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Chapter 10 Green and Link and the Koopa Army

The surprise was still etched on Link's face when he met Green by a stand of trees.

"What happened?" Green asked, addressing the look Link was giving the baby.

"He… he spoke. Sure, it wasn't much, just a 'bah, bah, bwue,' but he spoke. I guess ya gotta start somewhere," Link smiled and Green could tell why he'd have to have a long talk with Yellow after Link left. He had a feeling she'd be heart-broken when he left. There was that air to him that had clung to the other guys she'd been friendly to. They'd been more than friends, if he was to be brutally honest with himself, but Green was never brutal. He was more the type who would be mellow unless provoked. His cautiousness was only comparable to Navi, at least for Link. Link knew that Green would make a good leader for the Yoshis. Green took the baby from Link and put him on his back.

"Yup, you've gotta make a start before you can make the end. Like right now."

"Of course. After you," Link said, moving his hand minimally to show Green that he was ready to follow. Never mind that it was about two P.M. and he was already getting sort of tired. Fighting monsters and running all over the place taking care of a baby and carrying all those weapons was starting to get to him. He shrugged it off. He didn't care if his legs started aching. He didn't care if he got hot and sweaty. He didn't care if he got… hungry? His stomach rumbled. Okay, I didn't imagine it. Go figure. Ah, whatever… maybe I can get a laugh out of this. "Hey, Green, I've got a message from the 'vicious beast.'"

Green gave him a look of confusion that held. Link sighed. "No fruit trees, huh? The 'beast' ain't gonna like that."

Green understood. "Ha ha," he said emotionlessly. "I knew all along it was your stomach. I just wanted to see what you'd say about it. Apparently that was nothing."

"Heh," Link smirked and pulled out a bottle of milk. "Use whatcha got when ya got it. It's a good thing I bought that blue fire and put the milk next to it."

"Blue fire?" Green questioned.

"It's some sort of cold flame. I don't even understand it," Link said, then drank the entire bottle in one gulp. Green started chuckling. "What?" Link asked.

"You've got a little…." Green was interrupted by another bout of laughter. "…milk on your lip."

"Oh," Link muttered, swiping at it with the back of his hand. "Thanks… I guess."

Green recovered from his laugh-attack as they came upon a few rocks and a set of floating platforms. Green started singing something about a 'new divide' and Link gave him a weird look. "It's a song I know, 'kay. Don't criticize me for my knowledge of music!"

"Okay, then," Link replied in one of those tones that was loosely translated as 'you're crazy.' "Kamek, I presume," Link said boredom obvious in his tone.

"Yup, that's most likely," Green answered.

"Hey! LOOK! It's a pipe!" Link yelled, looking down, off the cliff. "Can we see what's down it?" He cocked his head and gave Green his most innocent puppy-dog face. The effect was irresistible and Green didn't see the harm in indulging him in this sudden curiosity he'd developed.

"Sure. We aren't exactly pressed for time." The more Green thought about it, the more inaccurate it became, so he didn't think about it much. He wanted to be nice to Link. He'd proved his worth so far and he didn't want to lose the asset that had been brought to them be pure chance.

Link hopped down to the pipe and dropped down into it. Green followed. There was a random star bouncing around that caught Link's attention. Green seemed to puzzle it out in a matter of seconds, instantly labeling it as Kamek's doing. Link stared at it "What does it do? I know Kamek was goofing around again, but what does the star DO?"

"One way to find out," Green decided, exiting his normally cautious manner for reasons he couldn't explain. He barely brushed the star with his fingertips and suddenly baby Mario was no longer on his back and both he and Link were encased in eggs. Link was confused as to why he was in an egg, but that took backseat when the egg started moving from some force he could not provide an explanation for. He was thrown about inside the egg; he hit the sides of it so many times he actually expected it to break. No doubt Green was experiencing the same discomfort. Then the shell disappeared. Mario sat at the feet of Link and Green.

"Well, that was entertaining," Link said, feeling the bruises without actually touching them. He knew the bruises had not officially appeared, but soon would. There were a few tender spots on his arms and legs that marked them for him. The ache they provided was a welcomed distraction from Green's grumbling that he should never let the Hylian tell him where to go again. "Ah, shut up! We ain't got the time."

"Wonderful grammar."

"Can it before I set my anger free."

Green whistled and looked innocently at the sky from the deep end of the pipe and shot up out of the top of it. Link followed to find a winged turtle thing flying next to the pipe. Was that there beforehand? Link thought to himself. He decided that it hadn't been. He'd have noticed it if it had been, right?!?

Green jumped on top of it and it fell to its doom. Link watched it fall, and then jumped up onto the blue platform that Green was perched upon. The platform shifted and the two found it falling with them on it. They leapt to the next platform and repeated the act when that one began to fall. The cycle continued until they reached a solid platform. Link was surprised by how good it felt to have solid ground beneath the soles of his boots again. Green was already down the pipe that was near the wall. Link went down after him.

Green was looking around when he saw a creature running towards him. It had mottled brown and white fur with patches of white and a lolling tongue. Green didn't trust it at all. The Yoshi jumped onto a platform and stood there, desperately hoping the thing couldn't or simply wouldn't jump up there to get him. He was prepared to throw an egg at the thing when Link fell down from the pipe, blocking the animal's path to the Yoshi. Link picked himself up, moaning and brushing dust from his legs. His newly acquired bruises were destined to be bigger. He looked over at the animal and stretched his arm out to it. It licked his hand and he giggled. "It's just a little puppy. He's not gonna hurt you, are ya, Billy?"

"Link, it's a girl."

Link's eyes became bigger than basketballs. "Nuts. Twice in one day! Shoot a noodle at me with a plastic spoon!" Link didn't even know what 'plastic' was, but like with the word 'Jedi' it just popped into his mind. Green smiled, then got off of the platform.

"Where'd that come from?" Green asked.

"I guess the milk didn't do it and it's a message from my subconscious… or something," Link said skeptically. "At least I'm not afraid of cute little puppy dogs." He said the last while ruffling the fur of the puppy. The little dog looked up at him and barked in a friendly manner.

"I wasn't afraid," Green lifted his chin defiantly.

"Ah, keep tellin' yourself that. Maybe it'll come true… not." Link muttered the 'not' part to himself, still petting the dog. It rolled over so he could scratch her stomach.

"You and your animal friends," Green remarked.

"Hey, can I help it if I have a personality that animals can't resist?" Link asked.

"It's only because they don't know any better."

"You fear me because I have animal skills?" Link said, trying it, to see how it sounded. He started laughing. It sounded hilarious.

"Say "'bye" to Billy. We've gotta go," Green said, eager to leave the scene of his embarrassment.

Link picked the dog up and went through the pipe. When Green looked over at him, Link shoved the puppy underneath his tunic, which failed to hide the dog.

"Link!" Green moaned.

"What?" the Hylian asked, putting on an innocent smile.

"You've got the dog in your tunic. I know you're not fat!"

Link sighed and withdrew the puppy. "She just looked so lonely. I couldn't leave her!" Link stuck out his lower lip.

"Fine!" Green was fed up with the Hylian warrior.

Link's eyes lit up brighter than the sun. "Thanks, oh and thanks for the compliment earlier! I don't know, I mean, whaddaya think?" Link shifted around, showing Green different angles of his thin figure. Green sighed. I know I just made one of the biggest mistakes of my life… letting him keep the dog, that is. Maybe even saying that little bit to reveal HOW I knew the dog was there. I've got a feeling that that's gonna come back to bite me in the butt. The Yoshi jumped on the arrow ball, ignoring his companion, and flew far into the air. Link followed, shrugging once beforehand.

When Link joined Green, he found blue blocks falling from the sky and assumed Kamek was doing something.

Earlier That Day:

"Kamek!" Carl whined. "I'm bored!"

"Listen for the alarm to go off. Remember? It's in your contract!" Kamek yelled back callously.

"But it hasn't gone off yet! I don't know how those Yoshis do it! Please Kamek? I wanna do something!"

"Fine. Just don't touch the telekinesis experiment I'm working on this week. It's not finished yet and I don't want you Toadies messing it up!" realizing the mistake this had the potential to be, Kamek didn't say where it was, but unfortunately for him, Carl knew where it was that the Magikoopa put all of the things he didn't want the Toadies to touch: on top of the kitchen cabinets, which was utterly pointless, seeing as the Toadies could fly. Perhaps Kamek was a firm believer in the saying "Out of sight, out of mind," but one could never tell with the twisted logic that was the basic thought pattern of the soon to be Koopa King's mentor and care-provider.

"Okay, Kamek!" Carl said, going into the kitchen and looking up on the cabinets. He flew up to see the telekinesis experiment just laying there. Carl had no idea what had to be done to make it work, so he took it to Mitch, who did, eventually figure it out. The device consisted of a head mounted thing that was attached to a box by a wire. The box was a set of controls to determine the intensity of the force being used. Carl turned it up to maximum and started moving huge blue blocks randomly.

Present Time:

Link and Green began a frantic series of leaps in order to stay out of the way of the blocks. There was even a moment or two when one would fall under the shadow of a block and the other would pull him out of the way to keep him informed that there was indeed a block over his head. When they finally reached the top of the hole and climbed out, Link grinned lopsidedly. "That was kinda fun in a twisted way. As a matter of fact, I think Billy liked it." The dog licked Link's face and the Hylian laughed.

"I'll never understand you."

"You never answered my question," Link said, putting the dog down because she'd started squirming and watching her as she trotted around. The Hylian put his hand on his hip.

"Does my opinion really matter?" Green asked.

"No. I already know what you think. I'm just rubbing it in your face," Link said, smiling brightly. "I really don't know why the chick Yoshis aren't all over you. I mean, you seem decent for one of their kind." Link said, then realized how that sounded and winced.

"What?"

"Dirty thought," Link moaned. "Why, oh why, did you curse me with this?!?!" Link shook his fist at the sky.

"It's funny," the booming voice answered.

Link gave the sky a skeptical expression and shut his mouth.

"Awkward. Well, the girl Yoshis are all over you…" Green trailed off and noticing the way Link looked at him (an expression that could only be defined by 'ew'), added hastily, "FIGURE OF SPEECH!"

"Okay, that's much better!" Link said as they continued on to find a strange flower with yellow petals that dropped to the ground whenever something heavy hit the ground. Green swallowed a few of the petals and laid eggs as Link turned his head the other way. He helplessly wished against everything the world threw at him that he'd somehow get used to that sight. It was going to keep him messed up for as long as he remembered it.

They continued past the flower, Link casting a confused glance back at it as more petals or seeds or whatever they were formed and the flower seemed to twirl them around. The Hylian rubbed his eyes and looked away. He must have been more tired than he thought.

They came to a set of cliffs. Above them floated random things on balloons. From one such balloon, a Shy Guy yelled, "Hey! I can see my house from here! This is really fun!" By this time Green had already started down the slanted land a few cliffs ahead of Link. The Shy Guy suddenly dropped, and having nothing to break his fall, not even the ground, the Shy Guy screamed as he fell. "It's not fun anymore!" He yelled as he fell past Link's nose. Link shrank back, then continued following Green. When he caught up to him, he saw more of the blue blocks. Green jumped across one and was bopped in the face by a winged turtle.

"Get the baby!" he yelled as he fell onto a falling blue block. Mario floated around in his bubble. Link hesitated a moment, then seeing that Green was almost out of reach, He leapt onto the block that was rapidly descending, grabbed the Yoshi, flung him up to catch baby Mario, and realized that he was beyond the point of no return. He couldn't jump up to reach the ledge, but he wasn't the type to give in that easily. He leapt up anyway, defying gravity itself by using his sword to somehow gain the lift he needed. Just a little higher! Link thought, reaching the end of the spin. Come on! Don't quit on me now! His fingertips brushed the edge and all of a sudden Green and Billy were there. Billy barked in alarm as Green pulled Link up by the pinky.

"I think my finger's dislocated," Link teased as he pulled himself up, using the extra help Green gave him.

"You're heavy!" Green said.

"It's all muscle," Link retorted. Green knew he was right. "Hey Billy! Where'd you come from, girl?" Link said stroking the dog's furry head.

"I found her over here on this side of the huge divide. She must've found her own way around." It was at this that Link realized that they were on solid ground again.

"Wow. That'll wake ya up," Link said, looking down at the fall he'd nearly taken. The large block was now no bigger than an ant from his perspective. He turned his attention back to Green. "Thanks."

"It's the least I could do. You saved me and helped get the baby back. I couldn't leave you to die. What kind of Yoshi would that make me."

"A smart one," Link joked.

"Shuddup. It's still not too late to push you off."

"In case you haven't noticed, I'm like… twice your size."

Green's voice took on a garbled sounding tone, "Size matters not."

"I'm stronger."

Green muttered something unintelligible.

"Hey! What's that?" Link asked, pointing to a hut.

"That's a… I have no idea. All I know is it's locked."

"Yeah, I don't care about it that much. Moving on!" Link said, getting energy from he knew not where. Red stood by a grove of trees that Link could've sworn he'd seen before, but he blamed it on his tired-ness.

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If you look closely enough at the trees at the end of each level, you can tell that they are exactly the SAME (at least on the old-school version). I think having Link have a wonderful relationship with the animals is a good way to explain why he and Epona get along so famously. Having Link almost fall was my way of saying no one is infallible. Even the Hero of Time needs help sometimes, right. The bit with the milk was a joke revival. Go back to chappy 2 if you didn't get it (the part in which Green starts talking about what's going on in the company of all of the other Yoshis, I know, it's been a while).

NEW DIVIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm officially addicted to that song… and Linkin Park in general. I love the pun I've got in LNA. (*Link standing next to the park sign* "LINKINPARK!" ["Link in Park" vs. "Linkin Park"]) XD Enough ramblings! GO REVIEW! I COMMAND YOU! (XD reference to a song titled "Harrison Ford" Do you remember it, Billy?)