Well, another update (finally). The beginning came out a bit sad, but it's just Jack being crazy. I hope you enjoy and, if you do, please review so I can actually have some motivation to write more.

''hello'' = Spoken text

''hello'' = Thought text (always by the current perspective)

(Name) = Change of perspective

''hello'' = First fighter battle commands (Jack/Juli, depends on the current perspective)

''Hello'' = Second fighter battle commands (Whoever Jack/Juli is fighting, depends on the current perspective)

(Juli)

Jack and I were walking back to town, away from the cave where Jack had left the team Aqua member. I know that Aqua member had done something quite wrong, but just leaving him there? I think that's going way too far. I don't know if he has some kind of prejudice against thiefs, but even then...

''J-Jack?'' I said, softly.

''Yes?''

''Are you sure about just leaving him like that? He could be attacked, or even starve. I think we should just bring him to the police.''

''Oh, he'll be fine. He's a tough guy.''

''Where are we going anyway? Are we going to the police station to report him?''

'' 'course not. Remeber the problem we had with carrying our stuff?''

''Yeah.''

''We'll just get it from Devon. I'm really good at negotiating, you see.''

''How would Devon solve the problem? I know you're good at negotiating, but it won't perform miracles.''

''Devon's created this thing they call 'bottemless bags'.''

''Bottomless? That's far from possible.''

''They aren't actually bottomless, but all of our stuff should fit into one.''

''Won't it be way too heavy?''

''I don't know how they did it, but it weighs almost nothing. So I'll trade this,'' he pointed at the box. ''for that. Nothing strange.''

''This may be worth a lot, but not that much. Devon would guard it far better if it was worth a bunch.'' I'll be honest, I was doubting Jack quite heavily.

''Don't you remember what that Aqua member said? If Devon knows that they can definitively win against Team Aqua, they'll be trading anything we want.''

But that Aqua member was lying for sure. Team Aqua has been doing great financially. Jack should know this, shouldn't he? I decided to play along for now.

''So you're going to try to trade the package and the information, for something with so much worth?''

''Yes. It should work out perfectly.'' Okay, enough of this. I ran ahead of Jack and stopped him.

''Jack! You know he lied, don't you!'' A small grin appeared on Jack's face.

''Yeah, I do.''

''Then why are you pretending you don't!''

''Why were you? Why did that Aqua member lie anyway? Why does Team Aqua need those parts and the blueprint so badly? Until we know the answers, we should just assume he spoke the truth.'' He walked right past me, leaving me dumbfounded. He thought about this more than I did.

''Jack, wait up!'' I chased him, after snapping back to reality.

''What is it?'' He said, slightly annoyed, not even bothering to look back at me.

''Couldn't we have brought him back to the police for questioning then?''

''There's always the possibility that the police in Rustboro have been bribed to not take any action. Why do you think they haven't done anything? Calling the police may have gotten us into trouble. You have to look at things objectively and consider everyone an enemy.''

''Everyone?'' I paused for a bit. ''So even you?''

''I'm a part of everyone.''

''But why would I consider my friends and family as enemies? I know I can trust them.''

''Humans are such selfish creatures. 'Trust' is just something people invented so they don't have to do things themselves.'' It made me really sad to hear Jack say these kind of things.

''What do you have against humans!'' I lashed out at him. He turned his head over to me, stopped walking and stared with a very sad expression on his face. Just looking at it seemed to make time go slower. After an eternity of waiting, Jack finally said: ''Everything.'' and walked quickly into Rustboro.

(Jack)

Juli hadn't said anything ever since we entered Rustboro and was walking quite far behind me. Whenever I tried to slow down my pace, she did as well. She seemed down. I regret saying what I did. I opened up to her way too quickly and ended up making her sad. I'd like to cheer her up, but I wouldn't know how. I've been fretting over what to do ever since I entered Rustboro.

''Aaahhh, whatever!'' I quickly walked up to Juli, grabbed her hand and started running while dragged her along. She stopped spacing out and said:

''Jack? What's wrong!''

''I can't stand to see you all sad like this anymore!'' I looked away from her, slightly embarrassed.

''Well, where are we going then!?''

''Why would I know!? We'll see when we get there!'' I heard Juli laughing behind me. Mission accomplished!

After running for a while, Juli finally spoke up.

''Jack... stop... I'm tired.'' I stopped running and let go of her hand, which I had held on to this entire time. Juli lay down on the grass, panting heavily.

''I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tire you out.''

''It's fine!'' She said, smiling widely. I felt myself smiling as well. I never noticed how pretty Juli is, even more so when she smiles. I looked around, after realising we had left town. We had ended up in a beautiful meadow, right next to a lake. Juli had closed her eyes, lying comfortably in the grass. I decided to follow her example and lay down, opposite of her. After lying in the grass peacefully for a while, Juli spoke up.

''Jack?''

''What's up?''

''You consider everyone an enemy, right?'' I didn't say anything for a second.

''Yeah, I do.''

''I'm going to change that. I don't know what happened to you in the past, but I'll be sure to bring back your faith in humanity.'' I opened my eyes and tilted my head backwards and was surprised to see Juli looking at me. ''No matter how long it takes.'' She finished.

''Good luck with that.'' I said mockingly, while grinning. Juli promptly hit me on the head. I laughed out loud and so did Juli. ''Alright,'' I left a small pause. ''Take care of me.''

''I will.'' I turned away from Juli and found myself smiling. Why does this make me happy?

Sorry for the short chapter after so much time, but I'm glad I finally got to finishing this chapter. It's an eventful one, even if it's a bit short. Please review if you enjoyed and I hope you have a wonderful day.