Chapter Two: Partnership?

"As touching as this is," The ranger started. "We have to go catch a Poacher." He walked away. His Pokémon followed him.

"Wait," I called after him. "Can we go with you?"

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He stared at Izzy with a blank stare. "No." He stated and turned around and continued down the road he was going on.

Izzy complained, and ran up to him. "Aw come on. Please we can help!"

"No." The ranger said blatantly, again.

"Well, I am going to follow you and you can't stop me." Izzy said happily.

"That is just being a stalker." He stated. Izzy looked him over again. He was very handsome. He had black hair and bright blue eyes. He was wearing all black and a red coat to show that he was a Pokémon Ranger.

"Where is your Capture Styler?" Izzy asks curiously.

"If you are going to come along don't talk to me." He said annoyed.

"Why? I don't even know your name." Izzy said. He ignored her as they walked along. "I have to know your name, or I can just call you Ranger." She suggested. He continued to ignore her.

Izzy decided she was going to make him answer her questions one way or another.

"Hey Gardevoir, do you know where we are going?"

She nodded, "Gardevoir," She pointed the way we were walking and then points to the left. I pull out my GPS and look the way she is pointing. I followed the way she pointed and came to a town. "Oh Lumiose city! Well we could just fly there."

The ranger snorted. "How?"

Izzy smiled. She got him to talk. "Well you could use Gardevoir's Psychic to pick you, me, and Riolu up and fly us there. She looks strong enough to take all of us, and normally I wouldn't suggest it because the walk is half of the fun but, since you are in a hurry- I though I would."

He stopped walking and stared at the little girl beside him. "That is a surprisingly good idea."

"Thank you." She said with a smile ignoring the 'surprisingly'.

"Gardevoir can you take me to Lumiose city by Psychic?" He asked his Pokémon.

"Us," Izzy corrected.

He rolled his eyes and Gardevoir nodded.

"If you are coming along you have to put Riolu in his Pokéball so Gardevoir doesn't have to hold as much." The ranger told her thinking the Riolu might not agree to it so he could shake the little girl.

"What do you say?" Izzy asked Riolu. "I will take you out right when we get there." The Riolu hesitated but nodded. Ranger sighed as Izzy smiled and thanked Riolu. She took out her Pokéball. "Return," and her Riolu went in the Pokéball.

She was coming with him weather he liked it or not. Yes, he could just leave her there but he wasn't that heartless. Also he did owe her for the flying idea.

"Alright let's try it. Not too fast because it will be windy." Ranger told his Pokémon. "Masquerain keep up."

"Gardevoir." Said as she lifted up the two up in the air.

They soared above the trees. "Woo-Who!" Izzy said. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the wind in her face.

Ranger was watching below to see if he could spot the poacher.

She opened her eyes as another question popped into her mind. "Hey, how do you know to go to Lumiose city?" She asked.

"Do you have to ask so many questions?"

"Yes, and you have asked four questions and I have answered all of them so you have to answer four of mine." Izzy said stubbornly.

"When did I do that?"

"One was 'You two just met?' the next was 'who gets a Riolu for a first Pokémon?'" Izzy said that one sarcastically. "Then was 'How do we fly to Lumiose city?' next was 'When did I do that?' So that was four questions and I answered all of them. So you have to answer four of mine."

He sighed, He just got out witted my an annoying little girl, again. That really had to stop.

"Alright, I know that he is going to Lumiose city, is because he always sells his Pokémon there."

"How do you know that?" She asked.

"I have been hunting him down for a while now."

"So why haven't you caught him yet?"

"Because he is slippery, and somehow he always gets away. Even when I do catch him he manages to make what he is doing legal in some way or form."

"That stinks." Izzy commented

One more question Ranger thought She is probably going to ask my name.

"Why don't you have a Styler?" Izzy asked surprising the ranger.

"I don't like them." He stated.

"Why?" she asked pushing her luck.

"You don't get any more." Ranger stated.

Izzy squashed down the urge to stick her tongue out. They road in silence for a bit. Izzy started to get bored. She couldn't talk to Ranger. He wouldn't talk back to her. She pulled out her Pokédex. she pointed it at Gardevoir to see what the Pokédex had to say her.

Gardevoir, the Embrace Pokémon. If Gardevoir's trainer needs protecting, Gardevoir creates a small black hole by using all of its psychic power.

"Cool, I didn't know that! What about you Masquerain?" Izzy said as she pointed the Pokédex at her.

the Masquerain, the Eyeball Pokémon. Masquerain evolves from Surskit. Its feelers, which resemble eyeballs, help to throw off opponents. It is able to hover in the sky like a helicopter.

"A little faster Gardevoir." Ranger said.

They were close enough to he ground so that Izzy could easily see the Pokémon. She scanned the Pokémon. After she did that She pulled out her camera and started taking pictures. She took pictures of every thing: Gardevoir, Masquerain, Ranger, the Pokémon on the ground, and even the Clouds that she thought looked like something. They could finally see the Gleaming tower.

"There it is!" Izzy said excitedly. "Lumiose city."

"Gardevoir, land in that forest so we don't raise to much attention." Ranger said.

We landed, and Ranger put Gardevoir and Masquerain in their Pokéballs and Izzy took Riolu out of his Pokéball.

Riolu was relieved.

"You should have been there Riolu!" Izzy started to inform him. "It was so cool flying over everything. It was a little scary too, but I knew I wasn't going to fall! Do you see the city? Isn't it cool!"

Ranger just started to walk and tune her out. He didn't care if she talked as long as she doesn't expect him to answer or listen, which she didn't. She knew that he got annoyed, but that didn't stop her.

When they finally got to the city. Izzy had been there before, but it was still cool city to see. Izzy's favorite part is the Prism Tower. It was beautiful.

Ranger was watching a TV that was in a store window. It was a news report about a boy that saved a Pokémon on the top of Prism Tower.

Izzy joined him. "No way! Is that Ash? It is!"

Ranger knew he was going to pay for it later but he asked, "Who?"

She one corner of her mouth turned up in amusement. "He is my cousin from the Kanto region. I knew he was in Kalos , but I expected it to be a little longer before he ended up on the news. It was a while ago so I doubt he will still be here."

What she said peeked his interest slightly but he didn't want to ask.

"So, my question is, what your plan? I was planning to go into the city and find and maybe capture a wild Pokémon or two, and then find you later."

"Izzy!" They heard a voice shout.

They turned to see the boy they were conveniently talking about before.

"Ash!" She ran to him and they high fived. "What are you doing here? I thought you would be gone by now."

"I was here to challenge the Gym here." Ash said happily (A/N when I said I was going to make his friends a little bit older I didn't think about the fact, that Serena was starting her Pokémon adventure. So I am making her Ten years old with a crush on Ash her childhood hero. Claymont is a little bit younger than Ash)

"Ash, who is this?" A blond boy with glasses and a weird backpack asked as Pikachu jumped over to Izzy's shoulder.

Izzy rubbed Pikachu's head as Ash introduced her. "Every one this is my cousin Izzy. Izzy this is Claymont and his younger sister Bonnie." Bonnie was also blond. She was a cute girl with a Dedenne on her head. The Dedenne was a small creature that had red cheeks like Pikachu, but was Orange and had a whitish tummy and a cute black tail. "And this is Serena." Serena was a girl Izzy's age. She had a pink hat, and a cute smile. Her hair was a light caramel color, and her eyes were blue.

"This is my Pokémon Riolu." Izzy introduced him.

"Cute!" Bonnie said and was about to pet him.

"I'm sorry, but he doesn't like to be touched."

Bonnie was disappointed. "I am sorry."

"It is okay! Pikachu didn't like to be touched when Ash first got him." Izzy said as she turned to see if Ranger left. He had. She looked down the road he probably went down. Izzy spotted him and then yelled after him, "HEY, I will find you later!"

He didn't turn, but raised his hand in acknowledgement. Izzy chuckled quietly. "He probably thinks I am not going to find him."

"Who is he?" Ash asked.

"Oh, just a guy that I am annoying." Izzy stated.

"Did Pikachu really not like to be touched?" Bonnie asked amazed.

"That seems very unlikely." Claymont stated as he watched Izzy scratch under Pikachu's chin.

"Ash knows that story better than I do." Izzy said.

Ash laughs, "That is true."

They stopped at a Café and got something to drink while Ash told his story. Izzy was intently listening until she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw an Oddish take some food someone had dropped. He started to run off.

"So Misty told me-" Ash was saying but Izzy interrupted him.

"Hey I hate to interrupt, but I am hunting wild Pokémon in the city. I think I have a lead, so I have to go. It was great meeting all of you!" She said as she ran off. Riolu followed after her

"That was weird." Serena said.

"What did she mean by hunt wild Pokémon. In the city?" Bonnie asked.

"Wild Pokémon in cities tend to live in boxes and trash, and in Pokémon communities." Claymont informed her. "She might have just seen a wild Pokémon and went to go follow it so she can find the community!" Claymont rationalized.

Izzy's POV

This is going to be hard. I thought.

I almost lost the Oddish. He was a small Oddish. He was a small blue ball with arms and legs and green grass growing out of his head. He was hurrying away with the food. I followed him to a fence. But before he could get through a medium sized hole a pot fell from a window. It fell and hit him on the head. I gasped and ran to him. I picked him up. "Are you alright?" I stroked his head.

He was shivering with his eyes closed. When he did open his eyes, he started to freak out. "Oddish! Oddish! Oddish!" he said terrified

"No it is okay." I fished in my pocket and gave him a Pokémon treat. He stared at it. He grabbed it and munched on it.

I smiled, "You like that! I have more." I took off my backpack and got out a tin full of treats. Oddish got really excited and hopped out of my arms. He picked up the food that he had dropped, and waved at me to follow him. He walked through the hole. It was just big enough for me to crawl through. I crawled through, and Riolu came right after me. It was a junk pile that was set up like a little city with boxes, tires, and stuff.

Oddish yelled at the pile of junk for a second or two. I finally saw little heads pop out everywhere. I smiled, sat down, and held out the tin. "I have food." Riolu sat down next to me.

None of them moved. They all just stared at me. "And a ball." I pulled it out and tossed it to Riolu. He caught it, and tossed it back. I rolled it to Oddish because it was too big for him to catch. He stopped it and kicked it towards the trash pile. A Furret crawled out and hit it back to me. I smiled and threw him a Pokémon treat. He caught it, and ate it happily. More Pokémon started to come out of there homes. We played for a while with my ball and a tire. I enjoyed it!

The Furret got brave enough to come near me. I petted his head carefully. He chirped with happiness. There were suddenly many Pokémon that wanted to be petted.

I did my best at petting them all, until a Fletchling came flying above us, screeching in panic. All the Pokémon paid attention and followed him as he flew away. I followed as well. We got to a fence and looked through it to see a Plusle and Minun stuck in another fence and a boy two times my size was meanly poking at them with a stick. They were trying to get away but the fence absorbed the thunder shock they were sending. I got really mad. I climbed over the fence that was between the boy and me and was going to teach him a lesson.

:) I love her spunk. I know she is my character, but that doesn't stop me from loving her! Thank you for the reviews!