Pumpkinhead's Dwelling.

Once again, another room in Tigen's room... however it is a special room that cannot be opened by normal means. Not only is it hidden by the great amounts of dimensional energy in it, it is always locked. If you ever MANAGE to get it open, there is a HEFTY amount of dimensional energy that leads directly into the Dimension of Death and Fears. Tigen really doesn't want people in this room. That door is just for easy access for Tigen. The only other way into that room is through The Maze of Dimensia, and it's not good to take a chance like that... In that room resides Tigen's older brother; Pumpkinhead, a being no one as of yet has seen... and heard about by few. There is no real way to warp into this place randomly, for there is too much dimensional energy that infests this solitary space alone.

Tigen pops in from the door of his bedroom, floating through the pools and pools of dimensional energy directly inside of the doorway.

Tigen: Pumpkinhead. Tigen is here.

Pumpkinhead is silent.

Tigen: Tigen wishes you would come out of this place and meet people, and perhaps teach Tigen some more...

Pumpkinhead's eyes narrow and he stares at Tigen from the corners of them, almost completely invisible from the shadows "Meet them? Huh. You act as if you do not know me, Tigen. Besides... I have trained you enough for the time being. You have the Pumpkin Carver, do you not? Leave me." Pumpkinhead's eyes and mouth close, making him completely invisible in the darkness.

Tigen: But brother! Tigen will need your help to save our dimension! Not only that, you might be able to get some information about... what you need to know from the Kages, or something, you know?

Pumpkinhead's eyes burst open, flame burning red "Begone from my dwellings, little brother. I have no time for your nonsense. Besides... you are much too weak to even think of assisting in destroying that monstrosity... however..." A large claw of felt emerges from the shadows, grasping Tigen's pumpkin head almost entirely "You are quite welcome to try stopping it yourself..." His hand becomes powerful and utter dimensional energy in a second.

Tigen slaps his hand away with a sword "Dammit, Pumpkinhead! Quit being so selfish and secluded! If you went out and met people, we probably would have been done by now, and you probably wouldn't have such an ass monkey stuck up there!" Tigen's flame now burned red, too.

Pumpkinhead's claw grasps Tigen's head and slams him into the ground, all happening so suddenly that Tigen is unable to comprehend it. Pumpkinhead is now in complete silence, balling his claws up into a fist all except for the index finger, which grows abnormally long. He stabs it through Tigen's head and scoops him up "Tigen. Do not become concerned with my actions or my motives. Just go about getting those Black Hole abilities... Though my dimensional power is much greater than yours, I fear that in this state, I cannot fathom the intensity of a black hole..."

Tigen's flame dimmed greatly, turning gray now. He nodded at Pumpkinhead, doing nothing about the long claw jutting out of the front of his head.

Pumpkinhead flings Tigen back through the door, then a portion of his face is able to be seen by a faint light. His claw returns to normal size and he grabs the front of his pumpkin head "If only I hadn't tried... so long ago..."

-- A bit later --

Tigen's pokemon and Chaos and the Tonberry come into the dark and dank dwelling of Pumpkinhead, Tigen's older brother. It is completely black, not of the furniture is able to be seen, nor can anything be seen from even a few feet in front of them. Eyes open in the distance that burn yellow, however they look ominous and strict.

Pumpkinhead: Why have you come here?

Hiun, speaking telepathically using Rinna's powers "We've come here to get you off your ass and help out your brother."

Pumpkinhead squints his eyes at her, thinking of demonstrating his power on her, when Rinna interjected

Rinna: -- Um and um, yeah, We really wish for you to assist your brother. He was quite sad when you forced him out. Will you please tell him how he can assist in saving your homeworld quickly?

Pumpkinhead was silent. He knew that there was no way for Tigen to do this right now, which was the only reason why he had said nothing in the first place... Rinna was the only one who could tell that these were Pumpkinhead's true thoughts and feelings, and knowing this she decided to leave him alone.

Rinna: ... Ah. I see. Everyone, let's leave.

Chaos, Tonberry and Kin began to follow behind Rinna, however Hiun had decided to antagonize Pumpkinhead more.

Hiun: Huh, you think you're so big because you have a bit more power than Tigen? Who's the one busting his ass trying to impress your sorry one? Yeah, he is. He tries so hard to save his dimension, and all you do is sit her and bitch about it. Tch. I should show you up right now, but that would totally mess up my hair...

WHAT HAIR?

Pumpkinhead's eyes burn red, for his temper was shorter than Tigen's... not by much, but it was. He finally emerged fully from the shadows. He was quite a tall figure, about 2 feet higher than Tigen, making him about 8-9 feet tall himself. He loomed over all of the critters, raising one large claw, it suddenly bursting with Dimensional Energy "You talk such a big game with that big mouth of yours... Now, back it up with some bite." Pumpkinhead was about to smash Hiun and destroy her dimensional structure, when Rinna came and used Psychic to force his hand elsewhere, but just barely. His power was enough to make Rinna struggle just to move his hand.

Rinna: Why... didn't you just leave him be? We were about to leave!

Hiun twiddles her fingers a bit "Um... Sorry?"

Kin runs up Pumpkinhead's body and claws onto his face, only to be blown off instantly with a large breath of fire. Chaos tried wrapping around Pumpkinhead's feet, however it was futile, for he broke free with ease. Tonberry, the only person other than Rinna who probably could do some significant damage to Pumpkinhead was summoning up the power of Karma, the ability that deals damage equal to how many fell in battle (2 already would do a hell of a lot, due to their small numbers). Rinna was trying to use Psychic on Pumpkinhead to hold him down as Hiun bashed his leg with Iron Head. Pumpkinhead kicked Hiun away, breaking free from Rinna's psychic hold. He then brought his claw back, charging some dimensional energy and was about to eliminate the lot, when out of nowhere a dimensionally charged sword blocked the attack. Another flame was burning red in front of Pumpkinhead, the flame of his brother, Tigen.

Pumpkinhead: Huh? Brother? You have enough strength to stop this? I am impressed.

Tigen: Pumpkinhead! Tigen shall not let you hurt Tigen's special buddies! They are all Tigen's cherished friends and Tigen would not be happy without them!

Everyone heard his words and smiled, even the Tonberry, who stopped his attack.

Pumpkinhead: They came in here and disturbed me... I do not know how, however they made it in. If you do not want me to eliminate them, then have them leave.

Tigen nodded, signaling everyone to leave through the pathway outside of Tigen's room. Everyone obliged and happily left, not wanting to die.

Tigen looked to Pumpkinhead "Make sure you never lay a finger on them, or Tigen will come here and fuck you up." Tigen exited as well, letting Pumpkinhead reflect on that.

-- timeskip --

Tigen comes in through the door in his room, closing it behind him "Brother? Tigen has good news for you! Come out and let Tigen tell you!" Pumpkinhead is nowhere to be seen, and even with Tigen's flame illuminating some of the vast room, it is not enough to see even a quarter of it. Suddenly, some slanted eyes open up, revealing... yellow eyes...? No, a yellow flame...

Pumpkinhead: What news do you have for me, Tigen?

Tigen: Well, Tigen now has a way to fix our home dimension and stuff! Isn't that great?

Pumpkinhead's flame brightens and instantly, he is out from the shadows and grabs Tigen's head "Are you sure, my young brother? You can save it? How? I would like to know." Pumpkinhead's eyes are burning with anticipation, longing, and... happiness, somewhere.

Tigen brings out a vacuum cleaner "With this thing here!"

Pumpkinhead's flame dims. He is not amused. His grip on Tigen's head gets tighter "A... vacuum cleaner, Tigen? Have you lost it, or are you just wasting my time? How can a mere VACUUM CLEANER destroy an ASTRONOMICAL INTERDIMENSIONAL WORMHOLE?" Pumpkinhead's flame turned red, burning brighter and brighter...

Tigen smirked "Heheheh! This is no ordinary vacuum cleaner!" Tigen looked at it again "Oh wait, it is. Sorry." Tigen throws that one somewhere and it explodes, he then warps in the other one "Okay, now, this is no ordinary vacuum cleaner! It is a vacuum cleaner able to tamper with a black hole! You see these 3 buttons? One button is for draining chakra from a person or thing, the next button is for creating ultra intense gravitational waves, and the final button is for creating a reverse black hole! If Tigen can create a reverse black hole inside of the giant wormhole, then compact it greatly, Tigen can seal the wormhole with some Liquid and Dimensional energy! Not only that, but if another threat like that comes, Tigen can fend that one off, too! Isn't Tigen smart?" Tigen smiled, proud of himself.

Pumpkinhead released Tigen's head in awe, his flame changing various colors "Hm... That is quite useful... Tigen... it seems you have finally done something of extremely good use. You make me proud, boy. Now we can save our family and friends and return to our home." Pumpkinhead hugged Tigen; something he had done maybe once or twice in his whole entire life "I... love you."

Tigen begins to cry out tears of pumpkin wax "Tigen loves you too, Pumpkinhead! Tigen is so glad that Tigen made you proud!!" Tigen hugs Pumpkinhead tightly, then realizing what he said "Wait... Tigen would have to go home, huh...? Hm..." Tigen thought long and hard about this. He was totally attached to the people at The Nightmare, and did not want to leave them after coming so far. Tigen would have to think of something "Well.. Well... Wait, what about this, Tigen stays here and you create a dimensional portal in Tigen's house so Tigen can visit home whenever Tigen likes, as well as other people, and you can come visit us whenever you like? Sound good?" Tigen let Pumpkinhead go, twiddling his fingers.

Pumpkinhead nodded "If that is what you really wish for... That is, IF you can survive the wormhole. There is no guarantee that your plan will succeed... High hopes mean nothing with a force like that..." Pumpkin head peered downward, looking at Tigen's head.

Tigen sighed, nodding "Tigen knows, Pumpkinhead. But Tigen should also not rush into this sort of thing. Tigen must train with this vacuum first, and not only that, Tigen must also increase Tigen's power before leaving to do such a thing. It's only natural. The stronger Tigen is, the better the chance of survival." Tigen opened up the dimensional energy again, opening the door "See ya around, Pumpkinhead! And when Tigen is ready to go back home, Tigen will tell you." He closed the door behind him, instantly warping off somewhere unknown. Pumpkinhead just shook his head, proud of Tigen, then went back to the engulfing shadows of his threshold.