Sorry for not uploading lately! School has taken up most of my time and right now, I can only upload this one chapter! Sorry if it sucks.
I do not own Legend of Zelda, only Azhelia.
The plant looked around, not seeing the two teens to its right.
"Huh…? It's gone quiet." Both teens walked over to the plant. The plant on the back closed and stood up. "Kwee-koo! Now there's a green and blue one! I didn't even know they came in green!" It trembled. "Don't hurt me, koo-weep!" It cried and ran away.
"What… was… that…?" Link asked.
Fi appeared.
"Master, I picked up a highly interesting spike in dowsing readings from the creature you encountered."
"Is it Zelda?"
"The probability of this life-form being Zelda is 5%, so I must conclude that this is, in fact, not Zelda but a peaceful forest creature known as a Kikwi. Kikwis are highly intelligent beings, capable of speech. Yes, upon further observation…clearly not Zelda. It is unclear why such a creature would elicit a dowsing response attuned to Zelda. You should follow the creature and investigate this phenomenon."
"Let's go, Azhelia." Link began to walk up the hill of sand that was in the direction of where the Kikwi went. He screamed as he fell down the hill. Azhelia laughed.
"That is not funny!"
"Link, can't you see that the sand is moving DOWN the slope? How can you miss something SO obvious?"
"You think you can do better than me? Why don't you get to the top?" He challenged.
"Okay." She responded.
Her wings appeared and she flew up to the top of the sandy hill.
"So? Think you can do it?"
"I forgot you had wings." Link mumbled. He dashed up the hill.
"See? Isn't it easy?
The two continued on. They saw mushroom of different sizes and colors.
"It's so pretty…" Azhelia gasped.
Right in front of them was the runaway Kikwi. He turned, saw them and ran away.
"Great. Now where did he go?" Link wondered.
Link began to dowse once again.
"Over there." He pointed to a mushroom in the distance.
Azhelia approached the mushroom and tried to get near the Kikwi, but it would only move around the mushroom. She growled and slashed the mushroom. The Kikwi ran away.
After one more time, the Kikwi ran to a tree. Link and Azhelia walked up to the creature.
"They spotted me again!" It yelled. It laid on its belly and the plant on its back opened. "Kweeee!"
"…We're not going to eat you."Azhelia assured him.
"Huh?" It looked up. "You don't want to… eat me? Kwee… And come to think of it, why did you fight off all those red monsters?" The plant on its back closed and it stood up. "Kee-paleep! I'm Machi. I'm a Kikwi. You seem OK, even though you're scary. Thanks for helping me!"
"Glad we could help!" said Azhelia.
"That's weird, kee-koo. A little while ago I ran into another funny animal like you, but that one was a girl like you." He pointed to Azhelia.
"Zelda?"
"What's a Zelda? I don't know who this girl was, koo-kwee, but she was in a bunch of trouble when I saw her. A pack of those mean red guys were after her, kwee, but she escaped with the Kikwi elder."
"There's more of you?"
"Yeah. Not many though."
Fi appeared, scaring Machi.
"Master, we have obtained new information on Zelda's current status. This information indicates that she was assailed by monsters but somehow evaded capture. However, I infer that she is still in significant danger. I have marked the position of the Kikwi known as Machi on the map. Furthermore, my analysis suggests that this Kikwi most likely produces a false-positive dowsing reaction due to previous direct contact with Zelda. Using this hypothesis, I theorize there is an 85% chance that the Kikwi elder will also generate a dowsing reaction for the same reason. I propose you to continue dowsing to search for Zelda."
The Kikwi stood up and looked at the two humans.
"You really spooked me, kwee… You keep some very strange company, friend. Kee-paleep… It sounds like you're setting on finding this friend and the elder. If you're heading that way anyway, kwee, would you mind telling our elder that I'm safe?"
"Sure." Link sighed.
"Cheer up, koo-weep! I bet your friend is safe with our elder."
"He's right, Link. Cheer up! We'll find Zelda soon."
"Kweeee-heee… I am Bucha, the Kikwi elder. I saw the way you spotted me through my ingenious camouflage. Kweee, you are clearly master woodsman and woman."
"Where's Zelda?" Link asked.
"Zelda…? Ah, the girl creature with the blonde hair. She looked like this young girl. Yes, she was with me, kweeee. But now is not the time for such talk… The woods are full of monsters. I am worried about my missing tribe. Kweeee… The shock and worry has made my memories of the girl quite hazy…" He thought silently.
"Hey, um… we've met one of your friends."
"What? You say you've met some of my people, kweee?"
"Yeah, Machi."
