Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. D:

Hello! This is my first fanfic in months, so forgive me if it's a bit bad. :3; I really liked the idea though, so I hope it will turn out alright.

I will warn you now, this fic may contain hints of shoujo-ai (girlxgirl) as it goes on, so if you can't handle that stuff, turn back now. There won't be any sex or anything like that, and it won't be too heavy, but just a warning. I know not everyone likes that kind of thing, and I don't want to be flamed for it. So I'd appreciate it if you don't flame me, because you can't say I didn't warn you.

Anyway..I don't know what else to say, so..let's start the fic!

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Chapter One: A Gift From the Sea

A loud crash is heard, and an alarm system goes off. A man appearing to be in his mid-twenties stood in the middle of the giant laboratory. The man has messy brown hair, glasses, and was dressed in a white lab coat.

The man abruptly turned around and began looking around the dimly lighted lab at the sound of the alarm. "Damnit.." he said under his breath. "They've found me." The man looked to a giant tube. It was filled with some sort of liquid, and there was a body inside. "They won't take you, my dear..I won't let them."

With that, the man pressed a blue button, and the tube with the body was lifted into a large vent. The man pressed another button, turning a few things off. He then grabbed a piece of paper, and ran forward, through a door, and down a hallway. Going through another door, the man ran up a small flight of stairs. He came to a room overlooking the sea. Waiting for him in the room was a large tube, though not the one from before. This one was dark, with no liquid inside, though the body had been transferred into it. The man smiled down at the tube. He then took a small white remote from his coat pocket.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I must do this to you...but this way, you'll be safe. My work will live on. I promise you, you'll find something special. You'll be every bit as magnificent as I intended. And one day...one day, I'll join you. But for now..it is goodbye, my darling."

With those last words, the man pressed a button on the remote. The window outlooking the sea opened, and the tube was thrust out of it. Down into the sea, until it could no longer be seen. After that, the man took the paper, ripped it in two, and let it also float down into the water.

Another loud crash was heard below. He knew it was his time, he couldn't escape them any longer. He walked down to where he came. And sure enough, he was greeted by men dressed in blue and black clothes. Three vicious looking Houndours accompanied them, and growled at the man; ready to strike at any moment. However, the man did not seem phased by this. He looked blankly forward, saying and doing nothing.

"What's this? No fight, old man? Why aren't you whipping out one of your fancy toys?" A tall, male member of the intruders taunted. The man said nothing in reply.

"Haha, looks like he's realized he can't escape us!" Another member laughed.

"Just take him down." The only female of the small group said, icily.

The tall man who had spoken first nodded. "Resist us, and these Houndours are going to make a lovely meal out of you," he said, taking out a pair of black handcuffs and walking towards the man. "I mean it Takeda, struggle, and you're dead." he added, cuffing the man with ease.

The man, Takeda, said and did nothing. He knew it would be useless to, and that he must accept his fate. He had accepted this just days before, when his life's work had finished. They could take him, torture him, whatever they pleased- but he wasn't what they really wanted. They would never get that, Takeda did his best to insure that moments before. And so, he did not struggle to get away from the thugs. He could hear more of them thrashing around his lab, but it did not matter. They wouldn't find what they wanted.

The intruders roughly dragged him along after securing him in the handcuffs. After they finished getting what they needed out of the man's lab, they would burn it and leave. Their goal seemed complete..


The sun shined down brightly, making the ocean and sand below glitter in it's light. It was early afternoon, and a beautiful day. A good day to be fishing, Hisa thought.

Sitting on a dock connected to the beach outside Petalburg City was a teenage girl. She looked to be about 15 years old, and had dark, navy colored hair that reached to about her mid-back. There was a pink clip in the back of it, and some of her hair flowed over her shoulders. She had light green eyes, wore a pink hooded t-shirt, and a blue skirt.

The girl sat there on the dock holding a slightly old-looking fishing pole, a confident look on her face. She was Hisa Miyazawa, beginner Pokemon trainer. Hisa had just started out on her journey a few days before. After years of waiting to set out on her own and make something of herself, the time had finally come. She couldn't have been more excited. However, in her excitement and eagerness, Hisa had seemed to forget money goes fast. She had bought so much at the Marts and stores in the few towns she'd been to, and quickly found herself with very little cash. Little cash, and little food.

And so, this was the reason she was fishing. Attempting to catch some lunch, though her plan didn't seem to be going too well at the moment.

"Patience, have patience!" she thought to herself. She knew she had to keep in it or she'd never get anywhere. Keeping at it was a big part of being a trainer, too, she thought. If she didn't have the patience to catch a fish, how could she be successful as a trainer? That in mind, Hisa continued trying to catch a bite, still confident. A wave of unusual confidence, as Hisa wasn't always sure of herself, but it was welcomed by her.

Hisa's starter Pokemon, an Eevee, sat faithfully by its trainer's side. Her mother had given Hisa the Eevee the day before she was to set off, and told her she believed it suited her and they would do well together. Hisa and Eevee formed a quick bond, and Hisa was very pleased with her starter. Eevee was a pretty laid-back Pokemon, loyal and friendly. It liked Hisa, and found her confidence gave it energy and inspiration to do well. However, from their first few days together, Eevee could tell Hisa would probably do better with another person tagging along. The girl had already spent up all their money, and wasn't exactly the wisest of humans. But Eevee liked her and found her fun anyway.

An hour or so later, Hisa and Eevee still sat at the dock, fishing pole still in the water. Eevee lay next to Hisa, hot and half-asleep. It didn't seem its trainer would catch a thing. Hisa looked tired too, and disappointed. She blinked a few times, trying to stay awake. She'd been fishing for over an hour, and hadn't caught a single thing! She was getting angry, but was trying hard to keep her cool.

Hisa's stomach gowled, and she sighed. "Ugh! Come on, stupid fish! BITE! I know you're in there! Bite the stupid pole already! We're starving!" she yelled into the water, standing up. Eevee mentally shook it's head at it's trainer.

As Hisa was about to yell again, she felt something yank the pole. She blinked in surprise, and then a smile appeared on her face."Yes, finally!" she exclaimed triumphantly. She yanked the fishing pole forward, attempting to reel the fish in. It didn't do much though, this fish seemed very heavy. "Huh..? Hey, come on!" Hisa said, trying to reel it in again. "Ooh, Eevee, it must be a really big one! Looks like all that waiting paid off!"

Eevee got up and looked down at the water as Hisa struggled, still trying to reel in her catch. It wasn't budging much, and this angered her. How big could this fish be? She could do it, though! She knew she could. She had waited for this for an hour and her big fish was not getting away!

Hisa pulled and reeled, taking a few steps back. It was so heavy, she could barely believe it. She continued pulling and reeling with all her might. Then, she felt herself begin to weaken, and the fish sank back in a bit. "NO!" she yelled angrily. Taking a step back on the dock, Hisa took a deep breath, and pulled back as hard as she possibly could and harder, causing her to fall back and hit the ground. She had dropped the fishing pole beside her when she fell, but as she looked up, she could see something large and dark up in the sky, attached to the lure. Her eyes widened and she scooted back, Eevee quickly getting behind her.

The large "fish" fell and crashed into ground in front of Hisa, it broke into pieces and something about the size of Hisa shot out at her. Hisa screamed, but was quickly muffled as the thing made contact with her, knocking her backwards.

Hisa opened her eyes and squealed, something very big, very cold, and very weird was on top of her. She quickly pushed it away and sat up. Breathing hard with fear, she looked at the sight in front of her. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. What she had caught was no fish, that was for sure. The big dark thing had broken into pieces, that and a few wires were all that was left of it. Laying in front of Hisa was what seemed at first glance to be the body of a girl. A teenage girl, around Hisa's age. But there was something not right about her. Sticking out of the side of her hair was an orange, spikey..thing. Thing was the only way Hisa could describe it. Yet, she felt like she had seen it before.

Hisa could not bring herself to move or say a thing. Neither could Eevee. The two just stared on at the site in front of them. Moments later, the body twitched. The orange things on each side of it's head moved up and down once. And then, it rose to its knees. Blinking a few times, and the orange things moving a few times, the body looked up, and straight into Hisa's eyes. Hisa was still motionless, feeling frozen to where she sat. She looked at the thing sitting in front of her. It was indeed the body of a girl. A girl..it looked exactly like a normal human girl, except for the orange things.

Hisa studied the girl. She was naked, and Hisa could feel her cheeks redden as she looked on, but she couldn't look away. The girl had brown hair, going just a bit below her shoulders, and some going over them, over the orange things. She was a bit pale, though not ghostly so. Her body seemed so normal, she had nice round breasts, arms, legs- everything normal for a human girl. Other than the orange things sticking out of her head, Hisa could see there was something different about her eyes. They were a pretty light blue color, though sort of blank, and a bit..misty.

The girl blinked, the orange things moving once more. She tilted her head to the side, still staring at Hisa. "Kip..?" she spoke. Her voice was soft, a bit sweet and..cute, Hisa thought.

Hisa blinked as the girl spoke. She seemed harmless. There was definitely something weird and inhuman about her, but she seemed very innocent. "U-um.." Hisa choked out, still in shock. What kind of thing do you say to something like this? Especially when it didn't seem to speak anything she knew. "Hello..there..?"

The girl's orange things moved, and seemed to perk up at the sound of Hisa's voice. A small smile appeared on her face. "Kip!"

"U-uh..um.. I'm Hisa..and this is Eevee. What's your name..?" Hisa said nervously. Eevee stayed alert, still studying the girl.

"Kip!" replied the girl.

"Is..that all you can say?"

"Kip!"

"..I'll take that as a yes," Hisa said, slowly and cautiously getting up.

The girl looked up at her. "Kip?" She too, slowly rose to her feet.

Hisa blushed at the sight of the strange naked girl in front of her. "..You don't have any clothes?" Hisa said, looking away, though she didn't know why she bothered. 'Kip' seemed to be the only thing this girl was capable of saying.

"Kip!" The girl's smile widened, and she took a step closer to Hisa.

"Wh-what are you doing?" Hisa asked, nervously.

"Kiip!" the girl chirped, tackling Hisa to the ground, clinging to her.

Hisa yelped as she fell to the ground with the girl on top of her. Eevee looked on nervously, not sure what to do. Hisa's face reddened as the girl hugged her. The feeling of the girl's breasts and naked body pressed against her made Hisa extremely uncomfortable, and she flailed, trying to throw the girl off. But she hung on tight. After a bit of struggling, Hisa managed to pry the girl off, and she stared at her, wondering why.

"Kip?"

"D-don't do that!" Hisa scolded. She hoped no one had seen that. No one appeared to be anywhere around, and Hisa couldn't decide if that was really good or bad.

The girl stared at Hisa. She noticed how red her face had become, and she extended her hand to Hisa's cheek, gently touching it. It was very warm, and it poked the girl's curiosity. She softly moved her fingers across it, causing Hisa to blush even more.

"S-s-stop that!" Hisa shouted, knocking the girl's hand away. The girl's hand, like her entire body, was cold. Yet she had a very soft, almost soothing touch. But Hisa couldn't think about that now. She had to get away from this..weird thing. She got back up, and looked down at the girl. "I have no idea what in the world you are, and I don't think I want to find out. I'm leaving! Come on, Eevee!" she said, grabbing her messenger bag as Eevee nodded, ready to follow.

The girl blinked and the orange things moved as she tilted her head again. "Kip?" she said, as Hisa and Eevee turned and began walking away. The girl sat there for a second, but then got up and followed.

Hisa heard her footsteps and stopped. She looked behind her and sure enough, there was the girl. She sighed, "I told you, I'm leaving! Please don't follow me!"

"Kip..?"

Hisa sighed again. She decided she was going to make a run for it. But, she suddenly thought it would be weird to leave the girl there naked. Though, she felt really uncomfortable giving her any of her clothes. So, Hisa looked in her bag, and pulled out a white towel. She went over to the girl and wrapped her tightly in it. "There. Now, when someone else finds you at least you'll be somewhat clothed," Hisa said, and then looked to Eevee. "Let's go!"

"Vee!" Eevee replied, and the two then dashed forward, as the girl looked on, confused.

As the two ran, coming closer and closer to the Petalburg Forest, Hisa sighed with relief. "I started this journey for Pokemon, not weird naked girls from the ocean!"

"Vee!"

As the two ran through the beginning of the forest, Hisa began to slow down. Just before she slowed down to a walking pace, she could hear something behind her. She looked back, and to her surprise, there was the girl, running for them at full speed! Hisa screamed and started running again. "Speed up, speed up!" she called to Eevee, who sped up with her.

The race didn't last long, however. The girl cheerfully sprung forward, hitting Hisa in the back and wrapping her arms around her. Hisa screamed again and fell forward into some bushes. Eevee squeaked in surprise, and jumped into the bushes to see if it's trainer was alright.

The girl let go of Hisa and sat up, smiling down at her. "Kip!"

Hisa groaned and sat up, brushing off some leaves and holding her head. "What the hell did you do that for!" she yelled at the girl. She noticed the innocent smile on her face. It didn't seem the girl intended to hurt Hisa, in fact the girl didn't seem to know what was going on at all. Was she just following Hisa? Did she think this was all a game? Hisa sighed at the realization. She looked into the girl's misty blue eyes. Whatever she was, Hisa suddenly felt she didn't have to be scared. She opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off by a loud roar.

The three looked to the direction of the roar. Out of some bigger bushes, an Ursaring came storming at them. The large bear Pokemon growled down at them. It looked angry and hungry, and Hisa jumped back in fright.

"O-oh god..!" she looked down at Eevee, who looked just as scared as she was. They were both beginners, there was no way they could take that thing! Hisa cursed herself for not catching any Pokemon yet. Though, she knew even if she had, they wouldn't be any help against something like this. The girl, however, seemed unphased by all this. She merely looked up at the Ursaring curiously. Hisa had no idea how she could be so calm at a time like this.

The Ursaring lifted one mighty paw, and slashed down at the three. Hisa quickly grabbed the girl, and she and Eevee jumped back, barely escaping the claws of the Ursaring. Hisa was shaking with fear as she rose herself and the girl to their feet. It was probably useless to run, but Hisa would rather do that than stand there and be killed. "C-come on!" she yelled, taking the girl by the hand, running as fast as she could with the two.

Ursaring roared again, and bounded after the group. Hisa could feel it gaining on them fast. Was this really the end? Was her journey meant to end so soon? It just didn't seem fair! Maybe she still wasn't cut out to be a trainer. Her mother had told her so many times before when she begged, and maybe she was wrong about now. Maybe Hisa wasn't cut out for this kind of thing at all. Her sister might've been, but not her. No, she was going to get killed within days of going out on her own. It didn't seem right or fair, she had wanted this so badly, and now..

Suddenly, the girl yanked her hand away from Hisa. Hisa and Eevee stopped and looked back at her. "What are you doing!" Hisa shrieked. That girl really was crazy! She was facing the Ursaring like she could actually do something. And she was just staring at it as it towered over her, showing no sort of emotion.

The Ursaring slashed down at the girl, but before it's claws could sink into her flesh, the orange things on her head moved, and she quickly jumped out of the way. She ran behind the Ursaring, and stared it down again. This angered it, and it roared, turning to face her. Hisa looked on, not sure what to do. It was an opportunity to get away, but she wouldn't feel right doing that.

The Ursaring slashed at the girl again, and she dodged, jumping high into the air and kicking it in the face, then landing in front of Hisa. The Ursaring was infuriated now, and it roared mightily, charging her, only to have her dodge again. This continued a few more times, and Hisa found herself only able to stare. The girl landed in front of her once more. The Ursaring was beginning to get tired of chasing her back and forth, and was more than ready to end this. It roared, bringing it's large paw down at the girl once more. However, before it could make contact with her, the girl opened her mouth widely, and shot out a rather large blast of water.

The bear was thrown back. It got up and looked at her, confused. It shook off the water and stood tall again, growling. Hisa stared on in shock. "W-was that a...a Water Gun..?"

The girl looked back at her with a smile. "Kip!"

Suddenly, Hisa knew why those orange things seemed familiar. Mudkip. Mudkip had the exact same things on it's head! But, this was all getting weirder and weirder, how in the world could this girl be a Mudkip? Before Hisa could put her thoughts together, the Ursaring was charging the girl again. Hisa had an idea, and could only hope it would work.

"Use Water Gun!" she commanded. Sure enough, the girl opened her mouth again, and out shot the water blast. It hit Ursaring again and it was thrown back. "..Wow...that's powerful.." Hisa said to herself.

The girl stood, ready for more. Ursaring got up, roared and charged again.

"Hmm...maybe.. Hey! Can you use Bubble?" she called to the girl. The girl then held out her hand and shot out some bubbles, which hit Ursaring and threw him back again. The giant Pokemon was getting weak. "..Water Gun it again!"

Opening her mouth, the girl shot out yet another blast of water at Ursaring, this one a bit more powerful than the others, causing him to fly back more and this time, hit some trees. The Ursaring slowly got up, again shaking off the water. It looked forward at the girl, Hisa, and Eevee. The Ursaring didn't want to be hit with another Water Gun, and decided to end the battle. It growled, but turned away, running off into the woods.

Hisa stared in disbelief. That girl just took on an Ursaring. With Pokemon attacks. And won. Just what in the world had Hisa found..?

The girl turned around to face Hisa. A smile on her face still, the girl looked to her as if she wanted her to say something. Hisa smiled at her, and pat her on the head. "You did a really great job. You saved us!"

The words of praise made the girl's smile widen. "Kip!" She hugged Hisa again, and as she did so, her towel flew off. Hisa shrieked and blushed again, prying the now naked girl off. "Kip?"

Hisa sighed, picking up the towel and re-wrapping her in it. The girl smiled at her again. Hisa looked at her, unsure of what to do now. They were in the middle of the Petalburg Forest, so she might as well head on to Rustboro City. The only problem was the girl. Hisa had no idea what to do with her. She was some kind of..Pokemon-human thing. She didn't think it was best to leave her alone, but she wasn't all that sure about bringing her along either. ..Though, she knew the girl would probably keep following her. So, she decided to go to Rustboro, and look for information about the girl there.

"Let's go to Rustboro City, okay?" she said, taking the girl's hand.

The girl blinked, looking up at Hisa. "Kip!" she replied cheerfully.

Hisa, the girl, and Eevee then walked on through the forest. Hopefully, they could make it to Rustboro by the next day.


After hours of walking and wandering around Petalburg forest, the group of Hisa, the strange girl, and Eevee finally found their way out. By then the sky had darkened. It was evening, and Hisa knew the sun would go down quickly. She was tired and worn out, and so was Eevee. The girl showed no signs of fatigue though, and Hisa wondered if she was really alright. She seemed perfectly content being able to follow Hisa around.

"Alright guys..let's go a little further. Then, we can find a spot to rest." Hisa said, walking onward with the two.

As they walked along the docks outside Rustboro, Hisa's stomach growled. She then realized, they hadn't eaten that day. She had gotten so caught up with everything, her appetite disappeared and food had become the farthest thing from her mind. Now that it had returned, she didn't know how much longer she could last without food before collapsing. She was worried about Eevee, too, as she heard its stomach also growl.

Hisa sighed, looking at the water around them. Not only had she left her fishing pole back where she found the girl, she knew she couldn't fish. At all. "Ugh..so hungry.." she said, wishing a big fish would fly out at her.

"Kip?" the Mudkip-girl said, looking at the worn out faces of Hisa and Eevee. She looked down at the water and could then tell what was wrong. The orange things on her head perked up and moved, and she took off the towel. "Kip!"

"Huh-Hey, what are you doing!" Hisa exclaimed as the girl discarded the towel, and jumped into the water. She and Eevee stared down, waiting for her. When she didn't come back up for a while, Hisa began to think that she drowned. Just as Hisa was contemplating diving in after her, up she came! To Hisa and Eevee's surprise, she had a big fish in her mouth, and a few others in her arms. Hisa and Eevee looked at each other, and then Hisa laughed.

The group enjoyed what the girl caught for them. Hisa had made them a camping spot just outside the docks, making a fire and roasting the fish on it. She and Eevee happily stuffed themselves, though the girl seemed a bit confused at the fish. Hisa told her she could eat it, and she eventually did so. She liked it, and ate a good amount as well.

By the time they were finished and resting their legs and stomachs, nightfall had come. The fire burned brightly, giving them light along with the stars. All was quiet and peaceful, and that Hisa was thankful for, after having such a day.

Eevee lay curled in a ball in Hisa's lap; she stroked its fur and smiled down at her Pokemon. She then looked over at the girl. The girl was looking directly up at the night sky, completely fixated on it. Hisa blinked, and wondered what was going through the girl's mind.

"You like the stars?" she said, breaking the silence.

The girl looked over at her and blinked. "Kip."

Hisa didn't really know what that meant, but she continued on anyway. "They're really pretty, aren't they?" The girl nodded, smiling at Hisa. So, maybe she could understand what Hisa was saying.

The girl crawled over to Hisa. She smiled up at her sweetly, and Hisa got a bit nervous. "What is it..?" she asked. The girl said nothing, just continued smiling at her. Hisa blinked. "..You know. If you're going to be coming along with me..for however long that may be, you need a name. Something I can call you.. That makes sense, don't you think?"

"Kip!" The girl nodded in reply.

Hisa stared at her for a moment. "How about... I know! How about I call you Taki?" she asked with a smile.

"Kip!" the Midkip-girl chirped happily, smiling as wide as ever.

"Okay, so..Taki it is."

"Kip." Taki said, scooting a bit closer to Hisa. She rested her head on her shoulder, her gaze focused on the sky once more.

Hisa was going to object, but decided against it. She too, looked up to the sky. The stars were especially bright and pretty that night, it seemed. She then began to think about Taki and the day. Getting lost in her thoughts, Hisa snapped out of them a few minutes later. She remembered the journey. She had hoped to get to Rustboro that night, they weren't too far from it. She looked down at Taki, who was still resting against her. But, she had fallen sound asleep. Hisa stared at her. She looked so..human. So cute, so innocent. Almost like a child. But there was something..something so inhuman about her. Hisa didn't understand it, and she didn't feel like thinking about it anymore that night.

They had had a long day.. and Taki looked so peaceful. Eevee was also asleep. Hisa decided they could stay there for the night, they could get a move on things in the morning. She took the bucket of water she had next to her and put out the fire. She'd join the other two in sleeping, then. She took a sheet, blanket, and pillow out of her bag, and made a little bed. She then placed Eevee on her stomach as she laid back, and let Taki lay against her still.

Hisa closed her eyes, and wondered what tomorrow would bring. Everything had gotten so insane in just one day, and she couldn't help but wonder if the next would be better, or worse..