Well, this would have been a double update along with Episode 112 had Fanfiction not gone screwy. Ah well, it gave me a chance to go back through and fiddle with the details so it makes more sense. And this is the ending of this story arc. It wraps things up nicely, with some character development and even an insight into some of the more enigmatic character's pasts.

Comments are still wanted.

Episode 113: Moving On

Of course, when the Kadabra went, the barrier fell and we were reuinited with the others. I was pretty much choked to death in a hug.

"Squirt, you can let go now," I managed to gasp out, the turtle finally releasing my ribs.

"Sorry," he muttered.

"It's okay, everything seems to be in one piece."

Blacky walked up, looking a little dazed but otherwise fine.

"What was that all about?" He asked, flopping down on the floor beside me.

"They were bad men, after Flame because he went a little crazy," Squirt explained.

"A little, I tried to eat meat!" I burst out, "ick. I'm going to be scrubbing my tounge for months."

Everyone stared at me in confusion.

"What?" I asked.

"What made you become normal again anyway?" Cresent asked, which was kinda stupid seeing as she should have known the answer.

"Pika slipped me an apple when no one was looking. I kinda realised that I was missing out on it and was starting to calm down when all this crap with needles happened. When Scyther said he was going to cut me loose, I was basicaly my normal self again."

The whole session was halted by Frank running past us all, screaming as Spiral chased him out of the door.

"And never darken this city again, dickhead!" I heard her yelling.

"Now that isn't very ladylike language," Squirt told her as she spotted us.

"Well I haven't exactly seen any good examples of ladies, so that isn't my fault," she retorted.

Moron interuppted us before Squirt could reply, by turning round and smashing one of the goons over the head with the chair again. He turned back to face us and put down the chair, before sitting on it and catching his breath.

"He was getting up," the trainer muttered between gasps.

"I'm just glad that your okay," Cresent muttered as she hugged me. Which made me feel awkward. Especially with Squirt staring.

"Uh Cresent?" I muttered, "remember what made me crazy in the first place?"

"What?" She replied, before remembering and letting go very fast, "oh shit. Sorry."

"Better."

The others finally decided to arrive, all piling into the lobby. Scout took one look around at the devestation before looking strait at me for several seconds.

"What?" I asked, "Scyther did most of that."

"Aye, Scyther did."

Well at least those guys managed to resist hugging me, which was good because my chest was still hurting a fair bit. Cresent picked up a small glass vial and looked at the label, "well, this stuff should have killed you. It'd be able to knock out a Snorlax."

"Why do you sound so dissapointed?" Pika asked, making everyone chuckle.

A few hours later, everyone was packed up and ready to leave. The Suits had been dragged out of town and dumped there, but we all knew that we couldn't hang around. Even though Nurse Joy wasn't entirely bothered by the events and didn't mind us sticking around. It felt weird to be leaving in such a way, another self imposed exile.

"We'll be back someday," Scout said, "when we've become great warriors. Then those goons won't be able to stop us."

"Yeah," I replied as I leant against the wall, watching everyone give their goodbyes to Spiral.

I noticed Squirt hugging Cresent before heading over, he seemed a little upset.

"Well, that's another relationship over," he muttered as he headed out the door.

"Should we go talk to him?" Scout asked, concerned about him.

"Let him go," I replied, "he'll handle it his own way and in his own time, not ours."

"That's the smartest thing you've ever said," Pika muttered as she sat just a little way off, scratching the bandage around her side.

"How do you think you survived the poison?" Squirt asked, still in a depressed tone, as we finally set off for a mountain range in the distance.

"I guess that evolution light did it, washing the poison out of my blood or something. I guess I was lucky and it kicked in at the right time."

"Well it didn't fix your scar," he replied before going silent again as we went through the city gates.

We'd been heading through a valley for around half an hour before we stopped for lunch, Moron unpacking a few apples and lobbing them in my direction. I caught two and Scyther lopped the third in half before flicking the pieces into the air and slicing those halves into even smaller pieces.

"Well, that is fancy," Squirt muttered, he was lacking his sense of humour. Which, I wasn't entirely sure on this however, was a bad thing.

"Well Scyther needs to cut things into small pieces and flick into mouth, Scyther doesn't exactly have hands to eat with like Squirt does," Scyther explained as he flicked a small slice into his mouth.

"Well, each to his own."

I finished my food in record time and went up near the higher part of the valley to have a look around. I spotted a river curling through the trees that bordered the valley and curved away in the distance. If the sight hadn't been somewhat familiar to me, I would have been amazed by the tranquility. I still was a little amazed, that the Human's hadn't burnt the place down.

"Flame has been here before?" Scyther said from behind and nearly made me fall down the slope in shock. I hadn't heard him sneak up.

"Damnit! Don't do that," I said loudly, between deep breaths, "yeah. I have, what's it to you?"

"Just curious. It always pays to know a little about allies," Scyther replied, looking out across the river, "Scyther knows this place too. Scyther was captured by the Rockets on the other side of that river. It was an ambush, most of Scyther's tribe was wiped out and Scyther was the last left standing. Scyther still has nightmares about that night, all the blood and screams."

I glanced across at the ninja, he seemed to be lost in the past.

"There were even other Scythers with the Rockets. Scyther killed three of Scyther's own kind just to survive, two more to save Scyther's family. I was captured while they managed to escape."

"Wow," I muttered, Scyther looked close to tears and was obviously getting emotional because he was speaking normally again, "but you all made it out okay, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Flame is right, besides," Scyther added, managing to lock down his emotions behind his ninja attitude again, "Scyther made sure that most of the Rocket's were slain before Scyther was captured."

"So, in a way, the Rocket's were right about you," I chuckled, getting a stare from the bug, "you are responcible for the deaths of a fair few Humans, but I would have done the same so I won't hold it against you."

We both looked back down at the others when we heard Moron calling up.

"Come on you two," he called, "we're nearly at Rock Tunnel."

"Why don't I like the sound of that place?" I muttered as we both set off down the slope, after the others.