What's up guys! Shade is back with another one shot for you all! This was my first request, which was requested by Iceshardx, so I hope that the requester, as well as everyone else reading, enjoy it!

Disclaimers: This story contains exicit sexual content between a female Chestnaught and a male Trainer. If this offends you, then go on ahead and hit that back button.
Pokémon is a trademark of Nintendo and Game Freak (1995- ) and I take no credit for their work.

The Trust of the Heart

The sun shined brightly alone in he sky, not a single cloud blocking its rays from spreading earth and light along (route?). Walking along said route, we find Mark, a Novice Pokémon Trainer from Lumoise City. Walking along with him was his newly-evolved Qualidin, Riley. They had just beaten the third Kalos Gym, with a very impressive performance from Riley (mostly) and the rest of Mark's team.

Mark wasn't a bragging kind of guy, always preferring to stay out of the spotlight when doing things, and normally his team follows suit, but lately Riley had been letting all of these battles get to her head. It's gotten to a point to where she felt like she was on top of the world, and she showed it off, too. Whenever Mark let her walk with him freely, she'd have this swagger to her step, almost daring other Trainers and Pokémon to challenge them. Mark had noticed this, and began to get worried that Riley might bite off more than she could chew eventually.

As much as he would wish otherwise, his concerns became real. On that one fateful day…
Mark was walking down Route 5 towards Camphrier Town with Riley close on his heals. He was originally raised in Camphrier, and he was overdue to a visit to his mom. Unfortunately, he never ended up getting there, because halfway through Route 5 he and Sarah ran head-first into a pack of wild Pyroar.

"Pyroar, roar!" One of the Pyroar stepped in front of the rest of the pack and growled defensively. Clearly, this one was bigger than the others, making Mark infer that he was the leader. Mark began to quickly find possible forms of escape in case he attacked, but he seemed to be watching Mark just as closely, standing in front of his pack as if guarding them.

"Qual Qualidin!" Sarah leaped out in front of Mark and looked back at him expectantly. Mark already knew what Sarah was expecting and shook his head slowly.

"Sarah, they didn't want any harm. He's just protecting his pack, so we should just-" Mark never got to finish before Sarah took matters in her own paws and leapt at the pack leader and attacking with a Vine Whip. The Pyroar hardly flinched from the attack, making Sarah growl and Mark cringe in fear for Sarah. Next Sarah attempted to simply use Tackle on the leader. She charged full speed towards the lion with her head down, but the Pyroar simply swatted her away with a paw.

"Qual!" Sarah cried out from the impact and flew back towards Mark, barely managing to stand just from a simple block.

"Sarah! You can't win this!" Mark shouted. "Let's go before he actually decides to attack!"

"Qualidin!" Sarah shouted back before eyeing the pack leader down. Mark flinched at the ferocity in her voice. She began to ready her Vine Whips again.

At this point, the pack leader was through playing around with the stubborn Qualidin. He was smarter than he looked and was well aware of how these humans work when it comes to his kind. They would take out some strange ball thing and they would suck you up and capture you. It was his job to protect his pack, and he wasn't going to let some human cub and an arrogant Qualidin prove him otherwise. He charged up a Flamethrower in his mouth and began growling.

Just before Sarah attacked, she began to notice the Pyroar begin to charge up a Flamethrower and she actually began to feel fear seep into her. She whimpered and began to back up, understanding the severity of the situation. A Flamethrower from a Pokémon so much stronger than her… If she was directly hit, she could…

The whole world seemed to slow down as the Pyroar sent torrents of fire right towards her. Paralyzed by fear, she couldn't move. She could only watch as the life-ending force came at her with a hue of red that filled her vision. She couldn't take it; the fact that she was going to die hit her too hard along with the hit she took from the Pyraor before, and she began to faint. The last thing she saw was something blocking off the red hue before the world went white…

POV Change

I woke up with a start, jumping out of the bed I was in and- wait, bed? I calmed herself down and inspected my surroundings. I was in a bright room with white walls, enough light in the room to make one squint until their eyes adjusted. Of course, I instantly knew where I was: the iconic Pokémon Center.

"Thank goodness you've woken up!" As if on cue, Nurse Joy came into the room with Audino close behind. "Audino, make sure that she's alright."

Audino calmly walked over to me and began to use Heal Pulse on me. It felt very soothing, making me purr slightly as she make a very calming sound as she used it. After a few moments passed before she stopped and turned to Nurse Joy.

"She's alright, she just needs to make sure she doesn't stress herself after being in a situation like that."

"Where is my Trainer?!" I asked frantically.

"You must be looking for your Trainer. He was badly injured, and it's miraculous that he survived at all." Nurse joy explained,not understanding my language, but knowing what I was asking.

Why would Mark be injured? He was a safe distance away to not be hurt, especially if he ran… I mentally slapped myself and shook my head. Mark would never just desert me like that. Knowing him, he would have probably-

Suddenly it clicked; there was only one way for Mark to have gotten injured: he would have had to… jump in front of the Flamethrower to protect me. But taking a hit like that could've easily killed a human like him. I suddenly felt weak with a emotional overload. I was worried, scared, regretful, dread, and simply out of it. I fell back on the floor and stared at the ground, tears welling in my eyes. He stared death in the face because of my arrogance.

I'll never forgive myself for this… I thought as Audino came up behind me and rubbedy back reassuringly.

"Don't worry, your Trainer is still alive. He took a huge hit for you, and survived. You should be glad to have a Trainer like that, most would've just let you take the hit and rush you to the Pokémon Center." She told me soothingly. "I'll take you to see him."
Audino helped me up and looked at Nurse Joy and nodded. Nurse Joy returned the nod led me out of the room and through the halls. I looked at each door carefully, as if I was going to be going into every one.

After what seemed like hours to me, we came to a stop in front of Room 2374. I felt the world become deaf to me, my heart beat and heavy breathing being all that I could hear. I heard Nurse Joy say something, but I couldn't understand it. She opened the door and let me in first. I walked forward slowly and rounded the corner. When my eyes met Mark's body, I felt tears streaming off my muzzle and I burst into sobs. Nearly all of Mark's left arm was burned, going up fully to his shoulder, only small patches of skin remaining untouched. He also had patches of burn marks on other places of his body, but his arm was by far the worst. She looked at herself, noticing the burns that she had gotten. She knew that Pokémon can heal easier than humans, so her burns could be healed, but Mark's burn… his was permanent. The fact that this was all her fault hit her hard, and she just kept sobbing into his sleeping form.

I'm so sorry, Mark. I won't ever forgive myself for this… She thought to herself as she looked up at Mark.

Two years later…

The sun shined through the window of Mark's hotel room in Anistar City, where Mark was getting dressed and Sarah was just waking up. The Chestnaught yawned and stretched, getting up and assisting Mark with what he hadn't put on.

"Thanks, Sarah. Don't know what I'd do without you." Mark told her.

"Naught." Sarah nodded nonchalantly.

Two years had passed since the "incident" and Mark had long since recovered from his injuries, physically stronger than ever before, however, the burns he had gotten remained on his skin. Mark wouldn't let getting burned hold him back; he continued to be a Trainer and challenged and beat Gym Leader after Gym Leader, making it all to way to Anistar City, where he would train for the battle against the Kalos League.

He was always training his team, keeping them in the best of conditions and at their top shape, sometimes even training along with them to keep himself strong and to show his Pokémon that it wasn't just to tire them out.

They all trained hard, but as always Sarah was a standout among the rest. She trained herself extremely hard ever since that fateful day, to the point where she evolved into a Chestnaught faster than most Quilladins do. She was elated to have evolved, and was able to give a much better performance in training and in battle. However, her actions leading up to Mark's burns still haunted her for the past two years, and it made her feel like she had to make it up to Mark. She trained herself to the point to where she literally couldn't even get off the ground. Mark appreciated her persistence and commitment but he still cared for her state of well-being and couldn't stand to see her in pain, which was why he did what he did two years ago. He cared for all of his Pokémon as if they were his children, and he wanted to protect them from any and all harm.

Once Mark was fully clothed, he grabbed his belt and other accessories, including his Pokétech, his Trainer Belt, black fingerless gloves, and a pair of goggles and they were out the door of the hotel and into Anistar. They headed to Route 18 to train up once again. Once they were ready, they'd check out of the hotel in Anistar and return to Route 18. From there they would go to Couriway Town, and into Snowbelle City. Then it was off to the Pokémon League from there.

Once they had made it to a plain large enough to do some training, he took off all of his Poké Balls and called out his team, which consisted of Sarah, Lucario (which could Mega-Evolve), Agislash, Sylveon (yeah, he got one), Staraptor, and Altaria. He never was much of a strategy guy, he just went with his gut and he always came through in the end.

"Alright everyone! Today we're going to train our special attacks!" Mark explained, "We've been focusing on our normal attacks a lot lately, and we won't make it through the Kalos League by just brute force, we're going to have to start looking at our attacks that allow us to keep distance between us and our opponents. Lucario, would you like to go first?"

"Car." Lucario nodded and moved to the center of the field.

"Now let's start with Aura Sphere! Aim for that tree over there." Mark instructed.

"Carrrrrr…" Lucario growled as he charged the Aura Sphere, aiming at the tree using his aura sensors. "Rio!" The Aura Sphere was just a little shaky, but it hit its target.

"Good job! Just make sure you work on that today, we'll need to be hitting moving targets and precision is a must-have." Mark explained, giving Lucario a high-five. "Now who would like to go next?"

And the day went on just like that, Mark observing each pokémon's special attacks and giving feedback, then each of them going off individually and honing their skill. By the time they were finished, it was back to Anistar.

Me: And done!

Mark: Isn't this supposed to keep going?

Me: Yes, it's going to be broken up into two parts, and I plan to make a second chapter ASAP then get that posted. Then I make even make an alternate second chapter of this at some point if it gets enough attention *:P face*

Mark: Yeah whatever, anyway, have you looked at the time?

Me: No why do you- HOLY!

Mark: Yeah…

Me: 4 AM?! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?!

Mark: *shrug*

Me: More importantly, why am I even still awa- *face plants on the keyboard and passes out*

Mark: ._. I'm out. *leaves the room*

Getting serious though, I'm so sorry this took so long to get out, but the beginning of school hit me hard, and I have projects, homework loads that exceed every kid's worst nightmares, and after school activities. But no matter how chaotic it gets, I'll always have time for writing! Thank you all for being so patient with me and I'll see you guys again soon! ~Shade A.