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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.

"Kakariko Village, at the base of Death Mountain."

Sheik's eyes became unfocused and for a moment he seemed to be looking at something far away before he looked to and focused on Link. He studied the younger male for a few moments before speaking almost offhandedly, "I know your body still is not completely adjusted, but we'll need to go on foot. It's best that I conserve as much of my energy to use magic as possible."

Link's somber expression melted instantly, a bright smile taking its place. He clasped his hands together happily and cried out, "You're going with me? That's great! I thought I'd be all alone!"

There was a ringing sound and Navi poked her head out of the front of Link's hat and popped him on the forehead with her tiny hand. "Thanks a lot!" She cried out.

Link gave a slight cough and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "You know what I mean."

Navi rolled her eyes and disappeared back under the green hat while Sheik, who had been watching the small scene amusedly, cleared his throat. "Yes. I am going with you. I am your Guide as well as your Guardian."

Link looked somewhat confused and taken aback at the statement, "My Guardian? Why would I need a Guardian? I thought the reason I was made to wait until I was older was so I could do whatever needed to be done."

Sheik gave a curt nod, "Yes, that's true. But there are things in this land you know nothing of; things that even now you aren't ready for. Your life is precious and cannot be risked. Therefore, I am your Guardian." Sheik paused for a moment, "If you would prefer it, you can just think of me as a traveling companion or something rather than a 'Guide' or a 'Guardian'."

Link smiled and gave a nod, "I will think of you as my friend, then."

Sheik smiled at Link with his eyes and checked himself over quickly. "Okay, let’s go. Alright?"

Link opened his mouth to say something but stopped, instead he nodded, "’Kay."

Sheik twisted his head to the left and then to the right. With each twist his neck popped with a series of crackling sounds and Sheik sighed contentedly. He was spattered with grime and mottled blood from the ReDead's in Castle Town. He had, however, fared much better than Link, who was covered head to toe with the various fluids of the beasts.

He and Link had almost made their way through the square without being caught when Navi piped up. The duo spent 45 minutes battling the zombie-like creatures. Luckily, the Stalchild's seemed to shy away from them due to their ReDead coverings and they made it to the entrance stairs of Kakariko village only an hour after beginning.

"Have you been to this village before?" Sheik asked Link conversationally as they both worked to get as much of the grime off of their persons as possible.

Link tilted his head and thought for a moment before nodding. "Yes! But, I wasn't here very long... I really just passed through. Have y’ever been here?"

Sheik looked to Link and for a moment stayed silent, finally he nodded. "Kakariko Village used to be a village of my people. It was however opened to the Hylians by Impa some time ago. And all but a few Sheikah have left, to make room. But yes, I've been here, though in recent times it has been in secret."

"Why in secret?" Link asked through a sudden yawn.

Sheik stretched and shook his head, "Not now... there is an Inn in the village. We will stay there until tomorrow and then complete our business." Sheik began up the stairs leading to the village when Link nodded his affirmation to him. He took a deep breath when reaching the top and, when Link began to walk into the village, began to walk beside the Hero.

Sheik was very thankful for the cowl that covered his face when the villagers stared at the two, causing Sheik to bite his lip nervously. He could only pray that Impa had given the message to the villagers that they were to act as if he were an unknown. He thought that he might faint when he passed by his mother, who stood beside the Inn. Sheik gave her a sideways glance, his heart lurching at her teary eyes, before entering the village inn with Link.

Sheik gave a faint sigh and strode over to the counter while Link, who was preoccupied with looking around, slowly followed after. Sheik looked to the girl behind the counter who was reading a book and hadn't noticed the two; brown hair, fair skin, and green eyes. She was a Hylian girl named, Tana whom Sheia had been friends with, and in his masquerade as his sister, Sheik had been as well.

He cleared his throat and Tana looked up at him. Her eyes went wide and then returned to normal, "Oh! You frightened me... Er, sorry. Welcome to the Kakariko Inn, how can I help you?"

Sheik looked to Tana and was silently thankful that Impa had told the villagers. "I'd like two rooms for the night."

"Oh right! Of course.. I'm so sorry!" Tana sat her book down and embarrassedly and looked down at a sheet of paper and then back up at Sheik, "We've only got one room available. It's got two beds though."

Sheik sighed faintly and gave a nod, "That's fine, whatever you have. I'll also need two meals and..."

"Two meals and a bath?" Tana piped up cheerfully.

Sheik chuckled faintly, "Yes, and a bath."

Tana grinned, "There is a bathing chamber connected to the room."

"Thank you very much, Miss." Sheik said with a trace of laughter.

"Please, call me Tana."

"Thank you very much, Tana then."

"No worries. I'll bring two meals up in about an hour." She reached down and grabbed a room key, holding it out to Sheik who took it.

Sheik nodded and turned to Link, "Come on," he said softly before heading up the stairs and down to the room the key signified. He unlocked the door and entered the room, Link following not long after. Sheik closed the door and looked to Link as the young man looked around the small room.

Sheik sighed, causing Link to look over to him. "Are you alright?"

Sheik nodded, "Yes, I'm fine. But, since we are sharing this room and I am not going to sleep in my cowl and armor. I suppose you'll get the wish of seeing my face..."

Link smiled brightly, "Good!"

Sheik rolled his eyes faintly and pointed to a door. "Bathe first. Then you can see."

Link gave a huff and laughed faintly, "Fine."

The young hero made his way into the bathing chambers and when the door was closed once again, Sheik sighed once more and pulled off his turban as well as his cowl. He sat the items on a small chair and pushed his long hair out of his face.

Within 15 minutes Link emerged from the bathing chambers wearing his tunic pants, a towel draped atop his head, and a fluttering Navi perched upon his shoulder. He looked over to Sheik and giggled. "Wow!" He exclaimed, "Your hair is really long."

Sheik gave a bit of a scowl, "Yes, it's really long."

Navi flew up and around Sheik, whistling with her bell like tone. "Boy, you're a handsome one."

Link blushed faintly, "Navi! Shush! That's rude."

Sheik chuckled, "Thanks, Bug."

"I am not a bug!" Navi cried out, fluttering angrily around Sheik's head.

Sheik smiled and walked over past Link and to the door of the bathing chamber, "Relax, Bug. It is a term of endearment." He entered the bathing chamber and closed the door behind him. Quickly stripping out of his armor he made his way to the bathing pool and slid into the warm water, giving a contented sigh.

"He’s handsome and has a nice physique too."

Sheik looked up to see Navi hovering a foot or so above his head. He gave a blink, "How did you get in?" He asked.

"I'm a Fairy, I'm small and I have magic. That's how." She replied smugly, “Plus you didn’t close the door quick enough.”

"I see." Sheik said noncommittally as he leaned his head back, soaking his hair before beginning to lather it up to wash it. After a few minutes spent scrubbing his hair he rinsed it and once again relaxed into the pool, Navi fluttering down to land on his un-submerged knee.

"So," Navi began, "Were you really asked to be Link's Guide or Guardian or whatever by the Princess?"

"No, I was told. It is my duty to the Royal Family, my people, and my family to obey her wishes." Sheik said with a slight shrug.

Navi's wings fluttered a bit, "That's how I met Link too."

"What do you mean?" Sheik asked curiously.

"I was a servant of the Deku Tree. One day he told me to join Link, to be his companion and to help him. And because he created me and was my Master, I did."

Sheik nodded slowly, "I suppose we did come to join Link in very similar ways." He gave a faint smile and stretched, "Okay, will you move please. I need to wash off."

Navi quickly flew off of Sheik's knee, just as it was once again submerged. Sheik quickly cleaned himself off and pulled his armor into the water with him, cleaning it as well. He looked over to Navi who sat upon the edge of the bathing pool. "I suppose since you've already seen me naked once I won't bother being modest."

Navi laughed joyously, "Good idea. That’d just be a waste of energy."

Sheik stepped out of the pool and hung his armor on the wall to dry. He grabbed a towel and quickly gave himself a once over, getting the excess moisture off his skin before wrapping the towel about his waist. He moved to the door and was about to open it when Navi landed on his shoulder and spoke. "Hold on a second," she said.

Sheik stopped, "What?"

Navi leaned in and grabbed Sheik's ear, whispering, "You are attracted to Link. Aren't you?"

Sheik's head pulled back in shock, "What?!"

Navi continued, still whispering in Sheik's ear. "When we first came out of the Sacred Realm into the Temple of Time, the way you were looking at Link. Well at first I thought it might be because you were so anxious to harm him. But you aren't our enemy... "

"I am merely his Guide... his Guardian. It was just years of training culminating in meeting the Hero of Time. That is all." Sheik said dismissively.

Navi flew off Sheik's shoulder and moved around to flitter in front of him, "Fine. Believe whatever you like. I know the truth."

Sheik rolled his eyes with a sigh, "That was the truth, Bug." He sighed, again, when she laughed and opened the door. He raised an eyebrow questioningly when he saw Link, who was sitting in the middle of one of the beds, rummaging around in his hat with his arms shoved deep within its confines. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"I’m lookin’ at all my stuff." Link replied offhandedly as he began pulling items from his hat. Said items including but not limited to: a small wooden shield, tiny sword, small wooden ocarina, a boomerang, deku nuts and sling shot. Link frowned as he looked at the items, "They're all so small. I'm too big to use them anymore..."

Sheik moved to sit down on the bed opposite of the one Link sat upon and looked at the items, "Ah, don't worry. Don't get rid of them though."

Link looked up from the items and over to Sheik, a questioning look on his face. "How come? I wasn't going to, but why do you not want me to?"

Sheik shrugged a bit and turned down his bed as he talked, "No reason in particular. Just be sure to keep them." He stretched and was about to sit back down when there was a knock at the door.

"Dinner!" said the voice of the desk clerk, Tana, from behind the door to their room.

Sheik's eyes went wide, "One moment!" He cried out as he began to search the room furiously. It would do him no good to have the girl whom he, as his sister, knew as a friend to see him as Sheik rather than Sheia in disguise. Link and Navi both watched Sheik with an air of confusion as he finally pulled the covers from the bed and wrapped them tightly around himself.

Once Sheik was sure that it would be impossible to see his bare chest he walked to the door and opened it. "Sorry about that..." Sheik said with a nervous quality to his voice.

"Not a problem." Tana said as she entered the room and placed a tray on each of the two beds. She smiled at Link, who was still staring confusedly at Sheik, and then turned to Sheik, "Are you alright? You look a bit upset. Is there anything you need?"

Sheik shook his head and gave his best attempt at a smile, though he failed rather miserably. "No, I'm fine. Really, thank you though. I just want to eat and uh... go to bed. So thank you very much..."

Tana took that as her cue and smiled once again. "Okay then..." She moved towards the door, but stopped for a split second beside Sheik to whisper barely audibly, "Go get 'im girl," before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.

Sheik gave a large sigh and hunched himself over dramatically as he walked to the bed again. He shook his head and took a seat at the head of the bed once again and nearly jumped when he looked up to see the suspicious and questioning looks plastered upon Link and Navi's faces. "...Yes? Is something wrong?"

"Well..." Link started to say, but was abruptly interrupted by Navi. "What in the seven hells was that?!" The little fairy cried out, "You about had a heart attack when that girl came to the door, rushing around to hide yourself. What is wrong with you?!"

Sheik took a deep breath and schooled his face into an expressionless state. "It was nothing to be concerned about," he said in a level tone before turning from the two to begin eating in silence.

Navi huffed and shook angrily, "Oh it is too something to be concerned about! You acting all suspicious is definitely something to be concerned about."

"Navi..." Link said quietly, "I'm sure there's a rea..."

"You’re sure what? That there’s a reason?!" The little Fairy seemed to bellow, "There is no reason for such behavior."

Sheik gave a sigh and swallowed his food. He turned to look at the Hero and his Fairy once again, his expression hard as was the voice that followed it, "Listen to me and listen well, for I will only say this once. There are things about me that neither of you have the right to ask about, things that I will not speak of to you. And for the sake of my sanity and the safety of those I love, as well as the two of you… this is one of those things. Now if you don't mind, I would like to eat my dinner and sleep. We will have a long day tomorrow."

Link frowned at Sheik and then at Navi as well and nodded, "Sorry," he said quietly before picking at his own meal. Navi, who looked more than a bit ruffled and taken aback, perhaps even the slightest bit sorry for her outburst, stayed quiet. She too picked at Link's meal.

Sheik looked apologetically to the two for his behavior and turned back to his food. He sighed and the trio ate in silence. When their meal was finished their beds were turned down and the lights were turned off and they laid in an awkward silence.

"Forgive my coldness..." Sheik said quietly, to the darkness around him, before drifting off into sleep.

Link smiled in the darkness and wriggled comfortably down into the covers, sighing happily before drifting into his own easy sleep.
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