When we last left our heroes, Saria and Ambiguous 2 were awakened as the Sages of Forest after the Lost Woods were purged of Phantom Ganon's dark power. One Sage down, five to go, and so begins part 2 of the adventure, "The Fire Sage Saga". 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 greatly appreciated.

Chapter 17- On the Road Again

After making it out of the Lost Woods, the group headed back for the RV. They were about ready to leave, until Midna decided to play a smart move. "Hey guys," She said, "Before we leave, I need to go into town and buy a few necessities. Wanna come?" "What necessities?" Metabee asked as he leaned on the side of the vehicle. "Well food would be one of them," Midna retorted, "As well as a few repair kits just in case, among other things." "I always love a shopping trip," Malon chimed in, "Come on Brown Bison, let's go." The three left for town while Link, Zelda, Jedediah, Sheik, and their medabots stayed behind. "Well I reckon that means we stay here." Jedediah spoke up as he noticed Link holding his shoulder. "You ok there Partner?" He then asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." Link answered. "I think otherwise." Zelda crossed her arms, "Come on, I'll take a look at your shoulder. I need to put what I learned in Health class to good use." Link tried to argue, but figured it's best to just go along with it. Navi and Metabee followed the two teens as Jedediah and Sheik were left outside with Nin-Ninja, Casey, and Rokusho. "Hey Jed," Sheik asked, "Any idea on what we can do while we wait?" The Texan looked over at a picnic bench a few feet away from the RV. "You good at arm-wrestling?" He smirked. "I'm ok at it," Sheik shrugged, "Why? You want to take me on?" "I recommend against it Sheik." Casey objected. "Why?" The teenager responded. Casey shrugged as he medachanged into vehicle mode, "You'll find out soon enough." He then chuffed past the ninja and stag beetle types and stopped. "I'm goin' for a speed run, you guys coming?" "I shall pass." Nin-Ninja answered. "Same here," Rokusho added, "You go enjoy yourself." "Fine," The locomotive type huffed, "Then I will go myself. See you slow-mos later." Casey then began spinning his wheels and dashed off, leaving a trail of smoke behind him. Sheik seemed a little worried about Casey going off on his own. "Umm… Jed?" He asked, "You think its ok for Casey to go off like that?" "I reckon he'll be just fine," Jedediah casually answered, "He just needs to stretch his wheels for a spell. He'll be back soon." He then sat down on one side of the picnic table, "Now, where were we?" Sheik sat down on the other side of the table and met the cowboy's grip with his own, "You ready?" "Ready when you are Partner." The Texan smirked as they begun testing each other's strength.

Inside the RV, Link had sat down in a chair as Zelda feeling for any abnormalities in his shoulder, much to Link giving small yelps of pain when she hit a tender spot. "Will you just relax Link?" Navi sarcastically asked, "Honestly, your ancestor would've sat still through the whole thing and not even flinched." "Well one thing that sets me and him apart at this point," Link sassed, "Was that he's been in battle before and his body was used to it." "Yeah," Metabee added, defending Link, "Give 'em a break will ya?" "I'm only telling him this to help him, you metal bug." Navi retorted. "What'd you call me?" Metabee raged, as he jumped up and down to try and clap the fairy in his hands. He then opened them up to find Navi gone as he felt a sharp bonk on the head. "And that's for trying to hurt me." She scoffed. "Ki ki… Ki… Ki ki… Dar… ki ki…" Metabee growled. Link decided to put a stop to it before it got out of hand. "Navi, Metabee." He called, "I appreciate you guys thinking of me, but I'm just in my own thoughts right now." "Thoughts about what?" Zelda asked as she began feeling the other shoulder for reference. "Mainly about what Ganondorf said," Link answered, "I'm still a little puzzled over what he meant when he said he wouldn't make the same mistake twice." "He's probably talking about when you and Zelda's ancestors defeated him the first time." Metabee replied, now cooled off. "I figured that much," The teenager responded, "But it only makes me wonder what he'll do differently now than what he did back then." "But our ancestors said that Time is repeating itself," Zelda chimed in, "The only thing I think will be different is the time itself." "What do you mean?" The yellow medabot asked confusedly. "I get what she's saying," Navi chirped, "She's saying that all that's different between now and then is what's changed. Like back then there weren't medabots or even that sort of technology." "Exactly." Zelda piped up, "That's what I was thinking." "But then there's the factor of what Ganondorf did with Zant." Link continued, "I'm just not getting why he needed him in specific. And if Zant was one, what if Ganondorf has more teammates?" "Maybe he just needs company." Metabee joked. "As much as I want to agree with you Metabee," Navi answered, "I don't think it's that simple." After a few minutes, Zelda said she didn't feel anything majorly wrong and suggested that Link was probably just worn out from the fight, and then went outside for some fresh air. But as Zelda neared the door, the quartet heard a yelp of pain and aggravation coming from outside.

"Argh," Sheik yelped as Jedediah forced his arm backwards and finished the match, "Ok ok, I give up. You win." "And that makes the score three-to-none," The Texan chuckled, "Want to try again?" "I'll pass Jed," Sheik retorted as he rubbed the sore spots on his arm. "What happened?" Navi asked them worriedly, "We heard a yelp and came to see if everyone was ok." "We're just fine," Jedediah laughed, "We were just havin' arm-wrestling matches is all." "Yeah, that and me getting my arm torn off by Mr. Cowboy over there." Sheik muttered, but Jedediah only chuckled more. "Casey did give you a warning Sheik." Nin-Ninja spoke up as he rose from his spot on the ground, but Sheik just mumbled to himself. And it was right about then that Casey came into view and whistled his return. He medachanged and marched straight to Sheik first. "Don't tell me," He jested, seeing the look on his face, "Let me guess." "Well go guess somewhere else." Sheik spat sourly. "Hey, I gave you a warning didn't I?" Casey snorted as he walked back to Jedediah and sat on the bench. "So how'd it go Casey?" The cowboy asked his medabot. "I have to tell you," Casey hoped down immediately and looked at his medafighter, "It was awesome!" "How so, might I ask?" Metabee chimed in as he left Link and Zelda to join the conversation. "About five minutes into my speed run, I was stopped by some dude with blue hair and his medabot, which was a racecar type model. And he looked at me and said 'you're into speed aren't you?' I answered yes and he challenged me to a race with him and his medabot." "And how'd that go?" Jedediah asked. "Oh man, that race was beyond epic!" Casey exclaimed, "But it ended with a tie. However, when I made a short lap around a nearby building to cut my speed, the dude and his medabot were gone. I tried to look around for 'em, but I didn't find them anywhere. So then I decided to come back here." "Sounds like you had an eventful trip." Navi piped up as she flew around the medabots. Ten minutes passed before Midna, Malon and Brown Bison returned with a good-sized bag in each hand, and the buffalo type medabot holding one over his head. "Where'd you go to get all that?" Metabee asked sarcastically. "Oh you know," Midna coolly replied, "The Grocery store, Medabots shop, Drugstore, the usual stops." Zelda helped bring a couple of the bags inside the RV and disappeared to help Midna put everything away while Malon took her place outside with the other teens.

About an hour later, the group was ready to hit the road as Midna whistled the teens into the RV. "Alright Link," The scientist called as she sat in the driver's seat, "Where to next?" "Death Mountain," Link replied, "We need to go there next." "Death Mountain it is." Midna repeated, "Alright, everyone ready?" After a "Yes" came from everyone, Midna drove out of Kokiri Town and started for the highway. "Alright, so call me curious," Casey spoke up after the group got on the highway about fifteen minutes later, "But why is Death Mountain called… well… Death Mountain?" "It has been said the Death Mountain was once an active volcano." Nin-Ninja explained, "But the mountain itself has been dormant for hundreds of years." "Makes sense now." Jedediah chimed in. "I heard it was also the home of the Goron tribe in ancient times," Zelda added, "But I think it was said that they suddenly disappeared and no one's seen or heard from them since." "Didn't our school have a sports team named after the Gorons?" Malon asked, including herself in the conversation, "I heard it did, but nothing more than that." "It does," Sheik answered the country girl, "I think it was the wrestling team." "Why the wrestling team?" Metabee asked. "The Gorons have incredible strength," Midna piped up, "And often tested each other's might in wrestling matches. At least that's what I studied about them." "Well it would make sense," Link added, "But at least Hyrule High recognizes its past instead of neglecting it." About ten minutes later, the group found a mini-bus stalled on the side of the road and decided to stop and lend a hand. Link got out first, and was utterly surprised at who popped his head out from behind the raised hood. "Beedle?!" Link exclaimed. "Well look who it is!" Beedle greeted in his accent, "How have you been Link?" "I've," Link started, "Been busy. How about you?" "Well," The salesman chuckled, "Let's just say I've seen better days." Sheik joined his friend and greeted Beedle as well. "What a small world it is!" Beedle exclaimed. "Hey Beedle," Sheik responded, "So what's up with your mini-bus?" "I'm guessing the battery just quit," The salesman answered, "You wouldn't happen to have stopped to give me a hand would you?" "That's exactly what we did," Midna stepped in, "Hey Sheik, you mind giving me a hand with the jumper cables?" Sheik left to help her as Link and Beedle moved to the rear of the vehicle. "While we wait," Beedle started, "How about you have a look at what I've got for sale?" "I don't know Beedle," Link scratched his head, "I nearly depleted my funds buying Metabee from you a few days ago."

"Oh gobbledygook," Beedle laughed, "Since you stopped to help me, I'll help you back and give you a good deal." He then opened the trunk to reveal about eight different models lined in neat rows. Link was a little stumped at what model to pick. "Allow me to make a suggestion," Beedle piped up after a minute, "Have a look at Haniwa Golem here." He then picked up the package with the clay colored medaparts inside. Its top half looked like a warrior statue of sorts, and its bottom half was vaguely similar to that of a horse. "Haniwa Golem doesn't specialize in attacking." Beedle started. "Then, why are you pointing it out to me?" Link interrupted confusedly. "Let me finish and I'll tell you," Beedle returned as he cleared his throat, "Now, as I was saying, Haniwa Golem doesn't specialize in attacking. But that's where its surprise comes in. This model specializes in negating other attacks!" "Really?" Link asked, now getting interested, "Like what kinds of attacks?" "Well it can't negate every attack," Beedle chuckled nervously, "More specifically; Haniwa Golem negates laser-based attacks. He's part of a set of 4 that negates lasers, missiles, gravity attacks, and one that negates all three. I just don't have the latter three with me at the moment." Link thought hard for a minute before speaking. "How much would you ask for it?" Link finally asked. "Well it normally goes for fifty rupees at my shop," The salesman answered, "But for you, I'll knock it down to twenty-five. What do you say?" Link's heart sank, "All I have is a couple rupees…" But then he remembered the set he won in Kokiri town, "But do you accept trades?" "Hmm… What do you have in mind?" Beedle inquired. Link entered the RV and picked up the Sky-Cargo medaparts set next to his backpack and went outside to meet back with the salesman. "How about this?" The teenager asked. "OOH!" Beedle gasped, "That's a Sky-Cargo medapart set! Are you sure you want to trade that?" "Well to be honest," Link started, "I'm not sure how much use a flight-type medapart set would be right now. At least with Haniwa Golem, I can use the negate parts right away." The salesman thought for a minute. "You got a deal!" He exclaimed as he traded the Clay Warrior type medapart set for the Airplane type set. "Thank you for your business." Beedle happily thanked as he shook Link's hand. "Same here," Link smiled, "We'll need to do it again soon." "Oh surely!" The salesman replied as Midna and Sheik met the two at the rear of the bus. "Well," Midna started, "We charged the battery with ours, so you're good to go." "Thank you Ma'am," Beedle finished as he closed the trunk and started for the driver's seat, "I really appreciate you doing this for me!" He then drove off in the opposite direction of the RV as the scientist and teens started back on the road a couple minutes later.

Once the group was on the road again, silence once again took over the RV as everyone mainly stayed to themselves. Midna gave Link a repair kit for Metabee and Sheik was teaching him how to use it. Nin-Ninja stayed to himself the most and continued meditating in the silence. Zelda kept Midna company as she sat in the passenger seat next to her. Rokusho sat near a window and watched the scenery go past. Jedediah decided to take this time and have a snooze as he put his hat over his face and rested his back on a seat cushion. Malon followed his example sometime after and rested close to him, though her head eventually found a place on Jedediah's shoulder. Casey and Brown Bison got a little bored, until Casey taught the buffalo type how to play rock-paper-scissors; though he soon regretted it after Brown Bison kept winning. About an hour and a half later, Midna needed to stop for gas and rolled into a gas station. Seeing Jedediah and Malon still sleeping, the scientist motioned the other teens outside for a breath of fresh air. "Boy it does feel good to stretch." Link sighed. "No kidding pal," Sheik added, "How're you feeling by the way? I noticed you weren't holding your shoulder earlier." "Still in a bit of pain," Link replied, "But better than before." "That's good to hear," Sheik returned, "And we should be finished with the repair work on Metabee's body when we get on the road again." "That's music to my ears," Metabee called through Link's medawatch, "I can't wait to be back in my body again." "Hey Midna," Zelda spoke up, "How much longer is it to Death Mountain?" "My best guess at this point," The scientist answered, "Would be that we should arrive sometime in the evening hours; since we're basically making a round trip back to Kakariko Village. We will need to stop in Kakariko Village though since it's at the base of the mountain." "What for?" Link asked as Midna put the gas pump away and paid for the gas. "Well for starters," Midna started, "vehicles aren't allowed on the mountain paths." "Well, it would make sense." Sheik finished as the group reentered the RV and continued down the road. Jedediah and Malon woke up a few minutes after Link and Sheik finished repairs on Metabee's body and reinserted his medal. Link however said that he needed to rest for a while and headed for the small bedroom at the back of the RV. Whatever lies ahead on Death Mountain, Link wanted to be prepared and decided that a little rest would do him good.

Well now Link and company are on the road again, and even ran into a familiar face along the way. We can only wonder what will happen as they continue in their adventure, though the only way to find out is to read on…

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Medaparts Acquired-

Hanihead (Head), Mirror (R. Arm), Flash (L. Arm), and Haniwan (Leg)

(Owner: Link)