Helping… Fish People?

It wasn't until they were collecting shrines after the little fiasco back at Kakariko that Kou felt the need to even acknowledge Link, and even then he wasn't sure it was the type of attention he wanted.

"Is this really necessary for the 'Mission' you're going on?" She said condescendingly looking the other way, tail flicking, which was always an indication to how she felt.

"How am I supposed to get stronger without the orbs?" He said just as scathingly back to show he wasn't backing down. Although all it served to do was make her more upset,

"Why can't you just say sweet things and beg at my feet for mercy like everyone back home!?" She turned and yelled at him stomping a foot. She looked like a child for Hylias sake.

"Because I don't need your mercy!" He yelled back. It probably didn't have as much as an effect due to the height difference causing him to look up at her. He seemed to have gotten his point across though as she turned and sat by the water no doubt outing about getting yelled at by the dejected swing of her tail. Link just let out a frustrated before walking into the shrine on the edge of a suspiciously rainy part of the area.

As Kou sat there she was trying to convince herself she wasn't seething and ready to destroy a small village. What had Gou told her to do again? That's right. Think about why you're mad. Well she was clearly mad because Link didn't want to do what she had wanted him to do which was abandon the princess and this land and come home with her to become her eternal sex slave "Downstairs" for the rest of eternity. Well it honestly wasn't as bad as it sounded after all he'd be treated with the utmost respect due to his rank among other slaves. However now she could see the problem with her needs. Clearly Link had feelings for this Zelda right? That's the only reason anyone would do something like this right? Yes, she thought, the mystery is solved. Clearly she had to win him over from this damn 'Princess' by giving him affection and catering to his needs right?

'Of course!' She thought to herself giving herself a mental pat on the back for her...deduction? Yeah, that's what we'll call it. Meanwhile, Link walked out and could tell by the enthusiastic waving of her tail and twitching of her wings she was in a much better mood, which he didn't know if that was good or bad.

"Alright!" She said turning around and running up to him and grabbed him with one arm, forcing him into her chest, while holding the other up in what could be interpreted as a fist pump, "Don't worry Link from now on I'll be the best travel companion I can be and win your love fair and square!"

To say he was confused would be an understatement however he was more concerned about the lack of oxygen going to his brain. When he had been released and flopped to the ground he didn't have the chance to say anything about Kou's statement before a… fish person started speaking?

"Excuse me," the female from the sound of it, started saying, "but would either of you happen to be a Hylian?" Polite yet urgent was the vibe Link was getting from her. He nodded in confirmation and she looked relieved and then explained that their prince wanted to speak to a hylian and to meet him as soon as possible.

"A prince? I thought there were just villages around here, not another hierarchy. Do you remember anything about it?" Kou said looking to link for an answer before realizing it'd be pointless to ask anything before knowing what the race even was.

"Well, we might as well go talk to him. Nothing to lose right?" Link said rhetorically before walking towards the random rainy area of the field.

"Hmph, no need to be an ass about it." Kou mumbled kicking a rock after him, not bothering to speed up.

As they walked over to the two towers they were questioned by more people, who they soon found were the 'Zoras', one even at the top of the regional tower who was too scared to jump down. When they reached the towers they weren't quite ready for the Zora who was waiting to greet them.

"Say, hey there!" A voice from above called, "Up here!" the zora then jumped from the tower and landed after a series of impressive flips and stood at his height that towered even Kou by about three feet, and the back of his head was shaped different than most of the others they'd seen thus far, made even more obvious by his bright crimson color, "I was hoping you'd have a moment to talk."

Kou thought she'd died and went to heaven while staring up at the intimidating, yet oddly handsome Zora Prince, who introduced himself as Prince Sidon. 'If only I'd met you a week ago!' She thought while obviously staring at him and blocking out the current serious discussion that was going on.

It wasn't until he jumped into the water and began swimming upstream that she snapped out of it, only to find Link glaring at her.

"He was hot what do you want from me!?" She yelled covering her face with her hands.

"Didn't you just get through saying you were gonna win my love?" He said crossing his arms waiting. Kou 'Hmph'd' before sticking her nose up and crossing her arms before turning around and beginning to walk away before saying,

"Yeah, well who cares. You don't even want my love." She said before strutting up hill, the enemies nearby not even looking at her.

Links frustration only began to grow. Can't she make up her mind! Who the hell has mood swings this severe!? Though he did suppose it was his fault for saving Zelda… wait. No. Where did that come from? He shook his head and began walking getting the elixir from Sidon out and drinking it before getting his current sword out. He needed to kill something before more crazy thoughts came up.

Kou made it pretty far before she sat down and began waiting. What the hell was she doing? Sitting around waiting on a human? And for what? To finish a quest that would only lead to her going back 'Downstairs' empty handed? Her other brothers had been right all along. She really was just a fool wasn't she?

She shook her head trying to get rid of the dark thoughts when she heard clashing nearby signaling link's eventual arrival. Was that fast or was she just out of it? Who knows, Kou sure didn't care anymore. She stood up and started walking again once she was sure Link was alive.

This time she made it all the way to the bridge connecting to the little city thing of the Zoras, and sat on the rail looking pretty and waited. When Link showed up he looked surprised to see her there before looking ahead and walking by her making her more mad about her was she mad in the first place? She didn't know but she was pissed now.

'What the hell gives him the right…? Screw this.'

She grabbed him by the back of his blue tunic and threw him backwards with enough force to break some boxes that were hiding a small dry alcove. She was on him fast enough to give him whiplash, straddling him with her black blade held to his neck.

"If you think for a damn minute I'm going to be treated like this you are sorely mistaken." She spoke in a voice that sent shivers down his spine. Is this the same demon from the shrine not five hours ago declaring to win his love?

"And just to make sure you get the point," She continued, throwing the sword so it stuck into the mountainside, "I'm gonna feed off you till I'm so full I could go weeks without eating." She leaned in close to finish off with a whisper, her eyes now fully black.

He didn't know what he did or how it ended up like this but he swore to himself to NEVER take her emotions at face value ever again as she was much harder to read than he first assumed. Unknown to him, he wasn't the first incarnation of himself to think so.

A/N: Now I know it's been a long time but I've been pretty busy this summer and I figured since school for me starts this week I'll go ahead and update before I get busy again. But not to worry! I'm not dead and this story is not dead! I think from now forward I'm gonna take a more one-shot approach to things just to keep it easy on the dialogue and such. Whelp, in other news I have been thinking about starting a new story when I have a more solid update schedule for this one but for expect a more regular update schedule, and how do you think Kou will react to news of past flame Gentle Lady Mipha Hm? And that sudden change of mood? You shall soon find out in the next episode! Till next time I'm UxThought and I'm signing off!