"Come out guys!" Touko called, throwing her 12 Pokeballs into the air. The system was different now, and many trainers welcomed the change. Now, one could carry as many Pokemon as they wished, however when they were engaged in battle, still only six were allowed. If more than six had been called out, a signal would be sent to Officer Jenny and the trainer would have been fined. But that was okay for Touko, she liked the idea of all her Pokemon with her, it gave her a sense of security as well.

One by one, the Pokeballs released the Pokemon they held, the opening in the forest was big enough to let all her Pokemon wander about. She was proud of her team, giving them all a warm smile as they came out.

Hydreigon flapped her six torn wings, somehow keeping her bulky body airborne as Chandelure floated aimlessly about nearby, her purple flames flickering with the breeze. Honchcrow joined them in the air, flapping about till he found a sturdy fallen tree log to overlook everything.

On the ground, her other chosen Sinnoh Pokemon that she managed to transfer from Professor Rowan appeared first, Lopunny, Roserade and Lucario. Those three stuck together, Roserade and Lopunny giggling secretly at whatever juicy Pokemon gossip they had for each other and Lucario stood a few metres back, his arms crossed, resting under the shade of the tree. He was much like a loner in that sense, but he looked out for the two girls, jumping to protect them from whatever harm. Touko smiled at that; Lucario and Lopunny were a 'couple' as you could call it; they had produced a Buneary egg, which she had given to her sister back in Nuvema town.
Next came the Pokemon she caught in Unova: Samurott, Stoutland, Scrafty, Ninetales, Volcarona and the majestic Reshiram.

She looked on as they found whatever means of entertainment they had. Ninetales had joined the Roserade and Lopunny, those three seemed to get along really well. Samurott and Stoutland, the only male Pokemon who actually wanted to do something, decided to have a duel, roughly rolling around in the grass, nipping and scratching wherever they could. Although both were fully evolved Pokemon, they still liked to play around like tough baby Pokemon. Volcarona latched herself onto a tree that was seeping honey and began to suck the goodness out of it. Reshiram, although looking a little confused, stayed with Touko, resting her great body in the shade as she* closed her magnificent blue eyes.
Touko rested her back against a tree, her hand stroking the head of Reshiram. If she really couldn't be bothered moving, she wouldn't mind staying here for the rest of the day.
Suddenly a rustle of the bushes could be heard behind Touko as she stiffened, her eyes flying wide open as her ears strained to hear. Certainly she had all the protection she needed, but she'd rather not have a disturbance which would destroy the peace. It was louder, more urgent it seemed. However, before she could even get up to wait for whatever was rushing in their direction, a blur of white streaked past her, the wind rushing past her face making her spin around suddenly. The white shape bounded between the playing Pokemon and crashed into Ninetales who hadn't realized a thing. She yelped in surprise and struggled to escape the grip of this Pokemon.

"Oh, psh," Touko sighed, her heartbeat finally slowing. "It's only you, Absol." She muttered.

"And it's only me, Touko." A voice came behind her.

"Kazuki-kun!" She got up in surprise. He had contacted Touko with the X-transceiver the night before, telling her he had to stay in town to stock up as well as keep the children company. She spent the night in the forest alone, forgetting to tell Kazuki exactly where she was, so no wonder it was a surprise when he suddenly appeared behind her.

"Oh, I do believe this is the first time I've seen all your Pokemon together." he remarked.

"I'm proud of them."

"So I see, why don't I bring mine out? It's the first time you'll be seeing my other Pokemon, right?"

Touko nodded in excitement.

"There's gonna be a lot though, you've got twelve on you," he paused, "and I have ten. That's going to be twenty two Pokemon all this this opening."

She shrugged; it would be okay, all their Pokemon would be friends eventually.

"Okay, guys, let's have some fun!" He gathered the Pokeballs gingerly in his hands, then throwing them up into the air.

First came Pidgeot, the large bird cooing as she appeared and flapped her huge wings. She spotted Honchcrow who was eyeing her, as she landed next to him. They began to bird chatter together. Touko laughed at the mismatched size. Honchcrow only came up to the breast of the bird.
Next was Reuniclus, who, once surveying the incredibly large field filled with Pokemon, jumped into her master's arms and snuggled there.

"She's shy." He answered her funny look.

Infernape was third, he walked right up to Samurott and Stoutland, and after a bit of a greeting, he joined in their play fight.
A large bipedal dragon Pokemon appeared, Haxorus, he seemed to wander about a bit, not entirely sure as to what he should do. He finally settled for the tempting thick slab of fallen trunk which he began to repeatedly slash with Dragon Claw.
Leafeon came out next, and seeing the cluster of girls, trotted over to join their little group.
The next stream of light revealed a Hitmonchan, who took immediate interest in Lucario and boxed his way over to meet him.
Shiny Electivire came out next, looked at his master before joining Haxorus in self-training.
The ninth Pokemon to be revealed was Dusknoir. He silently floated up to where Hydreigon and Chandelure were, giving them a friendly wave. However, Chandelure wavered a bit, floating behind Hydreigon, possibly intimidated by Dusknoir's sharp red eye. Eventually Hydreigon managed to coax her from behind and the three conversed in the air.
Last to come out from his Master Ball, was Kazuki's mystery Legendary Pokemon. The Pokeball revealed the red Legendary of the Weather Trio, Groudon. Reshiram's interest rose, as she stretched to reveal her full height compared to Groudon. However, the Continent Pokemon skimmed the top of her head, reaching a height of 11 feet, while Reshiram only came up a feet shorter. She huffed in disappointment, her glorious blue eyes meeting his piercing yellow eyes.

"Wow…" Touko breathed. "What… a diverse team you have…"

"I do quite like my team." Kazuki chuckled.

"I think today's the perfect day for a six on six battle." She grinned wickedly at him. He nodded.

"Let's wait; I think our Pokemon are still happy to be mingling at the moment."

They settled back, resting against the side of the tree. The hours went by quickly, lunch was served but almost immediately devoured, Pokemon talk was pretty much endless, and a little scuffle between the playing boys and giggling girls in between was settled down as fast as it had started. By the time both humans had rested from the meal, it was already 2.30pm, but still early enough for that spoken battle.

"Let's pick secretly, call back all our Pokemon and pick six from there." Touko said. Kazuki agreed and one by one, the Pokemon disappeared from the opening and back to their masters.

"Are you ready?" Kazuki yelled across the huge space that separated them on the opposite sides.

"Yes I am!" she cried back.

"Haxorus, let's begin!" Kazuki wasted no time in starting the battle.

"Hydreigon, let's do this!" Touko matched his speed, sending out her battler.

The two dragon Pokemon eyed each other, neither was going to back down.

"Dragon Pulse!" Touko ordered.

"Counter with your own Dragon Pulse, Haxorus!"

Hydreigon shot hers from above as Haxorus' attack flew up at her. The blue balls crashed mid-air, causing an explosion but no harm on either side. It was an even match.

"Dragon Claw!" Kazuki yelled.

Haxorus shot up from the ground, much like a rocket, his claws glowing blue as he reached out to slash Hydreigon.

"Crunch it, Hydreigon!" She narrowly side swiped the attack, her mouth clamping down on the arm that swung at her.

"Swing him up!" Hydreigon obeyed, struggling a little to get all of Haxorus' bulky weight but gaining momentum to send him crashing to the ground. She landed too, a safe distance for any surprise Dragon Claw attacks.
The billow of smoke cleared to reveal both still strong, although Haxorus a little worse off than Hydreigon.

As she analyzed her situation, Touko heard another far away rustle in the bushes behind her. She tensed, but ignored it; she was getting too into this battle.

"Dragon Rush, Hydreigon!" She flew up, gaining a blue aura around her as she streamed towards Haxorus.

"Hyper Beam Attack!" Kazuki bellowed in a deep voice, probably imitating the antagonists who always ordered their Pokemon to do Hyper Beam in the movies they watched together.

Immediately the huge orange beam shot out his mouth, colliding head on with Hydreigon's attack. She struggled to push forward but ended up being flung back.

Another rustle behind her and a cracking twig to add. Touko looked ahead, she couldn't afford to glance back and make a stupid mistake that may cost Hydreigon or waste a perfect opportunity to help some intrigued Pokemon who was probably peeping out from the cover of the thick leaves.

"Dragon Rush!" Hydreigon took the opportunity of Haxorus' inability to move to land a direct hit which cost Kazuki dearly. Haxorus cried out, skidding back and shaking his head.

The rustling became louder, and louder still. Yet there was a sense of stumbling, and uncertainty, if you could hear that in the rustling of bushes only. Touko realized she couldn't ignore it any longer, so with an annoyed huff, she yelled to Kazuki, "Hold on a moment!"

Turning around, she closely inspected the blackness that was covered by the thick trees. It was coming closer, she could hear, but was its course was twisting and turning, like a Pokemon that was confused.

"Ah, if anyone is there, hurry up and come out!" she yelled into the emptiness. Immediately the crackling stopped. But then resumed, only more urgent and hurried. It was coming faster and faster, and Touko took a wary step back. But then she caught a glimpse of something that may have stopped her heart.

A flash of green.

But not any green, tea green.

In the form of hair.

Tea green hair.

Words failed to form for her. She choked out noises, her brain racking wildly through what she had just seen. Her feet stumbled forward, she needed confirmation.

"Touko? What's wrong?" Kazuki was still unaware of what Touko had seen.

Suddenly the bushes parted and out stepped N. However it was more of a stagger to reach flat ground. But it was N. He had a look on his face that Touko couldn't put a finger on, but it was definitely something that didn't fit well, scratches adorned his body, his white shirt muddied and slightly ripped. Gone was his hat and his hair was wilder than usual.

"N?" Touko managed to finally choke out. It was N. N, whom she had fawned over. N, whom she had respected, and N, whom she had loved. He was there, in flesh and blood. She wanted to reach over and touch him, touch him all over to make sure he was really there. What happened? What made him like this? Where were his Pokemon?

He looked at her momentarily, and she had a fleeting feeling that he had forgotten who she was. But her worry was soon erased when he said rather distantly, "Touko…" Then something snapped inside of him, like a gear being clunked back into place. He threw his body forward towards Touko, his eyes became animated, not with excitement but with fear. Fear, his whole body reeked of it.

"Tou…ko. Get away…" he stumbled. "Don't come… get away…"

Touko ignored this, becoming increasingly worried at his sudden appearance and strange behavior. "N? What's wrong? N!" She grasped him around the waist as his arm fluttered up around her neck. She tried to ignore the rush of blood at this close contact. Kazuki had returned his Pokemon and was jogging towards them.

"He's coming… don't come… Touko." He looked at her, his once strong figure was crumbling right before her and she had no idea why.

"Who's coming? N!" However, N himself didn't need to answer that question. Another rustle, a more bulky rustle was heard in the bushes where N had appeared. Touko snapped her head in the direction as Kazuki finally caught up, not even acknowledging the fallen King of Plasma and stand protectively in front of her.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are." A cold voice, a laughing mock, sliced the air. Touko's heart, which had rather shakily resumed after laying eyes upon N, thumped to a halt again as she registered it. A cold voice could only belong to a cold, heartless, disgusting person. And that person pushed forward, ignoring the cracks of protest from the bushes and revealed himself.

A cold, heartless voice could only belong to Ghetsis.

yay, finally, SOMETHING is kind of happening. I'm sorry =\ but anyway, yes, I've decided to give the legendaries genders. Because. Let's face it, it's so stupid how the legendaries don't have genders. But anyway, Reshiram is female, Groudon is male. Figures.

OH btw, Touko's team, yeah that's my team ;) my black team. (wow.. that sounds racist.. no offence) I realized yesterday how female-oriented it was hahah. Oh well, please review!