"Where are we going?" Rosella asked as the Masked Man flew in the air with her in his arms.
"Snowcap Mountain," he answered. "My scouter says there's a needle there that hasn't been pulled yet."
Rosella looked up at him.
"Needle...?"
"According to some prophecy, I'm apparently one of three people that can pull them out of the ground." The Masked Man informed her.
"Three?" Rosella wondered as the Masked Man set her down.
Rosella bumped into the needle in question, and it suddenly started glowing.
"What's going on?!" She shouted in shock as the needle started rising out of the snow.
The Masked Man could only watch in awe as Rosella's aura turned pink. The needle seemed to respond to her aura.
"Do you know what this means?" The Masked Man asked her.
Rosella looked back at him.
"I don't know at all," she admitted.
The Masked Man inched closer to her.
"You can use PK Love."
Rosella's eyes widened.
"But...I'm not a fighter...how did I—"
That's when it hit her. Her love for Claus. Did her PSI somehow seep deep down into her heart? And as a result, it gave her the ability to use PK love? Her PSI was truly a mystery.
Meanwhile, Lucas and Kumatora were making their way up to Snowcap Mountain, when they both sensed the needle was already pulled.
"Damn it," Kumatora cursed.
"Are we too late?!" Lucas asked her.
Duster kept climbing. "Let's go see who pulled it! Maybe we'll get some answers on who that third PK Love user is!"
"Right!" Lucas and Kumatora answered in unison.
Once they made it to the top, Boney immediately rushed off, barking.
"Boney, where are you going?!" Lucas asked, soon giving chase to Boney.
Kumatora and Duster soon followed.
The Masked Man's scouter picked up four familiar figures, one of which was running towards them at full speed.
"We have to get out of here, now!" The Masked Man commanded.
But before he could pick Rosella up again, Boney tackled Rosella into the snow and licked her face.
"Boney! What are you doing here?!" Rosella laughed happily.
Boney got off of Rosella and got in between her and the Masked Man protectively.
The Masked Man glared at the dog as Rosella got up and wiped the snow off of her.
Lucas, upon seeing Rosella, rushed up to her and pulled her into a hug.
Rosella gasped and blushed as Lucas hugged her.
"Lucas!"
"I was so worried about you..." He said, crying into her shoulder.
Rosella gave him head pats as he did so.
The Masked Man didn't seem too pleased about this. But before he could respond, another memory came to him.
"I don't want you to go," Lucas yelled as he sobbed into Rosella's shoulder.
"Do you really have to move away?" Claus asked, standing a few feet from them and holding back tears of his own.
"I don't want to either," Rosella told them, also in tears. "But Papa said we have to..."
Bianca gave her husband a frown, seemingly begging for him to reconsider.
But Pierre was having none of it. Now that Porky caught wind of Rosella's Healing PSI, he had to move and fast.
Claus suddenly cracked and also hugged Rosella, sobbing his eyes out.
"All the things I wanted to say to you...I never even got to say them!"
Rosella tried to put on a smile. "You'll keep in touch, right?"
Claus nodded, wiping away some of his tears. "Yeah! I'll write to you as much as I can!"
"Me too," Lucas piped up.
Rosella let go of the twins.
"Just have fun at your grandpa's house, okay?"
The twins nodded.
"Goodbye you guys," Rosella said as she went into the back of the Thornsons' car.
The Masked Man put a hand to his helmet.
These memories, he thought to himself. Those two must be connected to them. But the way they're hugging each other pisses me off!
"If you don't want me to go back on my word, you would be wise to quit hugging each other," The Masked Man said coldly.
Lucas let go of Rosella and glared at the shell of his brother and got in front of Rosella protectively again.
"Put your hands on any of us, I fucking dare you," Kumatora yelled, also getting in front of Rosella.
The Masked Man was about to attack, but then he stopped himself. He made a promise to Rosella, after all. Instead, he brought out a contraption, which turned into the Steel Mechorilla.
Rosella jumped back in fear
"What is that?!" She yelped.
"A chimera King P gave me to control," the Masked Man answered.
"But you promised you wouldn't hurt them," Rosella protested.
"I'm not," The Masked Man said snarkily before swooping in and grabbing Rosella again. "Besides, as long as these guys understand that you're MINE...I won't personally have to destroy them."
Rosella felt her heart shatter. All the progress she made trying to soften him was seemingly lost.
But as the Masked Man started to fly away, Lucas stopped him.
"Before you go," he told him. "Just answer me this: Who's the third PK Love user?"
The Masked Man looked over his shoulder at Lucas. "I'm currently carrying her."
The entire group was shocked. The MaQueens were right!
As the Masked Man flew away, Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, and Boney were left to fight the Steel Mechorilla.
"What do we do?!" Duster asked the group.
"Only one option," Kumatora answered. "We fight!"
Boney, who had to witness Rosella get captured all over again, let out a fucking war cry! He rummaged through a sachet Lucas had put on him and completely yeeted bomb after bomb at the Steel Mechorilla!
Lucas, Kumatora, and Duster all stood there in shock as Boney basically soloed this fight. This happened to me the first time I played Mother 3, so now it's a canon Clausella moment.
"Holy shit," Kumatora said quietly.
Meanwhile, Rosella and the Masked Man had just made it back to the Empire Porky Building.
The Masked Man had dragged her back to his quarters and set her down.
Rosella took a step forward.
"Why did you go back on your word?" Rosella asked him. "You promised."
"Just shut up," The Masked Man growled.
A singular "Claus!" slipped out of her mouth, which caused him to kabedon her once again.
"Forget about Claus," he shouted.
His face suddenly moved closer to hers.
"I love you..."
That's when he suddenly went in for the kiss. The kiss was rough but it had a surprising amount of passion.
Rosella gasped and broke the kiss, putting her hands over her mouth.
"That was my...That was my first kiss," she whispered.
"Good," The Masked Man said blankly.
Rosella stood there with her hands still on her mouth. The Masked Man just stole her first kiss. She was saving that kiss for Claus! She knew he was Claus, but...everything was just so confusing for her.
The Masked Man looked at her, his expression softening again. Visions of her as a kid flashed in and out of his head as he kept staring at her, so he eventually looked away.
Rosella looked back at him in concern. He was clearly battling something internally. She held onto his hand.
The Masked Man blushed and raised a brow. "So you go from hugging another boy to holding my hand?" He said sarcastically.
"It's not like that," Rosella assured him, blushing.
The Masked Man looked into her eyes, another memory coming back to him.
"Hey, Lucas?" Claus called to his brother, wanting to talk to him one-on-one.
"Yeah, Claus?" Lucas responded, turning to face him.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Claus asked him.
"Anytime, bro," Lucas answered him.
"I...I know I say I don't have a crush on her but...I think I love Rosella," Claus admitted, blushing.
"You have a crush on her, too?" Lucas asked excitedly.
Claus's face cracked.
"Who else has a crush on her?!" He asked.
"I do," Lucas answered.
Claus's expression turned angry.
"How could you say that?! She's mine!"
The Masked Man suddenly started to tear up. He didn't know why he was crying, but he couldn't stop.
Rosella let out a concerned sigh and held him close. She took off his helmet and started giving him head pats, just like she did with Lucas earlier.
The Masked Man melted into her touch.
"I just want you to myself," the Masked Man told her, a bit of Claus seemingly coming out of him. "Is that so bad?"
Rosella, noticing the change in his voice, smiled a bit.
"Of course not," Rosella answered. "I just wish you would remember..."
"Then," the Masked Man said matter-of-factly. "Help me get my memories back..."
Rosella nuzzled into him.
"I'm trying my best, I promise..."
