This chapter 10: A Battle within my Heart. I reveal Malachite in this chapter, who his alias really is. Also, this is Ness's heart we are talking about. Who is he torn between? I would also like to have people review Chapter eight since there are no reviews.

After Marth's harrowing day as being a captive, Master Hand ordered the entire compound on lock down, allowing no new person to enter and or exit the building, plus alloys were put at our doors to make sure no evil or creepy intruders would violate into our rooms. That didn't mean however that the matches would stop. They were to continue, and I found out, unfortunately that I was having one today, against Wolf (which I wasn't too happy about), Link, and Marth. I was genuinely surprised that Master Hand was ordering Marth to fight because with what he had been through was scarring. I even had a nightmare of Marth, tied up to that metal cabinet dying as some figure began to beat him bloody with Falchion. They would taunt him, slap him and then they began to violate Marth's virginity. I had awoken with a scream after that and I was horrified, my face had been drained of my color. I had awoken Lucas as well and he has rushed up to my bedside and he let my bawl uncontrollably in his arms, while he smothered my hair; whispering kind thoughts into my ear. I hadn't come out of bed that morning, and when I did; there was a notice on the door saying I was battling today. So, here I was sitting at breakfast, with Marth sitting next to my left and Lucas to my right. I stayed quiet, not wanting to even breathe. Marth noticed my nervousness and he stopped pouring syrup over his pancakes, his face a little worried.

"Ness," he nudged me. "Why are you so quiet? Usually when you find out that you have battles you are very excited and get all giddy."

Lucas flashed Marth a cold stare. "Don't ask."

I spoke, for the first time all morning. "No Lucas," I said, my voice hollow. "He needs to know."

Marth put down the syrup, his blue eyes now intrigued. "Tell me Ness, what's wrong."

I didn't want to tell him, but it wasn't going to be good keeping this inside me; for it would just eat my insides. "I had a nightmare, a nightmare of you tied up against the metal cabinet in the room we found you in," I said, my voice cracking. "The attackers who kidnapped you began to torture you by beating you with your sword. You started to bleed and they would laugh and laugh and laugh," I began to yell, my voice getting higher and higher with each word. "They would just laugh as you bled out, the cobblestones would become murky and then they would taunt you in the most horrible ways possible," I didn't want to say the last part but, it was out of my mouth before I could stop myself. "Then the men violated you and had sex and then your virginity broke!" I finished in one breath. I then sunk my face into my arm and began to cry.

Marth's hand was about to pat me on the back but, now he was frozen, his face in shock. His eyes were one of horrified. He was speechless. "Ness, that is serious. You need to go tell someone else this," Then he paused. "Was my brief intrusion of sex depicted in great detail?"

Lucas nearly retched. "Why the hell would you ask that?"

I waved Lucas off. "I didn't see actual movement but, I knew what was happening," I swung my legs over the chair. "May you excuse me?" I turned and ran.

Lucas held out his hand. "Ness come back," He gave Marth the most vile glare he could muster. "Now look at what you've done!"

Marth threw his hands up. "Hey, he told me and I wanted to know what happened."

But, Lucas didn't stick around. He ran running after me, but he called back to Marth. "You are one hell of a bitch!"

I slid myself down to the floor, in the corner of my room; the tears spilling down my face. I had no urge to wipe them away either. "Why did Marth ask me that? Why the hell did I have to tell him?" I thought. I had to stop crying, my sanity was starting to crumble, I was beginning to turn into Lucas and I haven't even lost somebody. I hiccupped, and sniffled. Then Lucas came running in. His eyes became saddened when he saw me.

"Ness, no, no, no," he rushed up to me. "Stop crying."

My eyes looked into his and this time I saw nothing but, love in Lucas's eyes. There was no hatred, no anger in his eyes. Just pure, undeniable love. "Lucas, I don't think I've ever met anyone like you in my life."

Lucas laughed. 'I'll take that as a compliment," Then his expression hardened. "I feel the same way, the same exact way." He ruffled my hair.

I smiled weakly. "Lucas, why did you enter my life?"

Lucas pondered on that thought. "I don't know Ness but, it seems by Claus's fate (I noticed how he didn't say Yolthada) that I was meant to know you, to feel as if you had a reason to save me.

"Save you? What do you mean?"

Lucas lifted my chin up to his sparkling blue eyes. "Oh, you know why." And before I could stop him, he kissed me, right on the mouth.

I widened my eyes in shock. "Lucas, what are you doing?!" I shrieked.

Lucas broke his embrace. "WH-what? I thought you wanted me to do that!"

"No! I thought you would console me, not kiss me on the lips without warning." My face was reddening like a thermometer.

Lucas blushed heavily. "Oh my god! Ness, I'm so sorry. I took it too far!" He ran out of the room, not looking back at me.

My hand which was trying to stop him lowered. "What have I done? I should have accepted his love for me." My thoughts began to start rolling, like a treadmill, cycling over and over again in my brain. Only then did I perceive what I did. "I just threw my best friend out the window and crushed his heart." I said aloud.

Lucas aimlessly wiped the tear from his face. "I came onto to him too far. I have to do something to earn his trust, but what must I do to gain the undeniable love I need from him? I know that right now, Ness is probably hating me, probably wanting to kill me in a brawl, all because of my ignorant actions of kissing him. Oh, what have I done?!"

Wolf howled with laughter. "Oh my god! That was hilarious dude. Ness's face when Lucas kissed him was priceless.

Malachite smiled. "It was enjoyable."

Wolf turned in the chair. "Link, our plan is going perfectly."

Malachite, who really was the swordsman Link smiled. "I killed the wrong PSI brother six years ago. Now, I will not let that chance slip through my fingers again!"

I bet I surprised you with those four lines at the end. Well please review and tell me your comments about Malachite being Link. Chapter 11, which is called My First Battle will be posted tomorrow. So you will have to accept with this for now. Review, review, review! Love you all!

~TalesofAdventLover