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I learned that it wasn't Vixie's first time to...you know. Ahem, anyway, she and Shock were a couple before, so I guess there's that. But I couldn't get the nerve to ask either of them if they...mated before.

Anyway, the first few nights after what happened were severely awkward, with my friends teasing us and all. Well, most of their teasing were aimed at me, since Vixie didn't mind them. Blushing and glaring became tiring, so I started to zone them out and just...enjoyed Vixie's company, I guess.

There were a few nights where Vixie wanted to do...it, again. And only a few of those few nights where I gave in. It still felt weird, but eh, I loved it, even though it was still awkward.

The days passed by like a blur, and the closer we got, the more Vixie stopped asking me to do our nightly activities and just wanted to...cuddle until sleep would embrace us. It was...sad... Just when I started to really like being like this, it was about to end.

Vixie tried to hide it though, but I guess, since we were mates now, I guess I could just...sense it, that she was...really sad. Not only her though. Even my friends were sad. Why wouldn't they?

I'm...also sad as well. Hurt, even. I'm the one who was leaving, after all. Our group became quieter and quieter the closer we were getting to our destination, and it was...sad...

We eventually reached a cliff. A very tall and steep one. Down below, we could see nothing but green, with a few streaks of blue that broke the sea of green.

It wasn't snowing down there, which was really wonderful to see. Shock, Saur and Fay were smiling, obviously glad to finally be out of this snow. Vixie didn't understand our joy of no-snow. Bi just giggled, and asked us to sit and wait as she went back to go and look for her friend.

Bi said that the previous days where we were going through the snowy forest, she didn't see nor sense her friend close by, so she wanted to head back. She already left before the question 'why' even popped in my head.

So, we waited. All of us sat in a circle, while Shock went and stood on the edge, looking around.

"Hm..." he said, scratching his head, "...I don't see a way for us to climb down..."

"Dig?" I suggested.

He turned and approached us. "No. That'd take a day, and Arceus bless us if Fay or I would have the energy to dig that long!"

"Jump?" Fay chirped cheerfully.

Shock glared at her as he sat down. "Ladies first, the humans always say."

Fay nodded and scurried to the edge.

Vixie and I yelped and were about to chase after her, but a vine quickly shot out and wrapped around the fleeing rat's tail. With a sigh, Saur dragged the giggling Fay and lifted her up, her up-side-down face facing Saur's deadpan expression.

"I was only kidding, you know," Fay chuckled.

"I sure hope so," Saur replied.

"Can you put me down now?"

The Bulbasaur shook his head. "Not until you promise me not to scare us like that again."

"Okay!" she chirped, although I saw her hiding a paw behind her back, crossing her small fingers. It was plainly visible from Vixie's, Shock's and my point of view.

Shock sighed as Saur put Fay back down on the ground.

"I can paralyze her, if you want me to," the Pikachu offered.

Saur smiled at him. "Please."

Fay gasped. "No! I won't be able to move if you do!"

"I think that's the point, Fay," I grinned.

"I wonder..." Vixie mumbled, looking at me, and then looking away with a dreamy smile.

I glared at her. "...I don't like what you're thinking, 'xie..."

Shock grinned. "Say the word, and I'll gladly do it."

I shot him a glare. "I should have murdered you in your sleep."

"Too bad you didn't."

"Can we come with you, Jay?"

Everyone turned to Fay, who just blinked as if the question was natural to ask.

She looked at us. "What? I was just asking."

We were quiet for a while, where my friends occasionally switch their attention on her and on me. I considered the question, and an answer immediately popped into my head.

I shook my head. "Bad idea."

"Why?"

I shook my head once more.

Shock scratched his head. "You...told us that there are no Pokémon back in your world, right?"

I nodded. "Yeah. None that breathes, at least."

"What do you mean?"

"Hm..." How can I explain this properly... I turned to Saur. "Saur, you lived with the old human couple in a daycare, right?"

He nodded. "Yes. Why?"

"There were many trainers visiting the daycare, right?"

"Well, yes," he blinked. "Young and old, wanting their Pokémon to be taken care of, a few want them to breed for eggs, a few want to help around, and a few want to get their Pokémon, and eggs, back."

"Humans force their Pokémon to breed?" Vixie asked, surprised by this information.

"Yup," Fay chirped. "Humans even do silly things, trying to see their Pokémon in action!" she giggled.

Shock and I just rolled our eyes.

"But they kept on getting disappointed for they can't see the action," ...why does she add an emphasis on those?

"The...mating, or the egg-laying?" I asked carefully, glancing at Vixie from time to time.

"Both," Fay chirped.

Well, call me lucky to ever witness and experience one of the Pokémon games' greatest mysteries. I sighed.

"Jay is a lucky human then," Shock snickered.

I shot him a tired glare, and he snickered some more. I shook my head. "Whatever..."

"Wanna stay and see her lay eggs?" Shock teased.

I glared at him before turning to Vixie, who looked elsewhere with blushing cheeks. I still don't understand how mammals here lay eggs. There's even a theory that humans were a far-evolved branch from Pokémon. What set them apart was their great intellect...and probably their not-laying-egg ability?

Vixie placed a paw on my nose and pushed me to look elsewhere. "Stop staring at me like that," she scolded me.

Fay giggled. "Looking at her won't make her lay eggs any faster, you know."

...I'm gonna be a dad? A heartless dad who left his children? I wasn't ready to be a dad, and the first step I took was to abandon them. Good show, me...

My ears drooped as I sighed.

"What's wrong?" Fay asked, her voice full of concern.

I slightly shook my head. "I'm...leaving soon..."

"We already know that," Shock said, trying to sound reassuring. "Don't worry! We understand, so try not to let us all go sappy again."

I rolled my eyes. "That's...not really what I was worried about..." I frowned at him, before turning to Vixie.

She blinked, and her ears drooped. "The...eggs...?"

I sighed and nodded. "...I'm...sorry..."

She smiled a sad smile. "They'll be fine. I promise."

I dunno what I was feeling at the moment. I felt like I don't want to leave anymore. I suddenly felt...attached... Attachment to the kids? The attachment of being a dad? I wonder if that was how my father felt when I was born. He stayed and watched me and my bro grow up.

...while I'm leaving and will not see any of them grow up.

"J-Jay?"

I just realized I was crying. I quickly hung my head and wiped my eyes with my paws. "S-sorry..." Crying felt so foreign. When was the last time I cried? I couldn't really remember...

I felt a lick on my cheek, and followed by a nuzzle on my neck.

"Hey, hey..." Shock said, patting my shoulder. "What's wrong?"

I sniffled. "...I dunno..." I sniffled again. "I...I-I guess I'm...just sad that I'm leaving... Leaving you guys, and leaving..."

After a few moments of quiet, Vixie pulled away with a frown. "...I...see..."

Fay and Saur turned and looked at each other. Shock blinked, turned to Vixie, and his eyes then went wide, probably realizing what I meant.

I no longer remember why I asked Saur about him and the daycare... But I guess I could at least explain to Fay why going to my world was a bad idea. "Fay... You guys going with me to my world is a bad idea," and it's a good way to change the topic, I guess... And I finally remembered why I asked Saur those questions. "S-Saur. Did any of those trainers who visited the daycare talked about games or anything like that?"

Saur blinked in confusion, but didn't ask about the sudden shift of topic. He instead scrunched his face, deep in thought. "Hm... I'm not certain, Jay..."

I wiped my eyes a few more times, and blinked, testing if they were clear now. I took a breath as I nodded. "Well... Does the daycare have any computers?"

"Ah! Those things," he nodded. "Yes, I remember a few of those in the daycare. Why?"

"Any trainers mentioned about games inside those?"

"There are games inside those?!" Fay gasped. "What kind? I wanna try some!"

"Too late for that, don't you think?" Shock said, gesturing at our surroundings.

"Hm," Saur hm'ed. "I remember a few younger humans talking about some game while they were using those machines." He nodded. "I also remember that one stormy day, the old couple would let some of us play this weird game of boxes on the screen..."

I nodded. I guess that was all the info I need, although I'm curious about the games this world has. "Well, in my world, Pokémon are just that: games."

Blinks.

"That's why I know a lot about you guys, and the world, this world, even though I told you that I'm a human-turned-Pokémon from another dimension. There's even a game about humans turning into Pokémon in my world. So yeah..."

Blinks.

I sighed. "The reason why I think it's a bad idea for you guys to come with me, if that's even possible, is because Pokémon, in my world, is a fantasy. If fantasy suddenly becomes real there, people from the government will do everything to get you and will experiment on you, understand you, and...just imagine them doing horrible things to you."

"Why?" was their simple and innocent question.

"...for money? For power? Heck if I know," I sighed. "I was just a regular guy who was working nine hours in a computer company."

Shock shook his head. "I don't understand."

Fay frowned. "Me either..."

Vixie shook her head. "I don't, either, but..."

"But?" I blinked at her.

She shook her head and just gave me a small smile. "No. Never mind..."

I frowned. I sighed, and lean my head on her shoulder. "I'm really sorry, Vixie..."

"For what?"

"...for leaving. I can't really imagine how you're going to raise the egglings all by yourself, telling them that their fatherless."

"...is that what you're so worried about?" Shock asked.

I pulled my head back and turned to him. "Well...yes."

Shock sighed. "Lots of Pokémon are only raised by their mothers. Some even none. Wanna know why?"

The slight anger on his tone made me flinch. "N-no...?"

"Take Lithe as an example."

...ah... I think I get it now. Weren't there animals back home who just...mate with the females in the alpha male's circle? I think there are... Wolves, maybe? Lions?

"I take it that you now know why."

I slowly nodded. "I...think so...but," I frowned, "that doesn't make me feel any better. In fact, it just made me feel even worse!"

Shock rolled his eyes.

"I'll be fine," Vixie nuzzled my neck again. "And they'll be fine. I promise."

"And I promised to watch them, remember?" Shock frowned. "So, thank you for limiting our adventuring days."

"Er...sorry?"

Saur chuckled. "Humans really are weird..."

"Yup," Fay chirped, and chuckled.

"Sorry for the wait," Bi's voice echoed from the trees behind us. We all turned and saw her just floated out of the line of trees. She hovered in front of us and smiled tiredly. "Well, I found him." She turned as something blue and large stepped out from the shadows of the trees.

I caught my breath. "...whoa!"

"Greetings," Suicune said, with a voice so...legendary? I can't explain it very well, but his voice sounded awesome and definitely fitting for a Suicune! He looked at all of us after he stepped out from the tree lines, and his gaze suddenly locked on me.

I slightly flinched at the pressure I felt from his gaze.

"You're the other Eevee?"

"Saur," I heard Fay whisper. "Is...is that a Suicune?"

"Y-yes," Saur stammered.

"Wow," Fay wow'ed. "He doesn't look as awesome as in that book we saw!"

Suicune blinked at her, confused. "...book?"

Saur slapped her with a vine.