YNs' POV:

You freeze, momentarily stunned. "M-Morro, y-you l-love m-me-?" You stammer.

"Yes, YN. Please don't make me repeat it in front of everyone." He mumbles, blushing blue.

"MOVE!!!" Bansha shoves you out further onto the gangplank.

Despite the direness of your situation, you can't help but have a huge grin spread across your face.

"What are you smiling about?" Bansha growls at you.

"He loves me! He loves ME!!!" You feel a swirling kind of feeling form in your gut. "I LOVE YOU TOO, MORRO!!!" You yell back, overjoyed.

Morro looks like he's going to faint. "Really?!"

"YES!!!" You laugh. Bansha makes a noise of disgust and forces you to the end of the plank. You look down, but it's hard to feel any fear when you feel such power coursing through your veins.

Is this what being in love feels like? You wonder.

Behind you, you hear gasps of shock from friend and foe alike. You dart a sideways glance at Bansha, who's staring at you, slack-jawed.

"What's everyone's prob-" You look down, stunned, as all of the ghosts begin whispering to each other.

True Potential... True Potential... True Potential...

"I'M TRANSLUCENT!!! AND GLOWING!!!" You scream. "I'M FREAKING OUT!!!" Then you look over at Morro. "Morro, look at yourself!!!"

He does, and then his eyes widen comically. "I'm- I'm finally..?!"

The Preeminent screeches, and Morro gives her a confident, wicked grin. "Yes, I completely agree. Goodbye, Master."

Morro roars, and the Preeminent is thrown back by a massive hurricane-force blast of wind. "I'M NOT SCARED OF BEING WHERE I AM ANYMORE!!!" He yells.

"His fear of water?" Jay asks, bewildered.

"No-" Lloyd shakes his head knowingly, "-His fear of being unloved."

Your attention is diverted from the conversation, however, by a tingling in your skin. Wait a minute! It can't be..! Skin?! But it's true. The matter from your True Potential whirlwind is gradually attaching itself to your spectral form. Wherever a speck lands on you, a patch of your body is restored, until you're a living breathing human again. You cheer, and then finally, finally, you are able to grab your Deepstone staff. You strike Bansha in the side with it, your staff briefly touching the Crystal, and she flickers.

Hmm. She's strong, but I just need one good hit... You think. Just then, Morro bumps into you from behind.

"Sorry." He apologizes. "We need to get the Realm Crystal back from Bansha. Otherwise, we won't stand a ghost of a chance of defeating her and the Preeminent as well."

"I'll distract Suzy Screams-a-lot while you grab it, then." You offer.

"Thanks!" Morro moves to give you a quick peck on the cheek, but then he lets out a sharp yell and pushes you down onto the deck. Something lands above you with a heavy thump, and Jay screams.

"What the heck is that?!!!"

You feel a hot breath tickle the back of your neck, and you twist upwards to stare straight into a pair of intelligent, button-like eyes. Then, the creature roars into your face.

"Well, that's not Kataru." Morro mutters.

"HOW'D A BEAR GET HERE, FOR SPINJITZU'S SAKE?!!" Kai shouts, exasperated.

"He's mine." An unknown voice answers. Then the cloaked figure strides up to the bear and addresses it. "You've already had your meat." The figure growls. "Leave her for another time."

They snarl at each other, and then the bear lowers its head and meekly follows the figure off the edge of the ship. Two more hooded forms follow the first, jumping off the side. One laughs wildly. "We're free!"

"What have we done?" You whisper, horrified.

A.N.  It's not bad to be fangirling over your own story, is it?