Ness zipped down the stairs, nearly falling face-first when he reached the bottom.
"Ninten!" he yelled, delighted.
This was the most excited Ness had ever been in a long time.
"Li'l Nesserino!" Ninten laughed as Ness hugged him.
"Hey! I'm only 3 years younger than you!"
"You're still little to me."
Ninten then gave him the worst nightmare of little cousins, nephews and nieces; severely-injured survivors call it... the Dutch rub.
"No! NO!" Ness screamed in agony, as Ana and Lloyd watched in confusion, "NOT THE NOOGIE! ANYTHING BUT THE GOD-FORSAKEN NOOGIE!"
Ana was about to tell him off for saying 'God-forsaken', but she knew he wouldn't and couldn't listen if he tried. Besides, it wasn't her house.
Ninten quickly put him in a headlock and performed the finishing move of rubbing his knuckles on poor Ness' head, ultimately signifying his defeat.
Tony, Jeff, Tracy and Ness' mother quickly rushed into the living room to see what the commotion was about.
"What happened?!" his mother gasped.
Ness fake-sobbed dramatically.
"M-mo-mooooooom!!! N-N-Ninte-e-e-en! He-he gave me a noogieeeee!! Waaaaaaaahaaaahaaaaa!!!!!!!"
"Well then... Nephew Ninten... it has come down to this."
"Wait... no! You can't mean-"
"SENIOR COUNTER-NOOGIE... ACTIVATE."
The events following this are so devastating that I, the [...], am unable to talk about it, as it may result in what scientists call 'metacarpophalangealcraniumparasomnia' (literally meaning 'nightmare disorder of knuckles on skull') or 'noogie nightmares'.
However, all you need to know was that Ninten, first the Dutch rubber, was now the Dutch rubbee and thus got pummelled by Ness' mother.
"Y-yikes, man..." Ninten groaned while collapsed on the floor, "Aunt Katherine, how the hel- I mean, heck, did you get so good at noogies?"
"Let's just say... I've had experience."
"Ninten, are you alright? Maybe we should just go..." Ana spoke to him, concerned.
"No! No!" he refused, "I came here for my little cousin and I'm not leaving!"
He stood up and dusted himself off.
"So, er... Aunt Katherine..."
Ness's mom turned around and grinned at Ninten.
"Yes, dear Ninten?"
"Can we, er... have a sleep-over with Ness and his friends?"
This caught everybody off-guard.
"Excuse me, Ninten... A sleep-over?!" Ana yelled, confused.
"Oh, um... I forgot my sleeping gear," Lloyd looked around, somehow expecting to find it in a stranger's house.
"S-s-sleepover?! With HIM?!" Ness was shocked.
'As if more people couldn't be here,' Jeff rolled his eyes.
'I sure am hungry,' Tony was scavenging the drawers for something to eat, looking inside the family heirlooms for a sweet.
"Hmm... Well, I'll have to call all your parents to see if they're alright with it. If you brought your stuff, put it on the counter. If you haven't, well T-O-O BAD!"
She turned to her son.
"Ness, is it okay if you and your friends sleep in the basement? I can bring the television set from your room and you can watch whatever you want. But, promise me. You sleep by 11."
"Come on, Moom! They're literal adults!"
"Hmph. Fine... Sleep at 12."
"Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!!!"
A/N: Hey! I just want to apologise for the late release of the chapter. I was too busy reading Lottery57's awesome fanfic, Behind The Mask. (I'm already at Chapter 21!) So, I guess I'm just telling you to check it out.
Next time, we're going to visit Dalaam.
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ETTSON: Rewritten
FanfictionA remake of ETTSON Ettson is a story that takes place 2 years after the events of EarthBound (or Mother 2, if you're from Japan). I made this story in February 2020, but deleted in January of the following year. I'm here to remake it. Language ＆...
