That's right folks this story is back and will be for I while I promise. I'm not very good at juggling stories so I put Defectives on hold for a little bit while I focus on this. For those of you that are new, Welcome. And for those of you that waited patiently for it to update all I can say is Thank you.

Konner and Aura rushed up the ridiculously high set of stairs to the so-called "Wigglytuff Guild" it was apparently the closest exploration Guild and it raised a lot of the most famous explorers. Moving back to the stairs though Aura was having no problem at all but then again she was a fighting type, muscle power was her specialty. It really put into question why she was so timid, maybe he would find out eventually. But Konn, on the other hand was having difficulty he figured out how to move his body but that didn't mean he was good at it. He stumbled almost more than he ran and climbing those stairs was no easy task, combining the difficulty of trying to get used to the body and the height of what they were climbing, calling it hard would be an understatement. Looking at how swiftly Aura moved on two legs made him a little jealous, why did he have to get demoted to a four legged creature? He wished so much to be like her not just to have two legs but because of how strong Riolu are and how fast. He wished he could have been a Pokémon like her. Aura looked quickly at him as a strange purplish light shone out of the corner of her eye and she saw… herself! Aura stopped in her tracks and let out a yelp of surprise. "What? What happened?" The other she asked stopping as well. The copy stood kind of oddly. Even though Riolu could stand on two feet normally this one was standing like a dog trying to balance on two feet.

"Who are you?" Aura asked

The other Aura gave a quizzical look "What do you mean? I'm Konn." She stated simply. The copy then looked down "Arceus! When did this happen?" Konner exclaimed in shock as well.

Aura remembered something her dad had said about the Zorua he met. They were so hard to find because they could hide better than even a Kecleon because they could make themselves look like anything or anyone.

"Konn, I think you didn't really transform."

"Huh?" he asked dumbfounded

"Zorua have the ability of illusions. You just look like me but that's all."

Konn grew a big grin on his face. He was an illusionist? That's the most awesome thing ever! I didn't take Konn too long to change back, only about a few seconds after the discovery, but it wasn't that he had instant control over it; it was more like he changed back on instinct rather than consciously. He would have to figure out how to do control that too.

They continued up not wasting any more time than they already had. They needed to get to the top before the night came and the sunset was close to ending. Konn only looked off the side of the large stairway once and almost instantly regretted the decision. He was too high up, he could see past all of the trees and to the sea. If he fell off the side or even fell down the stairs he could run the risk of dying. He could see some other tall flat topped mountains around him and he thought, out in the distance, he saw what looked like a small village or town.

When they made it to the top Aura was only breathing heavy while Konn had to lie down and catch his breath "I don't think I can do this every day." He breathed. He didn't even want to think about going down because he knew he would have to do that on four legs too and aforementioned threat of falling down those stairs was not comforting. Aura looked around the place and it still had that same creepy feel to it like it did last time she was here. The sparse patches of grass and flowers didn't ease the feel of the place.

"Ugh, isn't this place kinda creepy?" Aura shuddered

Konn looked at the place around him. It was creepy; the tent itself was unnerving the way it looked like it was staring you down. "It is sort of creepy but it's not too bad." He admitted. He got back up and nudged Aura forward "Come on, you said you wanted to join and this is your chance."

"Wha- B-but-"

"No but's I don't want to go back down those stairs." Konn insisted

Konn stopped pushing when she turned back to him "You're right I do want to join and you're here with me… but still, this place is creepy." She shook her head as if to throw out those thoughts "No, I will join because your with me, I will join the guild!"

Konn's tail wagged happily "That's the spirit!" he smiled Aura stepped forward and stepped onto the grate covering the hole and a voice yelled out again.

"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!"

"Wha!"" she screamed out in surprise but made herself stay still 'I can do this, I can do this!'

"Who's footprint?! Who's footprint?!" a louder voice yelled

"The footprint is Riolu's! The footprint is Riolu's!"

"You may ENTER!" Aura breathed a deep sigh of relief and happily got off the grate but the victory was short lived because that same loud voice yelled back to them "There's someone else with you!" this made them all look around to see the person that somehow saw Konn but no one was there but them. "YOU, get that STRANGER up here!"

Aura turned to Konn with worried on her face "I think he means you, Konn."

Konn just looked at the grate. It was all rusted looking and it covered a deep hole he couldn't see the bottom of. It was clearly there to make sure people wouldn't fall in but why was it there in the first place. It seemed off for some reason and the moss that was growing on it looked like it might tickle him or something. "STRANGER! Get on the GRATE!" the voice yelled snapping him out of his thoughts. He reluctantly obeyed the voice and stepped on.

"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!"

"Who's footprint?! Who's footprint?!"

"The footprint is… the footprint is… um…" the voice fell silent. Konn's ears perked with interest and a little surprise. They apparently didn't know what he was either. Aura did tell him that Zorua are extremely rare to see around here. He put his head against the grate in an attempt to listen in.

Down below a Digglet stood (AN: I don't really know how else to describe what a Digglet would be doing in one place when all you can see is its head) under the grate attempting to figure out the mystery Pokémon. The hole under the grate was so deep even with Konn's eyes he couldn't see him and there was a tunnel that led farther down. "Um… the footprint is, uh…"

"Sentry Digglet? What happened Sentry Digglet!? Who's that Pokémon!?" the other voice yelled from farther down the cave.

"The footprint is- belongs to… oh!" he exclaimed getting an idea finally of what Pokémon it could be "The footprint is Zorua's! The footprint maybe belongs to Zorua!"

"WHAT, maybe!?" he yelled to Digglet not satisfied with the answer given.

"W-well- it's just… it's not a Pokémon you ever really see!" he stammered

"That's pretty CRUMMY! Identifying footprints is your JOB!"

"B-but I don't know what I don't know! I'm pretty sure it's a Zorua, but I'm not one hundred percent sure!"

Above Aura asked what was taking so long and Konn answered "I think they're arguing."

Then the louder voice yelled out to the "Sorry to make you WAIT! It's true you don't really see any… whatever he said you were- but you don't look bad so… okay good enough. YOU MAY ENTER!" the large cast iron gate that sealed the entrance sunk into the ground with no one visibly pulling it down. This place is getting weirder and weirder though Konn. They went into the tent and took a look around inside but it was surprisingly empty. There was pretty much just a sign written in markings Konn couldn't read. He'd figure out how to read stuff like that eventually but for now it was just a mess of weird shapes on a large sign. Honestly he realized just how small he really was. The sign was huge to him he could barely see what was written at the very bottom and the top of Aura's head made it to where the sign actually began. He felt so puny, if it wasn't for his ears he probably wouldn't make it under Aura's nose. His thoughts shifted from his realization of his height problem to the set of wooden stairs that twisted down a hole in the center of the room. Down? Konn thought loathingly after going up all this way, we have to go down? Aura and Konn exchanged looks the Aura started going down. Konn just watched from the top as she went down. The moment he dreaded ever since he started to climb came faster than he cared for. She turned around and noticed him looking down the flight of stairs with a weird angry looking face. "What's wrong Konn?"

"I'm hardly any good moving in a straight line, how am I going to down the stairs?"

"Ummm…" Aura thought hard "Oh!" she exclaimed getting an idea "Go down backwards."

"Huh?"

"Well Pokémon with two legs and Pokémon with four legs it's almost the same thing. If you have your back legs guiding you down the stairs it should be easier." Konner tried it and it actually worked. That is until one foot missed and he fell backwards down the stairs. He caught Aura as he tumbled and rolled and she started to fall too. They both landed painfully on the ground at the bottom of the stairs. But strangely Konn had a softer landing and he couldn't find Aura anywhere. Then he heard her voice from under her. His big fluffy tail was covering her face. He lifted it and apologized they both got up and got a chance to look around the room they fell into. Despite the fact they were underground there was perfect grass growing under them and the place was well lit by the "windows" that were more like holes in the wall. They saw so many different kinds of Pokémon and thankfully none of them saw their graceful entrance. They all were wearing different kinds of clothing or gear and none of it Konn could understand the meaning of. It all seemed to have a purpose though that much was obvious but what they were actually for wasn't. They walked into the center of the room taking it all in. Aura was so impressed and happy she was actually here and Konn was just impressed. Who wouldn't be a little awestruck to see all these Pokémon in a Pokémon's point of view? He was just speechless his head looking from one end of the busy room to the other and even looked right up just to look at Pokémon that would be large even to a human but was even bigger now that he wouldn't even make it to knee of a human now. The ceiling was so high up that it was obvious the place was built to handle just about any sized Pokémon the same impression was made thinking back to how wide the stairs were. "Wow…" Konn said simply "I didn't think it was possible to make me feel any smaller." he muttered under his breath. He hated the fact he was so small almost as much as he hated the idea of going down stairs on four legs.

"This is so cool!" Aura cheered "We're actually here, just minutes away from being a guild member." Her face was just so filled with joy at that moment that she was lost in her thoughts. Then a voice called out to them from among the chatter of all the other Pokémon.

"You kids must be the ones that just came in." they turned to a Chatot fluttering over to them. Aura was about to speak when she was interrupted "I know why you're here- now shoo! We don't need your silly surveys or any of the items you're selling!" he squawked at them. He hadn't a clue why they were here and so far not a single Pokémon was really listening to them.

"Wha- that's not why we're here!" Konn exclaimed.

"We came here to join the guild." Aura

"What?!" Chatot squawked he turned his back to them and started to talk to himself "But why these kids? Especially given our challenging training regimen. Surely the steady stream of Pokémon that run away is proof of this."

"Is the training that severe?" Aura asked

Chatot turned back to them quickly flapping his wings in panic "No-no-no-no-no! Our program is as easy as can be!"

'He changed his attitude so quickly' Konn thought in amazement

"Well, well, well, I wish you told me that sooner." Konn wanted to give him a piece of his mind, no one was listening. The three were taken to a lower level they came down into a room similar to the first one but with some big differences. First of all there was no one there except for them and also it was much bigger with a tunnel of either side leading into another part of the guild. One the right there was a large stand made of stone and looked like it was carved into the wall. And to their left was an official looking door. Aura excitedly ran over to a window next to the door.

"Whoa! This is so cool! Even though we're underground you can still see outside!"

"Quiet!" Chatot snapped at her "The Guild is built into the side of a cliff it's only natural you can still see outside. Aura looked embarrassed but said nothing. Chatot led them through the door into the guild masters room but not without giving them several warnings to not anger the Guild Master or do anything to offend him and he stressed it so completely they were getting concerned about the guy they were going to meet. When they came in they didn't see this fearsome creature anywhere didn't see the guild master. They saw a wonderfully decorated room with huge treasure boxes the ones that were open had so many things in them and all of them shiny and valuable. A big and nice looking carpet lay covering the ground and in the center was a big pink thing. It was so still it could be some sort of statue. The three looked around expecting the Guild Master to come out somewhere. But no sign of him was found. "Guild Master? Guild Master? Guild Master we have two new apprentices."

Aura looked around nervously and Konner's ears twitched in fascination and curiosity of where this Guild Master was. Suddenly the pink mass turned and called out to them "Hiya!" it greeted happily and suddenly making the two newcomers jump in their place.

Aura was gasping for air because her heart had stopped for several seconds. Konn laughed in that Zorua way he seemed to pick up. Zorua naturally loves tricks of all kinds even if it's at their own expense. "That was… unexpected." Aura breathed

"I know, it was pretty good right?" Konn grinned.

"Who are they Chatot?" the Wigglytuff asked.

"I just- they are the new recruits." Chatot retreated

"Yay, new friends! Friendly, friends!" he danced around the room. This is really the Guild master? They both wondered inwardly. "First step is to give yourselves a team name." he continued after finishing his dance.

"A team name?" Konn repeated "Why wasn't I told about this?" he leaned over whispering to his partner.

"After everything that's happened I forgot about that." She returned

"Well we got to think of something." Konn quickly said. Aura couldn't think of anything so it was up to Konn but he came up with several different and awful names until he found one that seemed to click "Our name is Team Adventure"

"Okay, I'll have you registered as Team Adventure."

Chatot butted in at this moment "Remember within the first week of training you can make last minute changes and additions to your team."

Wigglytuff danced some more singing "Registering, Registering, Registering- Yoom-Tah!" He yelled after his song and dance startling them once more. "Registering complete!" afterwards they received many items essential to an exploration team. An explorer bag, and two badges resembling a sphere with the top hemisphere silver and the lower half pink. When they touched it their paw prints showed up on them. Konner guessed it was proof they were explorers like an ID or something. There was also a map that was practically blank. Chatot explained that it would update itself and change constantly as more places were discovered. So far all that was on the map was the guild, the surrounding forest, the beach and a town farther off probably the place Konn saw from the peak. There were also two strange scarfs. One was black with white spots call a defense scarf. It also gave increased endurance to whoever wears it. Konner offered it to Aura hoping it would give her a confidence boost in battle if she couldn't get hurt as easily but in the end Aura insisted that he have it since he barley knows how to properly fight. He, of course, needed her to tie it on him because he didn't have hands. The other was a very plain looking scarf, it couldn't be called white or even gray, it was a strange color and the only word Konn could think of was colorless or clear but when Aura grabbed it turned purple.

"It's an Aura scarf." Aura said looking at it in awe. Konner grinned mischievously and started wagging his tail.

"Well you should defiantly have that one. It's got your name." The rest of the time spent in the guild was being lectured by Chatot about the Guild and it's rules. Konn noticed on many occasions spotting Wigglytuff in the back falling asleep listening to Chatot's snooze fest, he was jealous, it was entirely and completely boring but thankfully it ended after a while and they got a chance to see their room. It wasn't much honestly, like all the other windows in the guild it was just a hole there was grass growing on the ground like carpeting and it fell so fresh and alive Konn loved to feel it under his paws. There were roots and plants growing out of the walls and up to the ceiling which made the room spacious enough to comfortably hold a Charizard. There was a table that seemed to be carved out of a piece of the wall. Two stacks of hay were there in the middle of the room as beds. Konner couldn't really figure out why but he liked all of this. Like a few other things he's done so far that just itched in the back of his mind he guessed it was the Pokémon half of him and not the human half. He wondered if the Pokémon stuff he did would eventually feel so common he wouldn't really care about it or not. He hoped so but at the same time that if he did, when and if he became human again would he be able to adjust again? No reason to worry about things that aren't even close to happening yet I guess. He concluded. Chatot left them and they sat on there "beds" to get some well-deserved rest. Konner really needed one after Chatot's lecture. Konn couldn't get comfortable just lying on top of it like Aura, although she didn't seem to mind, Aura watched as Konner unconsciously dug under the hay and simply let his face pop out from underneath. "You know, I haven't personally met a Zorua before but I've been told that Zorua like to sleep in the mane of their mothers." Aura spoke up "Even though you claim to be human you act a lot like a Zorua- not that I'm doubting you!" She quickly corrected as if she was reading his mind.

"Yeah, I guess it's because I have this body. I got more than a Zorua's looks it seems."

"But can you believe were here! In this Guild?!" Aura changed the subject sitting up and taking a look around smiling in joy. Konn didn't really want to get up and look since he got in a comfortable position but he did look from his spot.

"I know, it seems so crazy especially for me. I wake up not knowing a thing that's happened to me and now I'm here with you."

Aura looked over at him "It's all because of you that we're here. I'm such a chicken, I would never even be here without you. Because of you I can get the chance to figure out the mystery of my relic fragment and what's happened to you."

Yeah… what did happen to me? Why was I even on that beach of all places. I could of easily been lost in the woods or something but I was on a beach. That fragment… why does it feel like I'm forgetting something really important when I see it? Then Konner realized something "Hey Aura, speaking of which, where is It." a look of shock came across her face.

"Huh? My fragment! Where'd it go? What happened to it?!" she looked around panicking.

Konner mentally sweat dropped "How can you find answers when you can't keep track of things that have to do with it?" he said mostly to himself but Aura heard anyways.

"Yeah I know," She agreed "I have to keep track of my fragment if I ever want to figure out the thing." She found it lying on the ground half buried by her bed and held on to it as she went to sleep and Konner fell asleep soon after.