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Edit: Derp. I removed and readded this chapter. Then found out I can update it with teh doc manager. HURRHURR this is the same chapter two with some grammar fixes.

If you're reading this anyways, I wrote a lot of chapter 3 on the way home from my anime con =O

A/N: So, writing this right after uploading chapter one, but this should take me a couple days…

How was chapter one? =D I'm a comment whore btw XD Hopefully there weren't too many errors…

My chapters also look a lot shorter than when I actually type them out XD

Anyways, let's get onto chapter two where we get to the next city! (Finally)

Warnings the same as always, No Pokémon were harmed in the writing of this chapter.

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[CHAPTER 2]

The wild Lillipup wagged its tail, taunting Snarky forward. Snarky let out its cry as a warning back, and White nodded.

"Snarky, use tackle!" The grass snake dashed forward to attack the offending Pokémon, but halted as the Lillipup looked down on him, leering. Snarky gulped, freezing his attack to back away. Lillipup grinned, countering with a tackle and sent Snarky flying back onto the grassy path. White gasped a little, looking from the Lillipup to her Pokémon. "Snarky, try again, please!" She added the last part quickly as Snarky got to his feet, shaking off the attack.

Charging, the Snivy attacked again, this time hitting its mark on Lillipup's side. The puppy yelped, stumbling away and went after Snarky again. Snarky shifted to the side fluidly and tackled the dog again, making it fall back onto the grass with a whimper.

White gulped, pushing the button on her Pokéball to make it about the size of an orange. "Pokéball, go!" She swung her arm, throwing the Pokéball at Lillipup and encasing it in red thunder. The Pokéball fell to the grass, wiggling several times. White watched, not wanting to approach it in case the Pokémon inside broke free. There was a low chiming sound, and the ball stopped shaking. White stared and slowly paced over, picking it up.

"…Wow." She looked at Snarky when the small device in her bag started ringing. She jumped, digging around for what was making the offending sound and was rewarded with her Pokedex. She pulled it out, the screen lighting up.

"LILLIPUP: THE PUPPY Pokémon. The long hair on its face provides amazing radar. It faces strong opponents with great courage, but when at a disadvantage, this intelligent Pokémon flees." A computerized, feminine voice stated. White looked at the picture of the Pokémon she caught on the device's screen.

"Well, it looks cuter in the picture." She looked at the Pokéball before holding it out, the red lightning coming back and let the puppy out of its new home. It yapped at her, tail wagging as it looked around, noticing the grass was disturbed from their battle in the same place. The Lillipup's dark eyes looked at White, then over to Snarky, yapping again. Snarky shifted back before going to White's side, hugging her ankle as if to say "mine."

White smiled. "Glad you two are getting along…a little," she looked between the two slightly nervously. "This is so cool…I think I'll call you…Inu-chan," She smiled back down at Lillipup, who barked and nuzzled her outstretched hand. White pet the new puppy before standing up. "Ok, return Inu-chan!" the red flash made the puppy (who was chasing his tail) return to the Pokéball.

Snarky snorted, crossing his tiny arms and dusted off his shoulder. White just smiled, "You guys will be great friends, really." She headed around the grassy patches, keeping an eye out for any sneak attacks. The path was completely straight ahead, some water and trees surrounding them. White walked down the path, Snarky to her side. A wild Patrat or two intercepted them, but they were easily dispatched and fed before being able to catch them.

She yawned, stretching herself out a little before stopping in front of a sign. She looked over, reading the scratching text before a familiar navy-haired male stuck his head out from behind it.

"Ah!...Cheren!" White let out a sigh.

"Sorry White, I was just creeping," he walked around to the front of the sign and rubbed the back of his head. "Bianca caught another Pokémon, so she has two."

"So did I." White nodded, noticing Cheren had two Pokéballs at his hip. He nodded back.

"Well, let's go tell her we all tied so we can get to the next town." He thumbed to the sign behind him, Accumula Town.


White exited the Pokémon Center with Cheren, Professor Juniper waving as she walked back down the grassy path of Route 1. White waved back, Snarky following suit, and looked back to find the Navy haired boy gone. "Cheren?" She turned around a few more times before spotting the silly cowlick around a crowd of people a block or two down. She looked down at Snarky before making her way to the pack, seeing blue and white flags waving. "What's going on?"

"Ssh, White, you gotta watch this." He pointed to the center where ten or so medieval-dressed people stood at attention. Their blue and white flags stopped waving with the wind, electricity and a blue letter P in the middle of it as their insignia. A large man with green hair and golden and purple robe came out from a protective circle of men and women, looking around at the crowd they had attracted.

"Can I have your attention?" The green haired man called, booming through the crowd. White scoffed.

"He already had it…"

"My name is Ghetsis, I am here representing Team Plasma. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk to you about Pokémon liberation." The group of people all turned and looked amongst each other, wary murmurs and questions being spread and unanswered by who they were told to.

"I'm sure most of you believe that Pokémon and we humans are partners that have come to live together because we want and need each other, however," he paced across the grassy patch, monocle eye scanning the group. "Is that really the truth? Have you considered that maybe, we humans, only assumed such?" He paced to the other end of the field. Cheren's eyes narrowed, the light shined on his frames in an eerie way to hide his pupils. White looked at him, then down at Snarky, who was bristling.

"Pokémon are subject to the selfish commands of trainers, they get pushed around when they are our "partners" at work. Can anyone say with confidence that there is no truth in what I'm saying?" The crowd glanced at each other again, murmuring a few louder gasps of realization. The green haired man nodded. "That's right, Pokémon are different from humans; they contain unknown potential…"

"You're wrong!" White jumped as the voice next to her snapped. She looked over, bewildered at her mild mannered friend. Ghetsis's red eye snapped over to him, both he and Cheren glowering at each other. "If Pokémon are so powerful they can destroy a room, be used as…tools by humans, why haven't they stopped us! The great legendaries could have decimated us a long time ago!"

Ghetsis glared through him, but Cheren did not flinch. He snorted, turning a nose away from him and faced towards the crowd.

"This child that speaks is a trainer himself, a greenhorn no doubt, he's hungry for power and will use these tools as he sees fit!"

"That's a lie! Cheren is friends with his Pokémon; you don't need to be an expert to do that!" White snapped herself, Snarky chimed in after her, an annoyed cry pointed at Ghetsis. He glared in her direction too, making White glower more nervously back.

"Two more greenhorns to carry on an enslaved Pokémon generation…we have much to learn from Pokémon, but we restrict their true potential. We must liberate the Pokémon!" He carried on without a second glance to the boiling teenagers, Cheren pulling out a Pokéball from his side. "Then…and only then," He leered back to White and Cheren. "Will humans and Pokémon, truly, be equals."

"Go, Tepig!" Cheren's arm shot out to release the Pokéball he'd grabbed, a small orange swine coming from the lightning and landed before the Plasma troops. The pig snorted steam, getting into a battle position. The troupe of knights stood in front of Ghetsis, barricading him again. One of the male grunts stepped forward, throwing his Pokéball to reveal a Patrat. "Use ember!" Cheren commanded, the pig blasting out a small stream of flame to the rodent Pokémon.

The red-haired knight stepped forward again. "Dodge and use tackle!" The Patrat grinned— a bucktoothed grin and hopped around the flames, charging and ramming itself into the pig Pokémon. Tepig squealed and stumbled back, staggering to its hooves and used tackle itself, running into the other Pokémon only to be pushed and thrown across the field from a counter attack. Tepig fell, badly damaged as the crowd backed away, dispersing.

"Tepig!" Cheren gasped, about to go help his partner when the Patrat went to attack again.

"Snarky, tackle!"White called quickly and Snarky leapt to his feet, crashing into Patrat midair to knock it away from its friend. The Snivy landed and turned to Tepig, nudging him to his feet. Patrat lay across the field, stars in its eyes. The grunt recalled him and followed the other knights to surround Ghetsis, walking around the corner with banners in tow. Cheren's eyes narrowed, nodding to White as they walked over towards their Pokémon.

As they approached a tall, white clad boy with matching hat picked up Tepig, stroking its fur. "Poor, mistreated friend…I understand…" Tepig squeaked, looking up at the stranger. Cheren held his breath again and hurried over.

"Excuse me, you could have asked him or me to pick him up." Cheren took him from the man's arms, making him tilt his head to the side, long lime hair shifting underneath the hat.

"You can't hear him, it's to be expected. You spoke out against that man and that just proves that you think before you act, as well as when you attacked them while they were defenseless with this Pokémon friend."

"You talk too fast, what, are you a Plasma groupie now?"

He frowned slightly, contemplating. "You are rude. Nonetheless, I am N. I can speak to Pokémon…your Pokémon's cry was so sad, wounded from your foolishness," his green eyes slowly looked at White, then back to Cheren, shaking his head. "No, never mind, I waste my breath on the nonbelievers." He looked at Snarky, who ran back behind White's leg. She looked at Cheren, then warily to N.

"Come on Cheren, Tepig needs to go to the Pokémon Center." She started to pull him by the shoulder when the mysterious trainer raised a hand.

"Wait, you…intrigue me. Your Pokémon's cry…I wish to hear more of it," he stepped forward, withdrawing a Pokéball. "Battle me."

White blinked, gulping slightly as Snarky snarled. "Battle? I thought you guys were against battling!"

"We fight for our cause, miss." he smiled, the sun shadowing his face, yet his eyes still had some luminescence. White's eyes narrowed and looked down at Snarky, who moved forward in a battle stance. She nodded, stepping back to ready herself.

"Okay, let's battle then, I have two Pokémon."

"I have one, but I will allow substitutions to humor you," he grinned, holding his Pokéball out. "Come out, Purrloin!"

A small, violet colored cat sat at attention, taking one narrowed glance at Snarky before licking a paw. Snarky let out a cry, tail waving at the ground and picking up some leaves. White watched the cat seem uninterested in Snarky, before a beep came from her bag. She dug through it and pulled out the small Pokédex as its screen lit up.

PURRLOIN: The Devious Pokémon. Its cute act is a ruse, and when victim's let down their guard, it steals their items with its sharp claws for fun.

White nodded, pushing the center button to see Patrat's and Tepig's image as well. She must not have heard it beep to indicate a new Pokémon nearby. N let out a tutting sound, crossing his arms.

"A Pokédex, really, that hasty professor must have sent you out to do her dirty work. You're going to confine many, many Pokémon in Pokéballs for that, then," he grinned as he saw White's eyes snap back up to his. Before she could reply, Purrloin hopped to her feet. "Use scratch!" The purple cat let out a meow, making N nod in approval as her paws glowed dangerously, leaping towards the grass snake. Snarky readied himself, slit eyes watching Purrloin's movements.

"Snarky, use Tackle!"

Snarky let out a cry, about to jump when its one paw glowed green and a vine snatched Purrloin by the paw, flinging her back. She yowled, flipping midair to land back on the pads of her paws. White stared, eyes widened before they sparkled.

"Wow that was…vine whip! That's so cool Snarky!" She fangirled, earning a salute from Snarky. N scoffed, looking across the field at Purrloin, who started to growl and lash her tail back and forth. White grinned, looking back at the battle. "Okay, use tackle!" Snarky let out another cry and ran at Purrloin, who without N's command Leapt over Snarky, landing behind him and raked her claws over his back. Snarky yelped, stepping forward a little and wincing, the green over his back turning darker green from the wound.

White glared while the Purrloin purred, her attack succeeded. "Snarky, use vine whip again!" Snarky turned back to the cat, his arm glowing as he struck her in the chest this time while she was unsuspectingly washing her paws. She howled, being thrown back onto her side. He hissed, spatting and got back to her feet, shakily. N glowered now irritated at Snarky for wounding his friend.

"Purrloin use scratch again!"

"Snarky, vine whip!"

The two Pokémon clashed, countering the other's moves and hardly making any hits. They attacked each other once more before jumping back. Snarky panted, having dark claw marks all over his semi-scaly body. Purrloin appeared just as bad off, giving up on grooming itself to scowl. White was a bit tense, her fist clenched and shaking from adrenaline. She looked over to her opponent, who was remaining calm. His lime eyes looked up and met hers with a smile. White could only guess what he was thinking: Noob, unprofessional, worked up, incapable. She snarled, eying Snarky a few more times before pulling out the Pokéball.

"Snarky, return!" The grass snake whined but was resealed. "Have a good rest."

"Are you giving in already?" N called from across the field, earning another glare.

"You said substitutes were allowed, activist. Go, Inu-chan!" She threw her second Pokéball, the small canine yapping as he came out. Purrloin hopped to her feet and hissed, snarling at the unsuspecting puppy. Inu-chan's eyes widened, looking at N and the cat screeching at him. White gulped a little.

"Right…Inu-chan hasn't actually been in a trainer battle before." White thought to herself, looking at the inu get snarled at. He approached the devious cat, slowly, trying to catch her scent. He crept closer, curious about the feline and got scratched in the nose with a yowl. He yelped, taking steps back before growling and started to bark at Purrloin. Purrloin mewled and ran further in the grass patch, Inu-chan giving chase. White stared and sweatdropped. N turned red in the face and clenched a fist.

"Giving in already?" White stuck her tongue out, pulling down her bottom eyelid.

"You bafoon! How cruel you must be to sick a dog on my friend…" He got his Pokéball and got the flash to reach Purrloin, calling the feline back to sanctuary.

"Don't call me that! It was unintentional, but still effective!"

"Winning is all you desire? Hm…" N put the Pokéball into his pocket, turning away. "I've never heard Pokémon say such vulgar things…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" White snapped and Inu-chan barked in agreement, coming over from the grass patch. N shook his head again, running his fingers over the brim of his hat.

"I hear them…your Pokémon of course. That Snarky fellow is not very polite...and you must be a bad influence on that dog!"

"What? You talk way to fast, groupie." White shook her head, recalling Inu-chan.

"Terrible, absolutely terrible. You aren't even aware of the damage you're causing. Never mind it, I'll meet you again, miss." He nodded his head and walked around the corner where Ghetsis had also left.

"My name is White!" She yelled after him, muttering. Looking around, she noticed the Cheren was nowhere in sight. She went to the Pokémon center, hoping he'd stopped there for his Tepig. A few tables and chairs were scattered around, some occupied, but none with her friend. She sighed and went up to the counter, setting the Pokéballs there. "Can you heal my Pokémon please?"

"No problem, one minute," the nurse in pink nodded, putting the Pokéballs in a machine. An image on the side showed the identification number of the Pokémon and she looked back at White. "Excuse me, are you White?"

She looked over from the PC keyboard and nodded. "Yeah, why?" The nurse turned again and handed her a folded slip of paper.

"A young man told me to give this to you if you showed up," she turned again and handed her the Pokéballs. "Have a safe journey!"

"Oh, thank you." White took them and put them into her side pocket. She sat, unfolding the letter.

[

DEAR WHITE:

Hi, sorry I had to leave so suddenly. Your battle was getting really intense but Tepig needed me. I hope you dispatched that creep L (or whatever it was). I figured you'd be sensible and go to the center afterwards. Please call me on the Xtransceiver when you read this.

-CHEREN

P.S. You should maybe buy a few potions at the mart just in case. They will come in handy.

]

White smiled, putting the paper in her bag and pulled out the Xtransceiver her mom had packed before they left. As she hit the call button, a burst noise came to her ears and Snarky was suddenly in her lap. "Oh! You surprised me Snarky…sorry I didn't call you out once you were feeling better. I'm about to call Cheren." Snarky nodded, sitting down patiently as she entered a code. The screen was fuzzy for a few moments until the navy-haired nerd answered; his background was some grassy path he was walking down.

"White, thanks for calling…are you alright?"

"Yup, just fine. Snarky hauled some ass but Inu-chan finished it off. Dog versus kitty is a bad idea huh." She grinned nervously y and Cheren nodded, partially distracted.

"Well good, I'm gad you got him out of there. I see you're in the Pokémon Center. You should meet up with me on Route 2. There's a lot of trainers and new Pokémon though. I'll see you in Striaton City."

"Wait wait, Striaton? Isn't that where a gym is?"

"Precisely, a café gym. The brother's there are pretty strong, but we can handle it. Oh, and I'm so beating you to that gym badge!"

"You're on!" White smiled as Cheren nodded and hung up on his end. She grinned, putting the transceiver away and picked up her partner. "Come on Snarky, we got some trainers to fight and a gym to get to!"


A/N: Woo, with this author's note I'm at 8 pages XD

Slightly over chapter one but booyah!

Some things to point out: Firstly, N's Purrloin in the game is MALE. Well that's too damn bad!

Secondly, Ghetsis' speech was either taken word for word or in context…obviously I added in Cheren's story.

Thirdly: I've had 3 Lillipup's and my main one is Inu-chan XD I don't think I would have had fun typing Spin-Away or Mustache very much (mustache was female btw…I should've named her Femstache). I also didn't tie Bianca, I caught a Patrat and never used the F*ckin thing.

Also: Swearing for the yays. These guys are supposed to be around 17 anyways. I wrote part of this chapter on my iPod XD

How was my N, alright?

Anyways, I'm still a comment whore so please R&R me and point out any errors you may spot!