A Promise at the Water's Edge

One-shot?

DISCLAIMER: If it's not copyright, it's mine, o-KAY?!

This story came out of my head when I was watching Dark/Link yaoi videos on youtube(dot)com. It struck me like a satchel of green beans. …and it hurt.

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The Hero of Time, Link, knew that he had to go meet a mysterious person in the Temple of Time. He also, somehow, knew that as soon as he did, the battle with Ganondorf would be straight down the hallway instead of around the corner as it was at that moment. It was known to him that he needed to hurry, but he didn't feel like he needed to be in such a rush.

After all, if the person was dumb enough to stand out in the open to wait for him, then that was his or her problem, right?

Right.

"Link!" a tiny voice said from his shoulder. "Where are you going?! The temple is the other way! You heard Rauru!"

"How could I not hear Rauru, Navi? He was speaking into my mind, and, unless I'm losing aforementioned mind, then I'd have to hear him!" His reply caused the small, blue ball of light to huff at him. "Sorry, Nav… I just…feel like there's something I'm not remembering… I don't know what it is."

"And it's in the opposite direction of where we're supposed to be going?" she retorted, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "If you're scared, you can admit it, you know. It takes more courage to confess when you're afraid than to face your demons while hiding how you feel."

"I know that, Navi, but I'm not afraid. I feel…numb…to the fact that I'll have to face Ganondorf…most likely after I speak to Rauru's mystery informant," Link replied, seeing the gates to his second favorite place appearing along the horizon. I'm glad I took Epona back to Malon…even if she gave me a fit for it… I don't want her stuck out here in Hyrule Field where something can hurt her, he thought as he climbed the ladder propped against the right wall.

"Why are you coming to Lake Hylia, Link?" Navi asked, being her pestering self.

Link let a small smile come to his face at that thought. Same ol' Navi. She'll never change. "I'm going here because it's my second favorite place and the best place to think. I also want to rest before fighting His Green Highness." That was an ongoing joke about the Evil King which Link had started up in one of his rants when he was stuck in a sticky glob of nasty stuff that he didn't want to label in the Fire Temple.

"I can't blame you for that. After all, those witches took a lot out of you," Navi agreed. Link cheered in his head at that fact. "What are you going to think about?"

"Whatever comes to mind," was the simple answer from the Hylian as he pulled his Kokiri tunic over his head and replaced it with the matching Zora cloth. He still thought it felt weird when the odd yet comfortable fabric slid over his undershirt and leggings. Heh…whatever comes to mind, right? He gave mental laugh at the trail his thoughts took for a few moments. Thinking about clothing… It makes me sound like a woman… He actually did laugh that time.

Navi merely glanced at him, rolling her eyes at his usual spontaneous laughter. "W-what are you doing!?" she shouted at seeing him laying his weapons on the ground.

"What's it look like?" he asked curiously, innocence laced too heavily in his tone. "I want to swim for a while and these only slow me down. I know you'll keep an eye on them and fiercely protect them, won't you, Navi? My dearest, bestest, sweetest friend in the world?" He widened his eyes in a perfect puppy look. Navi huffed before alighting herself on his green tunic; it was still warm. "Thanks, Nav. You know I love you, right?"

"Like the mother I have to act like with you? Yes, I know," she answered, flying up to rub against his cheek. "I love you, too, Link." A light touch on his forehead let him know that she'd kissed it. "Now, go swim before night falls or you'll get sick."

"Going," he said before diving into the water, careful not to splash anywhere near his life-long friend. After a few laps around the lake, he turned onto his back and floated on the water. What is it that I'm missing? I can't figure it out, he wondered, folding his arms behind his head. He had forgotten about Navi's wish for him to be out of the water before dark, so he was peacefully watching the setting sun. Will I find it before I have to fight Ganondorf?

"You look lonely," a voice suddenly whispered into his ear. Flailing ungracefully, to his chagrin, he found himself sinking into the water with something pulling the back of his tunic.

"What-?" he tried to ask, but water filled his mouth. Even though he had his Zora tunic, it didn't stop his coughing, only allowed it to carry on. Gentle fingers were suddenly massaging his throat, helping him with his coughing fit. After it faded, he turned curious eyes to the person who'd helped him. A black blur pointed to the platform above the Water Temple. Link gave a nod, indicating that he understood, then gave a soft smile of gratitude before swimming off to the island.

"Long time, no see, Linky-boy." The teenager froze, halfway in the water and half on the land. Slowly raising his eyes, he gazed into blood red orbs. "Yeah, I know the routine. 'You're dead!' 'If I was, I wouldn't be standing here!' If you wouldn't mind, don't state the obvious."

"D-Dark… How…?" he asked, his voice soft because of the shock still coursing through his system.

As the midnight-haired, dark reflection was about to answer, a glowing, red orb of light with transparent bat-like wings, also red, interrupted him. "Why not get him out of the water? Do you want him to get pneumonia?"

"She's the darkness of your fairy, so I just call her Ivana," he explained to the still-shocked warrior. "And no! I don't want him to get sick!" Dark exclaimed to the fairy before walking over to Link and, with a fair bit of tenderness, lifted him from the water. "Geez…you eating much lately?" he questioned.

"Er…no…not really…" Link cringed back from the glare directed to him from the darker half. "I'm worried about Hyrule!" he justified. "It's a proven fact that people eat less when they're worried!"

"And you're the only hope Hyrule has! If you let yourself run down like this, what's gonna happen to her?" Dark asked, stumping Link on his inquiry.

"Y…You're right… S-sorry…" He scratched the back of his head before realizing that he was having a civil conversation with Dark! My life is royally screwed up, he figured and let it be. "But I can't really help it…although I am eating a sort of full meal a day with a small lunch and dinner…"

Dark's palm met the back of his head. "Ganon won't have to worry about killing you… You're doing that job for him…"

"At least I would never know that for certain!" Link shouted, cringing when Dark grimaced. "I-I'm sorry…I…I didn't…"

"Nah… It's all right. I guess I deserved that one." The light half stepped over to him and laid a gentle hand on his shoulder. A split second later, Dark found himself in a warm embrace. Surprised, it took him a moment to react, which was to pull the blue-clothed blonde closer. "You'd willingly come this close to me…with nothing but your body to protect yourself?"

"You've not offered to hurt me yet, have you?" Link retorted with a slight smirk as the moonlight skin of his darker half contrasted dramatically with the golden tan of his own. "Besides, I don't think you wanted to hurt me to begin with."

"Your thoughts are correct. Ganondorf shaped me under his will… When you defeated me, you freed me. But, when you freed me, it left us both empty – you of your darkness, me of my light."

"It's like everything goes horrible for us, huh?" Link asked, his voice muffled because of the bottom half of his face being buried in Dark's shoulder. Lithe muscles shifted under the skin as the red-eyed warrior pushed Link less than half an arm's length away.

A slight smile was on his face as he answered, "If something went right without consequence…the world would turn upside down." A smile broke out on Link's face before he started laughing. He's too hott when he smiles and laughs, raced through the midnight-haired, young man's mind, causing him to pause. Heh…following my impulses again, aren't I? he wondered before pulling Link back to him and causing their mouths to meet in a kiss.

Whoa, holy shit! was Link's only thought on the matter, as he was too shocked at the moment to do anything. His eyes were wide open for the time being until the sensation of Dark's soft lips broke through the haze. Ah, who gives a flyin' frog's ass about sexual preference?! he rhetorically asked then gave into the kiss. "You stole my first kiss," he mentioned to Dark.

"Then…does that mean you stole mine?" The two smiled at each other as Ivana, over their heads, gagged and spat.

"PDA, PDA!" she shouted, getting a raised eyebrow from her partner. "Public Display of Affection!" she explained, and started her mantra again.

"Go bother Navi…sheesh," Dark griped, pointing at the little blue ball that was flying on a beeline for them. "Be a dear and cut her off for us so we can catch up on lost time, would you?" The red fairy huffed before jetting off to stop the blue fairy. "Now…where were we?"

"I think you were just about to put your tongue down my throat." Dark smirked at the grinning face of the lighter half of their soul. "Or I can put my tongue down your throat, if you like?" he added in question before leaning close to the black-clothed teen to do just that. And a battle of tongues was waged on the island above the Water Temple.

"W-what-?" Dark stuttered when a hand, most certainly not his own, found it's way down the back of the top of his tunic.

"You haven't been touched much, have you?" Link asked softly, brushing his nose against Dark's in an Eskimo Kiss. At the sheepish shrug, he sighed. "I'll change that…" He brushed his hand over Dark's cheek. "I'll touch you gently each chance I get," he finished, sealing it with a kiss.

"Just how far are you willing to take that vow?" Dark asked with a suggestive wink, a saucy smile curving his lips. At Link's grin, he realized that the pure Hero of Time wasn't as pure as he was supposed to be.

"Exactly when are you asking for that?" was the reply.

"Find an enclosed space only the Goddesses themselves can see as soon as possible and I'll show you."

"I know a nice little cubby hole in the Lost Woods' Sacred Meadow. Saria keeps watch over the temple. If that's too close to detection for comfort…I can always find one of the many hidden places in Hyrule field…" Link's musings stopped short when he grinned. "I think the one in the middle of the fences and gates right outside of here would work, right?"

"Perfect," Dark whispered into his ear, his tongue tracing a path up it to invoke a terrific shiver from him. "You've not been touched this way. Thankfully, neither have I." The two leapt into the water, swimming quickly and easily through the clear liquid. Seeing Navi and Ivana, they weren't surprised when those two lights were closer than they normally should've been. Looks like they're following Link's and my example, Dark figured with a mental snigger.

"This is the spot," Link said about two minutes later. He had to reacquire his weapons because of his insecurities of Hyrule Field and the need for bombs. After Link set the bomb, he moved Dark backwards and away from the blast range. "I really don't know how these things are here or how they hide themselves after someone enters them. They're just…there, really."

"As long as no one will get curious, who cares?!" Dark asked, jumping into the pit. Chuckling, Link followed. He withdrew a blanket from his pack, spreading it out on the ground before falling onto it spread-eagle. "You're awfully resourceful."

"I wouldn't be alive right now if I weren't," Link replied and, all of a sudden, he found the darker half kissing him fiercely.

"Don't say that. Thinking about you being dead makes my chest hurt," Dark said, demanding the first part. "But anyway, now isn't a time for talking. It's a time for action." He leaned down, pushing Link onto his back. "You want top or bottom?" he asked before tracing a line up the blonde's neck with his tongue.

"I prefer to attack something before it attacks me," was the vague answer, spoken around a groan, and causing Dark to roll his eyes. During his lapse in concentration, Link took the chance to flip them over. "I'll take top…this time," he added with a grin against the skin behind Dark's ear. "Ooo…sweet spot," he said when a moan was pulled from the red-eyed warrior.

"I've got more than one," Dark retorted before finding softly curved nails tracing lines along the back of his neck. Why are necks so sensitive!? he wondered around a mewl. "Yeah…I'm vocal… Bite me…"

"Gladly," Link replied before kissing the end of his nose then leaving nips along his jaw and down his neck to where the collar became a problem. "You, soon-to-be-lover, are wearing far too much clothing." Easily, the hero's long fingers unclasped the buckle at the front of the shadow's tunic before sliding it over his head. Next went the dark gray undershirt. Resuming his activities of kissing, nipping, and licking, he made his way down Dark's chest.

"Sheesh…what all can you…nnh…do with that tongue…?" The shadow arched up into the blonde when a ghosting of the other's aforementioned tongue crossed over his nipple. "Fuck…do that again…" Link did so, enjoying the sounds the soon-to-be-his shadow was making.

After a few more moments spent to the nubs on the man's chest, he made his way down to his navel and lightly bit the rim. The darker arched up into him again before a hand in his hair, making him wonder what happened to his hat, forced him back up to the young man's mouth. "Demanding, are we?" Link asked softly, licking the other's cheek.

"I'd be…a lot less…if you were naked…"

"Then return the favor," was his response. Dark groaned as he slipped Link's tunic over his head then took a moment to marvel at the way the blonde's undershirt clung to his frame, outlining every muscle in his chest, abdomen, shoulders, and arms. For a moment, Dark wished he could be that shirt. That was until he pulled it over his light's head. "Thank you. It was getting a bit stuffy in here."

"Ass," the darker replied, lifting his hips from the ground to let the other remove his breeches. Looking up at the teenager, he grinned lightly before removing the last article of clothing on his person as well. "See? Lot less demandin'."

Link didn't really pay much attention to what Dark had just said, instead staring at the way the moonlight skin shone in the sparse light of the place they were in. "You're beautiful, Dark…" he complimented softly. He, again, paid attention to the way their skin contrasted.

"So are you," Dark admitted, leaning up to press a kiss to the young warrior's shoulder. "Scars and all," he added, tracing a few of the thin lines crossing his chest and abdomen.

"Flip over," Link suddenly said, causing Dark to give pause to his soft and gentle touches.

"Nuh uh. There is no way in the Sacred Realm that I'm letting you take me from behind," was the darker of the two's reply. "I want to see your face when you come and I know you want to see mine when I do the same."

"I'm not taking you from behind! That would be disrespectful!" the blonde denied stubbornly. "I will not let you think that I believe you are beneath me," he added, starting to softly kiss overly-sensitive skin. "We are equals, Dark, in everything. We are equal respectively in light and dark, we are equal in the dark and light contrasts of our skin, we are equal in the soul shown in our respective eyes. We are equal in every meaning possible, only you are meant to be dark and I am meant to be light." Each time he said they were the same, he pronounced it with a gentle, loving bite.

"I'm still not flippin' over," Dark said with a soft groan. A smile came over Link's face with a slight chuckle as he nodded. "Thanks for not makin' me." The light leaned down, licking soft, pale lips before kissing them properly. "Now, get on with it!"

"I thought you were less…demanding?" Link punctuated his question with a bite to the other's neck. Dark merely groaned and gave a partial glare. That was when the hero got a truly wicked idea and gave a smirk to show it, sniggering at the way the shadow paled. He kissed his way down the seemingly-glowing skin, paying attention to the muscles to trace the ridges between them with his tongue. I guess there really are quite a few things I can do with this tongue of mine, he thought to himself with a mental laugh.

"What are-?" Dark tried to ask before a warm mouth on his erection pulled a graceful arch out of his back and a deep moan from him. "Must you…tease…me?" he slowly said, thinking out each word meticulously with what remained of his contemplative processes.

"Of course," Link answered in a whisper then traced his tongue along the vein underneath the shadow's cock, getting a cry from the darker. Thank Goddesses I've long destroyed my gag reflex, he mused to himself as he took the length in his mouth, relaxing the muscles of his throat. For this being a first time…he's certainly got stamina, but so do I. He hummed a little tune he'd made up on his Ocarina when he'd been captured in the Gerudo Fortress.

"Link- I'm…I…" Dark trailed off with a cry of the lighter's name as he came when Link swallowed around him. "Goddesses…where… Where did you…learn to do that? I thought…you said…you're a…virgin?"

"I found a book in a library one time by accident when I was in Kakariko Village. Let's just say that it was overly informative for my teenaged body."

Dark laughed at that image. "How are you…still composed? …I'm a fuckin' puddle!"

"I've went through a fortress FULL of women, Dark. If I can't stand this, then I would've never been able to flirt with them so easily. I would have never gotten along with them either," the teenaged warrior answered with a slight smile. "I digress… We'll worry about specifics later. We're not done yet."

"No, we aren't, are we?" Dark asked softly yet with a wicked grin. Pushing himself up, he initiated a heated kiss between them. "I will ruin your composure at least once before we leave this little hidden spot."

"So you say, but can you follow through?"

"I'll try my damnedest or I guess we won't be leaving here for a while." That answer got a deep chuckle out of the lighter. "I wonder what people would think if they knew their Hero of Time wasn't as pure as they all thought?"

"Probably give me an earful, but that's them. I don't care about what other people think, Dark. But, right now, I'm still waiting on you to fulfill your declaration." Link bit his lip when the red-eyed warrior started trailing down his neck to his shoulder with soft licks and nips. Sweet spot! he shouted in his mind when the skin between his neck and shoulder was lavished with a warm tongue. "Shit…" he murmured, having decided that he wasn't going to hide his reactions from the shadow.

"I want you to shout my name to the heavens, Link. I want to hear you scream it." Dammit, I'm getting hard again, he cursed in his mind as his hardening member was pushed against the other's leg, drawing another moan from him.

"I didn't know this was going to work both ways," Link teased before soft yet firm fingers started tracing down his back. Each scar was slowly outlined. Another sweet spot, he realized when a deep, throaty sound was pulled from him. A moment later, the lusty haze surrounding his mind was broken by the musings of wondering when his fingers became so sensitive as Dark licked and sucked at them.

"Are you…going to-" the shadow was cut off as a finger gently penetrated his entrance, drawing a hiss out of him. "Ouch," he grumbled as Link slowly pushed the digit in and out of the paler one. When Dark relaxed into the touch, he pressed in another, doing the same before adding a third. A resounding cry was drawn from the shadow when pleasure covered up the slight pain he still felt by racing up his spine. "Holy…fuck…"

"How does that work?" Link mused aloud with a raised eyebrow, making Dark grouch about how he was still composed. "Are you ready?"

"Just…get on…with it," was the panted answer. The fingers were withdrawn from the darker of the two so the lighter could dig around his stuff.

"Found it," Link whispered to himself as he lifted the small bottle of oil from a pouch. Nabooru said I might need it, he remembered before going back over to Dark. "I won't hurt you," he vowed as he stared into slightly worried, lusty, and loving blood-colored eyes. Coating himself with the oil, he gently pushed into the shadow. Afterwards, he leaned up to soothe the lip Dark had bitten with his own then licked away the tears that had leaked from the shadow's eyes. "Are you all right?"

"Just…move…" Dark answered, staring up into caring, pure blue eyes. With a soft smile, Link did so, pulling out of the darker until he was almost withdrawn completely before carefully pushing back in. "Faster…I'm not a woman…" the shadow grumbled, burying his hands in the blonde hair of the young warrior over top of him. Trailing his hands downward, he traced the scars again before running his nails up and down the teen's spine.

The eye contact was broken when a groan came from Link and a cry came from Dark. "Sweet spot?" the blonde asked jokingly.

"Dammit… Ruin me…at a touch…" Link made sure to hit that spot every time he thrust into the shadow. "Oh fuck…" Dark moaned, lifting up to press a kiss to the other's lips before his back arched again from the pleasure racing through his body. "I…I…"

"Come for me, Dark," Link whispered into his ear after taking a deep breath to steady his mind, not surprised at all when his name was screamed by the shadow, himself following shortly after with, like the red-eyed warrior wanted, a cry of the darker one's name. "Okay…my composure…is dead…" he panted as he lay on top of Dark.

"Hah…told ya I'd…destroy it…" was the reply as Dark circled his arms around the hero. "You're…my light now…my hikari…" he said as he nuzzled the golden-tanned teen's nose in another Eskimo Kiss.

"And you are my darkness, my yami," Link replied with a smile that made his eyes shine more-so than they had been. "I love you, Dark," he added after burying his face in the paler one's neck.

Dark froze at that before a smile softened his features and his hold tightened around the young man in his arms. "I love you, too, Link." The lighter snuggled into the other, giving Dark an ample view of his scarred back. Breathing softly and deeply, the midnight-haired teen caused warm puffs of air to ghost over Link's neck, getting slight shivers out of the hero while he traced the scars he could see. "You know, Link…I thought it'd be me who knew more about this and was more willing to do it than you."

"As you said, I'm not as pure as I should be." Dark heard the smirk in Link's voice and, in retaliation with knowing that he had fangs, he sunk them into the tanned skin between the lighter's neck and shoulder. "Ah…" Link didn't know whether to be pained or pleasured by that action, so he let his body decide, and, if the warm feeling in his stomach was any indication, it already had. "Fudge monkeys…" he grumbled.

"Fudge monkeys? What the hell are those?"

"Didn't feel like sayin' fuck," Link answered before Dark lifted himself off of his cock. I honestly forgot… he mused in his head.

"How could you forget your cock was in me!?" Sheesh…lovin' a blockhead…

"How the hell did you read my mine AND, thank you very much, I am NOT a blockhead! I am currently incapacitated!"

Dark opened his mouth to retort before shock reverberated through him. Read his mind…? Uh oh…

"Yes, uh oh," Link said to him before a truly R-rated image of himself straddling Dark, very much nude and sweaty, was placed into his head. "Oh FUCK Dark! Must you!?"

"That's what I want right now," he answered, getting a groan from Link before the blonde smirked. "What are you…?"

"What my shadow wants, I'll try to give to him," the hero said, cutting off the question coming from the darker of the two.

"I want you and your love; that's all."

"You've had me for a while, I just didn't know it," Link responded before lifting his body to place a leg on either side of the moonlight-skinned warrior's hips. "Now…what was it you wanted?"

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I know, horrible, evil, vile woman for leaving such a cliffy. I, quite frankly, DON'T GIVE A FUCK! But Link and Dark do.

D and L: HEY!

Hi, how are you?

L: Pretty well, actually.

D: Only because we're going at it like rabbits!

L: Your point?

D: I am supposed to corrupt YOU, not the other way around!

Oi! Don't you dare leave me out of this conversation!

L: I thought you were getting some toilet paper for that nosebleed of yours?

Haha, very funny.

D: It was! –still laughing at writer's misfortune-

Shut the fuck up and the rest of you…kindly review so I can get these weirdos off to another chapter, would you? Well…maybe another chapter… IF you ask nicely, sans rotten veggies and fruits and other such miscellaneous food items.