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[Raphael]

A small fanfic on most of my tmnt ships. Koda and kenai's bro fic will come. And so will one between basil and splinter. But for now here's this
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Quick On The Draw

Raphael was doing kickflips alongside Leonardo and the two brothers were in similar mind. They wanted to train and felt a lot lighter than either of them had in years. Not only were they getting along, but they both have had similar pleasant experiences. They were both dating, and they were both being supported with their family instead of being so apart from them. Things seemed just right.

Then, without warning, leo stopped training and his brown eyes narrowed at the trees. He sneered. Raph's danger senses immediately went up and he got his sais. Leo replied "You hear it too?"

"No. But I trust ya. You hear something, there's something" Raph replied

"Ok. Let's go warn the others then.." Suddenly without warning a shadow pulled Leonardo's feet. In a panic, raphael attempted to pull but got grabbed also as a result. The two turtles were pulled in and suddenly the shadows threw them at Jafar's feet. Who smirked at them. Leonardo gasped "Jafar. What do you want?"

"Oh what a delightfully wonderful question. Tell him what I want boys!" Jafar then was accompanied by Mytisomon and Scroop. Scroop picked raphael up whereas mytisomon picked up Leonardo.

"Get your ugly hands offa him!" Raphael snapped, this earned a claw aimed right at his neck

"Don't move turtle. It'll cost you dearly" Scroop snapped

"I'm feeling a bit peckish. Your blood might taste lovely" Mytisomon cackled, Leonardo's face was filled with fear. Much to raphael's anger. Nobody messed with his brother like this. His anger motivated him to keep resisting, despite a claw near his face.

"Let go of me!" Raphael snapped "Let me go or so help me I'll..."

"Please jafar, let my brother go. It's me you want isn't it? Please. Don't hurt him" Leo's eyes were filled with pleading worry. Raph was shocked and horrified his brother was so willing to sacrifice himself. It only motivated raph to fight more. Leonardo begged "Please, please let him go"

"Actually you're wrong Leonardo. It's not you I want" He then pointed to raphael "It's him" He then smirked to Leonardo "But I can't have witnesses. So I'm afraid your life ends here boy"

"NO! Let him go you weirdo! Let him go!" Raphael begged, now it was his turn to be afraid. Screw him, Leonardo didn't deserve to get hurt or killed. He then saw the vampire only laugh at him. Leo kept struggling, fighting to get out.

"Leave my brother alone" Leonardo decreed

"Why me? What the shell do you want from me? Just so you can follow malachite's example and brainwash me?" Raphael growled

"While that is a excellent idea, no. I am using you as bait for someone far stronger" Jafar cackled, showing a mirror like spell showing ruber's face "He may be sane now but he's more useful to me mad. Plus, he's naturally strong. He could fight any of you in a heartbeat" He then turned, playing with raph's chin, pretending to be affectionate "He has been quite interested in you. Your life is important to him. So it's only fitting he'll come to save you"

"No way! I won't let you make him your toy! Get your hands off of me you creeps. If you hurt ruber I'll tear ya apart!" Raph snapped

"Haven't you caused enough pain?" Leonardo angrily snapped "You can't do this!"

"Everyone tells us these things yet we do them anyway. Mytisomon, kill him" Jafar snapped

"Finally. Turtle blood. Hm, I've always wondered what it would taste like" Mytisomon opened his mouth, making leo's neck open with a open hand. Suddenly, a blast of magical energy zapped both him and jafar. While two bodies slammed hard against scroop. Raph fell down, freed and got his sais, then noticed it was Michelangelo and rum tum that attacked scroop.

"Keep wondering you vampire freak" Max was heard saying, his face filled with rage. Willie and Donatello were beside him, standing at the ready. Willie had his magic, Donny had his staff and max had a blaster gun. Ruber came forth, right towards jafar and aimed his sword right at him

"You have some nerve using the people I care about as bait. I wonder if your blood is as yellow as the rest of you is" Ruber sneered

Jafar suddenly used his magic to grab raphael again just before raphael could say anything. Leonardo rushed beside max and gasped. Donny growled out "You bastard! Leave him alone!"

"Don't you dare touch my bro!" Mikey went to charge but was thwarted by jafar's free hand. Mytisomon and scroop guarded him in case another attack hit. Now both teams were at a stalemate. Raphael growled in defeat as he was held onto tightly, jafar's septer at the ready aiming at raphael's neck

"Man, you are one dirty son of a bitch" Rum Tum angrily snapped

"Let him go!" Willie demanded

"Why are you doing this?" Max snapped "We don't even know you!"

"Why do anything in war? To survive. Ruber, you have two options my friend. Surrender or I take the turtle" Jafar looked at ruber. Ruber only was focused on raphael though, his eyes horrified and concerned. Raph shamedly looked down, feeling like a tool. If this was what mikey was going through he completely understood now. He felt useless and out of control. He knew it was only going to get worse though.

His suspicions were correct as suddenly, jafar's staff suddenly was closer to his eyes. He heard ruber's voice cry out his name, but it seemed distant. And he suddenly felt so tired. So, so tired. It was relaxing the way the staff looked. Far too relaxing, It made raph feel surprisingly nice. Even though there was a part of him that just KNEW it wasn't supposed to. But he didn't care. It felt nice, and calm and... and... and what the hell were all these red and orange colors doing here?

Little did raphael know, was that jafar was hypnotizing him. To bait ruber. To make raphael his puppet if ruber refused. Ruber, who was filled with fear, concern and anger for his beloved getting used like this snapped "You coward! Leave him be! I demand it!"

"Well the only way I let him go is if you take his place" Jafar replied. He then looked at raphael, who's eyes were filled with a red and orangey glow. Raphael's breathing was slow and sleepy, his head leaning forwards as if he was under a deep spell.

"Please. Stop this madness! He does not deserve this!" Ruber cried, his eyes filled with sadness, his voice pleading

"What the hell are you doing to him?!" Rum tum cried "Let him go you asshole!"

"Raph! Whatever you do, fight it! Raph don't fall under the spell!" Leonardo's voice was pained, as if he was terrified

"Raph! Snap out of it dude!" Max cried

"Raphael! It's us!" Willie begged

"Raphie! Wake up!" Donny begged

All the voices were not able to be heard. Raphael was under. Completely. He wasn't controlled yet but if ruber refused or something didn't change he would be. Right now he was in a sleep like state, completely relaxed and unaware. Unable to respond or move. Little did jafar know though, was Michelangelo moved away while everyone was distracted and was waiting for the right time to pounce.

"Jafar, please. He is not the one you want" Ruber stepped forward. He kneeled, looking right at raphael with sad and loving eyes "Please let him go. I am willing to become mad again if it means the person I love most does not suffer. I will do what you will. Just leave him alone"

"I knew you'd see it my way" Jafar nodded to scroop who grabbed him. He then pondered "Hm. Actually. Now that I think about it" He glowed it again at raphael's eyes some more "I think I'll do you one better and have you both under my control. Just a few more minutes and raphael will be mine officially"

"Like shell he will!" Mikey suddenly grabbed the staff and slammed it against a hard tree and broke it successfully. This gave jafar enough distraction to have ruber take the chance, slamming his back against scroop to let him go. He then grabbed raphael who was still under the trance somewhat. He carried raphael bridal style, running off and hiding under the heroes group. Donny and willie immediately got into a stance, max covered Leonardo who raced to get a gun of his own.

Rum Tum smirked, extremely pleased with how mikey handled the situation "Fuck yeah! That's my baby right there!"

Mikey smiled a bit before grabbing his nunchuckus and twirling them right at jafar "What was that about getting what you want? You creepy old man?"

"No! My powers! You'll pay for this you freak!" Jafar snapped

"Um. Jafar. We're outnumbered now" Scroop replied

"Indeed. A retreat would be better suited" Mytisomon replied, pointing to the team. Jafar growled, seeing the odds overwhelmed now. He nodded to mytisomon. The vampire creature cackled and replied "This has been fun but I suppose everyone has to lose. Bye now!" Then with a transportation spell, they were gone. Vanished as quickly as they came.

When the dust settled, the whole group turned to see ruber hug raphael tightly. Rum Tum turned to see mikey's eyes wandering and nervous, seeing his older brother like this no doubt frightened him. Rum Tum then saw his suspicions of mikey being overwhelmed confirmed as the turtle began to cry. Rum Tum grabbed him and replied "He's alright baby. You did so good. Relax. Take a deep breath baby" Rum Tum hugged him tightly

Donny was following mikey's example and began to cry also. Willie, like rum tum, pulled him close but was much quieter. He whispered words of assurance and love, kissing Donny's face as well. Leonardo went over, max right beside him and Leonardo looked in shame, his brown eyes widened with sadness. Max hugged him and Leonardo accepted it, looking at raphael with worry "Come on raph, please wake up"

"Raphael. Please. Can you hear me? I want you to know you're my reason for fighting every day. You gave me a second chance. You gave me so much. You gave me more than I deserved. I wish I could give you so much more. But I hope this helps you realize how much you mean to me" Ruber then pulled him in tighter, pulling the turtle into a kiss. He then stroked the turtle's cheek, seeing those red orange glowed eyes slowly resume into their normal white irises.

Raphael blinked a few times before replying softly "R-ruber, is that you?"

Ruber smiled in relief "Raphael. Yes. It's me. You're alright. Thank goodness" He pulled raphael in for a kiss, one which raphael happily responded to

"Oh my god you're ok!" Donny replied, hugging willie before going over to his brother

"Don't ever do that again!" Mikey replied, following Donny's example, but he turned to rum tum "He's okay!"

"Yep he sure is. I can see it baby" Rum Tum then gave a thumbs up to raphael "Good to have you ok bro"

"Good to be back. What a really, really weird state. Never again" Raphael replied

"I'm so glad you're ok!" Leonardo hugged him

"Wait! Jafar! Where is he?" Raphael went to get up but was stopped by both ruber and max

"The chicken went off after mikey broke the staff" Max replied

Raphael turned happily to his brother, giving a big grin "Knew you could do it bro"

"Had to pay you back somehow" Mikey replied winking "Now we're even"

"And now we're all safe. I say this is a good time to go back inside. Before our luck is pushed" Willie replied, taking Donny's hand and rushing inside with him. Max followed willie's example, pulling leo in for a kiss before running with him inside. Mikey and rum tum helped raphael up before going inside.

"Ruber" Raphael saw ruber's nervous state and replied curiously "You okay?"

"I'm just glad you are alright. You are truly my reason for fighting. If they hurt you... I would not know what to do with myself. You are the reason I have managed to stay sane and not want to be mad" Ruber sighed, holding raphael close "I do not want to be mad. Especially be insane against you"

"You won't. Cause you're better than they are ruber" Raphael kissed him then and smiled "Besides. I'd kick your butt before you even would try to fight me"

"What? I'm stronger than you. How dare you!" Ruber replied, pretending to be offended

"Maybe. But are you faster?" Raphael then ran into the house, laughing. Ruber cackled following him inside. The two then eventually were alone and they kissed happily before hugging each other. Content and safe. Quickly realizing it was best to be together and not let things bother them. It was better together than apart. And their fight was successful because of their quick thinking. And they were not going to waste this good time together.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Ok so kenai and koda's bro fic will come. As well as a bonding thread between basil and splinter only. But I got really invested and just felt like doing this little series of the turtles having their boyfriends bond/meet with splinter. And then make a fanfic of basil getting to know the turtles cause he's splinter's boyfriend. So basically ruber, willie and max will have MET splinter whereas rum tum gets basically a nicer redo from "Nice Little chat" thanks to splinter and the turtles basically wanna make up for that

So I introduce the meet the famlily series! Here's ruber first!
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Meet The Family: Part One: Ruber

"Are you sure this will work out?" Ruber asked, admittedly nervous

"Yeah. Sensei may be at first glance hard to approach but he's actually really nice. I'm sure it'll work out. He doesn't care about this sort of thing. He definitely has been like obsessed with this soap opera that focused on gay and bisexual characters anyway" Raphael replied

Ruber chuckled before sighing softly "I mean will he mind that I'm old?"

"Ruber, for the last time you ain't old!" Raphael took his hand then and replied "Just be yourself. He won't care. I trust sensei a lot more than most. He likes you I think"

Ruber and Raphael had planned this for a small while and splinter had been asking non stop. The other turtles, mikey in particular thanks to raphael's part in embarrassing rum tum, had been harassing them also. They agreed to have a nice lunch in splinter's room and bond together, getting to really know ruber. Ruber was aware raphael had faith in his family but ruber was insecure of many things. His past, his age, his background. They knew the family was about honor and respect and ruber, in his past, was anything but honorable. It made ruber nervous.

But raphael had faith in his family, he trusted them with his life. So he knocked on the door for them and heard leo's voice reply "Come in! Sensei has the tea ready"

"It'll be fine, ruber. I promise" Raphael replied opening the door and then came the whole family. Ruber smiled. He then bowed respectfully to the family.

"Were you both raised in a barn? Shut the door dude!" Mikey teased. This caused raph to roll his eyes and close the door.

"You must be Ruber. I have seen you many times here but have not been able to, as my sons say, catch up with you" Splinter turned to see Donny smile a little as his father tried to be hip with his language.

"Yeah he's too busy with his royal highness hal to mingle with us" Mikey teased. Raph groaned as mikey kept joking. Knowing damn well this was his way of pay back for his rudeness to his boyfriend.

Ruber though took it in stride, laughing "Well I AM his most loyal knight now. But regardless it is good to be truly getting to know you all. With the exception of you Michelangelo, we have met before"

"Yeah. And you're definitely nice looking. Gotta say though, why do all the ugly guys get the undeserving hottie?" Mikey joked again

"Come on mikey be nice" Donny corrected him

"Nah, it's alright Donny. He's got a point on that one" That was the only joke raphael was willing to let slide

"Nonsense, you're all fine looking. It is just raphael is the most handsome" Ruber then held raphael's hand, being mostly polite for his father's sake. He then turned nervously to splinter, who was observant but seemingly calm throughout the ordeal "Then again I suppose good looks are a thing that runs in this family"

That got splinter to smile, chuckling "You flatter me Sir Ruber. Now come. Sit. The food will be cold if we do not proceed" Splinter offered a pillow for ruber, which was near mikey but there was another empty pillow which was no doubt for raphael. Raph and ruber quickly sat. Splinter then showed his display of food and drinks. There was nice tea, along with sushi, dumplings, rice cakes and of course pizza. He smiled as ruber and raphael sat, replying calmly "Let us enjoy this food my sons along with ruber's gracious company"

They proceeded to eat and make small talk. Ruber had come to realize that he and Leonardo had quite a lot of similar interests. They both loved the history of weaponry as well as interested in mythology. He also realized Donny was fascinated with animals, particularly birds and dinosaurs. There was even many moments where he, raph and mikey shared much more pleasant memories of their times outside of ask thatguy's army when they had the chance to leave there. While it did leave a awkward pause here and there to even mention ask thatguy, mikey and raph were clearly relieved to get it off their chest.

Mikey even outright confessed saying "It's nice to have someone here who can overall help us out with that stuff, huh raph?"

Raph smiled, softly at this "It really is. You were the only one there that was kind of cool ruber"

"Kind of? Such confidence in me" Ruber joked, leaning on raph pretending to be annoyed by it

"Okay. You're right. You were completely cool" Raph replied nicely

"Not as cool as me!" Mikey replied

"I truly wish to thank you ruber. There were times I have seen you here be extremely kind to my sons, raphael in particular. And I wish for you to know I am extremely grateful" Splinter looked down at his teacup, sipping as if he was thinking of what to say before replying tenderly "Raphael, as wonderful as he is, tends to hide his emotions. You have helped him express them much better. You also have comforted him when times I could not. And for that alone I wish for you to know ruber that you are welcome into this family. And I am beyond happy that you and my son are together"

This made ruber blush, humbly bowing his head. He was always happy to be there for raphael but hearing splinter outright say he was fully supported in his relationship. But he proceeded to feel his fears and insecurities since he joined this lunch expose themselves much, much faster. He felt that he was omitting from the family which would embarrass and shame his love. So he coughed and sighed, worried "Even if this means he is dating someone much older?"

"Oh my god ruber would you..." Raphael was silenced by splinter who raised his hand for him to stop talking. Raphael sighed, sad that ruber just wouldn't be convinced that raphael didn't care. And now his family was going to make ruber feel worse by asking questions.

"I beg your pardon? Older?" Splinter asked curiously

"Yes. I mean older. I am older than your son" Ruber replied

"How old?" Leonardo curiously asked

"Yeah? How old?" Donny also asked

"I am 28 years old" Ruber confessed. The result was splinter laughing, hard. This also resulted in mikey laughing. Donny and leo though were a bit puzzled, seemingly confused to why ruber was ashamed of his age.

"Dude that's not old. 45 is old. 37 is old. 28 is only ten years apart. That's really not that big of a deal" Mikey cackled "You made it sound like you were a grandpa. The only one old enough like that is Mrs. Potts" This resulted in Donny slapping him across the head "Ow. What?"

"Mrs. Potts is a saint be nice" Donny corrected again

Splinter eventually stopped laughing, wiping even a tear "Ruber. My son is a adult. As long as he is consenting and you treat him with love and support, I care not about those things. I am at least sixty. That, my friend, is old. You are quite young. In this day and age at least"

"Thank you! Now would you please believe me!" Raphael demanded, finally able to speak

Ruber smiled, relieved that raphael was absolutely right. He bowed his head to splinter again "Thank you. I apologize. It is just your son is... wonderful. And I am unworthy. I wish to treat him like the wonderful person he is and he deserves every amount of love to give"

"And that, my friend, is why you ARE worthy" Splinter held his shoulder kindly, smiling

"Ruber, you're a nice guy. That's all we really want. For someone to look out for raph" Leo replied

"Hey I can take care of myself" Raphael corrected but he smiled "But being with ruber and sticking by him is definitely something I strive for"

"That's something we want to raphie. And it's clear here that he's nice" Donny replied

"Yeah. Nicer than you. Can we replace you guys?" Mikey joked again

"Michelangelo.." Splinter's tone was not angry or upset, but there was a warning within his patient and firm tone. He was basically reminding mikey to knock it off now. It was okay so far but he wanted his youngest to remember to not push it.

"My bad. Just kidding sensei" Mikey sheepishly replied

"It's alright. I'm just glad this all worked out" Raphael then bravely kissed ruber's cheek. Ruber smiled, holding raphael's hand again. Wanting to still be polite.

"Oh kiss him you know you want to!" Donny demanded rolling his eyes

"Yeah no need to be so nervous ruber. We're all adults here" Leo replied

"Well. If you insist" Ruber kissed him, still politely but he was actually very glad the family supported it. He wanted to do that throughout the lunch. He was glad to kiss raphael now. He pulled back though, realizing he was next to splinter. He blushed and was aware that splinter was also blushing. Ruber coughed "Well thank you for the lunch master splinter"

"Dōitashimashite. It is my pleasure ruber" Splinter seemed relieved for the topic change. While it was clear splinter supported it and had no problems with his sons kissing their loves, he was still a parent and felt it best to not think about it. He then smiled to ruber "We should do this again"

"Yes. We should" Ruber replied

"Just without mikey right?" Raphael joked

"Hey! I'm fabulous!" Mikey offendedly replied

This resulted in the family laughing again. And ruber felt right at home. He was glad raphael was right and the family now became a part of his. And he would appreciate it for good. Along with appreciate the love of his life.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Here's max's turn now. For some reason I felt like just doing splinter and max only. Max would meet the bros off screen and not really be formal, but for splinter definitely. Here you go!
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Meet The Family: Part Two: Max

Max wanted to be less anxious but he wasn't. He had prepared for this dinner of meeting the father for a small while now. He had met the brothers prior and all overall supported him. But due to leo's need for genuine bonding, splinter and leo both agreed to just have a dinner alone with max. He had asked leo what to do and all Leonardo gave him was to be himself. Be himself? In front of his father? No, what leo needed was to have max be approved on. As such, he began to overall focus on how exactly to impress his father. He then learned through conversation was his father was Japanese, he loved philosophy, soap operas, martial arts and spirituality. Max went right to work. He went on rosetta stone for Japanese phrases, worked on zen philosophers, focused on a well liked Korean soap opera(that was a chore and a half) and finally he made sure to train with leo.

Leo seemed to be wise to his scheme and told him while they were training "Max, not that I don't love training with you but you seem to be really curious about my father?"

"Well I AM meeting him leo" Max at this dodged a kick and smiled at his success

"I know but I mean like you're more obsessed than you were normally" Leo replied, suspicious still

"What I can't be interested?" Max was stalling and both of them knew it

"It's just I'm worried you're going to do what you do when you're nervous. I don't want you to feel like my father won't like you" Leo replied, grabbing max then pinning him down. Max blushed brightly as leo was on top. His blue bandana flowed with the wind. Max then saw leo's face get closer, and he whispered flirtatiously "I know he'll love you. Like I do" With that leo gave a tender kiss, max kissing back

After a while they pulled back and max replied "Okay. Maybe I'm a bit nervous about your dad. What if he gets like annoyed with me? What if he doesn't like me?"

"Master splinter was the reason I was honest with you from the beginning. He'll like you. I promise" Leonardo replied

"Okay" But max was somewhat not convinced entirely. But he wasn't going to tell leo this. He didn't want Leonardo to believe he didn't trust his words.

Max still studied, but less out of a need to impress and more of a need to connect with splinter. If he couldn't impress, maybe being liked would work out. Eventually the dinner came and splinter, much to his surprise, had foods that max liked. Sure there was plenty of Japanese cuisine but max expected little to no food he enjoyed. He was wrong. Max replied, curiously "Uh. This looks delicious um, Mr. Hamato"

Splinter widened his eyes before coughing somewhat "Mr. Goof. Please. That was my father's name. You can call me splinter"

Leonardo smiled a bit at that before setting things up. This left for max and splinter to sit and chat. Max smiled in relief, before realizing he was called Mr. Goof "You don't need to call me mr, splinter. I'm max. Always have been"

"Very well. Max. It is a pleasure to speak with you at long last. My sons, Leonardo in particular, spoke highly of you" Splinter's words made max sigh in relief. He saw Leonardo turn and beam at him. He finished setting up and sat next to max, holding his arm politely.

Max replied, feeling this was a great time to show off his research and replied "Well um the great philosopher Kenji Wakono once said 'when one speaks about good behind your back it is said from the heart' which is kind of nice don't ya think?"

This got Leonardo to raise a eyebrow in curiosity, humming a bit as if he was confused. Splinter however rubbed his chin and replied "Indeed. It is quite nice. Now I think it is best we eat yes?" Splinter then made his hand lower at the food for max to take.

Max couldn't help but feel what he did wasn't what he was supposed to do. Which made him nervous. Wasn't this type of thing splinter liked? Oh well. He then took the dumplings and most of the Japanese stuff, even though he really just wanted the pancakes. This made splinter rub his chin again, this time slightly more worried. Leonardo took some food, looking to his father again with a similar confused expression as he proceeded. Max was nervous now. What was he doing wrong?

Max started things off by eating, smiling. He liked the dumplings. But the rest was not to his liking, but instead he replied "Delicious sensei"

Splinter smiled a bit then "Thank you" He replied, proceeding to eat as did Leonardo.

The dinner was somewhat quiet, it seemed nobody really knew what to do here. Max attempted many things, such as speaking Japanese every once in a while and telling stuff about meditiation. This, if anything, seemed to make it quieter as splinter was thinking and pondered. Leonardo seemed to get what max was doing and max could tell he didn't like it as Leonardo sighed softly. This made it awkward, and it seemed Splinter wasn't enjoying that so he replied "You know. This dinner reminds me of a story"

"Which one sensei?" Leonardo asked

"Yeah which one?" Max couldn't help but be curious

"The story of the songbird who wished to be an eagle" Splinter's comment seemed to make Leonardo beam in interest. Max though was nervous. Was this good? Bad? Both? Max could only wait. Splinter asked him "Would you like to here it Max?"

Max was a bit confused to why his script wasn't working but he was never going to reject the father of his boyfriend. So he nodded, genuinely "Sure. Why not? I like a good story"

"Excellent" Splinter took a bite of sushi before going "There once was a tiny pink songbird, who sang beautifully and it caught the attention of the earth and all creatures. Including the eagles. The eagles, however, seemed to not enjoy the song and made fun of the little songbird" He then turned to Leonardo who was listening intently and then max who was similar. He continued "The songbird was so saddened by this he vowed to gain the approval of the eagles. So he stopped singing. He tried to eat like they did, call out like they did and even fly like they did. This made the eagles happy but the earth cried"

Max pondered, a bit confused. This was a interesting story but what did this have to do with the dinner? Max turned to Leonardo with a confused expression but Leonardo only winked. As if to say, wait and see. Max shrugged, letting splinter continue "The earth wept and the songbird said 'earth why do you weep?' and the earth reply 'because you stopped singing' and the songbird asked 'why do you like it so?' and the earth replied 'Because it comes from your heart'. The songbird looked down and replied 'the eagles do not like it' and the earth said 'well why do they matter? They only fly. I grow things, I make plants, fruits and help animals survive. Why does my opinion not matter?' And so the songbird realized that the earth was correct. The eagles may have been important to him, but he was more important to the earth. And so he sang"

Max then realized what splinter was trying to get at. He smiled a bit, looking down "I guess you're saying I'm the songbird?"

Splinter, then for the first time throughout the night, beamed brightly. He turned to Leonardo and chuckled "You were right my son. He's very intelligent"

"Well. I did go to college" Max smiled, feeling more like himself now

That made both Leonardo and splinter laugh. Genuinely. Because now max was finally being himself instead of someone else. Splinter held max's shoulder and replied "Max. My friend. When you are yourself, that is much more of a benefit to others than you believe it to be. Be more like the songbird and not the eagle"

"You're right. Man, you're really amazing sensei. I guess I just wanted to be amazing for you. Amazing for leo too. Cause you both are so great is all" Max blushed. This made Leonardo hold his hand and squeeze it. He beamed, giving max's cheek a little kiss

"You're amazing too max. In your own way" Leonardo replied. He then beamed to his father and replied "That's one of my favorite stories sensei"

"I love it as well. But what I love more is my son's happiness. And max, you make Leonardo happy. That makes you good in my eyes" Splinter smiled widely at this

Max then beamed before replying "Um, what does thank you mean in Japanese? I forgot" This got a suspicious look from both splinter and Leonardo and max raised his hands "What? I like the language. That was the only part of the research I did enjoy. Other than the mythology. I'm being myself this time. Honest"

This made Leonardo smile a bit and he replied earnestly "Arigato gozimas"

Max repeated, nicely "Arigato gozimas"

"So tell me max, forgive my curiosity but what part of your 'research' did you not enjoy?" Splinter asked

Max got nervous, twiddling his thumbs. This made him reply "You know these pancakes are about to get cold and..."

"Come on max. Be honest. It's really okay" Leonardo squeezed his hand, smiling more

"The soap operas" Max then awaited for the disapproval or whatever negative reaction splinter might get.

Splinter seemed to give it as he said "Max. I am afraid you must leave" Max began to panic but splinter then assured him by winking, and smirking in amusement "Just kidding"

This made max genuinely laugh. Who knew this parent who was so about discipline and dignity could have a sense of humor? He was definitely right. Being yourself really did benefit the overall theme. Max replied "Well in that case I'll finally dig myself into pancakes. I love these. Almost as much as I love four cheese souflee"

"Oh you like that as well? So do I! If I knew that I would've prepared that for us!" Splinter replied, his eyes widening with delight

"Oh you did so much for us already!" Max replied "I should've helped in all honesty. I know how to cook"

"You do? Wonderful. Perhaps we could cook together sometime" Splinter agreed "All of us"

"Aw. That'd be wonderful sensei. I like that" Leonardo commented, beaming with absolute joy as max was finally being himself. And that he and his father were genuinely bonding properly

"That's awesome! I already got like ten recipes we can do!" This resulted in tons more conversation. Eating and talking and the whole mood was genuine. It was like the story. Max, leo and splinter were finally on key throughout the dinner instead of being awkward and uncomfortable. And a part of max was absolutely relieved and realized that a better lesson was learned than whatever research he did.

He learned that this family was more accepting and he was happy to be part of such a loving environment.

[Nostalgia Critic]

We interrupt the meet the family series to do a hurt/comfort of splinter and basil. Basically splinter has a really bad nightmare, one he can't really calm down from, so up to basil to save the day.
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What Is Real and What Isn't

The sound of his heartbeat in his ears. The cries of children roaming the streets. Splinter's feet pitter pattered across the pavement as he rushed out, his ears sharpened to listen for any sound. He heard his own voice pant for air as he ran, but he was so focused on running he couldn't really acknowledge it. He saw critic grab the children while chick and many others were grabbing injured or unconscious adults.

"Splinter come back!" He heard a voice say. But he ignored it. Too concerned for what he was searching for.

His sons were no where to be found. And as their father, it was up to him to find them. He raced hearing the voices calling for him get softer and softer as he went farther away. Only his heartbeat and panting replaced it. He raced and was relieved to see his sons in one piece. But Facilier stood in front of them.

Each son showed their personalities perfectly as facilier faced them. Leonardo stood boldly, he was calm, and somewhat displeased but since his family was here he was clearly willing to fight if need be. Raphael showed no such fear, he was even smirking, declaring facilier to bring it on. Michelangelo was much more fearful than his brothers, despite his nunchukus out and ready to go, his face was filled with concerned. Donatello was similar to Michelangelo, but was way calmer, he was almost as calm as Leonardo was, but he was nervous in his own right, standing in front of Michelangelo protectively.

Facilier cackled "Well now. Looks like I got all the turtles in one package. And it's not even my birthday!"

Splinter raced, knowing exactly what facilier planned to do. He cried out "No! Stop! Leave them alone!"

"Sensei? Sensei, go back it's too danger---" Michelangelo turned immediately to see him, but his sentence was never to finish. Because Facilier blasted his shell enough to go through his chest. Killing him instantly.

"MIKEY!" Donatello cried out, but he was blasted just as quickly. His chest bleeding outright as it was the main target, killing him instantly also.

"Donatello! Michelangelo! NO!" Splinter cried, grabbing his sons, hugging them out of despair. He then saw facilier aim for him, only for Leonardo to shove him out of the way.

"You'll pay for this, facilier! Raph, get sensei out of here!" Leonardo commanded, he then charged at the witch doctor, managing to fight for the sake of his remaining family. Raphael was stunned completely as was Splinter himself. But raphael snapped out of it faster than he did, as the dark green turtle grabbed his father. Splinter, so devastated, was openly weeping as raphael got him out of the fray.

"No. Raphael, you must leave me to help your brother! Please!" Splinter begged

"No sensei, I won't lose you too" Raphael declared

Splinter was going to argue more but then both raphael and splinter saw facilier take the upper hand. Slamming his staff hard across Leonardo's face. Then just as raphael was about to back up his brother, he blasted Leonardo's abdomen, causing immense blood to be shown. Killing Leonardo instantly.

"LEO!" Raphael cried

"My son!" Splinter screamed

Splinter got on his knees, tears streaming at the sight of his fallen sons, how could this go so wrong? His youngest, second eldest and eldest lie dead and it was his fault. He couldn't save them. This was just like the ninja tribunal. No, not again, not again. This couldn't be. His babies, all gone. In his despair, he wept.

Raphael though, despite his tears, showed undeniable rage. Tears streaming, he raced to avenge his brothers, screaming at the top of his lungs "HOW COULD YOU?" He fought hard, but facilier successfully defeated him. Splinter, desperate to have at least one of his sons alive, raced after him. Raphael tried to get up but facilier pinned him down with one single boot. He aimed the staff right at his heart area, blasting it. Raphael had one shout of pain before he too was dead.

Splinter collapsed at the sight of his third eldest defeated and dead, he didn't even stop facilier from admiring his prize. As facilier watched his handy work, splinter focused on the dead children he lost. He took raphael's body, holding it close to him "Raphael, akachan, my son. My wonderful son. Please. No. No!" He then saw Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello. He then went over to their bodies "Leonardo, my child. Michelangelo, my sweet boy. Donatello, my precious son. Please. Please wake up! Please!" Seeing no life, he looked to the ground, weeping and begging for his sons to awaken. But his prayers would not go unanswered as he heard facilier's deep, sinister chuckle.

"What a shame. Looks like the father has to bury the children" Facilier then came closer, aiming his staff right at splinter's face "Or should I say, looks like the father has to be buried WITH them" With that a bright blue light was all in splinter's vision

"NO!" Splinter awoke in a cold, deep sweat as he slept in his bed. He had managed a room all on his own. With cots in case his children wanted to sleep near him. They had rooms of their own, Donatello and Leonardo in one, raphael and Michelangelo in another. But sometimes drama, nightmares or whatnot bothered their sleep and they would ask for him every once in a while. Even as adults, they still craved for their father. But tonight they did not come. Despite his logic telling him that they were fine, his heart filled with anxiety and he rushed out of bed, grabbing the staff Leonardo gave to him as a gift when he spent his time with the ancient one and raced to find them.

He rushed out, searching for Leonardo and Donatello's room and opened the door. He was panting, filled with fear from the dream he felt was so real. He saw his eldest and second eldest passed out, Leonardo snoring softly, whereas Donatello was not snoring at all. This was a sign Leonardo was alive. Splinter, however, was not pacified. Relieved but not pacified. He went over to check on Donatello's breathing and was relieved some more when Donatello was indeed breathing peacefully. Splinter tucked his second eldest, giving him a relieved kiss on the head. Then he went to Leonardo, kissing his head.

He then closed the door, then the fear of the nightmare passed through his mind once more. What about raphael? What about Michelangelo? He raced to their room, rushing the door open. He then saw both his sons snoring much, much louder than their brothers were. Raphael in particular. Splinter's tears streamed. Thank heaven. They're alive He thought to himself in relief. He never had felt so grateful for nonsensical noise. He went over to Michelangelo, his youngest, and kissed his head. It made Michelangelo stir a bit, and splinter felt a tiny bit of fear he would be noticed but Michelangelo simply made a hum before sleeping again, snoring away.

He then went to raphael, the last to die in his nightmare. Sleeping without a care, thankfully. Splinter very gently hugged him, kissing his head and mumbling "I love you my brave son" He then got up and left, closing the door behind him. He then leaned his back against the wall as the logic of reality seeped to defeat the fear his nightmare left. But now what was left was fear of it possibly happening. But mostly, and more importantly, it left him the pain, sadness and despair the nightmare left him. He didn't feel like it was a vision but it didn't scare or upset him any less. So he tried to go back to sleep, hoping it would help.

Instead his mind grew restless, and more sad. Tossing, turning and thinking about memories of happiness only made the sadness grow. So he got up, deciding to go make himself a cup of tea, hoping that would help.

As he went down, he thought of all the adventures, trouble and dangers his sons faced. This war wasn't the most dangerous, but in terms of pain and fear it was certainly the worst. The original tengu shredder was the worst enemy, but this war was both the best and worst thing to happen to him and his sons. His sons each had a lover, friends and acceptance, as did splinter himself. But it also caused a lot of trauma for all four, Michelangelo and Leonardo specifically. It only begged the question of when was the good stuff going to stop and when would death come for them. Specifically his kids. Splinter had a long, good life but his sons were so young and had so much life ahead of them. Splinter was so worried his kids would die. He lost his father, but splinter couldn't bare to lose his babies.

So as he went down the steps the nightmare overwhelmed him to the point of him crying as he went. He sniffed, tears clouding his vision and he heard himself make soft but noticeable sounds of despair. He desperately tried to calm down. Wiping his tears on his robe and muttering to himself "Stop crying you old fool. Stop it" But it only made him more upset. He made the tea, albeit slowly as his emotions got the better of him. He then waited, sitting on the kitchen table, crying some more.

He kept crying. The nightmare repeating itself, as did memories of his children, both of past and present. The memories of his children reminded him that his babies meant so much and splinter's nightmare reminded him that he was THIS close to losing said preciousness. He then recalled a memory of Leonardo, as a infant, looking at him for the first time, saying his name for the first time ever. And that was when he finally let go. Weeping loudly and his tears streamed like rivers.

As he wept, he felt a slight pressure on his shoulders but he was so far gone by emotion at this point he ignored it. He then felt the slight pressure increase, and felt someone pull him into a warm chest, with a heart beating softly and slowly. He at first was confused, looking to see who it was. To his shock, it was Basil. Basil, held him tightly, hugging him close and having his hand stroke splinter's head. Splinter was surprised "B-Basil?"

"Shhh. It's alright splinter. There's nothing to be upset about. It's going to be alright" Basil's voice was so calm. So assuring. And his grip was so comforting, so loving.

Splinter's surprise resumed to sadness again, as splinter grabbed basil and held him close. Finally, once again, letting go and crying. He breathed softly, barely getting his words out "F-facilier attacked us. M-My sons were k-killed. T-They w-were d-dead. I l-lost my s-sons. It was awful b-basil, I-it was s-so a-awful"

"Shh. It was a nightmare splinter. Please don't cry, oh it makes me so displeased to see you so unhappy. Please don't cry. Oh I wish I could take it away from you. Seeing you like this breaks my heart" Basil's voice was sincere, loving and sad. His hug only tightened, not loosened. And splinter felt basil's lips on his face, kissing tears away. He rubbed splinter's back and kept assuring him.

Eventually splinter stopped crying. Breathing deeply finally, some hiccups from crying here or there but mostly he breathed softly. He calmed down after a while, letting go of basil finally. He then saw basil give out a hankerchief to wipe his tears and splinter graciously took it. Splinter dried his eyes, then he looked down in shame "I am very sorry basil. I do not know what came over me"

"Why splinter! Don't apologize! You had a nightmare!" Basil replied. He then smiled assuredly "But that is the thing, my dearest splinter. Nightmares are not real. The difference between nightmare and reality is that nightmares cannot hurt us"

"But what if the nightmare becomes reality?" Splinter asked, his eyes filled with sadness

Basil looked down then, seemingly unsure to answer. Basil then lit up as his eyes seemed to get an idea, he then turned to splinter "Then we find tools, solutions and people to stop the nightmare. That is where reality and nightmares are the same. They are best solved with someone than not"

Splinter smiled then, grateful for basil's logic winning through this time. Splinter then heard the teapot ring a little as the tea was ready. He was about to get up only for basil to get up for him and make two cups for himself and splinter. He gave one to splinter and basil replied softly "You do not have to do this alone you know. I learned this lesson myself"

Splinter looked down in shame then "I know. But.. I do not know who to turn to"

"Why not me?" Basil offered. Splinter was about to protest and basil raised a hand "If you say I cannot handle fears and anxieties you are sadly mistaken. I assure you I've handled anxieties from others my whole life. Why do you think I'm a detective? Just because I like being smarter than everyone?" Basil then pondered about that "Well. I mean. I DO like that but that's not the only reason"

This made splinter laugh, and this laughter caused basil to smile in delight as he seemed to make splinter feel better. This indeed made splinter feel happier and the older rat kissed the mouse on the cheek. He then replied calmly "You really are a incredible mouse, basil"

"Why thank you" Basil then replied, much more sincerely, holding splinter's hand tightly "You're amazing yourself"

Splinter sighed, drinking the tea and shaking his head "I am not supposed to be frightened over a nightmare. You make it sound so simple basil. Why am I being so foolish?"

"Now I didn't say that. I said it wasn't real. I didn't say being afraid by them is foolish. It's normal. Completely. I would be more concerned if something like that didn't bother you" Basil assured. He then held splinter's hands again replying "It scared you because it dealt with people you loved. Anyone can get scared by that. If there was a nightmare with dawson and flancanister I'd be devastated"

"It's flaversham Mr. Basil!" Olivia's soft voice was heard in the basement.

Basil and splinter were shocked by the sudden interruption. But this caused them both to laugh and laugh hard. Basil, after some laughing demanded "Olivia, it's late you go back to bed young lady"

"Sorry. Heard some crying. Is master splinter okay?" Olivia's voice asked

"Yes my sweet I am fine. Go back to sleep. Do as basil told you" Splinter replied sweetly

"Okay. Good night" Olivia replied, then silence after a long while. Basil and splinter looked to each other with relief, loving nature and sincerity. After a while splinter held basil's hands and squeezed them, smiling as basil squeezed back.

"Thank you basil. You really helped me" Splinter replied

"Of course splinter. Come to me anytime you wish" Basil then was about to leave but then splinter kissed him. Passionately. On the lips. The kiss lasted a long while before splinter pulled back. Basil blushed bright red before smiling tenderly. He then coughed, realizing it was late and he needed to sleep. So he replied, very slightly awkwardly "Well. Um. Try to sleep Splinter. Have a good night"

"Good night basil" Splinter went up at the same time as basil did. He then saw basil go to his room but then splinter realized he had to say something before bed. Splinter replied worriedly "Basil. Wait!" He then saw basil turn, awaiting for him to talk. Basil's face was confused but patient. Splinter then took a breath, before confessing honestly and tenderly "I love you"

Basil blushed before smiling widely and delightedly. He said, with a sincere and flattered face "I love you too Splinter" Basil then kissed him back, tenderly this time and the two lasted a small while before basil repeated, quietly "Good night splinter"

"Good night basil. Sleep well" Splinter then went to his room and closed the door. He then went down to his bed, relaxing finally. And as he drifted to sleep, he felt much lighter. Not just because of the nightmare no longer bothering him but the awareness he was loved and he loved someone in return. He had his love, basil beside him and with basil, along with his sons, things would turn out fine. And that was the reality of it.

[Nostalgia Chick]

awww. poor splinter. glad basil was able to be there for him.

[Darkiplier]

Haha thank you, basil is a good egg. Now I felt a little inspired to do a small perspective on Darkiplier. Basically his thoughts on his own army. And since he's gonna adopt Kwame and gi I couldn't help but basically write a character piece on him which leads to him defending jasper.
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Observances and Defenses

Darkiplier tended to look at the army members usually with interest or amusement. Either they were pawns to his own plans to be stronger or they were fun to watch in their own right. Darkiplier had people that he believed to be his favorites, people that he believed were best to avoid and people he believed weren't really useful but still overall funny. There were ones he liked, ones he disliked and ones he didn't really care about but tolerated for the benefit of staying.

He didn't plan to really take over Facilier's army, as facilier's friends were so strong that even facilier and malachite couldn't defeat them. Darkiplier didn't want to be a leader perse, just a powerhouse of destruction. He originally wanted to be leader when he first arrived but then he realized that facilier was a easy going guy. That when facilier won, he was promised his own land and his enemies' heads on a silver platter. That was all dark wanted, power and revenge. Not to be the king of everything.

So he just did what he needed to do and left well enough alone. Having fun by spooking others, making allies or just doing his own thing to pursue more power. He felt Facilier and Malachite were better as friends than enemies and left well enough alone. Rita was too focused on being a leader than power, and darkiplier felt her as a bit too goofy but he would never say, because she did have a lot of skill and to defy her was a bad idea.

Olive and Pete were the heirs and as such he observed them, Olive was fifteen and acted as such. He tried too hard to be the adult, determined to protect and serve his little brother to the end. It was a bit pushy in darkiplier's opinion, all olive had to do was support pete and that was all that was needed. Speaking of pete, the boy was innocent in many ways but jaded in others, thanks to being abused as a youngling. But olive, malachite and facilier all made up for it, as did this boy pete liked who was called John.

Darkiplier's opinions on the leaders and their family was at best he liked them if only because they were kind and respectful to him. At worst he saw them as a means to a end. Then there was his own son and daughter, Kwame and Gi. Kwame was thoughtful and kind, Gi was courageous and ambitious. Both had potential. Both were innocent. Both he adored. He cared for them, which was odd considering he adopted them merely to pacify malachite and facilier who viewed Gi as a good bride to Olive, the eldest son. But now he viewed them as wonderful children. And he would give up everything for them. Maybe his own power if need be to protect them.

Speaking of people he'd give up his power for, he also would sacrifice himself for Jasper. A thief by trade, he had skills many underestimated or ignored. But Darkiplier saw otherwise, he saw a man with many talents. A man with a interesting personality. He was handsome absolutely but darkiplier had seen many handsome and beautiful people. While his looks helped, his personality shined. Darkiplier was touched by jasper's determination, loyalty, compassion and kindness to him. He didn't need to manipulate or brainwash him to do it. Jasper naturally liked him. And his sincerity was something darkiplier truly loved. So he appreciated jasper and did everything he could to protect him.

Sometimes though jasper became a bit of a tough guy and would claim he could take care of himself, that darkiplier worried too much. Hence why sometimes darkiplier did it in secret, doing the bare minimum publicly to not arouse jasper's suspicions. One such time was when Prince Tomas' openly mocked him, joking at jasper's expense, calling him a pauper and whatnot. Hanging out with the trickster seemed to make the prince a bit too egotistical as he tended to sometimes push his weight around. Jasper wouldn't admit it, but being made fun of embarrassed him. And Darkiplier found that unacceptable.

So when Prince Tomas was alone he found the prince in the tents, helping out with the show facilier sometimes did to prevent suspicion from authorities and whatnot. He saw the prince sparring by himself and he decided to have some fun at tomas' expense. He disguised himself as a knight and challenged the prince to a duel. The prince accepted and the fight lasted a small while until tomas' sword came too close to his head. Wanting to scare the man, he made it appear the sword sliced his head, decapitating him and causing blood to spew.

Not out of fear of the violence, but more of fear of consequence tomas panicked. He went to the body and was about to cease the blood only for the knight to disappear. Tomas was confused by then darkiplier's voice echoed "So you call yourself a prince. A fool is what you are. You claim yourself to be collected and prepared, yet you can't even aim your sword right" He then appeared as a headless knight, with the head appearing to be tomas' and he replied with a evil cackle "And now you will be like Icabod Crane, and your head will be claimed for the dead to take!"

Tomas screamed at the top of his lungs, frightened for real. Getting what he wanted darkiplier appeared as himself, smirking with amusement and he got closer to tomas, who sputtered confusion. Tomas replied confusedly "Bu-But I thought you... that is you were... you aren't dead?"

"No. I'm not. But I'm not alive either. But I wasn't killed by you. I am a creature of darkness, I am darkiplier. And I just gave you a lesson in humility" Darkiplier replied, his voice echoing but not as deeply or as loudly as before. He then disappeared and reappeared behind tomas. He then whispered "You're not the only one with power here. You're barely an ant compared to me"

"W-what do you want f-from me? I'll do what you want don't hurt me" Tomas replied, slightly cowardly

"I want you to give Jasper Badun an apology and not make a fool out of him again. If you do not apologize to him by the end of tomorrow, I will make the threat I made a reality. Do you understand?" Darkiplier replied, sneering arrogantly

"Yes sir. I'll apologize" Tomas humbly replied

"Good. Now be gone" Darkiplier then saw the prince rush to the house, darkiplier teleported back to his room awaiting for his reward for his labors.

He spied on tomas, seeing him do as he promised. He went to the thief with a humble apology, much to jasper's confusion but the thief forgave him. Then Tomas ran off, and from his senses, it was to tell trickster of what had happened. Jasper went to him and told him tomas apologized and Darkiplier feigned innocence, saying that was great of him. Jasper thankfully fell for this trick and said no more.

Trickster, however, came to defend his lover's honor. Angry and displeased, the king of kooza slammed his door and aimed his wand "You have a lot of nerve doing what you did Darkiplier" Trickster snapped "You have no right"

"And he has the right to make fun of Jasper?" Darkiplier argued

"It was a joke. Something of which your feeble mind cannot comprehend" Trickster snapped "Besides, Tomas spoke the truth. He is a thief and a pauper. What is the point of punishing someone for speaking the truth?" This caused darkplier to grab trickster by the collar of his suit. Trickster sneered "You only behave this way because you have feelings for that thief. You wouldn't care otherwise"

"And you are only here because of that bastard prince. He lost his kingdom, friends and money because he was a fool. And he will always be a fool. Which is why he chose to pick on jasper" Darkiplier then shoved trickster down. He then aimed his staff at trickster's throat "Do you wish to join tomas and leave this be, or should I make a example to that spoiled brat and send your head as a present?"

"You were out of line. And I will get you back for it" Trickster fixed himself up "I AM the trickster after all. I know my own ways of tricking people to fear me"

"Then you should be aware that sometimes everyone deserves to be tricked. Especially ones who brought it on themselves" Darkiplier snapped "Be gone former king"

"Current king" Trickster arrogantly corrected "And tomas is a prince and you will address him as such. This conversation is not over. I will make you pay for this deed" And with that the trickster was gone.

Trickster and Tomas officially became on his list of people to be annoyed by but also to be careful about that day. Darkiplier observed trickster, waiting for his moment to strike, but it didn't come for a while. But Darkiplier wasn't stupid. He expected as such. Trickster was cunning and would wait until darkiplier was off guard. Which wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Trickster at best ignored him, at worst was passive aggressive and rude to him. Tomas meanwhile wasn't so brave and avoided both jasper and darkiplier like the plague. Anytime darkiplier came tomas literally avoided him, always going to trickster if need be.

But Darkiplier didn't care. Tomas should fear him. As did any of his enemies. And anyone who dared stand against him or his allies would suffer. He would make sure of it. Hence why he observed his enemies to make sure they stayed away. After all, keep your friends close and enemies closer. And darkiplier was very good at doing that.

[Nostalgia Chick]

that was incredible.

i half expect jasper to come to him and go..

jasper: you know the funniest thing happened. that jerk of a prince actually apologized to me.

darkipilier: really? I wonder what got into him.

Jasper: Thank you.

Darkipilier: What?

Jasper: I saw what you did. no one's stood up for me before. i always had to look out for horace but you stood up for me. thank you.

and if horace ever got bullied jasper and darkiplier would make them pay. xD

[Donald Duck]

Haha thank you. I'm glad it worked out. And speaking of that's similar to my idea. This is basically my list of fanfics I plan to do:

--Trickster getting revenge/jasper standing up for dark/jasper and darkiplier bonding aka a sequel to observances and defenses(Where jasper will realize dark defended him and will thank him/pay him back)
--Meet the Family Part three, four and five(Willie, rum tum and basil's turns)
--Kenai and Koda's bromance
--A bonding fanfic between nala and simba
--A fanfic based on our plan of nala getting captured
--A fanfic dedicated to max having a nightmare, causing leo to comfort him, with possibly goofy observing it and finally realizing max is taken care of.
--A fanfic of cinderella and her godmother bonding
--A fanfic of Milo, Vinny and Audrey meeting up with Mole and sweet
--A fanfic of Donald, goofy and mickey being bros. And basically mickey explaining to goofy his concerns about pete
--A fanfic of goofy and max being father and son
--A fanfic of daisy and Donald bonding
--A fanfic of simba and kiara bonding

And that's it. For now

[Nostalgia Critic]

Finally got the inspiration for willie's turn. Thought it'd be fun to do the bros and splinter separately for willie. Here ya go! I realize my theme of mikey making fun of both ruber and willie is a thing so this inspires/explains the revenge that will happen when rum tum has his second meeting with everybody lol
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Meet The Family: Part Three: Willie

Willie was nervous to say the least. But he wasn't nearly as nervous as both ruber or max were. But his nervousness came out in the form of typically meeting any new family member. While willie absolutely trusted Donny's judgement, he didn't exactly want to expose the wrath of his father. He saw what splinter was like in battle and when someone looked oddly at his sons, splinter was definitely not one to be trifled with. And neither were Donny's brothers. Donny was like the mother hen, and all the brothers were like angry chicks against the new rooster in town.

Willie's nervousness came from the fact he genuinely wanted to get the right impression. And mostly to be peaceful for Donny's sake. He wanted not only to be approved on, he wanted to be liked by the brothers for their own reasons. In other words: He wanted more than to be corgial, he wanted to actually have his own friendships with the family members. He adored Donny and wanted to be part of Donny's life, in Donny's family. To do that he needed to have his own bonds, which was something willie was worried about not receiving.

So, he planned a surprise for him and splinter, and Donny was welcome to come with. Donny of course replied interestedly "What are you up to willie?"

"Um. Well. I wanna tell you. But it's a surprise" Willie said playfully

Donny got closer then, playfully batting his eyes, pretending to be seductive. Even though it was facetious in nature, willie still blushed, never ceasing to find Donatello attractive. Donny replied teasingly "Come on not even for little old me"

Willie gave him a sweet kiss, replying shyly "Sorry Donny. If I told you I wouldn't get to see how cute your face is when you're surprised" He then saw Donny smile back, realizing willie really wanted to try this out.

"Okay. I'll wait and see then. See you tonight" Donny gave him one final kiss before running off to work.

Later that night, Willie proceeded to use his magic to make foods that were his, Donny's and splinter's favorites. He personally asked splinter what he liked, then let his magic do the rest. He made a little stage for the surprise then smiled as both Donny and splinter came. Willie replied sweetly "Hello. I'm so glad you could make it!"

"Willie, we planned this, of course we could make it" Donny playfully replied

Willie blushed "Oh right" This earned a smile from both Donny and splinter who both seemed amused. Willie took this as a good sign and sat them both down. Willie then smirked, excited "Now you both enjoy dinner while I begin your surprise"

"Surprise? I have not heard of this" Splinter replied interestedly

"Of course you haven't sensei! Hence why it's a surprise!" Willie then realized that MAY have been rude. So he quickly backtracked "Not that you don't know that you're very intelligent. Oooh, not that I think you aren't. Ooooh I was better at this when I rehearsed I promise"

While splinter watched amusedly, Donny went over and gave willie a kiss on the cheek and hugged him "It's okay willie. We got what you meant. Don't overthink this, so far it's good. Just show us what you got"

Willie nodded as Donny and splinter ate a little and waited. Willie then snapped his fingers and the candles immediately lit. The lights went out and Willie replied "Presenting. Magic. In it's best form!" He then proceeded to immediately have the drinks pour into splinter and Donny's glasses. At the same time instruments appeared making fun music play. Willie then proceeded to spin around then turn into a rabbit.

Donny smiled, instantly interested. Although Donny was a man of science, willie was the one man that can fascinate him with magic. That and the battle nexus Daimyo. Splinter though was always fascinated with magic and his brown eyes were alight with wonder. Willie, as the rabbit, noticed their interest and then bounced around before turning into a snake which slithered all over the place. He went on the table and slid around Donny before the snake turned into a bouquet of lilies and dafodils. Two of Donny's favorite flowers. Donny beamed with delight.

As the flowers came for him a sudden tray of cheese appeared before splinter and danced onto his plate. Splinter couldn't help but feel a little bit like a kid again, and he clapped with interest. Willie came back on stage, having transported from Donny's hand to the stage while simultaneously giving him flowers. He then turned into a bird, a dog, a cat, a mouse and of course a turtle in the blink of a eye. He then replied, as he turned back into himself "Fe. Fi. Fo. Fum. I think some dancers will come" Suddenly a group of dancers appeared behind him doing the can can.

As they danced, two butlers cleaned up most of the eaten food. During this time Donny and splinter had eaten quite a lot. Willie had also snuck invisibly to eat while he was working his magic. He then made the dancers eventually leave then Willie made his clothes into a fancy tuxedo, while a piano appeared. He replied sheepishly "I only learned one song, I don't do this often but I felt this would be a good finale"

He then proceeded to play Fur elise by Beethoven. Once that was finished he let the curtains close and allowed it to end. He then went to see them, hearing the applause from the both.

"Willie that was amazing!" Donny replied delightfully

"Yes, that was most brilliant!" Splinter agreed, clapping happily

Willie blushed brightly and bowed. But then he was surprised with a tender kiss from Donny. Donny whispered "Thank you for the flowers. Thank you for tonight. I owe you"

"Oh no! Please you don't owe me!" Willie replied humbly

"I do. I owe you. But I want to enjoy some dessert with you for now with my father if that's okay" Donny replied taking willie to sit with him and splinter.

"I'd be delighted" Willie smiled. He then proceeded to enjoy cake with his boyfriend and his father, enjoying the conversation as well as the questions both had for him. He had gotten along swell and his surprise worked even better than he hoped. But there was a look in Donny's mind that made willie wonder what his creative boyfriend was up to.
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"Alright. So I'm going to teach willie something he's always wanted to try and I need you guys to help" Donny replied

"Alright Donny what'd you need us to do?" Raph replied

"Just say the word and we will do it" Leo also replied

"As long as it's not polka. There is no way I'm doing that. Not even for you Donny" Mikey replied

"Willie wants to learn to ride a bike. He's never tried. He's a bit nervous. So be patient" Donny replied, glaring at mikey suddenly

Mikey, confused, replied as such "What?!"

"Don't make fun of him and don't ask why he hasn't used his magic. He did and it made him fail anyway. Just roll with it" Donny insisted

"We won't Donny. It'll be fine" Leo replied maturely

"Yeah it's not like he's a grown man who should've learned this... Ow!" Mikey replied as he got hit by raphael "Fine. Fine. We'll be nice"

Donny then noticed willie come and Donny went over. He then looked at mikey again before grabbing a bike and replying "Willie! You made it! Great. So you sure you're ready?"

"Y-Yeah Donny I'm ready. Just... I'm just.. well I've never done this before so I'm..." Willie replied

"Scared?" Raph asked

"Panicking?" Leo asked

"Frozen and paralyzed with your childhood fear?" Mikey asked, a amused smirk on his face

Donny glared daggers at mikey before turning to willie with a sweet smile "Nervous?"

"Yes. Exactly. Nervous" Willie replied

"We'll go slow. It'll be fun. I promised you I'd help you so I will. Consider this my payback for that amazing dinner that I'll never forget with my father last week" Donny replied insistently

Willie blushed and smiled while Leo smiled knowingly, raph and mikey though both rolled their eyes and pretended to vomit. Willie ignored that and got the helmet on, squeezing Donny's hand as Donny proceeded to help him. Leo meanwhile got his scooter ready and replied "Nice and steady willie, Donny's got you. You got this"

"Yeah big man you got this. We're right behind you" Raph obediently followed with his roller skates

"Yeah literally, right behind you, so don't fall" Mikey snickered and this caused leo and raph to deliberately bump into him to stop him.

"You got this willie, relax. I'll let go only when you want me too" Donny replied walking gently and going easily.

Willie was quiet, albiet due to being scared but the more he pedaled with Donny beside him, the better he felt. He kept going and going, smiling as Donny smiled encouragingly. He then boldly went a bit faster, glad as Donny picked up the pace with him. Soon willie was actually going at a fun pace and he began to stop thinking too much. If anything he didn't feel like he needed Donny but he wanted Donny to see.

"Look Donny I'm doing it!" But willie was shocked to see he was actually by himself, with Donny smiling and running at his own pace. Willie wasn't scared from this new thing but if anything it motivated him more. He kept going, with the other turtles doing their own thing with their athletic toys.

Leo was giving a thumbs up as he scooted along. Raph was chuckling amusedly as he rolled along. Even mikey was being encouraging, laughing and replying "Yeah willie! You made us proud!"

Eventually willie came to a halt. He then waited for the turtles. Donny laughed hugging willie "You did it! I knew you could!"

"All thanks to you. I can't thank you enough Donny!" Willie replied

"Well I told you I owed you one" Donny's comment earned him a tender kiss from willie. This earned the amusement of leo and the disgust of raph and mikey.

"Come on Donny I'm all for public affection but I also wanna keep my lunch" Raph replied

"Yeah. It's only fun when you're the one being kissed" Mikey commented

"Lay off guys. It's sweet" Leo replied thoughtfully

"You're a romantic hotshot" Raph snarkily commented

Donny ignored them and hugged willie "So wanna do some more?"

"Kissing? I mean sure but I was hoping we'd ride more!" Willie innocently replied

"I meant the riding silly" Donny laughed

This earned some laughter from the others while willie blushed. Willie nodded pedaling the bike, while Donny ran and the other turtles rode on their things. Willie smiled feeling like a kid but not as lonely or as uncomfortable anymore. He felt like he had a family alongside him to have fun. And that was all he wanted. Enjoying his family with fun and fancy free

[Nostalgia Critic]

We interrupt meet the family once again to do a couple one shot stories. This one is a interesting character piece of mickey, Donald and goofy along with daisy and Minnie handling pete back in the critic's. It's not the mickey, Donald and goofy piece I have planned, it's the prequel to that one.
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Hard To Get Over

Pete was training outside and Mickey watched him like a hawk in the kitchen. Waiting for any moment he would strike. You would think mickey would be delighted and cheerful considering the love of his life arrived around the same time pete did. And he was, but when it came to pete his cheer died like the winter killed the summer. Anytime Pete was near him a icy feeling went through his heart. Almost colder than ice. Mickey didn't know. But he definitely knew that this was a hard thing to get over.

"Mickey?"

Mickey, startled, jumped to only see his beloved wife, Minnie, staring at him. Minnie was in a nice little purple polka dotted dress with a matching bow. She was obviously enjoying the new casual wear like he was. But in her face was the same old worried look she liked to have when he was deep in thought. Minnie replied "Mickey, pumpkin, are you okay?"

"I'm fine honey, I'm just... my mind is on things. I'll be better soon" Mickey replied sweetly

Minnie went over to see what mickey was looking at and her eyes widened then looked softly. She seemed to get it. Then again she always did when it came to him. It was why he worshipped the ground she walked on. Minnie held his hand and replied softly "It's about Pete isn't it?"

"I don't trust him Minnie" Mickey replied

"I know mon chere, I know you don't. That's why you should probably tell goofy and Donald" Minnie replied

"They won't understand" Mickey replied softly "Goofy especially won't"

"You don't know that mickey. I didn't think daisy would understand love but I told her anyway. She then learned to understand. They'll learn to understand too" Minnie replied, a soft knowing smile on her face. It was the smile mickey would die for. Every single time.

Mickey turned to her with a softer, kinder look and replied "Aw. Gosh Minnie. What would I do without you?"

"Be single I hope" Minnie joked. This earned a laugh from mickey and this made Minnie laugh. Causing them both to laugh a bit. As they laughed a bit daisy was rambling to Donald about something.

"And than I was like, Cinderella blue does not go with purple! At all! Can you believe how wrong she was?" Daisy asked

"I can't. You of all people know fashion daisy" Donald's tone was sincere but his face indicated a lack of concern. He really didn't care but if it meant talking to daisy he was willing to put up with it.

"Oh hey! Mickey, your highness! I was just about to find you both!" Daisy replied "Goofy wants to talk to us. You know. About pete's situation"

"Oh well actually daisy we were thinking the same thing, right mickey?" Minnie asked

"Yeah. Um. Where's he? We probably should talk" Mickey replied

"He's in my room. We were actually gonna get you" Donald replied

Mickey sighed, then took Minnie's hand as he and her went up the steps. Donald and daisy were confused by mickey's sullen expression and both shrugged. Donald then took daisy's hand and went up the steps. Donald replied "Hey mickey are you okay?"

"Just peachy Donald" Mickey's tone did not indicate that he was fine. But Donald did not mention that. He didn't think it would solve matters. For once, Donald kept his curiosity at bay.

They all went with goofy who had a layout folder. Which meant goofy had been thinking this for a while. Goofy turned with a smile "Heya mick! I'm glad I caught you. So I know things have been different around here. And I was thinking we'd clear the air"

"Yeah me too" Mickey's tone was less cheerful than goofy's

"Mickey are you sure you're okay?" Donald asked again, more concerned this time

"He's fine Donald, oh honestly you worry too much" Daisy insisted before replying insistently to mickey "But seriously are you ok. You're not sick are you. You're not feeling like you're gonna die or anything because that's very, very bad"

"Daisy, mickey's got a lot on his mind which we'll get to once mickey is ready too alright?" Minnie's tone, as always, was patient and sweet. Mickey smiled a little thanks to how understanding Minnie was.

Goofy was suspicious but he, like Donald, decided to keep it at bay for now. He then sighed and replied "Well pete's been on another side obviously which means he's gonna have a lot of enemies. So I thought one of us could be his bodyguard. Uh, for a month or so at least!" Goofy said as he noticed Donald's annoyed expression

"I have better things to do than worry about that big palooka" Donald replied, he then softened his gaze when goofy gave a sour expression "But I think I can work something out maybe"

"Goofy, don't you think maybe you're being a bit too helpful? I mean, it's absolutely wonderful and I think that's smart of you. But don't you think we should have a precaution in case pete doesn't want our help?" Minnie politely asked. Her tone was patient but her face indicated she wanted to say more. But she didn't.

"Oh I have! If he won't accept help I'll just have some extra security doohickeys watch over him. And I already gave the a okay to keep him on track on the whole don't betray us thing. It's all covered Minnie" Goofy wrote stuff down before smiling to her "But I always appreciate your help your majesty"

"Please goofy, call me Minnie. I've told you I don't always need to be called that" Minnie replied with a sweet little chuckle of amusement.

"Ok so you have a plan but you want one of us to be his bodyguard for a month?" Donald asked

"Yes. I would take it but I promised that this month I'd be on babysitting duty with Sylvia. So one of you might have to do it" Goofy then turned to mickey, who was getting more and more sullen by the second. Mickey's eyes were hardened and his expression was firm. He was tying his hands together in a tight ball. Goofy, now unable to contain the curiosity due to mickey being so out of character, curiously asked "Mick? You're awful quiet. What's going on with ya bud?"

"I don't trust pete goofy" Mickey admitted finally

This caused everyone to be dead quiet. But goofy, after a slight pause, smiled sweetly, seemingly understanding but it seemed he was in some form of denial as he replied "I know. Because of him being on another army but that'll change mick, he--"

"No goofy. I mean I don't trust him at all. I never have. I never will. I don't want him here. I don't think he deserves a bodyguard when he's caused this trouble all by himself. He's a bad guy. He always has been" Mickey's tone was more firm, more annoyed.

Goofy was taken aback by mickey's lack of compassion. This wasn't like mickey. The mouse was always compassionate, merciful and kind. Not to pete though. And goofy couldn't figure out why. So he admitted this with a confused tone "But mick, this is what we promised ourselves to do remember? To stick by someone in need?" Goofy then replied with a even more confused and slightly hurt tone "You're not acting like yourself, pal. I don't get it. Pete has changed. Why don't you believe me?"

"Because he hasn't changed goofy. If he had, he wouldn't of went to the bad guys in the first place. He wouldn't of escaped france. He wouldn't of gotten you, me, Donald and Minnie killed" Mickey snapped harshly

"Now hold on mickey, pete never wanted to kill me. He only wanted to exile me. He's not that heartless. You know that" Minnie gently and sweetly replied. But even her sweetness couldn't handle mickey's slowly increasing wrath.

"Minnie, that's what he told you. How do you know he's not lying?" Mickey demanded

"And how do you know that he is?" Daisy daringly replied "Seriously, I'm with goofy. This isn't like you"

"Mickey, you have a right to be angry with him. I don't like the guy either. But if goofy says he's changed he has. Goofy has no reason to lie" Donald replied. Donald replied "I'm the first person to say we should be careful around pete. But goofy is right to be worried about his safety. There will be people out to get him and take him away"

"And I'm saying he deserves that. Maybe he should leave" Mickey replied

This caused shock from everyone, even Minnie. Minnie knew that mickey was angry with pete but she never realized how deep it was. But she understood why. If anything she accepted it. She didn't like it and would help mickey change this mindset, but she was his biggest supporter. Always has been. Always would be. That said, it did unsettle her to see mickey so bitter.

Donald was less stunned and more confused. Mickey was the first person to tell him to help another. To be sweet and friendly. To see this was a different thing. He wasn't unwelcome to it, Donald himself didn't like pete and felt that being his bodyguard was a stupid job. But that didn't mean it wasn't a job that was needed. Mickey implicating Pete deserved to get killed was a line that Donald was not sure to cross.

Daisy was horrified. How could someone be willing to abandon someone else? Sure pete was a jerk. Actually a big huge jerk. But still. It was a friend of goofy's. And a friend of your friend was your friend too. You didn't abandon people just because you had a grudge. A life was a life. And mickey was suggesting to let it be gone.

Goofy, however, was angry. This was his friend. This was his neighbor. Pete was someone he didn't always agree with and even had moments of anger towards. But they always somehow someway made a brotherhood work. Hell, their own sons were best friends. PJ was like the nephew he never had. Pete saved his life many times too, and pete was genuine about helping out. How could his best friend mickey say something like this? Say something this selfish and cold? It was wrong. And goofy wanted to make mickey know that. Goofy replied hurtfully "How can you say that mick? Nobody deserves to be taken. Pete's a father mick"

"That's the only reason I am willing to maybe help him" Mickey replied, bitter

"Maybe? Mickey, this shouldn't even be a question. You don't have to watch him but doggone it mick, this isn't the way to go either. I'm not asking you to like him. I'm asking you to help him" Goofy replied, starting to lose his cool

"Well maybe I don't want to" Mickey sneered "Maybe I think you're in over your head again. Risking your life for someone who wouldn't do the same for you"

"Mickey. He has. He did. That's why he is here. He saved me so I can get back to my boy. Back to all of you. The least you can do is be thankful for it" Goofy snapped, getting in mickey's face

"I don't have to be thankful for anything. He only saved you to get your trust. And he did! He can fool you but he can't fool me" Mickey snapped back, his face just as close as goofy's. The two were at a standoff, their angry eyes staring right at each other.

"Mickey. Please. Calm down" Minnie pushed mickey away

"Easy big guy, easy. Deep breath don't lose your cool. Trust me it's not fun" Donald replied, nervous now. He was always the one to lose his temper. It was weird being the calm one

"I'm not stupid mickey. I know a liar when I see one. Pete's not lying. I don't believe it" Goofy replied

"Don't? Or won't?" Mickey replied, angry

"Now you listen here mickey. I won't tolerate this. You don't know pete, you're not the one who was saved by him" Goofy replied

"AND YOU WEREN'T THE ONE HE SENT TO DROWN IN THE OCEAN IN A ABANDONED CASTLE!" Mickey's rage filled to a boiling point now. Which resulted in this outburst. Now it was out. The reason why he was so cold. The reason why he wanted to turn his back on pete. The reason he didn't trust pete. The reason why he never really could. The reason why he didn't understand why goofy could forgive. Mickey's rage subsided into anxiety, as he turned from anger into a shocked form of panic. Mickey's eyes turned from fire to tears.

As mickey began to subside to his emotions. Minnie gasped, covering her face. She remembered that mickey told her of nearly drowning, but she was not told about pete sending him there. Mickey didn't tell her for protecting her worry. If she knew that, Minnie would never have allowed pete to live in prison. She would've executed him. Now that she knew this, she understood why mickey was so angry with him. But at the same time, now that it was years later, she felt that all this was doing was hurting mickey. Not hurting pete. Pete deserved to be forgiven, not for his sake but for mickey's sanity.

Daisy was horrified once again but for a different reason. She knew he tried to kill Donald and that was horrifying to swallow. But Donald escaped and pete apologized multiple times for it. She never knew about mickey's attempted murder. Drowning was far more sadistic. It was far more sinister. Daisy hesitated to hold mickey's shoulder for support. Instead she held Donald's hand, unsure what to do.

Donald was also horrified. Donald found mickey at the castle. But both goofy and Donald didn't know it was pete that sent him to the castle. Clarabelle at Pete's trials explained pete told her minions sold mickey to be drowned. And mickey was not allowed to testify. So maybe mickey was so traumatized he didn't want to go through it. And pete felt guilt in his own way so he lied about his involvement. Regardless, Donald didn't know. And now that he did. He was even more understanding to mickey's side.

Goofy, however, was both stunned and hurt. For mickey. He never imagined pete doing that. He knew pete was capable of hurting others, but not killing others. Like Donald, he only learned about pete's involvement with the drowning at the trial but it seemed pete didn't know about it. That was clearly a lie. Mickey wouldn't lie about something like this. Mickey didn't hate someone that much. Goofy may have cared about pete but he adored mickey too and he trusted mickey's word. Which was why he was so devastated pete would do that.

"M-Mick. I had no idea. I swear I didn't" Goofy replied, numb to the words

Mickey though at this point was overwhelmed. Now they knew and all that nightmares he suffered, all that trauma came back to him tenfold. He felt cold. But not like when he saw pete. He felt like a burning sensation of cold. He openly shivered as his tears began to spill "Of course you didn't. That's why you trusted pete. If you had any idea what he said to me, you wouldn't have had max near him"

"Mickey, maybe we should sit down before you pass out" Daisy gently replied

"No! You're gonna listen to me!" Mickey snapped. This caused daisy to be taken aback, with Donald taking her with a sad expression. Mickey replied, tears spilling "I was alone. Set to drown. I barely escaped with my life. I was chained like a animal and was all alone, thinking you were dead and Donald was not going to find me. You and donald thankfully saved me goofy, which is why I tried so hard to respect your feelings cause you're my friend. But I'm tired goofy. I'm really, really tired. I'm done hiding from you. You're gonna have to make a choice. Pete is not trustworthy. Either he goes or I go. I'm not going to sit around with a traitor of my princess anymore. Jai Fini!" With that mickey went off and slammed the door hard in his room.

Silence filled the room. Silence consumed the room. Daisy, Donald, goofy and Minnie all had sadness in them but mostly for mickey and the choice they had to make. Either they went with business as usual with both involved, risk losing pete to enemies or risk losing mickey. Minnie, however, was not willing to lose her husband and replied "Goofy, he's right. We're gonna have to make a choice. But hopefully not the ultimatum he said"

"Maybe I have to choose between them miss Minnie. I don't know if I can though" Goofy sadly replied

"Do you want to?" Minnie asked

"No. Not at all" Goofy replied

"Good. Then we won't. Mickey is just in pain. He needs time but he'll learn to forgive" Minnie replied

"I hope you're right Minnie" Daisy replied

"I am. I know these things. I know because I was in mickey's place. Let me talk to him goofy" Minnie patted goofy's shoulder, goofy looked sad and absolutely shamed. He had no idea about this. If he did he would've been way more gentle. Way more understanding. He didn't know. But he nodded to Minnie and Minnie went to find mickey. She was heard calling mickey's name gently and the door opening for her. She then entered his room and there was evident talking heard but the other three didn't know what was said.

"Poor mickey. No wonder he is as angry as he is about that" Donald replied

"He never told us" Daisy replied sadly "Why?"

"Because I'm friends with the person who drowned him. It's because of me" Goofy replied "He spent so much time protecting me that I wasn't protecting him"

"Now don't you say that goofy. You're just thinking about everyone. That's what you've always done. Don't you go with this I'm selfish routine" Donald replied softly

"Well maybe I am selfish Donald" Goofy commented

"No. You're not. If you were you'd still be yelling at mickey. If you were you wouldn't have your son. If you were you wouldn't have been able to convince me to go to that abandoned castle back when we were young" Donald replied with a confident smile "You're a lot of things, big guy. Selfish is not one of them"

Goofy smiled then. He felt a bit overwhelmed with one of his childhood friends praise him so highly. So he grabbed Donald into a hug. This caused laughter from daisy. Donald replied, trying to breathe "Aw-ah!--Aw love ya too goof. Now le-let go! Let go I can't breathe!"

"Oh sorry!" Goofy replied letting Donald go. Donald then smiled as daisy kissed him on the cheek.

Daisy then sighed "I think Minnie's right. This isn't a choice that needs to be made. We can acknowledge pete's mistakes and look forward to his successes in the future. He's changed but we should expect good from him. Forgive him but not forget. Ya know?"

"Yeah. That's pretty fair" Donald replied "Mickey and pete are our friends. We don't leave either of them"

"That's right. I certainly won't" Goofy then heard the door and saw Minnie pull a sad, calmer and tearful mickey. It was clear mickey cried or was still crying. But it was also clear he seemed to feel guilty. Maybe he didn't mean everything he said and he was taken aback by himself. Maybe he wanted to apologize for yelling. Maybe it was both.

It turned out to be both as mickey humbly replied "Goofy. Daisy. Donald. I'm sorry for yelling and I'm sorry for some of the things I said. Goofy, you don't have to choose between us. Pete is your friend and so am I. I shouldn't of said that to you"

"Aw gawsh mickey, I don't blame you for saying it. I would've done the same thing if someone made me protect Bradley Uppercrust. After what he did to my boy, I probably would be just as cold as you" Goofy replied solemnly

"Still goofy. I shouldn't of said that. Just because I struggled doesn't mean I should take it out on you. You're one of my best friends. Next to Donald obviously" This caused mickey to smile and Donald smiled just as brightly back

"You betcha mickey, we'll always be pals" Donald replied loyally

"That's right Donald, always. Anyway, Minnie talked over with me and I decided that it's time to let this go. And because of that I volunteer to bodyguard pete for a month" Mickey insistently replied

"Really? Ya mean it mick?" Goofy asked

"You don't have to mickey" Donald replied

"Yeah. I mean I can do it. I mean villians can't hit girls without major media controversy" This earned a laugh from Minnie and Donald, goofy though was a little confused by the adult joke and mickey was a bit too sad to laugh but he had a big smile.

"No. It's okay daisy. I'll do it. It's what friends do for friends" Mickey saw goofy's hopeful expression and winked at him.

"Mickey. I can't tell you how grateful I am to be your friend. I really care about you brother" Goofy then hugged mickey and mickey hugged back.

"I'm grateful for you too mon ami, I really am. And if that means showing it by helping pete well hot dog I'll do it" Mickey replied determinedly

"Oh mickey I'm so proud of you mon amour" Minnie then grabbed him kissing him passionately.

"Love is in the air" Donald smiled

"Darn right it is, come here sugar plum" Daisy grabbed Donald then and passionately kissed him

Goofy couldn't help but laugh "Oh if only Sylvia wasn't taking the kids to the library" He laughed some more. He then sighed as the two couples stopped kissing and he shook hands with mickey "Mickey, I'm sorry about what I said too. Are we pals?"

"Oh of course goofy. Always have been always will be" Mickey shook hands and then suddenly pluto barked. Pluto came over and barked loudly and mickey was confused "What's going on pluto? What's wrong?"

"Lunch is ready! Mrs. Potts sent me up to get you guys. Come on we're waiting for you I'm starving" With that pluto went down stairs again.

"Well you know me and food can't resist" Goofy then raced down chasing pluto "Wait up pluto!"

"Well, madamemoselle? Shall we?" Mickey replied offering his arm

"We shall!" Minnie happily replied taking mickey's arm and going.

Donald smirked to daisy and daisy was confused "Oh no. What? What's that 'I'm gonna do mischief' look?"

She suddenly shrieked before laughing in delight as Donald grabbed her and carried her bridal style. The two ducks kissed some more before going for lunch. All finally comfortable as their friend and family group was settled and actually content. After the fight, they appreciated the friendly side to themselves more.

[Nostalgia Chick]

aww. heart breaking fic with a bittersweet ending. was feeling for all of them especially mickey and goofy though.

except i thought they all knew pete left him there to drown. the troubador even sang about it in a song saying donald left mickey to drown. i guess goofy was just in denial? or thought pete had changed.

[Alex Gold]

I totally see where you're coming from but the song doesn't confirm pete sent him though so technically no. So I made some stuff up to show that neither Donald or goofy knew that pete was involved.

That said the sequel will have a sequence where mickey and goofy have a little chat about that and basically mickey asks "You sure you didn't know?" And goofy swears that he didn't and if that he did he would've been more understanding to mickey's trauma. Because even though goofy forgives pete he doesn't forget that mickey is struggling too

[Nostalgia Critic]

I'm gonna make the sequel to the mickey/Donald/goofy character piece soon. For now here's a hurt/comfort for leo and max. With a special cameo from goofy
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Never Let Go

Max walked inside the coffee shop, putting his skateboard away along with his helmet. He saw PJ, bobby and Monica call him over. Max smiled, sitting down. He heard himself chitter chatter with his friends, but didn't necessarily feel himself speak. He then heard a loud scream, a male one. Max turned at the sound of it. The male voice was as familiar to him as his own voice was. He asked worriedly "Dad?!"

The male voice screamed again. Crying for help. Then another male voice, a male voice max had grown so fond of. This male voice, unlike the first one, was younger, softer, sweeter. Max worriedly replied, more frantic "Leo?!"

The first male voice and the second one joined forces in screaming. Both sounded like they were in danger. Max got scared. Very scared. Max replied "Guys. We gotta help them. Something's wrong" But as he turned, bobby, PJ and monica were no where to be found. In fact, the whole coffee shop began to slowly disappear as it turned into a alleyway. A dark alleyway. Ones that made max believe he was in New York. He realized that even his own stuff was missing. But the one thing that stayed the same: Was two male voices max loved so deeply that were screaming for help.

Max raced out replying "Dad! Leo! Hold on! I'm coming!" Max raced out searching everywhere. The good news was the more he ran, the louder the voices became. But the bad news was he didn't know how or why this was happening. He then turned to see Pete, bloodied and tied up to a pole. Max gasped "Mr. Pete!"

Pete coughed then, his eyes swollen but filled with fear "You gotta get out of here kid. Save yourself"

"No way. I'm not leaving you. PJ is..." Max then was shocked, and horrified, as PJ's lifeless body was nearby. PJ was just as bloody as pete was, but it seemed his injuries were more fatal. Max's eyes widened. He raced to PJ "Peej, speak to me dude! PJ don't do this to me! PJ! Wake up!" Max shook him in desperation then he heard the two male voices again. Which was definitely leo and goofy's voice. There was no way it wasn't now. Max reluctantly left his friends to find them.

He couldn't help but wonder what went wrong. How this kept getting worse. This wasn't what max wanted. He never wanted this. He didn't know why this was happening. Max then turned to see his father, being wrestled down by Hun. He recalled the big blond man when Bradley made his attempt to capture leo. So his memory brought hun back and the man was quite literally taking goofy down.

Max shoved hun away, desperate to get the man to draw his attention away from his father. Max snapped "You get away from him!"

"No maxie! Run! It's too dangerous!" Goofy replied, his face disheveled. Goofy looked awful. A black eye, broken snout, one tooth was even missing. His clothes were tattered, and he had no shoes on. It looked like goofy was fighting hun for a while.

The sight of his father like this only motivated max's anger. Max punched hun, angrily "You want him? You gotta go through me"

Hun grabbed a pistol, chuckling "That can be arranged, mutt" He then punched max. Aiming a pistol. Max looked hun square in the eye, sneering before then he saw a body shield him from the gun. With a loud BANG, the gun was fired and the body shielding him was dead in a instant.

To max's horror, it was goofy. His father risked his life again for the last time. Max cried out in sheer horror "DAD! DAD NO!" He then looked to see goofy lifeless. Max's eyes were filled with tears. No, never in a million years did max want to lose his father. Ever. His old man now was laying on the floor, completely lifeless, blood coming out of his chest. Max cried out "Don't leave me dad, please! I'm sorry! Don't leave me, this is all my fault! Dad talk to me!" He cried some more, holding him. He replied sorrowfully "I never meant all those things. Don't leave me alone. Please!"

As he held his father, max glanced just a little at his killer. Hun only smirked, putting his pistol away. He then went to leave. Max felt a great rage like he never felt before, all put on by grief. He screamed "YOU MURDERER!" He then chased the older human, but was shocked to see that he failed to grab hun. Hun was just a figment and max literally went through him. As max was shocked and unsure what to do, hun chuckled before disappearing. To his sadness, goofy also disappeared without a trace. Hell everything disappeared. Only leaving a open corn field.

"Max!"

Max's despair turned into horror again as leo's voice cried out. Max jumped and ran. He may have lost his father but maybe leo had a better chance. He had to find him. He had to save him.

"Max! Help me!"

Max raced some more. Unaware and unconcerned to where exactly. He had to move faster. Leo needed him. And max promised he would be there for anything. Max was not going to break his promise. He was not going to lose leo.

Max breathed heavily as he managed to finally see something in the distance. He saw Leo held against his will by malachite. With Bradley and gaston standing there amusedly. Malachite was standing by a cliff, one that was so high up that it was almost as tall as that cursed waterfall. Leo was scared, more scared than he had ever appeared in his life. Leo was still wearing his blue bandana, but it was covered with tear marks, it was clear leo was crying. Max was absolutely heartbroken but his sadness turned into horror as malachite stepped closer to the ledge.

"Leave him alone! You monsters!" Max cried

"Max, max, max. You're way too idealistic. People like leo are a dime in a dozen. You'll find someone else" Gaston chuckled

"I don't want anyone else! I want him! If you hurt him so help me I'll..." Max began

"You'll do what, freshmen. Beat us? Oh please spare me the sentiment" Bradley chuckled. He then grabbed a knife and malachite allowed the younger boy to grab leo's body. Bradley had one arm pinning leo close to him, with a knife across leo's neck. As Bradley began to speak, he carefully dug the knife into the turtle's neck, causing it to bleed. Bradley smiled "I warned you this would happen. I told you if you crossed me I would destroy everything you cared about most. You're not a very good listener are you, max?"

Max could only look in fear and anger as leo looked frightened. Leo looked to max with soulful white irises, his brown eyes covered by the bandana. Leo replied softly "Max?"

"It's gonna be okay leo. Don't worry. You'll be okay I promise. I won't ever let you go" Max assuredly replied, trying to sound calmer than he was.

"Maybe not. But I will" Bradley then suddenly shoved Leo off. In desperation max chased and grabbed Leo's hand. Leo was now depending on max quite literally as he was dangling from a great height. Leo only looked up at max. Bradley snickered "Aw I'd love to stay and chat but I got better things to do" With that Bradley was gone

"Au revoir pipsqueak. Nice knowing you" Gaston then disappeared himself. Malachite was the silent one out of the three, but max could see from the corner of his eye that he too was amused. Malachite gave a barely noticeable smirk before he telelported to parts unknown.

"Max!" Max looked down as leo called to him. Leo panickily replied "Max, I'm slipping!" It was true, leo's grip on his hand began to weaken, too exhausted. Max pulled tighter, desperate to save him, max used both hands to grab leo's arm. Leo replied frightenedly "Max, I can't hold on!"

"Hold on! Don't let go! Please!" Max pulled tighter but to his horror his efforts seemed to make leo's grip only loosen more. He was slipping. If max couldn't pull him leo would fall to the depths of the cliff. Never to be seen again. Max felt his eyes water with tears "Leo, your other hand, quick!" Max replied

"I'm trying!" Leo's eyes were beyond fearful. Leo looked up as he felt himself slip more and he replied sorrowfully "I'm not going to make it!"

"No! Don't you dare say that, you're gonna be okay! I won't let you go!" Max replied

Suddenly the cliff started to crumble. Leo noticed it and replied "Max, you have to let go! Or you'll die too!"

"I'm not leaving you!" Max replied

"You have to!" Leo replied

"Never!" Max snapped

Leo then gave a hardened look. Suddenly leo squeezed his arms. Way too tightly. Max felt the pain but he grabbed leo to pull up. But then the grip leo gave was too much and max was forced to let go. Leo softly replied with a saddened look "I'm sorry max" With that the cliff crumbled, leo's voice giving out a bloodcurdling cry of horror as he fell to the rocks below

"LEO!"

Max cried out as he awoke from his sinister nightmare. He saw his room, where he shared said room with a few other people. He shared it with Willie, Pete along with the puppies and Perdita. As was a scheduling issue that required max to have a few roommates. Now normally willie and pete's snoring tended to irritate him, but tonight he was relieved they both were snoring so loudly. Nobody heard his loud cry. Which was less embarrassment and less personal stuff to deal with. Perdita was seen sleeping contently, cuddled with freckles, Darla, rolly, pepper, cadpig and lucky who all were relaxed.

He smiled a bit as pete and willie snored. Realizing this was still less loud than his father's. Wait. His father. Max's eyes were wide with fear as he panickily raced to his father's room. He opened the door quickly, turning to see goofy and Sylvia sleeping soundly. His father didn't have a scratch on him. He was beyond relieved. Max's eyes watered with relieved tears. He then sat on the corner of the bed, affectionately putting his hand on goofy's.

Goofy was wearing a snore kit that prevented his snores from getting worse. Which was why he was as quiet as he was now. Max chuckled a bit "Took you getting a girlfriend to finally agree to get your snoring checked huh dad?" His voice was quiet and amused, not really wanting goofy to hear but also max felt like saying something. His amusement turned into melancholy sadness as he replied softly "You know dad. Back in high school, I thought you were the greatest disaster in my life. Now I realize you're the greatest part of my life. You're like more than my dad. You're my best friend. I know I'm not great at showing it, but I appreciate you so much dad. I'd do anything for you. I'm scared too. I don't wanna lose you either"

Goofy was quiet, sleeping it seemed. Max smiled softly, tears spilling as he got closer to his father. He gave his dad a kiss on the head and softly whispered "Love you dad" With that he went off, closing the door. As he did, goofy's eyes opened and a very flattered smile was on his lips.

Max went to check on leo's room, the logic of the night seeping in that the nightmare wasn't real. But the paranoia in him just wanted to be sure. He turned to check with slight horror as he saw leo not in his room. Donny was alone, sleeping off soundily. Max began to worry. If leo wasn't here where was he?

He searched around for a bit before he saw leo contentedly reading a mythology book. A small lamp to help him see. Max replied in evident relief "Leo! You're okay!"

As max stated this, leo got admittedly spooked and gave a little yelp of surprise. Leo looked up from his book to see max and beamed brightly at the sight of him. Leo replied with a soft laugh "Jeez max, warn a guy will you?"

Max couldn't help but feel teasing "Hey you're the ninja you should've seen me coming"

"Even the best ninja has room for error. Besides you just got lucky cause this book was grabbing my attention" Leo stuck his tongue out playfully

"Wow. I must be boring if a book is more fun than me" Max stuck his tongue back

"Oh no you're fun, tons of fun, just really like this book" Leo replied, showing said book

"Mind if I join you?" Max asked, his amusement turning into loneliness

Leo smiled softly "I'd be a idiot to say no"

Max smiled softly back and as Leo moved a bit, max cuddled in with leo. Leo put a arm around max as max got himself comfortable. Leo then noticed max hug him tighter than usual. Leo was a bit curious but didn't say anything. He then proceeded to read a bit about some stories. Time seemed to move slowly and nicely, much to max's delight. He looked up to leo's face, listening to his sweet voice. This lead his mind to wonder. Wonder about how amazing leo was. Wonder how much max loved him. Wonder how much he loved leo's laugh. Loved leo's passion with his favorite things. Loved how leo was always so sure of things. Loved how protective he got in battle. Loved how sarcastic he sometimes was with his brothers. Loved how thoughtful, wise, tender, intelligent, kind, ambitious, adorable and fun he was. It made max appreciate him. Made max just realize how lucky he was. How he could easily lose this in a single night. How leo was a part of his life and he didn't want to waste any moment in this war. How he wanted to make sure leo was safe and never get hurt by anyone again.

"Max?"

Leo's voice snapped him out of it and max replied "I was listening!"

Leo raised a eyebrow in amusement, smiling a bit "Oh? So what was I saying?"

"About how the dragon came forth to the sun and burnt it up?" Max replied, lying to cover his tracks.

"No I was actually talking about the moon. And how the dragon burnt THAT. You're not a very good listener are you, max?" Leo replied teasingly

Max's eyes widened with horror. Remembering the dream. Bradley's mocking voice echoing You're not a very good listener are you, max?

Max began to panic. The flashes of leo's body falling, his bloodcurdling scream. Then it lead to his father dying. PJ's body bloodied and disheveled. Which lead to a repeat of leo, goofy and PJ dying over and over and over. He began to have breathing problems. Something that happened very rarely. It only happened during immense stress. It was a problem when he was a baby and toddler, but it had gotten better thanks to goofy's efforts and Max being encouraged with fun activities. But now it was returning, to overwhelm him more than he was.

Leo, meanwhile, was beyond shocked but his shock subsided with worry. Max never acted that way from his teasing before. Something was wrong. Very wrong. And regardless of his questions, Leo was not going to let max suffer in any way. Leo quickly moved a bit to make max look at him, gently rubbing his arms "Max. Max. Max. Breathe. Max, honey, it's okay. You're okay. It's going to be okay"

Max's breathing calmed a bit, but tears began to stream "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't want to lose you. I don't want to have you hurt"

Whatever max was scared about it was about him. Devastation, heartache and concern filled leo's heart. Questions could wait. Max needed him. Leo came closer and replied softly "Look at me max" Max slowly looked up and then he was relieved as leo held him close. Leo replied sweetly "I don't know what's going on or what's on your mind, but I want you to know I'm here for you. And I'll never let you go"

Max cried then, pulling leo in tightly. He began to explain in harsh, panicky whispers "B-bad dream. It-it happened s-so f-fast. B-Bradley, he-he threw you off a cliff. I held on but couldn't pull you up. The cliff broke, it sent you down. Da-dad died too. I lost everyone. I lost you. I can't have that happen, leo. Don't l-leave m-me"

"Never. I'm never leaving you" Leo, now that he understood what the problem was could now fix it. Leo pulled him in tighter, rubbing max's back. He then moved them to the couch, Leo was on the bottom, wrapping his arms around max's back, allowing max to be on top. As max wept, leo assured him with kisses, words and gentle commands to breathe. Max kissed back, listened to leo's words and obeyed his commands. Leo replied "That's it max keep breathing. You're doing just fine. It's okay. It's going to be okay. You'll never lose me. I'll never leave you. I'm never, ever letting you go. It was a bad dream. It won't happen. Everything is okay"

"P-promise? P-promise?" Max asked worriedly

"You promised me you'd be there for me. I promised I'd be there for you. I'm gonna keep to my promise. I love you" Leo then kissed him on the lips gently. He then hummed softly, rubbing max's back some more. He replied softly "Max, you're safe. I'm safe. And we're together. Nothing can break us. Nothing can take you away from me"

Max sniffed, holding him close "I love you leo"

"I love you" Leo then relaxed alongside max, moving to let max be beside him and eventually resumed reading. Allowing max to fall asleep on him. Slowly, and eventually, leo fell asleep himself.

What neither boys noticed was Goofy watching the entire time. Up the stairs, watching observantly but with evident relief. Goofy watched with pride as leo comforted his son. A selfish part of him wanted to take max to his room and be the comforter like he used to be when max was small. But now he realized leo was there to do that when goofy couldn't. Leo genuinely was there for his son. With a relieved smile, goofy muttered to myself "My boy sure knows how to pick em. This turtle isn't so bad at all"

He then saw two boys sleeping. He went over and wrapped them both in a blanket. He ruffled max's hair and replied softly "Sleep well maxie" He then patted leo's head affectionately "You two kiddo" He then went upstairs back with his girlfriend and went to sleep himself. For the first time in years, he felt like his son was truly safe. And that someone would never let him go.

[Nostalgia Critic]

The mickey/donald/goofy friendship sequel along with the meet the family series continuations will be arriving. But I couldn't resist this piece on nerd and piccolo, along with two other pieces of nerd and piccolo. Here's the first one! Enjoy!
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Games

"Hey nerd! Heard you got janitor duty!"
"Man facilier must hate you!"
"Aw what's the matter nerd? You gonna get upset?"
"He's totally upset dude! Look at his face!"

Nerd went down the steps, ignoring Adam and Ted's laughter. Their teasing was annoying to nerd, he wasn't going to lie. But he knew that this was the two men's way of being bored. So nerd forced himself to take it in stride. Just a couple more months of this nonsense, then he was out of here. He just had to be patient. He and piccolo were planning for it. Speaking of which, his mind began to wander as he got the mop and water bucket, cleaning the basement. He began to smile as piccolo came across his mind. Despite the fact he didn't get along with many members here, he had piccolo beside him. At least he could take comfort in this. Training in facilier's army was more fun with him around. Meetings in facilier's army were more fun with him around. Even chores they did became more fun with piccolo around. What was especially fun was being just alone with piccolo. In their room. Doing many--

His thoughts were interrupted by a harsh shove as he accidentally tripped on the water bucket and fell. As he did, the water spilled everywhere and nerd felt himself crash onto some supplies and cabinets. Causing a lot of noise and disturbance. Nerd looked up to see ted proudly looking at him with adam snickering. Nerd rolled his eyes replying "You two must be seriously bored today. You can help me clean up if you're so interested with me"

"Nah. We like making messes, not cleaning them" Adam replied

"Then why don't you go make a mess upstairs and leave me the fuck alone" Nerd impatiently replied, getting up and dusting himself off. He deliberately went to picking up the things that fell. Thankfully nothing was broken. But he supposed ted and adam were aware that this room didn't have that much important things. Just clothes and whatnot for the household. Which was probably why they were as comfortable as they were.

"Aw come on nintendo boy, we're buddies" Ted replied, getting closer. Nerd immediately could tell ted was probably attempting to size him up. But despite nerd's appearance he was NO pushover. He handled bugs bunny. These jerks were nothing. Nerd stood his ground, even smirking. This seemed to irritate ted somewhat as he replied condescendingly "Why don't you hold off on your chores for a moment and play a game with us?"

"Not interested. Piss off" Nerd snapped

"Aw. Now that's not very nice is it adam?" Ted replied

"No. It isn't. Maybe you didn't make yourself clear ted" Adam replied

Ted then immediately pulled nerd close to him and this was when nerd got a bit concerned. While he could take a fight, he didn't exactly want to. Not only did he not enjoy having to heal physical wounds, he didn't want to cause a scene that might get facilier involved. He never enjoyed speaking or being around facilier. He also didn't really want Ted to win said fight as it would only encourage him to keep doing it. So Nerd was a bit at a loss what to do. Ted smirked, seeing nerd's face get a bit concerned

"I said I wanna play a game. It's called let's punch four eyes" Ted replied. He then was about to aim a punch only for said punch to be blocked by a green hand. Nerd looked with a sense of relief as he saw piccolo. Ted and Adam's faces both went pure white as piccolo harshly pulled ted off of nerd. Ted stood his ground despite himself but nerd smiled in satisfaction as ted was noticeably frightened. Adam was similar, but he was way more frightened than ted seemed to be. Adam hid behind ted, ted meanwhile stared at piccolo with a evident amount of fear.

"I have a better game to play. It's called: Two Idiots Help Nerd Clean Up" Piccolo's tone was very close to unapologetic rage. His body was restrained but nerd could tell from how stiff piccolo was that piccolo was way angrier than he looked. Piccolo turned to nerd with concern, his eyes wide a bit and his face far less angry at the sight of him. Nerd got up himself and gave a thumbs up of assurance, wanting piccolo not to be so upset. Piccolo gave a relieved smile before irritatably looking back at the two men, who stood frozen the entire time.

Piccolo's anger did not change. But the stiffness in his body relaxed somewhat. Piccolo crossed his arms together, looking unamused and irritated. He replied sternly "The rules are simple. You assist nerd with whatever chores he needs to do. And you do everything he asks you to do. No complaining, no half-assed work, and especially no disrespect towards nerd. The one who nerd decides was the most helpful wins. Said winner doesn't get their ass kicked"

Nerd was a bit spiteful at this point. Ted and Adam had made it their goal to make his time here a living hell. They deserved this. Nerd replied interestingly "I like this game piccolo. I wanna play"

"Wonderful. What about you boys? You wanna play?" Piccolo asked, his tone very cold and callous, his face showing no sign of amusement. Piccolo saw both men nod enthusiastically, as they both knew they were not going to leave this room without piccolo's consent. The only way to do so was to play by his rules. Nerd felt a tiny bad of how scared they were but he got over it quickly when adam started to weasel his way out of it.

"L-Listen piccolo this game sounds fun and all but I have places to be and..." Adam was immediately silenced as piccolo picked him up by the collar

"If you didn't have time to be here you should've never come in the first place. Instead of finding time to pick on others maybe find time to do something productive. Luckily for you I'm going to give you a head start" Piccolo then pushed adam down, harshly. He then grabbed a sweeper and a broom, rudely throwing them at adam "Get to work, Mergens. I have no tolerance for whiny brats"

Adam panicked and proceeded to start cleaning. He kept going. Nerd took advantage of this and teased playfully "Hey adam you missed a spot"

Adam sneered before cleaning up. As nerd went back to his chores he noticed ted try to sneak out. Piccolo saw it too and immediately blocked the door and dragged ted back. Piccolo shoved him hard and grabbed the mop, shoving it to ted. He then pointed to the water spilled all over the room "You clean this up"

Nerd smiled before going to work and piccolo observed ted and adam by staying at the doorway. Preventing adam or ted to escape. This went on for a while, with piccolo observing ted and adam. Nerd meanwhile kept to his chores. Piccolo was curious about nerd working and replied "You know nerd, you can just make adam and ted do it all"

"The game is called: Two Idiots Help Nerd Clean Up. Not Two Idiots Clean Up" Nerd replied as he was organizing things. Nerd then arrogantly called out to ted "Hey ted, you missed a spot over there"

"Then why don't you do it yourself dipshit" As ted was snapping he noticed piccolo and nerd get closer to him. Nerd was amused but piccolo's teeth were bared out like daggers. Ted realized his disadvantage and panicked a bit, defensively flinching at the sight of piccolo getting closer.

"Ah ah ah Ted, remember the rules. No whining or backsass. If you break the rules, piccolo gets the right to break your ass" Nerd chuckled

Piccolo at this finally calmed down and smiled even, but his smile was malicious at best, evil appearing at worst. Ted saw that he was in a corner, quite literally, so he got back to work as did nerd. Piccolo resumed to be on guard duty for the two in the meantime. Once they finished the basement they proceeded to go up to clean the living room then the chores would be done.

"U-Um not that I care b-but why isn't piccolo doing anything?" Adam boldly asked

"Oh he is though, he's making sure you two play by the rules. Call him our referee" Nerd replied as he got the duster, he then turned to ted and replied "There's a vaccum in the closet to your right, go get it. Adam, you go grab the other duster and help me dust"

Adam and ted groaned but piccolo's clearing of the throat got them immediately to work. Eventually they helped with the living room, making sure it was done as nerd asked. Then nerd replied with delight, fake delight to get on the bullies nerves "Good work you two! This game is so fun I'm tempted to not stop it"

Adam and ted's faces were clearly displeased but nerd had his fun. And besides, he wanted to get to spending time alone with piccolo. So he found it best to give the two a break. Nerd replied calmly "But I don't have any chores left so it's best to call it a day. Thanks for the help guys. You both win. But you gotta give a nice goodbye and thank you to piccolo before you go then the game's done"

"Wait what?" Adam replied

"But we finished the chores!" Ted demanded

"But the game is about doing whatever I say. And until the game is over you still gotta play by the rules" Nerd's comment made piccolo chuckle amusedly. Nerd crossed his arms impatiently and replied mockingly "Now say good bye and thank you to piccolo"

"For what?!" Ted snapped

"He was just babysitting us!" Adam snapped

"And that's a very painful job. Probably more painful than helping me clean. Now don't dilly dally my patience is being tested. As is piccolo's. Right piccolo aren't you getting annoyed?" Nerd teasingly replied, his face amused with a big smirk on his face

"Immensely" Piccolo's smile was big and his eyes were glaring but his posture was quite calm. He was amused with this it seemed.

"Fine. Thanks piccolo. See ya around" Ted replied

"Yeah, thanks piccolo, see you" Adam replied

"Alright you two. You can go. I'm hungry. I'll meet you in the kitchen piccolo" Nerd replied as he went to the kitchen. Piccolo at the sheer second nerd wasn't around, he immediately grabbed both men by the collars of their shirts. Adam and Ted began to panic as they were worried piccolo was not going to keep to his promise. They were scared they were going to get beaten up.

Instead they were both dragged to the basement and piccolo threw the men on the floor. He then snapped his fingers and both were pinned down by beam magic. Piccolo replied calmly "I'm keeping you here to make sure you listen well. Because I will not repeat myself" He looked over to both men before taking a deep breath, sneering his teeth. He replied coldly "You two have been harassing nerd for weeks now. That ends today. I do not want to see, hear or even feel you both near him ever again. If you bother him again, we will have trouble. Are we clear?"

"Yes yes sir!" Adam replied frightened

"Crystal! We won't bother nerd! We promise!" Ted replied

"Good. Because the next time will end in someone getting hurt. And by someone. I mean you two" Piccolo snapped his fingers again and both boys were released. Both men were frozen solid, awaiting piccolo's next move. Piccolo growled and yelled "What are you two waiting for? Get out of my sight! Now!"

At this adam and ted bolted, not even daring to look back. Adam was even heard shouting panicked noises. Piccolo chuckled as he quickly walked up the steps and followed nerd to the kitchen. Piccolo observed nerd play with the spoon in his cereal, seemingly sad now. Piccolo's eyes widened with surprise. He thought they were having fun messing with ted and adam. So what was wrong? Piccolo slowly went over and sat beside nerd. Piccolo affectionately put his hand over nerd's free one replying curiously "Nerd? Are you alright?"

"No. I'm not" Nerd sadly replied

"I know ted and adam bother you but do not worry they won't anymore" Piccolo replied

"It's not them. Well I mean it is a little bit them but it's not why I'm sad" Nerd replied back

"Tell me why. I want to know. I want to help if I can" Piccolo assured

"I hate it here. I fucking hate it here. I hate having to lie. I hate having you trapped here with me. I hate being here. I hate the rooms. I hate the smell. The feel. The sounds. I hate that the only friends I have are trapped just like you and me. I hate that my boyfriend is stuck here and can't even go outside without someone watching him" Nerd suddenly felt himself be pulled into a hug. Nerd tried to pull away but piccolo's grip only tightened. Nerd eventually hugged back and felt himself tear up "It's killing me piccolo. I wanna run away"

"Believe me nerd, this pains me too. Forcing myself to submit to these monsters disgusts me. But we have no choice. If we fail this, our lives are forfeit. And all our work will be for nothing" Piccolo replied calmly

"I know! You don't think I don't know that!" Nerd snapped before his tears poured some more. Piccolo took it in stride, knowing that nerd was only behaving this way because he was overwhelmed. Nerd looked at piccolo before hugging him tighter and replying regretfully "I'm sorry. I'm not mad at you it's just..."

"You're frightened. It's okay. You have every right to be. But I will make sure you will be safe. I will protect you" Piccolo promised

"But... but who's going to protect you?" Nerd solemnly asked

Piccolo was at a loss at that at first. But he then shook his head, refusing to let nerd's fear get to him. That was not his problem to be protected. Piccolo's purpose was to protect those he loved, nerd included. He held nerd, rubbing his back and replied calmly, gently "I have been killed twice. I nearly died in more than the amount of fingers on both your hands. I handled many apocalyptic situations. This war is nothing. With or without dragon balls, I will survive and I will make sure those I love survive too. We will defeat anyone who crosses our path. We are warriors you and I. We are made to handle any danger, because we are strong. You are strong. You may not be a super saiyan, but your heart is stronger than any saiyan I've seen. Strong people like you can handle the truth. Which is why I am telling you things will be fine. Because that is the truth"

Nerd looked up then, his eyes wide with a feeling piccolo hadn't seen in many. It wasn't exactly anger or sadness. It was a calm emotion but there was passion within. It was similar to love but it was a lot more dark. Piccolo tilted his head confusedly "Nerd? Are you al---"

Suddenly Nerd pulled him close and kissed him on the lips. Passionately. Nerd's arms wrapped around piccolo's body. Piccolo was a bit surprised at first but he relaxed into it quickly, kissing and holding nerd in return. The passion between them was undeniable and the two would've continued for a while were it not for the fact both had to breathe. Nerd let go first, slowly though as he was quite reluctant to let go. Nerd blushed a bit realizing what he had done, forcing himself to eat. Piccolo was blushing somewhat himself, but he smiled and looked right at nerd with some happiness.

Nerd looked eventually to piccolo and his eating was more natural, smiling a bit back. Nerd eventually replied "Thank you piccolo. For everything. You remind me that it's not so bad"

Piccolo smiled some more then "Well, you do the same for me. It's the least I can do" He then turned immediately, turning to the window as he saw Facilier's shadow smiling and beckoning him. Piccolo sighed before getting up, deliberately holding nerd's hand and squeezing it gently "I have to go now. I have to return to training kwame and gi"

"Wait? You mean you held up your class to help me out?" Nerd asked shocked "You love training!"

"True. But there's something I love more" Piccolo then kissed nerd's head. Facilier's shadow used a arm to tap on it as if it was wearing a wrist-watch. Piccolo sneered to shadow "Alright, stop pestering me I'm coming" Piccolo then without another word followed shadow.

Nerd watched him with a smile and cleaned up his bowl. He was so lucky to have piccolo beside him. He felt more than lucky, he felt genuinely happy. To facilier's army he was playing a dangerous game, but with piccolo around it was a game he would win.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Okay here's the second piece of nerd and piccolo, the third one will be a sequel to this. Basically it's a big what if facilier basically confronted the whole defiants army directly and did some spooky shit. Saw poor unfortunate souls too and the scene where ariel loses her voice kind of inspired this too lmao
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Power You Give

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN PICCOLO!"

Piccolo was startled as the defiant children were all in costumes deliberately trying to surprise the hard-to-surprise trainer. Zephyr and Chowder were in ghost costumes while kiara and kovu were zombies, Huey wanted to be different and was a mad scientist. Piccolo normally didn't like being spooked, but he recalled the halloween holiday due to at least once taking gohan for trick or treating. And so he just smiled amusedly at the children. He then covered his face just low enough to cover his mouth.

Playfully, he replied "Beware children, or I shall steal your souls!"

The children took the bait and playfully screamed, running away as piccolo chased them. Due to being free from Facilier, Piccolo was in much better spirits. He felt more free and when in a good mood, he usually had more time to joke around. Usually more with children than anything. He chased them until he saw at least Mary Watson and Merryweather look amusedly at him. Piccolo quit the act immediately, wanting his reputation to still be displayed as tough and no nonsense. He then replied to the children “Alright that’s enough. Go get some candy”

He saw the children go get candy but then felt nerd's energy. He looked to see Nerd indeed near the kitchen. Piccolo's mouth dropped as he saw Nerd smirk amusedly, playfully revealing himself. Piccolo was a bit surprised as nerd was dressed in a zorro costume. Which revealed his chest a bit, and the black mask only covered his eyes. Piccolo became less playful and just a tad on the more lustful side. Nerd's costume made him look immensely attractive.

"Sooo, piccolo, what do you think? You like my costume?" Nerd asked, a knowing smile on his lips

"You... You look..." Piccolo blushed then, unsure what to say as he looked to the side "Nice. You look very, very nice"

"Hm. Apparently not nice enough cause you looked away" Nerd then gently pulled piccolo's face. A thing that only trusted people were allowed to do. Nerd then whispered sweetly "Don't look away from me"

Piccolo immediately looked back and saw Nerd's beautiful face. The mask made him appear more mysterious. The adults were all too busy dancing, eating and laughing about stories. Piccolo wasn't focused on the crowd's reaction. In fact, he didn't care if they saw. Piccolo tilted nerd's head up, his confidence returning and he playfully growled "You know nerd, you didn't say trick or treat"

Nerd smiled, playfully "Ok. Trick or treat"

"Treat" Piccolo answered, pulling Nerd into a tender kiss. The two kissed for a long while. Eventually they let go. Piccolo then replied "I never thought I'd say this but I look like the most normal guy here" He pointed to all the dressed people.

"I'm kind of glad you don't have a costume. You look good as you are" Nerd replied

"You're sweet" Piccolo replied

"Like candy" Nerd playfully winked at this

Piccolo rolled his eyes. But he was about to kiss nerd anyway, just because nerd looked so damn handsome. Suddenly, Madellaine screamed at the top of her lungs. Quasimodo was first on scene and he stared in the same direction madellaine was in with horror. At first Piccolo was a bit confused, was this part of the party? But then John, Phoebus and Film Brain got weapons and Piccolo knew something was wrong. Nerd could immediately tell too, as he grabbed his power glove from the weapons drawer nearby.

Piccolo and Nerd went nearer to the living room. Then, like a frightening ghost, Facilier appeared. He had his skull mask on but instead of his normal black and purple attire. He was instead completely in red. Even his tophat was littered in glittery red, with only a black sash on top of it. His red suit had golden buttons to hold it. His cane was the only thing that was exactly the same. Piccolo's eyes went wide, and he felt nerd hug him frighteningly. Protectively, piccolo held onto him.

"Facilier!" Nerd exclaimed

"It... It can't be!" Serenity Wheeler exclaimed in horror

"Why are you here?!" Phoebus demanded "You know damn well you're not welcome here"

"Facilier. You know damn well the policies of our armies. Home base is strictly prohibited. That was an agreement" Sage replied, coming forward to represent everyone. Considering his power, it was quite dangerous to be so up close with Facilier. But Piccolo smiled anyway, impressed by his leader's bravery.

"Oh I just felt like visiting. It's been such a while I had a personal chat with anyone. I usually let my friends do it for me. But halloween is that special night that helps someone like me become somewhat powerful enough to handle literally anything you throw at me" Facilier chuckled, wandering about, looking at everyone. Fauna, Flora and Merryweather all attempted to use their magic but Facilier immediately snapped his fingers. It caused his shadows to tie the three women up.

Baxter and Mira Nova aimed their guns but Facilier gave them one smile and it caused them to rethink as they saw shadows come near them too. The two immediately surrendered. Most of the other adults all either held their loved ones closely or stood in fear. Facilier basked in it a bit, raising his arms wide and laughing. "Ah it's been such a long time since I last had some personal fun. Ya'll are giving this old man a delightful treat"

"We'd rather you just get to the point and go. You're scaring the children" Esmeralda harshly replied

"Please. Facilier. Why are you here?" Film Brain calmly asked "There's no reason for you to be here"

"On the contrary monsieur, I AM here for a reason" Facilier replied. He replied "It would be absolutely unacceptable for me to wipe out an entire army. One, I won't be able too, the fairies are magical enough to prevent me from at least doing that. Two, if I did that, that would make it ok for that to be done to me. So in case you're worried, no, I'm not here to kill all of you" Facilier then clicked his cane, in a instant the room was illuminated in dark red and purple. Piccolo could immediately tell facilier was doing this all for show. To frighten them. But then piccolo was shocked as he beckoned his hand to both him AND nerd. The magic forced them to be lifted in the middle of the room, hanging in mid air.

"Let them go!" Arion demanded

"Hey! What's the big idea?" Mai Valentine angrily demanded

"Yeah, da hell are you doing?" Joey replied

"These two are the reason I'm here. Piccolo particularly” Facilier walked calmly to them both. Nerd was frightened, his eyes wide and his body stiff. Piccolo was beyond angry, his teeth sneering like daggers and his body actively struggling. Facilier aimed his staff at piccolo before replying "God I wish I could just kill you right here. But I won't. Because then you won't be useful for my plan"

"Plan? What plan? You won't touch or do anything to him!" John Watson snapped "He is one of us and if you touch him you have the whole defiants army against you"

"Please facilier. Please don't hurt him" Nerd begged

"Oh no. I wouldn't dream of it. I need his power" Facilier then forcefully grabbed Piccolo's face. Piccolo attempted to bite, since the magic was suppressing most of his energy. But he was not going to let this fool walk all over him. Facilier smiled calmly "You see, piccolo. My magic usually can barely contain you. Thankfully, the harvest moon gives my friends more power, which in turn gives me more power. So I finally have the chance to tell you how much I admire you"

"I'm flattered. Now get the hell out" Piccolo growled

"Ah ah ah. I need your power first" Facilier then got very close to his face "I'm not leaving here without it"

"Too damn bad. Get the hell out" Piccolo snapped

"Aw. You won't do it. Not even for your precious army" Facilier teased

"You'll kill them the second I give you the power" Piccolo snapped "I'm not stupid"

Some adults attempted to try and grab nerd away while this argument was in place but they were pinned by shadows too. Facilier rolled his eyes as more people kept trying to interfere. So he used some magic or his friends to pin and restrain everyone, including the children. As evidenced by Kiara screaming and kovu, in a panic, clawed at the shadows as they pinned him. Nerd was horrified, forced to watch his friends be trapped as he was. Make it stop. This is insane. Is he going to drain piccolo here? What is the point of all this?

"Quite simple Nerd" Facilier cackled as nerd widened his eyes "Oh yeah, don't you remember, I'm a mind reader. I can't drain piccolo myself. I need his consent. He's too powerful for that. Even now in my ultimate power he's still got a edge against me. I can restrain him, but only if I stay calm. If I try to attack he can break free" Facilier then snapped his fingers and the shadows pinned everyone tighter "So all ya'll need to shut the hell up or I might just kill a couple people just for kicks. It's war after all. I can't kill the whole army but nobody said I can't kill anyone"

"I'm scared!" Chowder moaned

"Radda radda" Schnitzel replied gently, sneering at facilier

"They have nothing to do with this, facilier. Your business is with me. Let me go and we can settle this like proper men" Piccolo snapped

"And die? No thanks. To quote you from earlier, I'm not stupid" Facilier then made the shadows make nerd sit on the couch as Facilier sat there too. Piccolo was still in the middle of the room, floating in mid air. Piccolo tried very hard to resist, as he could feel his power still strong enough to try. Facilier then aimed the cane at Nerd replying "Piccolo, best you stay still and behave yourself. Or else someone you love might get hurt"

"Piccolo, don't listen to--" Suddenly nerd felt facilier slap him

"You hush up boy. The only reason you're still alive is because it doesn't serve a purpose to me for you to be dead" Facilier snapped

"You'll pay for hitting him do you hear me?!" Piccolo hollered

"This talk just makes me wanna kill him more" Facilier growled

"Stop it. Let him go Facilier. It's me you're bargaining with. Nerd deserves to be spared" Piccolo replied

"Well the only way for that to happen is if you give me consent to some of your power. You see, you may not be god like anymore. But you still have a lot of power thanks to your own energy, kami's energy and nail's energy" Piccolo's eyes widened in horror as facilier explained. Facilier without question learned more about him. Facilier smiled "See you're starting to understand. I did my homework. Yes, you can't do things like the light grenade, grow big and move mountains with your mind. But you can regrow limbs, stretch your arms and do various energy attacks. You're the Thor or Hercules of the anime world. And I need your power. It's still useful"

"Never. You will never get my consent. You'll use my power for cruel purposes. I will never let you do that" Piccolo replied

"Then Nerd dies. It's really that simple" Facilier replied "Or maybe I hurt someone from your world"

"As if you would even get the chance to" Piccolo snapped harshly

"Oh I think I do have the chance. May not bring them here, but I can at least find other ways to hurt them. Oh the harvest moon is such a great asset to dark magicians like me. That and quite a few moon oriented things, such as a full moon. So this is not a once in a lifetime thing I can do. I'll show you actually" Facilier then showed a magical mirror. Similar to ursula's. It was wispy, purple and it showed Gohan meditating. The sight of gohan doing that made piccolo smile only to realize what facilier was planning to do.

"Gohan. No. Don't you dare! Don't you dare hurt him!" Piccolo snapped

"No, facilier, he's just a kid. Leave him alone" Nerd demanded

Facilier rolled his eyes at nerd, shushing him harshly. He then made his cane glow bright white. Gohan's soul energy. He recalled facilier saying when he was mind controlling someone, the glow came in the form of soul energy. Which meant. Oh god. No. No. No not that!

Facilier smirked. He then suddenly spoke in piccolo's voice "Gohan. Gohan can you hear me? It's me. Piccolo. I'm your friend. Your teacher"

"N-No! No, Facilier! Don't!" Piccolo demanded

"P-Piccolo? Is that you?" Gohan's voice was heard, his eyes wide with delight "Hey! Mr. Piccolo! Where have you been? We've been looking for you everywhere"

"Gohan! Don't listen to that voice! He's an imposter!" Piccolo desperately cried

"I'm trapped in another world. But I need you to repeat these words and I can be set free" Facilier replied, smirking amusedly

"Wait, what? Trapped? In another world? How?" Gohan asked nervously. His eyes were wide still but in shock. His body was stiff in apprehension.

"Gohan! Please! Listen to me! I'M Piccolo, the man you're hearing isn't me!" Piccolo demanded. He snarled at facilier "Stop this now, the boy has nothing to do with it! Don't you dare hurt him!"

"Gohan, it's a long story that has no time to explain. You're just going to have to trust me. I need you to repeat these words and I'll explain everything" Facilier replied, ignoring piccolo's cries.

"I always trust you! Tell me now! I'll help you!" Gohan replied

"GOHAN! NO! IT'S A TRAP!" Piccolo screamed

Facilier covered the cane then and replied in his normal voice "Cover piccolo's mouth will ya shadow?"

Suddenly Facilier's shadow covered his mouth tightly. Nerd struggled then and tried to scream for gohan, as did film brain and sage but they were silenced too. Facilier rolled his eyes "Jesus, I guess you can't even be in the room. Boys, take them all except Nerd, Film Brain, Piccolo, John, Sage and Dar to the basement" The shadows did as commanded. Dar, Film Brain, Sage and John were all forced to the dining table sitting and watching the horror. Nerd was on the couch and Piccolo was in mid-air, forced to see his student about to fall for facilier's scheme.

I hope my telepathy can work here. Gohan, Gohan please! Can you hear me? This is piccolo, the voice that sounds like me isn't me. It's a trap! Piccolo thought. He hoped it worked.

"Mr. Piccolo? Are you still there?" Gohan confusedly asked, his body somewhat relaxed

"Alright kid. Listen to this and repeat it. Repeat it nice and slowly" Facilier impersonated Piccolo's voice. This made Sage, Film Brain and Nerd widen their eyes. What was facilier going to do with this mind control spell? Facilier replied "Let my mind be washed and be taken by the shadows"

"Um. That sounds kind of creepy Mr. Piccolo" Gohan hesitated

Gohan, this man is trying to control you! Don't listen! Fight it! Please, don't listen! Piccolo thought

Nerd was horrified as he watched Facilier continue, he replied sternly, his voice sounding exactly like piccolo's "Gohan. I know this is strange but you have to trust me. I know what I'm doing. Just repeat what I say: Let my mind be washed and be taken by the shadows"

"Okay. Let my mind be washed and be taken by the shadows" Suddenly Gohan's face relaxed entirely. His eyes lit in purple light. His body completely relaxed, under the spell. His head even tilted to the side.

Piccolo's eyes widened in horror. Facilier's magic was powerful enough to influence a mind from universes away. He had to get free. He had to grab that cane and save gohan. Piccolo tried so hard to resist this only caused the shadows to groan and laugh. The good news was he got facilier's shadow to let go of his mouth. Piccolo snarled harshly as he tried to use his hands to grab facilier's cane. Facilier waved his cane playfully "Oh what's that? You want this?" Facilier saw piccolo desperately grab it only to not be able too. Facilier then spoke to it, his cane glowing white energy as he had gohan in his control "Gohan, you're in my control now. Do you understand?"

"Yes, master. I understand" Gohan replied

"No, no! Please! No! Do whatever you want to me, just leave the boy alone!" Piccolo begged

"Gohan, walk to the forest. There's rapids nearby your far left. Don't stop until you get there" Facilier commanded. Gohan obeyed, his body calmly walking. His arms dragged somewhat as if he was somewhat asleep. Nerd was heard screaming in protest. Piccolo struggled actively, his eyes widening as he was slowly starting to realize what facilier was going to do. Gohan eventually made it to the rapids. The water fast and immensely dangerous. It was high tide.

Oh god. It was high tide. Facilier wasn't kidding. He was going to kill gohan. Piccolo struggled more and more, his energy glowing a bit as he tried hard to fight. But the shadows kept him at bay. Pinning him. Piccolo begged "Facilier, stop this! He's just a boy! He didn't do anything wrong!"

"Gohan. You see that cliff?" Facilier asked. Gohan's body moved to observe the cliff as facilier spoke. The boy nodded, his voice barely a calm whisper. Facilier chuckled "Go on top of there. And stay there until I tell you to jump"

"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Sage finally got his mouth released

"He's just a kid! Don't do this!" Film Brain demanded

"This is unjust. You shouldn't hurt a innocent child just because of power" Dar shouted

"How can you be so cruel? Are you mad?" John protested

"How would you feel if it was Olive and Pete?" Nerd snapped

This caused Facilier's smile to falter. Facilier slapped nerd's face "Those are my sons. They're good boys. Gohan, on the other hand, is just some stupid little kid that got lucky to be born with such power. He can be a threat to me if he comes here. I won't let that happen" He then got the cane again, smiling as gohan was on the cliff. He then spoke to the cane "Gohan. When I say jump, you go into the rapids. Say yes if you understand"

"Yes, master. I understand" Gohan's voice was emotionless and calm

"NO! Gohan, don't do it! Don't! Facilier, I'm begging you, leave the boy alone!" Piccolo begged. He felt his body quiver in fright as his closest friend was close to death. And it wasn't even by a strong warrior. It was by nature itself.

"Alright Gohan. Say goodbye to everyone you love. One, two, three..." Facilier began as the mirror showed Gohan getting himself prepared to jump.

"ALRIGHT! YOU WIN! I'll do it! I'll give you my power! Just let the boy go!" Piccolo begged, his eyes wide and evident tears within them. Facilier smirked as Piccolo was defeated. The namekian's face was sad, ashamed but determined. He would never let gohan get hurt. Never. He would rather die or be a weakling.

Facilier spoke to the cane again "Gohan, change of plans. Return home. Now. And once you return home you will forget absolutely everything you heard from me. You will be free from my spell. Say yes if you understand"

"Yes master I understand" Gohan then calmly went back home. His eyes changed to their normal color the minute he was home. Gohan shook his head and wandered about for a bit replying "What the heck? What happened? Man, I had this weird meditation dream. Mr. Piccolo is never going to believe this when he gets home" Gohan then went into the house where chi chi happily made him dinner. The mirror then disappeared. Piccolo's eyes softened in relief as gohan was safely home but saddened as the mirror did not show them anymore. At least the boy was safe. But this lead to his own danger.

"See? Was that so hard, piccolo? I gotta admit you're a stubborn bastard. It took him nearly jumping to actually get you to consent" Facilier replied

"You were going to kill him. I had no choice" Piccolo snapped

"Yeah you did. Don't lie to yourself. There was a time you'd happily let a kid die. How weak you've become. Great Demon King" This statement from facilier caused Piccolo to turn his head in shame, his eyes shut tightly. Piccolo was not ashamed of his compassion. He wasn't ashamed of his friendship with the child. Far from it. But the past was like a old wound that would not go away.

"So what now, shadowman?" Piccolo sneered

"What now? I drain you obviously. Don't worry. I'll give it back. I just need it for hm, let's say four days how's that?" Facilier replied his cane tapped on the floor and it glowed yellow, which was piccolo's soul energy. He replied "I want to kill ask thatguy and dark nella. I need your power to tap that chance. It'll take me four days to be able to successfully do it. Once I do that, I'll be the only threat to this world. And I'll happily give it back. Just so you can witness my glory" Facilier cackled "Or should I say me and my friend's glory"

This caused the shadows to cackle. Nerd struggled in his bonds, aware piccolo was definitely in danger now. Piccolo softly looked to nerd as nerd looked to him in horror. Nerd begged "Please leave piccolo alone! This isn't right! He doesn't deserve this!"

Facilier grabbed nerd's face "Keep talking and I'll just kill you now. With piccolo's power just to give it that extra dose of irony. Shut up traitor, your place is best in a video game review and not magic" Nerd looked down then, tears in his eyes as his love was in danger.

Facilier waltzed playfully and he replied to piccolo "Alright. Boys, let him breathe a little bit" The shadows released him a little to give more space for his facial area and top upper area. Facilier then replied "Piccolo, you have no idea how grateful I am you finally gave me your consent"

"Take my power. Just do it. Don't play games with me you bastard" Piccolo snapped

"Well. That's the thing. I need you to sing" Facilier smirked before laughing "I'm just kidding. No, what I actually need you to do is scream" Facilier clapped his hands "Scream. That's it. The cane will do the rest"

Piccolo hesitated. This caused Facilier to sigh and make the mirror with gohan again. Piccolo then replied "Alright, alright! I will scream! Don't. I just need a minute" This caused facilier to turn off the magic mirror. Piccolo took a deep breath, looking down at the floor in shame. I'm sorry gohan, forgive me for being such a hypocrite to my teachings He thought. He looked right at Facilier who was aiming his cane right at his throat area.

With a deep, calm breath. Piccolo eventually screamed but it was somewhat held back. Facilier rolled his eyes "I know you can scream louder than that you bastard. Scream. Scream for me. No, scratch that. Scream for gohan, nerd and whatever the hell you care about"

At this piccolo raised his voice. He eventually screamed louder and louder. He then closed his eyes, his rage, guilt, sadness and fear released as he screamed louder than he ever had in a long time. As he closed his eyes he felt a very, very odd sensation. It was if soft, gentle hands were touching his very soul. Then it felt like the hands gently, calmly pulled at it. He then felt weird sensations of all the pleasurable and calming sort. It felt like he was in a dream and struggling to wake up. Like he was having a really good massage. Like his body and soul was being pampered. It felt way less painful that it should've. Piccolo was actually more frightened by this than pain. Pain he understood. The fact he was being drained and he liked the feeling frightened him absolutely. He didn't want to lose his power at all, yet the process felt nice. He still heard and felt himself scream, but the screaming he did got less and less intense as the process happened.

Unbeknownst to him he was covered in yellow energy wisps. The wisps entered his chest and stomach, draining from all those parts. Nerd was beside himself with awe and horror as were the rest, it became so silent with the exception of piccolo's voice. It was loud at first but then it was calm and somewhat strained. The wisps kept going, Facilier's smile growing wider and wider.

Piccolo opened his eyes purely out of curiosity. Just as he did, he saw two strange wispy hands come near him. Facilier shouted "Don't stop piccolo, keep screaming"

Piccolo obeyed, but his screaming wasn't nearly as loud as previously. But he was passionate still. His voice kept going as he saw the hands kept getting closer and closer. He suddenly felt a odd, but comforting, presence in his throat. He felt fingers gently and comfortingly massage his throat. His screaming got softer and softer then. Piccolo widened his eyes as he saw the wisps and hands take yellow balls and combine them into one huge ball. Piccolo then finally felt himself become exhausted and passed out. The shadows released him at the same time, his body unceremoniously fell to the floor.

"Shadow, release nerd, he looks like he's gonna have a heart attack" Facilier replied as his cane glowed yellow once more before it resumed it's normal purple look.

"Piccolo! Piccolo, please, please wake up!" Nerd hugged piccolo's unconcious body "What did you do?"

"Nothing. All his power is mine now, he's just gonna nap for the rest of the night. He'll still kick ass I'm sure because he actually trains properly but he won't be able to do energy or fancy pancy tricks for a few days. Don't worry I promise I will give it back. I keep my promises" Facilier then cackled as nerd held piccolo tightly. Facilier then grabbed nerd's face "Like the promise that I'll kill you and him once I'm complete with my quest"

Facilier then released all the people before declaring "His power is now mine! Best stay indoors for a few days" He then snapped his fingers and suddenly a bunch of fire appeared before he was gone. The shadows all left. Everyone came up and all were in a panic. But Sage calmed the crowd while Film Brain and Nerd took Piccolo to his room to rest.

"I-Is he dead film brain?" Nerd's eyes were filled with tears

"No, facilier was telling the truth. He's asleep. And will be for a small while. That process took a lot out of him, literally but he should be okay" Film Brain then sighed "I have a LOT to do. But I'll be back. It'll be okay nerd, we'll solve this"

With that film brain left. Nerd held piccolo's body and gently kissed his lips "I should've protected you. I should've done more. Forgive me, piccolo. I'm sorry babe" He held piccolo tightly and kissed him again. He held him tightly. He was not going to let facilier get away with this. He moved a bit to relax with piccolo and he promised kindly "He won't take your power forever. We'll get it back piccolo I promise"

And Nerd meant it all. Because like facilier, he always kept promises.