Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or any of the characters except my OCs.

Sorry I didn't post anything last week but I didn't have any time to last week.


"Look Crimson!" Amethysts ran ahead of him, her Glaceon trailing behind her. She broke out of the dark forest into the almost blinding light. She twirled and her skirt flared into life as she laughed. "It's like a breath of fresh air."

Crimson grunted, not wanting to ruin her happiness stating that it was technically a breath of fresh air since they had been going through a dense forest and now they just arrived at the edge of Olivine City. They stood in a clearing on a cliff that over looked the crystal clear water. He looked over at the next cliff and saw the lighthouse that was Olivine City's landmark. Crimson pulled his hood over his head when he saw the angry red lettering of a ship. It was the Wind Warrior.

He cursed silently in his mind. He wasn't ready for this. He thought he had more time than this but then again he lost a lot of time, going slower than usual so that Amethysts could keep up with him. At first she was weary of him, acting shy and bashful like she had when he first saw her at the pub but she grew closer to him in the month they were traveling together. She openly laughed with him about the littlest thing on her mind.

"Look at all the Hoppip!" She smiled gentle up at the cottonweed pokemon flying above. Crimson turned sharply at the sound of buzzing. He backed into the forest slightly, so that he was at the edge of the forest hoping that Amethysts wouldn't notice.

"You are summoned." A voice whispered in Crimson's ear.

"Tell the Mastermind that I am currently on another mission." Crimson whispered in a harsh tone. "I will continue our mission for the greater good as soon as I am finish with this."

"Make it quick." The voice hissed, followed by the rustling of leaves.

He sighed and walked towards Amethysts. "Let's go."

"What?" She turned to him confused, seeing that he was walking away, "Where are we going?"

Even as she questioned him, she still ran to catch up with him. When she was able to match her steps to his, she beamed up to him. "Do you think we can visit my friend's daycare? Moonstone owns the Happy Moon Daycare just down the route so it's not out of our way. I always thought it was funny how her father named his daycare after her. My father told me that she was born a couple days before it opened so that was how they decided to name the daycare. Her parents are traveling right now so she's taking care of the daycare right now. I miss her so can we go and visit her?"

"Maybe later after I complete my business." He shrugged.

"That's great! Did you know that my friend's father proposed to her mother at that lighthouse?"

"No, I wouldn't know since we only known each other for a month now."

"It had been a month, hasn't it?" She smiled to herself. "Time sure flies by fast on a journey. I know! We should tell each other about ourselves. So what's your dream?"

"Dream?" He gave her a puzzled look. "Last night was my watch shift so I didn't sleep enough to actually dream."

"Really, Crimson?" She puffed her cheeks, "I meant to ask, what you want to do?"

"It's lunch, so I guess the logical choice would be for us to go to a restaurant and eat something."

Amethysts sighed and looked downcast but Crimson harden himself from his heart's natural emotion. As soon as he entered the port city, laughter and enthusiasm bombarded him and he tried to ignore his racing heart. The streets were full of laughter and enthusiasm as children race down the streets.

"I remember this!" Amethysts grabbed his hand and dragged him towards an ice cream stand. "When my parents took me here to visit my friend Moonstone, uncle Gold would take us to buy ice cream at this very stand."

"Why isn't it little Amethyst?" The person at the stand greeted them.

"I'm not little anymore, anyway Aries is the youngest." She informed the elderly man. They both laughed at something Amethysts said but Crimson didn't hear what it was. When he looked at the cloak in a shop's window he saw that it was nearing dinner, not lunch as he first thought he grabbed Amethysts's arm.

"Let's go, it's almost dinner and we haven't eaten anything yet."

"Bye, Mr. Kimonoto!" She waved bye to the man.

They reached an old pub at the base of the lighthouse. The little pub was lined with deep brown wood that gave it an olden time look. There was a large window that took up a third of the front wall and there was a cheery door, open for all to enter. They were seated at a table next to the window by a male waiter.

"Would you like to know the special?" He asked.

"Ah-" Amethysts played with her fingers, avoiding the man's eyes. The waiter smiled at down at her cheekily thinking that he could get a nice tip from the shy girl.

"I suggest the Karp soup. Are you new to Olivine city? I can show you around town after dinner if you want."

"She visiting a friend here so we don't need directions." Crimson said with little emotion in his voice though he wanted nothing more than to wrap his fingers around the man's neck. The man was openly flirty with Amethysts when he could see that she was bashful and that there another person sitting across from her.

"Sorry man." The waiter flinched at Crimson's cold tone.

"Salad would be nice about now and maybe some chocolate cake for dessert." Amethysts gave him a reassuring smile. "I can't think of eating something that was once a part of a living pokemon. What would you like to eat, Crimson?"

"Miltank steak." Crimson said simply. As the waiter left, Crimson couldn't help but tease the poor fellow, "For dessert I would like cake with the top layered vanilla, the bottom flavour as strawberry. Chocolate icing and berries on top, assorted berried please. Each layer must be ten centimetres high and a two centimetre filling in between. Do you have different flavour of fillings?"

The man looked flabbergasted that Crimson had to take pity on him, "I'll have ice cream instead and put ice in it so it's still cold when I feel like eating it."

Crimson turned to Amethysts when she laughed. "You're too nice, you know? One eats meat to get strong."

"My mother said that as well." She smiled sadly, "I wonder if they're worried."

"Of course they're worried." He replied with little emotion making her wonder if he meant it. "That what parents do, they care and teach you about the world and how to survive in it."

In the month that they had been traveling together, this was the first time she had heard him talk about his family. "I have an idea, how about we take turns asking questions and we'll both answer? And whenever one of us doesn't answer a question, he or she would have to give each other a spoon of their dessert."

"Why?"

"Because after the month we've known each other, we don't know a thing about each other! I bet you can't tell me something as simple as my favourite colour!"

"Blue." He said, surprising her since it was true. "You're the one and only daughter of Ruby Norman and Sapphire Birch. Your dream is to become a top Coordinator with your ultimate battling style that combine the beauty of contests yet the powerful force of battling. You name your pokemon the oddest things and you specialize in special attacks since you feel that it fits your battling style the best. When you first meet someone, you're shy but after a while you can open yourself well enough."

"Well that makes me feel bad since I know nothing about you."

"That's because I never told you." He assured her. "Sometime I wonder if it is the best to keep it that way."

He whispered the last part but Amethysts still heard and didn't how to respond so didn't answer at all.

"What is your mom like?" He asked her.

"My father said that she was an angel when he first met her. Things happened and my father didn't meet her again till later when my father attacked the Storm Chaser. He wasn't expecting to see his little angel again but as a wild little privateer. They fell in love on the ship and it was a happily ever after. I love her but she can be a little overbearing at times."

She stared down at the spoon of ice cream he held out to her, "You said if I didn't answer I had to give you some of my dessert."

She smiled and happily ate the spoonful of ice cream, savouring the sweet taste. "So, I guess it's my turn now. How did you meet your partner pokemon? I got Glacia for my fifth birthday."

"My mother use to take in injured pokemon at our home in Kanto and I guess Shadow took a liking to me. He has been with me for years now. Why did you disappear that night? I didn't go running off into the night so I don't have to answer."

He could she her visible swallow, but he had to know that she wasn't running from him. One day, it was started raining so they rushed to make camp. He woke up in the middle of the night to see that Amethysts was gone. He went out searching for her all night only to return to the camp to find her buried under the covers, crying.

Wordlessly, she pushed her cake closer to him. "What is your dream?"

"I want to be stronger than my father. He died because he was weak and left a ten year old child lost and afraid. I will be better than him and will never abandon anyone like that."

Amethysts nodded, remembering how he acted so warmly towards the little boy that day she met him. On the other hand, Crimson felt sick to his stomach. How could he let himself get so close to someone to actually reveal something as that? This was getting too dangerous for both of them. The clutches of fear seem to loosen when she reached across the table and squeezed his hand. Her small smile seemed to touch his icy heart and he wonder if she knew how he felt.

Needing a distraction, he took his hand out of hers and thought about how he was to complete his latest mission. He read over the code so much he could recite it by heart yet he couldn't find the true message beneath. His mind began to wonder and forgot that he was in a public place and removed the mission poster from his bag and tried once again to decode who his next victim would be. Maybe there was something beneath the words and it lay in the paper.

Your most powerful Enemy are the Twelve Mighty Angel that shines bright as Gem. He couldn't decipher it. What could be so important with the terms 'Twelve Mighty Angel' and 'Gem'. He couldn't think of anyone that could be considered a saint. How can angels be related to gems? He read it over so much that he could recite it without looking.

"What's that?" Amethysts took the sheet of paper before he could take it back. "That's a weird poem. What could angels and gems mean? My mom's a sapphire and my dad's a ruby. I guess they wanted to name me a purple gem since red and blue make purple. Did you know that the Ruby, Sapphire and Amethysts are seen as three of the twelve mighty angels that protect the gates of paradise?"

She went on but Crimson didn't hear anything she said after that. He was supposed to kill her and her family. He couldn't say that he wasn't able to kill them since he could since Amethysts gave him everything he needed to kill them.

"We're going." He grabbed her hand and walked out the door, throwing some money onto the table. "We need to go."

"But I didn't get to finish my cake!" She ran faster to try to catch up to him but it seemed as if he was running himself.

"I'll bake you another one." He snapped and instantly felt guilty at the confused look on her face. He knew she didn't deserve his anger but there was a chance that they were being watched. Someone wanted her dead and it was just his luck that he was the one assigned to do it. If the person who was paying him to do this was like the others then he probably sent others after her as well. There was also a chance that they were being watched.

"Wait up, Crimson!" She struggled to keep up with him. She didn't know what caused this sudden change in him and he acted as the devil was on his heel. He suddenly stopped and she went crashing into his back.

"Owwie, why did you stop like that?" Amethysts whined. "You dragged me away from my cake for this? I guess it's better to not go back, that waiter was creepy."

"Why didn't you tell him off then?"

"That would be mean." She pouted. Crimson laughed shakily but he was still worried about the threat hanging over her head and she didn't have any idea that it was there. He couldn't even tell her without giving himself away!


Amethysts' scream pierced the air, followed by her laughter. Crimson just sighed. "Did you just see that? You can't tell me that didn't scare you!"

"It wasn't scary." He said as they walked out of the theater. It seemed as if she had forgotten his earlier. It was embarrassing how he let his emotion showed and was glad that Amethysts didn't seem to be bothered by his previous behaviour. When his mind cleared of the blinding emotion, he decided that it was best to act as if he didn't know that his next victim was sitting next to him, giggling over the play they just watched. It was safer for them both.

"Com'on Crimson, you have to be afraid of something!" Amethysts pouted adorably and Crimson had to smile at that.

"I'll tell you my fear if you tell me yours." He saw her blush deeply and knew that his predictions were true. She may have opened herself up to him but was still too shy to tell him something as personal as a weakness. He tapped her lightly over the head, giving her a stern look, "Now you know not to ask something so personal."

He didn't think it was possible but her blush seemed to get deeper. "Let's go find an inn and rest for tomorrow. I should tell you now that I'm going to be gone all day tomorrow. I have some business to take care off."

"Is it about that man I saw you talk to when we first arrived to the city?" Crimson stiffen visibly, "I didn't hear what you two were saying but you looked really serious so I didn't want to ask you about it."

"Take my advice," Crimson said in a hard voice. "Don't go snooping into my past. Let's go."

He didn't let her answer; instead he grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the inn he saw earlier. Confused and hurt, Amethysts followed him, not knowing what else to do. He looked so mad she didn't know if her next comment would upset him. She wasn't afraid of him hurting her but she didn't like the way he was losing himself at the simple mention of his past.

When the landlady told him that there were no room available, she touched his arm gently and he took a forcible breath.

"We can go to Moonstone's house." Amethysts suggested, hoping to calm him. "I'm sure she would house us for a while when you're going to meet your friend. Then you and I can go on my journey around Sinnoh and Hoenn so I can become the top Coordinator!"

"Let's camp out instead. I need some fresh air tonight, I have a headache. You can go find your friend if you want to sleep in a warm bed."

"Maybe you should get some rest and put off you're missions for a while until you feel better."

"I'll take care of it tonight." He said in a harsh tone. "Promise me that you'll stay over at your friend's house for your own safety."

"I know that I'm not really strong in your eyes since I'm a Coordinator but I musts have gain some of your approvals in my skills in the months we been traveling together. Anyway, you're tired and you'll need help."

"Go to your friend." He patted her head before walking away.


Crimson sighed and threw a stick in a random direction for Shadow to get some exercise. When shadow came up and dropped the stick in front of him, he notice that his ear twitched yet didn't seem to be on guard. He sighed and called out, "You want your Farfetch'd rare or medium rare, Amethysts?"

The bush parted and Amethysts walked out, looking guilty as Hell. She bent down and brushed her hand over Shadow's mane when he walked over to him. "I'm sorry but I was worried about you and I had a right to, you're tired and Shadow didn't even notice me!"

"Shadow is on night watch and he didn't react since he knows you're scent. Come and warm yourself by the fire."

He wasn't ready for what happened next. Instead of giggling and talking as he thought she'll do, she slumped down next to him. She looked so tired and he realized that she must have been out searching for him most of the night since he went deeper into the forest then he told her he would. Feeling guilty, he gentle pushed at her shoulder so that she'll lie down to rest.

He was pulling his woolen cloak over her when Shadow jumped up and growled. Crimson turned around and saw a cloak figure standing in front of him.

"You have been summoned by the Master."

"Give me more time. I told you that I have to complete this mission first then I can put the Master's plan into action."

"It must be now! Must I remind you that you owe him everything after your own father betrayed you!"

"You don't!" he yelled then grimaced when he heard Amethysts mumble and turn in her sleep. "Tell the Master that I'll start themission tomorrow."

He let out the breath he had been holding. Feeling an emotion he never felt before, he pulled his dagger out from his boot.