Journeys: Red, Green and Blue//ON HOLD//

Chapter 14

A/N: Hello all you beautiful people. I realize that this is probably a suboptimal time to be posting a chapter, but I'm attempting to manage something at least resembling an upload schedule. As many Mondays as possible. I've managed to get most weeks for the past few, except for one week where I was sick with pneumonia.

So guess what I have now. A proper editor. Many thanks to Vigorous Emperor from fanfiction.net for deciding to help me with this. He's not only editing chapters, but he's also contributing ideas, so I'm giving him credit in advance for anything he suggests in the future because there's no way I'm going to remember them all. Anyway, I hope you all like this chapter.

Ever since Red had left the adoption center, Furi had been acting strange. While the small Caterpie was often snuggly, it was starting to get ridiculous. He was crawling all over Red, trying to burrow into the trainer's clothes and even Piyo's feathers one time. Not only that, but Furi was squirming and wiggling around. It made the trek rather uncomfortable, but Red had no idea what was going on. The other two weren't all that much help considering the fact that they couldn't exactly communicate effectively with Red. They might not even know what was happening. Red thought that at some point, he would need to catch a Psychic-type just to translate for the rest of the group. They went on like that for awhile, with Riza and Piyo doing all the battling. Furi stayed in Red's arms, swaddled in a blanket like some sort of squirmy, buggy baby.

After a few hours of that, Red's Pokegear went off in his pocket, buzzing a few times before going silent again. Fumbling with Furi slightly, he pulled the device out of his pocket with his free hand. Thankfully, the battery was full thanks to the stop he'd taken the night before at the adoption center. He opened up the messaging app to see that he'd been added to some kind of group chat by Kendrah.

K: Group chat!
S: Let it be known that this was my idea.
Sh: Wait, Serra, how are you even holding your Pokegear? I can see you holding Soren.
S: You'll never know my secrets.

Red quickly typed a response, sitting down and moving Furi to his lap so he could use both hands. He didn't intend to spend too long in this conversation.

R: Er... hello?
E: Eyy.
S: Yay! You do exist!
K: Wassup.
R: Pretty convenient timing here actually. Furi's been acting funny.

Red figured asking experienced trainers what was up would get him some answers. After all, Bug-types were some of the most common Pokemon, so the others were bound to have at least some idea.

S: What do you mean by strange?
R: He's been trying to burrow into my clothes.
S: Hmm...
S: I have no idea. Never trained a Bug-type before.
K: I think I know. He might be about to evolve. A lot of Pokemon act really strange right before they evolve.
Sh: Kenny is right. You need to find him a quiet, enclosed space. While a lot of Pokemon tend to act very aggressive right before evolution, there are a lot of Bug-types that actually try to find safe places.
E: What she said.
S: Do you think Finnegale is buggy enough?
Sh: No.
S: She kind of looks like a bug.
R: Thank you guys.
K: No problem.
Sh: You're welcome.

Red noticed that Serra sent a few more messages after that, but he didn't really stick around to see them. Instead, he stuck his Pokegear back into his pocket, even though it vibrated a few more times. After a moment's deliberation, he decided that setting it to silent mode would probably be the best option for now. He had the information he needed. If Furi was trying to find a safe space to evolve, then Red would set up a tent.