The sun was shining above the two young teenagers, the open field accompanying the dirt road they had been walking along.

Danny flipped through the pages of his guidebook, before stopping, "Ah!" He exclaimed, excitedly, "We don't appear to be that far from Skyheart City!"

Josh yawned, his bored eyes taking a look at Danny, "You sure about that? We've been on this road all damn day," his frustration got the better of his tone.

A loud cry could be heard in the distance, Josh's bored eyes suddenly widening as he quickly took a look at what was ahead.

On closer inspection, he could see three teenagers... two boys, and one girl, surrounding another girl.

One of the boys had been wearing a hat turned backwards, along with a pair of shorts that went up to his knees, and a grey tanktop.

The other boy wore a pair of blue jeans, which had been sagging just a bit, which was rather unpleasant.. he had also been wearing a red t-shirt, along with having short brown hair.

Finally, the girl wore a fairly short skirt, accompanied by a pair of fairly large boots, which seemed pretty strange. "That style doesn't fit at all," Josh said, noticing she had also had long, curly blonde hair.

"That isn't the point, Josh! We have to go help that girl!" Danny said, gritting his teeth and charging ahead.

"Hey, wait!" Josh called after him, chasing after the eager boy.

Danny plucked his pokeball off from his belt, tossing it and letting Chespin loose from his resting place.

"The hell is that guy doing?" One of the boys had asked, looking clueless, watching the Chespin charge ahead.

"Pokey, use vine whip!" Danny shouted, malice hinted in his voice as a whip extending from Chespin's tail and narrowly smacking the clueless boy in the face.

"Hey, watch your little monster!" The girl yelled, irritated as she plucked a pokeball from her necklace, "Go, Ralts!"

Ralts has green hair, shaped like a bowlcut with two flat horns sticking from each opposite side. Ralts has white skin, its feet are shown as if it's wearing an over-sized dress. Its hands have no fingers whatsoever, and has two red eyes under its hair.

"Confusion on that little freak!" She commanded, a hand being placed on her hip as she pointed at the enemy.

Ralts had a blue glow creep out from under its green bowl cut, a blue outline surrounding Chespin. "Pokey?!" Danny clenched his fists, "Snap out of it!" He yelled worriedly.

"It's not your worthless pokemon, boy," the girl said, having a devious look in her eyes as she stared right into Danny's, "Ralts is simply going to beat him with no mercy."

"What was that?!" All of their heads turned, seeing an old man approach the scene with a wolf-like pokemon by his side.

"Is that who I think it is?" The girl gritted her teeth, backing up as she got a good look at the beastly pokemon.

"Grandpa! Arcanine!" The victim cheered, running over to her grandpa to hide behind him, her hands clinging to his shirt.

"Thank God," Danny grinned, holding his Chespin in his arms, "You have a good rest." He pressed the button, sucking Pokey back into his resting place.

The massive beast growled at the menacing girl, its sharp teeth being shown as it attempted to approach her. "Put your mutt down, old man."

"I advise you to abstain from insulting my dear Arcanine. It isn't exactly... friendly," he took a short breath, his face having a rather stern expression, "Go away, you pests. If I catch you hurting my little princess again, I'll show your Pokemon no mercy."

"Y-yeah," one of the boys stuttered, "What he said! Let's get outta here!" He stumbled as he tried to run away, crawling away as the other boy followed.

"This isn't the last you'll see of me," she muttered under her breath, sprinting off with her two cohorts.

"Thank you so much," Danny said, standing up now as he hooked the pokeball onto his belt, bowing to the older man.

Josh ran up alongside Danny, panting, "Is everything alright? I didn't know what to do," he said, looking at the girl who was now standing at her grandpa's side.

She walked up to Danny, bowing her head gratefully, "Thank you so much! If it weren't for you, my grandpa wouldn't have noticed! My name is Denise."

"Oh, it's no trouble..." Danny said, smiling a tad as he scratched the back of his neck, a red tint to his cheeks, "I'm Danny. Nice to meet you, and this is Josh."

Josh nodded, looking at the man now, "How can we thank you, Mister...?"

"Oh, no need for you to thank me. If anything, I should be thanking you!" He exclaimed, a smile plastered onto his face, "And my name is Michael."

"Nice to meet you," Danny said, raising an eyebrow as he noticed hat Denise had begun to walk further out, "Hm? What're you doing?"

"One of those boys dropped something," Denise bent over, the card sliding in-between two of her fingers, "O-oh, it's his trainer card!"

"Hand that to me, Denise," Michael bit his lip in concern, taking the card into his own hands, "This is his personal information. I need to turn this into the police."

"But, didn't you see what he did to your granddaugther?" Josh asked, confused as to why he would even bother helping them out.

"We think far too differently, son," Michael said, nodding to himself, "It's important to do the right thing, and not to stoop so low as to rob him of his license."

Josh rolled his eyes, "Whatever..."

"Show Danny and Josh to our home, would you, Denise? I'll be back after I report this to the Skyheart City police station," Michael slipped the trainer card into his pocket, "Can you do that for me?"

"Of course, grandpa!" Denise said eagerly, a smile on her face, "Stay safe!"

"Will do," Michael said, chuckling just a tad, "C'mon Arcanine."

Arcanine nodded, following along with his partner closely.

Denise motioned for the two to follow her along the dirt road, "It's not too long of a walk! You thirsty or hungry, Danny?" she asked.

"Oh, uh..." Danny stuttered a bit, confused, "Not really, how about you, Josh?"

"Now that you mention it, I am a little-"

"Oh, never mind." Denise gave Danny a grin, eventually coming upon a house made entirely of wood, "Here we are!"
The area around it was purely all a grassland, a pokemon laying down at the steps, "What's that?" Danny asked, pulling out his pokedex.

Skitty, the Kitten Pokemon. It shows its cute side by chasing its own tail until it gets dizzy.

Skitty fur is that of a pink color, with the inside of its ears being purple, and three pins sticking out of its tail. Its tiny mouth opened up to yawn, its ears twitching as its slanted eyes looking at the two strangers, "Skit?"

"Oh, this is my darling Skitty!" Denise smiled, her Skitty jumping up into her arms, nuzzling her neck, "I've had her since she was an egg!"

"Really? That's so sweet!" Danny said cheerfully, looking at the kitten Pokemon and waving, much to its pleasure.

"Skitty!" It jumped into Danny's arms right then, nuzzling up against him.

"Heheh, cut it out!" Danny giggled, the Skitty nuzzling his neck playfully as it pawed at his chest.

Denise was slightly flustered, hiding it well, "I'm glad she's taken a liking to you!"

Danny nodded, the smile on his face sticking like glue as the Skitty hopped back to her owner's arms, "Well, let's go in,"

"Finally," Josh mumbled, rolling his eyes as he followed behind the two, looking around the house, "Wow, who keeps this place up and running?"

The floors were made entirely of wood, as anyone would have guessed - but it was completely spotless. Not a speck of dirt to be found.

"My grandpa," Denise said, "Duh. This place isn't that large, so it's very easy to take care of." She turned to Danny, "Let me show you to your room!"

"Oh, wait, room? What now?"

"Aw, come on! Spend the night! It's the least I can do for you... two." She hesitantly said, her eyes focusing on Danny alone.
"Yeah, man! Thanks a lot," Josh said, putting a hand on Danny's shoulder, resulting in a threatening glare, "... What was that?"

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean," Denise said, turning her back on the two and walking down the hallway, expecting the two to follow.

They stopped at the room at the end of the hall, unlocking it for the two, "Here it is."

Inside was a set of two beds, accompanied by a moderately sized closet, "This is pretty nice for a guest room," Josh said.

"Yeah, I'll say," Danny said, shooting a smile at Denise.

Denise's cheeks burned intensely yet again, "Th-thank you so very much! It means a lot," She smiled in return.

"Oh, Denise," Josh said, much to the girl's displeasure, "Mind if Danny and I have a private talk?"

She gritted her teeth, "Sure..." she said, closing the door behind her slowly.

They waited until her footsteps had faded into the distance, allowing Josh to speak. "Do you not... notice something weird going on?"

"... Like what?" Danny sat back onto one of the beds, looking up at Josh.

"You're joking, right?" Josh asked, trying his best to laugh it off, "Right? Right?!" His expression turned from a smile, to a look of insanity.

"Whoa, calm down!" Danny backed up just a little, "Just.. slow down, okay, man?"

"Sorry," Josh sighed, "It's just... she's awfully hostile toward me, but to you she's so kind. Think about it."

Danny pondered this for a moment, looking up at the ceiling, "I don't get it."

"You're so damn dense - damn it, man!" Josh stomped his way over to Danny, placing his hands on his shoulders and shaking him violently, "She's... in love with you because you saved her, and I didn't do jack. She's obsessing. This girl is not right in the head."

"Pfft," Danny grinned, "You're overreacting! She's probably just not having a good day!"

"You're an idiot," Josh said, shaking his head as he sighed, "Whatever, man. Nice knowin' ya-"

A knock came to the door, causing Josh to instantly flip out, falling right onto the bed as he gasped, "Wh-who is it?!"

"Oh, did I startle you?" It was Michael, thankfully. A laugh was heard from the other side of the door, "Denise wants to give you a gift, Danny."

"Oh? Really? That's too kind of her," Danny said, grinning as he opened the door.

"Maybe it's a loaded gun..." Josh mumbled, getting a small glare from Danny as he left the room.

Michael brought Danny to the family room, with Denise standing right in the middle of the carpet, "What is it, Denise?" Danny smiled at her.

The red shades burned into Denise's cheek, "I want you to have this. I never raised him, but I believe you may do some good for him," she handed him a pokeball, "Go ahead and see."

Danny gave her a surprised look, his eyebrows raised, "Wow, this is such a surprise! Alright!" He pressed the button, allowing the Pokemon to take form.

Pidgey, the Avian Pokemon. It is docile and prefers to avoid conflict. If disturbed, however, it can ferociously strike back.

Pidgey has a rather plump body, a portion of the top part of its wings are brown, along with the back of its neck and its tail feathers. The rest of the body is a lighter color, with black markings around its eyes. Its beak is a pinkish colors, along with its feet.

"Thanks so much," he returned the pigeon back to its resting place, "I'll call her Patience."

"No problem," Denise said, stepping over to him suddenly, pressing her arm up against his, "It's a little thank you."

Josh walked into the room, his eyes narrowing to the windows. "It got dark really quicky," he spoke in a yawn.

Much to Denise's displeasure, Danny turned away from her, "Oh, yeah... I am feeling pretty tired," he said, "Oh, thanks so much, Denise. I appreciate this so much!" He seemed so ecstatic.

"It's no problem, like I said Danny," she tilted her head, a bright smile on her face, "Go get some rest."

"Will do," he nodded, "See ya tomorrow."

Danny and Josh made their way back into the guest room, Josh walking more quickly than he had previously.

He shut the door as soon as Danny walked in, "I don't trust her. She even gave you a Pokemon..."

"And I'm thankful," Danny frowned, "I don't know why you think she's so crazy, dude."

"Just, just... we're leaving tomorrow, and we'll never see her again after that. Let's just sleep..." Josh said, sounding as if he was doing this for his own well-being, rather than his friend's.

"Sure," Danny said, slightly upset as he crawled into one of the beds, turning over to the wall, "Night, Josh."

"Night man."

Soon enough, the two had fallen into a rather deep sleep. Danny tossed and turned in his sleep, while Josh was simply buried under his covers.

The door began to creak open, a sliver of light creeping its way onto the bedroom floor. A set of eyes focused on Danny.

"Mine forever," she whispered, giggling.

"Wow, you really are insane."

Denise's eyes began to widen, noticing that Josh had gotten out of bed. He looked down at her in the darkness, "You looking for a fight?"

She instantly began to crawl away on her knees, Josh looking at her as if she were a dog. "... So much for sleep."

The morning came soon enough, allowing Josh to wake up Danny at a rather early hour. "Danny, it's eight in the morning. Time to leave. Now."

"Joooooosh... one or two more hours..." his friend whined, shaking his head and pressing it into his pillow.

"No, we're going now!" Josh demanded, pulling Danny out from the bed.

"Ugh, fine..." Danny sighed, slipping his belt on and attaching the second pokeball to it, which contained his Pidgey.

They eventually made their way outside - but not before an ear piercing scream followed the two.

"DANNY! DANNY!" Her voice shrieked from the house, a blush on her face as she tackled the boy from behind.

"Ouch! Wh-what is it, Denise?" he asked, grabbing his back as he looked up at her from the ground.

"I have a demand," she bit her tongue for a bit, her heart beating wildly, "I want you to stay with m-"

"HELL NO!" Josh shouted, picking a pokeball off from his belt and approaching the girl, his fist clenched so tightly.

"You have no right to decide for him, you little prick!" Denise argued, looking back over at Danny, "Soooo... what do you say?~"

"I say no." Danny spoke with a dull tone, "Why would I? I have so much ahead of me with Josh. He's my best friend, Denise."

She was visibly shaking, tears literally falling onto her cheeks at his response, "You can't be serious," she whispered, taking a pokeball out from her pocket, "After all I've done for you?"

She threw her ball, the Skitty from the previous day standing its ground. "Skit, skit!" It cried aloud.

"Go, Pokey!" Danny called out his teammate, his Chespin readying for battle, "I don't want you to hurt her too bad, okay? Just keep her back!"

"Skitty, use tackle attack!" Skitty nodded, crying out as it lunged at Chespin, only for its tail to grow out, slapping the kitten pokemon in the abdomen.

"Skit!" It whined, falling to the ground on its side.

"Do you not train your Pokemon?! What kind of trainer are you?" Josh looked at her angrily, "And putting it out in battle? The hell is wrong with you?"

"I'm not a trainer! I have to bring my love back, shut up!" She cried out, tears falling onto the ground, "Skitty, get back up! NOW!"

Skitty struggled to get up from that one vine whip attack, leaving Danny to do nothing but return Chespin to its pokeball, "You're being cruel to your pokemon. I won't do this." He said, turning and walking away.

"N-no," Denise shouted at him, "Get back here, damn it!" She cried out in desperation, but to no avail.

As they traveled further down the dirt road, Josh looked over at Danny, "I'm proud of you. You knew when to stop, unlike her."

"It's nothing. Just being sensible," he began to smile, "Let's hurry and get to Skyheart, man."

"I hear ya."