Hello there everybody!
So here is chapter three. Took me some days, but you know, this is the last year of high school for me and I'm pretty much busy with tests and homeworks! Hope you can forgive me :)
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CHAPTER 3

Pikachu got near her once again, always smiling and being friendly. This time, she didn't growl nor attack him, though she still was very suspicious. She took a few step towards him and tried to sense if they really were friendly, or if they were trying to deceive her. After all she'd been through, it wasn't so easy for her to just trust people. Or pokemons.
She had been very friendly, caring, attached to the ones she had loved. But things change in life, and she changed with them, in a desperate attempt to protect herself.
She smelled the yellow pokemon in front of her, and shifted her gaze from him to his trainer, looking him with her big golden eyes, trying to sense his intentions. Why were they even helping her in the first place? What did they want from her? She couldn't find answers. They had taken her to a nurse whose name she didn't remember, but she vaguely remember being carried by the trainer to a place where someone took care of her, and she was healing now. Then it hit her. They want to capture me! she thought It's the only explanation. They put me back in shape so they can capture me now. They want me to fight. Against other pokemons! Maybe even against other Vulpixs! Not that I have many friends out here who I would be sorry to damage, but.. Battling is such an unfair things. I don't see the point in it. I've been to see contests, even if I never participated, I know how these things work. Pokemon get hurt, that's inevitable, and if the trainer looses, he or she blames it on the pokemon. I don't want to be part of that world. If I have to fight, it will be my own decision.
Pikachu, hoping that she was calming down, jumped nearer and that made her jump back again. - Pika-pì?- he said, wanting to know why she was acting like this.
Oh well, the humans won't understand anyway! She thought, and quickly replied that she was scared to be captured. Pikachu reassured her that they were not going to do such thing, especially when they don't know if she has a trainer or not. And it was the perfect sentence at the perfect time. This was going to make them leave her alone!
-Vuuu!- She replied, meaning that, yes. She had a trainer. And she hoped he would believe her.
Pikachu smiled at her and she sighed of relief, no more troubles! They would be probably leaving her by now, somewhere in the woods, and she would come back to her everyday life. Or at least she would try.
-So you're becoming friends, uh? Do you like her, Pikachu?- Ash asked as he started laughing heartedly. Pikachu sighed, yes she was cute, but she just wasn't his type, she had too much… fire.

Soon after that, they started to walk, and Vulpix followed them from behind. She knew she could be leaving at any time, probably they wouldn't even notice, but for some reasons she expected them to do something, say something, like, bid her farewell. So she kept on walking.
-Oh well!- Said Ash smiling and turning to face Vulpix after almost an hour of walking and chatting all together. He got on his knees in front of her -So this is where we found you! I wonder if you have a trainer.. maybe somebody searching for you? Do you want us to leave here or do you prefer to walk with us until Fortree City?-
-Yeah, maybe we could search around there if somebody knows her trainer!- Max replied.
Ash stroke her fur and Vulpix tried her best not to flinch at the touch. No human had ever pet her. At this point she was pretty much confused. Like, seriously, why were they even acting like this? What was the purpose behind it all? She had never met somebody who just acted like this to her, who really.. cared for her. The only exceptions would be her parents, but they were long gone.
She tried her best to smile back to him, and she sat on the grass, hoping to pass the message: she wouldn't follow them anymore. Even if they were nice to her. Even if HE was nice to her. Too nice, probably.
Pikachu run to her, and asked her why wouldn't she follow them anymore. She relied on her acting skills, telling him that her trainer would be around here, probably very scared for her. He nodded in understanding, and told her to take care.
Ash smiled at the scene, stroke Vulpix's fur once again and he, as well, told her to take care -I won't come back around here for a while, so you better not get in trouble 'cause I won't be able to save you next time!- they all giggled, and this time her smile was real.

They were camping in the middle of a field, they were halfway to Fortree City, when May sighed.
-Hey sis, what's going on?- her little brother asked.
-Just a little worried for that poor sweetheart! We shouldn't have left her like that. Imagine if she hasn't found her trainer by now! It's completely dark out here, some night pokemon could be attacking her by now, she must be terribly scared, and we don't even know if she's able to defend herself!- she replied.
-I'm worried too, but then I think back at those flamethrowers and I know she's okay!- Ash laughed heartedly at Max's sentence.
-Yeah, those flamethrowers were super-powerful. I wonder who is her trainer..- the raven-haired boy said, by what little they knew, it might have been a very strong trainer. Probably, one of the strongest in Hoenn. And Ash hoped to meet him or her one day.
What they didn't know, is that behind the trees, hiding in the night, two golden eyes were watching them, and two burgundy ears were listening to their conversation.

Meanwhile, not far away from the camp, another six eyes were watching what was happening, waiting for the right time to make their appearance.
-So, when do we act?- asked the young man to his partners.
-At dawn.- the girl replied. -But we must be careful! I thought she was part of the team by now, but they left her in the woods instead.. I really wonder why.-
-The real question is: why does she keep on following them? Why can't she just go with them? Don't they want her?- a pokemon-ish voice added.
-That is weird indeed. I guess we'll find out in any case. But now, I could really use some sleep!- the young man replied with a smile.
And, strangely enough, with that the conversation was over and they tried to fall asleep, though they couldn't wait for the morning to arrive, so they could complete their mission, once and for all.

So.. interesting enough? :) I hope so. But I just want you to know that the best is yet to come! This is just the beginning of the story, but there's gonna be sooo much more going on in the next few chapters!
So, I guess all of you can imagine who the team who is spying Ash and his friends is... eheheh ;)
Once again, I would love it if you can just take a minute of your time to review this story! A minute is nothing for you, but a review means a lot to me!
I really would like to know if for you this story is interesting, what you like and dislike, and most of all, what in your opinion I can improve. :)
Oh well, so what do you think will happen in the next chapter? I haven't written it yet, so the bet is completely open! If I like your ideas, I might as well use them ;)

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