Earthbound: Time Reflux

Friendly Competition

"I'm Ninten. How about you?" Ninten responded, finally getting to say his name.

"I'm Ness..." replied Ness. "That name sounds so familiar..." he thought.

"Where have you heard it?" Ninten said out of nowhere.

"Huh? How did you...you have telepathy!" Ness surmised. "Let me guess...PSI?"

"Oh how did you know?" Ninten sarcastically quipped. "You have it too."

"Well you didn't say anything," Ness retorted, "so you can't blame me...although, I did sense something coming from you. You're pretty powerful."

"Same for you. That's kinda what woke me up." Ninten said.

"Wow...well we should probably get out of here. I can take you to my house if you'd like?" Ness explained.

"That's fine, I'm used to sleeping over at strangers' houses." Ninten added.

"Huh?"

"Experience," Ninten clarified.

"Uh...okay...let's go," Ness said.

"Wait. Can we do a quick battle? You know, just for fun?

"Sure, why not? This should be a challenge...for you at least.

"You saying I'm weak?"

"No, you'll just have a hard time." Ness smirked.

"Oh, OKAY, it's on!" Ninten got into his battle pose. "PSI or no PSI?"

"PSI." Ness' smirk widened. Ness got into his battle pose.

"Alright!" Ninten shouted. He dashed forward and used Defense Down on Ness. Ninten then went for a punch into Ness' side, but Ness reacted much quicker than Ninten expected and was thrown to the ground by his own momentum. "You're quick."

"Oh thanks, it's great to have good reflexes," Ness teased. He then jumped into the air and unleashed a PK Rockin' β towards Ninten. Quickly, Ninten put up a PSI shield, which dissipated the attack and dust flew up. Using this to his advantage, Ness ran into the dust cloud to get a good Paralysis α on Ninten, only to be punched hard enough to send him flying out of the cloud and into a nearby bush. "Ow..." Ninten jumped out as the dust settled and came in for a haymaker. But Ness put up a shield and the recoil threw Ninten across the field. Ness was legitimately surprised at how much power was behind that punch. He got up and began running towards where Ninten landed. Ninten used Offense Up and Defense Up α to strengthen himself right as Ness dropped in with a PK Rockin β which crashed right through Ninten's PSI Shield and pushed him into a tree. Ness went for a follow-up, but was tripped and thrown across the field by Ninten. "Hey!" Ness flipped before landing and tried PK Flash α. It effectively worked, causing Ninten to shield his eyes from the light. Ness took this opportunity to throw Ninten upward with his telekinesis. He then jumped and used his PSI to give him an extra boost. He got right over Ninten and used a PK Rockin' powered kick to send him flying back down. Ninten crashed into the ground creating a small indenture in the ground. Slowly, Ness floated down towards Ninten's "crater" and walked toward it. The dust had almost settled when Ninten popped out with dirt on his face.

"Not bad, you're pretty good at this," Ninten wiped off his face and got up. "I would've kept going, but the sun's going down and we should probably be heading to your house." Ninten held out his hand, "Good fight."

Ness grabbed Ninten's hand and shook, "Good figh--Ooooooowwwwwwww!!!" Ninten squeezed Ness' hand. He loved doing that. When Ninten finally let go, Ness shook his hand vigorously, trying to get rid of the pain. "Let's get going..." Ness muttered.