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Despite being told otherwise by all assembled, Torok blamed himself for Noctua’s injury. Madam Kuroi was in contact with the doctors overseeing Noctua’s recovery. They agreed that he was fit to travel via Pokéball, but not on foot. CentNet, the network that allowed the Centers to transfer Pokémon digitally had been severed inside Saffron City. The Pokémon that Torok and Noctua had delivered were safe and being cared for, which left the two eager to return home. After several minutes of debate between various doctors and Madam Kuroi, a plan was struck. Torok and Noctua were told that someone was being dispatched to collect them, and carry their Pokéballs back to Saffron. While Saji seemed like the obvious choice, Madam Kuroi promised that it would be a surprise. \n\nIt took several hours for their mystery rescuer to arrive. A nurse walks into the room. “A Pokémon named Mance is here to pick you up.” She says. Torok is instantly at attention, his tail wagging happily. The nurse has Both Torok’s and Noctua’s Pokéballs in hand. Noctua gladdly lets himself be absorbed into the comforting confines of the black Luxury Ball. Torok, however, grabs the ball out of the nurses hand and runs out of the room, trailing bits of bandage in his wake. He runs into the main lobby, then skids to a stop, his claws scraping against the tile floor. There is no other Charmeleon standing in the Lobby. There is however, a Charizard. Mance Azure stands in the lobby. He is wearing the brown hoodie that he can always be seen in, though it is a new one sized to fit his new form. The logo of the Saffron Pokemon Center still rests over his heart. Slowly, awestuck, Torok approaches the Charizard. Mance tuts to himself, noting the sorry condition Torok is in, as well as the disregard for his bandages and dressing that his recent running has caused. The nurse follows after Torok, carrying Noctua’s Pokéball. Mance takes it, as well as Torok’s ball. He places both in the pockets of his hoodie, before he gently grabs and holds Torok.\n“Silly” is all he says. \n\nTorok struggles to keep his eyes open. He grips tightly to the inside of Mance’s hoodie. Only his head pokes out at Mance’s neckline. The two are currently speeding down Route 7 at speeds that Mance honestly knows are far from safe. However, Torok is enjoying the moment. There is an honest grin on his face. The rockets, the Mankeys… The Butterfly. All are forgotten. It is one of the only times Mance has seen Torok genuinely happy. He loves that. It fills him with a warm joy that he has rarely felt before. \n\nMance looked out towards Saffron. The city grow closer as they flew. The lights were out, despite the late hour, leaving the city as a gloomy looming shadow on the edge of vision, rather than the inviting hub of life and wonder that it normally was. It disheartened Mance to see his city is such a state. He held Torok closer. Dexter Red would save his city. The Rockets would be defeated and order would be restored. Mance knew this in his heart. He knew it and believed it completely. Yet still, it disheartened Mance to see his city in such a state.\n\nIt was late as Mance landed in the lobby of the Saffron Pokémon Center. Doctor Azure was waiting for him. Noctua was soon back in bed and resting. Saji was there. She demanded to be left alone with Noctua, so Torok and Mance were quickly shooed away. Mance insisted on personally redressing each of Torok’s wounds, and admonished him for moving about as much as he had been. Regardless of this, the two were happy to be together again. \n\n*\t*\t*\n\n“It is a simple request.” A man says. He is standing, along two others like him, in the foyer of the Kuroi Estate. “There is a powerful Ghost Pokémon in Lavender Tower. You are an expert on these matters. We want you to destroy it.” The Man says. He is wearing all back, and a red letter R is embroidered over his heart. \n\n“I would be more willing to discuss this matter.” Kuroi responds calmly, “If you would lower that firearm” The man holds a gun to her head. Each of the men behind him holds an Eevee in their arms. The twins shake with fear. They are likewise threatened by guns. \n\n“There is a car waiting outside. Once the ghost is dealt with, we will gladly return you home, safe and sound.” The man explains. \n\n“I will not be threatened. Not by a boy like you.” Madam Kuroi says.\n\n“I don’t want to threaten you like this, honestly I don’t.” The man lies. “But you are not giving me much of a choice.”\n\n“I am an Etheric Reader, A Telepath, and Augur, not a Medium. I can certainly see your ghost, but I can’t just make it disappear. Either way I have no intention of helping you while you are holding my Pokémon hostage. Do not tempt Fate boy...” Kuroi says.\n\n“I can see you don’t think I am serious. K, Why don’t you show Madam Kuroi how serious we are.” The Rocket says. The man to his right pulls the trigger on his gun. A shot rings out. Blood splatters along the wall. The lead Rocket falls limply to the floor. Blood pools around his head from the fresh bullet wound. The Rocket known as 'K' jerks to the left stiffly, as if unseen forces were moving his limbs for him. His gun now squarely points at the remaining Rocket. The Pokémon in his arm is gone. It had already ran and hid once it was released. \n\n“You can release my Pokémon or you can die.” Madam Kuroi says coldly. She seems unfazed by the dead man at her feet. Without hesitation, the Rocket drops his gun and the Pokémon he is holding, as if he expects either to explode at any moment. He runs out the front door. The Rocket under Kuroi’s control tosses his gun across the room, then, as soon as her control is released, he runs after his team mate. \n\nMadam Kuroi lets out a breath. The shadow of the dead man shakes and grins up at her. The corpse begins to mirror that grin. \n“Quit playing around.” She admonishes. “Dexter Red will be back in an hour. You had better be finished cleaning up before he returns.” She says. Fate begins to laugh maniacally. He manifests from the grinning shadow, his mouth already growing wide and forming rows upon rows of sharp, nightmarish teeth. \n\nMadam Kuroi left the foyer and headed to her room to change. There was blood on her dress. That, and she still could not stand watching Fate eat. \n\n*\t*\t*\n\nWithin a week the Rockets were beaten. They fled the town in droves. Saji escorted Noctua and Torok home, the former happy to finally return, and the latter already talking about the new training he wanted to start. His time with Mance had made him want to evolve as soon as possible. Saji remained with Noctua as he recovered. Soon he was able to move about, but his scared wing required tending at regular intervals. Slowly, life returned to normal. The sun rose. The day moved on. The sun set. As the sun sank below the horizon and its light faded, the lights of Saffron City turned on, and the city was whole again.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Chapter Sixteen: Reconciliation

Noctua was not fit to fly and would not be for several weeks. Despite being told otherwise by all assembled, Torok blamed himself for Noctua’s injury. Madam Kuroi was in contact with the doctors overseeing Noctua’s recovery. They agreed that he was fit to travel via Pokéball, but not on foot. CentNet, the network that allowed the Centers to transfer Pokémon digitally had been severed inside Saffron City. The Pokémon that Torok and Noctua had delivered were safe and being cared for, which left the two eager to return home. After several minutes of debate between various doctors and Madam Kuroi, a plan was struck. Torok and Noctua were told that someone was being dispatched to collect them, and carry their Pokéballs back to Saffron. While Saji seemed like the obvious choice, Madam Kuroi promised that it would be a surprise.

It took several hours for their mystery rescuer to arrive. A nurse walks into the room. “A Pokémon named Mance is here to pick you up.” She says. Torok is instantly at attention, his tail wagging happily. The nurse has Both Torok’s and Noctua’s Pokéballs in hand. Noctua gladdly lets himself be absorbed into the comforting confines of the black Luxury Ball. Torok, however, grabs the ball out of the nurses hand and runs out of the room, trailing bits of bandage in his wake. He runs into the main lobby, then skids to a stop, his claws scraping against the tile floor. There is no other Charmeleon standing in the Lobby. There is however, a Charizard. Mance Azure stands in the lobby. He is wearing the brown hoodie that he can always be seen in, though it is a new one sized to fit his new form. The logo of the Saffron Pokemon Center still rests over his heart. Slowly, awestuck, Torok approaches the Charizard. Mance tuts to himself, noting the sorry condition Torok is in, as well as the disregard for his bandages and dressing that his recent running has caused. The nurse follows after Torok, carrying Noctua’s Pokéball. Mance takes it, as well as Torok’s ball. He places both in the pockets of his hoodie, before he   gently grabs and holds Torok.
“Silly” is all he says.

Torok struggles to keep his eyes open. He grips tightly to the inside of Mance’s hoodie. Only his head pokes out at Mance’s neckline. The two are currently speeding down Route 7 at speeds that Mance honestly knows are far from safe. However, Torok is enjoying the moment. There is an honest grin on his face. The rockets, the Mankeys… The Butterfly. All are forgotten. It is one of the only times Mance has seen Torok genuinely happy. He loves that. It fills him with a warm joy that he has rarely felt before.

Mance looked out towards Saffron. The city grow closer as they flew. The lights were out, despite the late hour, leaving the city as a gloomy looming shadow on the edge of vision, rather than the inviting hub of life and wonder that it normally was. It disheartened Mance to see his city is such a state. He held Torok closer. Dexter Red would save his city. The Rockets would be defeated and order would be restored. Mance knew this in his heart. He knew it and believed it completely. Yet still, it disheartened Mance to see his city in such a state.

It was late as Mance landed in the lobby of the Saffron Pokémon Center. Doctor Azure was waiting for him. Noctua was soon back in bed and resting. Saji was there. She demanded to be left alone with Noctua, so Torok and Mance were quickly shooed away. Mance insisted on personally redressing each of Torok’s wounds, and admonished him for moving about as much as he had been. Regardless of this, the two were happy to be together again.

*\t*\t*

“It is a simple request.” A man says. He is standing, along two others like him, in the foyer of the Kuroi Estate. “There is a powerful Ghost Pokémon in Lavender Tower. You are an expert on these matters. We want you to destroy it.” The Man says. He is wearing all back, and a red letter R is embroidered over his heart.

“I would be more willing to discuss this matter.” Kuroi responds calmly, “If you would lower that firearm” The man holds a gun to her head. Each of the men behind him holds an Eevee in their arms. The twins shake with fear. They are likewise threatened by guns.

“There is a car waiting outside. Once the ghost is dealt with, we will gladly return you home, safe and sound.” The man explains.

“I will not be threatened. Not by a boy like you.” Madam Kuroi says.

“I don’t want to threaten you like this, honestly I don’t.” The man lies. “But you are not giving me much of a choice.”

“I am an Etheric Reader, A Telepath, and Augur, not a Medium. I can certainly see your ghost, but I can’t just make it disappear. Either way I have no intention of helping you while you are holding my Pokémon hostage. Do not tempt Fate boy...” Kuroi says.

“I can see you don’t think I am serious. K, Why don’t you show Madam Kuroi how serious we are.” The Rocket says. The man to his right pulls the trigger on his gun. A shot rings out. Blood splatters along the wall. The lead Rocket falls limply to the floor. Blood pools around his head from the fresh bullet wound. The Rocket known as 'K' jerks to the left stiffly, as if unseen forces were moving his limbs for him. His gun now squarely points at the remaining Rocket. The Pokémon in his arm is gone. It had already ran and hid once it was released.

“You can release my Pokémon or you can die.” Madam Kuroi says coldly. She seems unfazed by the dead man at her feet. Without hesitation, the Rocket drops his gun and the Pokémon he is holding, as if he expects either to explode at any moment. He runs out the front door. The Rocket under Kuroi’s control tosses his gun across the room, then, as soon as her control is released, he runs after his team mate.

Madam Kuroi lets out a breath. The shadow of the dead man shakes and grins up at her. The corpse begins to mirror that grin.
“Quit playing around.” She admonishes. “Dexter Red will be back in an hour. You had better be finished cleaning up before he returns.” She says. Fate begins to laugh maniacally. He manifests from the grinning shadow, his mouth already growing wide and forming rows upon rows of sharp, nightmarish teeth.  

Madam Kuroi left the foyer and headed to her room to change. There was blood on her dress. That, and she still could not stand watching Fate eat.

*\t*\t*

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