Disclaimer: I do not own anything other than the plot.

Black studied the envelope he held in his hands carefully, behind him, White was looking over his shoulder to see what he was up to. He breathed, it wasn't a love letter that was for sure, normally they would have decorated it with stickers or lovely hearts, but this letter was different, it was plain, and the only thing that adorned the letter was his name written in bold capitals. White who walked up from behind him gently took the letter from his hands. As he was about to protest, the girl shushed him and told him to change his shoes into outdoor shoes, the boy sighed at her bossiness and did as told, softly clicking his shoe locker shut so she wouldn't complain on his habit to constantly slaming everything.

"Prez? What are you doing?" He asked, eyeing her as she carefully plucked the lid of the envelope.

"Opening it, what else?" She said in a quiet voice, smiling triumphly as she pulled out the letter from the ripped envelope. Black took it as his que to get the letter from the girl before she read the contents. Hey, his letter, he should read it first. White punched him in the shoulder gently afterwards.

Black furrowed his eyebrows at the content, eyes slowly widening once he saw the name of the sender. White curiously peeked over.

Meet me at the park beside your home.

-N

"N? Who's that? Girlfriend?" White teased, softly elbowing him in the ribs. Black laughed awkwardly. "Uhh, no. Just. An old friend I suppose" he said stuffing the letter forcefully into his bag. White tilted her head at him in confusion. "We should go, I'm hungry" he said, grabbing White's hand and slwly pulling her along. White frowned at his actions, the boy never acted like this before, but she supposed that she couldn't really force it out of him if it was something important. So she just smiled along.

"I can make hamburgers if you want" she said, enlighting a smile from the boy.

"Awwwh, you're the best" he answered cheekily, making the girl giggle at his actions.

"I know"

Rakutsu frowned at their teacher, who had called Faitsu out to meet him after school. His Dewott sharpened it's shells, it looked like the pokeémon was getting itself ready for a fight. At the corner of his eye, he was watching the brunette who was packing her things into her school bag, her Foongus watched her protectively. At the moment she was at the final book, Rakutsu walked up to the girl slowly, the Foongus turned to eye him carefully. He smiled and nodded at it.

"Hello there" he said, bending his body down to meet Faitsu's eyes. The girl blinked at him and yelped, tripping over a chair in the process and cursing something under her breath.

"Wha? Wha? Rakutsu?" She said slowly gathering herself up again and refusing the hand Rakutsu had offered her.

"Just came here to see if you needed me to guide you to the teacher's office, since you're new here and all" he said. Pulling his hand back as he watched her slowly stand up again.

"Uh, thanks? But I thought.. the girls..." Faitsu said, her hand gesturing to the group of girls waiting behind the class. Rakutsu mumbled something quietly and nodded "sorry girls, but I need to take Faitsu to the teacher's office, is that okay? " He asked tenderly, the group of girls immediately swooned at his request. Most of them giggling at him saying that he was 'too sweet for this world'. Foongy narrowed his eyes at the boy in suspision but Rakutsu brushed it off.

"Ok then, if you're ready then let's go shall we?"

Faitsu nodded and stuffed her last textbook into her bag, then slowly jogged her way to follow Rakutsu out the classroom. Her Foongus landing on top of Dewott for a ride, since the little mushroom could not move far from hopping anyway.

They walked to the teacher's office in complete silence, Rakutsu scratched the back of his neck, racking his brain for a suitable question to ask. "Ahhh..." he started, unable tothink of a sentence. His Dewott trotted quietly beside him, Foongy looked at him curiously, and a question immediately hit him.

"So how long have you and Foongy been friends?" He asked, stoping to let her keep up with him. And they continued walking once she stood beside him. He watched her movements carefully, the girl looked at her partner for sometime, and smiled. "When I first met him, which I believe was 7 years ago? At that age, I thought Foongy was a pokéball and tried to pick him up, only to be shocked when I realized that it moved. An old friend of mine laughed at me after that, it was sorta embarrssing now that you think about it..." she said, her eyes drooped slightly, Rakutsu guessed that she was trying to remember the fond memory.

Rakutsu nodded at her, not knowing what to say after that. He guessed thinking that the Foongus was a pokéball and trying to pick it up had something to do with Team Plasma's release pokémon mottos. And if that were the case, then he couldn't really let this girl go free just yet, he had considered the possibility of her being one of the younger members and not partaking in their activities, so Looker had suggested to let her off the hook if she doesn't remember. But Rakutsu just couldn't bring himself to give up on their only source of information just yet.

He stopped walking once his Dewott pulled his uniform pant, and realized that they had reached their destinaion. He nodded gratefully at the pokémon and opened the door for them to enter. He bowed and waited for her to enter first, and soon followed after her. Inside, sat Colress all alone, marking something with a pen. He snapped his attention to them when he heard the door close, putting down his pen and smiling once they got close.

"Ah, there you are Faitsu, and here I thought you went home already" He said, Faitsu swallowed and shook her head. The man turned to Rakutsu, and frowned slightly. "Sorry about this Rakutsu, but is it possible for you to leave me and Faitsu alone for a while, I have matters to discuss with her."

The boy shook his head, "It's ok, I don't mind. If that is the case, then I shall be heading home first." He said." See you tomorrow". Faitsu's Foongus leaped up to her shoulder to join the girl.

Colress bid him goodbye and Faitsu waved. Rakutsu waved back and closed the door. Exhaling a deep sigh the boy crowched down to listen in on their conversation. His Dewott at the far end of the hall, helping him keep watch and alert him of any passerbys.

"... I'm not joining" a voice said from behing the closed doors, and the boy leaned in to listen better.

"I never asked you to join." A voice continued, much more deeper from the one before.

"then... why did you call me..here?"

"Ah, just here to say that a new lord has been chosen."

Rakutsu pursed his lips at this. New lord. New Team Plasma. Faitsu seemd to be as weirded out as he was. "A... new lord...?" She asked tentively.

"Yes"

"Then shouldn't you be by his side!?" Faitsu said, although it could be said in a soft yell. "Why are you here in my school?" She asked afterwards.

"I suppose it was to check on you, seeing as you and your mother had been missing out on our ah, gatherings, but of course, if you two want to come back-"

"No. My mother and I made it very clear that we will not have anything to do with Team Plasma ever again." Rakutsu frowned. What did that mean? Were team Plasma arising from the dead again? Join what? So many questions plagued his mind. His palms were sweaty.

"Of course. I will not say anything else then. But if you two have really changed your mind then you know where to find us." At this point, Rakutsu guessed the conversation had ended here. But Faitsu had asked one more question.

"Lord N... have... have you found him?" She asked, her voice filled with hope.

"Unfortunately no, his whereabouts as of late have been quite mysterious, even with our numbers, we can't seem to find the boy anywhere"

Lord N? Rakutsu furrowed his eyebrows together, trying to pull the memory form some deep part of his brain. But no matter how much he tried, he failed to retreive his answer of this very man.

"Ahh.." Faitsu said "If that's then I will be taking my leave". Rakutsu cursed and shifted as far away from the door as possible, soon choosing to flatten his body against the wall, hoping the girl won't notice him. His Dewott hid behind a potted plant in the hallways. Faitsu emerged soon after, looking a bit distressed, her Foongus patted her gently, trying to calm the girl down. She thanked her partner and walked towards the opposite direction.

Once she left, Rakutsu waited for a solid fifteen minutes before he came out of his hiding spot. His Dewott shuffled out of his.

"I suppose I should be angry with you for spying on us" a voice said from behind, causing Rakutsu to jolt and backflip away. Colress stood at the door of the office, his back leaning against the doorframe, smile never leaving his face."but I'm thinking you have your reasons with this that concerns either the girl, or Team Plasma am I correct?" He asked, p

ushing himslf of the doorframe.

Rakutsu's lip twitched upwards. "And what if... I say it concerns team Plasma?" He asked , slowly taking a few steps back. Colress shrugged. "Then the most obvious thing here is that I get rid of you" He said, his hand slowly reaching into his coat pocket. Rakutsu bit his lower lip, fighting in school was not a good thing, the corridors and hallways were all too narrow, and even if he got out of this unscathed, the interpol would have to pay for the mess. And being the sweethearts they are, they were probably going to take the fee out from his paycheck.

"Then...It concerns the girl?" He tried, hoping that this would sto the man from pulling whatever he was going to pull out from his pocket. Hey, it was worth a shot right? The man blinked at his answer, probably to process it, and after awhile, he burts out laughing ,gasping for air every now and then. "How interesting" he said in between laughs.

"If that is the case, then you are free to go , if you ask me, I would rather not have a group of angry girls hunting me down In pure anger all because I decided to get rid of their gaurdian angel, not that I would allow myself to get caught, but you know what I mean, the interpol are very smart people after all." he said soon after he stopped laughing. Rakutsu frowned, he was willing to let him go so easily? "You're okay witn this?" He asked curiously. Colress raised an eyebrow.

"With what?" He asked back.

"With me, y'know, evesdropping, and knowing that you're a memeber of Team Plasma." At this, Colress shrugged, and Rakutsu had to wonder if he ever cared for the oragnization.

"Quite alright with me honestly, you can't exactly take me in without solid proof dear boy."

Rakutsu grumbled, he was right, even if he himself heard this, without solid evidence the man was still free to go. He took in a large breath and steadied his breathing.

"What is Team Plasma up to...?" He mumbled, hoping the man would catch his words and give him the honest truth. But he doubted that would happen. This wasn't just some crime fighting cartoon, but he would appreciate a head start.

The man smirked, he seemed to have heard him. "I wonder now..." he wondered, tapping his chin rhythmatically. Then looking back at the boy. "Although you should not let yourself get caught up in this case my boy, you'll be throwing yourself in endless chaos"

"Well then, wouldn't that be fun." Rakutsu said, walking away to end their conversation, he needed to tell Looker, he needed to get back quick. The man laughed quietly at the boy's behaviour, such a child.

"Now, I wonder.." Colress said, watching the back of the boy moving farther and farther away, "... if he will be willing to help with a small test of mine.." He said, staring out The window, one would guess that he was staring at the sky... well guess. Atop a corprete builing, a purple insect like creature stood, waiting for it's moment to move.

"So, mysteriously sending me letters at school is the most easiest way for you to keep in touch with me?" Black said, walking up to the man standing on the bridge at a park near his home. Black held the letter between his middle and index finger, carelessly flapping it to show it to the man who did not seem to be paying attention. The man continued shifting his rubik's cube, staring at the water pokemon as they swim by. Black sighed and opened up a pakage from White.

The man paused in his actions soon after, in his hand, he held a completed version of the cube. "I suppose so, I still don't know where you live. And there is only one high school in the area..." he mumbled. He looked at Black, studying the pakage in his hands. "What?" Black asked carefully, slowly moving the pakage father away from the man.

"I smell food" the man said pointing at the pakage. Black groaned and tossed the bag over to him. "It's a vegetarian burger, also, it won't hurt to work for money y'know, N? Are you listening?" The boy said waving his hand infront of the man greedily chomping the burger down.

Black pursed his lips." So, why did you call me here?" He asked, leaning against the raillings of the bridge. N swallowed the burger and thought for a little while. "They're acting up again" he said.

"Who?"

N sighed, "A lot of things" was his answer. Black groaned again and lay his head on his hands. "Stop being cryptic, you know I hate riddles" Black moaned. N finished his burger with a final swallow and gave Black a small chuckle. "Were you not the boy genius?" He asked poking the boy.

Black swat his hand away angrily. "Boy genius needs rest time, now what is on the move? Um.. Again?" He asked huffing when N poked him in the cheek. N sighed.

"The dragons... they're waking up..." N said. Staring at Black to see his reaction, the boy only crinkled his nose in thought.

"The three dragons" N said. Then paused, carefully thinking of a way to put the sentence together. " they are hoping to reawaken them". Black closed his eyes and processed N's words. His brain literally fumbled up with too many things. "Ugh... can't think" he groaned.

N let the boy gather his thoughts in silence, carefully thinking through his plans again and again. "They who?" Black asked out of the blue. N narrowed his eyes and thought carefully. "Nobody... nobody important..". Black scrunched his nose and hit the man on the shoulder. "Then why bother telling me?".

N chuckled at his actions, "I might have to come look for you again when the time comes, so for now, keep a lookout for anything suspicious for me hmm?".

Black narrowed his eyes at him, pursing his lips in thought. "Don't see why I should help, but since you've helped me before, I suppose I could help.." he muttered. N smiled and thanked the boy, who suddenly sighed and grumbled something under his breath. "Gosh, my brain feels numb.."

N smiled. "try eating something, it helps". Black narrowed his eyes at N. "You are a horrible person" he said, fishing his phone from his pocket. N chuckled from behind him. "Tell your friend that it was delicious" he said waving Black goodbye. Black raised a fist angrily at the man.

"Tell dear Faitsu to take care too..." he mumbled, Black raised an eyebrow at him and mouthed a 'what?' N shook his head.

"Ahh... Nevermind..."

I honestly want N and Black to be besties, is that so wrong?

-X