This is my first fanfic, one I've been thinking about for a while.

Not sure how it's going to turn out. Well, have fun reading.

Disclaimer : I do not own Pokémon in any way.

The sun's rays were intense. It felt like an endless Heat Wave, scorching the skin of those who got hit. Azel blocked out the sun with his left hand, allowing him to see better. The Eevee on his shoulder didn't look well either. Both were breathing uncontrollably as they walked up the road.

The gray haired boy remembered something and shot up in excitement, nearly throwing the little pokémon off balance.

"Hey, it's Tuesday today!" the boy exclaimed. "Want to go get some ice cream, Mira?"

"Eevee! Eevee!" the little one answered happily.

They rushed to the Casteliacone stand only to find a ridiculous queue lined up in front of it. The two sighed in disappointment.

"That look of distraught in your eyes... Is it because of the heat? Or because of the queue?" A girl's voice came from beside him. Azel turned and his eyes met those of a young woman, probably slightly older than him with long blue hair. She turned her head and fixed her elegant silk hat.

"My name is Cordelia Andrews. As for why I introduced myself, I have no idea. I must be bored" she spoke in a gentle yet sophisticated tone.

A Buizel was beside her, trying to look cool like it's trainer. "Ah, right. This is Richie"

"Um... My name is Azel Winds. This is my partner, Mira" Azel introduced himself, not sure what to do next.

The girl nodded. " I see. Let's talk somewhere else, shall we?"

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The two went to a park in the middle of the city. Azel found some vending machines and bought drinks.

The two sat on a bench while Mira and Richie played with the Pidoves around. The boy popped open his Soda Pop and started to drink it. Cordelia clutched her can of Lemonade. She looked to be deep in thought.

"Have you seen anyone suspicious holding a suitcase?" she asked abruptly.

"Huh?" Azel stopped drinking. "Is something the matter?"

"Well..."

At that moment, a person in a coat rushed past them, a case in his right hand. He didn't seem to be paying attention to his direction, as he almost tackled Mira and Richie.

"That's the person!" Cordelia exclaimed. "Richie!" she called for her Buizel. The pokémon jumped and quickly got into position, but before Cordelia could shout a command, a blur passed by at high-speed.

"Hanzo, Ice Shard!" came an order from behind.

The blur, revealing itself to be a Sneasel, created shards of ice and launched them at the person. The shards were amazingly fast and pierced his coat, causing him to flinch. He stumbled and dropped the case, but ran into a street and disappeared out of sight.

Azel and Cordelia looked at the black colored pokémon as a girl caught up to it. She was panting, her glossy black hair tied to a ponytail. Her outfit was a black tank and smooth training trousers. She looked to be about Azel's age.

"He got away..." the girl sighed and fell to her knees.

Azel quickly went to the girl and offered her his hand, which she gladly accepted. Cordelia, on the other hand, had directed her attention to the suitcase on the ground. Clutching it in her hands, she returned to the two. The girl went to her Sneasel.

"Nice going, Hanzo. Too bad we didn't get him" she petted the pokémon.

"Sneasel snea!" it replied.

Azel wanted to ask who she was.

"If I may ask, who are you?" Cordelia asked before he did.

"Huh? Oh, my name is..." she started, but abruptly stopped as she stared directly into Azel's eyes. She looked mesmerized as her light blue orbs glimmered in the intense sunlight. After a brief moment, she blushed, but quickly turned her head.

"M-my name is Luna. L-Luna Myst"

Her personality completely changed, Azel thought. Cordelia didn't seem to care.

"Why were you chasing that man?" Cordelia seemed interested in the shady man's actions.

"Umm, huh? Oh..."

Luna explained about a scene that happened near the Casteliacone stand. Apparently, she had lined up about fifteen minutes ago. She had reached the middle of the line when that particular shady man had tackled her in an attempt to run away somewhere. This had caused her to fall down, separating her from the line. Of course, she couldn't step back as the line was quickly filled. So, she was angry and had pursued the man who tackled her.

"Apparently, you're quite the aggressive girl, aren't you?" Cordelia laughed. Luna blushed some more.

Aggressive? Yeah right, Azel thought. But there's this nagging feeling in the back of my head... Do I know her from somewhere?

Mira nudged Azel's head, disturbing his thinking. It whined, signalling it was probably hungry. Azel nodded. He was pretty hungry himself.

"Sorry to disturb the conversation..." Azel started, getting both of the girl's attentions. " It's about lunchtime. Should we all have lunch together?"

"Actually, I have a reservation prepared at a first-class restaurant in the upper side of town"

"I-I'm not very good with fancy places..."

"Ah...Is that so? I really can't miss my reservation, so it looks like we will be parting ways"

"A-ah...I see..."

Azel sighed. Both his and Mira's stomachs rumbled at the same time. He was faced with a choice... He had never liked choices. Especially if those choices would drastically change his fate...

Yup, that's all for the first chapter. If you haven't already guessed, this is going to be a story arc of sorts.

Will Azel go with the beautiful Cordelia or the seemingly shy Luna?

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