Of Spirits and Shadows

A/N: Eh, crazy thing I wanted to try...Sheik/Nabooru. Don't ask why. For the sake of creative license, Sheik was the body of a Sheikah male borrowed by Zelda during OoT. He now has his own body back. Also, this is my first time writing in first person, so sorry if it sucks.

I don't own The Legend Of Zelda, only this half-baked idea.

Sheik POV

"It his sin for you to be here." She said in her silky voice, the words just rolling off her tongue.

"I have no care for sin, for good deeds." I replied, my voice dry from the desert sands. "I live only for myself."

She looked at me through hooded eyes, weighing my words. "You know if you are caught, you will be killed. It is Gerudo law. Even with my powers as a Sage I cannot help you."

I shook my head, the wraps around my face sticking to my skin from my sweat. "I will not be caught. I would bring shame to the Sheikah Tribe if I did."

She shook her long mane of rust-colored hair, laughing deeply. "So much trust you place in your abilities." Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "That is odd to hear from one who was dead."

I closed my eyes, calming down the anger rushing through me. "Yes, but look at what my death did. It helped to save Hyrule, to make you a Sage."

She turned around. Ever since becoming a Sage, she dressed more modestly, wearing the flowing robes that befitted her status and still allowed for the quick movements of a thief. "To become a Sage was my destiny." She said, looking out of the entrance of the Temple towards Farore. "I could not fight it."

I stepped over to her in four long strides. "Then it was my destiny to die, and to come back. Surely you, as the Sage of Spirit, can see that."

She closed her eyes, shaking her pretty face. "There is no Spirit within you. I sense only hatred, loathing...Shadows..."

I grabbed her hands in my own. How small they were. Yet, they were nimble and strong. "Then you must also sense love, Nabooru. You must see it in me."

She pulled away from me. "Is that why you've come?" Her voice was as cold as a desert's night. "To prove that you can love? You risk your life to prove something as worthless as that?" She gave a disgusted snort. "Anyone can love."

"No Nabooru, not anyone can love." I retorted, my voice growing strong with conviction. "Love is power unto itself. It is unmatched by anyone, God or Mortal." Her eyes were downcast and I thought I saw a small silver tear trickle down her long tan nose. "And love can cause many things," I continued, "Happiness, pain...death." I put emphasis upon the last word, to hint at my reason for coming to this particular Temple.

She looked up at my through her green eyes. "It is forbidden. By the laws of my people and of yours. As a Sage, I will not allow this to happen."

"What won't you allow?" I screamed. "To let yourself love! Damn the rules Nabooru! Damn them!"

"I won't let myself love you!" She yelled back, eyes glinting furiously with the fire I so admire in her. "I won't let you die because of me! I don't want any more people's deaths upon my head!" The tears were now falling freely, rivers of silver on a desert. She put her head in her hands, as if ashamed of those tears.

I crept closer to her, wrapping my arms around her lithe body. "Nabooru...do you know why I love you?" I whispered quietly. She shook her head, sobbing. I cupped her face in my hands, so that our eyes met. "Because of your convictions. You never quit until you finished the job. Even when I was bonded with Zelda, I was still mesmerized by you. Your air, the way you moved. And then I searched Zelda's mind to learn about you. And the more I found out, the more I fell in love with you. I was lucky enough to retain those memories of you." I gave a small smile. "I think that was a thank you gift from Zelda."

I leaned so that our foreheads were touching. "I'll never be able to stop loving you Nabooru. I will risk anything for you to see that, even my life." I chuckled. "I've been dead before. It's not that bad."

She moved my head away with her hands, and then wrapped them within my own. "Sheik..."

A/N: Yeah...didn't know how to end this one. Review please.