Hey everybody! SO SORRY about the wait you had to endure for the past two days. This is chapter 25: Mario Kart Extreme. Sadly, tomorrow I can't update since I have a fun day with my friends and family planned. Very sorry. Enjoy chapter twenty five!

Due to the fact that Lucas had totally destroyed Ganondorf on the battlefield left us with a certain feeling of displeasure. Sure I was happy about the victory (who wouldn't?) but, that problem was that no one, not one living soul on the planet would leave us alone. And I was getting pissed. Finally I had to open the door and scream at everyone to go away. Popo and Nana were already asleep, Lucas was trying to listen to something and I was peacefully trying to read. Well, not with these people at our door. Pit had given me the bird, such a good quality for an angel to flip me off and also he was fourteen. I forgot about that. When I slammed the door shut, Lucas looked up from his MP3 player.

"Dude, just chill." Lucas scoffed.

I raised an eyebrow. "I'm trying to get people off our backs Lucas. Unless you want people hammering on your door at midnight, then I suggest you let me do what I want."

Lucas shrugged. "You are getting off on the wrong foot with me Ness. We have seen more than we can handle and now you are going to bitch at me because I need to you calm down? You have gotten mad at me for stuff way worse than that."

I frowned. The boy was right. I looked at the digital clock. "It is nearly midnight; I suggest we get to bed."

Lucas turned off the MP3 player. "I get it. You are trying to make me shut up by going to bed. I understand."

"Ex-ex-excuse me? What did you just say?" I sputtered.

Lucas threw his covers up, dropped his shorts, threw off his shirt and hopped into bed. "You heard me correctly. You just don't want to believe it. Now go to bed so you don't stay up for the next twelve hours pondering over what I just said. Goodnight." Lucas said curtly, and then he turned the light off and fell asleep. And I was speechless.

I shrugged. The kid was right. Better listen to him then, as if he knew what was really true. I didn't want to admit that Lucas was right. It always leads to embarrassment by him and maybe Pit or someone. Pit seemed to gain his sanity back, after that harrowing ordeal two nights ago. I shivered, the room aura beginning to get colder. It had only been two days since I had seen the dead body of Nathaniel, the silver knife in his throat. "Stop. Stop thinking about it. You weren't really close with the doctor. It is none of your concern now. Now all you have to do is avenge him. Nothing more." When I banished the thought from my mind, I lay my head down on my pillow and fell asleep.

Wolf screamed as he bolted upright from his bed. He fumbled for the bedside lamp and threw the covers off. He hopped up and began to rub his arms down his side, muttering. "It was just a dream Wolfy, you are still alive. No one killed you, no one has hurt you. You're fine, you are fine," Wolf muttered to himself. He shook his head roughly, trying to get the image of him lying on the ground, the same knife he used to kill Nathaniel with in his throat, the therapist towering over him, a look of pure joy on his face. Wolf slapped himself hard, trying to get back into reality. "I am being haunted by the death of this therapist. Why? He had good reasons to die! I even told Ness that. The psychic bastard must have cursed me with nightmares, just like Lucas did when Link killed his brother. I hope they are happy inside their little mansion but, it won't protect them for long!" Wolf thought. He got back into a bed, snuggling into the sheets. He turned the light off. Twenty minutes passed and there was another scream from the bedroom, and over and over again this happened, the same nightmare plaguing him all night. Wolf finally regretted something.

I smiled when my eyes were hit with sunlight, only for me to gasp in pain at the pounding on my bed. I turned onto my back to see Lucas doing trampoline tricks on my bed. He was using his PSI powers to send him high into the air, doing front flips and back flips in one position, as if he was on the moon. I scowled.

"I hope you have a good reason to be jumping on my bed Lucas, sending the air right out of my body." I asked annoyed.

Lucas stopped bouncing. "Oh. You weren't waking up. Mario has something for the compound to do today."

I sat up. "Mario does? What is it?"

Lucas flopped off my bed and landed on the ground perfectly. "Can't tell you. It's a surprise. Now take a shower and change into something that can get really bad stains on."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why must I do that for?"

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Just do it. Jeez, you're worse than Wolf sometimes."

I gave him a look. "Wolf didn't ask questions Lucas. He just straight up decided to kill you. DO NOT compare me to him." I didn't wait for a reply as I walked into the bathroom and slammed the door.

Ten minutes later I was bustling out of the room and into the courtyard where there were signs directing us where to go. And why did I smell gasoline? I saw Lucas and Mario chatting outside. Since my interests were peaked, I was ready to figure out what the mad plumber was doing.

"Mario, what are you doing?" I asked as soon as I joined the duo.

Mario smiled, showing me the spinach and oregano flecked teeth and his breath smelled like onions. Way too much pasta for this plumber. "We are a- doing a- large game of Mario Kart!"

I felt my mouth drop a little. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you serious?"

Mario grinned again and then he pulled the velvet curtain which appeared out of literal nowhere. And what I saw brought tears to my eyes, it was so fantastic. There were 12 karts, all standard in a line, four by three. Rainbow colored boxes were at each corner, and I knew, the real items of Mario Kart were inside. The track was an exact layout of Mario Circuit from Mario Kart Wii. It was glorious.

"Mario, how did you do this?" I asked, dumbfounded.

Lucas answered for the Italian. "He didn't. He asked Master Hand for permission to do so but, Master Hand built all this for him. Obviously Mario couldn't do this in one night. He wants us to be racers in a three lap skirmish on here!"

My mouth dropped even further. "THAT'S AWESOME!" I yelled. Ah, boys and their obsessive needs.

Mario pulled out a silver whistle and blew into it. Ten other smashers popped out behind the walls and they were; Marth, Pit, Lucario, Luigi, Ganondorf, Link, Zelda, Samus, Falco, Fox, and Bowser. We were the only two kids. This was going to be a very serious and maybe bloody game of Mario Kart. LET'S DO IT!

Mario turned to us. "Everyone, we will do this by age. Lucas and Ness get the first two while Lucario and Ganondorf get the last two. Then from Ness it will be; Pit, Marth, Link, Zelda, Samus, Fox, Falco, and Luigi. Now let's burn some damn rubber!"

We all cheered. Then we all got into our seats. I easily saw the pedal for gas and break. I made a mental note on knowing what was what. Didn't want to cause any amazing, awesome burning explosions on the track or anything due to me being a complete idiot. The assist trophy Lakitu came down on his cloud and then began to do his count down. The other racers began to rev up their engines while Lucas and I began to do the same. When the light hit green, all hell broke loose. Lucas and I rocket out of the starting line, the car getting some lovely acceleration and air-time down the hill. Lucas zoomed past me, the yellow aura ejecting behind from the exhaust pipe of his kart.

"CHEATER!" I howled at him.

Lucas flashed me a sly grin. "Hey, you do what you have to do to win. It's Mario Kart Ness, its Mario Kart Extreme!"

I rolled my eyes. Then two other karts raced by me, yep Fox and Falco both using their Fire Fox and Fire Falcon moves to accelerate down the track. Then I slammed into an item box. It was one of the coolest sensations I have ever witnessed. Pieces of glass shattered and like a rainbow they glowed. I watched in amazement as the shards went flying over my head. Then I saw that I had a red shell. I clicked the red button next to it and then I saw the red turtle shell go from behind my car and slam into Falco, who was a few feet away. Falco's cart did a front flip and I was afraid he would fall out when a huge kart slammed into Falco, pressing him against the edge. That was Ganondorf. He was using his Warlock Punch into the gas pedal and although it slowed down the car every time he would recharge, he would then have a burst of power. Suddenly, I heard a loud voice, it was Mario's; he was speaking in through a megaphone. "Only one lap racers, one lap." Mario's voice repeated. I gasped a little then floored the gas, speeding ahead of Ganondorf, Falco, and Fox. I soon saw Lucas and his face was very, very surprised.

"How did you get up here?" he asked surprised.

I gave him a sly grin. "I used determination, will, and concentration. Unlike the latter who cheated." Then I saw the finish line and burst ahead, crossing the finish line.

Lucas got out. "DANGIT NESS! I was this close to winning. This close!"

I shrugged innocently. "What? It was Extreme Mario Kart after all."

Lucas laughed. "Fine. Still, I would have won."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever you say cheater."

So, to finish off the race, I won first, Lucas second. Finishing out the top five were Ganondorf, Fox, and Pit. Falco came sputtering into sixth with Lucario and Luigi close behind. Zelda and Link never even finished the race due to their obsessive lip-lock. Lucas played a nasty trick of using PK Freeze on their lips. They were both stuck. Marth came in ninth because he kept on checking his blasted reflection in the cube box then found a freaking bullet bill that sped him to ninth instead of dead last which was tenth, which also turned out to be Samus because she tried unfreezing Zelda and Link's lips. She gave up and continued driving, only to get blasted in the bumper by an enraged bullet bill. Lucas and I laughed all the way up the hill.

"That was amazing!" Lucas howled as we entered the main hall to the mansion.

I broke a grin. "That was epic. Let's do it again!"

We both laughed. I felt happy, very, very happy. Well, tomorrow was going to be a whole new ballgame.

And there was Chapter 25: Mario Kart Extreme. I'm am sorry about not being able to upload anything tomorrow. For everyone who is reviewing, thank you. Well, what do you think is in store for our heroes? And how was the small Mario Kart skirmish? Wolf is beginning to break, he is losing that feeling of security which will be a push for him to kill Lucas. Please review, review, review. I love YOU ALL!

~TalesofAdventLover