Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon

I only own Raze, Kyoka, Irina, Ryu and Licht...

(Corvus Corax)

"Poochyena, don't let it grab onto that furry ass of yours!" Raze shouted at the top of his lungs while the pup avoids the green serpentine-like leafy-like something bipedal pokemon, otherwise known as Snivy. It was kind of annoying, specially with that cocky smirk of its as it whipped its vines on the field viciously, they landed a couple of hits before it got agitated and ignored most of Kyoka's commands.

Speaking of which, the girl frowned and decided to try one more time, "Snivy, use Leech Seed."

The Grass-Type snorted and shot out glowing seeds from its mouth, each of them being very narrowly dodged by the black canine... well at least it listened.

Poochyena panted after the onslaught of seeds... that sounded way more pathetic than he thought it would've been but since that describes this situation perfectly he would stick with it... ow, his pride.

"Match!" Irina shouted, ending the battle early with an ear-piercing whistle that always sent Raze and his pokemon to their knees, which basically gave the Snivy enough time to land another Vine Whip on it, ending the match with an unfair knockout rather than the set time limit.

"Hey, Kyoka!" He growled, picking up the unconscious Pup and glared at the ashamed black haired woman, "Snivy's not listening to you is he?"

"Wasn't it clear?" The woman lowered her head, "No, I am afraid not... the Professor did mention that some of the starters would be a bit rebellious, but for it to be this... this... I am sorry, but I'm afraid that I will now be able to train with you until she listens to me..."

Raze nodded, taking Poochyena in his arms he sat near the silent Banette and asked it to go fetch some potions in the tent, it was the least it could do since he was taken out of Kyoka's party for being too powerful, in his eyes that was unfair since it wasn't his fault that he was too strong for their level. If you want a pokemon like that then just look at Poochyena, she's strong for her age and level of experience with unflinching loyalty to boot.

All in all, she was the best starter he could ever ask for, screw whatever starter he traded. He doesn't care that it was able to Mega Evolve, he would just train his pokemon harder so they would surpass even that. Shouldn't be too tough, his training methods were insane but they sure as hell work.

Might want to hold off on that on newcomers... didn't want to kill them on accident now do we.

"Is she all right?" Irina skipped beside him, and just like that, he was brought out of his inter musing and looked behind him seeing Kyoka trying to convince Snivy to listen to her. As it looks now, progress was slow, but at least she listens to her inside battle...sometimes, so hey, small blessings maybe it'll start listening to her in a couple of weeks, or days... or months... he hoped days, Kyoka can't use Banette on other trainers or Gym Battles, which was complete bullshit. He already said this but he wanted to expand on it... so...

Who cares if it's a little over her league... alright, he did... but still, it her pokemon so why was she listening to some Professor. Didn't listen to him and look where it got him, on a journey with survival i stincts matching that of a wolf with two girls by his side... of course, one hates him slightly and the other was oblivious, but hey, you take what you can get.

He snorted when he realized that almost everyone of their pokemon hated being confined in their pokeballs, it wasn't a problem if they were in the wild but in the city it might attract attention, attention they didn't want. Poochyena hated it because she was stuck in suspended animation, Banette hated it because he gets bored, Natu hated it because it restricted its wings and Snivy hated it because the others hated it.

"I regret to inform... that I failed to get him to listen to me..." Kyoka dejectedly reported as she sat beside Raze, uncharacteristically pouting as she petted Banette, "The Professor said it'll take a while, but I would have never thought that it would be this difficult make her listen to me outside of battle..."

"Have you tried working the shaft?" She sent Irina a look, "What? My father said it worked with his Lickitung."

"...Alright, moving on," Kyoka uncomfortably coughed, not really sure how to continue that conversation. "Raze, got any ideas?"

He crossed his arms, "Nothing here other than fight with it a lot," 'Working the shaft... isn't it a female?'

She sighed and shook her head, strange advises from Irina and violent advises from Raze and nothing to really help her in her situation. Maybe she should just trust Raze for once and wait until she listens to her, it worked with Banette so why wouldn't it work with Snivy? Granted the two were two completely different species, types and are in completely different leagues.

Snivy was as strong as Natu right now but then again she was recently hatched so she could at least understand that, yet she was already fighting, the professor offered her a pokemon that she can use while she was still growing up. She refused, of course, saying she already had Banette and couldn't possibly ask more than he had already given them.

On a side note, she later realized that she was the only one that didn't get a pokemon that had a MEGA, was she bothered? Yes, yes she was.

"Is Poochyena alright?" She asked.

He frowned, petting the unconscious pup, "I'm not a medic so I'm not too sure."

'Says the guy who basically keeps this group alive,' Kyoka mused, "We might have to hurry then, can't hurt to be more catious now can we."

"...Yeah, let's head to Camphier Town then." He agreed, "Shouldn't take that long, might cause us a little more than usual but that's life..."

He fingered the piece of paper Licht shoved in his hands back in Lumiose City, it was still unread by him and the others so he didn't know what the hell she gave him... and now since it was the topic, might as well open it and read...

"Let's see here..." Raze muttered, "Meh, Irina! Come here! Can't read! Writing... too fancy!"

"Coming!" Irina stood beside him saluting while walking sideways, he waited until she was smacked upside the head by a branch before handing her the paper. She pouted at him being mean, "Jerk..."

"Bastard," He corrected, "I'm a bastard, not a jerk..."

"They're practically the same thing..." She grumbled, "Anyway it read, 'Meet me at the skate ring in two days, we'll settle on who's stronger between the two of us... in a Pokemon Battle,' so you going? Poochyena's in a really bad shape..."

"No," He shrugged, tossing the piece of paper over his shoulder. While he wasn't one to usually reject a invitation, one must also think of the consequences pne will face afterwards, in other words, bandits. He and Licht might be able to handle themselves but Kyoka and Irina can't, Irina in particular couldn't even swat a fly... literally.

Plus... it was funny for him, making her wait on a person that would never come... hilarious he says.

"Raze," Kyoka looked at him in the corner of her eyes, she was frowning, "You're cackling again..."

"Thought I got rid of that habit," He mumbled, a light blush on his face. "Anyway, Camphier Town was this way right?"

The black haired woman brought out a map, she frowned... "Isn't it called Reihpmac Nwot?"

"...Rah!" She got them lost, again! Why did he decide leaving her with the map was a good idea?... Oh right, Irina would've lost it and he would've forgotten they even had it... dammit. Why was the only person that was responsible completely clueless of her directions...

He punched the tree in anger and winced when something fell on his head, "Dammit!" Rubbing his head he leaned down and picked up the strange stone, it was red in color and was... in a strange form... the hell was this? "Irina! Come!"

"Coming!" She leaned over his head and petted the bump on his head, even going as far as to kiss it, his eye twitched. Irina giggled and leaned over his shoulder, "...What's that?

"That's what I asked you here for," He sighed, she was supposed to be the smartest one in the group too..." Kyoka, do you know this thing?"

The girl leaned closer, "Hm, I believe this is a Mega Stone, the Houndoomite... oh my, what is this doing here?"

Irina narrowed her eyes and crouched bwside him, digging something, her brow rose when she pulled out orange glasses. "Wha?"

"...I'm keeping it," He didn't know the original owner, but they were alive, that he knew. And as for the reason why he wanted it? Simple, he Houndoomite sounded a lot like Houndoom, a Dark-Type, and he, an aspiring Dark-Type specialist, needs it... or more like wants it.

"No, this has suspicious written all over it," Raze glared dagger at Kyoka, was she going to make him give it up? like she did with that Absol?! Like hell he'll listen to her know, she got them lost, thus, she owed them mot the other way around. Her status as leader in this group be dammed, this was not going to be something he'll just let slide, come on! It was a Mega Stone for Arceus sake, who wouldn't want that?!

So his response was a mature, "I don't wanna!"

Her eye twitched, "Raze... let... it... go..."

He shook his head, "I... don't... wanna..."

"Why... are... we... talking... like... this...?" Irina barged in, "Oooh... is... this... a... new... game...?!"

They both shut her up with a glare, Snivy was snickering until it noticed a berry... well, you can't be too full at least and besides, lunch was five minutes ago. The Grass-Type Pokemon walked over to the berry and bit into it, shivering at the sweet taste it compared it to that white haired human's cooking... nah, the human wins hands down.

"Gotcha!" The trio's head snapped when they heard a branch snap, Banette frowned and growled at the direction of where it sounded, and our some bushes came... some teens around their age that were trying way too hard to be a main character.

Blue hair? Red hair hat looked like it came out of bed? Let's not forget the lost ridiculous one, the rainbow hair... well at least he had the balls to try that, not even Irina was naive enough to think she would look good in that.

Moving away from their hair for a second, their eyes went to the struggling Snivy. Raze and Kyoka's eye twitched.

"We got you're Pokemon!" The rainbow haired one laughed, alright forget being the main protagonist, try main antagonist instead, "Alright! First catch!"

"...Mind letting Snivy go?" Kyoka calmly asked, she crossed her arms over her generous bosom which drew stares from every male around... sadly, that included him, dammed hormones.

"...Wha?-Oh, no!" The red haired one shouted, bringing out a pokeball he let out a... exhausted and beaten looking Espeon... Kyoka and Irina's eye glowed red, Raze not caring, they could deal with, but this man was clearly abusing his pokemon! That was simply unacceptable.

So Kyoka acted quickly and punched him on the jaw, quickly turning on her heel she elbowed the blue haired one in the jaw also . The rainbow haired one growled, he raised up a machete and swung.

Only to find that he couldn't, he looked back and saw that man holding unto his arm effortlessly and smiled menacingly. Raze lifted him and spun, then launched the man off a cliff... and then he realized his mistake.

"Ah! The loot!" He kneeled by the edge and sighed, there goes that loot. At least there was stil- nevermind Kyoka already tossed them down the cliff and into the river, will they die? Probably, but they were bandits to begin with, no one really cares about bandits. Not even the league, and besides, they weren't really all that strong. Or were one of those redeemable types that the League was so crazy about, it was stupid, utterly idiotic he says.

He turned and swestdropped, Irina was tending to the wounded Espeon as the pokemon retaliated by biting her, the girl endured, her concern and obsession pulling her through the pain the pokemon her obsession was directed to was causing her. Raze sighed, at least they got something good out of i- wait, why wasn't Kyoka reprimanding her?! They technically stole this Espeon from its trainer, albeit it was an abusive one, but a trainer was a trainer and you can't just steal it... unless there no one to see it. His attempt on the Absol was like that, after he stole it he would kill its original owner.

That was just how these things worked now.

As per usual, there were some cases that they spared them after stealing from them, but as they were stolen in the middle of nowhere the trainers were left to rot in this barren lands. No one to help them, and no pokemon to protect them, it was just them and nature, facing each other in a struggle to determine if the trainer lives... or dies trying.

"Don't be afraid..." Irina soothingly whispered, gently applying medicine on the Psychic-Type... she was shocked to find that she wasn't being slapped around silly. The fact that it was weakened aside, if pokemon thought their lives were in danger, no matter their condition, they would dfight to their last breath. "See? There's nothing to be scared about..."

The lilac furred pokemon purred, leaning against the ivory haired girl's hand it smiled beautifully and despite its former injuries, whatever she used, it was effective as hell. He might even have to ask for some of it because if it can do this much in such a short time, Poohyena would be cured in no time flat... wait, why didn't she bring this shit out earlier?! He was supposed to be the forgetful one dammit!

"...Another Party Member? Well aren't we lucky," Kyoka mused, smiling slightly as the girl's eye shone in happiness, much like how Raze's would with Dark-Types. Aaand the it bit her, Irina recoiled back in shock as the now fully healed pokemon glared hissed at her, the sole male on their group laughed in amusement.

Did they really think an abused pokemon would accept another human so soon? Sure they unintentionally saved it and all but still, something like that, was not going to be easy to forget... or even forget at all. Raze's inner monologue was cut when he was tackled over the edge by the Psychic-Type, it even managed to make it so it wouldn't be taken with him.

...Clever girl.

"Ahh!" Raze shouted as he fell, his eye twitched before he brought himself back to his senses and took out his knife, then stabbed the cliff face. Fortunately, it was enough to stop him... unfortunately, he was still had long way down to the river... that bitch. Both the girls and that Espeon, they didn't even cry out in worry... then again he wouldn't too so... yeah, probably deserved this...

"Raze!" His eye twitched, pretty late reaction there Irina... really late reaction.

He grunted and grabbed hold on the ledge then stabbed the wall with his knife again, and people said this thing'll bring him only trouble, showed them! Now he only had to punch that woman Iris in the face and he'll be happy in life, Raze grunted again in effort and came fat to face with the yellow beak and red eyes of... a... Murkrow... DARK-TYPE!

...Then it pecked him, due to his glee his grip loosened so... he fell. His knife was still in his hand so at least that was a good thing. He looked down and saw that he still had about a few more seconds until he meets with the water surface, he positioned himself so he would dive in like those divers he saw with Irina a while back, and landed gracefully in the water.

Raze quickly rose and frowned, swimming until he touched the ground he realized the fall really wasn't all that far, about several hundred feet yeah, but that'll probably only give you a broken leg or two. Not enough to kill you... so why was he poking the red haired guy's dead body, he was cold already so he must've most like drowned. Sighing, he looked around and found some step leading to where they were at, hopefully Kyoka gained enough brains to realize that taking this Espeon was a bad idea, he totally wasn't angry that he lowered his guard and let it tackle him... he was a calm as the sea... oh who was he kidding he was fucking livid.

More livid when he realize he couldn't catch thst Murkrow yet, oh how it almost brought him to tears... but he was a man and men don't cry. They do, however, cry out in anger whenever they feel like it most of the time.

About halfway up he stairs he saw Irina running down it with a worried look on her face and an fast, small, green bird flying just over her shoulder. Natu chirped in advance and circled around his head, how surprised was he when the ivory haired girl tackled him as well... not a good decision on her part, that half way point they both made? Well his part was now gone. The only thing left to show he even made it were some of his blood and water as he slid down with the girl on his chest... well at least she wasn't hurt.

Until he slammed his fist on her head.

"Idiot!" He roared, "What were you thinking! If I wasn't abnormally durable we both could've gotten really hurt! You more so!"

"I-I'm sorry, but when I saw Espeon send you off the cliff-" His eye twitched, "I couldn't think properly! I didn't want to lose you so soon!"

'Knew she was planning on losing me,' Raze sighed and petted her head, "You should know that I'm not that easy to kill," His eye blanked, "Remember the time you pushed me off a cliff? Kind of reminding me with this situation."

She blushed, "T-That was an accident and you know it!"

"And so did the whole class," Kyoka sighed, taking out a piece of cloh she threw it on his head, "Wipe that blood on your face, its disgusting."

"...Pussy," He nodded to the lilac furred feline, who hissed at him and huffed, sticking close to Irina now... oh now it recognized them as allies? That pussy! Why she... he had half the mind to eat her right now... or was it a Tom? He really wasn't too sure on that one to be honest.

"Raze!" Irina pouted, "Don't call my new partner with such a i-indicent name!"

"Indicent?"... Oh, "I meant Pussy in 'Pussy Cat' what did you think I meant?"

Irina blinked, turning to Kyoka she nodded in agreement with him, rare as that may be she was not ashamed to agree with him on some things, "O-Oh, I thought you meant... nevermind! Let's just go!"

Raze didn't know if she did it on purpose, or on accident... but either way... his balls hurt.

He inhaled deeply, and exhaled... inhale... exhale... the screamed, "Son of a bitch!"

His head was bonked, but he was more concerned if, and that was a pretty fucking big if by the way, if he was ever to marry and want to have kids... will he? His boys might need to be examined by a doctor now...

Hopefully it was a female one, gods above knows he didn't want a grown ass man looking at his stuff... gross. It was bad enough he had some experience with this with Irina when she was getting her monthly check-ups, girl just wouldn't go if he didn't, it was a good thing he was forced to go by the principal or else he'll never would've helped her. The bullies were one thing but hospitals? That was a pretty big motherfucking no.

"...Language," Kyoka frowned, "Anyway, let's head this way once Raze stops acting."

Acting?! His balls were just stepped on by a girl that was in a hurry so he was showing the perfect amount of drama thank you very much! Raze growls and shakily stood up, his knees quivering as he held his balls with one hand and supported himself against a tree with the other. He panted, growling in agitation and impatience.

He glared at the feline and it glared back, they both knew this wasn't over... well, more him that it since in completely honesty all that's stoppin it from killing him was Irina. Sadly enough, no human could ever hope to compete agaimst a pokemom, no human in history that is. The Espeon was... acting kind of odd, just a few moments agonit was all bite and hisses and now it all cuddly and cute with Irina... was it playing with them?

...Good, gave him a reasom to kill it when it decided to betray them. Saved him the trouble of making one up too.

Irina lowered her head and looked through her bangs, her eyes shining with unshed tears while her lips quivered. If it were any other man they would've probably given her a planet around this time.

Him? He just gave her another nuggie.

"Ow! Ow! Owie~!" Don't give him that look! You're almost a grown woman, act like it! He frowned and sighed, letting down the girl he reached down and petted the Poochyena, it was purring appreciatively to his hands as her tail wagged, enough for Raze to tell that she was happy, hell that was what trainers usually uses to determine what their canine pokemon wants to do. His pokemon in particular wanted attention that he would give no doubt.

'...I miss him doing that to me,' Irina wiped her tear, it came out while she was kept in a headlock by the sole male, not because she wanted him to start doing it again... honest.

Then a thought came to his mind, "Kyoka, I thought the Professor gave you three were each given three starters, where's the other two?"

"W-Well," She coughed uncomfortably, "...Their probably dead, or in the hands of someone else now, you see... the cargo they were using to conceal it and the guards were discovered, I won't go into much detail but long story short. The pokeballs were stolen, people died on both sides, and only seven pokeballs reached us."

He blinked, "So wait, doesn't it make more sense if you each got two each then?" He was proud he caught on that quickly.

In response she shook his head, "W-We... we played cards and I lost..."

"...The hell?" Seriously, the hell Professor? This was not lpse and get sent to the hospital anymore, that was a couple of years ago, now its lose and lose your life... either way, the Professor fucked up. "...Forgot you sucked at anything remotely considered gambling, thought you would've been good at those with your face."

"You," He got slapped, "Shut up."

Raze growled, "You can silence me but you can't silence the truth!"

"Guys?" They both looked back and saw Irina looking... horrified, in unison they turned back this time eyes facing forward and safe to say...

...Kyoka was kind of heavy.

(Corvus Corax)

AN: Really sorry about the long time it took me to post this, school, nuff said.

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Gender of Pokemon.

Poochyena: Female

Natu: Male

Banette: Male

Snivy: Female

Espeon: Female