Tylerbamafan: got to say, the response for this was kinda amazing in just the last few hours since we released the story. Well Tsuki almost certainly has a better work ethic than me. She was trying to work on the next chapter immediately while I just watched SEC Football for the afternoon before going back to the grinder

TsukiRiver: It isn't like I got very far. Real talk though, I can't believe how many of you guys favorited and followed, once the onslaught of emails starts to slow down I am going to thank each and every one of you! Seriously, getting all those emails made me grin so hard my face hurt, it was fantastic!

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Chapter 1: Into the Breach

Sarah smiled as the little Eevee moved closer and closer to her until it was cuddled up next to her. Very carefully she picked it up and gently held it up to her heart.

"Hey there, my name is Sarah, would you like to go on an adventure with me?"

The Eevee seemed to think about it for a moment before nodding. Sarah smiled and rubbed behind the Eevees ear. The Eevee seemed to snuggle into the darkness her arms provided…. darkness… Yes… That would work. That would work nicely

"Well then, if you're coming with me then you are going to need a good name. How does Nyx sound?"

The Eevee tilted its head, as though considering and eventually nodded in acquiescence. Sarah smiled and murmured into her fur "Nyx it is then."

Professor Oak, feeling vindicated in his belief that this girl could do it, approached with two Pokedexes in hand. "These are your Pokedexes, they will give you information on every kind of Pokemon that has been officially recorded. They will also function as identification if you ever need it."

Sarah tilted her head idly "Officially Recorded?" she asked pointedly she knew for a fact that some Pokemon species flitted between Kanto and Johto

Oak smiled, "Each Pokedex is divided by region," he explained, "Pokemon native to Kanto will not be included in a Hoenn Pokedex, under most circumstances. The same applies for all regions."

"Most circumstances?"

Oak chuckled, "Should you receive all eight gym badges in a region, we will upgrade your Pokedex with more international data."

Sarah hummed and Ash nodded to show that he understood.

"Now come on, you two. Let's get you on the road." Oak had barely finished speaking before Ash was out of the room and running down the hall, Pikachu in his arms.

Sarah chuckled "Let's go before he winds up charging out of Pallet without stopping."

The Professor snorted in amusement and lead her out of the room.

The two walked at a more sedate pace than Ash's over energetic rush -Sarah with Nyx still curled up in her arms- and when they opened the door to the outside world, they were greeted with a smoking delegation of well wishers and a smug looking Pikachu.

"What in the world happened while we were walking here? You were away from us for what, a minute?"

"Apparently," Delia Ketchum said, smoothing out her hair and dusting herself off, "Pikachu doesn't like to be crowded."

Sarah stifled a giggle, "Well, I'm pretty sure Nyx wouldn't like it either so maybe it would be best to give her some room." It was very hard for her to contain her laughter as she watched the entire group take one large, rather dramatic step back, with the exceptions of her mother, brother, and the Professor.

Sarah smirked, and gently loosened her arms a little. Nyx poked her head out curiously.

Delia gasped and covered her mouth with her hand, "Oh, that is the cutest thing."

Nyx merely tilted her head, scanning the group warily and looking ready to duck back into Sarah's arms

"Easy girl…" She murmured, ruffling her fur between her ears

Nyx relaxed slightly.

"You certainly have a way with her." Oak said easily

Delia smiled and parted the crowd as she went to grab Sarah's bag "Come on," she said with a smile "I've got something for you."

She rummaged around in her bags, "Aha" she pulled out a small, rectangular object and pressed a button on the side causing the screen on top to expand and flicker to life.

"This is a Pokegear." Her mom explained handing the device to her, "It serves as both a map, and a way for you to contact us should you need either me or Professor Oak."

"Aren't these expensive?" She asked wonderingly

Delia merely grinned teasingly, "I wasn't always a mom." She explained, "I still have connections."

Oak chuckled.

Sarah couldn't help but wonder how much she didn't know about her mom, and mentally scolded herself for forgetting her sensei's favorite lesson

Look underneath the underneath

Still, right now was a moment they'd been waiting their entire lives for. Best to focus on the now. She was acutely aware of Ash impatiently shuffling around and Pikachu looking curiously at the machine in Delia's hands.

'Right, let's get this show on the road'

Ash turns around and tilts his head, "Aren't you coming?" He asked.

Sarah shakes her head, "Not yet, I have a few things I need to pack before I'm ready to set off. Don't worry, I'll catch up with you."

Ash shrugged, "Suit yourself Soot. I'll wait up if you don't catch up by morning."

Sarah smiled and nudged him playfully, "Thanks, but if you are gonna have to drag that Pikachu around all day, I'll catch up with you no problem."

Ash stuck his tongue out at his sister before giving her a gentle hug, wary of the Eevee still in her arms. "See you then sis." He mutters before turning around and running down the road. In the wrong direction.

She waited a few moments for him to figure it out himself before smiling as he stopped for a moment, seemed to think about it, then proceeded to follow a more correct path.

She smiled and began to walk back to their home. She had made it about halfway there when she saw Gary leaning against a wall, apparently he noticed her about the same time because he held a hand up in a sort of wave

"Yo," He said, pushing off the wall, "Heard about her from Gramps." He said with a nod at Nyx

"Hey," Sarah said, "you waited up on us?"

"Well more for your sake than Ashy boy." Gary smirked, "His Pikachu has all the firepower it needs."

"He got you too huh?" Sarah asked

"Oh yeah." Gary nodded, "Met the little turd about a week ago and didn't want to see it again after that."

The Prodigal Oak blinked and shook his head, "Anyway that's not what I wanted to talk about, Mainly I stayed to give you this." He tossed a silvery disc at her and she reflexively caught it out of the air. "Most times, Eevee don't have a good move pool until they evolve, this should give her a bit of an edge."

She blinked and took a closer look at the disk in her hands. Her eyes widened in surprise."Thanks" she said looking up.

Gary grinned "Thank me when it saves your hide in Pewter." he said, clapping her on the shoulder and walking past her "See ya around"

Sarah wasn't sure how to respond to that, so, she simply watched him walk off. After he was out of sight Sarah took one last glance at the thing in her hand and then at Nyx,

"That was odd." She said before continuing on her way home. The remainder of the walk was uneventful, as Sarah chatted idly to Nyx about herself and her brother in an attempt to bond with her Pokemon before she got on the road.

Once she reached her home she had to set down Nyx so that she could open the door. Once she did so, she offered to pick her up again, but she chose instead to simply walk beside her.

Leading Nyx upstairs, Sarah couldn't help but think of the fact that it was very possible that she would never see this house again. The thought made her pause because, while she understood the concept behind sending trainers out into the world at only ten years old, that it was at this age that bonds were still easy to form, and it was mildly reasonable to expect them to be able to take care of themselves for at least a while.

Despite understanding the concept behind it all, the part of her that was simply ten years old again thought it to be more than a bit scary as her adult and shinobi oriented brain told her all the things that could go wrong. Luckily for her, Nyx had been watching her new trainer and noticed the fact that something was bothering her and proceeded to nudge her leg with her head. Sarah blinked and looked down at her Pokemon with a small smile, "Thank you Nyx."

"Vee vee."

Sarah knelt down and scratched the Eevees' head, "All I need to do is pack a few more things and I'll be good." She said as she opened the door to the room she and Ash shared. "There were a few things I didn't want my brother to know about just yet, so I couldn't pack them." She gave Nyx a wiry grin, "You'll keep it a secret right?" Much to her amusement she nodded seriously, looking very pleased with the fact that she was about to share a secret with her.

"Alright, since you promised," she said before moving aside three loose boards, which appeared to have nothing under them, until she reached into the hole and under the boards next to it and began to pull things out. Among which were a large plastic bag, a thick book, and two cardboard boxes. Opening up one of her backpacks many pockets, she began to place the plastic bag inside causing Nyx to make a noise of confusion.

Sarah smiled and said,"This is the outfit I am going to wear for big official battles, but it isn't quite done yet, so I'm going to keep it a surprise until we go against our first gym leader." She then then holds up the book, "This is my research book, don't be fooled by its small size, everything I know and have learned is in this book, it is very important to me, so important that I made sure that nobody else can ever read it. It would be very bad if anybody got their hands on this book, understand?" Once again the Eevee nodded. "Good, I'm glad."

Putting the book into another pocket that by all rights shouldn't have fit it she points to the first box, "That has all the things that I need for the scrapbook that I am going to make on this journey. It is going to be a record of my travels and a log of the growth of not only myself, but my Pokemon as well, in fact..." She opens the box and pulls out a small camera, "I hope you don't mind if I take your picture."

All Nyx did was smile and chirp a cue for the camera.

With a quiet chuckle Sarah took the shot

She nodded at the resulting image on the screen and tapped 'save'. She'd print the pictures off when she had the time.

Finally she pointed to the last box, "That, holds the thing that will, hopefully, make sure we never need to worry about our financial situation." She opens it to reveal that it is filled with paper, "I've been working on a book, I'm hoping it will be good enough to be published."

She placed the box in the bottom of her pack and closed the flap, before she slipped the camera into a side pocket in her backpack and slipped it over her shoulders before scooping up Nyx. "Let's go, before Ash picks a fight with an Arcanine or something."

'Really,' she thought with wry amusement, 'it's like Team 7s' curse follows me around then latches onto the people who travel with me as well.'

She took off, dashing down the main road of Pallet at a dead sprint. In another life, this would have been a casual jog.

"Shoo!" Ash shouted as he chased the Ratata away from his bag as Pikachu merely snickered at his misfortune. Ash glared at Pikachu, "That isn't very nice! What if that Ratata had ruined our food! We're lucky it only took a single bag of chips!"

Pikachu merely shrugged and seemed to gesture at the fields around them seeming to say that she could forage for food quite easily.

Ash sighed and shook his head. Kicking at a rock in the path in frustration he wondered how he was going to catch any Pokemon if his first one refused to cooperate with him. Maybe Soot would be able to help him get Pikachu to listen…

Merely moments after he had kicked the rock a pained squawk came from the general direction he had kicked it in. Ash looked up in surprise and turned towards the noise, only to find himself lunging to the ground with a yelp in order to avoid an attack from an angry Spearow.

The Spearow banked sharply and came at him again with an angry squawk. He dove under the attack and mentally thanked Sarah for her insistence on playing dodgeball when they were young.

Huh. Now that he thought about she was always wanting to do something physica;-focus Ketchum!

The Spearow was preparing to make another run at him when it finally noticed Pikachu in the tree and its irritation increased tenfold as it adjusted the angle of its attack so it could go after the Pikachu instead.

It had been closing in when a rock from nowhere made it careen wildly off course and into a tree.

"I can't leave you alone for an hour can I?" Sarah asked with a raised eyebrow as she skidded to a stop and crouched into a low fighting stance.

The little Eevee on her shoulder barked a greeting to Ash and was eyeing the Spearow with a careful eye looking ready to duck into Sarah's backpack if the situation called for it.

Ash opened his mouth as if to retort before an earsplitting squawk of rage rang through the air. Sarah paled as she looked out over the plains.

"RUN!" She bellowed as she took off down the path.

He noticed that Pikachu had joined them at some time in the ensuing chaos. Sarah was several meters ahead of the both of them and it looked like she was getting even further ahead with each passing moment.

Suddenly Pikachu sprinted up ahead of him, for what reason he wasn't sure, but only a few seconds after she did so the Spearow converged on her and began to peck at the small electric mouse.

Ash dove forward and swung his arms around to make the Spearow get out of the way before picking up Pikachu and continuing the mad dash away from the angered Pokemon.

They came to be running alongside the river, as it rushed over a cliff creating a spectacular waterfall.

"We've got to jump." Ash panted seeing Sarah's hesitance

She sighed, "I know, I was hoping there was a way around that."

Ash heard her murmur, "Once more into the breach," and wondered briefly at what it meant. After all, they'd certainly never been in a situation like this before, but she reached back and grabbed his wrist in a steel grip. As though to remind herself that he was still there.

"On three." She said over the screeching that was getting closer with each second

"On three," he agreed, "one."

"Two," she continued.

"Three!"

The two of them jumped off the cliff, as far from the falls and the rocks beneath them as they could manage.

Just in time too, as the flock of Spearow had come screaming out of the sky as they descended.

The impact with the water disoriented Ash as he struggled to swim with Pikachu in his grip and trying to keep Sarah in his sights. Ash was impressed by how well the little Eevee could swim and tread water but eventually she was forced to bite onto Sarah's clothing or else be swept away with the current.

A dark shape emerged from the depths and Ash recoiled in shock as a large serpent like Pokemon surged at them and watched in horror as the tail impacted against Sarah's form causing her to go limp as she hurtled quickly downstream. He struggled to follow but eventually was forced to redirect his efforts to reaching the surface. He saw what looked to be a hookless fishing lure and grabbed hold, hoping to use it to reach breathable air. It did, but not in the way he expected. As soon as he had grabbed hold of the lure he felt it being pulled up and away from his grasp, so he held on tighter and pulled at almost the exact same moment the person on the other end of the fishing rod drew it back as far as they could.

He was abruptly yanked out of the water and crashed harshly on the riverside.

"Ahhhh," a female voice complained, "It's just some kid."

"Forget that!" He said hastily thrusting the unconscious Pikachu into the woman's arms "Hold her, I've got to find my sister!" He shucked off his vest and yanked off his hat and prepared to dive back into the river

"HOLD YOUR PONYTA"S KID!" He felt a harsh yank and was abruptly laying on the ground and staring up into the woman's eyes and, the first thing he noticed was the shock of orange hair on her head.

Looking calmer now she said slowly, "Explain what happened."

Ash took a deep breath and began to hurriedly explain the fact that he and his sister had jumped into the river in an attempt to escape some Spearow who they had angered and about the long, serpentine like Pokemon that had emerged from the depths.

The woman paled slightly at his description of the dragon like Pokemon, "That," she said in a slow and deliberate manner, "was a Gyarados. You're very fortunate it didn't decide to do worse than those Spearows ever could"

Ash went very still as the reality of what this woman had just told him began to take hold in his mind. "My sister was hit by it, and I think that she was knocked out, do you think..." He trailed off, as his mind thought of all the terrible things that could have happened to his sister.

The woman shook her head and pointed at the fast water, "I've been fishing up and down these waterways for most of my life, the river calms the closer you get to Viridian. If she surfaces in the woods near there she'll be fine."

Ash nodded and then looked at his Pikachu that was currently in the woman's arms. "Where is the closest place that I can go to that can help out Pikachu? He was hurt and we might have to fight off more wild Pokemon when we head back out."

"Every major city and some of the larger towns have Pokemon Centers that'll heal all your Pokemon free of charge." She said, handing him Pikachu. "They also offer traveling trainers room and board for a small fee.'

Ash nodded, "Thank y.." He was cut off by the sound of furious squawking and his eyes widened to comical proportions, "Oh crap! I thought I lost them!"

The woman gnawed on her lip for a moment, clearly debating something before pointing towards a bike, "That's my bike, you can use it to get away from the Spearow and to Veridian City, but I expect it back in perfect condition. The Spearow won't come after me because they are notorious for having one track minds when angered."

Ash nods gratefully before putting Pikachu in the bikes basket and hopped on before taking off at breakneck speeds, the Spearow not far behind and a storm brewing in the distance.

And the whole time, his worries for his sister constantly ate away at him. His eyes narrowed and he peddled harder.

He had been riding as fast as he could for ten minutes when the storm broke open overhead. Howling winds and rain were making the path more dangerous and harder to ride on. Still he kept going.

He was so focused on going forward that he didn't notice the sudden drop until he rode right off of it, causing him to fall from the bike and Pikachu to tumble from the basket. Struggling to crawl to his new partner, he pulled out his Pokeball and set it before him. "Please Pikachu, get inside, if you do I might be able to save you, and there would be no way for those Spearow to get to you." Slowly he began to stand and turn to face the Spearow that were now practically on top of them and shouted arms stretched out to his sides, "Hey Spearow! Do you know who I am! I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and I am destined to be the Pokemon master. I'm going to capture and defeat all of you! SO COME AND GET ME!"

The Spearow took the challenge.

Something in the little Pikachu's eyes hardened, she could feel the power in this storm. He surged forward, the electricity building in him and the air around her. She lept up Ash's leg, off his shoulder and released the power she knew was there.

The mouse bellowed its name, and a incredibly strong flash of lightning arched across the plains.

Miles away on a riverside, a young girl could be found laying down, completely drenched. By her side is an equally soaked little Eevee, gently nudging the young girl with her head and mewling as loud as it could, trying to get her to wake up.

TsukiRiver: Alright, shoutout time to all of you wonderful people.

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tylerbamafan: Uh, tsuki, I think they can see the favorite and follow counters just fine… hehehe…. still this was fun and i admit to some small amount of pride because, WOW ten to eleven pages on Google Docs given how far this note goes.

Nyx. Given her affiliation with shadows and her previous Nara heritage we found it fitting. We weren't exactly kind to Sarah this chapter and that was with reason. She doesn't have chakra anymore or any other kind of special powers from other lives and sometimes she needs a few good knocks to remind her that she's only human here. Not to worry though, there will be plenty of badass to come. From everyone.

Let it be known that I am also something of a troll so what I say could easily be a hint to the opposite being true… or being a red herring. the difference largely depends on my mood. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

See ya next time

(Edited as of 10/8/15)