Second Year

Yukihira Inn

"I'm actually amazed how well they nailed Mipha's fighting style" Megumi commented as she was playing Super Smash Bros: World for the Nintendo Snap.

"I mean, if their imagination is also a reality then it isn't to surprising" Soma answered while trying to recover "Darn it, how did you become so good at this game?"

"I'm not that good...I mean, not anywhere near the level of the Four Gods" Megumi shook her head, "I did play a lot of Melee back in the day, so that helps."

Beeep!

"Oh, it's time to feed our tadpoles" Megumi stood up from her spot. Soma smiled before shutting of the Snap and TV. He followed his wife down to the aquarium, where his children were happily swimming around.

Once she was swimming with her little ones, they all gathered around her form as a cloud appeared in the water. For Soma, he still found early Zora development interesting, as it would be another 6 months before they could feed them raw fish as their shark-like teeth came in.

"You know, I should play with them more often before their teeth come in" Soma smiled, "I don't want to experience a toddler's bite."

"Soma" Megumi pouted, "It was an accident, I didn't mean to leave a scar for a lovebite."

"Sure you didn't" Soma teased, "That does make me curious, did Mipha also have sharp teeth?"

"Not as sharp as a normal zora" Megumi admitted.

"I see" Soma hummed.

"I wonder how she and Link are doing" Megumi hummed, "It's nearly been twenty years since Ganon's defeat."

"I would imagine they're happily married and have children now" Soma suggested.

"Oh, I know she had children" Megumi countered.

"How?"

"The rise of her spirit energy prior to her laying eggs" Megumi answered.

"But...then shouldn't you also know how they're doing?" Soma tilted his head.

"No, without being in Hyrule or the Spirit Realm, I can only sense the rise or fall of her spiritual energy" Megumi frowned, "In fact, my soul is split four ways."

"Split...four ways?" Soma skeptically repeated.

"One fourth of my soul is with Mipha, which shall return to the Spirit Realm when she passes. Another is infused with my sword, currently dormant. The third is me in the flesh, with my children..." Megumi paused.

"And fourth?" Soma asked.

"Slowly merging with the core of Vah Ruta, as it was for the previous pilot" Megumi answered, "This is a fate shared with the other champions and their respective Divine Beasts, Mipha included."

"Oh" Soma frowned, "So, your soul is forever splintered then?"

"Sadly, yes" Megumi whispered, "On the flip side, that does mean I will test the next person chosen to pilot Vah Ruta. So eventually most of my soul will merge together."

"So a part of you will remain with the blade?" Soma concluded, "You do realize that makes you like Fi right?"

"I...never thought about it that way" Megumi looked up with a finger on her chin, "Although..."

"Although?"

"I actually can't say right now" Megumi smiled, "E3 is in five days."

"Yes, what ab-oh" Soma's went wide, "Well, now I know why you asked for me attend in your stead."

"I would love to present live this year, but I can't be cause of the tadpoles" Megumi said as she petted a red Zora she named Mipha, "But I will be at the Headquarters to do a livefeed."

"Sigh" Soma lightly laughed, "You're lucky I am good at impromptu speeches or this would never work."

"I wouldn't have asked you if you weren't" Megumi teased, "I still remember that controversial speech at the opening ceremony of our first year."

"Yeah, I sure lit a fire after that" Soma laughed.

"Anyway, the NoA CEO will give you a general script to go by" Megumi continued, "You will learn what I am hiding along with everyone else."

"Well, it better be good" Soma smiled.

Los Angeles, Five Days Later

And it was good. After announcing the development of a battle based cooking game, Soma and the world were introduced to a new Zelda title.

The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Destiny

From the trailer and the livefeed, it sounded like it was going to tell the story of a convergence of the timeline, with three different Links working to stop the tag team of Ganondorf and Vaati. It would play like Triforce Hereos, but in a 3D world.

Another thing to note about the game was the three Links were also different races: A Hylian Link, A Gerudo Link, and a Zora Link.

And each Link wielded a different weapon: The Hylian Link with the Four Sword, the Gerudo Link with the Master Sword, and the Zora Link with Divine Lightning.

That last bit confused the audience, since everyone knew the forging of Megumi's legendary weapon happened thousands of years after the new title's placement in the timeline.

With a smile, Megumi told the world they would have to play the game to learn about the sword's story.

"Time Travel Shenanigans" Soma chuckled to himself as he watched the rest of the Nintendo conference unfold, "It has to be." Suddenly, he felt his phone vibrate.

Megumi: You were so good!

Soma smiled at the text before responding back.

Soma: So where you. Although, now the world is confused about why your sword is in the past.

Megumi: Time Travel. The producer wanted to go back that trope, so he had a time-traveling thief steal the sword from my memorial and take it back into the past.

Soma: Figures.

Megumi: Don't tell anyone I said that. Retrieving Divine Lightning is one of the dungeons in the game.

Soma: Don't worry, I won't.

Megumi: :

Soma: See you tomorrow night

Megumi: You too! Enjoy the rest of E3!

Soma: Thanks, TTYL.

Megumi: TTLY

With a smile, Soma focused his attention to announcement of Smash DLC, including a teaser of a Megumi Mii Fighter and amiibo.

A/N: For anyone curious, the discus fish secretes "milk" (actually mucus) to feed to its young. This explains why Megumi is in the aquarium with her little ones.