Warning:This chapter contains both fluff and drama.

Chapter 35:Growing Romance

"...At this point, I'm lost for words..."G&W said quietly. What Owl said was right, something about this world was strange. There wasn't any world at all! As far as they could see, there was nothing but whiteness.

"Uhhh, where is everything?"Leon asked as he looked around.

"I've never seen anything like this..."NiGHTS mumbled, then looked at the two males."What exactly are you standing on, anyhow?"Leon scratched his head while G&W brought a hand to his chin. They were standing on something, but they only saw whiteness at their feet, which confused all three of them.

"It could be..."G&W started slowly as Leon knelt down. He then put his hand on the non-existant ground."Maybe this world only has one dimension..."

"And we're standing on it,"Leon finished, tapping the 'floor' with his fist, but not making a single sound."Cool..."

"This completely defies all laws of physics,"G&W said, baffled.

"Says the man missing a dimension,"Leon joked, standing back up.

Ignoring the nutcase, G&W looked up at NiGHTS."What Ideya are left?"

"Growth and Hope,"she said."Though, I've no clue how this world could represent either..."

"Same here. This is confusing,"G&W said. Leon stood up and cracked his neck.

"So, where do we go from here?"he asked.

"Hmm, let's just look around for now and see if we can find anything,"G&W said. Nodding, they started wandering around, but after a while, needless to say, it became rather boring, so NiGHTS took the opportunity to talk with Leon about what had happened before.

"Um...Leon, can I talk to you about something kind of serious?"she asked. Leon looked at her and took a deep breath.

"NEVER!"he screamed, then very calmly said "Sure."

"Well, it's about that incident with those dark clones,"she said. Leon tilted his head, wordlessly telling her to continue. NiGHTS looked away and blushed, holding her arm."When your clone tried to kiss me..."Leon then turned his own head, blushing himself.

"Y-yeah...?"he asked hesitantly.

"Would...would you ever consider kissing me...?"NiGHTS asked, both of their blushes becoming redder.

"Uh, well, m-maybe, i-if you want..."Leon stuttered. They stopped and looked at each other.

"I wouldn't mind..."NiGHTS said, her voice getting quieter by the second. Leon stepped towards her as she floated down to his level. They slowly moved their heads closer, stopping when their lips met, and both of them felt their heart rate triple in an instant. They both stayed like this for a few moments, until...

"Either of you coming up for air any time soon?"G&W asked. They reluctantly pulled away, then looked at him, obviously annoyed.

"Can't you give us some privacy?"NiGHTS asked, putting her hands on her hips and blushing again.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you prefer if I went into the other room?"G&W asked sarcastically, jabbing a thumb over his shoulder."In case you haven't noticed, we're kind of standing in the middle of nothing. You're not gonna get much privacy from me here."He then spoke in a more subdued tone."Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. Not that I could, anyway."

"You could tell ROB,"Leon remarked.

"He and Master Hand are already watching, remember?"G&W asked."But I don't think they'll talk about it either, so don't worry about it."They both smiled in response, then a green light slowly rose between them, forming into a Green Ideya, surprising the three of them.

"What? Already?"NiGHTS asked, blinking in surprise."It's the green Ideya of Growth

"That was fast,"G&W said."Though, as I said before, I don't understand how this world can represent growth."Leon just shrugged, still staring at the orb.

"There's something you guys might want to know,"he told his two friends."When I got that Blue Ideya, I heard someone talking to me. I don't know who it was, but..."NiGHTS and G&W glanced at each for a moment, then Leon spoke again."They said something about my...brother..."

"Whoa, what now?"G&W asked."You have a brother?"Leon nodded.

"Wow...did they say anything else?"NiGHTS asked. Leon then shook his head.

"No, but they probably will when I take this,"Leon muttered, staring at the orb again."Well, here goes nothing."He then held the orb in his hands. He closed his eyes as the Ideya was absorbed into himself, feeling that, once again, the others had disappeared. Like the last two times, a voice began to speak.

"You don't...the po...defeat me, Leonokas...order will triumph...ith you gone...chaos erradicated...all worlds will fall to the God of Order..."

He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

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He opened his eyes again, seeing that he was at the entrance to the Dream Gate, and just like the last two times, NiGHTS and G&W were waiting near the fountian.

"Did you hear any voices this time?"NiGHTS asked. Leon nodded slowly.

"Yeah, but...I didn't like what he said at all,"he muttered.

"'He?'"G&W asked.

"Yeah, he said the name Leonokas,"Leon said."And something about chaos being...I think he said erradicated."

"Chaos erradicated?"NiGHTS asked, eyes going wide.

"The last thing he said was,"he started."All worlds will fall to the God of Order..."They were silent after that. Leon rubbed his neck while NiGHTS sighed deeply. After another moment of silence, G&W decided to speak.

"Well, at least we know we're not alone in this,"he said."Me and the others have taken on powerful beings before. Anyone ever told you two about Tabuu?"They looked at each other in confusion, then shook their heads."He tried to take over the Smash Dimension, and he was the ruler of the Subspace Army you've seen. Granted, he wasn't a god, but we still had a lot of trouble beating him."

"Huh, no one ever told me the details about that,"NiGHTS remarked, then turned to Leon."Why don't you find out what power you've gotten back?"With a nod, Leon closed his eyes and concentrated, then felt something form in his hand. He opened his eyes to see his hammer, which made him grin widely.

"YIPPEE!"he screamed happily, quickly swinging his hammer around wildly.

"Watch it!"G&W shouted, jumping away from the crazed teen before he could become a 2-d nail in the ground.

"Oh, let him have his fun, Game and Watch,"NiGHTS said. The flat warrior sighed, but then, a shining light appeared at the end of the Dream Gate, forming a large double set of stairs leading up to a large platform. Owl then appeared near them and hooted.

"It's been quite a while since these stairs have appeared,"he said."It seems your adventures here are coming to an end."They looked amongst themselves.

"You guys ready?"NiGHTS asked.

"Do you even have to ask?"G&W questioned.

Leon spun his hammer above his head."Let's do it!"he said, grinning widely. They began to move towards the stairs.

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