Chapter 1 – Two Friends

Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this? Fine! Hmm... Let's see how to phrase it... Okay! Got it! I don't own Pokémon or D-Gray.Man. You'll see why.

A/N: Written by an extremely bored authoress in need of a good muse.

Lyuna: Hey!

Oh yeah. That's my muse. -.-"

On to the story!

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I awoke at the break of dawn. Kazuki lay curled up at the foot of my bed. Nudging him awake, I yawned good morning. Kazuki mewed in response. Stretching and yawning, I climbed out of bed and hit the shower. Then I grabbed my ready-packed bag and Kazuki's Luxury Ball before running down for breakfast.

All through breakfast, the two of us received either advice or wishes of luck. My father instructed me to remember the defence tactics, my mother about the technique of catching, Joshua about going on offence and Archie? He remained silent for a while before smiling warmly, and saying, "Do whatever you want to, Yuna. Just... Make us proud." Tears couldn't help but well up in my eyes. Kazuki nudged me gently with his head. "... Thank you, everybody... Thank you..." I choked out, managing to wipe away the most of my tears. Kazuki nudged me again, as if he was trying to tell me not to cry. Smiling through my tears, I petted his head.

After breakfast, I had slung my bag across my shoulders, recalled Kazuki and was about to mount my bike when suddenly...

"Ne, Yu-chan! Wait!"

My eye twitched as I turned around. 'Damn it, I told him not to call me that..." Sure enough, it was my neighbour, Seiji. He was a cosplayer, and loved dressing like Lavi from D-Gray.Man. He also took great pleasure in nicknaming me after Kanda. "Seiji, cut it out! I told you not to call me that!" I growled irritably. "Okay, okay! I'm sorry! Just... here, take this." Saying so, the redhead thrust something that looked remarkably like a watch into my hand. My eyes widened. No way, it couldn't be... "Seiji, this is a Pokétch! They're only manufactured in Sinnoh! Where did you get this?" I gasped, looking at the watch. "You've forgotten my cousin Natasha, haven't you? I wrote a letter to ask her for this. I couldn't give it to you at the party since David was hounding you. Natasha's filled out almost all the applications, so... Just think of it as a parting gift, alright?" Seiji walked off, then paused midstep. "I almost forgot! Natasha sends Joshua her regards! Tell him that!" he yelled before breaking into a jog. Smiling, I strapped the Pokétch on and yelled Seiji's message to Joshua. It was funny to see his face turn pink. Then I really mounted my bike. And then I was off on my journey.

Well, not quite. I mean, sure, the trip to the next town, the village of Ray, was uneventful. But in the town itself, I met a girl who would, in due course, become my best friend as well as one of the world's greatest travelling partners...

"Kazuki? Come on Kazuki, stop fooling around! Where are you? Kazuki?"

Guiding my bike through the village's crowded streets, I called for Kazuki, who had dashed off into the crowd once I had let him out of his ball. What a great start to my journey. Losing my starter Pokémon. I found him by the fountain, playing with another Eevee, with a girl around my age watching quietly over them. "Kazuki! That's where you are!" I exclaimed, relieved. Kazuki looked up from his game and mewed happily. "I was worried sick! Don't ever do that again!" I chided. Kazuki had the decency to mew sorry, his ears drooping. "Oh, are you the owner of this Eevee? I was starting to wonder if it was a wild one." The girl said demurely. Her hazel hair was tied behind her and her lavender eyes had a mischievous gleam to them. "Thank you so much for looking after Kazuki! I don't know what I'd do if I lost him! I'm Yuna, Yuna Shadow. I'm from Emblem Town." It all came out in a rush. Real smooth, Yuna. "I'm Aurora Summers. This is my Eevee, Koyuki. We come from Aura Town. And no, I wasn't named after my hometown. My real name is supposed to be Yuki. But that means snow, way too cliché for me." Aurora grinned mischievously. "Hey, at least your name didn't come from a name generator. Mine did. No lie." I groaned. Kazuki and Koyuki began mewling with laughter. Cheeky Eevees.

And so, our friendship began. I soon learnt that Aurora was on the path of the Co-ordinator and a loyal friend. She was also a mischievous girl at the best of times. And what about the other friend I made? Ugh… Let's just say that wasn't the best of first impressions…

Aurora had decided to join me on my journey and recalling our Pokémon, we set off down the route to the next town, Aurora skating and me on my bike. Having just gotten through a patch of particularly thick grass, I looked down and realised that my shoelace had 'magically' untied itself. "Aurora, hang on a minute! My shoelace's come undone!" I hollered to my friend, dismounting my bike and wheeling it to the side of the path. Grumbling, Aurora skidded to a stop several metres in front of me. "I heard that!" I warned, bending down to tie my shoelace firmly. Suddenly, two sharp voices cut through the air.

"No, Fla! Don't-"

"CyndaQUIIIIL!"

Stumbling back a few steps, I watched in horror as a jet of dark red flames engulfed my bike, reducing it to a crisp. "My… My bike!" I gasped. Shock turned to horror. Horror turned to anger. Anger turned to raging fury. It took me five months of savings, errands and odd jobs to get that bike. Now that darn pyromaniac is going to pay. "I'M GONNA KILL THAT IDIOT!" I roared, standing up angrily. "H-hey, Yuna, calm down! It's only a bike..." Aurora exclaimed, trying to calm me down. "Aurora, that was not just A bike. That was a bike that took me five months to save up for. It cost me $100000. So I don't care. Mr. Pyromaniac is going to pay." I seethed, storming over to the offending almond-haired boy and his Cyndaquil. I tapped him on his shoulder. "Hey, you! I think your Cyndaquil just incinerated my bike."

"A-ah! I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean for that to happen! I'm so sorry!"

I was about to tell the guy off when I caught sight of his eyes. They struck a chord of memory as they shone their molten gold. Where had I seen those eyes before? "Well, you still have to pay! Do you have any idea how much that bike cost me?" I yelled, although I wasn't as angry. "I'm s-sorry. I'm sure that bicycle was very expensive, but I only have the $3000 that I started my journey with." He stuttered meekly. "You could travel with us for a while, at least until you have enough money to pay for Yuna's wrecked bike." Aurora - who had caught up to us while I was busy being angry – suggested, holding on to her skateboard. The poor boy looked very, very shocked. "Good idea, Aura! So, what's your name?" I grinned at Aurora and directed the last part at the anonymous boy. "Eh? ... Oh. I'm Marcus Gale. But my friends call me Mars for some reason." Marcus stated. He looked somewhat relieved. I couldn't blame him. "Call me Yuna. The full name's Yuna Shadow. I have other nicknames but I'm not telling ALL of them." Especially when most of them are ones I don't like. Like 'Yu-chan' for instance.

"I'm Aurora Summers. You've just heard my nickname."

Aurora added. Poor Marcus. He had no idea what he was in for.

And that's how I gained two travelling partners and good friends. As the days passed, our bond grew stronger and stronger. Marcus managed to raise the desired number of Poké by challenging trainers who were waiting for battles along the road. We quickly learnt that Fla, his Cyndaquil, was not very good at controlling his fire power. We told him that he was free to go but he decided to join us in our travels anyway. And at Karia City, we met Flamex and guess what? We saw Aurora blush for the first time!

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Whew! Out of my system! -.-" Although I don't think that anybody actually reads this... Ah, who cares?

Lyuna: Maybe nobody does read it.

Gee, thanks for deflating my minute ego, Lyuna! .

And yes, I did get Yuna's name from a name generator. Just goes to show my lack of creativity when it comes to names.

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Chapter 2

Aurora's Love

(To Aurora: Please please please don't kill me.)

Our heroes reach Karia City and Aurora falls in love! A new member, Flamex, fights at his first successful gym battle before he joins the guild! How much more chaos can this story contain?