A/N-Thanks for the reviews The-Saiyan-From-Hyrule, maximushyrule, and darthritter86. This chapter is not going to be about Malina, but it's still important.

Disclaimer- I do not own Zelda or First Love in any way.

Yuumei glanced around, a slight frown on the woman's face. Everyone else seemed to be in shock. It was fairly hard to believe, but not impossible as they made it out to be. However, it still frightened the young woman.

All of Lake Hylia was eclipsed in darkness. A cold wind blew across their faces as the group stared upon it. The darkness seemed to suck things in, very slowly. Either that, or it was growing larger by the moment. For some reason, the second seemed to be more likely to Yuumei.

In the silence, snow began to fall from the dark sky. She looked up to see that it appeared to be not only snow, but ashes. Vaati was doing his job very well, and for that reason was Yuumei terrified of ever meeting him. She could only hope that someone else would defeat him before she was supposed to. That is, if she ever did get the chance. It didn't seem very likely, but she would have to avenge Malina if she died.

"What do we do now?" Shina asked, defying the deathly silence. At this, Marit frowned and glanced over to Yuumei, who immediately understood. She was going to be a scout into the darkness. Which was not her idea of fun.

That was a problem for Yuumei, of course. She was from Areu, the land of dark and light. The land of gray. The land where you can withstand the brightest of lights, if you're from there, and the darkest of darkness. She didn't particularly like darkness, but she had to otherwise they wouldn't know the real source of the darkness. Really, she had no choice but to do so.

"I shall be back in a moment." Yuumei said plainly.

As the young woman made her way to the darkness, she glanced back. All of the others besides Shina seemed slightly confused as to what she was doing. Then again, none of them knew that she could pass into the darkness without being harmed.

Yuumei paused in front of the dark wall. She glanced at the bracelet that was on her right wrist. She quickly tore it off and tossed it over to the only other girl. "Take good care of that, will you? I'll be back in a moment." And so, after saying these things, Yuumei walked into the darkness.

The instant that she walked in, a cold feeling washed over her. This was why Yuumei did not like darkness. It was horribly cold and there was nothing she could do about it. Light, however, could be just as bad. Too hot and bright sometimes. There was a reason why she preferred to walk in both. Walking midway was nice.

Yuumei glanced around, her sharp black eyes taking everything in. The grass was dead and no snow fell here. Only the ashes. She could see that there was something burning, but no light gave it away. No heat found this place, and only a black color could be found to those regular human beings. Luckily for Yuumei, she was not. She could see everything just fine, even if it was in just black and white.

Yuumei walked to the bridge, curiosity in her eyes. It was silent except for the thudding of her feet hitting the stone below her. Yuumei looked to the sky, and the thudding of her feet stopped. No stars. No light. Nothing. Despair filled her soul for a moment as she looked up at the wide expanse before her. Was there no end to this darkness that Vaati had placed upon them? Was there an end to this sky? What was to be done?

That was when Yuumei quickly pulled herself together, shaking her head. This was no time for wondering. If she wished to immerse herself in darkness later, she could do as she pleased. However, for now, she needed to do her job.

At the midpoint on the bridge, Yuumei stopped again. She leaned over the edge of the bridge, looking into the water. She expected to see her own reflection, as the dark water showed within her own land, but that was not what she saw. Her own dark mirror was reflected. Yuumei cringed back in disgust. However, curiosity came over her fear and she leaned over again. Her shadow copied for a moment, but did something that she did not expect. It pointed to Kakariko.

Yuumei followed the action after a slight hesitation. Her shadow disappeared, but she understood what it meant. They were going to attack Kakariko next.

Daysin laughed and pulled away from the small child. "No, I told you already! I don't have any rupees! I can't get you anything..." The child pouted, showing his large blue eyes. Daysin felt himself giving into the two-year-old's wishes, then remembered he hadn't payed rent yet.

"I'll get you some candy soon." The near man promised. "I promise." The small boy brought out his pinkie, indicating for them to do a pinkie swear. Daysin did so, grinning.

The breeze felt wonderful on Daysin's forehead and layed down on the ground, staring up at the lage expanse of sky. Troubled thoughts that the child had managed to keep at bay returned all too quickly, ruining the day.

What was Vaati doing right now? Why hadn't Vaati come after him and killed him yet? What was he waiting for? And what about the Princess? Was she really dead? Was it his fault? All of these thoughts ran through Daysin's mind quickly, piercing his soul. It had been nearly three months since he had left Vaati. What had happened since then? A feeling of dread was coming over Daysin. What was going to happen to him?

Look forward to something. Daysin begged to himself. Anything at all. I- wait! Tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be seventeen. Yes, that's something to look forward, right?

The young man stood up, brushing his shaggy brown hair out of his flickering eyes. They were always flickering, ever since he had become unable to decide whether or not he should be with or against Vaati. He shivered, even at just the thought. Red... or purple? A question he would one day have to decide.

The sun was beginning to set, and Daysin began to hurry to the inn. That song... the girl would sing it if he didn't hurry. The song that hurt him more than anything he had ever heard, the song that was heartbreaking, the song that almost made Daysin want to die.

He was too late. A raven-haired girl was sitting in front of her house, which was right next to the inn. She was already singing, and he had to listen the moment that he walked by.

"The time that had stopped seems to start moving

Just all the things I don't want to forget

Tomorrow at this time

I will surely be crying

Probably thinking of you"

"You will always be inside my heart

Since there will always be the place for you

I hope that I have a place in your heart too

Now and forever you are still the one

Now it's still a sad love song

Until I can sing a new song"

"You are always gonna be my love

Even if I fall in love again with someone someday

I'll remember to love you taught my how

You are always gonna be the one

Now it's still a sad love song

Now and forever..."

Daysin quickly walked inside the inn, tears threatening to squeeze from his eyes. He had to be strong, otherwise he might actually kill himself. The song reminded him too much of the Princess. That black-haired girl had also lost the one that she loved. She sang that song every night to make sure she would not forget him.

Daysin wanted to forget the Princess.

He ignored the greetings from the people and went straight into his room. Nothing that anyone would ever say could help this heartache. Suddenly, Daysin felt the need to spill blood. He felt the need to pick up a sword and have a battle with someone. To slowly and painfully kill them, whoever they were. His eyes flashed quickly to blood red, and despair filled the young man's heart at this.

Daysin sat on his bed, anger in his eyes. He needed to find Vaati, and when he did, he would kill the elder. No matter what, he would kill Vaati. Why? Because he felt like it.

"Yuumei?" Sparrow asked softly. "Do you suppose that... Vaati will be there when he attacks?" Yuumei blinked at the question. She had never guessed that he might be there. As she rolled it over in her mind, she played with her bracelet.

"No." She finally said. "I don't think that he would be stupid enough to actually be there, leading an attack. I'm certain that he would have someone else go for him." Sparrow nodded and looked forward.

"All right, then!" Marit exclaimed. "The horses are rested up! We had better hurry to get to Kakariko."

Yuumei bit her bottom lip. None of them knew when Vaati would attack Kakariko, so they would have to hurry over there in case anything happened. She lightly touched her sabre that hung at the side of her horse. There was no way Vaati would win as long as she was alive.

They had their horses run at full speed, as they had been doing for the past twenty-four hours, with only a few rests. The wind blew Yuumei's short hair back, which was a nice break. However, her mind was far away from that. She was thinking about, as usual, Malina. The woman felt worried about the girl constantly, and was unsure as to why. She felt rather motherly for some reason, towards this girl. Perhaps it was due to the bracelet.

Even as she thought this, Yuumei pulled absently at her braclete. It looked exactly like the one she had given to Malina. It was impossible to stop thinking about her, wasn't it? She needed to get her mind off the young princess and onto the battle that would most likely be coming up.

As they neared Kakariko, Yuumei felt shock come over her. Those shadow creatures were coming in legions to attack Kakariko. There didn't seem to be any way to defeat all of them with the small amount of people that they had. The others seemed slightly anxious as well. Still, she could tell they would fight to no end if it needs be.

"We had best hurry." Yuumei said, her voice low. Shina jumped off her horse at the exact moment that Yuumei spoke and ran towards Kakariko. If there was any classification for the girl in her fighting style, it appeared to be the style of the Sheikah.

Yuumei jumped off her horse as well and drew her sabre. The others did similar and raced over to Kakariko. At first the young woman wondered why they were leaving their horses behind, but then she realized it was too risky to bring them in. No use in letting perfectly good horses die.

Daysin looked outside, his face tired. For some reason, he couldn't sleep. It was as though something was coming. He absently looked out the window. It was unlikely that he would be able to see anything because it was so dark, but he could always try.

A darkness even greater than the one of night was approaching. Daysin's eyes widened as he saw this. Vaati. It had to be him.

The young man pulled on his boots quickly and left, not taking any of possesions with him. A voice spoke in his mind, one that he did not know. Look for Jared. He's in danger. Even though Daysin guessed that this meant he was going insane, he ran outside.

The little boy that he knew was being held by one of the shadow creatures by the neck. Daysin narrowed his eyes at the beast. This boy was his friend, and he wasn't going to let some stupid monster get to it.

Daysin felt his magic flowing through him. He focused all of his energy on creating fire in his hands. As soon as he felt the heat of the flames, he shot it at the shadow beast. It dissappeared as the fire hit it, dropping Jared onto the ground. Daysin ran over to the little boy and knelt down beside him.

"Are you okay?" He demanded. The boy looked up at him with fearful eyes and ran away, into his house. Daysin felt a slight pain at this. He had guessed that people would be frightened of him because of his magic, and so he had kept it a secret.

It's too late for that now. The voice said. Hurry and defeat the shadows before anything happens to anyone else.

Who are you, and what are you doing in my mind?! Daysin growled, not moving. The voice seemed to sigh.

I don't really feel like telling you right now. However, I'm testing you to see if you and I could ever be one. You have to battle for the sake of others, now.

What if I don't feel like it?

Too bad.

Daysin frowned at the little or no sympathy in the voice's... er, voice. He might as well listen to it. Or maybe he could rejoin Vaati? That might be a good idea, too. He only had defeated the creature because it was going to kill Jared.

Shut up and do what I tell you. Behind.

Daysin turned around, feeling the rush of fire plowing through him. Just as he was about to throw it into the shadow creature's face, he realized it wasn't a shadow creature. It was a girl. She seemed to be just as surprised at seeing him as he was at seeing her.

"Who the heck are you?!" The girl demanded, startling the young man. However, he had other things to deal with, like destroying more of the shadow beasts as they came after him.

Daysin gathered as much magic for his fire as he possibly could, his eyes shining. "Get in back of me, and don't ask any questions!" The girl did as she was told and Daysin grinned. All of that violence he had been saving up was finally going to come out. It was finally time to let some of that pain and anger out.

Fire blasted from both his hands and his mouth. The whole town of Kakariko lit up due to the large amount of power that he threw out. His eyes, for but a moment, turned blood red and glowed slightly. All of the shadows were destroyed by both the fire and the light. He brushed his dark brown hair out of his eyes afterward, as though nothing had happened. The girl did not act the same.

"Who and what are you!?" She demanded again. Daysin glanced at her, a slight smirk on his face.

"You shouldn't be so rude. It might endanger your life someday. To answer your question, I am Daysin and a sorcerer-wizard-thing. Whatever." The girl's eyes narrowed at this and she got into a defensive position.

"I am Shina, member of the Knights of Night, here to place you under arrest for working with Vaati."

Well. Daysin thought, surprise thick in his mind. I didn't see that coming.

Vaati stared at the stars, his eyes slightly glazed over. Ever since his last talk with Power, he had been like this. Refusing to talk to anyone, and no emotion showing upon his face. Many had wondered what was wrong with their leader, but he had refused to answer any questions.

"I hate you, you brat," he murmured, staring up at the stars as though hoping for some answer. "Or do I love you?" No apparent answer came to him, so Vaati lifted the wine glass he had carried out to the veranda to his lips. Many would have thought that there was red wine within, but that was not so. It was blood.

"Perhaps... I could meet her. Talk to her. Have peace for one night." Vaati murmured, licking a drop of blood from dripping off his chin. "Maybe she could be on my side so I wouldn't have to kill her."

You're stupid, yes?

"Yes." Vaati answered Power aloud. "I am. I need to find a way to be smart, though."

She will never join your side, no matter how hard you try. But you could always meet her in her dreams. It's rather fun to interrupt dreams, you know.

"I know." Vaati said irritably. "Maybe you could shut up for a moment, though. Blood usually clears my mind, oddly enough, but it isn't helping this time. Do you have any suggestions?" After saying this, he took another sip of the blood.

Why would I? I'm not Wisdom. And besides, that pretty creepy that you drink blood.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter what you think anyway. I think I will bother her dreams." Vaati seemed slightly pleased by this decision. He dropped the wine glass as he walked inside. It shattered, just as Vaat's dreams had so long ago. A few thoughts came to him as he sat upon his bed.

"I attacked Kakariko today, didn't I?"

Yes.

"Oh. I guess it's too late, then. My cousin will have to come to me after this." Vaati felt rather confident. "And when he does, because I know that he will come back to me eventually, I will forgive him. I will always forgive him."

A/N- Kind of a weird chapter, no? But that's what happens when Malina isn't around. I can promise you that the next chapter will be short. Anyway, R&R.