I am dead.

It feels like I have been dead for weeks. I can still see, but only white. I can still hear, but I guess my funeral was a while back because the once- clear sounds of voices have turned into mumblings.

Am I dead?

I can still feel. Yes, I can feel sharp objects hooked to my veins. There are some on my stomach, some on my chest, some on my legs and one on my head. I can't move, I'm immobilized, but I can still feel.

I can't be dead.

Every so often I hear Link beside me. He would try to tell me about school life, but I could never hear him that well. He would play his Ocarina for me. Maybe, some day, I will play one too.

I'm not dead.

I can sleep, and I can wake. It might just be lapsing in and out of consciousness, but I am not dead. I would dearly love to yawn now.



And so he did. He sat up in his bed and stretched his, what he thought were, two arms out beside them. He then slowly opened his eyes. He was in a hospital. He looked at the clock on the wall beside him. It was three twenty-two in the afternoon. Through a window to his right, the sun shone. And from his window, he could see the school. Turning around now, he saw a button marked "Call Nurse". He smiled to himself and pressed it, and an intercom opened.

"Is there a problem?" Came a female voice.

'Yes.' He said weakly. 'I'm feeling rather thirsty now. Could I get a glass of water, ma'am?'

"Who is this?"

'This is Japs Gento Kanto Kahn.'

The intercom suddenly switched off. Japs thought this was very rude, but instantly he heard running footsteps. They stopped suddenly, and murmurs were heard. Then the footsteps began again, there were more of them. And he saw shadows run past the closed-blinds on his interior window. The door swung open, hitting the wall with a large crash. In walked in some figures.

Three nurses had entered, and behind them Mewtwo. Last, but not least, was the Hylian Link, who darted to his friend's side, shouting his name in glee.

'Japs! You're alive! Mewtwo, he's alive! I thought you were a goner!'

Japs saw Link was overwhelmed with joy, but Japs was also drowsy. 'Hi.' He croaked. 'How are you?'

Mewtwo crouched to Link's side.

'Japs, I'm glad you're awake.' Mewtwo said. He then laughed. 'I guess my punishments are too tough, right?'

Japs laughed too, but it was a gasping laugh. 'I guess so.' He said. 'What happened to me?'

'Ah.' Said Mewtwo. 'Link may be able to explain better.'

Link looked down in shame. 'I blame myself. Kanaka was hooked up to your right arm. We tried to reboot him to get your brain back together. We just miscalculated how much power Kanaka had left in him...'



Japs screamed in pain. It was not a short scream, but a long one. Tears fled quickly from his eyes, and they burnt his face. His whole body began to deform, his skeleton showing through his skin occasionally as bright blue. His veins swelling where Kanaka was latched. Japs' eyes rolled to the back of his skull, and he collapsed. Kanaka had burnt up, and now was scorched black.



'...We got you here as soon as we could, but you didn't wake up until... well, until now!'

'When is now?' Japs asked. A headache became apparent to him, and he rubbed his forehead.

'It is exactly one month since the accident.' Said Link.

'A month?' Japs cried, springing up in his bed. 'I'm behind in my studies!'

'Japs.' Said Mewtwo calmly. 'What is your middle name?'

'What? Oh... it's Freedom. Japs Freedom Gento Kanto Kahn.'

'As if just Gento Kanto Kahn wasn't long enough?' Link muttered. Mewtwo motioned him to hush.

'Japs, I hope you realize when you joined this school last month, you were unaware you had a middle name, yet somehow Kanaka had "Japs F. G. K. K." programmed into him.' Said Mewtwo. Japs was shocked.

'But, I have something else to tell you, Japs.' Mewtwo continued grimly. 'You may not like it, but we had to operate in order to keep the shards of metal from infecting your body.'

'What do you mean?' Japs asked. Mewtwo looked down.

'Your right arm., Japs.' Said Link. 'Look at your right arm.'

Japs expected to see, at worse, Kanaka still attached to his arm. But the fang marks weren't even there anymore. Neither was skin, flesh, or bone. Japs' right arm was now completely robotic. The boy gasped, and he began to weep slightly, but he turned it into a smile.

'I always wanted to be part robot.' He sighed. 'Ever since I was six.'

Mewtwo seemed happier now. 'There will be a flesh-like substance to be molded over your fingers to make a replica of your old hand, but I'm afraid we don't have the resources to make you an entire new arm. I guess you'll have to keep your shirt over it.'

Japs picked up a plastic cup from beside his desk with his new hand, and he twisted it round. He then tightened his grip slightly, and the cup shattered.

'There are strength settings by the shoulder.' Said Mewtwo. 'I figured you may need it for your next Smash Tournament.'

Japs lowered the setting. He yawned heavily. 'Even though I've technically just woken up, I feel like I've been awake for hours.'

'Sleep.' Said Link. 'I'll tell the others the good news.'

'Tell Nekoni.' Japs assured, drifting into sleep. 'Tell her especially... That I was asking for her...'

'I will.' Said Link, and Mewtwo led him out of the room.