Codex: And I give you my last story for the time being.

?: Aww, really?

Codex: Yeah, sorry about that.

?: Am I allowed to come out yet.

?: Who's that?

Codex: Someone you're not supposed to see for another few chapters.

?: *sigh* fine

Codex: Well, let's get to the chapter than, shall we.

~x1x~ Took Long Enough

"I finally did it!" I said with extreme enthusiasm. It had taken me many, MANY years, but I finally made a device that could find the perfect partner for you. Now, some Pokemon might see this as trivial, but I believe that people should be living their lives only with the one that they deserve the most.

I ran out of the doors to my lab, running through the halls, my coat flowing from the wind blowing past me. Once I got to the end of the hall, I took a left to a circular metallic door with a curved split in the middle, indicating where the door opens.

I looked at the panel to the left of the door and began punching in a bunch of numbers. Soon after I was done, I inserted a key into the slot on the side and turned it. Once I did, the door in front of me glowed a bright white light, showing it was in full working condition.

When the light died down, the doors split apart, revealing the bright sun and a wooden stage with many other Pokemon in seats below it. I walked through it, took a deep breath in, exhaled after a second, and stepped forward and started speaking.

"Hello to all my fellow Pokemon. I have gathered you all here to bring you something that many may believe to be amazing." I began, making sure to exploit my confidence in my work.

"Now, I know that many of you probably have something to do, so I'll just cut right to it. Today, I have finally made, after almost 7 years of research, the world's first accurate match-maker." I said, making sure to stress the word accurate as much as I could.

"Now, some of you are probably thinking 'What do you mean the world's first, there's been plenty of those before this one?' Well, the difference between this and every other one that you've seen is that this has only a 1 in… 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 'th chance in failing what it's supposed to do." I actually had to think before I said that number, I had to make sure I was accurate. Obviously, I'm a little off, but I just wanted to round it to make it sound more professional. And what's unprofessional about a one in one quintilian chance of failure?

"Now, if you're still skeptical, I had a prototype made about 6 months ago for one of my friends, and they found their partner within a few days, and they've been happy ever since." I gestured to a Raichu and a Luxury on chairs on the stage as they stood up and walked to where I was.

"Hello everyone," My friend started, "My name is Prel and this is my girlfriend Priscilla. We've been dating for the past five months and I don't think I could be happier. Ever since I laid my eyes on her, I knew that she was the one. Now, we actually used to hate each other before we parted ways in middle school, and when I first saw her face pop up on the screen, I thought I would be sick. But, for the first month, we made amends and began to hang out with each other more and more until one day-" He was cut off by Priscilla.

"I finally decided to ask him to be my girlfriend. I didn't do anything special, but I did make sure to get the mood and have a small candle-lit dinner with some-" This time, I cut her off before she could go on and on about what they did.

"Well, you get it. Even though these two hated the thought of each other before, you can see that they were obviously meant for each other." I smiled to my friends and motioned for them to sit back in their seats. As they did, I walked back to where they were standing and started to talk again.

"Now, I'm sure that plenty of you have questions, but I don't really have time to answer them at the moment, I actually have some papers I need to get back to. But, if you do have questions, there'll be some Weedles passing out business cards with my number and email for you to contact. All the information you would need is on there, but if there's something you think should be on there that isn't, tell one of the Weedles or just email the address on the back of the card, that's specifically used for suggestions or complaints. Now, I'll leave them to that and I'll see you next time. See you around." I finally finished as I waved to all the Pokemon in their seats, as a few younger ones waving back.

I turned around and headed back for the door that was behind me. I pushed a button on the edge of the panel and inserted my key again. The door opened without the glow it did earlier, but it still brought me to the same place as before, my lab. From the outside, it doesn't look like much. It's just a white building with a few windows and a completely black sign on the front that says "The Future Was Yesterday Think AHEAD" with the word ahead in a bunch of different colors that looked like they splattered onto the white wall behind it.

It honestly did look cool when you look at it from the outside, but now that people don't need to walk long distances with the use of DRODs (Dimensional Rift Opening Doors), outside decor is more of a hassle than anything else.

Anyways, when the door behind me had closed, I jumped up and punched the air in excitement. "Woohoo, I never would have thought that I'd finally get this done, but I did."

Once I was done with my little jump-for-joy moment, I heard my phone go off with a little *ding* in my lab coat pocket.

I picked it up and realized that I was already getting messages from people about the device and I probably should answer them if they were questions about it. So, I shutdown my phone and power-walked through the halls until I reached my office.

Once I approached it, the doors seemed to turn into a liquid-esque form but still were able to hold itself up. When I got in front of the doors, I continued to power-walk seemingly into the doors, without stopping, but, instead of the doors acting like doors and pushing me back when I walked into them, I simply phased right through them, coming out the other end all fresh.

So, I walked to the end of my office and pressed a button on my wall that revealed a holographic touchscreen and keyboard in front of me. See, with the recent enhancements in technology, Pokemon have been able to program systems that play images in the air, actually stopping light, which was a huge advancement in all types of devices. And, the one who figured that out was none other than me.

Now, if you couldn't tell already, I'm smart. And I'm not talking "I can solve two-step equations in my head" smart, I'm talking "I solved the problem of fuels and oils by making self-sustaining energy cubes while I was taking a crap" smart. And yes, I actually did do that, the world hasn't been more efficient or clean.

But anyways, back to the emails I was getting. To my surprise, they weren't questions I was mostly getting, they were actually compliments. Some were just spam from the unchecked news, but they were more-or-less just happy thoughts and compliments.

One, however, caught my eye. It was one that went something like "Thanks for making this yadda yadda yadda. I really enjoy this yadda yadda yadda. Have you ever used it for yourself?"

Now, that really caught me off guard because I normally test my own products, but I guess I didn't really think about myself while making this because I haven't ever considered myself as the type to be in a relationship.

But, I decided to respond to the guy and say thanks for the compliments, and I ended up saying that I did try one of the prototypes, but wasn't accurate enough. And that wasn't even a lie, I did try one of the prototypes but it ended up being a dud when it said 'Hook Up To Project P-X For Result' or something of that nature. I don't really know why it even said that, I know that I programmed a lot of things in my device to make sure that it was accurate, but I don't remember that phrase being one of them.

When I was done messaging him, I started to think about who I'd meet if I were to use my device. I started to imagine myself with a pretty Lucario, one with an ample breast size, a cute face, nice butt, sweet, tender-

My thinking was cut off by a knocking on my doors being done by one of the only beings that actually are smarter than me, Arceus.

"Uhh, give me a sec. Let me open the doors." I flustered, trying to hide the slightly reddening cheeks I began forming. I pressed a different button on a panel levers, buttons, and switches on my wall, and the doors began to liquidate. Arceus passed through the doors once they knew they could and walked towards me.

Now, a quick note for all of you. Arceus is a being of creation, and being nothing more than a being, Arceus is genderless. Sometimes, Pokemon refer to them as he, rarely as she ironically, and most of the time as they or them, which I will be using.

As they walked towards me, I just stood there, looking at my screen as I typed away at my keyboard. Now, you'd think that a Pokemon gets flustered or nervous when in front of Arceus, but not me or anyone who's seen her more than once. They don't even consider themselves as anything more than another Pokemon living a life, which is what makes me think so highly of them.

"So, do you have the papers done, or am I going to have to extend the due date?" Arceus said, not in an angry or stern voice, just one indicating that she wasn't trying to act funny.

"Well, I don't have the papers done, but I can finish them by the due date. When is it again, Alli?"

Arceus sighed "They're due 18 days from tomorrow. I do hope you can get me those by then. If not, the developing team is going to have to wait me knows how long before you're done."

"Look, I'll get them done by then. I didn't become the head of the company, or the boss for that matter, by being lazy or slacking off." It's true. In fact, I don't even remember a time where I wasn't working before I became my own boss. Well, that's a lie but that's not the point.

Arceus groaned "Alright, just make sure to get them to me by the due date. Preferably by this Friday if you could. And, I know that you handle the security cameras, but could you refrain from using my name when we're in somewhere that's as public as this?"

I nodded and she walked back to the door. I pressed the same button and she walked through the door, leaving me with my thoughts.

"Well, I guess I should work on those papers, they're not going to write themselves. Well, they can, but that takes the fun out of it."

I made my way back to my stand-up computer, and began to type away again, taking my a quick sip of my coffee.

Codex: Wanna know something?

?: What?

Codex: I've never mentioned your name.

?: Why?

Codex: *shrugs*

?: Can I say it?

Codex: Knock yourself out.

?: My name is 7 (#

Codex: Hmm?

?: It's 7 (3, 7 (#35/ 4!11~0/

Codex: Yeah, I was kidding when you could say your name.

7 (3: Why would you do that to me?

Codex: It gets boring waiting for story or chapter updates. Things get boring.

7 (3: Ugh, so I guess I'll have to wait until I say it in the story than?

Codex: Yep, later peeps.

7 (3: *rolls eyes and turns away from Codex* bye.