I believe TP Link is so cute. Can anyone guess why I named him Rinku and not OoT Rinku?

-Journey To Kakariko Village-

Link, Rinku, and Navi all appeared with a blinding blue light in the Temple of Time. The two boys looked at one another, before looking around. Rinku noticed that he actually had his master sword. He glanced at Link, and saw that he had his as well. A smile appeared on Rinku's lips. He knew with two of them, they would be able to beat all the temples and Ganondorf. Navi looked at them before she floating above them.

"Link, Rinku...we're back in the Temple of Time...But have seven years really passed?" She said a little depressed, when she looked at Link."It looks like you won't be able to use some of the weapons you found as a kid anymore...Let's get out of here." Link nodded, before looking at Rinku. He received a smile before he followed. He instantly stopped, his intuition kicking in. Link and Rinku both removed their swords and shields turning around. Both stopped when they saw a man.

"I've been waiting for you, Hero of Time..." Sheik's voice was soft. Zeruda let Sheik speak, as she took in Link's appearance. He was indeed handsome, for being a child forced to age like a man. His blue eyes were radiant and full on wonder, his soft blond hair poked out from underneath his floppy, green cap, and he had to same body structure as the Link she knew, but he looked a bit small. Then her eyes wondered to the Link she knew. It was her Hero chosen by the Gods. He looked exactly the same. Perhaps he did not age after all. He wasn't from that time period.

"When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred realm will call those destined to be Sages, who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest...one on a high mountain...one under a vast lake...one within the house of the dead...one inside a goddess of a sand..." Sheik paused for a second.

'House of the dead..." The boys both thought at the same time.

"Together with the Hero of Time, the awakened one will bind the evil and return the light of peace to the world...This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah. I am Sheik, survivor of the Sheikahs."

'I will not let them know you are in my head,' Sheik told Zeruda mentally.

'That's fine,' Zeruda thought.

"As I see you standing there holding the Mythical Master Sword, you really do look like the legendary Hero of Time..." Although the boy's couldn't see it under his cowl, Sheik was smiling. "If you believe the legend, you have no choice. You must look for the five temples and awaken the five sages...One sage is waiting for the time of awakening in the Forest Temple. The sage is a girl I am sure you know...Because of the evil power in the temple, she cannot hear the awakening call from the Sacred Realm...Unfortunately, equipped as you currently are, you cannot even enter the temple...But if you believe what I'm saying, you should head to Kakariko Village...Do you understand, heroes?" Zeruda wondered how Sheik could say all that and still be breathing.

Both of the young men nodded. Navi floated above them both and she smiled.

"Don't worry, Sheik," she assured the Sheikah. "With Rinku and I, Link will be alright." Sheik's exposed red eye rested on Rinku, causing the young man to fidget in place. A smile crossed Link's face, as he saw that.

"So you are a hero, correct." Sounded more like a statement than a question, but Rinku gave a small nod anyways. "Heed a warning from me. If any harm comes to the Hero of Time, I'll hold you responsible." Rinku narrowed his azure hues at Sheik. Navi let out a small gasp, as Link stepped forward.

"Now, wait a second," he stepped between them both. He turned and looked at Sheik. "Rinku is a friend and I trust him. You don't have to threaten him. You don't know him."

'That was indeed harsh,' Zeruda's voice held a sense of shock.

'Look Princess,' Sheik's voice carried sarcasm. 'I get that he is a hero and all, but my prime mission and concern is to make sure Link, the Hero of Time, completes his mission and I will not have understudies doing it for him!'

'Excuse me, but he isn't an understudy.' She was beyond annoyed with the stubborn and stuck-up boy. 'He is simply helping the Hero of Time with his mission. Is that bad? She didn't hear Sheik say anything, knowing she got her point across.

"Link, it's alright," Rinku spoke up, gaining the attention of the occupants. "I promise. Let's go then, Link and Navi. We have a kingdom to save." Link smiled, as he followed Rinku, after the two sheathed their swords. Navi floated behind them. Sheik let out a small sigh.

'You win, Princess,' Sheik thought. He swore he heard her giggle softly.

x~X~x

Rinku stepped out of the temple and gasped. The blackened sky was the first indication of evil and when he turn to look at Link, he saw the young boy was just as shocked to see the horror.

"What happened?" His voice was soft. "This area use to be bright and sunny. Flowers were over there," he pointed to the right, where weeds were now growing. "Did seven years honestly pass?" Rinku hated to think about it, but they must have to change of scene so drastically. The grass was brown and dead. The trees had been set ablaze some time ago, and their charred remains were slowly being eroded away by time.

"Why don't we go to Kakariko Village like Sheik said?" He asked, looking at Link and Navi. Navi looked at Link, who was staring at the ground. He nodded softly, as they walked down the steps leading to Castle Town. They had left the courtyard behind them, and were entering what once must have been the town square. The fountain was dry and crumbling, the cobblestone riddled with cracks and shoots of wrinkly grass. Windows were smashed and shattered, and the houses were, like the trees from before, ravished by fire. Rinku's mouth suddenly felt too full of saliva, his stomach, too hollow. The moans were heard, as the trio looked up.

"Re-deads!" Navi shrieked. "The sun song! Play the sun song" Rinku looked at Link, who was fumbling through his pouch and he withdrew the Ocarina of Time. A beautiful melody rang through the air and sudden rays of sunlight burst through the thick cloud cover, shining down upon the entire square. The re-deads cried as if they had been pierced, and writhed a bit before stilling completely. Their magical presence was immediately erased, their auras nonexistent. If Link hadn't seen them crawling towards them earlier, he would have assumed they were naught but the dead bodies of the townsfolk. "Run towards Hyrule Field." Rinku waited for Link to start running, just so he had a general idea in what direction it was in. He was behind Link, hearing the boy's labored breathing. He could tell Link was terrified of re-deads. Soon, they approached the broken gate.

"I think we can swim across the moat," Rinku suggested. Link only nodded, as he followed Rinku into the water. Navi flew above the boys. After 10 minutes of swimming, they finally made it across. Rinku rung out his hat and some of his hair. Link followed, literally mirroring what Rinku was doing. 'Now I see it. He is trying to act like an adult by mirroring me. I care about him, but I don't need him to act like me.' "Hey Link?"

"Yeah?" The blond looked at Rinku eagerly.

Rinku couldn't help, but smile at him. "Let's get going to Kakariko. I'll change into a wolf. Once I do, climb on and you tell me which way, okay?" Link nodded softly, watching Rinku removed his crystal necklace from his punch. He placed it on and phased effortlessly into a wolf. Link got on top of Rinku, gently grabbing onto his fur. It didn't bother Rinku anymore, considering how many times Midna jumped on his back or even pulled his hair and his ears. Navi zipped and hid under Link's hat.

Link pointed to the left. "It's that way and it may take us a day or two, alright?" Rinku only nodded, as he began to run in the direction the Link indicated.

'May the goddesses be on our side,' Rinku thought, as he continued to run. As the moon began to ascend, Link shifted a bit. Rinku began to slow his pace, glancing at the boy on his back. Link was still holding on, but his eyes looked like they were going to close anytime. Rinku stopped slowly, as he laid on the ground. He removed his crystal from his neck. He allowed himself to be a human again. But then he dropped the necklace, catching Link before he collided on the ground.

Navi came out, staring at Rinku, who was holding Link. "Will he be okay?" Rinku looked at her and offered her a small smile. He knew Navi obviously cared about the boy. The relationship between them reminded him of his with Midna.

"Yeah, Navi," he whispered, as he set Link down on the ground gently. "He will be. I am going to make sure nothing happens to him." He then picked up his crystal necklace, putting it away.

Navi couldn't help, but stare at Rinku intently. "Tell me the truth, Who are you really? I...I can't help thinking that you are hiding something big." Navi saw the slight moment of him fidget, but now she knew for certain that he was hiding something. His serious azure hues stared at Navi.

He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it thinking. "Look," he whispered finally. "I will tell you, but you have to promise me something in return. Link cannot know at all. I am not even sure it's okay for you to know, but I want you to trust me." She nodded, watching him closely. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. Navi settled on Rinku's out stretched leg. "My real name is Link as well. Rinku is simply another name I can be known by. I come from a village known as Ordon. To be blunt, I am from the future." Navi looked at him like he was crazy, but Rinku raised his hand. "Link is actually...in a sense my grandfather. He is my ancestor."

Navi thought about it for a minute, but she realized his story didn't really sound as far-fetched as she first thought. "But if that's the case, why are you here?"

Rinku shrugged a bit. "Your guess is as good as mine. All I did was touch the Master Sword in my time," he pointed to the blade on his back. "Then I woke up to you and Link here."

"How far into the future are you from?" Navi asked. He thought about it for a second.

"I think if I did my calculations correctly and studied the drastic change of the location of everything, approximately 1,000 years," he mused in a soft tone. "In my time, the location of everything is different, but Hyrule Field is still the same. It's just widely expanded and a few places are also different. If I am correct, the Kakariko Village in your time would be the old Kakariko Village in my time. A woman named Impaz lives there with a bunch of cats."

"Wow," Navi marveled at what Rinku was saying. He made a small fire, before he withdrew his pouch filled with spices, broth, and water. He produced a pot and poured some water in it. Then Rinku mixed it some cucco broth into it, before he added a slight pinch of salt and pepper.

"I know it's different from this land," he continued, not taking his eyes off the food in front of him. "But all in all, I am still from Hyrule none the less. Just...altered drastically." He didn't say anything else, as he pulled out two carrots that he had wrapped in a cloth. Rinku gave a small sigh, cutting up the carrots into little pieces with a small craving knife and he added them to the soup.

"You've been on an adventure, haven't you?" Navi asked, watching the teen place a few items away in a pouch.

A small smile played on the corners of Rinku's lips. "Yeah, I did actually. Pretty much what Link has to do here, I just did in my time," he whispered. He looked at Navi and before he launched into his full story, telling her his adventure. When he mentioned the Hero's Shade, she glanced at Link, not sure if she could make the connection. Once Rinku finished, she was speechless. "At first, I thought the Hero of Time would be some huge guy with lots of different skills and a deep booming voice. But meeting him," he smiled at Link who was still sleeping, "I prefer him any day. He is much more like me that I even knew. His innocence, haha, that was me when I was a child. He really is special, it's just sad he didn't realize how special."

Navi smiled at Rinku, before she landed on his shoulder. She put his arms around his neck as best she could, hugging him. "You certainly care about Link. I like you more and I definitely trust you," Rinku smiled, as he gently poked her with a finger.

"My version of a hug for you," he grinned. She gave a laugh, that sounded like bells. "You are one amazing fairy, Navi." Although she was small, he was certain that his comment made her blush.

"Umm..thank you," she sputtered out. Rinku gently placed a hand on Link's shoulder.

"Sleepy-head," he whispered. He lowered his hand, allowing it to rest on Link's hair. "Hey, wake up sleepy-head." Link gave a small moan, as his eyes fluttered open. He blinked a few times, before looking at Rinku. "Finally awake I see."

"Rinku?" He whispered, pushed himself to a sitting position. "I didn't mean to follow asleep."

Rinku simply waved his hand. "Don't even worry about it," he whispered. "We all need sleep. But I thought you might want some warm dinner first." He handed Link a bowl of soup. Link sniffed it and smiled.

"It smells delicious," he mused, as he brought a spoon of it to his mouth. Link closed his eyes, as the warm soup soothed his aching belly. He hardly ate since he started this mission, but now that Rinku had given him some food, he was feeling better. "Thank you."

Rinku only smiled at him. "No need to thank me. But dig in. If you want more, there is enough for seconds." Rinku was able to make a small bowl for Navi. The fairy was even enjoying the soup. As soon as the trio finished, Link yawned. His full stomach was now making him tired. Even Navi couldn't help, but yawn. Rinku began to clean up, as the two of them laid on the ground. Once he was finished, he purposely put the fire out. Rinku just stared at Link, certainly feeling a great attachment to him. A smile settled over his features before he laid beside his ancestor. "Sleep well, hero." He whispered, before closing his eyes.

As the morning sun began to rise in the far east, Rinku moaned softly, before he opened his eyes. He blinked a few times, before he rested on his elbows. He looked around and saw Link was ankle deep in the water, trying to catch fish. He managed to get two, but he was aiming for a third.

"Ack," he exclaimed, slipping and falling on his bottom in the water. Rinku couldn't help, but laugh at the sight. Navi and Link both turned to see he was awake. Navi joined in the laughter, as Link turned a shade of red.

"Are you okay?" Rinku asked, as he got to his feet. Link nodded softly, the tips of his ears were as red as his face. Rinku held out his hand and helped Link to his feet.

"I think my pride hurts more than my bottom," he muttered. Rinku placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. Link managed a smile.

"Don't worry," he whispered. A wider smile appeared on his lips. "If you fell like that, I probably would have laughed too." Rinku gave him a knowing look. Link laughed softly. "Okay I would have definitely laughed."

"Glad to see your sense of humor is better than your balance," Rinku teased Link a bit. Link gave him a small shove in the arm, causing Rinku to laugh more. "So I am amusing the fish is for breakfast?" Link nodded softly.

"I learned how to make a fish breakfast when I was 7," he revealed. "My best friend Saria taught me how to cook a few things. She was like a mom to me, even though she is my best friend. She is actually the one who raised me." He smiled, wanting to see his friend again.

After an hour and their bellies full, the trio walked for a little bit, so Rinku could allow the food to settle. He looked at Link, who was staring down at the Triforce symbol on his hand. That caused Rinku to look down at his own.

"How?" Link's voice caught into his thoughts. He looked at Link, who was staring at Rinku's left hand. He clearly saw the symbol, before looking at Rinku's face. "How do you have it too? I thought only the chosen one had it."

Rinku didn't know what to say, before Navi floated by Link. She gave Rinku a pleading look, causing him to sigh. He nodded, as Navi rested on Link's shoulder. She began to tell Link who Rinku really was. A few minutes after she was finished, Link remained silent. There was an uncomfortable feeling in the air, as Link was gathering his thoughts. He finally stopped and stared at Rinku.

"Why didn't you tell me who you really were?" His voice held bitterness that Rinku never heard from him. It caught him off guard. Link made fists at his sides. "Am I just a stupid kid to you? Don't you even trust me? I thought I could trust you, but I was wrong!"

"No Link," Rinku tried to explain. "Honestly, I never did...you aren't...I never..."

"Shut up!" By this time Link was screaming and tears strolled down his face. Rinku was shocked to see his expression. It was as though he didn't want Rinku there. "I hate you!" Rinku was taken back. "Go back to your precious Ordon Village and leave me and Navi alone! I never want to see you again!"

"Link!" Rinku screamed, as he eyes shot open. He sat straight up in panic. He was hyperventilating and his heart was pounding in his chest.

"Rinku?" A tired voice beside him whispered. He turned and stared down at Link. "Are you okay?" Link sat up and wrapped a friendly arm around Rinku's shaking shoulders.

"Link," he said in a shaky tone. "There is something I need to tell you. Something really big." Link looked at him, his eyebrows knitting together. A few minutes after Rinku finished, he stared at Link. The boy was gathering his thoughts, as a huge smile crossed his lips.

"So you're really my grandson?" Link laughed a bit. Rinku nodded softly. "That's weird, but at least a few questions have been cleared up." Rinku smiled, happy that Link wasn't angry unlike his nightmare.

"So you aren't angry with me?" Rinku asked, when the three of three began to walk towards Kakariko Village.

"Why should I be?" Link asked his own question, with his hands behind his head. "Besides, I can see why it was kept a secret. I believe you had a reason for that. I am in no way mad at you. I trust and believe you, Rinku. So you're my relative, which is really cool. I had a feeling since you are a hero so much have been from another time period. But I have a question. Are you and the Princess together?" Rinku had to laugh at Link's question. Navi giggled, as she zipped and stayed under Link's hat. She nestled into his blond hair.

"Honestly, no," he whispered. "But that's because I am getting to know her. I saved her yes and together in my time, we did our mission. But that alone doesn't build a relationship. You have to get to know them before that can happen." Link appeared thoughtful.

"Well I know there is someone I like," he revealed. His sapphire hues were flashing with excitement, as a huge grin crossed his lips. "Her name is Malon and she is Talon's daughter that owns Lon Lon Ranch."

"Oh so the local farm girl, huh?" Rinku teased Link, by poking his nose. Link's cheeks and ears were red, as he scratched the back of his head.

"I'm entitled to like someone," Link muttered. "Besides, she was a friend I made outside the forest. She is also very sweet. She taught me a song on the ocarina that allows me to call Epona. I need to go see her after we deal with the Forest Temple." Rinku nodded, wondering what they would find. After a few hours, the staircase leading to Kakariko Village came into sight. Link smiled, as he looked at Rinku. Rinku took out two canteens of water. He handed one to Link.

"Let us hydrate before we head up," he suggested, before taking a drink. "We could always refill it if we need to. Besides, that water is from Zora's River, right?" he was pointed to the river not that far from them. Link nodded. "Can't we just fill it there?" He nodded again, allowing the last bit of water to hydrate him. "The funny thing the water in these canteens bottles were from Ordon Spring in my time."

"They feel like healing waters," Link exclaimed.

"That's because they are," Rinku whispered, holding the canteen in the water, allowing it to fill up. Link did the same and pretty soon the teens were ready.

"Let's go." Navi came out yawning softly, seeing that they made it to Kakariko Village.

Author's Note: There we go. I planned to write more, but my muse is dying. Gah. Well I hope you enjoy.