A/N — TAKES ME FOREVER WITH UPDATES OMG! Okay, so I've been having time by time to actually write and whatnot! School has been hectic with all the hard classes I took, but I'm surviving high school so yay! Aside from my whining, here's the next chapter :)

Chapter Twenty Three — Three Days

Three Years Ago

Sapphire watched the man's claws stab Wally in his gut. The green haired boy fell backwards and laid there in his own pool of blood. She widened her eye, stunned. She tried to run after the man, but she couldn't. With the effects from the previous bomb, thunder attacks, sword scratches, and punch attacks, she could barely move with all the pain surging through her body at the moment.

"W-Wally..." she muttered, trying to keep her good eye opened while the other one was swollen from a punch. She crept slowly, putting her right arm out to him. "D-D-Don't worry buddy... I-I'll be t-the—" She stopped in mid-sentence, and fell towards the floor, her body finally giving up.

"Get a grip!" Was the last thing she heard before she blacked out.

Sapphire snapped her eyes opened. She tried to get up from the bed she was laying in, but she couldn't move her body.

"Calm down, you're not ready yet, Sapph." She heard a familiar voice beside her, but she couldn't make out who it was. She tried to talk, but then she stopped when she felt something on her mouth. An oxygen mask. It was then she realized that she was completely hospitalized in the bed. She felt cold, surrounded in machines and things unfamiliar to her. The only part she felt warm was at her hand.

"You're going to be okay."

She tried to talk to the person again, "Did something happen?" she asked slowly, tears coming out of her eyes unconsciously. It hurt to speak, and it was hard with an oxygen mask over her mouth. "Who's there? What happened to me?"

"... You're going to be okay," the person replied again.

"Yellow! Hurry up and get the— Where is she?!"

"Stop yelling! We have people on the verge of dying in here!"

"Well your yelling isn't exactly making it better either!"

"Hey!" she shouted weakly, trying to get their attention. I need ta get out of here and help Wally! she thought, desperately trying to move.

"Hey, Sapph's conscious?" A new voice came into the room.

I need ta get out of here, she continued trying.

BEEP! BEEP! Something beside her started to make loud noise, making everyone else in the room stir around.

"Her heart beat is overexerting!" someone shouted. She couldn't make out the voice since it was hard to hear anything with the pillows covering her ears.

"W-W-Wally," she managed to say, shuffling around in her bed even though she could barely move.

The person who held her hand only tightened it. "Relax, Sapph. You're going to be okay."

"I don't care if I'm okay," she said, tears continuing to stream down her cheeks. "I-I've got to help Wally..." Sapphire couldn't keep her eyes open anymore because it took all her strength to speak. She quickly fell unconscious, blacking out once again.

Present

Just as the girl approached Wally, stepping closer to him slowly, Sapphire jumped in front of the two, growling at the girl. She bent down and did a fighting stance, ready to rip everyone's heads off with her bare hands and fangs. The people at the cemetery only looked alert of her appearance, but didn't show any fear.

"Stay behind me!" Sapphire shouted, keeping her eyes on her opponent and her back to Wally. She didn't know why he was here, or whether or not he was a look alike or something, but she did know that he didn't want to be with these people and something's going on.

"Sapph, stop it!" Ruby ran to the scene, following her sprinting. He stood in front of the girl she was growling at and put out his arms to block them.

"What are ya doin'?!" Sapphire screamed. "Wally is here, and he's gettin' hunted!"

"You're not listening to me!" Ruby scolded, putting down his arms and going over to her. He turned around, returning the group an alert look back. "Sapph, you didn't let me finish what I was going to say earlier. These people... they're not bad."

Sapphire slowly relaxed her shoulders, but was still stiff. "What do you mean?" she demanded, adverting her eyes to him.

Ruby kept his eyes on them instead of Sapphire, finally turning around to them. "The reason why I came here is because Green discovered some girl that resembled Blue, which is her future self. It seemed their objective was to do something with Wally's corpse, and our predictions were right. Well, we didn't think Wally would come back alive, terrified of them, but we knew something big is going to happen."

"You mean..." Sapphire eyed the girl in front of her. "These people are from the future?!"

"If Green's words are right, then yeah," Ruby replied. He ignored Wally and Sapphire for a second to talk to the people. "Why did you bring Wally back to life? What's your goal for coming here?"

"Uh... we're not from the future. We're from the past," one of the guys in the group brought up, making everyone else give questioning looks, including the people in the group.

The blue haired girl next to him slapped the back of his head, looking annoyed. "Idiot. Our secret is already out! Stop saying the dumbest stuff!" she said, blowing her bangs out of the way. She made eye contact with Ruby. "I'm pretty sure we were discovered when Green found our ship. I knew everything would be Blue's fault."

"Hey! We didn't exactly reveal to him about anything! It was just guesses! If anything, it's Green's fault! Dammit Green, why do you have to be so calculated?!" The brunette started to pick a fight with the guy who Ruby assumed was Future Green based on his never changing spiky hairstyle.

He rolled his eyes. "We all know it's your fault. Don't start."

"How dare you say that?!" The brunette was going to pick a fight with him, but stopped when Sapphire interrupted them.

"Hey!" Her loud voice caught everyone's attention. "I'm not sure what's goin' on, or what prissy boy really meant, but if ya're really from the future, then why are ya here?! What's goin' on?! Someone answer me!"

"Err... Chill out, past me— or um, well, technically yer the present me, but uh... okay I can totally explain this," the other brunette at the front offered. "Basically we can't tell ya much 'cause y'know time slips or somethin'. And so, um yeah. Now, I will much appreciate it if ya will get out of the way and hand us Wally."

"That was a horrible explanation," the boy who spoke earlier snickered.

"No better than yours," the blue haired girl shot him down. "Look, I know you don't trust us or might not believe us, but we're you from the future. I'm pretty sure you know that already. Anyways, cutting to the point specifically like you asked, we're obviously here to change the future. In the future, they've come up with a device that uses Celebi's powers to bring back the dead AKA Wally here. We've come to revive him and get on our way."

"Crys! Don't tell 'em everything!" The boy nudged her.

"They already know!" she retorted, ignoring the nudge.

Ruby continued to look cautious of them though while Sapphire held a protective stance in front of Wally. "If that were true, then why didn't you just use it on Wally's corpse in the future?"

"In the future, this cemetery gets destroyed. His corpse would become ashes by then. Now hand over Wally so we could do something." The brunette crept closer, the others watching behind her, thinking she would be enough for Ruby and Sapphire.

Ruby, however, was puzzled on what to do next. He didn't exactly talk it out with Green about what to do if they were to meet up, and didn't think they would be so obsessed with getting Wally. He knew they weren't bad, considering it was their future selves, but what they were doing was changing a lot of things, and it didn't seem right either. It was obvious that they had a bigger objective as well, but didn't state it. Sapphire, on the other hand, just wanted to protect Wally from them because she didn't entirely trust them. Maybe they were their future selves, but it didn't explain why Wally was so scared of them and getting away.

Ruby didn't care about anything at this point, and finally reached a conclusion. He pulled out a pokeball, earning looks from everyone else.

"Sapph," he gestured, "Get him and get out of here."

Just when he said that, the others gave shocked looks, extremely surprised that he would go against them.

Ruby wasn't entirely sure of himself, but he did know one thing; the only people he trusted at the moment was the present self. This was Green's idea in the first place, so whether he'll go along with the future crew or not is also Green's decision.

Sapphire nodded and backed up before wrapping an arm around Wally's waist, making him shudder. She looked around for a route to run through, and went straight for the escape plan. Unfortunately, she was cut short and blocked when five people jumped in her way. She stopped and backed up, looking for another way to escape, but it was harder said than done, considering how they were outnumbered.

"Don't run. We've got ya two surrounded," Future Sapphire said, giving them a triumphed look.

"Shh!" Blue hushed Ethan, slapping a hand over the little boy's mouth to restrain him.

All four of them watched the scene with anxious eyes, wondering what the heck was happening. Though Blue had somewhat of a gist of what's going on (considering she eavesdropped the other day), she didn't exactly get their objective. Meanwhile, Yellow was focused on Wally, resisting the urge to burst into tears. Kris and Ethan just seemed confused, so Ethan continued to ask questions the whole time when Blue dragged them into a bush to watch their scene.

Oh, they have Sapphire, Blue thought, watching one of the guys grab both her arms. Surprisingly, Sapphire couldn't aim a punch at them, nor could her famous monster strength break their hold. If they were their future selves, then they really aged well in Blue's opinion.

While watching the scene, she adverted her eyes from Sapphire over to the others. Hmm... there are kids present and they're not Kris and Ethan... not to mention, there's only— huh?

"Huh?" Blue repeated her thoughts out loud.

"What is it?" Kris asked.

"Two people are missing from the group."

Ethan turned his head to the side and pointed straight at her, earning a raised eyebrow from Blue. "Um... Auntie Blue, I think they're behind you."

"Huh?"

Blue didn't get to even turn around before she was shoved into a sack and her vision turned black.

This was ridiculous.

When she finally came to it, she realized she was in some sort of jail. It had wooden walls, but on one side, there were steel bars, separating her from the exit. Their Pokémon have been taken away when she noticed something lighter, and all their weapons have been confiscated. There was also the jacked up fact that she was shoved in a jail with five other people, and it was getting claustrophobic.

Yellow was beside her, sound asleep while Sapphire was wide awake, trying to bend the bars but no avail. Ruby was sitting in the corner, staring into space the whole time and constantly sighing. And the two energetic kids had opposite moods, like usual. Kris looked terrified and worried, considering they were just kidnapped, and Ethan looked excited, looking around with a curious look.

"Ruby," Blue quietly called, catching the boy's attention, "Where are we?"

"Well after they snuck up behind you and made you go unconscious before shoving you in a sack, they dragged all of us to their ship because we will be in the way of something. But leaving that aside, why the heck are you, Yellow, and kids doing here? Aren't you guys supposed to be guarding the ship?" Ruby pointed out. He didn't really remember any of the positions besides his, Sapphire's, and Green's (considering how important it is), but he somehow remembered Blue after the outbursts she gave Green the other night.

"Uh... I can ask you that. What's going on?" Blue gave him one of her arched eyebrows that made her curiousness look like she was up to no good.

Ruby backed away slightly, knowing that look. "I'm guessing that Green hasn't told you, so I don't think I should either."

Sapphire stopped her rage attack on the bars and turned around, rolling her eyes in exasperation. "Oh, c'mon, Prissy Boy! How many more secrets are ya gonna hide? We're in this situation because of it!"

"Correction, we're in this situation because you had to get all emotional and run to Wally which made us reveal ourselves!" Ruby countered, crossing his arms.

"Oh, don't act like ya didn't want ta do that either!" Sapphire argued, placing her hands on her hips. "I'm pretty sure ya wanted to see 'im too!" She whirled around to Blue and the kids, showing a flash of hurt in her eyes. "W-What's goin' on? Why is Wally here? Is that guy even Wally?" Sapphire bent down to Ruby and grabbed his collar. She yanked him to her before shoving him away onto the wall.

"Look Prissy Boy, I don't know what the heck the future people are doin' here, but somethin' goin' on, and I want in! Especially if they're messin' with the dead!" Sapphire shouted in his face.

Ruby gently pushed her back, understanding why she was being over wrecked about it. Though she seemed crazy and was going insane, messing with Wally and bringing him back to life was personal to him, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or not. He and Sapphire were close to him, but Ruby was closer since he knew him since childhood, so the feelings were slightly stronger.

"If I knew what was going on, I would've utilized the situation already," he replied, refusing to give any answers.

Sapphire released him and slammed him on the wall a few inches. "You know more than I know, and that's what pisses me off."

"Guys, stop," Blue said, breaking up the fight. She had some strange feeling that Sapphire was going to punch him or something, and if she knew Ruby right, then after he's exposed, he wouldn't keep quiet and actually reveal the truth. There was also the conversation where Blue eavesdropped on Green, and they really did mention that they didn't know anything besides the fact that their future selves are here for some reason.

"How would Crys feel if she finds out that you guys are fighting in front of their kids?" she reasoned, nodding her head to the kids beside her, who watched blankly.

Sapphire relaxed her fist and pulled it to her side, withdrawing.

Ruby just turned to Blue and looked at her with a straight face. "How would Crys feel if she finds out that you're the one who brought her kids along with us in some jail?"

"Hey, I just saved your life from Sapphire's fists, so let me go on this one!" Blue retaliated, kicking her feet against the floor in a whiny way. Cuffing her hands around her mouth to amplify her voice, she started to shout for someone to come down to the deck and explain something. During her shouting, Yellow slowly woke up, wiping her eyes drowsily and yawning.

"Guys, quiet it down! Green's getting angry!" They heard a voice come down the stairs, slowly revealing the owner of the voice to be some black haired guy in his late twenties or thirties. He wore a baseball cap on his head, hiding his messy hair and wore casual clothes like jeans and a t-shirt. His attire and bright red eyes gave away his identity.

"Seriously, that guy has a short temper," Future Red muttered, ruffling his own hair.

He walked over and stood in front of their little jail cage, he and the group separated by the bars. Placing his hands on his sides with an unsure look, he stared the crew. They were extremely quiet when he made his appearance, and they couldn't help but think that Red would grow up like that in the future. Yellow stared at him intensely, secretly blushing and thinking how much better he looked. Not that she thought he was ugly now, but it was just more manlier or better in her mind.

"Yo," he greeted them, giving a small wave at the jail group.

"Red! I'm going to kill you!" Blue screamed, running over to the bars and reaching her arms through them. Red was a few feet away from the bars, so she couldn't reach him even if she tried. Her arms were way too short to actually grab him.

"Woah, calm down, younger Blue," Red told her, giving a sheepish face.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Blue snapped. "Just tell me what's happening!"

Red scratched his cheek, giving the usual sheepish smile he usual had. Yep, there was no mistake. This guy was totally Red. "Uh, just for the record, we have a very good reason for locking you up."

Blue stopped her rage attack and crossed her arms, tapping her foot against the wooden floor impatiently. "We're listening."

"Okay." Red paused, trying to find the words to explain. "Uh, okay. Umm... First I need Kris and Ethan." At that, the two kids huddled together, looking very cautious of the boy.

"I'll break your hand and stab your heart if you don't explain correctly," Blue threatened, getting annoyed by the second.

"Blue, just calm down. I'm pretty sure future Red has a reason for bringing Wally back to life. Same for the rest of the crew," Yellow said, speaking up. She made eye contact with Red and felt really awkward. "Please tell us."

Red groaned and looked away. "It's pretty much all that Sapphire—" Sapphire perked up, hearing her name. Red immediately corrected himself, "Future Sapphire, I mean, said."

"If you guys really did come to the past just to revive someone then you would've gone back afterwards and not shove us in this filthy jail," Ruby retorted, folding his arms. "I get the gist of the situation, but I'm not sure why you even imprisoned us.

"Well, there's a reason for that, of course. It was because you guys might be in the way," Red answered.

"In the way of what?" Blue inquired, immediately gaining interest.

"Uh... I can't say," Red replied, making the whole crew (except maybe Yellow) irked.

"Red," Ruby called, gaining his attention again. "One way or another, you guys will have to reveal the truth. We're not the only ones who are after you guys— Dia, Green, and etc. knows all about this. After they take down the Elite Four, they're coming after you guys."

Blue turned her gaze to Ruby and started to glare at him for the mention of that. How dare Green tell the gluttonous kid who loves food and peace, and not her? Her glare was literally burning the boy, but he ignored it because he knew it would be worst if he were to make eye contact.

"Oh the Elite Four? Dang, that was awhile ago," Red said, whistling at the long memory. "Just saying, the Elite Four wasn't that big of a threat. They might've had bombs, but that's literally all they have. But I guess I wouldn't say I detest them that much. Even though I can't forgive them for bombing Pallet Town, they're the reasons why the crew gets together. Anyways, I'm forgetting my purpose. I need Kris and Ethan, so please gladly turn them over to us."

"No way!" Blue argued, getting in front of the kids. Sapphire didn't know whether she wanted to go against Red (considering she still respected the guy, future or present), so she just stayed still.

Red rubbed the back of his head and softened his eyes. "We're you guys from the futures. There's no way we'll hurt those kids— especially since they're Crys' and Gold's."

"No!" Blue refused stubbornly, crossing her arms and looking the other way.

Red gave a nervous smile, shrugging his shoulders. To their curiosity, Red walked across the room to the back wall. Without warning, he pulled some sort of string and a huge lever was heard. The plank under Kris and Ethan opened up, and the two fell through it. Yellow and Ruby watched the scene in shock while Blue and Sapphire scampered to the spot, only for the spot to close up again. Blue swiftly whirled around and grabbed the bars again.

"Red! What the heck?!" she screamed.

"Sorry," Red apologized. "Nothing personal, of course."

"Oh yeah? Well I have something personal with you! Guess what guys, one time I saw Red three years ago wearing Pikachu underwear! He likes to prance around in it and use my comb as a microphone to sing that lame T.V. show theme song!" Blue exposed, screaming at the top of her lungs.

Ruby looked the boy in disgust as he saw him heat up at the secret. Sapphire just cocked an eyebrow, wondering if she was just saying that or it was real. Yellow's red face matched Red's when she imagined the boy half naked in his boxers.

"H-Hey!" Red stuttered, going over to Blue, embarrassed. "You said you would keep that a secret!"

"Oh, did I~?" Blue sang, acting innocent as if she forgot.

Red let out a 'hmph' then turned around. "If you think that's going stop us, you're wrong." Before he could hear more of Blue's big mouth, he hurriedly raced up the stairs, ignoring the calls Blue screamed out. After he was gone, she started to huff, her throat starting to hurt.

Sapphire banged her head on the wall. "What do we do?"

Ruby only slapped his forehead, trying to release the stress brought onto him. "Who knows?" He let out an exasperated sigh. "I can't believe I got kidnapped twice in a week."

Kris and Ethan shifted their gazes uncomfortably as the whole crew had their eyes glued onto them as if they were some museum painting or something. Once they fell into a pit, it led to this small random room, in which they fell on a cushion. They were about to run away through the door until some random guy caught them and dragged them onto the upper deck, where they were now being speculated.

"So this is them, huh..." some blonde doctor mumbled, examining them with her eyes. She smiled at them to reassure them that she wasn't going to hurt them. When Kris saw her smile, she noticed the similar features the doctor shared with Yellow.

"Kris, what do we do?" Ethan asked in a whisper, now looking unsure. Even though he tried to whisper, everyone around him could hear him since it was pretty quiet except for the mutterings.

Kris honestly didn't know what to do. She was somewhat kidnapped by pirates along with other pirates, and the pirates who kidnapped them happened to be the future selves of the pirates who were also captured with them. Just knowing that sentence gave her a brain buster already. Now there she was, with her newly discovered idiot twin brother, sitting in front of those pirates. Life just couldn't get better.

"Are you going to... kill us?" Kris asked hesitantly. If they were Uncle Gold's friends but from the future, she was 75% sure that they wouldn't kill them. Honestly, pirates scare her so she preferred not to get involved with docks or go outside when they're roaming around the casinos in Goldenrod.

"What? No! Of course not!" Future Yellow (or so she's assuming) exclaimed.

"Wow, you know a lot of words for a brat, huh," a blond haired guy said, looking over at them.

The blue haired girl who wore a long dress crossed her arms and gave him a disapproving voice. "Pearl, do not insult the kids. After all, they should be smarter than usual. Anyway, Crys, Gold, why are you two hesitating? Go over to them already."

The girl stepped aside as well as the others to reveal two people that was behind the crowd.

Kris and Ethan froze in their place when they spotted their future mother and father staring down at them from afar. Kris couldn't make out their emotions by looking at their face. It looked like they were mixed with happy but disappointed. Her thoughts were answered though when Crystal collapsed onto the ground in front of them, sitting on her knees. Without warning, she reached over to both Kris and Ethan, and pulled them into a hug. She could feel her tears trickling down her neck.

"You guys are still alive!" Crystal muttered against their skin. Gold bent down next to her, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Crystal finally released them after a good minute and let out a sigh. "You're so small."

"... Mommy," Ethan mumbled, giving an unbelievable look. He's never seen his mom actually cry before, so it was an odd experience. Even though they're a different version of their parents, they actually looked fairly similar. There was just a different vibe around them.

"You're three, right?" Gold asked them.

"Almost four!" Ethan responded, holding up four fingers.

Crystal nodded, biting her lip to hold back her tears. "Yep, this is the right time."

"Crystal, Gold," Someone called their name, ripping their attention off of the kids. A spiky haired brunet stepped forward, exposing the fact that he was the figure who said their names. "I know you're in an emotional state, but I need you to first hand me the map you had so that we could start preparations. I'll let you guys continue the reunion for the rest of the ride. We only have three days left, so we don't have much time."

The guy who took them in the first place, Red, stepped up and ordered them what to do. "I need the rest of you guys to split into positions. Original trio, you're on research duty; Crystal and Gold will have time to talk to Kris and Ethan; Yellow, Soul, Blue will be on steering; Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are on kid duty; Silver will be on lookout; and Green will take care of Wally while I will take care of our past selves. That's all for now."

Right next to them, a blond haired boy that's about their height groaned, looking displeased with the arrangements. "Why am I on babysitting?!"

The spiky brunet from earlier only folded his arms in a cool manner, not looking at all sympathetic. "It's not my fault you guys keep having kids."

"But I'm not the one who even has kids! They're the ones!" he complained, waving his sleeve at the people behind him.

"Are you sure you can handle it, Captain?" Future Blue (or at least that's what Kris concluded) questioned dubiously, giving him a skeptical look to match her words. "No offense Red, but you're not as slick and you might blurt something out."

"Hey, cut Red come slack," Future Yellow defended. "If Captain says that's what we'll do, then it's final." Red smiled and patted her shoulder, giving her a small thanks.

"Plus, you don't have a say in this. You're one of the reasons why the our past selves are after us in the first place," the spiky brunt deadpanned, folding his arms. "Anyways, Crystal, I need the map. Give it to me now." Crystal wiped her tears and nodded, going into the room for it.

Red looked at his crew with a determined look. "We've succeeded part one; now we need part two. We can do this, team."

Before Ethan and Kris could say or do anything, everyone already dispersed the crowd and left; the only ones left were their parents.

"He's back," Blue announced, hope slightly in her voice.

"Hey," Red greeted, giving another awkward wave at them.

Blue seemed to be the most active of the four. Yellow was awkwardly just staring at him, Ruby was doing it too, but he had extra thoughts as to the situation in his mind, and Sapphire... Well, she had mixed emotions about the whole entire thing and her brain started to hurt just thinking about how complicated everything was.

"Red!" Blue called out, grabbing onto the bars again. "How long are you going to keep us locked up in here?!"

The black haired boy only gave her a nervous smile. "You'll get out eventually," he told them. "We're only keeping you here so that you can't contact the others." He showed their keys all tied in a key ring together, shaking it to emphasize 'contact'.

"You're pissing me off by the minute. And dang, I thought Green could piss me off this much," Blue bluntly told him.

"Hey," Sapphire called, finally talking again after a long time of thinking. Blue turned around to look at her, and Ruby, Yellow, and Red gave their attention to her as she rose up from her seat and shoved her face against the bars like Blue was currently doing. With a serious face that she rarely had, she asked, "Where is Wally right now?"

There was a long silence as Red connected his eyes with hers, reading her emotion inside. "He's safe. We wouldn't hurt him."

"That's not what I asked," she snapped. "I have a request. Let me talk to him." Though Yellow didn't want to say anything, she really wanted to converse Wally. She saw him last time, but didn't even get the chance to actually talk to him before she was shoved in a bag along with Blue.

"I can't do that," Red said.

"Why not?"

Red let out a sigh and ran his hand through his black locks, obviously showing how stressed out he was. "Look, I don't have anything against you guys, obviously. I don't want any trouble; I just want to get through the next three days peacefully. If there's anything you want to say to Wally, tell me and I'll tell him."

Sapphire shook her head. "It's personal. I want to tell him something by mah own mouth. It means dirt if it came out of someone else's."

"Well, you'll be able to do that in three days," Red replied in a nonchalant manner. It's not that he didn't care about her feelings, but just thought it was going to happen sooner or later.

"Three days?" Blue raised an eyebrow.

"Yep. That's when everything will finally come to an end."

A/N — EXTREMELY SHORT CHAPTER. I've finally made ANOTHER story map that follows along with this story accurately all the way to the end, and I ended up writing what would be in each chapter. What I didn't expect though is how short it would be. Geez, if each chapter is this short, then I can write it in a week or something. Anywaaaays, nice to see you guys again! :) I've been keeping tabs with this story loosely, but I guarantee it's going to have an ending (that is, if I don't die before I write it)! The next chapter should be longer since I've planned more action. It will be based on the other members and their currently situation XD Can't wait to write it! Hopefully school won't get in the way!

Oh, but of course, the answers to the reviews!

Just Another Kid — I dunno what's up with me and filler chapters, but oh well. Also! I need to start writing that! I've planned to do it in this chapter, but in the end, I made the story map and strayed somewhere. Anywaaaay! It's cool! I just thought you lived in Asia or something lmao. I literally just started school a month ago, but everyone (including my friend who lives in Philippines) is literally almost done with school or something, or the middle of the year. Anywho's I'll try to make the chapters long again! I dunno what's up with me writing shorter chapters lately, whether it's 'cause of school or bc of my planning, but i'll try to maximize it more! Thanks for always reviewing :)
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