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I couldn't sleep; Kovu fell asleep long ago and hadn't made a noise since. We arrived in Termainia a few hours earlier and already got two horses; mine black with a white dot on its forehead, Kovu's was just pure black. We were lucky enough to get a room at the Stock Pot Inn.

I looked over at Kovu; he had the bed by the windows so the moon light was shining down upon him. He didn't have a shirt on, and was curled up in a ball. He was facing the wall so I could see big whelps of scars from his whipping when he was young.

I sighed heavily and sat down in front of the fire place, "What are you doing up? Isn't tomorrow supposed to be stressful?" Kovu asked from behind me.

"Sorry I woke you up," I said sadly.

"You didn't wake me up; at Ganondorfs fortress I had to deal with screams in the room next to me. It was the torture chamber," he said sitting down by me.

There was so much I didn't know about this man, "Kovu, if we're going to make you a life here that isn't as a criminal I need to know more about you, or your service for Ganondorf."

He looked distantly at the fire, his own eyes dancing like red flames. "Ganondorf made me a servant until I was old enough to physically train. He was using me because I was a Sheikah; he knew they were gifted warriors and he wanted to use their skills. The only problem with that was the alliance they swore to the Royal Family. I was too young to know such things…"

He took a deep breath and continued, "He named me Dark simply because I was to be his greatest assassin or not to live at all. While at the beginning of my training Ganondorf took control of my courses to make sure my physical abilities would be flexible, agile, but still strong. That meant I had to work harder than any other soldier, worked longer, but was treated with the same respect as dirt!" He spat bitterly. His knuckles were pure white as he clenched his pants; he still looked distantly into the fire.

I reached over to relax his hand; he jumped at my touch but didn't resist. I uncurled his hand and looked at his palm, burn marks lined his entire hand erasing his fingerprints, "Is erasing part of who you are part of being an assassin?"

"Ganondorf thought so. Remember he thought he was god because he was all powerful. What about you, do you think you are a God because you have ultimate power?" he asked still bitter.

"I purified the Triforce. I am not immortal, nor do I have the magical abilities that a Sheikah can't obtain," I said still fascinated with his burnt hand.

He took hold of my hand and studied the goddesses' symbol, "I'm sorry for asking; just every time I think of what Ganondorf did I think that the same thing will happen with you. That you'll become power crazy." He looked back up at me apologetically.

"It's fine. I'm afraid every day that I will seek its power. I think that without Zelda's wisdom to use power, or Link courage to use that wisdom that I might seek that power," I admitted.

"Eh, you haven't yet; so the Triforce isn't worth anything unless all three parts work together?" he whispered in my ear.

"Correct, but it's too much for Hyrule to have Hyrule's champions born every few centuries. We already tried to go into the golden realm to ask for the safety of Hyrule but the goddesses said it wasn't time yet."

"Ah, yes. The prophecy you heard, well we'll just have to focus on the problem at hand; getting rid of Link's hatred for me, but I suppose that you'll want to hear more about my training from Ganondorf first."

I quivered at his hot breath on my neck, "I –I suppose that would be good to do now. Tomorrow we'll be able to sleep in."

"Did you just stutter?" he asked seductively.

I felt my cheeks burn as I cleared my throat, "No! Now we're getting off topic."

He laughed ever so slightly sending shivers down my spine, "Well after I had my basic training which was with the Gerudo, I was free to explore Hyrule to gain experience. As I have told you I've gotten up to date with every fighting style except for the forest children, the Hylians, and I tried to find every piece of Sheikah fighting as I could," he whispered staring intently at me.

"My eyes began to grow heavy and I leaned into Kovu; he allowed me to lean against him, "I can teach you all about the Sheikah tomorrow." I murmured.

I felt nod in acknowledgment of my offer. No matter what it will cost; I will make Link see that Kovu is an innocent man.

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