Last time on Medabots and Hylians, Link and company met Midna, a research scientist working at the Kakariko Village Medabot Research Lab. It was a little tough to convince her to help them out, until Midna caught sight of Casey and offered to robattle him and Jedediah in exchange for the answers they needed. Jedediah and Casey proved victorious and the Western team showed Midna how Americans robattle. What'll happen next? Find out now on "Medabots and Hylians- a New Generation of Heroes."

Credit to Nintendo for Legend of Zelda, Natsume for Medabots, and me for Jedediah and Casey. Reviews are appreciated

Chapter 11- A New Upgrade and Friends Reunited

After the exciting robattle, Midna had the footage sent to her computer as she took the group back into the building and into a separate room. "This is the recovery room," Midna explained as she activated two of the large tube-like machines, "This is where we repair the new models after they're finished in the testing arena." She then had Sheik, who volunteered to carry Blakstag's remains, and Jedediah place their medabots in the machines. "So, what does this machine do exactly?" Malon asked as she watched. "These are designed for repairing armor," Midna explained, "What it does is heat up the surface of the armor. And after the surface reaches a certain temperature, right where the armor becomes slightly malleable, small rollers engage and begin smoothing the armor like a masseuse's hands." "Sounds like something I might want to try." Metabee mused out loud. "But what do you do with cases like Blakstag? She was really beat up." Link then inquired to the scientist. "For cases like her, they go through a more thorough internal and external repair session. And it's likely that Blakstag's going to be here a while, but you're right, Casey sure did a number on her." "I apologize for that," Jedediah piped up, "I had every intention to give the robattle everything we had, but I didn't expect Casey to go into a full fury like that." "No, don't be." Midna replied, "It was the exact data I was looking for. And my loss was in the name of science, so I'm not upset. Well, as a medafighter, I am a little upset that I lost; but you know..." "But man Jed," Sheik chimed in, "You and Casey were the bomb. How could you access such power?" "It's quite a mystery to me Partner," The Texan chuckled, "But I just call it the fighting spirit, and I reckon Casey just took it from there." "Took it from there is an understatement," Metabee corrected, "He went into a fury." "One thing that I want to ask," Jedediah spoke up again, "How long should Casey be in that machine?" "Not long," Midna shrugged, "In about an hour he should be fine. In the meantime, I can take you to my office and answer any questions you may have."

"So," Midna started when she led the group into her office on the other side of the hallway, "What questions do you have?" "Well our biggest question is if you know anything about the army that took over Hyrule." Link answered her. But Midna's enthusiasm suddenly fell into short supply. "We all know about it," She began, "We were approached by a man in black armor last week. And he did something, like hypnotizing, to a fellow scientist named Zant, and he followed the man out of the lab. We haven't seen either of them since." "So couldn't that man also be the leader of that army that took over Hyrule City?" Malon inquired. "It would seem so," Nin-Ninja answered, "Did you get the name of that man in dark armor?" "I wish I did, but he came in, did something to Zant, and left with him. It was all I could do to make sure that he didn't attack anyone, so I blame myself." Midna lamented. "Hey, mistakes happen," Metabee piped up, "And we're on a mission to take on that man and take back Hyrule." "You," Midna summarized, "You're… going to take on that man?" Brown Bison walked up to stand next to Metabee and grunted. "We're all going to take him on." Link added, "Hyrule is our home, and we must protect it." Midna swapped her glances between the teens and the medabots and then smiled, "Then count me in. I want to help too." She then left the teens and medabots alone as she entered her lounge and came back out a moment later with her lab coat put away, showing the pair of black pants and a white long sleeve shirt with swirls of black she wore underneath it. And her look left the teens, more exclusively the boys, in silence. "What?" She asked sarcastically, "Am I more beautiful than you previously thought?" Malon aggressively elbowed the boys in the stomachs to snap them out of their trance. "One more thing," Midna then began, pointing at Metabee in particular, "If we're going to take on that army, you're obviously not doing it in that antique." Link, and mainly Metabee, seemed a little offended at her comment, but they both knew that she was right.

Midna then led them into a room that had various models of medabots, some known and some brand new and untested, on display. "I call this room the archive room." Midna explained as she walked over to a display case that held various models all vaguely similar to Metabee. "Metabee is a KBT type, and this case right here shows the rest of the KBT line. Call them…Metabee's distant relatives." The scientist added as the teens, and mainly Metabee, gazed at each of the models. "Why are you showing us these?" Sheik asked as he gazed at a model numbered KBT-07 'Kabuto Benimaru.' "Alright Link," Midna started, somewhat ignoring Sheik's question, "Since Metabee is your medabot, go ahead and choose a model." Metabee quickly got excited and pointed at one model in particular. "Link," Metabee begged, "Pick this one, it's shiny." "Actually Metabee," Midna stuttered, "That model, KBT-03, is under private ownership; so you can't have that one. But I would like to recommend another model up the scale: KBT-10M, model name Gun-Nose, the latest and greatest." It shared the same color scheme as Metabee, as it was mainly yellow and white with black accents. The horn on its head was more reinforced with armor and looked more similar to a beetle horn, but the back of the head exposed the rear of the tinpet skull and wrapped white beams around it like a mask for support. The right shoulder was asymmetrical to the left, as it was all black with a slightly longer length. Both arms were also asymmetrical as the right arm bore a long, but narrow, one barrel rifle attack, and the left was much larger and rounded and had four gun barrels. The legs were about as wide as Metabee's but the feet were all black and had two white toes each. Metabee now seemed excited at this model more so than the other. "I guess I'll go with this one." Link decided, "Seeing that Metabee's excited about it." "Excellent choice," Midna complimented, "Now allow me to explain a bit about this body. Much like Metabee already, his attacks consist of a right arm rifle and a left arm chain gun, but the horn however, is much more reinforced than Metabee's. So it can take a little more of a beating." As the display case opened, Link ejected Metabee's medal and placed it in the medal hatch of the new model. Metabee reawakened as his eyes remained the same neon green as before. "This body feels great," He exclaimed as he moved out of the way of everyone and stretched, "Thanks Midna." "You're very welcome," She giggled, "Now for his old set Link; just press the center button on your medawatch while pointing it at them to transport the parts into storage, just in case you'll need them later." "Thank you for the parts." Link also thanked as he did as Midna instructed. "You're welcome, now what say we figure out a plan on what to do?" She finished as she closed the case and headed for the door.

Earlier, Zelda woke up to find Rokusho gone. "Rokusho?" She called, "Where are you?" A moment later, she found him walking back to meet with her. "Good morning," He greeted with his usual tone, "Shall we get going?" "Yes, we should." Zelda answered as she stood up with the help of her stick, "But where did you go?" "I went ahead a ways to look around," Rokusho returned, "And the town you're looking for is just a little further down this road." Zelda gave a sigh of relief as they continued their walk down the road. A couple hours later, they finally came upon the gate to Kakariko Village. "I thought you said that it wasn't much farther," Zelda spoke up as they neared the gate, "We walked almost two hours from that tree." "Then I guess your perception of 'not very far' and my own are far from the same." Rokusho returned as they walked through the gate. "Wow," Zelda pondered as she glimpsed around the small town, "I've never been here before. It's a nice little town." "So Zelda, where is this friend you need to meet?" The white medabot inquired. Zelda fell silent as she began walking to the square and looked around. "Research Facility." The voice of Zelda's ancestor whispered through her consciousness. She then looked towards the large white building, "Let's check out over there." "But shouldn't we get a doctor to look at your ankle first?" Rokusho suggested. "I'm fine for now Rokusho," Zelda replied, "But I need to see my friend first." He kept silent as they walked up to the door, but the stood still outside the entrance. "What's wrong?" Zelda asked him. "I'll wait outside." Rokusho answered. Zelda was hesitant, but she went on ahead as Rokusho waited at the front as he said he would. "This is it Zelda," She thought to herself, "I just hope that he's here, whoever that he is."

Just as Link and the others entered the hallway heading towards the lobby, including Midna and the newly upgraded Metabee, he saw a very familiar figure. "It can't be," Link stammered, "Zelda?" At the sound of her name, she turned her head in the direction it was called and was as surprised as Link was. "Link?" She exclaimed, "Is that you?" "Yeah it is," Link returned as he walked up to her, "What're you doing here?" "I was told that I needed to meet a friend here. But I wasn't expecting it to be you." "Told?" Link repeated, "By whom?" Zelda wasn't sure how to explain it, and was at a loss for words. But then she noticed the Triforce on her hand and showed it to him as he and the other teens were left in a state of shock. "You have the Triforce too?" Sheik stammered, "Then, who has the third piece?" "Something tells me that the man in dark armor has it." Midna chimed in, "It would explain how he was able to hypnotize Zant into following him." "By the way," She continued, seeing the confused look on Zelda's face, "I'm Midna. I'm here to help you guys out." "I'm Zelda," She introduced, "Nice to meet you." "Zelda?" Metabee inquired as he got a closer look while Jedediah walked down the hallway with Casey, "Is that you?" "Metabee?" Zelda exclaimed. "Who else would it be?" He jested, "How've you been?" "I've," Zelda started, glimpsing at her wrapped ankle, "Been better." "I guess so," Malon agreed, "What happened to your ankle?" "I twisted it trying to escape Hyrule City." She explained as she sat down. "Well then we better get you to a doctor," Midna interjected, "Before we go anywhere else." Link and the others agreed as he had Zelda wrap one arm around his neck for support and helped her outside. Just as they exited, Rokusho hopped down from a nearby tree. "These are your friends I assume?" He asked Zelda. "Yes they are," She answered as they kept walking to the hospital, "I guess I'll introduce later. But for now, come on." Rokusho followed the group, but kept his distance as they entered the waiting room and got Zelda in to see someone.

During the visit, the doctor reset Zelda's ankle and after an hour, gave her the ok to be able to walk on it and leave. Zelda then met up with the others in the waiting room and told them that they all could go. "So how'd it go?" Metabee asked as they walked back to the research facility. "Pretty well," Zelda answered, "The doctor was able to reset my ankle and said that I could walk on it of I don't exert too much pressure on it." "That's good to hear," Jedediah chimed in, "Twisted ankles can sure be something." But after being given a confused look, he made an introduction, "Sorry about that. I'm Jedediah, Jedediah Shenandoah, but call me Jed. And this is my medabot Casey Jones, call him Casey." "Hi there," Casey greeted with a friendly wave. "Hi, I'm Zelda." She introduced to the Texan and his medabot. "So Link," Sheik began, "Do you think our business in Kakariko Village is done?" "I guess so," Link responded, "Maybe the reason we needed to go was to get Midna's help and meet Zelda here. And as a plus, we met Jedediah." "Alright guys, wait here a sec." Midna spoke up as she reentered the lobby of the research facility and disappeared, leaving the teens and medabots alone outside. She rounded the corner about ten minutes later in a large RV. "Whoa," Malon stammered, with Brown Bison mimicking the motion, "Where'd you get an RV?" "The lab uses this when we go on out of town research trips," Midna explained when she exited the vehicle, "And since we have such a large party already, I decided to play it safe." "Are you sure that we can just take this?" Sheik asked, "I mean; I just don't feel right about it." "Of course I'm sure." The scientist laughed, "It's a research vehicle only to be used by lab employees. And I'm a lab employee that's due a vacation." "It seems that Midna has also solved our transportation problem." Nin-Ninja piped up. "Sure seems like it," Metabee added excitedly, "Road trip, road trip!"

After everyone was situated in the RV, with Midna at the wheel, she turned to Link. "Alright Link, where to?" Link then looked at the map that Midna pulled out and checked it carefully, but his eyes kept getting drawn to one place in particular. "I think Kokiri Town is our next destination." Link spoke up at last. "Kokiri Town it is," Midna repeated, "Alright everyone, buckle up." Link made for a seat next to his friends as they heard the RV start up and begin moving. "Yo Link," Metabee called from the seat across from him, "Where are we going?" "Kokiri Town." He answered. "Kokiri Town?" Malon repeated, "What do we have to do there?" "Well," Link began, "I'm not exactly sure. A part of me said that we need to go there next." "So what is this Kokiri Town exactly?" Jedediah asked as he turned to include himself in the conversation. "It is a fairly small town situated on the outer border of an immense forest," Nin-Ninja explained, "Many say it was named after the group of children that lived in the forest back in early Hyrule." "What children?" Casey asked out of curiosity. "The Kokiri," Sheik replied, "There were a race of forest children that lived in the Lost Woods and never grew up. But they were recognized because the Lost Woods was also the home to fairies." "Fairies huh?" The cowboy repeated as he put his feet up and began to doze off, "That's something I got to see to believe." Link glanced around the RV: Midna was at the wheel driving contently down the road for Kokiri Town; Malon was happy that she wasn't the only girl of the group anymore and talked with Zelda, Sheik followed Jedediah's example and found a place to doze off on the other side of the RV, Metabee couldn't pull himself away from the mirror as he admired his new body, Nin-Ninja meditated in silence in a corner of the kitchen area, Brown Bison and Casey were happily looking out the window at the scenery, and Rokusho sat by himself in another corner. Link wasn't entirely sure what he and the others would find in Kokiri Town, but he knew that they had to be ready for anything.

Well now we have three new people added to Link's party- Midna, Zelda, and Rokusho. And now ready to leave Kakariko Village behind them, the group heads onward to Kokiri Town. The only way to find out what happens is to read on when the next chapter comes…

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