Chapter 6:
Her desires, his reason
Two royal figures walked down through the castle corridors. One with blond hair, the other followed by a blue lighted fairy. Guards marched ahead of them and a few followed behind. The blond woman wore a long white dress with pink designs. The man followed by his fairy companion wore the same warrior's outfit he was presented with. They looked as if they could be a lovely noble couple, but that was far from at least one of their minds. As the guards led, they soon entered a court yard. The plants were perfectly trimmed, a fountain of sparkling blue water was in the center, and fruit filled trees decorated the yard. This was the castle's personal orchard.
"See this Link?" The woman asked. "Isn't just like the forest? Full of trees, fresh water, and flowers. This was the orchard for the human servants and our other guests, but I personally had this garden redone just for you. Since I know that you love the forest so much and transitioning from living like those .. Children... In the wild and living as royalty is very traumatic Your free to use this court yard as you like..." She came closer the purple dressed Hylian. "In anyway you want..." She breathed into his pointed ear, causing Link to back up against a white pillar.
"Hey!" The fairy said zipping around the yard. "Look! Link, their is so much food here! Way more then in that other room! Maybe we should tell Mido and move ev... Oh, yeah your not a Kokiri anymore and this isn't a real forest..."
"Yes, I am sorry Navi." The woman said as Link tried to move away from her. "As much as Hylians now respect those... Kokiri... We still can't live together peacefully. Grant that our little ones are similar to those delicious .. I mean cute people, it will just cause more problems. Few of us still won't think two seconds before trying to eat one of them if they wander out in the field They are forest folk, Link's and my race are made for large treeless fields. The Kokiri are safest in the woods, since Hylians can't climb trees very well."
"I guess... Zelda." Navi flew over to Link, who just got onto an branch of an cherry tree. He apparently both wanted to get away from the woman and try to eat as many as the berries he found that the gardener left. "I don't think the Kokiri would mind Link returning to them one day though."
"How is that?" The lady asked watching Link, masterfully jumping through the branches of the tree. "I'm sure he's Hylian. Although, I guess isolation from his race has given him the ability to eat these wonderful plants the humans call fruit and vegetables."
"That's not all." Navi said as Link jumped into a peach tree knocking two peaches off the branch. He quickly grabbed them before they hit the ground and ate them. "I think he can only eat like a herbivore. The Great Denku tree told me once, that Hylians are very adaptable at younger ages, meaning they can become herbivores, carnivores or omnivores depending on the diet of those who raise them. Link lived in the forest with Kokiri, he was really force to eat like them to survive. The only meat I have ever seen him eat was the heart of a Denku shrub and that is more like wood then meat."
"But, that has nothing to do with him going back." Princess Zelda said watching Link climb down and start looking around the tree. "I am sure we can change his tendency to forage with time."
"Well, I am just saying he could visit." The fairy huffed. "Just as much as Link was raised in the Lost woods, I am part of them. I can't say with Link forever out here, and that will be a problem for everyone, since he is a mute." The fairy then flew off threw a window.
Link had found some truffle mushrooms at the base of the tree and had being eating them as Navi and Zelda talked. His hands, face, and clothing were covered in mud and dirt. But he looked content in eating the bounty he found in the ground.
"Oh boy, I don't know how to describe you." Zelda chuckled at him. "Your like a monkey one minute the next your rooting around like a pig. Maybe I should try eating like a herbivore because you don't seem to gain anything from it. But, that's why I love you. You have no fears of being judged of what your behavior is like."
Link looked up at her and realized he wasn't acting civil at all. He stopped eating like the world was going to end tomorrow and tried to wipe away some of the dirt away. The Hylian may have retained his memories of old, but his up brings of late have be less then desirable. Most of his incarnations had been within forests or left with animistic beings less concerned with civilized manners and more with survival or finding their next meal. The Kokiri was the closest he had been influenced to act proper, yet even then the children were raised just like animals in the forest. Mido was much as the alpha of a troop of monkeys in the Lost Woods, and Link was deemed an outsider by the Kokiri. So, scarfing down food practically to the point of choking was normal for him, least someone challenge him for it. Even though he no longer was a Kokiri, his mannerisms of surviving as a wild animal stuck with him.
"You know your still the innocent little forest boy I met seven years ago." Zelda sat beside him. "Even back then you could barely understand how doors worked, you always were so quiet and willing to learn. Link, I know I asked you before, but do you like me?"
The Hylian looked at her a bit confused, but nodded slightly. He thought it was kind of a dumb question to ask out of the blue.
"But you don't love me..." Zelda sighed. "I saw it well I was Shiek... The is a story past down in the royal family about the Heroes of Legends. Everyone died without being married, except for the few that was forced into marriage by the passed princesses. Even then there were rumors of adultery and unhappiness with the Heroes No princess or person have ever bore the Heroes' children as no records ever became clear that he even tried to have young. But when I looked into your eyes that night... I saw why they were all unhappy. You don't want a princess, do you?" Link looked into her eyes, they were starting to tear up. He waited for her to continue. "It's also the reason why all Heroes when silent. Your deep connection to forests and largely wooded areas... Your not really a Hylian, but a forest guardian. The goddesses create guardians like you, because to brave a silent dark forest you must have courage. Therefore you being part of the forest are made of courage and silence. Truly a being descended from Forare's last essence."
Link smiled, yet he knew she was just trying to be nice or was at least still naive. It was true every Link was born from the last energy the Life Goddess of Courage and the remains of a Demon God, but every Link had no interest in females. The royals and leaders in the past normally put if off as just him being young. None could except the truth of the Heroes. They were all gay, well in the practical sense anyway. It was not that they choose or felt a need to be with other men. It was deeper then that. Link was destined to be alone and to forever protect Hyrule from evil. He was expected to be strong, and courageous Over years of trying to find love, he found that women were just too needy. Men on the other hand normally took charge. He didn't have to save them from minor things, like rats, or deal with constant winning about broken nails. He could just relax. Yet he also felt less empty, like he was closer to something that would complete his heart(s).
"But don't disrepair over the forests, Link." Zelda said getting back up. "The Kokiri will all be safe. If you do want to visit like Navi said, then you have full permission. Just be aware that guards will follow you there. We can't have the Hero of Time disappearing on us... Again..."
AN:
Okay, before you guys rage or anything. Link is and should be bisexual, because he is really only an avatar in the LoZ games (a extension of the player) therefore if the player is straight (or gay/bi/whatever) and wants Link to be straight (or gay/bi/whatever), then he is straight (or gay/bi/whatever).
In my story as stated before he will be a uke (the girl in a gay type relationship). Although you can imagine his sexual premise as anything you want, I will try to stay true to the main YAOI theme that I have started, but if enough of you suggest I can bend in some other relationships both Link and Dark can have. But, remember it is a YAOI pairing of Dark and Link story. So no matter how much you want Link or Dark to end up with the most popular female character IT AIN'T GOING TOO HAPPEN.
A side from that this chapter also talks about the relationship Hylians have with the Kokiri. Just like how chimps hunt monkeys I decided to let Hylians hunt Kokiri, and that each has evolved differently but still resemble each other. Also it is a way for me at least to understand why the Great Deku tree never let the Kokiri leave the forest, but Link could at anytime.