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Krystal couldn't help but smile even more when Terashi's arms came around her in a loving hug. It felt wonderful and she didn't hesitate for even a half of a second before returning the gesture. Her cheeks were still quite red but there was a happy sparkle in her beautiful blue orbs and the tell tale smile set upon her lips.

"Hey back." She replied softly.

Krystal smiled, shaking her head slightly, still enjoying their embrace.

"No, it's okay. I should really be doing the same. Liz could use a good workout." At the question, Krystal smiled more.
"I was thinking maybe you'd want to come with me on a bit of a Pokemon catching journey? I don't really know my way around anywhere so ... you could maybe be our guide?"

Odd was back in HQ for some reason tonight, though the boy was sitting in the kitchen and appeared somewhat distressed. "What am I gonna do?" He asked Cadenza, his Shedinja, who was floating beside him. "Lykas' birthday only comes around once in four years and this is the year." He explained, certain the Shedinja didn't know what was stressing him so yet. He'd never really explained that to the Ghost, despite complaining to him while they had been out on the mission they were still working on. (He'd Teleported home with Claydol for a short reprieve.)

"I have to give him something extra special for his actual birthday. He turns 16 this year. Don't parents give their kids cars for their sixteenth birthday?" What would an older(yet far less experienced) boyfriend give to his boyfriend for such an important birthday? Especially considering Lykas' additional "specialness"...... The unfortunate teen groaned in frustration and slammed his head into the kitchen table, causing the cup of coffee in his hands to tremble somewhat.

Tsuki was sitting in a bench, Magmarizer to his side, heating a cup of coffee. Everyone of his Pokemon were doing something around the HQ. Playing, pranking, guarding, or training. Except Charky who Tsuki was playing with. Fortunately the Charmander learned that Tsuki was not his mother. His mom was a Charzard to his brothers friend and his dad was his older brothers Charzard. "Chaaaar" he said as Tsuki bounced him around. He couldn't really see him as a Charmeleon but it would take a shorter time than when Maggy evolved since she was what they called a 'baby' Pokemon.

I squeezed her again before I let go. My original plan was to go to Route 4 but, thinking that's not the most... comfortable of destinations, I decided that a pit-stop would be the best thing for it, to show her around and give time to come up with a better strategy.

"Go get ready. I'll meet you out here, then we'll catch a Claydolport out," I told her.

I didn't notice Chaos as he entered HQ, looking rather ragged, at least more so than usual. He sighed deeply before plopping on one of the couches, looking like he would have passed out at any second, although he never stopped looking around the lobby, as if expecting something to happen.

I recognized Chaos and Heine immediately, as well as remembered the last time the two got together. When Krystal asked, I shook my head. Best not to talk about it in front of them, I thought. I led Krystal to the entrance of the Snagem headquarters before talking GRAY into having the team Claydol teleport us out.

Chaos glanced up at Heine and smirked, albeit weakly. "Look who's talkin'," Chaos replied softly. This was an attempt at both humor and, by showing that he's not mad anymore, peace, although given how little he and Heine knew each other, he didn't doubt that she wouldn't be sure about that, so he didn't give her time to respond, instead adding quickly, "I've been doing some thinking recently."

"D'wa hurt?" Chaos asked, his speech a bit blurred for that second. "Me thinkin', or me gettin' my ~/~ kicked? 'Cause it was a little of both, my thinking causing me to kick my own ~/~."

Chaos decided that that last bit came out harsher than he intended, so he took a deep breath in order to calm himself. "I was born in Lilycove, in Hoenn. An' I wasn't an only child, either, had an older sibling, a couple'a younger ones, too. ~/~ was pretty normal for nineteen years, 'til my elder, what was getting into mischievery and such, pinned me as the fall boy for wonner his mishaps. Wouldn't had been so bad, had not the whole family believed it, and the rest of the city to boot. Got tried as an adult, which I was, and got the month in the slammer. Light sentence for the crime, but that wasn't what got me. I had tasted betrayal. And I didn'ae like it one bit.

Three days in, started hearing this voice. Tell'n me how weak I am for just letting myself get in that situation, how I deserved to have the backs of those I cared about turned away from me, ~/~ like that. Weren't nobody in the cell with me, but I was too stressed out to realize that the voice was in my head. Somewhere in the fifth day, voice started asking questions. Last question it asked: Do you desire power?

With that in my head, I busted out of that cell and beat the crap outta anybody who tried to stop me from leaving. I spent the next ten years commiting the crime I was doing the time for - stealin', muggin', whatever it took to get by, and some days, whatever I felt like doing. I fought the entire region over something that happened in one city.

Anyway, tha's why I can't go back to Hoenn, ever. 'Salso where I get my name from."

Chaos stayed quiet a bit after that, seeming a little less ragged after getting all of that off of his chest.

If Chaos were anywhere close to saying something comforting or romantic, Heine's offer washed it from his mind. "...~/~ yeah," he said with a bit of a sigh before lifting her off the couch and carrying her into the back, where the private rooms were.