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Blearily, Link opened one eye. When he determined it was safe enough, he coaxed the other open and looked directly upwards. The undersides of branches stared back at him, still darkened by the cover of dusk. The air was cool and crisp, as it had rained earlier when the group had been asleep. Everything was now slightly damp, including Link and his mood. Feeling the cold clawing at him, he shivered violently and tried to burrow further into his bedroll, seeking warmth he knew he would not receive. It was hard getting used to not sleeping with the Sheikah... he had woken up freezing and alone, almost ready to roll over and expect to find those strong arms that held him and kept him safe and oblivious to all else in the world. Feeling his eyes well up, Link cursed himself.

I'm the Hero of Time, aren't I? Shouldn't I be stronger than this?

Link, of course, knew he was kidding himself. Trying to blink back tears he knew were already halfway down his cheeks, he looked up to the navy sky above him.
Gods... I'm so sorry, Sheik...

Sheik awoke to a bird's call in the distance, shrill and uncomfortable. He had taken refuge for the night on a branch of a particularly large oak. Sure, it wasn't the most comfortable of bedding options, but it did the job; it was shaded, kept him virtually invisible from below and most of all, was quiet. Quiet was a large part of the Sheikah's life; he worked with stealth, said little and was able to think clearly when he could hear nothing else but the thoughts running through his head. Though sometimes that could be a bad thing, when one's thoughts dwelled on one thing for a long time.
Link.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't still angry deep down inside, though he thought of himself as selfish for that. Of course, he thought that Zelda should die in new and painful ways, but he kept trying to answer one question… would Link really want to hurt him like that? Would Link just betray him for someone else? Sheik decided to stop thinking about that for the moment. The topic just hurt him way too much, on the inside.
Standing up from his perch, he straightened and stretched his limbs. Preparing to drop down to the ground, he had already decided what to do.
Find him at any cost.

A freezing draught blew in and Navi shivered, her small body losing whatever little heat it had. Link's hat wasn't a particularly good insulator, or a bed for that matter, but she was still inside it. Now wasn't the best time to talk to her master. She had woken from her sleep in the early hours of the morning to Link's quiet sobbing; he had tried to keep silent, but Navi still knew why his tears fell. The poor boy, she thought to herself, wishing there was some way she could aid the situation. He grew 7 years in a day and is still catching up to what he should know…
Still, she did wish that Sheik would come back. It would be a long shot, but at least they could talk… and then both of them wouldn't have to continue their silent pain.

"Am I going the right way?" Link asked, unsure of himself. They had been traveling along the same forest path for some time now, and he had the uncanniest feeling they had been going around in circles. Epona whinnied as Navi poked her fuzzy head out of the bottom of Link's hat, looking around.
"Appears so," She said, sparing details and popping back inside to the warm bed that was Link's hair. Link gave a lopsided grin and patted Epona on the side of her neck.
Link whispered, "Good girl," to her, grateful for her co-operation, especially this morning. They had left at the crack of dawn, Link hectically strapping saddle-bags to a half-asleep Epona whilst Navi quietly observed from the tuft at the top of the bay horses' mane.
I'll get to Gerudo Valley in no time, then. It's time I stopped being so selfish and got on with what I was sent to do.

Aha, a path!
Sheik had been victorious in finding a way out of the forest, short of jumping from treetop to treetop, which would be ludicrous at best, especially for a Sheikah. He was about to walk onto it and scout around before he froze solid, then dropped to the ground, hiding behind a large bush.
That familiar voice. "Hey, Navi?"
Sheik had to bite his tongue to keep from making a sound. How could he meet up with Link in a place as large as this? What were the odds?
Did he really want to see him again?Hearing the sound of lazily clops from Epona's hooves, he assumed that they had left early in the morning. Heading south.
"Yes?" Came the sleepy reply of Link's guardian, no doubt wishing she were somewhere warm, soft and sleep inducing right now.
The small group moved out of Sheik's hearing range before he heard Link ask his question, but Sheik had already made up his mind. Maybe if he followed him, he would find out the truth.
Maybe.
Sidling up against the tree he came from, he started to retrace the tracks Link's party had made, slowly traveling through the foliage without a sound.

Link shivered. This caused Navi to roll around in his hat, which made her very unhappy. Indeed.
"Link, what's wrong now?" She whined, trying to drown herself in his hair. Link bit his lip, slightly spooked that Navi could pick up on his feelings so well.
He cleared his throat. "Well, uh…"
"Well?" Navi sighed, wanting to be left alone to snooze. Link scratched the back of his head.
"Don't you have the weirdest feeling we're being followed?" Navi fwapped him on the head from her resting spot.
"Next time you wake me, you better have a good reason."

Augh! Sorry I'm so late on updating, school just started up and everyone knows how fun filled that is. Anyway, I should be churning out more chapters now, as well as writing some new fan fictions, some of which are Link x Sheik oneshots. (Yay!) Thanks again to all my wonderful reviewers!

Koume: It was probably shorter. Xx I'm getting really lazy and tend to lose my muse at about 1,000 words, so my chapters are pretty quick. Which is why I'm trying to update more :3
Desert: Was it really that sad... :O I'm sorry! –gives tissues-
sabre-chan: xD I won't kill you, I know you're sadisticccc. And yes, yay!
Captain Drew: I'll try my best x3
Everywhere Yet Nowhere: It's not my fault I don't feed them, they eat too damn much. Anyway, on the note of Sheik being upset… I was thinking about that, but y'know… he kinda thinks that he's inferior to Link and that it's wrong to think it was his fault, but he's starting to realize that it wasn't now. p.s. ladybug. You can beta next chappy.
DarkLink107: Faithful reviewer :O Don't worry; it's not going to be a predictable plot… there is going to be a twist soon. I'm glad you've changed your mind about Zelda induced massacres xD