Well new chapter finally. Sorry it took me a little longer than usual for updating but that is because i have been busy lately with school testing and playing some new games that came out recently. Anyways I will just let you all find out what this chapter is about. Enjoy.

Chapter 16: parting

Point of View Black

I couldn't believe I told Flare of all pokemon in this world about my secrets. It's not that I have anything against him, I just hardly knew him and I diffidently didn't trust him a lot yet. Flare was just sitting there looking shocked by the secret I had just revealed to him. I instantly regretted opening my mouth.

"Your whole family is dead" Flare said in a sad voice sounding really sympathetic towards me. Sadly for him I didn't want his sympathy at the moment.

"Yeah, I have no idea why I told you that though" I said confused by my own actions. Flare then had a look of confusion as he tried to understand what I meant.

"Flare I wouldn't get personally invested in my story. It's just now worth your time" I said with annoyance to how he was reacting to what I said.

"Why's that?" he said in his curious voice.

"Because regardless of whether you considering me a friend or not I'm not staying" I said, Flare just looked disappointed from my decision.

"Why can't you stay and come with us" He said now getting annoyed by my persistence of leaving.

"Because Flare I'm not going to be responsible for pokemon dying because of me. Plus I don't even know if I consider you a friend" My words were very cold and I knew that before I even said it. I didn't really consider Flare a friend but I didn't dislike him either so if Flare hating me would protect everyone then I'll let it be that way to save them. Flare just sat there looking extremely sad. I was now regretting my method of parting ways.

"Fine" He said in a sad but angry voice. I could see the depressed look in his eyes.

"Sorry Flare I know everyone on your team is good pokemon, excluding Gray of course but I can't risk all of your lives over my problems. It's not that I don't like you it's just that I really don't want friends right now and I'm afraid if I get friends and grow connections those around me will die and leave me hollow again. I don't know if I can stand losing everything again so it's best for me to have nothing at all." I really hope he would understand me now because I always hated long goodbyes especially since I decided to go with the asshole route and sever our connection once and for all.

Flare took a deep sigh and looked at me "Will you at least say goodbye to everyone" Flare asked me in a depressed voice. I didn't really see the harm in doing that since it would be in a safe area. The only problem is that he is making this goodbye very long for me and the longer this goodbye lasted the more I wanted to stay, I just wanted to get it over with fast and move on with my pitiful life.

"Yeah I guess I can do that" I said trying my hardest to sound nice. I guess I was now going to go with the good final impression route since being an asshole is no longer an option for me. We then began making our way towards the pokemon center where Kana was being kept along with everyone else.

Point of View Kana

I was now recovered quite a bit and I could now freely move thanks to the pokecenter's medical technology. I was still mildly burned but thanks to some medicines the doctors where able to get the burns to go down, the best part is I wouldn't have scars. I was now waiting for Alex to check out of the pokecenter. Alex looked really depressed and I wouldn't blame him since he didn't know Flare and Gray found Black. I would tell him myself but there was sadly a language barrier between pokemon and humans, so that option was ruled out.

I watched him slowly fill out papers in a very mopey attitude which was a little sad to watch. At least he was in for a big surprise later today when Black finally decides to come back with Flare. I looked outside and I could see Gray pacing around looking pretty angry. I decided I would go see what was up with him so I walked towards the exit of the pokecenter and pushed the doors open with my body and walked towards him.

"You look like you are in a good mood this lovely afternoon" I said jokingly with a smile on my face.

"The hell you smiling at, didn't you just get hospitalized because of that Mew forsaken umbreon" He said in his usual grouchy mood.

"Yeah and I'm just happy everyone survived. It would be flat out wrong to hold it against him" I said in an attempt to justify my mood.

"So you are okay with him being with us knowing those pokemon will be back one of these days to finish the job" He said in a very serious voice.

"Well what would you recommend doing and please give me the nonracist version"

"I say we make him stay the hell away from all of us" Gray said. I took a second to think his idea over and I honestly would have to say I'd agree with him. If Black did stay with us we would all be in grave danger every moment of our lives.

I gave out a deep sigh and looked Gray in the eyes "You are right… If he does stay with us it would not be unrealistic to consider that we could all die in the near future" I said saddened that it had to be this way. Gray just let out a smirk and I felt sickened that I was feeding his racist tendencies what it wanted.

"Good, but he actually already left us for that reason though" Gray said in an awkward voice.

"Then why are you trying to get me to agree with you if he already left" I said annoyed that he would make me make a decision like that for no reason.

"No it's not like that Kana, Flare left to try and get him to come back. I'm talking to you because if he does convince that umbreon then we will have to be the ones to say no to him" Gray was right yet again. The sad part is I knew he was right for the wrong reasons. He mostly wanted to get rid of Black because he hated him and this was just his perfect chance. I just wish Gray at least had a decent reason for hating him.

"I don't know why Flare always has to try and do the right thing and act like nothing bad can ever happen" Gray said in a very agitated voice.

"Because that's just how he is. Flare would do anything to help anyone. I'm not surprised at all by this" I said in an attempt to justify Flares actions. Then off in the distance we could see Flare and Black walking towards us. My heart rate increased a bit at the incoming discussion we were about to have with Black.

"I thought I told you to get lost!" Gray yelled in a vicious growl towards Black.

Black looked unfazed by the comment and wore a look of depression. "I am leaving, but Flare wanted me to say goodbye to everybody that's all" He said in a depressed voice that made me feel bad for him.

Black then looked at me "Kana I'm sorry for what happened to you. I never wanted anyone to get hurt and I'm sorry that I put you in that situation. There is no reason you should have taken the heat of my action's… I didn't mean it like that I promise" Black said in an embarrassed voice. Black now looked really embarrassed, I just simply laughed at the accidental pun he made.

"It's fine Black I'm mostly recovered now so no real harm done" I said in a kind voice trying to make him feel better about his guilt.

Black then looked Gray dead in the eye's his crimson eyes lit up with a determined look. "Gray" Black said as if he was about to try and say goodbye to him "You're an ass and you need mental help" Black said in a really snide voice that was obviously supposed to upset Gray. Gray just gave him a really nasty look and turned his head away from him refusing to make eye contact with him. Then Alex came running out of the building anxiously.

"Black" Alex yelled loud enough for the whole city to hear. Alex then picked him up and gave him a big hug. Black looked very… disturbed by Alex's actions. Alex then set Black down who looked very disturbed from the big hug he received.

"Please for the love of Mew never do that again or I will make you experience true pain" Black said in an intimidating voice. Alex now looked happy again and it made me a little sad that Black had to leave us.

"Black do you know how worried I was, I was out all night in the rain looking for you, all night" He said with an exaggerated voice.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Black said in an annoyed voice while rolling his eyes.

"Well I guess this is goodbye for now" Black said. Alex was now lecturing Flare about wondering off as well so Black took his chance and began departing from us while Alex was distracted.

"Hey Black where do you think you are going!" Alex yelled in an angry voice as he hit Black in the back of the head with a pokeball.

"Mother fu…" was all we heard Black say before he was sucked into the pokeball. Everyone but Alex sat there with our jaws dropped from Alex ruining our parting with Black. I couldn't believe that happened and now Alex was holding a pokemon that was being hunted down by vicious killers and he didn't even know it.

"Did that really just happen" Flare said in denial of what he just witnessed.

"I believe that did just did happen" I said in just as much confusion as him.

"Alright what you all say we head home and pack up for our trip. We are already behind schedule because of this dilemma" Alex said with a big smile on his face. We all just followed his lead back to his dad's condo.

By the time we finally arrived at the condo it was around noon. We were waiting outside the front door waiting for Alex to open it so he and his team could prepare to leave for the second gym. I on the other hand would be crammed up in a small condo all day bored out of my mind. Alex opened the door and we walked into the messy condo.

Alex didn't waste even a split second and instantly began packing equipment to get back to his journey. Gray and Flare where just watching him frantically pack up, while I just lied on the couch bored out of my mind already.

"Alex!" I heard Mr Hayter yell from his bedroom. I was honestly surprised that he was even home at this hour. He mostly worked until very late at night and came home exhausted. Alex put what he was doing on hold and walked towards his dad's room. Mr Hayter then walked out of the room looking extremely tired. I could see bags growing under his eyes from the lack of sleep he has been getting lately.

"Yeah dad" Alex asked Mr Hayter curious on what he wanted from him.

"Are you leaving today as planned or are you going to wait a day after all that trouble you went through looking for your pokemon and did you even find him?" Mr hayter said in an exhausted voice.

"Yes Dad I'm leaving today and yeah I found my pokemon thankfully" Alex said. I was happy to see they were not still arguing after that heated conversation they had last night in the pokecenter.

"That's good to here I guess" Mr Hayter said followed by a yawn. "Anyways I'm leaving on a business trip and I will be gone for a few months"

"You are, where to?" Alex said.

"Due to protocol I am not allowed to tell you sorry" Mr Hayter said in a lazy voice. Then I remembered what the quilava told me in the pokecenter. I now began wondering what kind of work Mr Hayter did and why the quilava actually knew who he was in the first place. I quickly snapped myself out of those thoughts and tried to act like I never heard those words in the first place.

"Anyways Alex the reason I am actually home is because I needed to ask you a small favor" Mr Hayter's voice was now very stern towards Alex.

"What do you need from me?"

"I'm going to be gone a while and I'm not allowed to bring Kana so I need you to take her with you." I couldn't believe what he was saying. I couldn't believe I was finally going to get out of this cramped up condo and actually get to enjoy the real world. I could now feel excitement flowing through my body.

"Well sure I can take her but didn't you just yell at me for being responsible for her getting hurt" Alex said in a slightly confused voice.

"Yeah and you did screw up their big time. But I know you're a smart kid and I know you learn from your mistakes so I am going to trust you not to get her killed or something along those lines"

"Sure I'd love to take her with" Alex said with a big smile on his face.

Flare then walked over towards me with a smile on his face. "I guess you are joining up with us now huh" He said in a cheerful voice.

"Yeah I know I can't wait to go now" I said in an excited voice. I didn't really know what to expect outside Luminose city but I was highly anticipating quite an adventurous journey.

"Alex" Mr Hayter said with a serious voice "I don't care if you train her for gym battle and honestly I don't think it would be bad for her to learn so she knows how to defend herself properly, but you can't injure her or push her to hard. Just remember she isn't used to that kind of life so be sure to go easy on her" Mr Hayter said in serious voice.

I now felt a little nervous since Alex would be training me to fight. Other than the fight with that charmander I have never been in a fight before once in my life, for a matter of fact when I was fighting the charmander I was mostly just dodging and keeping as much distance between us as possible, I didn't even hit him once. So the thought of learning to fight was a little scary and made me feel a little sick.

"I will try my best to not put her in any form of danger, I promise" Alex said in a confident voice.

Mr Hayter just looked at him as if he was annoying him "Do don't try Alex" He said in a serious voice.

"I will" Alex said in an annoyed voice while rolling his eyes.

"Well good luck Alex and I will see you as soon as I am done on my trip hopefully." Mr Hayter said with a hardly visible smile on his face. "Good bye to you to Kana" He waved towards me as he walked out the door and began on his business trip.

Alex then began packing for our journey. He was throwing a huge variety of stuff into his backpack. I was actually kind of curious on how he was going to carry all of that stuff, but I knew he would manage. I sat on the couch for the next thirty minutes impatiently waiting for him to finally finish up. Then I finally heard him zip up his book bag and I looked over at him and saw him slinging it on his back.

"Alright are you guys ready to head out and conquer the second gym!" Alex said excitedly. Me and Flare excitedly ran towards him and Gray just sluggishly walked over not even caring about our journey.

Flare gave Gray a strange look and said "Aren't you a little excited to finally leave and get going to the second gym" Flare asked Gray.

"Yeah I am totally thrilled" He said in a very sarcastic voice. Flare just shrugged off his negative attitude and shifted his glance towards me.

"Are you excited to begin a new life" Flare asked me.

The way he said new life sounded like a strange way to put it but it was a new beginning for me in a sense of speaking. "Yes, but I am also very nervous because I don't know what to expect" I said in a nervous voice.

Flare looked at me for a second and just smiled at me. "Don't worry there is nothing to worry about. With a team like this no one can stop us" Flare said in a confident voice.

"That's not what happened last night" Gray said in a very snide voice.

"Yeah well they fought dirty and we weren't exactly all fighting together" Flare retorted. Gray just rolled his eyes at Flare.

"Alright let's head out guys" Alex said as he opened the door and began walking outside. He waited for us all to get outside before he shut the door and locked up his dad's condo.

"I bet ten bucks that this condo will be broken into within a month without anyone watching it" Flare said jokingly. I chuckled a little at the joke because it was probably true.

I was now beginning my epic journey and I could hardly wait to see what will come later down the road. I just hoped to Mew that those pokemon from before wouldn't come after us any time soon.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Anyways how do you think Kana will do now that she is on Alex's team. Do you think she will be any good at fighting. Also do you think once Black is out of the pokeball he will try and leave again. All will be revealed one of these days!