Since Lucas was currently retarded, Ness couldn't cook, and the last time the gave Ninten a wooden spoon he set the kitchen on fire, Claus was their only option for food. "Alright," Claus began,"Who wants what for lunch?"
"no, no, No, NO, NO!" Ninten shouted. "We can't eat lunch without having breakfast!"
Claus, who was waiting for Ness to go against Ninten, looked at him, but Ness just looked back and shrugged. "What can I say? It's the most important meal of the day."
"Well it's 12:30 in the afternoon! What do you want me to do, turn back time!?"
"Claus we know PSI," Ness said. "I'm pretty sure if we figure it out, we could turn back time if we wanted to."
"WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON NESS!?"
"Come on guys, this isn't the good time to start an argument," Ninten noted. "I mean just look at poor Lucas over there."
Lucas who had bandages all over him from falling down the steps, was holding a plate towards his mouth. He tried to bite the plate, but heard a cracking sound and spit out a it wasn't food, he put it down and started to look bored and hopeless, since he had know idea what was edible anymore.
"That's pretty sad"
"Yeah. Let's just make him breakfast then we'll skip to dinner. Agreed?"
"Agreed."
"Agreed!"
"Okay. Ninten, take Lucas, wash his mouth, and take his tooth and put it under his pillow,"Claus instructed. "Ness, you set the ingredients out we need for omelettes and put the dishes on the table."
"Got it. What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to keep an eye on Ninten."
Ness shrugged "But…"
Before he could finish, a large thump was heard, and the two boys turned around to see Lucas on the floor and Ninten dragging him.
"COME ON LUCAS GET UP! WE HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS."
"NO! I'M NOT GETTING BACK ON THAT DEATH TRAP!"
Ness then changed his mind. "I can't argue with that decision."
"Great. Get started."
They all began to complete their tasks, Ness going to the kitchen to find the ingredients and Claus went to go deal with Ninten and Lucas.
If they ranked their strength, normally Ness and Claus would be the strongest, while Ninten would outrank Lucas by a little. But if Lucas either got upset or really, really didn't want to do something, he would surpass the entire house, which was proven when he came in the top 5 in the Smash Tournament in 2008, only getting beaten by veterans. And right now, he definitely did NOT want to even look at a set of steps right now.
However, Ninten, who already knew this information, still wouldn't be deterred and kept trying to get him upstairs.
"LUCAS COME ON," he said as he continued to tug on the boy's shirt.
"NO! NOTHING CAN MAKE ME GET BACK ON THOSE NON MOVING FISTS! NOT A WII U, NOT AN XBOX, NOT A PLAYSTATION, AND DEFINITELY NOT A NINTEN!"
Ness, who heard Lucas shouting from the kitchen, began to erupt in laughter again, while Claus was wondering how in the hell was he able to stay with these people for so long. He then attempted to pushed Ninten out of the way to talk to Lucas face to face, but Ninten had to use all of his force to stay put.
"Ninten, move."
"I can handle this on my own Claus. Why do you always feel like you have to chaperone me?"
"Because of your past! Anytime I leave you alone with my brother, there's always some mess that I have to clean up!"
"Oh come on Claus, you're over exaggerating! Name one time that actually-"
"When we went to the zoo, when you burned the house down, when we were out with Ness' parents to celebrate his 7th birthday, when you burned the house down AGAIN, our graduation, when you burned my grandmother's house down and she had to live with us for a week-"
"Ok, I see your poi-"
" when we went to Smash for a week, when you set Lucas' bird house that he made from scratch on fire, when we went to Hyrule to see Link-"
"When you burned Ana's house down that time you convinced Lucas to be your wingman," Ness injected.
"Okay that's enough-,"
"When Ana had to stay with us after you burned her house down, when you broke our Wii U, when you set your 3DS on fire, and last but not least, this morning."
"ALRIGHT! I SEE YOU'RE POINT! But I'm not going to improve if you don't trust me."
"Ninten, I can put in as much trust as the amount of bones I have in my body, and you will still fail me for the…the… Ness how many times did we just count?"
"Umm…. I don't know." Ness called out.
"Huh. Usually that's Lucas's department."
"Well just ask him."
"SEE THIS IS WHY I CAN'T TRUST YOU!"
"Look Claus, if you're really that confident in not being confident in me, why don't we just bet on it?"
Now Claus was intrigued. Also the last time they bet was when Ninten bet his 3ds on the hopes that he could cook omelettes for the house. Of course, being Ninten, he lost due to setting the kitchen on fire, as well as his DS "You know what, fine. If you can clean Lucas up before Ness finishes in the kitchen, then I'll give you my 3DS."
Ninten gasped at what he just heard the ginger say. Claus' 3DS was black with a golden earthbound logo from Super Smash Bros etched into the front; the best looking out of all of theirs. Style didn't matter to the others, but Claus always felt that he had to stand out. So if Ninten had not just a working 3ds, but a Special one like that, it would be a dream come true.
And all he had to do was take care of Lucas…..
Who was now tying himself to the banister….
"Deal! I mean, he can't possibly get worse than this…. right?"
"I don't know," Claus said before getting one of the chairs in the kitchen. "But I'm just gonna watch to find out."
"Claus you just said-"
"I'm not going to help you." Claus began to set up the chair. "Just watch you fail."
