"What do you mean, I can't get in?" Link shouted.
With his hands on his hips, Mido, the self-proclaimed leader of the Kokiri, smirked back at the young boy, while his male fairy companion Bark imitated his movements.
"It means that I just can't let anybody meet the Great Deku Tree... and especially not a non-fairy-guy like you!"
"Yeah!" Bark nodded. "Non-fairy-guy!"
"But... but I HAVE a fairy now," Link said, gesturing at Navi, who was buzzing around his head in confusion. "See?"
"Doesn't matter! I'm still not letting you in!" Mido made it clear by intentionally blocking the path leading to the Deku Tree's glade.
"Nuh-uh! Not gonna happen!" Bark added.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Ukyo asked as she, Tatl, Saria and Sprite (Saria's fairy) approached the two boys.
"He... he won't let us through..." Navi said in a whiny voice.
"Of course not!" Mido replied. "You think just anyone could just go and visit the Deku Tree because he feels like it?"
"But the Great Tree summoned me," Link protested. "He sent me his messenger fairy, Navi, to fetch me."
"C'mon, Mido... don't be so stubborn," Saria said. "Why do you always have to pick on poor Link?"
"He does so because he's the leader," Bark grinned. Sprite flew up to him and bopped him on the nose. "OW! What d'ya do that for?"
"You're not better than him, buddy!" the green fairy grumbled.
"Whatever did Link do to you?" Ukyo wanted to know.
"You're not better," Mido snapped. "You're both not true Kokiri... you don't even have guardian fairies!"
"And what am I, chopped liver?" Tatl grumbled.
Ukyo grabbed her child-sized 'Kokiri Spatula' and snarled. "You better take that back!"
Now, face to face with an enormous cooking utensil, Mido looked far less secure than he did before.
But that didn't mean he would just give up like that. "Well... I COULD let him through if he can show me a pair of suitable weapons... at least a shield and a sword." He raised his nose. "You don't want to make a wrong impression in front of the Deku Tree, do you?"
"Well, that's easily settled," Ukyo grinned and produced a small, wooden shield. "Here, Link, use my Deku Shield!"
Link was delighted. "Th-thanks, Ukyo. But... don't you need it?"
Ukyo waved that aside. "Heh, my battle spatula is big enough to deflect monster attacks... besides, you need it more than me."
"Okay, he might have a shield," Mido huffed. "So what? As long as he can't show me a sword, he can't pass!"
"You... you big meanie," Navi proclaimed.
"No, no, you amateur..." Tatl protested. "In a case like this, you should say something like: FUCK YOU!!"
"GAH!" Navi yelped. "I can't say that!"
"You're a wuss..." the yellow fairy huffed.
Meanwhile Ukyo, knowing that Konatsu was still around, gave him a small signal in form of two crossed fingers, and the little Deku understood. Leaping from tree to tree, he crossed the village until he reached a certain hill... In here, as he knew from Ukyo, an old Kokiri weapon was stored within a tiny maze. Ukyo had discovered the secret hiding place of that sword by accident, but she left it there, as she preferred fighting with her spatula. She didn't tell anyone about her discovery, except for Tatl and Konatsu... and she was pretty sure Mido didn't know that it was hidden there.
"You still insist that Link can't enter without a proper sword?" Ukyo asked dangerously.
Mido sweated. He knew that it wouldn't be too wise to upset Ukyo, but his pride didn't allow him to back off. "No sword, no audience with the Deku Tree!" he insisted.
Ukyo grinned and held up her right palm. Suddenly, out of the treetops, a short sword came falling, resting inside a blue sheath. Ukyo caught the blade effortlessly and handed it to Link.
"So maybe he could use this one, what d'ya say?"
Mido wasn't the only one to gawk in surprise. Link grabbed the Kokiri Sword's handle and pulled it out of it's sheath... the morning sun was glittering on the smooth surface of the blade.
"Ukyo, how did you..." Saria stuttered, but Ukyo shook her head. Saria instantly realized what this meant: 'I'll explain later.'
Link grinned as he let his new sword whoosh through the air (Navi yelped and dove for cover). "So, don't have much options left, huh? I've got a fairy, a shield, a sword... What now, Mido?"
"Fine, fine!" Mido grumbled. "I'll let you in... But know this: I still don't see you as one of us!" Angrily he walked past the blonde boy and his fairy. Bark followed him.
"And the same goes for you!" he snapped one last time at Ukyo, before vanishing in his hut.
Saria shook her head. "I don't know what's wrong with him... I'll talk to him. See you guys later!"
And she followed Mido, Sprite flying after her.
Ukyo nodded towards the entrance to the Deku Tree's glade. "Well, should we?"
"You're coming too?" Link asked in surprise.
"Yeah, why not?" Ukyo asked. "I always wanted to meet him eye to eye... Well, figuratively speaking, of course..."
"But... but the Great Deku Tree only told me to bring Link to him..." Navi weakly protested.
"So what?" Tatl asked. "He didn't forbid us to accompany you two, did he? We're just gonna tag along, if that's fine with you."
Link nodded. "Sure! And thanks for the help, Ukyo!" He looked at his new sword. "I still don't know where you got this blade from, but you know what they say about a gift horse's mouth..."
"Don't worry about that," Ukyo smiled. "Let's just say there is someone that likes to follow me around..."
Throwing a quick side glance into one of the nearby treetops, she saw the glowing eyes of her Deku Ninja, and winked at him.
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