Lucas was from a very prestigious clan. Not necessarily because they were rich, although they were, they were prestigious in fear. Everyone knew what they did, everyone tried to prevent it, but no one was able to do it. They did this on purpose though. They wanted everyone knowing what they did, they loved knowing everyone was incapable of stopping them. Lucas was no different from the rest of his clan. He loved doing those things.
Lucas was called on by his father, Flint, for the first time to do the entire process. He would usually just watch and do minimal things. Lucas needed to get ready for the big moment. He had a suit planned out. It was a back vest over a blue shirt. He also had black dress pants and shoes normally used for tap dancing. Lucas also had a golden necklace around his neck. He looked at himself in his large, glimmering, silver-plated mirror. "Heh, not bad Lucas, not bad," Lucas said to himself. He looked at the dresser that stood below the mirror. There he had two black gloves. He put them on, ensuring to add his little flair by letting the bottom of the glove to to slap into his wrist. He gave his reflection an evil grin.
Lucas made it to the sewers. The entrance to the sewer system was connected to their clan's factory-Cross's Cross stitch-which doubled as their hideout. Lucas walked down through the dark and musty sewer system. He always hated how they did their business there. He hated how dark it was, how it smelled, and he hated how something would always end up dripping onto his hair. Eventually, just by walking forward from the ladder, Lucas made it to a dead end. He cleared his throat and tapped his feet in a certain tone. The clan called it, The Love Theme. Once Lucas stopped tapping his feet a hidden door revealed itself in the wall, allowing Lucas to enter with no problem.
Inside was a large room. There were already a few people from his clan there, along with their victim. The two highest-ranked members of their clan-outside of his father-were there; Cloud Strife and Ren Amamiya. There were also two mid-ranked members there; Daisy and Luigi. Finally, there were two rookies; Blue and Pichu. Cloud stepped toward Lucas and bowed his head. "He's all prepped," Cloud said in his trade-marked "I couldn't care less" voice.
"Thank you, Mr. Strife." Cloud stepped back and Lucas saw Ren walking toward him with a chest and the clan's symbol, known as the Smash Ball. Ren opened the chest showing Lucas's two favorite weapons, a sharp stick and brass knuckles. Lucas grabbed both with a thankful nod. Lucas walked over to the blindfolded man tied to the chair.
"GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE! I've got nothing to say to you guys!" The man yelled. Lucas smirked down at the man before looking at the rookies. They, like all of the members of the clan, were in a very similar suit to Lucas's. However, the shirts were different in color. Blue had a different shade of blue, Pichu had yellow, Ren had red, Cloud had white, Luigi had green, and Daisy had orange. There was also a small pin in the top right corner of the vest to signify their rank. Rookies had a simple white ball, low-ranked members had the ball with a single slash, mid-ranked had two slashes, high-ranked had three slashes, and Groupers had four slashes. Lucas's immediate family were the only ones without this pin.
Lucas grabbed the man's blindfold and ripped it off. The man looked up and, just by the man's eyes, Lucas knew who it was. Lucas took a step back from the tied up buff man. The red gi, the short and wavy blond hair, the cocky way his eyes always seemed to be downgrading whoever he looked at, this was Ken Masters. Lucas crossed his arms. "Mr. Masters, we meet again."
"Lucas," Ken growled. His face was somewhat bruised and his arms were definitely bruised. Lucas shook his head. He picked up his stick and positioned it right under Ken's chin and forced him to look up.
"Name's Cross, better get that through your thick skull." Ken ripped his head away from Lucas's stick and growled under his breath. Lucas chuckled before putting on his golden brass knuckles. "You know, I saw that match on tv, you did really well." Ken looked back at Lucas with his smug smile.
"Then you know there's no way you can beat me in a fight."
"You're right, I'd never be able to beat in a fair fight." Lucas crouched and smiled. This smile made Ken's smug smile disappear, and worry to come over him. Lucas's eyes were also wide and so filled with venom and hatred that it sent a wave of fear through the rest of the clan members. "Where's the fun in a fair fight." Lucas stood back up as his smile disappeared, which was scarier to Ken than the smile. "Let's get down to business." Ken chuckled.
"Watching Disney movies now, guess you're still a kid." Lucas chuckled as well, making Ken worry.
"Hehe, yea…..I am a kid." Lucas stepped closer to Ken, making him worry more. Lucas lowered his head. "Then maybe a grown man who fights daily shouldn't lose to someone like me." Lucas moved his head back, and once Ken opened his mouth Lucas slammed his fist-with the brace knuckles-into the side of Ken's head. This shot Ken's face to his right and made him spit up blood. Ken moved his head back to Lucas and glared into his evil eyes.
"What does a kid even want with me?" Ken's worry started to show. His breathing grew panicked and his eyes started to shake. Lucas chuckled as he started to walk in circles around Ken.
"Oh, you need not give me anything, it's my father you fucked with."
"What're you talking about?"
"You signed a contract, you vowed to keep your promise, and you have the nerve to not remember it?" Lucas pointed the sharp end of his stick to the back of Ken's head.
"Pfft, what's a stick gonna do?"
"Say that to Mr. Ganondorf, you remember what happened to him….don't you." Fear pierced into Ken's heart. He could tell Lucas wasn't lying, which meant that what happened with Ganondorf was Lucas's doing. "That poor poor man thought it was a good idea to hit me, heheheh, I might've gotten a bit carried away." Ganondorf was found in the mall with his head split in two, severed from the rest of his body, an X slashed into his chest, and many vital organs missing from his body. Lucas made the point of his stick touch the back of Ken's head, making him more scared. "So, do you magically remember what that contract consisted of? Please, if you know, tell our lovely guests." Lucas said, motioning toward the other members of the clan, who knew not what Ken was in for.
"I…." Ken hesitated.
"Come on, there's no pressure….do it."
"I-I signed a c-contract to ensure my victory in t-the tournament."
"And what happened to the poor victims of this contract?"
"I-I…..I don't know."
"LIAR! I'll make sure you get worse than Mr. Ganondorf if you don't say it now." Ken gulped.
"T-they had their d-drinks sabotaged a-and it made them incapable of breathing a-after long amounts of sweating." Lucas chuckled as he took his stick away from Ken's head.
"Yes...those poor people had their chances of victory ripped away from your own selfishness," Lucas said as he walked around to be in front of Ken. He crouched back down and tilted his head. "Did you deserve the prize?"
"N-no…." Ken said, defeated.
"And what should come of this prize?"
"...It should go to second place." Lucas grinned as he looked over a Ren.
"Got it?" Ren nodded and pocketed the recording device. He gave a single nod to Cloud, before leaving. Lucas stood back up but kept his eye on Ken. "Now, about your end of the deal….where is it?"
"Wh-what?" Ken asked as he looked up at Lucas with a confused look.
"Oh please don't tell me you didn't read the fine print…..Ohohoh, this is priceless." Lucas snapped his fingers and Luigi ran toward him with a piece of paper. Lucas grabbed it without looking at Luigi and unraveled it-since it was rolled up like a scroll. "By signing this contract I hereby claim all the monetary success of the win to the Crossed," Lucas read. He lowered the paper to see a fear-ridden Ken. "So, where is it?"
"I…...I used the money already," Ken nervously chuckled. He stopped right as he saw Lucas's grin disappear into a straight and evil glare.
"You find going against our contract funny? 'Cause, to me, it's not. To me, it's like you're using us….and I hate when people use me. I hate it more than anything. So…...is this your type of comedy?" Lucas crouched right in front of Ken and looked into Ken's eyes with no change in his face. No smile, no twitching, no emotional eyes, it was just all blank.
"N-n-no, not at all. I-I was just nervous."
"You should be." Lucas stood back up and used two of his fingers to motion for Daisy to come to him. She brought a syringe with some type of pink liquid inside of it. Lucas flicked the needle before looking down at Ken with his dark eyes. "Those poor victims you almost made die, they didn't deserve what they got, so why don't I return the favor, for them." Lucas stabbed the needle into Ken's bicep and injected the liquid. Ken yelped in pain as Lucas ripped the syringe out. Lucas nodded toward Cloud. Cloud had access to a machine that adjusted the heat inside the room, and Lucas wanted him to bring up the heat. Lucas started to walk around Ken. "You're going to start sweating soon, I'm sure you know what that means for you." Ken, before he started sweating, took in a large and deep breath. Lucas grinned as he continued walking around. "Sure, you're holding your breath. But I doubt you'll last any longer than four minutes." The first droplet of sweat came down from Ken's cheek. "With each little droplet of sweat…." Another one came from Ken's other cheek, and the sudden realization of his current state came into his mind. He already started to feel his lungs lose oxygen. "...More and more air leaves your flawed body. This is what you made those poor people go through, how do you feel about yourself?" Lucas stopped in front of Ken and chuckled as he started to see the struggle in Ken's eyes. Lucas-with the fist that still had the brass knuckles-punched Ken's chest, making him gasp and losing more air. He started to gasp for air. Lucas nodded for Cloud to lower the temperature. "Let's see if you can last until the heat turns to normal."
The temperature was still lowering, but Ken's sweats still didn't subside. Ken slowly started turning to a sickening blue before purple. But right as he seemed to be about dead, he stopped sweating, allowing Ken to breathe. He didn't waste that chance. He looked up with a growl. "You get….some type of….sick pleasure from this…..don't you?" Lucas giggled.
"You read me like a book." Ken grinned as he looked down.
"W-well….you gonna let me go now?"
"Nope." Ken shot his head up, still not fully catching his breath.
"WHAT!" Lucas crossed his arms and closed his eyes.
"I really don't like how you fucked with us. You just used us to ensure your own victory." Lucas opened his eyes to show the devilish venom shooting out. The look in of itself was enough to freeze Ken in fear. "I hate it when people use me….and so I hate you," Lucas said with zero emotion in his voice and no change in the rest of his face. Lucas grabbed the chair and walked toward the exit.
"W-wait, p-please, w-what are you going to do to me?"
"I hope you like swimming." Lucas stopped at the edge of the small path he used to walk to the base. He placed the seat down to allow Ken to look down at the green and dirty water. Ken grimaced down at it. The water ran alongside the small path and, like the path, went into two directions. Unlike the path, however, both paths of water led down to a cleansing station where no human would be able to survive. Lucas side-eyed Ken. "Beautiful ain't it?"
"Y-yes?" Lucas put his hand on the back of the chair and smirked.
"I'm glad you like it….it's gonna be the last thing you'll see." Lucas then dipped Ken's head into the water and held him there. He saw the panic in Ken's hands; folding, clenching, balling up, shaking, etc. Seeing the panic pleased Lucas. A sick grin grew on Lucas's face. The other members, who moved to watch the scene, even grew slightly freaked out by the joy in Lucas's eyes. Ken's panic started to slow down, and within five minutes, he stopped moving. Lucas kicked Ken all the way in the water and watched as he flowed down and turned toward the right.
Lucas took a small breath before standing up straight and looking at the entrance to the large room. He started to walk toward it, making the other members panic slightly and run off. Lucas entered the large room and motioned for Cloud and Luigi to come to him. They did without any hesitation. They also had their hands behind the backs. "Who is the next unlucky fellow?"
"Her name is Min Min," Cloud said.
"And what is the context of her agreement?"
"She signed a contract to destroy the competition of all other noodle shops in Ultimatum, making Mintendo Noodle House the best and only noodle shop available," Luigi answered. Lucas nodded.
"And the fine print?"
"She was supposed to give 75% of her profit to us, but recently she has stopped," Cloud said. Lucas nodded to himself.
"Go retrieve her, and no need to make it quiet." Cloud and Luigi bowed as they closed their eyes.
"Of course, sir." They then ran out of the room. Lucas's eyes darted toward Daisy, and with that simple look, she knew to run over.
"Mrs. Daisy, are those the only rookies?" Daisy looked over at Blue and Pichu before looking back at Lucas.
"No sir. The boss said that he was still testing out the waters so he didn't want to risk all of his rookies," Daisy said. Lucas looked down with lowered eyes.
"He still doesn't believe in me?"
"He just believed that you could get a bit carried away. Mainly regarding the Ganondorf incident." Lucas looked up at Daisy.
"Mr. Ganondorf deserved it."
"I believe so too, however the boss wasn't too fond of it." Lucas groaned.
"Can you at least do me a favor and give me info on the other rookies." Daisy bowed her head and closed her eyes.
"Of course sir." She then ran out of the room. Lucas started walking toward the two rookies. Lucas crossed his arms as he looked down upon them. His glance fixated on Blue.
"Blue, correct?" Blue nodded, "What's your family name?"
"Inkling, sir," Blue answered in a bouncy voice. Lucas gave a nod of acknowledgment.
"And your family?"
"My sister, Orange Inkling, my mom, Red Inkling, and my dad, Purple Inkling. They all go by smaller nicknames, however. Would you like to know?" Lucas shook his head.
"No need." Lucas looked at Pichu. "Pichu?" Pichu nodded. "Your family name?"
"Pichu…." she said. Lucas tilted his head.
"If I may, sir?" Blue said. Lucas looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Um, Pichu is incapable of speaking English. I found her wandering the streets by herself, I doubt she has a family." Lucas nodded to himself before kneeling down to Pichu's level.
"Is that true?" Lucas asked. Pichu nodded and this brought a small, genuinely happy smirk to come from Lucas. "Well, no need to worry. I can pull some strings, you'll be speaking English within the month," Lucas happily said as he patted Pichu's head. Lucas stood back up and alternated looks between the two rookies. "For now though, head on home and relax. You'll be called whenever you're needed, and if anything about what we do, get out there, we will use our many connections to make you guys the prime example of what not to do. Are we clear?"
"Yes sir!" Blue yelled.
"Piiii!" Pichu tried her hardest. Lucas smirked.
"Well, go on now, no one's keeping ya." The two of the rookies ran off. Lucas watched them leave, and while they were leaving someone else was entering. It was Lucas's brother, Claus. He wasn't in his business uniform though. He chuckled as he walked toward Lucas.
"Well, that was enjoyable to watch," Claus said. Lucas playfully rolled his eyes.
"Yeah well, it was even more enjoyable doing it."
"Oh, I'm sure. I dealt with that famous racer the other day."
"Mr. Falcon?" Claus nodded. Lucas snapped his fingers. "I was hoping to get him." Claus shrugged. "Anyway, you not on the job today?"
"Nah, Dad said I could spend time with Ninten, but I wanted to see how my little brother was doing on his first real gig," Claus happily said as he wrapped his arm around Lucas's neck and rubbed his fist into Lucas's hair. Lucas chuckled as he playfully pushed Claus off.
"I'm only younger by, like, a minute."
"Still younger," Claus shrugged. They started to walk out of the room. Once they made it out, the door closed on its own.
"So, how's it going with you two?" Claus gave a satisfied sigh.
"Going really well, we hit third base last night."
"You player," Lucas chuckled as he softly jabbed Claus's gut.
"Well…" Claus giggled. "Oh, that's right," he snapped. He stopped moving, making Lucas confused. "I talked to him about finding you someone of your own." Lucas rolled his eyes and continued walking toward the ladder. "COME ONNNNN! You need to get out there. You don't want to be alone for the rest of your life, do ya?" Claus asked as he ran up to Lucas.
"I wouldn't mind it." Claus growled. He grabbed Lucas's arm and shot him around.
"You're giving it a try."
"Says who?" Lucas asked, crossing his arms.
"Your older and more superior brother."
"And what makes you superior?"
"I lost my V-Card before you, that's always been our promise, right?" Lucas scoffed as he looked away. He knew Claus was right. While they were younger and more naive, they made a promise that whoever lost their V-Card first will have eternal superiority over the other. This granted the superior to order the other around to a certain extent. Lucas groaned before turning back to Claus.
"Fine, I'll shoot my shot. But I'm telling you, I'm no relationship man." Lucas continued to the ladder.
"Well, what's your type?"
"My type?" Claus ran up to Lucas's side and nodded. Lucas hummed. "Uh, well, a smart guy, I guess. I dunno, I've never really thought about it."
"Welp, we'll just wing it."
"I doubt this'll end well."
"Pfft, what makes you say that?" Lucas grabbed onto the ladder and looked at Claus.
"I'm entrusting my future in yours and Ninten's hands….I'm scared shitless." Claus gave a quick nod, hesitating to even agree with Lucas.
"Fair enough." Lucas looked up the ladder.
"But….I guess I can't complain too much."
In Smash High, Ness was talking with a few of his friends at lunch. "No way, you failed?!" Young Link asked. Ness groaned loudly as he slammed his head into the table only to shoot it back up from the pain. He vigorously rubbed his forehead. "What's gonna happen with Baseball?" Ness lowered his arm and sighed.
"If I keep these grades up, I'm gonna fail the class and I'll be kicked out of Baseball." One of Ness's friends, Blue, crossed his arms as he looked at Ness.
"Why don't you get a tutor?" Blue asked.
"A tutor? Me? No one at the school sees me as anything but the star athlete, I can't go around asking for educational help. You know what they'll do."
"Just because you're the star athlete doesn't mean that's what everyone sees you as." Ness crossed his arms.
"You know someone then?" Blue smirked.
"Yea, his name is Lucas." Ness tilted his head with a raised eyebrow.
"Lucas? I didn't even know there was someone with that name here." Ness looked at Young Link for confirmation since he was at the school longer than Blue. Young Link simply shrugged.
"Don't look at me, I don't bother with introducing myself to people," Young Link said. Ness sighed before turning back to Blue.
"Well, where is he, I might as well give it a shot." Blue smirked as he stood up. He looked around the cafeteria and found Lucas sitting by himself in the corner of the room. Lucas didn't look like he enjoyed sitting by himself. He was clearly hating it, but it was a loneliness he knew he was going to feel. Blue pointed toward Lucas.
"Him, the boy sitting by himself," Blue pointed out. Ness stood up and saw who Blue was pointing at. Ness shrugged before walking toward him.
It didn't take long to make it to Lucas's table. Ness looked down at Lucas as he scrolled through Youtube aimlessly on his phone. Lucas soon felt the presence of someone over him so he looked up and saw Ness opposite him. "Do you mind?" Lucas asked. Ness was slightly surprised by the rather high-pitched voice the boy had. Ness cleared his throat.
"W-well, I was wondering if you could help me." Lucas turned his phone off and placed it down.
"You know who I am?"
"Lucas, correct?"
"That's all, nothing else?"
"Uhhh…." Ness scratched the back of his neck. "I heard that you could help tutor me soooo." Lucas closed his eyes and smiled. He liked how Ness didn't know who he was. He opened them back up and crossed his arms.
"Sure, I can help you." Ness instantly beamed.
"Really!" Lucas gave a small nod. "How much do you want?"
"Nothing, I'll do it for free."
"R-really?"
"Yea, I haven't got much to do so why not." Ness's happy smile showed Lucas how much he appreciated the action. Lucas stood up and extended his arm toward Ness. "Meet me at the front of the school after classes, ummm…"
"Oh, Ness," Ness said as he took and shook Lucas's hand. Lucas smirked and sat back down. Ness ran back to Blue and Young Link. When he was away, Lucas's phone buzzed. Lucas looked down at it and saw that Claus texted him.
Claus: Yo, Lucas, you free later?
Lucas: Depends on how late you want.
Claus: 8?
Lucas: I should be.
Claus: Cool, cool. Ninten and I found someone for ya.
Lucas: ….great…
Claus: better look your best later.
Lucas rolled his eyes as he turned the phone off. He sighed as he looked back over at Ness's table. He didn't exactly see Ness, but he could envision him. Should I make him sign a contract? He doesn't know what I am so that'd ruin his comfortability around me. Hmmm? Maybe not.
Lucas walked to the front of the school after classes. He saw Ness chatting with Blue. A single look at the two told Lucas all he needed to know. Lucas walked over to the duo and smiled toward Blue. "Well, nice to see you again," Lucas said, crossing his arms. Blue turned toward him and smiled.
"Hiya," he chuckled.
"You guys know each other?" Ness asked. Blue nodded.
"We met each other at work, speaking of which, I've gotta head over there." Blue looked at Lucas and gave a small bow before running off. Lucas looked out after him. He seems dedicated at least, he thought.
"So…." Lucas turned to Ness. "Where do we go now?" Lucas snapped his fingers.
"I know the perfect place, come on," Lucas said as he ran out of the school. Ness had to hurry to catch up to the surprisingly fast boy. Lucas led Ness through Ultimatum until he made it to his house. Lucas looked up at the basic house. It wasn't a house that stood out, which Lucas liked. Lucas looked over at Ness and saw that he was sweaty and breathing heavily. "What's up with you?"
"I never had…..to run over the….city like that." Ness looked up at Lucas, who showed no sign of being worn out from the run. He shook himself to stand up before finally looking at the house they stopped in front of. "Is this yours?"
"Mhm, one of them at least." Lucas walked to the door as Ness was left to think over what Lucas just said. He shook his head before running up to Lucas. Lucas led Ness into the house.
Inside the house, Lucas saw his dad eating at the table with his mom, Hinawa. "Hey, I wanna introduce someone." Lucas's parents turned toward him and saw Ness standing awkwardly next to Lucas. Flint stood up and started walking toward them. Ness felt a little intimidated by this so he slightly hid behind Lucas. Lucas kind of liked the feeling of protecting Ness. Flint stopped once he noticed the fear in Ness and that he was hiding further behind Lucas. He chuckled.
"Oh, sorry kid, didn't mean to frighten you," he lightheartedly said. Ness gulped. Lucas peered back and looked at Ness, who looked up at him. Lucas gave a nod. Ness looked back at Flint and let out a quick breath. He stepped away from Lucas and rubbed his arm.
"H-hi, I-I'm Ness," Ness struggled to say. Flint looked down at Ness, which made him more fearful. That was suddenly when something smacked the back of his head. Ness looked behind him and saw Hinawa walking toward him. She placed a hand in Ness's hair and smiled.
"Sorry for him, he loves it when people fear him," Hinawa said. Her voice was bubbly and nothing about her seemed dark whatsoever.
"WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT, NO I DON'T!" Flint yelled. Hinawa shot a look toward Flint which surrounded his entire body in fear. He took a step back as he nervously laughed. "I-I'll go c-clean the dishes." Flint ran away. Hinawa shook her head as she took a small step back to see both boys at the same time.
"So, what're the two of you doing?"
"I'm helping him with his studies," Lucas said. Hinawa looked at Lucas.
"Well, hun, could we chat for a bit?" Lucas nodded. He turned toward Ness, who was already looking at him and smiled.
"Try to get along with my dad while I'm gone," Lucas chuckled innocently.
"I-I'll try," Ness nervously said. Lucas's face grew serious and he stepped closer to Ness. Ness took a sudden step back. "Wh-what're you doing?" Lucas moved his head to Ness's ear.
"My dad loves hearing about sports, so try to run with that, K?"
"Uh, r-right." Lucas stepped back and grew another smile. He finally walked out of the house with Hianwa, leaving Ness. He gulped before walking toward Flint, who was washing dishes. "Uhh, M-Mr…..huh, never asked for Lucas's last name." Flint chuckled as he turned the water off and turned around.
"Cross," Flint said.
"Thanks, Mr. Cross—" Ness knew the name Cross. Ness took a fearful step back as he looked at the innocently smiling Flint. "I-I heard that name before."
"Oh, the clan?" Ness gulped as he nodded. "Yea, not gonna lie, my brother runs it." Ness straightened up.
"YOUR BROTHER WHAT?!"
"Shhh, Lucas doesn't know, I wanna keep him out of this." Ness covered his mouth as he nodded. Flint crossed his arms. "Lucas never brought anyone to the house, and the last thing I want is for the person he brings to be afraid of him because of his family's mistakes." Ness looked over at the front door and just imagined Lucas. Ness shook his head before looking back at Flint.
"Don't worry, I doubt I'll be afraid of him. He's helping me stay in baseball anyway, so i don't have much of a choice." Flint's eyes widened.
"You….play Baseball?" Ness nodded.
"As long as I can keep my grades in check, I'll keep playing it." Flint grew a giddy smile as he grabbed Ness's arm to sit on the table.
"What position do you play?"
"Well….."
Meanwhile, Lucas and Hinawa stood right outside their house. Lucas was up against the wall while Hinawa was standing in front of him. "So, what contract did he sign?" Hinawa asked.
"I didn't want him to sign one," Lucas said.
"Really? That's very unlike you." Lucas looked away. "You're always very eager to make anyone sign a contract for any reason."
"I-I know…." Lucas looked back at his mom. "W-well I decided t-to be nice for free." Hinawa crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing Lucas.
"What's the real reason you didn't make him sign one?" Lucas looked down and sighed.
"Claus said I should get out there and I'm kinda scared of who they picked out for me, so….."
"I see." Hinawa giggled and ruffled Lucas's hair. "You're trying to find your special person." Lucas shot his head up.
"T-THAT'S NOT IT! I just don't want Claus too."
"Whatever helps you sleep at night," Hinawa said as she patted Lucas's back and opened the front door. Lucas sighed before shooting toward the door and entering the house. He closed the door and then saw Ness happily conversing with his dad. He couldn't help but bring a smile onto his face.
"H-hey, Ness, wanna start?" Ness turned toward Lucas and nodded. He gave a small bow toward Flint before hopping off the chair. He started to run toward Lucas, but Hinawa grabbed his arm on his way, stopping him. Ness looked up at her.
"Hey…." he said, slightly pained from her grip. Hinawa lowered her head to Ness's ear and whispered something. Whatever she whispered left Ness surprised as he looked at Lucas. Even after Hinawa let go of Ness, he still stood there gawking at Lucas. Lucas tilted his head.
"Hey! Earth to Ness." Ness shook his head and ran over.
"S-sorry."
"What'd she say?" Ness looked back at Hinawa as she sat opposite Flint. Ness looked back and smiled happily.
"Nothing, don't worry." Lucas tilted his head and looked at his mom. She simply gave an obviously fake innocent smile. That was when Lucas felt Ness grab his hand. Lucas took a step back and gave his surprised look to Ness.
"Wha—"
"Come on, we don't have all day."
"Uhhh….." Ness saw something start to come out of Lucas's nose, and quickly realized he was bleeding.
"Lucas, your nose!" Ness said, concerned.
"Umm…" Lucas shot his head away from Ness and vigorously rubbed the blood away before looking back at Ness. "What about it?" Ness started to giggle which made Lucas happy. "Umm, w-well, my room is this way." He started to lead Ness-who still held his hand-through the small hall toward his room. He enjoyed the feeling of Ness's hand. Truth is, he knew who Ness was prior to their meet, but he didn't really bat an eye toward him. Lucas only knew Ness due to him being the star Baseball player, and so he assumed Ness would be an egotistical bastard so he didn't bother with trying to meet with him. In fact, he wanted to make Ness sign a contract to hopefully ruin him, but when push came to shove, he couldn't do it.
They made it into Lucas's room. Lucas closed the door as Ness walked further into the large room. One specific poster caught Ness's eye. Ness walked over to the Haikyu poster and tilted his head. "You watch anime?" Lucas looked at Ness with a confused look before finally seeing the poster. Crap forgot that was there, Lucas thought. Lucas nervously laughed.
"W-well, it's kinda—"
"No need to be nervous, it's cool." Ness turned around and smirked.
"You're pretty accepting, aren't ya?"
"I like to think so." Lucas walked over to his bed and sat down. Ness saw that there was a bean bag chair in the corner, grabbed it, and moved it closer toward the bed. He sat in and melted into the chair. "You like that?"
"Ohhhh, yea…" Ness said, completely dazed by the feeling. Lucas giggled.
"W-well, about the tutoring." Ness sat up, getting through his dazed state. "What subject do you need help with?"
"Chemistry, I suck at it."
"Ahh, most people do." Lucas laid down onto his bed and looked at his roof. He hummed to himself as he thought of a way to help.
"Could you help with that?"
"To some extent. I'm not a chemistry master, but I think I'll know enough." Ness shot out of the bean bag.
"Thank you!" Lucas sat up and saw the happiness in Ness's face. Lucas was mainly focused on Ness's wide smile. Once more, he really enjoyed it.
"You have a nice smile."
"I have a what?" Ness asked as that smile disappeared. Lucas stood up from the bed.
"I was just saying you have a nice smile." Lucas then walked over to the corner of his room, where a computer stood on a desk. Ness looked down as he thought about what Lucas said. He sort of liked the compliment. He knew it was a basic one, but it was one he really enjoyed. He turned around and the vision of Lucas's smile came into his head.
"W-well, you have a good one too." Lucas peered back at Ness and grinned. He looked back at the computer as Ness started walking toward it. That was when Lucas had the help of the computer to tutor Ness. Lucas tutored Ness for a few hours.
When they were done, Lucas turned the computer off and turned toward Ness, who was on the bean bag once more. He was worn out from all of the lessons. "Sorry about all that, it's way confusing, I know."
"No, no….it's cool." Lucas turned back to the screen, which was now off. He gave a defeated sigh as soon as he realized what time it was, which he assumed due to the brightness outside.
"I've got a question." Ness sat up.
"Yea?" Lucas twisted around and gave Ness a serious look.
"My….my brother is trying to get me to date."
"Isn't that good?"
"I guess it is, but I don't think I'm dating material." Ness crossed his arms as he thought.
"Not confident I see."
"So, do you think I am?" Ness shrugged.
"Not sure, we didn't really do anything for me to analyze your dating skills."
"Oh…." Lucas turned away. Ness felt bad. He then got an idea.
"But I know how I can check." Lucas shot back around. Ness saw Lucas now suddenly beaming. "We could go on a fake date to test it." Lucas calmed down slightly.
"Are you comfortable with that?"
"I don't see why not, it's a fake date, right?" Lucas rubbed the back of his neck.
"R-right."
"Here, let's go right now, I know the perfect place," Ness said as he shot up from the bean bag. "Oof, but wait, I don't have fancy clothes for that place." Lucas looked at his closet. He knew he wasn't allowed to wear his suit outside of business hours, but he really wanted to go on this faux date. Claus wouldn't mind if Ness borrowed his, right? Lucas thought. He chuckled before turning back to Ness.
"I have some, wait here." Lucas ran to the closet and opened it. He searched the closet until he found his suit hanging up. He grabbed it and showed Ness. "Will something like this work?" Ness tilted his head, analyzing the suit.
"It should. Can I see it on you?" Lucas nodded. He placed the suit aside and started to get undressed. Once Lucas took off his shirt Ness started blushing so he shot around. Despite facing away, Ness couldn't help the urge to look back at Lucas as he took off his shorts. He kept his eyes where Lucas's goodies would be. Once he saw them he shot his head back around, blushing even more. The hell's wrong with you?! You just met him, don't gawk at him like that. He's just like the boys in the locker room. He's just got a good physique…..good looking skin…..and his…..stuff looks good too. ARGH, YOU SERIOUSLY NEED HELP, NESS! Ness thought.
"Ok, look." Ness turned around and saw Lucas in the suit. Lucas adjusted the vest a bit before looking back up at Ness.
"Woah…." Lucas tilted his head.
"Is that a bad 'Woah' or a good one?"
"You're um"—Ness started to rub his neck as he cleared his throat—"you're pretty handsome in that," Ness awkwardly said. Lucas chuckled nervously and smiled. Seeing Lucas's wide smile didn't help Ness's inner thoughts. Damn, his smile is still great.
"W-well, you look like you'll be able to fit in my brother's suit, so let's go." Lucas walked to his door but looked back before opening it. He saw the hesitation in Ness's face and raised his eyebrows.
"Will your brother be ok with it?" Lucas shrugged.
"He doesn't have a choice, now come on," Lucas motioned for Ness to follow him. They left the room and didn't have to walk far until they made it to Claus's room. Inside the room, Lucas found the suit in the closet. It looked like Lucas's but with yellow instead of blue. He handed it to Ness. "You think it'll fit?" Ness grabbed it.
"Well, there's only one way to know." He put it aside and started to undress. Much like Ness, Lucas shot around but slightly looked back at Ness. Unlike last time though, Ness knew Lucas was doing this. He also got some enjoyment out of knowing this. It didn't take him too long to put on the suit. Lucas fully turned around and saw Ness's sly smirk.
"Why're you smiling like that?"
"Why were you watching me so intently?" Lucas's face flushed with red.
"Nononononononono," Lucas rapidly shot, "I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't watch you change." Lucas nervously laughed as he rubbed the back of his neck. "W-what'd make you say that?" Ness's sly smirk grew as he walked closer to Lucas. Lucas didn't move, he did feel smaller the closer Ness got, however. Neither was too much taller than the other, but Lucas still felt smaller. Lucas gulped. "S-sorry…." Ness started cackling. Lucas tilted his head.
"Ohhh, boy…." Ness said after cackling as he put his hand on Lucas's shoulder. "You're a card, you know that?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lucas puffed up. Ness patted Lucas's shoulder and backed up. He extended his arms to his side, showing himself in the suit.
"How's it look?" Lucas looked Ness up and down and blushed more.
"You look….g-great." Ness lowered his arms.
"You don't sound like you mean it." Lucas shook his head instantly.
"Nono, I do. You look so damn handsome in that suit," Lucas said before covering his mouth with his hands. "I-I mean…." Ness started laughing.
"You know, this fake date won't be half bad." Lucas lowered his hands and grinned.
"I'm glad." Both boys stared into each other's eyes. Unknown to the other, they were both feeling the same thing. They both wanted to spend more time together. Their-surprisingly comfortable-moment was broken by Hianwa clearing her voice. Both boys shot their heads toward her, and once Lucas saw who it was he jumped in front of Ness to try and hide him, despite the fact she already saw what he was wearing. "H-hi mom." Hinawa crossed her arms and tilted her head.
"So...why are both of you in those suits?" she asked. Lucas nervously laughed.
"W-we're not….y-you're just drunk and seeing things," Lucas nervously said.
"I didn't drink anything…." Hinawa looked down, "At least I don't think." She shook her head and gave a stern looked to Lucas. She saw Ness's head pop out from Lucas's side. "I know I didn't drink anything." Ness looked up at Lucas's worried expression then moved his head to his ear.
"Why can't she know?" Ness whispered.
"She just….can't," Lucas whispered back.
"So he doesn't know, I assumed so," she said under her breath. "Step aside Lucas, let me see Ness."
"Do-don't hurt him, please?" Hinawa's eyes slightly widened at what Lucas said. Not once has he ever cared about someone-who wasn't family-enough to want them to be protected. The worried look in Lucas's eyes told her everything she wanted to know. If she laid a hand on Ness, Lucas would lash out. She never planned on it, but she had a small urge to see her son lash out. She was able to suppress that urge though. Lucas stepped aside, showing Ness in Claus's outfit. He was standing awkwardly with his very own nervous look in his eyes. The look was different from Lucas's though. Ness wasn't worried about himself, he was worried that he could've gotten Lucas into trouble.
"You're a Baseball player, right?" Hinawa asked. Ness took a small step back as his eyes widened.
"Wh-what? How do you know that?" Ness asked. He looked at Lucas, who just shrugged, then looked back at Hinawa.
"I was told." She took a few steps closer to Ness and looked deeply into his eyes. "My son is a ball that's hard to analyze and thus, hard to hit. You seemed to have managed to hit him, but what's next? First base, a foul, or an out. I have my bets." Hinawa looked at Lucas, who was completely out of the loop. He just looked between his mom and Ness with a confused expression. Ness straightened up and puffed out his chest.
"I'm going to first base, so don't think I won't," Ness said with determination overflowing in his voice. Lucas looked at Ness and felt slightly inspired by the way he said what he said. Hinawa chuckled as she walked back toward the door. She peered back to Ness and grinned.
"Who's to say I wasn't betting on that."
"I….um….don't know what's happening," Lucas said, completely and utterly confused. Ness grinned back toward her. Lucas looked between the two who were just staring at each other, almost like they were talking in their minds. "Can either of you explain what the hell is going on, 'cause I'm quite confused." Hinawa finally walked away. Ness turned toward a still confused Lucas.
"Let's go to our date."
"Y-you forgot about the fake part," Lucas nervously pointed out.
"I know….are you ready?" Lucas's confusion soon broke away. He smiled and looked at the door.
"Not in the fucking slightest, but let's go."
The two of them made it to a fancy hotel, which doubled as a buffet, called Threshers. They two boys walked in and Lucas's eyes widened when he saw the host at the front. The host was Snake, one of the higher-ranked members of Crossed. Snake's eyes widened before bowing down since Lucas was in his outfit. "S-sir, I-I apologize if I was supposed to be on duty, I didn't know," Snake pleaded. Ness raised an eyebrow before turning toward Lucas.
"Snake never acted like this before….why's he scared of you?" Ness asked. Lucas nervously laughed as he stepped closer to Snake.
"We're not….this is a date, so don't blow my damn cover," he whispered to Snake.
"Y-yes, sir." Lucas stepped back and grinned toward Ness.
"Well, shall we?" Ness gave a look toward Lucas that Lucas could tell meant he felt slightly suspicious about the interaction he just had. He decided to just follow Lucas, who was following Snake, toward their seat.
The boys sat in their seats, which ended up just being couches. There was a rather large table in between them. "Please, no need to pay at all sir and everything is up for grabs," Snake said as he bowed. Ness beamed toward the man.
"REALLY! FREE!" Snake chuckled before walking away. Ness turned toward Lucas and tilted his head. "It's only free because you're here, isn't it?" Lucas grinned.
"Maybe, what if I'm popular?" Lucas asked as he slightly leaned over the table. Ness giggled as he sat back and crossed his arms.
"Then I better make sure no one steals you away," Ness winked. Lucas giggled as he stood up.
"Well, I'm gonna go grab my food, wanna come." Ness shot up.
"OF COURSE!" Both boys walked away from their seats. Ness stayed next to Lucas. He saw that the other people inside the hotel seemed to know who Lucas was, and they all seemed somewhat fearful of him.
"Hello, Lucas," a deep and scraggly voice said from behind the boys. They turned around. Ness saw that it was a popular gang leader, K Rool-nicknamed The Kremling King. K Rool grinned down at Ness. "Oooo, and you're with a cute boy." Ness gulped as he retreated behind Lucas. He peeked his head out slightly and saw the smug look on K Rool. "Oh come on, boy, I'm not a bad guy. Not like your boyfriend." K Rool looked at Lucas, making Ness even more suspicious, but he stayed behind Lucas, slightly gripping his arm. Lucas looked up at K Rool without a hint of fear of worry.
"Mr. Rool, now's not the time, I'd really appreciate it if you left us alone," Lucas said. Ness noticed his voice was slightly different. It was a voice capable of sending chills through someone's body. It was high yet showed hints of evil and venom.
"Pfft, listen, boy, I know you had something to do Ganondorf, and now the popular Ken Masters was found dead...very suspicious." K Rool lowered his head to only be a few inches from Lucas's.
"Mr. Rool, please, your breath alone is a crime, more or less making minors suffer smelling it." Ness covered his mouth to muffle his chuckling. K Rool instantly shot his head toward Ness.
"You really shouldn't be associating yourself with this boy…." K Rool stood back up, "...Or you make yourself an enemy with me, and you don't want that." Ness hid further behind Lucas, while Lucas got a little angry.
"Don't you dare threaten him, he has nothing to do with this, Mr. Rool." Ness loved how protective Lucas was. K Rool started laughing. He stepped to Lucas's left side, prompting Ness to retreat to the front of Lucas, and lowered his head.
"Don't try to sound tough, kid. I'll show you what involving innocent people in your little game entails….you better count your prayers." K Rool finally started walking away. Ness saw Lucas's composed face turn worried and fearful. Ness turned back to K Rool and felt an immense amount of anger overfilling his body. He walked toward K Rool.
"YOU WON'T DO SHIT, YOU FUCKING COWARD!" Ness yelled. K Rool looked back.
"Oh really, and who are you to tell me that." Ness stood up straight. He didn't feel scared anymore. He knew Lucas was scared, and this destroyed any fear in him. Lucas just looked at Ness, wide-eyed.
"You may have beef with Lucas, but that also means you have beef with me. And just because we're younger doesn't mean we can't defend ourselves."
"I said, who are you to tell me that, not who are you guys?" Ness balled up his hands.
"My name is Ness Crowl, and Lucas is mine, so if you do anything to him or his goddamn family….I'll return the favor tenfold," Ness intensely said. The way he said it made Lucas slightly scared. K Rool, despite never admitting it, was also frightened by the determination of Ness.
"Pfft, whatever kid, keep dreaming." K Rool said as he turned back around to continue walking away. Ness was about to follow him, but then Lucas stopped him by putting his hand on Ness's shoulder. Ness turned toward Lucas.
"No, no matter how determined you are, you won't be able to handle him when he's angry," Lucas said, much calmer than his face showed. K Rool opened the door and looked back.
"Oh yea, poor poor Min Min. She was only 18...and guess what happened to her?" Lucas glared at him. "Oh, wait, I think you already know what happened to her, well, let's do this again sometime," K Rool winked.
"Min Min? The ramen lady?" Ness asked himself. K Rool finally left the hotel, leaving the boys with a large number of scared pedestrians. Lucas let out a sigh. He turned back to Ness.
"Listen, what you did back there—"
"I just couldn't let him talk to you like that, I had to do something," Ness cut Lucas off. Lucas shook his head.
"Not that. I'm wondering what you meant by 'my Lucas'?"
"Oh…." Ness nervously chuckled as he took a few steps back. He started rubbing his neck as he thought up an excuse. Lucas crossed his arms waiting. "I didn't really expect to say that...i-it just sorta-kinda came out."
"What does it mean though?" Ness looked down.
"I….maybe it meant I wanted to be with you….but that makes no sense, we didn't even complete our first date. So why….why did I say that…." Ness suddenly went on a rail of words, mumbling to himself. Lucas just sighed, not being able to hear or understand most of what he was saying.
"Listen…." This broke's Ness's word rail, "I like you too, I think at least. But…." Lucas started walking toward the doors to the hotel. "K Rool was right, you shouldn't be associating yourself with me, I'm just a liability."
"No, you're not—"
"STOP LYING!" Ness jumped back slightly. "I've been seeing you get more and more suspicious of me, so stop lying to me and to yourself." Lucas looked back at Ness as he opened the door. Ness saw a stream of tears falling from the only eye he was able to see. "I don't want you ruining your future because you decided to be with me. So….bye." Lucas didn't wait for Ness to respond before leaving.
Ness looked down. He wasn't sad though. He simply thought. He mainly thought about the words Hianwa told him. Lucas isn't what he seems, so please, can you get past that….for him? Hinawa's words repeated in his mind. He then continued to think about what Flint said about their family being connected to Crossed, Snake's weird reaction when he saw Lucas, and K Rool's entire reason for being frightening. Ness turned around and saw Snake dealing with a customer. "Mr. Snake?" Snake turned around and walked over.
"Yes, sir?"
"Lucas….where is he going?" Snake looked away.
"I….can't say."
"If you tell me, I'll make sure you stay protected. That bastard K Rool is going to do something to Lucas, I need to be there to protect him." Snake sighed.
"...the…..the factory, Cross's Cross Stitch," Snake whispered before turning around.
"Thank you, Mr. Snake," Ness bowed before running out of the hotel.
Lucas entered the large room where he dealt with Ken. There was someone new in the chair. He still had the same crew around him, however. The new person in the chair was K Rool. Lucas's face was serious but his eyes were sad. He ripped the blindfold off of K Rool and growled. "You bastard…." Ren leaned toward Cloud.
"He's never this mad, what's the deal?" Ren asked.
"Unsure. I thought this stemmed from petty gang rivalry, but…." Cloud said.
"No way this is that simple," Ren finished. Lucas shot his evil look toward the two men. They both shot up straight with fear.
"S-sorry, sir!" They yelled. Lucas-full of rage-shakily turned back toward K Rool.
"You think just because you're a big and strong Aligator you get to threaten anyone you want, huh?" Lucas said calmly, yet he still showed his anger.
"I'm actually a crocodile," K Rool smugly corrected.
"I don't give two flying fucklets of fuck." K Roll smirked.
"Man, for a kid, your profanity is off the hook." Lucas's face started to twitch. Every part of his face, aside from his saddened eyes, showed just how angry he was. He didn't waste this anger and put it all in his fist to punch K Rool's face. K Rool just chuckled though. "You have very weak punches without those brass knuckles of yours." He turned back toward Lucas's twitching face. He was doing everything he wanted to do. He was making Lucas insane.
Cloud and Ren looked at each and nodded. Cloud ran over. "Listen, sir, you're losing it, please, allow us to—" Cloud tried to say.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME STRIFE!" Lucas whipped his arm back and pelted it into Cloud's neck, making Cloud collapse. He looked up at Lucas as Ren came over to help him up.
"Lucas, you're allowing him to get to you, please, calm down—" Ren tried to spit out.
"Screw off and fuck your beloved detective prince." Lucas shot his head back toward the cackling K Rool. Lucas's face started twitching more.
"YOU SACK OF SHI—"
"Lucas?" a deep but soft concerned voice said.
"What?" Lucas growled as he turned toward the sound of his voice. Once he saw the source, his eyes widened. It was Ness. Ness looked around at everyone, but his eyes stopped on Lucas and K Rool. K Rool was tied to the chair and Lucas was steaming. "Ness...what're you doing here?" Lucas asked as his anger seemingly completely gone, along with his twitching.
"I was concerned so I...followed you. They let me in because of the suit…." Ness looked around at the scene once more. "The hell's going on here?"
"Ness, leave, this is too dangerous for you."
"For once, I'm with the kid," K Rool agreed. Lucas shot a glance toward K Rool, who then gave a sarcastic sorry look.
"Lucas….?" Ness questioned as he once again focused his attention on Lucas and K Rool. Lucas hesitated to look back at Ness, but when he did, he saw the concern in Ness's face. "Are you….are you a part of Crossed? Is this….Crossed?" Lucas looked down.
"I don't blame you for being scared. But please, I have a business." Lucas turned away from Ness. Ness looked down to allow himself to think. This isn't the best business for someone to be in, so why….why do I want to help him? Aaah screw it, mom would kill me if she heard I was a part of this thing, but fuck it, Ness thought. He shot up his determined face to look at Lucas who refused to look at him.
"Then let me help you." Lucas quickly looked at Ness, completely against the idea of having Ness help him.
"NEVER….I don't want you getting hurt." Ness walked to Lucas. Lucas tried to look down, but Ness grabbed Lucas's chin and made him look into his eyes.
"You can't spell business without my name...so allow me to be busi with you," Ness said. This brought a small smile to Lucas's face.
"That's a bit of a stretch—" K Rool tried to say but was cut off by a punch from Lucas. Lucas didn't even look at K Rool as he did it.
"Y-you sure, if you help then you can get charged for murder if they finally get us," Lucas said, trying to get Ness to change his mind. Ness simply smiled lightheartedly.
"Pfft, whatever. We'll be charged together, that's all that matters," Ness happily said. Lucas couldn't help but have his small smile grow.
"Blegh, you guys are gross," K Rool insulted. Lucas saw Ness's eyes instantly change to be full of evil and venom.
"May I shut him up?"
"Sure, but one thing," Lucas said as he backed up. He waved for Cloud to come over. He did, but this time he had the case that held his stick, and his brass knuckles. He grabbed the brass knuckles and held them toward Ness. He took them and put them on.
"Ahh, this'll work wonders." Without any hesitation, he slammed his fist into K Rool's face. This time, it was obvious it hurt. K Rool even spat out a tooth. He gave a fearful look toward Ness.
"If you mess with me, you mess with the Kremlings," K Rool tried to threaten, but it clearly didn't work. Ness chuckled.
"Pfft, you don't think I know that. You insult my intelligence. But….as you can see….no one here gives a shit." He continuously punched K Rool's face. Lucas grabbed his stick and walked to the back of K Rool.
"Hey, Ness?" Lucas questioned. Ness stopped punching and tilted his head.
"Yea?"
"Do you mind if you get blood on that suit?" Ness simply shrugged.
"It's not mine, so go off." Lucas grinned and held up his stick.
"What're you doin—" K Rool was cut off with Lucas's stick going through the back of K Rool's head and popping out his eye. K Rool's head instantly went limp. Lucas ripped his stick back, making sure the eye was no longer on it and walked to Ness's side.
"Gross…." Ness said as he looked at the blood over his suit.
"Ness?" Ness looked to his right, at Lucas, but then Lucas suddenly collided his lips into Ness's. Ness didn't fight back against the kiss, however, and melted into it. They stopped but didn't move their heads away from each other. "You think we're going a little too fast?"
"I just helped you kill a gang leader the day we met….I doubt kissing the day we met comes anywhere close."
"Good, 'cause I don't plan on stopping with just a kiss," Lucas slyly grinned.
"Say again?" Ness asked, slightly thrown off by the sudden lewdness in Lucas's face.
"Well, shit," a familiar voice said. Lucas shot around and nervously chuckled.
"H-hi, Claus," Lucas nervously said as he hid Ness behind him. "Don't move, Ness," he whispered back. Claus crossed his arms and tilted his head.
"Who's behind you?"
"N-no one," Lucas said as he gave Claus a fake smile.
"Oh...well, I found my suit missing, what's that about?" Lucas simply chuckled.
"Oh, well, that sucks."
"It really does…." Claus looked over at Blue. "Well, did you do what I told you to do?" Blue bowed his head.
"Yes, sir, I told Ness about Lucas." Ness raised his eyebrow as he looked at Blue.
"Huh...I never noticed him. I'm a sucky friend," Ness said to himself. Lucas looked back at Ness, knowing that Claus knew about him, and tilted his head.
"Blue told you to talk to me?" Lucas asked. Ness nodded.
"He told me that I needed to get better grades and that you'd help with that." Claus saw his suit on Ness's body and his eyes widened.
"MY DAMN SUIT! IT'S COVERED IN BLOOD! WHAT THE HELL!" Claus yelled. Claus shook his head and stepped forward. "Oh, by the way, that grade was a fake."
"Say again?" Ness asked, with Lucas fully walking out of Ness's way.
"We have connections with the school and had them fake your grades to help us." Ness's nose twitched.
"My mom yelled at me for getting an F. She had me cleaning the entire goddamn house with a two-inch toothbrush every day since my grades came out," Ness slowly said. His voice may have been slow, but each word punched Claus.
"Well, sorry. But you should at least apologize for my poor suit." Ness growled as he looked at Lucas.
"May I beat the shit out of your brother, Lukey?" Lucas grinned toward Claus, who was starting to get nervous.
"As if I'd let you do that alone," Lucas said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Hehe, c-come on. W-we're all family here...r-right?" Claus nervously said.
"Right….so this will just be a little family feud. Mr. Strife….close the door." Claus tried to turn around to leave the room before the door closed, but Ness grabbed his arm.
"You're not going anywhere."
"AAAAAAAAAAAH SORRY!" Claus yelled continuously as the two boys didn't hold anything back. After the fight, they simply said it was loving taps, but Claus wasn't even able to hear them with his somehow swollen ears. Later on, Ness was officially a part of Crossed, with his own suit. The two boys continued with their crimes for months to come. All was fine….until….
"You're pregnant," the doctor said to Lucas as he was on the hospital bed. He looked over at Ness.
"WHATTTT!"