~Serah's P.O.V~

Just to ensure everything was all good , I checked over all of it personally l. Knowing Nikko and Cyade are pretty much useless at this point. "Everything looks all good guys! I think we're all ready to go." I loudly said slowly putting on my backpack. As I did , Sorey stepped in front of me with the map. I took a quick peek behind me and noticed that Nikko and Cyade were staring oddly at Sorey. Maybe that's just a boy thing?

Anyway , they better not screw this up for me. A few seconds later Sorey lead us out of Zerfera town and into luminous forest. It turns out that there's a shortcut that will get us to Spencer's house in less than two days. As the hours passed we found ourselves slowly approaching an opening in the forest. It was filled with flowers of so many colors, it reminded of a picture from pokemon village.

When I took my eyes off of what was up ahead , I noticed that Sorey didn't have the map out. "Sorey , do you know where you're going?" I asked , walking up to his side. "Yeah, of course I do. I have really good memory , so getting to uncle's house from wherever is easy." He smiled , winging his fins as he walked. I giggled a bit and walked slightly closer to him. I like Sorey, but I can't let that turn to love for him. "Sorey. You're so talented." He blushed and laughed a bit saying "Thanks , Serah." Then I heard a "smart" remark from Cyade.

"Jeez, Serah. If you like the guy that much , then why don't you marry him." he teased from behind. "M-marry!" Suddenly! The image of Sorey as an attractive adult Floatzel and me as an arousing, come-hither, cuddly, flirtatious, hot*, inviting, kissable, libidinous, mature, provocative, provoking, racy, risqué, seductive, sensual, sensuous, slinky, spicy*, steamy, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous DELPHOX! KISSING AFTER JUST RECENTLY GETTING MARRIED! I panicked! Then quickly took out my wand with a lust filled face , and aimed it directly at Cyade!

"You ever say something that Romanti-stupid every again, and I'll melt your mouth shut!" I yelled. "Woah, Serah! I-I was saying what Nikko told me to say!" He panicked. quickly throwing his claws up in the air. "WHAT! S-SERAH, I WOULD NEVER!" He yelled! "I don't buy it!" I yelled charging a fire blast! Suddenly! the sound of Sorey laughing stopped me , and brought Cyade and Nikko a relieved Sigh. (Hmmp! I'll deal with them later.) I softly blushed.

"Anyway-" When I turned back around , I quickly bumped into Sorey who was standing still , with this shocked , look on his face. Nikko , Cyade , and I silenced ourselves , in shock of finding Sorey breathing like a something traumatizing just happened "Sorey. What's wrong?" I asked. looking ahead ,I saw a pokemon in the distance. It kind of looks like a Luxray. It was standing in a field of flowers with its eyes closed.

Before I knew it ,Sorey had dropped his bag and was running towards the Luxray screaming "Zephyr!?" "What's gotten into him?" Nikko asked , approaching my side. Sorey must have just found a missing friend or something? Oh wait a minute , that's the guy Jade's brother was talking about! "This must be serious then." I murmured.

~Zephyr's P.O.V~

Inferno. Why? What was the point of it all? You made me do things I didn't want to do. He's probably the reason I can't remember my past that well! The reason I killed so many pokemon under the influence of bloodlust. How could I ever return to my normal life with a burden as deep as that?

No! I can't think about that. I've already decided to talk to Anthony and Lola about it. I only hope they could help me resolve both problems…

Anthony's house isn't too much further now. Looking up at head, I suddenly noticed someone was running at me. "What in the world is that?" Squinting my eyes a bit I realized it was "Sorey!" once he came into arm's reach, he hugged and pulled me down on top of him in the field of flowers. "Big brother , I was so worried about you! When Anubis had told me that you had gone missing, I got so worried-" (Anubis?) How does he know Anubis? The two have never interacted before? Suddenly! I pain surged through my head! In just a few seconds I saw some blurry image of me rubbing my face on some blue figure about the same size as me. Could this have something to do with me memory loss!? "Sorey , how do you know Anubis?"

The second I asked that , he jumped back in shock and entered a defensive stance saying "Who are you really?" He asked slowly activating his looplet. Suddenly! Three other pokemon ran over and surrounded me! "Sorey , think before you do anything irrational." I calmly said. "My dad taught me better than that. Cyade , Nikko , and Serah. please don't interfere. I don't want any of you to get hurt." he worryingly said to his teammates. Sorey's really grown in the time of my absence.

Suddenly! The female Braixen Stepped up saying "No way! Sorey , we aren't about to let you do this alone." Then the Zangoose and Riolu followed saying "A team fights together. That's the only way we're gonna' get stronger!" These kids are so brave and loyal to each other, I envy that. However , if this continues, it looks like I'm going to have to fight them to prove myself to Sorey. Speaking of Sorey he softly saying "Ok...I guess we're in this together now." Sorey confirmed , changing his stance into an attacking one.

I have no choice now, I'm going to have to prove myself to Sorey by fighting them. Whatever happens I can't fight them seriously , because I don't want to take any chances with the bloodlust emerging again. Suddenly! I heard Sorey say "Ready when you are." "Bring it." I responded. In an instant, The four of them surrounding me , jumped at me using type specific moves. Using extreme speed , I was able to escape the center of them , with enough time to tailwhip the Braixen into the Zangoose.

The second I returned to normal speed , I was nearly hit on the head by that Riolu using bone rush…There's something about that move… Anyway , just barely dodging it , I back flipped out the way , only to find Sorey suddenly using a water tentacle to hold me in place ,while the Riolu charged what looked like a dragon pulse "We've go you now!" The zangoose yelled ,skydiving at me with fire punch. "This is going to be a close one." With a smirk on my face I sent a small electrical current through my leg to cancel Sorey's move right before the Zangoose could hit me.

Suddenly! I noticed a reddish glow in the distance. "Fire Blast!" "Dragon Pulse!" The Braixen then Riolu called out. I easily dodged the attempted union move, but the Zangoose behind me didn't look like he could. (For a team, they could really use some work.) I quickly rushed over to the Zangoose and protected him from the attack just before it hit. "Kid , are you okay?" I asked the zangoose. "I-I'm good, but why did you save me? Aren't you the enemy or something?" The zangoose asked sounding confused. I simply shook my head. As the smoke cleared Sorey and his friends approached me in a non-violent way.

"I guess it really is you, Zephyr. I'm sorry for that." Sorey apologized. I can't blame Sorey for testing me. It only makes sense to do so.

A few minutes later, once we all got all settled , I explained myself to sorey and his friends.

~Sorey's P.O.V~

"So what you're telling is you can't remember anything about your childhood?" I asked. He slowly nodded his head in an approving way saying "Well it's something like that. I can barely remember anything from my past.

I'm not sure of what could be causing this problem...but whatever it is, it's the reason my going to see your dad and Lola." He said wagging his tail. I wish I could help him more , but...I'm already doing something really important. Trying to think about the seriousness of this , I was suddenly disturbed by Serah saying "Sorey. Zephyr. I'm sorry to break this up so soon , but we have to get going, we're wasting time too much time."

Slowly, Zephyr stood and stretched saying "Yeah , you have has a point Serah." B-but I-I'm not ready to leave Big brother yet… I guess I have to, it can't be helped, we have our on set of important things to do. Before we walked off in our separate directions I gave him a big hug with a smile saying "When you get to my dad's house , please call me , okay." He simply nodded his head and smiled , waving by with his tail, while we walked off.

TO BE CONTINUED...