Some mornings later...

"I do hear your concerns, Anise, but this is an issue that requires tact and timing! And the morning of our spring meeting is quite certainly not the best-"

"It's been a whole week since Mint, Fern, and Darkrai all returned to the village," Another voice, its usual cheer dampened by an annoyed tone, rose above the aging Shaymin's remark, cutting him off before he could finish speaking."And we didn't even get to see Team Returners off because it took us three days to finish running your errand up on the mountain... I do hear your concerns, elder, but you can't keep putting this off."

Sage let out a ragged sigh, glancing away to stare at the wall of the leaf-woven hut, the lush greenery rustling slightly as a fresh breeze blew in from outside, drifting past the thin fabric covering his graying fur. The old Pokemon traced lines all around his cozy little home, going up towards the ceiling, then back down. He perked up when he heard a quiet shuffling, only to furrow his brow when he saw the younger Shaymin girl pad back into view, and he forced himself to turn and look at Anise.

"Anise, I...!" Her firm expression hadn't wavered a bit behind the thin, white veil she was wearing, and the frustration that was welling up within him vanished just as suddenly as it had appeared. The Shaymin Village elder stared back at his aide for a moment, then sucked in a deep breath through his nose, exhaling after a few, long-lasting seconds as a strange mix of regret and annoyance fell over him. "Ugh... and what exactly do you think I should say? I've been putting this off because I have no idea where to even start, you understand?"

There was a brief beat, the air thick with tension, spots of sunlight beaming in through the gaps in the plants, shining down onto the trampled grass that both grass types stood on. Then, after a moment, Anise relaxed, a smile curling onto her snout and softening her hardened gaze. Padding forward, she reached out and lightly nudged the older Pokemon's back, shaking his own veil loose a bit.

"You could start by thanking him, at least," She said, her voice utterly devoid of sarcasm.

It took a half-second for Sage to process the girl's remark, but when he did, he furrowed his brow, shook his head, and coughed, letting himself relax alongside the little green hedgehog. The pressure building in his bones seemed to fade somewhat, and he took a couple deep breaths, noticing Anise's smile widen as he calmed down. The little hedgehog stepped forward and patted the older Shaymin's side, shaking her head a little to make her veil rest more comfortably on her nose.

"I'm going to go and call for him now, elder Sage," She said, slowly turning her head around, eyeing the doorgap as she walked backwards. "After everything that's happened, the two of you really do need to talk, and I'm not going to let you waste that gift when it was your idea in the first place-"

"Wait, Anise..." Sage blurted out, leaning forward and reaching out towards the younger Pokemon. She stopped, and he trundled towards the leafy hut's door as well, stopping a few paces away from his aide. He waited, closing his eyes and furrowing his brow as he got his thoughts in order. "You're right. I hate to say so, but you're right. The sooner we talk, the sooner we can get it over with."

Anise cocked her head, shooting the village elder one final mild look, then smiled, shook her head cheerfully, and headed outside, her voice rising above the light, spring wind breezing through the hut. "Darkrai? Could you come here for a moment, please?"

A brief twitch ran down Sage's spine as he listened to Anise call out, and the grass type turned and walked back towards the other side of the room, staring thoughtfully at the small, cloud-patterned box sitting near the wall, sunlight shining on its blue ribbon.

Epilogue! Onwards to a New Adventure!

"Um... h-hello, elder, sir." Sage blinked at the gravelly voice, its low, hesitant tone ringing clearly through the air of the leafy hut, shaking him out of his trance. "Miss Anise said you wished to speak with me?"

"...that's right," The graying hedgehog replied after a moment's pause, trembling ever-so-slightly as he took his last chance to steel his nerves, his veil falling over his face as he nodded in affirmation. Getting his words in order, the Shaymin turned around, blades of flattened grass shaking under his paws. "I did send f-fwah!?"

He did a double-take – a grunt of shock escaping his mouth – when he looked up at Darkrai, eyes transfixed on the tall, dark figure shyly crouching in the doorway, outlined brightly by the morning glow. The legendary Pokemon shrank back a little, cautiously holding his hands close to the red, spiky growth running around his neck. Wind blew in through the gaps in the cozy house again, whistling past the pair of Pokemon, ruffling the wisps billowing from Darkrai's head and the flowers growing in Sage's fur. The ticklish feeling helped to pull Sage back to his senses, and he brought a front paw up between his snout and veil, coughing a few times to clear his throat.

"Is something wrong, elder Sage?" Darkrai nervously asked, and Sage hastily shook his head, taking a deep breath and gazing up at the dark type's icy blue eyes.

"No, no, there's nothing wrong," Sage said tersely, inching further into the room and patting his paws on the ground, beckoning his guest to follow him inside. It took a couple seconds for Darkrai to calm down, but slowly, surely, he waddled his way into the leaf-woven house. Sage stared at the dark type's thin legs; they were still an unusual sight, having been hidden all other times by starry fabric. "I am... erhrm, I'm not used to seeing you without your robe. It took me by surprise, that's all... now come in and sit down, would you!"

"I see." Darkrai leaned back, fidgeting a little on the dirt to get comfortable. Dropping his arms into his lap, he gazed gently at Sage and cocked his head, a confused look in his eyes. "I understand... I'm, um, not used to seeing everyone wearing those things on their heads, either."

"Hmm? Oh, the purify veil," Sage grunted, only for understanding to dawn on him when the wind blew over the thin fabric that was covering up his face. He grunted again and tried to nudge the veil up above his eyes, his graying scruff of fur shaking against his back. "Yes, well, these are usually reserved for our meetings each season. Now then, about why I called you here-"

A loud yelp rang in from outside, causing both Pokemon to jump in place, and Sage halted in his tracks, his gaze flicking from side to side in search of where the noise had come from. Darkrai just perked up instead, his body relaxing and his head turning to glance over his shoulder, faint wisps splitting from their source, floating up to the ceiling of foliage and dissipating against the plants. A series of small footsteps soon became audible, and Sage leaned sideways, trying to look past his guest and see out the doorway.

"Hey, Darkrai, wait up for us!" Another Shaymin burst into the hut, running around Darkrai's side before digging her heels into the dirt with a gasp, her floppy ears swinging around as she skidded to a stop a few paces away from Sage. The elderly hedgehog stared up at the younger girl – standing a few inches taller and prouder than him in her Sky Forme – and the girl stared right back, both of their veils doing little to hide her piercing, emerald-green eyes. Thankfully, she glanced away when another grass type followed after her, the Land Forme boy trundling around Darkrai's other side.

"Mint. Fern. I said that I wanted to speak with Darkrai." Sage furrowed his eyebrows when all three Pokemon turned towards him, his mouth drooping into an abject frown as he weathered their expectant looks, an annoyed tone slipping into his voice as he finished speaking. "I didn't say that I wanted to speak with Darkrai 'and friends'. Now please get out!"

"After what you did when you first met him? No way, no how! I don't trust you enough for that!" Mint replied without missing a beat, twisting around and scratching at her petal scarf with a hind leg before shooting Sage a determined nod. The elder flinched, outwardly at his junior and inwardly at himself; the defiant remark had hit closer to home than it usually did, and it stung. Thrown for a loop, he kept silent as the girl stomped at the grass a little bit, plopping down a split-second later and settling in. "Whatever you wanted to tell Darkrai is good enough to tell me and Fern, too. Right, Fern?"

"Mmhm," The boy mumbled softly, not hesitating in the slightest as he nodded his head, and Darkrai peeked down at the tiny, meek little hedgehog at the sound. The legendary Pokemon let an arm drop down and pulled Fern a little closer to him, eliciting a yip, then a hum, from the Shaymin. "Please, elder Sage. We'd like to stay."

Sage didn't reply, still collecting his thoughts for the umpteenth time that morning, and he grit his teeth as he gazed at his expected and unexpected guests, forcing himself to bite back his frustration when his mind drifted onto why he had called Darkrai in in the first place. Brief flashes of his first encounter with the dark type played in his mind, and the old grass type took a shaky step back, breathing deeply to stifle the pang of nervousness that the memories brought with them. Everything was fine, Darkrai was okay, he'd helped bring the two of them back, and he could just give him the gift and be done with it...

"Hey, Sage!" His nerves jolted when Mint barked out, rudely pulling him back to reality. "Are you gonna yell at us to get out or are you actually gonna let us stay, huh?"

"You can stay if you'll stop interrupting me!" Sage said, causing Mint's jaw to drop open in surprise. Inwardly, he snorted at the young girl's reaction, helping him to swallow his pride and continue, and he fixed Darkrai with a firm stare, ignoring the Shaymin kids in the corner of his vision. "Besides... I suppose this does involve you a little. But I'm only speaking to Darkrai, am I understood!"

The trio of younger Pokemon nodded once at him, and the old hedgehog eyed them a moment longer before relenting, pawing at the fur on his back before turning around and walking towards the back of the hut. Bowing his head a bit, he trundled over to the small, blue box sitting near the wall, shaking his veil out of the way as he dug his nose underneath the wrappings. With a deep breath, he took a step forward, carefully pushing the ribbon-bound gift back the way he came.

"Darkrai," The grass type grunted – his two wilting flowers twitching from the strain – and then stopped when Fern let out a small gasp. Standing back up, letting the box tilt back onto the grass with a barely-audible thump, Sage took a step to the side and gestured at Darkrai, clearing his throat. "Hrm, er-hem! This is for you."

He was met with an innocent stare from the legendary Pokemon, and an awkward silence settled over the leafy hut, only mildly interrupted by the whistling wind and the muffled chatter coming from the village outside. Confusion was written all over Darkrai's face, and he cocked his head slightly, reaching up and scratching at the back of his red-fringed neck. Sunbeams filtered down through the roof, dots of light shining on his bony, pitch-black body.

"I... I see," Darkrai replied, the words rumbling quietly in the back of his throat. "Um... what is it, if I may ask?"

Sage had to muster up all of his willpower not to sit down and let his head fall into his paws. The old Pokemon instead shot another pointed, incredulous look towards the other Shaymin sitting in the room. "You spent all those days on Sky Peak, all of that time at the top of the mountain, and you never even told Darkrai about Sky Gifts!?"

Mint whipped her head around, opening her mouth to retort, but she whipped it right back around again when Fern beat her to the punch, barely even stuttering as raised his voice, his soft tone sounding out. "B-But elder Sage... that isn't fair. We never f-found any Sky Gifts while we were there."

The young boy stood up a bit straighter as he finished speaking, only to jump in surprise, veil billowing outwards from the motion, when he noticed everyone gazing attentively at him. Even as the young kid glanced away – suddenly very interested in the blue box on the ground – Sage was mulling over his words in his mind, brow furrowed in hard thought. Out of the corner of his vision, he saw Mint hastily nodding in affirmation, and the little old hedgehog started to pace back and forth, murmuring under his breath.

"That... that does make sense, with how long it took Anise and I..." Sage cocked his head, then made a u-turn and exhaled grumpily. "Oh, blast it all, between what happened before and now this, I thought I had kept better track of things!"

"Um... elder Sage," Darkrai said, and Sage shook himself back to his senses, stopping in his tracks, then quickly scooting back over to the Sky Gift in the middle of the leafy hut, kicking up tiny bits of dirt and grass in his wake. Mint snickered at him, and the grass type sent her a half-glare before giving his full attention to the legendary Pokemon sitting in front of him. "I apologize for not knowing, but what... what is a Sky Gift?"

"Oh, Sky Gifts are really neat, Darkrai!" Mint piped up before Sage could answer, promptly jumping over to the dark type's other side and pawing at his leg, shimmying a bit as the wind blew over her fur and petal scarf. Darkrai visibly relaxed at his friend's remark, and he peeked at the girl standing next to him, giving her his rapt attention. "You give 'em to other Pokemon and they have something special inside, but if you just open one yourself, it's empty instead!"

"Mmhm..." Fern said in agreement, and Darkrai looked at his other friend, his icy blue eyes gaining a pleasant, happy sparkle as he leaned back and listened to the little hedgehog. "They just show up on Sky Peak sometimes... um, so everyone just named them after the mountain."

"Er-hem!" Sage exclaimed with a loud cough, stomping in place to get the trio's focus back, and the three young Pokemon gave a start, tensing up and sitting – or standing, in Mint's case – up a tad straighter. "I thought I told you that you could only stay if you stopped interrupting me!"

Darkrai, Mint and Fern all quickly quieted down, the former letting his hands fall into his lap as he looked, hesitantly, at his gift. Sage sighed after a moment and shook his head, digging his hindlegs into the grass to hold back his less savory comments – as annoyed as he was, they didn't deserve it.

"You two are half-right." The Shaymin Village's elder eventually said, the spring breeze blowing over his fur again and fluttering his veil, helping him to relax. "Sky Gifts are given from one Pokemon to another as a sign of gratitude, you see, and despite their name, they are actually named because we don't know where they come from."

Darkrai cocked his head at that, confusion creeping into his expression as he leaned forward, the white wisps swirling upwards off of him. "You don't... know? What do you mean?"

"I mean we don't know where they come from!" Sage shot back, then blinked when Darkrai jolted in place. The aging hedgehog raised one of his stubby front paws to try and calm the legendary Pokemon down, ignoring Mint's protective sneer as he continued. "Sky Gifts may show up on Sky Peak, but we've never seen where they come from. It is a mystery to us, and it was a mystery to our ancestors, too, hrmph. They are simply dropped into our laps, as if they're from beyond the sky itself..."

He trailed off... and then he found himself unable to keep a wry smile off of his snout. "I suppose that makes them a bit like you, doesn't it?"

The elderly Pokemon chuckled inwardly when the legendary Pokemon gazed blankly at him, the comment sailing completely over his wispy head. However, Sage stood a bit taller when he noticed Fern's face slowly burst into a beaming smile, and he quickly cleared his throat when the younger boy spoke up. "E-Elder Sage... do you mean...?"

"Darkrai! This is not an apology for what happened. I value the safety of our village above all else, even if it turned out to be hasty of me to do so," The dark type jolted where he sat, bringing his hands up to his red growth for a moment in surprise, then dropping them back down to his lap when he relaxed, looking expectantly at the Pokemon opposite him. "But this is my thanks to you... for valuing the safety of our village and bringing two of our cherished villagers back home. And Mint, Fern!"

"Yeah?" Mint blurted out, and Sage shot her a mild look. However, he shook his head just as fast, taking a deep breath, gulping down his pride as much as he could.

"I am sorry," He breathed out. "For not trusting the two of you."

As soon as he had finished speaking, Sage hobbled behind the Sky Gift, making sure his veil was secure before pushing the cloud-patterned box forward. The grass rustled underfoot, both from the gift and from the faint wind, and the little old hedgehog nearly lost his balance when Mint took it upon herself to swoop into the air and tug on the long, blue ribbon to help move it along. His flowers shook in his graying fur, and his breath caught in his throat as he felt his weight shift.

"M-Mint!?" He exclaimed, raising his head and peering up at the Sky Forme girl, who was scratching at her petal scarf with her hindleg even as she dragged the Sky Gift away. "Wait! I asked you to not interuuuupt-!"

With a yelp and a flop, Sage toppled over, a few bits of soil flying up as his paws skidded against the ground, and the Shaymin elder felt his nose squash into the grass as he did a somersault onto his back. He heard Fern, as well as Darkrai, gasp lightly at the abruptness of the fall, while Mint let out a half-cough, trying to bite back a chuckle at his predicament, and a heavy wheeze escaped the grass type's throat. Sage rocked back and forth, wiggling his stubby paws around, for a moment, but tensed up when a large hand scooped him up, wrist twisting as it set him right-side-up again.

"Are you okay, E-Elder?" Darkrai said quietly, a concerned tone playing in his gravelly voice.

"Ergh, yes, yes, I'm fine!" Sage barked in response, glancing all around the leafy hut to get his bearings back, basking in the spots of sunlight and the fresh scent of flowers even as Darkrai pulled his thin arm away. As he turned to look at the other side of the room, his gaze lingered on the legendary Pokemon's face, a wide-eyed youthfulness playing in his expression as the pitch-black Pokemon idly fiddled with the Sky Gift sitting in his lap. The Shaymin's brow quirked upward, and then he rolled his eyes. "Well, what are you waiting for, hm? Go on and open up that Sky Gift!"

Darkrai sat still for a moment and let the breeze blow over him, ruffling his flared body and the wisps billowing from his head, and then he turned his head and looked down at the box in his lap, pinching the blue ribbon between his fingers and tugging on it. With a series of pulls and loops, he undid the plain trappings, growing more and more eager as he unraveled the cloudy gift. Light seemed to shine from within the box as the legendary Pokemon slowly lifted the lid. When he reached in and pulled its contents out, Mint, Fern, and Sage all gasped in shock, the former two smiling excitedly from behind their veils.

There, dangling from the dark type's fingers and shining in the speckles of morning sunlight, was a single, blooming Gracidea... and a small, white veil of his very own, loosely wrapped around his hand like a scarf.

The pleasant babbling of the Serenity River drifted through the trees as the four of us strode our way down the well-worn trail, the soil warm and dusty under our footpaws and the breeze blowing cool against our fur. Cyan's hiking pack shook noisily on his back, drowning out the water flowing a short distance away, and I rolled my shoulders to adjust the fit of the treasure bag, giving our team badge a quick polish with my paw before turning around to face the rest of my teammates. Rose kept up a brisk pace as she trotted next to me, her nine fluffy tails ruffling in the wind as they waved up and down, and Erin rode on Cyan's backpack, cheerfully bouncing on top of the Samurott.

"Ooooh, I can't wait to finally get back!" The Mienshao exclaimed, her whiskers twitching and tail flicking as she excitedly leaned over, flopped onto her belly, and waved her tied fur sleeves at Rose and I. "I can't believe we're already almost at Treasure Town again!"

"Hah, no kidding. How long have we been gone again?" I replied, dropping my arms down to my sides and drumming one of my paws against my hip; my aura tassels slid down my neck as I turned to look skyward in thought. My tail wagged sharply after a few moments of counting, and then I blinked. "About half a month or so, I think? I guess that sounds right for a job that took us so far out."

"Yeah, that's right," Rose added, and I glanced at the Ninetales out of the corner of my eye, my muzzle curling into a smile as she padded forward, her claws leaving the faintest of lines in the dirt. The cream-furred fox peered slightly over her shoulder, eyeing the blue sea lion and pink mink that marched behind us. "It was a long adventure, and we had a lot of hard times on the way there, but at least making the return trip was easier, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Cyan raised his voice above the din of his bag, taking a few shorter, quicker stomps to stay close to Rose and I. "But I wasn't expectin' it t'take us so long in th'first place, y'know! Between Darkrai accidentally tossin' those two kids off t'Fogbound Lake an' all th'other business, I'm amazed that we didn't have any problems comin' back!"

"Well, hey, look at it this way," I started, gesturing at Cyan with a nod of my head, then standing up onto the tips of my footpaws and pointing towards the mountains off in the distance. Light glinted off of my pawspike as I jabbed a pawpad at the clouds swirling around one of the tallest peaks, the rest of the mountain range towering across the horizon. "You got to see Fogbound Lake like you wanted to, and we all got to go to the Shaymin Village and everything, too, even if we couldn't really stay there for too long."

"Eh?" Cyan glanced back, then sighed, exhaling heavily through his nose and mumbling under his breath. I grinned, reaching over to give the Samurott a friendly pat on the neck. "Well... hrmph, yeah, I guess y'got a point there. It might have taken a while t'get there, but this mission was a lot o'fun, I'll admit it. We captured th'bunch'o'outlaws in th'Waterfall Cave, fought that Gabite, an' everything else too! We did get a lot o'other stuff done on th'way!"

"Yeah, yeah, this was such a great adventure!" Erin piped up, and she wrapped her arms around Cyan's neck, snuggling up to her friend as she stretched herself out, wiggling her footpaws and lounging lazily. A great big smile was plastered on the Mienshao's face as she spoke, and her ears perked straight up when another thought suddenly dawned on her. "Hey, wait, maybe mister Wigglytuff and the rest of the guild will be back from their big expedition by now! We gotta tell 'em all about it!"

My eyes widened at the younger explorer's remark, and I glanced at my partner; the Ninetales had cocked her head in realization, not even bothering to blow at the strands of headfur that had fallen in front of her face. Erin was right – they had already left before we'd gotten the letter from the Shaymin Village, and we'd been gone for so long that...

"You're right, Erin, we are going to have to tell them about it. About everything," Rose said, her tails slowly curling and uncurling as she thought to herself, her mouth drooping ever-so-slightly into a wistful frown. "About Darkrai, about his amnesia and why we didn't tell them before... we have to tell them everything. We need to tell the truth and set things right for good."

"Hey..." I started to say, striding back over to my partner's side and affectionately tousling her headfur, brushing it back behind her ears before bringing my palm down to cup the fox's cheek. She tensed up in surprise, fur bristling, but then relaxed just as quickly, leaning her head into my touch and nuzzling my wrist. "It'll be alright. Chatot'll probably be mad, but Wigglytuff will understand. I'm sure things'll be fine with it once we explain it all!"

"Mmm..." She hummed, eyes fluttering shut as I caressed her, and she smiled softly, nodding in agreement. She continued to walk alongside me even as she replied, her tails spreading out to their full length and getting ruffled by the spring breeze. "Yeah... you're right, too, Bill. We'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it."

"Hey, look!" Erin blurted out – my partner and I jolted and stopped right in our tracks, twisting around to stare at our two other teammates. The Mienshao had gotten up onto her feet, standing guard atop Cyan's hiking pack and happily jabbing her paws out towards the crest of the small hill that we were climbing. "We're here! We made it, look, it's Treasure Town!"

My heart skipped a beat at the fighting type's words, but Erin quickly jumped off of Cyan's back, kicking up dust in her wake as she dashed down the path. I hastily tore my paws away, stumbling a few steps back to let the pink mink through, and Rose gasped, whipping her head from side to side, staring at the younger Pokemon as she ran ahead.

My partner and I both shared a mutual glance, then looked at the Samurott behind us, still taken aback by his friend's abrupt departure, his brow furrowed in confusion. It took us a few seconds to get back to our senses, and once we did, we broke into a sprint after our fourth teammate, our footsteps thumping on the ground and Cyan's supplies rattling in his pack. Erin was standing, transfixed, at the top of the hill, and we skidded to a stop next to her, taking in the comforting sight that lay before us.

Numerous flat-topped rocks dotted the landscape, with a large, familiar, Pokemon-shaped tent sitting atop a particularly huge peak. There were more tents in the distance, some similarly Pokemon-shaped, while others were simpler, less-fancy canvas dwellings. Serenity River flowed out from the forest and cut through the town, and the sea sparkled on the far horizon, waves rolling in and vanishing from view as they disappeared behind the cliffs at the edge of town. A wave of pleasant satisfaction washed over me, and I curled my paws into fists, smiling.

"Home sweet home," I heard Rose whisper, her soft, sweet voice carrying on the wind.

"Woooohoooooo!" Erin cried out enthusiastically, flinging her arms into the air, her tied fur sleeves sailing up along with them, and she jumped up and down a couple times before spinning around and grabbing one of Cyan's front paws, tugging on it cheerfully. "Hey hey hey, c'mon, let's have a race! Last one there's a rotten oran!"

"What th'- Erin-!" Cyan yelped as he wobbled forward a bit, glaring grumpily at the pink mink as she dragged his paws a bit, and then he sighed when she let go and took off down the trail, making a series of whooping cheers all along the way. The water type grunted, brushing dust off of his shell armor and stroking his mustache a little, before chasing after his friend, marching past Rose and I with a snort. "Oh no y'don't! Get back here!"

A grin wiggled its way onto my muzzle as the Samurott stomped his way into Treasure Town, the Mienshao and Samurott sprinting towards the watering hole and beyond, leaving my partner and I alone at the top of the rolling hillside. The din of the two more energetic Pokemon slowly faded, letting a tranquil silence settle over the warm, grassy countryside again, and I stepped sideways over to Rose, reaching out and running the flat of my pawspike over her back. The cool metal sent a shiver through the cream-furred fox, and she scooted closer to me.

"We probably ought to go and make sure those two don't cause any ruckus, huh?" The Ninetales thought aloud, turning her head to look up at me, her worries replaced by a friendly, nurturing smile.

"Probably," I agreed, grinning cheekily and winking as a quip popped into my mind. "Do you want to be the rotten oran, or should I?"

Rose blinked, then laughed warmly, padding forward a tad and then playfully bumping my hip with her own. The treasure bag shifted audibly from the nudge, and I reached up and tugged on the leather straps to ease it back to normal, letting out a few chuckles myself, even as my partner replied. "We'll both do it, Bill. So let's go and make today another great day!"

And with that, we jogged towards Treasure Town, our tails wagging and our heads held high.

A/N: And so, that's that. It's been a long time coming, huh?

If you've been reading this story since the beginning, then I want to thank you. And if you're just reading this for the first time and you're going to go backwards or something like that, then also thank you! This might be the end of the story, but if the last three years or so have been any indication, this won't be the last of Team Returners. And who knows? Maybe Darkrai, Mint, Fern, and the Shaymin Village will reappear again someday, too.

Regardless, again, thank you all. Here's to another adventure, whenever and whatever it may be!