"You don't have to cry all the time, you know," a female Eevee said, smiling a small smile at the quiet male Eevee, who was staring down at his reflection on the pond. "I'm sure they're all happy that you're alive and well."

"I won't be, soon enough..." the other Eevee quietly replied.

I gasped, and turned to Shadow, who was sitting beside me. "You've thought of suicide?!"

He turned and threw me a glare. "I just lost my entire family in a flash! Plus, I was a cub back then! I didn't know any better!"

"...touché..."

Earlier, we've been arguing and shouting at each other for god-knows how long. All the while, Darkrai just kept quiet, until he disappeared at some point. I don't know if that was a good choice, or that he just didn't know what to do with us during our yelling match. We got tired over time, and decided to just...talk, and we ended up sharing some of our memories, flashing them in front of us like we were in a cinema.

The female Eevee frowned. "I'm sorry about what happened to your family, but," she smiled a small smile, "you're alive, right? And," she looked back, staring at the many Pokémon living around the clearing. "...you can live here!" She turned and smile at him. "The Pokémon here are really nice. Some are annoying, but it's nice to live here. No humans have ever come here!"

The male Eevee sighed yet again, staring at his rippling reflection with a lonely frown.

Shadow shook his head as the memory screen in front of us flickered, and soon disappeared. "I never managed to find out the reason of that fire... I've heard a number of rumors that humans set it on fire, either accidentally or not. Some say that it was from a fire-type, either from a battle or whatever..." He shook his head again and sighed. "Levie was the one who saved me back there in the burning forest... If it weren't for her, I doubt I'd be even alive today..."

"And the two of you have been together ever since?"

"Heh," he smirked as the memory screen flashed, showing us a still-image of two Eevees. One of them was angrily shouting at a group of teasing Pokémon while the other one beside her was trying to hold his laughter. "Like two peas in a pod. We treated each other like a brother and sister though, but eh, she was right about the Pokémon living there being annoying," he rolled his eyes.

I smirked. "Sounds like a good plot for an incest story..."

He blinked at me. "What does that mean?"

I shrugged. "Eh, don't worry about it. It's a human-only joke-thing, I suppose."

He scoffed. "Whatever." He smiled, staring at the image. "I guess her being constantly sticking with me made me...like her."

I rolled my eyes at how cheesy that sounded. But, hm... "What about her parents? Did they took you in?"

He shook his head. "She never knew her parents. All she ever knew was the Pokémon living there found her as a cub, and they took her in."

I frowned. "That's..."

He smirked. "Eh, she's a tough gal. So don't worry about it."

I nodded as the memory screen flickered and disappeared. "If...you say so." I turned and stared at where the screen was flickering once again, and then it displayed another still-image, this time from one of my fond memories. "I woke up in the middle of a forest, where Shock and company found me."

Shadow chuckled. "Judging from their looks, I'd say you gave them quite a scary look."

"I was using your body, so you probably looked ugly."

"Why you—"

I laughed, the memory screen flickered, and switched to another still-image, still from my memory, but this time, from my world. I stared at it for a long while before I sighed. "I wonder if she wondered what happened to me. I wonder if she even care. I wonder if she already found someone..."

"That's...um...Claire, right?"

"Yeah..."

"...she's weird."

"Oi," I glared at him.

He shook his head. "Then again, all humans look weird." He threw a smirk at me. "I guess weird goes well with weird."

"If only I can punch you."

"Too bad you can't."

"Grr..."

Darkrai suddenly appeared before the two of us. He blinked, shifting his gaze from Shadow and I. "I was...expecting the two of you to be...at each other's throats still?"

Shadow rolled his eyes. "I got tired. He got tired."

Darkrai nodded. "Oh, okay then." He then looked at me. "Latias is ready to extract you now... Once that's done, I'll allow Shadow to wake up."

"Whatever will happen to him after that?" I asked.

Darkrai blinked. "...I don't know. Arceus will judge his and his mate's punishment."

Shadow's ears drooped.

I frowned, staring at him for a while before returning to Darkrai. "Well... C-can I ask for it to at least be not too harsh?"

"They disrupted the natural order of evolution and caused global pan—"

"I get it, I get it," I cut him off. I don't want Shadow to feel too bad. "It's just that...well... It's kinda Arceus' fault for putting the gem in a very reachable place, no?"

Darkrai was quick to answer, with a slightly angry glow on his eye. "I'm...not going to talk about that anymore. Anyway, just...get yourself ready." With that, he faded and disappeared.

Shadow sighed. "We kinda deserve it..."

I just smirked at him. "Yeah, you both do. But I can't blame the two of you for being adventurous and wild. That's how young couples tend to be, right?"

Shadow gave me a small smile. "I think so."

"Hm..." I hm'ed as the memory screen flashed back again, this time showing a memory of mine back home when my bro and I were still kids, teasing each other as we battled against each other with our Pokémon on our GameBoy that was connected with a link cable. I smiled. "He always threatened to pull the cable off if I was about to win. Heh, the cheater..."

Shadow stared at the scene for a short while before sighing. "You're lucky, having a family waiting for you."

I kept my smile, as my little bro cried as I teased him for losing, and then my mom came over our room. She carried him as she scolded me. "Yeah, I guess..." I shrugged and turned to him. "But you can have a family with your mate, you know." Heh, look who's talking. It's not like I have any experience about that.

He turned and glared at me. "You made things complicated between us, if you have forgotten already."

I blinked. "Wait... You mean Vixie?"

He rolled his eyes. "Who else would I be talking about?"

"Oi, oi. It was me, not you, okay?"

He shook his head. "No difference."

"There was," I said. "I chose her, and I love her. While you don't."

He scoffed. "Tell that to Levie."

I shook my head. "You know that Eevee better than I do. And you said so yourself that the two of you've been together for quite a long time now! I'm sure she'll understand."

He sighed. "I sure hope so... For your Vulpix's sake."

I blinked, and then glared at him. "Oi... If you hurt her, I swear, I'll break the world barrier and hunt you."

He arched me an eyebrow. "...yeah, right."

I pointed at him. "Never underestimate the power of love!"

He rolled his eyes. "That's the lamest thing I've ever heard in my entire life."

I grinned, and was about to reply, but I suddenly found myself glowing in a faint white light. "Whoa...!"

"I guess this is goodbye," he smirked. "And good riddance! Finally, I can have my body all to myself!"

"You know..." I said, smiling at him. "If things were a little different, we could probably have been friends."

"Or enemies," he shrugged. "But whatever. Have fun, and all that stuff."

"Likewise, I guess?"