Articuno chuckled a little bit. " I'm glad you have someone to love you. Is she here in this town with you?" He asked.

"She is. She's actually trying to get help for me as we speak," Salem spoke fondly of. He chuckled lightly. "You know, we haven't really introduced ourselves. My name is Salem Bolt."

" Nice to meet you Salem. I'm called Articuno. I'm an ice type Bishie. " He said.

Salem smiled, "Well then, it's nice to meet you Articuno," Salem responded, curious as to what to do next.

" Just follow me. There is a hole close by where I can lift you up. Is your girlfriend a trainer like you are?" Articuno asked as he landed on the ground.

"Alright, and she is a trainer like me. It was actually her punishment, to capture one Bishie by the end of two weeks," Salem explained as he followed Articuno.

" Sounds like both those punishments were based on something you wanted to do, but were afraid to do. I'm glad that you both have each other. Is she nice?" Articuno asked.

"That's one way of putting it, yeah. Then again I think it was because Morpheus knew that we resented what we had done for the Scientists and helped Alex and the others defeat them," he explained as he saw the snow that he displaced earlier. "Are we going back the same way I came," he asked?

" We are." Articuno siad and flew up." Grab a hold of my feet. I can carry you out of this hole." He added.

"Gotcha," Salem said as he did exactly what Articuno said with a small smile on his face.

Eve had come back with a rope and the help of one of the park rangers. She had explained what had happened and the ranger followed her to where she saw Salem last.

" Here we go!" Articuno said at flew up the hole. He gently set Salem on the ground and was glad that his new friend was back on the surface.

"Salem!" Eve shouted as she saw her boyfriend, glad that he was alright and made her way towards him. However, she was wary of the big bird that was behind him and hoped that whoever or whatever it was wasn't an enemy. The park ranger, seeing that he was no longer needed, headed back to the desk that he manned.

" I'm alright. Articuno saved me from the cave. " Salem said. " I'm also his trainer. " He added. .

"You are?" Eve asked, surprised. She was glad that he had finally gotten a bishie.

(even though he still needs to "catch" Articuno though)

" That's what he says. But I still needed to catch him with a Bishie ball. You don't object to that Articuno?" He asked.

"Not at all Salem," Articuno said.

" I promise to let you out soon afterward. " Salem said and tossed the ball toward Articuno. He retrieved the ball once it had locked and pressed the button to open it.

Articuno reappeared quite quickly, shaking his feathers out as he did so. "Well...that was something different," he said. "Now then my dear, can I assume that you're Eve, Salem's girlfriend?" he asked.

Eve couldn't understand what Articuno was saying and gave a puzzled look to her boyfriend. " What did he say?" She asked.

"You can't understand him?" Salem asked confused. "He's talking just like Kirito and the others are," he said before answering Eve's question.

" I can't. " Eve said to Salem. " I am Eve and Salem's girl friend. " Eve replied to Articuno. She had a feeling this was going to be interesting and wondered if the translator on her Bishiedex would fix this problem.

"A pleasure to meet you as well Eve," Articuno responded, though he was curious about the black swordsman as well.

"I wonder why you couldn't understand him Eve," Salem said, scratching the side of his head as he tried thinking of a reason as to why he could easily understand Articuno while she couldn't.

" I wonder too. But my translator app helps .Articuno this is Kirito. I'm his trainer. " Eve said introducing the two. She hoped Kirito could understand Articuno better than she could.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Kirito," Articuno said.

"Likewise Articuno," Kirito said as he chuckled lightly. "You would be one of the people to find a rare bishie like this Salem. Only you," he said as he shook his head lightly.

Salem agreed. He had a feeling that this had happened for a good reason and vowed to be a good trainer to Articuno. " We better head back to the inn. It's getting dark. " He said looking at the sky.