Brian awoke to find Minunet snuggled up close to him. Brian smiled at this and gently stroked the riolu's head. She stirred but didn't wake up and let out a satisfied sigh. Brian looked down on the floor and sure enough, Crash was there sleeping by the bed. Brian reached down and gently stroked Crash's fur, a few electric sparks discharged into static electricity and transferred into Brian and he tried to return stroking Minunet's fur again but ended up shocking her awake. Minunet yipped in pain as she was suddenly awoken and Brian quickly apologized to her as he pulled his hand back. Minunet seemed to understand and hugged Brian. He gently stroked her head and Minunet murred and hugged Brian tighter. Through the blinds and in a tree, Snowfire watches with a smile and tear. She was now convinced that the farseer was right in telling her and her dead mate, Marcus, to leave their pup in the care of this human and saw that Brian was caring for her and loving her as if she was his own daughter. Snowfire eventually caught another glimpse of Minunet and saw her smiling and happiness blossoming in Minunet's sapphire blue eyes. Brian soon felt as if he was being watched and turned around to look out the window but found no one.

His attention was returned to Minunet as she nuzzled his chin. Brian turned around to find her staring at him with her wide, cute, innocent, blue eyes. Brian couldn't help but go "Awww..." and gently caressed Minunet and she embraced Brian and whispered in his ear, "I lo-love you da-add, daddy." Brian was surprised of this but whispered back, "Daddy loves you too," and returned her affections.
This was cut short as Brian's cell phone went off on the night stand. As Minunet heard it, she hid behind Brian and he simply chuckled and told her that it was alright and answered the message. He quickly read through the message and a big smile went across his face. "Jak comes through again! Another gig for us!" Crash heard this and suddenly came to life and jumped up to his feet. 'Crash, go tell Bandit that we got another night ahead of us!" Crash nodded and bolted out of the room. Minunet not sure of what just happened gently nudged Brian's arm. Brian turned his attention to Minunet and addressed her, "I know that you are young Minunet, a bit to young perhaps, but would you like to come along with me and meet some new friends?" Minunet's eyes shown with her answer and she hastily climbed up Brian's arm and sat on his shoulder. "I take that as a yes!" Brian said and grabbed his already packed bag and exited his room with Minunet.

Bandit and Crash stood at the ready to leave by the door. "I know you're anxious but first things first!" Brian said and quickly jotted down a letter and stuck it on the fridge. "Now we go!" Brian said and headed out with Minunet, Bandit, and Crash in tow. It was pretty early in the morning but it wasn't early enough to stop Jak from spreading the news of the next job to the band. Fithteen minutes later, they were at Jak's house. Just before Brian knocked on the door, Jak opened the door and let them in, failing to notice Minunet on Brian's shoulder. "Dax and Kriss aren't here yet. Give 'em a little longer, they'll show." Jak said as he knelt down to Crash, "S'up Crash? Haven't seen ya since you was a luxio. Evolved recently?" Crash only nodded as Jak moved onto Bandit, "Bandit! My main 'man!' Hows it hanging?" Bandit unfurled his vines and suspended Jak in mid-air with a wide smile. "Hey! No need for the visual pun here!" Jak barked. Bandit on the verge of laughing quickly put Jak down before he collapsed laughing on the floor. Jak brushed himself off as Bandit laughed hystericly and for the first time, noticed Minunet. "Why hello! Look who we have here!" Minunet realized Jak was talking to her and timidly hid behind Brian's head. "Awww... A shy one, ehh? That's a real cutie you got there Brian." When Minunet heard this, her cheeks went red and Jak could barely see it through her silver fur and snickered to himself.

The door opened and Kriss and Dax entered. "About time you two got here!" Brian said to them. "We was thinking about leaving without ya!" Kriss shot Brian a cold look, "You better not be thinking that." Kriss replied. "Ahh c'mon! Take a chill pill! I was only kidding!" Brian shot back and Kriss rolled her eyes. "So Jak! Where does this gig take us at now? Been a while since we've gotten a deal like this!" Dax quickly asked. "Okay, this band gig takes us to Jubilive, right here in Veilstone, and then Sunnyshore!" Brian shuddered when Jak mentioned Sunnyshore. "You still sore about what happened at Sunnyshore?" Kriss uncaringly asked. A tear strided down Brian's face. "What do you think?" Brian coldly answered. "Fine. Whatever." Kriss returned her attention to Jak who was still going on about more of the gig info. "Now, for the reason why, a pokémon tournament for some big-shot region trainers. This is the best deal of money I could for us besides the usual head down to the bar and play whatever shit the patrons request." Dax and Kriss nod their heads in agreement while Brian still sulked. "We still play the usual material. I swear, we'd get full amount of the cash if we had beaten other major rockers to the songs but hey, we'll come up with our own vibe at one point! And when we do, it's party time when that rolls around!" Jak got Dax and Kriss pumped and Brian stopped sulking and nodded his head. "Well, let's get a move on then!" Jak said as he grabbed several things sitting by the couch and headed out the door to the van and loaded it up. Brian got up and was brought back to full reality when Minunet nudged him. "Oh. I almost forgot you was on my shoulder that whole time." Brian said to her and gave her a loving stroke. Minunet murred as she leaned against his head. "Well Crash, Bandit, you heard the man! Let's get going!"

Meanwhile on another plane of exsistance, two figures watch through an orb as they observe Brian and Minunet. "So that is the protector of that Malenci agent's offspring. This looks too easy of a kill." One of the figures spoke. "Not even worth our time. Given time, they might just prove a challenge to us." The other figure said. "Still carry those emotions, Syn'kur? You'll be destoryed by them if you don't relinquish them." The first figure said. "It's not that. I feel that in the future, the protector of that riolu will become one of our greatest assets, Tahril." Syn'kur said. "Hmm... Maybe...Maybe both of them will be of great use to the Kratus some day but for now, they are nothing but meer children. We'll keep a watch on them. Monitor their progress and they may just prove themselves." Tahril amonished. "In the meantime, new reports of Malenci movements have came in. They killed that riolu's father just yesterday in their world. We need to find the mother and prevent her from alienating them from joining us." Syn'kur reported. "All right. Our stealth reavers will intensify in searching for this lucario. According to the records, this lucario's aura has been shaped to function like a magus, correct?" Tahril asked. "Yes, milady." Syn'kur nodded. "Equip them with stealth detection. They'll be searching for a while to find this lucario. And also give them orders to not kill the lucario but to restrain her and do not let her escape if your prediction is to be true." Tahril quickly added. "Yes milady." And with that, Syn'kur faded into the shadows of their plane.Chapter End Notes:Now, to let everyone know, I am NOT going to add what occurs during their tour because
1) I'm a lazy ass.
2) I want to move along with the story.
3) More action and drama is guranteed.
4) I'm on a roll here so don't stop me now!

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