Hey, new chapter. Yes, kids,I have so far survived the atrocious social hell hole that is high school. Seriously, that place is atrocious. It took me less than ten minutes to hear the word gay being used a derogatory remark to some random thing, and even less time for me to hear the N word being thrown around like a fucking Frisbee. Sorry if you guys wanted me to type that, but it is one word that I literally never use. Yeah, now how about we head over to the review responses, hey?

ChronosSplicer: Yeah, I've heard that before, so I can only hope that it's true. Honestly, I don't worry about tests whatsoever. I know that I probably should, but, to me, they really are just another piece of work due at school. And, yeah, I'm unbelievably grateful to all of you guys. X3

WhenInDoubt-RPG: Honestly, any fandom arguments are stupid. The most tolerable are the intelligent debates, but they are still a horridly moot point. I mean, no fandom is better than another. We all like shit, and that's it. Done. No one is better and no one is better. But, sadly, people don't quite seem to know how to realize this.

Zavender: Yeah, rednecks fucking suck. They are one of the multiple reasons why I hate living in the south. Actually, they are the main reason. Really, though, I feel like your situation is worse than mine, and I feel slightly bad for complaining. It is nice to see that you have managed to keep up a (sorry if I'm wring about this, it just appears to be this through your words) long distance relationship. And that's really sweet and awesome that you plan to propose. Best of luck. X3... Also, don't feel bad about the personal ranting. Hell, I rant more on this site than I do on any social media site, and you guys put up with is, so I have no issue with anyone else doing it.

Feral: Yay, friend five!

Anyway, that honestly sound pretty bad. I mean, people don't seem to realize that this isn't the fifties anymore. Their outdated views of the "perfect nuclear family" are no longer relevant, nor desired. Hell, it's always better to be who you truly are, rather than hide it inside and conform to the social norm. Really though, if no one in the world was weird, life would be a monotonous pit of sadness. That, and we wouldn't be sitting here, having this conversation.

Honestly, a majority of people these days are truly no more than sheep, blindly following the first thing they are told, and never opening up to anything else, all because of their close-mindedness and fear of change. People just need to accept that change will happen. New social groups will form. Homosexuals will, hopefully, get full marriage rights. Essentially, the world is constantly changing, and they can either embrace it or they can run and hide under their false veil of protection, which only causes them to look like a complete asshole when they react to certain newer ideas in certain ways. Really, though, homosexuality isn't a new idea. Hell, Romans and Greeks used to participate in homosexual activities daily, yet as human population has opened up, their minds have only closed.

The ambition for that story is intense. My hype level is somewhere through the roof... I should go find it.

*Sigh* I had a nice large response for the rest of your review, and when I was finishing up the ANs I accidentally hit the paste button, replacing the whole text with the most recent chapter of Free. Thankfully, I had saved previously, but I shall now attempt to recreate the response.

So, by Ferals, I'm assuming that you mean actual animals. I apologize if I'm wrong, but that was all I could find on Google. Irregardless of what it means, though, what the fuck? Innerfandom fighting and bullying? Not to sound like an ass, but was the furry fandom just not satisfied with the rest of the world blindly hating them, so they blindly hate each other now? And people ask me why I have little to no faith in the world.

Honestly, that's one of the main reasons that I don't write true harem stories. As fun as a harem may seem, it's always better to be in a committed, loving relationship, rather than have a group of people to serve you. Essentially, love/sex.

Really, all of the stupid fighting and bullying that goes on in this world could be stopped if people opened their minds before their mouths. But, sadly, they are either too stubborn or to ignorant.


Real quick, after the end Notes, I have a question, as well as some shout outs. Be sure to stick around.


That Still Doesn't Seem Possible

"Alright, boys, are you ready?" Ice asked, stepping in front of Luroi and Zach.

Luroi just nodded, and Zach said, "Let's get going."

Caius sighed, and asked, "So, why are you two doing this?"

"The kid here thinks that he can beat me." Luroi replied.

"Kid?" The Zoroark half-breed replied. "Dude, I am so gonna kick your ass."

"I don't think that that is what he meant." Kelsea explained. "He meant, why the hell can't you just drop it?"

"Seriously." Haru added. "I mean, he just meant that he was faster than you in Mario Kart, and then you had to bring it to this."

"Don't really care." The albino Umbreon replied.

"Nor do I." Zach agreed.

"Five bucks says that Luroi wins." I said. The others looked at me, confused, and I shrugged, responding, "What? They're gonna do it anyway, so why not have some fun with it, as well?"

Haru shrugged, and agreed, "Makes sense, I guess."

"Five on Zach." Caius said.

"Ten on him." Kelsea added.

"Haru?" I asked.

"Twenty on Veil." Haru replied.

"What?" I asked, shocked. "I'm not racing."

"Why not?" Haru asked. "I mean, you could kick their asses."

"Fifteen on Veil-kun." Ice added.

I sighed, and submitted, "Seeing as I have thirty five dollars on me, I guess I'll join." I stepped up to stand next to the others, and added, "But, I'm retracting my bets, and you guys have to split the payout with me."

"You get fifteen percent." Ice said.

"Fifty." I countered.

"Twenty." The Glaceon replied.

"Forty." I said. "Or I'm out."

She sighed, and agreed, "Fine. But if you lose, you have to pay me my money back."

I shrugged, and said, "So, I won't lose."

"Everyone ready?" Ice asked. We all nodded, so she began counting down, "Three." The three of us took up a position. "Two." I locked glares with the others, a small smile creeping onto my face. "One." Our eyes shot forward, and I tensed up, ready to go. "Go!" She yelled.

As the words left her mouth, the three of us took off running. While the other two headed for the gate, I ran straight for the fence. I stepped onto the brick base, before leaping up and grabbing the top of the fence. I swung myself up, flipping over the fence, and dropped down, my unzipped jacket billowing behind me. I landed on my feet, before taking off running again. I glanced to my left, to see that Luroi and Zach were keeping pace with me. Well, I guess that it's time to change that. We hopped onto the sidewalk, weaving through the crowd. I leapt over a fruit stand, using my hands to flip over it. I vaulted over it, landing cleanly. I glanced over and saw that Zach was watching me as he ran. His failure to pay attention quickly bit him in the ass, as he ran into a guy on the side walk, causing the two the fall down. Zach quickly picked himself up, paying no attention to the guy that he trampled.

"Damn you kids!" I heard a voice yell behind us.

I looked at the Zoroark half-breed next to me, and we both grinned, laughing slightly. Our vision of each other was blocked, though, as Luroi came speeding between us. Refocusing on the race, I put on an extra burst of speed, catching up to, and passing the lead. We continued rushing through the streets, causing people to have to jump out of our way, reminding me of my earlier race through the streets. As I was running, a car pulled out in front of me, and I acted quickly, pulling off a clean hood slide. I landed and continued on my feet. As the beach got into my sights, I sped up even more. I hit the sand in a slide, kicking up a wave of grains. I bent over, hands on my knees, panting, as the others came up behind me. I finally regained my breath, and I stood up, seeing all of the others reach the beach.

"Who won? Who won?" Ice asked, bouncing up and down.

"I did." I replied, still panting lightly. "By a few seconds."

The Glaceon leapt into the air, cheering, "Yay! We won!"

"Bullshit!" Zach yelled, jumping up from his place on the ground. "Best two out of three."

"Why?" I asked. "What reason is there to do that?"

He seemed to think for a second, before Luroi answered, "The payment doubles."

I looked at the others, and asked, "You guys alright with this?"

They all agreed, so I turned back to Luroi.

"Alright, where to?" I inquired.

He looked around, before pointing off and responding, "There."

We all looked at where his finger was aimed. I saw, surprised, that he was pointing at the top of a rather tall building.

"Up there?" Zach asked.

"Yep." Luroi replied. "Unless, of course, you guys are too afraid to lose."

I scoffed, and asked, "Any means necessary?"

"Well, no combat." The albino Umbreon replied. "But, otherwise, go ahead."

"Let's do it." Zach agreed, nodding.

We all got ready, as Ice stepped in front of us. As she began counting down, I watched the sun start to sink behind the buildings.

"Three." She began for the second time today. "Two." I quickly finalized my plan in my head. "One." I relaxed from my pose, standing normally. "Go!"

The two on my sides took off for the door, but I just stood there, watching them.

"Veil-kun, what the hell are you doing?" Ice asked me, outraged.

"That building is abandoned, correct?" I responded.

"Um, yeah." Caius answered. "Otherwise you guys wouldn't be racing in it."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Kelsea asked me.

Instead of replying, I took off, aiming directly for the wall of the building. Alright Veil, remember your self training. Keep it at a good distance, don't cause too much damage, and for Arceus's sake, keep fucking moving. I reached the wall, not slowing down, and planted my left foot on it. As I did this, I concentrated on the heels of my feet, forming a small Dark Pulse on each foot. I exploded the left one, launching myself up the wall. I planted the ball of my right foot on the wall, as I quickly formed another Pulse on my left heel. I repeated the process with my right foot, before taking off up the wall, constantly exploding Dark Pulses at my feet. I glanced down and saw that everyone was staring at me, eyes wide and mouths agape. I just grinned, as I continued running up the ninety degree surface. I reached the top of the building in a matter of seconds. I saw that I was the first up there, so I just sat down, facing the door that led inside. After a few minutes, I heard footsteps ascending a set of metal stairs on the other side of the door. The metal door suddenly burst open, revealing Zach.

He stepped out onto the roof, spinning in a circle, arms in the air, cheering, "Yes! I won!"

He suddenly noticed me, and his face dropped.

"What?" He asked.

I was about to respond, when Luroi burst out behind him.

"Hello." I greeted.

They both stared at me, dumbstruck, until Luroi finally vocalized, "How the hell did you get up here without us seeing you?"

"It was quite simple, really." I replied. "But, I don't really feel like explaining twice, so how about we wait for the others to get up here?"

Zach sighed, and said, "Fine."

The two then dropped to the floor, sitting down. It took about five minutes for the others to arrive, and they were met with all three of us staring at the door.

As they hit the roof, Ice immediately spouted off, "Holy shit that was cool. How did you do that? You've gotta do that again sometime. Seriously, how could w-"

I cut her off, holding my hand up. She went silent, staring at me.

"Allow me to explain." I spoke up, rising to my feet. "So, as we all know, Dark Pulse is a rather explosive attack. So, when I was younger, I discovered that, by using the rebounding explosive force when the point of detonation is close to a surface, I could propel myself forward and, subsequently, upwards, should I be at a wall."

"That is fucking amazing." Haru said, walking over to me.

I wrapped my arm around him and replied, "Thank you. It took a lot of practice, and even more injuries."

"That still just doesn't seem possible." Caius pointed out.

I just shrugged, and responded, "Maybe so. Really though, it's no more illogical than using the kick from a sniper/scythe to propel yourself up a cliff face."

Haru chuckled at my words, as the others stared at me, confused.

"Um, what?" Zach asked.

"Nothing, nothing." I replied. "Now, I do believe that we have some payments to dish out."

The others sighed, as Ice, Haru, and I held out our hands. They all reached into their pockets, pulling out some money. They began counting it, handing us each our payment. When they were done, I ce and I pocketed our money, while Haru just stared at his.

"I know just what I'm getting with this." He said, pocketing the money.

"Oh?" I asked. "What?"

The Luxray chuckled, and replied, "Something for next week."

"What's special about next week?" Kelsea inquired.

I just looked down awkwardly, before answering, "It's, um, it's my sixteenth birthday."

"Seriously?" Luroi asked, shocked. "How could you not tell us?"

Haru and I deadpanned, and I replied, "I did. Back when we went to the park, and you discovered our ages."

Luroi seemed to think for a second, before saying, "Huh. I guess that we did."

"We should do something special for it." Ice said, bouncing on her feet.

I sighed, and replied, "Please don't."

"Why not?" Kelsea asked. "I mean, these only come around once a year."

"Yeah, I know." I replied. "But I'd prefer it if no one did anything special for me." I looked down at Haru, and added, "Even you."

"What?" He asked, confused. "Why not?"

I sighed, and said, "Just, please, don't. Okay?" He nodded, and I responded, "Thank you." Taking my arm off of him, I said, "C'mon, let's go home and eat."


Wow. I have a lot of party chapter. We have Veil's birthday, Riku's birthday, Christmas with Izaak and the gang soon, Cloud has a Halloween party to get ready for, and we're only a chapter or two away from Shane's Christmas, as well. I'm not sure if it is my subconscious telling me to have party chapters, due to my own birthday coming up, or if it's just coincidence.

Okay, so, yeah, my sixteenth birthday is coming up on September first. While this would normally be a postponed update thing to say for other authors, you guys know that I don't really have too many friends, so it's not like I'll be hanging out with people. But, I did decide to spend it with my friends. You guys. So, unless something else arises, then I will be doing another Update Marathon on Monday, September first as a little solo birthday celebration. Expect cake, and bring your own party hat... I think that that is officially the title for the Marathon. The BYOPH Update Marathon... I like it. Yes, the correlating birthdays with Veil thing was intentional. I wanted to do this for one of my characters, and he was just the most logical. I mean, he's essentially a carbon copy of me. Well, except for the outgoing part. And the good looking part. Anyway, next topic.

So, a few quick shout outs.

First up, one for ChronosSplicer, the owner of Caius. If you guys haven't been browsing stories, then you may not have noticed, but he has recently started a prologue story for Caius, and you guys should check it out. Like, now. Well, finish reading the Notes, then go and read it.

Also, a shoutout to Souls Will Cry- ArceusMinion, for a minor spoiler. Anyway, he has recently started his own prologue thing fir his yet-to-appear character in here, Leone. I don't quite know when Leone will appear, but his entrance will be pretty cool, as a fair warning. Now, read his story after Chronos's.

Next topic! Line skip thingy!


So, we're here now. Alright, so, recently myself and Piscilllini have been talking about ways to communicate and hang out with you guys more, and he had an amazing idea. How would you guys feel about a sort of game night/play date thingy?

Y'know, in an update on a story and in the message board on my profile, I put out a message like, "Hey, wanna play some games together? At *insert time here* EST we'll be playing *insert game here*. If you want to join, hit me up." Y'know, something like that.

Obviously, it may be slightly annoying to get up the first few times, but I imagine that it could be a fun time for all of us. If you guys do want to do it, the first one will most likely be in Online Cards Against Humanity, due to the fact that it's free, and one of the few games that my toaster (computer) can actually run. So, y'know, if this sounds fun, then leave a review and tell me that you'd like for us to do it. It'd probably start up after the BYOPH Update Marathon, but it'd still start up. So, leave your thoughts, please.


So, now that this is done, I should probably start on my next Two Lives chapter, seeing as the ball is in my court now. Tsu, any suggestions? Meh, I should be able to handle a standard Pokemon battle. After that, I'll probably put up a new Half-blood Pokemorph chapter, followed by porting The Reclamation of Aeon City over here, and then I'll most likely take a break until the marathon. Yeah, sounds good. Also, I recently started up a new collection thing, called Link's Hookshots. I'd like it if you would take a look at the first one if you haven't already. It's a rather new thing for me to do. Anyway, I believe that it is time for me to leave you. It's eleven at night, and I still have to shower and do my Latin homework. That's right. I'm taking Latin. Personally, I find the class to be fun. Anyway, bye guys.