-After Lucas passes out during training, he awakens in the clinic and tells everyone about his illness. He is forced to stay in the clinic for the whole day, but doesn't mean he can't have fun. Later that night he sees something surprising.-

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Chapter 7-Lesson 7- How to spend a day being sick (Part 2)

"Hm... it looks-a like he has a high fever. All we-a can do is-a wait for him to wake up." Dr. Mario explained.

"But Doctor, do you know what's wrong with him?" Pikachu asked.

Dr. Mario shook his head. "I won't-a know until he wakes up."

"Why?"

"Because he hasta tell me if he had felt anything else. Other than-a vomiting and breathing heavily." He explained.

"Oh I see."

Dr. Mario turns his attention to Ness. "Good-a thing you brought him here immediately, Ness. It woulda been worse."

He looks away. "Hmph, stop looking at me like I just saved his life Doc. The Newb collapsed so suddenly, I just felt the need to help him, that's all."

"So he still has the grudge for-a newcomers."

Dr. Mario sighed. "Well, even-a so. Thank you."

"Nghh..." Lucas begins to moan.

Everyone rushes to Lucas's side. They noticed that he had tears falling down his redden cheeks.

"Lucas, are you-a okay? Are you in-a pain?" Dr. Mario asked with concern.

They watch as Lucas stirs. "Mom, Claus...please don't leave me alone." He muttered.

Everyone couldn't help, but feel sorry for the blonde boy.

Lucas opens his teary eyes and examined his surroundings. "W-Where am I?" He asked quietly.

"Your in the clinic, Lucas." Nana answered.

Lucas struggles to get off the bed. But, Dr. Mario stops him. "No, you hafta stay in bed. You have a high fever, young man."

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Lucas asked.

"My name is-a Dr. Mario. I'm the doctor of this household." He introduced himself.

Lucas tilted his head. "You look awfully familiar. Don't you usually wear a red hat and overalls?"

Popo steps in. "No Lucas. Dr. Mario is a clone of the real Mario. He just has a doctor's degree and knows more stuff." He explains.

"Oh I see. So, why am I here?" Lucas asked, looking around the white room.

Toon Link gasped. "You don't remember? You passed out during your training session."

"Oh yeah...I kinda remember. Wait, how long have I been asleep for?"

"For about an hour now." Dr. Mario answered.

"How did I get here in the first place? I don't think I walked here myself." Everyone pointed their fingers at Ness.

Lucas widened his eyes. "Ness?! You carried me here?"

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" He answers coldly.

Lucas sinked into his bed. "Um...no. I was just hoping that I wasn't heavy or anything. I hope wasn't too much trouble."

"Save your sympathy, I don't need it. I've carried more heavier things than you."

"Anyways…"Dr. Mario steps into the conversation. "Lucas, about your-a health. How long have you-a been feeling ill?"

"Since this morning. I felt a bit light-headed yesterday during training. But, it got worse today. I even started to gag, lose my breath and feeling dizzy." Lucas explained.

Dr. Mario rubbed his chin. "Hmm, interesting. It doesn't seem-a like you have the stomach flu. I might hafta to take a blood sample from you."

Lucas face turned horrified. "What?! I have to get a needle?!"

"Yes, but don't worry. It's justa little poke."

Lucas weakly waves his arms. "I'm really afraid of needles. Can't you do something else?"

Dr. Mario shakes his head. "Sorry Lucas, I hafta. It's-a only way to see what's wrong with you."

"But, I know what wrong with…"

Dr. Mario gets his supplies ready. "Please-a hold him down." He asked his friends.

And so they did, pinning his legs and arms down to the bed.

"Guys, how could you be so evil?!" Lucas yelled, struggling to break free.

"Sorry Lucas, we just want you to be better soon." Toon Link apologized.

Lucas feels something wet being wiped onto his arm. And then something rubbery tied around it. He turns his head and sees the needle approaching.

"Oh my gosh! It's the needle! It's going to kill me!" He started to freak out, trying harder break free his friend's hold.

"Lucas, don't look-a at the needle. Please turn-a his head to the opposite direction."

"I hate it when doctors say that!"

Kirby pulled his head towards the other side. "Lucas, calm down."

"For a sick kid, your pretty noisy." Ness added in.

Lucas felt the needle go into his flesh. He closed his eyes tightly trying to make the pain go away. He didn't want to dare look at the blood being drained out.

"Okay! All-a done! Now it wasn't so bad, was it?" Dr. Mario puts a band-aid on Lucas's arm.

His friends let go of him and left him with fear in his eyes. "That was torture...." He breathed heavily.

Pikachu pokes his face. "Aw, come on. Don't say it like you just went through an rough sexual inter-" He was punched in the side by Toon Link. "OW!"

"Shut up, you sick minded mouse!" Toon Link scowled

"Hey! I was just teasing him!"

"Well, now that I have a blood sample. I-a can see what's-a wrong." Dr. Mario puts the blood sample into a high-tech machine.

After a few minutes to analyzing, then a sheet of paper prints out.

"Let's-a take a look. " He reads over the sheet of paper and then scratches his head in confusion. "Huh? What is-a this?"

"Is there a problem, Doc?" Toon Link asked.

Dr. Mario shakes his head. "No, it says that nothing is-a wrong with him. But, yet he still has a high fever and all those-a other symptoms."

Lucas; Who was still lying on the bed, breathing heavily. Raises a finger. "I-I think I can shed some light."

Everyone turns their attention to him.

Lucas tries to sit up. "Like I was trying to say before..." He catches his breath. " I know what's wrong with me. But, my illness cannot be treated in anyway or the other. Even with PSI powers." Lucas breaths heavily and starts to sweat.

Nana grabbed his shoulder. "Lucas, your still sick. You don't need to strain yourself, take it easy."

"No...it's fine." He takes Nana's arm off. "Thanks for your concern."

Lucas eyes everyone once again and continues. "My illness is only caused by me learning a new PSI move." They widened their eyes. "And as of yesterday, I leaned a new move while training with Ness." He takes a breather.

"Well, is therea way to treat it though?" Pikachu asked.

Lucas shakes his head. "No, I have to suffer through it and let it slide. That could take a day or two, it depends."

"Oh that really sucks." Ness commented.

"I might as well keep you-a in here for tonight. I don't want-a you throwing up on any of the other fighters, or start a commotion." Dr. Mario suggested.

"Yeah, I think so too." Lucas agreed.

Kirby looks up at the clock. "Looks like we missed most of lunch already." He sighed in disbelief.

"Wha! I'm so sorry you guys! I've kept you away from your lunchtime! I'm so sorry for all the troubled I've caused you!" Lucas apologized a hundred times.

Popo waves it off." Don't sweat it, if we hurry we can still get some grub." He starts to walk off, along with his friends.

"Wait for me!" Lucas tries to go after them, but was caught by Dr. Mario.

"Your not-a going anywhere, Lucas. Your still-a ill, please stay in bed and rest."

"He's right Lucas, you should stay here. With a high fever like that, you can barely walk." Nana agreed with Dr. Mario

Lucas struggles from Dr. Mario's hold. "But, I haven't even ate lunch yet. Plus, I threw up most of my breakfast from this morning."

"Don't-a worry, I have food here in the clinic that-a you can eat." Assured Dr. Mario

"Also, we'll come visit you later on today." Pikachu added in. "RightNess?"

"Yeah Yeah, whatever we will." He stared to walk off as the others followed.

"See ya later Lucas, get better soon!." Kirby waved and disappeared from the door.

The room went silent for a moment...

"Well..." Dr. Mario cleared his throat. "Lucas, you-a stay here, while I get-a us some lunch."

Lucas nodded. "Okay."

And with that he left the room.

Lucas laid back onto his bed and put his hand on his forehand.

"Sheesh, I really do have a high fever."

He then looks at his hands and then makes a sadden face.

"Whenever, I look at these. It's like a mirror that reflects back that terrifying event at me."

He put his hands close to his heart.

"Claus...Mom..." He muttered.

Lucas looks up as the door opens. "Hey, blond kid. Are you in here?" The voice asked.

Lucas immediately recognized the voice. "Captain Falcon?! Yes, I'm here!"

He appears from the door. "Hey kid, I passed by some of your friends. I heard you collapsed, so I came to check on you. You okay?" Captain Falcon asked.

Lucas turned red. "Um...I'm feeling a bit better. T-Thank you for your concern."

Captain Falcon walked towards Lucas and puts his hand on Lucas's head. "You still have a pretty high temperature kid. But at least your okay now."

"Um... Can you please call me Lucas?" He asked.

Captain Falcon started to patting his head. "Haha sorry, Lucas. I'm not very good with names."

Lucas grew redder.

"Oh! Another visitor? You sure-a are popular today, Lucas." Dr. Mario commented at the doorway.

Captain Falcon spun around. "Hey Doc, I was just on my way. Just wanting to check up on the Ki-er...I mean Lucas." He corrected himself.

"Oh I-a see. That's-a fine."

As Captain Falcon passed Dr. Mario, he whispered something. "I take it he's Ness's new roommate?"

Dr. Mario nodded with a frown.

"..." Lucas tilted his head. Trying to see what they were whispering about and acting so serious.

"Oh...all I can say is that I wish them both luck." Captain Falcon left the room.

Dr. Mario puts up a smile and walked towards Lucas and hand him a tray of food and a drink. "Here ya go."

"Um...Thank you so much." Lucas thanked.

Dr. Mario took a seat beside Lucas's bed and took a bit out his food. "So tell-a me about yourself, Lucas."

Lucas looks down at his food, staring at his reflection in in his juice. "Um...I will, but if you promise not to cry or shed a tear. I had a pretty hard past."

Dr. Mario puts a hand on Lucas's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll-a take it like-a grown man."

Lucas looks up. "Okay, well…"

So, Lucas killed many minutes by telling Dr. Mario his life story. He technically told the Doctor the same story he told Kirby. Just more in detail and depth.

"So, that's my life." Lucas finished, almost on the verge of tears.

Dr. Mario was kind of shocked. "Wow, I-a think out of the fighters here. You had-a the most toughest life! At-a such a young age too!"

"Thank you for your sympathy, Dr. Mario. But, really I don't need it though." Lucas quietly said, wiping his forming tears away.

Dr. Mario puts an arm around Lucas. "Non-sense, such a hard life and-a holding it in is-a not good."

"…I guess your right, sorry." Lucas apologized.

"It's-a okay." He gives Lucas a quick small hug and takes his tray away. "You shoulda rest up for-a while."

Lucas nods. "Okay… and thank you for taking care of me."

"No-a problem. It's-a my job." Dr. Mario smiled and leaves the room.

--

"Aww! Geeze Lucas, you pushed yourself again? I saw you collapse back there. You really should stop doing that." Claus shook his index finger in shame.

"Oh Claus, I just didn't want to be a burden for everyone…."

"Don't be silly you won't be troubling anyone. And you really should stop apologizing like a trillion times." Claus scowled.

"Yeah…sorry, Ah! I mean okay!"

Claus chuckles.

"Hey, wait a minute. Look whose talking! You pushed yourself to limit, where you actually got yourself killed!"

"Yeah that's true. But, I don't want you to follow my footsteps. I want you to live a long happy life." Claus explained.

"…Really?"

"Yup sure is! Lucas, I know that you are very sensitive. But, don't ever bring back sad memories when you feel like a burden to everyone, because your not. Bring back happy memories that make you feel joyful!" He encouraged.

"Thanks for the encouragement Claus."

Claus smiled. "And remember, Mom and I will always love you and be with you inside your heart."

"Okay, I'll try to remind myself that."

Claus looks up. "Well, Mom is calling me now. She's making me our favourite dish. So I have to go now, I'll catch you later okay?"

"Wait, Claus! Take me with you!"

Claus shook his head. "Sorry lil bro, I can't. Your friends are waiting for you. Especially, the Capped one."

"What are you talking about?!"

"Good-bye, Lucas. Don't worry, I'll say hi to mom for you." He started to fade out

"Claus wait!"

"It's time to wake up, Lucas…your friends…are…waiting…for you…" His voice trailed off.

--

"It's time to wake up, Lucas" Popo gently shook Lucas's sleeping form.

"I say we use Pikachu to jolt him awake." Ness suggested.

"Ness!" Kirby yelled at him.

Lucas slowly opened his eyes. "Ngh…whose there?" He moaned.

"Hiya Lucas! It's us, your friends! Have a long nice nap?" Nana asked.

Lucas rubbed his eyes. "Uh… how long did I sleep for exactly?"

"According to Dr. Mario, you've slept for the whole afternoon and half of the evening. We just finished supper." Toon Link answered.

Lucas yawned. "I must've been sleepier than I thought" He shakes himself awake. "So anyways, why are you guys here?"

"Like we said before. We came ta visit you!" Toon Link exclaimed.

"And look, we brought entertainment!" Kirby held up a whole bunch of board games, a Wii and controllers. "Just so you know, Ness was so worried about you!"

"I heard that Kirby! I was notworried about him one bit!" Ness bellowed.

"Don't mind him, he's just acting modest. So, how are you feeling?" Kirby asked.

Lucas felt his forehead. "I think I still have a fever. But, I'm well enough to play."

"Okay good!" He runs over to a conveniently placed wheelie T.V and pushes it near Lucas's bed. And begins to set up the Wii. "Who's up for Mario Kart?"

"I am!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.


After a few hours of fun, games and lots of ROTFL…

"Haha, oh my god that was so fun!" Lucas wiped his tears of laughter away.

"I agree, that was so funny when Ness was owned by Lucas in Brawl!" Popo teased.

"You, zip it! I told you guys a million times that I was going easy on him."

"Riigghhtt…" Popo sarcastically said.

"Fine, don't believe me then! I was."

"Okay guys, no arguing. All that matters is that we had fun tonight!" Kirby jumped up in enjoyment.

"Yeah…I guess." Ness muttered.

Toon Link yawed. "Well, it's getting late now. We should start getting ready for bed or else we'll get yelled at."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

They start to pack up their board games and video games.

"See ya in the morning, Lucas. Get well!" Nana waved.

"Get well." His other friends waved back, except Ness; Who just stood there.

Pikachu elbowed Ness in the side. "Where's your manners? Say good night."

"Okay fine. Good night!" He gave a small quick wave.

Lucas gave a faint smile and waved back. "Good night and thanks for visiting me."

And so, they left the room.

"Well, they-a sure stayed for a while didn't they?" Dr. Mario came from another room in the clinic.

Lucas jumped up. "Doctor?! You were here the whole time?"

"No, I-a just got here actually. But, I'm-a just assuming."

"Well, your assumption was correct. I hope they weren't much trouble." Lucas started to fidget with his white hospital clothes.

"No it's-a fine. As long as they didn't-a break anything. So, are you hungry? I-a believe you didn't eat supper yet."

Lucas shook his head. "No, I'm just sleepy now. I'll just eat a big breakfast tomorrow morning. Thank you for the offer."

"Okay, then-a I'll go up to my room now. I-a can trust you staying here yourself right?"

Lucas nodded. "Yup, I won't touch anything. I promise."

Dr. Mario smiled. "Good. And by the way I-a left a pitcher of water and glass over there on the table if you-a ever get thirsty."

Lucas nodded. "Thank you."

"Well, good-a night then."

"Good night."

Dr. Mario shuts all lights off and leaves Lucas in the room.

"Well… I guess I have room to myself now. I better get some shut eye, if I want be better tomorrow."

He fluffed up his pillow and drifted into dreamland.


Late that night...

Lucas awakened in the middle of the night feeling dehydrated.

He reached for the pitcher of water and glass that the doctor had left for him. Suddenly, he then stopped in his tracks, sensing something.

There was another presence in this room and he could tell it wasn't Dr. Mario. He heard light snoring nearby by his bed. "Do I have a visitor?"

He looked around the silent dark room, searching for any shape or form of life.

The room started to light up as the moon was revealed by a passing cloud. The moonlight revealed a sleeping figure slumped over on a chair.

Lucas widened his eyes. "Out of all people..."

There was Ness, slumped over on a pillow near the edge of the chair's arm. He was covered with a white blanket and was sleeping peacefully, faintly snoring.

He rubbed his eyes. "This has to be a dream!" He pinched himself on the arm to make sure."Ow, I guess not. But, out of all people, Ness comes to see me! I wonder why?"

Then a voice went through Lucas's mind. "...That Ness seems so lonely in his room. Throughout this whole tournament, he always had a room to himself... I'm sure he's happy that your his roommate now."

Lucas's face turned to a sad face. "He must've felt lonely being all alone in his room. So maybe, he came here to feel less lonely. I can't help but feel sorry for him..."

Lucas took his drink of water before going back to his bed. Before he falls asleep again he takes one last glance at the sleeping Ness. "Oh boy, I can't wait to tell this to Kirby. Tomorrow morning, if I'm feeling better. I'm going to ask Ness why he came to visit me. I hope he'll be honest with me."

He makes himself comfortable and falls back into his dreamland.


AN- I kinda of like this chapter so far :D Oh by the way, there's another character profile at the end (yay!) I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! See ya soon!

Please review! :)

Character Profile 2

Series- Mother 2/Earthbound

Japanese name- Nesu

Hair color- Black

Eye color- Brown (Yes I know, most people say it's blue. But, it's really how you imagine it being. So I say it's brown.)

Age- 13

Usual appearance- Blue and yellow striped shirt, red sneakers, jean shorts, huge head and a red baseball hat with a blue bill.

Personality- Brave, honest and kind boy. But, in this story he's very rude, cold and anti-social towards newcomers (don't worry he'll warm up ;P). He's a fun person to be around if you get to know him.

Talents- Can talk to animals, uses and a master at PSI, awesome gamer and great baseball player.

Favorite food- Steak

Family- Younger Sister; Tracy, Mom (Some people speculate that she might be Ana), Dad (Some people speculate that he might Ninten), Dog; King

Wish list- New baseball bat.

-Ness from the Earthbound series-