Note: Hey guys! I'm back. Well, my summer is almost over so I'm sorry if I'm trying to have a little more fun before school starts. Either way, I feel so sorry for Blade here.

Blade's POV:

"XD002 is-" Medea stopped speaking, only to hold her head up in agony, "ARRGHH!"

"Medea is?" I edged closer, curious to who was behind it.

Blaze quickly pushed me away as he reached out to her.

"Are you okay?" he frantically caught her as she fell to the ground.

"Yes... But... But," she silently cursed, "There's... some gap in my memory now... I knew XD002's memory... It's just that, when I try to rememb- ACK!"

She bounced off Blaze's arms and held her head with both paws.

"I... feel... something ripping my mind!" she completed, tears slowly pouring out of her eyes.

"But can you grasp some details on XD002?" I pressed, wanting to know that information.

"Stop! Blade!" Blaze stepped in between us, "Can't you see she's in pain? Medea! Stop it now! Please just rest... I wouldn't enjoy seeing you in pain..."

I silently sighed. Blaze was right. There was no use in pressing information which would just hurt Medea in the process. Slowly, I fished out an Oran Berry from my bag and told Medea to eat it. She obediently snapped it up, probably healing her.

"Well, I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you guys," Ace snorted, "But... isn't there something you're forgetting? World? Destruction? Aren't you supposed to zip back to Treasure Town and contact that Crescent Duck or whatever?"

"Cresselia? You mean?" Violet chimed in.

"Yeah, that's what I said," Ace returned.

"All right... We better start moving then," I commanded, bringing everybody up.

"Well, at least this world isn't over yet... I haven't done my part," Ruse snorted.

We continued our journey on foot to Treasure Town. It wasn't that far since we last left off. Blaze had offered to courteously carry Medea, to which she shyly declined. I couldn't help but smile as I saw him persistently insist.

"Oof!" he whispered as he walked by me, "I never expected her to be this heavy..."

"Did I hear anything?" Medea suddenly interrupted.

"Uh... Nothing, Meddy!" Blaze bit his tongue.

"He seriously needs to watch his tongue," Ruse whispered as she winked back at me, "Otherwise he might end up like some Gengar I met in the past..."

I stifled a laugh as we continued to journey on foot.

Blaze seemed to be narrating our battle with her shadow personality. She seemed to greatly enjoy Blaze's... somewhat odd narration... She kept laughing as Blaze narrated the whole thing... probably in his version.

I couldn't help but look back at Ruse and Violet at the corner of my eye to see that they also held some sort of an odd yet comedic expression on their face to Blaze's narration. Ace didn't seem to care. He simply flew ahead of us while rolling his eyes.

"Yeah! And you were, like, bam! And Blade was busy running of like some Combusken... Of course, even under the control of shadows, you seemed abnormally beautiful and all... I guess that must be why I was knocked out quickly..." Blaze continued narrating, Medea laughing as he gestured the whole thing with his hand, "But Blade managed to land this finishing blow at you with his Triple Knife thingy at you... But even in defeat, your fur gracefully danced as the wind caressed it, shining in the Drought of the sun."

"And I'm supposed to believe all this?" Medea giggled.

"Of course! I mean, you weren't conscious the whole time, were you?" Blaze chuckled.

"Maybe... Maybe not," she winked.

"Umm... Then let's leave it at that," he scratched his head.

"Your friend is a great story teller, isn't he?" Ruse whispered, her face with a somewhat comedic expression.

"I guess so," I sighed, "Must be Medea that's making him act like this."

"Hmm? First time he met a girl like that?" Ruse stifled a cackle.

"Yeah..." I stated, "First time... Still, I kinda feel sorry for him..."

"No wonder... He seems too inexperienced with Medea... I could tell Medea senses his anxiety though..." Ruse simply laughed.

"I dunno... It's not really my problem..." I continued.

"Oh... It will be... soon... I mean, you've got a Rose problem, don't you? You'll need to be on your toes to nab her, y'know..." she stuck her tongue out.

"Oh..." I shyly returned, "So... You're all over this nab me from Rose thing now, are you?"

"Sure, but once this save the world thing is over..." she slyly smirked, "Don't expect me to just disappear quietly... I'll need to go back to stealing... from you two!"

"Well, I'd be happy to arrest you then," I joked, despite hoping she was joking.

"Good luck then..." she spat, "Cause by being with your group, I've been able to learn some stuff about you and some weaknesses... But we gotta concentrate on this XD002 business first..."

I gave a nervous chuckle and continued walking. By the time the sight of Treasure Town got to my eyes, I broke into a run. Everyone else joined on the run, seeing that everyone was practically eager to get some rest. In Blaze's case, he would probably be dying to take a swing by Spinda's Café. Seeing that he's in a mad attempt to impress Medea now, maybe he would have more than cupholders now in his mind.

"Hey Meddy! Do you know that Spinda's Café has an offer of free cupholders now?" I heard him tell her in a somewhat excited manner.

Or not... He might be more clumsy and goofy now, but I knew that he was still the same Blaze... I sighed as the sight of Treasure Town began to engulf me. I honestly couldn't wait to see Rose. She made me feel... complete... Ever since I've met her, I've had this odd feeling to stay by her side.

Oddly, I never knew I would begin to feel like this without her. I knew she felt just the same. Maybe we needed each other. Or maybe it was just because I've never seen an outlaw that had gone through this much development as her. Or maybe it could be because she was quite attractive.

I quickly shook the last thought off my head. I shivered at wondering what was happening to me.

"All right, we're home!" I announced to everyone as we arrived at Blaze's place.

"Nice place you got," Medea nuzzled Blaze.

"Erm... I-I... Thank you!" he glowed red. I could've mistook him for some shiny Typhlosion.

As soon as he entered his home, he took out some coins from his vault and passed by me.

"Erm," he whispered, nudging me, "I think I'm gonna... Go separate ways with this group for a while... You know... Please cover up for me while Medea and I go to Spinda's Café, will you?"

"Huh? We're supposed to contact Darkrai? What are you even gonna do back at the Café you've collected every cupholders already," I scratched my head.

He stole a glance at Medea behind him and a slight blush appeared on his face.

"Erm... You know," he gestured to Medea, "Please don't mess this up for me!"

The two of them left for the cafe. I simply stifled a laugh. Lucky for the two of them. My smile faded when I remembered about Rose. I quickly scrambled up to the second floor guest room at Blaze's place. If Rose had arrived here first, then I'm pretty sure she would be there.

I opened the door to see her staring silently at the wall. Nobody else was in the room aside for her.

"Rose!" I joyfully called out to her.

"Oh," she stared back at me with distaste, "It's you..."

"Rose?" I continued, "Are you okay?"

She walked away from me, ignoring my question.

"Rose!" I struggled to keep up with her.

"She's been like this ever since she had some nightmare," Sandra suddenly spoke as she e,edged from another room, "Maybe you should... Leave her alone for some time, y'know?"

Ignoring Sandra, I chased after Rose.

"Hey!" I continued, "Why so down?"

She shot a murderous look at me, before turning away her face in disgust.

"Rose?" I carefully put my hand on her shoulder in concern.

To my surprise, she viciously slapped my hand off.

"What?" she hissed, her eyes burning with some sort of anger and tears.

"Rose... D-do you have a problem?" I slowly approached her.

"Yes! YOU are my problem!" she hissed.

She angrily pushed me back, whirling her face away from me.

"Rose!" I nervously approached her, "Calm down! I don't know what's going on..."

"Don't act like you don't know anything about it," she spat shakily, holding back tears, "You are just the same with everyone before!"

"Rose! How can we sort things out if you don't explain it clearly," I tried to calmly approach her.

"Why don't you just leave me alone!" she spat.

"Rose, please... Just stop... You need to rest," Sandra weakly called.

"Shut it!" she spat as she suddenly held me up with Psychic.

"Woah! Rose! Please stop!" Celsus suddenly bounced, aware of where this was going.

"Forgive me, Rose," I broke out of her attack and landed a not so strong Night Slash at her.

"Hmph!" she cursed as she snapped her fingers, hurling me back with Psychic again.

I jumped back up and began to fire Stone Edge, to which she gracefully dodged. She retaliated with a Thunderbolt, which I had barely managed to dodge. However, I could feel the intensity of her attack. I knew it... She was dead serious.

"Rose! At least tell me what's going on!" I pleaded as I launched a Psycho Cut.

"You know very clearly what's going on! You of all my friends... you're a filthy hypocrite!" she screamed as she launched a Thunderbolt straight at the ground before my foot.

I yelped as sparks flew to me. I hastily sidestepped the attack and tried another Night Slash, however, she simply used Psychic to lift me up in the air and effortlessly toss me back to the ground.

With a grunt, I jumped up and spun around her, knowing I had to end this with one move.

I quickly hit her with a light Night Slash, hoping not to harm her. The move locked her down, to which she bitterly cursed. Tears began to stream out of her eyes, however, she kept that stern look on me.

"Rose..." I offered my hand as I helped her up, "Please... At least tell me everything..."

She slapped my hand away.

"You hypocrite! Stop that act, it made me believe in a fool like you!" she spat.

"Rose?" Sandra quivered behind a wooden table, "At least tell me what's going on! You've been different ever since you woke up this morning!"

"Fine then, Sandra..." she quieted down, "I'll tell you what I learned about this dirty fool!"

"Rose," I began, "I-"

Sandra began to give me a gesture, If a woman's angry, you might as well just shut up before thing's get worse.

With a confused look on my face, I bit my tongue as Rose began to raise her eyebrow.

It was odd... Rose seemed to be quite worried or angry about something. I was even more odder out by the fact that she was quite hostile to me. Why would she, of all my friends, be hostile to me. I've grown to care for her and so has she. I knew that we both felt closer to each other than the relationship of our destiny to XD002...

With a sigh, I gave up and decided to just listen to Rose. If there was me way of solving things, it would most definitely come from my only lead at the moment... Rose's side of the argument.

"Now," Rose began, "Blade, I just want to tell you... You are a hypocrite!"

Note: Rose... Things are more messed up than you think they are... Blade... Congratulations, you just lost her. Either way, how was it? Any of you expecting this? Please leave a review... Opinions always count. Seeya then.