I'M SO SORRY! I missed the one year anniversary that the story's been up and just I'm really really really really really sorry it took me almost two months to update! Please forgive me *Goodra sad face as tears come to her eyes* I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner! College has just been so busy lately Dx Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Chapter 8: A Day Out

The Sawsbuck sighed, although his tension didn't cease. "Everything will be explained once those four come back with Sid. Just know that the situation is very worrying...and very bad.

Without another word, Darian left us...well, me...confused and worried. My partner just gave an irritated sigh and rolled his eyes. "I'm gonna go fetch Officer Arcanine. Make sure Scar doesn't escape."

I just nodded absentmindedly, wondering whom Sid was and what he had to do with our current predicament. Darian's reaction had been rather alarming for me and needless to say I was becoming quite stressed. I knew the Luxray was a problem to worry about, but...was there something even worse than I could imagine?

~Sly~

"I'm going to go fetch Officer Arcanine. Make sure Scar doesn't escape." I told the Lucario as I turned to leave. She simply nodded, appearing to be lost in thought.

The Arcanine Patrol was on the other side of the square, a good ten minutes away from the Guild. Normally we would bring Outlaws straight to the police, but given Scar's...circumstances...we would need to hold onto him for a while.

Walking to the headquarters, my mind strayed back to Frozen Forest, playing a certain scene over and over again. "Well then why not just let me die? With me out of the way you'll have the Team all to yourself again like we all know you want!" I grit my teeth as her unusual angry and bitter blue eyes flashed through my mind. She didn't understand why I acted the way I did. In fact, nobody except Darian knew. And it would stay that way...it would stay that way until I finally found him.

~Lucy~

"Lucy!" I jumped up, startled from my thoughts as a familiar voice called out to me.

I turned to see the happy-go-lucky Dragon making her way towards me from one of the many request boards. "How was your mission?" She asked with excited eyes.

"Um…" I looked down at Scar, not entirely sure on what to tell her.

She followed my gaze downward. "Oh! You caught an outlaw! That's fantastic!" She exclaimed, her eyes bright.

"Yea…" I continued to look down at his unconscious form, hoping Sly would come back with Officer Arcanine soon.

"Well, tell me about it! What happened?" She asked, her eyes gleaming with curiosity.

Although unwillingly, I proceeded to explain about what happened during mine and Sly's mission. I knew that if I didn't tell her what took place, she'd constantly ask me about it judging from how excited she was. I did leave out the parts about the argument I had with Sly, though. I didn't want her to worry too much and cause more drama with my partner than was needed.

After finishing my story, Tsubaki looked down at Scar with surprise and slight fear. "Have you told Guildmaster Darian about this?"

"Yes. He seems to know what's wrong with Scar, but he won't tell us just yet. He sent Miss Blair and Team Eon to go find someone named 'Sid'."

"Well...I guess it won't do us any good to continue thinking about it. We'll just have to wait until they come back with Sid. Now, we should go out to Nurse Audino's and get your arm looked at." She furrowed her eyebrows worriedly as she looked between the fallen Luxray and my bandaged arm.

"I can't right now. Sly told me to wait with Scar while he went and got Officer Arcanine."

"Well he better hurry up, then. Sly may have stopped the bleeding and patched you up, but he's not exactly a medical genius." The Goodra frowned.

Some odd minutes later though, Sly returned with a majestic looking Arcanine in tow.

"Ah, you must be Sly's partner! Sly, you've got a looker on your paws." He winked at us, mischief dancing in his purple eyes.

I felt my face heat up and the Zoroark opened his mouth in surprise, a light red brushing his cheeks.

The mischievous Arcanine let out barking laugh. "Haha, I'm just messin with ya! Don't pay me no mind, missy. I always tease him like this. It gets him every time! But now that I've had my fun, I should introduce myself. My name is Argos, but on the job folks just refer to me and my comrades as Officer Arcanine. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"O-oh um, I'm Lucy. It's a pleasure to meet you too." I smiled nervously at him. I never would have expected an officer to be this playful.

"Well, now that the introductions are over with, Sly has informed me of the situation and that y'all need to keep ahold of our Outlaw here for a few more days. That being said, we'll put him in a cell located at the basement of the Guild and I'll be on guard while he's here."

"We have a cell?" My ears perked up in surprise, they hadn't shown me that on the Guild tour. I knew this was a castle, but I didn't even think that Darian had kept the old cell blocks that most have.

"Yes ma'am! The Guildmaster decided it would be beneficial to leave the old cells as they were. It comes in mighty handy plenty of times when our own cells back at headquarters have filled up." Argos nodded with a bright smile.

After Argos explained that to me, Sly took hold of the rope that was still tied around Scar and started dragging him to a staircase that I hadn't noticed till now.

We followed him down and into a musty smelling chamber filled with old prison cells. The upper floors of the Guild were nice and clean, but it was evident that the basement received little treatment.

None of the cells seemed to be in use right now and Sly tossed the Outlaw into the nearest one, locking the door once he was finished.

"Alright, now that that's done, I need to give you two your payment for capturing the criminal." Argos tugged on his messenger bag and pulled out 2000 poke, dividing it equally between the two of us.

"Great! Now that you're done, we can take you to Nurse Audino's!" Tsubaki exclaimed happily.

The Goodra's outburst gained Sly's attention. "Nurse Audino? I've already taken care of her arm."

"Maybe, but we should still get it looked at by a professional. After all, it could get infected without the proper medicine." She told the Shiny fox.

He only grunted and rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'm going into town to buy more supplies. See ya, Argos." With that the Zoroark left us, silently ascending the stairs into the upper floor of the Guild.

Argos settled down on the cold stone floor and let out a small yawn. "Alright you two. I'll keep watch on the Outlaw, y'all go take care of your business."

"Ok. Bye, Argos!" We left him and proceeded to head on into Daylight Square.

To my surprise, it was still broad daylight outside. I thought we had been inside the Guild much longer than what it had actually been. Nurse Audino's office was located in the middle of the square and took us about five minutes to reach the pink and white tent.

"Hello, Nurse Audino!" My companion called out to an Audino who was sitting outside bathing in the warm sunlight.

She opened her eyes in surprise and a smile graced her pretty face. "Oh, hello Tsubaki! What brings you here? Did you get injured again?"

"No, ma'am! We were hoping you could look at my friend's arm. She got injured during her mission and even though her partner patched it up, I thought I'd bring her here to make sure her arm is ok." She gestured to my bandaged arm.

"Oh dear! Well let's have a look shall we? Come inside and I'll take a look at it!" She dusted herself off and walked inside the tent.

We followed her inside and she instructed me to sit on a chair near the left side of the structure. It looked like a normal doctors office. Filled with lots of berries and plants for medical uses, a few straw beds for patients who were too sick or injured to leave without constant medical attention, and a few other supplies.

Nurse Audino began to unwrap the bandage only to find a gnarly looking half healed wound in the shape of claw marks. "Oh dear, well it's a good thing you came. How long have you had this wound?"

"Five days."

"Hm…" She frowned. "Without having the proper treatment for that long, I'm afraid it won't be able to completely heal. You'll be left with a scar...and what a shame too. Your fur is so pretty."

My ears drooped from her words. I should have expected it, but the fact I'd always have this rough and ugly looking wound on my arm dropped my mood from ten to zero. My family had always praised me for my fur. It was always kept well groomed and clean and never had any sort of blemish or wound. I guess I could live with it though. My life wouldn't end if I had to deal with this scar for the rest of my life.

"It's fine." I told her. If my mother found out about this, she would be furious. She always believed the most important thing was to keep yourself in tip top shape. She would bite my head off if she found this on me.

Nurse Audino nodded with approval and searched for the proper berries and herbs needed to heal my wound. It didn't take too long and when she finished applying everything, she finished it up with a relaxing Heal Pulse.

"Alright, all finished! I'm sorry I can't heal it completely, though." She sent an apologetic smile.

"Thank you! And it's fine!" I smiled back and handed her a handful of poke. After goodbyes, we left and started to wander about the square.

"Where should we go next?" I asked Tsubaki. This was the first time I'd actually had to explore Daylight Square. I had no idea what all there was to do here.

"Hm...why don't we go shopping? Truthfully I could use some more supplies, and it would be a good idea for you to get some too. After we're done we should go to Miltank's Dairy, Miss Whitney makes the best ice cream around!" She finally decided.

Continued….

Ok, I'm sorry for this, but I'll have to break this into two different chapters. It'd be too long for just one chapter and I'm also sorry nothing much happened in this. I had hoped to get more story progression in this chapter, but it doesn't look like it happened :/ We did get to get a peek inside Sly's thoughts however, so that's a plus in my books~ I'll try to get the next chapter up soon though!