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Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Chapter 39
"You feel sorry for me?" Charmander asked, frowning. "Why do you feel sorry for me?"
"Because." Mary said, shaking her head sadly. "The greatest thing a moemon can ever feel is to love and be loved. And if you're going to give up on love, then your life… your life just doesn't have any purpose, or happiness!"
"I don't think that I need a human in order to be happy!" Charmander exclaimed. "I can be perfectly happy without them."
"I know…" Mary said, shaking her head sadly, staring at Charmander with eyes filled to the brim with pity. "And that's why you're by yourself in this small little dark cave…"
Mary, shaking her head sadly, turned and walked out of the cave. Petal and I just stood there, dumbstruck.
"Wow…" Mary said, surprised. "I didn't know Mary could be so…"
"Yeah…" I said, nodding. "I mean, she was trying to be nice, but that… that was pretty hurtful…"
I turned my head to see Charmander sitting on the ground, a glum expression on her face.
"Hey, what Mary said was kind of harsh, but she didn't mean it to be hurtful…" I said, reaching out a hand to her.
"Shut up!" Charmander growled at me, glaring angrily. "Get… out… of… my… cave!"
"Alright, Petal, let's go." I said, grabbing Petal by the wrist. As we headed out of the cave, I turned to the Charmander that was still glaring at me.
"Listen, if you want…" I started, but she cut me off.
"Get. Out." Charmander snarled.
"I'll be at the Ranger Union." I said, following Petal out of the hole that was the entrance. "Come see me if you need anything."
Without another word, I walked out of the cave. The three of us headed back to where we left Keith, only… no Keith. Keith and Vui were gone, leaving only a small circle of light showing the area we had first fallen down.
"Keith? Where are you?" I called out, looking around. "If you're her, respond!"
"Keith!" Petal shouted, walking around the large clearing. "Here, kitty-kitty-kitty!"
"He's not a cat!" I exclaimed, laughing in spite of myself. "Alright, seriously, we need to find him, it's urgent! He could be hurt!"
"I thought you said this was urgent." Petal said, frowning.
"Petal, this is really important!" I said, frowning.
"Alright, so where do you think he went?" Petal asked.
"Well, there's only one place he can go." I said, staring down the other black, inky path. "Let's get going."
The three of us ran down the other path, hoping that it would lead to Keith and Vui. As we walked through the darkness, I suddenly got an interesting idea.
"Hey, guys, I think I know how we can get some light!" I said, smiling.
"Really? How?" Petal asked, surprised.
"Like this." I said, releasing the disk on my styler. The disk began looping around our heads, following my hand, and soon enough a ring of light began forming above our heads, illuminating the area around us.
"Wow, that was pretty clever, Kelly!" Petal said, surprised. "I didn't expect you to come up with that!"
"Alright, let's go!" I said, walking down across the dark grey stones, reflecting the light around. We continued walking, until we arrived at a large cavern, with light shining down on us from above.
"Um, how do we get up there?" Petal asked, frowning. "Any more bright ideas from the brilliant Kelly?"
"I'm thinking…" I said, thinking hard.
"Hey, master, I think something might be behind this big rock!" Mary said excitedly, gesturing towards a large rock blocked up against the wall.
"Mary, go play with your little lamb or something." Petal said, sighing.
"Hey, there might be something behind it!" Mary said, looking down dejectedly.
"Don't worry, Petal would never admit it, but she's worried about Keith." I said, smiling. "That's why her personality is all out of whack."
"I am NOT worried about him." Petal said, frowning. "I don't even like that jerk. I'm just worried about that Charmander."
"The Charmander?" I asked. I understood how she felt. Looking at that Charmander, she just seemed so…
"She just seemed so lonely…" Petal said, finishing the sentence I had been forming in my head. Creepy.
"Um, so how do we break through that rock, exactly?" Mary asked, frowning, I think a little disappointed that the conversation had veered away from her.
"Oh, that?" Petal asked, frowning. "Oh, that'll be simple."
"Yeah, we just need to find a moemon with the crush ability…" I said, frowning. "Now, where are we gonna find one…"
"We don't need a moemon." Petal said, smiling, holding up her trusty pipe. Crap.
"Alright, let's do this…" Petal said, placing the pipe at her side, holding the end like a sword hilt. "Second Stance… Nadeshiko."
Petal charged at the rock, drawing the pipe like a sword, and thrust the pipe into the rock, the rock splitting outwards in the shape of a flower, before shattering completely, revealing a cave.
"Alright, let's head on in!" Petal said, smiling. Inside the cave was a moemon, a single moemon. She wore a violet dress and held a violet parasol, with cloudy white hair down to her shoulders and golden eyes.
"A Drifblim!" Petal said, smiling. "We can use her to carry us up to the next story!"
"Well, that was convenient." I said, surprised.
"Ahem." Mary said, coughing smugly.
"Alright, let's go!" I said, shooting a disk out of the capture styler. The disk looped around the Drifblim repeatedly, capturing her.
Moemon: Drifblim
Type: Ghost
Poke Assist: Ghost
Field Move: Elevate x-
Info: Drifloon enjoy sunlight, though it is harmful to their skin. They counter this with their parasol, which they can use to float through the air. They can also use it to release gusts of wind.
"Alright, so, do you think you can carry us up?" Petal asked, smiling.
"Of course, ma'am!" Drifblim said, smiling. We walked out of the cave, and the three of us held onto Drifblim, who opened her parasol, lifting us up into the air and onto the next floor, to see what lied above.
So, what will they find up there?