Link reclined under the umbrella, still a little sore from his fight with Shadow Link. He looked up and watched Kamari play in the water, splashing about like a little kid. She saw him looking and waved.

Link smiled at the cheerful expression Kamari showed now. He liked it better than-

Link sat up just in time to see Shadow Link disintegrate into tiny sparks of darkness, which swirled around Kamari before floating up and away.

Link shook his head. He had come here to forget about that. But the vivid memory wouldn't obey.

Kamari was on the floor, leaning on her sword that was stuck in the wall. She looked so defeated that Link ran to her to help.

Link gritted his teeth. He had very little experience where he couldn't do anything. Helplessness was foreign to him. He had always, ALWAYS had SOMETHING, no matter what the situation, that he could do. But not this time. This time someone else had saved HIM. And the worst part was, not only was he saved from a foe he had once before bested, but the person who saved him was traumatized, however briefly.

"Kamari! Kamari! What happened?!" Link shook her shoulders. She didn't even blink. "Kamari?! Kamari?!?!?!" He shook harder. Kamari slowly turned to face him.
"I-" she stood up, pulling the Great Fairy Sword out of the wall, all in one smooth motion. "I-" She closed her eyes. She didn't make another sound until she opened them again. "I'll tell you part of my story now..." She leaned in to whisper in his ear. "I came from far away...to find you..!"

She had had to say something so... so... Complicating! To find him? He had come here searching for someone too, but he never expected to be sought for himself. It wasn't that he minded, it was just surprising. No one had ever gone to so much trouble for him before. Not even...

Thats when he remembered. "ZELDA! She must be going crazy, not hearing from me for so long!" He jumped up and ran for his horse.

Kamari ran too. "Link! What's wrong?!" She stumbled to a stop, dripping wet, beside him. "What's going on? Is something attaching?"

Link looked down at her. "I need to go back to- back home. I haven't told... a friend of mine what's been going on." He made to leave, but Kamari held his arm.

She looked troubled and hurt. "You're going back to Princess Zelda, aren't you?" She said, her tone making it apparent that it wasn't a question.

"You know about Zelda too?" He asked, surprised. "That simplifies things! Lets go see her together!"

Kamari let go of his arm and walked back toward the bay. "Now that you've said her name, she will be coming here..." She whispered, an almost sad ring to her voice.

Link was so puzzled and, for lack of a better word, FREAKED by Kamari's sudden change of character, that he didn't even try to hear what she was saying.

"Even- Even now..." Kamari said, taking a sharp breath. Link thought she sounded like she was about to cry.

But then she turned around, smiling a bright smile. "I know! Lets go to see the Gorons next!"

Link tried to follow what had happened, doing a replay in his head while Kamari mounted Epona behind him. But that seemed almost impossible to do when it came to her. He decided that a bit of mountain air would do them both some good.

What Kamari had said about Zelda coming to Termina had completely escaped his notice.