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N leaned back in his seat, taking in what she had to say about herself. "From where I stand, it sounds like you take care of everyone but yourself. You don't have to live for others on your own, Henrietta."

He looked up at one of the trees that loomed over them. They were planted in three meter intervals along the sidewalk for all of Mode Street. Both sides. A reminder of the nature that was once here? Or a tease?

"I dream of changing this world, but I know I can't do it alone. For a while, I thought that I was no better than the people I hated for pokemon battling. But my friend told me..."

His eyes narrowed.

~Flashback~

[Shut UP!] she shrieked, surprising the green haired trainer. The Zorua turned to him, focusing her venomous rage upon her trainer. [Stop jumping into the fight! Why do you keeping doing that?!]

N grabbed onto one of his arms, clutching it closer to his body. He didn't want to look her in the eye. "I don't want to have you get hurt for me."
[I'm here on my own! I came along with you because you said we could change the world, and now look at you!] she spat. N took a step backwards. He knew Zero could be temperamental, but she had never voiced these feelings before.

[You're up against the world, you know that. And yet you don't want to fight? What is wrong with you?! You expected to just sway the humans with words? That you wouldn't have to get your hands dirty? How do you expect to win the battle when you won't even fight?!]

~End Flashback~

"If she wants to fight for me, then she expects me to let her. Whenyou're bond with your pokemon is true, then they are with you because they want to be. They fight for you because you fight for them. You aren't 'using' your pokemon. When you say that, you make them sound like tools."

N turned his neck to face Henrietta once more. "You want to help others. You should. But let your friends help you too."

"Do you really not believe that your kindness doesn't help? Sometimes that's all someone needs. If you don't want to feel so helpless, then have the resolve to continue. Giving up would be giving in."

N gestured to Henrietta's pokeballs with a point. "I can talk to your pokemon, if you'd like. I can tell you what they truly think about you. And then you can at least know what they have to say."

the boy jumps off gyras head onto the main dock of this town. rather than take the bridge, gyra got an early jump on her swim. with a smile, gyra goes back to her peaceful swim while the boy and his kirlia start to wander in amazement at the imense city. this was the largest place they had ever seen. at first kirlia shuttered from the negitive emotions he sensed in the area, but with the smile his trainer got, kai relaxed again quickly.
"lets check it out kai!" the boy exclaimed, and the two ran off into the city

Melty looked up at N. Proximity to Melty meant he was consuming your life force. That was pretty much something you had to know about to avoid - and avoiding your very life force being drained was pretty difficult a task without Aura. And even that might be a toss up, since you'd have to know it was there.

[Stupid one shot me with a water gun.]

Meanwhile, Henrietta watched N as he conversed with Melty. No, it still didn't seem believable. It didn't mean that she didn't want to believe it but the entire concept was... impossible.

Right?

"It's only natural to get shot at in a battle. You attacked as well, right?"

N was oblivious to Henrietta's disbelief, but he was well aware of a Litwick's ability to drain life force. It was only dangerous in large amounts at a time, but it was still something he'd rather avoid prolonged contact with.

He gave Melty a tiny smirk. "You must not like water, though."

the pair crept slowly and identically tward the girl till they were close enough to talk, despite the loud crouds
"um... is that your litwick, miss?" the boy asked confused, kai jumping onto the bench to also be at close to eye level, seeming to ask the same, though no sound passes his lips



(scratch that, im goin to sleep, im just a random watcher in all this now lol)

It seemed that this Litwick had developed a god complex of some sort. Did Henrietta know about it's life draining abilities?

"I want to know why you fight for her," N told Melty, pointing to Henrietta. "Do you think she's no good at helping others? She thinks so."

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Crofton knew that he was chasing down Lancer to lure in Takamaru. He had no idea that he'd receive a facefull of rollerblade from above, though.

The Ranger looked up, and his face was used as a platform. He yelped, instinctively dropping Lancer while reaching for his face. When he removed his hands, there were wheel marks going up and down his forehead and nose.

Sazu was quicker to act. The light turned green, so she put the jeep into full throttle. Takamaru would land on the hood after his strike, but the sudden movement of the car would upset his balance.

In other words, she was trying to shake him off of the jeep.

Crofton, meanwhile, was cursing at himself as he went to grab the still lasso bound Lancer. "Ranger Tactics 101, never look up at random attacks! Amateur, Crofton, amateur!"