A/N: Okay, so this is the "mature" chapter, or the one I warned you about. Apparently these kind of chapters share a name with a certain piece of fruit that Cave Johnson doesn't like. (He'll burn your house down with them!)

I don't write this kind of thing often, so apologies if it sounds corny or too intense, or has too much muchness. But the rest of the story depends on what happens here, if you're paying attention. ;)

Admiring the Spiritual Stones set in the altar at the Temple of Time, Sheik was knocked out of his thoughts when a rather upset hero rushed up behind him and clamped onto his waist. Quickly turning around to see what was the matter, he was shocked to see Link's face covered with tears.

"Link? Link, what happened? Are you injured?" Sheik felt around Link's torso, finding a scrape that was nearly healed, but couldn't see anything that would cause such intense distress. "Did something happen at the temple? Ganondorf didn't frighten you, did he?"

"I'm nobody," she cried, burying her face in his chest. "Not one of them. Just a random Hylian whose mother dumped her off in the forest. I'm a no-fairy because I'm not a Kokiri!"

Sheik rubbed Link's back, in an effort to quell her sobbing. He knew something like this would come up eventually. "It's okay, Link. You're not nobody..."

"Yes, I am! They didn't even recognize me, and Navi was right there! I was wearing their clothes, I'm just about the same height, my face looks the same... Just because I got a little bigger, all of a sudden I don't matter anymore. Saria can't come back, but she said the other Kokiri would still like me. Well they didn't! Even Mido, he used to pick on me so much, Saria said it was because he liked me. No, it was bullying! He bullied me when I tried to go help her, then after he said to 'tell Link if I saw her that he was sorry'. He's not sorry, they're all the same. They think I killed the Deku Tree, Fado especially. I saw her in the Lost Woods, she kept taunting me that I'd become a stalfos. They were my family, now they forgot me! I'm nobody... hic... nobody..."

"Link." Sheik pulled Link's head out from his soggy clothing, and cupped both of her cheeks. "Listen to me carefully. You are the Hero of Time. That's not a position the Goddesses grant to just anyone. You're going to be the one who delivers Hyrule from the clutches of the evil king. You'll be remembered in the history books for centuries to come. Trust me, you are not nobody."

"...But, but they were supposed to be my family... And they just ignored me... I was never one of them at all!"

Sheik smiled, and placed a light kiss upon Link's forehead. "You're an adult, Link. One of the benefits of being an adult is that you get to choose your family."

Link's eyes widened for a moment, and a blush filled her cheeks. "Does... does that mean I can choose... you... for my family?"

"If you like." Sheik pulled off Link's hat, and began scratching behind her ears. "But I'll have you know, I'm a very touchy-feely person. I like to hold my hero, and let her know how much I care about her. Think that's alright?"

Link closed her eyes, and practically started purring from the way Sheik was massaging her ears and temples. "Unh... ohh yes..." Wrapping her hands around his neck, she dug her fingers into his hair until she accidentally knocked his turban off.

"Hey now, no need to rush." Sheik grinned at Link, and led her back to the rear of the Temple where his gear was stashed. He motioned to his bedroll, and seductively whispered in her ear. "Would you like me to show you how adults share their feelings with one another? I promise to be gentle..."

"Do... does that mean I get to see what you look like without the bodysuit?" Link turned red all the way to her ears when Sheik nodded, and lowered her eyes to the eye emblazoned tabard adorning his chest. The thought of peeling everything away to reveal his toned, bronze abdomen was making her shiver, and she didn't even know the half of what was to come. It's not like the Kokiri were experts on love, after all.

Sheik pulled Link forward into a kiss, and while she held onto his neck, he began unhooking her sword and belts. When the two parted for air, she quickly slid off her gauntlets while he pulled off his tabard. "Here, sit on the blankets," Sheik urged, working at his gaiters while Link removed her boots.

He had only turned away for a second, to fight with his stubborn chest armor, but when Sheik looked back, Link had pulled her tunic and undershirt off. Beneath those, she was only wearing a pair of panties- no brassiere.

Link noticed her partner suddenly freeze up, and worried she did something wrong. "Sheik, is everything okay?"

"Oh, of course!" He blushed, then sat beside her and rubbed her shoulder, all the while admiring her small yet attractive breasts. "You... don't wear anything for support."

"Support what?"

"These." Sheik leaned in and cupped Link's breast, brushing against a nipple with the pad of his thumb and coaxing a moan from the young Hylian. As he continued tracing circles around that nipple and working it into a bud, he moved his mouth over to the other breast and began laving his tongue across its peak.

Link cried out and arched her chest into Sheik's mouth, overwhelmed by the new sensations his actions were filling her with. At first she was content to hold onto his head as he licked and bit at her breast, but eventually it got to be too much. On instinct Link pulled Sheik back to the floor, and smashed their lips together. "I want more..."

"Okay, okay. No need to be hasty." Link bit her lip as Sheik peeled off the remainder of his body suit, a moan escaping her lips when his muscular thighs came into view. When he was down to his loincloth he stopped, and knelt back beside Link. "Would you like the honor?"

Nervously nodding her head, Link reached over and uncovered Sheik. Her eyes went wide once his hard, thick cock was revealed. How was he hiding all that in his uniform? She reached over and ran her fingers along it, coaxing a sigh from the Sheikah. It was warm to the touch, and silky smooth. Link ran her fingers along the length, discovering that Sheik enjoyed it as much as she enjoyed him touching her breasts. She then got an idea.

Before Sheik knew what was going on, Link had him on his back with his cock down her throat. She had moved quickly, shoving him over onto the bedroll and positioning herself on top of his legs. At first she had only licked it, starting at the base and alternating between licks and stokes with her hand. But then she discovered that she could nip at his foreskin with her teeth, and swirl around his head with her tongue after taking the shaft down her throat. Best of all, he had this pouch underneath that she could play with while she sucked him off. From the noises he was making, he really enjoyed it...

"Mmmgh!" Link suddenly had a weird taste in her mouth, as Sheik tensed against the floor. She swallowed what she could, and sat up while wiping the remainder. "Sheik, what's this?"

"...I came in your mouth," he mumbled, covering his eyes in embarrassment. "It was not my intention to do so, precious one, but I was the victim of a sneak attack." He then sat up, and flipped them over so that Link was laying on her back. "Naughty girl."

"What did you mean, you came? What was that white stuff?"

Sheik chuckled at her pouting face. "You're so cute. How about I just show you?" Pressing their lips together, the Sheikah briefly continued his earlier nipple teasing, before trailing south toward Link's core. "Oh my, Link, you're positively soaked down here," Sheik teased as he traced a finger along the outside of her panties. "Maybe you've come already...?"

"W-what?" Link twitched as Sheik pressed against her labia. "I don't... ohh..."

"It's okay, I'm only teasing you, my hero," he purred, nuzzling into her cheek. "This will be a sensation you will most definitely be unable to think through." Sheik walked his fingers up to Link's hip bones, then slowly pulled away her undergarment. He paused for a moment to share a kiss with the nervous girl, merely caressing her navel, but then he slowly and gently trailed a path down to the curls above her pubic bone.

Link panted as her partner massaged her heated skin. "Sheik... ahh... why am I so... damp?"

"Your body is lubricating itself," he explained, running a finger between her folds and causing her to arch her back off the blanket. When he found the bundle of nerves that he was looking for, he circled it with his thumb before pressing against it. Link immediately jerked and moaned. "It's getting ready to be entered."

"E-entered? By wha... ahh!" Sheik cut short Link's question with a curl of his index finger, sliding it into her and rubbing against her inner walls. She moaned and sighed as he worked his finger inside of her, arching her back when he added a second finger. Sheik kept sliding his fingers in and out as Link panted, and resumed flicking at her bud. In no time Link tensed, and with a short scream, she collapsed against the bedroll.

"...Goddesses, what was that?" Link panted, her chest rising rapidly as she caught her breath. Sheik couldn't help smiling at the image of a sexed out Link, and withdrew his slicked hand from her legs.

"That was just the warm up," he grinned, using the juices of Link's climax to coat his well revived cock. Crawling overtop of Link, he cupped the back of her neck and pushed their lips together. She responded by hooking a leg around his waist, and sliding her tongue into his mouth.

"You're gonna put your thing in me, aren't you?" she mumbled when they broke for air.

"Yeah, and we're gonna fuck until we both pass out." Sheik smirked, and reached down to widen Link's thighs. Grabbing his erection, he began sliding it up and down her folds.

Link didn't know that word he just used, but she knew she liked this. "Ohh... That's goood..."

Sheik was turned on immensely by Link's moaning. "Yeah? It'll get even better in a minute... This might hurt a little at first, though. Shall I keep going?"

"I trust you, Sheik, keep going." Link closed her eyes and relaxed the best she could, as she felt Sheik probing at her entrance. First it felt like he was stretching her open, then suddenly he was nudging himself inside her.

Sheik took Link's hand and laced their fingers together, then without further delay thrust himself inside her warm channel. She grimaced and squeezed his hand hard enough to turn her knuckles white, so he leaned in and nuzzled her cheek.

"I'm sorry, it will pass soon. If it helps, it hurts me to cause you such pain... Ahh!"

Link giggled as Sheik winced and rubbed the sore spot on his neck, where she had reached out and bit into his flesh. In return, he smirked before pulling out and thrusting himself back in, this time all the way to the hilt. Link gasped and arched her back, a moan caught in her throat, but Sheik gave her no time to let it out before repeating his actions.

As Sheik began slamming into her, Link felt a tightness coiling up inside her abdomen. "Oh Sheik, that feels so... Goddesses!" Sheik's next thrust knocked her over, and she squeezed her legs around his abdomen while simultaneously clamping down inside.

"Link... ah... fuck!" Panting, Sheik grabbed the leg Link had wrapped around his back and buried himself within her fully, expelling his seed as he rode out his climax with Link.

"...That felt amazing," Link mumbled, once the two of them had calmed down and were once again breathing like normal people. "I'm still awake, though..."

Sheik caught on to Link's facetiousness, and flipped her over on the bedroll to spoon. "That's because you've only had the first course," he murmured in her ear, snaking a hand down and massaging between her legs. "By the time we get to dessert, you'll be so worn out, won't be able to walk for a week."

Link woke from a very pleasant dream, to find herself tucked under the arm of a worn out yet very pleased looking Sheikah. Turning on her side to admire him, she couldn't help running her fingers through his golden hair.

"Mmm, yeah I definitely prefer waking up this way," Sheik mumbled as he woke, twining his fingers with Link's and pulling her into a kiss.

"I think I like waking up this way," Link countered, grinding her hips against Sheik's throbbing erection before spreading her legs and lowering herself onto him. "Do boys always wake up with their things hard?"

"Only when we're dreaming of making love to you," Sheik replied, grabbing Link's waist and thrusting up, biting his lip as her chest bounced with the movement. Link figured out what he was looking at, so while he was thrusting, she started playing with her breasts.

"You're a fast learner..."

"Well, last night you kept playing with these things, so I figured you must like them," Link joked, licking her fingers and rolling them around her nipples. "How did you put it? Oh, that's right. 'Make me come' and maybe I'll let you nibble on them again."

"You've got a deal," Sheik said with a grin, digging his nails into Link's hips and thrusting like there was no tomorrow.

After a lazy day of sex, sex, and more sex, Sheik finally managed to get his priorities straightened out and got Link moving again. "I love you, Link, but we need to get back to our mission. The Sage of Fire is waiting for your help."

Link pouted, but nodded and sat up to get dressed. "Alright. But I'm all sticky..."

Sheik laughed, and carried her over to a wash basin at the back of the temple. "If you think you're all sticky now, just wait until you reach the Fire Temple. It's in the middle of an active volcano, you'll be sweating a river."

"A volcano?!" Link blanched. "I can't go into a volcano! I'll melt!"

"Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea for you to train a bit first," Sheik mused as Link washed herself. "Take some time to talk with the people in Kakariko, and practice your archery in the new shooting gallery. I've even heard rumors that the ranch has come under some hardship, maybe you can investigate."

"Malon?" Link looked up from the basin at the mention of her friend's homestead, the color drained from her face. "Malon might be in trouble?"

Sheik bowed his head. "I can't say for sure, but they say that something happened and Talon was kicked off the ranch. If Malon is still there, she might be working against her will for the new owner."

Link finished cleaning herself, then hurried to get dressed. "I've got to help her, she was nice to me when I needed to get into Hyrule Castle, and she helped me when I looked for those stones. I'll do like you said, first I'll see what they know in Kakariko, then I'll go visit the ranch. Maybe when everything's sorted out, I'll be ready to go to the mountain."

"Now you're sounding like a real hero," Sheik complimented. "Make sure you visit the Gorons before you head up the mountain. They'll be able to give you information about the Fire Temple and maybe even some advice about the demon raging inside. Don't forget your training, and remember the Royal Family's song identifies you as their hero."

Nodding, Link ran over and kissed Sheik goodbye before gathering her weapons and heading out. Sheik waved farewell, and cleaned up the temple before departing.