Chapter VII: Ready For

October 17, 2116

10:50 am

Route 43, Johto region

The man who burned cities to the ground and who took away the lives of countless beings. The mention of his very name sent shivers to man and pokemon alike. He would often kill people slowly, savoring every moment of their pain before being greeted by death through his form.

The very man now crouched before him reaching his hand out to him.

"No need to tell me your names, I was already informed about your little 'elite group of chus' from the grunts." Clint spoke with a slight tone of mockery. He focused his eyes directly at Aye's as he continued.

"I heard about your fearless commander, Creed. They say his abilities were above other chus even in their evolved form, not to mention his amazing intellect." Aye grimaced at the man knowing where he is going with the topic.

"Sky the silencer," He switch his view to Sky, who gave a friendly grin.

"She was the only 'Agent' who was exempted from all the tests and preps, and skipped all the ranks, going directly to the elite position." After his last sentence his eyes met with Aye's once more, this time it was more like a threatening glare than just a look. He stood up and crossed his arms as he looked down on Aye with a smirk on his face.

"Where do I start with this one." He said with a chuckle as he shook his head, figuring out how to summarize the reputation the little pikachu.

"Oh yeah, he was known as the 'Demon who walks the Earth'."

( Known as what? ) Sky thought with great surprise. She looked at Aye with disbelief and saw him crushing the paper within his grasp, but slowly lost his grip.

"Alright, I get it." Aye said with a sigh as he looked down at the crunched-up paper he held on his hand. Looking back at Sky, he could see her vexed-up emotion.

"We have an understanding then, Aye?" Clint said with a creased brow and a wide grin.

"Yes..." He gave a suspired woeful reply to the man.

"Good, we'll set off tonight. See ya 'till then!" He said cheerfully as he walked away from the two chus.

Aye felt enraged and angered at the same time. Looking down on the matted floor with clenched fists at his side, he felt a gentle paw on his shoulder. He was met by by Sky's hazel-brown eyes staring at him with both worry and confusion.

"What did he mean by 'Demon who walks the Earth'?" Her sincere eyes stared at him and silence overtook them for brief moment until he gave a sigh and said.

"It doesn't concern you, and its best that it never does..." He sorrowfully replied, gently taking her paw off his shoulder and walked to where Clint was headed for.

This wasn't the first nor the second time Aye hid something from her. It wasn't the first time he shunt her away either. She felt his loneliness as he left the room.

( Aye... I wonder when you'll finally realize that I care for you... )

At the prepping room, he could see racks filled with all sorts of weapons lined-up one after another. It was where Grunts and pokemons would prepare, before going to a mission. Arcanines were abundant in the room and were often mounted by Grunts who had too many weapons carry. There were all kinds of pokemons, and they all wore the same looking translation collar around their neck. Their languages were translated to English, but his collar had the translation device turned off. The room got noisier by the second with everybody talking in the same language.

"I hate these stupid translation collars." He mumbled to himself as he passed by the pack of Arcanines. Grunts were scattered everywhere, claiming their weapons and testing them out. They were everywhere except one portion of the room. It was very noticeable, it was the only place without Grunts, there was only one man who stood there and had access to the weapons and armors in the specific section.

A man wearing a purple body armor with rings of yellow at the of its 'Tail'. His back had purple tubes attached in a asterisk form with the same yellow ring at the tips. The chest plate was red with four fangs at every corner. His hands were five times bigger than before, but what caught his attention most was the silver crescent in-grafted on each side of the upper arm part of his armor.

( He's one of the Lunar Bloods. )

The man felt like he was being watched and turned around to meet Aye's dysphoric features.

"You ready for the mission, Aye?" Clint asked in his normal cheerful manner.

"Yeah I guess..." He replied flatly.

"Like my armor?" He asked stretching out his arms to the side to show off the armor's exterior.

"It makes you look fat. Can we go now?" He replied crossing his arms, pretending not to know about the Lunar Bloods.

"Why you little-" He stopped himself from getting enraged. Taking a deep breath, he let go of his anger and said.

"A little anxious are we? Fine, let's go."

- END OF CHAPTER VII -