Nika's P.O.V

I woke up, ready for another day with Clyph. I still hadn't figured out what he wanted to do yesterday. I bounced onto my feet and ran outside. Clyph wasn't out there. I waited and waited for what seemed like an eternity, but he never came out. I snuck into his house to see what was going on. I walked into his room and saw two Buizel bodies lying in pools of blood.

I identified one as Clyph and ran over to him. "No! You can't be dead already!" I pushed his chest, trying to get him to breathe, but it was useless. I tried everything I knew except for one thing. I opened his mouth and put mine onto it and began to puff oxygen into him. He began to cough. He laughed. "I only wanted to see you do that." He managed a smile.

"Can you try to stand?" I asked in a worried tone. He grunted as I helped him to his feet. He had three huge claw wounds on his back. They looked fresh, as they were oozing blood all over his beautifully soft fur. I had to find out how to heal him quickly! I headed for the exit of his room.

"Wait… Huntly, get Huntly. Please." He whispered. I didn't think I could carry two bodies, but lucky for me, they were both fit and in shape. Huntly seemed to be hurt worse than Clyph. He had slashes all over his stomach and one dangerously close to his throat. I carried them both out of the house and to the river.

"Don't die! Don't die!" I muttered. He moved his arm and grabbed my paw with his.

"Why would I die?" He asked. I had no idea if he was serious or not. He appeared to be able to move pretty well.

"I don't know, maybe because there're three giant claw marks on your back that are still bleeding!" I shouted.

Clyph's P.O.V

I felt no pain at all, but I could barely speak. I managed to say a few words. "Huntly… saved… me from Zangoose… AGH!" I cried out in pain. So much for not feeling any pain at all.

"Shhh…" Nika tried to get me to quiet down, but I was in so much pain I never would have imagined someone could handle this much.

"Help… Huntly." I ordered softly. The only thing I could do without causing pain was to think. What will happen to me? How badly injured am I? Is Huntly still alive? Can Nika save us? Tons of questions ran through my mind. I slowly began to crawl towards Huntly.

'Nobody ever trusts me, but you can.' I remembered. He had said that while he was protecting me from the Zangoose. Now I knew he was telling the truth. My new brother was in pain, I had to help him. Both my 'parents' had died. Blood was trickling onto the grass below me as I crawled.

"Huntly… Don't die…" I whispered. I didn't care if I died, only if he was okay. I put my paw over one of his wounds and formed a small ball of water. It appeared as if it were healing him! I was growing weaker while I was helping him. I felt his stomach move. He was breathing! I removed my paw from his wound and collapsed.

Huntly's P.O.V

I groaned after something fell on top of me. Whatever it was, it didn't seem too heavy. I opened my eyes and gasped as I saw Clyph's body lying horizontally on top of my stomach. "Clyph! Wake up!" I yelled as I tried to get him to move.

"Keep your filthy paws off of him!" Nika yelled. She was seriously overprotective about Clyph. It seemed like they were husband and wife or something.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I formed a water ball in my paws. "Now roll him over so I can…" She slapped me for no reason, or at least I couldn't find a reason.

"YOU… aren't going to do a thing to him!" She warned. Man! She's annoying! I thought.

"Look, do you want him to live or die?" I slowly asked as if she wasn't able to understand what I was saying.

"Why would I want him to die!?" She shouted. I rolled him over myself and began to form another water ball. She sighed, knowing the only way he'd get better was from me. I ran the water along his open wounds, but somehow, I completely forgot about the ones on his back. I rolled him over again. I winced at how deep the wounds were.

I ran some more water over those injuries. Slowly, but surely, they healed too. He began to stir. "Ugh… what happened?" He groaned.

"I kind of saved your life." I responded. Nika appeared to be angry.

"Don't forget he saved your lazy… oh, I won't say that." She was obviously still seething with rage.

"Oh, that's right… I did save you." He yawned. I noticed the flotation device around his neck. I got mine removed somehow. I actually liked it better.

I heard two young voices in the distance. Two silhouettes appeared in the distance. I couldn't quite make out who they were yet. When they came closer, I could see that one was wearing something, a scarf, and it was a dark blue one too. The figures came closer, as if they were headed right for us, but they were walking, so I don't think the Pokémon were threats.

"Hey! Look at those three down there, Klowd!" One pointed as it began to speed up. Clyph and I climbed to our feet. They began to run towards us.

The two Pokémon were very young. One had ears that were rounded at the end with black tips. They had red cheeks and red eyes. A lightning bolt shaped tail was attached to its rear end, and they were completely yellow. A Pikachu. The other looked like a kitten thing. They had pointed ears and silver eyes to go along with its fur. They had a dark blue scarf covering their white collar. The tip of their tail was white. That one was an Eevee, but it was shiny!

"Hi! I'm Klowd!" The Eevee introduced himself. The other seemed to be less talkative, maybe I would become good friends with that one. The Pikachu turned around and crossed their arms. "Sorry about him, his name is Chark."

I stood there, expressionless. I didn't want to talk to Klowd. My brother, on the other hand, seemed very excited for some reason.

Clyph's P.O.V

A new friend! I thought. "Hi! I'm Clyph!" I happily said.

"And I'm Nika!" Nika introduced herself to the Pokémon. Klowd smiled and walked towards us. Huntly stepped out of the way and walked towards Chark, who seemed to be quite a bit older than Klowd.

"What do you want?" He sighed angrily. He didn't seem like a very cheerful Pokémon anymore.

"I just want to talk. That's all." Huntly seemed very calm near Chark. He took a few steps closer to him and reached out to grab his arm.

"Don't touch me!" Chark warned. He seemed to be very angry for no reason.

"He kind of has anger issues. Sometimes he can get violent, so you should probably leave him alone right now." Klowd informed us. Huntley chuckled, he was obviously thinking of something.

"I'm sorry if this offends you, but I have to ask this question to everybody." He began. Oh Arceus, I do NOT want to hear that question again! I somehow found a way to mute the sound, and didn't stop until Huntley's mouth stopped moving. Klowd blushed a little, now I knew he asked 'the question'.

"Well, does my answer change if I'm allowed to join you guys?" I'm pretty sure I already knew what the answer was going to be now. Huntley shook his head, letting Klowd know that it wouldn't. "Umm… well… I'm kinda… gay I think…" He slowly answered.

"You think? What do you mean?" Huntley asked. I truly didn't think Huntley was being stern about the situation.

"Well, I kind of… Like? Yeah, like Chark. He likes me too…" I felt bad for Klowd, he was young, and Huntley was trying to find out what his sexuality was. Huntley smiled.

"That means I don't have to ask him then." He stated, pointing to Chark. It didn't matter, Klowd was still going to be considered a friend, as well as Chark if he ever calms down.

I sat down on a rock, and was followed by Klowd and Nika. Nika stood up as soon as she sat. "Huntly, I need to speak with you." She ordered harshly.

"Why would you want to speak with ME?" He asked, as if he was an enemy of her. She glared at Huntley, which caused him to give in and follow her.

Nika's P.O.V

I led him deeper into the forest to a place that I hoped nobody else could hear us. I pointed at him and began to yell. "Why would you do that!? That was rude, AND they're just kids! Seriously, if you had asked me that, you wouldn't have lived!" It felt really good letting my rage out on him.

"Well, I needed to know. Just in case…" He paused. I had no idea if he was thinking of what else to say. His tiny brain might not even be capable of thinking.

"In case of what!? Were you planning on doing something to Pokémon with a certain kind of sexuality!?" I screamed. Even with how far away we were, I'm pretty sure Clyph and Klowd were hearing this.

"I don't know… it might be… I won't tell you." He stated. Huntley was getting on my nerves, he was always really annoying, but when he refused to tell me something, I hated him to a level that most wouldn't like to see. I gritted my teeth and tried to calm myself down.

"Why not?" I asked through my teeth. If he answered with another stupid comment, he would be with Giratina for a long time.

"Hmm… well it's because I don't have a reason." I didn't know whether to accept that or not. I sighed and let it go.

"Alright, let's head back to Clyph." I mumbled. I really wanted to tear him to shreds but maybe I'll have to save that for another day.

"Of course he's the first guy you think of." He laughed. I wasn't going to just let him say something like that. I turned around and stood in front of him. I was quite a bit smaller, but that didn't mean I was any weaker. I kicked him directly in his stomach. He took a few steps backwards and coughed.

"Now, have you learned your lesson?" I questioned in a friendly tone. He nodded to assure me that he did. I retraced our steps and found my way back to the others.

Clyph was giggling for some reason. He looked up and saw me, which caused him to fall over. "Whoa! When did you get back?"

"We just did." I responded. I didn't care what he was laughing about.

Klowd was sitting next to the river, leaning on Chark's shoulder and wagging his tail. I heard some rustling in the trees above, but forgot about it. It was probably a few Pidgey playing.

"Alright!" I shouted, clapping my hands. " We should probably get back home and get some rest."

Clyph stared at me. "Umm… in case you've forgotten, I have no parents." I didn't forget, I just had another plan.

"You can come into my place." I suggested. Huntley shook his head.

"Nope, we wouldn't want you two having-" Clyph covered Huntley's mouth before he could continue the sentence.

"Not with those two around." He whispered. He released his paw. "Now, I think I might agree with Huntley… for now, but I also agree that we should get rest."

Huntley looked at Klowd and Chark. "Where will they go?" I pointed to myself.

"They'll come with me, I'm sure my parents will have no problem." I replied. Honestly, my parents would have a huge problem, but I didn't want them to know.

"Okay, good night Nika." Clyph said before walking away. He was followed by Huntley, who I still loathed to the point that I wanted to kill him.

Klowd's P.O.V

I was ready to fall asleep, and I'd tuned out everything else in the world. I had my head resting on Chark's shoulder. I was staring as the crystal blue water rushed by us, I wish I could swim in that, it looked like it would have been perfect. I snapped out of it when I felt someone tap me. It was Nika, she seemed so nice, and she was obviously good friends with Clyph.

"You and Chark can come to my house for tonight." She offered. She was so generous. I yawned and sleepily nodded my head. Chark yawned as well. He probably woke up when I moved my head, because I know he was sleeping. I stood up and walked towards her. Chark stayed close behind me. We followed Nika along a path to her house.

Nika knocked three times on the door, and a tall Mienshao opened the door gently. It slowly swung open, and revealed Nika's mother on the other side. "Hello Nika, and who might these young Pokémon be?" She looked at us, trying to identify me and Chark.

"These are a few new friends, Klowd and Chark, they have no home, so I was wondering if they could stay with us. Can they?" She asked politely. Her mom inspected us some more and answered.

"Maybe, as long as you promise not to have s-" Nika quickly responded to make sure the we didn't hear.

"Yes mother, I promise!" I smiled and she let us in. Chark said something that surprised us all.

"Seriously? We're not THAT young, she was gonna say 'Sex', is it really that big of a deal?" He sighed. He seemed to show no emotion at all. Not love, happiness, joy, sadness, anger, or shame. Nothing at all.

Nika's P.O.V(Yup, that was a fast switch)

I showed them to my room. There was a window carved into the wall in the shape of my face. My dad was a good sculptor, artist, and author. I had actually convinced him to paint me a picture of Clyph and I on the beach at sunset. I had that hidden in a corner so my mom wouldn't find it. I had a case full of books my father had written. He used to be in a Rescue Team, AND an Exploration Team, so he was my inspiration. I had four mattresses on the floor with soft blankets made of Mareep wool. There was enough room for each of us to have a place to sleep. Klowd crashed onto one of the mattresses and curled himself into a ball. Chark fell onto the same matt and curled into a ball as well. I fell asleep after laying myself gently onto the blanket of the mattress closest to the window.

Clyph's P.O.V(Another very swift swap. I did that on purpose…)

We entered our house, and noticed something very different from when we left, or at least, I noticed it. The place was perfect. Not a single thing was broken, misplaced, or completely destroyed! There was no blood on the floor, every door was closed, and the indoor pool was still fine. I searched my 'parents'' room, which is where they had died, and there were no bodies to be found! Obviously somebody came in.

I knocked on my room's door, and heard a gasp. There were two voices whispering quickly inside of it. Until one finally shouted. "Come in!" I did.

I walked inside, still no blood. I looked at a corner, and saw two new Pokémon. One looked like a mixture of many animals. A human, dog, raccoon thing. It had a raccoon 'mask' and small ears, but there were also things on the side of its head that looked completely useless. They had a black chest, black feet, and black arms and paws. Each paw had a white thing on it. Anything that wasn't black, was blue, except for a white collar thing around their neck. Their eyes were a creamy orange color. That was a Riolu.

The other looked like a small foxlike creature. It had five tails and a small tuft of auburn fur at the top of their head. Their belly was a kind of whitish-yellow color. It was completely orange, except for a black nose, and their eyes. Their eyes were an ocean blue. A Vulpix.

"Who are you?" The Riolu asked, wrapping their arms around the Vulpix. I could tell by the voice that Riolu was male. "Please don't hurt us."

I cautiously walked closer and held my paws in the air. "I'm not going to hurt you, don't worry."

Who is the other Buizel behind you? A thought invaded my mind. It wasn't even my thought.

It's Huntley, my brother. My name is Clyph, what are your names? I responded, more like I thought it, but the other Pokémon got the message somehow.

Oh, sorry, how rude of me. I'm Sayge the Riolu, and this is my girlfriend Lyn. I nodded and staggered backwards. I became dizzy after I stopped talking, or thinking, with Sayge. I glanced over at Huntley, who was falling backwards. His mind was obviously being invaded now.

Sayge made a shocked expression, and I sighed. He must have been serious when he said he had to ask everyone. Sayge once again, connected with my thoughts. Your brother is fairly rude if you haven't noticed. Just thought I'd let you know. I'm still connected with him too, so say hi Clyph.

Hello Huntley… Did you seriously have to ask that to Sayge too? Before he could answer, Sayge disconnected with both of us.

"Sorry, I can only stay connected for a short period of time. I must apologize for that, I'm currently trying to find a new way to stay connected for a longer time, even if it was just by a few seconds, it would be helpful." He explained. He seemed like he was a pretty smart Pokémon. Huntley stood up and rubbed his head.

"Yeah, I did have to ask Sayge that, and… HOW did you DO that!?" Huntley exclaimed in amazement.

I spoke up. "Why did you ask that when he said that Lyn was his girlfriend?"

He completely ignored me and waited for Sayge's answer.

"It's not too hard actually. At least not for me. All I need to do is trust somebody, and I can enter their thoughts. Be careful though, I might enter your thoughts without you noticing, so don't go off thinking about personal things. Oh yeah, who's Nika… I hear she's Clyph's girlfriend." I gasped, I don't think I was thinking about Nika, maybe Huntley was.

"Who did you get that from!?" I asked. He rubbed Lyn's fur before answering.

"Your mind, silly! That was the only thing that was going through your mind!" He chuckled. Lyn was obviously a silent one.

Huntley changed the subject, thank Arceus! "Well, I'm tired, we should get some sleep." With that I laid down on the floor, and fell asleep quickly.

Well guys, I'm going to end it here. Please tell me if you're enjoying this. Constructive criticism is appreciated. I'm actually going to put a few things here at the end of every chapter.

Updates: Sayge, Lyn, Klowd, and Chark join Team Mystic, but not officially yet.

Notes: If you wonder how my grammar/spelling is so good… I have no idea. These will be the main characters of the "Team Mystic" Trilogy. I will definitely have some shippings in here.

Shippings so far: RevivalShipping- Pikachu x Eevee

BlazingAuraShipping- Riolu x Vulpix

Buizel x Mienfoo currently doesn't have a shipping name, you can suggest some in a PM for me, I'd appreciate that.