Here we go, Chapter 4. Please enjoy, LOZ and Medabots do not belong to me, and I highly appreciate reviews.
One more note, I apologize for taking forever to post this. I've been out of town for my Birthday this weekend and had no access to my computer. Anyway, onwards to Chapter 4.
Chapter 4- What the Rest of the Day went like
At about 4:30, after Link and Metabee took an hour to write and sign an apology note to Link's principal, the two were ready to head out the door. That is, until their Mother called after them, "Boys, dinner will be ready at 6:00. So you need to be home by 5:50. Okay?" "Alright Mom." Link called back. "We'll be back, Mrs. Link's Mom." Metabee added as they both headed out the door. Aryll had her homework finished well before Link and Metabee finished their letter and homework, so she and Kitty were in the kitchen helping to prepare dinner. "Yo Link," Metabee asked as they walked down the street, "Where are we headed? I like to know where I'm going." "We're going to Sheik's house to chill out for a while." Link answered, "And it'll give you a chance to meet his medabot while we're there." "Alright then. But I have to tell you, that letter was hard." Metabee sighed, "But at least it's done." Link chuckled a little bit, "Yeah, I'll agree. But the only reason it took so long was because I had to teach you how to write for the first half hour." "Hey, I can't help it that I didn't know how to write. Why would medabots need to learn how to write anyway?" "Because you specifically needed to help write that apology note." Link snorted as they crossed the first of two stop signs between Link's house and Sheik's. "Still, you were awesome the way you fired those missiles at Belzelga to finish him." Link commented after they dropped the previous subject. "Got that right," Metabee proudly answered, "It was all Metabee in that victory." "Hey, I think you're forgetting someone." Link shot back, "We were in it together." "Oh, right." Metabee stepped down as they passed the final stop sign. From the second stop sign, Sheik's house was literally twenty seconds down the sidewalk, so it wasn't much longer before they arrived at the house and knocked on the door.
"Hey Link," Sheik greeted as he brushed some hair out of one eye and in front of the other, "Come on in. It's good to see that your parents didn't kill you after they heard about what you did." "It went better than expected." Link put it simply as he and Metabee entered the house. Since Sheik's Mom had a high paying job in the city, their house was very nicely put together and decorated with moderately expensive furniture and adornments. "Nice house buddy," Metabee gasped, "Look at the tall ceilings." "Thanks Metabee, but it helps when your Mom works for the governor in the city." Sheik replied, somewhat flattered. "Your Mom still at work?" Link asked as he turned to his friend. "Yeah," He sighed, "She probably won't be back until late again." Sheik then lit up, "By the way Metabee, I have a friend to introduce to you." He then called, "Hey Nin-Ninja, I have a friend for you to meet." Immediately after, no one heard or saw a quiet breeze navy blue colored wind land behind Metabee. "So, where is he?" Metabee asked as he turned around, only to stare a blue colored ninja type medabot in the face and give a small yelp of surprise. "Whoa! Where'd you come from?" Metabee squeaked as he jumped back a few inches. "This is my medabot Nin-Ninja," Sheik introduced, "Nin-Ninja, you've already met Link. But this is his new medabot Metabee." "It is a pleasure to meet you Metabee." He simply greeted. Nin-Ninja was a standard-issue ninja type medabot that was complete with two identical ninja swords sheathed in his navy blue arms. He also originally belonged to Sheik's Mom, Ms. Impa, until she passed him on to Sheik when he graduated to the ninth grade. "So," Sheik started, "I have the latest episode of Robattle Mania recorded if you want to watch it." "What's Robattle Mania?" Link and Metabee asked in unison. "Robattle Mania is a local TV show that displays the week's highlights and best Robattles." Nin-Ninja explained, "It is a fairly good show, but I don't particularly care for TV to begin with." "Fairly good?" Sheik sputtered, "It's the best show ever! And you know that you like watching TV as much as I do." "Then are we going to watch the show or you two arguing over it?" Link asked. Both Sheik and Nin-Ninja looked at him and fell silent. "Yes, right. Follow me." Sheik finished as he led his friends into the living room.
As the show played, its small audience was well engrossed. Sheik was comfortably lying in a beanbag chair in his favorite color, which was sapphire blue, which sat to the immediate right of the pewter colored sofa. Nin-Ninja stayed a distance from everyone else in the room, as he more preferred to meditate when he wasn't doing anything rather important. Link sat upright as he watched some of this week's best medafighters and their medabots have at it. Metabee was just as engrossed as Link, as they both sat side by side and kept their eyes glued to the TV. "No way!" Link gasped, showing an open-mouth smile of awe, "And these guys are here in Hyrule?" "Yup," Sheik nodded, "This whole show is based on traveling all around the city of Hyrule and finding those worthy of being called the Medafighters of the week." "Whoa, these guys mean business." Metabee sighed in awe as the show continued. But their comments of awe for the skill of those in the show came to a sudden halt as the host announced the next Medafighter of the Week. "But we're not done yet folks," He shouted, "Here we have someone that's certainly worthy of the title of Medafighter of the Week. And without further ado, I am proud to present the one and only...Dark!" "What?!" Link, Sheik, and Metabee all gasped at the same time. And their united shout was enough to cause Nin-Ninja to awaken from his meditative trance and see what the commotion was about, but also gave a small gasp of shock. "It can't be," Link stuttered, "Sheik, when did this episode air?" "I don't know, last week maybe. I don't see the dates very often since they're set to automatically record." Sheik worriedly replied. "That dirty little," Metabee raged angrily, "We had him creamed. And he still gets on a TV show?" He then started stuttering something that could only be described as a monkey's cry, "Ki Ki... Ki Ki... Ki... dar... Ki Ki." "I can't believe it," Link mused as Metabee still fumed, "He was named a medafighter of the week, and we beat him."
Metabee was about to go off like a time bomb, And Sheik saw it coming as he dove behind his beanbag chair for cover and Nin-Ninja swiftly and quietly dashed around the corner and up to Sheik's room. "Metabee," Link called, "Will you chill out a second?" "I will when I go and give that snake of a person a super Metabee-bopping!" He fumed, with puffs of steam coming out of the missile launchers on his head. The TV was now completely ignored as the Host and Dark talked about Dark's abilities while Link tried to calm his medabot down. "Metabee, don't you get it?" Link shouted with a smile as he grabbed the crazed yellow medabot by the shoulders and tried to hold him still. "Why you! Let go of me or I'm going to have a laser cannon for you as well as Dark!" The medabot still fumed and flailed his arms and legs, like it wasn't possible for him to get any angrier. "Metabee listen!" Link continued, "That was last week's episode. He was on that show before we beat him." That seemed to have done the trick, as Metabee suddenly stopped flailing and looked Link in the eye. "What?" He simply asked. "He was on that show before we robattled him. So more was on the line for him than we both thought." Link explained, still smiling. "I get it," Metabee agreed as Sheik cautiously moved out from behind the beanbag chair, "He challenged us to a robattle because he had a reputation to keep up since he was on that show." Sheik had taken this opportunity to shut off the TV while his friends sorted things out. "And that was why he tried to show off to Zelda," Link added, "He thought that he could use his fame to appeal to her." "But then we ruined his reputation when we beat him." Metabee included. "That's the truth," Link smiled as things finally started calming down, "But now it's likely that we're now on his hit list until he gets back at us his way." "Bah! Let him come as many times as he wants, because we'll send him packing every time." Metabee proudly stated as he held out his fist. "You got that right." Link finished equally as proud as they bro-fisted each other.
After averting near disaster, the group decided to find something else to do. That is, until Link checked the clock in the foyer. "Oh shoot," Link gasped, "Metabee, it's 5:40 and we need to head home." "What for?" Metabee asked. "Mom wanted us back at the house by 5:50, remember?" Link returned. "Oh yeah. Yo Sheik, want to come with us?" The yellow medabot then asked. "Sure, why not? Just let me call my Mom real quick." Sheik returned as he left the room." "Metabee, why'd you ask that?" Link fussed at his medabot. "What? I was just being friendly." Metabee shrugged. "Well I guess that means that we'll be having a dinner guest tonight." Link sighed. Sheik came back a minute later, "I got to ok to go with you guys. However, she said I need to be back by 8:00 since it is a school night." "Alright, then let's get going." Link finished as the group started off. "Nin-Ninja," Sheik called before he left the house, "I'm heading to Link and Metabee's house for dinner. So it's up to you to hold down the fort." Although there was no audible answer, Sheik simply chuckled as he closed the door and locked it with his house key. "So Link, you know what's for dinner?" He then inquired as they started walking. "Not sure, but knowing that Aryll is helping make it, I can only shudder." Sheik laughed, "I would agree. The last time I ate something your sister Aryll cooked, I had indigestion that whole weekend." Both boys laughed as Metabee stared at them with confusion. "I don't get it, what's up with Aryll's cooking?" He asked as he gazed at the pair. "Well let's just say Metabee that you're lucky to be a medabot." Link stated as he wiped a tear from his eye, "However Sheik, Aryll is still learning, so she's helping Mom with the cooking right now." "Well that's good to hear, your Mom's food is delicious." Sheik answered. "It sure is," Link added, "But it helps that Mom took a culinary course when she was in college." "What's culinary?" Metabee asked as they set foot on the driveway. "Culinary is a school subject that teaches people how to cook really well." Sheik explained. "So does that mean that Aryll needs to take a culinary course?" Metabee asked, putting two and two together. His logic however, caused the boys to take one look at each other and then burst out laughing as they went through the door to Link's House.
"Mom, we're home." Link hollered. "Hi Honey, and hello Sheik," Link's Mother greeted as the boys and medabot entered the living room, which was adjacent to the kitchen, "It's been a while since I saw you last, you've gotten so big. I remember when you and Link were just little things." Back when Link and Sheik were in the fifth grade and on up to the seventh grade, Link's Mom would look after Sheik while his Mom was working in the city. "Hey big Bro," Aryll greeted, "Good to see that you guys made it. Dinner is just about ready." Link and Sheik briefly glimpsed at each other and tried their very best to hold their laughter in, but still audibly giggled. "What's so funny?" Aryll asked, "Was it something I said?" Link and Sheik were giggling like a couple of giddy little girls when Aryll mentioned dinner and what Metabee said only moments ago. "Maybe," Link stammered through the giggling, "It would be best not to tell you." "That's for sure," Sheik added as Link's Mother left returned to the kitchen to finish the meal, "You'd probably kill us if we told you." "It was about your…" Metabee started, but was abruptly cut off as Link and Sheik shot their hands out like lightning and covered his 'mouth' and muffled whatever he was about to say. "My…what?" Aryll asked inquisitively as she moved one of her pigtails behind her shoulder, "What is it?" "Nothing… nothing at all Sis," Link replied, trying to keep his cool and his laughter under control, "Sheik, grab Metabee's legs." Sheik did as told as the boys hauled Metabee to Link's room, leaving an utterly confused little sister in the living room. "Boys," She muttered as she walked to the dining table and started setting out all the plates, napkins, and silverware, "They can be way out there sometimes."
In the Link's room, Sheik closed the door with his foot as they plopped Metabee on the bed. "What was that for?" Metabee asked as he hopped down from the bed and onto his feet. "Metabee, I'm going to make this very simple to remember," Link started, "You do not... I repeat... do not want to make Aryll angry. And this rule especially applies about her cooking." "Why is that? You're older than her aren't you?" The beetle-type medabot then inquired, cocking his head a little. "Firstly, I have no idea why girls are so adamant about their cooking." Sheik explained, "Secondly, the concept of age does not count when you have an angry sister, whether she's older or younger." "And thirdly, Aryll can be vicious when something gets on her nerves." Link finished. Metabee looked over at Sheik to find that he was nodding in agreement with what his friend was saying. "So let me get this straight, I need to make sure that Aryll does not get mad." Metabee clarified, only to find both boys nodding. "But how can someone like Aryll get vicious? She doesn't look like someone who would attack somebody." "Looks are deceiving Metabee. But yes, you understand that you can't get on Aryll's nerves." Link finished. A small silence ensued as they listened carefully to hear if Aryll was eavesdropping behind the door. After a few minutes, they sighed in relief as they leaned on the side of the bed. "I have to hand it to you Link," Sheik piped up as he gazed around the room, "You have the cleanest room I've ever seen." "Thanks, but your room could be like this if you actually cleaned it every once in a while." Link snickered. "Hey, I can't help it if my room is a mess." Sheik shot back. Metabee simply stayed silent as he really wasn't sure how to respond to this since he didn't have a room before. However, all conversations fell silent as the scent of a home-cooked meal crept under the door and into the boy's noses. And it wasn't much longer than that before they rose to their feet and dashed for the dining room, with Metabee following despite the fact that he couldn't eat.
After dinner, the family and friend all pitched in to help clean everything up. Kitty was comfortably nestled on the sofa curled up into a ball and napping. And Metabee stood nearby getting antsier by the minute as he wasn't one that liked sitting still. "Thanks for dinner," Sheik spoke to Link's Mother, "You never fail to make a delicious meal." "Oh thank you Sheik, but most of the meal was actually prepared by Aryll." She responded, "She certainly has been learning from me." Both Link and Sheik shared looks of surprise and luckily no one saw this action. "So boys," Aryll proudly chimed in, "How'd I do?" "I'll admit Sis; you did really well." Link answered as they finished putting up the last of the dishes. "I'll say; that Beef stew was to die for." Sheik added. Aryll blushed a little at the boy's comments, showing that she was happy to hear that they enjoyed her food. Sheik pulled out his phone to check the time and found that it was 7:15. "Well I hate to eat and run," He started, "But I have to head home." "It was great to see you again Sheik," Link's Father answered, "We'll need to get together again sometime." "Sure thing; I'll talk to Mom about it when she gets home later." Sheik smiled. "Do tell your Mother that I said hi." Link's Mother added. "Will do, see you tomorrow Link." He finished as the door closed behind him. "Well," Link's Father spoke to his son and daughter, "It is a school night tonight, so I want you both in your rooms and getting ready now. And I want the lights out by 8:00." Aryll then got up first. "Goodnight Mom and Dad." She concluded as she motioned Kitty to follow her. "Night Mom, night Dad." Link mimicked, "Let's go Metabee. "Goodnight Mr. and Mrs. Link's parents." Metabee shadowed as the parents were simply left to chuckle at the little Medabot's names for them. "Night Sis." Link called into her room as he passed it. "Night big Bro, night Metabee." She returned as the boy and medabot entered their room and got ready. "Hey Link," Metabee started, "Where am I sleeping?" "Oh, I forgot all about that." Link gasped as he finished changing into some sleep clothes, "Give me a second." He then proceeded to pull out the spare mattress from under his bed for Metabee. "I get my own bed? Thanks man." The medabot thanked as he sat on the mattress. "No problem," Link returned as he got into his bed and was ready to turn out the light, "But remember, you need to stay here tomorrow. And if you need anything to do, talk to Kitty, she'll think of something." And with that Link's eyes closed and Metabee's neon green eyes fell dim as they both turned in for the night.
So, how's it coming? Good? Bad? Whatever? As I said, things only start picking up from here.