DarkFoxKit: Are they gone yet? *Is hiding under the couch*

Traveling Master: I don't know. *Grumbles quietly* Still can't believe Dust broke the 4th wall… Again! We barely got away from our characters!

DarkFoxKit: *Looks at the camera she managed to start up* The readers are listening right now. Hey lovely readers, so TM and I are currently in hiding right now because a certain Absol decided it would be funny to break the 4th wall and have all of our characters completely swamp us. We were lucky to get out of there alive.

Traveling Master: You would think they would check under the couch, but surprisingly we haven't heard from any of our characters since then.

DarkFoxKit: One of us needs to get to the computer to update the chapter though. We don't want to keep the readers waiting, and maybe if we update, the characters will go back into their world.

Traveling Master: I don't want to go out there!... Rock paper scissors for it?

DarkFoxKit: Fine, but make it quick.

*The two authors shook their claw/paw*

DarkFoxKit: *Sent out Paper*

Traveling Master: *Sent out Scissors* Heh. Luck be on my side! Hahaha!

DarkFoxKit: *Frowns* I wanted to do Rock, but I can't bend my paw like you can with your claws!

Traveling Master: Fair point, we'll try doing something that works best for both of us next time...But for now...You got a computer to get!

DarkFoxKit: *Ears twitched when she heard voices getting closer* Crap. Here, hold the camera. *Pushes the camera to TM before she slowly pushes herself out from under the couch. She quickly scurried to the computer.*

Traveling Master: *I was recording DF while keeping a lookout for any of our characters. Even though I could hear them nearby, there was no sign of them* Where are they?

?: Hey TM~

Traveling Master: *My heart nearly jumped out, but I quickly calmed down, not wanting to alert our characters. I tried squinting but could barely see underneath the couch. Didn't help that I had to dim my tail flame as to not accidentally burn the couch and give our position away.* DF? Is that you?

*The figure got closer to Traveling Master, revealing themselves to be a Goomy*

Berry: Nope. I knew I would find you down here~

Traveling Master: *I blinked as dread filled within me, but at the same time I couldn't help but feel pride in our character.* Clever girl.

*I tried to escape from the couch, but it was too late, she had me in her grasps. I was merely inches away from crawling out, but now I was being dragged back in, the sound of my screams filled the room, but was quickly muffled by the gooey body of Berry*

DarkFoxKit: TM? *Looks back at the couch, seeing only a camera there* Uh-oh… *She then hears two missile Dreepy heading towards her. She quickly hit 'update' on the computer* Readers, if you can see this, SAVE YOURSELVES! *Screams before the camera went static*


Chapter 17: The Snubbull Outlaw

Phoenix Oasis

When Dust came up from the stairs, he didn't expect to see actual grass growing around here, or palm trees, or even, heavenly, crystal clear, cool looking water.

"Incredible. I never would've guessed that it would be like this. What do you think, Berry?" Dust asked his partner, but when he turned around he saw how exhausted she looked. "Actually, hold that thought. Let's get you to that water first."

Going straight for the water, Dust was not prepared to suddenly be hit on his side with a Headbutt attack. Landing on his side, he winced at the slight pain. Getting up, he saw the Snubbull blocking him from getting near the water.

"Ah-ah-ah, nobody gets near this water until you give me what I want," The Snubbull said in a condescending tone. "Hmph, looks like that annoying little bug you have on your back didn't come alone like I told her to. Though considering how she doesn't even look to be able to move, I suppose that's understandable that she would bring a carrier with her. I take it the item I requested is in that satchel of yours, Absol?"

Dust hadn't planned for this. Originally it was supposed to be him, Berry and Brody taking on the Snubbull. But now he had no idea where Brody was, and Berry was exhausted from the constant heat of the dungeon.

Before Dust could answer the Snubbull, however, Berry spoke up in a strained voice. "Where… is… Chloe…?"

The Snubbull shook their head. "First, tell me if you brought what I demanded. Then I'll show you Chloe."

Dust decided to take this opportunity to try to get more information. Berry herself was clearly not able to negotiate as she was now. "What is this item you wanted? We have something, but we want to be sure we got what you demanded."

"Don't play dumb. I learned that it was your guild's greatest treasure, the Syzygy. Now do you have it?!" Snubbull demanded, growing impatient.

How can we have something that we can't have? It's a term, not some physical object! How can something like that be the guild's treasure? Dust thought to himself, frustrated by what the Snubbull demanded from them.

Dust decided to keep bluffing, hoping to figure out some sort of plan. "We have it...Now where's Chloe?"

Snubbull looked at Dust for a moment before she moved to one of the palm trees. There, she pulled away a small bush, before showing the baby Kangaskhan all tied up and gagged. Chloe couldn't cry out or move, but she looked happy and relieved to see Dust and Berry, so much so that tears ran down from her scared eyes.

"There, I've showed you the baby Kangaskhan. Now you hand over the Syzygy, and you will get this baby back unharmed," Snubbull stated.

"...Okay…" Dust slowly replied as he went through his bag, mostly to buy himself what little time he had left.

Think Dust, think! The Snubbull will find out you're lying, and who knows what they'll do next. I can't face them on my own, not with Chloe in danger. Think Dust, think! Dust was so deep in thought he almost didn't notice the glint reflecting off his badge.

He went to move it but as he grabbed it he couldn't help take interest in the design of the badge. As he stared at the white circular badge that had both the sun and a crescent moon fused together, he thought about how it kinda resembled a syzygy. Dust didn't have many options left, but he hoped that maybe his badge would buy him enough time to at least get Chloe and to get Berry to the water.

"...Here's the Syzygy, just like we promised." Dust lied as he tossed his badge to the Snubbull.

The Snubbull had an excited look on her face as she caught the badge. "Finally, I finally have the ultimate power! I can now- wait a second!"

Snubbull studied the badge in her grasp, before she looked at Dust with a look of anger. "This isn't the real Syzygy! How dare you try to trick me!?"

Snubbull threw the badge back at Dust, having it hit his head. She then moved to Chloe, grabbing her neck. Chloe froze in fear.

"Either you give me the real Syzygy, or this little baby gets to take a permanent nap," Snubbull threatened.

"No… stop…!" Berry tried to yell, but she only sputtered and coughed.

The Snubbull was so focused on Dust that she didn't see the Aura Sphere coming right at them. Getting hit by the surprise attack, the Snubbull was knocked back while losing her grip on Chloe.

"Seems as though I made it just in time," A familiar voice spoke up. Both Dust and Berry are relieved when they see Brody walking up to them.

"You're a sight for sore eyes," Dust remarked, seeing the Lucario.

"And you two are full of surprises. I thought you had already left the dungeon. How did you even get here before me?" Brody asked.

"I supposed it would have to do with that shortcut we found earlier. Through luck we managed to end up underground, beneath the desert dungeon." Dust explained.

Brody rushed over to Chloe while the Snubbull was still recovering from his Aura Sphere, he cut through the rope that Chloe was tied up in, took off her gag, and picked her up.

"Th-thank you, Brody! I was so scared!" Chloe cried as the Lucario rushed back to Dust and Berry.

Brody looked at Berry. "Berry doesn't look so good, you should get her into the water."

"No!" Snubbull growled before she jumped at them, Headbutting Berry off of Dust's back before grabbing the weakened Goomy. "You are not leaving until I get the Syzygy!"

Brody put Chloe into his bag before he got into his battle position while having a fierce look on his face. Dust was surprised to see Brody like this, he normally saw the Lucario always giving a friendly smile while serving food.

"That Aura Sphere was just a warning shot. Release her now and we'll let you go, but if you harm her in any way I won't hold back." Brody warned as some of his aura flared out from his body.

"Hmph, never thought you would be so rough with a lady," Snubbull growled.

"Ha, like some degenerate like yourself could actually be female! There's no way a rough, dirty, conniving Snubbull like you could ever be female!" Brody countered.

"Oh, no?~" Snubbull smirked before she winked an eye at Brody, and suddenly, pink hearts came floating out. "Then have fun with this, big boy."

Brody was hit by the pink hearts, the hearts turned into pink energy and were absorbed into Brody. Dust gulped as he saw the Lucario dropped his battle stance.

"...Brody? Are you...okay?" Dust slowly asked.

"Oh...I'm okay...Better than okay...In fact...I'm in love!" Brody shouted, as he rushed towards the Snubbull. "Forgive me for my earlier behavior. No gentlemon should ever treat a lady as such. You are truly the most beautiful creature in all the lands."

"Now that's much better~ How about handing me the baby back? Or the Syzygy," Snubbull said.

To Dust's chagrin, Brody picked up Chloe from his bag and started to hand her back to Snubbull.

"W-what are you doing, Brody?" Chloe frowned.

Dust knew he had to do something. Brody was in love and appeared to be easily controllable, Chloe was only a baby, and Snubbull had a dehydrated Berry in her hold. It was all on Dust right now. He figured the best shot would be to take down Brody, so he charged an Ice Beam attack, hoping to freeze the Lucario and also free Chloe in the process. He felt somewhat reluctant to fire at Brody, especially with his back turned towards him, but he felt this was the best choice.

With the Lucario distracted with giving Snubbull Chloe, Dust fired his attack. Just as the Ice Beam was only a few feet away from hitting Brody, he suddenly spun around, swinging his right leg at the attack. Just before contact Dust saw flames coming from the Lucario's leg. The two attacks collided, causing a small explosion, covering the area with smoke. After a few seconds the smoke cleared, revealing Brody standing in a defense position while holding Chloe behind him, protecting her from the initial blast.

Dust frowned, he didn't expect Brody to know a Fire type move. He had hoped his attacked would've worked, but Brody proved that this was only going to get harder.

"It's one thing to aim an attack at me," Brody warned, "But it's another when you aim at a lady. Looks like I'll need to teach you some manners."

Dust gasped when Brody suddenly got in close, still holding Chloe in one hand, he used his other hand to punch Dust, and his feet to kick him. Dust felt immense pain from the attack, and Dust vaguely realized Brody was using a Fighting type move, Close Combat from the looks of it. Dust fell to the sandy ground, he didn't know how he was still conscious, but he felt he could barely move himself without feeling some kind of pain.

"Now maybe you'll think twice before putting a female in harm's way," Brody lectured before turning back towards Snubbull.

"Wow, really glad I used Attract on you," Snubbull acknowledged. "I'll probably keep you around, wouldn't hurt to have a strong Lucario as a bodyguard."

"Let… go…" Berry hissed, still trying to struggle despite being dehydrated.

Brody stood beside Snubull, still holding Chloe. Since Snubbull had her hands full with Berry, she needed Brody to keep holding Chloe for her.

"Now…" Snubbull spoke up to the still, somehow conscious Absol. "I will ask you again; where is the Syzygy?"

Dust had a hard just standing up, his entire body hurt like the Reverse World. He didn't know what to say, his options were very limited and he knew he was running out of time. But as he was trying to think of a solution, a new pain suddenly came, but it was mostly focused on his head. Dust felt like his brain was going to explode. No longer did he notice the pain in his body, only the one in his head.

"What's wrong with you?" Snubbull frowned, seeing Dust was clutching his head.

Dust didn't reply, all he could focus on was the pain. All he wanted for it was to go away, nothing else mattered. But despite all the pain he felt, he suddenly heard something. At first Dust didn't know if it was Snubbull or one of the others, but as he heard that strange noise again, he realized that it came from his mind, whether it was his own or not he couldn't tell.

"Seems as though you're in a bind," The voice echoed through Dust's mind, it was foreign but somewhat familiar at the same time. "Looks like you barely scratched the surface of your gift, allow me to offer my assistance this one time."

After Dust heard those words, the pain somehow doubled within his mind, causing him to scream out in pain.

"D-Dust…" Berry hissed in concern.

Even though Snubbull was an outlaw, and she didn't particularly cared for the Absol, she couldn't stand watching him writhe around like that in pain. She looked over at the Lucario. "Go put him out of his misery. I'll have you bring me the Syzygy instead."

"Yes, milady," Brody said as he started to walk towards Dust, who was still writhing in pain.

"Please stop, Brody," Chloe begged.

"Stop… don't… do it…" Berry spoke up, struggling more.

But Brody didn't listen, the only one he listened to was Snubbull. He was now in front of Dust, who hadn't ceased clutching his head as he continued to scream, unaware of the danger he was in. Brody raised his right leg high, flames already coming forth as he prepared to put Dust out of his misery.

"Stop…! Stop…!" Berry took a deep breath and let out a cry. "STOP IT!"

Dark clouds began to cover the sky quickly, then it started to pour out rain onto the floor just as Brody's leg was covered in flames. The rain fizzled out the flames, and Snubbull looked up in shock.

"What the? It's not supposed to rain in this dungeon!" Snubbull shouted. "Whatever! Just finish that Absol off already!"

"As you command, milady," Brody replied before turning back towards Dust.

But when Brody turned to face Dust, he was surprised to see the Absol no longer screaming. Dust seemed to be equally confused as he stared at the Lucario. Though it was for a moment, Brody doesn't waste another second to bring back his leg to deliver a powerful kick to Dust's head, but even before Brody moved, Dust saw something very strange.

Dust suddenly saw two images of Brody, one being his body, the other one a solid image. He noticed that the solid imaged was about to deliver a kick to his head, which Brody shortly took the same position as the image, copying it's movements. Without really thinking, Dust's body moved on it's own, leaning backwards to dodge the solid image's attack. At the moment, shortly after he saw Brody's attack barely missing him. Both Dust and Brody were shocked that he even dodged that.

While that was going on, however, the rain began to revitalize the dehydrated Goomy. Berry perked up as she was finally getting some much needed moisture back onto her body. She could see Dust was somehow handling his own against Brody, and as much as Berry wanted to help Dust, she knew the best way to help him was to snap Brody out of the Attract, and the best way to do that was to knock out the Pokemon that had her in her grip.

The Snubbull was too distracted watching Brody and Dust that she didn't notice the Goomy in her grip was turning herself around. Berry may not know a lot about herself, but she did know her type charts. She knew Snubbull was a Fairy type, so her Dragon Breath wouldn't do anything, especially considering the first time she chased down Snubbull back in town.. Instead, she looked at the Snubbull in the face before she blasted out the most powerful Water Gun she could manage without her big outburst. The rain boosted the Water Gun's attack, enough so that it caused Snubbull to be blasted a few feet away, after her now moist body slipped out of the Snubbull's fingerless grasp.

Snubbull coughed for a bit, trying to get any water out of her mouth. "You brat! You're gonna regret doing that!"

"You're going to regret trying to kill my partner," Berry hissed.

Snubbull jumped at Berry with her arms moving frantically in the air. "Then let's Play Rough!"

Berry knew that the attack would likely hurt if she got hit by it, so she blasted out another Water Gun at the Snubbull, trying to keep her away. However, as the Snubbull got hit by the Water Gun, she suddenly bit down on the water, and it started to turn to ice. Berry's eyes widened at that and quickly stopped her water attack to hop away from the now frozen Water Gun and the Snubbull still biting it.

Just as Berry hopped away, Snubbull landed right where Berry was moments before. Still swinging her arms randomly, she charged at Berry. "Gonna have to do better than that!"

This Snubbull is crazy! Berry inwardly yelped as she kept trying to hop away, but the Snubbull was easily gaining on her. I have to do something!

Berry shot her Water Gun below her, propelling her body up into the air, barely avoiding the Snubbull's Play Rough once more, but she knew she couldn't keep running forward. So, Berry stopped using her Water Gun and focused in on the Snubbull as her body started falling. The Snubbull looked just as Berry slammed into her with a high falling Tackle attack.

Meanwhile, during Dust and Brody's battle, the Absol had been able to dodge every one of Brody's attacks so far. Dust didn't understand how, but all he knew was that he could see Brody's attack before the Lucario even made them. But despite seeing all his attacks, Dust couldn't find any openings to counter. His body was still in pain from the first time Brody attacked him, and it took all his focus just to dodge the next attack. Unfortunately Dust felt something move underneath his right foot, causing him to stumble. Despite it being for a second, that was all the time Brody needed. Dust saw the attack coming, Brody raising his leg high and delivering a hard crushing blow against the Absol's skull, but despite seeing it coming, Dust knew he had no chance of dodging the attack. So he closed his eyes and braced for the impact, waiting for the blow to come.

But the attack never came. After waiting a few seconds, Dust cautiously opened his eyes to see Brody's leg was only a few inches from his head. Brody then moved his leg back to the ground while rubbing his head.

"Brody?" Dust cautiously called out, still wary of the Lucario. "Are you alright?

Brody shook his head, as though trying to wake up. "...Yeah...just give me a second to...clear my head."

Dust gave a sigh of relief. "That's good to hear. For a moment I really thought you were gonna hit me."

"Hit you?" Brody asked while having a puzzled look. "What are you talking about?"

Before Dust could say anything, he and Brody heard what sounded like loud screeching. Both of them turned to where they heard the screaming. The Snubbull used Ice Fang on Berry, who let out a scream from the attack. Her Defense Scarf saved her from a potentially fatal wound, but the ice was starting to freeze her body, especially in the rain. Chloe was yelling in worry and fear.

"Get off of her!" Chloe cried before she did a weak version of what appeared to be a Mega Punch at the Snubbull's face in an attempt to get her off of the Goomy.

Though the attack barely seemed to hurt Snubbull, it was enough to annoy her to let go of Berry and turn her attention back to Chloe.

"You're going to pay for that," Snubbull growled darkly.

Chloe shivered as she backed away from the angry bull dog Pokemon.

"Stop!" Berry, despite being half frozen, managed to latch herself onto the Snubbull's back to keep her from hurting Chloe. "You won't hurt Chloe!"

Snubull pushed Berry off of her, due to Berry's half frozen state, she couldn't stick to the Snubbull as much as she hoped. Turning back to Chloe, the Snubbull started making her way towards her, intent on taking her hostage once more. But just as she is within reach of Chloe, an Aura Sphere came blasting between them, stopping Snubbull in her tracks.

"That was your only warning," Brody shouted. "If you harm them any more so help me Mew that I won't show you any mercy!" With that his aura was pulsing threatening from his body.

The Snubbull looked at Brody. Then she gave a wink before hearts started going towards Brody. Seeing this, Berry managed to jump herself towards the hearts, making the hearts go to her instead. Because Snubbull and Berry were the same gender, however, the Attract had no effect on her.

"You're not taking him… not again…" Berry hissed, though the ice was starting to creep through her body.

The Snubbull took a step back as she accessed her current situation. She had hoped to gain control of Brody again but Berry would make sure that wouldn't happen. She looked at Dust but seeing how much damage he had already taken she knew he wouldn't be of much help. And as long as Brody was there, she couldn't see an opportunity to grab Chloe without being attacked by the Lucario.

"Looks like you've realized it," Brody spoke up. "You can leave now or we can take you back to our guild for kidnapping. Your choice."

The Snubbull growled. "I'll let you leave for now. But I will return and I will get the Syzygy."

With that said, the Snubbull ran to the other side of the dungeon, going to the next floor, and disappearing. With the outlaw gone, Berry could finally relax. The rain above them stopped, and the dark clouds parted, allowing the unforgiving hot sun beat down on them again. Though for once, Berry was grateful for the sun since it was melting the ice that was on her.

Chloe hugged Berry since she was the closest. "I'm glad you came… I was so scared."

Dust and Brody walked up to them, both also glad to finally have Chloe back.

"It's okay Chloe," Brody said. "It's over now."

"And it was very brave of you to attack that Snubbull. If you hadn't, Berry might have been completely frozen," Dust added. "And she might not have been able to stop the Snubbull's Attract on Brody."

"I'm… I'm just glad you're all okay…" Chloe said, still looking a bit shaken up. "Um… c-can we go home now? I want to be with Mommy."

"Yeah…" Berry answered. "Home sounds heavenly right now."

"I couldn't agree more," Dust nodded before grabbing his badge.

With that Dust used the badge to teleport them all out of the Dungeon. Now that they were finally out, Dust already noticed the difference in temperature and was glad to finally be out, but he was sure Berry was even more so to be out of the desert.

Brody picked up Berry, who still had some ice on her, and Chloe. "Come, let's get home quickly, these two may need medical attention."

"What about you Dust? You did get hurt a lot," Chloe asked, remembering seeing how badly Dust was from Brody's recent attack.

"That's right...I did," Dust said mostly to himself, but he was confused.

Before his entire body was in pain, but now he only felt exhausted and a bit numb. He wasn't sure if it was due to all the adrenaline from his fight with Brody, but now that they were out he should be feeling all sorts of pain through his body.

"When did you get hurt?" Brody asked. "You actually seem pretty fine to me."

"It might be best to talk about it later, after we're at the guild," Berry suggested. I'd rather not deal with a guilt ridden Lucario right now.

"Very well," Brody was still wondering why Chloe asked about Dust, but he figured he could find out later.

With that the group begin to make their way back to the guild.


DarkFoxKit: *manages to turn on the camera* Traveling Master, think you're able to answer back the reviewers now? I think we're safe at the moment… also, eew, you're dripping goo everywhere.

Traveling Master: *I was breathing heavily as I looked around, making sure the coast was clear* Yeah, don't remind me. But I agree, we should be safe. At least long enough to answer the reviews.

Greatest Guy: DarkFoxKit: Yeah, I can imagine going through a desert is hard. You and your puns, you trying to give Chihiro ideas? Though Berry can't really use Rain Dance at will yet.

Guest #1: Traveling Master: Glad to know that you enjoyed the chapter. And I agree, staying at home helps to keep the virus from spreading even more.

Brody didn't want Berry to suffer any more, and he also knew that on his own he could move much faster through the dungeon. It was the most logical option for the group at the time. And yes, the guild Team Night Tide is called the Unity Guild. As for Gale that was mentioned, sorry but you'll just have to wait and see. As for Dust's questions, I'll try to answer them all if none of them are spoiling anything for you and the readers.

Gale was the Crusader Jade met last time. Yes, he was the one to teach her. Can't really say. Again, can't really say. With the teaching Jade had recieved from Gale, she has been able to show the other Trapinch to act more intelligent compared to other wild Trapinch, but for the most part, they are still wild. If a Wild Pokemon became Civilized, then it is possible for them to teach other Wild Pokemon. And I believe that's all the questions Dust had asked.

DarkFoxKit: Berry is at around level 18 to probably 20 right now. She didn't truly learn Rain Dance, she can only use it when she's desperate enough. In the anime, they actually said Pokemon are capable of using moves they haven't learned when pushed in a tough situation. As for Dust, he's probably around level 23 to 25 right now. How learning moves work, however, is different than in the games. They can learn new moves, but it's not always spontaneous, they would have to practice using a new move before they perfected it. Berry's Dragon Breath, for example, is weaker than normal unless she's using it during one of her outbursts, she needs to get it trained for it to become stronger.

Traveling Master: Concerning Dust, I believe DF explained it pretty well. Despite being a higher level, game wise the Absol would automatically learn the moves and use them with no problems. But in the story, it would take practice. Dust knows his signature move, Ice Beam, followed by Bite, Protect, and Slash. He might learn other moves in the future, but it will take time and practice to get the hang of. Some moves are easier to learn than others.

ArcherAmpharos: DarkFoxKit: The shiny Trapinch was just an easter egg I wanted to put in among the Trapinch, but TM decided to make her block Dust's path, and she just kinda became a somewhat important character. Heh, they'll run into Gale eventually. Berry hasn't truly learned Rain Dance, she can't use it on command. It was a move she used out of desperation. Berry won't be able to use Rain Dance again unless it becomes absolutely necessary right now. As for that rock Dust found… heh, let's just say you should keep it in mind~

FoxyKhai0209: Traveling Master: Well it never hurts to be prepared. Wish you the best of luck. Glad you enjoyed the chapter. And no need to worry about Brody too much, while he may be weak to Ground Pokemon, him and his team have trained a lot and have lots of experience. He knows how to handle himself. And I'm sure he would appreciate your concerns for him… But at the moment, please keep it to a minimum. We are still hiding from are characters and Brody always seems to have a knack for sensing females, especially when they are thinking of him. Besides that, it was indeed lucky for the team Berry had learned the move. Luck was on their side.

DarkFoxKit: Sort of, Berry hasn't truly learned Rain Dance, it was more of an emergency move that came and went. Berry can't quite use it yet, she only used it when she became desperate for water. Think of it as a self defense adrenaline thing.

Guest #2: DarkFoxKit: So the way moves work in this story is mostly inspired from the anime, using the game as a guide for what they could possibly learn. We're not strictly following how moves should be learned from the games. So if it's possible for them to learn it, they can learn it, including egg moves. Egg moves are the offspring inherited the knowledge of how to use that move from their parents, there should be no reason for the Pokemon to not be able to eventually learn that move just because they weren't hatched with it. So if we wanted, Dust and Berry could potentially learn their egg moves, I don't see why they couldn't just because they weren't born with those moves right out of their eggs.

Guest #3: Traveling Master: Thanks, glad you liked it. Egg moves are an interesting topic, but whether or not they do unlock their egg moves, well that's something you'll have to wait and see. Seems like you got pretty lucky with your Absol and Goomy, learning great moves to help them out in battle.

DarkFoxKit: I will say though, that neither of us knew that Goomy could learn Life Dew as an egg move, so that's pretty interesting to know~

Dust: Flamethrower? Now that would be a very interesting move to learn. Can you two make it where I learn the move?

Traveling Master: Dust?! What are you doing here?!

Dust: Oh shush, I know you two are hiding from the others. Don't fret, they don't know you're here. Just couldn't help myself imagine being able to use Flamethrower.

Traveling Master: The answer is no! You already cause enough problems as it is. Now be quiet, we have to finish answering the rest of the reviews! *Dust nodded, but he had other plans of his own*

lonelyboi69: DarkFoxKit: Yeesh, at least I never had it during quarantine, I've already graduated high school by now. But yeah, it was incredibly annoying back then. Didn't help that I was… not very popular in school. I was always the quiet girl nobody wanted to talk to, so everyone got annoyed with me pretty quickly, and I had nobody to really defend me.

Questiontochihir: Traveling Master: The Puns actually came from Chihiro herself. She wasn't even intended to be a pun-loving Dragapult, but it accidently happened and I'm grateful that it did. So Dust being an Absol does open lots of opportunities to use puns. And it also makes Absol my favorite Pokemon pun. While having an Ice Pokemon making constant puns would be awesome, everyone can barely handle Chihiro and her puns, so having another pun loving Pokemon would be torture for them.

Star Aries: Traveling Master: Brody is definitely higher than Dust and Berry. His level would roughly be around 33 to 35. Grant would be around 35 to 37. As for Al...hmm… We'll let that one be a surprise later. But out of the three, Grant is currently the strongest.

Ruby Spice: DarkFoxKit: Heh, thanks, it's a fun story for us, and we're writing it with passion. We have a lot of ideas too, so we're very motivated to keep going. The only thing stopping us is bad time management.

Traveling Master: I guess that's one bright side to this whole virus mess. We actually have more time to work on our time management.

Dust: Oh TM~ DF~

Traveling Master. Dust?! I told you to be quiet!

Dust: Oh, I know. But since you refused to teach me Flamethrower, I thought it would only be fair… *Dust then opened the door, revealing all our characters on the other side* ...if I told the others where you two were hiding.

DarkFoxKit: Screw you, Dust!