Did I Ever Want To Get Linked?

-Irony-

3/24/11: This is posted early because I was too impatient…but, hey…I was so pissed off with the Error 2 thing, since ZAFA wasn't updating because of it. I'll still be using my website, of course, since I suspect that this way around it is not going to last. But if it has been affecting you, go to Starran's profile…

Today, you shall find out about something I was planning to reveal like 10 chapters after this. *Nods solemnly* My dream of 50 chapters+ will never happen…TT^TT Oh well. Maybe my dream of a trilogy is in order!

Comments on PokeSpe Black and White Manga: Plasma is a yellow liquid in blood. …Wow, that seems to relate a lot to DIEWTGL and DIEWTGU…

"Kline, what town are we in?" asked Dusk.

"Eh, I think…hm, an hour until we reach Vermillion," Kline replied.

"Oh," Dusk replied, somewhat saddened. Though she would never admit it, she had enjoyed the time she traveled with Kline. His cooking, kindness…though he was a little strange from time to time.

They walked in silence for a while, the sun beating on their backs. As if to say, "Before you guys split…confess."

Dusk shook her head. The sun can't talk, of course.

"Tell me why," Kline demanded.

"Eh?" Dusk looked up from the ground.

"Tell me why you look so sullen."

"Oh. Uh…well, we were traveling together, so…" Dusk blushed and looked away.

Kline smiled when he saw this. He tapped her shoulder, and she looked around. TO be met by his lips.

It may have been their first, and a bit fast, too. But as red-brown eyes met grey, they knew what was to be done: Continue traveling with each other.

Even Kline denied his job. His job was not on his mind at that moment. But soon, his heart would be shattered…all because of his duty, his job…and his 'family'. Both biological…and adoptive.

"Super-Serious Gal!" Gold smirked.

"Huh? What?" Crystal asked, not even bothered by 'Super-Serious Gal' anymore.

"SURPRISE!" Gold poured a bucket of gummy wurmple on Crys.

"EEK! GOLD!" Crystal pulled the sticky candy wurmples off her hair and clothes.

"I have come to tell you something serious," Gold said seriously. "Yvonne told me some travelers, a boy and a girl, will be neighboring us. They might be spies for World Gorger for all we know."

"What're their names?" Crystal asked. "We can find out if they have a reputation if we know their names."

Gold shrugged. "They seem to be a couple, if they're both bunking in the next room. I remember she said 'Dusk Hollow and Kline Tateo'."

Crystal quickly typed in Dusk Hollow.

W.G. Hollow's daughter has finally awoken!

We can all recall when W.G. Hollow, reported a family member of his in a terrible accident. But we never knew who it was, despite the fact that we knew they were female. Now we know, years later, that it was his daughter, Dusk Luna Hollow. Strangely, we haven't heard of him having a daughter, but he must have wanted his privacy.

"W.G. Hollow! W and G as in World Gorger! And I'm guessing 'Hollow' suits him quite well," Crystal murmured. "His daughter might be the blood creation, or even his biological daughter. We must find out."

"Check out this 'Kline Tateo' guy," Gold said.

Kline Smith, Son of Chef Jonathon Smith, has Run Away from Home!

Kline Smith, age 10, ran away from home just a week ago. Apparently, he had run away a week after his mom's, Gakura Tateo (A/N: Gakura from Gakuren, Fan-chan. (^_~)), death. Nothing has been found out since. [See next page for more details and interview with father.]

Pokemon Agents: Adolescent Agents [Top Secret]

Crystal frowned. "We're going to hack in."

After some hacks, they finally got in the file.

Recruits:

Kline Tateo

Age: 10 when recruited, 15 currently.

Birthday: February 15th, 1996 (The story starts in this year, 2011.)

How Recruited: Veteran Purple Heart (I know that's for the military, but pretend) Agents, Joe and Anna, found him hiding in Petalburgh. They took him in, and he joined in effort to pay his debts to them. He received a mudkip he nicknamed Kippu.

Badge: 2 missions completed

Current: Traveling with a girl named 'Dusk Hollow' to find the blood-hybrid World Gorger created. Dusk seems reliable, capable to battle herself, with a vulpix named Bufi.

"So…a secret agent and the possible blood-hybrid," Crystal muttered. "Very ironic, if you ask me."

Gold nodded in agreement. "I'd say that Dusk gal is the blood-hybrid. But we still don't know what they look like."

Crystal smiled at him. "We know." She pointed to the newspaper article about Dusk Luna Hollow.

Then she pointed to the article about Kline Smith.

"Oh."

"Red," Yellow called out. "What do you think we should make for lunch? Our new neighbors are coming, but we should treat them with respect. We'll be leaving this place to the Unova region soon, like in a week."

Red came out from the piles of blankets on his bed. "…Maybe something good! Maybe- Yellow?"

Yellow couldn't hear him. She seemed a million miles away, walking towards the window. She took off her shoe, her hazel eyes glazed over. Red got out from the piles of blankets, seeing a full moon. 'Eh? I thought it was noon…wait, a lunar eclipse?'

Yellow positioned her hand to throw the shoe at the window. She threw it, and the glass shattered. Shards flew, and one cut her forehead. She didn't pay any heed and went to the window, getting up on sill. She cut her palm and arms, but again did not pay attention. Red was horrified. "NO! YELLOW!"

She jumped. Jumped from such a high place, she normally would not have made it. But the moon's beams encased around her, and the blood seeping out of her wounds seemed to dance among the rays. Her hazel eyes shined, but they were also glazed. Her hair whipped in the wind of the beach, even though it was an eclipse. She landed softly on her feet, and walked into the waves of the ocean.

Red jumped out the window after her. Yes, that was stupid, but he did it on impulse. If you see your girlfriend who nearly died last year, you're not likely to let her almost die again. He, fortunately, landed in the water near her and grabbed her shoulders. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Yellow didn't respond, and it pained Red to see those eyes of hers unfocused, like Blue's and Silver's back then. Of course, Silver was a little better now, but not fully out of the spell. Yellow broke out of his grip and continued into the water, as if trying to reach the other side. 'Of course! The other side of Vermillion! But…is the blood creation there?'

Red shook those thoughts out of his head for the moment, and followed Yellow. He grabbed her from behind, and tried to coax her out of the control. Her eyes sometimes flickered, like she was fighting, but the bond of blood (Fruits Basket Reference) was too strong to evade. She was waist deep in the water, and any further would drown her. Was this what World Gorger wanted? To drown her, and then get her full amount of blood? Was that his wish? If so, why did he not do it earlier?

Yellow kept walking. Elbow deep. Shoulder deep. Neck deep. Any further-!

"YELLOW!" Red went under the water. He could make out Yellow's head, going further down in the water, but it was clear she was…okay? Okay? That must have not been in World Gorger's plan.

But, not all was okay yet. Sharpedo were still there, and even if she was blessed, they would not stand to see her in their territory. Red swam faster towards her and grabbed her waist. He pulled her towards the surface, and the struggle was on.

Whatever was keeping Yellow breathing, did not help Red. He gasped for breath under the water, while Yellow struggled in his arms. He was starting to lose hope, as his eyesight dimmed, his air supply decreased, and the carbon dioxide in his blood turning him blue… (Oxygen turns blue blood cells into red ones.)

He lost grip on her as he neared the surface. He ran out of air, and began to sink, and began to black out. He couldn't see the look of horror on Yellow's face as he began to slowly drift down, down, down into the ocean…

"How strange, as lunar eclipse!" Dusk smiled.

Kline nodded. "That's quite peculiar. But-HUH?"

Dusk tripped on a rock, and it normally would only make her fall. But it sent her flying towards the Vermillion bay, (The resort is on the other side, not where Yellow was in the contest) and she fell in the water. She felt as if the blood was draining out of her face, and the oxygen escaping her lungs, and the beating in her heart quickened to pump blood, but…it couldn't. It was left with this blood, and it had to make use of it.

"Dusk! You okay?" Kline helped her up and frowned. "That's weird, you're paler than usual. Blood loss, probably. Oh, that's why, a scraped knee!" He bent down and took something from his pocket-a bandage. He put it on her knee, unaware of the fact some of the blood had trailed into the sea, the blood almost…crawling…

Yellow snapped out of the trance to find Red drowning. She was fine, thanks to the baby tentacool's kind gift to her, but Red couldn't breathe under water! She swam as quickly as she could to him, and dragged him out of the ocean as best as she could.

Yellow looked at her wounds, then the sky. "No wonder…" she mumbled. "It's a full moon…"

Surprisingly, the wounds had mostly healed. She set Red down on a sand mound and began to try and make a sustainable fire. But then, a trickle of blood crept up on her and sunk into a half-healed wound, and they began to heal faster.

She gasped, "The blood creation! Now it makes sense! I still lost blood there at the battle, and now-the blood creation must be near and hurt itself! Now some of my blood is coming back!"

Red woke up, rubbing his head. "Argh…Yellow! You're not drowned!"

She smiled half-heartedly. "Yeah…I think you almost drowned. But…" she gestured to the other side of the bay. "The blood creation must be near."

He nodded in agreement. "We must get away from here and go tot the Unova as quickly as possible."

"But we need to get Silver out of his trance," pointed out Yellow. "It will be too risky and bad for us and Silver if World Gorger can see out of his eyes."

Red sighed. "So, what do we do?"

Yellow's eyes lit up. "I know! Why don't we go to Prof Oak and ask for a pokemon with dream eater, like hypno? Then, while Silver is asleep, we can have them eat the dreams, but instead of his dreams, it will be the trance!"

"Why didn't we think of this before?"

Yellow smiled brightly. "We never thought about it before!"

Red grinned happily before he brushed his lips with Yellow's. "I'll protect you."

"Dusk!" barked W.G. Hollow, her father, into the pokegear. "Are you planning to get my answers?"

"Nope," she replied cheerfully. "I don't really need them anymore. Life is sometimes better not knowing! Ciao!" She hung up.

"Who was that?" asked Kline curiously.

"Oh, my dad, W.G. Hollow," she answered. "He's mean!"

Kline shook his head, like he was thinking how foolish she was. "Well, we'll be bunking at this resort you have tickets to! We should stay for a bit, you know, since it is a resort!"

"Okay, okay," Dusk took a drink of water out of her bottle. "I feel like I was affected by that blood loss, even thought it was just a tiny trickle."

"Ah, don't worry."

They arrived at the resort, and their jaws were hitting the floor.

"It's so pretty!" exclaimed Dusk. "Like a castle!"

"Yeah," Kline agreed. "Your father may be grumpy and mean, but he's rich."

"Yup," Dusk smiled. "We should get to know our neighbors, right? Um, we're room 929."

"That's good," Kline commented. "Well, then, we should get to our room."

Dusk and Kline then turned beet red, because of how wrong that sounded.

¡

"Prof Oak?" Yellow asked, talking into her pokegear.

"Yes?"

"May we borrow a hypno or gengar that can use 'dream eater'? We need it for the Unova trip."

"Of course, Yellow. I'll send it over to Crystal via the portable pokemon transfer."

She hung up and then ran to Crystal's room, which proved easy as they were in room 926, and Crystal was with Gold in 928.

"Crys? Do you have the-"

"Yes, I do," Crystal replied. She was sitting on a chair, sipping tea from a china cup. (The ones without handles, dudes.) She handed Yellow a pokeball with a hypno in it, and Yellow left.

Yellow came into Red and her room and sat next Red on the bed. "We've got it," she whispered.

"But it's not enough," an eerily familiar voice chuckled. "You'll need my power."

Yellow and Red's eyes scanned the room, and when the moonlight hit their eyes, they could make out the vague outline of a familiar figure-Hu-Kasa. Or was she Toxin-Wing?

"Toxin-Wing!" Yellow gasped, then narrowed her eyes. "I thought you died."

"I did," she laughed. "I see, you're mad. Well, then, how about I say you can use my hypno?"

Yellow shook her head. "Nuh uh. We have a hypno."

"But Prof Oak noticed potential in my hypno," Hu-Kasa said. "In fact, I have had Hippie almost as long as Cubey."

"Cubey? Hippie?" Red resisted the urge to laugh.

Hu-Kasa glared. "Names I gave as a child, of course. Hippie was born from my mom's 2 shiny hypnos. He's not shiny himself, however. Well, only if you notice that his purple is more of a blue. Anyway, I need to let you have permission to use this hypno. It's mine, and if you let me allow you, then will you listen to my life story?"

"Yes," Yellow hesitantly agreed. She held out the pokeball. The ghost fingered it and whispered, "Hippie, please listen to your trainer-for-tonight. Please…thank you."

Hu-Kasa handed him to them. "He'll listen, don't fret."

"Okay," Red nodded and said, "it is our time to listen."

"Yes, it is. Well, I was born as Hu-Kasa Nonmauvis, and my father…was most probably dead. My mother had serious issues, ranging from a weak heart to hallucinations. No one knew why. Perhaps it was because of my dad, but we might never know. Anyway, my sister, Syrah, she's the worst person in the world. She married a man, the father of the only heir of the Raise family, and they had a kid-Jikmuya Raise. But she and he divorced right after the birth, so Jikmuya never saw her. Very sad, I must say. Well, Syrah was the one who always wanted to have anything to do with the crime business.

But Uncle-World Gorger, as you know him-wanted me. Apparently I had some type of gift. He used to call me his little gardevoir, the little psychic…to act nice, I suppose. He got me on my side, promising me that he's pay the bills for her medical issues and try and get her better. I did everything for him…right up to the moment I died."

"I believe you," Yellow smiled. "There is always 2 sides to a story."

"I agree," Red said.

"So, shall we use Hippie to break your friend Silver's trance?" Hu-Kasa asked, floatin above the ground with the pokeball in her hand.

"Yeah."

"Kline! This place is luxurious!" Dusk sighed, jumping on her bed. She took off her shoes and put her hair in a braid. "This is like Arceus's haven or something!"

"Or something," Kline laughed. "It's certainly luxurious, but really-do we need 34 types of shampoos, conditioners, and scented crystals?"

"Yes, we do!" Dusk huffed. "We've been on the road for weeks! I need a bath, and my soft, indigo hair needs washing. Durrrrr…"

"I get it, I get it. I just got used to not washing and all, I guess. But we'll need to conduct a schedule for who gets to use it."

"Okay, okay. I guess I can go after you, if you're fast…"

"Heck, all I do is brush my teeth, rinse, and throw on my clothes. No more need."

"What the heck? I have to shower with shampoo and conditioner, lather carefully, choose out a good outfit, brush my hair, brush my teeth, beautify with makeup, choose out shoes, spray hair spray…"

"…Okay, okay," Kline chuckled. "How do you stand doing that everyday?"

"Oh, it's easy. It's harder when you have a special event. You have to make sure you look balanced. Like if you want a spring look, you need the right colors, not to mention the dress can ruin your makeup-or vice versa. Or if you want an autumn look, you need bronze, red, or orange somewhere in the color scheme, and a neutral makeup…" Dusk trailed on and on about all the things she knew from reading InStyle, etc.

"AGH! Endless rambling!"

¡

"…Who's the blood-creation?" asked Red as they crept outside. They had just finished using dream eater on Silver, but according to Hu-Kasa, the force of the spell wouldn't break completely using dream eater. Silver would have to fight it.

"Well…World Gorger used my mother's somewhat-now-only-bones body, and he presumed despite the fact it was a human woman's body, it would become a monster. The girl is, I presume, is named Dusk Luna Hollow. She has no powers-yet-but that's because World Gorger has not commanded her to yet…and Yellow's blood is blocking her."

"How?" Yellow asked. "So, today, some of my blood returned. Scientifically, that's not even possible, as my body should have replenished already and wouldn't need that. But…I felt…more…whole when it returned."

"You see," Hu-Kasa paused, "I…World Gorger…was very precise of what blood. You have your normal type A blood, like Red has his O type, and my AB blood. But all of the 'gifted' people have two types of blood. Well, not really, but more like one that controls your powers that can't be replenished-there are a few exceptions, but you should read the book about it, I'll get it later-and then the one that is made everyday. You can live without this 'power blood', but World Gorger was merciless. He killed them."

"So…when he sucked out some of my blood back then," Yellow said, referring to 6th grade, "was it my normal blood?"

"Yes," Hu-Kasa replied. "He didn't find out that you had to get the 'blessed' blood."

"Thanks for telling us," Red thanked Hu-Kasa. "If you don't mind, sometime we could get the book."

"Now would be good," Hu-Kasa smiled. "It's just about 11 pm, so I can bring some backup friends…they were killed to make Dusk, too."

"James Myuki Raise," a teenage boy said, bowing in front of a small altar. "I will avenge your death…"

"Touyoko!" called a voice. "Why do you sit in front of cousin's altar everyday?"

The lime green haired boy's brown eyes glared at his best friend's look alike of a cousin. "I do so because he was my best friend."

"I know," Jikmuya said softly. "He was…my only friend, even though he never thought so. It is not even an honor to be the heir to the Raise line."

"And yet…you act regal and proud to be the only one left to carry it on."

Jikmuya jerked his head to the vast mansion's guest room, where his sickly father was wheezing. "Father is too sick to go on. I must take over and continue our reputation for making potions."

"You can always just bail and start a new reputation!" Touyoko protested.

"True," Jikmuya mused. "But Father would have a terrible shock…and probably die. Sure, he wasn't the nicest dad in the world, but it was because of him that we-James and I-both live in spacious mansions. But we had to sell ours."

"Why?"

"Dad was losing money from having to treat his bronchitis and me not making potions, so we had to sell it and move here."

"Who's your mom?" Touyoko asked suddenly.

Jikmuya's face darkened and he looked away, his dark blue eyes flashing. "None of your business."

"Why? Was she a psychopath that was also a serial killer?" Touyoko joked.

"Pretty much, yeah," Jikmuya said coldly. "I'm nothing like her." (BTW, Hu-Kasa and Syrah had different moms, so yeah. Erm, there was a typo when I said her age-Syrah is really 37. Jikmuya is about 15, like James.)

"WHAT?" Touyoko exclaimed. "Your mom was a psycho serial killer?"

"Aren't they all?" Jikmuya muttered.

"No, moms aren't all psycho-"

"I meant serial killers. They're all psycho, yes?"

"I guess so…"

"Exactly my point. Now, if you'll excuse me," Jikmuya kept on talking in a cold, chilly demeanor. "I'll be off in the apothecary's room."

Jikmuya left Touyoko to ponder. But Touyoko was a steadfast person, and followed him. Jikmuya didn't even notice him creeping behind him.

He walked into the apothecary's room with Touyoko trailing behind. He took out some oran berries and other health restorers. But he did nothing with them. Touyoko hid behind something and watched Jikmuya cursed to the heavens.

"Why must my mother-no, not my mother, a criminal-be dead? I wanted to avenge Father's emotional pain on her. But she is dead by her own sidekick's hand. If she is to come to this house as a ghost, I shall do everything in my power to shoo her off. How can her last name be 'Nonmauvis' if she is purely evil? She is the worst person to ever be born into this world! I would have rather been left, unborn, than have a mother that is a serial killer! The niece of World Gorger!"

Touyoko's eyes widened. 'Maybe since he wants to avenge his dad, he can come with me to kill the blood-hybrid! After all, his mom was supportive of World Gorger. And he might recognize, in the similarity of the color in James's hair and the blood-hybrid's eyes, that she is the enemy.'

Jikmuya turned around swiftly, his eyes flashing coldly. "I told you not to follow me," he growled, "and because you did, I might not be able to control myself."

Touyoko froze as the thing he was hiding behind moved away, as if it was being pushed away by an invisible force. Actually, you could see the dark blue wind surrounding it, gripping it, squeezing it, suffocating it.

Jikmuya snarled, "Do you think potions is the only reason my family line is so precious? We have been gifted, with each generation, with some form of energy manipulation. James had the power of mind reading. My father has geo-kinesis! Syrah, a descendant of World Gorger, had air-kinesis! And I, Jikmuya Couto Raise, have the power of both!"

Touyoko backed away. It was his second best friend here! The air whipped, and the ground trembled. He could hear faint moans of, "Earthquake," and "J-Jikm-muya, s-s-stop."

Touyoke shouted, "Jikmuya! How about your father! He's sickly and yet you're shaking the earth!"

Jikmuya stopped and fell to the floor on his knees. His head was bowed down, and his eyes were wide, in realization at what he had done. The air was calming down, and the earth didn't shake. But the boxes filled with bottles of potion and ingredients were smashed on the floor, the liquids and powders splattered all over. His eyes widened even further, and tears began to prick at his eyes.

"Father's heartbeats…and breaths…are slowing down," he gasped. "At least, that's what the wind whispers."

He ran extremely fast to the guest room, with the aid of the winds. Touyoko followed, and when he got there, he saw a sobbing Jikmuya gripping the hand of the sickly man in his 30s.

"J-Jikmuya," the man wheezed. Then he coughed. "Bronchitis normally shouldn't-*cack*-kill. B-but…it has begun to go into my alveoli…*pauses to cough* So…I don't think I-I'll l-last another d-day."

"Father! I am so sorry! I began to be outraged and shook the earth and changed the air pressure, and, and-" Jikmuya stared at the closing eyes of his father, and the wheezy gasped breaths he was taking. "I may be a air manipulating heir…but I can't save you from bronchitis."

"I-I believe…it may…*cough*…be lung cancer…" he gasped. "Well, Jikmuya…you've grown…and by the way…*cough* my will is there. You…you should-"

He gave one last wheeze, his breathing grew slower, and his heart slowed. Then…he died.

Jikmuya began to cry, tears gushing down his face, glittering in the dim light of the room. His light brown bangs covered the top of his dark blue eyes, which were sparkling like the ocean-but it wasn't a happy, joyful sparkling. More like a sad type of glint in his eyes, from the tears.

"I suppose I should read his will," Jikmuya said finally.

The Will of Caden Raise

Jikmuya- Please tell anybody you can about your 2 secrets. In fact, the secret that is even more shocking should be your daily life from now on. We need not to uphold a famous line…you can report yourself as dead. We can continue our line in secret, as publicity has brought us nowhere, as demonstrated with James.

Now, with that told, please follow my word.

You need not to bury me any place fancy-here at this house's cemetery will be fine, I dare say. With James, my brother, and his mother.

"He wants me to tell that secret…? Then things must be bad with the blood-hybrid," Jikmuya muttered. "Well, this may seem quite like how the dex-holder, Yellow, did, but…I'm a girl."

Touyoko was shocked, but still managed to stutter, "W-w-what d-d-do y-you m-mean?"

Jikmuya laughed. "Only James, his family, father, and mother knew. Of course, they raised me as a boy, as a female heir is most inappropriate." (Fruits Basket, dude(s). Akito?)

"I-I see," Touyoko said, still not grasping it. "How can you prove it?"

Jikmuya smirked. "By talking like THIS." On the last word, his-her-voice cracked, but it was higher. "I've been having to speak lowly since forever."

"That's why you never went swimming!" Touyoko exclaimed, remembering the hot summers that James and he had invited him-her-along.

Jikmuya glared. "Don't push it, Touyoko."

"But really! How can you prove you're a girl?"

"Well, for one, I can stop cutting my hair, start talking like this more," she answered.

"…okay…"

Jikmuya chuckled and she waved her hand, revealing invisible steps. "See those?" she asked, pointing to the far corner of the room. "My mom-er, a criminal, Syrah-made those. Those were for quick escapes…and I bet you that one passageway that it leads to is a way to World Gorger. So, are you coming with me? Oh, by the way, I'm going to bring my wonderful cleffa, Clef."

"I'm coming," Touyoko said. "Do you mind me bringin' my nidoking, Ikido?"

"Nope, I don not. But I'm going to report myself-the boy self-dead, okay? So, I'll be back," Jikmuya said. "Just don't expect to recognize me."

*shrieks in joy when I see it was 10 pages* Isn't that wonderful? I'm so happy! Maybe the fact that I was using TextEdit contributed to the short chapters, since Microsoft Word shows the pages. Oh well.

Well, as you see, many secrets were revealed here. The Jikmuya one I didn't even plan on, but I needed Jikmuya and Touyoko with someone, so slight plot changes were made. So, well, yeah, that's why. Erm, maybe I'll have a month ratio for updating, until my disease goes away and I can update in a 2 week ratio, 'kay? But we're getting ready for testing and conferences…so, I'm going to star the new chapter before I publish this. Um, BTW, the Johto and Kanto should have time differences, if you think about it, so yeah.

~SS19, the crazy dude who is listening to 'Who Says' over and over~