Not Pets, Partners

Bumblebee cringed slightly as he watched the tip of a pink tail disappear into Ratchet's med bay. Ratchet had forbidden them from going into the room and threatened to do bodily harm to anyone he caught going in and disturbing Prowl. It did however make him wonder what Sari was doing in there in the first place. The seven year old had taken to wandering around the ship when Optimus had pulled then aside so that they could talk about their current situation on Earth and what exactly they were going to do.

Needless to say they still didn't know and for the moment he really didn't care. He had more interesting things to ponder than what they were going to do in the future. At that moment he wanted to know what Sari and her little pink cat were doing in the Med Bay.

"Be a lookout Dizzy while I find our ball." Bumblebee's audio's picked up as he neared the entrance to the room. Bumblebee tilted his head to the side for a moment before remembering the bright green ball that the girl had pulled out of her backpack for her and Dizzy to play with while he and the others talked.

The little pink cat made a noise that might have been an affirmative as it stuck its head out into the hallway to watch for anybot that might draw near the pair before their toy was found. He hadn't known what to think when Sari had invaded the interior of his altmode and asked to come back to the ship with him. In the end he hadn't been able to refuse her, nor had he had the time.

So she'd come along. Then the whole thing with hiding her and Prime finding her had happened and then she'd healed Prowl with her key. Not that any of that mattered at the moment though it had been pretty cool. No what mattered at the moment was the little pink and cream colored head that had just caught sight of him.

"Naaa!" Cut through the air before the little cat disappeared into the Med Bay. He hadn't known what to think when Sari had let the little creature out of one of the ball like items on her belt. In fact he hadn't given the balls themselves much thought before she'd pulled them both from her belt and debated between the two of them.

All of them had watched in confusion as she'd glanced back and forth between the two before muttering "He wouldn't like it," and putting one ball back before freeing the little pink cat from the one she'd kept off of her belt. After that it hadn't taken her and her little friend very long to disappear down one of the ship's halls chasing their ball.

Now that he knew that there was something living in them he wanted to know more about the thing she'd released and about the creature that might just be in the other ball. Turning the corner he caught sight of Sari as the girl ran out from under one of the many births in the room. Sari gave a startled squeak upon seeing him and toppled over backwards. Dizzy, as Sari had called it, moved in front of the girl and hissed at him. Sari giggled as she picked herself up.

"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that! It's mean!" she said.

Bumblebee grinned in response and fought back the urge to laugh before making a motion towards the door with his head. If they woke up Prowl then they'd be in major trouble with Ratchet and that was the last thing he wanted for any of them. Sari and Dizzy followed without a word and when they were closer to Bumblebee's own room and further away from Ratchet's domain he asked his first question.

"So, what is it?"

Sari tilted her head to the side slightly confused before she turned to look at Dizzy. "You're asking about Dizzy right?" she inquired, before turning her head back towards him.

Bumblebee nodded his head. "Yah, what is it?"

"Dizzy's a Skitty." Sari said as if his question was the most ridiculous thing she'd ever heard. All Bumblebee could do was give her a blank stare. After a moment it became apparent to Sari that he still had no idea what she was talking about.

"A Skitty is a type of pokémon. That's short for pocket monster." Sari stopped and chewed her bottom lip for a moment as if she couldn't decide what to say next.

"Pocket monster? Like monster's that actually fit in pocket's?" He could see that in a way. Dizzy would fit into most subspace pockets with ease though he kinda doubted that that was what the girl meant.

"Uh huh. The ball's I have on my belt are small enough to fit in my pocket. My dad said that that's how they used to carry pokémon around before pokéball belts were made. People would put their pokéball's in their bags or in their pockets." Bumblebee blinked understanding slapping him in the face like Ratchet hitting him with a wrench.

"So the things on your belt are pokéballs and they let you carry around little creatures?" Sari nodded her head rapidly a smile on her face.

"Yah, each one holds one pokémon and you can carry six pokéballs with you at a time though not all pokémon are small like Dizzy. Some of them are probably the same size or bigger than your boss."

"They get that big?" Bumblebee asked in slight awe. It was hard to imagine something like Sari's little pink cat being the same size as Optimus.

Sari smiled and nodded her head. "Uh, huh. They can get real big."

"So are they pets or something?" He had to ask because keeping a living creature, no matter how big or small, trapped in a little ball seemed like something a Decepticon would do. He was an Autobot and they were all about freedom and whatnot.

Sari stopped in her tracks and looked up at Bumblebee before turning to look down at Dizzy. The small dark skinned, red head looked at the Skitty for a moment before bending down and opening her arms. The little cat ran into them almost immediately seemingly eager to be carried by its owner. For a moment Bumblebee thought that he'd said something wrong and was about to apologize. Only Sari cut him off before the words could leave his vocal processors. The look on the girl's face was far too serous.

"When I was little she was a pet though that's how it is for most kids. She and Tip were there for me to play with and to keep me company when my dad got really busy. But now that I'm older and I'm studying so I can get my trainers license she's something else. Both Dizzy and Tip are something completely different now." Here Sari paused and scratched Dizzy between her pink ears before continuing.

"They only started out as pets. But now that we're doing more than just playing with each other we're partners and friends." As Sari said this Dizzy licked her trainers cheek and mad one of her "na" noises in agreement.

And Bumblebee couldn't help but smile at what the child next to him had said. He could hear the truth in her words. It gave him hope that the others would see the truth in her statement. The little creature in her arm's wasn't a pet or a slave, as he had feared. No they weren't pets but partners. He intended to believe that until he was proven wrong.

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Okay so it's not as long as I had hoped but I'm not used to writing for Transformers Animated yet so I guess it makes sense. With some luck the chapters will get longer as I go and get more used to not writing the movie characters. Sorry if Sari or Bumblebee are OOC but I'm trying. Like I said this is my first time writing an animated fic so it'll take me some time to get their characters down. Oh and as for the sound Skitty makes. If my memory is serving me right in the anime Skitty makes this "Naaa" sound instead of meowing or maybe it's meows just sound like that. If its too much of a problem I'll fix it.

This story is part of a colab between me and jojorusles911. She's agreed to do fanart for some (or all I'm not sure) of the chapters I write. The whole thing was inspired by her Sari trainer pic on deviantart. If you'd like to see this pic let me know and i'll send you a link. Also I'm letting you know now that this story will be moved to the crossover section when it is finished. charecter from the pokemon anime will not be making an appearence in this fic though they may be mentioned. Oh and if you like this then please go and check out my tf movie/pokemon crossover hatching eggs.

Last thing I promise. A few years ago there was a show on disney or jetex or whatever it was called super robot monkey team hyper force go that ended one season before it was supposed to with a cliffhanger. me and a few others have been trying to get people to sign a petition for the show to be finished. Please take a minute or two to click on the link to the petition on my profile page and sign it. it'd be a great help.