Here is a tiny bit more of Khema's history. Just a bit. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Another one fun to write! haha.

Chapter 10

Khema couldn't help, but smile into the owl's feathers. She remembered his deeds little, but his face still burned in her memories. She remembered his face when he dug her up from underneath the burning wood and she remembered flying on top of him as he flew her to the castle. When she was at Lake Hylila, she knew that it was him she saw flying up in the sky. He was too high up for her to see his face, but inside of her heart, she knew. It was like having your own guardian angel making sure you were safe every day. Khema knew that she had to pay him back somehow. And it was when she was thirteen she decided.

'I can't just live out my days in Lake Hylila. He watched over me as I grew up and he witnessed my award ceremony when I achieved my badge. He made sure I was safe when Ganondorf attacked my people. He even took me to the princess and asked if I could live there for awhile. He flew over the horse to ensure that I would be alright and during the years of me at Hylila, he kept coming back to check on me. I have to pay him back somehow. If I can't really help him in any way, I will make use of the badge I earned. I will travel! And whenever he is in trouble, I will be there to help him! Though I doubt he will ever need me…'

The day after she decided that, she left. Khema took only her warrior suite and her badges. She didn't know why, but after she left she didn't see the owl appearing as much. She assumed he went into hiding for the time being, because Ganondorf had practically taken over everything. It seemed like Khema couldn't go anywhere without a fight starting between her and an enemy. She fought as many as she could during the days and nights. It was her way of returning the favor to the owl. Kill the enemies and become strong and worthy of the Sheikah badge. But even after Ganondorf was defeated and Khema went back to Lake Hylila, the owl wasn't flying around. He didn't check on her. She thought he had forgotten.

Khema lifted her head from the owl's neck and kissed the top of his beak. She held back a giggle when his feathers ruffled up a bit.

"I thought you forgot about me, because you didn't fly over Lake Hylila anymore." Khema said to him sadly.

"I would never forget about you Khema. I thought you left completely and whenever I went back to the Lake…well…memories…" he said looking down, "But that is the past, right? I'm just so happy you are alive!"

"And I'm happy you didn't forget!" Khema said with a smile.

The owl laughed a bit but then fell silent again, "I guess I need to apologize for thinking you are a spy. I should have known better."

Khema shook her head, "Don't say you're sorry! Who would've known? I'm just as guilty as you are!"

The owl gave her a quizzical look, "Is that so?"

"Yup, remember when we saw each other in the forest and I ran away?" without waiting for the owl to answer she continued, "Well, it wasn't like I stopped and recognized you also. Though I do remember your face pretty clearly, you changed. Your feathers are bigger and shinier now."

"And you now wear a cowl. I must say…I didn't expect that! You are so gorgeous! Why do you cover it up?" asked the owl.

"Yeah…" Sheik said in agreement and then slapped his hand on his cloth covered mouth.

The owl stared at him, "You have…seen her?"

Khema blushed brightly.

Seeing Khema's blushing face and Sheik's wide eyes with his hand still on his mouth the owl realized, "O…K. Well, this is very odd. Do you mind telling me how and why you saw her face, Sheik?" he asked suspiciously and with a little glint of mischief in his eyes.

'Think fast, Sheik! Think fast!' both Sheik and Khema yelled in their minds.

Sheik thought up a lie, "When I figured out that she wasn't a spy, I felt terrible. So, to help with my guilt, and because she needed it, I fixed up her wounds that Link and I inflicted. When I was washing the bruise on her neck when I used my chain, her wrappings fell off and her face was revealed." Sheik turned to Khema, "You are really gorgeous! I apologize for looking though. It just…slipped?"

Khema said with relief, "It is quiet alright Sheik. I don't remember anything about it, so it's fine."

'That's my girl! Just go along with it!' Sheik said in his head, 'But still…I can't help but suspect that owl knows…He is looking at us strange…'

If the owl were human, elf, Sheikah, Goron, or even a fairy he would have had a smirking face.

"Well…If you both say so!" he said cheerfully then leaned to Sheik, "But isn't she the most beautiful Sheikah you ever saw?"

Khema went crimson like before and she laughed nervously when she glanced at Sheik. He was about to reply to the devious remark, but the owl flapped his wings and hovered in the air and said, "I'll come visit you when I can, my Khema! I am so happy that I have met you once again. You two play nice!" he said directing that comment at Sheik.

'Damn him! He knows! How could he possibly know?'

"He knows doesn't he?"

Khema's voice brought him out of his mental rant.

"Yeah…he knows."

She nodded and said after a pause, "Well, he is very wise. He probably figured out when you said 'yeah'."

"Uh, sorry."

With a grin, she replied, "Well, I did get a compliment right afterwards!"

Sheik rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, you're gorgeous, but not as gorgeous as me!"

He reached up and flicked away a strand of his hair from his closed eyes and upturned nose.

"You're so vain…"

"I blame you for that."

"I never said anything!"

"I can see it by the way you look at me!" Sheik said, half-serious.

It was Khema's turn to roll her eyes, "So are we heading back or going someplace else?"

Sheik thought about it for a second, "Hmm, do you wish to meet my Zora friends?"

A smile appeared in Khema's eyes, "Yes! I saw you talking to one before you kidnapped me!"

Sheik was grinning when she said 'yes' but the grin went straight upside down when he heard her say 'kidnapped'.

She giggled and took his hand. He pulled out his harp again and played the Serenade of Water, except this time, he concentrated on Zora's Domain. As he played he stuck out his hooked arm. With a small smile, she took it and in a flash of blue light they were teleported to the home of the Zoras.

They appeared directly in front of King Zora.

The King looked up and said, "Well, hello there Sheik, my friend. It has been awhile!" Then he caught sight of Khema who was peaking from behind Sheik's shoulder, "Ho, there! Now who is this cute thing? Hey, Aaronek! It seems Sheik found himself a little girlfriend!"

Both Sheik and Khema went red.

"So it seems!" said an excited voice to the right.

Sheik turned slightly and saw a grinning Aaronek making his way over.

"Come, come, girl! Stop hiding behind your boy's shoulder!" said the King.

Aaronek nudged her away from Sheik so the King and the Zoras observing could see her. Khema was a few yards away from Sheik when Aaronek decided to stop his pushing.

"Though she covers her face up, I bet she is beautiful, Sheik!" said another voice to the left.

Princess Ruto came into view along with her future husband, Mikado (She had gotten over Link a long time ago). Since Khema's eyes were as wide as planets, they were the first thing that Mikado saw.

"Ruto, look at her eyes! They are purple!" he exclaimed.

Ruto and a few other Zoras leaned in, "Oh, my. What a pretty color. It goes good with your suite!"

Khema saw Sheik edging his way over.

"Aaronek, look at her hair! It's so long and beautiful and sunshiny!" another voice behind Khema.

"Useyna, are you sure sunshiny is a word?" Aaronek asked.

"Sure it is!" said Useyna happily and then locked Khema into a back breaking hug (also known as 'glomp'), "You're so pretty!"

"Useyna, you're going to crush her! I mean, look at the size of her!"

"Hey!" Khema said a little offended. A stab at Khema's pride.

"Oops, sorry. Heh heh, but you aren't really that big you know." Aaronek apologized.

"Yeah, yeah…" said Khema as she fixed him with a women's death glare.

Aaronek cringed and jumped back, "I didn't know they could do that that young!"

Khema's eye twitched, a stab at the pride and a twist of the hilt, she just nodded. She looked around and saw Sheik holding in a few giggles.

"Alright, alright, break it up! You're crowding the poor girl." the King said with a wave of the hand, "It is fascinating to see Sheik with a girl, but some room now."

"Fascinating? What are you talking about? I think a comet is going to hit Hyrule!" Mikado said laughing, "Someone go check outside! Seriously Sheik, the world must be ending for someone like you to get a girl."

"Ok, we get it!" Sheik said throwing up his hands, "I don't get out often, but come on!"

Aaronek shook his head, "No 'come on'." He turned and looked at Khema again and then cocked his head to the right with a confused look, "Hey…aren't you that person I caught trying to find a way to swim into the Water Temple?"

"Oh…Um…Probably." Khema said nervously, "Aren't you that Zora that chased me away?"

Aaronek burst out laughing, "I can tell you aren't much of a swimmer, but when you need to get away, you are pretty fast!" he turned to Sheik, "You should have seen her when she got to shore, oh my god, she could out run even you." Aaronek paused to laugh then continued, "She took a flying leap into the trees!" He reenacted the moment with his fin, which kind of looked like a fireworks rocket shooting off sideways.

The King let out a chuckle then said, "So, Sheik did you just come to visit?"

Sheik nodded, "Well, yes and I wanted to introduce you all to Khema."

"We approve." they all said in unison.

"That isn't what I meant!" Sheik yelled.

"Well, night has fallen, so should we show you to your rooms?" said a random Zora.

Khema and Sheik looked at each other and then looked outside.

"Has it been that long?" Khema asked Sheik.

Aaronek sighed, "Time flies when you are in love."

"Will you shut up?!" Sheik shouted.

Aaronek ignored him, "So, separate beds or just one?

"Uh…" they said in unison.

All the Zoras were grinning and Ruto jumped up and yelled, "I knew it!"

"This way!" said Useyna happily.

"But, we didn't answer your question."

"I can tell by the 'uh' what the answer will be."

As Sheik and Khema left, the Zoras whispered and giggled together.

"You don't have much of a love life, do you Sheik?" asked Khema as she got over her Zora fill.

"Uh…no." Sheik answered.

"That's ok." Khema said nodding, "Me either."

"Oh, you two are so cute together! Listen to you talk!" Useyna said bouncing.

They forgot she was there.

She giggled and said, "Here we are!"

Khema and Sheik looked inside; there was one bed.

"You two have fun!" said Aaronek behind them.

"Where did you materialize from?" Sheik yelled as he jumped away.

Aaronek winked at them and shut the door.

"What…the hell?" Khema said he directed her attention from the door where Aaronek and Useyna stood to Sheik, "If they expect me to hop on the good foot and do the bad thing with you here, they are wrong!"

Khema went red again when she heard giggling from behind the door.

"Ooo, what do you mean by 'here'?" said a masculine voice.

"Oh, don't embarrass the girl! If they want to do the 'bad thing' somewhere they can!" said a feminine one.

A peal of laughter sounded.

"Stop eavesdropping!" Sheik yelled.

They heard laughter and footsteps (or finsteps) running down the stairs they came up on.

Sheik shook his head, "Ready to go to bed?"

"Yeah…"

They both stripped off most of their clothing and crawled into the soft bed. They cuddled each other and went to sleep.

Author's Note

Guess what? Guess what? I already figured out two sequals for this story! Hahaha. I was sitting up in bed at 12:30 last night and I got a few ideas! Wheee, I'm so excited! Even though this story isn't done yet...But yeah...Ah, I can't wait to tell all of you! But, it's going to have to wait until the end. Which is kind of sad...But yeah! I got ideas! Wheee! Link and Zelda are going to meet Khema the next chapter!

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