Warning, this chapter features blood, violence, and suicidal thought and attempts of suicide. Please read with discretion.

"Sylv, I worry about you a lot sometimes."

"Why Glace?"

"An hour ago you were talking about someone watching us and how the chapter is too long'. What the hell are you talking about?"

"You wouldn't understand Glace. You wouldn't understand."

The eight friends were walking to the city mall to buy stuff for Leafeon. Glaceon and Sylveon were leading the group, follow by Beautifly, Cinderace, and Leafeon. And lastly Pikachu, Millie, and Luke.

"Ok Millie, I'm trusting that you'll behave today, right?" Pikachu told her.

"I will," Millie sighed.

"And you won't be clingy either."

"Oh come on! Sylveon gets to be clingy!"

"Remember last time when I told her she couldn't have a hug?" Pikachu said.

Flashback

"I SWEAR TO GOD! I WILL BURN THIS WHOLE TOWN DOWN IF I DON'T GET MY FUCKING HUG!!!"

End Flashback

"If she asks for a hug, she's getting a hug," Pikachu shuddered.

"Seriously bro," Luke started. "How do you deal with her craziness?"

"Patients, luck, and a whole lot of Sylvie smooches cards," Pikachu stated.

"How many did she make anyway?" Millie asked.

"I don't know, but I do remember a number in the thousands," Pikachu replied.

"Damn bro, you're getting it on tonight," Luke cheered.

"Shut it Luke," Millie growled.

Luke smiled. "You're just jealous that Pikachu is getting kissed by more girls before you could," Luke turned to his sister, who was now giving him a death glare with red eyes. "Damn, me and my big mouth."

Meanwhile ahead of them, Leafeon, Beautifly, and Cinderace were having a conversation of their own.

"Ok, let's cut the crap on this. We all know you're in love with Pikachu," Beautifly said.

"I mean, can I really argue that? I kissed him right in front of you guys," Leafeon said.

"And you made it look easy too, most of us struggled to even face him," Cinderace said with a blush.

"Oh, so I wasn't his first kiss," Leafeon said a bit disappointed.

"Nope. I was," Beautifly said proudly.

"Really? I thought it would've been Sylveon or Glaceon. Heck, even Millie with the way she's acting," Leafeon said.

"Yeah, and she's super mad about it too," Beautifly laughed. "I wish I would've taken photos, it was hilarious."

"I think she was more mad at the suggestive comments you made at him," Cinderace sighed.

"Suggestive?" Leafeon wondered.

"How could I not, his soft fur, his muscular arms when he holds us, his handsome smile, and those dreamy eyes! He's just so perfect!" Beautifly squealed in delight. Leafeon turned to Cinderace looking very confused.

Cinderace sighed. "Pikachu protected her when we were younger because of how weak she was. People would bully her for it but Pikachu was always there. Even during her Silicon state Pikachu was always there. She basically has a huge crush on him just for that, and now she's having some... sexual thoughts about him."

"Uhh, ok," Leafeon said awkwardly. "Well, you do you. I guess..." Leafeon slowly moved away from the two.

"I think she likes us," Beautifly smiled. Cinderace could only sigh.

When Leafeon backed away from Beautifly and Cinderace, she accidentally bumped into someone. She turned and saw she bumped into Pikachu. "Oh, s-sorry."

"Eh, don't worry about it. How are you doing?" Pikachu asked.

"I'm fine so far, it's just weird to not be hiding in the alleys at this time," Leafeon said.

"You'll get used to it. Trust me," Pikachu reassured.

"You know... you don't have to do this. Letting me live with you is good enough for me," Leafeon said.

"True, but I want to."

"But... why?"

Pikachu looked and smiled at Leafeon. "Because you're my friend, and friends help each other."

Leafeon was a lost of words, she didn't know what to say. "But, how can you trust me? What if... I betray you?"

"That depends, are you going to?"

"No."

"Then you won't," Pikachu held his hand out to her. "If you trust me, then I trust you. Promise?"

Leafeon blushed, she looked at Pikachu's hand and put her paw on it. "I promise," She replied with a smile. "So, what's a mall like anyway?"

"It's basically a place with multiple stores inside of it. You'll be able to find anything there," Pikachu answered.

"Anything?"

"Well, maybe not everything, but you know what I mean."

"Does anything happen in a mall?"

"Eh, not really, it's pretty calm. Nothing bad ever happens in a mall."

"How sure are you on that?"

"I'm 1000% sure."

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While the friends continued their walk, inside one of the big buildings sat a big Pokemon, a Snorlax. He was wearing a black suit with a red tie. He was in a long and dark room and staring at four screens. All was quiet until his door slammed open.

"DADDY!!!"

The Snorlax sighed as he looked over his screens and saw his daughter, Buneary, walking up to him. He could tell she was not happy.

"Hello honey," He said to her.

"Daddy, this bitch just beat me up and stole my Pika!" She yelled.

Snorlax was a bit surprised to hear this, someone actually stood up to her for once. "Oh? Who finally got the courage to fight back?"

"It's some ugly green bitch. I don't know who she is but I want her dealt with!" Buneary said angrily.

Snorlax sighed. He looked back to his computer and pulled up video feed of multiple cameras around the city. "What is she?"

"She looks like a green version of the other whores," Buneary said. Snorlax sighed again, he knew who she was talking about. He quickly searched around the city through his cameras, changing them in case he needed search in a different area. He soon found what he was looking for, a Leafeon, and it was walking next to a Pikachu and other Pokémon too.

"This her?" Snorlax asked, turning one of the screens towards Buneary.

"YES!" She seethed. "I want her away from Pikachu!"

"And exactly how?"

"Tell him to stay away from her! You're his boss anyway. Threaten to fire him if he doesn't."

"Honey, you know I can't do that."

"Why?"

Snorlax sighed as he pulled up a graph on one of his screens and turned it to Buneary. "That kid is worth millions to this company. Losing him will make us lose money, and we're projecting that in the next five years he will bring billions to us. We can't risk a rival company getting him."

"Then take her out. I don't want to see her near my Pika again!" Buneary screeched.

"Fine, I'll send bounty hunters out for her. Also, if you love this boy so much, at least use his real name. For god's sake Amy, you have known him for years and yet you still call him his base name."

"I don't like his name. As soon as we get married I'm making him change it to David. And since you want to say names, GRIM, I better see her dead!"

Buneary, now known as Amy, walked out and slammed the door. Snorlax, known as Grim, sighed for what seemed the tenth time in the past five minutes. This was not going to be cheap.

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Pikachu and his friends had arrived at the mall. Leafeon was amazed. It. Was. HUGE! She had been around the city her whole life and never knew this huge building was a mall of all things.

"How the hell is this a mall?!" Leafeon exclaimed.

Beautifly spoke. "Well it has many shops in it and a food courts, and one of those penny things that go around a big circle and down a hole, and-"

"Ok, we get it Beautifly," Pikachu cut her off. He turned to Leafeon. "Like you said, this is a big mall. A straight walk through will take about an hour." He then turned to Glaceon and Sylveon. "You two wanna take it from here?"

"Oh, do we!" They said together and turned to Leafeon. Glaceon spoke first. "We got no time to waste!"

"To the mall!" Sylveon shouted as she and Glaceon dragged Leafeon inside. Leafeon had a nervous look as she was dragged into the building by the two eeveelutions.

"Uhh, Pikachu? Are you sure it's a good idea to let them help her? They got a bit carried away the last time they were here," Cinderace said with slight concern.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna stick close to them to make sure things don't get too crazy. Also, I don't know all that girl stuff so they're perfect for it. Wanna join?" Pikachu asked.

Cinderace shook her head. "Nein, nein. I got some shopping on my own to do."

Pikachu frowned. "You've been going on your own a lot. You want someone to come with? I could go and check on them later."

Cinderace blushed at his offer. "Nein, I'll be fine. Bis später, Schatz." Cinderace left, but not without turning to Pikachu and giving him a wink. Pikachu waved bye to her, but something struck him.

"Schatz? What does that mean?" Pikachu wondered.

Beautifly shrugged. "Who knows. Probably some fancy german word."

Deciding to ignore it for now, Pikachu turned to his brother and sister. "You two coming with?"

"Hell yeah bro," Luke said. Pikachu turned to Millie, who was looking down from him.

"Millie?" Pikachu asked again.

Millie sighed. "Fine, I'll go."

"Promise to not cause problems?"

"I promise."

Pikachu smiled and held his hand out to her. "Come on, let's catch up before those two go overboard." Millie took Pikachu's hand and together with Luke and Beautifly went and caught up to the three eeveelutions. When they did, the three were in front of multiple stores.

"Ok Leafeon, look at each of these stores and see let us know which one interest you." Glaceon said.

"O-Ok." Leafeon said nervously. She looked at all the stores, each one had their own look. The signs on top were very colorful, it was a bit of an eyesore. She wasn't used to seeing so many lights. She closely observed each store, and quickly realized something. She turned back to everyone with an embarrassed look. "I... I have a confession to make."

"Are you banned from these stores too?" Pikachu asked.

"N-No, it's not that." Leafeon paused and let out a heavy sigh. "I... can't read..."

...

Silence...

The group all gave Leafeon a blank stare. And then...

"WHAT THE F************CK!!!" Sylveon exclaimed.

Glaceon deadpanned. "Sylv, don't think you had to add the censorship."

"We're daycare workers Glace. Need to set an example for the kids." Sylveon explained.

Pikachu scratched his head. "I can't really say I'm surprised, considering that you've been homeless for your whole life."

"How do you even get around?" Beautifly asked.

"I usually just wander around until I end up where I need to go." Leafeon answered.

"Well, we know what store we're going to next." Luke said.

"Yeah, the book store. Gotta buy every single kind of dictionary." Millie spoke.

"Does this mean it'll take longer to do the shopping?" Beautifly groaned.

"Don't worry," Pikachu spoke up. "We'll just use a generic explanation to speed things up."

And so the generic explanation began. The group started with clothing stores, to which they learned that Leafeon was not a fan of. But in the end, they got her clothes just in case she needed any. Next they went to a make-up store. Leafeon wasn't a fan of that either, but her mind changed when she got a complement from a certain yellow mouse. Next then went to the book store. They bought books of every grade level to teach Leafeon to read. Next, the tech store. They got her a laptop and phone. Pikachu also got Sylveon and Glaceon a new laptop as well as theirs were destroyed by the kids at the daycare. They got a good laugh when Leafeon freaked out over hearing a voice from her new phone. Not knowing it was just the A.I. built in. Then they went to a salon, where the group decided to stop for a bit. Sylveon, Glaceon, and Leafeon went in the salon while the others sat at the food court. They decided to eat as soon as the three girls were done.

Pikachu was typing away on his phone with the three eeveelutions bags around his neck. He had volunteered to hold them while they went in. He could feel the weight difference in all the bags. Glaceon's was the heaviest, while Leafeon's was the lightest. He continued typing until something popped up on his phone. It was a notification from twitter. Someone had tagged him. Curious, he clicked on the notification was was brought to a tweet that read...

'Recording a new video with friends today! Be on the watch this weekend. Who knows, maybe I'll find @ExplorerZeo here. Knowing my luck, very unlikely.' The tweet also had a photo. It was a Pikachu with red and white fur with green eyes. She was giving a wink along with a peace sign as well.

Pikachu looked at the username of the account, it was named '@PyraQueenShana'. He remembered the name well. He recalled Glaceon telling him about her months before he left. He could tell she was very popular on the internet, her 10 million plus followers on twitter told so. He was a bit surprised someone so famous as her was a fan of his, but then again, he was noticed by a lot of other famous people too. He also had 10 million plus followers. He looked at the photo again, he noticed something familiar behind her. It looked exactly like the salon Sylveon, Glaceon, and Leafeon were in. He looked over towards the salon, and sure enough, she was there, surrounded by five other Pokémon. A Charmeleon, a Prinplup, a Rockruff, a Fraxure, and a Kubfu. They were all talking to each other with cameras in their hands. He could tell they were about to record something. He suddenly got an idea. He looked over toward Millie, Luke, and Beautifly. Luke and Millie were on important phone calls, so he decided to not bother them.

"Beautifly."

"Why we using our real names?"

"...Good question, no idea."

"Can we start doing that again instead of using our species name."

"Yeah, lets do that. Let's restart. Wynter."

"Yeah?"

"See that girl over there?" Pikachu pointed to the red mouse.

Wynter nodded. "Isn't that the streamer girl who's a big fan of you?"

"Yeah, watch this." Pikachu got up from his seat, the eeveelutions bags still on him. He looked down on his phone and typed in the comments '@PyraQueenShanna turn around'. He hit send. Then he looked over at the group and stood behind her at a distance.

The girl in red felt her phone vibrate. She picked it up and looked at her screen. Her eyes went wide when she saw the message. She did what the message told. She saw Pikachu, dropped her camera, and gasped.

Pikachu winced when he saw the expensive camera fall to the ground. "Oh, my bad. Probably should've done this better. Is your camera alright?"

"Y-You're Zeo." She stuttered.

"Am I? Let me recheck." Zeo pulled out a book, read it for a bit, then put it away. "Yeah, pretty sure I am."

"Shanna, who are-" The Charmander walked up to Shanna and stopped when he saw Zeo. "Yo, you're that Zeo dude."

"I thought we just went over this?"

Soon, the rest of the group joined in. Zeo looked down and picked up the camera Shanna dropped. As he thought, the camera was broken. "Dang, sorry about the camera. Here, I'll go get you a new one."

Shana shook her head. "No, that's fine, I have a-"

"Too late, here you go." Zeo suddenly handed a bag over to Shana. Inside was a brand new camera.

"What the-? How did-? We're on the fourth floor!?" Shana said amazed.

Zeo waved his hand. "It's a long story."

...

Wynter had a laugh as she watched the conversation within the group. Then she saw in the corner of her eye three eeveelutions. Glaceon, Sylveon, and Leafeon. Or as she calls them, Everest, Stella, and... she didn't know if Leafeon had a name. She'll have to ask her. The three girls fur shone in the light and they were trimmed just right.

"Hey Everest, Stella, Leafeon." She greeted. They all walked up to Wynter, Leafeon had a confused look on her face.

"Everest? Stella?" Leafeon said confused.

"They're our real names." Everest said. "We sometimes use our birth names because people who don't have a name sometimes get offended."

"Do you have a name?" Stella asked enthusiastically, getting up close to her and fluttering her eyes.

"Uhh, n-no." Leafeon answered, feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"We should get you one." Wynter said. "We had to give Alice a name because she had so many siblings that look just like her."

"I guess..." Leafeon said.

"What name do you like?" Everest asked.

Leafeon shrugged. "I don't know. I've been called many names though. Bitch, slut, whore, 'something' dumpster."

"Ok, let's not use any of those names." Everest interrupted. "Let's think about this later."

"OH! Can she join the Misfits?!" Stella asked excitedly.

"Misfits?" Leafeon said confused.

"A group between all of us. We all have one thing in common, we each have a weird trait that makes us unique." Wynter explained. "For example, I am strangely strong for my species." Wynter went over to stack of heavy tables and lifted them up with ease. Leafeon was left in shock. Wynter put the tables down and flew back over to them.

"That's... surprising." Leafeon said.

"And that's only the beginning." Wynter started. "Alice sometimes catches a football on fire when she kicks it. And she's german."

"Oh, come on." A voice said. There was Cinderace, or Alice as she was called. Walking up to them with two shopping bags. "Did you really have to say that? And what's wrong with being german?"

"Somewhere, in a parallel universe, they did something you don't want to know." Stella said mysteriously.

"Stella is just... Stella." Wynter said. "Millie and Luke are, well, just look at them." Wynter said, looking at the two different colored Pikachu's.

"We can here you ya know." Millie grumbled.

"Should I also mention Luke constantly flirts with every girl he sees and Millie has the biggest brother complex ever." Wynter said cheekily. Millie and Luke blushed with embarrassment while Wynter laughed.

"Should I mention that Wynter is the cheekiest person in the world."

Wynter stopped laughing. Here comes Zeo, walking up with a grin on his face.

"H-Hey. I'm not cheeky." Wynter pouted.

"Sure." Zeo rolled his eyes. He turned to the three eeveelutions and gave them their bags back. "Sorry for disappearing. I saw Shana, that streamer girl."

"She was here?" Everest asked surprised.

Zeo nodded. "Yeah, she was with other people too. They're playing hide-and-seek in the mall for a video."

"Hmm, clever." Alice said.

"Zeo!" Stella said excitedly as she bounced over to him. "Do I look pretty?"

Zeo laughed. "You always look pretty Cupcake."

Stella squealed out in delight loudly. "He says I'm pretty!"

"Stella, he always says you're pretty." Everest sighed.

"I know but it gets better every time!" Stella yelled happily.

Leafeon walked up to Zeo. "Zeo?"

Zeo looked at her. "Yeah. Not the best name but-"

"I think it's cute." Leafeon smiled.

Zeo smiled back. "So, what are you guys doing?"

"We're talking about Misfits. We were telling Leafeon about out traits." Wynter said.

"Cool." Zeo said. "Wanna see my trait Leafeon?"

"Sure. What is it?" Leafeon asked.

Zeo held out his arm. "Poke my arm, but lightly."

Leafeon nodded. She very lightly poked Zeo's arm. At first, nothing. But then, his arm started leaking out blood! Fast!

"Oh my god!" Leafeon exclaimed. She didn't know what happened. He just started bleeding! She waited for Zeo to lash out at her, but instead, he only laughed.

"Relax, it's nothing big." Zeo laughed. He took out a roll of bandages from his bag and started wrapping his arm. Everest helping him as well. "As you can see, I'm very fragile and I bleed easily. On a normal basis, I loose about a pint of blood every month."

"And it's a problem." Everest sighed. "Zeo, we really need to find a solution to this. You're body only holds five pints of blood and you loose nearly twelve a year. It's amazing how fast your blood regenerates."

"Remember the promise I made Everest? If it gets too bad, I'll get this looked at." Zeo said.

"I know, but I still worry." Everest said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I made it this long haven't I?" Zeo said, giving her a smile. Everest could only smile back.

"So, Leafeon, wanna join the Misfits?" Wynter asked.

"Do I qualify to join?" Leafeon said.

"Well, you were homeless and have no social skills what so ever, and you probably have anger issues. Yeah, you qualify." Wynter said.

Leafeon shrugged. "Sure, I'm in."

"Good. Now for the ceremony. You have to sleep with Zeo." Wynter laughed.

"Already did, what's next?" Leafeon said. Everyone was silent. "What? I couldn't sleep. It felt weird to sleep on a bed alone."

"Oh, normal sleep, not... the other thing..." Alice said.

"You guys are very dirty minded." Zeo sighed.

"Wait, what?" Stella said confused.

"Except for Stella. She's pure." Zeo said, hugging her.

Stella squealed in delight. "He's hugging me! He's- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" Stella stopped and started shaking violently. Everyone, besides Leafeon, knew what that meant.

"Ev, what's this one?" Zeo asked.

Everest pulled out her notes. "Let me see. Tappy paws, ear flop, tail bounce. Here we go, body shake." Everest eyes widened. "Enemy about to attack us!"

Everyone grew cautious, but Stella was still shaking. Zeo held her paw, which calmed her down.

"Keep an eye out everyone, look for anyone suspicious." Luke said.

"Hang on, what's going on? How did Stella know what's going on?" Leafeon asked as she got in a battle stance.

"Stella reacts to things that are very specific." Everest explained. "She has many reactions. This one means someone is about to attack us."

"Who in their right mind would attack with so many people around us?" Leafeon wondered.

"Who knows." Zeo replied. "But we need to make sure we-" Zeo stopped. He spotted a Magmortar charging up an attack towards them. "Millie! Luke! Web Shield!"

Together, the trio combined their Electro Webs and covered the group. Just in time, as Magmortar launched his Flamethrower at them. The big Electro Web protected them from the flames. When the flames stopped, the three disperse the web and the whole group turned to the Magmortar.

"Give me the girl!" Magmortar said, pointing at Leafeon.

"Like hell I'm going anywhere with you! Who ever are you?!" Leafeon exclaimed.

"That is irrelevant. Come with me now!" Magmortar demanded, charging up another Flamethrower.

"N-Now hang on." Zeo interrupted. "A mall isn't the place to settle this. Oh! I know! Let's go to the park! We can hang out, relax, go on a picnic-" Zeo didn't get to finish, Magmortar shot his Flamethrower at Zeo. Zeo ducked just in time, the Flamethrower barely missing him. But the tip of his ear was on fire. "So... no picnic?"

Magmortar jumped up, ready to body slam everyone. But everyone managed to get away in time, but the impact of the slam blew them back. People in the mall began screaming in fear and running away.

"Leafeon, you need to get out of here. Everest, Stella, go with her!" Zeo told them.

Leafeon shook her head. "No way, if this guy wants to fight then I'm gonna fight."

"Oh, so you're gonna beat that?" Millie pointed behind her. The second flamethrower had destroyed an entire store. There was no trace of it left.

Leafeon instantly had second thought. "Yeah... fuck that. Let's go." She, Everest, and Stella ran away. Magmortar began to chase with Flame Wheel.

"After him!" Luke yelled. They all chased after him.

Magmortar was destroying everything in his path, and leaving a trail of fire behind too.

"Luke! Millie! Wynter! Web the walls so he can't his any stores!" Zeo said. The four began to block the walls with String Shot and Electro Web. But they could only do so much. Whenever Magmortar hit a web, the web was destroyed instantly, but it did bounce him away. Magmortar leaped up high and landed right in front of the eeveelutions.

"This is your last warning!" Magmortar said, charging and aiming his Hyper Beam at them.

Leafeon growled, she shot an Energy Ball at him, but it burned away when it made contact with his body. Everest and Stella both used flash, blinding Magmortar. This allowed them to escape, but Magmortar still tried to aim for them. Magmortar aimed towards a crowd of people, who were watching everything. They all screamed and ran, all except one, a Shaymin, who was staring in shock, too afraid to move.

"Get out of the way!" Zeo yelled. But it was no use, the Shaymin stood still. Magmortar's vision cleared slightly and saw green. Thinking it was Leafeon, he shot his Hyper Beam at the Shaymin. Acting quickly, Zeo rushed in front the Shaymin and blocked the Hyper Beam with Thunderbolt. But Zeo was already starting to struggle, his friends quickly noticed as well.

"Get out of there Zeo!" Alice yelled.

Zeo wished he could, but if he did, the Shaymin behind him would get hit. He made a choice, he let go of the attack and covered the Shaymin with his body, taking the full force of the Hyper Beam. Zeo was sent flying through a glass jewelry store, crashed through the hand rails, and fell all the way to the bottom floor. He hit the ground hard, blood splattered everywhere. Zeo was on the verge of death. Slowly, he uncurled himself and saw the Shaymin was ok, without a scratch on it.

'That's... good...' He thought to himself, before blacking out and laid motionless.

"ZEO!" They all screamed. They starred at him in horror. They all quickly jumped down safely to him. Magmortar's vision cleared, he realized he didn't hit Leafeon. Instead, he hit the person he wasn't suppose to hit.

'Shit! Time to abort!' He thought and ran away.

The Shaymin Zeo saved saw his friends coming up and ran away, hiding behind a plant.

"Zeo?! ZEO?!" Stella yelled. She, Everest, and Leafeon shook him, hoping he would wake up, but to no avail. Millie checked his pulse and screamed.

"I can't feel anything!" Millie yelled.

Leafeon put her ear on his heart. She couldn't hear anything either. She put her paws on his heart and began to use Synthesis. "Use any healing moves you have. We might have a chance."

Luke, Millie, and Wynter began using their healing moves on Zeo with Synthesis, Heal Bell, and Morning Sun. Alice, Stella, and Everest used their support moves, Sunny Day and Helping Hand, to help with the healing. But no matter how hard they tried, Zeo was not healing.

"Why is it not working?! This always worked!" Leafeon yelled. She began to cry, as well as everyone else.

"M-Maybe it's because he's so damaged, that our moves aren't enough to heal him." Wynter choked out. She did not want Zeo to die.

'B-But Zeo was fighting someone the other day and wasn't this bad!' Leafeon thought. She suddenly remembered, Keldeo barely hit Zeo during their fight. She took most of the hits not him. Leafeon then remembered something else. The Miracle Stone. If it fully healed her, it can heal him too. She looked for Zeo's bag, but it wasn't with him.

"Quick! Find his bag!" Leafeon said, they all began searching, Stella and Everest staying close by him. Wynter flew all the way back up to look and found Zeo's bag on the ground. She grabbed it and hurried back down.

"I got it!" Wynter announced. Everyone came back in a hurry. Leafeon took the bag and looked for the stone. But it wasn't there. She looked again. Nothing. The stone wasn't there.

"No... NO!" Leafeon yelled. She slammed her paws on the ground. "It's not there..."

They all stood in silence.

Zeo... was gone...

"This is your fault!" Millie screeched at Leafeon.

"Millie! Don't you fucking dare blame here for this!" Everest yelled.

"AND WHY SHOULDN'T I!" Millie yelled.

Everest had enough. "LISTEN HERE YOU FUCKING SLUT!"

"She's right..."

The two stopped arguing, they all looked at Leafeon, who was looking down in shame. "That guy came here because of me... he wanted to kill me... and he killed Zeo..."

"YOU BETTER START FUCKING RUNNING BITCH BEFORE I RIP YOU HEAD OFF!" Millie threatened. Leafeon ran away as fast and far as she can. Millie was about to give chase, but to everyone's surprise, Stella, the sweet, loveable girl who wouldn't dare hurt a fly, tackled Millie down and started choking her.

"I'VE FUCKING HAD IT WITH YOU. EVERYTIME YOU'RE AROUND YOU FUCK EVERYTHING UP! FOR YEARS! I WANTED TO CONFESS MY FEELINGS TO ZEO. YEARS!!! BUT EVERYTIME! EVERY! FUCKING! TIME! YOU JUMP IN AND TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME! AND NOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL HIM HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM! AND IT WASN'T JUST ME! EVEREST TOO! I FUCKING HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL!!!"

"STELLA STOP!"

Millie had stopped breathing midway through Stella's rant. Everest, Alice, and Wynter dragged Stella away, while Luke took Millie to a safe place.

"LET ME GO! I'M GONNA KILL HER!" Stella yelled.

While the commotion was happening, the Shaymin from before was staring deeply at Zeo. When he held her, when he was alive, she felt a very familiar presence in him. Something she had been waiting for.

"Mithrarin...?" She whispered. She walked over to him while nobody was looking. She examined him all over. "It's really you... you're Mithrarin..." The Shaymin then put her paws on his heart. "You saved my life Mithrarin... now... I should return the favor..."

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Many hours had passed. Leafeon had ran all the way back to the bad part of town and stood on top of a building. She looked at the injuries she suffered along the day. She was shot, stabbed, beaten badly, and many other things. But she didn't care, she felt she deserved it.

"It's my fault..." She croaked. "Zeo died... and it's my fault..." Shakily, she grabbed her dagger. She looked at her reflection in the sharp blade. "Zeo shouldn't be dead. I should've died..." That one sentence repeated in her head once she said it.

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

"I should've died."

Leafeon made a decision. She was gonna make it all end. Right now. She walked over to the edge of the building, dagger still in hand. She looked at the scattered remains of her bag. One of the items was the rose Zeo gave her. She wanted it to be the last thing she held. But thought against it. She didn't deserve anything Zeo ever gave her.

"Zeo..." She said to herself. "I can't ever repay you for what you did to me... but I don't deserve the love you showed me. I betrayed you... I hurt you... I killed you." Leafeon lifted her dagger up, shaking with tears. "You were the only one to care about me, and I can't thank you enough... but I never deserve your care. I never deserve you. I just wish you would know, that I love you. Even with the short amount of time I've known you. But I hope you don't ever love me back... goodbye..."

Leafeon closed her eyes. Her death would be painful, but quick. She thrusted her dagger towards her chest with a lot of force.

Silence...

...

No...

Someone stopped her...

Someone. Stopped. Her!

"DON'T STOP ME!" Leafeon screeched.

"Is this what you want...?"

Leafeon's eyes shot open. That voice... No... It can't be...

"Z-Zeo...?"

Leafeon turned around. Behind her, alive and well, was Zeo. Not a single scratch was on him. Leafeon dropped her dagger in shock.

"Let's talk..." Zeo said, sitting on the edge of the building. Leafeon did the same.

"Zeo..." Leafeon didn't know what to say. What could she say? Zeo saw her trying to commit suicide. "H-How...? W-Why? W-What is...?"

Zeo stopped her. "To be honest, I don't really know myself." He said. "Remember that Shaymin I saved?" Leafeon nodded. "Well, I guess she's the reason I'm still here."

Flashback, 4 hours ago

"Mi...ra...in..."

"Mith...rin..."

"Mithrarin..."

That's all he heard, but what he was was something unrelated.

"I get it sir, it's a really nice desk. Can I just go to heav-" Zeo's eyes shot open. He wasn't dead anymore. "Oh... I'm back..."

Zeo looked around. Confused. One minute he was dead, the next he was alive. But one thing was for certain.

"HA! You can't kill me you red fat bastard!" Zeo cheered to himself. "But how the hell am I alive?"

"Mithrarin..."

Out of nowhere, the Shaymin Zeo had saved was right in front of him. A look of wonder and awe in it's eyes.

"Uhh, Mithrarin?" Zeo said confused.

"My Mithrarin, we finally meet." Shaymin said lovingly. She leaned in to kiss him, but Zeo stopped her and sat up.

"I don't know who this Mithrarin is, but I'm not him. Last time I checked, my name is Zeo." Zeo told her.

Shaymin looked at him in shock. "M-Mithrarin, do you not know me?"

Zeo shook his head. "Again ma'am, I don't know who you are."

Shaymin was stunned. No... how could he not know her. "B-But... h-how..." Shaymin felt her heart break. "Scarlet, Emerald, Violet, they know me... right?"

"Scarlet? Emerald? Violet? Who are they?" Zeo asked.

"No... NO!" Shaymin exclaimed and broke down into tears.

"H-Hey. Don't cry." Zeo said. "I-I'll help you find this Mithrarin guy if it helps?"

"But you're him!" Shaymin exclaimed. "I can only heal you Mithrarin! I can't heal anyone else!"

"Wait... You... healed me?" Zeo questioned. "You brought me back to life?"

Shaymin nodded. "Please, Mithrarin... Remember me..."

Zeo tried, and tried, but no matter what, he couldn't. "I'm sorry. I- Hold on, wait!" Zeo was interrupted when Shaymin began running while crying. Shaymin stopped and looked back at Zeo.

"We'll meet again, just... not now..." Shaymin ran off from sight.

Zeo really wanted to follow her. He didn't know why, but he really did. But there was something more important he needed to do.

Find his friends.

End Flashback.

"The FBI soon came and we answered questions. But there was only so much we could tell them." Zeo said. "We didn't want to mention you too much. Knowing your record with the police, it was for the best. And we immediately came looking for you."

Leafeon turned to Zeo. "We?"

"Stella and Everest came with me. But... they aren't the best of climbers." Zeo said sheepishly. On que, Stella and Everest finally got to the roof of the building. Panting heavily.

"Damn... fifty... story... buildings!" Everest exclaimed.

"This is worse than paying taxes." Stella whined. The two were tired, but when they saw Leafeon with Zeo, they got a sudden burst of energy.

"Leafeon!" They exclaimed. The both ran up to her and hugged her.

"We were so worried!" Everest said.

"Please don't leave us!" Stella begged.

Leafeon was in shock. She wasn't expecting the reaction they gave her. "W-Why? Why are you concerned about me? Zeo... died because of me..."

"Leafeon, did you know why that guy was chasing you?" Zeo asked. Leafeon shook her head. "Then it's not your fault, even if you knew, it's not your fault."

"B-But..."

"Leafeon. I snap like a twig. I'm not strong in the slightest. If someone doesn't break a part of me, that means they're weaker than me. Heck, those kids fractured my skull the other day." Zeo told her. "But if I die, knowing that I saved someone and my friends are alright. I won't be upset. Besides, it was kinda fun chasing that guy."

"Zeo, that was anything but fun." Everest deadpanned.

"It was fun to me. An intense chase while with high adrenaline and feeling the breeze push against your fur. That checks off all my boxes. Except the dying part." Zeo laughed.

'Breeze?' Leafeon thought. She never heard that word before. Did it describe the wind? She assumed so. She kinda liked the word.

"I really wish I could meet that Shaymin again. I'm grateful for what that she did. She's really the reason I'm still alive. And I want to do something to repay her." Zeo then got quiet. "But knowing that I died, made me realize all the things I never got to do..."

Everest nuzzled up to Zeo. "Like... what?"

Zeo sighed. "Well... like this." Zeo stood in front of the three eevee girls. "Leafeon... heard your confession."

Leafeon froze with a blush. She thought she said everything in her head, but she said it out loud, and he heard her!

Zeo continued. "Stella, Luke told me what you said." It was now Stella's turn to freeze with a blush. "And Everest, well... I knew you loved me from the start." Now Everest froze with a blush. An awkward silence came across them.

"Zeo... Yes, I love you. Even with the short amount of time I've known you." Leafeon admitted. "But... you shouldn't choose me... it should be Stella or Everest."

"Zeo, I wanted to confess to you for years." Stella said. "But I was scared. I was afraid of Millie, and hurting my best friend." Stella said, looking at Everest.

"Same here, I didn't want to hurt Stella because I knew she would be upset if I did." Everest said. "And Millie... she just hates us. We're too scared to know what she'll do to us."

"That's what I was scared of too. Of what Millie would do, and knowing that someone would be upset and sad." Zeo said. "But I'm not letting that stand in the way anymore. Millie has two strikes, three and she's out. I'm not letting her get in the way of things." Zeo took a deep breath. "And I think it's time I made a choice."

The three girls hearts all stopped. This was it. Zeo's choice. Leafeon looked away, knowing her chances were slim to none. While Stella and Everest were anxious.

"Stella, Everest, Leafeon..." Zeo took a deep breath. "I... choose all of you."

Shock. None of them were ever expecting Zeo to say something like that. Saying something that was very surprising, but also, very illegal.

"Zeo, you know we can't do that. It's illegal." Everest said with a blush.

"I know, I know. But I can't stand to see any of you hurt if I chose one." Zeo told them. "I would rather date all three of you, instead of one of you."

Silence again. They didn't know what to say, they didn't know what to do. How would they-

"I wanna do it." Stella spoke as she stood by his side.

"Stella?!" Everest and Leafeon said surprised.

"Zeo means a lot to the three of us. And I'd rather share him than keep him to myself." Stella said. "If I had a choice, I'd do this, or not date him at all."

"But Stella, we don't know how that'll work." Everest said with concern. "Plus, you know what happens if we get caught."

"Well, there's three of us. We can split him two days each a week, and Zeo gets one day to himself." Stella suggested. "And we can keep it private. Only kiss and stuff when not in public."

"Let's do this. We'll try it out for a while. If one doesn't like it, then we don't do this at all." Zeo offered. Everest and Leafeon thought long and hard about it. Finally, Everest spoke up.

"If Stella and Leafeon are in, then I'm in too." Everest stood next to Zeo. All eyes were on Leafeon now.

Zeo spoke up. "Leafeon. I understand if you don't want to. And that's fine, because-" Zeo was interrupted when Leafeon hugged him tightly.

"I'm in. As long as it keeps us all happy." Leafeon smiled. They all came together for one big hug. After a while, the hug broke.

"Let's go home guys, we need to get Leafeon healed up." Zeo said. They all agreed, they all walked to the ladder on the side of the building, Zeo helping Leafeon, but Stella suddenly stopped.

"Wait, Leafeon doesn't have a name. We should think of one."

"Oh yeah, that's true?" Zeo said. He turned to Leafeon. "Do you have a name?"

Leafeon shook her head. "No, but... I heard of something I liked."

"What is it?" Everest asked.

"Breeze." Leafeon said. "I remembered Zeo saying it a few... uh.. few... what's that time word again?"

"Minutes?" Stella said.

"Yeah, that." Leafeon replied. "Do you like it?"

"Breeze?" Zeo thought. "I think it sounds cute for you."

"So do I. I like it." Everest smiled.

"Well, if you like the name, are you ready to go, Breeze?" Zeo asked with a smile.

Leafeon, now Breeze, smiled back. "Yeah, I am."

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On the outskirts of town, a large mansion stood. The Shaymin Zeo saved lived there. She walked into a large room, where an old Passimian stood, waiting for her.

"Sir, I have a report." Shaymin said.

"Tell me." Passimian spoke.

"I... found him Eric. My Mithrarin..." Shaymin said. Passimian, now Eric, eyes widened.

"Are you sure it's him Meadow?" Eric asked.

Shaymin, now Meadow, nodded. "I'm sure of it. I felt it in my heart. Scarlet, Emerald, and Violet were with him. But..."

"Go on?" Eric urged.

"He... doesn't remember me." Meadow said and began crying. "He didn't even know my name..."

Eric sighed and shook his head. "Oh no, I was afraid of this. Tell me, who and what is he?"

"He's a Pikachu named Zeo. He died trying to save me, but I brought him back to life." Meadow said.

"A Pikachu?" Eric inquired. "Interesting. And his name is Zeo? I think I know that name from somewhere." Eric walked over to some old newspapers. He looked around until her found the one he was looking for. "I knew it. This guy is a famous explorer. He's also done many charities before."

"Yes sir. As soon as my eyes laid on him, I knew he was the perfect man to be my husband." Meadow said in bliss.

"Very well." Eric said. "Next weekend, we shall meet with this fellow. There's a lot to do Meadow, make sure you're ready."

"I will sir." Meadow said as she walked out. Eric looked at the pictures of Zeo on the papers with a heavy sigh. He didn't look like a Mithrarin, but he trusted Meadows word that is was him.

"Oh Mithrarin, what happened to you?"

End of New Life Saga.

Next main story. "Aftermath of New Life Saga."