Part 6, that means one more to go that is the final plus the epilogue :3

T^T Can't believe it's almost done.

Discl: . . . smash is not mine

After Link's words time seemed to pass faster than expected. But that didn't make the four guys waiting outside to relax an inch. In fact they were more active yet with a less depressing face.

Roy was sitting next to Pit, his feet swinging and barely making contact with the floor. Pit was playing nervously with his fingers, glancing from time to time to the door. As for Marth, the coffee he drank had made some effect on him as his fingers were constantly tapping over the arm chair.

Link on the other side was still thinking in what he said time ago. He was sure that the feeling he had was Ike's presence and nothing else. He asked Marth and Roy if either one of them felt something like that but they both denied it, saying that was probably because of Link's lack of sleep and nerves.

But he knew it was real. Link was looking at his right hand, where he felt that special contact. 'Why him?' was what he was asking to himself but without finding an answer. Why Ike decided to somehow appear besides him? Well they are neighbors and friends; close friends as a matter of fact. Link would do anything in order to help Ike and he knew really well Ike would do the same.

That could be an answer but... Why did Ike made that contact? Was it for help? What if it was something else? Maybe that meant...

"No" he shook his head; he didn't want to think that, Ike didn't appear to say goodbye. It was not his style and Ike himself wouldn't want that. He was looking out for help, for support; Ike hated to ask for help because he felt like a burden and Link knew how Ike was when he had nothing else but to ask for it: he would come shy and apologizing before asking for it and Link would always smile and help gladly. So now Ike came for a helping hand, a special support, and the worst thing Link could do right now would be turning his back against him.

"Come on Ike" Link whispered "Please hold on like I'm holding on for you" holding back the new tears that were forming he hugged his right hand with the other hand and looked at the door. Hopefully thinking that his thoughts and emotions would reach Ike.

An annoying pulsing was bothering Ike. Opening his eyes he was instantly blind by a bright light. He should be getting used to that feeling.

"Don't you dare asking because you are not" someone said besides him. Someone that now he knew pretty well.

Ike looked and saw himself watching at him "What are you talking about? " he asked confused.

"I thought you were going to ask if you were dead" his subconscious said with a half tone of joking "Since you seem to be eagerly impatient about it and every single time you pass out and wake up you ask the same thing"

Ike glared at him but his head started to hurt again. Maybe he should avoid getting mad.

"Be careful, you had a little complication" the other Ike said, lifting up Ike.

Looking around he found himself in a white room, "Not here again" Ike groaned and his subconscious laughed, "You really are funny Ike but sorry, we are inside your mind again"

Moments later the door they thought was glued opened.

"Are you all relatives of..." the doctor that came out started to ask but he wasn't able to continue.

"Where's Ike? Is he okay?" Roy and Pit were both asking at the same time. Marth dragged them back, apologizing with the shocked doctor.

"Your friend came out good from surgery, there was a slight complication but we managed to avoid any damage" the doctor cleaned his forehead. Link walked to where Marth and the doctor were "And where is he?" he asked.

"Right now he's back to his room, he is still on the anesthesia effect so I suggest you to wait a few more hours so you can see him"

"About that" Marth interrupted "Is Ike going to be able to see?"

The doctor sighed "I'm afraid now this is up to your friend"

Ike wandered around trying to find a way out "What about my friends?" he asked while walking "What about them?" the ghostly Ike sat -or seemed to since he was kind of floating in the air- in the middle of the room, looking at the blue guy looking hopelessly for an exit "They are awake and in the real world if that is what you want to know"

Ike groaned "Then let me go with them!" but his subconscious sighed "I can't, medical procedures and stuff, we'll have to wait until the anesthesia wears off so you can wake up and see..." in that moment he shut up and caught Ike's attention. Walking fast he stood in front of his subconscious "Why did you shut up?" he asked nervous grabbing his shoulders but instead they passed through the body.

"It's a..." ghostly Ike started to say, was Ike's imagination or his voice was trembling? "I can't tell for sure Ike but with the accident and all there is..." Ike was getting impatient "There is what?"

His subconscious took a deep breath "There is a high possibility that you lost your sight"

Those words shocked him so hard he fell backwards. He didn't feel any pain or so but his eyes were wide open, reflecting shock, fear and denial.

"I.." the words didn't come out as he planned to "What..." he could feel tears forming in his eyes but he didn't care "Why...how"

"I said there's a possibility" his subconscious tried to cheer him up but it was useless "You said" Ike hugged his legs and buried his face "You said a high possibility" he felt the tears running down his face "That's why..." he sobbed "That's why I had the bandages on my eyes, right? That's why I saw everything black, right!?"

Ignoring the doctor's advice the four guys went straight to Ike's room, where he was lying on his bed, his body still bandaged but his face was now a little more calmer and his eyes were no longer bandaged.

"Do you really think he will..." Roy started to say but he shut up.

Link went to the other side of Ike's bed and looked at his hand. He doubted for a second before holding it with his hands "He'll be able to" Link said quietly "I can assure you that"

"I'm going for another chair for Pit" Marth said as he walked outside, dragging Pit and Roy with him.

"Hey! Don't pull me like that Marth" Roy complained "And why are you taking us out!?" Pit sighed and walked next to Marth, he did understand the reason of Marth's actions.

Marth sighed "Sometimes you are so thick-head Roy"

Why? Was the only question now echoing all the room, why was he so stupid?

"Ike this is not your fault" his subconscious leaned closer to the poor guy "It was an accident and you need to overcome this"

Ike looked up, his eyes were red because of the constant crying and his face was all wet "How am I going to overcome this? What am I going to do? I'll only be a burden to everybody!"

"Do you really think that?" ghostly Ike asked "That, those people waiting out there for you to come out will think of you as a burden? That you don't want them to feel any pity for you?! Because they won't see it like that and you know that!"

Ike didn't know what to answer and turned away his face but this didn't help "What about that time when you helped Marth? Or Roy? Or Pit at your work? Or Link? They would do the same for you and more!" his subconscious was now mad but still with a sympathetic look so Ike could see that he was wrong about feeling guilty.

Ike hated to admit it but it was true what he was saying so he didn't shut him up "They are your friends! They care about you! They've been right there waiting for you and you are going to stay here sulking and blaming yourself?! When you can wake up and have some hope, some faith that you are going to open your eyes and see?!"

Ike looked up "You mean...You mean I'll be able to see?" he said with a shaky voice but his other self could listen the faint hope in his tone.

Calming down he sat in front of Ike and said "There are...sometimes when the will and faith of the person overcomes what the doctors and experts confirm"

Ike rubbed his eyes, drying off some of the tears, "I can sense, I believe that this is one of those cases, you need to be strong Ike, you need to hold on for your friends, fight for them"

Ike smiled; he was pretty sure he heard that somewhere else.

"Ike?" Link was talking to him "Ike I want you to know that I'm here and..." he couldn't help but to let a few tears escape his eyes "And I'm not leaving you" holding his hand tighter he came up closer to his face "I just want you to wake up Ike" he whispered, his breath brushing against Ike's cheek "I care about you so much that I don't know what would I do without you" was he going to do it? One of Link's tears fell on Ike's face and rolled down "I think..." Link said with a faint smile "I think all this help me to realize how important you are in my life" Link's lips were closer to Ike's "But now I wish for you to wake up" he softly pressed his lips against Ike's and pulled away softly.

"Wake up so I can tell you how much I love you"

Ike felt something warm running down his body but when he was about to ask his subconscious smiled.

"Right now, the anesthesia is gone of your body, you can wake up"

Ike looked terrified "What if..." but his subconscious smiled "Do you want to see?"

Ike nodded. He didn't want to lose it. He wanted to see the colors, he wanted to keep reading, studying, watching movies, watching funny stuff with his friends... he didn't want to forget his friends faces...

"Yes, of course I want to" Ike said with a new confidence in his voice.

With the last word escaping from his lips he felt odd. Not sick or in pain but odd. And in that moment a door appeared in front of him.

"Well, I guess it's time for you to wake up and find out" his subconscious said "I want to admit, this was a good experience to talk to you"

Ike smiled "I'll see you later" and walked to the door.

"You better listen to me more instead of bumping into walls" his subconscious joked.

Ike laughed and opened the door. He was afraid but at the same time he felt strong.

Just when he was about to step outside the room he felt a warm feeling surrounding his hand. Looking at it he felt like if someone else was holding him, pulling at him gently to come to the other side.

"I'm going" he said and stepped outside

Cliffhanger much? xD

I just had to do that