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Kioren took the paper, and nodded. She looked at the leaving Tekonoichi memebers, and sighed. She hated this war. She hated this killing, capturing, fighting. She closed her eyes for a moment, and thought back to why she joined Kiro. Her goal was originally to make captain then disassemble the team, but... This had changed her. She wanted nothing to do with the war, however now she was commited to helping end it with Tekonoichi. Her honor could never be fully restored unless the pokemon she had tried so hard to protect were released. "Well, Its off to Ilex, huh." She called out Yemaya, and said "Looks like we're swimming girl."

She pulled off her top and shorts, revealing a black and red bikini. She grabbed Yemaya and headed for the cliffs. On the walk, she saw so many innocent pokemon crying over destroyed nests, caused by her battle with Kirashimu. Kioren set Yemaya down and walked over to a couple of Pidgeots and bowed her head, saying "Please forgive me, I meant no harm, Is you baby fine?" A baby Pidgey head popped out of the broken nest, and Kioren smiled, and walked off, happy that at least it had survived.

After she reached the cliffs, her Ipod beeped. The bug in the Kiro system was responding. They were changing the passwords. She managed to write two down, before her Ipod shut down, permanately. She dropped it and stopmed on it, frustrated, shattering it into a million pieces. Kioren sealed the paper with the two passwords in yemaya's shell, where it wouldnt get wet. With that, she took a deep breath and jumped off the cliffs, diving with Yemaya falling next to her. She hit the water and its calm surrounded her after the initial splash. The cloyster swam over to her, and the went to the surface. "Yemaya, surf~" Kioren said, and Yemaya created a wave that started to push them toward the Johto region. Traveling at about 23 knots, they got their within about 20 hours. I was the middle of the night when they got there, and they were on the Cherrygrove shore. "This might take a while."

Kioren went to the pokemart and bought a few new outfits, a new Ipod, and food with her last paycheck from Kiro. She headed for the pokemon center and gave her pokemon to Nurse Joy to heal. Joy gave Kioren a room, and she took a shower and got ready for bed. A good nights sleep was what she needed.

The next day, Kioren awoke, refreshed. She thanked Nurse Joy and walked out in to Cherrygrove, and headed for Azealea town. She released Coal, and the blaziken picked her up and started running toward Violet city. They reached there in a couple hours, and Coal sat down to rest. Kioren bout some food, and gave some to Coal. It was high energy food, and Coal was on her feet in an hour, ready to go to Azealea. On the way there, Union cave stood in there way. Calling back Coal, Kioren then releassed Luna, who used teleport to get them through without incident. The last think Kioren wanted was a battle. Finally reaching Azealea, she walked directly to Ilex forest, and remembered what a maze it was. Remembering what Ray had said, she trusted her instincts and walked deeper into the forest.

Just as Kioren was begining to think she was lost, she closed her eyes and thought of how she had tried to make the pokemon at Kiro the most comfortable, and that she wished to save them, even at the cost of her life. She was still walking while thinking, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the shrine. Sitting in front of it, she started to meditate, calming herself, and more importantly, waiting for Ray.