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"Thank you so much for coming again, Misty!" Layla, the co-owner of a nearby Pokemon Day Care, said as she lead Misty through the forest of route 12.

"No problem. So, why exactly do you need my Ducklett?" she responded.

"Azuu, Azuu?" Azuril also looked at Layla.

"Ya see, the Ducklett you caught always comes and plays with the Pokemon at the Day Care. All of the Pokemon love him and he could settle any disputes Rufflet or Vullaby would have. Well, Rufflet and Vullaby are at it again, and it's making all the other Pokemon upset!"

Misty looked at her uneasily, "I had no idea Layla. I wouldn't have caught Ducklett if I had known.."

Layla was about to look over at Misty and respond but she clumsily tripped over a small rock in her path, "Ouch!" she said as she slowly picked herself up.

"Are you okay?" Misty asked as she helped her up.

"Yeah."

"So what were you saying about Ducklett?"

"Oh, well, if we could figure out what the core of Rufflet and Vullaby's problems are, we wouldn't need Ducklett to hang around anymore!"

"I see. Well we'll just have to do our best to figure that out!"

Layla nodded.


Meanwhile, Dawn was on one of Cynthia's computers, on a skype call with none other than Professor Rowan, lead Professor of the Sinnoh region.

"Well it's good to hear you made it safely to the Unova region, Dawn!" he said sitting in front of his own computer in his lab.

"Yeah! Im so excited for the Tournament! And the Pokemon Concert in Nimbasa was great! Elesa is the best!" she said gracefully.

"That's good. So how are all of your Pokem-"

"HEY PROFESSOR ROWAN!" Hilda interrupted, shouting from the other room as she jumped in front of Dawn, in Professor Rowan's view.

"Ah, Hilda. I haven't heard from you since you defeated Brycen."

"Wait, Hilda you know Professor Rowan?" Dawn asked, confused.

"Yeah, im from the Sinnoh region and that's where I had my first journey." she turned to Dawn continuing, "Then I traveled through Hoenn and competed in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier after the Hoenn League. Professor Rowan gave me my first Pokemon!"

"But wait, I've only seen you with Pokemon native to the Unova region, who was your first Pokemon?"

Just as Dawn said that, a Riolu popped up from under Professor Rowan's frame. "Oooluu!" the dog like Pokemon shouted in joy upon seeing Hilda.

"AHHH! Hey Riolu!" Hilda shouted, equally excited.

"So, this is your Riolu?" Dawn asked.

"Yes. It's also the first Pokemon I gave Hilda the first day of her journey. She over-slept, so I had no Turtwig, Piplup, or Chimchar left." Professor Rowan chimed in due to Hilda being too excited to respond.

"Sounds a lot like how Ash got Pikachu." Dawn pointed out.

"Indeed. How is Ash doing? I assume he will be competing in the Junior Cup as well?"

"Yeah, he's also staying here at Cynthia's villa."

"Professor, are you finished with your studies on him? I haven't used him since the Brycen match. I'd love to have him back!" Hilda said to Rowan.

"OOoolluu!" Riolu echoed the Hilda's eagerness.

"Of coarse Hilda. I'll put him in his Poke-Ball and transfer it over immediately." Professor Rowan stood up and walked over to get Riolu's Poke-Ball and put him in the transfer machine. Suddenly, an Altaria, Vigoroth, and Glaceon appeared in view, all happy to see Hilda.

"AHH! Altaria! Vigoroth! Glaceon! It's so good to see you!" Hilda shouted.

"Are they your Pokemon too?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah. When I met Ash, I decided to leave all of my Pokemon behind for my Unova journey, besides Riolu. I figure if Ketchum can do it, so can I. Professor Rowan has just been doing some research on Riolu for awhile. He wouldn't have been much help against Roxie's Poison-type Pokemon anyway. I have all kinds of Pokemon I caught in Hoenn and Sinnoh."

"That's so cool, Hilda!" I had no idea you had competed in Leagues before. Where did you place?"

"I placed in the top eight in the Sinnoh League and top two in the Hoenn League." she sighed "I wasn't able to beat the final Frontier Brain in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier, so I decided to start fresh here in Unova."

"Wow. That's really good Hilda. It took Ash three Leagues before he could even make it to the semi-finals. But you made it all the way to the finals in your second League."

Hilda crossed her arms, "Well im better than him. Too bad he can't see that."

Dawn sweat dropped.

"Hilda; im making the transfer now. Will you be sending anyone over?" Professor Rowan asked.

"No, I sent Mienfoo over to Professor Juniper earlier. I was actually planning on calling you today anyway."

"Very well then. Sending him over now."

"Thanks a lot, Professor!" Hilda said filled with excitement over seeing Riolu.

"No problem. It was nice talking to you both, but im afraid I have to get going. Give everyone my best!" Professor Rowan said as he sighed off.

"See ya Professor!" Dawn and Hilda both said as they waived goodbye to him.

Riolu's Poke-Ball appeared in the Pokemon Transfer device's Poke-Ball holder. Hilda grabbed it and looked at it smiling, "You ready to make some noise in the Junior Cup?"


Meanwhile Ash asked Cilan to help him out with training, after his disappointing loss to Gary and Paul.

"Unfezant, use Ariel Ace!" Ash commanded to his bird Pokemon.

Unfezant looped in the air and flew towards Crustle at top speed.

"Crustle use Rock Slide!" Cilan commanded.

Unfezant weaved her way through the falling rocks, summoned by Crustle, and attacked Crustle with Aerial Ace.

"Crussssstle." Crustle fell to the ground in defeat.

Unfezant flew over to Ash and stood in front of him. "Good job Unfezant!" Ash said petting his bird Pokemon, which made her happy. He looked up at Cilan, "Thanks for helping me train Cilan! I really needed it!"

"No problem Ash! You and Unfezant have sweet ingredients!"

"I saw some wild Watchdog and Pinsir go this way!" he starts to head down a path, "I think me and Unfezant are gonna go battle 'em!" he ran off waiving.

"Unfeeeezz!" Unfezant flew beside her Trainer, equally enthused.

Cilan chuckled with his hand on his chin looking at Ash run off, "That Ash. Always seeking to get better."

Suddenly, Cilan noticed a noise of what seemed to be two Pokemon not far from where he was. He walked over to a brushy area and moved bushes and low tree branches out of his way, "Oh my."

A Ruflett and Vulibuy were arguing with each other in their respective dialogues.

"Vulllibuyy!"

"Ruflett!"

The two Pokemon spat at each other.

"There they are! Rufflet! Vullaby!" Layla said as she ran towards them, leaving Misty behind. Just before she reached them, she tripped on a small rock and fell hard, again.

Misty face-palmed, "Not again."

Cilan walked over to Layla and extended his hand, "Are you okay?"

Layla stood up with the help of Cilan and brushed herself off. "Im okay. Thank you."

"Im Cilan." he said with a warm smile.

"Im Layla" she said returning his smile. She then turned to her arguing Pokemon, "And I take care of that Rufflet and Vullaby at my Grandfather's Nursery.

"I see. I noticed the hostility earlier. Do you know why they are fighting?" he turned to her asking.

"No. They fight like this all the time."

"I see." Cilan said concerned with his hand on his chin.

"Ducklett, come on out!" Misty tossed her Poke-Ball and released her Duckett.

Ducklett noticed Rufflet and Vullaby fighting and immediately flew over to them and began settling the dispute.

"Hopefully that will help." Misty said confidently walking next to Layla and Cilan with her hands on her hips. She looked at Cilan smiling, "Im Misty by the way."

"Hi Misty! Im Cilan! Do you work at the Pokemon Nursery as well?"

"Oh no, Layla and I just met. Im a Gym Leader from the Kanto region, im here to compete in the Pokemon Junior Cup."

"Really?! A Gym Leader from the Kanto region?! How exciting!" He got up right next to Misty and looked at her with sparkling eyes. "Im a Gym Leader as well, of Striaton City here in Unova!"

Misty slightly backed away, a little uncomfortable. "Nice to meet you Cilan." she said still nervously chuckling.

"Oh my, if you're a Gym Leader from the Kanto region.. That means you must have battled Ash at some point! Do you know him?"

Misty slightly cringed. Geez, does Ash know EVERYONE in Unova?! she thought to herself. "Yeah, I actually traveled with Ash for a while."

"How fantastic! I travel with him too! Ash is certainly an interesting flavor to a mysterious course."

"Right." Misty said looking a little puzzled by Cilan's dialogue.

"Are you going to stay at the villa with all of us? The Tournament starts tomorrow, you know?"

"Uh.. Ash actually doesn't know im here.."

"Well.. He's training not too far from here." Cilan said pointing at down the path Ash took to train."

Misty paused looking down the path. Is it time? Is it time for me to actually see him? Am I ready? she thought as she took a deep breath. "Thanks Cilan. Im going to go find him." she said as she began walking down the trail, before being stopped by Cilan.

"Wait. Just in case you get lost, you should take my number."

"Mine too." Layla said pulling out her Cross-Transceiver. "Is it okay if I take Ducklett back to the Nursery? I can call you when we work out the problems between Ruflett and Vullaby."

"That's fine Layla." Misty said nodding firmly.

"I'd like to help out Layla. I am a Pokemon Connoisseur. My job is to evaluate Pokemon. Im sure we can figure this out!"

"I'd appreciate that very much, Cilan!" she said smiling.

Layla and Cilan traded numbers with Misty and they went their separate ways.


Back at Cynthia's villa; May and Gary were enjoying the sunset on the back patio that overlooked the beach, Paul was taking a nap in a guest room, Hilda was doing some training with Riolu, and Iris and Dawn were in the living room watching T.V. from the two couches.

"So, are you really going to talk to Ash?" Iris asked, with Axew asleep in her lap

"Yeah." she sighed, "I guess I better. I just messaged him and he told me he was doing some training on route 12. That's not far from here so im going to go find him. Piplup is asleep in my room," she got up from the couch "keep an eye on him if you don't mind."

"Sure. Good luck, Dawn!" Iris said firmly.

"Thanks Iris." Dawn replied with a smile.


"Okay Unfezant; drop Scraggy off now! And use your Focus Blast at Pinsir, Scraggy!" Unfezant soared over towards Pinsir and tossed Scraggy off of her back. Scraggy released his Focus Blast that knocked Pinsir back in defeat.

"Ya hoo! Great! Now Unfezant; finish Watchdog off with Ariel Ace!" Unfezant looped in the air and hit the grounded Watchdog at full speed, knocking him back and defeat as well.

"Yes! You guys were awesome! We're getting stronger every time!" Ash said hugging his Pokemon.

"Pika!" Pikachu imitated Ash's joy, also hugging Unfeaznt and Scraggy..

Misty overheard Ash yelling in excitement nearby. "It's Ash." she said to herself smiling.

"Azu!" Azuril seemed to recognize his name and she echoed Misty's happiness.

Misty made her way out of the brushes on the outskirts of the large field Ash was training on. She noticed from a reasonable distance his jet-black hair and Pikachu standing by his side, hugging two Pokemon she assumed were a part of his Unova team.

She took a deep breath and parted her hands beside her mouth, "Ash!" she called out. Her voice slightly broke and came out faint, due to her being nervous.

Before she knew it, her vision of Ash and Pikachu celebrating went black and her mouth was covered. She could feel someone grabbing on to her and Azuril being stripped from her hands, crying. She attempted to shout and struggled to even slightly move. A man with long silver hair dressed almost like a ninja held on to her tightly. Two other man just like him stood just behind him. One of them holding on to Azuril who was struggling and crying as hard and loud as she could..

The man holding on to her whispered in her ear, "You're coming with us. If the one who represents ideals wants you, he'll have to come get you."

A few yards away from them stood Rita. The female Team Plasma leader who confronted Misty earlier.

She silently laughed to herself. "Good. Now lets take the useless girl and wait for him to bite."

Ash thought he heard commotion behind him. Just as he turned, the three mysterious men and Rita disappeared.

That sounded like… No, it couldn't be. Could it? Ash thought to himself, focusing intently on the place he thought the voice came from.

"I know I heard her." Ash said as he quickly went from enthusiastic to extremely grim.

"That was some impressive battling back there" a voice from behind Ash said.

He quickly turned to face the voice. "Who are you?"

Before Ash stood a young man with long green hair, wearing a white button up shirt and brown pants. His grey and black cap seem to shadow over his eyes.

He looked up at Ash, revealing his grey and green eyes, "I am N."


Meanwhile at the Pokemon Nursery where Layla works, her and Cilan were talking about and evaluating Rufflet's and Vullaby's behavior. All of the Pokemon at the Nursery were enjoying their meals. Misty's Ducklett calmed them down momentarily, but as soon as Vullaby accidentally cracked her nutshell all over Rufflet's food, they went back at it again.

"I just don't get it." Layla said disappointed as she sat beside Cilan in the playroom of the Nursery.

"Hmm.." Cilan carefully observed the two with his hand on his chin.

Cilan and Layla suddenly noticed some commotion coming from the gates of the Nursery outside. They looked at each other a bit taken back and they both went out to find out what the noise was. Upon arriving outside they noticed a few oddly dressed men, with a yellow haired scientist standing in front of them, just outside the gate. The scientist grinned at the sight of all of the Pokemon inside the Nursery he noticed through the window.

"Um, can I help you?" Layla asked.

The scientist adjusted his glasses and approached Layla and Cilan, "Actually you can." he looked at them with a smirk, "we want all of the Pokemon you have here. Now."

Cilan stepped in front of Layla, guarding her with his arm. "Go inside and call Officer Jenny and your father."

"Uh, are you sure Cilan?" Layla asked concerned as she gently grabbed on to his arm.

He looked back at her and smiled, surprisingly calm, "Yeah/" he nodded firmly.

She nodded and quickly made her way into the Nursery.

Cilan turned back to the scientist, "These Pokemon don't belong to you. I'd suggest that you please leave."

The scientist laughed snidely. "That's not going to happen.. Team Plasma gets what Team Plasma wants." he grabbed a Poke-Ball and released it, "Magnemite, lets convince the gentlemen."

A Magnemite came out of his Poke-Ball and angrily stared down Cilan.

"I see." Cilan looked down with his eyes closed. "I don't understand why people like you and Team Rocket are bad, but if someone has to stand up to you, I will! Pansage - lets go!"

Pansage came out of his Poke-Ball and glared at Magnemite oozing with confidence.

"Pannnsage." the grass monkey Pokemon could feel his Trainer's passion and it rubbed off on him.


Will Cilan be able to fend off Team Plasma.. BY HIMSELF?! Will Ash be able to realize Misty has been captured and save her?! And who is "N" and what do both he and Team Plasma want with Ash?

Showdown with Team Plasma and the Shadow Triad next chapter and round one of the Junior Cup kicks off in chapter 9! Also, before chapter 8 i'll be going back and editing some (hopefully all) grammar errors in previous chapters. Thanks for reading:) Please review, i'd love to hear from you!