Chapter 3


	At the crack of dawn, Nikana and Poo awaited at Ness' house. Ness and Nikana agreed that Ness would have made his final decision by the crack of dawn of the next morning.
	After a few minutes waiting outside, the front door creaked open and Ness stepped out and joined his friends. 
	With a smile, Ness greeted, "Good morning. I have made my decision."
	Nikana's face remained expressionless and straight. There was no expression to be read in her sparkling, smokey gray hazel eyes, nor did she send body language to express. The girl stood still and slightly looked down at the young boy.
	"So what is your decision?" Nikana asked as she crossed her arms.
	"I am going to help you," Ness answered, "but first let me ask you something; do you trust me on my word?"
	The group stood silently for a moment and no one seemed to fidget. Nikana finally answered, "I don't put my full trust on people when I haven't got to know them much. However, I work with them for the better. You probably don't trust me either since we've only met within a day. The only two things you must trust are how I train you to fight and the powers I grant you. When the time has come to do a serious difficult battle with The Master Hand, I won't be there to help you much. Neither would your friends, but they are more welcome to watch the fight."
	"How long does Ness have to train?" Poo asked Nikana.
	"Because you guys are having something called ‘Summer Vacation', I won't be forced to train you too long. However, we would do some SERIOUS training for a full week. Lucky that I didn't push it for two weeks."
	"For a week?" Ness whined. "Why does it have to be that long?"
	"I've used to train my fighters for four full days. Due to my six failures with them, I've extended my days of preparation. I will be very harsh, but it's the only way to learn and to become strong. For now, I am about to grant you one of the powers that I stole from The Master Hand."
	She slowly extended her arm out and her fingertips landing on the young boy's forehead. With a soothing tone of voice, Nikana ordered, "Close your eyes and open you mind."
	Ness did as what Nikana had told him to do. He felt a little nervous about the new power he was going to receive and use, but then something else happened inside him. Ness felt an unexpected calmness among him and his nervousness and worrying had quickly faded. It was odd, but it wasn't the only thing what Ness had noticed. Nikana's cold fingers became suddenly warm and Ness sensed something scanning through his brain. He also felt a new memory being added. . . something powerful being added.
	After a brief minute, Nikana removed her fingers from Ness' forehead and stood back. Ness opened his black-disc eyes and slowly looked around him, not alert to anything. He gazed at Nikana lazily and calmly asked, "What did you do to me. . .?"
	"Don't worry about how you feel." Nikana reassured the boy. "It's part of the memory process and its purpose is to help open people's minds while receiving powers. The power you've received is called ‘PK Fire'. This power enables you to shoot a fire disc from your fingertips and to set your opponents on fire. Come, let us practice somewhere else where there would be no disturbance."
	Nikana grabbed Poo's and Ness' arms, shut her eyes and the threesome disappeared from Ness' front lawn.


	Poo, Ness, and Nikana landed in an endless, open field.  Small, golden-yellow grass stood up from the ground and the landscape had some small, wide hills. No trees stood to provide shade and no life forms were to be found other than the small group of three. The sky was brightly sunny and cloudless.
	"What is this place?" Poo wondered out loud.
	"You are in another dimension." Nikana replied. "I consider this open area as one of the training grounds that I've created."
	"So you do posse physic abilities." Ness assumed.
	"They aren't officially mine." Nikana corrected. "Anyhow, I'll tell you about what I have later. We don't have the time to socialize any more from this point on. I had told you enough about what will happen and what I've planned to do with you. Now, let's get started."
	She slowly closed her hazel eyes again. Suddenly, a small figure appeared out of thin air and stood on its hind legs. The figure was no bigger than Ness, but had an unrealistic appearance. The creation was green and its body was made up of symmetrical shapes as if it were a 3D stained glass sculpture. It had small arms, a round body and pointed ears that looked like rabbit ears.
	Nikana opened her eyes and stared at the creature as Ness and Poo stared at it in awe. The young teenage girl slipped her cloak off her body and had worn a green tunic and boots underneath the cloak. Her cloak flew with the strong breeze and farther away from the group. 
	Ness glanced back at Nikana and asked, "What the heck is THAT thing?"
	"Ness, meet ‘Polygon Pikachu'." She said with a smile. "The Master Hand has Polygon figures like these except his are purple and mine are green. I can control this creation of mine as if it were a remote controlled robot. First, I'm going to allow you to target practice a little with the new acquired power I gave you. Just point your fingers at Polygon Pikachu, call out the name of the power and watch."
	Ness nodded as he stood in his ready position, pointed both fingers at Polygon Pikachu and called out, "PK Fire!"
	Suddenly a disc of flame shot out from his fingertips and nailed Polygon Pikachu. The tiny disc grew into a large flame and caught on Polygon Pikachu. The figure fell back and hit the ground as Ness repeated the process over and over again. Poo stood back and watched in amazement. Afterwards, Ness stopped and said with excitement to Poo, "Wait till Paula and Jeff see this!"
	Nikana looked at Ness and said, "Before you become too cocky with your powers, I want you to promise me that you will not show anyone except your three friends your powers."
	"Ohhhhh! So you want this to be secretive about this, huh?" 
	"I'm not playing around, Ness. Don't you do-"
	"Alright! I won't! I was just kidding! By the way, when am I going to get my next power?"
	Nikana smiled in a sly way and said, "That's the catch. When you think you're ready to fight against me and perform well to my judgement, I will hand it to you. However, I would like to see some of your own fighting moves and what you plan to use."
	Ness demonstrated PSI Magnet and how it functioned. He also had his Gusty baseball bat and instead of using his slingshot, he performed a few yo-yo stunts. However, Nikana was not that much impressed in the boy's skills.
	"Hmm. Interesting moves, but they aren't that serious as I thought they would be. What I want to see is your charging attack and how much damage you can cause. In fact, I want to see if you can really tackle and knock me down off my feet."
	The young boy looked at the girl with a hesitant expression.
	"I don't hit girls." Ness said with honesty. "There is no way that I'm going to hit you."
	Nikana smirked and shook her head. She finally said, "So appearance is what going to take you down and make you lose a fight? I accept your fighter's code of not hitting the weaker status, but in the battle it doesn't matter if someone looks weak, or is the opposite, or is peaceful looking to your standards. Some fighters are going to look like that and some are not. Besides, I healed one of your friends yesterday and I have the ability to heal myself too. Just come on and give it your best shot."
	Ness shrugged the feeling off and darted at Nikana as fast as he could. He clenched his fists and tried to swing a punch at the girl. At an instant, Nikana quickly dodged Ness' attack and pushed the young boy aside with the force of her strength. Ness collapsed to the ground, face flat and groaned. The young teenage girl extended a hand to help the young boy up off the ground. Poo watched and tried his best not to snort, smile, or laugh at his friend. 
	The boy shook his head and brushed the torn grass out of his thick black hair. He glared at Nikana and screamed, "NO FAIR! You moved out of the way! You're supposed to stand still!"
	"Yea sure!" Nikana said and giggled. "You expect every fighter you go up against to stand still aimlessly and you attack them? The Polygon Team, The Master Hand's little creations, is never off guard! The good advantages are that when their team mates are angered by their other team mates, they will automatically attack them instead of you. However, it is kind of rare for that to happen. Come, I will teach you more fighting skills that are to be required."
	"Man, I don't like your attitude anymore." Ness complained.

Later On In Another Dimension. . .

	The Master Hand floated around in its own private room in boredom. Its arch rivalry was gone for the past four days and wondered where she was hiding. She randomly came with a challenger who was willing to challenge it, but every time she did, The Master Hand easily defeated the others from the realm of Nintendo with its own powers. 
	The Master Hand's powers were awesome, strong, and unique. Not even its foe could defeat itself alone with the powers it had, but the girl had such excellent thieving skills. She had stolen most of its powers and donated them to every fighter she personally trained. However, she could not reach its other powers that were more powerful than hers and her fighters were.
	Wondering where Nikana was hidden, it waved and an orb appeared in the center of the three-dimensional room. The orb flashed a shining light and showed of a small town. It showed the front yard of someone's house, with no one in the picture.
	The Master Hand wondered quietly. It tried to trace Nikana's footsteps and had done so successfully by tracking her with its "magical" orb. However, there was only one place that the orb couldn't track.
	*She must be in her own little domain!* The Master Hand growled.
	It paced around the room impatiently. Then it touched the orb and with telepathically, The Master Hand said to the orb, *What world is Nikana staying at?*
	The orb suddenly flashed and showed a sign. The sign read "Welcome to Eagleland Travelers!".
	The Master Hand laughed hysterically and said to itself, *So it appears that my arch rival has already selected a fighter. I shall see what fighter she has chosen later on and find his weakness in order to defeat him and my enemy for good.*
	With that, the orb disappeared in the room. 
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