First and probably only update since my spring break, oh my god, I'm so sorry guys. It's just that my friend suggested this anime for me to watch and it took me four days to finish it (would've been three if it wasn't for my dental appointment) along with having to finish my untouched spring break homework. Sigh, life is treating me pretty badly right now. Oh wells, guess I just have to suck it up and deal with it. But yeah, it was a very good anime that I saw (: Whoever that follows me on tumblr should know since I made a post on it :3

Oh, and thank you all for your feedback on how I did. I honestly thought that a lot of your would prefer it to be girls against guys but I'm glad many of you like it this way. For the people who prefers it girls against guys, then I'm sorry it's not to your liking and you probably wouldn't like some other things I'm gonna do in this chapter. Sorry if you guys won't like what happens in this, but I just don't want the story to end up like those cliché ones, you know?

Anyway, I've finally got my lazy butt to work on the first chapter of this story and I'm hoping you will all enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything! I just own the plot (:

Chapter One: And So, Training Begins

"Paul Shinji, otherwise known as Shadow, from Veilstone, Sinnoh," Platinum named off from the folder that was in her hands. "Wow, he scowls with photos too. Was he born with that scowl?"

It was ten in the morning and the team had gathered in Emerald's room since she had the folders containing information about their targets. They had planned to choose their targets, then to train with their best weapons, and lastly, choose their best Pokémon team.

Her face scrunched up as she read more about Paul. "He doesn't even like to do anything but train and battle, what a bore." She looked underneath that information. "And he hates everything. Is this guy even human? Who hates everything?"

The other three stifled their laughs. "What does it say about his personality and the way he fights, Dawn?" Emerald inquired using Platinum's actual name. She figured that since no one else was around; why not just call the team by their actual names.

The bluenette flipped through some papers before finding her desired information. "Well, Leaf, there's not much to say about his personality other than the fact that he doesn't like anything and he's quite a stoic person. Hmm, it also says that he doesn't like to talk at all and would only talk if he needs to. Fighting and battling-wise though, he's pretty good. According to this information, he usually goes for the quick and easy. I guess it's understandable that he just goes straight for the kill though. I mean, no offense, but most of the bandits they've killed were pretty weak," she commented nonchalantly.

The others nodded in agreement. "That just means we have to be prepared for anything that he throws at us, right?" Raven, or Ash, asked after he finished his second plate of breakfast. Dawn nodded and he grinned. "Great, I'll go after him then. If it's a battle he likes, then a battle he'll get, right Pikachu?" he said excitingly, referring to the yellow mouse resting happily on his shoulder.

"Pi-ka-chu," he responded happily.

"Who're the others?" Sapphire, otherwise known as May, asked after putting down her plate of breakfast. She grabbed the orange juice next to her and drank it in content as Leaf picked up another folder.

"Gary Oak, going by the name of Auburn, from Pallet Town and also the grandson of Professor Oak." She frowned upon seeing his picture. 'Where have I seen him before?' "Hmm, not a bad looking guy," she commented. "Anyway, it says here that he's always flirting with girls, which isn't too hard considering his looks. He's not a bad battler either." The brown-eyed brunette started to look through the other files that contained his other information along with his Pokémon team. "Apparently his method of killing is usually luring females with his charms and killing them right off the bat. Well at least he uses his looks as an advantage."

The brunette looked at her teammates, eyebrows raised. "Anyone up for a challenge?"

"Well, we would need someone who can match him, right? So it would have to be either you, Leaf, or Dawn," May pointed out.

The two mentioned girls exchanged looks with each other. "I think Dawn should," Leaf piped up. "She's usually better at handling guys, right?"

Dawn simply shrugged. "Alright then, guess I'll have to sharpen those flirting skills of mine."

Leaf giggled. "Have fun with that, Dawn. Oh, and he's really cocky, so it'll be a bit frustrating." Leaf then picked up another folder. "Oh, it seems like they have a girl in their top elite team," she said, surprised.

"Who is it?" May wondered aloud curiously.

The brunette showed them page with the picture. "Her name is Misty Waterflower and she goes by the name, Aqua. She's from Kanto as well, Cerulean City, to be specific. She specializes with a team of water type Pokémon, and she isn't someone that should be taken lightly. According to the information we have, she's a fierce fighter and a great swimmer as well, so I think its best we don't go near water when we're near her. She's a tomboy too."

"Can I see that folder?" May asked. Leaf nodded and handed her teammate the information, which was immediately scanned through by the sapphire-eyed brunette. "Hmm, and she uses her talent for swimming as an advantage too," she stated. "She usually tricks her opponents into a diving competition in a deep lake and she would kill them right then and there."

She then placed the folder down and started thinking to herself. May knew she was going to be up against a tough opponent and dangerous as well. She just had to make sure she didn't get tricked into doing the diving competition. "I'll go after her."

The three looked at her with wide eyes. "Are you sure, May? It's probably best that we all go after her."

She nodded. "It's fine, I know how to take care of myself, guys. Besides, the one you have to look out for is Paul. Even his picture is terrifying, so he's probably really deadly."

"Gee, thanks for making me feel better about going against him," Ash grumbled.

The other three laughed at her comment as they agreed with the brunette. "Okay, then, good luck May," Dawn said. She then picked up the last folder. "Then that leaves Leaf with the last guy."

The brown eyed brunette let out a moan as she dropped down to on her bed. "Why couldn't it have been a guy? That means I have to actually do my best now, great," she said sarcastically. "What does it say about him?"

Dawn's cobalt eyes scanned through the information and showed Leaf the picture of the last top assassin. "He's Andrew Hayden, going by the name Drew, and called Forest. He's from LaRousse City too," she informed. "He has a variety of types in his team and, unlike the rest, he doesn't immediately go for the kill. He would usually see the status of the opposing person and if that person is weak, he allows them to go first and if they're strong, he attacks. Nonetheless though, he still ends up killing them." Then, a small piece of info caught her attention. "Here's something we don't see everyday. He would sometimes poison his targets by putting poison powder into drinks or food and tricks them into drinking them."

"You have to watch out for that, Leaf," May warned.

The brunette waved it off as if it was nothing. "Don't worry about me; I'm going to be fine. What's his personality like?" Leaf asked as she flopped onto her stomach.

"Well, he's pretty arrogant and, but he never loses his cool. He's also the genius of the team. Hmm, strange personality," she stated. "Oh, and it's also recorded here that he tends to flip his hair a lot. I don't think that's really important, but hey, I guess it's good to know his hobbies."

Leaf let out a long sigh. "Well, I guess I will just have to deal with it for a while. And besides, it's gonna be fun to have a challenge." She then stood up and stretched out. "Alright, now let's all change, get our weapons and start training."

The rest did as they were instructed and went to their respective rooms to change. When they were done, they met in the training room which was not far from their barracks. Upon arriving, they discussed a few things with Lucy, who informed them on the time they'll be leaving and how much they had to train.

"I don't want any of you guys to take this lightly, got it? This team is much more powerful than I've ever seen in my years of being around. Not only that, but I've got word that they've been sent out to kill you guys as well, so stay sharp, got it?"

"Okay, Lucy, we get it," Dawn replied back as she examined her black and gold tipped dagger. The dagger itself was mostly black with a thin gold wrapping around the black handle. "Hmm, I need to remember to sharpen the tip at the end of training."

Lucy's ruby eyes narrowed at the four and her voice grew dangerous. "I am serious, you four. They can finish you guys all in ten seconds flat if you don't take this seriously. Do I make myself clear?"

Seeing how serious she was, the four actually started to take her advice seriously and with a blink of an eye, the team had turned as serious as well. "Yes, ma'am," they all replied in unison.

"From what Steven told us, this is Leaf Green, that's May Maple, Ash Ketchum, and Dawn Berlitz," Aqua announced. "I still don't see what's so good about them."

"Well they must be pretty good if Steven Stone was impressed. You know that he doesn't praise often, right Misty?" Auburn pointed out. He quickly took notice at one of the folders and picked it up, reading through the information that was given. "Leaf Green, eh?" he said to himself.

The other three rolled their eyes upon hearing the tone in his voice and shook their heads. "Don't tell us you're going to hit on her and kill her just like that, Gary," Forest said. "You realize that she probably knows that's your trick."

Gary simply shrugged it away as he looked at the innocent look in the picture. "Don't worry about it. It says here that she's the brains of the team and that she can figure anything out within five minutes." Upon reading this, he smirked as he looked up at his teammates. "So who thinks they can match her intelligence?"

Drew raised his hand in interest. She had caught his attention when it was mentioned she was the brains. "I'll go after her. Let's see how much of a genius this girl really is."

Shadow smirked. "A little jealous that there's someone smarter than you?"

"Sure, Paul, like I'll ever be jealous of a tiny bandit."

"Do you want to know anything else, Drew?" Gary asked as he picked up another folder.

Drew flicked his hair. "What's her style? I know she's a bandit, but she has to have a way of killing her foes."

Gary smirked and picked up the folder again. "Glad you ask, Drew. Well, there's not much info on that but she usually waits for their guard to be down and she'll go for the kill. Her battling style shouldn't be taken so lightly either," he advised. "According to this, she specializes in the grass-type category. You think you can handle it?"

"Of course I can," the green haired teen answered. "Give me the folder."

Gary obediently handed the folder to his teammate and opened another folder, placing it in the middle of the circle they had formed in Misty's room. "Ash Ketchum, who is also going by the name, Raven," Misty read aloud. "Hmm, like Leaf, he's from Pallet as well."

The others read the information on it and when they were done, the three who didn't have their targets yet, exchanged looks. "Paul?" Gary suggested.

"Why me?" the aforementioned inquired. "You guys know how much I hate dealing with dense people like him."

"Because," Drew started, "it says that he's an excellent battler and you're probably the best out of all of us."

For about twenty minutes, the three was stuck trying to convince the quiet teen to target Ash and when he was tired of hearing reasons, he finally agreed. "Fine, I'll go after him. Is there anything that I have to look out for this guy?"

"Pikachu, his partner, is a tough one. You should watch out for that," Drew advised as he read through the file on Ash. "Other than that, you should be able to get him easily." And with that, he handed Paul the file.

He accepted the folder and grabbed the next folder that was yet to be read. When he opened it, he scowled and placed it in the middle of the circle. "This girl is way too cheery. That dense idiot is probably better for me."

Gary raised an eyebrow at the girl and picked up the folder before Misty could finish read it. "Hey, she's cute." He smirked when he read the rest of her information. "So she's from Twinleaf, Sinnoh," he read off. "She's also the one in the team that does the flirting."

"Just like you," Misty interjected, making the other two chuckle.

"She's got a good point," Paul pointed out.

"Yeah," Drew agreed. "Hey, you can target her. You would be matching her talents." He proceeded to take the file from Gary's hand and scanned through it. "Like you, Gary, she lures guys with her looks and kills them off when she deems them as weak enough and when their guards are down. Oh, looks like you've got some competition there."

The auburn haired teen simply rolled his eyes and smirked to himself as he grabbed the file back. "We'll see who's the better thief, Platinum."

"Then I guess that leaves me with May," Misty announced. She took the last file and looked through it. "Interesting," she said to herself, catching the others' attention. "She's the top of their elite team, yet she's also a dense one like Ash, ironic, isn't it?"

Gary grabbed the folder from her and looked through it. "Hey, she's not that bad looking too." As he continued, he chuckled. "It is ironic. She's a girl who enjoys eating and father's Norman of Petalburg, so she's not a bad battler either, though she prefers doing contests." He then smirked over at Drew. "Looks like you've got two competitions: May and Dawn."

Drew flicked his hair. "Please, like anyone could be better than me, Drew Hayden."

Misty, ignoring his cocky comments, grabbed the file back from Gary. "Her style is sneaking up on the enemy and kills them, but there are times when she has to go hand to hand combat, which she isn't too bad at either." She sighed. "Great, that means more training for me."

"If you guys are done with deciding your targets, let's get training now," Paul grunted as he stood up from the blue rug Misty had out.

Everyone else agreed with him and got up as well. They each went to their respective rooms and changed into their assassin attire. Once they were done with that, they picked their six Pokémon team along with their best claw before heading down to the training arena, where they met up with Steven.

"Have you guys chosen your targets yet?" he inquired once the team reached him.

They nodded. "Yeah, we each decided on someone to go after," Misty said.

"Are they really that strong?" Drew questioned. "I mean, they don't seem that good as far as I can tell. For Arceus sakes, two of the members in that team are dense and love to eat."

Steven frowned. "Yes, I realize that, but you've got to see what they can do. They can finish someone off in a blink of an eye. Don't take them so lightly."

Before anyone else can make a cocky remark, Paul cleared his throat. "Alright, we understand. They're tough so we'll just have to train harder."

And with that, the four separated and went to their respective training spots where they would practice accuracy, train their Pokémon team, improve their speed, and practiced their hand to hand combats with other assassins.

'Prepare to die, Bandits.'

And I am finished with chapter uno of this story. AHAHA, this seems more of an intro chapter. Next chapter will be them preparing to leave for the mission so look forward to it? :3 So yeah, sorry for updating only once since my spring break. I feel really awful for that but this really good anime (as stated above) distracted me and everything. IT IS REALLY GOOD! No joke!

I've also had to deal with this "friend" of mine. Yeah, found out she's a total fake to me and ugh, I just wish she would say things to my face instead of behind my back. -.-

ANYYWAY, yeah, I tried not to go with the whole cliché pairing thing so I changed it up. I hope you guys are all okay with that. I understand that a lot of you prefer it the other way but you don't like it, you don't have to read it. But I'll let you guys tell me how you all liked it! REVIEW and tell me how it was and tell me if you like it this way! I would love to read your wonderfully long reviews and motivating words soo REVIEW please c: