Toon Link shrugged. "I dunno," he said casually.
"Well, then we've got to find him!" Young Link gasped. "Why haven't you started looking?"
"Because we had to make it out of this jungle first," Toon Link retorted. "Look, it's late, let's just go to sleep."
"I won't rest until I find my brother," Young Link snapped back. Toon Link felt anger bubble up inside him, anger at himself for not having searched long enough.
"Look, I don't want to just give up, that's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is that Link is a big boy. He can take care of himself just fine while we go to sleep," he said angrily.
"Yeah, I guess you're kind of right. But what if Yuriel isn't his buddy like he is mine and yours? What if he's still going all out and trying to get Link to join him? What if he kills him while he sleeps because Link hasn't joined him yet and he's getting impatient? Huh, what will we do then?" Young Link shouted at him. His eyes instantly widened when he realized he'd said too much.
"OK, first of all, if Yuriel is your buddy, then you must have joined him, right?" Toon Link asked him.
"No, I haven't-" Young Link began.
"Second of all," Toon Link interrupted, "Yuriel isn't our buddy. And third of all, Yuriel is DEAD. He can't kill Link if he's DEAD."
"He is not dead!" Young Link cried, his fierce anger driving him to speak even though Yuriel had ordered his mouth shut. "I just talked to him on the way here. He's alive and he told me not to say anything, because he was going to surprise you sometime, since you are his buddy, at least that's what he said!" Toon Link's mouth dropped open.
"He's WHAT?!" he yelled, fury taking over his body and making him wildly angry. "How could I have been so stupid? Argh, I should have known! He'll kill Link for SURE! He's DOOMED!" He dropped his face in his hands and spun around to face Blue. "This is your fault!" he screamed.
"MY fault?!" Blue shouted back, equally mad. "How is this my fault?!"
"You were the one who insisted that Yuriel was dead!" Toon Link yelled, his eyes narrowed. "If I had listened to Vio, maybe we wouldn't be in this mess! He's obviously the only one who has any sense around here!"
"Stop it, you guys!" Red whined. "I've told you before, I hate seeing me fighting with me!"
"Stay out of this!" both Toon Links snapped at the same time. Red frowned.
"I'm just trying to help," he whimpered.
"Well, you're not helping!" Blue shouted.
"You don't have to yell!" Red yelled.
"I'm not yelling, I'm shouting! You're the one that's yelling!" Blue snapped back. Sydney backed up. They yelled and screamed and yelled some more, Blue at Red and Toon Link at Young Link. Vio frowned.
"Come on, guys, let's calm down. Fighting isn't going to help Link," he said calmly.
"SHUT UP, VIO!" yelled Blue, Toon Link and Young Link at the same time. Vio's eyes narrowed and his mouth dropped open. He turned to Sydney and gestured back at the other Links.
"Did you hear that?" he whispered. Sydney shook her head and shrugged. Finally, a puff of smoke stopped the arguing.
"Hi," Yuriel said simply. "You don't have to stop arguing just because I'm here. It was fun to watch."
Toon Link glared angrily up at the towering shadow serpent. "Where's Link?"
"Your brother?" Yuriel confirmed.
Toon Link nodded.
"He's alive, I'll tell you that much," Yuriel said, turning his head away and baring his teeth. "The cursed little thing saved his girlfriend and got away from my clutches."
"His girlfriend?" Toon Link asked. Yuriel nodded.
"I assume so; they seem pretty close," he said.
"He found Zelda?" Toon Link asked happily.
"Heck no, I was talking about the pretty black haired girl with the emerald-green eyes! May, I think it was," Yuriel replied.
"Say what, who's 'May'?" Blue wondered aloud. Yuriel shrugged.
"You know, that girl he was traveling with. I could lead you to them to show you if you don't know," he offered. Toon Link looked at Vio and then at Yuriel.
"Is this a joke?" he asked. Yuriel shook his head.
"Come on, they're this way," he said, leading the Toon Links, Young Link and Sydney towards the cave that Young Link had just left. "Follow me."
Shrugging, Toon Link followed, his anger disappearing with Yuriel's last words. Confident that Yuriel would lead them the right way, Young Link did too. Red grabbed Vio and dragged him after them, and Blue and Sydney followed last. Blue leaned over to his feminine friend and whispered, "Yuriel is really stupid." Sydney nodded slowly.
"I don't get it," she whispered back. Blue shrugged.
"Whatever, as long as he's helping us."
