Disclaimer: Olih: I'm glad ; w ; Pikachu Princess: Well, we'll see… Jack: I'm not sure, either. And thanks! Actually, your characters did inspire that; and yes, more fighting scenes will be included in the future. Arther: We'll see. And I agree; Cyrus looks forty-something, not in his twenties! Animatedrose: Thanks for adding this to your faves! Do review when you have the time! PokePlatinum: Fair enough, I really didn't think of any of that ^.^' I'll attempt to redeem myself next chapter.

The song for this chapter is (if you want to get into the mood of the story): 'Flowers For A Ghost' by Thriving Ivory.

This chapter is from Kaito's POV, in memory of him. Flashbacks are italicised.

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Bonus: Kaito

~And I said,

Who will bring me flowers when it's over?

And who will bring me comfort when it's cold?

And who will I belong to when the day just won't give in,

And who will tell me how it ends, and how it all begins?~

The thing I miss most about being human is being able to touch things. I miss being able to do things like press down on a piano key, and tuck myself in at night.

And hugging, I think as I feel the bone in my body leach energy from me. I'd kill to be able to hug right now.

Because Odile's standing in front of me, and I'd be a jerk if I didn't want to stop her tears.

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Hesitation wars with resolve, and the chair wobbles as I step onto it. The handmade noose- the one I had to look up how to make- hangs from the pipe, and I force myself to stick my neck through the opening, the blood from my already slit wrists staining my jeans.

But you know, I really didn't think it would hurt.

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I'm such an idiot. To die again, after I've been given a second chance at life, is just plain stupid on my part.

"Kaito," Odile whispers. She's the type of girl I wouldn't have looked twice at back when I was human, but now, as a pokemon, I can see her through eyes untainted by attraction or superficiality: I can see a girl that's trying to act strong and failing miserably, a girl that's the kind of pretty that shows mostly in her eyes. "Please hang on."

I shake my head, and can't resist giving her a smile: I already know what happens after death, and that's enough to keep me from being sad or scared.

Still, I can't get over what an idiot I am.

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I thought suicide would be painless. An easy way out of not getting into college and being shot down by every music company out there.

But my wrists throb with every beat of my heart, and when I step forward and fall down, my neck aches and my feet can't touch the ground and I'm having doubts about this and I wonder if I can maybe call this off for now.

Because you know, I really didn't think it would hurt.

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"You're a ghost," Odile cries, and even though her hands are clenched in what looks like anger the trembling of her lips gives her away. "You can't… you can't die."

Seeing her like this reminds me of when I first met her; frustrated, red-cheeked and hurt, still getting over her fight with her boyfriend. And it reminds me of what she nicknamed me.

My tongue feels leaden in my mouth, but I force it to frame lyrics: lyrics of Gallows Bell, a song I know she'll recognize.

"What?" she sniffles, leaning in closer.

"'Don't mourn, please'," I quote, smiling at how corny I'm being. "'We'll soon see each other again. Hey, now, it's alright; I'm certain that you're not mad. It's just a little unreal, that's all'."

Tears gush down her cheeks, and, somewhere faraway, a band starts up. Or maybe it's my imagination.

Odile gives a watery little sigh, and recites back at me, "'My hands are stained with blood. They will never return to normal, but I won't mourn. Hey, now, far more than remembering and weeping, I'm afraid that I won't be able to remember at all. I won't wander, I won't regret'…"

"'But I'm just a little afraid'," I finish, talking not about me, but her.

Her teeth sink into her lip to keep it from shaking, and I can tell she doesn't understand what I mean. Still, I wrap my vapours around her fingers in the only form of comfort I can give as the band's music swells up and up, lifting me up with it.

And as I ride on the crescendo, I open my mouth to say one last thing, even though I know she can't hear it.

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And you know, I didn't expect it to hurt.

But when it was over, I floated.

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"Don't be sad about this, please.

"Who'd want to live forever, anyway?"

~Never say goodbye~

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A/ N: I thought I'd jot down some song lyrics/ meanings to show how they tie in with the story. And ugh, I meant to do this two chapters ago ; A ;

Chapter One: Break Away, by Kelly Clarkson. I think this song describes perfectly Odile and Damion's desire to leave town, and why.

'Grew up in a small town
'And when the rain would fall down
'I'd just stare out my window
'Dreaming of what could be
'And if I'd end up happy
'I would pray (I would pray)'

'Trying hard to reach out
'But when I tried to speak out
'Felt like no one could hear me
'Wanted to belong here
'But something felt so wrong here
'So I prayed I could break away'

'I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
'I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
'And I'll make a wish
'Take a chance
'Make a change
'And break away
'Out of the darkness and into the sun
'But I won't forget all the ones that I love
'I'll take a risk
'Take a chance
'Make a change
'And break away'- I imagine these three verses to be told from Odile's POV. Is self-explanatory.

'Wanna feel the warm breeze
'Sleep under a palm tree
'Feel the rush of the ocean
'Get onboard a fast train
'Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
'And break away'

'Buildings with a hundred floors
'Swinging around revolving doors
'Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
'Gotta keep moving on, moving on
'Fly away, break away'

'I'll spread my wings
'And I'll learn how to fly
'Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
'I gotta take a risk
'Take a chance
'Make a change
'And break away'
'Out of the darkness and into the sun
'But I won't forget the place I come from
'I gotta take a risk
'Take a chance
'Make a change
'And break away, break away, break away'- I picture these last verses to be from Damion's POV. Is self-explanatory.

Chapter Two: Make It Without You, by Andrew Belle. This song illustrates Odile's thoughts about leaving, and is from Odile's POV. Has some foreshadowing in it.

'This is the starting of my greatest fear'- Odile's journey is about to begin, and she's never been out on her own before, so she's feeling frightened.

'I'm all packed up, getting out of here

'But then you call me and tell me not to go,

'That I'm the one that put the rock n' roll

'In your life'- Talking about how she's set on leaving, but how she realises just how much she'll miss her friends when she calls to say goodbye.

'This is the starting of a brand new day

'I never liked this town much anyway'- Self-explanatory.

'I know that somewhere there's a north-bound train'- Title of the story, anyone?

'This is the starting of my fall from grace

'My self-esteem, it's seen better days'- She knows that she's not cut out for travelling, as proven by her father's words.

'Oh I'll make it without you

'And though my body's lying here

'It's my mouth that must be lying now'- Foreshadowing.

Chapter Three: Under The Tracks, by Coldplay. A light-hearted song told from Damion's POV, yet again with some foreshadowing sprinkled throughout.

'You are free, you are free, it's a long way home

'And what have we done,

'Was it wrong, was it wrong, was it me?

'Can't you see it's a long way home?'- Speaking of running away, and how, in part of his mind, he's wondering if it's wrong of him to take Odile with him, even though he knows that she longs for the freedom just as much as he does.

'There is a snake, he will awake, and he will get you off the floor'- Foreshadowing of Asher.

'I won't make your dreams come true, it's on you

'To change your lonely ways to make it through'- Talking about Odile.

Chapter Four: First Day of My Life, by Bright Eyes. It's a song detailing Odile and Damion's past together, from Damion's POV. No explanation needed.

'Yours is the first face that I saw
'I think I was blind before I met you
'Now I don't know where I am
'I don't know where I've been
'But I know where I want to go'

'Remember the time you drove all night
'Just to meet me in the morning?
'And I thought it was strange, you said everything changed
'You felt as if you'd just woke up
'And you said, "This is the first day of my life
'"I'm glad I didn't die before I met you
'"But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you
'"And I'd probably be happy"'

'So if you want to be with me
'With these things there's no telling
'We just have to wait and see
'But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
'Than waiting to win the lottery
'Besides, maybe this time is different
'I mean, I really think you like me'

Chapter Five: Human, by The Killers. This song is Odile moving on and leaving her regrets about running away behind, and is from her point of view. Is up to interpretation.

'And sometimes I get nervous

'When I see an open door

'Close your eyes, clear your heart

'Cut the cord'

'Will your system be alright

'When you dream of home tonight?

'There is no message we're receiving,

'Let me know, is your heart still beating?'

Chapter Six: 21 Guns, by Green Day. This revolves around a few different characters.

'Do you know what's worth fighting for?

'When it's not worth dying for?

'Does it take your breath away

'And you feel yourself suffocating?'- Odile's thoughts about how maybe her mother doesn't understand her desire to find out what she wants to do in life, despite the fact that she herself did the same when she was younger.

'Does the pain weigh out the pride?

'And you look for a place to hide?

'Did someone break your heart inside?

'You're in ruins'- About Odile, and how she's constantly hurting throughout her journey.

'One, 21 guns

'Lay down your guns, give up the fight'- Talking about how Odile is easily broken.

'One, 21 guns

'Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I'- From Damion's POV, and how he is much more resilient.

'Your faith walks on broken glass

'And the hangover doesn't pass

'Nothing's ever built to last

'You're in ruins'- About Asher.

'When it's time to live and let die

'And you can't get another try

'Something inside this heart has died

'You're in ruins'- Foreshadowing.

Chapter Seven: Life Is A Highway, by Rascal Flatts. Is from Damion's point of view, and is about the joys of adventuring. Is self-explanatory.

'Life's like a road that you travel on

'When there's one day here and the next day gone

'Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand

'Sometimes you turn your back to the wind'

'Life is a highway

'I wanna ride it all night long'

'Through all these cities and all these towns

'It's in my blood and it's all around

'I love you now like I loved you then

'This is the road and these are the hands

'From Celadon City to those Goldenrod nights

'And good old Mt. Chimney to Sunyshore's lights'- Hahaha, couldn't resist.

Chapter Eight/ Bonus: Again (Acoustic), by Faber Drive. This song is about Mytho, and how, despite how snarky he was, he realised what a bitter and angry pokemon he was. Is self-explanatory.

'Underneath my skin is it just anger, just frustration?
'Underneath my skin is it decisions or these feelings?
'It always hurt my mind (it always hurt my mind)
'It always killed my pride inside.
'It always wastes my time
'Again, again...'

'Again I bleed, again I shake.
'Again I fall, again I break.
'Wasted, hated.
'Again, again...'

'Again I burn, take it all.
'Inside my head, I hate the world,
'Because I don't know (don't know)
'I let go
'Again, again...'

Chapter Nine: Circle You, Circle You, by the Vocaloids. I chose this song because of it's spookiness, and I like how it describes gastly and other ghost pokemon. Is self-explanatory.

'An old building out of the sun's reach,

'Hallways with decay starting to leach,

'Behind the door in a dark back room

'Were children remembered by what, by whom?

'They had been waiting for you to visit them for a long time:

'We're so happy! We're so happy! Please play with us for a time.'

'Orphanage deep in the forest greens,

'So no one would find the dark machines

'Made from a little child's brain.

'Immortality built of children's pain,

'The children in the orphan place

'Circled the teacher with a smiling face,

'Singing a child's play song, 'Circle you, circle you!'

Chapter Ten: Down, by Jason Walker (ft. Molly Reed). This song is about Asher and Odile, from their POVs.

'I don't know where I'm at

'I'm standing at the back and I'm tired of waiting

'Waiting here in line, hoping that I'll find

'What I've been chasing'- About Odile, and how Gardenia's words make her wonder whether or not she'll ever find out what she can do in life.

'I shot for the sky

'I'm stuck on the ground

'So why do I try

'I know I'm gonna fall down

'I thought I could fly

'So why did I drown

'I never know why

'It's coming down, down, down'- From both of their point of views, about themselves.

'I can't find another way around

'And I don't want to hear that sound

'Of losing what I never found'- From both of their POVs, and about each/ either of them.

Chapter Eleven/ Bonus: Flowers For A Ghost, by Thriving Ivory. Since my theory is that all ghost pokemon were once human, this song is very fitting for Kaito. Is up to interpretation, but I can tell you this: it's mostly about his human life.

'You disappear with all your good intentions'

'She took a plane to somewhere out in space

'To start a new life and maybe change the world

'See I never meant for you to have to crawl

'No I never meant to let you go at all'

'And I said,

'Who will bring me flowers when it's over?

'And who will bring me comfort when it's cold?

'And who will I belong to when the day just won't give in,

'And who will tell me how it ends, and how it all begins?'

'Don't ever say goodbye'