The Chase is On

Detective Sweets wandered into the Pecha Forest, the area that Keyami, the town menace, was most known to be spotted in. He posted a slip of paper on one of the trees. It read;

Grassveil Town Square.
Come at once if convenient. - S

Another slip of paper was posted underneath the first;

If inconvenient, come anyway.
We have Pecha Berries. - S

With that, the Furret wandered back towards Grassveil, where he would meet with his partner, Detective Hodgins and await the inevitable appearance of the offending Meowth.

Keyami fell off of his branch as he turned in his sleep. He landed on the ground with a surprised grunt. Noticing the papers on his tree, he stood and read them. "Well well, someone's bossy!~" He laughed. "Well, town square it is."

The Meowth sat in the center of the town square, looking as if he had no fear with meeting with the towns best detectives. He had a Pecha berry in his lap and was carving something into it with his claw. Although, it was pretty difficult to keep himself from eating it. He had to keep up this facade, however. The police thought he was cunning and he wasn't going to be the one to show them that he really wasn't.

The two detectives stood in the centre of the square. It was still busy and bustling with Pokemon however, so there would be plenty of witnesses if Keyami were to cause more havoc.

"You came then," commented the Combusken, "I was beginning to think you wouldn't show."

"I was simply taking a stroll before I got here. It's a lovely day." Keyami said brightly, although a bit creepily. He didn't look up from the Pecha berry in his lap. Honestly, it was really difficult to keep himself still and not wiggle with enthusiasm. It really excited him to play the bad guy.

"So, what is it that you wanted to speak about?"

Both Detectives wandered over to Keyami so that they could have a civilised conversation without having to shout across the square.
"We merely want you to stop your mischievous antics and take into consideration how other Pokemon must feel," replied Sweets.

Keyami rolled his eyes at the Pecha berry, for he still refused to look up. "Seriously? You made me come all the way down here to convince me to stop doing what it is I do? I'm sure the other Pokemon can cope."

"What I was wondering, is why you don't just nab me now?"

"Sorry," shrugged Sweets, "It's protocol to try and get you to surrender."
It really wasn't protocol at all, but Sweets could tell that Keyami wasn't a truly bad Pokemon and he had been hoping that he would just hang up his jacket and stop with all the mischief.

"We can if you want..." replied the Combusken, flexing the claws protruding from his arms.

Keyami tilted his head and grinned charmingly. "Oh but that would be too easy, don't you think?" His eyebrows were raised innocently, but his demeanor appeared anything but innocent. Appeared, being the key word. He was doing his best to keep his act up but he was having a bit of difficulty. Honestly, he deserved an Emmy for this. If Pokemon had Emmy awards.

"No, you two enjoy the thrill of the chase." And with that, he stood, finally made eye contact, and handed the Pecha berry to Sweets. He then dashed off, finally allowing himself to chuckle deviously.

Sweets couldn't help but roll his eyes as Keyami dashed off. He knew that Hodgins would be after the Meowth before anyone could say otherwise and so stayed stood on the spot for a moment, looking down at the Pecha Berry Keyami had given him.

I O U


The Combusken meanwhile, was quickly tailing Keyami. His speed and stamina was awfully good as he dashed through the square after the Meowth.

Keyami looked behind him, grin still in place. Oh boy was it fun being the bad guy. Although chasing the bad guy wouldn't be too bad either. Keyami was extremely familiar with this place, so he took many twists and turns in hopes of losing the Combusken. He ducked into alleys and hopped from store to store, ducking behind passing carts and water fountains. He grabbed paper off of one store and scrawled a note in a quick second.

Catch me if You Can.

The Combusken however, knew Grassveil just as well as Keyami did and found it rather easy to follow him. Admittedly he did end up nearly tripping over some of the stalls that Keyami had knocked over, but he knew that Sweets would be behind him, helping the owners recover what they could. Hodgins' powerful legs enabled him to run rather fast and so he was quickly catching up to the Meowth.

Sweets meanwhile was taking it slowly. Just as Hodgins had suspected, he was helping the shopkeepers to recover their merchandise from where it had become muddled with the merchandise from other stalls. He sighed and glanced up the street where he could vaguely see his fellow detective chasing Keyami.

Keyami glanced back over his shoulder and saw Hodgins coming up quick. He began to pick up the pace, not really fancying a night in jail. "Gonna have to do better than that, GOCP.~" He said under his breath.

The Combusken blew a short burst of fire out of his mouth before he also picked up the pace. He didn't want Keyami to get away this time.

Sweets meanwhile, had finished helping people and had taken a shortcut. He soon arrived, blocking Keyami's path, with Hodgins closing in behind him.

"Ooh, getting sneaky are we?" Keyami flashed another innocent smile, tail wiggling a bit with the thrill of the chase. "Come on then, let's make it more interesting, ILSW."