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A Man's Duty	By : galassia Category: Zelda > General Views: 5393 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Nintendo in any way. All non original characters belong to Nintendo and not to me. All parts of the story that are in the game Ocarina of Time belong to Nintendo. I make no money nor do I get any monetary like gain from the story.

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Special Note: Some liberties have been taken with the original storyline. In this story Sheik is his own person and not Zelda. I do realize that Sheik in game canon is actually Zelda and I have no problem with that canon. However, for this story Sheik is a man and his own person. It includes or will include sexual themes between two men, cross-dressing, death, violence, angst and possibly more. If either the themes of this story or the fact that Sheik is not Zelda and a man bothers you, don't read it. You've been warned and I really don't care if you get pissed off for reading something you don't like and were warned about in the first place.

Sheik stretched, murmuring softly as he slept, the troubled thoughts of the previous night replaced by a pleasant dreamless sleep. He was delightfully warm, so delightfully warm in fact, that the covers were beginning to make him uncomfortable. He shifted just a bit, attempting to push the covers off or at least down, when he noticed that his left arm was caught or trapped by something. He slowly opened his eyes, blinking sleepily as his mind was pulled into wakefulness and noticed pale blond hair staring him in the face. He carefully sat up as much as he could manage and looked down, spying the sleeping form of Link snuggling against him atop his cover and arm, curled under his own cover.

For the shortest of moments Sheik considering waking Link to get the teen off his arm, but the look of peace on the young man's face made him shy away from the idea. Biting his lip he gave a soft sigh and slipped, just as carefully, to lay against the bed once more. Shifting for comfort, he smiled faintly as Link nuzzled into his chest.

Sheik laid in comfortable silence, watching Link sleep, for quite some time before the hero began to rouse. Link rolled his shoulders, stretching his muscles as he sat up in the bed. He tilted his head and looked down to see Sheik staring at him and blushed, smiling somewhat at the older man. “M...mornin' Sheik.”

Sheik chuckled, returning Link's smile and shook his head, “Well good morning to you, Link. Sleep well?”

“I uh, yes. Did you?” Link said, his cheeks growing redder as he glanced away from Sheik, biting his lip.

“Very, you kept me quite warm. Thank you.” Sheik chuckled once more and raised a questioning eyebrow, “But I have to ask, when did you get in my bed?”

“After I took a bath. This is the bed I was laying in earlier... and I didn't know if there was another room... I'm sorry.”

Sheik sat up, careful to keep his cover wrapped about his bare lower half and smiled, placing a hand on the hero's shoulder, “Please Link, you have no need to be sorry. It was... surprising... but not unwelcome.” Sheik tilted his head and smiled absently as he realized he truly didn't have a problem with Link sleeping curled against him. There was no denying it and no running away from it. Perhaps he was not yet completely in love with the hero, but he knew the time in which he would be was fast approaching.

Link bit his lip, smiling faintly as he looked into Sheik's eyes, his cheeks still retaining a faint red glow. “Really? I'm glad!” He lunged forward, grasping onto Sheik and hugged the older man fervently, laying his cheek against the Sheikah's chest. He sat quietly for a moment, listening to the strong and slightly quick beat of Sheik's heart before tilting his head to look up to Sheik once again, his face now questioning and lined with worry, “...Am I weird?”

Sheik leaned back slightly, craning his his neck to look down at Link, an eyebrow raised in confusion, “Are you... weird? No, what are you talking about?”

“Well, I...” Link began, worrying his lip as he tried to settle upon a way to continue. He frowned, his brow furrowed, “Well, when I was with the Kokiri... Mido liked Saria and I think... I think Saria liked me. Y’know, like more than a friend. But I didn’t... I mean I don’t...”

Eyes going wide, Sheik swallowed hard. Navi had told him that Link was unaware of his ‘preference’ being different. Obviously the little fairy was not so in tune with the mind of her charge as she thought. Sheik, however stupidly, never thought the hero would ask about it. Least of all ask him about it. He opened his mouth to explain before shutting it again. Perhaps he was wrong, maybe Link wasn’t asking about that. “You didn’t like her, you mean? In that way? There’s nothing weird about not having feelings for someone...”

Links brow furrowed tighter and he nodded slowly, “Yeah but, all the girls who liked someone liked boys and the boys liked girls... but I..."

Sheik groaned inwardly, of course he was asking about that. But why oh why did he ask him instead of Navi? He cleared his throat and gave his best comforting smile, “I imagine you are saying you... don’t feel that way about girls then, but do about boys, yes? So you are wondering if you are weird because of it?”

Link nodded at Sheik’s question, “Yeah... I mean, well, am I?”

Sheik shook his head slowly and placed a hand against Link’s shoulder, “No Link, you aren’t weird. While it is true a lot people like people of the opposite sex and not the same sex, some people like those of the same sex and others like both. Everyone is different Link, but there's nothing wrong or weird about being different. Being different is, for want of a better word, normal.”

Link nodded, smiling at Sheik, happy to know that he wasn't weird, at least not in that. He pressed his face into Sheik's chest and sat that way for a moment before tilting his head to look at Sheik once again.

Sheik raised an eyebrow at Link, waiting for the inevitable question to be asked when the door of the room opened to reveal Zelda, her form glamoured with the appearance of Impa, “Rise and shine, She...” Zelda stopped and raised an eyebrow, grinning like mad as she saw Sheik with a Link attachment on his chest. She giggled softly, biting her lip, “Well, it would seem we've already gotten up. And in a far better way than I could provided have I might add.”

Sheik looked to Zelda and rolled his eyes, “Really Lady Impa? I never thought you would be one for such jokes.” He smiled at the faint look of shock that passed over the image of Impa's face that so completely covered Zelda's own. “I do hope you aren't getting forgetful as time presses on.”

Link gingerly chewed on the inside of his lip as he looked to Impa, gazing back and forth between the ever stern looking woman and Sheik. He had always thought the woman would be more, well, strict. His experience with her in his childhood had sealed the idea of it, but despite looking serious even when smiling and giggling. Link couldn't help but think she seemed... different than she had before.

Zelda shot Sheik the faintest of unmeant glares before inclining her head to nod, “Mm, forgetful eh? Perhaps I have become forgetful over the years.” She cleared her throat, “Ah, but my being forgetful is neither here nor there... you are both setting off again today, yes? Where will you be going?”

“Mm, need to head to the Temple of Time... then Lon Lon Ranch I think, after that we will discuss what Link wishes to do.” Sheik said with a bit of a shrug.

Zelda nodded her head and sighed, “Yes, that sounds like a good plan I suppose. Well, do not let me keep you, just be sure to stock up on any supplies while in the village. There is food prepared for you to take...” She furrowed her brow, crossing her arms over her chest, “Be careful, both of you. I will leave you to it.” Inclining her head Zelda gave a sad smile before stepping out of the room and closing the door behind her.

Link stared at the closed door for a moment before sitting up, pulling himself away from Sheik fixing the man with a curious look, “Discuss what I wish to do? What does that mean?”

Sheik rolled his shoulders as he moved himself into a comfortable sitting position, “It means there is a lot that has to be done, some things must be done before others but there are many ways to proceed. We need to discuss which way you want to. But, let us leave that for later, hm? We need to get ready to leave.”

Link nodded and slipped off the bed, holding his arms up, hands behind his head as he stretched. Letting out a yawn, he lowered his arms and held a hand out to Sheik, “Well, time to get up, yeah?”

Sheik eyed Link’s hand for a moment before sighing, taking the hand, “It is at that.” Holding the cover against his stomach, he pulled against Link’s hand, lifting himself out of the bed, carefully keeping the cover pressed against himself.

Link raised an eyebrow as he watched Sheik pull himself out of the bed and blushed to see him holding the cover against an otherwise bare lower half. He had slept against a nude Sheik and he didn’t even know it. He pouted for a moment before clearing his throat, “So, er, why d’we need to go to the Temple of Time again anyway?”

Sheik stepped past Link, picking up his apparel, his back to the hero as he dropped the cover and began stepping into the springy material of his armor, “There is something I must show you.”

Blinking, Link nodded slowly and grabbed his hat, shoving his arm inside to feel about for something as he watched Sheik use magic to wrap his body with the wrappy bandage things. “You... don’t wear anything under your armor?”

Sheik turned around to see Link, arm deep in his hat, watching him intently. The faintest amount of heat began to build in his cheeks as he cleared his throat and shook his head, “No, I don’t.”

“But... why?”

“Do you see how tight that armor is Link? He’d probably be cut in half by the sheer force of the armor pushing against whatever small clothes he deigned to wear.” A small voice spoke up cheerfully as Navi fluttered between the two.

Sheik rolled his eyes, “That is a bit of an overstatement, but not too far off.” He shook his head and smiled as he donned his cloak, “I was wondering where you were.”

“Watching the show my dear. Watching the show.” Navi replied cheerfully. She tilted her head at Link, “What are you looking for?”

“The bow I got in the Forest Temple...” Link said, a look of annoyance crossing his face as he dug around his hat, finally looking triumphant as he pulled said bow from the confines of the hat.

Sheik laughed and shook his head as he removed a long belt from his waist. He approached Link and moved behind him, placing and molding the belt around Link from one shoulder to the opposite hip. He slipped the bow from Link’s hands and quickly attached it to the belt, testing how hard it was to take it off before placing a hand against Link’s shoulder, “The quiver?”

Link blinked, blushing from Sheik’s actions and fished around for the quiver before presenting it to the Sheikah. He bit his lip as Sheik worked to carefully attached the quiver.

“There now, try that.” Sheik said with a smile as he stepped back.

Link turned around, facing Sheik as he move a hand to remove the bow. He smiled brightly and quickly removed an arrow from the quiver, “Thanks...”

“Make sure you can place it back. If not we can work it out later but this will suffice for now.”

Link nodded. He quickly slipped the arrow back into the quiver and moved to put the bow on his back. It took a bit, but with some effort, he got it in place and beamed at the man.

Sheik nodded his head, before chuckling, “That reminds me. I have some things for you.”

Link raised an eyebrow, pursing his lips, “Some things... for me?”

Sheik nodded and turned away, moving to the corner as he readied things, making quite a bit of noise before finally turning back to Link. He held out a pair of sturdy lambskin leather leggings, “First these, they’ll be a bit more protective but shouldn’t hamper you.”

Link took the leggings and nodded slowly, smiling. “Thank you,” he said, tilting his head as he watched Sheik appear to get nervous, chewing on his lip.

Sheik shook his head, clearing his throat as he held out a small bag, “And... this. I... it’s the bag you said is like your hat. You’ll be getting a lot of items as you go and a lot you won’t be able to keep on your person normally. It... It’ll just be easier using this than taking off and searching your hat in battle.” He stepped forward and lovingly tied the bag to the belt at Link’s hip as he chewed against the inside of his lip, “I, this bag, it... well it once belonged to someone very important to me, so if you could...”

Link smiled and lifted a hand to Sheik’s cheek pressing gently against it to make the man look at him, “This must mean a lot t’you Sheik, thank you. I’ll be sure t’keep it safe, I promise. But... don’t you need it?”

Sheik stepped back and smiled, “Thank you, it is. I don’t need it, I have a larger bag like it.” He turned and picked up said bag and moved toward the door, “Now, get dressed, get your things together, and I’ll get the food so we can go.” When Link nodded at him Sheik left the room and walked down the hall and into the kitchen.

“Well well, you certainly can’t say you aren’t falling for him.”

Sheik looked up from preparing the food to see the ghostly form of his sister beaming at him, “Hush you.” He looked back down, getting the food sealed up carefully before beginning to pack it into his bag, “...Are you upset that I gave it to him?”

“No, not in the least. I certainly didn’t expect it, but I’m not upset. Quite the opposite.”

“Quite the opposite hm? And why is that?”

“Because he's making you happy, and that, dear brother, is no small feat."

Sheik shook his head, chuckling softly as he placed the last package into his bag, closing it up, “There is that I suppose.”

Link tilted his head as he made his way towards the kitchen, frowning deeply. He could have swore he’d heard Sheik talking to someone, but the voices stopped. The other voice though, it sounded so much like Sheik too... could he have been talking to himself? Link shook his head, no, it was more feminine... a woman’s voice. He stepped into the kitchen, raising an eyebrow when he saw no one other than Sheik, “I’ve got everything ready...”

Sheik blinked, wide eyed as he looked at the spirit of his sister, “Ah, good. Well, we can leave then.”

Link frowned a bit more and nodded, “Oh, okay.”

Sheik gave a wary smile and attached the bag to a belt at his waist, smile falling when his sister’s spirit faded away and nodded, “Well, lets go then. I need to stock up on potions then we’ll set out.” He looked about, making sure he hadn’t forgotten anything as he headed toward the door with Link at his back. He opened the door and quickly looked about the room, raising an eyebrow at not seeing Zelda, “Thank you for your hospitality Lady Impa. We’re leaving.”

When Sheik heard no reply he shrugged and stepped out of the house, turning to smile at Link as he began making his way towards Granny’s shop. “Are you alright, Link?” he asked softly, slowing to walk side by side with the hero.

Link nodded slowly, smiling faintly, “Yeah, m’fine.” He’d been going over the voices in his head, over and over again. He knew he heard them, but there hadn’t been anyone but Sheik in the kitchen. Perhaps he was imagining things. He sighed and tilted his head to look at Sheik, “So, I was gonna ask you something. Earlier I mean.”

Sheik raised an eyebrow as he stopped in front of the Medicine Shop, hand resting on the handle of the shops door. “Oh?”

Link nodded slowly, moving a bit closer to Sheik, “I, y’know, like... well, y’know what I like.” He furrowed his brow, cheeks flushing faintly as he set his jaw in a determined hard line and pushed through the embarrassment, “What about you?”

Sheik tilted his head as he watched the determination manifest itself on Link’s faintly colored cheeks. When Link asked the question, he chuckled, placing a hand on Link’s shoulder. “Both, Link. But my preference is the same as yours.” He shook his head and patted the younger man’s shoulder as he opened the door to the Medicine Shop and stepped inside. “Hello, don’t mind us. Just passing through to Granny’s Potion Shop.”

The man nodded and Sheik turn ed to Link beckoning him forward as he stepped through the small shop through its back door and into said potions shop. He approached the empty counter and quickly pulled out all of his bottles, letting the wait on the counter as he removed his pouch of rupees from his waist. “Customers...”

“Yar, I’m comin’. Jus’ hold yer horses, eh?” Granny called out from behind the large cauldron’s of potions, stepping out from them slowly as she made her way up to the counter. She cleared her throat and looked up, eyes going wide as they settled on Sheik. “S’like seein’ a ghost...” she muttered before shaking her head, “What can ol’ Granny get fer y’boys?”

Sheik glanced at Link and shrugged his shoulders at his companions questioning look. He cleared his throat and pointed at his bottles, “Potions, all Blue, if you please.” He quickly began counting out rupees as the woman began filling the bottles, “Do you have potions Link?”

Link shook his head slowly, mind still reeling from the voices and Sheik’s admission to ‘liking boys’, “No, my three bottles have Fairies in them...”

Sheik nodded his head slowly, “Then you’ll take some of mine.” He tilted his head looking Link over as Granny came back to the counter and cleared her throat. Turning back to the old woman he handed her his payment and began packing away the bottles before handing five of them to Link, “If you need more, just ask me.” Looking Link over again he nodded his head and began to exit the store, “Need to get you some arrows,” he said as he left the Granny’s Potion Shop, went through the Medicine Shop and made his way up the stairs toward the Bazaar. “We should fill your quiver and buy a good deal extra. You can keep the rest in that bag I gave you or your hat. Is that alright?”

Link smiled brightly and opened the door to the Bazaar, walking inside, “Yep.” He hurriedly ran to the counter, buying and paying for ten bundles of thirty arrows. He walked back to Sheik with a grin on his face as he began stuffing the extra bundles into the bag at his waist, “What? Think I was gonna let y’do it?”

Sheik shook his head and smiled as he took a step toward Link when the Hylian finished putting away the arrows and wrapped his arms behind the teen’s back, pulling Link flush against himself. “No, I suppose not,” he said softly as a vortex of swirling darkness surrounded them, taking them where they needed to go.

As the darkness surrounding them faded away, leaving them in the Temple of Time, Link stepped back away from Sheik, biting his lip. “Y’could’ve warned me y’were gonna do that...”

Sheik laughed quietly, “I’m sorry Link.” He sighed softly and cleared his throat, “You destroyed the wicked creatures that haunted the Temple and awakened the Sage...” He said softly, shaking his head, “But there are still other sages who need your help. In order to awaken all the other Sages, you must become even more powerful.”

When Link nodded at Sheik he continued, “You must travel over mountains... under water... and even through time...” He turned and faced the Pedestal of Time, “If you want to return to your original time, return the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time. By doing this, you will travel back in time seven years.” He smiled sadly, thankful once more for the cowl about his face as he pulled out his lyre, “The time will come when you will have to return here quickly... I will teach this to you for when that time comes... The song to return you to the Temple of Time... The Prelude of Light...”

Holding the lyre up to his chest, Sheik slowly played out the tune for the Prelude of Light. When Link repeated the notes Sheik nodded before joining him in playing the tune one more time. “As long as you hold the Ocarina of Time and the Master Sword, you hold time itself in your hands...”

Link looked wide eyed at Sheik, mouth hanging open as he looked in amazement at the ocarina in his hands, “Time itself? I can go back in time? Why would I need to do that?”

Sheik nodded slowly, “Yes you can. As for why... you have already seen that the world in this time is different. There are things that must be done that cannot be done now.” He took a step towards Link, “You should try it now... perhaps see if you can get Kakariko’s windmill to go faster.” He dug into his bag and pulled out a small package of food, handing it to Link.

Link nodded slowly, taking the food, slipping it into his own bag. “I... I guess y’can’t come with me, huh?”

Sheik shook his head slowly, his frown more than noticeable in his eyes, “No, I cannot. But, I’ll be right here waiting for you to come back.”

“I thought we were going to Lon Lon Ranch today?”

Sheik cleared his throat, “Yes and no. When you return, it should still be this day.”

Link nodded slowly and bit his lip as he approached the pedestal. He pulled out the Master Sword and took a deep breath, staring at Sheik as he plunged the blade in the pedestal.

Sheik smiled sadly as a vortex of blue and white light enveloped Link until the hero was there no longer. Sighing he shook his head, plopping down against the floor, “Be safe, Link. Please be safe.”
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