Wow. You guys have waited far too long for a chapter this short. I apologize. Nothing else to say, really. I mean, I could think of shit, but I haven't slept much recently, so... Er... Read the chapter! Listen to Tell the Wolves I'm Home! Drink so much Monster you puke fucking green! Happy "Excuse to be a Dick and Pinch People" Day!

Will There Be Mosh Pits and Walls of Death? Most Likely

"Cloud, we don't have to go." Mei repeated for the umpteenth time in an hour. "I don't want you to strain yourself or anything."

I rolled my eyes, sighing out "Mei, I'll be fine. It's a concert, for Arceus's fucking sake! Besides, I feel perfectly fine. A few fucked up ribs is nothing."

"That isn't nothing!" She retorted, throwing her arms up.

"Mei, c'mon." Axe broke in, oddly calm. "If he says that he's good, then he's good. I've only known him for about a month, and I can already tell that."

She whipped around to glare at Axe, but Skyler spoke first, "Mei, he's right. We all know he's right. Besides, as Cloud said, it's just a concert. Will there be mosh pits and walls of death? Most likely. But he's a fucking Pokemorph. He took all the beating they gave him and only had a few fucked ribs. Any human would have had at least half broken."

This time, Mei hesitated, before dropping her stance.

"Fine." She sighed out. "I guess you guys are right."

"Alright." Skyler said, nodding. "Now, we'll bail so we can all get ready. Meet back here, say, thirty minutes?"

We all nodded, and Skyler, Mackenzie, and Axe all left. When they had vacated my room, Mei collapsed on the couch next to me, and I pulled her to my side, hugging her.

"I'm just trying to look out for you." She told me.

"I know." I replied, kissing the top of her head. "But you can't forever. And I've gone through my entire life without anyone giving a fuck about me."

"But people do now, Cloud." She said. "Which is why I'm looking out for you. I worry about you. You say that you won't be reckless, but then you go and fight fucking farm animals."

"Technically speaking," I retorted, "that happened before we actually knew each other."

She sighed, before replying, "It doesn't matter. I still worried then." She hesitated for a moment, before asking, "Cloud, can you promise me something?"

"Possibly." I told her. "What?"

"While Axe, Skyler, Mackenzie, and I are gone at my cousin's wedding next weekend, don't do anything dangerous." She said. "Please. You don't have to stay in your room all weekend, obviously, just please don't hurt yourself."

"I'll try." I agreed. "No promises, though."

She sighed, retorting, "Or you could always come with us."

I rolled my eyes, telling her, "Mei, we already established why that can't happen. You may have told your parents about us, but you haven't told them what I am. And that would cause a scene, whether they are fine with it, or not. That, and your other family members probably wouldn't be to kind."

She cuddled closer to me, insisting, "But Axe is going."

"Yes, but Axe can hide who he is." I informed her. "All he has to do is hide a tail and horn, which he did for a while already. I can't hide what I am without drawing attention."

"I guess." She agreed reluctantly.

After a few more seconds on my couch, I told her, "Y'know, we should go get ready."

"Yeah." She said, nodding. "Mind if I wear some of your stuff? I really don't feel like going back to my room right now. I just want to be with you as much as possible."

I kissed her lightly, a gesture which had recently become another way for me to say yes to her. She returned the kiss for a few seconds, before we broke apart. We quickly got dressed in all black. So, essentially, an everyday outfit for Skyler and I, and a common outfit for the girls. When we finished, we dropped onto my couch again, this time with me lying down and Mei on top of me, her breasts pushed to my chest. We just rested on my couch, her head buried in the top portion of my chest, my hand running through her hair. We stayed like this for a few minutes, before I heard a knock at the door.

"It's open!" I called.

There was a few seconds of silence, before Mackenzie pushed the door open and entered, quickly followed by Axe and Skyler.

Upon entering, Axe smirked at Mei and I, commenting, "Arceus, we're gone for a few minutes, and you guys start making out. Pretty soon, you'll start having sex in between classes."

I rolled my eyes at the Absol-Breed, before using my Psychic to send an orange flying from my counter, into the back of his head.

"Ow." He groaned out, rubbing the back of his head. "Fine. Fuck you."

"Love you too, babe." I replied, chuckling.

As Axe stuck his tongue out at me, Skyler broke in, "How about we get going? Don't want to be late."

"Yep." Mei agreed, springing up. I joined her on my feet, as she asked, "So, everyone got their tickets?"

We all confirmed that we had the keys to our admission, before exiting my room and entering the hall.

As we grew closer to the warehouse where Framez decided to play, and the crowds of dark clothed teens and adults grew thicker, I became increasingly self-conscious of my species, causing me to wrap my tail closely around my leg and flip my hood up.

Mei wrapped her arm around me, sighing quietly, telling me, "Cloud, you don't need to hide all the time."

"I feel safer this way." I replied, as we took up our place in the line.

She let out a small sigh, but didn't push any further. We stood in relative silence, waiting for the line to move. When we eventually reached the front of the line, we all pulled out our tickets. The other's went in before me, passing past the bouncer with no issue, but that stopped when it came to me. As I held out my ticket, ready to pass through, I was stopped with a hand on my chest.

I looked up from under my hood, and he said, "Hood off, kid."

"Why?" I asked, watching my friends' worried eyes locked on me.

Instead of answering, he instead chose to flip my hood off, allowing my ears to pop up.

He scowled at me, an action that probably would have been more frightening had he not been my height, before saying, "Thought something was up. Out of the fucking line, freak. Not allowed in."

Before I could argue, I was shoved out of the line, almost falling into the light coating of snow. As I stood to the side, I saw my friends watching me, but I just mouthed out for them to go without me. I saw the reluctance in Mei's eyes, but she was lead in by the others. I let out a sigh, shooting a pissed off glare at the bouncer, before walking around to the side of the building, before sitting down next to a side door, my head in my hands. I merely sat there, my ticket in my hand, as the line emptied through the door. When the line had emptied, the bouncer followed it in, leaving me alone.

I sat there for a few minutes, before hearing, "Hey, kid? What are you doing out here? I see that ticket."

I looked up solemnly, before freezing at who was speaking to me.

"So?" The Zoroark mask pressed, the Mightyena mask behind him watching me. "What the hell are you doing outside, if you bought a ticket?"

I stood up, flipping my hood off, allowing Zane and Shyono to see my Umbreon face.

"This." I informed them, pointing at myself.

"What?" Zane asked. "You're an Umbreon, so fucking what? Decide to stay outside because of it?"

"Of course not." I answered. "Jack-ass bouncer wouldn't let me in. Said that freaks like me aren't allowed in."

Shyono audibly scoffed, saying, "Fucking seriously? Pretty sure we requested a bouncer that isn't an asshole."

"We'll talk to him after the show, man." Zane informed his band-mate. "We're already barely going to make it." He turned back to me, telling me, "C'mon, man. That door is locked, but we'll let you in through our entrance."

"Seriously?" I asked, shocked at my luck.

"Hell yeah, kid." He confirmed. "You paid for a ticket, so I'm getting you in. Besides, judging by the fact that I've never seen you at a show, I imagine that you're new to our music, and I wouldn't want you to miss your first show."

I chuckled, informing him, "Yeah, my first one. My girlfriend and her friends got excited as hell, when the Shocker was announced, and I had never heard of you guys before, so I decided to come along. Granted, I ended up being in the hospital at the time that you would have been in town originally, but that doesn't really matter now."

Shyono chuckled, saying, "No, amigo, it does not. Now, let's roll. Just follow us to the stage, then stick to the shadows and hop off."

I nodded, and Zane threw the door open. He and Shyono entered, with me following at a distance. We reached the stage rather quickly, as the hall we were let out into led straight to it, and I did as told, keeping myself out of sight, which wasn't hard to do in a room with almost no light, before dropping into the crowd. I quickly began weaving through the people, searching for my party.

After a few minutes of searching, I bumped into someone, and he spun around to face me.

I froze, expecting a harsh reaction due to my species, but I was surprised to hear him ask, "You need something, man?"

Cautiously, I replied, "Er, no. Sorry, just looking for my friends. Hadn't meant to run into you."

"Alright." He said, nodding. "You don't have to act so timid, man. I don't bite." The slightly shorter teen chuckled, before adding, "Hell, I imagine I should be more worried about you biting, instead."

I chuckled, agreeing, "Yeah, I suppose. Tend not to attack, though. Bad for my already shitty reputation."

The teen let out a few small laughs, before telling me, "On a more serious note, man, you don't have to be so cautious here. Most of us Framerz are pretty accepting of damn near anything. I highly doubt you'll find many morph haters here."

"Alright. Thanks." I said, nodding. "But, er, Framerz?"

"The band's fans." He clarified. "Y'know, it's a name for us."

I nodded again, saying, "Cool. Thanks again."

"Yep." He answered. "See you around, friend."

"Maybe." I called as the music started up.

As the teen turned around, I continued picking my way through the crowd, trying to listen or look for any signs of my party. After yet another few minutes of searching, I located them, their backs to me.

As I grew closer, going undetected, I heard Mei let out a sigh, telling the others, "We really should have stayed out there with him. That bouncer was such a fucking asshole!"

"We can go, if you want." Skyler said, as I reached them. "It's obvious that none of us are having as much fun as we had hoped."

Before anyone else could speak, I wrapped my arms around Mei's waist, cutting in, "Aww, don't ruin your fun on my account."

"Cloud?" She asked, spinning around in my arms. "How the hell did you get in?"

"A kind Zoroark and Mightyena let me in." I told them. "We all agree that the bouncer is a cock bite."

"You met Zane and Shyono?" Mackenzie asked, shocked. I nodded, and she followed it up with, "Damn. Fucking jealous."

I chuckled, suggesting, "Now, how about we just listen to some music?"

"Good idea." Mei agreed.

Short chapter. Abrupt ending.

Cloud: Abrupt is more your style, though.

Link: Truth! Anyway, sorry for the long wait, and I'll try to be better about shit. Just had one hell of a bad week, and it's only fucking Tuesday. Meh, whatever. Bye, Lunar Knights.