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[crimsonspearit]

[There's a familiar face that pops up on the warp band, although it's been a while since Kyouko found herself in Union. She doesn't look much different. A bit dirtier, maybe. Wandering unexplored lands training and in search of her adversary was not exactly a vacation.]

It's been a while, Union. [While she looks relaxed, there's just a tiny edge to her voice, like she really doesn't want to be here.]

I'm lookin' for someone. [She's not going to beat around the bush.]

Thought I saw her on the band when I stopped in Caldera not too long ago. Blonde hair in two like, twisty formations. [She takes her ponytail and twists it into the approximation of one of Mami's drills.] Too nice for her own good. She's from Citadel. Anyone seen her?

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[wishingalone]

[She's not surprised that's what Kyouko's focused on. Not... really. She told her what happened to her parents; that the same great, terrible Spiritomb killed them too.]

No. I'll... tell you if I do.

[But she's disappointed, too.]

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[crimsonspearit]

Will you?

[She sounds doubtful.]

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[wishingalone]

Why would I hide it from you, Sakura?

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[crimsonspearit]

To stop me.

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[wishingalone]

Throwing our lives away to try to defeat it means nothing. You have to know that. There are many more wild Pokemon that pose a danger, besides... that one.

[That sure isn't an agreement to not stop her.]

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[crimsonspearit]

[Kyouko knows it's a suicide mission, and there's a few others that've seen her face that thing in her dreams.]

Those don't concern me. That's your job, isn't it?

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[wishingalone]

It should be your concern. Why else do we have these abilities? To focus only on what has wronged us?

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[crimsonspearit]

I ain't one of your little valk buddies, not that they know how to handle anything anyway.

What I do or don't do shouldn't concern you.

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[wishingalone]

No, I suppose it shouldn't.

[Her tone of voice suggests that she doesn't think that anyways. In fact, she's angry enough to say something that she immediately regrets:]

I wonder what I possibly could have seen that made me decide to train you.

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[crimsonspearit]

[Kyouko doesn't really show it, but that hits her pretty hard for some reason. There's a bit of an awkward silence on her end.]

That's a good question, isn't it?

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[wishingalone]

...It certainly is.

[She's glaring. Mostly so she doesn't start crying.]

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[crimsonspearit]

[Kyouko's got a much more convincing glare. The circle is now complete. When last they met she was but the learner, now she is the master.]

I'll give you one warning, then. Stay outta my way.

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[wishingalone]

[She gets that smile.]

I will do no such thing, and you know it.

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[crimsonspearit]

[She may or may not just have had a chill run up her spine.]

Good. [Well, that's out of the way. For now.]

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[wishingalone]

I'll see you later, Sakura.

[She flips the warp band off. Then she throws it against the wall hard enough to crack its casing.]