Characters LisaOak wrote for: (OC) Lisa, the pokemon, Scott, Ororo, Pyro, Goofy, and Stitch

Characters I wrote for: Everyone else

[Lucario's telepathy]

Back in the medical room Lisa seemed a little confused. "Nii-san, where's your coat?" she finally asked, unable to hold back the curiosity any longer.

"Over 'ere," Gambit replied, grabbing his trench off the back of a chair. "Haven' had a chance to clean it." He turned it, showing Lisa the blood stains on the inside of the coat.

Lisa frowned slightly at this. "Sorry," she said with a guilty look.

"Dis coat has been to hell and back. I'm not worried 'bout a little blood," Gambit replied, putting the trench coat back on the chair.

Tsuneo, as it would happen, piped up. [Where exactly is this hell place, and why to people keep telling me to go there?] he grinned.

Gambit laughed. "Many people believe dat when people die, dey go to either heaven or hell. Heaven is paradise, for de good people. Hell is endless torture and fire, for dose who are evil," he explained.

Tsuneo seemed confused. [You humans have weird customs,] he said finally. Lisa, however, just stayed silent and was wondering who exactly would tell the pokemon to go to hell. Then again, the list wasn't getting much shorter, and she was pretty sure that Tsuneo was just being a smart ass.

"People believe what dey believe," Gambit replied with a shrug. "What have you been doin' to get people to say dat?"

[Nothing really, but the one with the claws is REALLY grumpy,] he beamed as if this was an achievement. Lisa groaned and slapped her forehead.

"Logan's always like that," Astin pointed out. Despite the fact he's been quiet, he's still in the room. "It's easy to get on his bad side."

[He seemed pretty annoyed when I asked him for a map,] Tsuneo added.

Lisa seemed confused. "You can't read a map."

[I know! I was trying to be funny,] Tsuneo said with a frown.

"He just can't take a joke sometimes," Astin said. "Which is weird, since he's usually cracking jokes even when he's furious with someone."

"I wonder what has him in such a bad mood" Lisa said with a frown.

[Half the school like that. Apparently, a lot of things are going missing,] Tsuneo said with a shrug.

"Shiny things?" Lisa asked with a frown.

[Majority of them, I think,] Tsuneo said with a nod.

Lisa flopped back, groaning again. "Why can't I get a break! Logan's never gonna let me live it down if he found out Kitsu is behind this!" she cried out, muffled by the hands that were over her face.

"I'll find dat little t'ief for you, if you want," Gambit offered.

Lisa frowned and looked over at him. "But what if you get in trouble too?" she asked.

"I can manage," Gambit replied, shrugging. "I have some pretty good arguments if dey do accuse me."

Lisa nodded. "Okay, if Kitsu has found access to the courtyard, she has probably made a complex tunnel system under the ground. Everything will be in those tunnels."

"I'll look dere first, den?" Gambit asked. He looked over at the Lucarios in the room. "One of you like to help?"

Tsuneo frowned and shook his head. [Sorry, no thanks.]

Senshi seemed to pipe up. [Now that you mention it... I have seen a small strange creature following Kitsu... perhaps you should ask the boy with the key,] he offered.

"Boy wit' de key?" Gambit repeated. "Sora? I t'ink he did have a little blue t'ing last I saw him." He started to the door. "I'll be back once I find de troublemakers."

Lisa nodded and waved to him. "Good luck!" she called.

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Outside, Stitch and Kitsu the zigzagoon were busy stashing what they had stolen that day.

Gambit walked to the door, taking detours here and there to check corners and hiding spots. Eventually, he got to the courtyard and searched the ground for signs of the little thieves. Sure enough, near the base of some bushes, there was a hole leading into a complex system of tunnels. However, it was only big enough for creatures of certain size to enter.

Gambit tapped the ground with his staff, listening carefully. He found a spot that appeared to be hollow. Not bothering to try to find the entry hole, he charged a pebble he found (since his cards were back in his trench coat) and placed it on the hollow spot. When it exploded, dirt cleared away to reveal one of the tunnels.

The tunnels went deep and they cris-crossed and went just about everywhere, so it was obvious that they had been working for a while. In the area of exposed tunnel there were keys, and a few tools.

"Mystery solved," Gambit commented. He picked out what he could find, then started to look for the thieves.

A few moments after Gambit had removed some of the stolen items, Stitch came waltzing through the tunnels, though he seemed confused when part of it was gone. "Uh-oh..."

Gambit smirked. He blocked off one side of the exposed tunnel with his staff as he went to grab for the blue alien by coming at him from the other side. Stitch grinned and grabbed Gambit's wrist, and he made to pick the grown man up and throw him.

Gambit let out a surprised yell as he was lifted. "SORA!" he shouted.

Luckily for him, the key blade master heard. He ran to the courtyard. "Stitch," he warned. "Put him down."

"Naga!" Stitch said looking at Sora. "He make mess!" he said, pointing at the hole with his spare set of arms as he held Gambit in the air.

Sora saw the dropped keys and tools. "Have you been stealing again?" he asked, crossing his arms. Gambit dangled in the air, unsure of what to do that wouldn't harm himself.

"Eh..? Stealing what?" Stitch said kicking some of the items back into the tunnel. The vibrations attracted Kitsu, and she quickly grabbed the items and fled back into the tunnels.

"Do you want to go back to Hollow Bastion?" Sora asked, pulling out his summon charm for Stitch. "You promised no mischief, remember?"

Stitch frowned and he sighed, setting the man down and leaving after Kitsu. After a little while, the pair came out and started to deposit everything they had stolen. The stack grew nearly as big as Sora.

"Good," Sora praised, petting Stitch on the head.

"It looks like I'll need help returning dese," Gambit sighed, looking at the large stack. He grabbed the stuff on top, trying to figure out where the items would go.

Stitch still seemed a little upset but he sat down. Kitsu however seemed confused. "Goon!"

"Would you like to help return these?" Sora asked Stitch as he grabbed some stuff off the pile, too.