Author: Thank's to the Two that reviewed. I feel all fuzzy inside, probably gas or the distant cousin's of the mole people, either way...

To Spirutal Stone : No, Link is Link and thank you for your complement, but someone will be named Sheik, so don't worry about getting confused.

To KPR: (1 yes, his eye's are always red.

(2you'll see wether or not he getsa missionthis chapter, so just hold on a little longer.

(3Anju was searching for him, since she was trying to tell him about how Impa wanted to speak to him. They can only say that they've 'caught' if they see him missing, like if he was suppose to feed something, then they would go looking for him. It's simple really.

disclaimer: I do not own Legend of zelda

Enjoy the fic.

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You suck as a Sheikah.

The women in question turned to face link, while Link's eye's scanned her. She was around 6'1 and had white hair, along with a seemingly emotionless face. She wore the a Sheikah suit , a blue body suit, along with little patches of armor around her body. Her belt full of various bags, along with a sword on the belt as well. Little purple markings in the shape of tears were near her eye's, no she had not been crying, it was just face paint. The women turned her attention towards Link.

"Hello Link. Tell me, why do you train as a Sheikah? " Impa asked all of a sudden, as Link thought about it while looking around the room. It was pretty large actually, walls lined with bookshelves with history that dated back before New Hyrule began. The lights in the room flickered a bit, making the large map behind Impa harder to see but still quite visible. The desk behind her was covered with various papers and objects. Link looked back at her.

" I train as a Sheikah to protect the Hyrule fields, to be honored by the royal family, and to make sure that another person can live another day." Link answered, as Impa thought for a moment, before looking him in the eyes.

" Let me try this again, what is your reason for training?" Impa asked, as Link's eye's kept direct contact with Impa's, never once wavering. Impa waited for a few minutes, before Link finally answered.

" I train in memory of my parents, who died on the battlefield." Link said, honestly answering the question this time. That's what he was told, and that's what he believed. Of course some details were left out of who they were, but he was given some information on a few things about them.

Impa, satisfied with the answer, turned around to face her desk and picked up something, before looking over at Link. Link looked at the object in her hands, it was a brown package. Link cursed, as Impa yelled at him to pay attention.

" Let me be frank with you Link, you suck as a Sheikah. You burned yourself with Din's fire, all you can teleport with Farore's wind is your clothing, and the Nayru's love barrier couldn't even stand up to the rock we threw at it." Impa stated, as Link froze, he knew were she was going with this.

" The village mayor is thinking about forcing you to quit your training and become a citizen, since you seem to be horrible at everything except those two blades of yours." Impa said, as she pointed towards the blades on Links arm's, while Link's head was slightly downward. He knew this would come sooner or later. Everything she said was true, he really did suck. The only thing he had going for him was the fact that he could handle his weapons better then anyone could handle their's.

But that meant shit if the enemy was able to teleport behind you, or burn you, or pretty much create a impenetrable barrier that would make your attacks useless. So yeah, he sucked.

" But..." Links head jerked up. " They are willing to give you one more chance to see if you have what it takes." Impa then began to walk towards him and hand him the brown package. " Inside is a letter from the mayor to the royal family, you are to deliver this to Hyrule castle and return." Impa said, as Link raised an eyebrow.

" That's it?" Link asked.

" That's it." Impa then began to walk back to her desk, as Link face showed his happiness quite well.

" I be able to finish in three days with Epona, this is going to be soooo..." "Link." Impa called out to him, snapping link out of his thoughts. Link looked at Impa to see her slightly grinning. Yeah, he was defiantly screwed at this point.

" As punishment for being caught sleeping in the barn, again, you have to go on the mission without Epona. You are to change into your civilian clothing and be packed by sunset, you are dismissed." Impa said, as Link just looked at her in shock, before walking out of the room and through the hall.

"Okay, so it's going to take me two weeks, so what? It's not like anything bad can happen to me in two weeks, right? " Link thought, as he begun to climb up the ladder.

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"I think I've got everything..." Link stated, as he went through his sack and check everything. He had spent the last hour just going through what he needed, making sure not to forget anything. Extra pairs of clothing, food for a couple of weeks, his Sheikah equipment, emergency supplies, money (ect ). Once he had everything, he picked up the sack and left his bedroom.

He walked down the hallway, as he thought about were he would be going. On horse back a person could arrive at Hyrule castle in three days, but on foot it would take several weeks to travers Hyrule field. It had changed over the years, according to what he had be told. It used to be a wide open field that barely had any tree's at all, with monsters only appearing at night. Now a days, it had thick forest's and monsters roamed freely through it, 24 seven. If someone was prepared, they could be killed within a few hours of just being on the field. It was...difficult to say the least, but at least you would meet different races along the way. You pretty much had to go through Hyrule field to get anywhere really, so you were bound to run into another race at some point. The question was rather they would be hostile or not.

Liink snapped out of his thoughts in time to see that he had walked al the way to the barn. He did need to find some one to take care of Epona for him while he was gone, some one he could trust, some one that he could find in the next fifteen minutes.

Link opened the barn and stepped inside, the smells emitting from inside reaching him instantly. The barn smelled like crap, plain and simple, but if you could get used to it, then this could be one of the best places to come for a little relaxation , which Link loved to do. He was lazy, he knew it and everyone in town knew it. So of course he would try to put off doing something for as long as possible, that's just how he was. Right now, however, he didn't have time to be lazy, so he quickly searched for someone, almost anyone to take care of his horse.

"The day hell has a skiing competition is the day I willing let Mido touch my horse." As he thought about all the day's that Mido has bitched about how Epona should have been his. Seriously, That's one of the few things that Mido would ever talk about when Link was near. Epona was one of the best horse's on the ranch, now anyway.

You see, when they were small and just beginning to train, they had to pick a newborn horse out of a group of them. Link had picked Epona, who was alone in a corner while Mido went for a pure black horse just because he fantasized about how he would look on top of it. A few years later, everyone found out that Epona was the fastest horse when they had a race. The shock on everyone's face was priceless, and it's a good thing that Link took a picture of it too...man did he love picto boxes. Anyway, back to the subject at hand, Link did manage to find someone and only one person int the barn.

"Malon." Link said, as said, girl stopped brushing her horse's mane and looked over at him. A smile appeared on her face, as she watched Link walk over to her. Well actually, The smile was probably from the sight of the sack, which was full to the brim with various things. Link just smiled back at her.

" I have a favor to ask you, do you think you could watch over Epona for a few weeks?" Link asked, as Malon's smile formed into a grin.

" You finally received a mission, congratulations!" Malon said, as Link just smiled and rubbed the back of his head. A second later, Malon's expression changed to that of a confused one. " Wait, If your going on a mission, won't you need Epona? " Malon asked, as Link sighed.

" About that, Impa found out I was sleeping again and told me that I wasn't aloud to use Epona. So could you please watch over her for me?" Link asked, as Malon thought about it for a moment, before turning her attention back towards him.

" What do I get in return?" Malon asked, as Link froze. He hadn't though about that.

" How about when I get back, I do all your chores for the next...two weeks." Link said.

" Make it three and we have a deal." Malon said, as she stuck her hand out. Link sighed, as he grabbed her hand and shook it.

" Deal." Link said, as he headed towards Epona and patted her head a few times. The horse neighed, while Link put his sack down and opened it up. He pulled out a carrot and fead it to her, before picking up the sack once again.

" I'm going to be gone for a while, so listen to Malon while I'm gone." Link said, as he turned over towards Malon. " and if she doesn't, your free to take away as much food as possible." Malon grinned, as the horse stared at little. Probably pissed that people were threatening it's meal. Link patted the horse again, before he left the barn.

"She's in good hands...and hopefully she'll stay that way until I get back."

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Link walked through the village, meeting various people as he went. He thought about checking the stores before he leaves. You never know what could be new in stock, since the get a shipment every month. It was interesting really, when he remembered how exited everyone was when they were told that they were getting a weapon, thinking that it was the greatest moment in their lives. Not caring for the fact that they would soon be killing anything that stood in their way without a moments hesitation.

Link loved irony, it was always funny as hell.

Link went through several shops, trying to see if anything could be of use. He was disappointed when he found out that shipments had been reduced lately and they had barely any thing at all. He talked with serval people that he knew in the village as well. He was quite well know through out the village, probably because he spent most of his time exploring it when he should have been training. Link sweat dropped at the thought, maybe he should have spent more time training, instead of just wondering around aimlessly.

Oh well, nothing he could do about it now.

Link snapped out of his thoughts, when he heard some very loud shouting in the distance. Link looked over to see a large crowd surrounding a stand of sorts. Being curious at what the hell everyone was so interested in, Link went over to it. He pretty much had to force his way through the crowd, shoving and sometimes crawling through it. He wondered what the hell would cause these people to act in such a way. He finally managed to make it to the front to see a merchant sitting next to a cage. What was in the cage is what shocked Link.

A Deku shrub.

How the hell did this guy manage to find a deku shrub, let alone catch one. The reason why it's so shocking is because about 40 years ago, the deku shrubs kinda started to with draw into themselves. Seriously, at some point, at the same time, they stopped what they were doing and headed straight for their villages, only leaving when needed. Besides that their rarely seen.

Link looked at the little Deku in the cage. It looked to be, in equivalent in human years, around five years old. It wore little green shorts and a little green hat. It had yellow looking hair like things sticking out of the bottom of the hat, while it's yellow eye's were on the floor. Poor little bastard looked like he had gotten himself into quite the situation.

"The biding start's at 200 rubies for your own personal Deku, to I have any offer's?" the merchant yelled.

" 220 for the deku!"

" I'll pay 250!"

" I've got 300 for it right here!"

" 500!" Link yelled, as everyone turned to face him. The merchants eyebrow rose when he heard Link.

" Do you even have 500?" The merchant asked, as Link walked over to him and pulled out his wallet. The merchants eyes sparked at the sight of the 500 rubies. The merchant looked at Link and nodded.

" Sold!" The merchant yelled, as he moved over to the cage and let the Deku out, well more like picked up the cage and shook him out, but at least the little deku would be free soon. The merchant them picked the deku up and put a collar on him, along with a leash. He then handed the leash to Link.

" Here you go kid, enjoy." the merchant said, as he went back over to his stand. Link looked down at the deku, who looked up at him. It was apparently scared . Link sighed, as he tugged on the leash.

" Come on little guy."

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It took them two hours to make it out of the village, having check every shop for anything they might need. Of course Link was now flat broke, considering most of his money went to the deku, who had been surprisingly quite the entire time. It's not like Link understood what he said, since it was just a bunch of noises to him, but it did comfort him to know that it was trying to communicate at least.

Once they were far enough from the village, Link stopped and turned towards the deku. The deku starred at him, as Link bent down and took off the collar, throwing it in another direction. The deku stared at him in confusion, while Link just smiled.

" This is the part were your run away really fast and I don't act like I notice you." Link said, as the deku continued to stare at him. ' That mean's run, jump, frolic, whatever! Just go home."Link said, as the deku looked into the forest, before looking back at him. Link raised an eyebrow

" You do know how to get home, right?" Link asked, as the deku shook it's head. Link sighed, as he thought of what to do now. The deku pulled on his pants, as Link looked down at the deku, who pointed ahead. Link looked confused.

" I thought you just said-." the deku looked up at him, tugged his pants and point in the direction that Link was going, at that point it clicked."Do you...want to come with me?"

Link asked, as the deku nodded. Link thought about it. He guessed that it was okay to take him along, I mean until he could find out were the little guy lived at least. Besides, he could use the company.

" Okay, you can come." Link said, as the deku looked happy, from what Link could tell anyway. " But we need a name for you." He stated, as he looked over at the deku shrub, who was busy looking around the area. It was a large forest, full of mist and was extremely wet. Logs were around here and there, while the ground was covered in leaves and moss. Link took a few more moment before something finally came to mind.

"Let's call you...Sheik."

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