Continued…

The nurse Pokemon rushed Vapor into the ER and allowed Caiden to enter.

A close look at Vapor's face and you'd be scarred yourself, so Caiden preferred to stay away.

"Caiden! Come out here," an urgent voice asked.

"Oh- okay..." Caiden said, consenting but still worried for Vapor.

"We can't find Darla anywhere!" Sylvia said, wiping sweat off her head with her ribbons.

"What?!" Caiden asked. He just realized Darla had been gone for a long time.

"We have to find her, and Aubrey's finally better!" Flare said, chiming in. As if on cue, Aubrey and Jake ran out from the old hospital room.

"Let's go!" Aubrey shouted.

"Right!" Caiden agreed.

And thus the group of evolutions left through the hospital doors…

Leaving a certain water type all alone.

Meanwhile…

"Who… who are you?" Darla asked a fire type who was rolling in the ground, burning some pieces of grass.

"Me? Oh! I'm Sapphire!" Sapphire said happily, stopping her rolling and standing on all fours.

"What type of Pokemon are you? I don't recognize it at all..." Darla asked again, and Sapphire rolled her eyes.

"I'm a Fennekin! What's your name, anyway?" Sapphire answered, looking Darla up and down.

"I'm Darla… I'm a Deerling," Darla answered and Sapphire nodded.

"You look lost, but then again, so am I! Where do you need to go?" Sapphire said.

"Well… I don't really know where I need to be right now. Where do you need to be?" Darla asked, blushing a little at the realization that she didn't know where her friends were.

"Dark Forest, do you know the way there by any chance?" Sapphire asked, and Darla gasped.

"Yeah! Indeed I do! Follow me!" Darla said happily, smiling at the fox Pokemon. Then she skidded away with Sapphire following.

Soon enough they reached Dark Forest.

"Finally! If you need to wait for someone, stay with me!" Sapphire said, landing on a bed of grass that Darla assumed was hers.

"Okay..." Darla said, looking around for two Pokemon she knew from here.

"Who are you looking for?" Sapphire asked, and Darla shrugged a little.

"…Are you looking for Lara or Zach? They're probably..." Sapphire sighed. "Making out in the trees…Uh- anyway, you don't have a chance with Zach anyway. He only likes Dark Types."

Darla was taken a bit aback. If you look for Lara or Zach then you want to date one of them?!

"I'm looking for them, yeah, but I would never want to date Zach!" Darla exclaimed, surprised.

"W-Wait, really?! I thought everyone liked Zach and has a crush on him! Why don't you? I mean, he's everything you'd want in a boyfriend… he's cute, smart, witty, funny-" Sapphire started, until Darla cut her off.

"Ooh, you really like him, don't you?" Darla giggled, wiggling an eyebrow.

"W-well… ask any other g-girl here..." Sapphire countered, blushing.

"Hmm… okay!" Darla smirked, and ran off to a Pawniard.

"Hello!" Darla said excitedly.

"Um, h-hey..." The Pawniard said, startled. It spoke with a feminine voice.

"I'm Darla! What's your name?!" Darla asked, still incredibly excited.
"Hope… nice to meet you..." Hope said.

"Do you have a crush on Zach?" Darla asked, calming down a bit, as she was making a bit of a scene.

"Zach? No way!" Hope scoffed. "The only girls here who like him are Lara and Sapphire, and I know about every girl here."

"Haha… nice," Darla said, smirking. "I'll return to Sapphire now..."

"Out of all the girls here, you choose to ask Hope… she's asexual…" Sapphire said when Darla returned.

"Hey… you know she said that the only girls here who like Zach is you and Lara!" Darla winked and Sapphire blushed, stunned.

"So I have a chance?" Sapphire asked, hopeful.

"Of course you do, you lovestruck idiot," Darla said, smirking and then turning her attention toward Zach, who was with Lara.

"Go! Go talk to him!" Darla smiled, and pushed Sapphire forward.

"H-hey! Fine..." Sapphire stuttered out.

"H-hi… Zach..." She said as she got over to Zach.

"Hello! Sapphire, right?" Zach said, and Lara smiled.

"Yeah… t-that's me…" Sapphire answered quietly, looking down to conceal her blushing cheeks.

"Nice to meet you!" Lara said, then turned to Zach.
"Zach, can we talk alone?" She asked.

"Of course!~" Zach answered in a sing-song tune.

"Uh-" Sapphire began, but Lara stepped forward toward her first.

"I see what you're doing here, girlie. Don't even try to get Zach for yourself, because he's already in love with me. It's no use. One try at love and your Deerling friend there gets it, and you can just watch," Lara was now incredibly close to Sapphire's face, and Sapphire could practically feel the heat on Lara's breath.

"Okay…" Sapphire breathed out.

"Thanks boo!" Lara smiled and walked back to Zach, planting a kiss on his cheek.
"What did you two talk about…? I mean, Sapphire looks pretty stunned..." Zach recoiled from the kiss and shoved Lara away.

"Err… you," Lara sat on the grass and looked down in slight guilt.

"Me? You talked about me…?" Zach blushed a little and turned his head toward Sapphire, who was watching them.

"Well, I mean, who cares, right? Don't you think she's ugly too? You love me, right?" Lara walked in front of Zach's view and sat there.
"Well, I'm thinking, when you act like that… I don't love you..." Zach smirked and pushed Lara over, waltzing over to Sapphire.

"B-but… Zach… I-I'm sorry! Zach?!" Lara tried to run over to him, but fell down in a teary-eyed mess.
Great, now no one loves me… my crush for ages hates me and no one- Lara's thoughts were interrupted by a Lillipup.

"Hello, you look sad. Can I help? Uh- I'm Tyler, by the way..." Tyler smiled and Lara sat up.
"Nice to meet you, Tyler. I'm Lara. Want to eat lunch with me?" Lara smiled and the two walked off together, Lara still feeling slightly heartbroken.

"Hello, Sapphire!" Zach smiled at the fire type.

"U-uh… hey… Zach..." Sapphire blushed at him, and tried to smile back.

"Well I have something to tell you," Zach stepped forward towards Sapphire, leaving their noses about three inches apart.

"Hm…" Sapphire hummed nervously. "W-what is it?"

"I love you," Zach stepped closer to Sapphire's face, leaving a mere one inch between them.

"Uh… I… I love you t-too..." Sapphire blushed a deep red, and smiled slightly.

"I'll take that as consent for this-" Zach smirked, then pushed his head forward, sealing the inch between him and Sapphire.
"Scree! It's happening, oh my Arceus…" Darla hopped up and down on her hooves, squealing as a couple Pokemon stopped and stared at her.

"What? It's love!" She smirked at the Pokemon.