"Hey, Bi!" Shock greeted as the both of us reached our friends and the two legendary Pokémon.

Celebi was floating. She turned around and smiled at him. "Oh! There you two are! Hi, Shockie!"

Shock's ear twitched as he mumbled quietly.

Bi then smiled at me. "Hello, future mate!"

"You'll be charcoal if you say that again," I grinned after I noticed Vixie's eye twitched from Bi's greeting.

Bi blinked, her smile gone. She didn't get it. Maybe she doesn't know yet.

I shook my head. "Never mind." I then smiled hopefully at her. "So... Any news from Arceus?"

She suddenly huffed in anger as she floated and sat on Vixie's back, her arms crossed. "I tried, I really did, but he's so...so...grr!"

My smile and two ears drooped.

"Arceus is just busy, Bi," Darkrai said, trying to calm the small green fairy thing.

"He's an old meanie! That's what he is!"

Darkrai sighed as he rubbed his head with one hand. He then turned to me. "Jay, right?"

I nodded, suddenly remembering about the topic of our first meeting. "Yeah. So, any news about the evolution problem?"

"Well," he scratched his head. It's really, really freaking weird to see Darkrai acting like...that.

I noticed that my friends were already eating the berries that Shock and I brought. I waved a paw at them. "What some berries?"

Darkrai just calmly shook his head. "No thanks." He then blinked at me. "I'd be honest. I've been curious as to what those taste like, but..." he then put a hand on where a mouth should have been.

My drooped ears drooped some more. "Oh, uh...s-sorry..."

"Jay," Vixie called. "Bi just told us something about Krystal."

"Oh?" I blinked at her. "Let's hear it, then."

"Allow me," Darkrai landed on the ground, the base of this floating shadowy body-thingy suddenly pushed out two pairs of thin black legs, and it was creepy to have seen it. "Krystal and her frie—"

"Krysie and her friends went to that biiig big old mountain where deep underground is where the evolution gem is located and Mew was there too and they found out that Krysie was the Espeon that came with the Umbreon that made the evolution gem go wonky and Krysie tried to escape but they managed to stop her and now they are questioning her about the Umbreon she called Shadow!"

...if a pair of blank eyes could burn, all of our eyes would have turned Fay into ashes by now. How she said all of those words in one breath was beyond understanding. And oh, she just went back to eating berries.

"R-r-right..." Darkrai stammered. "What she just said."

Bi chuckled. "Never change, Fay."

I shook my head to snap myself back. "O-okay, so wait..." I turned back to Darkrai. "Krystal's also a human, like me! How could she...er...be an Espeon if she was turned into an Eevee like me?"

"Like you..." Darkrai echoed, staring at me. "Hm..."

I arched him an eyebrow. "What? So, I'm the Umbreon of the story, too?"

"...maybe?" Darkrai shook his head. "I wouldn't know."

I sighed. "Well, if I am, then that might explain how I could evolve and devolve..."

"Really?" Darkrai and Celebi asked at the same time.

"Yep," Shock answered. "I've seen it, but I still couldn't believe it."

"We've seen it!" Fay chirped.

"I've only seen him turn back to an Eevee from being a Flareon," Vixie smiled at me, and went back to eating as I rolled my eyes at her.

"Oh yeah," Fay nodded. "You were inside a Pokéball almost the entire time."

"W-what?!" Bi suddenly gasped, clasping Vixie's cheeks with both her hands and pulled the Vulpix's face closer to hers in a panic. "You've been caught?! When?! How?! Where's your human trainer?!"

A vine pulled Bi away from the choking Vulpix. Shock and Fay helped Vixie out as Saur told Bi about what happened.

I smirked at how silly the scene was. After a few moments, I turned back to Darkrai, who was still staring at me.

I awkwardly blinked. "Um...something wrong?"

"...this Krystal friend of yours was also able to evolve into different evolution forms of your species."

"She...can...?"

Darkrai nodded.

I sat down in thought. "Huh, so...I guess I really am using the Umbreon's body then... But...why? And how?"

"Krystal is not telling us anything." Darkrai shook his head. "She kept on demanding to see her mate, Shadow."

Shadow? Well, that's a cool name for an Eevee, even cooler for an Umbreon. ...come to think of it, was that voice I heard long ago was Shadow's? What did it told me that time? Gah... I couldn't remember. Did Shadow say something important?

Wait... Wait wait... Maybe Shadow's an outlaw! Like in those mystery dungeon games, where there were also Pokémon doing bad stuff!

I yelped in surprised when I felt a poke on my side. I turned and saw Shock.

"Glad that you're back," he snickered as he waved a paw at Darkrai. "He asked you a question."

"Oh," I turned to Darkrai. "Erm... Sorry... I wasn't paying attention. What was the question again?"

Darkrai nodded. "That is alright. Though it wasn't really a question. It was more of a request."

"Okay..."

"I'd like you to come with us to the evolution gem. That is, if it's okay with you."

"Oh..." I blinked. "Um..."

...if it's okay with me? Like I have a choice of the matter! If I say no, then Darkrai try and get me.

Obviously, he really does think that I'm using the Umbreon's body. It would make sense for me to go there to 'return' the evolution power back to the gem.

I got a theory though. Maybe the power was too much for both the Espeon and the Umbreon to hold. Of course, they'll need to discharge that said power so they won't explode from the overcharge. That happened to my previous phone. It was hella expensive, too...

Anyway, maybe that discharge caused some sort of distortion that then pulled Krysie and I to this world.

That's just a theory though... A game theory...

But why was Krystal sent here first before me? And with a gap of a month! Maybe the Umbreon held onto it longer than the Espeon? Well, females are weaker than males.

Oh, hey... So I devolved into a sexist now, too?

I sighed and nodded. "Yeah. I'll go there."

"Jay..."

I ignored Vixie's sad call. I looked at Darkrai with a serious look.

Another theory... If I were to return the evolution power, then the original owner of this body I'm using might finally wake up and take over... What would happen to me?

"I need to know something," I said. "What will I do when I get there?"

"You and Krystal will return the gem's power." Darkrai then looked skyward. "Mew said that she knows how to return that power if either one of you, or both of you, will refuse to return it. Or..." Darkrai looked back at me with an awkward blink. "...if one or both of you don't know how to return it."

I nodded. "I see..." I shook my head. "But after that, what happens then?"

Darkrai shrugged. "I don't know. Mew will maybe guard the gem more closely after. Or Arceus might assign someone else to watch over it, or he'll simply move it elsewhere, out of reach from any normal Pokémon."

"That last part sounds the best option that he'll do." Although that wasn't really the answer I was seeking. I once again shook my head. "But that really wasn't what I wanted to know."

"Oh?" Darkrai blinked. "Apologies for assuming."

"Meh, it's fine." I turned at my friends, who were listening intently to my conversation with Darkrai. "I have a theory..."

"Which is...?" Shock pressed.

"I don't think I've told you guys this before, but I...think...that while I was out cold, I had a strange conversation with a voice in my head."

Shock sighed and shook his head. "I think Jay's gone nuts."

Saur though, arched an eyebrow. "When was this?"

I looked up in thought. "Erm...maybe...after Vixie was caught? Yeah, I think that was it."

"And the voice?" Bi asked, completely curious. "What did it say?"

I sighed through my nostrils. "I...don't remember. But...my theory is that..." I turned back to Darkrai, his white hair-like thingy swayed with the nonexistent wind. "...that voice belonged to someone."

"And?" Saur asked.

I turned to him with a serious frown. "I...think that voice belonged to the original owner of this body I'm using. I don't remember rescuing Vixie from that trainer who caught her, so maybe..."

"...Shadow took over." Darkrai finished with a nod. "That's a possible thing to happen. Mostly common to soul collectors like Spiritombs..."

"Eh?" Shock was surprised to hear that. "Really? There are Pokémon that collects souls?"

...I guess Spiritombs don't exist here. Then again, they are found in Sinnoh. I wonder what happens if trainers start dumping Spiritombs here from their many failed attempts of IV breeding. I wonder if IVs are even a thing here. Meh...

...I wonder if shinies are a thing here. I haven't seen one since I first came here. They're maybe very rare, or don't exist at all.

Ahem... "Anyway," I turned back to Darkrai. "My theory is that maybe, just maybe, that after I return the evolution power thing, if I really do have it, then the owner of this body o'mine might regain control. W-what would happen to me?"

...I actually wasn't expecting us to go all quiet. I looked at my friends and the legendaries present, but all of their gazes were elsewhere, thinking about what my theory as they formulate a response.

"W-what's happening to Krystal now?" I mumbled the question, but the silence made it loud enough for everyone to hear. "The human Krystal, not Levie..."

"...Levie?" almost everyone asked in chorus.

I arched them an eyebrow. "Yeah. That's the Espeon's name, right?"

Darkrai shook his head. "Her friends claim that her name was Krystal. Assuming what you've said is true, then the Espeon's real owner has 'regained control of her body.'"

I blinked...and blinked. "Uh... H-how'd I know her name?"

"Good question," Shock said, crossing his arms. "I'm waiting for a good answer."

I shook my head. "I...don't know. I just knew."

"You are the Umbreon, then" Darkrai noted. "...minus your mind, or spirit..." He awkwardly scratched his head. "...this is confusing..."

"Tell me about it," I sighed. I then lifted my gaze back up to him with a serious face. "Anyway, I'm sorry. Unless you can assure to me that I'll still stay conscious or still in control of this body after I give the gem's power back, then I'm not going." I stomped a paw on the ground as emphasis. Why would I surrender myself to them just to restore evolution in this world? I'm a victim of this mess as well! I do NOT want to just...disappear inside the mind of this Eevee or Umbreon after whatever process is done! If ever I don't disappear, then I do NOT want to just be taking a backseat on the Umbreon's mind, watching every single Umbreon-ly things that he will do!

Darkrai simply nodded. "That's understandable." He turned to Bi. "We should contact the Eons."

"Huh?" Celebi suddenly blinked in surprise and turned to him. "Auntie Latias and Uncle Latios?"

...are all legendaries related?

Celebi smiled and nodded. "Sure! I haven't seen them in, like, forever!"

Darkrai nodded and turned to me. "They will be able to help you with your worries, Jay. So I ask that you and your friends to wait for us here."

...okay... This world has solutions to all problems, it seems. Now where's the solution of me going back home... Anyway, I shook my head. "No. We're not waiting here."

"Huh?"

I turned to my friends with a smile. "What do you say, guys? One last adventure before I go 'poof?'"

"Poof?" Saur tilted his head in confusion.

Vixie frowned.

Fay cheered.

Shock blinked.

I turned back to Darkrai with a serious look. "Just promise me two things."

Darkrai nodded.

"...I haven't even said what they are yet..."

Darkrai blinked. "Sorry. Sometimes, a nod meant 'I'm listening, so go on...' That's what Mewtwo always does, at least..."

"Really?" I shrugged. "Anyway, for one, if I can't control this body, then at least find me a place where I could stay..." ...I wonder what being a soul would feel like...

Darkrai nodded. "The Eons can do both. But if only one of them is present, then he or she can only store you in a...sphere..." He shook his head. "I forgot what they call it..."

"The...Soul Dew?" I asked as I blinked.

"Ah, yes." Darkrai nodded. "That's the one."

"Huh...okay... Well, for the second one, I want Arceus to send me and Krystal back to our rightful worlds! Our families back home must have been worried sick!"

Darkrai just nodded. "Arceus will be pleased of your cooperation. I'm sure he'll help after everything is sorted out."

"And oh...a third one."

Darkrai blinked. "I thought there were only two..."

"Let Arceus move the damn evolution thing somewhere else so no other human or other creature accidentally gets here!"

"But there are humans here..." Fay said in confusion.

I shook my head. "You know what I mean."

Fay frowned. She obviously didn't know what I meant.

"I understand." Darkrai nodded. "However, if you and your friends are not to stay and wait for us here, then it'll take us a while to find you."

I turned to him. "We're gonna head to the evolution gem. Just tell us where to go from here and we'll go there."

"Or..." Celebi said in a happy tone as she floated above the curiously-blinking Saur. The said Bulbasaur yelped in surprise when Celebi pushed her hand inside the opening of Saur's bulb, and pulled out a black seed with a chuckle.

...yeah, at least I still have an annoying dirty mind that I'm turning off right now...

"Uncle Darkrai and I will put this seed by the cave so Saur can follow it." ...legendaries are all related. It's confirmed!

Saur was cringing from where he stood. "I...I thought I told you not to do that..."

"Whoops," Celebi giggled, and Saur gave her one of his rare glares.