Maiku arrived at the gate to the village, only to be stopped by Mido. "Hey, Maiku! What did you do?! The Great Deku Tree...did he...die?" he asked him.
"Yes." Maiku replied with a stern maturity in his voice.
"How could you do a thing like that?! It's all your fault!!" he screams in Maiku's face
"No it isn't!" he yells back
"Hmph." Mido walked out of the way before even giving him a chance to respond.
"Sheesh, what's his problem?" He walked away from Mido, and headed towards and through the tunnel that lead to the outside world. He arrived at a firmly structured log bridge. "Oh, you're leaving..." said Saria as she appeared out of nowhere, causing him to stop, "I knew that you would leave the forest someday, Maiku...".
"What made you think that?" he asked with obvious curiosity.
"Because you are different from me and my friends. But that's OK, because we'll be friends forever won't we?"
"Uh... sure..." he assured her with uncertainty in his voice
She made a Ocarina appear in her hand, "I want you to have this Ocarina, please--"
He kept his hands to his sides and shook his head "No, it's alright, you can keep it. I know what we can do instead of you giving me that Ocarina."
"What?"
"Make an Ocarina together. It can show out friendship even more by something that we both took time in making." he implied
"I see..."
"Is there any special materials around the forest?"
"Um... yes... but..."
"But what?"
"Those materials are sacred. If we use the wrong one--"
He put his hands on her shoulders "Don't worry yourself, Saria. It'll be okay." he assured her with concern for her
"Are you sure?"
"Sure I'm sure, c'mon."
"O-okay... if you're positive..."
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Saria and Maiku spent an hour looking for the sacred materials used to create a special Ocarina. The material came from a tree found deep within the Lost Woods called the Ankoku. This tree was believed to hold mystical power of enormous quantities, driving whoever uses it to be something either evil or murderous. "You do know what can happen, right Maiku?" Saria asked timidly
"Yeah, yeah, I'm sure." he assured her.
"Alright, let's make your Ocarina..."
They cut a large root of the tree off, and carved it into shape of an Ocarina, hollowing it out with magic. "Okay, Maiku..." Saria said hesitantly, "We're finished."
"Thanks, Saria." he said with pure gratitude, "Thanks for your help."
"No problem, Maiku. But just... be careful on your journey, okay?"
"Don't worry, I will."
"Well... I guess this is where we say 'goodbye', Maiku."
He smiled and nodded, "Yes. Farewell, Saria." He walked off, out of the Lost Woods and out of Kokiri Forest.