AN: Wee, updating goodness. First, I would like to say thank you to the following reviewers: getfuzzyfan04, hellcat805, Voltor (second time reviewing ), Xavierbreakfast, Cassie Wang, and The Great Susinko (I'm only listing the signed reviews, but I'd still like to thank the anonymous ones too).

Read This If You Are Confused:

One of my reviewers pointed out a couple of things to me and I just wanted to clarify them in case anyone was confused too. No one wants to confuse his or her readers.

About Link's clothing.

Link is still wearing the normal tunic (including the hat), except that he's wearing a hooded cape over it, and his tunic is blue.

Epona.

Epona used to belong to Malon, but she now belongs to Link (I'll explain it more as the story progresses. Oh, and yes, Malon was the one that went to make out behind the tree.)

Well, that's it for now. It you any other questions or is confused about something, please review or e-mail me (If you do decide to e-mail me, write the word 'fanfic' as the subject, or I will not read it).

Link studied the boy's limp form as he was lifted to rest in the owner of the inn's lap. He looked at all the cuts, his torn clothing, blood and bruises that covered the small body.

The boy opened his ruby eyes for a moment; his gaze fell upon the man whose lap he was on. He softly said one word before he drifted unconscious. "Malon."

Link knelt down beside the inn's owner and the boy in his arms to get a closer look at the Sheikah. The boy's lips were parted and he a pained look graced his features. Surprisingly, Link noticed, that there wasn't a single bruise or cut on his face; besides from the bandage that mostly covered his messed up hair, the boy's head looked completely untouched.

"Link, please lend me your horse." The owner said. "This boy must get to Malon immediately. The consequences will be great if he dies."

Link sadly shook his head. "I cannot. My mare is stubborn, I am the only one able to control her."

The man looked as if in deep thought, He came to a conclusion, but seemed hesitant to speak. "Then will you please take him? The fate of Hyrule rests on Sheik's life."

Suddenly Link felt like a great deal of weight had been placed on his shoulders. What did he mean by that? Who was this gorgeous boy and why was he so important? Wait, did he just think that Sheik was gorgeous? A light blush covered his cheeks and the only thing he could do was nod. He just had to help the poor unconscious boy.

Both men stood and walked outside. Link looked around for his horse, but she was nowhere to be found. He reached around under his cape and produced a small blue object. He put the ocarina's mouthpiece in his mouth and played a short melody. Epona came quickly from where she was grazing and stopped in front of her master.

Link mounted his horse, and with the help of the older man, Sheik was loaded on afterwards. He moved Sheik's hips so the boy was sitting exactly like he was, and leaned him against his chest. Sheik's head fell to rest on his shoulders, and Link snaked his arms around the small waist to grabbed hold of his horse's reigns.

The owner quickly pointed into the direction of Lon Lon Ranch, and said farewell, as Link slowly urged Epona into a gallop. He was being very careful of his precious load, and winced when Epona jumped a fence, afraid of causing the Sheikah any more pain.

Just as Link had feared, the boy in his arms drifted awake from the constant bumps and rocks Epona decided to jump over. Sheik knew right away he was on a horse and figured it was Malon taking him to Lon Lon Ranch to heal. He felt strong arms resting on his hips and warmth coming from the body he was currently leaned up against, before he actually opened his eyes.

His gaze fell upon the arms that held him in place. What the Hell? He thought, and his body tensed. That's definitely not Malon. Who the fuck is carrying me, and where am I going? I have to get off this horse.

He painfully leaned forward, grabbing the horse's mane for support as he swung his leg over catching Link in the face and ripping the reigns from his hands. The Sheikah's arm connected with a rock when he hit the ground, and he rolled over, causing him even more pain.

Link recovered from shock of the boy regaining conscience so quickly, and the hard blow to his cheek, and pulled violently on Epona's reigns. She slowed by digging her back hooves into the ground, and brought her front legs up and reared. Link hopped gracefully off her back and rushed over to the Sheikah's side, pulling off his cape and tried to wrap it around the wounded boy.

Sheik winced and pulled away at Link's touch. "Don't touch me!" He chocked out, trying to fight Link. "Leave me here." He shut his eyes tight, and readied himself for the pain he expected to feel. "Leave me here," he repeated, but this time quieter.

Link's face softened as he lifted the other boy's chin, to face him and smiled. "I won't hurt you," he said. "My name is Link, I am a traveler from a far away land, and I was asked to bring you to someone named Malon."

Sheik stopped struggling for a moment and Link took the opportunity to wrap the boy in his cape and pull him into his arms. Link's sudden movement startled Sheik for a moment and he started struggling again, but soon gave up when he saw that it was useless.

To help make the boy more comfortable in his arms, Link began to explain about what had happened earlier, and about himself. Sheik listened intently to Link's voice and started to relax a little as he was lifted and carried to the horse he had jumped off of.

"Now," Link said when he reached Epona, "would you like to do this the easy way, or the hard way?"

For the first time, Sheik looked at Link's handsome face and met his gaze. He stared into the kind sapphire eyes, and the blond hair almost falling into them. He noticed a cut and smudge of dirt on Link's cheek. He guessed that that was the spot where he had accidentally kicked the other man while trying to get off the horse. His gaze traveled down to the cherry coloured lips, and Sheik cursed himself when he realized the attraction between them.

"Well," Link asked, raising an eyebrow, "which is it going to be?"

Sheik's Ruby eyes looked at Epona, then back to Link. "Take me to Malon." He replied. "Please."

AN: This would have been up sooner if I hadn't have had to reformat my computer. Sorry for the wait. I'll try to get the next one up quicker than this one .