Welcome to a new chapter. So things will go back to our main group this chapter and won't be a flashback. Anyways I'm kind of needing to make this fast since I have to be somewhere so I'll leave it at this.

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Chapter 39: Questionable friendship

Point of View Black

It didn't take me long to realize how boring a restaurant could be. Literally all that has happened so far was that we were seated and some dumb waitress just brought us drinks. Alex of course had to order for us and I got some strange juice that tasted very sweet.

The scenery in the restaurant was pretty neat though. We were sat at a round table with a big bench that circled around the table. The bench was elevated enough for us all to be at eye level at the table. Off in the distance were many other tables that were the same as ours and in the middle of the area was a bar where alcoholic beverages were being sold to those who couldn't get through the night without a buzz. The cool thing about this place was that it has an outside section so we were seated outside so we could all get some fresh air.

It was now getting dark out and off in the distance of the sky I could see the moon slowly making its ascension to the sky. The moon appeared to now be in the late Waning Gibbous form, which is basically when you can only see three fourths of the moon. Me being me I knew everything there was to know about the moon, it's an umbreon thing.

After a few minutes of sitting around drooling on myself out of boredom the blue rings on my body started to react to the moon and the rings on my body illuminated and attracted the attention of everyone. Everyone in the area had to take at least a few seconds to notice how awesome I looked, although I have to admit it did get old after a few years of being seen as a living glow stick.

"Do people always stare at you like that, when your rings glow" I heard Hesh ask from across the table.

"Yeah" I said in a dull voice.

"I think it's cool" I then heard Kana say, which she was next to Alex's dad since them two seemed to be fond of each other.

"Eh it gets more annoying after a while" I said trying to act like I didn't care about the compliment.

"Yeah it makes your kind really stand out when your lurking through the shadow's" Gray then said in a snide voice.

Then I felt a vein bulge out of my head from what sounded racist to me "I'm sorry you want to repeat yourself" I said and I shot a pissed of glare at Gray who seemed to not be paying attention to me anymore.

Flare who was sitting right next to me then tapped me on the shoulder and snapped me out of my death stare "Hey just let it go" Flare said and I took his advice and ignored what Gray said to me.

Then Flare looked at Gray "And Gray not in public okay."

Gray then rolled his eyes "Whatever."

Hesh seemed to notice the tension in our talk and he stood up and decided to sit next to me, since I was now the center of attention with my glowing rings "Hey I hate to ask but do you two not like each other or something" Hesh whispered into my ear so Gray wouldn't hear me.

My ears instantly flicked up as those words intercepted my ear drums "No we don't" I said spitefully as I stared down the absol again who I could only describe with vulgar language.

"Care to share" Hesh then asked quietly. The moment he asked those words I got ready to tell him a long list of complaints. I then saw Flare out of the corner of my eye shaking his head quickly in a no gesture as he gave a nervous look at Hesh as if he wasn't supposed to ask. But honestly that gave me more reason to tell him about what kind of an asshole Gray was.

"Well where would you like me to start Hesh" I said out loud obnoxiously.

"The beginning I guess" Hesh said as he began to realize he opened Pandora's Box.

"Well for one Gray is a selfish asshole that is totally racist towards my species" I said not even bothering to keep Gray from hearing. Gray's head instantly cocked back and looked at me in a confused manner as his jaw dropped from the big scene I was creating in public. Along with Gray looking at me a few pokemon looked at me as well as they heard my inappropriate language.

"Oh and let's see, this snake shaped scar on my chest was given to me by none other than Gray" I said as the absol began gritting his teeth in fury and he used all of his energy to not snap on me.

"He literally thinks my species is in-superior and that we don't deserve to live" I then added in as Gray started to growl at me, but honestly I was enjoying pissing him off to much to stop. I mean it wasn't wrong after all, since it was all true and he shouldn't have done it if he would have been ashamed of it later.

"Oh and before I met you Hesh he actually tried selling me out to some pokemon who were trying to abduct me and he even assisted them in trying to capture me."

Hesh's face then winced as he tried to neutralize the situation "Umm on second thought you don't have to tell me anymore" Hesh awkwardly said as he scooted away along with Flare who was now slowly inching away as he got ready to run for dear life. Everyone else in our group who could actually understand just sat there and waited for something to happen.

Gray then stood up and gave me a stare that was actually pretty scary and made my heart rate jump up as I realized where this was going "Black, I'm going to give you a ten second head start" Gray said in a dark tone.

"Oh what'd I do? I just told him our background as friends that's all" I said in a snide voice. Alex and his dad then stood up as they realized the tension that was going on.

"You two pipe down a little where here for fun" Alex said in a stern voice.

"And the real fun is just beginning" Gray said as he jumped over the table towards me and I instantly dived under the round table that we were sitting at.

"That was not ten seconds" I yelled from under the sanctuary of the table. Gray then pounced towards me and tried getting under the table but couldn't due to his size. He then lied down and extended his paw under the table in an attempt to pull me out. I then saw a huge opening and I swung my paw straight towards his nose and planted a solid hit as he swayed back and clenched his nose.

"Son of a" Gray started to say before he stopped himself.

Alex then tried pulling out his poke ball as everyone in the room started to crowd around us to cheer on the fight.

"Oh shit, I forgot the pokeball's in my bag" Alex said as he realized his error.

"Think your safe under their" Gray said as he began charging an ice beam.

"Oh… shit" was all I managed to say before I had to dive out of my safety. The table was instantly blown into the air and landed a few feet away from its original position. Before I could recover from my dive gray jumped on top of me with his paw and held his other paw up in an intimidating way as I saw his claws shine from the light from the restaurant

"Didn't I say if you did something like that again, I'd leave a scar on your face" Gray said as I then started to realize how much I loved my face how it was.

My brain started to strain as hard as it could in order to find a loop around this gruesome scene about to take place "Wait what the hell is that" I then said as I looked off into the crowd with a confused look on my face.

"What" Gray said as he looked towards the crowd then looked back, but right when he turned pack I poked him directly in his eye with my paw and he instantly shot back in pain. I then struggled to my feet in surprise that he actually fell for the dumbest prank in the history of fighting.

"That was dirty" Gray shouted as he tried to get over the pain in his eye.

"Street rules bitch" I shouted with a toothy grin on my face. As the crowd cheered on our fight and Alex then moved in to separate the fight himself.

"Enough" Alex yelled in a really pissed off voice that I never heard him use. Gray then stopped making a big deal out of his eye injury and looked at Alex. Alex then walked up to Gray and grabbed him by his neck fur and started dragging him towards me. Gray slightly resisted as he wore a pissed off look on his face.

Then Alex walked up to me along with the absol he dragged along "You to Black" Alex said in an angry voice." He then reached down to grab me by my neck but I jumped out of his reach. There was no way in hell I was going to be dragged around like a child that was in trouble.

"Now Black" Alex demanded with a voice that sent shivers down my spine.

Flare then stepped in "Black just listen to him so things don't get worse for you" Flare added in.

"Hell no, he started it" I said as I rolled my eyes and began to walk away.

"Black you did start it and Gray had a little blame as well. Now just do what our trainer said" Flare said in a serious voice.

"Ha ha very funny, sorry but I'm not getting put in timeout by a human" I said as I picked up my paste and made my way towards some peace and quiet.

"Black seriously don't be an ass. I'm getting sick of your constant better than everyone else attitude" Flare said in an angry voice. Those words actually did set something off in me since Flare was always the nice guy and was never angry ever.

I then looked back at him for a second "Flare, stop acting like I have to listen to Alex. I survived two years on my own. I really don't need to be lectured by you" I said as I began walking into the crowd.

"Black come on seriously, its dangerous out here at night" I heard Flare yell before I vanished into the crowd. At this point I was just pissed, I was so sick of people getting on my nerves and I just needed some space and a walk in the moonlight was just what I needed.\

"I expected no less from an umbreon" a treecko that was nearby said in a snide voice.

I then instantly looked at him with a pissed off look "What'd you say" I then said as I gave a dark growl. The treecko instantly stumbled back and he lost his balance and fell on his rear-end and looked at me in terror as if I was about to murder him.

"Get lost pal" I then heard a deep voice call out from behind me I then looked back and saw a monferno standing behind me with an ember charging in his mouth.

I was literally about to kick that guys ass, but then common sense hit me and I realized that if this continued the police would get involved and worst case scenario I'd be put to sleep. "Fine" I blurted out in a pissy tone as I began walking around.

"That's what I thought you ignorant umbreon" I then heard the coward treecko from before yell in a cocky voice that made me want to turn around and kill him. I then walked off into the city to find a peaceful spot to calm down.

Point of View Flare

We were all now walking home in the streets of the night "Shouldn't you look for your umbreon" I heard Alex's dad ask Alex.

"Yeah I'll look for him after I get Gray to his pokeball" Alex said as he continued to drag Gray by his neck down the street.

"Okay seriously I get it your pissed, just let me go" Gray said as he continued to struggle against Alex's strong grip.

Then something new happened for a change Ebony walked up to me "Is Black always like that" Ebony asked in a quiet voice. I then became confused on my answer and how I wanted to reply.

"Well… he's different. He has things bothering him, I just don't know if I can keep up with his drama" I said.

"Well if I was him I'd be upset to" Ebony said as she looked at me and I instantly questioned her logic.

"And why is that" I asked as I entertained the conversation.

"Me and him have gone through a lot with that Genesis thing and I do know his kind isn't really liked a lot" Ebony said in a sympathetic voice.

"Well yeah but he did instigate that fight" I then replied to the young eevee.

Gray then managed to add his input "Your damn right he started it" he said in annoyance.

"Shouldn't you be more sympathetic towards him" Ebony then said as she looked at Gray.

"I'm not talking about this with a kid, you don't understand this stuff" Gray said in a snide voice.

Ebony then looked Gray dead in the eyes as she stood up in a confident pose "No you don't understand, my dad was an umbreon and he was persecuted everywhere he went, and it wasn't his fault" Ebony then shouted out in anger.

Gray's eyes then widened from what she was saying and he looked like he had no idea on how to reply to that. "I always wondered why pokemon come out so messed up and then I see pokemon like you, you racist pokemon are the reason me and my sister lost our parent in the first place" Ebony said as her voice got more aggressive and Alex started to notice the tension but didn't understand what was going on.

"Okay seriously if anyone else fights I think I'm going to just give up on our journey now" Alex shouted in frustration as he wiped some sweat off his face. Everyone instantly sensed his mood and stopped talking. After that everyone quieted down and we were just walking in silence. I couldn't help thinking about what Ebony said. I felt kind of bad for her now that I learned her parent were killed and now her sister died and left her as the sole survivor. Or so she made it sound like they died.

Point of View Black (One hour passed since Flares POV)

I eventually made my way deep into the city and I was now walking along a sidewalk. All the buildings had bright neon signs lighting up their business logo's and titles and out glowed the rings on my body. Which didn't bother me since I was trying to stay low right now. After a few minutes of walking through the city I eventually found a big open field of grass with a sidewalk going down the middle and some benches and tree's scattered around the field.

I decided this would be a great place to relax and enjoy my night in the moon. I walked out into the middle of the park and found a nice soft patch of grass and lied down. I instantly felt welcomed in this spot as I curled up into a ball and made myself comfortable. Even though I was trying to relax I couldn't help myself from thinking of what Flare said to me earlier.

'Was I really an ass?' Was a question that kept popping up in my head. I mean I knew I could have a snide attitude here and there as well as cocky, but I didn't really intend to ever upset anyone, or at least most of the time. Flare was a good pokemon and I knew for him to say something like that he had to really be upset. But to be honest I couldn't take Gray's racist comments anymore.

"I guess I should apologize" I concluded as I accepted that I was being unreasonable earlier. I then stood up and got on my four paws and started walking in the direction I guessed our hotel was in.

After walking through the open field of grass for a while I eventually made my way back into the city and started walking down the empty streets. After walking down the street for a bit I saw a blaziken walking down the street heading in my direction. I didn't pay much attention to him though since he looked pretty average.

Then the blaziken stood in front of my path "Excuse me but would you happen to be Black" the pokemon asked in a monotone voice.

"Yeah… who are you" I then asked as I took a few steps back.

"Oh I'm nobody" The blaziken said as he started walking away from me. I stood still as I watched the blaziken walk out of my sight. I found that very odd and I didn't like it and I really felt unsafe now. Once the blaziken was out of sight I turned around and started running towards our hotel as my heart rate picked up.

'please don't let him be Genesis or Crimson" I thought to myself as I started to turn the corner around the street. Right when I turned the corner I then ran into someone and we both tousled onto the ground. I then stood up and looked at the pokemon I accidentally ran into and to my surprise it was Flare.

"Flare" I said in surprise.

"Hey" he said in a dull voice as he got up onto his four paws and started dusting himself off.

"What are you doing out here" I then asked the fox like creature I ran into.

"Looking for you" he said in his same dull voice that showed he still wasn't in a good mood.

"Why" I asked.

Flares ears then flicked as I asked that question and he looked at me with an angry stare "Seriously your going to ask that, I'm here to find you yet again" Flare said with some attitude.

"Well I'm sorry" I said in a nervous voice.

"Yeah your sorry, and now Alex is pissed and you made a huge scene like that in public. Way to go Black" Flare said as he began walking towards the hotel not even bothering to look at me and he just expected me to follow him.

"I said I was sorry buddy" I said in an attempt to cheer him up.

"If you were really sorry then you'd stop getting pissed at everyone who say's something that slightly upsets you. First that charmander and now this" Flare said in anger.

"Gee I'm sorry I'm sick of being discriminated against" I said as I lost my patience with Flare's anger towards me.

"Grow up and stop making a big deal out of small comments. What Gray said was hardly even noteworthy then you had to make a scene out of it" Flare said with words that had bite to them.

"You know maybe if you were me you'd understand" I said as I looked down at the ground not even bothering to look at the back of his head.

"Black I really don't want to hear it today."

"Some friend you are" I replied in a voice that hinted that I was mentally hurt.

Flare didn't even bother to reply to what I said and I was really beginning to get annoyed by his silence. I tried thinking of something to break the silence but no matter what I thought of it always sounded out of character in my head and I eventually gave up on the idea.

"You know Alex is very disappointed in you right now" Flare said and the silence was broken.

"Thanks but I don't really care about what he thinks" I then replied in a cold voice.

Flare then let out another annoyed sigh "Okay that's another thing that's making me mad, why do you always have to give Alex attitude and say snide stuff to him?"

I didn't even reply to what Flare said since I honestly didn't know why, but half the time I was kidding and on top of that he couldn't understand me.

"Black what is even keeping you in our group" Flare then asked.

"Well I'm being held hostage here", not like I have any say" I then said.

"Black seriously Alex is a good person and you had countless chances to escape, if you don't want to adapt to our society and actually contribute to the team then your welcome to leave, no one is stopping you right now and your recovered so no worries about surviving on your own, after all you did it for two years all on your own" Flare said and my heart instantly hit rock bottom and my ears lowered along with my gaze.

"Thanks" I said faintly as I turned around and just started walking away from Flare.

"Black" I heard Flare call out from behind me. I continued walking away from Flare not really caring about what he thought anymore.

"Are you just going to leave" Flare shouted out. I found it funny now that I was leaving he was acting like he cares, although at this point it was to late and the damage was already done.

"Yeah" I said as I continued walking away from the fox.

"Is this really what you want" Flare then said as he began to try and catch up to me.

"No its not. you want to know why I choose to stay" I said as I continued to walk away from the fennekin.

"Why" Flare asked.

"Because I thought I was honestly making friends and I had a chance of having a happy life but what you just said now… A friend would never say that... ever" I said as I began to pick up my pace.

"I didn't mean it" Flare said as he tried to keep up with me.

"Just go away" I said as I continued walking away. I heard no response and that was odd to me since Flare was a persistent pokemon. I then peaked my head back and I saw Flare just standing still with his eyes wide open. The sight was very odd and I instantly stopped to make sure he wasn't about to drop dead or something.

"Hey are you okay" I said as I walked over towards the fennekin who now had a bit of drool escaping his mouth. I studied his face a little more and I noticed his pupils where extremely small. Flare then fell over and his eyes shut as he stood completely still.

"Flare" I shouted out loud. Flare didn't respond and only stood still.

"Wake up" I yelled as I began to nudge him with my paw.

"That won't work" I heard an unfamiliar voice call out from behind. I instantly looked back to see that same blaziken from earlier staring at me as he held a small tube like thing in his hand.

"What'd you do to him" I then said with an aggressive growl.

"This" he said as he raised the pipe in his hand towards his moth and blew into it. I dark instantly shot out of the pipe and it penetrated me neck. The instant it hit my body I felt numb and it felt hard to move. My vision was now beginning to blur and my legs were beginning to wobble and before I knew it they gave out and I was on the floor. It only took a few more seconds before I slipped into a deep sleep and Mew knows what that pokemon had planned.

Point of View Third person, later that night.

Alex's Dad was now outside the hotel smoking a cigarette. He was completely alone and it was completely silent outside as the wind blew a nice soft breeze.

The silence was then broken by the sound of a cellphone ringing. The man then pulled out a cellphone and flipped it open and held it to his ear.

"We've captured the umbreon and fennekin. We'll be killing them as soon as we make some preparations, should be done by morning and They won't be awake for it so they won't feel a thing" A voice said from the other side of the phone.

"Good, just remember the rest of the list" The man said as he hung up the phone and put it into his pocket. He then took his cigarette and inhaled its toxic substances.

"It'll be over soon Alex" The man said to himself as he threw the cigarette on the ground and walked into the hotel.

To be continued...

Chapter End

Author Note: Well that was an interesting chapter, or maybe not. Anyways... Things seem to be picking back up again and I'm going to try my hardest to make this arc different from the others (In a good way). So I'm hoping this arc is leading in a good direction and everyone is enjoying it so far.

Now onto Flare and Black's little conversation. It appears their friendship is now having some trouble as their both upsetting each other. But now it seems there little argument is going to have to be put on hold due to the end of the chapter. Well we'll all have to see how that chapter rolls out. Now we are asked some bigger questions like how will they get out of the when their drugged and will anyone come to save them or will the pokemon who captured Black and Flare go after the rest of the group. Or the more important question is how pissed Alex is going to get now that Black has gone missing... yet again... a 3rd time... Lol, I'll try and keep that to a minimal in the near future.

Thanks to all of those who read and another thank you to anyone who takes the time to review and as well to anyone who supports the story in any way and I can't wait to see what you all think of later chapters!