K.M:

Hey kitties, I didn't say much in the last chapter huh? Well anyway, yup, Kunie used to have an older brother, and now he's dead, but as you can see Kunie is doing a lot better than she did at first.

On to the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, because if I did, Pokemon like Charizard would be Dragon/Fire.

"Rune, Shadow ball!" The small fox pup opened it's small snout to create the ball of darkness, sending it towards the snake.

"Em, Leaf Tornado!" The snake whipped her tail, causing the shadow ball to disappear into the tornado, leaving Em unscathed, and with a teasing smile.

"Rune control it back to her!" The fox grunted with difficulty as he forced the Shadow ball to turn back and hit Em.

"Em dodge!" The snake swiftly did so, staring at Rune tauntingly.

The fox growled.

"Rune...Torment!" Rune grinned cockily as he started dancing around Em, jumping on her head, stepping on her tail, headbutting into her, anything to bother her, Em growled, and almost smacked Rune, Rune avoided it lithely.

"Em...Hyper Beam!" The snake grinned as she gladly summoned the large laser, sending it towards the fox.

The trainer was silent as the attack went towards her Pokemon.

She jumped into the fray and grabbed her Pokemon out of the way, dodging the Hyper Beam easily.

The three were all in the field, gasping tiredly.

Kunie smiled at her two Pokemon before setting the fox down, "Good exercise you guys, soon we'll have our fighting strategy down pat." The two made sounds of agreement. Looking happy as could be.

Kunie's P.O.V:

These past six months have been insane... As insane as things could get with a crazy trouble-making fox, and an almost emotionless creepy snake.

We had trained Rune to level 26, but it still wasn't enough to get him to evolve, it was tiring. I had gotten tons of TMs, and HMs, and I had used them to help my Pokemon become stronger. I had researched Rune's move set, and realized without HMs Rune's move set would be bland and boring.

He had learned Feint Attack, and Torment, we used a TM to have him learn Shadow ball, we had kept Dark Pulse from years ago considering it was such a powerful move. He had also gotten much faster, he was almost at Emerald's level, which I was quite proud of.

We did have intense training after all.

Meanwhile Emerald had learned Leaf Tornado, Hyper Beam, Mega drain, and Leaf Blade.

I had learned to avoid Fighting, and Bug type attacks, considering they were stronger against Rune, and to avoid Fire, Ice, Psychic, and Flying, because Emerald was weak against those, and Bug types.

It was harder because Em was weaker against most types, but we made it work with her swift body.

Both my Pokemon were fast, so I had to be fast.

I had realized some time ago that as long as my Pokemon were fighting I would feel uncomfortable, so I eventually started joining them in their fights, helping them avoid moves, distracting, or grabbing the opponent to help them hit.

It became our fighting style.

I liked it.

They liked it.

Everyone wins.

Then I had gone, and given a call to the Pokemon Daycare in Sinnoh, and had them send my brother's Pokemon over, so we had gained three more on our team.

An Arcanine called Flash (I bet you can guess why, yep, another fast Pokemon), a Lucario called Adolfo (I believe it means noble wolf), and...an Infernape.

Called Sulfur.

The same one from before.

The minute he had come out of the Pokeball he had embraced me, and then stuck by my side 24/7, literally.

When I asked him why he said it was because that would be "what Rai would want", I thought it was a bit soon to hear his name, but I knew the best way to heal would be to have him by my side, so I dealt with the fire monkey and his tendencies to point out things that I did that "reminded" him of my brother.

Flash (The Arcanine) had been playful, almost innocently so, he kept Rune occupied from his little depression spells, also cheered him up when he wanted to play, I'm not gonna lie that was a huge help for me.

Adolfo (the Lucario) though seemed like he was bipolar, because one second he would be meditating peacefully, the next he's biting at Rune's head for touching him. After the next three times of him losing his temper I confronted him, and he told me he had temper problems, but he was doing better... and he said my aura was very...soothing.

I have no idea what the hay that means...

So I got another Pokemon that stuck by me 24/7, Rune made three, and since Flash was always with Rune, that made four, and then Em was always wanting something or another, whether it be wanting a brush, or a snack, she always wanted something.

So she stuck by me 24/7 too, basically everyone became inseparable.

It was annoying...

Especially at night, the tent wasn't all that big...

Nonetheless they all became part of our little family circle easily.

Sulfur (The Infernape...I'm only reminding you so you don't forget) had to help with the fire, be it getting wood with Em, or cooking with me, it was his job to do it.

Flash was in charge of carrying equipment, or bags, since he was sort of like a horse, I told him so, he took it good-naturedly, and laughed, saying he did.

Adolfo was in charge of also helping with the cooking (Though he took my apron, saying he refused get himself dirty, I slowly started to realize why he was called Adolfo, he really did think he was a noble), and setting up the tent.

Emerald was in charge of taking care of Pokemon nearby, Flash often joining.

And Rune...He was still the youngest of the group, no matter how childish Flash was, so I gave him the simple task of passing me something when I needed it, map, spatula, brush, etc...

I had thought it'd be a mess, but we all worked well together, I was proud.

...Though I never really got around to buying a bigger tent.

Yuri's P.O.V:

"We'll find em. We'll find em, no prob." I muttered to myself encouragingly.

"Honey..."

"We just need to get to their house, and get directions. Yup, We'll find em."

"Sweetheart..."

"Besides, knowing Kunie she probably refused to even leave the town! Yeah, We'll find em easy."

"Babe!"

I was stopped by two hands on my cheeks, my face directed to look into large, dark, teal eyes...

Beautiful large, dark, teal eyes actually.

I was captivated.

"Babe, you need to breathe, preferably before you start hyperventilating." the smooth voice said the words slowly, as if talking to a child.

Half of me was annoyed.

The other didn't want her to stop looking at me like that.

The second half was winning.

Unfortunately Jen wasn't reading my mind right now like she usually was so she let me go when I had started breathing like a normal person.

I sighed, listening to her advice, and eventually she took my hand in hers, I sighed happily at the warm feeling of her small hand in mine, I entwined our fingers happily, resisting the urge to start swinging our hands like a little kid.

Which I failed at by the way.

"Okay, first order of business, we need to get to her house." She told me, pulling out a GPS from her bag.

I smiled as I pulled out the address scribbled messily on a scrap of paper, Jen had told me to write it down because I had a terrible memory and would probably forget in two seconds.

She was right.

I also forgot it was in my pocket so I was happy that Jen gently reminded me to which pocket it was...

"Alright...now how do we get there?" I asked her, she frowned.

"Would you rather take a taxi or walk?"

On one hand I wanted to get there quickly.

On the other hand I wanted Jen to myself a little longer, I knew it wouldn't be long before I'd have to introduce Jen as my official girlfriend.

That be nerve-wracking.

When they all ganged up on Jen and me to admit we were dating I had just blatantly lied every time because I knew of how shy Jen was.

I wanted to be with her, but I definitely didn't want my friends to chase her off.

She was sensitive.

And sweet.

And adorable.

And I should stop now.

Thankfully Kunie warmed up to her pretty quick and took it easy in the interrogation.

It made me glad for once that Kunie was a girl. She was really helpful sometimes.

"Walk." I said shortly and she nodded, taking my hand and walking, we talked on the way, about the most random things, we played twenty questions, and I spy, eventually though we just settled for silence. Half way through the trip I realized we still had our bags...

And that Jen wasn't as strong a I was.

So of course being the gentleman that I was I politely took her bags from her.

She thought it was very chivalrous.

Hear that?

Chivalrous.

That's a word only good boyfriends get.

I think...

I have no idea what it means.

Nonetheless I got brownie points with my boo.

Sulfur's P.O.V:

I never thought I'd see the day...

But here it was.

Here she was.

She looked so much more different than when she was a child, the most noticeable traits being her taller size, which I commented on, the strange violet fringe, which I also commented on, and the scar.

I decided to leave that one out. I didn't want to bring bad memories after all.

Her impression of me was so much different from all those years ago.

I remembered after the accident I had been sent to the Pokemon center to heal, which took weeks, when I was discharged and taken back home I had gone to comfort Kunie...

She had just screamed...and screamed, and screamed...

As if I was some kind of monster, I didn't understand at first, so I tried to get closer to her, but then she looked at me...

There was so much terror in her eyes.

I was taken to a daycare that day...

I didn't resist...

I knew if things were as bad as I thought...she wouldn't be seeing any Pokemon for a long time...

Especially me.

And of course I was right...

But it still really hurt, she was someone who I cared about. But to see her look at me with such fear?

Despite how much I wanted to be with her, comfort her, so we could mourn together...

It wasn't worth staying there and making things worse for her.

Almost six years later...

And here she was, laughing, hugging, joking!

As if the accident had never happened...

Knowing I could be close to her again was like a closure to me...like it wasn't really my fault Rai was dead. For years I had tried to tell myself otherwise, that those haunting terrified eyes weren't pointed at me, that she didn't hate me, but I hadn't believed it until Kunie smiled at me after she had gotten me out of my Pokeball...

I saw such cherishing in her eyes, remembrance, all the fun we had had when she was younger...

She never blamed me...I knew I shouldn't blame me either.

But I swore to myself, that from now on I'd never let her have that fear again, I'd never let her feel that fear, I'd protect her, the precious person of my best friend...

"Monkey snap out of it, and help with the fire." The snap from the snake made me grin.

Serperior, called Emerald, or Em, emotionless, cold, and uptight. She was a very majestic Pokemon, but I couldn't help but find the way she bossed the other Pokemon around emotionless amusing...

And alluring...

Not that I'd let her know that...

"Just deep in thought Missy. I'll get right on it." I mused with a grin as I watched her raise her eyebrow almost skeptically.

Of course she never showed emotion, so I couldn't tell...

"You really think I care? Get on it." With a huff she went back to Kunie's side, complaining that she wanted a brush over her scales, that they were too tight, so she was probably going to shed soon...

I'll admit I could do without the shedding...

But nonetheless that Emerald was an enigma...

A cute one...

I walked over to Flash who was moving his tail around as Rune tried to catch it.

Keyword being tried.

Flash's P.O.V:

I yawned as I stretched my front legs, just before I closed my mouth I felt something... distasteful fall in, I spluttered, and spit to get whatever the hay it was out.

Dirt.

I look up to find the culprit.

Rune.

I let a grin fall on my face, "Oh you'll pay for that!"

The small fox yipped as he scattered away to Kunie, hiding behind her, making her exclaim in annoyance.

"Honestly, I'm cooking you brat! Go bother someone else!" With that he dodged behind Sulfur, who almost accidentally sat on him, then he hid behind Emerald, whom only stared creepily at him.

I chased.

Almost smacking into Adolfo, who growled at being interrupted in his 1 hour morning meditation.

I thought it was silly too.

But he said he needed to to meditate to keep his aura calm...

Or else he'd blow us up to kingdom come.

Not that I have any idea what that even means.

I dashed after him, this time carefully avoiding Adolfo and bounding after him.

"I want revenge!" I called out looking ready to eat him, causing the small fox to squeak out in panic.

"It was a joke Flash! A joke!" he screamed as he ran around the perimeter of the camp.

I caught up with him easily and scooped him up in my mouth, causing him to flail in panic.

"Ha-ha-ha, now for my revenge!" I growled playfully as I went near the lake we had camped by with a flick of my head I threw him in the water, Rune screaming the whole way.

His head popped out of the water, with him gasping, when he had gotten out I laughed at him.

He looked like a drowned cat.

Kunie's P.O.V:

I. Am. Being. Driven. Insane.

How do trainers do it?

Have hundreds of Pokemon and NOT go insane?

Because I was ready to rip my head off...or maybe their heads off.

They were loud, rambunctious, crazy, badly-tempered...

And...and-and didn't know how to share a tent.

Yeah.

It was hard to live with these guys.

I think Em was on her last sliver of patience with Sulfur constantly flirting with her, which I found creepy by the way...

Of course that just meant she had to come to me and drive me up a wall, "I want you to brush me", "I want a snack", "Put Rune in his Pokeball, he's being annoying".

That in itself was annoying.

Also she was obsessed with sweets, which I totally understand because I'm the same, but it got annoying when all she wanted to do was eat sweets, especially when someone bothered her, which was always. I have to put my foot down eight times a day just to get her to behave.

I was just about ready to put them all in their Pokeballs, and bury them deep underground, and then hightail it out of there!

Of course I forced all my pent up frustration and stress into the training, punching trees, taking runs, swims, or even practicing avoiding different attacks with them, it's built up my endurance and stamina better than ever, I'm proud to say I'm faster than I've ever bee.

Even when I played soccer.

Soccer.

Something I dearly miss.

So I forced all my Pokemon to learn how to play.

I'm not evil or cruel.

Just fair.

If they expected me to clean up after all their messes, they were gonna have to pay up and pay up good, we had games every other day, and played constantly on the road, passing the ball to each other or kicking it over tree branches.

It was a good team exercise.

We were all in sync.

It's been eight months since I've left, my little sibling would probably be a couple months old now, I wondered if I was ready to go back.

I felt ready.

I felt...

Whole.

My team didn't seem like my team, more like my little brothers and sisters, we were a family now, I was just regretting I hadn't known that years ago.

Sulfur had suffered so much being far away from me, we would have nightly talks were we would talk about our past.

Me, and Sulfur always ended up talking about my brother.

And for the first time in years...it didn't bother me at all.

I gladly spoke of him, I didn't remember much since it had been a long time ago and I was pretty young, but Sulfur did a good job of filling the gaps in my memory.

Adolfo was a great person-uhh...Pokemon to meditate with, the complete silence and calmness he seemed to ooze when we meditated was almost magical with the way it relaxed me instantly...

But he still got mad about everything.

Seriously he has anger issues.

He once got mad because Flash slightly brushed at his elbow...

Slightly.

Man I'd understand if he had pushed him... but a brush?

I was the only one he let touch him, in fact he was quite clingy to me, much like well...

All the others.

And while Sulfur was great to talk to he was also very...umm...how do I say it...overprotective?

I once tripped...over a twig... he thought I needed to go to the hospital and get all the doctors to operate on me to make sure I'd be okay.

He's overprotective crazy.

Flash is sweet, never gets mad, is always taking everything in good stride, and is always helping out...

But with him joining Rune in his new pranks was driving me insane.

Yes.

Rune has started doing pranks again.

Sigh...

I'm going insane.

N's P.O.V:

Today I had played with my new friend, his name was Takeshi, I had reluctantly asked if he had a trainer, he said it was complicated, but he didn't say no.

One part of me really wanted to ask him if his trainer hurt him, but his face told me he wouldn't appreciate my worry over that.

The conversation was over.

But now that Takeshi was better he told me he was leaving now.

I was a little hurt.

I had gotten attached to my new friend, and if he left I'd miss him.

Dearly.

But not just that...what would happen to him?

"What do I do Concordia?" She smiled softly.

"Nothing. What the Absol wishes to do will be his choice, and his only." she said mysteriously.

"But what if his trainer hurts him again? I am sure he is going back to him! If he goes back he will be hurt again!" Tears spilled down my cheeks steadily, her eyes softened as she leaned closer and brushed away the tears with her long sleeves.

"Our destiny always interweaves with the truth, and ideals Lord N... the Absol searches for a truth...it is your ideal to see him with you, but it is just not to be." She stood, leaving me sitting there quietly, I just sat there. To think, I looked out the window and saw something that made my heart thud in my chest.

Takeshi was leaving.

I stood and ran out the door to follow.

"Takeshi no! Please do not leave! I do not wish for harm to befall you!" I pleaded as I caught up to him and grabbed onto his pure white fur.

He stood and looked at me with wide eyes.

"Harm? What harm could possibly befall me?" He asked as he looked at me in confusion.

"Y-your trainer! Trainers are evil! Humans are evil! If you return you will feel only pain, as all of my friends have!" Takeshi's eyes widened.

"N...are you insane? Why would humans hurt me?"

I knew he was confused, or maybe trying to hide the truth.

But it didn't matter I already knew.

"Your trainer will hurt you again if you go back to him! Don't you want to stay?" I needed to convince him to stay.

"N, the humans have never hurt me, I do not know why you speak as if they were another species, you are human aren't you? You have never hurt me, it is the same with the other humans..." I knew he didn't understand, the evil that was out there, that I saw everyday.

I didn't want him to leave.

I wanted to show him my skateboard, and play basketball with him, and show him all my other friends.

I didn't want him to die like I had seen so many Pokemon die.

"I cannot explain it to you now, I must go, but I promise you N, I will return one day."

I watched as he walked away from the clearing of the forest.

Watched as he said goodbye.

Watched as he walked to his death.

For some reason I pictured a black-haired, green-eyed princess walking away with him.

K.M:

Hey my little kitties, have you been bored? Have I made your day?

Good. Love me.

Anyway, back to the real stuff, Kunie has finally regained her Bro's PKMN from the daycare in Sinnoh, it has been eight months since she left Red and Gold, and now she's stronger and better than every.

Ready for a great come back!

Also you may hate me next chapter...

Sorry.

Don't be mad.

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