Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Dreams, Broken Soul, Unbound Love ❯ Shattered Dreams ( Chapter 9 )

By: Squall-sama

Parings: Link+Sheik

Warnings: Angst, Link bashing, Sheik bashing, sap…

Disclaimer: Don't own them, don't sue me, Nintendo is the rightful owner so pick on somebody else who doesn't know what they're doing.

Notes: I know Sheik has blond hair but he's special in this and he has Silver hair-so deal with it! Actually, I have a really good explanation to why he has silver hair-later chapters though. ^_^ Okay, I had to divide this chapter into three parts because it was too long and I still had a lot to go… so technically I'm still in bounds. I'm not cheating! Really! I know this part sucks. Plain and simple, I don't like it, I was really out of it, I've had a lot on my mind and I'm trying to finish it so I can get working on my other stories that have been left for dead for the past month… so bare with me… everyone has liked it so far and I'd hate to ruin that feeling now.

Extra Notes: * ~ * ~ * ~ * scene break

* * * * same scene, different POV-sort of. ^_^

Thanks: Spryte: *laughs* you're so funny, defending me like that. =^_^= I feel so special. And I am SO sorry I haven't updated in, like-FOREVER! I've been bad, I know-I haven't done anything with any of my fics for like 2 months-I've been kindove in a rut-the only reason why I'm even posting this one is because its already finished…. And I've kept you guys waiting for so long-I'M SO SORRY!!! Bejita-ou: Hmm, well, you're new around here… =^_^= a new fan-yay-I haven't gotten one of those in a while… and well, probably not for a long time again, seeing as how it's taken ages to update. Me and my lazy ass-anywhoo, thank you for reviewing, I hope you still want to come back and read… -_-0 Akureil3: You're new too! =^_^= eh, once again, sorry for the wait, I'm lazy and I'm also really sorry it took so long to post this *sighs* I'm a sucky poster sometimes. Thank you anyways!! Mina Tsukyono: *laughs* you still haven't gotten to her yet!? Damn, you procrastinate more than I do!! *laughs* I didn't think that was possible! Well, like I always say, thank you anyhow for trying and one more time, I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO POST!!! Thank you!

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~Part 9: Shattered Dreams~

Ganondorf roared with all his pent up rage and spun around, slamming his giant fist into the wall, breaking the wall into many small pieces and left them to fall to the ground. Sheik cringed and shrunk back, watching in fear as Ganon let loose his rage upon the poor wall and anything else nearby. Sheik hid his face behind his bruised arms, peaking over them at Ganon, hoping the psychotic monster wouldn't decide to take his anger out on the poor boy anymore. Sheik whimpered when Ganon yelled again and started to curse Link and something-or rather, someone else Sheik didn't know about.

"God DAMN that retched boy!!! That little bastard! I'll kill him! I'll kill that little son of a bitch at the first step he takes into this room!!! Damn it-GOD. DAMN. IT!!!!" Sheik cowered back against the wall where Ganon had thrown and left him since the evil man before him tore his only protection from his weak and delicate body. Sheik couldn't believe the rage radiating from the evil king, he was fearful for himself, but now that he knew Link was alive and well, fearful for the precious boy as well. 'Oh god, Link… don't come here. Please, please don't come closer, Ganon will kill you! Please, please! You are alive, that is enough for me… God, Link……' Sheik begged for Link not to come, he used all his will power that he had left to try and make Link feel the anger Ganon showed and make the boy understand not to go further, but Sheik knew-he knew Link wouldn't feel his message and the unknowing boy would continue on to his terrible fate. Then Ganon began to yell at Link again, causing Sheik to shake from the fear Ganon radiated off of him.

"You bastard!!! Who is that with you-who is it that saved you from my Shadow demon?! Damn it! How do you always manage to evade me!? You will regret fighting back, you will! I'll make you suffer through such a painful and horrid death that not even the strongest could think of how you died!!! I'll kill you and that damn protector of yours!! I'LL KILL YOU ALL… AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" Ganon's voice echoed throughout the great halls of his 'throne room' and down the long corridors of the Underworld's kingdom, sending chills down every creature's back that lived there, below.

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The mysterious masked creature had to stop abruptly when Link stopped dead in his tracks and coupled over, falling to his knees and grabbing hold of his head, crying out in pain. The masked creature flew to Link's side and held onto the pain-stricken boy with concern for Link's sudden outburst. Link moaned and swayed back and forth a bit, unable to control the surge of emotions coursing through his body and… soul. Link realized the burst of emotions were because of Sheik-he knew they were from the imprisoned boy; this is how all of Link's 'attacks' happened and in the end, he always felt the strong impression of Sheik's emotions and soul in the place of the suddenly dissolving pain. As the pain slowly subsided, Link was left with the usual loss of breath and he managed to gasp his love's name through the pain he felt.

"Sheik… oh…… I'm coming-I'm coming… Sheik." The masked creature turned its 'face' towards Link and acted as though it was stunned for a moment, it did not understand Link's implications or actions. Link's breathing soon calmed again and he looked up at his masked companion for a moment, then a small smile slowly appeared on his delicate pink lips and the masked creature leaned back sharply, very confused by Link's smile-what a difference! Link's mysterious companion sat there for a moment then he hesitantly lifted Link up to his feet and let Link clean himself off. The masked creature turned away from Link, as if embarrassed by the smile it had been graced with. After Link was finished dusting himself off from all that horrid red dirt, he turned towards the masked creature and tapped it on the shoulder; the creature spun around and turned as if to look at Link and it just stood there as still as it possibly could; Link smiled wryly at the creature's surprizable nature and he spoke in a very soft voice, as if to sooth the masked creature's nerves,

"Please… don't be so frightened of me. I-you saved my life… you do not need to be so… formal with me… I would like it if you could… ease up a little… I trust you…… trust me?" The masked creature stood there for a moment contemplating what Link had just asked it then it slowly nodded its head and stepped closer to Link. This earned a rare smile from Link and the creature seemed to calm considerably. In their companionable silence, they walked off together through one of the many long and treacherous tunnels that hopefully lead to Sheik and their way home.

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Sheik watched silently as Ganondorf spoke in a very uncivilized manner to a scrawny devious little creature, which seemed to be just as uncivilized-if not more, as Ganondorf.

"I want you to find that damned boy and bring him to me immediately! I'm sick of waiting and I'm sick of watching everything else fail in my place! I will take care of him personally so I do not have to wait for anymore incompetence to fail me! Now go, and make sure he is to arrive here swiftly and without knowledge of you or any other-understand!?" The grimy little slug of a gnome bent down lower than his back was already hunched and in a raspy and gruff voice he wheezed,

"Yesssss, massssterrrrr. I willlll do assss you sssssay…" The creature straitened up to its fullest height and slunk away into the shadows of the Underworld's caves and burrows, mumbling nonsense to itself along the way. Sheik furrowed his eyebrows and watched in dismay as the crazy gnome disappeared out of his sight, but that was soon covered by the enormous figure of his master and tormentor, Ganondorf. Sheik cringed and looked up, wide-eyed and frightened beyond imagination at the beast towering above him. Ganon smiled wickedly down at him and in a very cruel monotone he revealed,

"My precious little Sheikah, now you will see your irritating lover as he gets crushed between my fingers like a toothpick! I'll break every bone in his body and rip his arms and legs off, and then I'll throw him to my lions-ALIVE!!!" Sheik cringed back as Ganon yelled the last word in his face, then Ganondorf carried Sheik over to the middle of the 'throne room' and unceremoniously threw the poor boy to the floor again, walking away as if Sheik were just another common piece of trash. Sheik cringed as the soreness of his ragged body caught up with him from being thrown to the hard blood-covered floor; he looked up wearily as Ganon strode away, chuckling quietly to himself, and then he disappeared into the shadows as he always did when he left Sheik to lay there-alone and in pain, waiting for his tormentor to come back again. Sheik struggled to push his weak body up but his arms hurt so damn much and his elbows were sore from constantly being scraped and hit on something so he just settled for dropping back down onto his side with a heavy and painful sigh. He felt like he could die, but at this point he was so tired and far-gone that he was too dead to die, almost like being so tired you can't sleep, and Sheik felt that way right then… He just wished he could see Link one last time and be put out of his misery.

Sheik began to mumble incoherently and out of his misery he began to cry his silent tears-unknowingly to himself as he continued to talk to nothing in the lonely darkness,

"I want to be back in… Kakariko village. I want to… I want to be able to run through the endless fields of Hyrule…… I-I want to… see Link… I wan to hear his voice, run my fingers through his silky hair… touch his soft cheeks……Link, Link… I miss you Link-come back to me… come back to me Link, I need you, I want you… Link… Link, Link……" Sheik didn't even realize he was speaking until he heard himself say Links name and he stared around for a moment hoping nobody heard his delirious words-especially Ganondorf… Sheik swallowed hard and hid his face in his arms and cried himself into a fitful and not so peaceful slumber… waiting-hoping for Link to come… 'When will you come…?'

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'When will you come…?' Link felt it again, the beautifully pained voice of his lover, calling to him. It was getting harder to ignore the sad pleas; Link felt even more rushed and stressed every time Sheik called to him-how could he make this pain stop? It hurt even worse to hear-feel Sheik's pain than it did to actually experience the real thing. Link huffed and frowned at the thought of what Sheik was possibly going through… how much longer until they got to him?

The mysterious masked creature stopped and turned back to face Link when he sighed, unfortunately Link didn't see his companion stop and he ran right into the creature. Link stumbled back and stared at the masked creature for a moment, surprised. Link blushed and looked back down, he was so clumsy…

"I-I'm sorry… I wasn't watching were I was going…… I didn't mean to run into you… I'm sorry." The masked creature stood there for a moment then it gently laid its right hand on Links left shoulder; Link looked up at his mysterious companion, startled. The masked creature nodded and Link smiled wryly, still a little embarrassed for running into his mysterious masked friend. The said creature turned back around and was about to start off again when Link decided to ask it where they were.

"Wait...!" The creature stopped and turned to face Link again; Link struggled for a moment on whether he should even ask or not-he wasn't even sure if he would get an answer out of the masked being, but he continu1ed anyway, "Uhm… do you know where we are? I want to know when we'll get to Sheik-he needs me, he is in great danger… we must hurry…" The creature merely 'stared' at him making Link very nervous all of a sudden. Link bit his bottom lip and began to fidget nervously, when suddenly, the creature tuned back around and pointed towards the direction which they were facing. Link looked up and watched as the masked creature pointed down towards the end of the tunnel then it knelt down gracefully and put one of its long, elegant fingers to the bodied dirt and began to draw….

Link furrowed his brow and leaned over the mysterious masked creature, watching it as it slowly illustrated their way through and out of the tunnel to their desired destination. Link raised his eyebrows and watched in curiosity as his mysterious companion continued to create a detailed map of the many tunnels and underground caverns that made up the Underworld; the map slowly took on a more shapely look to the rooms and tunnels that wove throughout the Underworld-much like the one they were in at this moment. After the masked creature had finished drawing the 'map' it moved its finger back to the bottom of the design, where Link and itself obviously were at in likes to reality, Link thought absentmindedly. Then the masked creature turned and pointed to Link then to itself, then back to the ground where their current point was at, 'I was right…' Link mused to himself. Then his mysterious companion slowly glided its finger in a long line, curving in and out of various rooms and strait through more tunnels until it finally stopped in one large room and the creature made the symbol of the 'Spirit Eye' that always adorned Sheik's clothing and this masked creature's clothes as well, right on the spot where it stopped.

'That has to be were Sheik is…' Link thought to himself once more. The masked creature turned back to Link and 'stared' as if waiting for Link to understand, Link tore his eyes away from the crude map his mysterious companion made and stared at the said creature for a moment then nodded and said 'matter of factly',

"That's were Sheik is, huh?" The creature nodded its approval and Link smiled sadly, but he was glad he at least knew now where they were going. The masked creature stood up gracefully and began to walk down the tunnel again, Link started to jump off after it but stopped abruptly and quickly looked back at the 'dirt map' his strange companion had made for him; when he had memorized the outline of it well enough he turned and hurried after the masked creature, not wanting to get lost in this awful place again.

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Not too far away, hidden beneath the shroud of darkness that naturally consumes any creature that has lived in the Underworld for too long, a pair of beady, yellow eyes glowed in the darkness consuming it as the 'Hero of Time' and his companion headed off in the direction facing its Master's lair. A low, gravely chuckle accompanied the swiftly moving eyes as they followed the unsuspecting 'Hero of Time' and masked creature through the many tunnels and lonely rooms of the Underworld. This time, Ganondorf would win…

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"HAHAHAHAAAAAA!! He is coming! Ahhhhhhh… he is so close I can feel it! I can just see it now, his big blue eyes filling with tears as I tear his disgusting green tunic from that damn gorgeous body of his and he cries for his precious Sheik to help him as I ravish his sickeningly perfect body and make it my own!! HA HA! This is perfect-perfect!" Sheik stared at Ganon, horrified as the evil brute told of his plans in such a mocking voice it made Sheik sick to his stomach. Ganon turned a sadistic sneer towards Sheik which made the boy shrink back from the vicious gleam in his eye; Sheik began to shake against his will and he couldn't help but whimper at the terrifying look in his tormentor's eye. Ganon slowly stalked towards Sheik, grinning at the terrified boy; when he reached the frightened Sheikah, he leaned down and gripped Sheik's right arm in a vice-like embrace and lifted the poor boy off the ground, causing the said creature to cry out in pain. Ganon's grin widened more as he spoke quietly and demandingly towards the broken Sheikah.

"He's almost here… can't you feel his presence-that strong, overpowering sense of justice that burns within him-it makes me want to puke!" Ganon's rage swelled up within him so quickly it left Sheik completely stunned when he was thrown back to the hard ground again, only much more forcefully this time and he knew something was definitely broken after that-he heard it. Sheik moaned and whimpered from the pain of his now broken shoulder and he rolled to his other side, but it was difficult when he was trying to keep himself covered from Ganon's view. Ganon snorted at Sheik's pathetic attempts at trying to hide his body when he was completely naked and he only had one arm to protect himself now. The foul man turned away and stalked over to his 'throne' and threw his large body into it unceremoniously, heaving a great sigh and he leaned back against the giant chair and…waited.

Sheik stared at Ganondorf in terror-Link was coming and Ganon was going to kill him, what could he do?! Now Sheik couldn't even move-his shoulder hurt so badly; it felt as though the blow stunned his nerves and left him temporarily paralyzed, how could he even think of helping Link now when he couldn't even move his head to look around? Then he felt it… that presence… that familiar force…… Link.

Link was there already-Link had walked right into the cleverest and most wicked trap ever, along with his last… Link was only right outside those large doors that lead into the room Sheik and Ganondorf currently occupied, and he was completely oblivious to the fact that it was to lead to his undoing. Sheik whimpered and looked back at Ganon who was staring right back at Sheik with a wide, knowing grin and the last thing Sheik heard Ganon say before everything went dark was,

"He. Is. Mine…" And with a flick of his wrist Sheik was gone. He had just… disappeared! Ganon smiled calmly and with another swish from his hand towards the other side of the room, the two large doors flung open to reveal a very stunned, Hero of Time…

~tbc~

Okay people, I want reviews and I want them now!!! *huffs* What do I have to do to get some decent reviews around here!?! Arrgh!! *pulls hair out*

Duo: *cringes* Oh, don't do that please-it hurts just looking at you doing it….

Heero: *comes walking up behind Duo* He really has lost it now… what with work and finding another job and those phone calls… *ACK!!*

*Throws brick at Heero's head* Shut up, stupid Perfect Soldier!!

Heero: *narrowly dodges flying brick* Hey, bastard! *whips out gun from nowhere noticeably visible in the skin-tight spandex* You wanna try that again!?

*grins cruelly* Ok… *a pile of brick appear out of nowhere and he starts throwing them at an unhuman speed while Heero shoots every single one that comes his way*

Wufei Trowa and Quatre come walking up and stare at the scene before them with awe-well awe in Trowa and Wufei's case, but complete horror in Quatre's.

Quatre: Ohmigod, what are they doing!? They're going to kill each other! Oh! My Spaceheart! *Quatre puts a hand to his forehead melodramatically and falls back, expecting to be caught by Trowa but meets the floor instead* Ow!

Trowa: *staring down at Quatre like he didn't just fall* Anyway! Whoa, damn, look at that brick go-he has pretty good aim…

Wufei: *looks up from staring at the dramatic blonde on the ground* Yeah… tell me about it… *rubs the back of head where he was hit not too long ago by the same psychotic writer* I can still feel a bump when the on'na hit me before…

Trowa: *frowns* why do you call him that? Just curious.

Wufei: Because the retard is too flaming gay to just be a fag or so gay, it's unbelievable-so the only decent name I could call him was 'on'na'… fits though, don't you think? *Trowa nods*

Suddenly a 'stray' brick comes flying right at Wufei and Trowa's heads; they barely dodge the offending objects in time.

Trowa: What the hell!?! Why is that a-hole throwing them at us for!?

Quatre: Probably for that crack about him being a woman and not a man or even a gay one… *another brick flies right up and clips Quatre upside the head, this time, making him faint for real*

Trowa and Wufei stare down at the unconscious Quatre and both look at each other in fear.

Wufei: I think we should leave now.

Trowa: Me too. *Trowa picks Quatre up and they both scramble off into some unseen hiding place*

Duo: *looks up from his hiding place in the middle of all the havoc being created and yells* Hey, guys! Don't leave me here with these suicidal dumb-asses! *Duo takes off after the other three while barely dodging 'stray' bricks that somehow manage to fly his way*

Heavyarms: *peaks out from behind a pile of destroyed bricks* Uhh… p-please review so he'll be in a better mood! Remember, we have to live in his head-you don't! So please, PLEASE review!!!