"Why? Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked as the groceries were bagged up after I paid for them.

Luka nodded.

I noticed some chocolate bars nearby that were mine and Luka's favorite, so I got up for a sec and grabbed 2 before buying them as well.

Figured that I could probably bribe her a little bit by doing this like as if it's a mother and daughter outing, since I know we love candy.

After we made it back to the house, me and Luka putted the groceries away before heading back out again for a bit.

"What is it you wanted to tell me?" I asked after we walked around for a bit, getting some stuff that we liked before stopping at the parlor to have some ice cream, as we were resting from all that walking around.

"Papa didn't want me to tell you this but we went to a funeral today while you were asleep, because....Xander died." Luka says as she looked at me with sadness in her eyes.

I almost choked on the ice cream after Luka said that.

But, then I remembered that there's a lot of male pokémon all around the world who probably could have the same name as the 50 year old war veteran, Xander.

I fake chuckled a bit.

"Which Xander are you talking about, Luka? There's a few pokémon I know who has the same name as the old Lucario's." I asked.

"It's the war veteran. The one who watches over Serene Village like how you watch over Noe Town. That Xander." Luka says.

I almost choked on the ice cream again.

"Are you serious?" I asked, while the tone in my voice changed.

Luka nodded.

"Show me after we finish the ice cream up." I said.

Then we finished up eating before leaving the ice cream parlor after I left a tip behind.

-Cemetery-

Once me and Luka arrived, I putted our things in my backpack (that I brought along with me) before we headed up to where Sierra's grave was at.

Right next to her grave, was a new one that seemed to be recently done several hours ago.

The dirt was still fresh and the new grave beside Sierra's wasn't there before.

Carved into the gravestone was Xander's name, done by his close friend Jake.

I fell on my knees in shock before feeling hot tears appear in my eyes.

After seeing the sight of this, I started crying once I putted myself in sitting position and was inches away from the grave so I don't desecrate it by accident.

As I was crying with my face buried in my knees, I heard Luka walk over and felt her pull me into a hug.

I buried my face into her chest as I hugged her back.

When I stopped crying, I wiped my eyes and sniffed before pulling Luka closer to me and kissing her on the cheek.

But, then I noticed something odd that was in the grave.

A Gallade's footprint was on the dirt, desecrating the grave.

I grew angry at the sight of the footprint.

How dare they show disrespect to the dead by putting their footprint on a war hero's grave!

That is unforgivable!

I sighed after making myself calm down for a few seconds before I looked over at the footprint.

"Might as well fix the grave up a little and hopefully no bastard will desecrate Xander's grave again..." I snorted.

I looked over at the grave for a moment.

"Sorry about this, Xander...I hope you don't mind me fixing the grave up a little since some stupid idiot thinks it's funny to desecrate a war hero's grave." I said before I began.

Then I started to smooth the dirt out, covering up the Gallade's footprint to the point where the footprint wasn't even there at all since the burial.