Chapter 37: Battle of the Minds
Pokemon Center, 20 minutes before…
Wind and Sigma were sitting in a booth that was in a separate section of the lobby of the Pokemon center, just waiting as Cherry spoke with the IPP about Wind's situation. "So, how has life on the run from special forces been treating you?" Sigma asked curiously.
"You know, it's really not as interesting as you would think at first." Wind responded.
"I can imagine that you're just trying to stay out of sight the whole time, which makes sense with what you just told me." Sigma said.
"No, you don't understand. I was so terrified that the Special Forces would just yank me out of any town that I just stayed out in the wilderness." Wind told Sigma.
"Oh... Oh I'm so sorry." Sigma said, rubbing the back of her head awkwardly.
"It's fine, it actually gave me a good excuse to try out my survival skills that I had been learning over the years." Wind commented with a smile.
"Survival skills?" Sigma questioned.
"Yeah, I was actually training to be an explorer before I started mercenary work. The skills have come in handy from time to time, but I've never really gotten a good chance to put them to use." Wind explained.
"Huh, didn't take you for much of an explorer." Sigma said, tilting his head as he cracked his neck.
"Eh, it's a hobby." Wind told Sigma. Sigma nodded as the two heard footsteps approaching and they both turned to see Cherry up to them.
"Well, I talked to the IPP and I have some good news. They have agreed to sanction you at the HQ in exchange for you telling them everything you know." Cherry told Wind.
"Oh thank god, I wasn't sure that they would take me in given… well…" Wind said, as he trailed off.
"Honestly, the IPP is pretty chill as long as you listen to them and follow the laws. Hell, they treated me pretty good, though that's because a good word was put in for me." Sigma commented as he looked at Cherry.
"Hey, you did come through on the plan to take down Strong's Base." Cherry responded. Wind looked at the two talking and smiled at the exchange, silently wishing he could have been a part of this group.
"So, I take it that you'll want me to head to the headquarters by myself?" Wind questioned.
"I wouldn't mind taking you once we confirm stuff, also can't you just fly over there?" Sigma responded. Wind simply gestured to his jacket and hat as Sigma gave himself a facepalm for forgetting that the special forces would probably patrol the air. Cherry simply pat Sigma on the beak as she was about to say something before she felt something send a chill down her spine, causing her to look towards the door and see a familiar face starting to walk in.
"...Wait here you two." Cherry told the boys in a serious tone. The two nodded, knowing not to mess with Cherry with that tone of voice, as they heard the door to the Pokemon Center open and Cherry walked towards.
"Cherry darling, it's good to see you again." an enthusiastic male voice said. As soon as Sigma heard the voice, he immediately tensed up and motioned for Wind to lay low and keep quiet before pointing to his head. Wind tilted his head in confusion at the last part before realizing what Sigma was trying to say, nodding in response as he looked down and adjusted his hat slightly.
"Well that's a face I haven't seen in a long time, how have you been doing Solion?" Cherry asked in an excited tone as she opened her arms. Solion was a man in his mid 40s with light blue hair, Green eyes, and pale white skin wearing a tattered scientist jacket, a black shirt with a pokeball on it, blue jeans and black boots.
"Ah you know, going about my own research, exploring the world in my own way, you know how the life of a traveling scientist is." Solion said as he hugged Cherry.
"You, exploring the world? I guess people do change in the 15+ years they've been away." Cherry commented, a small smile on her face.
"Hey, you were the one that was always telling me to get out of the lab." Solion retorted with a playful smile of his own. The two laughed as they let go of the hug and looked each other over, Cherry frowning a bit as she saw how tired Solion looked.
"You look tired, been having rough days out in the field?" Cherry asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"A bit, mainly just some issues with getting research accepted. You know those woes and that whole rigmarole." Solion responded.
"Indeed." Cherry said. The two were silent as they both thought about what to talk about before Solion began to sigh and got out a pair of glasses that were missing a lens, putting them on as he looked a bit more serious.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to come for Symphia's funeral. I ended up in a research contract that I wasn't able to talk my way out of because of corporate fuckery." Solion told Cherry in a somber tone.
"It's… fine. I was a little hurt that my teacher wasn't there, but what I eventually got that letter you sent, I did understand." Cherry commented.
"There's not enough apologies that I can muster to apologize about that screw up on my part, so you'll have to deal with I'm sorry for now. Been stuck in a lab until recently, so I figured I may as well come say my part." Solion said, rubbing the back of his head with a smile.
"Don't worry about it too much Sol. Say, since you're in the region, want to have a quick battle? No offense, but I want to see if you remember how to battle given what you've just said." Cherry offered, a somewhat smug smile coming on her face.
"Oh, you're on. If you don't mind, I kind of want to try out the battle courts since it's been so long." Solion said. Cherry nodded as the two of them walked out of the Pokemon Center, leaving Sigma and Wind to wait for a bit before sighing in relief as soon as they knew the two were gone.
"Ok, so that was Brain?" Wind asked.
"I'm taking a guess that it was, that voice sounds way too familiar to me. He always stopped by Strong's base to keep our equipment up to date and give some of his pet projects over to Strong, one of which being the Snag Machine that Hibiki stole." Sigma explained, looking over his shoulder.
"I suppose the question now is how does Cherry know him? The two seem like they knew each other and given their conversations, it seems like he knew Hibiki's Grandmother in some way." Wind pointed out.
"Questions for later, right now we need to see about getting you to Alaria City." Sigma said as he got up and began to pace.
"How are we going to do that?" Wind asked curiously. Sigma remained silent as he thought of ideas that he could pitch before stopping as he considered one method in particular.
"I wonder… hey, how would you feel about a clothes swap?" Sigma questioned.
"I doubt that trick would be able to fool him, he seems really observant." Wind told Sigma as he got up himself.
"I never said it was with me." Sigma said, pulling out a pokeball. Wind paused for a second as he thought about the idea before nodding in confirmation as Sigma called out his Pokemon and the two set the plan in motion.
Harmony Battle Courts, Present time…
Cherry was standing around as she waited for Solion to get cleaned up and a bit more presentable. As she waited, she was thinking things to herself, thinking about some old memories that she would rather like to forget. "Why choose now to appear in front of us? If he is an admin of Neo Cypher, then why come and talk to us directly?" Cherry thought as she got out her phone. Pausing for a bit, she quickly texted a friend of hers before she heard the doors open and two people running up to her.
"Oh thank god we caught you before you started." Hibiki told Cherry as she panted. Cherry quickly held a finger up to her mouth, signaling them for the two of them to be quiet.
"I take it that Sigma told you?" Cherry asked in a hushed voice. The two nodded in response as Cherry put her phone away and looked over her shoulder. "Ok, I don't know if Aria told you about him yet, but I need you two to act like you don't know him and play along." Cherry said in a much sterner tone than the twins were used to.
"Is everything ok Cherry?" Solion called from the beach.
"Yes Sol, just talking to some friends of mine that I want you to meet." Cherry called out. Hibiki and Echo looked at each other briefly, thinking about who she could be talking to before Echo quietly tapped Hibiki on the shoulder and pointed to her backpack. Hibiki tilted her head in confusion for a moment before catching on to what Echo was saying and nodding in confirmation.
"Any idea why he challenged you?" Echo whispered.
"No, but I'll see through the Pokemon battle." Cherry responded as the door on the farside opened. Echo simply nodded as a door on the far wall opened and Solion walked out wearing a fresh lab coat, looking generally cleaner.
"Ah, these must be the friends you talked about and I see they are familiar faces. You must be Aria's kids." Solion said as he looked at Hibiki and Echo.
"That would be us, who are you?" Hibiki said, being slightly creeped out.
"Oh she didn't tell you about me? Actually, I'm not sure if she even remembers me." Solion said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Don't beat yourself up too much Sol, she probably just hasn't talked about you yet. After all, she did keep you in the loop." Cherry said, patting Solion on the back.
"True enough, either way I should properly introduce myself properly. My name is Solion, a scientist that worked with your grandmother on a few projects. You two can call me Sol if you would like." Solion said before holding out his hand to the twins. They both casually shook his hand as Hibiki's mind went racing about several things that she wanted to say, but couldn't as she figured that it would be a bad idea to do so.
"A pleasure to meet you Sol." Hibiki said in a friendly tone, shaking Sol's hand.
"You said that you worked with our grandmother before, what exactly was that on?" Echo questioned.
"Oh that I'm not sure I'm allowed to share, it's IPP Business after all." Sol told the two, rubbing the back of his head.
"Sol, these two became IPP members just last week and they've been shown to be damn good at their job. I think you can afford to break protocall a little bit just to let them know the basics." Cherry said, reassuring Sol. Sol paused and thought for a moment before nodding in agreement to that logic.
"I guess that is fair. Though if you're asked about how you know this, you didn't hear it from me, you heard it from Cherry." Sol told the twins. Hibiki and Echo giggled at that while Cherry gave Sol a playful stink eye and slightly pushed him. "Ok, so the project I worked on with your grandmother was a survey expedition into Eastern Alaria. The basic goals of this expedition were two fold: map out Eastern Alaria as much as we could by hand and see if we could find how the EM field is made. If you couldn't gather with how general, the IPP wants this whole thing on the quiet. Don't know why though, given how the whole thing ended up." Sol explained.
"I see, how was it like in Easter Alaria? I've always wanted to go explore, but I don't think I need to say why that is a terrible idea." Hibiki asked.
"It's weirdly calming from what I remember. Just natural land as far as the eye could see, with Pokemon roaming about and a few human tribes that live in the region who were not happy with our excursion, but respected us so long as we kept our distance." Sol elaborated.
"Seems like you remember the trip well." Echo said.
"Well, when it's made you some lifelong friends, you tend to remember the good times before they were taken from you. Sorry about your loss by the way." Sol responded, getting a bit sentimental and quiet as he finished. Hibiki and Echo both simply nodded in thanks as Chrry gave a small cough to catch Sol's attention.
"As much as I hate to interrupt, we should probably get to our battle Sol. I imagine you're here on business and I don't mind if we need to make this quick." Cherry suggested in a kind voice.
"Correct in that assumption, but I think I can say for at least two Pokemon each would be good enough." Sol said. Cherry nodded in agreement as Hibiki and Echo walked off the field to give the two scientists some room. As they were walking in place, Sigma and Wind walked into the room before heading to the spectator stands.
"Ah, I was wondering where you two were." Echo commented.
"Sorry, we got a bit lost." Sigma said sheepishly. Wind nodded as they all turned to look at the two professors taking their places and getting out Pokeballs as a small drone floated into the air above the arena.
"The battle between Professor Cherry and Traveler Solion will now begin! First to knock out two pokemon wins!"
"Let's go Altaria!" Cherry said.
"Show her what we got, Alakazam!" Sol called out. The two Pokemon appeared on the field as a barrier erupted to surround the field, making sure any stray attacks wouldn't damage the building or any audience members.
"Use Dragon Pulse!" Altaria nodded before opening her beak and launching a blast of dragon energy at Alakazam.
"Tank it and use Disable." Alakazam braced for the attack as it hit, feeling a bit of pain, but shrugged it off and quickly launched a mental attack on Altaria, causing Altaria to be unable to use Dragon Pulse.
"Playing a bit safe I see. Ok then, use Dragon Dance." Altaria took to the sky before twirling in the air and being surrounded by energy, Altaria feeling herself get faster and her claws sharper. "Aerial Ace!"
"Teleport to dodge and follow it up with Psychic!" Alakazam concentrated and disappeared right as Alraria was about to hit him before reappearing behind his opponent. His eyes then began to glow a bright pink and held out his hands towards Altaria, his spoons bending as Altaria was caught in a psychic hold before being shot towards the ground.
"Cotton Guard!" Altaria folded her wings around herself as a ball of fluff, causing Altaria to bounce off of the ground before unfurling her wings. "Follow it up with Earthquake!" Altaria nodded before landing and channeling Draconic energy into the ground, causing a surge to rock the ground around Alakazam before it exploded and flung Alakazam back a bit.
"You ok Alakazam?" Alakazam stood up from the attack as he shook a bit from the pain before giving a thumbs up. "All right then, use Dazzling Gleam!" Alakazam nodded before putting out his hands and letting lose a large blast of pink light towards Altaria.
"Protect!" Altaria quickly put up a barrier around itself before the light reached it, the attack bouncing off of the barrier.
"Follow it up with Shadow Ball!" Alakazam quickly conjured a ball of shadows in front of it before launching it at Altaria, who was unable to keep up the Protect and was hit by the attack, causing her to wince in pain.
"Use Will-O-Wisp!" Altara opened its beak and shot several small balls of fire towards Alakazam, who simply smirked as he began teleporting out of the way. "Quickly, find him and use Duble Team!" Altaria surveyed the area as she quickly found the point where Alakazam was appearing before quickly dashing down towards Alakazam and splitting into various clones.
"Dazzling Gleam!" Alakazam repeated his earlier motion and launched the attack at the Altarias, causing most of them to disappear, leaving four left. "End this with Shock Wave!" Alakazam gathered electricity around him before sending it out and hitting the remaining Altaria coming at him, causing Cherry to smile as all four vanished.
"Brave Bird!" Alakazam was about to turn to look for Altaria until he heard that and felt something big slam into him fast, causing the wind to get knocked out of him and was flung a few feet away. Altaria panted as she landed and looked at Alakazam, who attempted to get to his knees before falling down to the ground unconscious.
"Alakazam is unable to battle!"
"Ok, I have to admit, that was a pretty good plan." Solion said in a somewhat surprised tone as he recalled Alakazam.
"Hey, I just learned from the actual trainers on the team. These two have put that strategy to use recently in some cases." Cherry mentioned. Hibiki nodded in confirmation of that, silently wishing that Cherry hadn't said that, as Echo mirrored her sister and began to think about why Cherry had commented on the strategy like that.
"Well then, I may as well answer your aggression with some defense of my own. Go, Reuniclus!" As Sol's last Pokemon entered the field, Altaria shrugged off its pain for the moment and took to the sky, hoping to end this quickly. "Set up a light screen and follow it up with a Reflect." Reuniclus nodded as it put up two barriers around itself, giving it a pink and light blue sheen.
"Oh boy, let's start getting through this. USe Dragon Dance again and follow it up with Dragon Claw." Altaria did as it was told, spinning in a vortex of draconic energy before dashing towards Reuniclus.
"Trick Room!" Reuniclus moved its hands close together before causing the battlefield to become weird and Altaria to slow down as it attempted to stop the attack. "Flash Cannon!" Reuniclus, now much faster in the twisted space, conjured a ball of energy coated in a shiny sheen before launching it at Altaria.
"Dodge it!" Altaria strained its body in the twisted space as it was able to barely dodge out of the way of the atack, feeling it whiz by her.
"Use Calm Mind and follow it up with Future Sight." Reuniclus closed its eyes as it centered it's thoughts before looking at Altaria and sending a psychic surge towards her.
"Aw hell, that's going to be a problem. Hm… Use Snowscape and follow it up with Mist." Altaria nodded as it landed and threw up its wings to conjure clouds that snowed upon the area before bringing them down to envelop the area in mist.
"Ignore her and use Calm Mind again." Reuniclus nodded as it kept concentrating and mentally reinforcing itself as Altaria kept her distance. A few seconds passed in silence and Reuniclus waited for its Future Sight to hit, which it did as Altaria cried out. "End this with Flash Cannon!" Reuniclus obliged and launched another ball of steel energy in the direction of the cry, which pierced through the mist and hit nothing.
"Will-O-Wisp!" From right next to where the Flash Cannon hit emerged small balls of fire that managed to hit Reuniclus and left a burn on him.
"If you were hoping to whittle me down with burn damage, then you'll be sad to hear that my Reuniclus has Magic Guard." Sol told Cherry.
"I figured, but that wasn't my goal. Use Giga Impact now!" Altaria rushed out of the mist and flew towards Reuniclus as it before enveloped in a purple aura that quickly changed to a dazzling pink.
"Pixelate huh? Ok then, dodge and hit her with Ice Punch." Reuniclus did as it was told and attempted to dodge, but the area enveloped in Trick Room returned to normal and their speeds returned to normal. This resulted in Altaria speeding up and slamming into Reuniclus, who screamed out in pain as it felt the full weight of Alratia on her. Still, it managed to gather it's strength and conjure ice in it's fist before punching Altaria, who flew backwards as she fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Altaria is unable to battle!"
"You did good, Altaria, get some rest while I finish this." Cherry said as she returned Altaria to its Pokeball.
"Using Snowscape and Haze to hide your location was smart, but it wasn't enough sadly." Sol told Cherry as Reuniclus shook off the pain.
"It was worth a shot at least, though it looks like I did do damage to your Reuniclus." Cherry responded.
"Yes you did, but I doubt you can bring out anything particularly surprising ." Sol said somewhat arrogantly.
"Oh really? Well how about we show him what we got then. Bring us home, Whispeon." As Cherry spoke and tossed out the Pokeball, everyone else was confused as they didn't recognize the name until the Pokemon appeared. Wispeon was a quadrupedal pokemon that had bright blue eyes and lime green skin with bright green Xs on its legs and ears. It also had a mane and tail this ghostly white fire that was also produced from its feet and the tips of its ears.
"...Man, I did just open my mouth, didn't I?" Sol said aloud. Everyone simply nodded in agreement as Reuniclus just looked at Sol with a somewhat deadpan stare.
"Admittedly, I didn't want to use this little one as I only discovered his recently, but I figured that using it here would be a good time to get him out." Cherry commented as Wiseon walked up to her and was given headpats.
"Honored about that choice and will ask more later, for now let's see who comes out on top." Sol said as Reuniclus got back into a battle stance.
"Agreed. Wispeon, use Agility and follow it up with Shadow Claw." Wispeon nodded eagerly and dashed onto the battlefield before sprinting towards Reuniclus and lunging at them.
"Protect!" Reuniclus quickly put up a barrier that blocked the claw attack from Wispeon as Sol took mental notes of Wispeon's characteristics to the best of his abilities. "Since it seems like a Ghost type, use Shadow Ball."
"Dodge!" Wispeon quickly dashed out of the way of the Shadow Ball and ran back back to put some distance between the two.
"Set up Psychic Terrain and use Psychic." Reuniclus did as it was told, encompassing the field in a mesmerizing pink mist and grasping Wispeon and a crushing psychic grip, seeming doing a bit of damage.
"Haunting Wail!" Wispeon took a deep breath in the psychic grip before letting out a bellowing screech of ghost energy that caught Reuniclus off guard and caused him to let go of Wispeon, who landed on the ground safely.
"Even knows a unique move, great. In that case, use Psychic!" Reuniclus nodded and attempted to use the attack, which was successful, but in his confusion he accidentally picked himself up and crushed himself.
"So that confuses the opponent, good to know. Wispeon, use Shadow Ball!" Wispeon opened its mouth and gathered shadows into a ball before launching it at Reuniclus, who was too staggered from the confusion to dodge.
"Ok Reuniclus, heal up with Recover!"
"Stop that with Taunt!" As Reuniclus attempted to use Recover to heal, he caught sight of Wispeon giving him a smug grin followed up by blowing a raspberry at him, which caused Reuniclus to get very pissed and started to hover towards Wispeon.
"In that case, use Rock Slide!" Reuniclus shook his head as she snapped out of the confusion before gathering several bunches of rocks with his psychic powers and teleported them above Wispeon to fall on top of him.
"Use Quick attack to dodge and follow it up with Dark Pulse." Wispeon quickly looked for a way out and quickly jumped between rocks, using them as cover before sending out a wave of dark energy.
"Protect!" Reuniclus was barely able to put up the protective barrier in time for the Dark Pulse to deflect off of it as Wispeon landed on the ground and started to dash at Reuniclus. "Looks like she's raring to finish this. In that case, Use Thunder Wave and follow it up with Shadow Ball." Reuniclus did as it was told, launching a wave of paralyzing electricity before preparing his second attack.
"Phantom Force!" Wispeon smiled as it stopped and descended into a portal of shadows as the Thunder Wave went by the now closing portal. Reunicluas was on guard with the Shadow Ball at the ready, ready to attack whenever the portal reappeared. Eventually the portal reappeared behind Reuniclus, who managed to hear it opening and turned to launch the Shadow Ball at Wispeon. "Agility!" What came out of the portal was a dark purple bolt that landed on the ground in front of Reuniclus, dodging the Shadow Ball in the process, before slamming into her opponent.
"Reuniclus!" As Sol called out to his Pokemon, Reuniclus attempted to look brave and able to fight, but lasted only a few seconds before falling onto his back unconscious, Wispeon breathing a sigh of relief
"Reuniclus is unable to battle! This matches Winner is Professor Cherry!"
Cherry let out a sigh of relief as the barrier fell around the arena and Wispeon cheered in joy at her first victory. Off to the side, Echo, Hibiki, and Sigma all clapped at the duel as they began to walk up to the two trainers. "Not bad at all Wispeon, you did good." Cherry told her partner. Wispeon happily cheered as she ran up to Cherry, receiving headpats from her trainer as Sol recalled Reuniclus to his Pokeball.
"Looks like she's gotten better." Sol said to himself, grimacing slightly to himself. As he put on a friendly face, he proceeded to walk up to the group with a smile and a clap. "Well, I can definitely eat my words after that performance. Amazing work by you two and I would say that was a good debut for little Wispeon here." Sol told Cherry in a happy tone.
"Thank you Sol, that means a lot coming from you." Cherry responded happily.
"Yeah, that was a pretty good battle from the both of you." Hibiki said, a small fire in her eyes.
"Seeing Wispeon do her thing was amazing for a Pokemon I've never seen before. Speaking of, how did you get a Wispeon anyway? Just by looking at it and the name, I can tell that this is an Eeveelution, but how did you make it evolve?" Echo questioned. In response to that, Cherry got out a translucent light green stone from her pocket, which Echo and So bothl looked at with intrigue.
"Truth be told, it happened kind of by accident. I had found a stone like while just wandering around the abandoned Opera Theater with Eevee out and when she touched it, she evolved into Wispeon." Cherry explained.
"Amazing, I'm surprised that a stone like that exists." Sol said as he grabbed it.
"I've come to call it a Spirit Stone, given where I found it. I'm still learning what I can about Wispeon as a whole, but I'm sure she'll be an interesting discovery. Plus, she's soft and I love her." Cherry said as Wispeon nuzzled her leg. Sol was about to say something but was cut off by a call from his phone, which he took out and looked at for a moment before being mentally shocked.
"As much as I would love to stay and chat, I have to get going. Project boss is calling me and I don't want to get him mad." Sol said in a nervous tone.
"Oh, will you be in the region for long?" Cherry asked curiously.
"Not entirely sure, I will come see you if I get a solid answer on that. That being said, I will see you all later." Sol said. He quickly walked past everyone, taking a moment to look at Wind before heading out of the building.
"Well he left rather quickly." Echo said before going to check if he had fully gone. There was a moment of silence as Cherry thought about something before Echo came back to the group. "Looks like he's fully gone." Echo reported.
"Thank god." Sigma said with a sigh of relief. As he did that, he felt a small slap on his back from Wind.
"I'm surprised that he didn't take notice of you two sooner." Echo commented.
"Speaking of, is it really ok for Wind to still be here given that Sol saw him?" Hibiki questioned as she looked at Wind.
"He's not, he should be in the Melody Woods or close to Symphonic Town by now." Sigma responded as he rubbed his back. Hibiki tilted her head in confusion and pointed at the person standing in front of her before a hand took the hat off of her head, revealing a Hatterene with a face mask.
"Oh… Oh I love that. Is she ok though?" Hibiki asked as she went to help free Hatterene from the clothes. Hatterene gave a thumbs up as Hibiki took off the shirt and pants that she was in, making her hair poof out to it's normal shape.
"Sorry again for the hassle, Hatterene I promise to feed you some good food in exchange for the help." Sigma told his Pokemon. Hatterene nodded with a hard glare as Sigma returned her to her Pokeball. "Professor Cherry…" Sigma began to say.
"You don't have to say it, I know." Cherry said in a hard tone of voice.
"A wild guess or based on previous evidence?" Sigma questioned.
"Pervious evidence and it's… complicated." Cherry responded, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Any chance you could fill us in?" Hibiki asked. Cherry was about to respond when Aria walked into their room and saw the group talking.
"There you are, I was looking all over for you all. …I assume that it was Sol I saw walking out of here a few minutes ago?" Aria said.
"Yep." Everyone said in unison. Aria nodded as she looked at Cherry and the picture she was holding before sighing and walking up to the Professor, taking her a bit away from the group for a moment.
"We should just tell them everything." Aria told Cherry.
"Are you sure that they should know?" Cherry asked in a serious tone.
"No, but I want to trust them with the information." Aria responded. Cherry was silent for a moment as she thought about what Aria was suggesting before nodding in agreement.
"Um, what are you two talking about?" Hibiki asked the two adults.
"Come with us you three, it's time for a more serious story about Symphia." Aria told the group. Hibiki and Echo looked at each other before nodding silently as the five left the battle arena for a private place to talk.