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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.

"Forgive my coldness..."

Sheik opened his eyes and shook his head. He could remember saying that just before drifting off to sleep. Now that he thought about it, it seemed like a fairly stupid thing to say. He sighed quietly and sat up, looking about the room. It was dark still and by what little light there was in the room; Sheik could tell the sun wouldn't rise for another few hours. He hoped the same was true for Link.

Sheik shifted the covers off himself and sat up; nearly chuckling when he noticed that the towel he wore to bed was wrapped around his ankles. He looked over to the other bed to assure himself Link still slept and rose from the bed. It was times like these, in which he needed to sneak, Sheik was truly grateful of having the training to move silently. He grabbed the towel now on the floor and wrapped it about his waist as he crept into the bathing chamber to grab his armor off the wall where he had hung it to dry. Dressing quickly he peeked into their room every few moments to ensure Link was still asleep.

Once dressed, Sheik gathered his things and silently left the room. He let out a soft sigh and shook his head. Sheik wanted to visit his parents to assure them of his safety and to tell them he wouldn't be in the village long. He hung close to the shadows, in case Link did indeed wake up and search for him, it would do him no good to have Link find out where he was going. He made his way down the stairs, through the small lobby, and out of the inn. Quickly and as quietly as he could, he moved towards his home, body pressed against various buildings to stay in the shadows.

Navi narrowed her eyes as the door closed, "More suspicious behavior. I thought we could trust him but..." She fluttered up off the bed and stopped in midair as Link shifted. She flew over to the window and looked out; she could just barely make out the form of Sheik, sneaking through the shadows of the village. She dulled her glow and squeezed herself out of the small crack at the bottom of the window, following after Sheik. "If you do anything to hurt Link..."

When Sheik reached the door to his home he quietly opened the door and slipped inside, Navi sneaking in behind him as he closed the door. "Mother, Father..." Sheik called out, voice automatically moving into the pitch he had become so used to, as he set his bag down by the door.

"Sheia… Oh, Sheia is that you?!" A small oil lamp flickered to life beside a small sofa in the living area and Liana looked to the door, eyes brimming with tears. She stood and ran to Sheik, embracing her child with fervor. "Oh Sheia… My sweet little girl. I was so worried and when I saw you come into the village, it killed me not to run to you."

Navi raised an eyebrow as she moved to hide behind Sheik's bag. She tilted her head, watching the two above her with suspicious curiosity, "Sweet little girl? Is the woman delusional? And what's with his voice?"

Sheik smiled and patted his mother on the back as he hugged her, placing a kiss to her cheek as he took a step back. "Do not worry Mother, I am fine. Where is Father? Is he home?"

"Oh! Oh yes, she's here... Alavan! Alavan! Sheia's here!" Liana cried out to her husband, pulling back from Sheik more as she looks to the hallway.

"Oh, Mother... I’m only here for just a short while..." Sheik said with a frown.

"Of course you are, Sheia." Alavan said warmly as he entered the sitting room from the hallway, "You have a duty to perform." He shook his head and smiled sadly, “You’ve been gone for only part of a day and your mother and I have already started going insane."

Sheik frowned and looked down at the floor, "I am sorry, Father. I do not wish to cause you and Mother pain."

Alavan shook his head and pulled his son close, hugging him tight. He gave a soft laugh and clapped Sheik on the back, "Worry not daughter. It is every parent's lot to feel pain and worry about their children and every child's lot not to be able to change that."

Liana nodded and placed a hand on her husband’s shoulder, "This is true, although knowing it makes it no easier to bear."

Alavan placed a hand on Liana's, squeezing it softly, "I know."

"I will have to leave as the sun rises, but until then I have time to spend." Sheik said softly, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Good! Come, sit!" Liana said joyfully, grabbing Sheik's hand as she dragged him to the sofa.

Sheik took a seat while his mother and father sat in two chairs across from him. He sighed contentedly and leaned back into the sofa. Though his journey had only barely begun, he already missed the comforts of his life. But, he knew very well that if he did not go on this journey and aid the Hero, this life would cease to exist.

Navi took a deep breath and slipped out from behind Sheik's bag, slowly inching her way closer to Sheik and what appeared to be his parents. She stopped suddenly as Sheik shifted and looked around the room, prompting her to duck behind a pair of boots.

"Is something wrong, Sheia?" Alavan asked, tilting his head faintly.

Sheik narrowed his eyes, looking at the boots. As he was creeping to his home he had the faint feeling of being followed. Now, he thought he knew why. Though he wasn't sure, he felt a faint energy in the room. While it could have been a mouse or some such, he thought it might be the Hero's fairy.

Sheik turned back to his parents with a smile and waved his hand, "No, nothing, just a mouse or more likely a Bug, nothing more."

Alavan raised an eyebrow at his son but nodded, "I see. Tell me about the Hero. What kind of man is he?"

Sheik coughed faintly, "Well, he is a rather ravenous eater. Speaking of which, I will need to restock my food supplies. Link went through it all after his awakening in the Temple."

Liana smiled happily and nodded, "Of course! I'll go get started now." She stood and moved into the kitchen, humming softly as she began to gather and prepare foodstuffs for Sheik, still listening to her 'daughter’s' words.

"He is, childlike... I have not had time to know more than just base actions, but it is as though while his body aged, his mind did not reach nearly the same maturity." Sheik said almost offhandedly, a look of thought gracing his features. "He... he is definitely the Hero of Legend though."

Alavan smiled softly at his son, leaning forward in his seat, looking into the eyes of his son. "You are falling for him already?" He asked, both worried and glad that his son would develop feelings for his charge. He had no qualms about his son with another man--it was his son getting his heart broken or risking himself that he worried about.

Sheik's eyes flew open as he processed his father’s question, he looked to his father with his mouth hanging open in shock, "What are you going on about, Father?!"

Alavan chuckled and smiled knowingly at his son, looking to the kitchen, "My darling wife, did you hear? I believe our darling daughter is falling in love with the Hero of Time."

Liana gasped, dropping the pans in her hands as she ran to the door of the kitchen and stared at Sheik, "You... you are in love with him?!"

Sheik lowered his head and sighed. Shaking his head he looked up at his mother, "No, Mother. Father is merely imagining things. You know him, he so likes to do that."

Navi pursed her lips and watched them all closely. "How can they call him daughter? I know very well he is a man... A very well endow- well... anyway. What is wrong with this picture..."

Liana frowned faintly, "Oh, that's too bad. I'm sure the Hero would make a lovely husband."

Sheik blushed, shaking his head and coughed softly, "Mother... please. I have to leave soon.."

Liana gasped and nodded quickly, "Of course, darling." She ran back into the kitchen, swiftly picking up the pots and pans that she had scattered across the floor mere moments earlier and resumed making a new stock of food for Sheik.

Alavan smiled at Sheik and shook his head, "Being interested in someone is nothing to be ashamed of... However, Lady Impa wanted me to relay to you that you should not stay with the Hero at all times. Keep your distance at times, let him grow in his strength and keep yourself out of the eyes of the enemy."

Sheik sighed and nodded slowly, "I know there is nothing to be ashamed of, Father. But, I do not know him. I am just his Guide and his Guardian, that's all. As for keeping my distance, I will do my best."

Alavan frowned faintly, "Please be careful. I know you are impulsive and you wish to have your revenge against the powers that be, but know your place. That place is at the Hero's side."

Sheik lowered his head deeply and nodded, "Yes, Father."

Liana returned to the sitting room carrying a bag, "Sheia, I want you to take this bag. Put all of your things in it, it has the food I've prepared in it as well. It is a lot like your bag, just larger."

Sheik nodded and reached out, taking the bag from his mother. "Thank you, Mother. I will."

Liana smiled and sat down across from Sheik, looking at him, a slight frown falling on her lips, "You must be hurting, love. Having to pretend you’re your brother for the sake of Hyrule."

Sheik twitched faintly and smiled, "No, it's not hard at all, Mother. I am fine, this is my duty."

Alavan lowered his head faintly, giving a soft sigh, "You are so strong, my child. Your ability to bear the pain of losing the one closest to you and continue to stand tall and bear the weight of the world to aid the Hero. It is an amazing thing."

Sheik shook his head, "No, I’m not strong..." He swallowed hard and closed his eyes, images of his sister passing through his mind. He knew without her spirit he couldn’t possibly have made it this far, "I am merely doing what Sheik would have wanted. It is the least I can do for him."

Alavan nodded, eyes brimming with tears at the unsaid words he could hear plain as day from his son. He stood up, "Come, Sheia. You need to leave soon."

Liana frowned and stood as well, "Give us love, Sheia and be off. Take care of yourself... and our Savior."

Sheik swallowed and stood up slowly. He looked to his parents and hugged each of them tightly, holding them as though he may never see them again before pulling back. "I love you, Mother, Father. Please, don’t worry for me. I will see you again, soon. I swear it."

Liana nodded faintly, eyes filling with tears. She bit her lip and turned away, not wanting Sheia to see her break down. Alavan mouthed a 'Good luck, my son.’ to Sheik before turning to his wife, holding her comfortingly.

Sheik took a deep breath and moved to the door, grabbing his bag. He glanced over and swiftly grabbed Navi, before she could think to move, from beside the boot. He looked down at her, "Quiet," he mouthed, as he stood up, placing his things into the bag his mother just gave him. "Farewell Mother, Father. I will see you again, soon."

Sheik quickly opened the door and left his home, pulling his cowl up over his face as the door closed behind him. He took a deep breath and looked to the sky, still nearly an hour before sunrise. That was surely enough time to deal with this new problem.

"You have…" Navi began but stopped when Sheik looked down at her with angry eyes.

"You will not speak until I have spoken." Sheik said shortly, his arms shaking in anger. He threw his bag over his shoulder and deftly jumped to the roof of his home before scaling the roofs of nearby buildings. Soon he landed at the entrance to the Kakariko Graveyard. He entered slowly, looking around; when he was sure there was no one else around he begrudgingly let Navi escape his grip.

Navi gulped faintly and fluttered to stand on a post in front of Sheik, putting herself eye-level with the angered man.

"How dare you." Sheik said, his angry voice shaking and low. "How dare you?!"

"I..." Navi began.

"Did I not just say you were not to speak until I have finished?!" Sheik retorted coldly, cutting the fairy short, his hand waving harshly in front of him to accent the words. "Do you have any idea what you have done? How many people’s lives you've put in danger for the sake of following me? Do you know what would happen should anyone find out what you have found out? Well?! Do you?!"

Navi looked at Sheik, becoming angered herself at his treatment of her. She quivered her glow coming back full force and shifting from blue to red. "What I've learned? What have I learned? That you speak to people who are insane?!"

Sheik narrowed his eyes at the fairy and leans into the post on which she stood. His voice grew quiet and serious, "Never say that again. Do you hear me?"

"Oh, or… or what, huh? Big bad Sheik... or… or Sheia -- whoever in the Seven Hells you are will hurt little old me?" Navi bit back.

Sheik sighed deeply and took a step back, pulling his anger into control. He gave Navi a cold look as he began to speak, "Fine, you have seen what you should not have. I will explain. However, should you be unable to keep the promise of not speaking of what you have seen and been told, I will forcibly bind you to secrecy. And if I have to do that, I will not do it kindly. Do you understand?"

Navi narrowed her eyes at Sheik, plopping down angrily to sit on the edge of the pole. "I understand. Now explain."

Sheik crossed his arms and turned away from Navi, looking up at the darkened and concealed entrance to the Shadow Temple. He sighed faintly and began to speak, "My name, as I have told you already, is Sheik. I am the only son of Liana and Alavan Avaicus." He turned to Navi and lifted his hand to his head, rubbing his temples to relieve the still building tension. "I was not an only child however; my sister, Sheia, was born a mere two minutes before me."

Navi blinked and tilted her head to the side as she listened to Sheik's words.

"I don’t think it’s possible that two people have existed who were closer than Sheia and I. We were always together, no matter what. And if that weren't enough, we are... were... nearly identical in all but our gender." He swallowed hard and closed his eyes, feeling the burning sensation of tears building in his eyes, "When we were almost fifteen, two years after Ganondorf broke his way into the Sacred Realm and began his onslaught upon our land, we were called to stand in front of Impa. She is the ruler of the Sheikah and Guardian to the Princess of Hyrule."

Navi bit her lip, listening intently. Not quite sure why Sheik’s words had enraptured so.

Sheik took a deep breath, biting back the tears that threatened to fall, "Impa told us that the Princess had dreamed of the reawakening of Link and his role as the Hero of Time. She told us also that we, Sheia and I, were to be his Guardian and his Guide through his travels. It was the will of the Princess that we take up these roles and as Sheikah... as such, it was our duty to oblige."

"That day we began training. We trained each and every day. Then it happened..." Sheik said, voice breaking as the tears begin to flow.

"What? What happened?" Navi asked, eyes going wide as Sheik's veneer of stoic cracked.

"Two years ago, we were beginning our practical training. Sheia and I had to go Lake Hylia and retrieve a stone from its deepest depths, to test our training thus far and our endurance." He swallowed hard and took a deep breath, "We dived into the water and I saw the stone, I began swimming towards it as did she. She reached it first and grabbed a number of long plants under the water to keep her in place. She took my hand and launched me towards the stone..."

Navi's eyes widened further in suspense, fearing the words that would fall from Sheik's mouth next.

"I grabbed the stone and was about to swim to the surface when Sheia grabbed my leg. She... she was tangled in the plant." He bit his lip hard, not batting an eyelash when blood began to flow from it, staining his cowl. "I swam to her and gave her my breath as I tried to cut her loose... I tried and tried but nothing I did had any effect on the plant. It seemed like I spent ages trying but eventually I passed out." He put his head in his hand, shuddering faintly, "When I awoke, I was in my bed. Impa and my father told me of my sister’s death."

Navi gasped, her glow dulling down quickly to its usual blue hue as she jingled sadly, "Oh... my..."

"My mother... she was distraught and in her distress believed my sister alive and myself to be dead. She spread word to the entire village that I had died in her hysteria..." Sheik wiped his eyes and looked to Navi once again, "As such, my Father, Impa, and the Princess decided that I would live as my sister to keep my mother’s sanity intact and to protect all that I know and love. This is my duty."

Navi jingled sadly once more and fluttered up to fly in front of Sheik's face, tiny tears falling from her eyes. "I.. I am sorry Sheik. I shouldn't have..."

"No, you should not have. However, what is done is done and you must vow never to speak of this." Sheik said.

Navi bit on her lip and nodded slowly, "I vow on the powers I have as a Fairy given life by the Deku Tree that I will speak nothing of what I have seen or heard this morn until you give me permission."

Sheik smiled softly, his anger all but gone, "Thank you, Navi.”
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