Well now you guys know what happened after the robattle at school, as well as learning about Metabee's short temper. Anyway, LOZ and Medabots are not mine, and reviews are greatly appreciated.
Chapter 5- An Out of the Ordinary Day
The next morning, Metabee honored what Link requested the night before as he simply decided to sleep in as Link and Aryll headed out the door and to the bus. Aryll got on the bus and sat with her friends no problem. But for Link however, his robattle with Dark was still very fresh in the minds of everyone on the bus. And he was immediately blasted with all sorts of shouting from everyone he passed. They called things like "Dude, you were awesome yesterday" and "How did you learn to robattle like that?" But Link was able to ignore the shouting as he made for his seat next to Sheik on the bus. "Well hello there Mr. Popular," Sheik greeted sarcastically as Link sat down, "Everyone's been talking about you since yesterday's robattle." Link was now processing the thought of him being popular; he had never been popular before. But the reason being was that he never hung out with the well-liked kids or did what they did, so he was usually left alone with Sheik and a small handful of others to hang with. "Hey Link," A friendly feminine voice from beside link greeted, "Nice to see you again." Link returned to reality as he rotated his head to find Zelda smiling. "Hey Zelda, how've you been?" He asked in an equally friendly tone. "I've been alright," She simply shrugged, "So where's Metabee? I haven't thanked him yet for standing up to Dark." "He's at home," Link replied, "Probably still sleeping if he honored my request." Zelda giggled, "Well, I guess that means that I'll need to come to your house after school to thank him." Link blushed as he turned away slightly. A girl from school in his house? The only girls that have ever been in his house were his Mother, his sister Aryll and one or two of her friends. But Zelda, a girl in the same grade he's in, coming to personally see him and Metabee hadn't been brought to mind. "Well," He stuttered, "We'll have to see." Zelda still giggled as Link did his best to suppress the blushing as the bus rolled into the High School parking lot.
Instead of going straight to his first period, Link bee-lined for the principal's office with the apology letter in hand. "Mr. Rauru?" Link asked as he quietly opened the door to the office. "Come in." He answered with a smidgen of curiosity in his tone, "Hello Mr. Link. You seem to have become very popular since you and Dark had that robattle yesterday. Oh how news spreads these days." "Actually, I came to give you something about that." Link clarified as he handed the note to Mr. Rauru. He took it and began reading as Link was left extremely nervous. "Metabee and I signed it to show that we were both sorry." Link added as the principal put down the note. "Yes, I can see that," He answered, seeing the scribble under Link's name that barely read 'Metabee' on it, "But I am happy to hear that you recognize what you did and I admire your integrity for that." "Thank you sir, I'll make sure to avoid conflict next time." Link smiled. "You do that. And tell Metabee when you get home that I thank him for his part in this apology." Mr. Rauru smiled back through his white beard, "Now go on and head to your first class." "I will sir." Link finished with the smile still on his face as he left the office and headed to first period. It was shortly after that when his assistant entered the room. "Mr. Rauru? What was that about?" She asked, seeing Link round the corner in the hallway. "You remember the robattle that Link and Dark got into yesterday?" He simply asked. "Yes I do, why?" The assistant inquired. "Well Link came by to deliver a hand-written note by him and his medabot Metabee saying that they were sorry for what they did." The elderly principal in an expensive-looking orange and brown suit explained. "Really? I don't believe that we've ever had a student write an apology note like that before." She pondered. "We certainly haven't." Mr. Rauru finished as the assistant left his office and returned to hers.
At lunch, Link was bombarded with all types of shouting by everyone saying, "Link, sit over here with us." Link ignored all of the invitations, except for one that came from Sheik, Saria and Zelda at a round table near to the left-most wall. "Hey Link, we saved you a seat." Saria greeted as Link sat down. "And I saved you a desert." Sheik added just as Dark walked past the table and snatched it from his hand. "Hey, that was Link's." Sheik shot at Dark. "Not anymore." Dark snarled as he headed for a table at the other end of the cafeteria. "It's alright Sheik," Link piped up, "He's just mad is all." "Mad is an understatement," Saria corrected, "He hasn't talked to anyone since that robattle yesterday and all he does is fold his arms and sulk." "And he wouldn't even look up at anyone in second-period Hylian." Zelda added into the conversation. "Oh man, don't even mention Hylian," Sheik sighed, "I don't look forward to that period at all. Those prepositions and adverbs and whatever are even worse than losing a robattle." "I disagree," Zelda returned, "It's not that hard for me. As a matter of fact, it's the class I look forward to the most." "Then where in Hyrule did you come from?" He then asked rhetorically as he neared the finishing of his tray of food. "Hey, watch what you say to girls buddy," A familiar voice called from Link's wrist, "I can hear you." "What did you say Link?" Sheik then asked, turning his head for Link, "And I know you can hear me, you're right there." "That wasn't me." Link defended. "That's because it was me talking." The voice called again. This time, everyone looked at Link's medawatch. "Metabee? How can you hear us?" Link asked through his medawatch. "You don't know Link?" Saria questioned. "No, I don't Saria," Link rolled his eyes, "Would you care to tell me?" "It's simple," Saria started, "A medafighter and medabot can communicate with each other from far away via the medawatch. See, there's a little microphone built into the vocal circuits of the medabot that is also connected wirelessly to your medawatch. That way, if you two need to talk with each other from long distances or in the middle of a heated battle, you can." "I didn't know that." Link mused. "I have a microphone in my head? Freaky." Metabee cut in. "So Metabee, how's it going?" Sheik then asked into the watch. "Sheik, is that you?" Metabee asked, "If it is, it's going terribly." "How so Metabee?" Zelda inquired. "Well first of all, there is nothing to do here at the house, and I mean nothing. Secondly, when I asked Kitty about something to do, she simply told me to take a nap. Hello?! I'm not a baby, I don't take naps!" The teens enjoyed the rest of their lunch with lively spirits after Metabee's little outbreak and a good laugh,
After school, and just as Link was boarding the bus, Zelda caught up and sat with him and Sheik. "So, just as a review of the day," Sheik started, "We have work, work, and more work." "Way to summarize Sheik," Link chuckled, "And would part of that work include studying for our History quiz?" Sheik suddenly and awkwardly fell silent, "Yeah, I was trying to include that without actually calling it by name." Zelda giggled, "You two know each other so well, it's so funny." "And what's funny about having a best friend you know well?" Link inquired. "Nothing, I just envy you two is all," Zelda explained, "See, since my Dad is the Governor- "Your Dad is the Governor?!" Link and Sheik exclaimed. "Not so loudly," Zelda shushed, "But yes. And since he's the Governor, people treat me with so much respect that I probably scare them." "I can't believe it," Sheik mused, "The Governor's daughter is sitting right there and we didn't even know it." Link rolled his eyes at his friend and turned to Zelda, "Don't mind him; he goes into ramblings at things like this every so often. But why didn't we know about this sooner?" "Good question Link," Metabee cut in through Link's medawatch, "How come Zelda?" "That's," Zelda paused, "A little more personal than I feel comfortable going." "Awe come on," Metabee fussed, "Tell us, we won't bite." "Metabee, show a little respect will you?" Link interrupted, "If Zelda doesn't want to talk about it, then she doesn't have to." Zelda showed a small smile as Metabee started snickering. "I think somebody's sweet on Zelda." Metabee sneered. "How could you possibly know that for a fact?" Link shot back quickly. "Well firstly, how fast it took you to defend yourself says one thing," Metabee snickered, "And secondly, you're always polite whenever she's around." Link was speechless, as well as red in the face. And Zelda in turn was able to do nothing but laugh as the conversation unfolded in front of her. From there, Sheik rejoined the conversation a few minutes after completing his mind ramblings the bus rolled into the neighborhood.
Link then gathered his things as the bus stopped to let him and Aryll off. But as Link was ready to leave, Zelda quickly gathered her things and followed. "Zelda, what are you doing?" Sheik asked as she finished, "You don't live here." "I know that." Zelda briefly answered as she followed Link off the bus. Link however was caught completely by surprise when he turned to find Zelda behind him. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "I still need to thank Metabee, remember?" She replied happily. "So you're the girl Link sits with," Aryll chimed in, "Now I can see why he sits with you on the bus." "Not now Sis." Link stammered. "Sis?" Zelda repeated, "This is your sister?" "That's right," The middle school student stated proudly, "I'm Aryll, and you've met my big Bro Link." "Nice to meet you Aryll," Zelda introduced, "I'm Zelda." And it was right about then that Metabee opened the front door. "It's about time you guys arrived," He exclaimed, "Do you know how bored I was all day? It's sickening." He then looked up at Zelda, "Hey Zelda, uhh… Do you live here too?" "No, I don't," Zelda replied, giggling a little, "But I had something I needed to tell you." "Me? What is it?" He asked, pointing to himself. "I just wanted to thank you for standing up to Dark's medabot yesterday. I really appreciate what you did." "Uhh… you're welcome? But why couldn't you tell me that on the bus or whatever? I could hear and talk to you on your way home." He stuttered questioningly. "Because I felt that I needed to thank you personally." She finished. "Oh, ok. Well, don't worry about it; it was fun to give Dark's bot a Metabee-bopping anyway." Metabee stated, putting his hand on the back of his head. Everyone chuckled at the medabot's statement as they headed for the door. "By the way Sis," Link started after the girls enter the house first, "You know when Mom and Dad will be back?" "No, but it's likely that they'll probably be back late." Aryll answered as she dropped her backpack on a kitchen chair, with Link and Zelda following the motion. And after a minute, Kitty, who was sleeping on the sofa happily, woke up and was introduced to Zelda.
Although Link was happy to have a friend of his other than Sheik in his house, he was still a little awkward-feeling about that friend being a girl. But nonetheless, Metabee pestered him to no end about something to do. "Seriously Link," Metabee scoffed, "There has to be something in this house that's fun to do." "Well, there might be one thing," Link thought out loud after a few minutes, "I'll be right back." Link then left the girls and medabots alone in the living room as he walked down the hall and opened the farthest door at the other end and disappeared. A few minutes later, he returned with a small, white angular box with four remotes and a bunch of cables. "Oh you found the Wii," Aryll happily exclaimed, "I was wondering where Dad put it." "What's a Wii?" Metabee asked as he watched Link set it up. "A Wii is a video game system that basically lets you be the controller." Aryll explained. "For example, if you want to swing a sword, you swing the remote like you would an actual sword that was in your hands." Zelda finished. "Oh, ok. I understand, I think." Metabee mused as he rubbed his 'chin' with one hand. "Alright," Link started, "What game should we do first?" "Wii Sports Resort," Aryll exclaimed, "I've been wanting to play that forever." "Hey Sis, why don't we let Zelda decide? She is our guest after all." Link replied, giving Zelda the look saying, "what's your choice?" "I'll say," She started, only to find Aryll gazing at her with an excited look on her face, "Sports Resort." "Alright then, Sports Resort it is." Link stated as he inserted the game disk and handed one remote to Aryll and another to Zelda. "Aren't you playing?" Aryll asked as she faced her Brother. "I will, but if Metabee is going to play this while we're at school, I'll need to explain a few things as you play." Link explained. "You mean you're giving me permission to play this while you're gone?" Metabee asked, somewhat excited that he'll finally have something to do. Link simply nodded as he grabbed a spare remote and began explaining how the remote works and how to play some of the games.
About an hour later, the quartet was having a blast on the Wii, taking turns and teaming up on some occasions to prove better than the others. On Link's next break, he cooked a pizza in the oven for the group as he watched Metabee swing his arms like no tomorrow trying to beat Aryll in swordplay, but kept getting parried and knocked off the platform. "I win again Metabee," Aryll proudly stated, "Let's see, that makes the score five to nothing. Are you ready to surrender?" "Rematch, I'll get you this time." Metabee growled as he clenched the Wii remote in his hands. "That's what you said the last three matches." Zelda laughed as she sat next to Kitty on the sofa and watched. After another half hour, Metabee finally gave up, but said that he would get Aryll one of these days. "Well, I have to go," Zelda spoke up after she read the clock on her phone that said 7:30, "Thanks for having me, I had fun. And we'll have to do this again some time." "Bye Zelda, it was nice to meet you." Aryll and Metabee waved as they sat on the sofa. Link then proceeded to walk Zelda out the door. "So, you need a ride?" Link asked as the duo stepped outside. "No, I called the chauffeur about ten minutes ago, so he'll be here any minute." Zelda explained. A small moment of silence ensued. "Thanks again for having me; I had more fun than I've had in a long time." She started. "Don't mention it," Link smiled, "But didn't you kind of invite yourself when you followed me off the bus?" Zelda turned a little red, "I guess I did, but I still had fun anyway. And your Sister is a total joy to be around; I'll need to have her over at my home some time for a girl's day out." "How long do you want her?" Link jested, "I could use a break." Zelda then laughed as the chauffeur rolled up to the side of the front yard and beeped slightly. "I have to go, see you tomorrow Link." Zelda began as she started walking for the chauffeur. "One more thing Link," She added, "Please don't tell anyone that I'm the Governor's daughter. It'll ruin any chances I have at being normal at school." "Not a problem," Link smiled back, "Your secret's safe with me." Zelda smiled one last time as she entered the car and the chauffeur drove off. Link watched them leave the street before he re-entered the house and had everyone start cleaning up.
Had to introduce a little more of the romance aspect between Link and Zelda, and I feel I did a fair job doing so. Hope you guys are enjoying this story thus far, and I greatly appreciate anything you have to say.