Disclaimers: I do not own Zelda or any of it's characters. :'( Oh woe is meh...
Warnings: This is shounen-ai. That means that Link and Sheik are all googly over eachother. And I consider Sheik to be male, so NYAH! XP No actual yaoi in this one, sorry. Teh smex is in part two! So...go read part two! Rated T for mild language. This chapter gets kinda violent...
Notes: PLEASE REVIEW! Pleasepleasepleeeeease! This is my very first fanfic ever and my first posted one. So pleeeeease review. I'd love to hear what every one thinks AND I'd like to know how I can improve! I'm not sure I've got a hang of how to do things around here... Plus It"ll make me feel all yummy to know that some one out there likes what I do. :) Love ya'll!
Lostal
Hero of Mine
Chapter Seven: Whips and Chains
The teleport landed Link on the island at the lake. He noticed immediately that the area was different. The grass was greener, the sky was bluer, and sun shone happily. He looked around and breathed in the clear, fresh air when he spotted some one else enjoying the beauty of the lake. He approached the person and stepped close.
"Look, Link," Sheik said. "You helped do this. You helped restore this lake. Watch…" As he spoke, the water in the lake began to rise. Slowly, slowly, the lakebed filled with beautiful, clean blue waters. They watched in silence.
"Oh yeah…" Link said, suddenly remembering something. "Ruto says thanks."
"She said that, huh?" Sheik said, amusement in his voice. "Yes, she never quite got around to telling me herself." He looked up at the sky and inhaled deeply.
"So where exactly do you go when you're not teasing me?" Link finally asked.
Sheik looked over at him. "I tease you?" He smiled. "I can't tell you."
Link turned to face him and smiled back. "Why not? Would you have to kill me?" He snickered.
Sheik looked back out onto the water. "Yep."
Link laughed out loud. "I will never figure you out."
Sheik stepped forwards a bit, his smile faded away. "Perhaps it's better if you don't…" he whispered.
Link knitted his brows and stood next to Sheik, placing his hand on the boy's shoulder. "What?" he asked with concern.
"If you figure me out, you might love me even more," Sheik told him without making eye contact.
Link smiled again and pulled Sheik to him in a tight embrace.
"And who says I love you?"
Sheik smirked and buried his face in Link's chest. "If you don't, then why are you holding me so tightly?"
"I hug all my friends."
"Oh, and I suppose you also make out in the Ice Cavern with all your friends too, huh? Or pin them down to a bridge inside an erupting volcano?" Sheik said, looking up at him, as though challenging him.
"Well I don't believe any of those situations have presented themselves with any of my other friends." Link said, trying not to laugh.
"Just admit it…" Sheik sighed, pressing the side of his face to Link's chest again. "You love me."
Link smiled subtly and rested his cheek on the top of Sheik's wrapped head. "Yeah, ok…whatever."
They stood in silence, holding each other and enjoying the others company.
"Hey…" Sheik said with sudden realization in his voice. "Where's that annoying little fairy of yours?" He looked up at Link.
Link smiled and slowly tugged Sheik's mask down. He lowered his face to Sheik's and lightly kissed his lips. "I dunno…I think she ran off because she's afraid things will get out of hand." He kissed Sheik's neck. The boy moaned and nearly collapsed in Link's arms.
"I hope she's right…" Sheik whispered as Link continued to kiss his neck.
A devious thought suddenly surged through Sheik's mind. He smiled to himself, his grin muffled by Link's chest. He slowly ran his hand down Link's stomach, suppressing a moan from the other man. He stopped as his hand came level with the cloth over his own stomach. Stealthily, he withdrew the chain-whip tucked inside. In one fluid motion, he pulled roughly away from Link and lashed out with the whip, wrapping it around him and the nearby tree. With a swift tug, Link was pulled brutally up against the tree, Sheik's chains binding him tightly.
"What the hell are you doing?" Link shouted.
Sheik smiled sadistically. "What?" He said quietly as he slowly approached his prisoner. "You didn't think I was serious when I told you I'd get back at you for that little Fire Temple incident? Ha…you're so naïve, Link." He stopped just inches away from link's face and gently stroked it with the back of his finger. "But that's cute…"
Link swallowed. "So what do you plan to do to me?" he asked in a frightened whisper.
"Oh, a number of things, mostly just humiliate you," Sheik said casually, a rope suddenly in his hands. Link still couldn't figure out where he kept everything in such a tight outfit. "But it would take too much time to tell you everything, and I want to get started."
Sheik pressed himself up against Link, suppressing a barely audible moan from his captor, and reached around the tree, grabbing the other end of the rope. He pulled back and tied the two ends tightly, then unwound his whip.
"Where to start…" Sheik mused. "How about that pretty face?" As he said this last word, he lashed out with the whip, striking Link across his right cheek. Link yelped. He squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his teeth in pain. His hands bound down against the tree, he couldn't reach up to hold his searing face and ease the pain.
"Sheik…I thought…you—"
"Love you?" Sheik finished for him. "Maybe I do…" He looked down, as though ashamed of what he'd just done. But then he looked up suddenly and lashed out with his whip again, slashing it across Link's chest. A large gash appeared in his tunic and the front was soon stained crimson. Link screamed with pain.
"Or maybe I don't…" Sheik concluded. He continued to whip Link sadistically, his smile broadening with every scream.
"Bleed for me!" He yelled as he whipped. "And maybe I will!"
And bleed Link did. He bled from his face. He bled from his chest. He bled from his legs. And he bled from his stomach. He even bled from his fingers, all the while Sheik depriving pleasure from torturing the Hero of Time.
Finally, after fifteen minutes of pure agony, Link fell unconscious from the pain. Sheik watched as his victim's eyes drooped shut and his head bobbed down to his chest.
He suddenly realized what he had done to the only man who ever loved him. Tears instantly jumped to Sheik's eyes, and he rushed to untie Link. Sheik caught him as he slumped forward without the support of the ropes and laid him gently on the ground, the tears now flowing freely.
"Please Link…I'm so sorry. Please don't die…please…please…" Sheik sobbed over Link motionless form.
He suddenly felt a warm breath on the back of his neck. He looked up slowly to come face-to-face with Epona, Link's trusted steed. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then the horse whickered softly and nudged her master.
"Epona…," Sheik whispered. "You knew he was hurt…" He marveled at the animal's intelligence and sixth sense of her master's health and whereabouts.
Epona snorted and tossed her head. She knelt down on her forelegs, an invitation to mount her. Sheik dragged Link as gently as he could to the horse and gingerly positioned him in the saddle. He mounted up behind him, holding him tight, and leaned over Epona's neck as she stood.
"To Kakariko," he whispered into her ear, and she leapt forward at a full gallop straight towards the town.
