Dijon didn't want to leave his room. He wasn't feeling well and couldn't move. Crepe hadn't been in contact with him, but with what the newspapers were saying, he was extremely busy. Dijon almost didn't wake up if Scarlet did check on him.

"Dijon?"

He sneezed a reply as she paused and went over. He was curled up under the blanket and the room was still dark. She moved the blanket and at least turned on the lamp. He groaned at that.

"What...?"

"Are you ok?"

"No, I'm dying. Let me finish in peace."

Her head dropped as he went into a sneezing-coughing fit. She rubbed his back as he paused. He took a deep breath to relax before he sighed.

"Thank you..."

"Are you not feeling well?"

"I told you. I'm dying."

"Not feeling well. Got it." He growled before he sneezed. She turned the lamp off and went to the door. "Try to at least get food. I don't want you to turn into Lapis."

"I'll try..." He murmured as he pulled the blanket back over his head. Silence followed the door closing as he passed out.

^*^

He woke up to the sound of his stomach growling. He huffed as he pulled himself to a seated position. The world spun as he tried to stand up. He gripped the door as he got to it. He sat down and huffed. So much for that. He was able to get back to his bed and under the covers once more.

^*^

He woke back up to the smell of food and a soft tune filling his ears. He turned over and moved the blanket.

"Hey."

His eyes met Lapis's as the tune paused. The only light in the room was their bright eyes and a faint lantern by Lapis's feet. Dijon frowned weakly before he looked around, his eyes dimly lighting up the room. They touched a plate of food at his bedside. He immediately grabbed the food as Lapis giggled.

"Someone's hungry." He wiped the drool that almost escaped his mouth.

"I... haven't really been awake much today..." He then dazed off as Lapis snapped his fingers in his face.

"Eat." Dijon nodded as he ate up. His stomach relaxed as the warm food entered it. He smiled before gripping his head.

"Thank you..."

"You're welcome. You ok?" Dijon nodded weakly as he laid down.

"Everything's spinning and I'm exhausted..."

He glanced at his calendar. Unlike most calendars, his had the moons. Full moon. Great. He buried his head under the blanket. A tune filled the air, gaining his attention. He looked over to see an instrument in Lapis's hands. How did he not see that the first time?

"Is that all?" Dijon drifted off as the sound touched his ears. What the...

"I..." He blinked slightly. A daze? He shook his head. "What are you up to?"

"I want to help." Dijon fell quiet as the noise hit his ears again. He tiredly cuddled into the blankets as he drifted off.

^*^

He hadn't realized that he had actually fallen asleep until Scarlet shook him awake.

"Hey, someone's on the phone for you."

He blinked as he sat up. Indeed, his phone was lit up. Scarlet must've started it. He rubbed his face and silently thanked her before grabbing it. She went out as he answered.

"Hello?"

"Dijon!" His face heated up.

"Crepe... how are you?"

"Other than tired? I'm two seconds away from throwing Crawford off a cliff."

"I want the footage when you do."

"Ok." Dijon smiled before he sneezed. "Bless you."

"Thanks..." He sniffled as he smiled. "You're not collecting a harem, are you?"

"No! Though, Luana thinks that if I was a pokemon, I would already frickin have it."

Dijon had been in the process of taking a slip of water when that was said, so he spit it out in shock.

"What the hell?!"

"Exactly! She keeps thinking I'm a frickin pokemon in disguise, which I'm not, and that I secretly have a human and pokemon Harem. Help..."

Dijon gulped. How did he get that? More importantly, how did Luana come up with that? He rubbed his face before speaking.

"Oh Arceus let me get transferred..."

"That would be outstanding!" Dijon gulped as he sneezed again. "Bless you."

"Ow..." Dijon groaned softly.

"So... who were you teamed up with?" Dijon gulped.

"Uh... just some of the people here in Ringtown that I can name are Scarlet, Lapis and Sage..." He paused as he was able to steadily stand up. Oh boy. "Speaking of which, I should go bother them because I haven't done that today."

"Aw... is my boyfriend sick?"

"I was. I'm feeling a little better now."

"Lapis and Sage... I know those two. No surprise..."

"Kithicor members?"

"Yeah..."

"Here... lemme go jump on them..."

Dijon went down as Lapis and Scarlet collided while Sage weakly tried to split them up. Dijon paused before speaking into the phone.

"Actually... one moment." He muted himself before sneaking a weak spell at the trio, tripping the argument while Sage got out of the way. Not his best move on a full moon, but someone had to. He unmuted himself before calling out. "And this is why there's a backup member. You owe me twice now, Captain." Sage grumbled something under his breath before he went over to the trio. "Are you done?"

"I have another round with him." Lapis put his head down.

"Kill me."

"No. I have more rounds with you."

"Lapis, get up. We have places to be." The bluenette rose his head before pausing.

"Should I grab it?"

"Yes. I'll meet you outside. Dijon, come with me." Dijon blinked as Lapis went to the storage room and he followed the captain. "Who's on the phone?"

"One of my friends from school, Crepe." That grabbed the captain's attention as Lapis caught up with a box.

"Kill me."

"Wanna give it to Fearow?"

"Screw it." Dijon giggled at that.

"Dijon's got Crepe on the phone." Lapis paused.

"Wait... he..." Dijon put Crepe on the speaker.

"Crepe, tell your friends to be nice to me." Lapis growled as Crepe paused.

"Uh... no. Wait, are you two kidnapping him?"

"No!" They snapped, gaining a giggle. "Absolutely not!" Lapis paused.

"Why are you concerned? Are you two dating or something?" Dijon tried to hide the blush until Crepe fired back.

"Are you two dating?"

That got an expression worth an exposure. Their faces heated up, gaining a squeak from them. Dijon smiled as he let his face heat up.

"Damn Crepe."

"What? No one jumps on my boyfriend without getting struck as well." Dijon smiled.

"Yeah yeah yeah..." Lapis gulped.

"Where are you positioned, Crepe?"

"Vientown." Lapis and Sage let a shared growl out.

"You got trapped with Crawford, Barlow and Luana?"

"Yes... why?" Sage trembled.

"Me and Lapis are rivals and partners with the boys while Scarlet and Luana are partners in crime for annoying us boys. And that's just the surface..." Dijon sighed.

"Well... I'll talk to you later, Crepe. I'm being abducted." The other two chuckled.

"Now wait a min-" Dijon hung up before he could finish. He sighed.

"Where are we going?" Sage gulped.

"Just keep walking. We can't let the Information Runners hear us." Confusion swept across the redhead's face as he followed them.

^*^

They arrived at the Fall City Base, bringing even more confusion. Aria was outside with a small group of people. Dijon recognized them as the group that was at the incident. Aria huffed.

"Hasting's here. We're waiting for Joel to clear the suspicion from us. I say we wait here." She paused. "You guys hide." They slipped around behind the base as a conversation filled the air. They waited until Aria called out. "All clear!"

^*^

Dijon and Parchment were quiet. They had been allowed to see a very dangerous file that the others were very nervous about. Parchment gulped as Lapis spoke in a small voice.

"Both of you promise that you'll never tell a soul about this file and that you'll help protect it from the world." They nodded softly as Sage placed something in each of their hands.

"One of those are the box's main locations and all of that. The other's a list of what everyone has. Do not let the Information Runners or anyone get those. If they are not in this group, they don't need it." The duo nodded again as they put the papers in their pockets. Joel let out a shaky noise.

"Alright. We are to split up and reset. Dijon and Parchment, be sure you get the Information Runner details from your respective captains. And no one let Scarlet know this happened." They nodded as they went out. Dijon was quiet until they were out of the town.

"What's the Information Runners about?" Sage gulped.

"We'll walk and talk. Come on."