On the western end of Derecha Town arrived Colin and Karen, relatively exhausted from this ordeal they have just overcome. They made their way through town, aiming to go straight to the docks to meet up with the Crawdaunt that sent them to Derecha Cave. As they begin exiting through the town square marketplace and onto the pier, there was the Crawdaunt they were looking for.

"Hey hey! How goes the tes-", the Pokemon was cut off as Colin, almost as if he couldn't wait to, presented the rock. "Here's your rock."

The Crawdaunt, initially caught by surprise by the cutoff, then started to cheer, "Hey hey, that's great! You got it!"

Colin looked at the Crawdaunt all serious, "Do you know just what we went through to get that?"

"Huh?", the crustacean Pokemon was a bit confused.

"The cave almost caved in on us! We could've been killed!", Karen yelled as she was rather annoyed by that fact.

"Hey hey, well that's how it is sometimes. Us explorers risk our lives every day, hey.", the Crawdaunt explained.

Kinda shocked, Colin exclaimed, "Are you serious!?"

Karen, also shocked, muttered in a fearful tone, "S-so much risk… is it all really worth it?"

"Great adventures will often come with great risks, hey.", the Crawdaunt replied, "But with great risk… comes great rewards! Knowledge, fame, wealth, keeping the peace, or just the thrill of it all! That is what we risk our lives for, hey hey!"

Taking all this in, a kind of intimidated Colin responds, "I guess ya have a point there, Mr. Hey…"

The crustacean Pokemon perked up a bit, followed by in an annoyed tone, "Hey hey! What did you call me!?"

The Buizel was surprised by the reaction, "Well… you didn't really introduce yourself and you say 'hey' a lot!"

"Oh, hahaha! How silly of me, hey hey!", the Crawdaunt bashfully rubbed the back of his head, "You can just call me Crawdaunt! That's what I go by, ya know!"

"Got it, Crawdaunt!", Colin assured with a smile.

"Hmm… speaking of names… what do you two go by, hey hey?", Crawdaunt curiously asked.

Colin answered, "My name is Colin!"

"And mine's Karen!", Karen followed.

The red Pokemon thought on it a bit, as if he heard those names from somewhere before, "Colin and Karen, huh? Interesting, hey hey."

"Huh?", Colin asked, thinking that was kind of a strange thing to say.

"Oh it's nothing! Nothing at all!", Crawdaunt replied, though his answer did seem a bit suspicious. "Anyway, you two have had a long day and the sun's setting. Let's crash for the night and set sail for the Guild tomorrow morning!"

Both Colin and Karen were relieved to hear that. After nodding in agreement and waving each other off to head for bed, the two went for the inn. It wasn't long before they fell asleep, they were really exhausted from that trial of theirs, but it all worked out in the end and they were finally going to the Wigglytuff Guild.

The night went by fast and by the time the sun was rising, Colin and Karen had awoken. Under the dawn sky, the two made their way to the pier to meet Crawdaunt, Colin holding the purple rock they collected. At the end of the pier, there was the red Pokemon getting the boat ready.

"Hey hey! All aboard!", he said as he waved at Colin and Karen. They both called out and waved back before running toward the boat. Crawdaunt crossed the gangplank to board the boat and the two had followed. "Next stop, the Treasure Continent, hey hey!", the red Pokemon announced before he brought in the gangplank and hoisted the sail. The Buizel and Pachirisu would just watch in awe as they saw the ship-savvy Pokemon set sail and eventually man the wheel. The ship started moving and they gained speed on a tailwind; they were finally on their way eastward toward the Treasure Continent!

Some time passed by and the two Pokemon were standing along the edge of the boat, holding on the railing staring into the water. "Finally, we're on our way to the Wigglytuff Guild!", Karen blurted out excitedly.

"Looks like it.", Colin nodded with a smile, "The guild our fathers worked at… still do, if I recall!"

"Yeah! You think we'll see them there?", the Pachirisu was a tad more excited at the possibility.

"Hmmm… that's a possibility!", Colin answered, actually kind of anxious of the chance to see his father again.

Some more time passed before Colin broke the silence, "Hey… Karen?"

"Yeah, Collie?"

"There's… something I always wanted to know.", Colin asked. Things seemed to get serious all of the sudden. Karen would just tilt her head at Colin, sort of confused and curious.

"Remember when we were talking to Lenny back at that temple?", the Buizel questioned, "When he asked you why you took up healing magic, you kinda froze up at first. Come to think of it, you never really told even me why you were studying healing magic…", Colin then looked at Karen, "What made you look into something like that? It's not every day a Pokemon takes up something like that."

Karen got nervous, then seemed resigned as she could no longer avoid the topic. She sighed, "I guess I couldn't hide it for long, huh?", a nervous giggle before she continued, hanging her head, "Collie, do you remember that day 5 years ago? The day our village was attacked…?"
Upon hearing that, Colin briefly got wide-eyed before sporting a saddened look. "Yeah… how could I forget? It's the reason we're on this journey…"

"Yeah… when Team Tempest attacked…", the ele-squirrel remembered the details of how she flew back hitting the tree and falling on the ground after a devastating Thunderpunch from one of those offending Pokemon. Colin going to her side afterwards, putting himself in harm's way to protect her, then her waking up to witness this. Thoughts of how helpless she felt at the time raced through her head. "I… I felt like a burden." Her voice would get a tad shaky. "I felt like I couldn't do anything… so helpless…"

"Karen…", Colin muttered worriedly.

She went on, "Back then… I was careless… and nearly got us both killed…"

Colin responded, "Karen, it wasn't your fault…", the Buizel then hung his head, "I'm just as guilty… I put my life at risk as well…", he jerked his head up and looked toward the Pachirisu. "But I did what I had to to protect you! Even if our enemies were Rank X Outlaws…"

Karen said nothing, still kinda down. She was happy to have such a friend by her side that'd lay down his life for her, but at the same time wanted to be able to stand on her own feet and even help others. After a bit of a silence, she spoke up again. "I took up healing magic to… be useful and… not a burden…"

The Buizel's mouth opened in shock hearing that before he followed, "Karen… you're not ever a burden to me."

Karen slightly lit up and looked at Colin before he continued, "I admit that your studies into healing magic can be a big help on our journey. But… Karen… I don't ever consider you a burden, no matter what…" Karen sorta welled up before Colin muttered again, "I should've done a better job at protecting you…"

"Oh Collie…", the Pachirisu was touched by his words and just gave the Buizel a big hug, one that the Buizel would return after.

Crawdaunt had overheard the conversation at the ship's wheel. "O-oh dear… these kids endured an attack by Rank X Outlaws…? They've been through so much, hey…", the crustacean Pokemon whispered to himself as he continued sailing the ship eastward.

Quite a bit of time had passed after that and it looked like land could be seen ahead. "Land ho, hey hey!", Crawdaunt yelled.

Colin and Karen, who had been sitting on the floor of the deck all dozed off, had awoken and perked right up. They seen a cliff off in the distance that resembled the Shark-like Pokemon Sharpedo. "See, that there's Sharpedo Bluff! We're really close now, hey hey!"

The two Pokemon were excited to soon be at the Guild. "It's so close now… the Wigglytuff Guild!", Karen exclaimed.

The boat stopped and Crawdaunt put down the gangplank to bridge the ship and the beach. The red Pokemon was first to embark, followed by Colin and Karen. As they walked along the beach, he started to speak. "Hey hey! Look over there, the Krabby!"

The crab-like Pokemon off in the distance were blowing bubbles toward the sunset. This breathtaking sight really got the two. "That's so neat…", Karen muttered as she looked on to the sight with wonder and awe.

"It is…", Colin joined with a similar admiration to all this.

"Yes, those bubbles the Krabby blow… they make this sunset so alluring, hey hey. Explorers would come here to unwind, just to take in this wondrous sight.", Crawdaunt explained further.

"I'll say! It's so calming...", Karen added. They would all take some time to take in this spectacle.

"Alright, let's continue, hey hey!", the crustacean Pokemon announced before heading off, the two upstarts following close behind. There was a dirt path leading off from the beach and after a left turn, they would come across a crossroads. Crawdaunt stopped and faced the two. "Just ahead from these crossroads is the Guild, hey hey!", he'd say before going on. What could be seen ahead was the face of a high cliff with a steep stairway going into the middle of it and up to the top. There were also windows on each side of the cliff. Crawdaunt, Colin, and Karen went on to climb the staircase to the top, where they were greeted with a yellow tent with what looked like a float in the shape of a big pink Pokemon at the end of the path. This path was lined with torches and flags that had a symbol that resembled what was lined along the yellow tent. This was it, it was the Wigglytuff Guild. They had finally made it.

They made it to their destination. There's no telling what they'll exactly find out right away or just how much investigating they're in for. One thing that's certain is that they're going to see if they'll be eligible to register sooner rather than later as their journey continues!