p class="MsoNormal""It's lovely to have you back at school, Don Atticus." The woman at the reception desk smiled as she watched Atticus signing a few papers that she needed from him. "I'm so glad that all the fuss concerning Team Star has been cleared up."br /br /She put her hands together and smiled warmly. "And for Team Star to now be a big part of Uva Academy! It's like a happy ending, yes?"br /br /Atticus, clade in a violet school uniform and a snug red tie, managed to give the woman a polite /br /"Indeed, my good Lady. For things to be at a fresh start…tis a true honor to achive." He rested a hand against his chest briefly. "Lo…there are still many sins I must atone for…I must continue forwards and make it my goal to right the wrongs…"br /br /"I wish you the best with that, Atticus." The woman reached into her desk and set down a stack of letters in front of Atticus. "Here's what has been waiting for you for the past two years, dearie."br /br /Atticus paused at the stack of letters he was being presented with…and he nodded, gently taking the stack from her. "My deepest gratitude, my Lady. I bid thee farewell."br /br /"Settle in nicely, Atticus dear!"br /br /Atticus silently walked throughout the halls of the Academy as he headed for his dorm room. Being back at Uva…was honestly like stepping into a dream for him. After the incident with that vile brute Spector, Team Star had been /br /At FIRST, Atticus had been thinking the challenge had been from Alola's Team Skull…but instead, some new student named Juliana had been apart of an Operation called 'Starfall'…One that apparently their own Big Boss, Cassiopeia had /br /At first it hadn't made sense to find out that their own friend had tried to bring them down…but with the help of Director Caldwell, and finding out that Cassiopeia…or 'Penny' rather; had been trying to clear Team Star's name…it fell into /Thanks to Penny, Juliana and Director Caldwell…Team Star was getting a second chance at /br /The Ninja closed his eyes and allowed a forlorn breath escape him…br /br /…well…in the basic areas anyways…returning to school and being able to finish their treasure hunts…to decide what they wanted to do in the future…br /br /…If only he had his treasure…ALL of who he treasured…br /br /Atticus quietly made his way into his dorm room and was greeted by his Skuntank, who looked up at him from eating her /br /"Aha…Finishing every last morsel of thine rations, are we?" Atticus smiled fondly at her, reaching down and gently petting her head, before making his way to his desk and setting the stack of mail down. Cutting the string that held everything together, Atticus began the daunting task of sorting out junkmail, official School papers, and-br /br /Atticus paused and a soft gasp escaped him when he uncovered a letter…from Alola…and another….and another….br /Quickly separating everything, Atticus counted seven letters from Alola…no doubt the letters he had been unable to retrieve during his year of being distant from the /br /Atticus gently trailed his fingers over the Envelope, the postage showing pictures of Alolan Exeggutor…Alolan Dugtrio…Tucannon…Rowlet…Popplio…Litten…br /…Kitty's letters…br /br /Swallowing, Atticus checked the dates on each envelope and slowly began opening and /br /"Atticus, Alola;br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI'm so sorry to know that you and your friends are going through such a hardship! Please allow me to help you in any way I can! You're my friend and I want to be there for you and offer my support in any way I can. Even if it's just sending you berries, or items! It will bring me so much happiness to know that I would be giving you my /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThank you SO. MUCH. For the Ice Stone! Freezer is so happy! As SOON as he saw it, he snatched it right out of my hand and evolved immediately. I was covered in SNOW because he was too excited!br /There's nothing that brings me more happiness than seeing those I love fulfilled, and I got that today when Freezer evolved. I love him so /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAtticus I know you mentioned that you're going to be silent with me in your moment of darkness…but please hear me. Here in Alola, we call those closest to us our 'cousins', which in turn signals that we have a bond of family. You are my friend, and therefore one of those who I consider a 'cousin' or 'family'. You, all of Team Star, anyone who is kind to you Atticus; they have my undying loyalty and I WANT to do whatever I can for /br /Please consider that, /Long Live Tapu Kokobr /~Kitty of MeleMele"br /br /Atticus felt his heart tighten as he read the next letter…and the next…and…br /br /"Alola Atticus,br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI thought you would like to know that I have beaten all the Totem Pokemon. Though honestly, I feel…a little off right now, so I will be /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI've found out that my brother has been…consorting with a woman who has been trying to tamper with odd Pokemon known as 'Ultra Beasts'. I haven't seen him in…such a long time, and truthfully I don't know how to feel. Just like you, he's also apart of a team…except, they're known as 'Team Skull'. br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThey wander around Alola and cause problems for everyone…and honestly I KNEW that Guzma was apart of this team…I just never thought that he would go as low as…becoming basically a /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI'm sorry, why am I writing about this?br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHere, I drew you a picture of a Toxtricity and an Alolan /br /Please know that I miss youbr /Long Live Tapu Kokobr /~Kitty of MeleMele"br /br /br /"Atticus,br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span…I honestly don't know how to start this letter. I had the privilege of gazing upon Lunala herself…and yet I feel so…broken. I have friends I have shared it with…but…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI find myself wishing to glide on the wings of Lunala…far away from Alola. I've had to battle my brother as his enemy…several times. It's like I don't even know him anymore. Guzma and I used to be so close…He was my big brother…my world…he could do no wrong in my /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span…but when he couldn't become a trail captain…something changed in him. I don't know if it's because our father was too overbearing…maybe it was me…maybe he saw me as a hindrance or /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI honestly don't know…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAtticus, is Team Star treating you well? You said you all are AGAINST bullies, right? I beg you…please don't ever let your precious team become like Team Skull…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThey act like they're one big family…but I don't think they understand how much damage they've done…br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span…Please write me back, /I miss you."br /br /br /"Alola,br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI've sent you a drawing of Articuno…isn't she beautiful?br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIf I could see ANY Pokemon in the world…it would be Articuno. Hah…yeah, probably because of my soft spot for Ice /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span…I wish I could grow Articuno's wings…and fly FAR away from Alola…br /Unfortunately…I would displease Tapu Koko…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanOh, I should let you know….I'm…now the Champion of Alola. Yay, right?br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIt's a title I don't feel like I deserve honestly…I've done so much in this past year…I've seen so many Pokemon and I've learned so much from my fellow Alolans…heck, There was even someone who visited from Hoenn…I think her name was Flannery. Heh…she had a lot of fire types on her…she seemed to think that since I liked Ice Pokemon that I would be an easy /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI didn't bother telling her about Leviathan, ha ha…br /span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAtticus…it's been over a year…Are we…still friends? I know you said your 'Team Star' is standing against bullies…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanBut with each passing day, I can't help but think that…there must've been SOMETHING I could have done for you? Maybe I'm not being fair…When Guzma left to be apart of Team Skull…I begged him not to /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI begged him to take me with him if he was so set on forming a team. I wanted to be there for him…to belong in his group. I suppose, being able to do SOMETHING for those I care about gives me some sort of /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span…but he didn't want me…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span…I don't know what I did wrong…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThough, I know you're not the same as Guzma, Atticus. You're noble after all. A ninja is honorable, noble, and /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThat's why I respect you so much /Your honor is beautiful. Like the wings of /Long Live Tapu Kokobr /~Kitty of MeleMele"br /br /Atticus turned to the next envelope-…but there wasn't another letter…that had been the last one. Gently brushing his fingers over the letters, the poison ninja let off a /br /All this time…all this time her letters showed her downwards spiral…br /…and he had chosen to turn his back on it…br /br /After another hour of re-reading her letters, and inwardly debating with himself…Atticus rummaged around through his draws and took out a sheet of paper. Opening a pen, he began to /br /br /"My beloved friend,br /br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanDearest Lady Kitty, I beg of you to read my words /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThree months after your departure, Team Star was confronted by a student of Uva. We learned the way we handled our adversity was for naught, as the bullies we had stood against had long departed. The longer we stayed away from Uva Academy, the more vexing our reputation /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanOur Big Boss took the fall for us, and most of our punishment…however, by avoiding the Academy, we made ourselves a stench to all of /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanWe had been under the impression that our actions were the best course of action…when it only made things worse for /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanLikewise my treatment of you, dearest Lady Kitty. My silence to you had been with the intention of protecting you from all my hardships. I did not wish to make you a stench to Paldea for your association with the likes of me. My intentions were to find a solution, and return to you with haste…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHowever, that is not the way fate allowed it. For that vile fiend Spector began terrorizing Paldea, killing innocent Pokemon. I had received word from my friends that you were coming to me to be apart of the Navi /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI was yearning to receive you into my ranks warmly and with great joy…br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHowever…I had been confronted by that vile brute Spector. With words of deceit, he convinced me that you were safer if you stayed away from me, and like a fool I fell for his /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIn so doing, I deeply wounded you, I drove you away and into danger; and in that horrendous deed, the blood of your beloved Freezer will forever be upon my /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI beg of you Lady Kitty…even if you should never forgive me…I beg of you to reach out to me; for I now hark to what my silence has done to your precious heart. In my attempts to protect you, I pushed you away from myself. A vile deed! I shan't plead my innocence!br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI wish to have a chance to reconcile. Please allow me to atone for my sins!br /span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanI will wait for you, my beloved friend; for I know your heart has been wounded deeply, and I am unable to force you to open to my plea…br /br /I will await the as long as I must!br /You have my word as a ninja!br /Katrina….Lady Kitty…I await thine /br /With deepest love,br /~Don Atticus"br /br /br /strong***Author's Notes***/strongbr /br /Ignition has concluded. YES. This is the end of the story…or at least, until I finish "Call of the Siren"br /br /Once that fiction is finished, there will be a sequel that combines the characters from both stories into one. So if you haven't read COTS yet, I encourage you to do so, because in the sequel, elements of both stories will be /br /Thank you for reading! Thank you for the reviews! Reviews are what keep me writing! I live for feedback!/p