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Dusk

Cloner X2 slowly and painfully made his way out towards Floccesy Ranch were there was nothing but open space, which means he would be easily spotted, but luckily it had fields of very tall grass in which he could hid in just in case. He kept on looking for any signs that showed one of the clones had been here, but no luck so far there was only regular wild pokemon who seem to scurry away from him 'they should be running away' he thought. Then suddenly a small sound broke his train of thought, it sounded like...crying? But there was no one around from miles 'could his censers be failing him?' but it was too early for his powers to be leaving him now, he needed to more power and now! Slowly and quietly he came closer to the source of the crying and found to his surprise a little girl, she had curly black hair, somewhat pale skin, snowflake colored eyes, and a perfectly pink with yellow lining dress. She was the first human he saw in years and just by looking at her, brought back beautiful yet painful memories of the days in the lab. Then without warning the little girl instantly turned around and froze in place in fear, then he froze but not in fear but in surprise.

"Are you going to eat me?" she asked a bit scared, her voice was gentle and smooth

He just kept on looking into her eyes intently; never leaving her out of his sight.

"If you are then you in luck" she said with a cold tone

"And why so?" Cloner X2 finally said, which surprised the girl

Soon tears began to form in her eyes and little crying noises began to produce, which caught him by surprise.

"B-b-b-because he wouldn't notice me gone any way!" she cried out between sobs

This confused him "He?" he asked

"My father...he wouldn't care if I was gone because he's to busy with work and after the passing of my mother its even worse!" she cried even more

Then by surprise she fell to her knees and held her face in her hands, and continued to sob but louder then before; this made Cloner X2 feel sorry for the thing...but why? It wasn't his problem that her father cared little about her...but he felt how neglected and lonely she felt, after all he too had that same feeling for years; and so did the unthinkable.

"If he does not care a thing about you would you like to come on my journey to find some of my...friends?" he asked her, trying to sound as sincer as possible but barely managed

She looked up at him with her puffy cheeks and wet eyes.

"Really...but what about my father?" she asked

He stood on both his hind legs and groaned a bit in the process.

"If he does not care as much as you say then why not come with some one who will care for you" he stated

The girl looked a bit uncertain at his request or was it a question, what ever it was it confused her pure child mind.

"Okay" she answered with uncertainty

"Good" he said with a forced smile "Now let us be off"

And with that he walked to where the tall grass grew but made it only a few inches, and placed his front feet on the ground, then continued on only stopping every few minutes waiting for the little girl to catch up.

"So what do they call you?" she asked

This question caught him by surprise since he forgot what his name was.

"Well I don't know its been so long I can't remember and I wish not to remember" he said

"Then I'll call you Dusk" she grinned "Is that okay?"

He just shrugged and nodded in response.

"And you?" he said

"Well my real name is Kaymi but my friends call me Kari" Kari smiled

"So does that make me your friend if I call you Kari?" he asked afraid of the response

She thought a bit about that and turned to him with a warm smile.

"A friend since your the only one who has ever talked to me" she told him

"Oh" was all he could say, not sure how to respond

This silence continued on until it became dark and extremely cold which didn't bother him, but the girl on the other hand was shivering violently, that strangely caused him to worry a bit. So he looked around trying to find any thing that could shelter them from the cold. Luckly he found a very small cave and so led her towards it, with her tightly griping his tail coughing and shivering, while he moved her towards the cave. Though it was a bit damp and a tight squeeze for him that is they slept undisturbed, with Kari mostly in the cave and Dusk curled around her, with his side facing the harsh cold. And they were like that throughout the rest of the night.