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Hypno-Love

Chapter 7: Love Sickness part 2

Previously

Arnold was about to move to reach the handle to get out of the closet, only to realize that he couldn't since Helga's arms are around him, holding him in a grip he didn't realize he was in because he had been too worried about Mr. Pataki to notice.

"Oh Arnold..." She said in her lovesick voice and Arnold gulped.

"Helga. ..I. ..I think we should get out of here...now..." He said in a more forceful tone but the closet is too dark, he can't see her face but he could feel her body heat due to her body being too close to his to ignore and it's making him even more nervous all over again.

"My dashing, debonair do-gooder, now that we are safe from my brute father's disapproval, we can resume our love once again..." She said in a passionate voice.

Arnold found himself being pressed against the wall of the closet, still trapped in Helga's embrace as he realized that she seems to be getting even more lovesick by the minutes, if that's even possible...

"Oh boy..." He said with another gulp as he could feel Helga leaning closer, already guessing what is about to go down now...


Arnold quickly turned his head and he could feel Helga's lips pressing against his right cheek, and despite the darkness, he could feel them, and his face becoming red once again.

"H-H-Helga...'Arnold stuttered as he tried to wriggle out of her embrace to get away from any more of her kisses.

"Oh Arnold...'She whispered before she kept kissing him on the face, no doubt trying to reach his lips but since it's dark, she can't exactly see well and Arnold is still trying to wriggle out for his freedom before Helga tries to recreate the night on the FTI roof and what went down at the alley this morning.

Somehow, his hand reached the handle of the door, and when he twisted it...well, since he moved a bit, his back had now been pressed against the door and upon opening it, since Helga had been pining him to it, the sudden opening and her still pining him caused them to both fall out of the closet, with Helga on top of him, and briefly snapped her out of her kiss attack.

"Huh?...'She let out and that's when Arnold saw his chance.

He quickly crawled away from Helga and was now a few feet away from her, and the blonde girl's confused look soon melted back to one of infatuation.

"Are you alright my dear? You did not get hurt from your fall, did you?...'Helga asked in the light voice she got that made Arnold's stomach feel funny for a moment, before he ignored it.

"I'm fine...I'm not hurt... you?...'Arnold asked her.

Sure, he is totally freaking out over her hypnotized state and her attempts to make out with him, he doesn't want her to get hurt. However, him asking that question just made her look even more in love if that's even possible.

"Oh Arnold, so concern and caring over little old me...'She swooned once again.

Arnold sighed, knowing that none of the things he tried earlier worked and he might as well have no choice but to wait for the hypnotist to arrive on Monday.

"Look Helga, I know you are under hypnotism and you don't understand what's happening, but I need you to promise me that you will try and stay calm and out of trouble...I'm going to see if I can go online later to see if I can find something to help...While I am gone, can you...not act all in love with me, if your mom and dad sees you like this...they might get the wrong idea...'Arnold said slowly to her.

To his surprise, Helga got up and took his hands and looked into his eyes with a serious gleam in them.

"Oh I understand my dear Arnold, ours shall be a secret love, so that my parents do not discover and forbid us from each other...'She said.

"Uh...something like that..." Arnold said as he made her let go of his hands before she got into another kiss frenzy.

Arnold went straight for the door, only for Helga to call to him once again.

'Wait, where are you going?...'Helga asked, looking particularly distressed by his departure.

"I told you, I am going to find some information to fix you, I will try and come back later if I find something...'Arnold said to the blonde girl who looked upset to see him leave.

"Oh, I see...Well, till we meet again, my love...but before you go..." Helga suddenly grabbed him by the collar and before Arnold could react, she pulled him into a quick "good bye kiss" that only lasted about three seconds but it left Arnold stiff as a board upon release.

"H-Helga..."Arnold said in a loud voice, unable to believe that she kissed him on the lips once again and that he didn't see it coming.

That's the second big lip lock she has given him today and she's just giggling and blushing as if she really is a girl in love with him.

"Fare the well my beloved, I shall be counting the moments until you return to me..."Helga said in a romantic voice as Arnold quickly ran out the door and back to the safety of his own cabin.

Once inside, he ended up locking the door and panted, tired from the running and his heart has been pumping fast after everything Helga has put him through the past few hours.

"Just calm down Arnold, she's not being herself but as soon as you snap her out of it, everything will go back to the way it was before...'The football headed boy said to himself as he tried to calm his nerves down and NOT think of everything he went through and how it made him feel.

He is NOT going to think about that, all he is going to do is try and find a way to snap his frenemy out of her hypnotized state, no matter what.


Elsewhere

While Arnold was busy worrying over Helga, his grandmother was up to her usual shenanigans.

Gertrude Shortman also known as Pookie by her husband, was standing in the shallow end of the lake, dressed up in an oriental dress and her hair still up in a bun.

She is silent as she just stood there with a serene smile and looked down to see several fish swim near her, as if they didn't notice her presence. As soon as two big ones swam by her ankles, that is when she made her move.

"HI-YA!..." The old lady gave a loud karate yelled and with lightning fast moves, caught both of the fish with her own hands before tossing them in her bucket, that already had some fish she caught a few moments ago, using the same exact technique..

"Sushi is gonna be hot tonight..." The old woman cackled loudly before going back to her hunt.


Later

At the Shortman cabin

Arnold considered himself fortunate that the cabin that his grandparents rented had it's own computer and internet access, which would allow him to research the topic of hypnotism and maybe some potential cures that could work on Helga G. Pataki.

"Let's see here...'Arnold muttered as he tried to read what he found on the website that's about the subject of hypnosis.

"Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion..."He started to read.

"A person in a state of hypnosis has focused attention, and has increased suggestibility...The hypnotized individual appears to heed only the communications of the hypnotist and typically responds in an uncritical, automatic fashion while ignoring all aspects of the environment other than those pointed out by the hypnotist. In a hypnotic state an individual tends to see, feel, smell, and otherwise perceive in accordance with the hypnotist's suggestions, even though these suggestions may be in apparent contradiction to the actual stimuli present in the environment. The effects of hypnosis are not limited to sensory change; even the subject's memory and awareness of self may be altered by suggestion, and the effects of the suggestions may be extended (post-hypnotically) into the subject's subsequent waking activity...'He continued to read.

"There are many types and states of hypnosis an individual can be subjected to, such as: hypnotherapy, self hypnosis and stage hypnosis..."He read.

Arnold focused most on the "stage hypnosis" since it was the type that Helga had been subjected to, so he began to read all about it...

"Stage hypnosis is hypnosis performed in front of an audience for the purposes of entertainment, usually in a theater or club. A modern stage hypnosis performance typically delivers a comedic show rather than simply a demonstration to impress an audience with powers of persuasion. Apparent effects of amnesia, mood altering and hallucination may be demonstrated in a normal presentation. Stage hypnosis performances often encourage audience members to look further into the benefits of hypnotism. The causes of behavior exhibited by volunteers in stage hypnosis shows is an area of dispute. Some claim it illustrates altered states of consciousness (i.e., "hypnotic trance"). Others maintain that it can be explained by a combination of psychological factors observed in group settings such as disorientation, compliance, peer pressure, and ordinary suggestion. Others yet allege that deception plays a part...'Arnold read.

He was frustrated that there wasn't a section for subjects of accidental hypnosis like Helga seemed to have been subjected to but he just continued to read but he was frustrated that so far, it is not giving him anything useful, heck it's even mentioning things he has already tried and failed with earlier.

This is so frustrating!

"Come on, there has to be something else..."Arnold said as he tried to continue reading, only for the door to open.

He turned around to see his grandfather walk in, still wearing his Hawaiian shirt.

"Hey there short-man, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be out playing by the lake..."Grandpa said to his grandson.

"Oh H-Hi grandpa, I...uh...needed to look something online for a second...'Arnold said, trying not to look his grandfather in the eye as he said this.

It's not that he didn't trust his grandfather to help him with his problems, but Arnold did not want to tell him what went down with Helga. Why, he isn't completely sure, though a part of it is probably because 1) he didn't want him to worry, 2) When he DOES snap Helga out of her hypnotism, she'd probably get mad if he blabbed to anyone about it and maybe 3) His grandpa is always telling him that Helga like-likes him and if he finds out about this, he didn't even want the think about the kind of ribbing he'd be subjected to if he found out about what Helga did to him today...

So for now, until he had no choice in the matter, he would keep his problem to himself for the time being...it would make things less complicated that way...

"Uh, what are you doing here?..." Arnold asked.

"I wanted to go on the boat tour of the lake but I forgot my camera, have you seen it anywhere?..." The old man asked.

"Uh, I think I saw it on the coffee table..." Arnold quickly answered, only for his grandfather to see what he was looking up online and he smiled.

"Hmmm...taking an interest in hypnotism, ain't ya short-man?..." Grandpa Phil said with an interested eyebrow.

Arnold tried to remain calm, and he didn't want to actually lie to his grandfather, so he decided to just say this...

"Sort of..." Arnold said.

His grandfather didn't press for any more and just went back to getting his camera.

"Well have fun Arnold, and remember that we are all going to get dinner later at Fred's fry fish shack at 6, so don't be late. .." Grandpa said to the boy.

"I won't forget grandpa..." Arnold said as he watched his elderly grandfather walk out the door.

It was then he let out a breath he didn't even realize that he was holding...

"Finally..." Arnold muttered before he went back to web searching but once again found nothing he could use to snap Helga out of it all.

It looks like the only one who could help is the very hypnotist that did this to her...and Arnold was afraid of that...

"Stay calm Arnold, it's just until Monday and if worse come to worse, just try and avoid Helga until it's time...you can handle this..." The blonde boy said, trying to stay optimistic in spite of this situation.

Arnold is going to stay calm and just be rational about this. He is certain he can handle this. He's faced bullies, rallied his friends into helping him Mighty Pete, got Gerald Field back from the fifth graders, got Rhonda and Nadine back together from their girl fight that one time, beat the crazed Seward king and his army of rats, saved the old theater, survived a school flooding, and to top it all off, he saved his own neighborhood from an evil, insane CEO just a few months ago. With all that, he knows he can handle a lovesick Helga for a couple of days...

Besides, how hard could it be?

-To be continued-

Next time on Hypno-Love

Love sickness part 3


REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

CoolGirl-Pataki: I think we can all agree that Helga showering Arnold with her endless affection is the BEST!

Invader Johnny: She certainly is ;)

Guest: Looks like Arnold managed to KIND OF get away...for the moment at least...

The J.A.M. a.k.a. Numbuh I: She is but Arnold isn't, which makes it fun to read ;3

DeepVoice'06: Maybe...Also, I am glad you enjoyed the pet names scenes, that was my favorite bit of the last chapter...

Isa: Maybe or maybe not, I guess we will have to wait and see how this all goes down...

suddenoakdeath: You're welcome. I am glad that I could help :)


-HA CHALLENGE-

Hello my fellow fanfic lovers, I, Flower princess11 extend this fun little challenge to all of my fellow HA fans. What's it about? Its a future fic with the following premise...

Arnold wakes up one morning to see that he is now an adult but can't remember anything after the fourth grade. He is now in his thirties, he has kids, a job and most shocking of all, he is married to his old tormentor Helga G. Pataki, and his parents are BACK. Arnold's MEMORIES take place BEFORE TJM and AFTER the first movie.

RULES

1)Helga and Arnold are the main pairing, with Phoebe and Gerald being the beta.

2)It's rated K to K plus, so no bad language, mature themes or gory violence.

3)Arnold and Helga have two or more kids, at least one boy and one girl.

4)Their oldest child is 9 years old, the same age Arnold is in his mind and in the fourth grade...

5)He and Helga have a HAPPY marriage for the most part and a good relationship with their kids...which would make amnesia Arnold surprised

6)References to previous episodes are recommended but not obligatory...

7)They can live in either the boarding house or in their own home but it still has to be in Hillwood, nearby the family.

8)Arnold's memory lost can be caused by either amnesia from an accident or a mystical force if you wish...

9)Arnold spends most of the first part of the story in denial that he is destined to fall in love with Helga...In other words, he is having trouble accepting this is his future due to being married to his old enemy and it is possible to make some references to the episode MARRIED but that part is not obligatory..

10)At least one of the kids have a football shaped head, can be either gender..

11) Must be a minimum of at least 5 chapters and can be as long as you wish...

The stories will be judged on how well written it is, originality and neatness. In the event that one story is incomplete by the deadline, it can still be eligible for the win depending on how well written it is and how well it is liked by that date, however completion by the deadline is HIGHLY recommended.

If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to PM me at any time. The rules of the challenge will be posted on my profile page soon.

Due Date

January 10th, 2019.

THE PRIZE

I will write a one shot at your request about Hey Arnold, Danny Phantom or Naruto. It can be about romance, friendship, general, action adventure, comedy, etc. Also it can even be a crossover involving any show on Nick, Disney or cartoon network if you'd like. It can be about anything so long as it does NOT include any of the following topics:

Death, self harm, abuse, drugs, sex, gore, violence, religion, politics, same sex relationships, depression or extreme character bashing.

:) Good luck everyone and may the best story win :)


:) Till next time beautiful people, remember to read and review :)