I was riding in the back on one if the trips from Indiana to South Carolina and was able to get this chapter done on a phone. Sorry for autocorrect errors. Also, thank you to HyruleHearts1123 for favoriting and Alanis Strife for the review.

After the disaster with the salvage arm they headed for Mercay Island. Eddo was right, the guy at the port knew how to fix up the salvage arm. Sure it cost them a pretty rupee, but it was essential in finding the Ghost Ship. The repairman said it would take him a few hours to put the thing back together and replace the broken part. To pass the time, Linebeck and Link walked around the island.

Link and Linebeck walked from store to store buying supplies for their ship to kill time. After a month and a half of sailing they had gone through a majority of what was left on their ship. They had to take three trips for all the dry goods, one of which consisted mostly of coffee for Linebeck, and one trip for the meat and produce. It had taken them a few hours, but they had the cargo hold packed up for their next journey. Once that was done, Linebeck told the kid to head to his room to check his bandages.

The sailor hoisted the kid onto the counter and pushed up his sleeves. The cuts had already scabbed over,but a little bit of salve wouldn't hurt things. It would keep them from getting infected; better safe than sorry. Once the cuts were covered in salve, the sailor picked up the boy and set him back down on the ground. Linebeck noticed that the kid was messing with his sleeves.

"What's wrong?" The captain asked with a raised eyebrow.

"My sleeves keep riding up." Replied the boy, still trying to pull his sleeves down.

Linebeck chuckled, "It hasn't even been two months and you're already growing out of the clothes I bought. Come on, let's get you some new clothes, again."

"Sure thing dad." Link said quickly as he dashed out of the room.

Linbeck rolled his eyes, and tried suppressing a smile. He allowed himself to smile when he remembered how much Link hated clothes shopping. This was going to be hilarious.

The shop keeper had a big grin on her face when she saw Link and Linebeck walk through the door. Link did not have a huge grin on his face, he was trying to keep a scowl from forming as she fussed over him. She grabbed out her measuring tape and began measuring.

"Oh my. You've been growing a lot. You just shot up two inches since you were here last." She said as she jotted down his measurements.

"We better get you something you can grow into this time." commented Linebeck.

"Sure thing." The shop keeper replied as she searched for clothes in Link's size.

Something caught the sailor's eye as he waited on Link to try on his clothes. Did they have the other stuff to go with it? Yes they did. Perfect. The sailor walked up to Link and handed him a pile of clothes. The boy raised an eyebrow as he looked at the clothes. He shrugged and walked I to the changing room.

"Really?" the kid shouted from the changing room a minute later.

Linebeck couldn't stiffle his laughter when Link walked out of the changing room. He looked like a mini Linebeck. The outfit was spot on.

"Laugh all you want; I actually think I pull it off better than you." Smart mouthed Link.

"Pft, in your dreams kid." Linebeck scoffed as he rustled the kid's hair, "Now come on and get changed. We need to go check on the ship."

Linebeck walked up to the counter and pulled out rupees to pay. Link walked out of the changing room still holding the clothes Linebeck had given him.

"Go put em back. I was just joking with you. You don't have to get them." Linebeck said absentmindedly.

Link looked at Linebeck hesitantly, "But I kinda want them. I mean, if one of us is going to wear that outfit, it might as well be the one who looks the best in it."

Linebeck laughed, "If you say so kid."

The duo walked out if the store and walked back towards the ship. After dropping off the clothes, Linebeck wanted to check on the state of repairs. The sailor frowned when he heard that the repairs wouldn't be finished for another half hour. Oh well, they'd figure out something to do. Wait, he had the perfect thing to pass the time. The captain chuckled when he saw the kid had changed back into the outfit he had picked out.

"Link. Go along the beach and grab some small flat rocks." Linebeck ordered.

Link gave the sailor a weird look before heading towards the beach. Linebeck followed along also looking for rocks. Too bumpy, too big around, ah, a perfect one, too heavy, but it might do, oooh, another good one. Once he had enough rocks, he called the kid back over.

"Do you know what we're gonna do with these?" Linebeck asked.

Link shook his head, still clearly confused.

"We're going to skip stones. Have you ever skipped stones before?" Inquired the captain.

"Nope. How do you skip rocks?" Link asked.

"You find a flat rock, like this one. And you hold it like this," Linebeck demonstrated, "reel back your arm, whip your arm, and flick the rock."

With that, he sent the rock skidding across the water. It skipped across the surface three times before sinking into the water.

"Your turn." the sailor instructed.

Link grabbed a rock and imitated Linebeck. He reeled his arm back, whipped it and sent the rock straight into the water.

"I don't think my rock was good enough." Link stated looking a bit bummed.

"Your rock was fine. You have to throw it at the right angle. It just takes practice. You'll get it eventually." Linebeck said as he handed Link another rock.

This time when he let go of the rock it skipped twice. A huge grin appeared on his face; and the sailor couldn't help but smile too.

Give me ideas to put into the story and I will try to think of how to add them in while I move, I have a LONG drive ahead of me.