Toon Link ran through the forest with tears in his eyes. He didn't know why he was crying, but the tears wouldn't stop. Maybe it was from having to yell at Lucario. Maybe it was from the fear that Pit would not be okay. Whatever it was, Toon Link didn't care. His only mission was to find Pit and make sure he wasn't hurt.

As Toon Link continued to run, suddenly, the smell of blood filled his nose. He slowed down and held his breath because the scent was so fresh and strong.

Gaining speed again, he headed in the direction of it and tried to find what it was coming from. He scratched his legs and tore his clothes on the brush that covered the ground like carpet. The cuts stung, but not near as bad as the tears that hid behind his eyes, threatening to fall.

He rounded a corner of trees and saw a bloody form lying motionless on the ground in a small clearing. The smell of blood was over-powering.

Toon Link was nervous, but he began to approach the body. Shaking as he got closer, he could make out what and who the motionless figure was.

Pit.

The angel lay in a bloody heap on the ground, looking draggled and torn. Toon Link stopped a few feet away from him and dropped to his knees.

His friend, his opponent, and the kindest and high-spirited one of them all, lying in a pool of crimson blood spread along the ground. He looked at his friend for a moment to see if he could tell if he was alive.

He wanted to check for a pulse, but couldn't bring himself to touch his friend. Instead, he ran from the body and started dashing through the trees. He didn't know where he was going, but at the moment, he didn't really care. He just wanted to run. To get away from his fallen friend.

He ran and ran and ran. His legs began to get weak, but on he ran.

After a long time of sprinting through the trees, he reached the point of exhaustion and fell to the ground.

He began to cry like he never had before in his life into the grass-covered forest floor.

This was all his fault, he continued to tell himself.

He is the one that wanted to go on this camping trip.

He was the one that couldn't make it to Pit in time.

He was the one who left Pit lying on the ground, dead or not.

He growled at his ignorance and got up again and ran as fast as he could, despite his exhaustion.

Suddenly, he crashed into someone and fell back to the ground. They grabbed him and wouldn't let him go. He struggled and thrashed to get free, but to no avail. The person was too strong.

"TOON LINK! STOP!" Lucario yelled to him.

Toon Link continued to thrash and yell.

Seeing that Toon Link would not be reasoned with, Lucario unleashed a calming aura through him. Toon Link stopped moving.

"Toon Link… I can sense that you are very upset, but you need to come back to camp. You will get lost," Lucario said calmingly.

"NO! NOT WITHOUT PIT!" Toon Link cried then began to thrash again.

"Pit? What's wrong? Where is he?" Lucario asked, struggling to hold onto Toon Link.

"I… he… LET ME GO!" Toon Link yelled. He unintentionally punched Lucario's nose and the Pokemon broke his grasp. Toon Link hit the ground, adding fresh bruises to the many he already had, then took off running in Pit's direction.

"TOON LINK!" Lucario yelled after him, then winced as he continued to hold his nose.

Toon Link kept running as fast as his short legs could carrying him, but it was still not fast enough for him.

He wanted to run away from all this. Run away from Pit. Run away from Lucario. From all his problems.

This had never happened to him before. He had never lost anyone close to him. He didn't think that anything would ever happen to any of his friends. He lived an innocent existence.

He ran back to the spot where Pit was and shook him as hard as he could. He didn't care about the blood beginning to stain his hands and clothes.

Pit didn't move.

"PLEASE! WAKE UP! PIT! WAKE UP!" Toon Link yelled as he cried into one of Pit's loose robes.

Pit still didn't budge.

Toon Link burst into jagged tears again. He cried for what seemed like hours until he thought he heard someone coming.

Suddenly, he heard the footsteps coming up right behind him. He turned and took out his sword, ready to defend his motionless friend.

"TOUCH HIM AND I'LL KILL YOU!" Toon Link yelled into the bushes.

"Toon Link. It's me," came a voice. He knew who it was immediately.

"LINK, I DON'T NEED YOUR H-HELP! I C-CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM M-MYSELF!" Toon Link said through his crying.

"Toon, please. Calm down, and let me look at him," Link said moving slowly towards Pit.

Toon Link analyzed his face for a minute, searching for a hint of doubt. When he found none, he let Link approach his friend.

Link knelt down next to Pit put a hand on the angle's heart. After a moment, he moved his hand and checked to see if Pit was breathing.

"Toon Link, he's okay. Well… not okay, per say, but he's still alive," Link said.

"Really? But why didn't he respond when I talked to him?" Toon Link asked.

"He's unconscious, and he probably will be for a while, but he's still breathing," Link said.

"How do we get him back to camp?" Toon Link asked.

"I'll carry him, don't worry. Meanwhile, I think you should go apologize to Lucario. He was really upset when he came back to camp and told me about what happened. I think you hurt his feelings," Link said.

Toon Link watched Link carefully pick Pit up and slowly start to head towards camp. Pit looked like a rag doll, being lifeless and fragile.

Toon Link began walking a little bit ahead of Link while he thought for a moment. Had he really been that harsh to Lucario?

"Be careful going back," Link said, glancing at Toon Link's cuts.

"O…Okay," Toon Link responded sadly.

Toon Link began thinking about how he could apologize to Lucario.

He was so caught up in his thoughts, he didn't realize that Link and Pit were no longer behind him.

I know a lot of you expected Pit to die, but I just couldn't do it. Sorry! But I hope that everyone liked this chapter!