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Before I start I would like to apologise if my OC's from the previous chapter offended anyone. Also worth noting that for my story the BGM: Laughter and Merriment from the previous chapter will be standard issue for smasher's casual moments. And for those waiting to hear my pitch you'll have to wait till the end of the chapter.

Chapter 3: Recruitment problems

By this time the damage from Ness's battle with the goons from the Order of the Red Cross, had already been taken care of. The goons were taken away by the local police and their victims were taken to the hospital. The gawking civilians went back to their businesses once the "spectacle" was over, as it turns out things like this weren't all that uncommon. When these events happen civilians chose to either watch from a distance or get as far away as possible. The authorities don't usually show up just to clean up the mess.

Since the store was currently without staff, Ness could not buy the game he wanted. But at the moment that had little meaning.

"So you guys were looking for me" Ness asked, the hands nodded

"That's right I 'am looking for students, to teach them how to fight for the good of mankind"

"You mean, you want to make a team of super heroes" Ness asked sound somewhat sceptical

Master Hand and Crazy Hand both look to each other before MH continued "Well if our skills are needed we will fight for the greater good, but aside from certain events in the near future, I don't think we'll be seeing a lot of action."

Ness nodded in satisfaction "so will I have still have to go to school"

"Of course Ness, you still need a good education, and even though you're living with me and my brother..."

"That's me mother f&*(%$#" CH interrupted

"... You still have free access from the mansion, you'll be able to visit your friends and family whenever you want"

Ness nodded in satisfaction "well it all sounds good to me, but we should probably explain the situation to my parents first"

"Awww do we have too" CH complained "Can't we just take him while no one looking?"

"No we can't Crazy, taking Ness would not only be illegal but also unnecessary"

"How would it be unnecessary?"

"Because if we explain the situation fully and politely to his parents they won't be able to say no"

Later...

"No" said Ness's father. Ness's father basically looked like Ness, though obviously taller and older. Since he just got back from work his was still in a business suit.

Master Hand wished to explain the situation to both of Ness parents so when they came to Ness's house they waited for the father to get home, thus leading to the current situation.

It was early evening and both hands were in the living room with Ness's mother and father. Ness got bored, so he went to his room to play video games, which was good for MH because he didn't want Ness to hear any of the more "specific details" MH would discuss with his parents.

"Perhaps you don't understand the situation sir, let me explain again..."

"I heard you the first time Master Hand, chosen warrior, holy weapon, darkling etc. I mean no disrespect towards you, your judgement or your magic skills but I do not want my son to be a part of this"

"So you don't want him to save the world from darkling but its okay for him to save the world from Giygas?" CH retorted

Ness told the hands an interesting story on the way to his house; apparently Ness had saved the world from an intergalactic force called Giygas.

"We didn't have a choice with Giygas" this time Ness's mother spoke, she had mid length orange hair, black dot like eyes and was currently wearing a red dress, "we couldn't tell the authorities or anyone else because they'd think we were nuts, and if they did believe us it might cause mass panic. We had no choice but to trust the fate of the world on our son"

"Although the two situations are inarguably similar there is one key difference" Ness's father continued, the hands move in slightly in anticipation.

"As my wife already explained with Giygas we had no choice but to let Ness fight, that is not the case with this "Darkling" threat as you'll have 25 other capable warriors, if truly need 26 warriors, I suggest you look for someone else; there are plenty of powerful beings in the world."

"Do you think so little of your son that you don't think you can handle it?" Said MH

"I don't want my soon to handle it" the father retorted "The truth is Ness beat Giygas mostly by luck, I do not want him taking that chance again. All I want is for my son to live a normal peaceful life."

There was a long moment of silence as the parents and the hands "stared" at another "so there's no way I can convince you otherwise"

"Perhaps when Ness gets a lot older I may become more lenient but now he stays here."

"Very well I won't force this upon you; however I do wish you tell Ness about your decision?"

The parents nodded

MH satisfied with the compromise left without another word. As the two hands went outside (looking rather comical with them squeezing through a door that's half their size) MH sighed in disappointment "this is quite a problem"

"No it isn't big bro; we can just come back later when everyone's asleep and take the kid."

MH turned around a "glared" at CH "Or not, hey maybe he'll run away and join us"

"If that happens Crazy we'd have to return him" MH said "For over 200 years I've prided myself on being a paragon of virtue and I will not change that now. We will not kidnap a child nor will we force good, honest parents into giving up their child. As of now the only thing we can do is find the rest of the chosen warriors and hope the parents would have changed their mind by the time were done."

"The kid saved the bloody world what are the odds of us running into another person like that." CH pointed out

MH chuckled a little "This world has been in danger more times than I can count. Whether it a dark force, or a doomsday plot, or some megalomaniac a righteous soul has always been around to thwart it. Still, considering the massive global population the odds of the 25 individuals we are looking for having that experience are quite low."

Both hands made a depressed sigh "Well Crazy let's call it a day and go home, well continue our search tomorrow" with that the hand flew toward there mansion.

Meanwhile...

By now Ness's parents were in his room and had just finished explaining their answer "So I'm not going to be the hands student"

"No Ness you are not"

Ness shrugged a little "Oh well, I kind of liked the idea of being some sort of super hero, but if you're not okay with it then it can't be helped"

At this Ness's mother hugged Ness.

BGM: Kairi's theme (Kingdom Hearts 2)

This was strangely sudden so Ness was a little surprised "uh mom why are you hugging me"

"Because it does my heart good to know I raised such a considerate and well behaved boy"

Satisfied with that answer Ness hugged his mother back; the father got caught up in the moment and joined in. It was a group huge with a family that truly loved and cared for each other. As far as they were concerned there was nothing that could ruin this warm and loving moment.

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

To be continued...

A story I've been thinking about writing about is a sequel to Specter24's amazing story "One Piece: A smash adventure". My version follows the same basic plot but stars the cast from "Bleach" and having them go to 8 different worlds.

Also before I finish, it's worth noting that this story is based of Game2002's work so if I do anything that causes a plot hole, I'd like to know so I can change it.