As Niko was getting healed, he began to dream. He was in a dark area on a pedestal and in front of him was his mother. She walked up to him and sighed. She was happy to see him, but she had terrible news, Niko could feel it.

"Niko." Tikal began. "Your father is trying to push you to your limits...but he hasn't seen you fight. I want you to prove to your father his training is pointless as that's all it is."

"Why?" Niko asked.

"He needs to understand you and Sapphire are ready. You just need help, not training." Tikal replied. "Now Niko you must wake up now."

"Okay. Mom." Niko said. "I miss you...a lot."

"Me too honey." Tikal said with tears in her eyes. "Me too."

Niko woke up and saw Sapphire healing him. He smiled and sat up, looking around.

"How long was I out?" Niko asked.

Sapphire smiled back at Niko, the light leaving her hands as she moved them away from the now awake Niko. They were in his room on the bottom bunk of his bed.

"Not very long. An hour or two," she replied. She knew Niko would come to sooner or later, and it had been sooner, thankfully.

"Good." Niko said smiling. "Well I know now what we gotta do."

Sapphire's smile faltered. "What do you mean?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

"We don't need the training." Niko said. "We need dad's help not his training. It's about time we proved it to him."

"I mean, that's something I knew all along," Sapphire replied, folding her arms. "Why suddenly bring this up?"

"Mom told me in my dream." Niko replied. "I guess I needed her to confirm your suspicions. I felt that you knew so I needed to ask her."

"Oh... I see," Sapphire replied, letting her arms drop. "How do we prove this to Xen, then?" she asked, still refusing to acknowledge he was Niko's dad.

"What I know what you've wanted to do all this time." Niko replied.

Sapphire raised an eyebrow. "... And what is it I've been wanting to do this whole time?" Sure, Sapph had some ideas, but she wasn't too sure as to what Niko was implying. "Show off? Go demonic? Get angry?"

"No..." Niko said. "Fight him. Force him to see our potential!"

Sapphire raised an eyebrow. "Is that something I've wanted to do the whole time, though? Not saying I'm opposed to it, but, you know."

"I figured it would be something you wanted to do." Niko replied.

"Well, now that you mention it," Sapphire nodded, smirking ever so slightly. "I'm down."

"I knew you would be" Niko said chuckling. "Let's go meet up with dad."

A look of worry momentarily flashed in Sapphire's eyes. "Are you okay to?" she asked. "I mean, I tried to heal you the best I could, but I don't know if it'd be wise to jump into a fight so soon."

Niko thought about it for a moment. He was just healed and he didn't know whether or not he'd be capable of fighting his father Stopping for a second, he turned to Sapphire. and sighed.

"You're right." Niko said. "I'm not really in a good state of health to face him. We should wait."

"You should just lay down and rest for now," Sapphire told Niko softly. "We'd probably be okay fighting your father tomorrow. Something tells me Herato won't be ready until the day after."

"Yeah you're right..." Niko said sighing heavily. "I should rest. Hey Sapphire can I ask you a question?"

Sapphire had gone to stand up, but Niko's words stopped her. "Of course," she replied. "Is something wrong?"

"I felt this weird tingly sensation when you were watching me." Niko said. "Like you found me...I don't know...attractive...what was that about? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it. It's just...is that what you find most attractive about me? Because I know a few things that I find attractive about you. And your fighting spirit isn't the only thing."

Sapphire narrowed her eyes for a very brief moment before the sapphire blue became filled with unreadable emotion. How could Niko tell? Well, she supposed it didn't matter how, but... She was still curious. She sighed and leaned against one of the bedposts.

"I don't know. Maybe," she replied truthfully. "You were just... You weren't going to give up, and you were aggressive, and... You took so many hits and kept going. Just... You all bloodied and scratched up was... Kind of hot, to be honest." Sapphire felt her cheeks get warm as she became flustered. She looked away to hide the redness of her cheeks.

Niko stood up and kissed Sapphire on the cheek. He could sense she was embarrassed to say it. He was thankful her honesty and he hoped in his heart that when Herato was gone, he could be more than that to her. That she'd find more to him than what she saw.

"I can understand that." Niko said smiling. "I just hope that it won't be the only thing you can say you loved about about when this is all over."