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A Man's Duty	By : galassia Category: Zelda > General Views: 5314 -:- 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.

It was odd to Sheik, the feeling of moving without moving. He had moved himself over great distances using magic for years, but it was so fast that one barely had time to register that they were moving at all. But this, riding on a horse, it was different, disconcerting. It felt off, and to compensate he kept himself pressed tightly against Link’s chest, “I still don’t enjoy being on a horse.”

Link shook his head and laughed as he gently spurred Epona on, keeping the horse at a quick and steady gallop. “Y’sound like a kid.”

Sheik snorted, “Well excuse me for having something to be childish about.”

Laughing a bit more, Link patted Sheik’s arm softly, “Aw, don’t be like that. S’cute.”

Sheik groaned, he would have really liked the ground to open up and swallow him at that moment. Except he was on a horse and the ground couldn’t very well do that with a damned horse in the way. He liked horses, honestly, but the act of riding a horse was a completely different matter, “Well, so glad to provide you with your daily dose of cuteness then.”

“And m’glad y’are.” Link said softly, the laughing tone gone from his voice, replaced by a much more affectionate sound.

Sheik closed his eyes Epona quickly galloped through a shallow part of the river, coming to the other side to gallop along side it again. He opened his eyes once more when the jostling motion began to make him queasy. He pursed his lips, sitting silently, and tried his best to focus on Link’s movements behind him rather than the Epona’s beneath him. When he finally spoke again, Epona had just leapt onto a faintly twisting path and trotted over a small wooden bridge leading to the Sleepless Waterfall, “We’ll have to leave Epona here, obviously. At least there’s some grass to munch and she’ll be safe from those annoying Octorok’s”

“Awfully nice of you to think about all of that when you’ve done nothing but complain about her.” Navi tittered from her place, lounging on Link’s shoulder.

Sheik scoffed and shook his head, “I like Epona. I like horses in general, they’re very beautiful and intelligent animals. But that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy riding them.”

“Yes yes, of course. Silly me.”

“Shut up, Bug.”

Link shook his head as he slowed Epona to a stop and leaned forward, resting his chin on Sheik’s shoulder, “So, gonna get yourself off or do I gotta do it?”

Navi jingled happily, laughing at Link’s choice of words, “Yes Sheik, are you going to get yourself off or does Link have to do it for you?”

Sheik cleared his throat, swallowing hard as he willed himself to keep calm. “I think I can get myself off just fine, thank you, but I’ll keep his offer in mind should I run into trouble finishing.”

Navi laughed harder and Link raised an eyebrow, “Why do I feel like there’s another conversation goin’ on here that’s gone over m’head?”

Sheik chuckled faintly, closing his eyes tight as he grabbed onto the horn of the saddle with both hands. He swallowed hard, whimpering as he lifted a leg and slowly made his way down from the saddle, sighing in relief when his feet touched solid ground. “Oh thank Nayru.”

Link smirked and quickly slipped off Epona, clapping a hand against Sheik’s back, “Y’did it, Sheik. Good job, y’got off all by yourself. Now y’just need to mount by yourself.”

Navi burst into a fresh wave of laughter, pounding her tiny hands against Link’s shoulder, “Yes, you certainly need to mount by yourself.”

“I can mount just fine, thank you very much Bug,” Sheik said shortly.

“And the feelin’ comes back...” Link said, frowning in confusion.

Sheik chuckled, smiling at Link, “Don’t worry about it, really. It’s probably for the best.” He turned toward the waterfall, looking at it for a moment before leaping up to the natural platform before the waterfall. Turning around he saw that Link was making his way up to join him and pulled out his lyre. He quickly plucked out the basic tune of Zelda’s Lullaby and smiled when the waterfall split, revealing the entrance the Zora’s Domain. “Ready to go?”

Link nodded and jumped across the gorge, turning to Sheik once across, grin on his face, “Yep.”

Sheik smiled, shaking his head and followed suit, leaping across the gorge. He frowned, a shiver running up his spine from the extreme chill coming out of Zora’s Domain. “Oh no...” He ran past Link and into the open cavern like expanse of the grand entrance of Zora’s Domain, only to see every ounce of water frozen. Even the water from the waterfall was frozen in place. “I knew it was getting colder, but this is...” he said, sighing with a kick to the frozen ground, “Ganondorf... he’s even more powerful than I imagined.”

“What do you mean?” Navi asked, shivering on Link’s shoulder as she moved to bundle herself in the cloth of his tunic.

“This wasn’t just from getting colder, this was frozen in an instant.” Sheik frowned as he walked across what was once a pool of water, “If it were just from getting colder, you wouldn’t see a waterfall like that. At most there would be an overhang of a few feet.”

Link followed Sheik into Zora’s Domain, walking with the man, a frown on his face as he looked with wide, shock filled eyes at the frozen terrain, “I... d’ya think... are they dead?”

Sheik frowned, turning to look at Link and shook his head, “No, I don’t think so, thank the Goddesses. It’s good that it doesn’t seem to have affected Zora’s River.”

“Why’s that so important?” Link asked.

“Zora’s Domain is the source of all of Hyrule’s water. Every stream, pond, even Lake Hylia... the water all begins here. That is why the Zora are so respected, they keep our water clean and safe. Though, I hear the water of Lake Hylia is exceedingly low... but I don’t think the happenings here are the cause.”

Link nodded slowly, “Will they die?”

Sheik shook his head, “I doubt it. When you defeat Ganondorf, all should be normal here once again.” He began to walk again, heading up toward the Royal Chamber, “Even if, for some reason, you did not defeat Ganondorf, I don’t think they would die.”

Blinking, Link gave Sheik a questioning look, “What d’ya mean?”

“Ganondorf wants two things, power and to rule. He doesn’t want all the people of Hyrule to be dead, he wants all of Hyrule to serve him, to bow down to him.” Sheik shuddered faintly, pressing his cowl into his mouth as though he had tasted something awful. “In the seven years that you slept in the Sacred Realm, he has moved ever closer to gaining the people’s fealty. Out of fear, perhaps, but ever closer none the less.”

“Tch, what’s so attractive about ruling anyway?” Navi asked as she burrowed ever further into Link’s tunic. “What’s so great that it would get him off?”

Sheik shrugged, “A good ruler might say that something about how keeping the people safe and happy makes them happy in return. For Ganondorf though, I imagine he gets some kind of thrill from holding the lives of everyone in his hands, knowing he could crush them at his own discretion.”

Link shuddered at the description, “That’s... awful. How could anyone want somethin’ like that?”

“Everyone is made up of light and dark...” Sheik started before frowning. It was true, or, it should be true, but Link... there wasn’t an ounce of darkness to him. Looking at him, the only thing he showed was light. He shook his head, “Well, I suppose Ganondorf’s darkness is just more powerful.”

“S’no excuse...” Link said sullenly as they entered the royal chamber of Zora’s Domain. His eyes went wide as he saw King Zora, sitting above them, encased in thick red ice. “W... what’s with that ice?”

“It’s different than the other Zora... why is it red?” Navi asked, peering out from Link’s tunic.

“I’m not sure why he was treated differently, but this is a good thing.” Sheik said softly.

Link turned to Sheik, frowning at the older man, “How can y’say that?!”

Sheik placed a hand on Link‘s shoulder, squeezing reassuringly, “You can’t really do anything for the other Zora right now, but this means you can help King Zora.”

“...Oh,” Link said softly, “But, how?”

Sheik inclined his head towards the large archway that sat behind the frozen Zora king, his hand sliding to Link’s back as he walked up the curving path toward the frozen monarch, “It’s a special kind of ice, it’s almost more like crystal. It won’t melt by normal means, so even if it were to heat up here, he would still be frozen. But, in the Ice Cavern, which is where you’re headed anyway, is a fire that will melt it.”

Link nodded slowly as he listened to Sheik’s explanation, following the man out into Zora’s Fountain. He frowned, looking around at the icy scenery. It was snowing and... “Where’s Lord Jabu Jabu?!”

Sheik shook his head as he walked onto the altar of the giant aquatic deity. “I... don’t know,” he said softly as he looked around at the hunks of ice floating in the water. After a while he tilted his head, furrowing his brow, “It may be that huge glacier there has him trapped, but I can’t say for sure.”

Staring at the glacier, Link nodded, “Could be...” He shivered faintly and let out a sharp breath, “Where is the Ice Cavern?”

Sheik pointed to an opening on the across the frigid water, “There. I thought I’d have to get us in there, but it looks like this ice makes a pretty good path. Let’s go” He stared at Link for a moment and then quickly ran to the edge of the altar, jumping onto the top of one of the large ice blocks. When Link followed suit, he continued, jumping from one block to the next before finally jumping into the large opening he’d pointed out. As Link climbed up behind him, Sheik made his way into the cavern before being stopped by the teen.

“Are... y’going with me?”

Sheik shrugged, “Only for a bit, if it seems that nothing has changed I will leave you and see if I can aid any of the Zora. Then I will meet back up with you in the chamber that holds what you’re here for.”

Link winced faintly at Sheik’s choice to use the words ‘leave you’ and nodded, “Oh. Alright then.”

Sheik shook his head as he began walking into the cavern once again, “I didn’t mean it that way, Link. I may part from you, but... I’ll never leave you.”

Link flushed, rubbing the back of his neck as he jogged to catch up with Sheik. Sometimes, the way Sheik spoke to him, the things he did with him, he thought that maybe Navi was right. Maybe Sheik really did like him, but most of the time, Sheik just seemed... afraid. Link cleared his throat, shivering again, “S’cold in here...”

Sheik chuckled softly, looking to Link as he walked, “Well, it is the Ice Cavern. It’s to be expected.” He stopped suddenly, reaching a hand out to grasp the neck of Link’s tunic, pulling the teen to a stop as well, just as a stalactite of ice came crashing down, narrowly missing Link’s head. “Ah, I forgot about that. Watch for them, movement below them can make them fall.”

“Th...thanks.” Link said, eyes wide from the near hit. He shook his head and smiled at Sheik, shivering again, “Still cold here though. Even if it’s t’be expected.”

Sheik laughed, nodding as he undid his cloak and shrugged it from his shoulders. He walked behind Link and threw it over the teen’s shoulders, hooking it in place at the teen’s neck. “Better?”

Link blushed and slid a gloved hand against the clasp at his neck, “Y... yeah, but don’t y’need it?”

Sheik shook his head, “No, my armor can get me through it.” He straightened the cloak about Link’s shoulders and momentarily placed a hand against Link’s cheek before removing it just as quickly. He walked forward again, clearing his throat, “You’ll have to go through some water in here, but the material repels water, so it’ll keep you warm.”

Link smiled and turned his face to the side, breathing in the scent of the cloak. He frowned and began walking after Sheik, “Uh, it’s gonna make it hard t’get my sword, shield or bow out if I need them...”

Sheik stopped and turned around looking Link over, “That’s true, there are enemies a bit further in... you don’t have to wear it.”

Link frowned a bit more and moved to remove the cloak, stopping when Navi let out an annoyed ringing sound, “What Navi?”

“Don’t take it off! It’s warm and it smells good!” Navi cried from her place under the cloak.

Link sighed and shook his head, “But I can’t get t’my weapons, y’want me t’get killed?”

“Sheik, help me out here!”

Sheik laughed and walked back to Link and threw the cloak back. He pushed his bangs out of his eyes before bringing his hands to Link’s chest, carefully undoing the buckles that attached his equipment to the Hero’s back.

Link flushed, chewing on his lip, “W...what’re y’doin’?”

Sheik leaned in closer, slipping his hands under the cloak and to Link’s back where he carefully removed the weapons, one at a time, placing them at his feet before removing the harnesses from Link, “I’ll put your things above the cloak while you’re here.” He quickly pulled a knife from his belt and pulled the cloak taut, eyeing it before cutting a hole in each side, “Put your arms through there, it’ll give you free movement, but your arms won’t be quite as warm.”

Link’s eyes went wide, “Sheik... why? Y’didn’t have t’do that! Y’ruined the cloak.”

Sheik smiled softly as he looked at Link’s face, “Because I can’t have you getting sick. You are far more important to me than a cloak.” He slipped the knife back in its place and took Link’s left arm, carefully sliding it through the hole he’d created for it in the cloak, following suit with the teen’s right arm, “Besides, I can sew the cloak later.”

Link blinked slowly, swallowing hard as Sheik began to place his harnesses back on him. “More important to you?” He mumbled quietly. He couldn’t figure it out. Was he more important to Sheik or just in general? He chewed his lip again, suppressing a sigh, maybe he was reading too much into it.

Sheik lifted his eyes from his hands, “Hm? What did you say”

Link shook his head, laughing nervously, “Oh... n-nothing, s’not important.”

“He said...” Navi began with a happy ring before Link pressed his hand against his shoulder, stifling her forcefully.

Sheik raised an eyebrow and leaned down, picking up the Master Sword, “Are you sure? You can ask or tell me anything, Link.” He took Link’s shoulders and turned the teen around before carefully affixing the Master Sword to its harness. “You can trust me.”

“I know I can trust y’and I do. I... it’s just,” Link closed his eyes, taking a deep breath, “I said: ‘More important to you?’.”

Sheik laughed softly as he straightened the Master Sword, leaning down to grab the Fairy Bow and quiver, “Than a cloak? Of course you are.”

Link grit his teeth for a moment and sighed, “What I mean is: more important to you or more important in general or even... more important ‘cause I’m the Hero?”

Sheik paused for a moment, letting his hands rest against the quiver he had been putting into place. “All of the above...” He said softly, swallowing as he continued again, “Is that too tight on you Bug? Can you get out easily? Tell me now if it so I can fix it.”

“Ooh, I’m fine Sheik darling.” Navi said cheerfully and Sheik could practically see the hearts dripping from her words.

“Glad to hear it.” Sheik said lightly, finishing up attaching everything. “There, is that okay Link?”

Link nodded and ran his gloved fingers against the cloak. Putting his arms back he tested his ability to get his weapons out and to put them back. He turned and smiled at Sheik before walking past the man, “Yeah, s’good... thanks Sheik.”

Sheik smiled, following Link, “You’re welcome.”

The duo, plus one cozy fairy, made their way further into the cavern before coming upon a large chamber filled with what looked to be menacing ice statues. Link stopped and pursed his lips, “What’re those?”

“Freezards. They move, albeit a bit slowly, but they breathe out a blast of icy wind that can freeze you instantly. You thaw out rather quickly, but it’s painful and obviously cold.” Sheik said as he looked at the creatures, somewhat thankful they hadn’t yet noticed them.

“Yeah, and you have to defeat them fully very quickly or they’ll regenerate.” Navi added cheerfully.

“Okay, but they’re just ice... right?” Link asked as he took a step forward.

Sheik nodded and was about to speak once more but stayed silent when Link rushed forward, drawing the attention of the Freezards, making the statue like ice beings charge toward the hero. Sheik watched curiously as Link stopped suddenly, bringing a gloved fist into the air before slamming it hard against the ground. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion and Sheik was mesmerized by the look of his cloak fluttering around Link’s hips. When he broke his vision away the Sheikah realized that a wall of fire was bounding toward him and he curled himself up, summoning a wall of darkness to shield himself from the flames.

After a few moments, when it seemed that the fire had dissipated, Sheik sighed heavily and dropped the dark wall frowning down at the singed edges of his cowl as his patted the embers out, “Ah, a little warning next time would be nice. If you can manage it, of course.”

Link smiled, happy to see the ice creatures had been melted away before turning to Sheik. His eyes went wide as he noticed the black charred edges of Sheik’s cowl, “Oh, I... wow, m’so sorry! I didn’t think it’d hurt y’cause Navi’s always fine...”

Sheik chuckled softly, “Link, you couldn’t do anything that deserves an apology to me, you don’t need to say you’re sorry.” He gave himself one last quick glance and shrugged, “As for your assumption, the fire begins and ends from your body, you aren’t burned by it so neither is Navi, because she was so close to you. Anything that’s not close to you though... well, you see what happens.”

Link nodded slowly and laughed, “So... I really couldn’t do anything that’d mean I’d need to apologize t’ya Sheik?”

“You really couldn’t.” Sheik said softly and turned, “This is where we separate, for now. So, I’ll see you again in a bit then.”

“Oh, alright,” Link said with a nod. He was about to speak once more but was cut off when the Sheikah was gone in a flash, leaving only fading wisps of darkness. With a sigh, he shook his head and trudged on, ready to be done with this cavern already, “Be careful, Sheik.”
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