Thanks to all my reviewers, you're giving me a couple of ideas to add more chapters to this, which is awesome. Glad you're all liking it so far - WOOT!

I should have three more chapters up this weekend, stopping just before it gets to the romantic-ish part (sorry, but exams area calling!).

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SHADOWS CAN'T BE KILLED

Gradually I drew my power away. I felt his mind accept me willingly as his emotions settled down, seeing me as just another part of him, and I could feel his thoughts all around me. I had expected at least some sort of resistance once he realised there was something else inside him – but then again, I had never done this before.

Suddenly I heard the scrape of steel on steel.

Wait a minute - this wasn't supposed to happen.

I concentrated on the weight of his mind surrounding me. There were thoughts of Saria, of Ruto, questions of what was happening to him and how he would survive this. But where was the anger and – oh, there. I shrank back and saw his beautiful face contorted into something horrible and fierce. Suddenly wary, I grabbed my sword and kicked his out of the way as I stood.

"Don't worry, I don't need that anymore," he smiled up at me.

He had a hammer… where did he get that?

"What did you do to me?"

"Ooh, nothing much." I feigned disinterest and shifted the weight of the sword in my hand. I looked up at him when he growled, asking for more information. "All right, I pushed myself into your mind, so far in you can't even feel me, blending in with all the emotions you poured out into that kiss. Now I can control you whenever I want. All I have to do is call upon that little part of me and take over… and there's nothing you can do."

He was silent, and I could hear him thinking a whole manner of things that would have taken me days to sort through, so I shut them out, concentrating instead o his face.

Finally he said, "You're a demon. I don't believe you."

I smirked and did exactly what I told him I could now do. How about now?

His eyes widened as my voice boomed inside his skull.

Is this convincing enough for you?

"I won't let you control me," he said quietly.

I shifted my sword's weight in my hand again and watched him as he slowly got to his feet, straightening his tunic and putting his hat back in place.

"It's not a question of if you let me or not. I've already gotten inside your head, now I'm there forever. Every time you get angry, every time you think a dark thought, I'll be there. I'll know your every move, I'll be inside your mind, taking over, and you won't have a say in it. When you fight Morpha, I will burst out and control you. Your strength will be amazing now. You might actually have a chance against Ganondorf - might."

I called upon my part of him and struck his mind hard before he had a chance to fight. He cried out and gripped his head in both hands. I could feel him trying to shut me out so I pulled away, shrinking down into my corner where he couldn't find me.

I smiled, "See? You can't escape me. You can't stop me taking control whenever I desire."

Link shook his head, still pressing his hands to his forehead. "No, I won't let that happen. I refuse to. If I block you out then you can't do anything."

I stepped forward and poked him in the chest roughly, getting right in his face. He flinched and brushed my hand away, stumbling back.

"Could you block me out just before, when you were lying helpless on your back? Did you have any control over what you were doing?"

His face went deep shade of scarlet as he looked me square in the eye. "Yes."

I chuckled quietly, "You can't fool me, kid," and I lunged.

He blocked my strike with the handle of the hammer, but I got one of his fingers. He cried out in pain and nearly dropped his weapon. I struck again but he was fast. Steel sang and we grunted with the effort of trying to push the other one away. His weapon was heavier and he overthrew me. I stepped back and went to strike again but I wasn't fast enough. The hammer swept through on the right and caught me in the stomach. I fell to the ground, but it wasn't enough to get rid of me.

The battle went on and this time Navi could help, flying in front of my eyes so I couldn't see, shining brightly to blind me. Bloody fairies. I couldn't mirror Link's movements anymore, I didn't have the hammer. I didn't even know he had one. My sword had two chips in it now from the heavy weapon's blows, and it was slowly getting weaker. It seemed as though Link's energy was totally renewed, and he took me on with a new vigour. He struck with immense force and watched with a fierce glint in his eyes as I was forced back further and further. He backed me up against the lone tree and pushed the handle of the hammer against my throat. I think he forgot that demon's didn't breathe.

So, our situation had been reversed. Well, it gave me a chance for a rest, if anything. And an opportunity to test if he really could block me out…

I grinned at him and grabbed his collar, roughly pulling him closer. "Tell me if you can withstand this…"

I sensed a fight, a real fight. The first decent opposition I'd had in a long time, but it wasn't enough to stop me. I took over his thoughts easily and covered his mind in darkness. Pushing his reluctance away, I pulled him closer until we were just millimetres away. He was mine once more. I pressed my lips to his again and felt him succumb to my power. He was totally at mercy to my will. I laughed at my success on the inside, at how foolish this 'hero' really was.

Pulling back, I kissed his cheek and looked him straight in the eyes, whispering softly, "Don't lie to me, Link. You know you're powerless against me."

He said nothing, defeated, and I stole one last sweet kiss. Oh, control was bliss! Before I let my part of him go, I sapped some of his energy, feeling it refresh me to the very core. He growled, pulling away roughly and striking again with the hammer.

"I will find a way to stop you!" He shouted in between attacks. "I won't let you control me forever."

I blocked him easily now that my strength was back, but he was still fast, and now he was really mad.

"I am a part of you that cannot be discarded. I may be forgotten, but I won't let that happen. I will take over whether you like it or not, and there is no way to stop me."

His eyes flashed as I struck out with my sword and he blocked it strongly, sweeping out with the hammer again. We battled in this way for a long time before he suddenly stopped. He stood very still and glared at me with evil eyes. I held my battered sword lightly and waited for him to speak, watching as he bent down and picked up the discarded sword at his feet – we were back where we started.

"How can I kill you?"

"You can't. And besides, it was me who said I would be killing you"

"Why… why did you do that to me before?" he panted.

"I said I wanted glory."

He roared. The sword plunged. Dropping to the floor like a stone, I smiled. I welcomed it.

And I said you couldn't kill me.