Well, I guess it will be easier to upload chapters than I thought. Well here is chapter 2. I don't own LoZ and hate to admit it. But the truth must be revealed! Yeah um anyway…enjoy.
The Kokiri Sword and the Deku Shield
Link continued passed Saria's house which was right next to his own but stopped. Seeing another of his friends pulling weeds in front of Saria's house, he went over to talk to him. "What's up Lennie?" he asked.
"That meanie, Mido, made me cut the grass at Saria's house. Mido told Saria he'd do it so she would like him, but I'm the one doing all the work!" Lennie protested. "You and Saria are close friends, so will you help me? I'll let you keep anything that you find while cutting it."
"I'm sorry Lennie, I would but I can't," Link replied solemnly. "I don't have anything to cut it with."
"Oh, okay. Thanks anyway."
Link walked backward and slowly turned around. He was disappointed that he couldn't help his friend but there was nothing he could do. "Hey! Listen!" Navi said to him in aggravation. "You don't have time to fraternize with every Kokiri. The Great Deku Tree has summoned you! Please come with me!"
With that, Navi flew off toward a hole in the rock wall surrounding the village. Link jumped over the stream on the small mossy island that stuck out in the middle of the clear water and headed for the path. Navi flew straight over Mido, who was still guarding the path, but Link stopped at Mido's raised hand.
"Hey you 'Mr. No Fairy'! What's your business with the Great Deku Tree? Without a fairy, you're not even a real Kokiri!" Mido chided.
As if on cue, Navi zoomed back over Mido's head, stopping in front of Link. "What happened? What are you waiting for?"
Link looked Mido in the face with a half smile, "You were saying?" Then to Navi he said, "Mido won't let me through." Now really ticked off, the light around Navi turned a violent, crimson red. She turned to Mido ready to shout.
"What? You've got a fairy?" Mido asked in disbelief.
"Yes!" Navi shouted. "And we're on our way to see the Great Deku Tree!"
"Say what! Why would he summon you and not the great Mido? This isn't funny…"
"You're right," Link agreed. "It's about as funny as you are great. Now if you don't mind…" Link tried to step passed him but Mido stopped him again.
"You aren't even fully equipped yet! How do you think you're going to help the Great Deku Tree without both a sword and shield ready?"
"Well, then why would he summon you anyway?" Link countered. "You don't have either of those!"
"What? You're right; I don't have my equipment ready, but…" Mido was at a loss of words, and hated the fact that Link got the better of him. "If you want to pass through here, you should at least equip a sword and shield! Sheesh!"
Seeing that nothing would change his mind, Link turned away and hopped back to the center island in the middle of the stream. "Now what?" he consulted Navi.
"What do you think?" she asked caustically. "You find a sword and shield. You could probably buy a shield from the shop for say…fifty rupees."
"Fifty rupees!" Link asked, amazed at the steep price. "I've never even had half that much in my life! Where am I supposed to get that kind of money?"
"You don't know much do you?" Navi asked. "Check in high grass and weeds, people drop them there sometimes. If you smash some rocks open, you'll probably find some fragments in them."
"Really?" Link asked. He had never heard that before.
"Yes. The jewel fragments found in rocks are what most rupees are made from," Navi informed him. "Most shops accept the fragments; they weigh them in the shop you know. If that doesn't work, you could always ask the other Kokiri for a loan."
"That's not a bad idea," Link said. "Follow me." He jumped to the bank of the stream and headed for the twin's house. "The twins love to shop so they'll probably have some extra rupees." Entering the house with the split roof, Link noticed that only one of the twins was home.
"Hey Melody!" he called to the younger twin. After she replied he asked if he could borrow some rupees if they had any to spare.
"Sure," she said without hesitation. "My sister took most of them to the shop across the stream, but there should still be a few left. Check inside those pots." She indicated the two clay pots lying on the floor behind Link.
Thanking her, he walked to the first one and stuck his hand inside. "I can't reach," he complained, "my arms too short."
"Just flip it over and they'll fall out," Melody offered.
Withdrawing his arm, Link grabbed the pot and turned it upside down. He lost his grip though, and the pot fell, shattering on the floor. "Ahh! I'm so sorry!" Link apologized.
With an exasperated voice Melody replied, "Eh, it's okay…that pot didn't cost much anyway…just take the rupee and go okay?"
Link had completely forgotten about the reason he went there until she said that. Link grabbed the single green rupee and left the house quickly.
Outside, Navi asked, "Are you always that graceful?"
Laughing, Link continued passed Saria's house when he got an idea. "Hey! Mido likes Saria. Maybe if Saria talks to him, he'll let us through."
Navi was actually impressed with the boy, "That's not a bad idea…at least we won't have to go around looking for rupees all day."
Link headed for his house, hoping that Saria was still there. When he saw her fairy, Link felt a bit of gratitude for Saria even before he asked her. Sliding down the hill to his house, he called out to her as he stopped, "Hey Saria!"
Saria turned around at the sound of his voice, "Back so soon?"
"Mido won't let me through without a sword and shield."
"What! Ohh…that bum! I don't know why he's always so mean to everyone!" In a calmer voice she continued, "What he said is right though. The forest…strange things have been happening here lately…
You need to be ready for anything. You'd better find a weapon! You can buy a shield at the shop, but there is only one sword hidden somewhere in the forest."
"Oh yeah, that's right!" Link remembered as he looked at the drawing he made at the bottom of his tree home. "The one the legendary Kokiri used to defeat that monster 500 years ago right?"
"Yep, legend says it was forged by the Goddess Farore to protect the forest. It's supposed to be around here somewhere."
"I forgot about that story," Navi admitted. "Didn't he die after the battle?"
"Yeah," Saria confirmed somberly. "His fairy was killed so he died too. After all, a Kokiri's life is bound to his fairy's. If one dies, the other dies."
"But it was just a legend," Navi protested. "There's no guarantee it's actually true."
"Well it's better than nothing right?" Link asked. Saying goodbye again, Link went off toward the other end of the village. After crawling around in the high grass and talking to the other Kokiri he met, Link had half of the rupees needed to buy the shield. Heading up to the Forest Training Grounds, he realized that the Kokiri he saw training earlier was near the wall at the end.
Link called out to him and asked to borrow some money. The boy agreed but only if he would show him an attack roll, a side jump, and a back flip. Link agreed and jogged over to him, hopping the fences that separated each area. After demonstrating each one, he asked Link to repeat the steps. Link successfully completed each one but it left him dizzy and off balance. The boy gave him a blue rupee (worth 5 greens) and bet him another four that he couldn't fit through the hole at the base of the wall behind him.
Taking the bet, Link bent over and crawled through the hole, Navi flying ahead of him. "We don't have time for this!"
"Well you said to make some money for the shield right? He bet me 4 rupees!" Reaching the other side of the wall, Link stood up and looked around for evidence that he had made it. "Whew, that was a tight squeeze. Now let me just grab a blade of grass for proof and…" He stopped as the sound of something big moving near by reached his ear. Looking to his left, Link saw a large brown boulder rolling in his direction.
"Link, back in the hole!" Navi ordered. Paralyzed in fear, Link just stood there, mouth agape, as the boulder came closer. Navi grabbed the collar of his tunic and pulled but to no avail, Link still didn't move. Just as it looked as if the boulder would crush them, the boulder turned and headed down another passage. Link and Navi relaxed as the adrenaline slowly drained from their bodies. "You don't just stand there when danger approaches!" Navi shouted. "If anything happens to you, the Great Deku Tree would exile me from the forest. And if you get me killed, I'll haunt you for the rest of your life!"
Suddenly Link realized that this was the reason she grabbed him when he jumped off his balcony earlier…she wasn't worried about him…only herself. Suppressing his tears, Link smiled and said, "Sorry Navi, I won't do that again. Trust me." The boulder then appeared again in front of them. Link watched it roll away then ran after it, keeping his distance just in case it stopped. It turned another corner so he did the same.
After it turned again, Link went after it but Navi noticed a large wooden chest on a stump in an alcove to the right. Calling to Link and turning green to catch his attention, she flew toward the chest. Link heard her and immediately ran for the alcove. "I didn't know you could change colors like that."
"I needed to get your attention. Did you notice something about that boulder?" she asked as the boulder passed the alcove again. At the blank stare from Link she continued. "It keeps moving around in circles. Normal boulders roll down hill, but that one is going in the same path." Link continued to stare at Navi, unsure at what she was getting at. "I'll bet it was enchanted and put here to keep anyone from discovering this chest."
"Oh I get it!" Link said at last. "There must be something really good in there. Here, let me look." Navi flew out of the way and Link lifted the top of the creaking old chest. A green light flowed out of the chest making it impossible to see inside. Pulling himself up onto the edge of the chest, he felt around for what ever the chest contained. Link suddenly climbed out of the chest holding a small blade with a wooden handle, too small for any adult.
"It's the Kokiri sword!" Navi said incredulously. "The legend was true."
"There's even a sheath I can sling over my shoulder for easy access." Link put the leather belt over his head and under his arm, and resheathed the sword. The sheath itself was painted blue wood with a leather tip at the end. Feeling proud of himself, Link stated, "Well that's one out of two. C'mon let's go collect the money from the bet."
The next half hour, Link spent looking for money. He helped one of his friends move the rocks Mido ordered him to get rid of outside his house and even collected some rupees from the chests inside. Link had found two blue and one green rupee from the first three chests. He would have looked in the fourth, but he didn't want to tick Mido off too much. He also climbed Saria's house and walked along a small plank bridge to a platform one of his friends was standing on and she gave him another blue rupee as congratulations for finally getting a fairy.
"I finally have enough!" Link proclaimed. "Let's go Navi!" With that, he jumped off the platform but Navi caught him again and let him down gently. "Oh right," Link said quietly, "I forgot."
Jumping across the stones in the stream, Link reached the shop at last. After saying hello to a Kokiri girl sitting on top of the awning above the door, he went inside. The shop inside the Kokiri Forest was the easiest place to find. Compared to all the rest, it is the only building with a red roof, and unlike the others is stark white.
Inside, Link saw the older of the twins was still shopping. He said hello and walked to the counter. "How can I help you?" another Kokiri asked, as he repeatedly jumped up and down so he could see over the counter.
"I need a deku shield," Link said plainly.
"Righto," the Kokiri replied. He walked over to the shelves and jumped up to grab the wooden shield off the top shelf. As he hopped back to the counter, he said, "Made from the Great Deku Tree's own bark, only forty rupees."
Link's mouth opened wide and he looked up at Navi, eye twitching. "You hear that? Forty rupees…only forty rupees."
"Hey you can't expect me to know everything can you?"
Link paid the clerk and fastened the shield to his back, over the sword. "Okay, now, let's go see the Great Deku Tree!"
THE END! No I'm kidding. Long chapter yes I know…I often have problems with length. Either it's too short or too long. Any way I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter, The Great Deku Tree and the Kokiri Emerald will be uploaded soon…I hope. Please review with any comments, concerns, or criticism.