Pikachu’s in a good mood. He likes travelling; maybe because Ash does, and if Ash is happy, Pikachu usually is too. He’s glad his trainer has gotten over the whole losing in the Pokémon League thing and has his usual spirit back, so off they go, on another adventure! Who knows what lies ahead? Who they’ll meet, what will happen, the things they’ll ( Read more... )

It was sometime quite late at night -- possibly around midnight, if such a thing were measurable. All was quiet. Except...

ptonk-tonk.

ptonk-tonk.

ptonk-tonk.

ptonk-tonk.If one were to follow the odd, rhythmic sound to its source, one would find Susan Sto Helit sitting on a bench outside the First Aid station, bouncing a red rubber ball off a ( Read more... )

It had been a very long couple of weeks, or even months, since Yazoo had first arrived. Mostly, it had been spent healing his own wounds - it had been... disconcerting, how quickly they had closed up, but he put it down to the overdose of materia still doubtless boiling in his bloodstream - and making sure Kadaj didn't know how badly he had been ( Read more... )

( When you hear the knell of a requiem bell, weird glows gleam where spirits dwell... )

A noise like that of a distant explosion echoes through the void, and with a brief, huge flash of ghostly white flame, almost like something gone nucleur, a figure dressed all in black is throw violently to the ground, body skidding a few feet before coming to rest.

( ...would I lie to you? Well I've got something to say... )