Can you believe it? I haven't updated in days :O But, it was because I had a virus, so now that it's gone, I now have the time to focus on his fic :D

Decided to do recaps for each chapter now, just so people don't forget much.

Recap: Jack's family is creepy and weird. Ben is random. And Caitlyn, Ben's ex girlfriend, will be traveling with them on their journey through Sinnoh.

Also, I decided to put the chapter titles inside the story, just because. So yeah…yeah.

Chapter Six: I Love Epic Flashbacks

"This is stupid," I muttered as I tried to take step forward, my talon twisting as it touched the ground and caused me to fall. I groaned, placing a winging over my head, trying to stop the annoying headache. "What legendary suggested walking should be so fucking hard?"

It was an hour after the entire Caitlyn thing. I told Jack I wanted to learn to walk. I only asked him to help me now because I needed to get my mind off of Caitlyn. I had forgotten about her, ridden her from my memory, her existence in my world faded away. I didn't need her returning to it.

"Stop whining. You have to focus." Jack reached down and helped me up, setting me up on wobbly talons. Standing had been achieved in the first few minutes, which was an epic surprise. Then, as soon as I started walking, I fell each and every damn time.

"Stop whining? Screw you! You're not the one with feathers!" I snapped at him. "I am focused, short bus. It's pretty damn hard to relearn how to walk on talons."

Jack sighed. "The more you complain, the less time we have to practice before I need sleep. It's getting dark."

I snorted. "What? Is your curfew nine?" It probably is, I reasoned internally.

"Shut up, birdbrain," Jack scowled. "I'm already pissed at you for numerous reasons. Tick me off a little more and you can figure this out on your own without my help."

"Mhm, sure. Because you'd actually take a Pidgey with you on your journey that can't walk because its trainer was pissed. I'm sure you'd do that," I chuckled. His face reddened and he glared at me. "I win."

"Step. Forward. Now," Jack growled.

I sighed, taking a step forward, holding my wings out to their full span, trying to see if that would balance me out. I rested my talon on the wood of Jack's desk. I wobbled on my new talon slightly, but unlike the previous times, I stood firmly (well, kind of firmly, but I say technicalities can go to hell) in place.

"Okay, good," Jack said slowly. "Now, take a second step with your other talon."

"No shit, that was my next idea," I said. "Do you just have a little Pikachu running on a wheel in your head?"

No response.

I freaking win.

So, after I received no response, I took another step forward, again almost tipping over, but landed almost perfectly. A third step and I had fallen down.

"This'll take a while," Jack and I almost said in unison.

After another full hour of walking around, I perfected walking on talons. I was able to walk in a straight line, circle and any shape really. It became so natural to me so fast. One of the many perks of being a Pokemon is that Pokemon develop much faster than humans, so they can basically walk within the first few days of living and grow up faster than a human. Kicks ass, if I do say so myself.

And whatever I say is true. Write that down, peasant.

Jack smiled up from his book (watching me trying to walk for an probably would become boring) and gave me a thumbs up. "You finally can walk?"

"No derp," I said. I ran in a circle to show off my super awesome amazing epic skills. Those are the best kind of skills, by the way. "See? I kick ass, as usual."

Jack's eyebrows furrowed. "What's derp?"

"Don't question it, mind slave," I told him.

The next morning, I awoke on a large fluffy pillow. It was very fluffy. Fluff's pretty kick ass. I took my wing, wiping the sleep from my new eyes. I yawned, stretching my body out, sprawling myself back on the pillow.

"Jack, where are you?" I called out groggily.

I turned my head to see Jack pulling a shirt on. Ew. He turned to me. "I'm right here. Morning."

"Ugh, when is this adventure going to start? I want to go kick some ass. Right now, there's no ass to kick. I need ass to kick!" I whined, flapping my feathers wildly.

Jack finished buttoning up his shirt. "We're going somewhere."

"Chuck E. Cheese?" I asked hopefully.

"Caitlyn's house," he said, reaching down for his shoes.

I groaned. "Let's leave the wench behind! If you need a companion, we'll make enough money in trainer battles, then pay a hooker to come with us full time. That'll work!"

Why are you looking at me funny? Screw you, it was worth a shot.

"I'm not traveling with a hooker, idiot," Jack said glaring at me.

I held out my two wings. "Let's balance this out. Caitlyn," I held out my left wing. "Or hooker," I held out my right wing. I lowered my left wing and raised my right wing. "The wing has spoken. Choose the hooker."

Jack ignored me, which pissed me off. It wasn't fun if there was no reaction.

Jack grabbed me up in his arms. "You do know this could be considered kidnapping in some far off region, right?"

"We're going to Caitlyn's so we can finalize this whole thing. Lay down the ground rules and what not."

"Kay, ground rule one. Caitlyn is not allowed to travel with us."

"Ground rule two. Ignore ground rule one."

With that, I was taken away from the bedroom and towards my doom.

Dramatic, no?

So now, let me guess what you're wondering.

Why do you hate Caitlyn so much? What happened, Mr. Sexy Narrator Man?

Well, for one, she's my ex. Duuuuuh.

But you want the full story don't you? Flashback time, since I love a good flashback.

It was a normal day like any other. I was walking down the short and small streets of Twinleaf, hands hidden in my jeans pockets. I adjusted my sweatshirt, pulling the hood over my head, trying to escape Sinnoh's constant climate.

As I said before, it was a normal day like any other, so I went through the normal procedures. Woke up, hugged Mom and Dad, watched Little Mermaid (fuck you that movie's epic), took a walk, saw Jack, pushed him down a snow hill. The usual. Then, I noticed something unusual on my little stroll of wonder. A girl was sitting in the snow in front of one of the houses. She wore jeans and a t-shirt saying "Taste the Rainbow Mother F*cker" (I still want that shirt). Her black hair was pulled back in a ponytail. Her face had a soft frame to it, and I noticed she was Asian, which meant she definitely wasn't originally from Twinleaf. I also took note that her face had been stained by tears. As I've said before, I'm not good with that whole teary eyed bullshit, but I just couldn't walk past a crying girl. Curiosity got the better of me.

I shoved my hands deeper into my pockets, making my way over to the girl. "Hey," I greeted.

The girl looked up rubbing her eyes to try and hide her tears. "Oh, hello."

I shifted my weight on one leg. "Um…why are you crying?" I asked.

"M-My Pokemon, Jane, ran away," the crying girl explained. "I've been looking for an hour, and I can't find her."

I knew if I questioned further that'd I probably would end up having to help her, and I really wasn't in the mood to spend an hour looking for someone's pet. But yet again, curiosity got the better of me. Curiosity's a douche bag. "Um…what Pokemon is it?"

The girl sniffled a bit. "Jane is an Eevee. I know those are super rare, but I got it from my uncle last year for my birthday. He's a breeder from Kanto. She just ran off through the snow, chasing after a Bidoof."

I chuckled. "Bidoof are annoying as hell."

No response.

What? They are annoying.

I rubbed the back of my head as an awkward silence fell over us. "Er, what's your name?"

"Caitlyn Chao."

"Ben Hudson."

"Um…cool."

"Yeah."

My mortal enemy awkward silence is back yet again. If only I had my magical staff, I could kick ass. Sadly, my magical staff does not exist as of yet. Damn you, slow progression of magic in today's modern society.

"Let me make you an offer," I began, "let me help you find Eev-Jane. We'll look together until we find her."

Caitlyn's frown shifted into a smile. "You'll…you'll help me?"

"Sure, why not? Got nothing better to do."

With that act of kindness, we began our trek around Twinleaf, looking desperately for Jane the Eevee. As we walked, Caitlyn began to tell me a bit about herself. She moved to Twinleaf from Lilcove in Hoenn. Why her parents thought it was smart to move from paradise to a fucking block of ice, I'll never know. She mentioned about having two other Pokemon, Percy, a Minun and Shannon, a female Nidoran. She also said she'd been here a week, which surprised me since word travels fast in Twinleaf and I hadn't even heard of her. Caitlyn explained she had no friends at all in Twinleaf, and was incredibly shy so therefore wasn't good with other kids her age.

"Eh, doesn't matter. Most kids in Twinleaf are idiots," I admitted. "You wouldn't want them as friends anyways."

Caitlyn giggled a bit. "You don't seem like an idiot. You seem…sweet." Caitlyn blushed as she said it.

I smiled. "Not many people say that about me. Thanks."

"No pro-Jane!"

Caitlyn ran to the left, trudging through the snow and picking up something. Turning around, she revealed she was cradling a small Eevee in her hand. Jane cuddled up to Caitlyn, letting out a happy "Vee!" as Caitlyn scratched her behind the ears.

"Don't run off like that again!" Caitlyn scolded. Jane's only response was a purring that looked like it made Caitlyn's heart melt.

I'd say it was sweet if I didn't feel bile rising in my throat.

What? I was kidding, don't give me a weird look. God, take a freaking joke.

"Thank you!" Caitlyn said happily. "I'd have never found her without you!"

Caitlyn probably would've found Jane after a while without me, but I wasn't about to tell her that. "It was no problem."

Suddenly, to my surprise, Caitlyn wrapped me in a light hug, making sure Jane wasn't getting squished by our hug. "Really, thank you. You're the only kid I've actually hung out with in this town."

We pulled away from each other, leaving me blushing.

Yes, I blushed.

Stop giggling, you pricks.

"Um…" Caitlyn began, at a loss of words. A few seconds later she regained her speech. "Would you like to…uh, hang out sometimes?"

"Like a date?" I ventured. What? She was pretty hot and obviously liked me. Then again, every girl liked me, because I am the epitome of sexiness. You know I am, don't even try to hide it.

"No!" she said quickly. Too quickly. Oh yeah, still got it. "I mean, maybe. Not really…I mean…sure. A date…that sounds nice."

Caitlyn smiled at me, and I smiled back at her.

I was interrupted from my epic flashback (then again all flashbacks have a bit of epicosity within them. Yes, epicosity isn't a word but I just made it one, bitch) by a loud knocking. I looked up, realizing I was in front of house in Jack's door. Before I could even say anything, Jack knocked once more and a girl opened the door.

Jack smiled. "Hey Caitlyn."

Ugh! Finally done! This was sort of a chore to write, but I pulled on through because of the wonderful reviews you guys give. Review! It motivates me :D

So, we are introduced to Caitlyn. Next chapter, we'll see how she is in the present, and get a look at how Jane, Percy and Shannon (Caitlyn's Pokemon) interact with Ben. Should be fun! Stay tuned, guys!