Author's Notes: Yeah, we're basically taking turns here, so I, RayTheZoroark, have this one covered. Alex, you can sit back and relax.

Riddle: What is the answer to the riddle?

What has four legs in the morning,

Two at noon,

And three in the evening?

(BTW, the answer to the previous riddle was darkness)

Chapter 6: Decisions

*POV: Ray*

"Come on!" Blayze called back to us. We had been walking for days, battling trainers and wild pokemon, on our way to Mistralton city, home of the Flying gym, and Skyla, its leader. We could see the exit to Chargestone cave.

"Hold on, Blayze!" Alex called out to her. "Some of us are only human!"

"Bitch, please! You don't even know if you are human!" Alex growled lowly. "Plus, you need the exercise! Whee!"

"Where does she get that energy?" Shadow grumbled.

"Coming from the one who just laid an egg." I commented.

"Coming from the one that helped." Aura said scathingly. I stared at her.

"Ooookay..." Alex said. "I'm gonna go now..." He sped up to catch up with Blayze.

"Shadow, do you mind excusing us for a moment?" I asked.

"Um, sure, just watch the egg." She answered. I returned Shadow to her pokeball and grabbed the case with the egg in it.

"What is wrong with you?" I asked Aura.

"Nothing."

I stared hard at her. "Yeah." I said disbelievingly.

"Really." She insisted.

"Come on, you can tell me."

"I'm FINE!" She growled.

"Aura." I said, "You and me both know that there's something bothering you."

"No!" She practically yelled. "I'm absolutely dandy! Why should there be something wrong, when all you ever think about is that egg. When half the words out of your mouth are either asking about Shadow or about the egg! But of course, why would there be anything wrong?" She had tears in her eyes.

"Wait." I said, "You think because I had the egg with Shadow, I'll stop loving you? I'm sorry, but that's stupid."

"EXCUSE ME?" She asked.

"I'm sorry if I haven't been paying enough attention to you lately, but this egg is a part of me, and that means I'm going to pay a lot of attention to it."

She glared at me for a moment, then sighed.

"I know." She said. She rested her head on my chest. "I know I shouldn't be jealous. But... everytime I see her or the egg with you, I... wish it were me... and I get so angry..." She wiped her eyes. "We should probably catch up to the others."

"Yeah." I said. Neither of us moved.

"They'll wonder where we are." She pressed, but didn't move.

"Yeah." I answered, not moving either. She looked up at me and we shared a look of love beyond words. We kissed softly.

"If that is what you wish, I'll think about it." I said, reading her thoughts. She smiled.

"That bugs me when you do that." She said.

"Sorry." I replied. "Can't help it sometimes. Been years, but I'm still getting use to it.

~~~~Time Skip~~~~

"Ahh, I'm happy we'll actually sleep in real beds." Alex said as we entered the Pokecenter.

"Yeah, and real food." Blayze added.

"Hey!" Alex exclaimed, "My cooking isn't that bad!"

"Your cooking could kill a Tyranitar." I commented. He glared at us.

"Blow me."

"Pretty sure your girls would want to."

"Hi! Welcome to the Pokecenter, may I heal your Pokemon?" The Nurse Joy asked.

"Sure, and two rooms please." I said, handing her my Pokeballs after returning my pokemon. Alex did the same.

"Very well, just a moment." She said, taking the balls from us. She set them in the healing machine and grabbed a couple of keys off a rack behind her. The machine dinged and she handed everything to us.

"Your rooms are 9 and 10. Please come again!" She said, bowing to us.

"Thank you." I said, and walked towards the rooms.

"One for me and one for you." Alex said.

"Sure, but first I need to talk to you." I added.

"Okay." He nodded. We headed inside one, and he grabbed his pokeballs.

"One moment, before you call them out." I said.

"Okay." He said again.

"Two things. One big and one small. First, about the gym challenges. You have four badges, correct?" I asked.

"Yep." He answered.

"So I need to backtrack to get the other badges." I said.

"Ah, I see." He answered.

"Yeah, so if you want to stay here for a couple of days, I can nip back and get the other four badges I need. Shouldn't be too hard." I said.

"I agree. Although I'm not sure I'll stay here. I'll have to talk to the girls. Now what was the small thing?" He asked.

"Oh, that was the small thing." I said, chuckling.

"What? What's the big thing?" He asked.

"This." I said, pulling a small box about half the size of my palm out of my pocket.

"Oh..." He said after he figured out what it was. "That is big." I showed a big, stupid grin before opening the box.

End Notes: And there you have it, folks. Hope you liked it. Sorry about the super long wait. Anyway, R&R!

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