{{ A Kiss in the Dark }}

    On the outside, in the fresh air, Dark Link and Sheik were still fighting. When he had a chance, the brunette took out his blade and tried to attack the Sheikah. Sheik was fast and did manage to send a couple of slashes against the skin of the dark youth, but could not hurt him a lot. The Dark Master Sword was heavier then the dagger of the blonde, but had more power. Finally a slash had hit him, sending the ruby eyed teen tumbling on the grass.
    As for inside of the temple, Link tried to think of some plan to kill this monster. He had tried slashing the tentacle with this blade, but there was no avail. As he did one more time, the water caught him arm and tried to pull him in. Struggling, the Hylian tried with all his might, but what happen was the opposite. Morpha had consumed the boy into it's tentacle and held him in the water. The blonde moved around, swimming to get the fresh air into his lungs.
    So Morpha's plan was to drown it's victim, like it did in the practice grounds. The Master slipped out of Link's hand as he moved his hands to his throat. The blade fell down to the bottom, landing with a clank on the stone floor. His face was now beaming red as he tried to move. Morpha wouldn't allow the elf to get out as it stretched around. Finally, Link had let go of his breath, but soon he noticed something. He had the Zora's tunic on.
    Letting out a sigh of relief, Link swam to the bottom of the water and grasped his sword. As he swam up towards the orb, he landed on firm ground. His cerulean eyes looked around and soon saw why. The blue tentacle had wrapped itself around the boy, somewhat crushing him using pressure. Morpha then swung around the elf as if he was a toy then threw him against the wall, barely missing the fatal stab of the spike.
    The Hero of Time had felt himself going out of it. The teen tried to stay awake to keep fighting, but the unconsciousness was starting to take effect on him. He slumped to the ground and just blacked out. Navi got out of his hat and yelled all she wanted, trying to wake him up. There was no response and the blue tentacle was coming closer.
    Outside, Dark Link was catching his breath as another swoop of a sharp dagger just barely missed him. Tiny strands of ebony hair fell down to his hand as he glared at Sheik. Raising his sword up high, the shadow let out a slash, which had hit. The turban fell down to the ground, revealing the face of the blonde.
    Like he saw before, the hair was blonde, the eyes were ruby, and his features were stunning. Sheik's face was pale and smooth that had matched his past shoulder length hair. The youth's lips were tender and somewhat rosy. Glaring and icy glare, the teen rushed at the brunette with his weapon. All Dark Link would do was block. The tiny fairy looked on in horror as the tentacle was coming towards them fast now.
"Link!!" She yelled with all her might."Wake up!! Wake up, now!!"
    Morpha had grasped the elf in it's clutches and squeezed the life out of him. Now, it was a sure victory for the water demon. Or so it thought as something had pierced into it's nucleus and pulled it out of it's liquid body. The Hero of Time was released from the arm and landed on the ground. The orb jumped around, trying to get back into the water. But with an all out slash attack, the water demon was destroyed.
    The water that was in the temple had drained out of the room and out onto the lake. Where outside, Sheik managed to spot it, right before he dodged the slash from the Dark Master Sword. A light had shinned from the middle of the pool, indicating that it was time for Link to go visit the next sage. Once he stepped on the it, the light had took him from the Temple of Light where he saw his "fiancee" Ruto.
"Link," She spoke in her "angelic" voice."You've done it! As a token as my gratitude, I want to give you my eternal love!"
"What?!" Let out the Hylian as his jaw had dropped to the floor."Ruto.....y-y-ou can't....I mean, you and me..."
"I know. Since I am a Sage, I can not grant you that! Instead, I will give you the Water Medallion."
"Phew! Th-thank you, Ruto."
"Oh, one more thing, tell Sheik my thanks for saving me. And......I know the reason for that look! You've met someone! You can't hide it from me, you traitorous man! Well, whatever! Go now and defeat the evil king!"
    As the light blinded the Hylian, he thought he heard yelling on the other side. From below he saw both Sheik and Dark Link fighting. Worried about what the outcome might be, Link ran right in front of them. Both men stopped in their tracks, curious to see what was to happen.
"Link?!" Sheik questioned."What....why....what's going on?"
"Link?" Asked Dark Link with curious eyes."Do you know this guy?"
"Listen, you two." Link spat as he slumped to the ground and sighed."It's a long story, but listen up. Dark Link, Sheik is my friend. I met him in the Temple of Light and he is helping me defeat Ganondorf. Sheik, Dark Link is my friend. He helped me in the Water Temple."
"Him? Help?" Sheik pondered.
"Yeah. So please, be friends."
".....fine. But....take care of your wounds."
    And with that, Sheik vanished as fast as he came, leaving the two elves alone. Link clutched onto his wounds and looked at them. The brunette took heed and helped his lover up to his feet. The blonde directed his shadow to his horse, Epona, and got on. At first, the mare was hesitant and the aurora and scent that she was picking up didn't tell her that he was good. She snickered and whined until Link calmed her down.
    Dark Link could feel and get what was going on. The horse was afraid of him. Not that he blamed her, that is. His scent and aurora all were negative vibes which have upset the animal. He frowned a bit and thought of way to get rid of his vibes. ~I....I... want... to be good.~ He thought to himself as he rode off with the Hero of Time.~I want to be..... like Link. I don't want anyone or anything to fear me.~
    Though only alive for a few days, the shadow was now learning more about the world. He knew in his heart that there was still more then pain, lust, cold, loneliness, curiosity, pity, and infatuation. And he knew that he would find all the answers with Link. Smiling happily, the shadow hugged the light figure as a way to say "thank you." It took about almost the whole day to reach from Lake Hylia to Kakariko Village.
    When they arrived there, night had fallen which meant that out in the field was dangerous to be. Usually a bunch of weirdoes would come out and ransack anyone in the way. The village was quiet and the only people out was the guy on the roof (since he can't get down) and the guy on the watchtower (since he's too afraid to go down). There was hardly a good place to stay, but having no choice, Link had to result to one measure.
    The teen went to Impa's old house and ask for a room and board. The guy in charge didn't want to, but the red head girl had pity for them and allowed them to stay. Both boys were grateful and headed to their room. Once settled down, the blonde took off his tunic and looked at his wounds. Navi was shocked as she flew around the elf. Dark Link was confused at what he felt now. After seeing the wounds, his only wish was for Link to recover soon.
"Link!" Chirped the blue fairy as she floated around him."You are in a terrible condition. You need to rest a while or go see the Great Fairy."
"I'm fine." Link said as he tried to lay on his bed, but recoiled when the pain was a bit too much.
"You see! Maybe this is the time to rest. We have four Medallions now. And we don't know where the next one is."
"Don't worry. I'm pretty sure the next one is near. Tomorrow, I'll find out."
"No! You stay in bed. Dark Link! You make sure he stays in bed!"
"Um.." Replied the dark shadow."Okay. What's a bed?"
"Oh, this is bed." The blonde Hylian spoke."It's so soft and comfortable!"
"Then.....you told me about a bed a while ago. Does this mean, we are going to do what we did in the Water Temple right now?"
"Huh?"
"Oh no you're not!" Navi barked."You two are not going to screw each other until Link heals!"
"You mean....you saw us?"
"Uh....y-yeah."
"And you DIDN'T do anything to stop us?!"
"....it's a girl thing!! Besides, I was......busy."
"Busy with what?"
"NOTHING OF OUR BUSINESS!!" Navi blushed."Well, anyway let's all go to sleep! Tomorrow is another day."
    Dark Link went over to Link and placed a delicate hand on his wounds. Examining them carefully, the brunette took out bandages and bandaged the Hylian. Once he was done, Link stretched and slowly laid on his bed. His eyes soon caught the figure of the shadow laying on the floor.
"Hey!" Link gave out."Shadow, you're not suppose to sleep on the floor. You're suppose to sleep on the bed."
"Oh...." The ruby eyed youth replied."But....last night you slept with me."
"I get it. You don't want to sleep alone. Okay, I'm scooting a bit, so come on. Jump in."
    The youth looked at the bed in which Link was laying on and felt sleep come over. He got prepared to jump in, when the Hylian stopped him and told him that it was just a figment of speech. So instead, the brunette just got in carefully and snuggled in with Link. He closed his eyes and went to sleep. The Hero of Time looked at him and smiled. Placing a kiss on his forehead, he turned off the light. ~He's like a kid.~ He thought just when he fell asleep.

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