Dimentio snapped his fingers as large explosions appeared all over the room. Mimi and O'Chunks dogged them, as they were trying to find an opening to attack him.

A whole month as passed since Mimi, Dimentio, and O'Chunks first arrived at Castle Bleck. After a great amount of time training, Count Bleck let his minions fight each other once again, to see how much they have improved since last time. Count Bleck and Nastasia stood on a high plat form, watching the whole battle from afar. Nastasia took notes on the fight while Count Bleck watched their every move.

Immediately, he could see improvement. O'Chunks was faster than he was before, as he was having an easier time hitting Mimi, and even sometimes Dimentio. Mimi was more confident in her abilities than before, as she would react quickly to her surroundings. Dimentio, while not as aggressive as before, still had a lot of power to his electric sphere attacks and explosions, making him a powerful opponent to outdo.

All of these were great improvements, which made Count Bleck pleased.

All three of them have gone through a lot this pass month. Not only in their fighting skills, but also in their personalities.

He smiled slightly, having two specific people in thought.

Dimentio levitated towards Mimi's direction. He summoned an electric sphere and threw it at her. Mimi let out a small cry as she lost her balance and fell as it exploded next to her. She narrowed her eyes.

"Dimentio!"

Dimentio laughed, amused at her slightly angry expression.

Mimi growled as she summoned a rubee and threw it at him. Dimentio's smirk quickly faded as he dogged the flying rubee.

"Aw, a little frustrated are we?"

Mimi growled some more as Dimentio continued to playfully taunt her. It was like the more she got angry, the more amused he got.

"Alright, that's good enough!"

At the sound of Count Bleck's call, Mimi, Dimentio, and O'Chunks stopped where they were and Count Bleck and Nastasia then teleported towards them. Once they were all together, the count smiled and said, "You all are doing very well. Count Bleck must say, you've three have come a long way this past month. And for that, Count Bleck believes that we are, if not almost, ready to fight the Hero of Legend."

Dimentio's eyes brightened up.

"Terrific!" O'Chunks exclaimed. "So that means you are ready to summon that Chaos Heart thing?"

"Not quite, but close. There is one last thing that Count Bleck needs to take care of. And for that, Nastasia and I will be gone for a couple of days."

"While we are gone," Nastasia added. "We want you to do some training on your own. Go to another dimension or stay here, it doesn't matter, just prepare yourselves. Because when we return, we will either be ready, or will already have, the Chaos Heart. When that happens, the destruction of all worlds will begin and the Hero of Legend will reveal himself. Any questions?"

No one said a word.

"K. If that's the case then, we will be on our way."

"Wait, you're leaving right now?" O'Chunks asked a little alarmed. "But...does that mean there's no dinner?"

Nastasia chuckled slightly.

"If you really like my cooking that much, O'Chunks, I guess I can make you something real quick. But, yeah, you'll have to find something on your own after this, k?"

O'Chunks nodded, pleased at the thought of getting food.

"Anyway," Count Bleck said. "You've all done a great job at training and your true mission is about to begin. See you in a few days."

With that said Count Bleck teleported away, Nastasia right behind him. O'Chunks made a large grin as he left the training room to go to the kitchen.

Dimentio stood where he was, smiling to himself. At last, Count Bleck will be out of his way! This was his chance to get the Dark Prognosticus. He knew that the count would probably have it well hidden, but Dimentio had studied his personality for the past month; he could easily get inside his head.

Everything would be simple from here.

"Hello, Dimentio! Castle Bleck to Dimentio! Are you there?"

Dimentio blinked, noticing that Mimi was trying to get his attention.

"Yes, Mimi?"

"Why were you spacing out like that?" Mimi asked imminently concerned. "Are you feeling bad?"

Dimentio gave a reassuring smiled.

Ever since his incident with the potion, Mimi had been very paranoid of him getting sick or severely hurt. It did annoy him at times, but Dimentio couldn't help but smile at how adorable Mimi could be when she was worried. He cursed himself every time he had a thought like that, but they came to him more and more often.

I will admit she is cute, but that doesn't mean I'm attracted to her.

"No, I am fine," he finally said out loud. "Just thinking to myself. If I was feeling sick, you would be the first to know."

Mimi studied him for a moment.

"...If you say so. But anyway, since the count said we're about to fight the hero soon, I was thinking we could train a bit together. That is...unless you have other plans."

"No, that sounds great."

He smirked.

"Though, I am looking forward to beating you again. After all, my skills are much more powerful than yours, like an alpha wolf fighting a pet dog."

Mimi gave a competitive look.

"I admit you make a good rival, but I won't let you beat me! However, I still don't want you to overdo it."

"I won't."

Mimi nodded.

"Though, why don't we train outside? I hate being in this dark building all day! It gets to gloomy after awhile."

With that mentioned, Dimentio and Mimi left the training room. They went downstairs and out the front door, which had a small courtyard. There was a lot of open space, making a perfect battle ground. Mimi and Dimentio stepped away from each other, getting ready for a fight. Dimentio smiled and bowed.

"Ladies first."

Mimi giggled.

"You asked for it!"

Mimi then morphed into a large snake like creature and charged at Dimentio, hissing a bit. Dimentio slowly lifted himself off the ground, waiting for Mimi to make a move. When she was close enough, Mimi rose up and quickly launched an attack. Dimentio dogged her strikes, smiling at her. Once he got to high up in the air, Mimi changed into a large bird. Dimentio's smile faded a bit as he started to fire electric spheres at her. But Mimi was swift, as only a few tiny sparks seem to hit the edge of her wings. Dimentio flew away, trying to keep his distance. But Mimi gained up on him, her eyes gleaming with determination. She unleashed her claws, about to hit Dimentio.

But as she did, Dimentio teleported out of the way just in time.

Mimi looked all around her, desperate to find him. Finally, she caught a view of Dimentio in the corner of her right eye.

And in the corner of her left.

Mimi flew straight to the ground as both Dimentios caused an explosion near her. When she was close to the ground, Mimi transformed into her regular self. Generating rubees all around her, she fired them at the Dimentios like crazy. Both Dimentios laughed, throwing a few electric sparks down her way. Mimi danced around the courtyard, trying to attack and doge Dimentio's attack at the same time. She let out a growl of frustration.

"Dimentio, this is so unfair!" Mimi cried. "This is a very cheap tactic!"

"When fighting, you must do anything to make sure you have the upper hand," Dimentio replied, though it was hard to tell which one was talking. "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to win, and you should too. Especially since we are about to fight the hero so soon."

Mimi was about to make a reply, but Dimentio silenced her as he teleported from behind and pushed her slightly. Mimi lost balanced and fell to the ground, groaning a bit as she got some black grass in her mouth. Dimentio made his clone disappeared as he laughed. Mimi got up and turned to face him.

"You're so mean, Dimentio!" she exclaimed half angrily, half playfully. "You're such a winning obsessed meanie!"

"Ah ha ha ha," Dimentio replied, trying to keep his voice steady from laughing. "I wouldn't call myself obsessed, but I am very persistent. Like a tiger going after it's prey."

Mimi rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, enough with the similes. They may be poetic, but they don't change the fact that you are still a meanie."

Dimentio's smile grew.

"Ah, but you aren't perfect yourself. I can think of many things to call you as well."

"Oh really? Like what?"

Mimi crossed her arms, as if silently challenging him.

Dimentio closed his eyes, thinking of the perfect word to describe Mimi. He had plenty of words to choose from, but the matter of which one to choose was the challenge.

"...Bellezza. Yes...that's the perfect word to describe you."

Mimi gave a blank stare.

"What does 'Bellezza' mean?"

"It's Italian. As to what bellezza means..."

Dimentio couldn't help but grin. He then turned his back on her began to walk away, chuckling softly to himself. Mimi stayed where she was, a bit confused.

"...Wait, where are you going? I demand to know what bellezza means! Dimentio!"

Dimentio felt the grin grow on his face as he went inside the castle. Mimi was completely clueless as to what he just called her, which made the moment even better. Though, he couldn't understand why he called her what he did. He didn't mean to, but it just happened. A part of him was happy that he did, even blushing slightly at the thought. But the other half criticized him, saying that he was making things worse for himself in the future.

Dimentio sighed a bit.

Why can't I stop thinking about her?

But something told him he didn't want to know the answer. Especially after reading the Dark Prognosticus.