Disclaimer: Leo, Luna and all other mentioned characters that aren't OC's of mine are owned by Konami. The Pokémon side of this takes place in the Pokémon Adventures/Special Manga, so characters are all owned by either Nintendo or Shogakukan.

Chapter 7: The crystal and Pokémon number 3.

Level of Leo and Luna's Pokémon at start of chapter.

Leo

Pokémon: 2

Chight at Level 18

Bronzor at Level 17

Luna

Pokémon: 2

Drobaren at Level 19

Luxio at Level 17

It was shortly after Leo had managed to get his Bronzor to Level 17, Leo had heard a small, strange noise coming from below. He was standing still for so long that Luna looked puzzlingly at Leo. In response to Luna's puzzled look Leo put his hand up and listened intently. He heard the noise again, and this time there was a second noise, but completely different. Leo turned to face Luna and said "I think we had better ask Tate and Liza about any Pokémon that we need to find, remember that Gym battles against Brawly are 3-on-3, so we need three Pokémon to challenge him" Luna nodded, but they didn't get more than a few steps before Steven Stone arrived in the cave.

"Ah, Steven's here. Good" Leo said as they recognised Steven. Steven turned to face Leo and Luna and said "Ah, you two must be the twins that Tate and Liza were talking about. Leo and Luna, right?" to which Leo and Luna nodded. They then heard two more of the noises that they had heard earlier. Turning to Steven, Leo asked "Did you hear that?" and Steven nodded, then said "Yes, I heard that too, but we need to confirm with Tate and Liza about any possible third Pokémon that you could obtain" Leo and Luna nodded, and the three of them headed back to the end of the passage.

With everybody regrouped, Leo asked Tate "The second Gym Leader, and Gym Leaders from the third Gym to the fifth Gym is three Pokémon, and we only have 2. Do you know where the third Pokémon is?" Tate's reply was "We're not 100% sure, but it is somewhere in Dewford Town or in the cave here" Luna then said "Are we battling you two for the seventh Gym badge?" to which Liza shook her head and said "The sixth gym will by a four-on-four battle, the seventh gym against Juan will be a five-on-five, and then you two will take Tate and I on in a double battle, twelve-on-twelve" and this shocked Leo and Luna. Leo said "Twelve, on, twelve? You mean, both Luna and I, with full teams of 6 each, against you two, with full teams of Six each?" to which Tate nodded.

"Wow" Leo said. Luna then asked "Don't we need Dive to get to Sootopolis City?" to which Tate replied with "Yes, the Feather Badge will allow you to use Dive instead of Fly. You'll need to defeat us if you want to be able to use HM02 Fly. This is a change made for just you two" Leo nodded, impressed by the trouble they went to in order to get Tate and Liza to be the final test for them.

Leo then turned to Steven and said "Do you know if there were any Pokémon trapped in this cave that shouldn't be here?" but before Steven could respond they hear voices coming closer towards them. After a few moments, Leo recognised one of them as a Ralts, but the other was one they had never heard. Soon, a Ralts and a Small, green bird with clawed arms and legs, small green wings and small rose-like structures on the back of its head and its body run towards them. Grabbing her Pokédex, Luna scanned the new creature.

"Monorose: The Rose Bird Pokémon. Monorose can spread many different scents from the flower on the back of its head. Its full power is exposed in the Sun, when it can move extremely fast. Monorose evolves into Birose at Level 25, which evolves further into Trirose when exposed to a Leaf Stone"

"A Monorose? That looks like a small version of my Bird of Roses, is this my third Pokémon?" Luna asked. Leo looked at the Monorose and said "I think it is, and I think these two want to battle us" and at this is both Ralts and Monorose struck battle poses.

"Alright" Leo said, and he called in his Chight while Luna called in her Drobaren.

Battle: Luna's Drobaren and Luxio VS a wild Monorose

Monorose jumped and flapped its wings hard, generating a Gust attack and dealing a lot of damage to Drobaren. Drobaren ate it's Sitrus Berry, healing a bit of health. Luna then said "Drobaren, use Bite" and Drobaren ran in, jumped and managed to latch its Jaws onto Monorose's leg, which yelled out in pain and Drobaren's weight pulled Monorose to the ground and pinned it to the ground.

"Drobaren, don't" Luna yelled as Drobaren continued to pin Monorose to the ground. Suddenly, Drobaren fell away as he was Disabled.

"Alright then, return" Luna said, withdrawing her Drobaren before he could be hurt anymore. She then continued with "Luxio, go" and Luxio appeared, with its Intimidate ability cutting Monorose's Attack power.

Monorose used the switch opportunity to use Leech Seed on Luxio, seeding it. Luna commanded "Luxio, use Spark" and Luxio used the opportunity of Monorose getting close to Seed it to charge into Monorose with Spark, dealing heavy damage to Monorose and Paralysing it. Luxio's health was sapped a bit by Leech Seed, while Monorose restored a bit of health. Luna decided to throw a strange Green-and-Red Ball at Monorose, and it was caught almost immediately. Luna cheered at this, before walking over and both healing Monorose and curing its Paralysis.

Battle: Luna's Drobaren and Luxio VS a wild Monorose: Winner: Luna who captured Monorose.

Battle: Leo's Chight VS a wild Ralts.

Leo said "Chight use Light Pulse" and it did some damage to Ralts, who returned with Double Team to create a number of copies of itself. However, Leo then commanded another Light Pulse, which managed to destroy all of the copies and do more damage to Ralts. Ralts finally decided to use Confusion, and dealt a bit of damage to Chight.

Leo smiled and said "Now, let's catch it. Go Great Ball" Leo said, throwing a Great Ball at Ralts, and caught it.

Battle: Leo's Chight VS a wild Ralts. Winner: Leo who captured Ralts.

Leo turned to face the others and said "Tomorrow, we want to battle Brawly" Luna nodded, and said "We're still not sure why we're here, and getting stronger appears to be the only way to help find out why we are here" Steven nodded, then said "Alright, I'll inform Brawly" and the rest of them left.

That night, Leo and Luna are bonding with Ralts and Monorose, respectively, making sure they listen to them. Luna was having success with Monorose, but Leo wasn't having quite as much luck, Ralts not wanting to let go of its Galladite. Sighing, Leo said "Alright, I'll tell you what. You get to keep your Galladite, but once you become a Kirlia you're going to hold an Everstone until I find a Dawn Stone to evolve you into a Gallade, OK?" and Ralts said, shocking Leo in the process, by saying "Don't level me past 31 please, I want to learn Psycho Cut" shocked, Leo turned to Luna and said "Did you hear that? My Ralts knows Telepathy, in its base form" Luna smiled, kneeled down, and said "You're a smart Ralts, aren't you" too which Ralts nodded. Leo turned to face Luna and said "Well, we had better rest up, we have a big battle tomorrow" to which Luna replied with "Alright Leo, but shouldn't you try to get your Ralts to listen to you a bit more?" to which Leo replied with "I will, don't worry" Luna nodded, returned her Monorose, then left. Leo needed another twenty minutes to bond with Ralts enough for him to listen fully to him. Leo finally went to bed at half-past ten, half an hour after Luna did, who was already asleep when Leo arrived in the room.

A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter, the next chapter is going to be longer. Look ahead to Leo VS Brawly and Luna VS Brawly.