Hey guys. Ever since re watching Code Geass again, I just kept wanting to break my rule of not writing a fanfiction for it. I felt that there couldn't be any changes in the story, due to it its story being so perfect as it is. But then I wanted to test what things would be like if the rules were changed. If real weapons didn't exist. And what world doesn't use weapons for combat? Pokémon that's what. The story will mainly follow the story of Code Geass, except will deviate due to the existence of Pokémon as the main form of combat. Death will still be common, as will the strategy. However, the strategies will have to compensate not only the abilities of the humans, but the abilities of the Pokémon and Bursts, such as type advantages and disadvantages, PP, and move power.
In this first chapter, not much has changed from the normal Code Geass, except the names of people and places are changed, and Pokémon are used instead of guns. In replacement of the Knightmare units come the Burst Heart (See Bulbapedia for information on the Burst Heart). However, future chapters/episodes will be almost completely reimagined.
I hope you enjoy this Cross Over. Thanks for reading!
The year, 1997. The Akagi lineage of the Sinnoh Empire declared war on the small nation of Kanto. Originally a nation that held neutrality between the superpowers of the world, its underground resources of Enigma Stone became too valuable, causing Sinnoh to invade. During the war, Sinnoh revealed their new weapon to the world, the Burst Heart. Using the Burst Heart allowed a soldier to fuse with the Pokémon sealed inside, making them much more effective than the simpleness that was the Kanto Pokémon. Within a few months, Kanto had surrendered. The Kanto people lost their rights, their land, and even their name. Region 11. That was the name given to the Kanto people after they lost the war.
"Gary…" a young boy said. "I promise. I will… Destroy Sinnoh!"
"And that's checkmate." the teen said, placing his king into place.
"How is this possible?" the noble said. "How could I be defeated by a mere child?"
"When word gets out that you lost, people won't be able to respect you anymore." the teen said.
"Wait, wait. I'm willing to pay!" the noble rushed. "Who does the check go out to?"
"Ash." the boy said. "Ash Ketchum."
7 years have passed since the war with Sinnoh. Since then, multiple resistance groups have emerged from the fractured society that was Kanto. Terrorist attacks hit every few days. Even though they lost, the Kanto people refuse to give up.
"God damn it, they're right behind us." a man cursed, driving the truck down the road.
"Don't focus on them, just keep driving." a teenage girl with orange hair sitting next to him said.
"We have eyes on the target, are we cleared to engage?" a man flying atop a Salamence asked into his radio.
"Not yet. Just continue pursuing and wait until further orders." the radio replied.
"Understood." the man answered.
"Hmph, where could Ash have gone off to?" a girl asked, brush a stray blue hair from in front of her face. "Tracey's gone too."
"Oh, Dawn, quit your worrying, they're probably just off gambling again." another girl replied.
"That's exactly what I'm worried about, Melody." Dawn said. "They can't just keep skipping school like this. They're on the Student council, so they represent the whole school."
"Oh give it a rest, Ash is a smart kid." Melody said, laying back onto the grass.
"But he doesn't apply himself in class!" Dawn said, annoyed. "If he did, he would be an excellent student, one of the best in the school."
"Calm down, they'll be back soon." Melody sighed.
"That was amazing back there, Ash." Tracey said. "Nobility are always such easy targets."
"The nobility think they're better than everyone, which is why they don't ever think they can lose." Ash replied. "They aren't even a challenge at this point."
"Then why don't you challenge one of the Elevens?" Tracey asked as they walked out of the building. "They're nothing like us Sinnohians."
Suddenly, the plaza screen turned on, revealing the face of the viceroy of Region 11, Prince Burgh, 3rd prince of Sinnoh. As soon as his face appeared, Ash's face fell into a grimace.
Not only was the broadcast shown there, but it was shown throughout the entirety of Region 11.
"To all of my subjects, both the Sinnohians and the many cooperative elevens this nation holds." Burgh began.
"We aren't Elevens!" the teen in the truck shouted. "We're Kantonese!"
"Can't you see how this troubles me? All I have left in my heart is sadness, sadness for the people lost in these terrorist attacks." Burgh continued. "But I will not give up in my struggle to stop these terrorists. Because this fight is a righteous one, one that will unite the people of Region 11. Now I ask of you, please join us in a moment of silence for the eight lost in the most recent attacks."
After the viceroy was finished speaking, Ash continued on his way towards the bike, not stopping for the moment of silence.
"Hey, aren't you gonna join in?" Tracey asked.
"Aren't you?" Ash asked back.
"Hehe, you got me there, I guess it's just embarrassing." Tracey replied.
"I couldn't agree more." Ash said. "And besides, there's no point crying over the dead. It's not as if it'll bring them back to life."
"Ouch, that's harsh." Tracey said, jumping into the seat of the motorcycle while Ash got in the sidecar.
"All they're doing is pleasing themselves. By crying over these people, it makes the common man feel like a better person." Ash said. "But that's all they can do. No one man can change the world."
"That was excellent, Prince Burgh." A woman said as the prince walked off the stage.
"No one would have ever guessed you were giving that speech at a party." Another one said.
"Of course the viceroy is the key actor in Region 11." Burgh replied, "I need to be able to change costumes at a moment's notice."
"You're so self-confident." the woman replied.
"It's all about the performance." Burgh answered. "Since the world want's a charismatic prince, I give them one."
"But of course." a man said. "Our duty is to assist your reign in any way we can."
"Pfft. His reign is a disgrace." A man in the corner mumbled.
"Your majesty!" A hefty man shouted as he barged into the room.
"Hmm? Military?" the man in the corner asked.
"What is it?" Prince Burgh asked.
"Please, forgive the interruption." the man asked.
"Don't tell me he has another appearance." the man in the corner said, "Let's just hope this ones not as dreary."
"You fool!" Burgh suddenly shouted. "How could you let them?"
"We informed the police that it was medical equipment, that's all. If we scramble the army, then-." the man began.
"Send out the Royal Guard. The Burst Hearts as well." Burgh commanded.
"Attention! Attention!" the intercom blared. "All Burst Heart Soldiers please activate now, I repeat, all Burst Heart Soldiers please activate now."
Soldiers immediately made their way to the Burst Heart containment center, where they each grabbed one before transforming into a half human, half Pokémon hybrid.
"That last move you did." Tracey asked. "Why did you start and end with the king?"
"If a king is not willing to fight in a battle with his subjects, then he is not fit to rule." Ash answered. "How will he be able to expect his subordinates to follow him?"
"What's up with that?" Tracey asks. "What, do you fantasize about being a leader or something someday?"
"No way." Ash said. "I don't want to work too hard for anything."
Suddenly a horn blared from behind them as a truck continued speeding down the highway.
"God, we have to move!" Tracey said, jerking the handles to the side.
"You idiot!" The man in the truck said, turning off the highway into an uncompleted exit.
"No, don't turn!" the woman next to him shouted, but it was too late. The truck continued past the barricades and crashed into a nearby construction site. As soon as the truck crashed, Tracey pulled over to look.
"Uhh, did we do that?" Tracey asked not expecting an answer
"Confirmed. The target has crashed into the abandoned construction site on the east side of the city." The man on the Salamence radioed in.
"Stand down, the military are taking over this operation. General Birch's orders." the radio replied.
"Really?" the man asked, before flying away.
'We can't let get away with it. In the wrong hands…' General Birch thought.
As Ash got out of the seat and looked over at the crash, a small amount of light escaped the truck, catching his eye.
"What the.." Ash started.
"This is great." Tracey complained. "The bike's power line was cut. Now we won't make it to school on time for next period."
"Yea, hey Tracey, come check this out." Ash asked.
At this point a small crowd had congregated, all looking down at the crash. They were all saying the same thing, all saying that someone should go and help them, but no one lifted a finger in support.
'Those idiots.' Ash thought, and immediately started running towards the truck, leaving Tracey alone on the Highway.
"Hey, wait!" Tracey called after him, but his cries were not heard.
As Ash made his way to the truck, he immediately started climbing the ladder on the back, hoping to be able to get to the people. "Hello?" he asked, "Are you alright?"
"I wish Ash would just swallow his pride and move on. I know it's the right thing to do but still." Tracey complained, pushing his bike down the path.
"Hello? Can anyone hear me?" Ash asked as he got to the top of the ladder. BUt as he climbed on top of the truck, he felt paralyzed as an unknown voice surfaced in his mind.
"Finally, I found you." the voice said. "After all this time, you're finally…"
However, Ash didn't have time to think about the matter, because a few seconds later, the truck began to move, causing Ash to fall inside.
"Stop, I'm in here." Ash shouted, but whoever was driving wasn't able to hear him. The truck quickly sped away from the construction site, leaving Tracey by himself.
"Damn, how do I get out of here?" Ash asked, looking around the truck. The inside of the truck was nothing special, aside from the one thing that caught his eye, a large metal sphere, connected to all sorts of wires and buttons. But before Ash could look around any further, a voice came from outside the truck.
"Stop the truck!" an intercom blared. "Surrender now, and we won't need to use force."
As soon as the warning was issued, shots were fired at the truck, causing it to swerve along the road.
"The next time we shoot, we shoot to kill!" the intercom blared.
"Now what do we do?" the man driving the truck asked. "That's the military out there."
"Why do you think I'm here?" the girl asked, standing up and making her way to the back of the truck.
"I have two choices, stay and get shot or…" Ash started before the door leading to the front of the truck opened, forcing him to hide behind the machine.
"I need you to get into the subway station, think you can make it." The girl asked.
"Misty! Why don't we just use it here?" the man asked.
"Because that would mean a bloodbath." Misty replied, taking off her jacket.
"Ugh, fine." the man said.
'I've seen this girl before.' Ash thought as he watched her open a briefcase, containing a small, red, hexagonal crystal.
'That's a…' Ash began. But before he could complete the thought, the girl named Misty had already picked up the crystal and began transforming before his very eyes. When the Transformation was finished, Misty no longer stood where she once was. Instead, she was replaced by an orange skinned creature, still the same height as Misty, but with a tan stomach and dual tails.
"This is your last warning." the military man said from atop his Charizard. "Surrender now, or…" But the man was unable to finish his sentence as he was blasted back with a burst of water.
"A Hydro Pump?" The man next to him asked as the truck fully opened.
Standing in the doorway was Misty, her fusion with the Buizel a complete success.
"A Burst Heart!" The man shouted.
Misty jumped out of the truck, creating a small wave for her to ride on for speed.
"Damn." Ash said as the truck closed after her. "These are real terrorists."
"You guys know what this bad boy can do!" Misty shouted as she continued moving forward towards the military, firing off Hydro Pumps while avoiding the onslaught of attacks coming from the military.
"All of you, pull back and leave her to me." a voice shouted. Suddenly from the sky, a man came down, combined with his Vigoroth. "I don't know where you got that underdeveloped specimen, but it's no match to a Berserker Burst. Not to mention it's combatant is a filthy Eleven."
"Misty!" the man shouted over the radio. "We have to split up! We can't have both of us getting killed."
Suddenly out of nowhere, another Burst had appeared in front of the truck, and fired a Poison Sting forcing the truck to turn off into another exit.
"Hmph, idiotic elevens." the woman said, before joining the fight.
"Damn it, I don't have enough Power." Misty said as the Vigoroth, human half-breed came closer and closer to striking. At the last second, Misty hit him with a Water Gun and dodged, putting some distance as she fled.
"I'll admit you're good, for an eleven." the man said. "But…"
"Damn it, no cell reception." Ash said, putting his phone away. "Judging from the darkness and bumps, I'd say we're in the old underground passage. Which means they're trying to escape into the ghetto somewhere. Ok, I'm not the largest fan of the military but I'll take their protection over the terrorists." Out of the corner of his eye, he sees a blinking light coming from Misty's coat. As he reached inside, he found a small radio. "Perfect. If I can give them a terrorist communicator, then they should be willing to help."
"Well, well." A man grinned, looking down at Birch.
"What are you doing?" General Birch asked.
"Looking at a man who messed up, am I wrong?" the man grinned.
"Why you…" Birch growled.
"You really screwed up big time, didn't you?" the man asked. "The terrorist came along and stole whatever you were working on for Burgh. Taking it back is no problem but you want to take them out at the same time. If they escape, it'll take you straight to their hideout. Good job, you reasoned that perfectly." he said turning around to his female companion.
"Well, I thought that it was strange to be moving everyone out like this." the woman said, shying away.
"Alright, that's enough Elm. What business does the special corp have with this?" Birch asked.
"I'm simply saying I want to help mop up your mess." Elm grinned.
"You want to help?" Birch asked, confused.
"Yes, this battle should be able to supply vital data." Elm said.
"Um, excuse me, but what is it the stole exactly?" the woman asked.
"Weezing Weapons, in other words, poison gas." Birch replied.
"The terrorists have hid themselves in the Underground Path. Your mission is to locate the weapon they stole. Investigate the Underground Path that runs through the 11 residential district and the Celadon ghetto. Report in the moment you spot them." The commander ordered over his comm radio. "Recovery of the target is to be handled by us, the royal guard. You all bare the honor of being called an honorary Sinnohian now, however you were born as elevens, therefore the stench of these traitors should be a familiar one. If you want to have the right to be a Sinnohian, then prove yourself. This is your opportunity to show your loyalty, so I expect some results."
"Yes, my lord." came the reply from the military officers.
The truck continued its way down the Path, its driver severely injured from the Poison Sting. However, as he made his way, the wheels got caught on some debris, causing it to suddenly crash.
"Have we crashed?" Ash asked, "Or.."
The noise from the crash attracted the attention of a soldier who was patrolling the area for the truck.
"Damn, the tires are stuck." the man said, flipping a switch. "Please Brock, find me."
Suddenly, the doors of the truck began to open, forcing Ash to again hide in the corner.
The soldier slowly approached the truck, being cautious of any terrorists. "404, I have eyes on the target." The young man said into his radio.
"Roger, prepare for recovery." His commander replied.
Keeping his eye on the truck, the soldier spots Ash come out of his hiding place, forcing the soldier to immediately run towards the truck.
"I can use this chance to get away." Ash said, before the soldier was upon him, kicking him away from the machine.
"That's enough killing." the soldier said as he held Ash down on the floor of the truck.
"Wait, I'm not a terrorist!" Ash shouted,but his words fell on deaf ears.
"Planning to use Weezing gas?" the soldier pressed. "Not on my watch."
"Listen to me!" Ash shouted, swinging a kick towards the soldier, causing him to jump back. "I'm not here by choice. And if that is Weezing gas, then Sinnoh must've made it."
"My god…" The soldier said as Ash walked out of the darkness of the truck.
"Enough killing?" Ash asked. "Then why not just eliminate Sinnoh?!"
"Ash?" the soldier said taking off his helmet and revealing his spiky brown hair. "It's me. Gary."
From the sudden reveal of his friend of 7 years ago, Ash was completely shocked. "Gary? You're a Sinnohian soldier?
"But you're a…" Gary started.
"I already told you." Ash said before the capsule next to them opened with a blinding yellow light similar to the light Ash saw before he entered the truck. Immediately jumping into action, Gary pushed Ash and himself onto the ground, putting his gas mask on Ash's face.
However, no gas came out of the capsule. Instead, a teen girl, around the age of the two of them, fell out, bound in clothing similar to a straight jacket. The glow seemed centered around her before fading away.
"That's not Weezing Gas." Gary said with a start.
"I'm sorry, in all my confusion, I must've left my radio in the truck." Misty said into her spare emergency one.
"That's Burst's power seems ok." Brock replied. "But did you get it?"
"Yea, We're pretty sure it's Weezing gas, just like we were told." Misty answered, leaning against the wall of the Underground Path.
"And A.J.?" Brock asked.
"I'm not sure." Misty said, hanging her head. "I think he go to the Underground."
"Answer this, Gary." Ash asks, cradling the newly appeared girl in his arms. "Doe this look like Weezing gas to you?"
"That's all we were told, I swear." Gary asserts, helping Ash get the straight jacket loosened.
Suddenly footsteps were heard echoing from behind the three of them, causing Gary and Ash to turn around to face their guests. Before them stood a group of soldiers, spearheaded by their commander, all with their Pokémon out and ready..
"Damn Eleven." The commander said upon seeing Gary."Just because you are an Honorary Sinnohian doesn't excuse what you've done."
"But sir," Gary started as he stood up and made his way to his commander. "I thought we were told this was Weezing Gas?"
"How dare you question me?" The commander shouted. "I ordered you to find it and contact us, nothing more."
'This is bad.' Ash thought. 'This is definitely poisonous. A poison that will cripple Gary's superiors if it gets out.'
"However, in light of recent events," the commander continued, "I'll make it easy on you." As he said this, the commander motioned for a Houndoom to come forward. "Command the Houndoom to eliminate the terrorist."
"But he isn't a terrorist. He's just a person who got caught up in all this." Gary explained.
"Silence!" the commander shouted. "That was an order, you swore your loyalty to Sinnoh therefore you will listen to me."
"But…" Gary started. "But I can't. I will not shoot a civilian. Not him."
Expecting his death to come, Ash was surprised by the words that came from Gary's mouth. Just as Ash was beginning to feel relieved, the commander spoke up.
"Houndoom, kill him." the commander said, no feelings of remorse at all.
Surprised, Gary quickly turned on his feet, but was too slow to stop the fire canine, who fired a point-blank Ember attack directly at his heart, making direct contact. Gary fell to the ground, his clothes singed, unmoving.
"Those look like school clothes." the commander grinned as he changed his focus to Ash. "Today is just not your lucky day." Looking back to his soldiers, "Once you have the girl, kill the kid."
For the first time in his life, Ash felt scared for his life. Truly, at this moment, death seemed like his only option.
"Damn Sinnohians…" A.J. muttered from the front seat of the truck. "Long live, Kanto!"
And with that, A.J. pushed a button on the dashboard of the truck, causing it to erupt in a glorious fire-ball.
'This is my chance!' Ash thought. Under the cover of the smoke, Ash picked the girl up and ran down the path, away from the soldiers.
"You let them get away?" Birch shouted over the comm system. "I thought you were the royal guard."
"We're sorry," the commander explained. "The blast wasn't meant to deal damage, but…"
"That doesn't matter." Birch groaned. "Why do you think only you know about her?"
"We're sorry, we are currently continuing the search for her." the commander said before cutting comm.
"Well, let's continue to the next phase." Burgh said from atop his throne stationed in his mobile command center.
"But, your highness…" Birch started, before Burgh continued.
"If the public learns of her, then my reputation will be destroyed." Burgh explained. "Tell the homeland that we're working on improvements to the ghettos. As Burgh, third prince of the empire, I command you. Destroy the Celadon Ghetto! Kill anyone and everyone in your path!"
As the orders were given, soldiers began the onslaught. Equipped with their Burst Hearts as their weapons, they went about the destruction of everything in their path. Buildings were demolished. The screams of women and children were heard as they were eliminated without prejudice. Foot soldiers went from building to building with their Pokémon, ordering them to slaughter.
"These Elevens aren't even worthy of the title Honorary Sinnohian." Birch said over the comm. "Crush every last one of them."
"Gladly." The man fused with the Vigoroth said.
"Supervisor Norman, General Birch wants you to take command in area…" a man on the comm started.
"Not a chance." Norman replied. "He has other's that can do that job. I haven't had this much fun in ages."
Tired from running down the path for so long, Ash throws the girl to the ground and falls to his knees, panting.
"Who are you?" Ash asked. "What are you? This fight, this endless slaughter, It's your fault, isn't it? And because of you… because of Sinnoh… Gary's dead!"
"He's not here?" Elm asked.
"It seems like he's made his way to the front lines." His assistant answered.
"Even though we brought the Lucario?" Elm complained.
"What do we do now?" the assistant asked.
"We made our way in here, but it'll be no use if we don't have someone to use it." Elm sighed.
"Keep down." Ash said as he crawled his way out of the Underground Path. But as he looked over the last stair, all he could see were the flames of a powerful Flamethrower and the screams of the innocent people they were charring to a crisp.
"Anything new?" the commander from before asked as he walked into the run down building.
"Only Elevens here. No sight of the girl or the student that was with her." the soldier reported.
"Are you sure?" the commander asked, getting a nod in reply. "But the exit comes up here."
"Yes, that is what our maps say." the soldier confirmed.
From the corner of the room, came the startled cry of a child, only for it to be silenced by the roar of the young girl being engulfed by soon as it seemed like the commander and his soldiers were going to leave, Ash's phone blared its ringtone, causing all of the soldiers to turn around. As fast as he could, Ash disconnected the call, but it was too late.
*Ring Ring* *Ring Ring* *Click*
"Hm?" Dawn asked, her phone up to her ear. "Did he really just hang upon me?! That jerk."
Ash was thrown against the wall after being discovered, the girl taken from him and off to the side, guarded by the soldiers. Ash slid down the wall, gripping his newly wounded right shoulder, blood seeping from the bite marks from the Houndoom.
"Well well, what an appropriate place for the ending of this chase, terrorist." The commander chuckled.
"You bastard." Ash spit, struggling his way back to his feet.
"However, you did better that I thought you would do. As expected, you are a Sinnohian." the commander applauded. "However, this is where it ends. Houndoom, finish him off with a Flamethrower!"
Just as the death dog opened its mouth to unleash the flames, the girl jumped in front of Ash, putting her arms up as to protect him. "He can't die! Not here!" She said just before the flames engulfed her entire flames raged on, continuing to burn her, as small embers escaped past her, one making contact with Ash's left hand, setting it ablaze and boiling his skin before being quickly extinguished by him. Her screams of pain continued long after the attack was called off as the commander realized his actions.
As soon as the flames stopped, Ash quickly tried to extinguish the flames, but when he was finally able to put the flames out, her body was almost completely charred.
"Oh well. We were told to bring her back if we could." the commander shrugged. "We'll just tell them that she was killed by the terrorists after recovering her. Convincing, isn't it?"
'No… This can't be happening… First Gary, now this girl. And soon, I'm going to be…' Ash thought. 'No! It can't end like this! What about Leaf?'
Suddenly, the charred skin of the girl's hand cracked off, revealing the fair, white skin underneath before shooting out and grabbing Ash's burnt hand causing him to wince in pain. As soon as she grabbed his hand, a voice began speaking in his head.
"You don't want it to end here, do you?" the voice asked. Suddenly, Ash was by himself in an endless room, confused and paralyzed. Suddenly, the girl from before appeared in front of him. "You appear to have a reason to live.
'How is this possible? She's supposed to be dead.' Ash thought, wanting to ask so many questions but unable to make a sound.
"If I gave you the power to, could you continue living?" the girl continued. "Let's make a deal. In exchange for the power I can give to you, you must grant my one and only wish. If you accept the contract, you accept its terms. While living among the people, you will live unlike all others. Your life, your time, all is different. The power of kings will leave you alone, a life of solitude. Are you prepared for that?"
Suddenly, Ash felt himself beginning to move. When he stopped moving, or stopped feeling like he was moving, he was floating in the air above a roman style platform, floating in the sky. A few people were standing on it, but paid their new visitor no attention, as if he wasn't there.
"A convergence with the Arceus Connection?" a man said, his voice booming. "So the myths are repeating themselves."
The man's voice caused Ash to grimace, filling him with rage. "Yes! I agree! I accept the conditions of this contract!"
Suddenly, Ash was once again in his body, his real body, about ready to die. Laughing, Ash stood back up, covering his left eye with his burnt hand.
"What are you laughing about?"the commander chuckled. "Finally accepting death?"
"Tell me, how should a person who hate their own nation live?" Ash asked, a wicked grin gracing his face.
"What are you saying?" the commander asks.
"Well, aren't you going to kill me? I'm just a school boy after all,killing me would be easy." Ash said. "Or have you come to terms with it? That the only ones who should kill are those willing to die?" As he said this, Ash removed his hand from his eye, his pupil morphing into a red bird.
"What… What is going on here?" the commander asked, while him and his crew slowly backed away from the school child turned demon, humans and Pokémon alike.
"I, Ash vi Akagi command you! All of you, die!" Ash said calmly as the sigil in his eye thrust forth, glowing as it entered the minds of the soldiers and their Pokémon, bending their minds to his whim.
The commander began laughing crazily. "Hehehe, of course, your highness. Houndoom, Flamethrower!"
The troop's Houndoom went about the process of burning all of the soldiers, their screams echoing in the abandoned building, their flesh melting off. After the soldiers were taken care of, the Houndoom began the process of attacking each other, mercilessly attacking each other, fangs bared, biting and ripping each other to smithereens.
When Ash came out of the trance he had been put under, he was disgusted, partly by the stench of burnt flesh, and partly because of the gruesome display he had just seen. But a part of him felt it. The power he contained.
'That was when everything changed. From then on I lived a lie, the lie of life. Even my name was a lie. My history, a lie. Everything, just a lie.' Ash thought. 'I was disgusted at how the world was, and it couldn't be changed. But even in my lies, I still had hope. But now I have power?'
"Finally."
Thanks for reading. Should I keep this going, or stop it? Do you have any suggestions for what I do for the future? Leave it as a review and I'll be sure to look at and respond. Until next time.