"Froga!" A Frogadier yelled before landing down and striking blades with an older Blake, continuing to fight as both wore katana sheaths around their backs. "Fro, fro, fro, frogaDIER!" Cloak exclaimed while jumping and spinning with his blade extended, Blake ducking before tripping Cloak as soon as he landed down. He bounced one his hand and pushed himself back up, blocking strikes from Blake before managing to kick her katana out of her hold.

"Pssh." She hissed before beginning to block hits by kicking the sword, wearing heavy-duty boots as they barely broke through the rubber. She flipped back and grabbed her sword back, ducking under Cloak's leap before pushing him back and grabbing his katana. "How's that?" She asked before whimpering, looking down as foam stuck her feet to the ground.

"Froga!" He let out a battle cry before hugging Blake as she swayed, Cloak laughing as Blake rolled her eyes.

"Okay, okay, you won this spar, now let me out." She ordered as Cloak picked the foam up, Blake handing him his blade as they sheathed their katanas. "That was a good spar, but we really should work on things other than our trickery. Not like everyone is going to be a Frogadier or girl with a katana."

"Fro fro." Cloak murmured while nodding in agreement, low to the ground as Blake stretched her arms up with a pop.

"How do you think Adam's training is going? He and Aunt Sienna have been battling for a while." Blake remarked as Cloak's eyes pupils turned to slits with the mention of Adam. He grumbled before looking over to a large arena, pointing over as Blake noticed. "Think they'll mind us watching the battle?" She asked as Cloak shook his head, the two heading towards the arena as Cloak's hops made Blake jog to catch up. They both peeked inside as Blake's ears were high.

"Hammer Arm!" Adam ordered as he stood tall, a Chesnaught charging towards a female Pyroar as Sienna stood calm on the other side. Bulldozer roared as he swung towards Pyroar, who dodged between his legs as he snorted in anger.

"Queen, use Flamethrower." Sienna called as Queen shot the flames directly at Bulldozer's back, making him roar as it directly burned his flesh. "Crunch." She added with Bulldozer turning to swing, Queen biting down on his hand as he grimaced.

"Vine Whip!" Adam spat as his blue eyes seemed ablaze.

"Ches!" Bulldozer grabbed up Queen as one of the vines threatened to choke her.

"Incinerate!" Sienna hissed as Queen's eyes glowed yellow, the vines burning instantly as Bulldozer yelled in pain. Queen tackled him down and used Crunch on his other hand, making him growl before whimpering as Queen hissed in his face. "Adam, what the hell was that with Bulldozer's vines?"

"He was just fighting back."

"He broke one of the main rules of Pokemon battles; under no circumstances to Pokemon bring actual harm to other Pokemon unless truly necessary."

"He has a weakness to Fire-types, I'd say that's necessary!"

"Adam, I swear, one more screw up and you are out!" Sienna hissed even though Adam was level than her, Blake looking in worry as Queen partially staggered.

"Queen!" Blake whimpered as she ran out towards the Pyroar, who panted as Sienna looked in worry. "Queen, are you okay?" She asked while lifting up Queen's head, who licked her cheek before laying down and continuing to catch her breath.

"Easy girl, you did good out there." Sienna cooed while rubbing Queen's back, making her purr as the Faunus stayed by her. Cloak looked in fear before glaring and hissing at Adam.

"Froga!" He hissed while hopping over quickly, glaring up at Adam and Bulldozer, who even sat slumped on the ground. "Froga fro fro, frogadier fro!" He chattered while pointing at Queen, pretending to be choked before pointing at Bulldozer with a glare. "Frogadier!"

"Shut up, you stupid toad."

"Gadier dier, fro fro froga!"

"This isn't your business, fuck off."

"Froga!"

"Fuck off!" Adam growled while kicking Cloak in the chest, Bulldozer shoving him further as Cloak hissed with slits.

"Fro froga, gadier frogadier!" Cloak yelled while standing back up to Adam, spitting at his feet before hopping back towards the felines. He took slower steps as Queen's head rested on Sienna's lap, croaking in worry as he stepped closer. "Fro fro?"

"She'll be okay, just had the wind knocked out of her." Sienna reassured as Cloak sighed in relief, sitting beside Blake as she scratched Queen's stomach. She looked over as she saw Adam and Bulldozer storming away, her own pupils turning into slits as her ears flattened. "I swear, Adam has become more temperamental with every passing day. Excuse after excuse, fight after fight, it's like he sees the world out to get him." She remarked as Blake glanced back, Cloak grumbling while fixing his sheath.

"Maybe it's just the stress of the job getting to him."

"I don't see why he would be stressed. He isn't discovering the power of the Z-Crystals, or developing how Z-Moves work. All he's doing is fighting with Pokemon for their daily exercise. He's become so problematic, the starters are scared of him, so are small Pokemon, and even the bigger Pokemon get uneasy if he has one of his outbursts."

"Py…" Queen roared as she now lifted her head up with low ears, Sienna sighing as she smoothed Queen's mane down.

"She doesn't seem to like the o-word."

"That's because either her or Khan have to break them up, as he always manages to drag someone into them." Sienna added while petting Queen still, staring at the ground while propping her head up. "I'm going to have to let him go." She murmured as Cloak sat up with the statement.

"You think?"

"I know. He's causing trouble for the Pokemon, becoming a threat to Pokemon, and his outbursts could really hurt someone if they got too intense. Hopefully I can find another assistant in time, there will be plenty of newly hatched Pokemon coming in soon."

"Cloak and I can help you out. We're always training here since Cloak evolved, so might as well help you with more work." Blake offered with Cloak nodding happily, Sienna chuckling as Queen sat herself up.

"Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not stress you out with that kind of work. Calming newborn Pokemon is a little difficult, even for professors. Now, I have to start the work on new assistants as well as doing the paperwork to let Adam go. How about you and Cloak head off, and…" She paused while digging in her pockets, pulling out some bills as Blake perked up with the sight. "Go get yourselves a snack or two. I haven't been able to bring you around town in a while, so here's a little something to make up for it."

"Thanks Aunt Sienna." Blake quickly ran up and hugged Sienna, who pecked her on the forehead and handed her the money.

"Remember, you have to be back by 2 o'clock so your parents don't freak out."

"We know! Bye bye!"

"Froga!" Cloak called as he and Blake dashed off, Queen purring as Sienna stood up with a sigh.

"How long do you think we'll have to have Khan up and ready once we let Adam go?" She questioned as Queen looked up in surprise, frown before holding three of her toes. "Three hours? That's reasonable for him. Think we'll have to get some kind of restraining order?"

"Pyroar."

"That's what I thought."

~Outside the Menagerie Arena~

"What do you think we should get? Snow cones, ice cream, fruit tarts, or pastries?" Blake asked as she counted up the money, Cloak croaking with a shrug as they stayed beside each other. "I say snow cones, Mom is baking a cake tonight, and we just had ice cream last night."

"Fro." Cloak nodded while looking forward. "Froga!" He exclaimed as he and Blake looked at a little vender cart.

"Awesome, it's right by!" Blake remarked as Cloak glanced around, faltering a little with wide eyes as he saw Adam and Bulldozer looming by the forest. He frowned in worry before sliding off his katana and sheath, throwing them out of sight while poking Blake.

"Fro, froga frogadier." He chattered while pointing to his back and then the arena.

"Oh, well get your katana before Aunt Sienna gets onto you. Pineapple, right?" She asked as Cloak raised a thumbs up. "Okay, catch up when you get it and-wait, no, hold up!" She yelled as the vender started pushing the cart away, Blake running after as Cloak walked over quickly to his sword. He grabbed it up and slid the belt over his chest before glaring in the duo's direction. A hiss left him while he hopped over, Adam glaring down at him with Bulldozer growling.

"Froga froga, frogadier fro." Cloak hissed as his hands shook.

"I don't care if you have a sword, tadpole. You're nothing special, all you are is Blake's little buddy. I'm an actual human like her. You're a slimy, greasy, skinny, freak of nature." Adam stated while poking Cloak with every insult, Cloak staying still as his pupils were slits. "Soon, all you'll be to her is just a burden, having to bring you around everywhere with her and driving away every chance of real friends she has because you're a helicopter Pokemon. If she had the chance, she would drop you for a human friend. You mean that little to her, I know it."

"Froga…" Cloak growled as he and Adam glared to each other, Adam wearing a smirk as he stood up straight again.

"You might be her starter, but soon, I'll be closer to her than you'll ever be. She loves me, she loves playing with me, sparring with me, spending time with me, she loves all of it." Adam added as Cloak shook with anger, snorting before turning and beginning to hop away as he glared at the ground. He focused back on Blake as she was just down the street from the lab, her figure peeking out from a building before going out of sight.

"Fro." Cloak murmured as he scratched his neck, quickly turning and throwing foam at the duo's feet and making Bulldozer fall on his stomach. He threw more foam as he covered Adam's face, taping Bulldozer's limbs to the ground before blocking his mouth shut. He hummed as he stretched his arms with a stern frown, hopping back towards the street as he smiled more in pride. "Froga!" He called as he looked around for Blake, slowing as she rounded the corner with the snow cones.

"There you are, Cloak. Did she catch you?" She asked in a sly voice, Cloak nervously croaking as he scratched his cheek. "I told you, she gets mad about that stuff." She shrugged before handing him his snow cone, the two walking away as Blake did most of the talking.

~Later that night at the Belladonna residence~

"Blake, sweetheart, come seat at the table." Kali partially begged as she looked down at the Pokemon, Blake sitting with them as she ate from her plate. Atlantic slurped up some Magikarp fillets as Cloak, Blitz, and Queen at Pokefood, Sienna seated at the table as she chuckled at Blake's stubbornness. "Blake, please, your aunt is here."

"You won't let Cloak sit at the table anymore, and I'm sticking with him."

"Blake, the way Cloak's legs stick out make it a bother for others."

"It's not his fault." Blake retorted as Ghira sighed with his head hanging, Kali rubbing her temple as Sienna kept laughing.

"Sienna, it is not funny."

"It really is!"

"Hmm. Apart from the seating situation, how was dealing with letting Adam go? Blake told us about it."

"Khan is staying at the arena to make sure Adam doesn't turn up and make a mess. He really has changed for the worse." Sienna sighed as Queen growled with the mention, Cloak focusing on his food as he nor Blake wore their katanas.

"He was a nice young man whenever he came over to babysit Blake or help with the yardwork, but I guess no one can always be so nice."

"Kali, you have to admit, it was a little off-putting how nice he was." Ghira remarked as Blake's ears twitched with the comment.

"What do you mean, dad?" She asked while moving to where she could see the adults, Ghira humming in worry before adjusting his chair.

"Well, he would always bring flowers for your mother, he'd help me constantly with the heavier work, Bulldozer would help your mother with her guardian every time they came over, and always brought you some kind of sweet."

"Isn't that chivalry, or whatever the knight-code-thing is?"

"In a way, but we barely know the boy, and he acted like he's known us since he was very young. He would always do those nice things like he had to, it seemed like he was trying to impress us or such." Ghira continued as Sienna leaned back in her chair, her ears flattening as she got a contemplating look.

"Actually, now that you mention all of that, Adam was always pestering me about how Blake was. If she was lonely, if she was upset, if she needed help, for anything." She added in a meeker tone as Ghira and Kali got worried looks, Blitz and Atlantic now looking in fear as Blake sat up.

"Mom, Dad, Aunt Sienna, what's going on?" She piped up as Sienna seemed to try and talk, the adults and Pokemon jolting as the phone rang.

"I-I'll go get it." Ghira muttered as he got up and walked into the kitchen, Kali moving down beside Blake as Cloak sat up.

"What's going on, is that we're thinking that Adam has some kind of intention with our family. While doing kind things every now and then is nice, the way he's done it and gone about it, is making us worried now that we really think about it." Kali explained as she moved Blake closer to her.

"But what does it have to do with me?"

"Well, it's that…"

"Kali." Ghira harped as Kali glanced over. "It's Adam." He murmured as Kali's eyes widened, beckoning Blake and Cloak to the stairs as Cloak led Blake up. Blitz and Queen began pacing around as Atlantic went outside with a growl. Sienna slowly stood up as Kali and Ghira murmured in the kitchen, walking past the Pokemon to the stairs with a worried look.

"Cloak, I don't think that's necessary." Blake stated as Sienna peeked into the bedroom, Cloak using his foam to seemingly close the window shut. "We don't even know what's going on, we don't have to worry so much."

"Hey, Blake?" Sienna asked as Blake glanced to her, Cloak looking at her fully before pushing the window down again before hopping over. "We need to talk a bit."

"What's going on? Why are Mom and Dad worried?" Blake asked as Sienna sat down on the ground, Blake sitting by her as Cloak stayed right by Blake.

"Okay, Blake, have you, ever heard of the phrase "pursuit of love"?"

"Uh, like, once in a movie."

"Okay. Well, Adam is following his pursuit of love, but his execution of it is not good. Your parents and I just realized that, he's been doing all this stuff for you. As in he loves you."

"Ew!"

"Yeah, ew. The thing is, he can't date you, legally."

"The law controls dating?"

"Only in the sense of age. Legally, an adult cannot date a minor. You are 12, and therefore a minor. He's 18, and therefore an adult. He cannot legally date you, and he knows that, but he is still pursuing you. He was doing all that nice stuff to, either get on your parents' good side, or to try and make you thing he was a very nice guy."

"…But he's six years older than me, that's gross."

"It really is in this sense. Some people with age differences do date, but it should never be with a minor and an adult with that kind of age difference. Like, let's say that he was instead 13. When he would be 18, you'd be 17, and it'd be more understandable. But, even if that was the case, his behavior, actions, and just overall demeanor are not healthy for a relationship. Your parents are getting worried because, by the looks of it, he isn't taking the being-let-go well."

"I would think he'd hate it. So, what's going to happen now."

"Hopefully, your parents talk with him and tell him that, we would just feel better if Adam took a break from our family and, pursued something else. We might have to cut connections with him."

"…Am I in danger?" Blake asked meekly as Sienna looked back at her, Cloak having a worried as he looked back at the window.

"Not yet, at least. We don't know how exactly Adam will react, and we're going to have to take proper precautions to make sure you are safe. I know this isn't something you want to hear, but we have to be honest about the situation, Blake." She added with Blake leaning closer to her, Sienna hugging her close as Blake hugged onto her waist.

"Can you stay with us until this blows over? I don't want Adam freaking out like he did today with Queen."

"Let me talk with your parents and I'll see what we can do. I know for sure I'm staying here tonight."

"What about Khan?"

"He's a toughie, he knows how to handle himself." Sienna reassured while rubbing Blake's head, Cloak handing Blake a Liepard plushie as she hugged onto it quickly.

~Several weeks later~

Blake read quietly in her room as Cloak was sound asleep beside her, hugging onto a pillow as a long-cylindrical pillow divided them. Her eyes scanned the pages as the lamp just illuminated her book, Cloak shielded from the light as it made Blake's eyes seem to glow.

The last few weeks had been… eventful. Her parents' assumptions, Sienna's, even her own had all been correct with Adam. He would not react well. The first couple days, he and Bulldozer would always storm over to their house and yell like they were Explouds, shouting obscenities and how "he was in the wrong and being treated unfairly". Every time, Atlantic would go outside with Ghira, the two telling them to get lost with Atlantic's roaring doing the trick. Sienna stayed at their house for almost a week. During that time, they filed for a restraining order.

Before they knew it, the house phone would ring day and night, going on for only one as they quickly unplugged the phone. Then Sienna would be called, but she just did the same thing. She soon filed for a restraining order too, as Adam and Bulldozer tried breaking into the arena. They never drug the police into this as he never became physically violent or made any threats, but all it would be was a dial and he would be arrested. Cloak had tried pestering them to call nonetheless.

Finally, he went quiet. Adam shut up, Bulldozer closed his mouth, and they didn't bother them anymore. This, seemed to cause more concern than relief. Ghira and Kali had new locks put in, had a new fence built in with security cameras, and even replaced the windows so they would be harder to break. It'd still risk them being broke, but giving them a chance to be ready in case he did come back. Sienna had new security for the arena as well, as Blake ended up greeting giant Rhyperior every time she visited. It wasn't a bad change, just a change.

Blake looked to the side as her clock had calm, blue illuminated numbers. 9:43. She should go to sleep, she had to help Sienna with starters the next day. She put in her bookmark, closed the book, set it into its place in the shelf, turned off the lamp, and then tucked herself in. It took a bit for her to fall asleep, but she did. Though, every now and then she would go into, some kind of state of half-slumber. She knew she was awake, but she felt like she was asleep. Her senses were awake, but her body was passed out and would only move so she could breath.

Is, is that, is that burnt, burnt… pine?

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"We interrupt this broadcast to bring you urgent news. In the Menagerie region, a terrible crime has occurred as 12-year-old Blake Belladonna, daughter of governor, Ghira Belladonna, and his wife, Kali Belladonna, has been kidnapped, along with her only Pokemon, a shiny Frogadier named Cloak. Her parents went to check on her this morning and saw signs of forced entry, the window taken out and her blankets and pillows thrown on the ground. While no evidence of who performed the crime has been found by their security cameras, the Belladonnas accuse an 18-year-old man by the name of Adam Taurus as well as his main Pokemon, a shiny Chesnaught named Bulldozer." The reporter spoke as Ruby and Yang looked in shock, Taiyang leaning forward as he covered the lower half of his face. Zwei and Crescent whined with Cecil crawling close to Zwei in fear.

"The Belladonnas have lately been in bad terms with Taurus by their accusations of him pursuing their daughter. Menagerie professor and champion, Sienna Khan, close family friend of the Belladonnas and "aunt" to Blake, has said that in the past two years since Taurus and Blake had properly met, Taurus seemed to grow more agitated and annoyed while bringing many gifts to the Belladonnas. A police search is currently under way of the Taurus residence as well as any other possible suspects to lead to Blake Belladonna's kidnapping." He continued as Gunther growled in worry, Weiss and Winter staring with shrunken irises as Myrna and Snowflake huddled together.

"The Belladonnas and Sienna Khan ask all to keep an eye out for Blake Belladonna, Cloak, Adam Taurus, and Bulldozer, and for anyone who has possible leads on Taurus to report to the police as fast as possible. While Taurus may still be in Menagerie, we ask all regions to keep a lookout. Keep an eye out for the victims and the suspects. We thank you for listening and for any who give evidence, and now we return to your regularly scheduled program."