Remember when I said that there are way too many mysteries in my world and this world? Well, seems like that these mysteries liked to pile themselves up to kill whoever planned to solve them all.

Anyway, after the awkward web-cuffing of the Scizor's pincers, and the Rapidash kicking the Caterpie to kingdom come after his usefulness was over—the Pidgeot wasn't happy about that however—, the red bug finally managed to calm down and the three evolved Pokémon were now seated in front of my and Krys' group.

The Scizor first cleared his throat and then apologized for his behavior after seeing us the first time. After that, he began a short story of what was happening around the world, er, this world, at least. During the story-telling however, other Pokémon began to appear and joined the audience, listening intently to the story.

The story went like this...

Arceus created worlds, and then created guardians to watch over those worlds before he went to slumber, because, hey, when a god is bored and randomly decided to created worlds, he'll need living, breathing and intelligent beings to watch over them after he wasted all of his power just to satisfy his boredom.

First, there's Dialga, who watches over space. Then, Palkia, overseer of space. Sorry, I often mix these two dragons up. Dialga watches over time and Palkia watches over space. Then there's Giratina, who watches over the Torn World, a world that balances this world, wherein Mew's the one who's watching over.

I really don't see how Mew can do a good job though, which the Scizor has pointed out, after the evolution process went glitchy. Sorry, can't think of other terms at the moment. I was a human working on computers and internets and blah blah blah. So sue me.

So anyway, back to the story.

Apparently, inside a mountain, there's this weird gem-like rock that was taller than any tree the Scizor has ever seen. I bet the Scizor will take that back after he learns the existence of the Tree of Life where Mew... Huh, now that I think about it, are there two Mews in this world? Eh...

Wait...I meant the Tree of the World's Beginning. Wait... Isn't that like the same thing? Bleah, whatever.

So anyway, this Scizor must not have seen that tree yet.

So there, Mew was being happy-go-lucky, something went ka-blooey, everyone devolved, Mew went nutsy. I don't know if Celebi already knew this or not. If she does, then I don't really know why she kept this information from us if she and Mew were soaring all over the world together, trying to figure out what caused this. Maybe she just didn't want to cause a panic or something. The audience here are feeling scared though, after the Scizor told us that something tampered with the Evolution Gem.

Yep, so Pokémon's evolution is possible thanks to the great big rock of evolution. It sounds like a Digimon animé though, now that I think about it. If that evolution rock suddenly turned into a Pokémon, then this will definitely start to sound like a cheap Digimon 3 rip-off.

Fortunately, that was not the case. The Scizor explained that the rock used to have been glowing brightly like that of the sun at high noon. Unfortunately, now, it's fluctuating like a dying light bulb.

A random Pokémon among the crowd asked how he knew all of these. The red bug explained that he lives in that very cave, or at least, near the cave, where lots of other Pokémon live as well. They have heard stories about that bright towering rock being the source of evolution, but they didn't really believe it until everyone living there started to devolve after a sort of darkness exploded from the glowing rock, and after he, the Pidgeot, and the Rapidash evolved when they touched it.

Other Pokémon also tried touching the stone, but none of them evolved except for the three in front of us. The Pokémon living there then called them the chosen ones, for reasons unknown. Mew checked that place a day after, and tried using her psychic powers to try and fix it. Unfortunately, it didn't work, though she did felt small traces of dark essence that lingered in the place. Mew said she used to live there when other Pokémon started living there a long long time ago. So the dark essence was new to her, and that's what kept her from believing that someone did do something with the gem.

Unfortunately, none of the Pokémon living in the area see nor hear anything that would have caused the gem to malfunction. It just went wonky.

So now, this infamous trio are going everywhere to gather other Pokémon to try and see if they can evolve, for reasons unknown yet again. There have been other Pokémon who were able to evolve though, but the number sadly only consist of one digit, five, excluding the trio in front of us. So there are eight evolved Pokémon in the world.

And that's the story. While the trio were doing some Q's and A's, I wondered if that dark essence belonged to Darkrai. Well, if the movie was to be judged, he's a good guy, right? After Palkia accidentally town-napped Alamos to another dimension.

Then again, there was another Darkrai that pawned Ash's team in a league match or something. But Krystal told me that neither Ash nor Red exist in this world, after she went around Pallet Town. Though Professor Oak does have a grandson, but the name escapes me at the moment, but I'm sure it wasn't Gary nor Green.

So, I guess I should stop using the show or manga as sources. Or at least, not base this world on Ash's nor Red's adventures.

So... Darkr—

"What's on your mind?" Vixie's voice snapped me out of my train of thought as she sat beside me.

I shook my head. "Nothin'. Just thinking about what the Scizor just told us."

She blinked. "Well, at least now we know why everyone couldn't evolve."

I sighed as a thought popped in my head. "Yeah, but nothing about why Krysie and I got here." I saw a small hint of sparkle in her eyes, and I glared at her. "Well, I'm glad that's good news for you."

She frowned. "You...don't like me, do you?"

I blinked. I didn't expect that coming. I looked away and sighed. "Sorry, Vixie. I tried, but..." I took a breath and sighed again. If she kills me here and now, well, at least someone can try and stop her... "Don't take this the wrong way, but I do like you, I just don't like you as in completely like you. If that makes any sense." I slowly glanced back at her, and I could clearly see a question mark above her head.

She lightly shook her head. "I'll just try harder then."

Whew, that was a big load off of my chest. So she wouldn't tear me apart if I break up with her? Cool. I'm a bit thankful that Bill's busy studying all the information that he just gathered to pay attention to what Vixie and I were discussing. But anyway, there was a new question that popped in my head. "What do you see in me, anyway?" There. Better be blunt about it than swaying around the point.

"Um..." she stared on her paws. Then she looked around.

I looked around. Everyone were busy with their own discussions, but I guess this wasn't really the right place and the right moment to ask such questions. Then again, she started it.

"I just like you," came Vixie's reply. I turned my attention back to her and saw her small smile. "I don't know how humans do these things, but for us, well, for me, when I see someone that I want to live the rest of my life with, well..." she trailed off.

I blinked at her. "You weren't like that when we first met."

She glared at me. "These things don't grow overnight, you know." She took a breath and sighed. She then looked at me with tired yet longing eyes. "Feelings are like flowers. They take time to grow."

Heh, wow, she used my metaphor when we first talked. But eh, two can play at that game. "If you give a flower to the wrong person, then that flower won't last long." And brain, shut up. I meant a flower. Nothing else.

She smirked. "Good thing you're not a person then."

I frowned at her. "Har har..." I shook my head. "Seriously Vixie. I tried, but I...just see you as a friend." Please don't hurt me...

She still wore a smile as she stood up and...nuzzled my neck, and that contact made me freeze in place. She pulled back and smiled. "Your flower's just taking longer to grow. I can wait."

My brain's dirty side was immune to freezing, it seems. I shook all over, brr, and shook my head. "Fine, fine... Just don't do that again."

"No promises," she winked, complete with a slightly tilted head.

I groaned, though I found that really really cute. ...um...

"Shock?!" a really loud voice erupted from the crowd somewhere. I was a bit thankful for the interruption though, for that at least made Vixie wonder who that was.

I turned to Shock, and was just in time to see his ears droop as he slowly pushed himself down to the ground. "Oh no..." I arched an eyebrow at that.

"Oh, Arceus!" a Pikachu exclaimed, who just got through the crowd and was now smiling wide, staring at Shock. "It is you!"

The newcomer was a female though, if her voice and that heart-tipped tail wasn't any indication. She rushed towards us and tackle-hugged Shock—I barely dodged in time—pushing him back and landing on top of him.

"Oof!" Shock groaned as he tried to push the female Pikachu off of him, who was currently nuzzling his neck. "Get off of me!"

"Where have you been all this time, Shockie?!" she asked cheerfully as she crawled off of him. "Mom and dad are gonna be so so happy to know that you've come back home!"

I blinked at the exchange. I turned to my friends, but they were busy staring at the scene as well. I poked Vixie's shoulder, capturing her attention.

"Um, explanation please?"

She just gave me a confused blink.