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Kyn woke up refreshed, and able to think more clearly, as well as having his mind set on an earlier task. <Serena... when this is all over... how were you going to assist me with seeing Anana that last time...?>

Serena had been laying down, her mind was still slightly foggy with sleep when she answered. <When I finally caved, I remembered a point in time, of which when I was still a Shelgon, that I was tied up, quite literally....and unable to move around. I never met myself...but um...we might need Miru's time distortion....and I think I'm going to miss my wings...and my tail, for that point in time.> If course, there were other uses for that...at least, if she was right....which she wasn't sure that she was yet. <I'll need to...talk with our dear friend before I am absolutely sure.>

<Whatever it takes Serena... you've got the steering wheel and the pedals.> Kyn gave a large yawn, stretched, and then headed towards where he figured Serena would be.

N woke up about the same time, to a voice in his head, he pretty much ran down the stairs, and passed Kyn on the way down. "OhhiKynhopeyousleptwellI'vegottago!" he said quickly and ran back to the room that they had left Serena in, and finally skidded to a halt in front of her. "You...did it?"

Serena stared at the green blur until it came to a stop in front of her. "Well...ah...The only thing I did was remember something that I had no right to know in the first place, a memory from another Pokémon that watched Kyurem awaken from the stone in my world...but he IS back...yes." She coughed as her neck was hugged, not exactly sure if she trusted him enough to even let him that close, but she didn't have the chance to object, and so she just snorted. "He's still very tired, N...remember that."

Of course Kyn didn't really have time to respond to N, but he figured that the only reason why he would rush to any place on this ship would be to see Serena to see if Zekrom had reawakened. After he made his way down to Serena he said, "N... has anybody called you by your full name? In all my time here, I don't think I've even heard Ghetsis do it."

Serena looked at Kyn with a 'save me' face as he entered the room, he was still hugging her neck, and showed no signs of letting go.

" No, most people don't even know my full name Kyn, you know that." Of course his voice was muffled because of where he was. "How...are your scales so warm? it's got to be like...maybe 4 °C in here, maybe less....and yet you seem to be running a temperature...considering that you're cold blooded, this shouldn't be possible...."

Kyn cleared his throat and imitated an exotic car alarm. "Step away from the Dragon! Step away from the Dragon! You are to close, step away from the Dragon!" He figured that by now, Serena might be at partially accustomed to some of their vehicles, but he definitely figured that N would get the reference that he was making. "If you want to be near a warm Dragon, go to the Fire dragon, N."

N finally seemed to get the message, and let go of Serena, who had her earfins back and retracted, as if he might latch onto her again. Still, she answered. "In my world, we are not limited by species to have attributes of another...many have...played around with the idea that my sire was a Charizard, since I can utilize fire...Master Foo, a Meinfoo, as you might have guessed, suggested that I try to master it--I never took him up on it, and so it rages with my emotions." She shifted her scarf a bit in the awkward situation. "When we came down here, the madness had it well below zero; had I not been in a rage then I would have been frozen solid earlier."

"Serena... what you said reminded me of something. Your egg.... and I mean this is quite at dilemma. If your egg is born in this world... you'll have to raise it with limited abilities. If you raise in your own world..." He trailed off and let the two of them fill in any blanks that they wished, and he'd be prepared to finish his thought if they did choose to ask.

"Mmm....I'm aware...but I've told you, we'll cross that bridge when we get there." She laid her head back down. "You had a situation to explain." she reminded him with a snort. "In it's entirety..."

"Yes.... I'll start with the main issue. Now that Ghetsis is a stain somewhere that I'm not sure, but if we target the higher ups, starting with the executives, then they will be able to make it so you... don't have to rage at those particular humans much anymore. From what I know... the faction that Ghetsis controlled, the type that wanted to take over the Isshu region, would stop at nothing to do it, meaning no matter how many Pokémon suffered. Those are the types... that I believe are on this ship currently. Those... are the types that I believe that you would want to rip into. That's the first part." Kyn paused.

"This would be accurate." with her head on the ground, she had to look up at him for the first time in a long time--she remembered this perspective well enough, still if she had any Bagon children, they would be able to fit onto her nose easily.

"Second part. Those working to liberate all Trainers from their Pokémon. Those mimic the ideals of the first Team Plasma... the one that is infamous for the Munna kicking. Those, I'm not as sure about, however, they are nothing without their respective higher ups, they will be nothing. Those are working through the non-frozen parts of the Isshu region. The most difficult thing about distinguishing these people is that they all bloody dress the same. All gathered under the name Team Plasma." Kyn explained, taking another pause break to let that particular batch of information sink in.

Serena thought about this bit of information. "So for them...spreading the news that the higher ups were dead would be enough of a deterrent...perhaps. It would serve as both a deterrent and a challenge, to do it that way...both for them, and for me..." her mind clicked the point that they would either come after her, or hide from her, it was both good _and_bad to look at it that way. If they feared her enough to hide, it would make them look weak....and of course being in the same room with Kyn left him privy to her thoughts as well.

"The third branch is I believe... the least Team Plasma like, and they, are more than likely headed by Colress, and of course the name will draw much rage from you, his claimed goal was, supposedly to find a way to draw out the strength in Pokémon. The least hostile faction of Team Plasma, and the fact that Master Balls were attempted to be used on you, only shows how desperate they actually were. With Ghetsis gone, the main figurehead of Team Plasma, Colress will either try to rise to power and take over Team Plasma himself, to try and actually change it for the better, or he will go power hungry, and become a slightly less insane Ghetsis. You may be a.... nip it in the bud type Dragon, but just take a look at N there... to see why, despite everything that happened, what would have happened, if I had not given him a second thought. It turned out he wasn't even responsible for nearly _any_of what happened to me, and was actually quite thoroughly pissed when he found out what they had been doing behind his back." Kyn said, also giving N time to adjust to his mention and memory jog.

"I still say that N would make a better leader than that so called scientist. Yes, I'd rather nip it when it got started, but N...the memories that you're dredging up, he doesn't, I mean didn't, feel like a bad guy, this reeks of bad intentions, and you can't tell me that it doesn't." she pointed a claw at him. "The whole idea reeks of stupidity to begin with, 'draw the strength from Pokémon'. What the hell Kyn? Each Pokémon is different and draw upon their own strength in different ways; are they going to try to bottle the way our body reacts to a certain situation?" She snorted.

"I have no idea Serena. Now, what's that status of this Kyurem...? Is he willing to at least if nothing, be approached by humans yet?" Kyn said, referring to the one that he would have named Sorbet.

"Ehh...if he had any resentment against anyone, I think it would have been me, I'm the one who bit his neck...and I was able to approach him before he woke up. I don't know why you're so skittish about it." she pulled her head up to look over at the Grey, who was laying against the back wall. "After I explained that his captor was dead...you should have seen how relaxed he became afterward, in fact, I'm sure you did notice, the room temperature increased by 20 degrees...he didn't remember much; of course, so I had to...well, feed the memories back to him as to what happened."

"Well then... I thank you for giving him the 411 but, as for skittishness, a rare trait showing.... it's because... of what Kyurem is... I feel bad for focusing on that though..." Kyn said, sighing.

Serena extended her neck to where she could look him in the eye, and lowered her tone so that only Kyn could have heard her. "If my idea hadn't worked, Kyn, Zekrom would have had to go back into Kyurem...don't get me wrong, he would still be a voice in Kyurem's head...much like I am to you occasionally, but really...both of them, Zekrom and Tenshi, they are_Kyurem, and if they're really both standing on the same front, then they can _both be accepted back into him safely...that legend could finally come to a close."

<It is something that I figure will probably happen. After all, they'll be here looong after I'm gone, as will you. Now.... perhaps you can repeat for me, those thoughts you had about the Anana thing. I pretty much got Miru, time portal, and you without wings> He said, sighing now that the Kyurem was at least back to what he thought might have been normal.

<I...can't be seen as a Salamence there Kyn...and unlike you, I can't exactly cover what, or who I am without some major adjustments...it would be easier to ask Miru...or Dialga for that matter, to make my form back step to what I was before....and that's why we'd have to tie up the other me for the time that we're there.>

<Serena! Isn't it possible... for a non-Jasmine Celebi to assist us with this? Also, you make it sound as though I haven't already done this. Which makes me rather interested. Could it be that your time line is protected from predestination paradoxes?> Kyn became to delve into all the possible things that could have happened, starting from the point in which Serena last saw Anana up to the point in which she died.

<Stop, stop! You have already done this, I told you that after I decided to let you do it, that the memory appeared IN my memory. the future affects the past in situations like this, that's why I was against letting you do it in the first place...>

<Mmph. Time and memory are such delicate things... But, I mean, I still can't thank you enough. By the way, did I ever tell you how much I delved into temporal mechanics when I was younger? Technically it is not even an actual field. ...yet.> Kyn sighed, going over what Serena had told him already about having to somehow tie up the other version of her for that time being.

<You didn't...and of course it's not, most humans aren't logical enough...maybe before we kill him, we should see if Colress can follow your line of thinking...I thankfully have access to your mind, so I can see what the hell you're talking about and follow what you're saying, but it wont do any good because I don't have enough information of my own to form my own opinion on it.> She chuckled to herself at the way he was going about it. <It actually wont be that difficult...>

"Let's head to the bridge then, and thus to the comm. room. If the pilots are still alive, they will be more than glad to contact Colress for us." Kyn said with a false sweet tone.

Serena stood up and stretched, several joints popped as she did so, making her wonder if it was from the cold of the room, or if she was just getting old. Since she was young for her species, she figured that it was the former. "And if they're not, maybe the sight of a severed arm will convince them...?" She paused. "Okay, that's just my stomach talking, When I eat, I can eat a full Tauros by myself these days."

"...and what do ya know, I used to hunt Tauros on a regular basis... and buy them, what a strange connection!" Kyn said, before heading up the stairs. He didn't really know much about the floor plan, however, it couldn't really be that difficult. He looked around for an escape map, and that lead him to the area that he needed to go. Of course when the got there the door to the helm was bolted shut. "Well it's to be expected, Serena. After all their fellows not reporting back, silence all around, after the sounds of conflict... looks like some torch work is in order here."

Serena ticked her head off to the side, examining the door, he didn't even have to tell her that he wanted it open. "Mmm...no exposed hinges, smart..." She motioned for him to step away and turn away, then let a bright, almost blue white flame from her snout, definitely hot enough to melt the door away. Her claws pulled at the molten metal, ripping it from what was once a perfectly good door. "Voila, one instantly opened door." She chuckled to herself, sweeping the harmful, hot metal into the corner where it wouldn't get stepped on.

"Ahem, I do believe you heard us knocking good fellows. Now, I believe there is some business we need to attend to." Kyn said casually. Of course, their first instinct was to throw their Poké Balls to release their Pokémon at which Kyn sighed at.

Serena, of course, being a dragon, roared at the creatures, and snorted as they fought the urge to cower. "Oh please...at the sound of my voice? This is a bit pathetic." Still, she did what was expected of her, and brought the purple claws across her body, dismissing the Pokémon from consciousness.

"Well Serena, You're a Salamence. They've probably never seen one before in their lives. Ahem. You two... please do me a favor, and contact Colress would you? I need to find out his current location." He said in a calm slow voice. There was nothing really in between them and Serena anymore so their more basic responses started to show.

"Y-yeah... w-w-we'll... yeah..."

Kyn facepalmed. "Don't make it sound like there's anything wrong. Despite Serena being here, please get a hold of yourselves. If you ruin his for me, I will not be very happy."

She snorted, and actually walked back to the door, laying down and facing away from them, her earfins relaxed. "And here I know that I don't have the ability to intimidate here, or all the others would have reacted to it when I told them to take down Kyurem." she muttered. "I suppose that it wouldn't help if I told them they could keep their hands if they managed not to freak out." she chuckled mildly.

In spite of himself, one of the members decided to completely drop their sense of fear, and replace it completely with curiosity, a rare feat indeed. He turned around and walked closer to Serena. "Excuse me but... just what exactly is that Pokémon that's with you...?"

Serena regarded the human with one green eye, and unseen on the other side of her snout, licked her chops. "He's either brave, stupid, or both not to know to give a dragon it's space." She snorted. "It's just asking to be bitten too...lucky that it's submissive enough that that's curbed to the point I don't act on it without thinking; but if he touches me he's losing a hand, and I mean it."

"First of all, she's a Salamence. Second of all, whatever you do, by no means put any of your limbs near her, if you want them to remain attached. I'm only summarizing. She's the one who said it." At this, the male backed away slightly, and sort of froze.

She laid her head down with a soft snort. "If he can perform the menial task properly, I might reconsider that--if he's still curious." Fer earfin flicked and flexed. "You'd have to give me a direct order for that to work, though, Kyn."

"Order? You? What? What in the world are you talking about?" Kyn said, scratching his head.

The other person in the room, connected to Colress, and his voice sounded through the speakers.

"Ah, too bad, the window's closed, oh well, no petting the dragon for him." She chuckled to herself, and then, once the redundant conversation was done, she asked. "So...can I ruin the radio system so they can't call him back and let him know that they were forced into contacting him the first time?"

"Simply put... yes. Fellers, I'd recommend moving out of the way. Somewhere near the door." Kyn said. Now that they knew Colress' location... they could confront him and deal a major blow to the remaining Team Plasma, in one way or another.

She stood, and perhaps too fast for a normal Salamence, she slammed her claws down onto the radio system where she had seen the human pressing the buttons, and didn't stop until it was almost down to the floorboards...in short, five good hits with her full strength.

"No! You destroyed it!" The second person in the room said. The first person, who had approached Serena and Kyn, both froze in shock at the guy's outburst. Kyn then facepalmed after as well.

Predictably, Serena pinned the man beneath one of her clawed feet, snarling at the idea that what she had just done was 'wrong'. Once she was sure that he had voided his bladder at least, she lifted her claws and snorted at him. "That would be, one point made."

"They're... pretty much all like that. With the exception of this guy it seems." Kyn said, nodding his head towards the one to the left of him. He of course, kept his mouth shut, for fear of getting the same treatment that Serena had given the other man.

"And why wouldn't you let me kill them exactly? Clearly he didn't have the mental capabilities of a slowpoke. Obviously my aim was to destroy it, did he think I was going to hug it?" She hmmm'ed at his statement of the other male, and she actually did swing her head towards him, sniffing; there was still fear on him, and while normally she would have enjoyed the scent...this bothered her. /Stop that./ She mentally thumped him. /Had I wanted you dead, you would be dead. You're not an idiot, and this says much for you, you know how to take an order, and you know when to act on your own./

"Eh... you... are you... Simply put.... Why can I understand you now? Am I even understanding you...?" He was highly confused, by the addition of this new voice, but he figured that since the only female in the room was her, it was probably her.

She sighed through her nose. /You know little of dragons...lesson number 1: We are smart enough to give Metagross and Alakazam a run for their money, you are hearing me in your head because I -wish- to allow you to. My lips are not moving. I just praised your intelligence, don't make me take it back./ Serena moved her nose away from the male, and to Kyn, she nosed him. "So, this would be the time to go and hunt our dear...scientist?"

"We don't tend to get a lot of Dragons like you here. Have you visited Opelucid City before? If not... well, it's currently frozen. The leader there.... Drayden, specialized in Dragons." The guy said.

"I suppose it is time to, yes." Kyn answered.

Serena snorted. /You do realize that Team Plasma is responsible for making every dragon in this region unhappy with all this ice, right? If I were you, I would _hope_that they have enough control over their baser instincts not to destroy towns because of this. It's a mess that you humans will suffer for, one way or another; either by human hands, or the Pokémon you've upset...Oh, I should probably also say this. Ghetsis is dead, there's nothing left of him but a smudge against the wall./ She tilted her head at Kyn. "We should probably leave then."

"Ghetsis is... dead?" The meek one said, clearly the most affected by it.

"Right well... ... Dragons and Ice. Didn't really think much about it the time I suppose. But now that I'm being forced too... it seems to be a rather stupid move. Especially with those two Dragons of Legend... one with N, and the other... we're not exactly sure," the other said.

<Two years, and I'm already forgotten. Not that I have a problem with that. Less attention for me.> "Keep yourself outta trouble okay? Don't think you'd want to though after what you've seen Serena do, you'd wouldn't want to be put in the spotlight like this again." Kyn said, walking out.

Serena gave a laugh. /Ghetsis is dead, died in a minute, his cohort with him, and the grunts that were down there as well, anyone who drives a dragon to madness deserves no less./ She followed shortly after, sure that the rumbling laugh sounded sinister to their ears. /Tread carefully./ were her ending words. <Drayden...you mentioned him once before....>

<Drayden. He's rather popular here, and even knows the former Champion, Alder. He's a rather tough individual. Tough like the Dragon's he cohorts with.> "I don't know where he is, and perhaps some of my contacts will. I must sound pretty demanding though, like in essence 'forcing' you to meet so many people." He sighed, thinking about how pretty Opelucid City was (Black version) the last time he had seen it, and he sent that particular image to Serena, followed by a series of images showing Drayden. <Of course, it's still a city and... well, a sort of populated one.>

"You're trying to change my mind about humans and this world in general." She pointed out. "It's a natural defense when someone has said that they wish to extinguish the stupidity in one's race...it's just rather unfortunate that most_of this race happens to fall under that category." She trailed off. <_Former champion?> Her tongue flicked out as she walked, she hadn't really been paying attention. "We should probably go back down to gather the others..."

<Hrm? I suppose I never really figured it'd be important but, by defeating N, I became the Champion of the Isshu region. N, defeated Alder, the previous Champion, taking his title.>

<And both you and N were off, You have been forgotten...who stood in as the Champion, who took the title?> She nudged.

<I... don't really know. I'll have to go to the League website to find out. Though, I'm sure that if I wanted to, I could just assume the title again without battling whomever it was since the title is only passed on by defeat or by them willingly giving it away. Neither has happened to me.> He stopped and went into his thinking pose again.

<Oi, if you're going to stand around and think, get on my back, things to see and people to do. Erm...invert that.> She nudged him towards her back. <Or at least walk while you think.>

<Well, then I wouldn't be standing around and thinking would I? But I wanna get on your back anyway.>

She snorted at him, bowing down to let him climb up onto her back. <Enjoying riding me are we? It's a good thing this is a private channel or that could be taken the wrong way...Or are you just planning on rubbing it in N's face that you're allowed to touch me and he's not?>

<Please Serena. You know I wouldn't do something like that to N. Besides, he's used to riding dragons, and I'm sure that if he asked politely, you'd be willing to allow him on your back.>

<No, probably not, it's the only area in which I can't reach really, it hurts my neck to make that tight of a turn...I CAN do it, but doing so is unpleasant.> Once he was on her back, she slipped down the remaining floors with relative ease, though she was starting to wonder where all these grunts kept coming from, even if they weren't as numerous as before...the fact that they were able to keep coming out of the woodwork so to speak, was beginning to annoy her. <I will be glad when we are off this ship.>

<This ship is pretty huge. If it were taken back to your world... I'm certain that quite a few Pokémon would be able to live in it. Not that many would want to, but uh...>

<Mmmph...we do have pirates in my world, you know.> She spoke, then opened the final door that led back to the room they had come from, finding N sitting with Zekrom, even as the great dragon rested. <I suppose that I should get back to assisting you with your naming problem...As I said before, naming is something that comes with a wish for that creature...Serenity, Warrior, Dragon, Flight, Baron, King. All of these have a corresponding name. Serena, Warren, Draco, Fugo, Barret, Rex.>

<Mmph. Once again, a Pokémon changes the way I look at things. I don't think I've ever thought like that before, Serena. Tensa's name comes from the first part of the Tenkaichi Budokai. Which is a tournament to determine the world's strongest martial artist. It literally means Number One Under Heaven.> "Ha, but this isn't a pirate ship. Though I'm sure they could adapt it to be but... erm... I think you'd have to remove all the human technology. Don't want them to get contaminated, eh?"

<And that was the wish you gave to him.> She said smugly, and moved into a laying position so that he might get off of her back, or at least, if nothing else, recall the others. "This -feels- like a description of a pirate ship...at least, in the sense of it being a ship used by a rogue organization in order to create Havoc around a given area."

<Well... Tensa did become Number One Under Heaven.> "I'm assuming that you at least have cannons that are powered by gunpowder? We even call the things that Blastiose have, hydro cannons, which actually is also the name of a move." Kyn said, trying to picture how one of the scenarios he remembered as a kid, a "powder war" but with Pokémon, since like Serena, they were Pokémon... they would just be able to use their attacks more than likely if they were Special Attacks.

"Kyn, I understand that you're trying to put this off, and why you're trying to put this off...but unlike you, I have an egg to get back to, and would like this ordeal to be over quickly, rather than drawn out." She changed the topic, since he hadn't moved. <Now think of the other connotations of that statement. Names are not bound by one meaning alone.>

"I am totally not trying to put this off! I just... got distracted is all, and you reminded me. So, we're headed to Nimbasa City. Alright?" Kyn said, taking a short amount of time to explain to the others, before putting them back in the Poké Balls. <I don't really think I can come to a conclusion about the connotations of that statement.

<Some have taken the phrase you use to be how they see them as in a more...personal relationship, the 'you're the only one for me' sort of wording. While we're on the subject of names...do you know where Heji's came from?> She chuckled at him. "You behave as if you want me outside of my ball for this...don't tell me you don't plan to get off my back for this trip?" Her green eyes moved to Kyurem. <And we can't exactly leave him here....>

<Well... Tensa will also always be my number one. Y'know. I think Tenshi, and Zekrom, are going to live for thousands of years. Unless they decided to_willingly_ reunite with the Kyurem.> "You shall be outside of you ball for this. I will not be on you though."

<Mmm....and I'm going to be cutting my life to the point that I will not join them in that length of time, not here, at least.> She let out a sigh. "As you wish, though being lapped by Tenshi once is bad enough." <Amin means honest, by the way; as in truth.>

"Not sure why y'all Dragons are so big on competition and stuff. Do you wish to be placed back in your ball, Serena?" Kyn sighed. Of all Pokémon, Serena was the last one that he wanted to put into a Poké Ball, which of course was more than just a little hypocritical and biased.

She gave him an answer, with little to do. "Moxie. That is why I'm big on competition, a win is a win, even if it is not a battle it's something that I can use to throw my body into the state that it needs to be more powerful. A loss hinders me just as much as someone throwing an ice attack at me." She snorted, rolling a bit to get Kyn down off of her back, which likely would remind him of how cold the room actually was. "If you do not wish me to be in my ball, I will not go there, and instead will do my best to keep up."

"Some humans have got Moxie, for sure. I'm not one of them though. At least, I don't think I am." Kyn slid down off her back, resisting the urge to go 'wheee' because he knew Serena would roll her eyes at him or worse. "Hm. Serena... once we get there, I'll kill two birds with one stone. EXPRESSION! EXPRESSION! Kill two birds with one stone, find out who the champion is, and if Colress will react like the first guy, or the second guy."

"Just don't forget that which you promised. I am keeping you to your promise to take me to that hunting area after this." She licked her chops, then stood and walked over to Kyurem, essentially telling him that they were leaving, and that he should as well, to which he of course, nodded...then she walked over to N and gave him a questioning, and wary look.

"Don't worry, I wont hug you again...I don't know if we'll be joining you, to be honest. Ah, that's not to say that we wont be working with you, but we'll likely work from opposite ends, and meet in the middle. Perhaps I'll even find myself a Psychic type Pokémon that would enjoy traveling with me, who knows." He chuckled. "Okay, I know I said I wouldn't hug you, but may I at least give you a pat goodbye?"

"N, by any chance did you become the champion of the Hoenn region...?" Kyn quickly asked.

<That joke that was in my head from earlier about Dragons and Mareep still stands, Serena. But of course, they are yours for taking. I'll let you know when the population gets under control again.>

<Mareep? I was eating those when I was a Bagon, they aren't much more than a snack these days, Maybe an Ampharos.> As an answer to N's request, she lowered her head to where his hands could easily reach, and allowed him to stroke her snout and just behind her earfins.

"I did not. I spent most of my time away from human civilization, actually...It was quite...refreshing."

"Serena! If N finds himself a Psychic type... y'know there's a possibility that he could visit your world, and yes I'm aware of the Zekrom thing but... since I'm already going back and forth... perhaps he'd be able to. If you recall, I do have quite a bit of savings built up. You're kinda the ambassador, as you said."

<I've gotta teach you some more of my culture. Our children's stories... our fairy tales, some of our legends. Dragons and Sheep have a major predator and prey relationship in them. Even the ones as small as Mareep.>

Serena chuckled. <You can give me books, if you insist on teaching me your myths, then I may as well read them for myself, I'm a bit too big for bedtime stories now.> She churred softly against N's fingers. "Perhaps so. If he can find a source of an illusion that would willingly be cast over him, then I have no objection of him seeing my land first hand...so long as he can moderate himself." She added; carefully phrasing things.

<Oh that's right Serena! Thank you for reminding me that you can read our language. Speaking of... have you told N that yet? I think he'd be interested in hearing that.> "Oh I'm certain N can find one. Can't ya N?~" Kyn said with an almost Anana like voice.

<No, and I don't think I will, not just yet at least.> She almost twitched at the sweet voice from him, and did pull her head away from N's hands to look at him questioningly, did he even realize that he'd done it? She wasn't sure.

"Perhaps, there were a couple Ralts down in the Hoenn region that enjoyed my company, I'm sure if they would be willing to go exploring with me...Is your world rather unique, Serena? I mean, obviously with all the differences...I suppose what I should have said was 'are there more Pokémon there like you?'."

Kyn wanted to say some things, but N WAS asking Serena, and so of course he didn't say what was on his mind until after Serena had answered the question.

Serena wrinkled her nose, looking back to N as she gave him the option whether or not to resume petting her, he didn't, so she spoke. "There are a few differences between here and there, yes; As you may recall...Kyn mentioned the difference in my strength between there and here...it has been said that there, our true potential is unleashed...this is why I say that I keep breaking your physics. Apparently even though here, I can not really intimidate...not as Heji can anyway, people find me intimidating."

N thought of this. "So...it would be like unlocking hidden talents...what's the equivalent exchange? What do you give up in exchange?"

<I wonder how old N is. He looks like he could be at least 15 of our years. Though, he looked like that two years ago, so perhaps he would be 17ish now.> Kyn mused.

"Most of us...give up our ability to evolve naturally. I don't know why I didn't...Instead of evolving naturally...we've adapted to where our Dojo mater, that is to say, the trainer in that town, when they decide that we're ready to evolve, they give us a scroll, which holds the secret to evolution; and you know, it's funny, I've looked at those scrolls twice in my lifetime, but...I can't remember what they say." She paused, and then obliged Kyn's unasked question. "How many years are you, N? If you'll oblige a dragon's curiosity that is."

N was caught off guard, to say the least. "Ah...well....I'm not too old, in comparison to many Pokémon; how about we round it off to say I'm just shy of my second decade, and leave it at that?" He gave her a wink.

<Interesting. Well, he'd make more a traveling companion than Cheren or Bianca would. Honestly, if not for the fact that were we all Pokémon Trainers... Cheren and Bianca journeying with me, would be a little strange to most of the people here.> "N... despite that fact that you've seem to get along without technology... I really want you to have a phone so we can stay in contact more." Kyn said, trying to get N to latch on to some aspect of technology.

<More names...oh wait, those were those kids...yeah, I could see that looking very strange, especially if they learned your tendencies...> She stepped away from N and nudged Kyn. <We're getting distracted again.>

"I...uh, Oh, right...I suppose I never showed you why exactly, I keep this cube on hand, did I? Well, it's original purpose is void now, but..." He fumbled with it, until it opened into some semblance of a phone. "There we are...now then, your number?"

"What in the hell...? Well, let's see..." Kyn recited his Poké Gear number, and Xtransciever number. "No video chatting though."

"Well, obviously..." N folded the extended cube back into its previous form. "I don't exactly have a problem with that though, do you?"

"Well, I suppose not. So, did you ask Zekrom to change his lineup by teaching him any new moves?"

Serena gave him a rather hard nudge with her nose. <Youhavehisnumber We'rewastingtime thatprobablywasn'ttheonlyradioonthisship!> Her words ran together.

"I have, yes." He didn't elaborate on what they were however.

<Mmph! Thank you for reminding me but did you have to nudge me so hard?!> "Well that's interesting... now, perhaps you'd be ready to head to (location) using Zekrom's turbine to get you there." <Of course, I can still just use the Pokédex to find out his moves but... you remember the way Royce reacted... heh.>

<If you don't start moving I'm going to pick you up like a hatchling and carry you in my maw.> She snorted at him, and waited for him to start moving.

"If you insist upon me being there, I suppose that I can head that way, yes. However it will have to be a little after you, I'm afraid. Zekrom is still re-energizing. While Serena could bring him back, she could not restore his strength completely...she did say this, before you two went up to terrorize the grunts left on the ship."

<I pictured you doing that to me already actually, though I'm hoping that you'd be able to do it without hurting me with your fangs but, I get the point.> "Well, give him time then. Just, make sure you're there. Now that we have that traingle-y thing, this will never happen against either of their will again. They may choose to reunite for some other reason though. Anyway, see you later then, apparently." Kyn said, and he started walking up the decks to get outside.

<Don't be ridiculous, I wouldn't hurt you...I think that I proved that this morning.> She chuckled as she followed, giving N a tail flick wave goodbye, and surely Tenshi followed her. <Triangle-y thing? You're going to have to come up with a better name for it than that eventually.>

<Dragon link-pin...?> Kyn tried. After the three of them were outside in sunlight again, Kyn gave an exaggerated stretch.

<See you're getting better at it already.> She chuckled, and licked him while he stretched, she too flexed her wings, though for a slightly different reason. She let her fire run through them again, warmed by the sun. She pulled her goggles down over her eyes once again via her tongue, and rather prepared to take off again.

"I do so think those goggles look rather interesting. What did you think of my goggles when you first saw them...?" Kyn said, pulling his out and putting them on, over his head, after such a long time.

"I believe I equated them to looking similar to the Krokogoggles of my world, except in red." She answered, tilting her head to nose him. "These flygoggles are meant to be replicas of the sand guards that are over Flygon eyes...sometimes I don't think they're replicas per se...if they are, they're very good replicas."

"Well, I believe Stripes the Krokorok would enjoy it in Gambitville." Kyn added, at the mention of the goggles. "Now then... Tenshi! Time to fly and such." He said, and then Tenshi lowered his neck to allow him to climb on.

"All of your Pokémon enjoy it on the other side. At least at some point, I'm sure if you ever completely disowned them, they'd find their places in my world just fine....not that you ever would." She moved her neck away from him, and since Kyn was getting up, she took the initiative and took off into the air, circling around until Tenshi had joined her in the air. <You're spoiled, you know that, right?>

<Hmm, well I guess I can kinda see how it would look like that. I've got Tensa... I've got... many Pokémon who I would protect with my life, and who would protect me with theirs, and... I've got both you and Tenshi.> Kyn thought.

A chuckle echoed in his mind, one of her own. <Yes, and all of the above mentioned know you well enough to trust you, and even know when to stand up to you as well.> She banked to sit wingtip to wingtip with Tenshi, only flapping her wings to keep up with the other dragon. She knew she couldn't keep up with him at full speed, but she wouldn't be left behind, not this time.

<We should be coming up on Nimbasa City soon. Heh. Nimbasa City is where N dragged me onto the Ferris Wheel. I wonder if it's still there or if they evacuated it. It makes sense to have a base in an area where no one goes, so that's probably why they tend to choose abandoned buildings.>

<Sounds a little perverted when you say it like that...The Ferris Wheel dragging, not the other thing. At least I think so, since I just had to do some digging on what a Ferris Wheel was, and what normally happens on them.> She paused, letting that sink in. <I can imagine you freaking out right about the first quarter of the ride.> Another chuckle, even as she dipped down just a bit, then rolled to the right. <Abandoned buildings...usually translates to decrepit buildings in my world.>

<Ahem, Serena. As a matter of fact, there was no freaking out going on whatsoever. Now, we do have old and dilapidated buildings here, but, generally what I mean by abandoned is that humans were once occupying it, and it's been more than six months without them having done anything to maintain it, or be in it.>

<You don't want to know how my mind translated that...Now then...where shall we set down, or do you think that just anywhere would suffice?> She felt a little like a hatchling, with how bubbly she was, even looping with the vapor trails that came off of her wings and tail.

<Anywhere would suffice. Chances are though that the usual residents of this city will be replaced by grunts. Once I determine what faction they are, if there even are any, then that will effect how I will proceed.>

<Let us see, then.> She circled downward into the city, spiraling downwards with a flash of blue and red, her eyes closed as she let her instincts take over, and pulled her back into a hover, then finally set down. Her claws scraped the pavement, and she snorted. <This again, you humans do love your white and black rock, it gives little beneath my claws.>

After Kyn and Tenshi landed, Kyn began again. <It's more so for our vehicles, Serena. Speaking of which, how sensitive are the bottoms of your feet to heat?>

<Not very, I was able to swim in lava as you may remember...why?> She snorted again, and pawed at the ground, her claws biting into the rock as easily as it had into the rock of her cavern walls.

<Let me show you more reasons why humans wear coverings for their feet.> He gave her memories of times when the summer heat of the Hoenn region caused the pavement to become incredibly hot, and the feelings of himself stepping on said hot pavement without shoes and socks on, and then of the first time that he actually blistered his feet because of it.

She nudged him gently at the memories <You complain about that amount of heat and pain? It's very minor compared to what I feel these days.> She chided. <Even though sand is the most annoying particle to try to get from between my scales, I would still choose it over this ground.>

<For some reason, the human feet are one of the most sensitive areas. They feel pain more so than any other part of the body. Going through memories again... if you recall the types of things I did to Royce... if you did those to the human feet, you'd make it so that they'd never be able to walk again without extreme pain.> Kyn spotted a flash of black in the distance. <Oh hey, a human. Let's go pay them a visit shall we?>

<Do remember what I said back then, about giving me ideas.> She tucked her wings in tight as she walked in step with Kyn, close enough to be able to be touched by him should he reach out his fingers. <May as well.> She added, her neck craned proudly.

<What, Hmm? Plan on disciplining me sometime in the near future?> The mental tone that accompanied it, was similar to the sweet voice he used on N, but a tone down to the point in which it was a higher mixture of his normal voice with it.

<Something like that~ After all, when it comes down to getting people back, it's a rather vicious cycle to start.> She chortled, both mentally and verbally, and nosed him again. <And I'm not sure if that was supposed to be a hopeful voice, or cheerful, one would almost think that you _wanted_to see all of what I've learned over the years.>

<Well, I mean, there are certain things I'd be willing to let you do to me... Within safe word parameters of course.> Kyn added quickly afterward. "It seems rather odd though, that their color changed from white to black. The old Team Plasma wore gray and white, and they rather looked like knights, which was fitting since there were on a so-called crusade to liberate."

A slight chuckle colored her words, <As if you'd need a safe word with someone who can read your mind, but as you wish.> She flicked out her tongue to taste the air. "Perhaps then they've changed from imitating the good guys, and are showing their true colors."

<With that last statement you've now got my mind in the gutter, and I am now wondering Serena.... is your tongue any longer than it was when you were a Shelgon?> Kyn might have blushed at asking that, if he weren't so open about his sexuality.

<Perhaps after we confront this scientist of yours then we can see about removing it...as for the question about my tongue...> She brought her head to where it was at equal height with his, and then let it extend downwards until it was about at the end of his rib cage--double that of her Shelgon state. Once she had flicked and twisted her tongue, coiling it back upon itself, she pulled it back up into her mouth.

<Well. that does answer my question a bit, and of course, that little demonstration has gotten me thinking about... and of course it's bondage related, anything that's about Kecleon sized, tongue bondage.> "Excuse me sir, by any chance, would you happen to be able to direct me to a more concentrated area of your fellows?" Kyn said, with an accurate British accent.

Serena kept quiet, a rather difficult feat considering he had just mentioned thinking about binding creatures with tongues. While he asked his questions, she sat back on her haunches, looking rather intimidating to those who didn't know the expressions of dragons, in truth she was rather bemused. <Kecleon sized, eh?>

<...Kecleon sized. Unless of course you were thinking of being able to bind me with it, whilst teasing me in places.>

"Just who do you think we are, that you can just go up to us and think we'd be willing to pal around with you?" She said. It was clear that she had been placed a guard, from Kyn's experience in the way these organizations worked, but he wasn't directly going to convey that he knew that.

<In places, that's one way to phrase it. Of course, you know if I do it right it doesn't just have to be teasing.> The earfins shrank back almost to spikes, and a growl built deep in her throat. That response clearly didn't make her happy.

"Well good sir, it appears as if your response to my---" He was then interrupted by her.

"I'm a gal, pal," The last word was said with the same effect as if it was poison to her to be uttering such a word.

<Ah, sorry, I suppose I should have mentioned that...forgot you can't smell such things.> She brought her head down to narrow her eyes at the woman. "So am I, that doesn't mean you get to be rude about it." She snarled.

"Well, pardon me madam." Kyn said in his British accent. "So, might you be able to inform us as to the location of your fellows, before we have to resort to violence?" <Hm, Serena, I don't think I've performed this accent for you before.>

At the word violence, Serena bared her fangs and prepared to snatch her up before she could run. <You've not. It's a bit harder to understand, but interesting none the less.>

<Dear Arceus, then you'll have ten times more difficulty with this one.> "Ma'am, I do believe that y'all is pissin' off ma Dragon. Please stop bein' difficult 'afore ye git to the point te where I'm havin' te clean blood off her scales." Kyn said, in his accent they he personally called 'Clayese' since he hadn't heard anybody else in the entire Isshu region speak that way.

With this, she immediately changed her behavior. "Well, now that you mention it... I do believe that you might be able to find some underneath the amusement park boardwalk... though it's not really as many as I think you're hoping to get."

<Ha...reminds me of.....Ma...> Her voice fell at the end, still, she didn't take her eyes off of the woman. "I wonder, why is it that there would be some of your friends there, if you are standing here." She accented her points, knowing the woman couldn't understand her, with the point of her tail in the direction she had directed them, and then brought it around to tap the ground with it in front of herself.

"Who knows with Team Plasma anymore, Serena? Maybe they're on 'break'. Why don't you stay here and keep her entertained, while I go and check to see if they are actually there?" <Of course you could also do that odd mind thing that you do...>

Serena snorted. "Break huh? I bet_she'd_ break easy." She tested, of course, then she did delve into the female's mind, and withdrew almost just as fast. <She's telling the truth.> She turned her back on the woman, not walking away yet; but she wanted to see just how she would react with that slight amount of trust shown.

"Oi! ...Please... Wait up a moment!" She said, of course, once again, having to be polite to someone, a poison on her tongue, but she did her best.

Kyn quickly turned around, and said. "Yes?" in his regular voice.

She was completely thrown off. This guy speaking three different accents on her. "What's... what's your Dragon going on about? Since you seem to understand her."

"You... probably wouldn't want to know," he answered back.

Serena looked over at the woman, actually focusing in on her. "You can tell her, that when she goes shopping the next time, to get the blue dress she's had her eye on, it will look good on her." Serena did, then take a few steps away, not to the point that she was out of reach of Kyn, but as if to say 'can't we get this over with already?'.

"Something about a blue dress, and that you'd look good in it? I dunno." <Go ooonnn?> Kyn said with a sigh, and then headed back towards the boardwalk area.

<Surface thought while we approached, she was thinking about buying a new dress, and had her eye on one that was just a shade darker than my scales.> She answered. <But wasn't sure that it would look good on her.>

After they got the location of where_another_ grouping was, Kyn turned to Serena and said, "These groups are rather different than the previous. I'm actually going to try something at the next group. This is turning out to be a bit of a chore. Colress should probably be after the next group."

"You're the one who wanted to be civil." She shot back. "It would be so much easier to just knock them out and move along."

"Serena, you have to leave some_people standing. How else would they know what to report, and know that if they see _you they're as good as gone, or worse, dead."

"Wouldn't it be showing that Pokémon do have a true potential to be unleashed if I _didn't_leave them standing? besides...'I was attacked by a blue, gold and red blur' sounds like a good enough description to report to me."

"Hm. Blue, Red and Gold. Alright Serena. From here on out, if you want to, and they annoy you, you can like, do that thing. Any questions...?" Kyn headed towards the area where the next group was.

"You keep saying that like I'm going to give them brain damage if I do." She did turn her head to look at the next group. "So, do your thing, and if it doesn't work, then bring in the muscle."