As Simon poked, rubbed, and felt Kamina's impressively huge feet, Kamina suddenly stretched out, his foot shoving Simon in the chest, knocking him to the ground with a loud "Umph!" sound from the small boy. Kamina, for his part, felt like he had kicked over a small animal. "Boota? Was that you?" he mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"N-Not exactly bro!" Simon said, jumping back up to his feet.

"Simon? Is that you?" Kamina said, blinking as he looked down at his little bro. "Man, either this is a dream or you got really small Simon!"

"Bro! Look at yourself! You're the one who got HUGE!" Simon said, throwing his arms up.

"Wha?" Kamina looked himself over, his eyes widening. "Woah! You're right Simon! Hahaha! Look at me! I'm even more impressive than before!"

He got to his feet, the ground shaking lightly as he did, stretching up to his full height. Luckily the pit their village was located in had a very high ceiling. Kamina looked down at Simon over the swell of his manly pecs and grinned. "Heh, you're looking pretty tiny from up here Simon. But don't let that get you down!"

"I-It's okay bro." Simon said, gazing up at Kamina with a slightly fearful look in his eyes. "I don't mind being the small one..."

Kamina laughed and slammed his foot down next to Simon, the ground cracking and rumbling, knocking Simon to his butt. "I don't know how this all happened but I know I really like it!"

Simon slowly got to his feet again and saw that he was only about as tall as his brother's calves, the muscles bulging impressively as Kamina stood high above him, flexing his biceps and feeling his chest. "I think my musles got a little bigger too! Man this is awesome! Let's see that damn chief try and boss me around now!"

Simon laughed a little weakly and said, "Yeah...I don't think anyone is going to be able to tell you what to do anymore bro."

Kamina suddenly reached down and grabbed Simon, lifting him up to his eyes. Simon yelped and started shaking like a leaf, gazing into Kamina's fierce eyes. "Hey, don't look so scared Simon! I'm not going to hurt you and I'm going to make sure you stay safe no matter what happens!"

Simon smiled and reached out, hugging his bro around the neck. "Thanks bro!"

"No problem! Now, I think I know what might have caused this!" Kamina set Simon down and said, "Go dig that machine out of its hiding spot and let's take another look at it!"

Simon grinned and eagerly did as he was told, Kamina sitting with his legs spread out on either side of Simon. Soon, the machine was back above ground and Simon was looking it over. Kamina pointed to the tiny hole and said, "That key is what started it up. Try sticking it in again!"

Simon looked a little worriedly at Kamina. "B-But...what if it goes off again?"

Kamina bounced his pecs and said, "Then I'll just grow bigger! What's so wrong with that?"

Simon suddenly imagined his big bro even bigger, towering above everyone, easily able to shield him from any falling debris, nothing being enough to crush him. "Yeah..."

Kamina clenched his fist and said, "With this machine, I can grow big enough to finally break through the ceiling and get us out of this dump! Then we won't have to live in fear of getting crushed under falling rocks ever again! Above the ground there is no ceiling!"

Simon felt his little heart pound as Kamina's speech fired him up. He eagerly stuck the key into the machine and turned it on! The machine sputtered and groaned and came to life, the needles moving about wildly, the buttons lighting up, and the gun slowly turning around, facing Simon, then Kamina, then Simon, before locking onto Kamina again. Kamina grinned and held his arms out. "Give me all you got!"

The machine complied and blasted Kamina again, his whole body glowing brightly as he absorbed the energy from the machine. Soon enough, the machine stopped firing and shut down again. Kamina grinned and waited for something to happen, Simon eagerly looking up at his bro.