"Wait up!" Kasumi called. "Akane, before you go, maybe you should go and visit Dr. Tofu."
Akane blinked. "Huh? What for, Kasumi? We need to hurry, Mom might be in danger."
"That's true, but I think you could use any help you can find. I think Dr. Tofu has something for you that might help you on your quest."
"Whatever could be so important that we have to dawdle like this?" Tatl sighed.
Kasumi smiled. "He has a bottle... a bottle full with Blue Potion."
Link thought about it. Adventurer's law Number One: An empty bottle is one of the most versatile and useful objects you can find. Law Number Two: Blue Potions are the best potions there are, no exceptions!
There was only one thing they could do.
"Where does this Dr. Tofu live?"
Kasumi pointed at the highest building in Kakariko. "Right there, in the windmill!"
Ukyo blinked. "He... lives in a windmill? I thought he's a doctor..."
"That's right," Kasumi nodded. "He's the village's doctor and a skilled musician, but he also takes care of the windmill."
"Well, as long as he has a bottle of Blue Potion, I don't mind where he lives," Link grinned.
Ukyo looked at him strangely. "Link, what's the matter with you? Chill out, it's just a bottle!"
"A bottle, Ukyo!" Link repeated. "The most important tool for the experienced adventurer! And it's filled with Blue Potion... we can't let this go to waste!"
"Okay, I admit, having some Blue Potion might be a great help in the battle against Bongo Bongo," Akane agreed. "But let's hurry up, okay?"
As they walked towards the windmill, Kasumi shouted after them: "Just tell Dr. Tofu I sent you, okay? He'll be happy to help you!"
Akane frowned. "I think it's best if we don't even bring up Kasumi's name..." she murmured.
"But why?" Link wondered.
Akane sighed. "That's a long story..."
Already outside of the windmill, they could hear the melodious sound of an organ.
Tatl blinked. "That's... a really nice melody."
"This man must be a really good musician," Ukyo nodded.
"True," Akane sighed. "But it's getting a bit repetitive if you hear it day and night..."
They entered and found themselves in a circular room, with a spinning, wooden platform. Via a long, wooden pole, the platform was connected to the windmill's blades. Next to the platform, a man with glasses was standing, turning around the handle of the big organ he was carrying.
"Aaaaah..." he sighed. "Such wonderful music..."
Akane cleared her throat. "Hello, Dr. Tofu!" she called.
The doctor looked at them, but never stopped playing on his organ. "Ah, Akane!" he smiled. "Are there still many people injured after the demon's attack? Please tell them that I will be with them in a minute..."
"Um, that's not the reason why we came," Akane said. "Say, is it true that you have some Blue Potion with you?"
"I think there must be some left in the bottle in the old chest over there," Tofu said. "What do you need it for?"
"We are trying to save Akane's mother from the demon," Link explained.
"Aaah, I see! A dangerous mission... you are bold to face such danger at your young age, but if you need it, feel free to take it... you also may keep the bottle if you like." The doctor smiled. "I know that an empty bottle is one of the most useful and versatile items an adventurer can possess."
Akane smiled. "Thank you very much, doctor!" She opened the chest and took out the bottle.
"Da-da-da-dunnn..." Tatl exclaimed. "You got a bottle with Blue Potion. Drink it to replenish both your health and your magic."
Link, Ukyo and Akane looked at the yellow fairy in confusion.
"Why... did you just say that?" Akane wondered.
Tatl shrugged. "I dunno... I just felt like it."
"Say, who told you that I have this bottle?" Dr. Tofu asked them. "I really just bought it this morning, from the old witch..."
"Well, Kasumi told us and..." Ukyo began.
"Ka-ka-kasumiii?" the doctor murmured. "Wh-where is she? Oooooh, she has such a beautiful voice... have you ever heard her singing this beautiful song? It goes like this..."
And he spun his organ even faster than before, faster and faster, with a crazy grin on his face.
Ukyo groaned. "Great, now I'll never get that song out of my head..."
Link grinned. "What's the matter, I think it's nice." And he took his ocarina out of his pocket and played the tune along.
Suddenly, Dr. Tofu stopped turning his organ. "That... that ocarina..." he murmured. "I have seen such an ocarina before... seven years ago, I believe... a little boy came into my windmill and played the exact same song... but then, everything went crazy..."
Suddenly, they could hear the roll of thunder outside. Through a window, they looked outside and realized that all of a sudden, dark clouds had appeared in the sky. And then it started raining.
"What the heck?" Ukyo shouted. "When we came inside, there was absolutely no cloud in the sky, so how...?"
Even more rain was pouring down, and strong winds began to blow. This also affected the windmill, and the wooden platform now spun even faster, nearly throwing off the three teenagers that were standing on it.
"Aaah, no, not again!" Dr. Tofu cried. "It's going too fast! Curse your infernal instrument..."
"My instrument?" Link shouted. "The way I see it, it was the song you played that caused this..."
"No way!" Tofu protested. "There is no way that a song my beloved Kasumi sang can have such disastrous effects. Oh, Kasuuumiiiii..." And he spun around his organ again, faster and faster...
Ukyo sweatdropped. "C'mon... I guess it's best if we leave..."
"Outside in the storm?" Tatl protested. "We'll get soaked!"
"I think it's much safer in the storm than in the presence of Dr. Tofu when he's affected by 'Kasumitis'," Akane muttered.
They left the doctor and closed the mill's door behind them.
"Still..." Link frowned. "I really wonder if it was the Ocarina of Time which caused this... or the song itself. I mean, he was playing it the whole time and..."
"I don't know," Akane shrugged. "Akane found the notes to this song in the old papers of two composer brothers that had once lived here in Kakariko... I think they are already dead. And after she sung this song to Dr. Tofu, his insane behavior whenever he thinks of her has even worsened..."
"You mean he's been like this for a long time by now?" Link wondered. "Now I wish I could play some Song of Healing or something like that for him..."
"Why don't you take that little ocarina of yours and play it, so we can teleport to the Temple of Time?" Ukyo asked. "We've wasted enough time already!"
Link frowned. "Acquiring a bottle - especially when it's filled with Blue Potion - is never a waste of time!" And he raised the ocarina to his lips, once again.
"Wait! Wait!" Through the rain, they saw a small, blue light that was flying towards them. "Wait up, you guys!"
"Hey, it's Navi!" Ukyo smiled. "Great to have you back, sugar!"
Navi landed on Link's head and used the tip of his cap to dry off her arms. "Ugh, where did this rain come from all of a sudden? I'm so wet, I feel like I'm back in the Water Temple..."
Tatl smirked at her. "Weeeellll?"
Navi blinked. "Well what?"
Tatl winked at her friend. "Did you come to terms with your feelings?"
The blue-haired fairy blushed. "W-well, yeah... I think so. Um, Link, about what I said earlier..."
"Don't worry about it, Navi," Link smiled. "It's okay... but I really think we should talk about this later, we have to save Akane's mom."
"What? Impa? Where is she?" Navi wondered.
Akane pointed in the direction of the graveyard. "In the Shadow Temple," she sighed.
"Oh... then what are we waiting for?"
"Well, we need to go to the Temple of Time first..." Link said.
Navi blinked. "Why do we need to go to the Temple of Time if Impa's in the Shadow Temple?"
Tatl sighed and put her arm around Navi's shoulders. "Listen, this is a long story, so I'm gonna tell you while we're on our way..."
And while Tatl began to tell Navi about why they had to go back to the past, Link played the Prelude of Light on his ocarina, and they all vanished afterwards.
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