"You'd need SPF 50 to get anywhere near them," Andy added, snickering. "And can you imagine the ditz trainers around them? It would be like a train wreck."

"They'd all be screaming and flocking and they'd just run into each other." Belle snickered. "Oh god that would be hilarious."

"It would be just like a car crash," Andy said. "Horrific, but you just can't look away." She grinned. "We'll have to keep an eye out next time we're in town in that general area. Five bucks says we'll see the epic sparkles less than a day after we get there."

Belle snickered. "I'm not betting against that." Because the chances were just too high since that series had gotten far too much attention. She still didn't know how that had happened.

"They'd be kind of like shiny Magikarps," Andy said. "More common than anything else." Which was frightening in and of itself, really.

"Yup." Belle paused. "If we see one... I'm not catching it."

"We'll just leave it be," Andy agreed. She didn't want an uber-sparkle vampire, either. It was just too many levels of 'wrong.'

Belle shook her head and yawned briefly before settling down. "So, where do we want to head to next?"

"I don't know," Andy replied. "I wouldn't mind wandering around a bit, but town doesn't sound bad either." She couldn't help but glance around a bit. Something still didn't feel quite right, although she was still tempted to put it down as paranoia.

Belle nodded. "Alright. Well, we'll wander towards town so we can stock up on supplies again, and then we can head off towards somewhere. Sound good?"

Andy nodded.

"Sounds like a plan to me," she replied. Stretching a bit, she settled in.

Belle nodded and settled in for the night, settling in to play more Assassin's Creed. Because she could.

Out in the woods, a few people sat and watched, their eyes fixed on the shiny bishis in the group. They glanced at each other, clearly debating the best way to get to the shinies without incurring the wrath of the whole group.

Finally, one of them hit upon an idea, her hand going to her belt. There were a couple of actual pokeballs there next to the black-and-silver bishiballs, and she pulled one of them off. A green Butterfree appeared in a shower of sparkles, and she quietly directed it to unleash a Sleep Powder upon the group. It would be easiest to take the shinies if everyone was asleep.

The man watched with ill-concealed glee as the Butterfree worked its magic. Belle was one of the first to notie the pokemon.

"Hey, are those supposed to wander wild over here?" She blinked as she watched it fluttering around them all.

Andy blinked when she saw the Butterfree.

"No," she replied slowly. "We're still in the book cluster. It's about as far from the anime cluster as it gets." She paused. "...And it's green."

"Shiny?" Belle blinked. And then blinked again, and yawned. "Oh, hell..." She knew what was happening but she didn't think she could do anything to avoid it. She yawned again and slowly topped sideways into Teaser, who was already fast asleep on the ground.

Andy blinked as well, and then again as wave after wave of drowsiness hit her. They eventually pulled her under, and she slumped over against Kaelas. The cat was already asleep, as well.

The man waited until they were all asleep before he creapt in, going over to Belle and letting his companion deal with Andy. He was quick to find the correct balls for the shinies, transfering them onto his belt before he retreated.

The girl recalled her Butterfree and tiptoed into the camp. It took her a moment or two to find the right ball for the shiny before she remembered that the shiny came with a regular one. It was one of those funky two-fer bishies that sometimes appeared. When she found it, she took the ball and clipped it to her belt, then hurried out of the camp again.

Belle didn't wake up for another couple hours, and when she did she sat up slowly, groaning.

"Oh god that is not pleasant," she grumbled. "Everyone okay?"

Andy sat up, coughing a bit and rubbing her eyes.

"I will never, ever use Sleep Powder in the games again," she grumbled. She looked around at her group to take a head count. She paused and counted again, one hand going to her belt to count the 'occupied' balls there. "Where's Harry?"

"I don't have Mouse, either," Belle said, quickly double-checking all the balls left on her belt. "What the hell just happened?!" Now she was starting to get a little panicky and freaked out.

Andy double-checked her own belt again. No matter how many times she checked, she was still missing Harry, and by extension, Bob. Then she dove into her bag, just to make sure, even though she knew the missing ball wouldn't be there.

"Where did it go?" she asked frantically.

"I don't know. I can't find mine!" Belle growled in frustration, looking through her things again. The bishis were taking longer to come around, so most of them were just starting to stir.

Andy glanced around at her group, although she was pretty close to hyperventilating. One of her group was missing, and she had no idea where he was. She ran over to Sesshoumaru.

"Sess! Sess, are you okay?" she asked. Sesshoumaru shook his head to clear it a bit, and then looked at her.

"Do not worry about me," he said. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Andy replied. "But Harry and Bob are missing, they're gone!"

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed as he stood up. He was sure he would be able to track down his trainer's new bishounen. Because of their bond to her, they all carried a little of her scent, and he would always be able to recognize it.