Chapter 3: Rabbit Beamer

It was only a few days after the Argorok incident, yet social media was exploding from Hyrule's new heroes and villain, even a blog had surfaced to keep up the new fanbase about spottings, theories and discussions about who can do what. Many of the new fans leaned more towards Athena in terms of popularity, but Sheikhan Wolf did have his fans as well. Said heroes kept their eyes on the site since the person running it seemed rather keen on putting livestreams up themselves.
"Looks like you've got some very interesting fans there," Bleddyn sniggered while Link browsed through the comments on the Sheikhan Wolf thread, "aren't you a special guy?" He about lost it with a rather explicit comment made by one fan.
Link just sank in his seat with a groan. He had come early to get a note from Nurse Raine to help him out with the 'selective mutism when Zelda's around' issue and was just waiting in homeroom at this point. The only other people, other than the teacher, was Hilda (who was reading), Groose (who was making muscles and kissy faces at himself in the window's reflection) and Darunia (who was chilling to some music). Basically, nobody was really noticing Link and Bleddyn could come out at least for a short period. It was only when the class started to get more full that Bleddyn retreated to his hiding spot in Link's hood, Link taking a tip from Darunia and listening to some music. He only stopped when Zelda entered the room, who looked mildly steamed.
Zelda gave Link a quick hello in Hylian Sign Language and sat in her seat with a miffed sigh. She had been confronted by her father before leaving that day and, was it not for Impa insisting to leave to avoid being tardy, chances are Zelda would have been forced to stay home to continue her learning there. She made a note to speak with Telma about the issue during lunch. Until then, she locked her personal feelings aside to focus on today's lesson and hope that Link will be okay.
"You seem moody, Zel."
Zelda turned next to her to see Nabooru checking something on her phone."I had a bit of a bad start to the day." Zelda explained quietly to avoid getting caught by the teacher, "Nothing to worry about right now."
Nabooru glanced over at her, but shrugged and went back to her phone.
'Just leave the home issues at home, everything will be okay.' Zelda told herself. He mind drifted to the day's… earlier mishaps.

~Flashback~

Zelda put in some seeds for Brawynn, packed her books then started heading off once the Kwami of Wisdom was safely tucked away. She hummed a small cheery tune as she made her way out of her room and down the stairs when she noticed a figure waiting for her at the landing. Her father. "And where exactly do you think you're going, young lady?" He asked, his expression stern and voice firm.
"School, Father. I'm officially enrolled in Harkinian Academy." Zelda replied while keeping her voice steady.
"And what, pray tell, would imply that I would allow you to go?"
"You haven't said a thing since the first day I went," Zelda had to resist crossing her arms and simply just folded them in front of her, "so I had thought that Impa had convinced you to allow me." 'Seems I was wrong. Great.'
"Impa has informed me, yes. But the answer is still no."
"And might I finally know why?" She asked while walking down the stairs before stopping just before the landing to meet him at eye level.
"The reason is irrelevant. You are to stay here and that's final."
"I can't now since I'm enrolled in public school. If I stayed here for a long and unexplained amount of time, it would result in you getting into legal trouble." Zelda retorted firmly.
"And these… things flying about causing destruction?" Gustaf stated, pointing out the window, while there was nothing but clouds, Zelda knew what he meant.
"You've had me learn how to handle a sword and bow, I can handle myself, Father. Even then we have people to protect us from those monsters, Sheikhan Wolf and his partner Athena. I'll be fine out there, Father. Just trust them." 'Just trust me.'
Gustaf was about to speak again when Impa came forward.
"Miss Callaghan, you'll be late at this point." She reminded while keeping a stern face.
Gustaf sighed and adjusted his white silk tie, "We'll discuss this on a later date, daughter dear."
"Yes, Father." Zelda stated quietly as she went down the last few steps and left for the car with Impa. "Thanks for the save." She added quietly to the elder woman.
"It was just coincidence." Impa shrugged.

~End flashback~

"Miss Callaghan, would you mind reading where we left off?"
That snapped Zelda out of her memories and found herself having to play catch up until Nabooru managed to signal her where they left off. She mentally thanked her new friend for the assist and read.
After class, Link gave Zelda a tap on the shoulder to catch her attention away from Nabooru and Hilda.
"Hey, what's up?" Zelda asked while doing the signs.
["How are you?"]
She had to think a bit before continuing her response, "I'm adjusting to public school, but it's going by quickly. What about you?"
["I'm doing fine, thank you. However, you seemed rather -"] he paused here to think of the right word, ["unsettled when you can in this morning. Did Cia do something again?"]
Her eyes widened a bit on him jumping to the conclusion that Cia was the source of her woe, then shook her head and explained, "It's my dad, he wanted me to not come in today. Or ever again."
'So that explains it.' Nabooru thought while giving Hilda a 'Let's leave them be' look and walking off with her with a quick "We'll see you later, Zel!" During their leaving.
"Bye guys!" Zelda called back to them before giving Link her full attention again.
Link's face scrunched up as he thought of a tactful response to her explanation. He needed to be both respectful (he was the top businessman in Hyrule after all) but also honest about Gustaf keeping her inside all day long. ["He needs to trust you more, you're doing just fine here."]
She gave him a sad smile, "Thank you, but it's not just that now. He's worried about the…" she made a note to figure out what in the world 'Gufuu' would be in Hylian Sign Language, "issue of people becoming possessed and turning into monsters from it."
Link made an 'Ooh' face and was about to give his thoughts on it when the 'Better get into your class or you're tardy' bell ran off.
"We better go then. I'll see you in our next class then, Link. Take care." She waved a little as she walked.
'Man, what to do with her dad…' Link thought as he headed off as well.

Elsewhere, Ravio was wrapping a blue and black striped scarf around his face so that only his eyes showed. At his side was his purple duffel that he was thankful Link was able to grab. Better to have it in the hands of a friend than in someone's that would joyride.
'Ok, Rav, you got this. It's just a simple exchange, no big deal...' Ravio breathed. He was still rattled from the late receiving of the last item.
"Mr. Lipast?"
Ravio took a deep breath, working on keeping his thoughts in check so that things went as smoothly as possible. He turned to the sound of the voice to see a burly man in red coming in on an equally red moped. "Ah! Mr. D'glitch, good to see you. How's the wife and kids? Been doing good I hope! And that rascally cat of yours, boy don't you have your hands even more full. Don't worry about your part of the trade, it's authentic and in mint condition! You have my guarantee, hence the sticker on all items from yours truly!"
"I'm single with no kids or pets," D'glitch stated in on-point deadpan while getting off his ride, "so give me the cash you owe. I'm your supplier, remember?"
"Right, right… habit, sorry." Ravio muttered and did so, handing over a good wad of Rupees to the elder man.
D'glitch stood quietly as he smoothed out the Rupee notes as he counted them. "The payment came a day late..."
"Harkinian Academy was attacked yesterday, I got tangled up in that thanks to being kidnapped. Sorry, sir." The scarf-wearing one squeaked a bit.
D'glitch glowered at the youngster before him. Nothing was said for a small span of time until, "That's a pretty poor excuse, kid."
'It's not an excuse, I really was kidnapped! I got turned into a winged… thing and I don't really remember much after the fire except waking up afterwards at the ruins!' Ravio thought with a bubbling anger inside, but had to force his heat down, "Sorry, sir." He mumbled quietly as he gritted his teeth after speaking, "So, I'll be on my way once I get my required item then."
D'glitch nodded and handed him a pouch, "I'd be careful not to be so sloppy with payment dates next time, Mr. Lipast."
"I-I'll bear that in mind, sir." Ravio nodded and hid the pouch away. 'Even though I've been pretty consistent with paying on time and rarely slipped up!' He added to himself while walking away, the heated anger inside rising on hearing D'glitch's moped speed away. He had to keep cool though, cool as ice. Can't make a scene, it might raise suspicions.

The cavern's circle was aflame, depictions littering the walls. The heavy footfalls stepped forth into the cavern's spotlight. The trident slammed into the ground.
"Hm, a most interesting influence." Boarova stroked his chin in amusement. "A smouldering heart frozen by contempting will." He smirked as he snapped his fingers.
One of the smaller depictions on the wall melted into the violet mist before forming into Boarova's hand.
"Gufuu." The gold embossed red eye blinked at its master. "Seek out the darkness in this one's heart." The Gufuu shrieked as it flew through the skylight. "Go, and claim another for the bleakness of this world!"

Ravio heaved a sigh as he started taking off his scarf and storing it in his backpack. 'This day couldn't get any more rotten.' With a humph on his lips he started heading to class while typing out a text to his bros that he got their stuff and will meet them at the usual meeting place - Darunia's home - for their fun. He had just a ghost of a smirk at his accomplishment despite the bumps in the road and was starting to feel better about it until he saw a weird, one-eyed blob on the ground.
The two were staring at each other before the Gufuu started to jump at Ravio, which got him to scream and put his hands up in defense. Said scream shook the Gufuu up a bit due to the pitch and ended up flying away instead of going through with its primary mission.
"Well… that happened?" Ravio was very, very confused.
The Gufuu perched itself in the top of a tree, its wings rubbing its sides to lessen the pain.
"You are supposed to possess the boy, you ingrate!" It heard Boarova snarl. "I do not tolerate failure, and I don't care how, just do it!"
The Gufuu shook itself from its haze and flew back down at Ravio.
"What the- not again!" Ravio screamed, taking off running in the brush nearby, the Gufuu following close behind. His hoodie was snagged and torn down the center from an offending branch, and he had to abandon it as he slipped into the stream.
The Gufuu took the opportunity and dived into Ravio's stomach, making him tense up as the voice echoed in his head.
"Well now, we finally speak, child." Boarova sneered. "I am Boarova. You feel belittled by others for your own shortcomings. I can help you get over such trials, but you must do something for me in return. Do we have a deal?"
Ravio's head slowly rose as a wicked grin slowly cracked across his face, "You bet."
"Very well, Frazz, Master of Iced Fire. Go and prove your self worth to me by bringing me the Miraculous!"
Ravio's body was covered in black scales as his form changed, the water surrounding him freezing over in large chunks and the overhead branches bursting into flames, then the stream began to steam as though it was boiling over as the fires above ceased and the branches were now coated in thick ice one would see in the dead of winter.
His skin was now a dark gray and his eyes turned yellow and beady, he glanced at the branches overhead, and leaped up above to reclaim his hoodie.
"'Frazz'? What a dull name..." He chided as he slipped the torn garment on with a bit of a grunt. "Just call me Rabbit Beamer! Nyehehehehehe!"

Link looked at his smartphone for the umpteenth time that day. "Where is he?" He asked out-loud before looking over to Darunia, "Dude, have you gotten through to him at all?"
"No replies for either texting or voice messages," Darunia let out a sullen sigh, "this isn't like our brother at all! What's happened to him?"
'Hopefully it wasn't a shakedown from a deal gone horribly, horribly wrong.' Link thought with a mental cringe at the idea of Ravio going out mobster style. He figured to try and call Ravio when he heard the sound of screaming and motors, causing him and Darunia to run to the scene. 'Please don't be Ravio being ran over!'
Well, he wasn't wrong about being Ravio involved… it was just in a way that no one would have expected. (Except you the reader, you were there after all)
"Link… what is chasing that man and why is he being chased?" Darunia asked as he took in a man in red overalls riding an equally red moped being chased after a creature on a motorcycle that was shooting out these small energy bursts. They were color coded energy bursts as well, the orange shots made flames and light blue made ice.
"I have no idea," Link stared in utter bafflement until he noticed 2 distinct pieces of fabric flopping in the wind, 'hey wait, those look like… rabbit ears!? You've gotta be kidding me, Ravio was hijacked!?' "Darunia, you call 986, I'll see if I can warn Ravio about this!"
"You got it!" Darunia did so.
Link walked off quickly to make it like he was just going elsewhere to talk so that he and Darunia's chats didn't overlap the calls. In reality he was taking cover and shook his hoodie to sit Bleddyn.
"But the peanut butter!" Bleddyn snorted awake and looked around, "What's up?"
"A Gufuu infected my best friend, time to howl!" This time he actually got a bit of distance from his hiding place before letting out his howl.

Zelda was currently in her room reading something for class, lazily moving a bookmark with a tassel on it back and forth, while Brawynn batted and flailed at said tassel much like a pet cat. Made even funnier due to only having bird feet and wings, along with her very determined grunting as she tried to grab all the strands. Their peace was greatly disturbed by the sounds of a moped and motorcycle driving by, fire truck and police sirens and a howl piercing the air nearly all at once.
"So much for peace and quiet." Zelda put the bookmark in, put her reading down, stood and opened up one of her windows, "Brawynn, spread your wings!" Once fully transformed she took flight and followed the sounds of chaos as quickly as she could.

"Nyehehehee~! Now this is how business is supposed to be done!" Beamer shrieks as he revs the engine, flames shooting from the exhaust. The tires squealed as the asphalt cooled over and turned slick, which caused major road bumps thanks to all the cars driving over it and making the pavement uneven and dangerous. The air was filled to the brim and then some with the car honks of those who are trying to rush elsewhere but cannot thanks to Rabbit Beamer's chaos.
"Goddesses, who did Boarova control to make so much insanity?" Athena muttered to herself as she tried to find the Gufuu behind the travel upheaval. It didn't take too long due to the cackling, screaming and the sounds of the two motor-driven bikes. 'First things first, saving the person this Gufuu is chasing!' With a powerful flap she dove after the man in red and picked him up, the effort being strained because he would just not let go of the moped. "Sir, please release your vehicle, it's making saving you much harder than it should be!" She groaned under the weight.
However, the man was in disagreement with the heroine's advice, "I paid good money for this and the paint job, no way will I just let go!"
"Oh my goddesses," Athena muttered in great annoyance, "I promise, it'll be fine once we take down your pursuer, just let go!" At this point she was just trying to get him off the road despite how cumbersome the task has become due to the man's stubbornness. She let out a satisfied sigh on setting the two on the sidewalk that lined the park, only to hear Rabbit Beamer's approach.
"How 'bout some fried boid girl!?" He pulled out a rod with a gemstone on top that looked like swirling, blazing fire, waved it at them and launched a large column of fire!
Athena ended up standing in front of the civilian to take the hit. She figured her magical outfit could take this, after all she got thrown around days prior with no scratches taken. As the sensation of heat came closer and closer to her being, she was starting to really regret this choice of tactics… but she ended up freezing in place out of fear.
That's when she felt a familiar metallic claw around her waist and pulling her out of harm's way. The red overall-wearing man had gotten the same treatment as her and they were both out of the line of fire - literally. The moped, however, suffered the attack and promptly exploded. Magic fire causes quite the explosion.
"My moped!" D'glitch sobbed.
"You're welcome." Sheikhan deadpanned to the crying one.
"Sheikhan!" Athena smiled and then gave him a double-look, "Sheik… where'd the scarf come from?"
"Scarf?" He looked down and noticed that he now had a long, blue scarf a few shades lighter than Athena's dress with the frays in red and gold. "What the - when did I get this? This was not here the first time!" 'Bleddyn, you better have a good explanation for this!'
"Well, I think it looks dashing on you~."
Sheikhan was very, very glad for his mask since he blushed a bit on the comment, "You're too kind, my goddess." He then grabbed her and pulled her out of the way of some ice blocks that nearly crushed the two of them. D'glitch managed to avoid getting hit from seeing the shadows that were cast before the two of them.
"Great, dual elemental fight." Athena's deadpan matched Sheikhan's earlier tone as she looked at the perpetrator.
"Well, well, well! The boid and the puppy came to play~." The Rabbit Beamer cackled.
"A Holodrum accent?" Athena wondered if that was natural or not.
'Ravio, you haven't even been there last I checked. Why the accent?' Sheikhan resisted the urge to smack his hand against his forehead.
"Anyway, you're going down!" Athena stated as she turned her wings into her bow and started running a bit to be harder to hit (with any hope). "Sheikhan, cover me!"
"On it!" He took out his trusty blade and ran forward with a war cry.
'I need to be more specific and say to be tactical when covering me.' Athena mentally sighed.
On seeing the green-clad wolf hero charge at him, Rabbit Beamer's staves were engulfed in dark fire and black ice that morphed them into nearly identical escrima sticks, the main difference being the fire-based one being in a red/orange color motif while its opposite bore a more light blue and white theme. He raised them over his head in an X formation, which worked to block the oncoming vertical slice Sheikhan Wolf was executing. Magical weapons sure are sturdy!
"Aww, bad puppy!" Rabbit Beamer laughed as both staves glowed and Sheikhan was blasted back, the fur on his armor somehow being singed and frosted all at once. "Better get back from the Freezer Burn!"
Athena figured to shoot while Rabbit Beamer was focused on her partner, hoping that she could at least hinder him somehow. 'At least a shot to the upper arm will help. Apologies, one possessed, if you feel this!' She took a deep breath and launched her basic arrow. What she didn't expect was for her partner to get in the way at the last second and end up getting the hit instead, "Sheik!"
Sheikhan fell to the ground, grunting in pain as the wind felt like it was stabbed from his lungs.
"Ohoho! Too slow, boidbrain!" Rabbit Beamer jumped away and landed on his cycle. "Now look, I'm pretty grateful for the last time with youse guys saving me from being lizard legionnaires, but I gotta finish off my old boss for my new one, and uh… what was that other thing?"
"Get. Me. The Miraculous, you half-wit!" Boarova roared in the villain's mind.
"Yeesh, alright." Rabbit Beamer said as he cleaned out his ear. "New boss wants your Miraculous, but I'll let you off this time." He revved up the engine and sped off. "Consider this your freebie! Nyehehehehe!"
Athena turned her bow back into her wings and flew over to Sheikhan, "Wolfie, I am so sorry!" She checked to see just how badly the damage from her impromptu friendly fire caused. There was a great sigh of relief from her lips on seeing that it didn't go into his body, he had chainmail on and it only ruined the fabric of his outfit. "This will probably hurt." She grabbed onto the shaft, "One, t-!" Then she found out just touching it makes it vanish. "Does it still hurt?" She asked while helping him to his feet.
"I'll be fine..."
"Now we have to -"
"I'll handle this one."
She flinched a bit on hearing his tone. She thought to ask how, but figured to just keep quiet due to current circumstances, "I understand. I'll… stay with the person he was chasing earlier in case he comes back." With a few flaps she was gone. 'I really am sorry, Wolfie…' she choked back a sob while she tried to find D'glitch. Wasn't too hard due to his attire. "Pardon, sir, but I'll have to stay close to you in case that Gufuu returns for you."
"And I should trust the girl who let my moped be set ablaze why?" He crossed his arms and stared long and hard at her.
"I have a weapon." Athena produced such, "And can fix the problem when given the opportunity with some purification-based magic. Including your moped."
"...My name is Baagu. I'm part of a group that distribute items to certain clientele. I don't know who that guy is, but it looks like he stole something from my best courier."
"Elucidate please, Mister Baagu? What would this item have been to tip you off?"
"It was something that he wore, that strange violet-colored hoodie of his with the animal ears on top."
'Animal ears? Violet?' Athena remembered at least one classmate wearing something of that description, 'Ravio! Maybe Link can help me find him?'

"Ah-CHOO!" Sheikhan sniffled, 'What was that about? I'd think with the addition of the scarf it would be pretty hard to get cold.' He stared along the skyline, thoughts between his search for his Gufuu'ed buddy and the arrow incident from earlier. 'C'mon, Rav. Where are you?'
Some fire engine sirens in the distance might be a key to the location of the friend in question. He fired the clawshot at a building, and as he leaped, he forced the wind around his legs to help him float. He even managed to kick some air at some fire to make it stop, though the issue of stability from the trick needed to be thought of more readily.
As he went back to leaping buildings with the use of his clawshot and control of the wind, that's when Sheikhan Wolf noticed something very, very odd. He saw the motorcycle of Rabbit Beamer's outside an apartment building, but not the owner. Due to the curiosity of the scene, he hid himself as quickly as possible and watched to see what was going on.
Rabbit Beamer came out of the house with a spring in his step and some Rupee bills in hand, "Another satisfied customer! I even got extra~!" Beamer clicked his heels then drove away with a cackle.
(What he doesn't know is that the extra was to keep him far away as possible, let's face it who'd want a Gufuu as their courier?)
Sheik took a moment to analyze what just happened. 'So, he's still making deliveries despite his current form. Ravio, my friend currently under the power of an evil doer, is still going around making sure that his deliveries are done and that he gets paid. What is wrong with you, why are we friends again, and - GAH! NOT ANOTHER BUILDING ON FIRE!' And off he went.

Athena found that, after escorting Baagu D'glitch to a safe location, that she was getting less and less capable of focusing on the task at hand as she flew around. She kept hearing Baagu's earlier words repeating over and over again in her head and it wasn't helping. She landed on a rooftop with a frustrated sigh and paced back and forth while trying to put the pieces together. "Where in the big city of Hyrule could he have gone after that unfortunate failure of a fight scene? Come on Athena, think. You have wisdom, use it! This shouldn't be too hard, just look for a purple rabbit hoodie and that's the Gufuu you're looking for. It's not like you're doing this alone, you have Wolfie with y-" She stopped and now found the events of her accidentally shooting him replaying in her head now, "If… he's still willing to work with me." She ran her thumb over the Miraculous around her neck while looking up at the sky, 'First Link with his mutism in school, and now Sheikhan Wolf. I'm starting to wonder if this is a sign saying I wasn't suppose to be Athena…' her other hand balled into a fist as she fought back tears. 'No, no, no! Just ask him after we save Ravio if he wants to continue working with me. If he says no, then I'll find someone else Brawynn can work with. Someone who won't end up doing friendly fire at the one person who was just doing what he was instructed to do so.'
She was snapped out of her thoughts at the sound of Rabbit Beamer's approach, "Got him." With a flap she was off and tailing him, now having to avoid ice blocks that materialized in the air. She then got an idea and flew ahead of him. "You couldn't hit the broadside of a Lon-Lon barn even if you tried!"
"You take that back, boidbrain!" Rabbit Beamer screeched as he summoned more ice blocks. One swift dodge and five seconds later, he figured out what her plan was and was cut short of a curse on running into her idea. He was sent flying for a bit and skidded across the road, groaning while trying to straighten out his vision.
Athena quickly brought out her bow and shot an arrow at him, actually managing to hit him in his upper arm.
"Yeeouch! Have some manners will ya!?" Rabbit Beamer rolled to his feet and charged forward with another pillar of fire, not wanting to make the same mistake he did earlier with the ice blocks again.
Athena swapped out for her wings again and flew out of the way. 'Note to self: speak to Brawynn about somehow obtaining a close-quarters weapon!'
"Burn baby, burn!" Rabbit Beamer cackled as he sent more fire pillars after her.
Athena pulled off some dodges and flew a figure eight around him.
Rabbit Beamer watched her and tried to hit her, but due to her constant moving and said movement shape not being a circle, this wasn't that easy. The moment he managed to lose track of her in a rage-filled attack, that's when she swooped in and gave him quite a punch to the back of his head.
Athena panted as she landed and stared at the villain, gently turning him onto his back. That's when her arrow vision kicked in, "So that's where the Gufuu is!" There was only one little problem: No Sheikhan Wolf to help with the purifying. 'Wolfie, where are you? I know you're mad but I just need you for a few moments, then we don't have to talk to each other for a while. Possibly forever if you think I need to be replaced by another.' Her wings drooped at her last mental statement.
Rabbit Beamer groaned and, on seeing the winged warrior distracted by her own thoughts, used this moment to pull a trick out of his sleeve. He looked back at where his motorcycle crashed and, with a couple twitches of his nose, it was in full repair and was now heading straight at Athena!
She did avoid it though by flying; motorcycles aren't known for their impromptu sneak attack capabilities.
"Good to know that can happen." Athea noted with crossed arms while glaring down at the Rabbit Cheater.
"Just wait 'til I get goin', toots!" Rabbit Beamer cackled while shooting more pillars of fire at her.
"Toots!?" Now she was angry. Nobody is gonna call her some 1940's slang term for (inappropriately) addressing women and get away with it! Like a hawk descending on their prey, Athena dove forward with fury alight in her eyes and her talons out to strike!
Now, Rabbit Beamer would have reacted to such by using either of his elemental weaponry to just strike her as she went straight at him from above. However, watching her dive ended up kicking up some flight instincts and started to run, he tried to run so far away. He managed to duck in time before her foot make contact, but seeing the long stretch of upheaved ground (and concrete, asphalt and/or cement!) that came from her failed attempt to strike him, this resulted in the desire to regroup his thoughts. With a quick pulling out of a small bell his ride came over and he rode off to put some distance between him and she who wants revenge from the name calling.
"Get back here!" Athena roared as she took flight again.
'Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope!' Beamer tried to shake her off by going through what he could: alleyways, crowded streets, parking garages. To say she was relentless was an understatement. "Sheerow, we're not gonna make it!" Yes, that's his bike's name.
'Oh, if only I could shoot and fly at the same time!' Athena thought with a great scowl upon her features. She knew she had a decently high chance of blowing out the rear fire with an arrow, but it was either keep flying to continue her pursuit or do a quick landing and hope that he was still going to be within her shooting range when she released her fury in the form of an arrowhead. Though she soon found out that neither would be possible, as she heard a distinctive tone. 'My transformation is nearly up!? No!' With a loud groan of frustration, she used her remaining time to flee the area to become Zelda once more in a less chaos-ridden area of town.
Rabbit Beamer found that she was going away, skidded Sheerow to a stop and watched her leave until she was out of his line of vision. "What in Din's name was that all about?"
"Her Miraculous ran out of power!" Boarvoa roared in his head, a pause of silence occurring before he continued to speak, "It matters not for now. In time she'll return, and then her Miraculous, along with the one belonging to her cur of a partner, will be mine at last!"
"Good ta know! Now, if you excuse me, I have more deliveries!" Rabbit Beamer cackled and peeled out.
Zelda waited for the roar of the engine to peter off into the distance before releasing the breath she didn't know she was holding. She held Brawynn in her hands and neither spoke for a time. "I'm sorry for acting so rashly." The blonde sighed and lowered her head, "And for what I did today in regards to Wolfie…"
"Don't beat yourself up over it." The Kwami stated. "The Wolves have always been made of sterner stuff. You aren't the first to make this mistake."
Zelda made a quiet hum of consideration. 'At least it's good to know I'm not the only one. Still… I have to be more careful.' "Thank you, my friend. Let's head back home before it gets too dark out." She hid the small one away with the use of her hair and started heading out of the alley.
She looked around to see if there was any sign of Rabbit Beamer or even Sheikhan Wolf. 'Given the chaos from earlier, the streets are clear as well. There's a low chance of anything happening on my way home, right?' With a small sigh escaping her lips, Zelda picked up her walking pace a little. 'Doesn't mean I should lollygag. I've still got to do my homework and try to come up with an excuse as to why I wasn't in my room if anyone checked up on me at all.' And so the thought process of excuses went through her mind while making her journey home. Said process was starting to distract her from such things as a chunk of ice from Rabbit Beamer's earlier attack melting enough to dislodge itself and heading for her head…!
Zelda heard the ice crack and looked up, her body ironically froze in panic. She barely caught the glimpse of green in her vision as the ice boulder suddenly careened down the street, missing parked cars.
"Are you hurt, ma'am?" Wait a second, Zelda knew that voice…
'Wolfie?' Zelda blinked a few times as, yes indeed, her partner was standing before her, sword drawn, and having saved her - as Zelda! - from being hurt.
"It's not safe for a lady to be traipsing down the streets with a Gufuu about. I would suggest you g-" Sheikhan stopped as he looked at the girl he saved. 'Oh geez, it's Zelda! Wait. I just talked to her… I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO HER!'
They both stared at each other in silence for what seemed like hours (it was only half a minute) before Zelda spoke up, "I-I was, um… actually heading home right now! I was h-hiding in a building when that motorcycle mon- person came through and caused all of this. Heh, y-yeah… " She explained. 'Smooth, Zelda, smooth. Like sandpaper. Din, strike me now.'
"I see… well, that monster is actually a boy called Ravio, I believe he goes to the same school you do."
Her mind blanked out, the moment being rather surreal to her. She was talking to Wolfie - her Wolfie - as Zelda. Not as her winged archer alter ego, Athena, but as Zelda Moira Callaghan. She at least managed a "Uh-huh" to his statement as she tried to not freak out. 'I'm starting to think being Athena gives me better confidence as well. Oh boy, this'll end awkwardly won't it?' "Well, um… th-thank you for saving me. I hope catching that R-Ravio person will go okay." She smiled in a sweet but shy manner as her cheeks were tinted a bright red. 'Get ahold of yourself woman! This is no time to get weak-kneed just because he kept a big piece of ice from hitting your head! Even if those eyes are just so gentle-looking and strong, and his voice right now… it's just so - focus, Zelda, focus! You have to catch Ravio too! Maybe he has a plan? Ask if he has a plan.' "So, if you don't mind a random girl you just saved asking, d-do you have an idea or item that will help catch that Ravio g-guy?"
'GAH, SHE'S SO CUTE.' Sheikhan Wolf screamed in his head on repeat and at 5 times speed. "I don't mind at all, but you have to promise not to say anything to anyone."
"I promise." Zelda grinned as she nodded. Brawynn gave her a light slap on the back of her neck for moving so much. 'Oops, sorry Brawynn.' "So what's the plan, Mister Hero?"
Sheikhan looked on for a moment. 'Okay, Bleddyn, give me something good!' He stuck his hand into his pouch. "Item Charge!" He threw his fist above his head, a light glimmering through his fingertips. As it dissipated, he opened his hand to reveal…
"A whistle?" Zelda blinked… talk about a downer…
'Really, you mutt. NOW OF ALL TIMES?!'
"Try playing it?" Zelda suggested, wondering why it would be a whistle of all things.
Sheikhan looked it over. For some odd reason, it was shaped like a crescent with flattened tips. 'Aw what's there to lose at this point?' He shrugged as he blew into the mouthpiece.
Do-do-doooo do-do-dooooo~
"Well, the tune it played is rather cute." Zelda had a faint smile on her lips hearing it. 'Did he actually move his fingers or did it adjust the notes itself?'
'I know that tune, what's up your sleeve, you imp?' Brawynn thought while rubbing her lower beak with a wing.
"Heh, I thank you kindly, ma-!" The sound of a motorcycle cut the masked hero off as he stood in front of Zelda with his sword drawn once more, 'Bring it on, Rav!'
'Not now! I still need to feed Brawynn before I can transform again!' Zelda made a small panicky noise as she tried to shrink herself behind Sheikhan's form.
What they thought was Rabbit Beamer was not. It was still a motorcycle, but not the one they were expecting.
As the bike halted in front of them, they saw it was a coppery brown that glistened in the afternoon sun. The main body was rather large for a bike, and the fairing was shaped surprisingly like a horse's head, twin headlights shone brightly forward in place of the eyes, the lower spoiler behind the front wheel was like a plate armor protecting the engine, which was further protected by two distinctive shields, emblazoned with Athena's mark.
Zelda peeked out from behind him and the two stared at it with wide eyes, then slowly looked at each other before looking back at the bike.
'So that's what it does.' Sheikhan thought.
"This means you can keep up with him while trying to take him down!" Zelda exclaimed with a gleeful tone with a grin to match.
"Yup!" Boy he hoped she wouldn't catch on that he was just plain confused and clueless about what just happened.
Brawynn, due to the two being distracted by their new ride, popped her head out a little to see just what Bleddyn dug up, 'Bleddyn, you card. Though I do wish you supplied helmets.'
The bike revved its engine, surprisingly sounding like a horse's whinny, only done by an army instead of just one.
The two teens looked at each other again on hearing the engine revving. "Well, that's different." They said in near sync.
"You want a ride home?" Sheikhan asked after the initial shock wore off, straddling the bike, and grabbing its handlebar reins.
Zelda hesitated at first due to never having ridden one even as a passenger. 'I can trust him, he wouldn't let anything happen to me… I just wish we still got helmets. Even the rebel boys in the movies had them from time to time.' "S-Sure." She gulped down a bit as she got onto the motorcycle as well, putting her hands on his shoulders and also hoping that the engine could mask how hard her heart was beating.
Brawynn also took this time to change hiding places and, with a quick but sincere apology, hid herself in Zelda's shirt. No way was she about to stay in Zelda's hair while they were going legal speed limits, she'd be flung off!
As if understanding the thoughts of the passenger, the bike's gas tank opened up to reveal a helmet. It flung out like a spring and landed directly on Zelda's head comfortably.
'Good thing I moved when I did, otherwise I would've been crammed in there.' Brawynn thought while bracing herself for the ride.
Zelda let out a startled cry as the helmet was put on her, but after a deep breath she was okay with it, "Okay, all good." She stated while putting the visor down. 'I just wish you had one too…'
"Alright. Let's go… erm… Epona!" Sheikhan called, twisting the throttle. The bike came to life and pulled a vicious wheelie before speeding forward. Both riders screamed at first, Zelda wrapping her arms around his waist to prevent herself from falling as Sheikhan's scarf blew magnificently in the wind.
"S-Sorry!" She raised her voice to be heard over the engine and tried not to think about how, despite having chainmail (as she found out earlier) under his tunic it was still pretty skin tight.
Sheikhan, however, could only grin like a fool, feeling her chest against his back. "D-don't worry!"
'Teenagers.' Brawynn let out a silent sigh accompanied by an eye roll.

"Ah! You might wanna stop a few blocks from my house, I don't think my dad, his right hand or my strong and silent type bodyguard would think highly of you if they saw us together like this!" Zelda warned after a few minutes of riding.
"Not a fan of superheroes, I take it?" Sheikhan smirked.
"I don't think so, but I doubt my dad would be happy to see me on a motorcycle with a boy who seems to be around my age. It's a parent thing, can't really explain it! Plus, like I said, my bodyguard is pretty strong, Dad might send him out to scare you off!"
"After facing a dragon, I think I can handle a guard, but I understand. Where to, princess?"
Zelda gulped a bit at the nickname and really hoped he couldn't actually see her flushing face, "Uh… Callaghan Estate." 'And here comes the freak out.'
To his credit, Sheikhan did not freak out, instead speeding up through an intersection to get past the light. Inside though, he was freaking out if Impa somehow recognized him.
"Ahh!" Zelda increased her grip around him due to the speeding up. 'Trust him, trust him… though I do wonder if he could handle 3 angry adults. I'd think Argorok would be cake compared to Dad, Impa and Byrne. Hey wait a second...' "You know where my house is? How? I didn't give directions!" "UH… well, the Castle District is pretty well known for your residence… ehehehe…"
"I guess that's true?" Zelda shrugged a bit, "I wouldn't suggest living there despite what people say about the glitz and glam, it's a pretty stuffy community! And nosey. Oh! I-I probably shouldn't be talking about civilian stuff, you're a busy hero and all, ehehe… s-sorry!"
The rest of the ride was in silence, something Zelda did not take well. He stopped a few blocks away as asked, Epona's engine rumbling in a snort. As she got off and returned the helmet, she saw Sheikhan's face in a hardened expression, and her anxiety ran out. "Mister Hero, is… everything okay?" She asked softly with uneasiness clear in her eyes.
(It should also be noted that Brawynn's back to hiding in her hair, having slipped in shortly after the removal of the helmet, it would be awkward to have a bird-like shaped lump in one's shirt when talking to another after all!)
"It's nothing, princess, just something that happened earlier today that I'd rather not think about." 'Why must you look at me like that? I just wanna spill everything out when you do! Those blue eyes of yours are just so…so…! I can't say anything bad, they're beautiful and my kryptonite.'
"If you're sure… still, thank you for what you've done. If you're ever around, come see me and I'll treat you a little." She waved to him as she started walking, though soon found herself stopping again when she felt a hand grab her.
"Wait, I… can tell you're pretty smart, can you help me? It's quick, I swear, I just need some help sorting things out with this… friend I have."
'This is totally about the arrow incident, isn't it?' Zelda thought while she turned to face him, "Of course."
"You know about how I've worked with Athena as of late, right?"
"I do, you're both a popular subject online these days."
"Then I guess you heard about what happened earlier…"
"Through some amateurish video footage, yes." She lied while internally wincing at having to do so.
"Personally, I'm not as mad as one would think about her shooting me."
"You're not?" She was genuinely shocked, "Why?" 'Because I honestly thought about having someone replace me due to guilt!'
"I was more angry that she went ahead and just attacked the kid before I could get any info from him." He leaned back on Epona and looked at her. "I know that guy is a pretty hard worker, but he's a bit shy around new people, especially after an incident with another bodyguard like you said."
'Oh Wolfie, I'm sorry! I'll wait next time so you can get info, I swear!' "It might be a good idea to talk to her about it so that the mistake isn't made twice? Chances are she'll understand."
Sheikhan eyed her before sitting up and grabbing the handles. He chuckled. "Thanks, princess, that helped a bit."
"Anything for Hyrule's newest hero." She gave him a bit of a toothy smile as her cheeks went bright pink, "Good luck with your mission and talking to Miss Athena." Then her blush got darker when she heard her stomach growl. 'Guess it's not just Brawynn who needs food right now. Please tell me he didn't hear that.'
Alas, he did, but he only chuckled before reaching to his side and tossing her a small pouch. It rattled in her hand and when she reached inside, she pulled out a pumpkin seed.
"It's not much or filling, but they do really well for some energy. My Kwami is nuts about the stuff."
Zelda giggled a bit, "Thank you for your generous offer, Mister Hero. I'll do my best to enjoy them." She then popped the seed in her mouth.
'I can't tell if this cheekiness is your own or your boy's, Bleddyn. Still, thank you both.' Brawynn thought with a small but fond smile on her beak.
"Take care, princess!" Link revved up Epona and, after yet another wheelie that threatened to possibly have him on the ground, he was speeding down the road.
"Bye!" Zelda called out after him, then sighed while cradling the pouch to her chest.
"Might I have a share?" Brawynn asked as she perched on her shoulder.
"Uh-huh." Zelda responded absentmindedly while pulling out a couple seeds and holding them out in the open.
"...Dear, I'm on your shoulder."
"Uh-huh." She moved her hand.
"Your other shoulder."
Zelda moved her hand yet again.
'Oh the irony, the archer was hit with an arrow from Cupid.' Brawynn sighed and worked on eating the seeds. 'Pumpkin… of course it is, you twit.' She giggled as she munched.

'I talked with Zelda! I - talked - with - Zelda! With actual spoken words!' To say Link was happy about this accomplishment was the understatement of the week. When he wasn't focusing on the road he was playing his conversations with her back in his head. Despite the difficulties of the day, there was at least that one good note about it.
Though the sound of sirens in the distance snapped him back into hero mode and went to see what had happened. Seems Rabbit Beamer had passed through again and lit some fires along the way!
"Let's go, Epona!" With a whinny and his scarf flying behind him, Sheikhan was quickly on the scene and assisting with putting out the fires with some concentrated wind blasts where he could do them without furthering damage to the area. He knows everything will be okay with a Navii, but that doesn't excuse property damage when it came to saving the day (And chances are Athena would scold him for it whether she's witnessing it or not, which he'd be right about).
One police officer on the scene came up to Sheikhan Wolf once everything was under control, the young hero recognizing him from career days past.
"Thank you for your help, Sheikhan, we've been spread pretty thin by this motorcycle-riding lunatic's attacks." He was a bit lanky for a police officer, with fire engine red hair that somehow stuck out an such an angle where one of his bright blue eyes was covered by his asymmetrical bangs. Despite the tone of mild gratitude the man held, his eyebrows seemed to be stuck in an eternal, rather bushy angry arching. Sheikhan's learned not to question how or why his eyebrows were like that, though wondered how in the world his daughter, Lana, was related to him. He could see the relation in their noses, but not much else aside from that.
"No problem, officer -" here he had to pause and look at his badge so that it was like the two were meeting for the first time, "Officer Ambi."
"Think you can catch this guy before the city's rubble?" Officer Ambi asked, his eyebrow twitching slightly.
"I'll do what I can until Athena gets here." he replied, revving the engine and going off.
"All officers report! We have a Code 3 and 6AD in progress, I repeat a Code 3 and 6AD in progress!" Came the somewhat static-infused cry from Ralph's walkie talkie.
"Officer Ambi responding, what's going on?"
"A Code 3 with a 6AD, penal codes 10853 and 23103!" the other voice explained as calmly as possible. A cackle was also heard in the background.
"Hang tight, sending help right now!"
"11-98 at the Geldo district!"
"Roger, Ambi out!" Ralph then turned to Sheikhan Wolf… only to find that he had gotten a head start. When did that happen? "Backup on the way. Vigilante Wolf is after the rabbit. I repeat. Wolf is on the Hunt."
'Hang on, Ravio!' Sheikhan thought while putting the pedal to the metal.
(A/N: we probably both botched any chances for accurate police speak… we apologize deeply!)

The Geldo district, when not under attack by a manic motorcyclist Gufuu, was a hot place in terms of climate and for shopping. Many of their goods ranged from imported spices and fabrics to made from scratch meals that have been passed down the prime culture (which is Gerudo, if it wasn't obvious enough) from generations and made into restaurants. As of right now, the usual buzz that would surround the marketplace and the people running their shops was dead because of the Rabbit Beamer's mayhem and/or deliveries. He even picked up some new toys along the way, two rods that allowed different elemental control - one that allows Beamer to use the winds and the other summons forth (temporary) walls of sand. Now a rod that controls sand would generally be useless in a city district, except due to ensure quick imports, Geldo is located near a rather large docking area that also had a beach beside it. Sometimes said sand gets a little further mainland and is incorporated into the city's aesthetic instead of literally being brushed aside.
"Ohhhhh~ The world's a-filled with turmoil and the winds are twisting by.
"The sunny days're sweltering and the chilly days benign.
"It's on this day we find the sound of chaos in the midst
All in Boss's desire, for the Miraculous!"
(Speaking of Boarvoa, guess who was resisting the urge to hit his head on the nearest wall to avoid damaging his own Miraculous due to the little ditty of his Gufuu of the day.)
Rabbit Beamer would have started up a part two to his song was it not for the sound (and sight in the mirror) of a certain green-clad hero coming up behind him. "Well, well, well! The boidbrain's pet's come to play again!"
He didn't expect the sonic boom as Sheikhan sped past and halted a block away, causing him to stagger on his ride to see the Wolf's new wheels.
"How'ja you get THAT sweet ride?!" Rabbit Beamer exclaimed, tightening his grip on the handlebars.
Sheikhan smirked. "Whassa matter, Bunyip? Can't handle your carrot stick shift?" he revved Epona again, the roaring sounding like a whinny.
Beamer glowered at the hero, gritting his teeth in suppressed rage, black scales forming around his eyes as a familiar voice spoke within his mind.
"He's goading you into making a mistake." Boarova snarled. "Make him regret it."
"Yes SIR!" Beamer roared as he twisted the throttle on Sheerow, rocketing him at Sheikhan.
The wolf smirked and revved Epona up, speeding down the road. 'Alright, he took the bait! Rav's never been one to back down from a challenge. Let's continue this "follow the leader". Hopefully Athena gets back soon.' looking at his bracelet, he saw two of the paw pads gone.
"Get back here!" Beamer shouted over the engine, pulling out a green four limbed staff and aiming it at Sheikhan. The limbs spun and caused a cyclone to form, pulling up cars and debris to stop his adversary. Epona deftly swerved through the panic, knowing exactly where everything would fall.
Sheerow plowed through it all, despite being smaller, its rider's drive intent on catching the hero.
This continued a few blocks until the reached the beach. Both Epona and Sheerow neck and neck as Sheikhan parried off Beamer's fire and ice staffs.
"Why won't you fall?!" the villain screamed as he locked the ice staff to Sheikhan's sword.
Shekhan just smiled. "Because I don't want to disappoint a watching goddess."
Rabbit Beamer was going to ask, but nearly getting an arrow to the face answered his question. "Boidbrain's at it again!?"
Athena quickly turned her weapon back into her main mode of transport and followed after the two riders, soon flying alongside her partner. "Remind me to thank Officer Ambi for flagging me down while looking for you."
Sheikhan slowed down Epona to have Athena set herself on. Beamer flew ahead and stopped aways away, revving the engine in a way that would be considered taunting.
Athena quickly seated herself behind Sheikhan Wolf, the helmet from before landing itself on her head. She looked between Rabbit Beamer and her partner. "Oh no. No, no, no. I've seen this before on those old movies that show on TV sometimes, you are not playing cucco with this guy! If anything, it's worse than doing it in a car since we'll be even more exposed if we crash!"
"Do you have any other ideas?" Sheikhan asked drolly.
Athena hummed in a critical manner while thinking, her eyes darting around until they settled on his sword. 'Well, if we get close enough I could do some damage to the tires? I don't think launching my arrows while riding Epona would be the smartest of ideas. Is it even possible to do archery on a motorbike?'
"You have 5 seconds to voice your idea, Athy."
"Just don't do it, he's not worth it!"
"We're superheroes in magical outfits, we'll be fine!" Sheikhan reasoned, "You were unscathed when we were fighting the Hemlock Queen and her boyfriend!"
"They weren't on vehicles that could explode if something went wrong!"
"Hey Boss, these two married'r somethin'?" Rabbit Beamer was just staring at them with a very dulled expression.
"That is Irrelevant. The symbiosis between the two has been apart of countless generations. My part in this shall always be greater."
"Meh. Whatevs, time to break the loveboids up!" Without a second thought the Gufuu charged at them with a manic cackle.
Sheikhan heard him coming and managed to swerve out of the way, "See? If we don't do it we'll get attacked! It's practically tradition at this point!" He then felt a dull sensation hit his back, "What was that?"
"My head hitting your back since I lack a nearby wall to hit my head against." Athena muffled but extremely irritated monotone explained her current mood quite clearly.
"Wouldn't that hurt because of the helmet?"
"I'm fine."
"I'm sorry my goddess, but we've got to charge forward or we're sitting ducks!" Sheikhan revved the engines and rode after Rabbit Beamer, Athena holding onto him for dear life.
"So let's play cucco then!" Beamer got his Tornado Rod at the ready.
'Men!' Athena thought with an eyeroll. "Please don't do bird jokes, I'm still recovering from the one you cracked in our first fight."
"Busy fighting for our lives while riding something that might explode, jokes aren't on my mind!"
"Geeze, will the married couple just shut up fer one second!?"
"HE'S/SHE'S NOT MY HUSBAND/WIFE!"
"Riiiiiiiiiight." Rabbit Beamer summoned up another cyclone and sent it at the two, whatever objects between him and them being picked up and used as projectiles.
With some surprised yelping from the heroes, avoiding the obstacles was fairly easy. It was trying to stay at a constant speed with their opponent while trying to dodge the attacks that was another story.
"If we can just get close enough to hit him!" Sheikhan growled while gripping the handlebar reigns in frustration.
"I could hit a tire if we get close enough! But we'd need to be as perfectly parallel as possible, otherwise our close proximity will mess up my shooting!"
"Very well, as you command, my goddess! Come on Epona, HYAH!" With a revving whinny, the chase went into overdrive!
Epona bolted at Sheerow, the smaller vehicle keeping a good distance. They sped through the traffic and Beamer was getting annoyed, not only with their persistence, but he could feel Boarova's presence building even more.
"Enough with these games, Frazz. You are to get me the Miraculous or you shall suffer!"
"Ya think I ain't tryin' out here!? The dog's on a motorcycle horse and boidbrain nearly took out my face earlier!" He complained while speeding through a 4-way intersection.
"No, I don't think you are."
Beamer's arm went numb at his side, yet he still felt it moving as he pulled out an hourglass staff.
"So allow me to SHOW YOU HOW IT IS DONE!"
Rabbit Beamer's arm swung the Sand Rod and suddenly, the entire street was engulfed in a sandstorm.
"Oh, that's not good…" Sheikah muttered while watching the sand come at them, quickly changing directions so as to escape their sandy doom.
'I have a bad feeling that just trying to ride our way out isn't going to work…' Athena thought while she watched the sands gather.
"Hey, gimme back my arm!" Rabbit Beamer screeched as he tried to move the arm Boarvoa was claiming.
"Your incompetence is trying my patience!" Boarova snarled. Beamer's arm moved on its own again, the sandstorm dissipating, leaving a mountainous plateau of sand, that had nowhere else to go but down.
"Sand-valanche!"
"Now is not the time for jokes, Sheik!"
Any more quips were silenced as the mountain came crashing down on them, releasing a tsunami-tier sand wave.
Athena held onto her partner, her wings trying to cover the both of them in some futile attempt to shield the oncoming attack… when they started to glow, make a copy of themselves and reformed on Epona, the wing copy now the same bronze coloration instead of Athena's blue. Then Epona started to fly away like a Pegasus of old.
"Since when can Epona do this!?"
"I don't know!" Regardless of this newfound weirdness, he let out a whoop as they ascended into the sky.
"OH COME ON!" Rabbit Beamer screeched as he saw the motorbike soar in the air. "How the bloody taboo does THAT work?!"
"Fate coddles the ill-prepared at the most inconvenient of times." Boarvoa growled.
Beamer flailed in frustration, pulling out the Tornado Rod and the Ice Rod. "It's time I grounded those cheapskates!" In a furious flurry he summoned ice blocks in the air and used the Tornado Rod to launch the icy projectiles after Sheikhan Wolf and Athena.
"Ice blocks!" Athena shouted in alarm, clinging to Sheikhan very, very tightly as he moved Epona about to dodge Beamer's attempts to take them down.
"A little looser please, I need to breathe." Sheikhan coughed a bit.
"Sorry!" Athena tried to relax her grip despite how wracked her nerves are currently, "Another one at 7 o'clock!"
Sheikhan managed to dodge the attack yet again, "We can't stay up here, any ideas?"
Athena lifted her helmet visor and looked at Rabbit Beamer, "If we could get his Rods away from we'd have a better chance of fighting him. That, and take out his transportation so he can't get away again."
"On it!" Sheikhan dove down to the giant sandbox, the Rabbit Beamer in sight.
Athena shut her eyes tightly, not wanting to see how quickly they were descending to the ground. It was one thing when she was flying, that she could control, this was a different experience and a frightening one at that!
"We'll be okay!" Sheikhan encouraged as he had one hand let go of the handle, took his clawshot and steadied his arm for the Ice Rod, "Even if he does hit us, I'll cushion your fall!"
'Well isn't that a mixed reaction sentiment! Thoughtful but not all that hopeful for our chances of survival!' Athena yelled in her head.
The ice blocks came in more frequently as they were closing in. Sheikhan found it hard to try and aim for the Ice Rod while trying to dodge the more frequent projectiles, "Athy, you're gonna have to grab the rod from him!"
Athena found the clawshot more or less shoved into her hands, "Keep steady, Sheik!" She took a deep breath and held the clawshot out, ready to fire, trying her hardest to focus in on the thin body of the Ice Rod...
All of a sudden, a giant hand blocked their view, causing the two of them to crash into it, and losing momentum.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" they both screamed as they fell towards the sand. Sheikhan grabbed at Athena's arms and leaped off with her, making sure that he would hit the ground first. He found that the landing wasn't quite as quick to come as he thought due to Athena using her wings to attempt keeping them out of further harm and to stay aloft longer.
"Oof! Oww… see? What'd I tell you?" Sheikhan said dazed. "Cushioning."
At some point during the fall the helmet was abandoned by Athena and she found her face right onto Sheikh's chest. 'I can hear his heartbeat…' Speaking of, hers was going rather fast due to the rush of the attack, the fall and being this close to him. "Are you okay?" She asked after remembering that she has to sit up and promptly got off of him.
"I'll live." He nodded and jumped to his feet, following the action with a bit of a stretch and then unsheathing his sword when he heard Rabbit Beamer's cackles.
"Awww, too bad on you, schmucks! Nyehehehaa~!" Beamer taunted on top of Sheerow, which was now hovering across the sand with his own wings on his bike.
"Cheater!" Sheikhan growled.
"It may also be the work of Boarvoa." Athena stated as she summoned her bow and prepared to shoot.
The attack was cut short as the cry of one hundred thousand horses echoed, and the Epona bike surged in between them, but as it was falling, the wheels slipped into the chassis and four clanks showed the appearance of hooved legs, and the front of the bike lengthened to appear as plated armor.
"No way..." the duo whispered as the hooves touched down.
'I have a mecha!' Sheikhan squeed on the inside, his inner child and current self flailing with glee.
"Who's the cheater now!?" Beamer yelled in great frustration as he rode over. He found himself forced to stop since Epona wouldn't let him get any closer.
Epona snorted, 'eyes' shining with fire and turned its exhaust to Beamer. In one swift and precise motion, it reared its hind legs and walloped right into Sheerow's headlights, launching both it and rider a way's away. "OH COME OOOOON!"
With a bobbing nod and another thrum of its engine, the magical bike turned its attention back to the heroes, before lowering its head to their level.
Sheikhan had a huge grin on his face, a soft and high-pitched "Eeeeee" coming out as he speed walked over to hug his magical mecha horse, "You're the coolest summon yet!" He then leaped up to Epona's back to continue the fight… only to end up falling off seconds after mounting.
Athena hurried over to help him up, "It's always a good idea to get on slowly."
"I was excited, can ya blame me?" Sheikhan muttered as he tried again, this time more calmly. "...Athy, how do you get a horse to go?"
"You gently squeeze your lower legs."
"Thanks!" He did so and soon found that Epona was just as fast - if not faster - in horse form. He also figured out that he had no idea how to make Epona go in directions due to no handlebars to work with now. "ATHYYYYYYYY!"
"Hang on!" Athena flew after him and stopped Epona by pulling back on the reins she took the time to locate. "Whoa there!"
Epona stopped and pawed at the sand like nothing happened.
Sheikhan slid off again with a groan, which got louder with impact. "Guh... Remind me to get horse-riding lessons."
'I'll see if there's some way you can take them with me.' Athena thought while nodding and helping him back up again. "I could take the reins, if you so wish?"
"Be my guest." Though he wasn't sure about her riding ability, he just hoped she actually knew what to do.
"Very well!" Athena got herself on as though she was born riding horses, then held a hand out to help Sheikhan Wolf up.
Sheikhan blinked a few times before grabbing her hand and settling himself behind her, "How did you do that!?"
"Years of practice." She stated truthfully, then with a squeeze of her legs and moving the reigns a bit they were off once more, this time with much more control. She had to remember not to focus on Sheikhan's arms around her waist as they rode off where Rabbit Beamer was bucked away. It got easier to not focus on his muscles as she went into equestrian mode and got into the rhythm of the ride.
'She has got to be the coolest girl I know… next to Zelda, of course.' Sheikhan thought. He eventually moved his arms and just had his hands on her shoulders since she was starting to lean forward like racers do on their horses. 'She is serious about this. At least one of us knows how to handle horseback, thank goodness. Her wings are kinda annoying though since they block a lot of my view. She's the only one who can kinda take them off though, can't be helped.'

Everything was spinning. The ground, the sky - wait, which was which again? The blue stuff is the sky, right. Rabbit Beamer found that he had, by some great miracle, survived being bucked by a bronze bronco, with Sheerow nearby and looking unscathed for the most part. There were dents where Sheerow's 'eyes' were, but the glass was still intact and seemed to be still ridable. "Those two're gonna pay, literally! It's gonna take a couple thousand Rupees for these here dents!" He seethed while getting Sheerow off the ground.
"You're wasting time, Frazz." Boarova snarled. "Get me the Miraculous before sundown or this contract will be voided!"
"I'm pro'ly gonna regret askin', but what happens if the contract goes void?" Rabbit Beamer asked while straddling his ride once more.
"You may recall the circumstances of the last one to fail me?"
Beamer thought on that, then gulped on remembering how that one was speared. "O-Oh. G-Got'cha, boss!"
"Good. NOW DO YOUR JOB OR I'LL DO IT FOR YOU!"
"Yessir!" Beamer squeaked and raced to where he last remembered seeing the superhero duo. As luck would have it, he spotted the gleam of Epona's coloring off in the distance. "Poyfect!" He revved up Sheerow and peeled out, "Now yer both gonna get it!"
"Don't bet on it!" Sheikhan stated from behind the very focused rider, scarf bobbing in the wind with the rhythm of Epona. The steel hooves pounded into the sand as she charged forward at Athena drover her on. She was bent on catching Rabbit Beamer and ceasing his chaos.
"Oh I'm bettin'!" Beamer brandished the fire rod. "ALL ON RED!" he launched a stream on fire on the ground, scorching the sands and melting them, becoming reflective and solid.
"Glass!" Sheikhan warned.
"We'll be fine!" Athena called. "Epona's non-living, and the hooves are solid metal!"
"Show's what you know, TOOTS!" Beamer slammed the sand rod on the ground, and the dunes began to rumble and shake. The glass shattered as the sand lurched up, making a wave of spikes.
Athena found herself having to avoid the glass shards over now very rocky roads, Sheikhan holding on for dear life. Though due to the constant serpentine he found it hard to keep a solid grip on her for long, which resulted in him grabbing her wings.
Resulting in them popping off as though they were accessories on a toy.

"..."
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"I'M SORRY, ATHY!"
"YOU PULLED OFF MY WINGS!"
"ARE YOU IN PAIN?"
"NO, WHICH IS WHY I'M PANICKING FURTHER."
"I'M SORRY!"
During their screaming session, the wings morphed into wing-like boomerangs in Sheikhan's hands.
"ATHY, I CAN USE YOUR WINGS AS WEAPONS?"
"You can!?"
"Yeah, apparently they're… boomerangs?"
"Hit Rabbit Beamer in the torso then, that's where his weak spot is!"
"On it!"
Now they just had to avoid getting hurt from all the glass being kicked up one way or another.
"You're not getting away!" Beamer yelled as he swung the Tornado Rod, collecting the sand and glass into a column of death.
Sheikhan stood on Epona's seat awkwardly, and with all the force he could muster, threw both of the weaponized wings, two smaller gales erupted, dissipating the sand torrent, and flying past to Beamer.
Rabbit Beamer flailed as the wind was, rather literally, knocked out of him from the impact of the collision and was soon on the ground once more, Sheerow only stopping (loudly) because of the laws of force. Once the boomerangs returned, they reformed back into Athena's wings
"RRRRGH! THAT'S IT!" he roared. "I'm gonna flay you so hot no sunscreen's gonna -huh?" Beamer stopped his rant as he tried to grasp the Fire rod, only to find it missing and flying into the hands of his opponents. "WHAT?!"
"Excellent work, my goddess!" Sheikhan praised as he carefully settled back to sitting on Epona.
"It helps that I have you as backup and that you carry the clawshot around!" Athena blushed under the praise.
"Now, let's give this guy a major case of road burn!" Sheikhan started up the Fire Rod, only to be interrupted by Athena.
"He still has control over wind and ice, he'd easily use both against us with the fire!" She warned.
"Okay, so what do we do?" Sheikhan huffed.
'Wait a moment… ' Athena noticed something off. "Does Rabbit Beamer look… bloated?"
'I know Ravio's not the most in-shape guy I know, but…' "Yeah, something does seem off with his torso." Sheikhans's sight went to his wrist and saw the paw flashing its green light repeatedly. Not like it was going out, but like it was waiting for something. He looked to the Fire Rod and back to the bracelet, and shrugged before tapping the rod on the face of his Miraculous. There was a spark of energy that leaped from the Miraculous that swirled around the rod like small winds.
"Sheik, what was that?" Athena picked up something in her peripherals but couldn't really look back to see.
"I think this became a permanent member of my inventory?" was his guess.
"Let's see if we can get the others then! Hyha!"
"Gyaa!" Sheikhan now had to awkwardly juggle between holding his new new weapon and trying to not fall.
"I'll get those Miraculous from your cold, dead bodies if I have to!" RB yelled as he hurled ice blocks at them.
"Sheikhan, the rod!"
Sheikhan Wolf gave a fancy twirl with his fingers (he'll question how he knew that trick later), the rod morphing in the process as a dragon formed from the flames and shot out, the blocks turning into harmless steam above their heads in the process. "I like this!" he beamed.
"I'm borrowing that when need be!" Athena's jaw just about dropped from her face due to the display.
"Aww c'mon!" Rabbit Beamer seethed as he pulled out his 3 remaining rods and used them in rapid succession.
"Not good!" The heroes chorused as Sheikhan used fire to annihilate what Athena and Epona couldn't easily dodge.
This tactic, though very raw in power, ended up taking a lot out of Rabbit Beamer and soon found himself huffing and puffing, his torso region expanding in the process as well. He also got his last 3 rods stolen away by Athena's quick wit and clawshot skills. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Okay, now to try something I haven't before." Athena dropped the reins and readied her bow.
"My goddess?" Sheikhan saw that she was going to shoot, "You do know how to do horseback archery, right?"
"Not in the slightest."
"What!?"
Athena let loose a standard arrow at the eye across Rabbit Beamer's expanded middle, which resulted in the Gufuu-possessed one to fly around while expelling all the air like in a children's cartoon, funny noises and all.
"WHAAAAYIIYIYIYIYIYIYIIIOOOOOOUUUUUGHPFFFFbbbbbtfbbfbfbbrb…"
The only reason the heroic duo didn't laugh was because they were focused on finally purifying him. Sheikhan quickly did a backflip dismount off of Epona and figured to try the Sand Rod out a bit. He raised it up quickly to move the sands under Rabbit Beamer's form, which resulted in said form being launched up into the sky due to the sudden force.
Athena did a sudden stop on Epona and used the motion to launch herself into the sky, time slowing around her as her arrow filled itself with glorious light magic. "I absolve the darkness in your heart!" She released the arrow and got a direct hit on the Gufuu eye.
"I got'cha!" Sheikhan jumped up and caught the now freed Ravio.
"Whaa! Sh-Sheikhan Wolf? Where am I?" Ravio was confused as all get out as the green-clad hero set him on his feet and noticed the Gufuu starting to flee.
"I'll explain in a few seconds." Sheikhan thought for a moment, grabbed his clawshot and reeled the flailing thing in, he then pulled out his odd little whistle and stuffed the flying blob into the center of it, "Now, Athy!" he called while throwing it up into the air.
"Miraculous restoration!" Athena shot another arrow at the Gufuu and turned it into a Navii, which Sheikhan collected and sent on its merry way. Soon all things were as though a big fight didn't destroy a good portion of the Geldo and Hyrule districts.
"Aww man… no way is my boss gonna take me back after this." Ravio's form leaned forward in sadness.
"We'll see about that. Sheikhan, might I borrow Epona to help Ravio out?"
'She knows my name?' Ravio looked over to her in surprise.
"Of course, my goddess, just be quick about it. I don't know if she's connected to the time on my Miraculous or not."
"Thank you!" Athena gave him a quick hug and, after finding Epona (who was a bike again) and helping Ravio up, rode away back to the Hyrule district.
"Speaking of…" Sheikhan muttered to himself as he checked to see just how much time he did have. 'Still two paw pads? Note to self: ask how and why later. Better not waste any time then!' And so he was off, running as quickly as his legs could take him.

The ring of flames flickered and surged and the dark lord's ire.
"It was too good to try and attempt a courier for a delivery." Boarova grumbled, waving the trident in absence. "But mark my words, Athena. You and your pet will become the package deal of my triumph!"

Ravio held the sides of the seat awkwardly as Athena cruised down the road. The bike somehow formed a helmet with floppy rabbit ears that Ravio put on, though it was a bit embarrassing. "Hey, um… Miss Athena?"
"Yes?"
"I don't really remember what happened, but… I didn't do anything too bad, did I?"
"You didn't severely harm any civilians, if that's what you mean." Athena stated, "Any and all damage will have been fixed by the Navii."
"And I didn't say anything... specific, right?"
"Mostly threats against the lives of myself and my partner, but we both know it was the possession that was speaking and not the real you. Your boss was also hidden away by yours truly, so nothing was said to him that would endanger your career completely."
"Are you taking me to him!?" Ravio squeaked and tightened his grip on the seat.
"If you wish me to, otherwise I'll stop where you say."
"...Take me where you hid him. I gotta deal with this now or I never will." He figured to bite the proverbial bullet while he had some moral support. At least he hoped she would be okay with being moral support.
The two pulled around to one of the shadier neighborhoods, this one located in the Kakariko district.
"Why here?" Ravio asked as he got off Epona.
"They import some special milk I thought would help Mister Baagu relax."
"...Wait, how do you know this?" Ravio never took Athena as a drinker. Was she even old enough?
"I have a close friend who's taught me a few things." 'Like how much of the milk it takes for her to do karaoke.' Never will she forget the time she learned the hard way that Impa is not a singer. She knocked on the door of a bar called the Spider House, and the slip opened revealing a masked set of eyes.
"Spiders eat birds, little girl."
"Not always." Athena remarked with a subtle glare.
"The Goddess' light shines upon the night's dark. The wolf's howl echoes..."
"- Through the Lost Woods' bark." she drawled.
"Hrm." the doorman grunted. "The webs of our kin are lined with curses. To undo the locks..."
"- Play the hymnal verses." Athena rolled her eyes. "Come on, Baba. I'm just here to pick up the guy I dropped off."
"Hero or not, anyone that knows of us must finish the trial to pass." Baba stated before he continued. "A glimmer, a skitter, the blind grating sound of the horde. Claim all the Golden Skulltulas..."
"- Get the the most righteous reward!" surprisingly, Ravio blurted out the last line.
Baba and Athena gave Ravio a look before Baba muttered something about getting Baagu and left the two alone for a while.
"How did you know that?" Athena asked.
"I...I don't know." Ravio shrunk in fear. "I just remember a storybook that mention a tale of a guy going to collect golden spiders to lift a curse on a family..."
'Well, he's certainly full of surprises.' Athena thought, jumping a bit when she heard the door open with Baagu stepping out.
"Mister Lipast?" Baagu stared at him, "You're… okay?"
"Heh… hey boss - HOIK!" Ravio did not expect the larger man to grab him in a bear hug.
"Thank the goddesses you're alright, kid! When I saw that monster wearing your hoodie, I…I thought the worst had happened to you."
'You're welcome.' Athena thought with a wry smirk. That's when her Miraculous started to bleep. "Oh! Pardon, I must get going. Things to do, bad guys to stop, all that good stuff!" She quickly hurried over to Epona, got on and waved to the two of them for a bit before departing with a "Wahoo!" on the wheelie.
Ravio and Baagu looked on as she sped on down the road.
"She has such a sweet ride…" Ravio sighed the way a daydreamer does when they have a good train of thought going, "Wish I could get a ride like that." 'Without my body being hijacked by some crazy guy from who knows where.' He added mentally.
Baagu only have a hum of acknowledgement and a nod to his employee's statement. "It's best we get to our respective homes, then." He flagged down a taxi and paid for the ride and some extra for Ravio.

The next day, minus the buzz around Athena and Sheikhan Wolf's newest feat, everything was as normal as such could be in Hyrule. The news was especially rampant at Harkinian Academy since many had recognized the hoodie in what pictures were taken of Rabbit Beamer during his ride around town. Some were speculating along Baagu's train of thought in that he was kidnapped (or worse, as nobody has heard from him yet) and the clothing was being sported as a trophy. A few individuals thought that Rabbit Beamer was Ravio (which they weren't wrong about, as you the reader know) and were trying to figure out how and why he was picked by Boarova.
The only one currently on school grounds who was keeping their head in place was Link, which was good because Darunia was freaking out at the lack of Brother Ravio. He was of the majority opinion that a terrible fate befell his violet-themed companion and was texting and calling him like nuts.
"Darunia, I'm pretty sure Athena and Sheikhan Wolf managed to save him!" Link tried to pry the smartphone away from his companion, but Darunia's sumo build prevented such.
"That may be, Brother, but Ravio would at least contact us and tell us he's alright, wouldn't he?"
"That's true…" Link sighed and thought, "maybe he's making a delivery right now and can't answer his phone? You know how he gets when he's doing business."
Darunia nodded with a sigh and dropping his shoulders.
"Don't worry big guy, he'll get back with us soon enough." Link gave him a bro pat on the shoulder. "After all, Rav's never let us down bef-" his voice caught in his throat as he saw the door to a car open to reveal Zelda stepping out.
"See you after school!" Zelda waved to Byrne and walked over to Darunia and Link, "Good morning!" she stated while also signing it.
Link signed a hello back and was now thankful Ravio wasn't here to tease him.
Darunia was about to say hello as well until they heard something riding over.
'Oh no, please don't be another Gufuu!' Link and Zelda thought as the sound came closer and closer…
As it turns out, it was Ravio! On a shiny new moped colored in a deep violet with red and gold decals tastefully scattered here and there.
"Brother!" Darunia ran over and stopped once Ravio worked on parking his new ride, then promptly crushed him in a greeting hug.
"HAAAAUUUUUUNG." Ravio sounded something akin to a deflating bagpipe.
Link quickly came over and checked Ravio over to make sure he wasn't killed with kindness.
"Yo! Guess who got a sweet ride~?" Ravio stated after a few recovery breaths.
"It's amazing, how did you get it?" Zelda asked while walking over to get a better look.
"Well, after yesterday my boss cut me a bit of slack and got me this baby!" Ravio explained just as the swarm of students arrived to see his new toy.
"It's beautiful, Ravio." Hilda admired, "I especially like the little golden rabbits here and there."
"Well what can I say, they're my favorite animal." Ravio blushed while scratching the back of his head.
"Yo Rav, you gonna give rides out?" Groose asked from somewhere in the crowd.
"If you're willin' to pay!" Ravio announced with a large grin. This elicited a loud groan from the student body, but they still admired the make of the moped.
"Of course, since you guys are my bros I'll cut the fee in half." The rabbit dealer stated to his closest friends.
Link rolled his eyes with a slightly amused grin.
"I could be your first customer?" Hilda questioned with moving some hair out of her face, "I don't mind paying."
"Totally!" Ravio's smile got even bigger, "Also willing to cut yours in half for a first-time customer!"
'And he said I'm thirsty.' Link rolled his eyes again.
"What about you, Miss Callaghan?" Ravio turned to Zelda with a bit of an eyebrow waggle.
"It would be best not to, my father wouldn't approve." Zelda gave the other an apologetic look. 'Plus I could use a break from motorized bikes for a while. Epona was fun, but the battles against Rabbit Beamer were taxing.'
"Eh, can't win 'em all." Ravio shrugged. "So, about that offer…" Ravio walked and talked with Hilda a small ways off.
Link just looked on as his brother chatted with Hilda, sighing in silence as Darunia pulled him in by the shoulder.
"Ravio's still got a lot of work to do for her affection, right brother?" the larger boy said, a wide grin on his face. "Let's get ready to tease him for that."
Link smiled wide and dark. He was glad to have friends like that. Looking at Zelda going in with Agitha, she glanced back at him with a smile.
He was definitely glad.