The homeless pokémon smiled as she thanked me in response while squeezing my paws a tiny bit before I stood back up.

Yachio looked over at me and rested his paw on my right shoulder as he smiled a little.

I looked back at Yachio and rested my paw on top of his.

The wind continued to howl a little as we stood there in silence for a bit until we suddenly noticed someone walking to us.

I squinted my eyes a little in order to get a better view of whoever was heading in our way.

Still not able to see who was walking to us, I decided to shut my eyes and see if I can identify what species the pokémon heading to us was, and to see if the pokémon heading our way was a friend or a foe.

I couldn't sense any aura from the pokémon.

I was a little surprised but, at the same time, I really wasn't.

But, I noticed something weird about this pokémon...

I hear whispering voices in the wind from the direction where the pokémon is coming from.

"Yachio? Did you hear that?" I asked as I looked over at him.

Yachio nodded.

"Yeah...I hear it too. It sounds like...whispering voices." Yachio murmured silently to me.

"That's exactly what I'm hearing...Whispering voices." I replied before focusing my gaze back on the pokémon that was heading in our direction.

I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine.

I'm already confused and don't even understand what's going on.

This pokémon doesn't seem to be making any hostile movement or any signs that the pokémon's a serious threat to us.

This just doesn't make any sense at all.

As the pokémon was in close range to the point where we can actually see them, I realized that this pokémon's a male and is a Zoroark.

Then the Zoroark stopped walking before he approached me and Yachio.

"A Shiny Lucario and a normal Lucario with gold eyes...You must be Lukari and Yachio...Am I right?" The Zoroark said as he looked over at me and Yachio before fixing his gaze back on me.

I instantly recognized his voice right away after he spoke.

The scent of his gives it away that he's from Serene Village and he was just heading back from Lively.

Zaia told me about him and I only met him when I was 19.

We've only met and just became friends before he suddenly disappeared one day and didn't come back at all.

After that, I never saw him again until just now.

"Kadon..." I began.

Kadon, then, smiled at me as he chuckled a bit.

"So. You still remember me and my name...It's been a while since we last saw each other." Kadon says as he looked at my eyes.

I was completely silent right after he said that.

It was so quiet that everyone could only hear the wind.

I realized that the whispering voices were gone right after Kadon came into view, when he was walking to us before approaching me and Yachio.

"Lukari..." Yachio began as he rested a paw on my shoulder.

I looked at the ground, still remaining quiet as Yachio gave me a concerned and worried look.

"...Is everything alright, Lukari?" Yachio asked me as he still continued to giving me his concerned look.

I had no words to say.

After all those four years....

Kadon suddenly wants to see me again?!

I felt rage building up inside me a little before I couldn't handle it anymore.

I ran over and then punched Kadon on the face real hard.

After punching Kadon on the face, he suddenly went flying and crashed into the ground.

Everyone gave me a shocked look after I did that.