Motherbound Zero part 13

"Ness vs. Lucas and Ninten: True Power Revealed"

Claus flies closer toward The Empire Airbase with Ninten clinging to his cannon arm and Lucas in hand. "So do you guys have a plan or what?" Claus asked.

"Yeah of course," Ninten said.

"When are you going to tell me what it is?" Lucas asked.

"Later when we're inside," Ninten said brushing him off, which made Lucas give him an annoyed look.

"Well how do you guys plan on getting in?" Claus said looking the building over not seeing an entrance that looked safe.

"If I know Ness then he probably didn't fill that hole he shot Pokey through, just for an ego stroke," Ninten said.

"Sounds like him," Lucas said in agreement. Claus flew a bit higher and eventually saw the hole on the right side of the ship poorly covered up with wood. Ninten did the honors of blasting the wood into splinters.

"Okay guys this is your floor," Claus said as he threw them both at the hole. Ninten landed on his feet inside while Lucas fell on his stomach. Ninten glanced down at him rolling his eyes then turned toward Claus giving him a thumbs up. Claus smirked at Lucas then gave them a quick salute as he dove down to help the others.

"Well it's just you and me now Lucas ol' buddy," Ninten said turning back to him. Lucas was on his feet brushing himself off.

"Alright, now what's this so called plan you spoke of?" Lucas asked.

"Uh, well not sure if you can call it that it's more of an idea," Ninten said scratching his head.

"That doesn't surprise," Lucas said walking towards the door. Lucas opened it to look into an empty hall with Ninten right next to him, but once he turned he saw a hallway full of Pigmask Soldiers. It took only a second for one to notice them and call the others.

"Now do you believe me when I say your danger prone," Ninten said getting ready to fight.

The soldiers drew their weapons then took aim and fired. Ninten and Lucas leaped back into the room. Three soldiers jumped in the doorway, but Ninten and Lucas used their raw Psi powers to push them out the way and into the wall behind them. Lucas was the first to rush out then Ninten right behind him. More soldiers were coming at them with their weapons ready. Lucas screeched to a halt, as did Ninten. Ninten put his hand on Lucas shoulder.

"4th D-Slip," Ninten said. They disappeared right when they fired their weapons. They appeared right behind the soldiers. "PK Starbeam," Ninten said firing at the crowd making them fall over each other. "Lets keep moving," They kept running through the halls. They were lost that much Lucas knew and Ninten didn't want to admit. However, stopping to ask for directions was a move they couldn't make. This all felt so familiar to Lucas and then suddenly he was hit with a sudden shock to his brain. He stopped immediately grunting in pain then leaning on the wall next to him holding his head. Ninten noticed his single footsteps then turned to see Lucas in pain. "Agh of all times now," Ninten said running to his friend to his friend's side.

"Ugh…this really hurts…" Lucas grunted as he fell to his knees. Lucas could feel a ringing in his head as the pain continued. He had memories of a place like this traveling through the floors. He sees fleeting visions of Kumatora, Duster, and Boney. A battle with Porky…and so much more.

"Come on Lucas you got to shake this off quick or else the soldiers will get us," Ninten said bending down to place a hand on Lucas's shoulder. Ninten could hear footsteps coming from behind him. He quickly shot up turned on a dime with his fingers pointed.

"O-Oh wait please don't, I mean you no harm," said an old looking man. The man was bald on the top of his head but had hair on the side. He wears thick glasses and had on a lab coat.

"And you are?" Ninten asked.

"Ness don't you know me?" asked the man.

"First I'm not Ness, my name is Ninten,"

"Oh, I guess I got my hopes of him returning to normal up too soon," he said but Ninten still had his hand raised toward the old man.

"You know him?" Ninten asked.

"Yes, he is one of my son's friends I am Dr. Andonuts," the man said.

"And who is your son?"

"Jeff,"

"Your son is Jeff?" Ninten replied in surprise as he dropped his hand. He nods, but Ninten was still unsure about trusting him. Andonuts then turned his attention to Lucas who was still holding his head.

"What's wrong with him?" he asked. Ninten turned to Lucas.

"I'm not sure, but he's in a lot of pain," Ninten said tending to his blonde friend while keeping the old man in his line of sight. Ninten was a little worried, he thought Lucas was getting better at this by now. Lucas then fell to the floor thriving in pain.

"N-Ninten s-s-something is blocking them," Lucas cried out.

"Huh?" Ninten asked kneeling down.

"Something is blocking them," Lucas struggled to say.

"That's never happened before…" Ninten said.

"Ness's PSI powers might be the cause. Also, the distortions of reality could very well mess with anyone whose mind is…less then stable," Dr. Andonuts explained. Ninten didn't have the time to wait so he got Lucas on his back then carried him. "Come with me," said Andonuts quickly hurrying off. Ninten was a little uneasy about it.

"T-Trust…him," Lucas muttered. Ninten turned his head to Lucas, and then followed the doctor. He trusted Lucas enough to allow the man some lenience.

Andonuts had led them down a hallway unmanned by soldiers probably for the invasion below. They ran into a computer room with monitors all over the front sides of the wall. Ninten looked them over until he saw one that caught his eye. He saw Ness sitting on a throne sideways with a bored expression on his face. He turned to the camera to with a bored expression. This only served to annoy Ninten at his cockiness. Ninten sat Lucas down on the side against a wall.

"You okay?" Ninten asked.

"Yeah… I just had to push the memories back in order to protect my brain," Lucas said finally feeling better.

"From here I can help you two get to Ness," said the Doctor.

"Great just map out a path for us," Ninten said.

"Yeah…do you have control over the PA system from here too?" Ninten asked.

"Yes… why?" asked Dr. Andonuts.

"Time I put my plan into action," Ninten said reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a disc and handed it to the old man. "It our best bet at this point… here's how we do it,"


Ninten and Lucas ran through the hallway avoiding the few soldiers that were there so to save their strength. Although a few did get in their way so they were quickly and quietly taken out. The Doctor had mapped out a route toward an elevator that should take them to the command deck where Ness is. However, getting there was taking a large amount of effort since the lift was all the way in the center of the air base. However, with some smart thinking by Lucas they made it there quickly and without having the punch holes in the wall, i.e. Ninten's plan. They made it to the elevator safe and sound with energy and time to spare.

"This plan of yours has got more holes in it then swish cheese," Lucas said. The door opened.

"You probably don't even remember what swish cheese looks like," Ninten said as they both stepped into the elevator.

"It's got holes just like this plan," Lucas said as the door closed.

"Well deal with it, it's the best we got right now," Ninten said fed up. There was silence for a moment.

"…I'm sorry," Lucas said with his eyes down casted to the floor.

"For?" Ninten asked raising an eyebrow.

"All of this I've put you through you and Ness too…"

"What are you talking about?"

"I know I've caused trouble for you both with my lack of understanding of anything and my lack of courage, and not being of much use to you guys and-"

"Whoa hold on a sec and breathe Lucas, I think you're selling yourself short, again," Ninten said.

"Well I think from what I remember, so far I'm pathetic,"

Ninten looked at him for a moment, and then at the floor then he began to speak. "You're nowhere close to pathetic you know. I hate it when you dump on yourself because of your short comings. No one is perfect Lucas," Ninten turned his gaze toward him now. "And you're actually what keeps Ness and I focused and you help keep us together,"

"How is that?"

"Because of your memory loss we could only imagine the confusion and the doubt you had in yourself. We imagined it was a terrible feeling to be so lost. You were that common thing that, well, ya know kept us together,"

"When did you two discuss this?" Lucas asked looking at him.

"It was during that time when you first met your bro. You fell asleep on Ness's back," Ninten said.


(Flashback)

"Boy Lucas is a lot heavier then he looks," Ness said.

"Then maybe you should give him to me since your going to complain about it," Ninten said.

"Na I wouldn't trust him in those toothpicks you call arms,"

"Try and help somebody and get slapped in the face,"

"You know I'm only kidding,"

"I know I just feel really bad for him,"

"Yeah I know, I can't imagine not remembering my family or not knowing who I am. Even though I don't see my dad often I still can tell he cares, poor Lucas can't even remember an experience like that," Ness said turning his head to look at the tired boy on his back who had fell asleep.

"I envy him for being able to continue on as he does, to be so lost is a terrible feeling of despair, and that guy from earlier practically told us without any words that his life bites,"

"Then we'll help make him a new one,"

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"I remember when I had trouble remembering things from my past, but I went to eight places called my sanctuaries. Thanks to those places I recovered them and got stronger," Ness said.

"That sounds kind of familiar," Ninten thought to himself.

"This journey were on is full of mystery and I'm positive if Lucas had his memory he could lead us right into the heart of this. Because this is his trauma and we're just along for the ride, but we can make it a bearable one for him," Ness said.

"I never thought you could be this way Ness, so compassionate for him,"

Ness smiled at Ninten. "I'd do the same for you too ya' know. Even though I hadn't known you guys long, I count you as my best friends. And after all," Ness winked at him. "That's what bein friends is about, right?"

"Right, that's what it's all about," Ninten said.


(End of Flashback)

Lucas was surprised by the story. "You have to be strong in order to move on especial with the trouble you go through Ness and I understood that so why can't you?" Ninten asked. Lucas was silent in thought. "Ness and I are similar to your brother I bet huh?" Now that he thought about it there were some similarities that he never noticed even though he knew his brother for about a day.

"Yeah you guys are similar. I guess that's why it was so easy to open up to you guys…but…so far from what I remember. Its only good for a little while till something bad tears it all apart,"

"I won't let that happen," Ninten stated with a fist raised. "You trust me right?"

"Of course,"

"Then everything will be okay,"

"...Then that means you trust me right?" Lucas asked.

"With my life dude, but do you trust yourself?" Ninten asked.

"I-," Lucas hesitated but when we he looked at Ninten's face. He saw that Ninten was confident and it showed. He was confident in him, so he should be too. "I do,"

"Then lets shake on it," Ninten said. Lucas took his hand and they shook.

"There, we got the emotional part of this battle out of the way now we could to everybody's favorite part," Ninten said.

"And mine," said a dark voice.

Lucas and Ninten stepped out the elevator into a room. It was white all over completely mess free and was big enough to fit 50 people. Two windows on the side and the ceiling were at least 10 meters high. They were standing on a red carpet that led all the way to the throne Ness was sitting. "It's about time you showed up I was getting annoyed and impatient," Ness said.

"What'd you expect your elevator is as slow as a snail," Ninten said.

"Nice pun, but I doubt that will protect you from me," Ness said standing up. "Man my muscles are all relaxed now because you two took so long to get here, so I guess I'll just try and warm-up that means no PK powers for a little while. Let's see if you guys can handle me on uneven ground," Ness said stretching and walking towards them. Ninten and Lucas got ready.

"Bring it," Ninten challenged.

"Oh, no profound pleading to my better half. To the part you guys thought was your friend," he said looking at them with a smirk. "How about you Lucas,"

"Sorry, not this time, we gotta save you, and this is the best way,"

Ness smirked as he walked forward placing the two heroes on guard. They both knew with or without PSI powers Ness was a dangerous fighter even though they never understood how someone his age had such fighting skill. He could out do anybody in a physical battle his friend Poo was his only competition. Ness took a stance.

"Ready?" he asked. He then moved at a bewildering speed towards them. He stopped right between them and spin kicked Ninten with the back of his boot in his chest into the wall behind them. With Lucas facing his back he charged his right fist with PSI energy then swung at Ness. Ness did a back flip over him then leaped forward grabbed his hair then forced his face into the floor. "Did I beat you so well that you forgot what happened or something? Too bad, guess you just can't remember much lately huh like your bro, or your daddy, or you dumb dead mommy," Lucas felt a rage inside him like never before. He grabbed Ness's arm with both hands then pushed his head up against Ness's strength. He kept pushing Ness farther and farther back until Lucas was on his knees now. In one swift motion he flipped Ness over his head and onto the floor also getting him to release his grip.

Lucas still had his arm as he swung him at Ninten who was now standing. He fired his PK Starbeam but Ness shifted his weight to the right to fall on the left side of the blast and was few inches from Ninten. Taking this window of opportunity he kicked Ninten's feet from under him. The beam then went out of control towards Lucas. Lucas jumped out the way as the blast went past him and into the wall. The wall was very sturdy although not broken through it was dented. Ness got on his feet then jumped back as Ninten stood up swinging a punch also. Lucas also was on his feet now too. They stood in a triangle staring each other down.

"Remind you guys of anything?" Ness asked.

"Yeah it does it's just backwards now," Ninten said.

Lucas shot out a three burst PK Spark at Ness. Ness crossed his arms then uncrossed them creating a red X made of PSI energy. It barricaded through Lucas's attack and slammed into Lucas pinning him into a wall. The attack dispersed and Lucas fell to the ground.

"PK Blast!" Ninten exclaimed. A giant ball of blue PSI energy shot out of Ninten's hands. Ness was caught off guard so he crossed his arms taking the hit. Ness was pushed back until Ness started to laugh maniacally.

"PK Reflect," Ness said. He pulled back his right hand then punched it back at Ninten.

"PK Converter," Ninten said catching the attack with both hands. He turned the giant ball into a small one in between his hands then fired a concentrated laser. Ness was about to reflect it when a sudden blast small into his side throwing him off balance. He glanced over to see Lucas holding out his hand. He growled as the laser hits him. There was a giant explosion followed by a thick large dust cloud that blocked their vision.

"Did you get him?" Lucas asked standing outside the smoke.

"I think so," Ninten said exhausted on one knee with his hands still out. Both Lucas and Ninten stared at the smoke for a moment then a red eye pierced right through the smoke. Then it was gone. Ninten's eyes popped open and the next second Ness appeared in front of him in midair with his left foot pulled back. He swung his leg kicking Ninten in the head. Ninten flew a few feet then hit the ground.

"Not bad, I didn't think you could do that," Ness said brushing off some soot. Ninten staggered to get up. "But I doubt you could do that again," Ness said starting to walk over. Ness was now standing next to Ninten still trying to get up. He grabbed Ness's arm for support. Ness looked at him mystified by this action. He then pulled his arm away. Then push him back down to the floor with his foot. "I can see you're done so I'll end you now," Ness said putting his hands up like he was holding a guitar.

"No you won't!" Lucas exclaimed. Ness glanced over to see Lucas glowing with a white aura. He punched out his fist then yelled. "PK Burst" A powerful white blast was coming at Ness. Ness turned then swung his right arm downward strumming his guitar.

"PK Rockin," Ness said. Five beams came out the guitar then converged into one then pushed through Lucas's attack. Lucas was going far beyond his limits so he couldn't hold it more then five seconds.

"Offense up…" Lucas muttered. Suddenly Lucas's power increased enough for Lucas's attack to halt Ness's assault.

"Not bad, I didn't know you could raise your power at will, but that won't help you," Ness said. Ness slammed his hand on the guitar making the both attacks converge until they exploded. The blast was much closer to Lucas then Ness so Lucas was blown back all the way to the floor. Lucas felt weak and tired. Suddenly Ness appeared standing over him. Lucas noticed his hand trembling, and he sensed some weak form of hesitation. However that was cast aside as Ness raised his left hand above his head then started to charge his PSI power again. At the last two seconds Ninten appeared next to Lucas touched his shoulder then disappeared right as Ness fired his attack. Ness huffed then turned to see Ninten supporting Lucas. Ness took this chance while they were down.

Ness ran at them at an incredible speed with his right fist pulled back. He got to them before they could react then punched Lucas away then elbowed Ninten in the head with the same arm. Ninten was knocked off balance. Before he could fall he was grabbed by his bandana around his neck and was pulled in. Ness stopped him making his throat hit Ness's fist then Ness slammed him into the ground then threw him up. Ness jumped and did a back flip scoring a bicycle kick that knocked Ninten back down to the floor. Ninten slammed on the ground on his front. Ness was coming in for the final blow when Lucas blasted him in the side. He ran over to Ninten.

"You okay?" he said kneeling down.

"P-peachy…" he groaned as he struggled to his hands and knees. "Ugh, I wish Poo was here, or at least a 10th degree black belt, or something,"

"Well we have neither, so we have to handle this situation," Lucas said helping him up to his feet. Ness finally shook off that attack then got on his feet again.

"Damn blondie, always there and in the way…" Ness growled, but then he let a smirk come to his lips with sinister intentions. "Not bad you guys, but I still think your wasting your time here. Whatever, this is still pretty interesting. I never knew you guys were so strong,"

"That's because we've got a friend to save and if we have to endure then we will," Ninten said.

"Who do you really think needs saving right now, come on be honest,"

"We're gonna save the good part of Ness, the part that's our friend. We won't let you snuff him out with your evil,"

"Oh, please there's nothing either of you can do,"

"That fact we're still alive after all this is because Ness is fighting with us too. We won't fail him, not when he risked everything to save us," Lucas added.

"Touching, but how about another round then if you're so confident," Ness said as charged at them again. He rammed Ninten in the stomach with his left elbow. Before Lucas could react to that attack Ness kicked his feet from under him punched him in the back knocking him into the air. Ness jumped up and brought his right elbow into Lucas's gut. He body slammed Lucas to the floor successfully making Lucas wheeze. Ness stood up then slammed his foot on his chest. "This is just too easy I haven't even broken a sweat yet, but you're about to have something broken," Ness said putting more pressure under his heel. It was long till Lucas heard a slight popping sound did he begin to scream in total agony.


(Onett)

Below everyone was still fighting back the Pigmask Army. Truthfully it was easy for everyone there. They all felt this attack was far too simple and easy to be normal. Claus waved his new thunder sword around his head and fired a powerful lightning bolt at a tank blowing it to pieces.

"This is getting dull," Claus said while adding in a sigh. He turned to see how the others were doing. Kumatora had just knocked out another Pigmask.

"And this time stay down!" she barked. Ness's friends were holding their own, as was Ninten's.

"Feeling left out?" asked Pokey stopping next to him.

"Buzz off," Claus said. He then suddenly felt something that made him feel uneasy. He looked up. "I think there's more to this then we realize,"

Poo had knocked out another Pigmask when he stopped in his tracks then looked up. "Something wrong?" Paula asked.

"Yes, something is very wrong, we must finish this quickly," Poo said. He summoned his PK Starstorm power to make stars rain from the sky. This did a considerable amount of damage to the enemy.

"PK Ground," Kumatora said slamming her hands on the ground. The ground began to shake and tear apart taking out who ever or whatever was left. "Whew and that's all she wrote,"

"Nice job Kumatora," said Duster.

"What else you expect, it's me," she said.

"Okay now let's see what we can do to help stop Ness," Paula said.

"I can't help but have regret for being force to attack him," Poo said sadly.

"I don't have that big a problem with it," Jeff said resetting and doing quick maintenance on his equipment. Poo gave him a stern look of disapproval. "What, I'm kidding! Mostly…"

"I don't want to do it either, but we have no choice," Claus said.

"Oh boy, I'm going to enjoy this, I get to beat up Ness and everyone's okay with it? This is turning out to be a great day for me after all," Pokey said.

"You shall be silent," Poo said.

"We better hurry and get up there," Ana said.

"You worry too much Ana, I'm sure Ninten is holding his own. I'm sure he's got everything under control," Loid reassured her.


(Empire Airbase)

Ninten was sliding against the floor on his side and then stopped when he hit a wall. He shook as he tried to move in a position so he could stand up. Ness was still in the same spot with Lucas still under his boot. Lucas's pain was indescribable as he felt his ribs started to break and collapse under Ness's boot.

"I promised myself not to kill you that night when I went to your crummy little house, but this time I promised myself I would kill someone this time," Ness said. Lucas was struggling to find someway to get him off but too much movement brought more pain. Breathing was becoming an issue as well. "I'm going to crush you like the insect you are,"

Ninten began crawling over to them. "N-Ness stop," Ninten pleaded.

"I'm sorry did you say stomp," Ness said. He lifted his foot then slammed it on Lucas's making him cry out in new waves of pain. It made Ninten feel sick and filled with rage. Hurting Lucas was something that could set him off so easily, but it was conflicting since the person who was causing it hates it just as much.

"Ninten asked me to Lucas," Ness said shrugging.

"Ness…" Lucas gasped.

"That's my name,"

"N-Ness I-I'm so sorry," Ninten said. Ness's smile faded as a confused look replaced it.

"What do you mean you're sorry, you didn't beat me up?" Ness asked.

"I'm the reason you've become what you are," Ninten said. Ness then relaxed his foot a little bit on Lucas wanting to give Ninten his attention since Lucas's cries of agony were a bit distracting.

"How are you possibly involved with me?"

"Ness I'm…your former self and you are my reincarnation," Ness' eyes shot open and his mouth dropped but he didn't move. "Did you know this?" Ness asked looking at Lucas on the floor. He managed a small nod.

"The evil that's been building in my heart as infected you and created you into what you are, a monster,"

"SO, you're the reason huh, well I guess I must thank you then Ninten for creating me,"

"You've over stayed your welcome its time for you to take a hike," Ninten said now finally standing to his feet but still hunched over. Ness smiled then broke into a laugh.

"Oh that's a good one Ninten,"

"Doctor hit it!" Ninten commanded. Ness looked completely dazzled by the odd command.

"Got it," said a voice over the PA system.

"Andonuts, what do you think your doing?" Ness said.

"This," he responded. Then a soft song started to play.

"Huh, what's that sound, it sounds…familiar," Ness said.

"La, La, La, La, Laaa," it sounded like Ninten voice repeating this line four times.

"This sounds so familiar," Ness said starting to lose focus. However, he wasn't the only one astounded by the sound of the song.

"Take a mel-o-dy…simple as can be… give it some words and sweet harmony…("This song is something I know," Ness thought) Raise your voices all day long now love grow strong now sing a melody of love oh love," the song went. Ness then felt a painful shock in his chest as he stepped back from shock. Lucas now relieved that he's removed his foot. Ness started to stagger and his vision started to get all blurry. "La, La, La, La, La," the song repeated this four times. ("PK Power!" Ninten exclaimed. A blue aura engulfed his body). "Take mel-o-dy…simple as can be…give it some words and sweet harmony ("Turn that crap off!" Ness yelled.) Raise your voices all day long now love grow strong now sing a melody of love oh love," the song continued. Ness looked for the speakers and targeted them, but Ninten came out of nowhere and gave him one good right hook in the face.

Ness went flying then slammed into the wall headfirst. He staggers to his feet (Take a mel-o-dy simple as can be) he starts to cough hard as if he was going to cough something up. He turned filled with rage.

"PK Destruction!" he yelled. A red blast came out Ness's hands towards Ninten. Ninten merely raised his right hand then shot right through it with his PK Starbeam only much more powerful. "Impossible!". The attack consumed him and shot straight out the side of the building. Ness was still standing but barley. "I-I…can't lose," (Love is the power love is the glory Love is the beauty and the joy of spring)

"You heard the song Ness time to get you back ready Lucas," Ninten said.

"Y-Yeah," he said. He held out his right hand.

"I hope this works," Ninten muttered. Lucas focused his energy gathering for his ultimate attack. However, something odd was happening to Lucas. A groaning in pain large sparks PSI energy began gathering around his body. This sent his simply PK Love into overdrive gaining much more power. Veins began to show on Lucas's head as it looked like his head was about to explode. He fought through it though as he focused his next move.

Lucas ignored the pain as he spoke, "Here goes (Love grow strong now sing a melody of love oh love) PK Love," Lucas said.

From below everyone saw as a giant white light filled the sky followed by an explosion. The explosion was powerful enough to throw off the equilibrium of the ship. This caused it to go crashing down toward the city of Onett.

"Is that a good thing?" Duster asked.

"I think so," Poo said.

"We should still head over there, and fast," Claus said.

Ninten was tending to Lucas while watching the smoke. Lucas had past out for the moment, but the veins on his head were still clearly there. He didn't understand what was happening to him, but he felt such an awesome power suddenly awaken from Lucas. Ninten hoped it might be a new power setting in. Ninten gave his full attention to the smoke this time not wanting Ness to get the drop on them again. He waited for the dust to clear to see Ness was standing with his arms crossed and covering his eyes.

"Are you, you?" Ninten asked. Ness dropped his arms.

"Who else could I be, but me Ninten," said Ness with a slight laugh. Ninten noted the less fierce and dark tone and that his eyes were back to normal. Ness walked over to Ninten and an unconscious Lucas. "Thanks guys for everything I owe you a lot more then a thank you,"

"Well we'll start with this," Ninten said extending his hand. Ness smirked, but as he went to shake Ninten's hand he suddenly instead of his hand he grabbed Ninten's throat. Ninten was caught off guard to the sudden change, but he could tell Ness was still there fighting to regain control. The evil wasn't gone, but its power over him had dropped drastically. Ness then lifted Ninten off the floor. Andonuts turned the music higher hoping for a greater effect. Ness starts to struggle holding Ninten up. (Take a mel-o-dy simple as can be give it some words and sweet harmony raise your voices all day long now love grow stronger sing a melody of love oh love) Ness eyes squinted in concentration.

Ninten raised his fist then punched him in the head. Unfortunately he only knocked off the helmet. But thankfully Ness regained a bit more sense. He released Ninten then grabbed his head trying to shake the evil out. He then felt something touch his ankle. He opened one eye to see it was Lucas. With a shaky right hand he gathers energy for an attack. Then Lucas sent out a quick jolt of PK Love shocking Ness. Ness then regained enough control to force all the evil right out of his body to explodes out of him in a cloud of blood red smoke. It rises then vanishes into thin air. He sighs heavily then falls to his knees. He actually starts to tear up.

"The nightmare is finally over…" Ness rasped out.

"Ness I'm so sorry I never meant to-,"

Ness stops him by raising his hand. He gave himself a moment before speaking. "I heard you before and I was a little mad at you, but I'm glad you fixed me and I'm sorry too," Ness said cutting straight to the point. "Let's just stop trying to kill each other," Ninten dropped his blue aura as he smiled. Lucas sat up finally able to at least do that. "And thanks to you to Lucas," Ness said giving him a bear hug which was short lived because Lucas yelled out in pain. Ness released him. "Sorry I forgot I almost crushed your rib cage," Ness's smile soon faded into a frown of shame. "I-I'm so sorry I did this to you guys, and this is the worst feeling in the world to me,"

"Ness we understand," Ninten said.

"And I thought I had the evil in me under control, and I got caught up with it I thought I had it under control but it consumed me until…" Ness started to choke on tears. Ninten then slapped him upside his head. "Hey what was that for!"

"To make you snap out of it, it wasn't your fault it was…mine so you have nothing to be sorry for. You didn't mean to do all of this. Besides, no crying until the end right?" Ninten said.

Ness smiled at him, "Right".

Ness and Ninten shared a strong fist bump that to ordinary people seemed quite painful because of the slight boom effect. And since the hug was short lived Ness instead showed his gratitude by ruffling Lucas's hair, which oddly enough Lucas welcomed for once. "So we're finally together as a team again," Lucas said. Then Ness removed his hand with a smile.

"Yeah, we are and it took forever, but all three of us didn't wind up killing each other after all," Ness said.

"You guys!" called a voice on the other side of the room. They all turned to see Claus and the others running up to greet them from the hole that was made. Ana and Loid tackled Ninten to the floor with joy with them all in fits of laughter. Jeff pat Ness on the shoulder, Poo pounds fist with him, and Paula puts on his favorite hat then hugs him tightly around the neck. Claus helps Lucas on his feet then with, Boney, Kumatora, Duster, and Flint they get into a tight group hug with him in the middle.

"Ouch!" Lucas yelled out quickly. They quickly release him laughing.

"I'm hungry, lets go eat," Kumatora said.

"Lunch will have to wait, now we've got one more problem," Dr. Andonuts said over the PA system.

"Dad, is that you?" Jeff asked shocked.

"Yeah, your daddy just so happens to work for me," Pokey said.

"You've got some nerve!" Jeff said outraged.

"No time for that now Jeff we have bigger problems," he said.

"He's absolutely correct," said a dark menacing voice. They all turned to see the cloud of blood red energy began to reappear and converge together again. It swirled together for a moment before it took shape and the form dropped to the floor. Everyone gasped to see the being was… Ness? Dressed as the commander! They all looked at the other Ness, the original, whom was still on his knees.

"So anybody want to explain how this is possible?" Ninten asked.

"I think I know," said the fake Ness.

"Then explain while you still can," Claus threatened.

"Tough guy act huh, that's cute, well let's see how tough you are against the Dark Dragon," he said.

"The Dragon!" exclaimed Lucas's crew.

"The Dark Dragon?" Lucas wondered and it was as if a cloud had suddenly rid itself of his mind. "Oh my god…I remember…I remember!" he exclaimed in joy. Attention soon fell on him.

"Wait you remember, what this Dragon thing is?" Ninten asked.

"Not just that, everything, the Island of Nowhere, the quest for the seven needles, meeting the Magypsies, and all the chaos Porky brought when he arrived. I remember it all…"

"Oh wow that's great!" Claus exclaimed happy for his brother like everyone else. However, Lucas couldn't help feeling like something was still missing.

"So what's this Dragon thing then?" Loid asked.

"The Dark Dragon, is like a godlike figure in our world. He so big that the island we live on is just on his back. It's crazy to think that it's that big, but it is supposedly. I had got that bump on the head, so I never really saw it,"

"Well here's your chance if you want a better look then Lucas. Look out the window there," said the fake Ness pointing. Everyone turned to see what looked like a monster emerging from the ground. The Dragon was dark so you couldn't see any features, but it had red eyes claws a tail as long 20 meters its neck was half as long. It had a gigantic wingspan as well.

"That's a dragon," Ninten said dumbly.

"Whoa don't see that everyday, and we see all kinds of stuff everyday," Ness said.

"I guess this is the finale we've been waiting for," Lucas said. The dragon then let out a mighty roar of power.

"Oh boy…" Everyone muttered glumly.