Title: Din's Agrestic

Rating: Right Now it's T but this might change to M later.

Pairing: Link x Sheik (a MAN.)

Summary: After the Outcasts of Ikana try to bring about the destruction of Hyrule, it's up to Link and Sheik to stop them. But how can you stop someone with the power of Din herself, not even mentioning the distractions right in front of you. BL/YAOI/SHONEN-AI/SLASH/WHATEVER. PICK YOUR WORD AND KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTAIN.

Disclaimer: I not only own Zelda, but also nintendo in its entirety. Actually I don't any of it, but I can dream, right? right?

A/N: AHH Fanfiction truly hates me. It ALWAYS fails to upload what I try to get it to. If you experience anything screwy, that's why!

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Chapter Four: Trouble at the Wall

A scantily clad Gerudo guard met them just before they arrived at the gates to the Fortress. Link held up the scrap of cloth the Gerudo used as their membership card and the guard waved them past. Another Gerudo was waiting for them as they entered the fortress grounds. There always had been many of them around their fortress. She walked over to them and looked them up and down.

"I take it you're the sent help from the castle then?"

"Yes. I'm Link and this is Sheik of the Sheikah" He didn't know why he's used a title with Sheik, but that was something to worry about later. "Listen we left an injured horse about-"

The Gerudo cut him off. "We've already taken care of your horse. She's being treated as we speak."

Link was confused, and obviously looked it because the Gerudo started laughing.

"You think we don't know whenever anybody enters our desert? You had an escort on you since you first crossed the bridge."

Link didn't know what to say. He had never known the Gerudo patrolled their doorway, but it seemed stupid to not assume they did. After all, didn't the Kokori follow any strangers in their forest until they left it?

"We'll take care of your horse. Can't say the same about your dog though." She laughed as her eyes glanced over at Sheik. Link missed the meaning entirely.

"Ok. Well, as long as that's taken care of-"

The Gerudo cut him off again."I'm to take you to leader right away."She turned and began to walk off. "Follow me, we'll be going through the waste… and I'd hate for you to get lost." She laughed again; it was more like a cackle.

Link nodded. "Let's go." They followed the Gerudo through the back gate of the fortress and across the quicksand-ish river that separated the solid desert from the wastes –it had a bridge now, better than when Link had to hope the longshot pulled him across without sinking.

Just as they reached the first flag the Gerudo used to navigate here, Link turned around to face Sheik.

"You've never been here before, right?"

Sheik nodded. "My people aren't exactly welcomed here." The Gerudo scoffed. Link ignored it.

"Alright." And before Sheik could react Link reached out and grabbed his hand. "It's really easy to get lost in here, even if you're following closely. If you get lost you could be wandering around out here for hours, even days." Link tried not to recall his first trip through the wasteland. "We'll go like this."

Link tried to get the whole thing out without blushing but towards the end he felt a faint tinge of red starting to creep up his face. He quickly turned back to their guide and hoped Sheik hadn't noticed.

Sheik didn't say anything, but followed along as they set out for the second flag. And then the third.

After what seemed like hours they finally arrived at the building Link knew to be the center of the wasteland. He expected the Gerudo to lead them straight on, in the direction of the Spirit Temple. Instead she took off to the right.

"We're not going to the Temple?" Link asked.

"No leader told me to bring you straight to the wall." Link realized he had no idea where the "wall" was. He'd thought it must be near the Temple, usually important things in Hyrule tended to be right around a temple, but apparently the "wall" was an exception. In his mind he tried to picture where they were and which direction they were going, but quickly stopped as it was hard to concentrate on both that and following the Gerudo.

It was only a five flag journey from the center building before they started to see a dark shape rising out of the horizon. Vision was blurry due to the seemingly endless sand blowing in every direction, but they were definitely coming upon something big.

"Is that it? The wall?"

"That's it. Pretty impressive, huh?"

"Yeah, it's massive. It's got to be 10 times the size of Hyrule Castle's walls…"

"I'd like to see the castle someday though, even so…" The Gerudo's voice was distant. It no longer carried the arrogance it had earlier. It seemed, sadder now.

"You've never seen the castle?"

"No I've never left the desert. This is all I've seen my whole life." She shrugged. "I know it's kind of pathetic but…" Her voice trailed off again.

"Still, there're lots of great things here. The Temple is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen." Even with the task of cleansing the temples, Link couldn't help but notice the beauty of the Spirit Temple above the others. The carved Goddess, the ornate walls – even the puzzles protecting the place had a certain charm.

The Gerudo managed a smile. "Thanks. You're a lot like what Nabooru says about you."

Link blushed, but a gasp behind him broke the conversation off. Sheik pulled his hand out of Link's and put it to his mouth.

"Goddesses… What's happening to it?"

Link could see what Sheik was talking about. It seemed that the sands had settled almost instantaneously and the wall looming ahead of them could be put in focus.

The wall was indeed massive, but so was the thick black liquid burning it away from the top down. Dark clouds hung right over the wall, they couldn't have been 20 feet above the top, and the liquid was raining from them, eating the wall away. The clouds conformed to the dips in the wall as the liquid had eating certain places faster than others, giving the wall a wave look. At its lowest point the liquid had corroded the wall down to half of its total height. There was no doubt why Nabooru had called them here now.

They could see a small group of tents in front of them with Gerudo standing guard around them and others busily moving around. As they approached a Gerudo came out of one of the tents to meet them.

"Leader." Their guide said

Nabooru ran up to them and threw her arms around Link, pulling him into a tight hug and spinning him around as if he weighed nothing.

"Boy! I'm so glad to see you. I wasn't sure I could pull Zelda's favorite little warrior away for a few weeks and when I didn't get a letter back from her I figured I couldn't. I'm so happy you're here." She stopped spinning him around, but kept Link in a tight embrace. Her eyes found Sheik and she glared. "And who's this dog you've got following you?"