This chapter lives up to the title of the story.
After a long, uncomfortable thirty minutes, nothing had bitten and Link was getting tired.
"Caught anything yet, Kid?' Linebeck called.
"No!" Link replied with a sigh.
"Well, you could come down and help eat breakfast without fish, or you could use Sparkles as bait. I suggest choice two."
"Not in your lifetime, fairy killer!" Ciela shot back.
"Well then come downstairs and eat my well cooked meal!"
Link and his fairy walked downstairs with the sun rising on their backs and Ciela muttering about smelling burnt food.
As they walked downstairs, smoke filled the air making it harder to see.
There was a series of coughing and Hylian swearing heard.
"Linebeck! I swear! I gave you very precise directions but you still managed to burn a whole loaf of bread!" Neri could be heard scolding the sailor even through the thick wooden door.
"Thank Nayru you're not as bad as Sparkles," Linebeck muttered, "She'd kill me."
Unfortunately, Neri's ears were extremely sharp from all the eavesdropping she'd done over the years.
"Oh I can be as cruel as Ciela!" Neri shouted.
Outside the door, Leaf was rolling on the floor, laughing until his eyes watered.
"Are you kidding me?" Ciela whispered, "I'm not cruel."
"Shh!" Link put a finger to his lips to silence the fairies and leaned his ear against the door.
"And don't ever curse Nayru in front of me." Neri said through clenched teeth.
Without another word Neri flew through a porthole and landed outside on the hull.
"Breakfast is ready." Linebeck said, letting Ciela, Leaf and Link into the kitchen.
Link and Linebeck ate in silence. The fairies not needing to eat found other things to do. Ciela flew back and forth from one side of the room the other. Leaf sat on the lantern hanging from the ceiling swinging to the beat of the ocean waves. Neri had come down stairs and was now hovering above Links head, occasionally fluttering over to talk to Ciela.
When breakfast was finished, there was an awkward silence.
"So," Leaf said, clearing his thought, "You two had quite an argument, didn't you?"
"Shut up, twinkle." Linebeck said, getting up and slamming is chair into the table.
The rest of them went upstairs while Linebeck cleaned up the breakfast dishes.
"Hey, Kid," Linebeck said later that day, "Did you mess with the controls on the engine?"
"No." Link replied.
"That's funny," Linebeck said, placing his hands on his hips, "because the engine is jammed."
"Sorry, Linebeck," the young boy said, "I don't have a clue."
"Linebeck!" The Spirit of Courage shouted that evening.
"What do I have to worry about now?" Came a reply.
"The ship's getting away! Follow after it!"
"But the engine's jammed!" Linebeck yelled.
"Just try!" Ciela begged.
"Fine!" Linebeck replied.
Unwillingly, the sailor configured the settings that would send the boat out into the ocean.
Surprisingly, it worked.
With a jerk, the S.S. Linebeck shot out into the sea following after the advancing ship.
Running upstairs, Linebeck noticed the ship they were after had a beautiful chestnut hull and the prow was in fact, a rabbit. Its sail was blue and red striped with a peace sign embroidered in it.
"At least they look friendly." Ciela said, whirling around Links head.
At that very moment, a black cannonball flew from the new ship and slammed into the S.S. Linebeck, creating a hole in the deck.
Their own ship shook violently, nearly sending Link overboard.
After they regained their senses, Link ran over to the hole and gazed into it.
"Crap!" Link shouted, stomping his foot, "crap, crap, crap!"
"Kid!" Linebeck exclaimed, "What are you doing? Fire the cannon! Fire! Fire! Fire!"
"I would but," the boy put his head in his hands, "Tetra's statue got hit!"