Craw opened his eyes slowly. He felt an enormous headache and his vision was blurry. He groaned in pain as he tried to stand up. "I should get myself a helmet..." He looked around and nearly puked from the dizziness he got from it. "Ugh..." He tripped over his own feet and fell onto his knees and paws. He panted as if he just ran a marathon. He regretted it a bit that he saved Sam from this. He touched his head and felt something warm and wet on it. As he looked at his paw he saw blood. "Oh... Just great... Where are the oran berries?" He tried to grab into his bag but it was gone. He looked around as slow as he could trying not to get dizzy again. The bag was lying on the ground not far from him and he could see a Rattata that was halfway in it. Craw hissed and the Rattata squeaked quickly backing out of the bag staring at the Riolu. Craw growled angrily and the Rattata scurried away seemingly not wanting to fight. Craw was thankful for that since he really didn't feel fit for a fight. He slowly crawled to the bag and searched inside of it for oran berries. He found one and ate it right away. After some seconds he felt already better. He sighed and looked into the bag. The most of the berries were eaten up and only two more oran berries as well as a pecha and a cheri berry. He sighed again. At least the cape and the tanto were still there. He wanted to take his badge to teleport out of the dungeon but it wasn't there anymore. He looked around but couldn't see it anywhere. He closed his eyes trying to use his aura ability to see if it was somewhere else on this floor but it wasn't anywhere. He grit his teeth and slowly stood up. "Well... no time to sit around..." He touched his head carefully. He had a little wound on the head but it wasn't deep. He guessed two more oran berries and everything would be fine again but on the other side he didn't know how far he had to go to get out of this dungeon. Maybe he would need the berries. He took his bag and looked around a bit. He felt that his stamina was low and that he would need an apple or something else to eat if he wanted to get till the end of the dungeon and he would definitely need more berries. He sighed and went on.

"But we have to do something!" He grit his teeth.
Anubis sighed. "I wish we could but as long as there are still other teams in the dungeon we can't send anyone into it. Normally the badge would have sent him out as soon as he fainted but somehow it didn't. Maybe he lost it or maybe the bade is destroyed... If he still had his badge he would for sure have used it till now and be here."
Brighton looked to him angrily. "And why don't we just go in there and search for him?"
Anubis shook his head. "It is because of all the teams in the dungeon. We don't know why but if there are many explorers in a dungeon it won't let them find a missed Pokémon... That is also why jobs in a dungeon are always just for one team and why exploration teams are restricted to only a few Pokémon. Traveling through a dungeon is no problem with many Pokémon but being on a resque mission is something completely else. if you have more than six Pokémon in your team you won't be able to find your client..."
Brighton looked to him. "Then let's go in there and find him! Just you, me, Sam and Sammy!"
Anubis shook his head. "That won't work. The dungeon somehow reacts to the badges. See they are the most important item for the security of the teams to make sure nothing happens to them but if there are too many of those badges in the dungeon it reacts like if there are too many Pokémon in one team for the mission." He sighed. "We will have to wait till the other teams are out of the dungeon..."
Brighton looked at the tower grimly. "Hopefully he can wait that long..."

Craw sighed and looked down at the defeated feral Pokémon. "Is it just me or do they get more?" He looked around. "Well at least there is nobody around who could see me talking with myself." His belly growled. He sighed. "Five floors and still no apple..." He used his aura ability again. Again there was no apple around and the berries get less. He sighed and looked into his bag. He had found three more oran berries and a pecha berry. At least he had cured his head by now but he had to find an apple. He went to the next stairs. As he entered the next floor he found himself surrounded by a lot Rattatas and a Raticate. He knew he had stumbled into a nest. He sighed. He just wanted to get past them but they wouldn't let him that he was sure about.
The Raticate growled and three of the Rattatas attacked him. Craw swiftly grabbed one of them at it's tail and whirled around hitting the others with it. Before they could recover he took out his tanto and readied to attack with it.
One of the Rattata he hit seemed to recover fast and attacked him right again.
Craw just swung his tanto using the Fury Cutter. As the Rattata landed on the ground with cut open guts he nearly puked. Instead he turned around looking at the others.
Most of them seemed scared and didn't move a whimper staring at him angrily and fearful. Only three went closer to him slowly and wary. The Raticate on their side growled and seemed ready to attack.
Craw glared at them. "Stay away from me or you will end up like him."
The Raticate growled and jumped at Craw.
Craw dodged them and prepared his Focus Punch. As the Raticate jumped at him again Craw punched him hard. He could neatly feel the Raticate's skull break under his punch. He glared at the Rattatas that now were rally scared of him. He growled at them. "Run!"
They squeaked and scurried away scared.
Craw sighed as they were gone and nearly fell on his knees. He felt really weak. He needed something to eat but he didn't want to eat the berries yet... His belly growled from hunger and he already wanted to take ot one of the oran berries. "Damn... If I just had..." He widely opened his eyes and looked to the dead Raticate. He couldn't could he? He grit his teeth. There was some wood lying around too. Maybe the Rattatas had taken them here or maybe they were furniture for as the tower was finished... He sighed. That was the best option even though he didn't like the thought. He quickly collected some of the wood and put it onto a pile. He used Flare Kick to set them afire. He then went with his tanto to the Raticate. He started to cut into it. He nearly felt like if he knew exactly what to do. He took care to not cut into the guts or it would ruin the taste of the meat. He then cut away the skin before he cut out a big hunch of meat from the Raticate. He sighed and looked to the meat. He then took his paws. They were all bloody. He went with the meat to the fire and pierced a thick stick through it before roast it over the fire. After a while he took the meat again and bite into it. It was chewy and tasted terrible but his hunger made him gulp it down. It was the worst meat he ever ate. He would have puked if he wouldn't need something to eat and his body seemed to see it the same way so he continued to eat hungry.

Brighton was running circles. "Damn it... I hate to just sit around here..."
Ariela was also very nervous but she didn't know if it was because she felt the nervousness of the others or if it was her own. "I know what you mean but we can't help it right now..."
Anubis sighed as he went to them. "Ten more teams and we can go inside." He looked to him. "But you will have to stay here. I have formed a team for the rescue."
Brighton looked to him with a mixture of nervousness, anger and shock. "But-"
"No buts. You will have to stay calm. You are all too nervous and would make everything harder for me to concentrate. I know how you feel and I have to admit that I am nervous too but I can keep it under control. If you rush too fast at a rescue mission you can make grave mistakes."
Brighton gritted his teeth. "Yeah... I have to take care of Fletcher... He is upset and nearly attacked someone who just wanted to talk with him..." He turned to go to the Fletchling.
Ariela sighed and looked to Anubis. "Please rescue him."
Anubis nodded. "Don't worry. We will find him."
Ariela went to a rock and sat down on it starting to cry. She didn't even know why she cried. She knew Craw was able to take care of himself but somehow she was so scared that something could happen to him that she was crying. She felt Kathrin's paw on her shoulder.
"Are you OK?"
Ariela turned to her. "Why you ask? Is it because I am crying or is it because the one I love the most is missed?"
Kathrin sighed. "Sarcasm doesn't fit you." She looked to Ariela. "I know you are strong and we both know he is strong. He will get out of there don't worry."
Ariela nodded nervously. "I know... I just wish..."
Kathrin nodded. "I know... If something would happen to him..." She looked to Damion, Brighton and Fletcher. "I wouldn't know what to do."
Ariela sighed and nodded wiping her tears away. "Why you don't tell him already."
Kathrin rolled her eyes. "You know why... That kind of stuff is not really my thing."
Ariela grinned weakly. "Well... I hope you will tell him soon. You two really need to sort this out before we form a team or it will get in the way..."
Kathrin sighed. "I know..."

Craw rubbed his paws a bit clean at the fur of the Raticate. At least he wasn't hungry anymore. He sighed as he saw that his paws wouldn't get much cleaner. Maybe the smell of blood would keep away some of the feral Pokémon... He stood up and went to the next corridor. He wondered how many floors he would have to go through till he would reach the end. He was sure that if he reached the top he would be able to climb down at the outside. He reached the stairs of the floor and smiled. "At least I have some challenge." He grinned grimly. Maybe that was his wish for a challenge coming true... He sighed and stepped up the stairs. He looked around as he found himself in a new room. Nothing was in there. He sighed and checked his aura to see the rest of the floor. Nothing much was there. In another room was a nest with some flying types. He would avoid them since the stairs were in a completely different room. The room with the stairs seemed to be free from Pokémon. He grinned. "Well at least I am getting forward pretty fast..." He went to the stairs and continued his travel.

Anubis sighed as the last team finally appeared at the entrance of the dungeon. "OK. Everyone listen. I want all of you to follow William to the guild. He will make the reviews with you. Brighton, Ariela, Damion, Kathrin and Fletcher you may stay here but don't enter the dungeon till we come back. I promise you that I will find Craw."
The others went with William back to the guild.
Brighton nodded. "Please don't need too long..."
Ariela looked to her father. She waited till the others were far enough away so they wouldn't hear them. "Father... Please bring him back."
Anubis looked to her a bit surprised but with a wide smile. It was the first time she called him that way. "Don't worry. I will bring him back."
Fletcher squeaked. "I come with you."
Anubis shook his head. "No you can't. I have created the best team for this job and they will be here soon. We will find him don't worry."
Damion sighed. "I hope he isn't hurt or something..."
Kathrin wanted to punch the Buizel but she stopped. He was just a worried kid after all. "Stop being that pessimistic. He is strong. He managed to outrun me two times now. He will be fine."
Damion nodded.
Anubis nodded. "He is probably just searching for a way out if he lost his badge."
Brighton looked to him with curiosity. "Who will go with you?"
Anubis grinned. "Some friends." He nodded looking to someone who was standing behind the group.
As they turned around there were Serene, Siver and Silver but also someone else.
Brighton was very surprised as he saw a familiar face that had trained him nearly his whole life. "Lux? You go with them too?"
The Luxray grinned. "I never told you didn't I? I know Craw too... I mean before he died back then."

Craw sighed. Luckily he was able to avoid the most feral Pokémon through his aura sensing ability but some were unavoidable. He knew he wouldn't last long anymore. His attack energy was low and he had already run through twenty floors. The tower wasn't even that high from the outside. He should already have reached the top since some time and he guessed it was one of the mysteries that the inside was larger than the outside. He sighed again. He needed to continue. Hopefully he would reach the top soon. He found the stairs of the floor and stepped them up. He should now be at the 37th floor or something. He looked around as he was through the void and found himself in a wide room. There wasn't even any corridor. Only the staircase to the next room and a statue. He went to the statue and looked at it with curiosity. It looked like a Kangaskhan. He remembered it from the lessons. It was a savepoint. The so called Kangaskhan-storage. He sighed. He wished he still had his badge then he could use it. On the other side he would have left the dungeon already if he still had his badge. He went to the stairs and went them up. He was confused as he found himself in nearly the same room again. Just one thing seemed to be different. The Kangaskhan statue was gone this time. He looked around confused. He had a really bad feeling about it. He felt like if he forgot something. He looked around nervously. The ground shook a bit. Craw gritted his teeth. What did he forget? A shadow detached itself from the wall and Craw stared at it. Of course. A boss room. Anubis said it once in the lessons. He sighed nervously as the shadow formed a Rhydon. He was a bit confused. He never saw a Rhydon or a Rhyhorn in the dungeon but he pushed the thought aside.
The Rhydon charged at him and Craw swiftly dodged it.
He grinned. Now he wished he never wanted a bigger challenge. He prepared his Ice Punch. This Rhydon was much higher level than he was that he was sure about.
The Rhydon charged at him again with a glowing horn but Craw dodged him again giving him a punch into the side using his Ice Punch. The Rhydon roared angrily and with turning around he swung his glowing arm at Craw but Craw ducked under the attack and punched with his Ice Punch at the Rhydon again. He growled and jumped away from the Rhydon as it growled in rage. His Ice Punch wasn't doing shit to this Rhydon. He was hopelessly underlevelled. Then something happened that nearly made him drop a heartbeat. Sand started to fly around. Craw grit his teeth and closed his eyes as he was hit by the sand feeling how it harshly patter on his fur. "Damn... Now Sandstorm of all moves..." He concentrated. With all the sand flying around it would be dumb to open his eyes so he tried his aura senses instead. He nearly opened his eyes as he saw something that really confused him for a moment. He could not only see the Rhydon move but it looked like if the Rhydon pulled a track behind itself of several versions of it's body. He stood there for a moment like paralyzed from the confusion but then he got himself out of his state and barely dodged the Rhydon. He started running grimly and thought about it for a moment before remembering something that Anubis told him once. If aura users have trained enough they would be able to foresee enemies attacks and moves. Craw grinned grimly but immediately regretted it spitting out sand. That this ability came to him at this point was some luck but it wouldn't help much if he wasn't able to land some harder hits onto the Rhydon. The Ice Punch was for sure very effective against the Rhydon but it wasn't a very strong move. His Focus Punch would for sure make some damage to the rock type but it wouldn't help Craw if he couldn't concentrate his focus for some time and the way the Rhydon was charging at him all the time let him doubt that he had that time. His Blaze Kick would be no option at all. It was a pretty good move but against a rock type it would be wasted. He would have to continue to attack with Ice Punch and hope the best to freeze the Rhydon and then collect as much energy with Focus Punch as possible to defeat it with one hit...
The Rhydon charged at him again.
Craw could see the energy it was focusing in it's horn through his aura sense. Again he dodged the attack and hit him with an Ice Punch. He nearly jumped out of joy as he saw through his senses how the Rhydon stopped in his movement like a frozen statue. He panted hard and nearly all his energy was used. He didn't know if his he had enough to defeat the Rhydon with his Focus Punch. Then he remembered something and made a grim grimace. If he used that he had to make sure to kill the Rhydon or it would kill him as soon as the Rhydon would wake up. He grabbed the pendant that was hanging at his necklace. He concentrated onto it sending some energy into it and nearly fell over by the sudden rush of energy coming from it. He felt incredible and it felt like if the sandstorm that was howling around him had stopped. As he slowly opened his eyes he couldn't believe what he saw. It was like if time had stopped. The sand was hanging in the air still moving but so slow that it wasn't bothering him at all anymore. He shook himself a bit and started concentrating on his energy. He was a bit confused as he felt more than just one energy source and first he thought it was the pendant but then he felt that both sources were within himself. One was like the one he commonly felt just much much bigger but the other was different. It felt a bit like when he used his aura senses and somehow it didn't make sense to him but it was energy and he would for sure not waste it. So he tapped into both resources and used them to prepare a Focus Punch. He focused on it and as he saw how slowly cracks appeared on the ice that was covering the Rhydon he collected as much energy into his fist as possible.
As the Rhydon broke free it must have been like a bad dream for it.
Craw released his Focus Punch as soon as the Rhydon was free of ice. He noticed something strange about the punch since it was like if a thick blue layer of energy was covering his fist as it rushed towards the Rhydon's chest. As the attack connected he could see how the chest plates of the Rhydon broke flying around in slow motion but Craw didn't stop. He concentrated again and repeated the attack. He could see blood coming out of the spot he punched. He ran around the Rhydon swiftly and punched it again this time in the back. As soon as the attack connected he prepared another attack and jumped over the Rhydon hitting him onto the head from above now. As soon as he landed he gave him another hit onto the side and repeated that on the other side. He landed one punch after the other and as soon as he noticed that the sand started moving faster and faster again he stopped and closed his eyes again. He used his aura sense again and panted hard. His energy was dropping at an alarming rate and as the Rhydon finally hit the ground he felt how it's aura was slowly fading. Craw panted hard and exhausted but happy with a wide grin on the face. He had won the fight and would survive for now. His arms and legs suddenly felt very sore and heavy. Without him having any control over it he felt how he fell onto his knees and then completely dropped onto the ground. He felt very tired and exhausted. A little nap wouldn't harm he thought. Then everything around him went black again.

Anubis growled angrily. "It's nearly like if the dungeon tries to stop us..."
Siver sighed and let the dead Rattata fall to the ground. "All these feral Pokémon that attack us all of a sudden is slowing us down pretty much... "
Anubis nodded. "Yeah and the stairs are always as far away from us as possible... And every time we try to avoid the feral Pokémon they seem to wander to get into our way..."
Silver nodded. "The most alarming to me is that those who normally would flee as soon as they notice us seem to carelessly attack us... Like if someone is controlling them and order them to attack us..."
Serene sighed. "Something is definitely odd here... I can sense the work of some psychic type but I can't make out who it is or what they are doing..."
Lux looked to her surprised. "Do you want to tell me someone is able to hide something from you? A psychic type that is even stronger than you are?"
Serene nodded. "There are some but just a few... I know of only three so far and even though I think there are some more I doubt they are much... And that alarms me that one of them could be here..."
Anubis nodded now even more worried. "Let's try to get as fast forward as possible... I worry someone is planning something here... The pitfall trap, all these feral Pokémon and the fact that Craw didn't use his badge is something that... I think someone is playing a game with us here and I don't like that idea..."
The other four nodded and they ran to the next stairs.

Brighton kicked away a pebble that was lying around. "Damn they really take their time..."
It was dark already and Brighton was worried sick as well as everyone else.
Especially Ariela seemed to be in a state that was a mixture of depression and hysteria. In one second she was crying and in the next the others had to do their best to hold her from running into the dungeon. Kathrin sighed and rubbed her back with her paw as Ariela was crying again. "Anubis swore he would bring Craw back. He is one of the strongest Pokémon I know if not THE strongest... He will bring Craw back alive."
Ariela looked to her for a moment. Even Kathrin who knew her for so long time now never saw that look on her face now. Not even as Ariela's mother died she looked like this. Pure despair was on her face. Then she cried again.
Kathrin hugged her softly not knowing how else to help her.
Damion didn't know what to do so he decided to do what Fletcher did and just sat down somewhere nearby and watch the tower nervously.
William slowly flew to them and sat down on the ground. He placed a bag he had carried on his back on the ground carefully. "I know you are worried but you have to eat something. I brought you something." He opened the bag and took out some boxes with food. It wasn't much but at least it would fill their bellies.
Ariela nearly screamed at him. "HOW CAN SOMEONE THINK IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS ON FOOD?!"
William backed up a step from the sudden scream but soon collected his calm self. He looked to her nervous and it was obvious that he didn't know what to respond.
It was Fletcher who first said something as he slowly hopped to the boxes. "Ariela I understand that you are worried. I am worried too. You must feel much worse since you and Craw are..." He seemed to think a moment to find the correct word. "a pair. Look at it this way. If you faint out of hunger you won't be of any help and as soon as Craw comes back he will worry about you. Do you want that?"
Ariela wanted to respond something in her anger but it seemed like his words made sense to him. She slowly went to the boxes and opened two of them giving one to Fletcher before starting to eat from the other.
Fletcher seemed to be very calm and started eating from the box. After some bites he stopped. "Craw is strong. He is the reason I am here. He respects Anubis very much. He told me that Anubis is much stronger than him. I have no doubt Anubis and the other guild leaders will find him." Then he continued eating.
Ariela was a bit surprised by the faith the Fletchling seemed to have in Anubis and the others but as she looked to him she could see that even he was trembling. It was nearly not visible and only because she was so close to him right now she could see it at all. She put her box down and hugged the bird who surprisingly didn't complain a bit about it. "Thank you." She let off of him and took some deep breaths. As she calmed down a bit she noticed that her fear, anger and despair had blocked out the emotions of the others. Now that she had calmed down a bit she felt that the bird was also extremely worried even though not as much as she was. The Fletchling surprised her every day a bit.
The others came to them as well and all of them ate quietly.

Craw groaned as his senses slowly came back. He never felt that tired. He had to cough a bit by the sand that was in his mouth and nostrils. He didn't feel any pain except from his skin that was surely wound from the Sandstorm but more alarming was that he couldn't move his body. It felt to him like an eternity till he was able to move his arms enough to be able to push himself up to sit up. He felt sand running down from his body. He felt that the sand was really everywhere between his fur and he carefully rubbed his eyes taking much care to not rub the sand into his eyes but out of them. After that he tried to clean his face. As the sand was mostly out of his mouth and face he opened his eyes and slowly looked around. The Rhydon was still lying next to him and everything was covered in a layer of sand. He slowly grabbed into his bag and grabbed the remaining oran berries. Even his bag was full of sand and he wiped it off. As soon as they were mostly clean he ate them feeling a bit better. It wasn't much but at least it seemed enough to stand up. As he was back on his feet his legs were pretty wobbly. He shook himself a bit trying to get more sand off himself. "Damn... I will need more than one bath to get that out of my fur..." He flicked his ears. Even in them was sand. He had to sneeze and more sand left his nostrils. He sighed and looked around. There was only the Rhydon and the stairs. He wasn't sure if the Rhydon's meat was edible at all and he wouldn't try it if he couldn't roast it first. Feral Pokémon wouldn't have mind probably but he was sure that he would have to puke as soon as he would try to bite into it. The only options to him were now to either wait till someone would try to rescue him or to continue. He sighed and went to the stairs. Everything was better than sitting around.
As he reached the next floor he nearly freaked out. It was just a small room compared to the room before and an Onix would have fit into the room but wouldn't be able to move much around in it. The thing that made him feel doomed was the fact that neither there were any stairs nor there were any exit in the room. No corridor or window or something. Only plain walls, a ceiling and a floor. That and eight chests arranged in a circle around him. This was a treasure room that he was sure. He never heard of this dungeon having one but maybe the guild leaders kept it a secret so no Pokémon would try to reach it and run into the boss room... He sighed again. Since he had nothing else to do and since there wasn't any exit he went to the first chest and opened it. In it was a hooded coat. He sighed and emptied his bag from sand before he put the coat into his bag. Then he continued with the second chest finding goggles in them. He put them on but nothing changed much so he guessed whatever they were good for was not in this room. The next chest had some kind of glove and Craw guessed it was probably a move item. The fourth chest was more interesting to him. In it were five white seeds and if he remembered it right they were reviver seeds. He put them into the bag and smiled weakly. At least they would revive him if he would faint from hunger and their magic would even fill his belly preventing him a while from starving. The fifth box had a ribbon that reminded him of a picture he saw in a book that showed a mach ribbon. Brighton would for sure love that item he thought. As he looked in the seventh box he found a blue disc that was for sure a water type move but he couldn't tell what move so he put it away too. The last box was filled with a big sack and Craw already knew what was inside before he opened it. He grinned weakly as he saw the golden coins and closed the sack again putting it into his bag. He would have been happy about his luck if he wouldn't be stuck in this room now. He didn't know how to leave and so he had no other choice than to close the chest again and sit down on it. He sighed. "I hope Anubis will send help..."

Anubis looked at the Kangaskhan statue nervously. "That is really not good... The dungeon is evolving..."
Silver nodded. "We should make sure to be prepared for the next rooms..."
Lux rolled his eyes. "We are all top explorers Silver. We all know that there will probably be a boss room ahead of us if here is a save point."
Siver glared at the Luxray. "Be careful with your tongue. This is my brother you are speaking with."
The Luxray looked to him calmly. "You wanna say something with that?"
Siver growled lowly. "You know exactly what I mean."
Silver grinned calmly. "Siver calm down. I can fight my own fights."
Siver looked to him. "Then don't let them talk to you like this."
Serene sighed. "Please boys calm down a bit."
Anubis held his badge on the statue and the statue glowed a bit. "Stop this and come. We have to hurry. Craw might be in grave danger." He went ahead to the stairs.
The others quickly activated the statue as well using their badges. Then all of them continued.
As they saw the next room Anubis stared at the Rhydon surprised, confused and shocked. "What in the name of Arceus happened here?"
Silver looked at the Rhydon closer. "Hmm... That guy was punched up really hard... Whoever did this used some really hard hits. Do you think it was Craw?"
Anubis ran ahead to the next stairs. "Hardly! Rhydons are on much higher levels than Craw is right now!" He ran up the stairs and the others quickly followed.
It needed some time till they reached the next floor.
Anubis looked around nervously seeing the empty chests.
"You really took your time..." Craw was still sitting on the one chest as the Lucario turned around looking at him.
Anubis nearly jumped at him and hugged him. "Damn... I don't know if I should be angry or happy to see you..."
Craw chuckled. "Can we please leave? I can barely stay awake any longer..."
Anubis nodded and looked to him. "How the hell did you defeat that Rhydon? It must have been much stronger than you..."
Craw just pointed to the power enhancer. "It came in pretty handy... I don't know how long I passed out tho..."
Anubis nodded and looked to the chests. "This room is new as well... Don't tell anyone of the others about it please... Chest rooms reset after leaving them... If the others know about this chest room they will try to get up here but before we let anyone into the tower again we will have to make some researches... It is thirteen floors higher than originally..."
Craw nodded. "Can we talk about that later please?" He sighed. "I am tired and get back..."
Anubis nodded and the others took out their badges.
Craw sighed. "I could need a hand... I don't think I can walk on my own anymore... this enhancer did an amazing job but the drawback is really hard..."
Anubis nodded and helped him up and lend him an arm so the Riolu could walk. Then all of them teleported out with their badges.

Ariela was walking in circles. It was pretty late already and the moon was shining from above them.
Fletcher was sitting on a nearby tree and it seemed like if he was sleeping.
Brighton was playing with a pebble turning it with his feet over and over again.
Damion was sitting leaned on the tree that was Fletcher sitting on and had his eyes closed but he wasn't sleeping. He was thinking about something.
Kathrin sighed sitting near the entrance calmly and looked from one of them to the others. She sighed. "Ariela you are making me nervous."
Ariela sighed. "Sorry... I am just nervous and need to do something..."
"Then how about you help Craw walking?" Anubis grinned widely as they appeared out of the nothing.
Ariela wasn't able to hold back anymore and jumped at the Riolu.
Craw, who was surprised by that, fell onto his back with Ariela lying on him now. He blushed and smiled. "Hey there... Seems I made you worry."
Ariela on her side had tears in her eyes and just hugged him tightly. "Please never do that again..."
Craw chuckled. "Can't promise that but I can promise I will make sure to not lose my badge again..."
Brighton smiled and went to them. "You really kept us worried here. You know how long you were inside there?"
Damion and Kathrin just stood nearby and watched the scene amused.
Fletcher flew down from his branch and landed next to Craw. "I knew you would come out again."
Craw chuckled and rubbed the Fletchling's head. "Thanks for your faith in me."
Ariela still hugged Craw like if she didn't want to let go of him.
Silver chuckled. "I think we should let them some privacy." He left and Siver, Lux and Serene followed him.
Anubis smiled and looked at them for a moment. "How about we go back to the guild? Ariela? Damion? You should support Craw with walking since you are similar height like him."
Damion nodded:
Ariela kissed Craw before she stood up and she and Damion helped him up.
Craw smiled a bit and put an arm around both of the two.
Together they all went to the guild.
Anubis sighed. "Tomorrow you should take some rest and relax Craw."
Craw shook his head slowly. "No... I just need a night to recover. Also I promised Damion to go on the dungeon training together with him tomorrow..."
Anubis shook his head. "No. We will have to make some researches in the tower dungeon for some time and nobody is allowed to enter it for that time. The pitfall trap is new and the dungeon is ten floors bigger than originally. The save point and the boss room are new as well as the other room." He looked to Craw. "Tomorrow will be free for everyone and in the meantime the other guild leaders and I will think of something for replacement of the dungeon training." He sighed. "You need the day off believe me."
Craw nodded. "OK..."
Ariela smiled and looked to Anubis. "Anubis? Could Craw and I get a room for ourselves tonight? I don't want to leave him yet..."
Craw blushed and looked to her. "Ariela! Why that now?"
Ariela smiled and kissed his cheek. "I just want to be together with you... I won't be able to calm down if we separate now..."
Anubis chuckled. "I can understand that a bit. Sure. If the others are fine with that?"
Kathrin waved a paw. "Yeah sure... Otherwise she will be all upset tonight and won't get any sleep."
Brighton chuckled and nodded. "Yeah."
Damion just giggled and nodded.
Fletcher tilted his head. "You are her love Craw. She was very upset and worried. You should help her to calm down."
Even though Craw was sure that the Fletchling thought of something else he had a point there. He smiled a bit still blushed and nodded. "OK."
Ariela smiled and kissed his cheek again. "Thank you all."
Anubis smiled. "Let's see if we can get something to eat for Craw and then I will look for a free room."
They nodded and went to the canteen.
The canteen was pretty empty and just a few Pokémon that seemed to be from higher ranked teams sat there eating something. Probably they just arrived themselves from some jobs.
Anubis got Craw a plate of food and together the team sat down waiting for Craw while he ate. Anubis on his side went felt them letting them some time to speak and to search for a room.
Craw didn't need long to finish since he was very hungry and then told them about what happened in the dungeon.
Kathrin sighed. "Your power enhancer is really some helpful item..."
Craw grinned grimly. "Yeah. Without it I would be pretty much dead right now." He sighed and looked to his bag. "After that Rhydon I found that treasure room. It had some really neat items that I took." He grabbed into the bag and pulled out the mach ribbon giving it to Brighton. "Here. You will love this."
Brighton looked at the item and widely smiled. "Wow! A mach ribbon!"
Craw nodded. "I thought you could use it the most."
Brighton nodded and put it away.
Then Craw took out the disc. "This is a water type move if I am right. Maybe you can use that Damion."
The Buizel took the disc and looked at it. "Do you know what move it is?"
Craw shook his head. "Maybe Anubis can tell you that." He grabbed into the bag again. "I also found some reviver seeds, a move item that I don't know what move it is in it and a hooded cloak that I don't know what effect it has as well as some goggles but I don't know what they do neither." He showed them the items.
Kathrin looked at the items. "The goggles are goggle specs. The glove seems interesting." She looked at the leather glove that had some plates on it. "Could be a punching move." She put it on and stood up walking to a free spot and tried it out. As she swung her paw it glowed white and some little stars appeared at her fist's side. She shrugged. "Meteor Mash. It's pretty useful and strong."
Craw nodded. "OK... You know what that cape is?"
She looked at the dark blue hooded cape. "Hmm... No... I can't tell... Let's try it out." She took the cape and tried it out.
As she disappeared everyone gasped.
Brighton jumped off his chair and went to Kathrin just stood trying to see if she disappeared or was just invisible.
A squeak was heard from where Kathrin disappeared just seconds ago. "Hey! What the hell you think you doing!" Suddenly out of the nothing Brighton was hit by something and was thrown against the wall.
Brighton growled. "Damn... What was that for?"
Kathrin took off the cape and appeared again. Her face was red like a tamato berry. "What were you thinking?!" She seemed to be very embarrassed.
Craw looked to her with a mixture of surprise and confusion. "You disappeared..."
Brighton growled. "I just was looking if you were still there..."
She hissed at him turned away and dropped the items on the ground. "No reason to do that!" Then she left the room angrily.
Ariela who had watched the scene was also very blushed and embarrassed. She went to Brighton and whispered something into his ear.
Brighton paled and looked to her. "W-What? Oh fuck..." He looked to the door. "I-I will be right back..." He quickly followed the Eevee.
Craw and Damion looked at them completely confused.
Just Fletcher seemed to be calm and observing everything.
Ariela looked at them. "Uhm... I think they should sort that out themselves..."
Damion looked at them completely confused and stood up to collect the items.
The other teams in the canteen seemed to watch them amused.
Then Anubis came back into the canteen. "What's up with Kathrin and Brighton?"
Ariela sighed. "Don't bother them..."
Anubis shrugged. "Well I got a room for you. Come."

Ariela smiled. "Finally some time alone again..."
Craw blushed a bit. "Yeah... I am sorry I made you worry..."
Ariela looked to him. "You just tried to save Sam..."
Craw nodded. "Yeah but I shouldn't have acted so dumb... I should have waited there..."
Ariela smiled and kissed his cheek. "Yeah maybe... But on the other side this showed the leaders that something was really wrong with the dungeon. Also you found all the items and that will help a lot in future."
Craw smiled weakly. "You are really good at this. I mean making others feel better."
Ariela looked to him and grinned. "Well... You would learn that too if you would feel the feelings of others."
Craw smiled and sat onto the bed. "True..."
Ariela smiled and sat next to him. "I felt terrible..."
Craw looked to her nervous. "I am sorry."
Ariela smiled weakly and shook her head. "No... I mean sure at that moment it was terrible but now... I know it's strange but I feel alive. They were my feelings and again I realized just how much I love you." She kissed him.
Craw blushed a bit and kissed her too.
Ariela giggled. "Do you know how cute it is that you are still blushing when we kiss?"
He rubbed his head a bit embarrassed. "Yeah... I don't know why..."
She rolled her eyes grinning. "Who are you lying to? Me or yourself?"
He sighed. "More to myself... I mean I love you. I really do you know it. But somewhere in the back of my head there is this voice telling me that I am still a human..."
Ariela smiled and kissed him. "Not anymore. You are a Riolu now. You said yourself. You died as human and even if you would leave our world you wouldn't ba able to go back there." She took his paws. "That is what you are now. Why don't you just accept it and live this way?"
He smiled. "It is not that easy..." He sighed. "Maybe it's easier for you since you are a Pokémon... You evolved. You already changed from one being to another... It is natural for you."
She tilted her head. "Well... Maybe you are right... I mean I had some problems too getting clear with the thought of becoming a Kirlia before I evolved. But I had some time to think about it and I was a bit excited about it." She kissed him. "Just think about it this way: Nobody will judge you and you are no human anymore. You can't go back so why you don't just go forward?"
He smiled. "Yeah. Probably you are right."
Ariela smiled and kissed his cheek softly. "How about tomorrow we have a date again? We have a free day anyway."
Craw nodded and kissed her cheek softly. "That's a great idea."
She sighed and let herself fall onto the bed. "Did you know that Anubis gave me your and my mom's engagement bracelets?"
He looked to her surprised. "What?"
Ariela smiled weakly. "Maybe he did it to help you getting over it or maybe he thought it would be right because they were the ones of my mom and you... After all the one is yours anyway and the other was my mom's so I would have it now anyways... I mean if my mom would have had them till the end..."
He sighed. "Yeah... That sounds like him... But you are not your mom. I don't want to repeat what I had with your mom. I want this to be our own thing. I want that we have our own bracelets one day..." He widely blushed and looked to her embarrassed. "I-I mean if we would engage one day."
Ariela giggled and grabbed his arm pulling him down so he would lie next to her. "That sounds like a wonderful idea." She looked to him.
He was still blushed and looked to her. He softly nuzzled his nose on hers. "I love you."
She smiled and kissed him. "I love you too Craw."

Author's note: Phew... I don't know why this chapter was so hard to write... Hope you enjoy it
Still could need some cameos for upcoming chapters. Please note me if you are interested.