Chapter 25

The Final Goodbye

The Red Hero glared down at the purple and black speckled ground of the Underwhere. He sat on the ridge of the fountain feeling completely broken. All around him the Heroes sat on the ground, their clothes were all torn from the explosion of Dimentio's attack.

Mario fumbled his damped red hat with his gloved fingers.

"Mario…" A voice whispered.

Slowly he looked up to see the princess with Toadsworth at her side who was muttering to himself. She leaned down and kisses his head comfortingly.

"Hey, um, lady," came a nasally voice from a Shayde.

Peach turned and looked down at it.

"Queen Jaydes wants to see you all…" It explained then sniffled.

Bowser grumbled, "Oh great, what does the old bat want…?"

Ignoring him Peach answered, "We'll come."

With that the Shayde turned and trotted off with the fallen heroes behind.

"Mario…?"

The red plumber glanced over his shoulder at his brother. Luigi limped over to him. He was still hurt no matter how many times he put himself in the healing fountain.

"Need some help?" He asked his harmed brother as he put his arms under his shoulders.

The Green Hero nodded and slowly they made their way after the group.

When they arrived at Queen Jaydes' palace two figures were standing next to her. A boy and girl. The jester and the One. The Red Hero's eyes widen.

"You!" He screamed.

The princess quickly caught Luigi before Mario dropped him. He raced towards Dimentio with complete hatred in his eyes. Thinking fast Helen stood in front of him and held him back.

"M-Mario, c-calm down!"s he urged, resisting him from trying to strangle the jester.

Dimentio glided to them calmly. He put a hand on the fumed hero and looked directly into his soul.

"Mario, just be calm… I'm done doing any harm to anyone..."

The plumber stared at him then his eyes narrowed, "How can I trust you…?"

"Mario," the Queen stepped forward, "they stopped the Shadow Queen and now all the villains are back in their prison."

The Heroes looked at the two in surprise.

"Now, how about we get all of you back up there? It's a beautiful day!" Helen smiled encouragingly.

There was no hesitation. The Queen of the dead smiled gently and waved her hand.

"You may now continue…" She said as a door with a star embroidered on it appeared next to them.

Helen turned to the Heroes who were now anxiously opening the door and rushing forward. She glanced back at Dimentio. Queen Jaydes was whispering something in his ear. He looked sad. When he looked at her he shared a fake smile and gestured towards the door.

"Dimentio, Is there a problem?" She asked.

"Problem? Of course not!" He replied with a simple grin. "Come, let's go."

She looked at him curiously as he dragged her with him through the door.

At once everything was going back to the way it was in the matter of days. Everyone moved back into their places. Dimentio gave Castle Bleck back into the hands of Nastasia, Mimi and O'Chucks and surprisingly didn't get beaten by Nastasia. Helen was a bit startled to hear this. Thinking that he did something wrong he was sure he would have gotten something worse in return. She shrugged it off and was happy he at least didn't get hurt. The Princess and Princes returned to their kingdoms in peace. For more surprising details Dimentio asked Helen to stay at the castle with him. Of course she agreed… after a while he started to get edgy.

Helen slowly opened the door ajar. He saw him pacing with his hands behind his back. He wore his grey jacket and casual black jeans and a T-shirt. He kept gazing over at his mask, picking it up, and then throwing it aside again.

She began to grow more and more concerned. She watched him for a while until she couldn't stand it which was a very short amount of time. Startling Dimentio she swung the door open and exclaimed, "Alright, Dimentio, I've had enough what's going on? Why are you acting like this?"

This sudden outburst made him tumble onto the floor. He sputtered out a few gibberish words then slowly stood up.

"Please, Dimentio, I want to know what's wrong…"

He stared at her with a sad expression then gazed downward. She placed a hand under his chin and lifted his head back to her.

"… Please… Tell me…"

"H-Helen…" He looked like he really wanted to say something but held his tongue.

"You know you can tell me anything, right?" He explained calmly with a small smile.

"I-I know…" He hesitated then wrapped his arms around her. After a long pause he finally spoke, "….I have to go."

"Go?" Helen questioned confused.

"Yes… I have to go back… to the Underwhere."

Shocked she stared at him for a moment then began to laugh a bit uneasily. Dimentio looked at her gravely. Slowly she stopped and looked at him, "Y-you're… serious…?"

He nodded.

Tears came into her eyes. "Wh-why…?"

"If I don't… everything will probably collapse… I know this is breaking the fourth wall slightly but I must go in any cases…"

She embraced him tightly and cried into his shoulder. Keeping his emotionless countenance he continued, "You can finally return to your world too…"

Her eyes grew wide. Was that true? She wanted that desperately but she tightened the hug, not wanting to leave him.

"Helen, you know I don't like seeing you upset… Cheer up."

"… H-how can I cheer up w-when you're leaving…? And I'm leaving the most greatest thing that has ever happened to me…?" She stammered out between sobs.

"Everything will get better, Helen…" He said smiling. With a small effort he pulled away from her. "Just don't forget about me. Don't forget about all that has happened. Alright? No matter whom you meet. Or what happens. We'll be together."

Suddenly flickers of light surrounded him and his image began to fade.

"D-Dimentio! W-wait p-please!" She held him close to her.

"It'll be fine, my dear." He explained politely.

He lifted her head up and kisses her lips deeply.

With a bow and that charming smile he slowly faded away. Helen stood there for instant then… sparkles of began to whirl around her until she was enclosed in the light and vanished into thin air.

Helen blinked in the light of her room. Gazing around slowly she noting that… she was back in her own room. She looked outside… something seemed familiar. She glimpsed at her laptop, outside, then at her clock. What happened when I was gone? Was I dreaming? Is it the same day I left?

Her head started to pound with thoughts. Sluggishly she walked over to her bed and sat on the edge. "If it… was a dream…" Her face fell. "… I never died… Dimentio and I never kissed… We never saved… all worlds…"

Tears rolled down her cheeks. Her eyes gazed over at a purple and yellow paper ninja star on her dresser. Slowly she stood and stalked over and picked it up. She studied it like it was a frog being dissected. Furiously she threw it against the wall and sobbed loudly. When she should've heard a crash and a thud from the ninja star she heard a twang.

This caught her attention back to it and saw it sticking to the wall. Her eyes grew large. She ran to it and yanked it out. To prove her thoughts to be true she ran the star down her hand and pain instantly shocked her. Blood oozed out.

She looked at the ninja star again to see that it was now made of steel.

"… Oh my God… it was all real… Dimentio… actually loved me… he gave me that first kiss…" she broke into a grin and danced around, talking in a high-pitched excited tone. She collapsed onto her bed and cuddled the star and took another look at it. It was paper again. She glanced at her hand which was still bleeding.

"… I love you, Dimentio… I hope will meet again soon… I need to write this all done while it's still in my head!" She then stopped herself, "… First I need to clean my hand before mom notices anything unusual... crap I got blood on the bed."

And so after cleaning her hand she wrote the whole, immense adventure down onto her computer (with more to write in bonus chapters *wink*) to not forget of all the things that happened… She smiled brightly when she finished and whispered.

"I promised you, Dim, that I'll remember… and I always will… I'll story this story on a disk. And never forget about being with you. I love you so much…"

Then she closed her laptop.

Finally! It's over! Celebrate! 8DD Anyway xD Now I think I should say what inspired me to write this much crap that I didn't think anyone would read XD It was actually an origami Ninja Star that I made with my mom. I choice those exact color because of Dimentio. And the star inspired all this. Amazing huh? XD Well thank you readers for actually coming this far and reading every chapter. Thank you so much for your time. Goodnight and goodbye -U- also please read, if you want, my other fanficts 3