A/N:Expect more updates as long as I have ideas. Thank you for your support Rikkilucario7! I really appreciate it. Anyhoo, time to expand upon Te's character and get more in depth with Koori's character and his relationship with Nida! BTW, there's always a particular song I play with each character. I have one that I play for Te. It's a secret, heh heh heh...

Chapter 14 Eiyo no Un

"Aren't you glad that that outsider is no longer here, Koeda?" A blue crocodile to the side of Koeda asked, putting a piece of fruit in his mouth and eating it with his mouth open. "I mean, seriously, what was The Guildmaster thinking whenever he let him join?"

Koeda's red eyes turned sad. He did miss Te, for a little while. But his love for the Guildmaster was much greater than that, so he did not need the trivial beings that were called friends. Such things did not matter to him anymore. He had his family here in the Guild, so he didn't need anyone else, more less-anything else in the entire world.

If someone were to tell him that his way of thinking was twisted and that he was brainwashed, he would probably never listen to a thing they said, as his mind had been with the cult so long that he no longer recalled anything else about his life before the guild. He did remember, of course-his inattentive mother, his abusive, constantly absent father, and his whiny little siblings.

He was snapped out of his reverie upon seeing a tiny figure come through the door. She seemed to be a blue dinosaur with red eyes and white fangs. There was something about her that made Koeda feel sad. He didn't know what it was, maybe it was due to the fact that she seemed to be utterly terrified of everything and of everyone. She kept on flinching the entire time the police officer kindly spoke to her and told her that outsiders were not allowed here.

"...But I have to see Koori-kun! I have to apologize for being so late yesterday!" The dinosaur protested.

"She's with me, so don't harangue my girl." Koori said, before stumbling out of his chair. He was drunk again, like always, Koeda noted. He seemed to be a regular alcoholic. He smelled bad, his table manners were horrible, but he was a pleasant guy overall. That is, when he wasn't drunk. When he was drunk...well, that was a story to save for another day. Surely, he was kind to his girlfriend.

The Totodile; Koori, smiled politely at the officer and cast a look at the dinosaur. She came in behind him silently. When they had come up the stairs to the main room, he glared at her. "Where the hell have you been, Nida? I waited for you all last night, and you never showed up! Didn't I tell you not to go out and see other men! I work for you..."

"No, Koori-kun, that's not what happened. I met some friends and we talked so long that I didn't even realize time had flown by so long. I wanted to come over, but I couldn't." She explained briefly. Koeda could tell she was lying. If there was one thing he despised, it was lying. Of course, one of the Guildmaster's precepts was for all pokemon to never lie. Did they all follow it? Unfortunately, no.

That was why, Chatot had explained to them the other day in a secret meeting, that they were supposed to be the ones who would guide the rest of the world by destroying the ones who caused the chaos in the world. They would be heroes and founders of a utopia where no outsiders or tainted blood would ever, ever touch them. They would be free and happy and everyone who loved the Guildmaster would live on, while the rest of the pokemon died.

"You lying witch! You think you're so great and all!" Koori screamed before slapping her in the face, sending her flying. He then strode over to her and scratched her in the ear. He then hit her with Water Gun. No one spoke. Everyone watched in shock at this public spectacle, and then suddenly they started cheering.

"Hit her some more!" Bidoof cried. "Golly, she's one of them outsiders, ain't she? Give her a good hard sluggin'!"

"That was a really good punch. Hit her in the stomach, and then maybe she'll go into labor!" Pure joked. Half of the Guild pokemon at this point were joining in with blows of their own to toss at Nida. Tim was throwing little chunks of logs at her, which she dodged, Dugtrio tossed mud in her face so she couldn't see the blows they were inflicting on her. The one who took the most sadistic pleasure out of it, however...was...Chimecho. Chimecho was shouting insults at her while Pearl sat there laughing and threatening to swipe up the girl beside her who was cringing in horror.

Koeda was too shocked to say anything. He couldn't believe his eyes. What had this girl done wrong to warrant such hate? Sure, she may be an outsider, but as far as he could tell, she had been very obedient to Koori. So she did not deserve this much punishment when she had clearly done nothing wrong. He felt very disgusted. What kind of monsters had he joined when he had signed up here?

He dropped his glass of juice, which shattered on the floor. No one seemed to notice or pay it any heed, instead the crowd's chants of "Hit her harder!" and "Stupid bitch gets what she deserves!" became louder and louder. His fists tightened, and he decided to go to Chatot for help. Surely, he would listen to him and stop this madness.

Sure enough, Chatot appeared, looking for all the world, clearly frustrated about something.

"Master Chatot, can you stop all of this?" Koeda cried. Chatot couldn't hear him over the roar of the crowd, but then he squawked loudly,

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" He boomed.

"She's an outsider, sir, and she went in without permission." Pure said simply. "She's Koori's girlfriend."

"Has she done anything else bad?" Chatot asked warily.

"No. I think it's funny to throw things at her!" Bidoof cried.

Suddenly Chatot unleashed a Fury Attack on Bidoof and sent him flying into a table. He got a bad bruise on his head. "ALL OF YOU, STOP THIS AT ONCE!"

The room grew silent. Every occupant stopped to look at Chatot in confusion.

"I thought this is what you wanted us to do." Tim said, utterly confounded.

"There is a distinct difference between teaching outsiders their place-and sadistically torturing them for no reason. Not only that, but you are beating up on a woman! A woman, the giver of life! How low can you morons get?"

"She's my girlfriend, so I should be allowed to treat her any way I want. Women are nothing more than property, anyway." Koori said before smirking at the bruised, beaten, and battered Nidorina. "There's no escape for you, Nida. Obviously, he'll be on my side."

Koori was sent flying backwards by Chatot's Peck.

"Though I may hate outsiders, though I may condone killing of outsiders...outsider or not, there is one thing I will never tolerate under any circumstances, and that is the abuse or torture of women. Women are not your playthings. You are to treat them with respect. Just as you would a child born under the Guildmaster's love. The Guildmaster does not approve of domestic abuse." Chatot said.

"I don't remember reading that on the list." Bidoof remarked. "Did you just make it up on the spot or something?"

"No, you fool! Both I and the Holy Guildmaster grew up in homes that had our poor mothers being treated like baggage by the fathers. Sadly, most of the pokemon world is still extremely sexist. I will not tolerate sexism here. You are all children of the Guildmaster, thus you are all equal and must treat each other nicely. Though the outsiders don't count."

His eyes scanned the crowd. "Therefore, any man here who somehow thinks he is better than a woman and wishes to think of himself as a member of the Guild can leave."

Half of the crowd got up and walked out the door. Croagunk was among them. Bidoof remained.

"Why are you still here, Bidoof? I saw you throwing things at her." Chatot growled. "Go apologize."

Bidoof cringed at the thought of having to apologize to an outsider, but nonetheless he did as he was told.

"It's all right. I deserved it, anyway." Nida said sadly. She now had a black eye, five cuts on her arms and legs, one piece of glass stuck in her arm, several bruises on her legs and back, and her front leg was twisted from Koori beating up on it. Somehow, she managed to stagger to her feet and walk over to Chatot with Koori. "Thank you for saving me, Mr. Chatot, sir. I admit now that I had doubts about you and your kind, but I now realize how mistaken I was."

"That is all right, child. Come and let me feed you some food and then we have a special guest coming to speak to us about how best to create an ideal world for the Guildmaster and our kind."

"Who is coming?" Koeda asked curiously.

"Now is not time to ask questions." Chatot said. "For now, just relax and work on trying to find more recruits to save the world."

Te sighed as he stared at the house in front of him. "Are you sure this is meant for me?"

"Absolutely, sir. Lots of people have been disowned by that kooky place up there. You can stay here as long as you like, as long as you pay the rent every month." The Mudkip beside him said. "Tell me your name."

"Te."

"My name is Kip." Kip said before reaching out to shake his hoof. "Well, I have some work to attend to, so if you can excuse me...I'll be on my way, now." He smiled and then walked away.

Te entered his new house, and saw that it was a nice little place. It was small and comfy, and it looked like it would be a nice place for him to live in. It was much better than being cooped up in that creepy old guild. He wondered how Koeda was doing.

Shinichi sighed as he stared at Azuri interacting avidly with Kentachi. The young mouse had attracted his attention ever since she had first met him. Everything about her was so...interesting. She had a good sense of humor, she was cute, intelligent, and funny. But there was something else about her that he could notice. Everyone else seemed not to notice, but he could tell. Shinichi was smarter than he looked-he knew that Azuri only pretended to be happy on the outside.

On the inside, there was something she was keeping locked up away from everyone else. Something that made her heart ache badly. He wondered if it was because of her being experimented on as a child that had caused her to push everyone away.

"Azuri..." He muttered.

Her purple eyes traveled to his brown eyes. He stammered slightly... "N-Nothing. I just wondered if you'd tell us a bit about your family."

Her eyes grew pained. "My family...? What a joke. They abandoned me. They decided that because of my abilities, I was a reject, and abandoned-"

"What abilities?" Kentachi asked.

"...Never mind. I mean that I am quite strong."

"Of course. With your ability Huge Power, it occasionally makes your moves twice as strong." Kentachi said.

She smiled slightly. "It's not time to tell you everything yet about my parents, my life in the hospital..."

Her mind returned to that of her parents. Her father had been a cruel man, hadn't he? She remembered his angry face, his cursed words, and her mother had been a horrible person as well..

"I'm going for a walk." She said before walking out the door.

"Wait!" Kentachi cried. "Aren't you wanted by the hospital?"

"Probably. But they'll never find me." Azuri said. "I'll see you all later."

"Stay here." Kentachi advised, before grabbing her tail.

"What are you saying? I can take care of myself!" She cried.

"No, you can't. You are only a child. How old are you?"

"...Twelve, I think." She said. "Level-wise, I'm around level 26."

Everyone gasped.

"I have trained myself somewhat over the years I've been cooped up in the hospital. I can do this!" She cried, and froze part of the door solid. "Or this!" She shot out a water gun, which blasted the door open.

Suddenly, she fell to the ground in pain. "Oh no...not again."

"What's wrong?" Kentachi asked.

"Sometimes...if I overuse my moves, my body goes into overdrive..." She moaned.

"What happened earlier?" She asked.

"...Hibana was attacked by a man named Dusknoir."

"Who's that?" She asked.

"The final evolved form of Duskull. He is my enemy from the future. He and Darkrai...those two are responsible for the death of my partner Keni. He was reincarnated as that fellow you met, Te." Grovyle explained.

"Wow! So he's a human?" Shinichi exclaimed. "That's awesome! Here I thought they were only myths."

Azuri stared at them in confusion. "What do you mean by human? What is that?"

"An ancient species that went extinct many generations ago due to disease, starvation, and competition among us pokemon." Momo explained before staring at Kentachi. "Te is living in a little house right now. He needs to be protected, you know. He IS the hero."

"Hey! I'm the one who saved his life!" Kentachi cried. "By the way, where's Mrs. Grumpy Fangs?"

"She's back at the Guild for an important meeting." Hiyoko said before yawning. "That's what she told me to tell you. She said she was grateful that we saved her life, but next time, we should not touch her because she learned that outsiders like us are evil."

"That sounds like a load of nonsense." Kentachi said. "Honestly...how do they get those morons to believe that crap?"

"Brainwashing, what else?" Hiyoko said.

Te sighed as he sat on his bed. Suddenly, his eyes widened as a strange sensation came over him. "No...not this feeling again. Is it that ability of mine?"

He was standing in Treasure Town. There was literally no one around. It was like everyone had been lost to the hands of time. Suddenly, he saw a blue flash of light come from somewhere near his right. His eyes widened as he saw another one.

"What is that...? Lightning?"

He smelled salt. His nose crinkled as he realized that he was stepping on two carcasses.

He screamed. Suddenly a figure appeared in his line of vision. It was...DUSKNOIR.

"Hello there, human. I am aware of your ability to see the future. Dialga wants that power destroyed. I'm surprised, actually. I never thought a human would escape his wrath. It was so easy to track you down."

"What do you want from me?" He cried. He realized that he was human again!

"Simple. Tell us where Grovyle is and then we'll let you live!"

"What was that blue light from earlier?"

"What blue light?" Dusknoir asked in bewilderment. "Never mind. There is no place for a person like you...now... DIE!"

Te shot up in his bed in a cold sweat. "Why do I have a bad feeling about tomorrow?"

Everyone was silent as the black ghost pokemon came onto the stage and started speaking.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I assume you are all aware of the grave danger that is awaiting us. Several Time gears have gone missing as of yet. Time is freezing. There is one source to blame, and that is the villain known as Grovyle..."

Everyone gasped.

"Is that true?" Bidoof cried.

"Not only that, but there is something else...he is also another outsider! For, you see...Grovyle is from the future! He had a partner as well...a human named Keni. He died, but he is still with us today...as the pokemon named TE!"

Everyone gasped.

"He will bring about the end of the world!" Dusknoir exclaimed. "That is why I am sending out orders to all of you..." He then aimed his hypnosis at everyone in the guild. "You must find the one called Te and bring him to me! Find Grovyle and stop the theft of the time gears!"

"Yes, my lord." Bidoof, Chatot, Pearl, and the rest of the Guild said.

"Also, if you find any outsiders, kill them!"

Everyone cheered.

Koori prodded Koeda. "Isn't this exciting?"

Koeda nodded. "Yes...but somehow it doesn't make sense."