, Okiru was being fussed over by the pink fairy girl. On the other side Rin cradled Link, happily pressing the hero close to herself. And Meeko...stood alone...no one to make a excessive attention about or vice versa. And it was Frejerock (Hylian equivalent of Valentine's Day)...the day of love and togetherness...and Meeko was alone. Yeah, she was a little depressed.

The young shaman had started wrenched himself up when he notice Meeko her favorite position...crouched down with the black cloud of gloom hanging over head. One second she's furious, Okiru thought to himself, the next she's emo...girls are scary. Suddenly the boy remember why he had been sent out to do...

"Meeko-chan!! The old man wants to meet with you!!" Okiru proclaimed to the girl. The maiden looked up and blinked at the shaman as Link pried himself away from Rin, "He wants to talk to you and...um..."

"Link!! From the last time!! My name is LINK!!"

"Right!! Link and you!!"

Meeko shifted up from her crouch, continuing to stare are the boy in confusion. Looking over to Link, the hero gave the Yellow Maiden a small nod. The two set off to the elderly shaman's residence, not known what would await them, with the young shaman leading the way...Rin and Puck followed behind.

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At the farthest eastern corner of Kakariko, a short distance from the grave yard, sat large shine complex atop of hill. Passing under a great red archway, the Link and the others found a long stone pathway leading to a oddly shaped building. The building itself was one story, with a roof constructed in a trapezoid form with two concave sides. A second roof was built behind the first, sharing its strange design. Around the stone way, sat several other wooden buildings, much smaller then center building.

"That's Kaka Miya Shrine..." Okiru proclaimed to the group, pointing to the oddly shaped building, "That's where Kakarikohime, the princess of the Sheikah, was enshrined. It's been here since the village was first built. The other shrines hold great Sheikah warriors and rulers."

"Does the old man really live here?" The hero inquired as stared at the central shrine.

"There's a place at the back that we all live in..." The young shaman replied and directed towards the central shrine. Just over the top of the building, a thin line of another buildings roof could be seen. The boy continued, "The path leading to it is this way, come on!!"

With that, Okiru started running down the stone way and veered off to the left of central shrine. Link and the girls quickly dashed behind the shaman (Damn! That kid is fast!!). As they round the shrine, a house came into view...though it was hard to say if it could be called a 'house'. The word 'house' in visions a structure with four walls, a single door, and a top. This...was not a house. This was a hotch-potch of walls and roofs of every different shape one could imagine. Doors of ever manner circled the building: swinging doors, sliding doors, doors that spun around, doors that rolled open...(etc!!). The young shaman looked over to party and their awestruck expressions...

"We do a lot of redorating..." Okiru stated as he rubbed the back of his head. As the boy was explaining odd structure, a young man appeared for one of the many doors...

"Okiru-otouto...you have return" The man said with slight bow, "These must be the people who assisted Okiru-otouto and Master Shahasrahla in pacifying Veles Forest. You are most welcome guests..."

"Iago!!" The young shaman exclaimed as walked over to the man and introtuced him, "This another student of the old geezer. He's been training here a lot longer then me...but I'm still stronger then him..."

"That's right!! Oki-kun is the greatest!!" Puck announced as she flew around the grinning boy.

Link took a second to look Iago over...He had bright yellow hair, light blue eyes, and a narrower face free of any blemish. Pretty boy, the hero thought bluntly (Your no different, Link). Iago was dressed in a light purple tunic with large sleeve ends that all the shaman had. The sleeves each hand a set of third strips of cloth tied to the ends...Link still didn't know what those meant. The young man's legs were cover in a pair of black trousers and his feet wore two sandals, like the set Okiru wore.

"If you all be so kind as to follow me..." Iago popped in, "I will take you to the Master's study." The older shaman turned and retreated into the doorway. The hero and the others followed...

"So" Meeko said to Iago as they walked, "You said the old man's name was Sahasrahla. I think I've heard of him...he's some kind of 'super shaman', right?"

"Among the five High Golden God-Speakers, Master Sahasrahla is the oldest and most powerful. During the Unification War, the Master summoned great storms and invoked massive earthquakes that broke the opposition's will and helped won the day for the king's armies. It is said that he received the name Raijin because of his actions..."

"...I just thought he was dirty old man"

"Yes...He is that as well...sigh..."

After climbing a flight of stairs, the group came to a convex curved wall with a sliding door in the middle of it. The door was made of nothing but strips of wood and wax paper, though for some reason it projected a sense being unmovable.

"In there is the Master's study. Merely stand near the door and wait for the Master to bid you entry." The older shaman related and started walk down a hallway.

"HEY!! Wait!" Link called after Iago, "Aren't you come?"

"I would believe that the Master would wish to speak to you...privately..." Iago glaced over to the raven haired maiden, slight frown across his face. Rin glared back at the shaman, full comprehending the assertion...and with a bow, Iago turned and left.

Moving over to the door, Link reached to the handle and pulled...didn't open? The hero gave the door another tug and another, but the door remain close. Rin and Meeko both tried as well and both failed to slide the door open. Okiru stood on the side, Puck resting on his head, watching the others fruitless attempts to enter the study...

"...you have to wait..." The young shaman stated quietly as though it was as clear as day.

"...You may enter, now" A voice proclaimed from the other side of the door.

Link pull on the door handle once more and miraculously the door opened! Walking through the entry way, Link and party found a circular shaped room in wait. The walls were painted with a white plaster and covered with shelves. Each shelf held at least a hundred books with scrolls and stacks of papers. There was a desk position at the back of the room, though the group found elderly shaman, Sahasrahla, sitting on the wooden floor atop a cushion.

"Please...sit" The old man pointed to several other cushions laid out before him. Link sat down on the pillow closest to the elderly shaman...Rin immediately push her cushion next to the hero and placed her head onto his shoulder. Link just sighed heavily as Sahasrahla went on, "First, let me thank you for aiding with calming Titania. I believe that she will never trouble Kakariko village again."

"Oh, that! Don't mention it!" Link replied innocently and waved the matter off with his hand, "What still can't believe is that guy who dumped Titania!"

"Well...there are many-" Sahasrahla had started but was quickly cut off...

"Yeah!! I could believe that idiot!!" Meeko said as thought back to how the fairy queen described her form lover, "She must be the beautiful woman in the world and that guy just up and left her!!"

"Well, I do not think he just-"

"You know what I think, that guys just afraid of commitment..." Rin then jumped in, "Whenever a guy is with a good looking girl like Titania, they're never with them for the long run. The guy just took what he wanted and ran before he got trapped!!"

"With the situation that he was in-"

"You know, I heard that Titania-sama offered to stepped down as fairy queen..." Puck suddenly joined the conversation, "She was going to become mortal and marry the guy! But the guy chicken out and joined the war."

"WHAT!! Oh my goddesses!! That guy's a pig!!" Rin proclaimed.

"If you ask me, all men are creeps like that!!" Meeko stated harsly...Link narrowed his eyes at her (Hey!! I not a creepy!!).

"ENOUGH!! THE ONLY REASON I LEFT TITANIA WAS SO THAT SHE DIDN'T RENOUNCE HER POSITION!!" The old man bellowed at the group, "WHO LET SUCH A FAIR BEAUTY AGE AND DIE ANYWAY?!"

"..." The silence was deafening...Link finally broke it, "You mean...y-you were the man that left Titania?"

"Mmhh..." The elderly shaman replied with a nod, "Many years ago I met her...I sometimes regret leaving my fairy queen, but I had to do what was best..."

The whole room glared at the old man with narrowed eyes.

"WHAT?! Do you not believe that I was with her?!"

"Well..." Meeko started to respond, "It's not like we don't believe you...it's just..."

"We don't believe you" Rin quickly finished and everyone nodded on agreement, "Your ugly" A second nod...

"NNNOOOO!!" Sahasrahla screamed to the heavens, "HOW COULD THIS BE!! THE VILLAGE WOMEN ALWAYS SAID THAT I WAS GOOD LOOKING FOR A HUNDRED AND FIVE YEAR OLD!! AAAHHHHH!!" Clasping to the floor, the cloud of gloom and despair hanged over the old man's head (Hey, that's Meeko's thing!! Don't steal it!!). Look over to Okiru, the elderly shaman asked, "Okiru, my boy...how long have I looked like this..."

"Mmhh" The young shaman took a moment to think, "...As long as I can remember!!"

"NNNOOOO!!"

After a few more 'No's!' and some crying in the corner, Sahasrahla recollect himself...

"I believe your original reason for coming to the village was for information. Imp had sent word that you are looking for the Elemental Egg, a piece of the Chronos Scepter. Though separated from the other pieces, the Elemental Egg has a great power that should not be underestimated. You will find the piece in Oceanus' Throne, a temple dedicated to the salty seas, near the coastal village of the Blue Maiden..."

"Oh! You mean Tethys!!" The blonde girl popped in, "They have the best sea food in all of Hyrule!" (They have the only sea food in all of Hyrule!)

"Mmhh...Oceanus' Throne is locationed north of the settlement, along the coast. If you ask the villagers, they will tell you where to look."

"Alright then!" Link announced as stood up, "Then Tethys is our next stop, then to Oceanus' Throne!!"

"Don't started yell out things like your incharge!!" Meeko shrieked at the hero causing him to recoil back.

"Oh, Linkie-hun!!" sigh...Rin, "A romantic trip to the coast!! I can see you in your swimsuit again!!" (right...again...)

"Hero...If I may...can I ask of you another favor?" The elderly shaman unexpectly posed. Link blinked once and nodded, "Take Okiru with you..."

"WHHHAAAAATTT!!" The boy screamed, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'TAKE OKIRU'!! WHY WOULD I GO WITH HIM!!"

"Okiru...you have learned all that I could teach you at this point. You need to live and breath in the outside world for you to truly become a man."

"BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO GO WITH HIM!!" Okiru pointed his index finger right into the hero's face, "HE'S JUST A EGOTISTICAL, PRETTY BOY-GAH!!"

"Your the egotistical one..." Rin related flatly as she rammed her elbow into the boy's face.

"Okiru..." Sahasrahla started as the young shaman rubbed his sore nose, "Since the first day that I started training you, I knew that this day would come. Who you would go with and on what journey, I did not know...but I knew you would leave..." The boy looked down to the floor. He had should knew that he would leave as well...in the pit of his stomach he knew it. Uncertainty filled Okiru...did he have power and the skills to surive? Fear started to well up in his. The feeling of hand lightly touching his shoulder alerted the boy uppers...the old man was standing over him, "You are strong young one. I would not have asked if did not think you were ready. The world...is a greater teacher than I could ever be. Learn from the teacher and you will become the greatest shaman of our time."

The young shaman stared up at the elderly shaman in bewilderment and awe. The old man had never shown this side of himself to the boy before, it was either yelling or bossing. Whatever doubt Okiru had disappeared and was replaced by a firm conferdence that was missing in him for many years.

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On the other side of Sahasrahla's aboad, another conversation was finishing...

"...Yes. Right now, the high shaman is speaking with the green clad warior and Yellow Maiden." Iago replied.

"Good...then my little plan can put into motion...Keh keh keh..."


Author's Note: I hate hackers