HEY GUYS! I FINALLY FINISHED CHAPTER 9! TWO DAYS WRITING THIS BATTLE AND ALTHOUGHT I THINK IS QUITE GREAT, I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. NOW YOU GUYS MANAGED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM PREVIOUS CHAPTER, BUT! SINCE THE ONE THAT ANSWERED IT WERE GUESTS AND I COULDN'T CONTACT THEM TO ASK ABOUT THE POKEMON... I'M CHOOSING TWO POKEMONS (IN WHICH I'LL PUT AT THE ENDING A/N) AND THE POKEMON WITH MORE VOTES WILL BE THE NEXT POKEMON IN ASH'S POKEMON LIST. IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME FOR ASH TO CAPTURE SAID POKEMON SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS CHAPTER IS ALMOST 5K WORDS LONG! MY LONGEST CHAPTER TO DATE! SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS REALLY ENJOY THIS CHAPTER. SO, LET'S GOOOOOO!


Capture 9 – A Flower's Gift

After capturing Anisha, Ash made his way out of the cave and immediately saw the towering buildings that Cerulean City had. Unlike Pewter City in which every building looked the same, every building he could see had his own uniqueness. He smiled as he rushed towards the city, hyped to heal up his Pokémon just in case, talk to the professor and face the Gym Leader of Cerulean City.

He came to a stop when he arrived at the city's entrance. Unlike Viridian City, it didn't have a sign that welcomed people. He walked for a bit, looking around the city until he saw a poster that was announcing a show.

Ash thought about it for a bit, not knowing if he should assist to the show, but then saw that it was at the Cerulean City Gym and he was all in. Being able to see a show and battle the Gym Leader afterward, was great! Like two for one kind of deal.

Deciding to heal up first before heading towards the Gym, Ash walked aimlessly until he saw the Pokémon Center not so far away. Ash entered the Pokémon Center and all he could see where the same kind of poster all around the Center's walls. Ignoring the posters, Ash made his way to Nurse Joy and gave her his Pokémon. He then sat in a unoccupied chair that was near the speaker.

Ash pressed his Pokétch and decided to call Prof. Oak, to consult some things. The watch ringed and ringed but nothing happened. Ash retried calling the professor, but this time he did answer it.

"Hello my boy! How you've been" Ash smiled at the now jovial professor.

"I'm fine professor, just capture my fifth Albino Pokémon" Ash said making the professor's eyes widen in shock.

"F-Fifth!" Oak said, before running to get a computer to see if what Ash said was true. Ash had to smile at this behavior. He could still see the chair spinning around albeit slower by the minute.

Finally Professor Oak came back with a still shocked face.

"I can't believe… Not only you captured a Growlithe… But you also have a Venonat, a Pidgeotto, and a Zubat?!" Oak said panting slowly. "Ash please send one of them here! Whichever you want! Just let me do a quick analysis on how they can get this mysterious trait It would be a huge discovery!" Oka added pleading Ash to send a Pokémon.

Ash gave an unnoticeable frown, he wanted to keep training with his Pokémon. He didn't want them to be treated like lab rats.

"Sorry Professor, I just arrived at Cerulean City and I don't know what the Gym Leader wants in a match and I may need all my Pokémons" Ash told the professor. He didn't lie to Oak, but didn't out right refuse him.

"Alright my boy. I'll wait for you next call, but please when you are able to send a Pokémon to the Ranch please do so" With that the professor ended the call Ash had to sigh in relief at this.

"At least I have a bit more time" Ash commented to himself before hearing his name being called by Nurse Joy. He stood up and went toward where he saw her. After receiving his Pokémon from Joy, he thanked her and started to walk towards the Gym to see the what the show was about and to have his second Gym Battle.

He walked aimlessly once again until he saw a huge crowd on the outside of the Gym looking at a very, but very huge television. It was showcasing a water show. Three beautiful girls were doing the show, and he had to admit that the show was very unique in it's own way. It was beautiful no doubt about that, but he has never seen a show where humans and Pokémons were able to give a show towards others. He has seen a lot of Pokémon Battles. He even have seen some Pokémon Contest thanks to his mother, but never in his life has he seen something like this.

The show however ended quickly. Maybe he arrived at the end of the show? He didn't know, but what he did know was that this was the time to get his second Gym Badge!

Waiting for the people to disperse from the Gym, Ash made his way to the Gym. He open the doors to see a large pool in the middle of the Gym.

"So this is a Water-Type Gym…" Ash pondered as he quickly analyzed that he couldn't use Ambrose for a direct approach. He could still use Ambrose, but it wouldn't be the way Ambrose normally fights, in which is a very direct approach. He had to be more astute to combat the opponent with a Thunder Fang that he surprisingly learned way earlier that he anticipated.

Ash quickly moved his head from side to side and walked towards the three girls he had seen on the huge television outside.

One of the girls is fairly tall, even passing his height for a bit. The girl had wavy long blonde hair that reached up to her waist and beautiful emerald eyes. She is wearing a red short dress, the same dress she used for the show. She also had a flower pin on the right side of her head.

The other one was a but smaller than the first one. This girl however had wavy long blue hair instead of the blond hair the other one had and had ruby eyes. She is wearing a similar dress than the other one, but instead of being red it was green.

The last one however looked a bit younger and smaller than the other two. Unlike the other two girls that had long hair, this one has short pink hair and two bangs that go from each side of her head until her shoulder. She is wearing a orange short dress with a green tie on the middle of her bust area.

"Hello" The three girls looked towards him. "I'm Ash, I was wondering if you know who the Gym Leader is. I want to challenge the Gym"

Two of the girls, the blue and pink haired girls, cringed at hearing the word 'Gym' in which Ash noticed, but the blonde haired girl seemed hypnotized for some reason.

"I'm Daisy. These are my sisters Violet and Lily. We are the Gym Leaders of Cerulean City" Daisy said making Ash widen his eyes for a bit. They are the Gym Leaders?! This made thing easier!

"Then do you approve of the challenge Leader Daisy?" Ash asked, but didn't get an answer as Daisy ran towards the pool and made a quick dive. She quickly got out of the pool, but had something in her hands.

Ash noticed that it was the Gym Badge. The badge is shaped like a tear drop and it is a light blue color.

"We've are tired of all the thing that we have done in the past week, we already battle three trainers and had this show. We want to rest for a bit" Daisy said while heading straight toward Ash who only nodded understanding that fatigue was on a very high level. "So I would like to give you the badge and you can continue on your journey" Daisy smiled lightly.

You see, she had this plan that whoever accepted the badge would get a fake badge. But seeing this cute boy that she couldn't help but notice was quite attractive to her, decided to give him a real one.

"No thank you" Responded Ash making the three girls widen their eyes a bit. "I want to earn my way to the Indigo League. I want to earn being the best. I don't want anything handed out to me. That's why I decided to travel alone. See new thing… Discover new areas… Learn to grow up and be dependent of myself. So if you want to rest, I'm fine with it, we could just have our battle tomorrow, but please don't just hand me the badge" Ash declined politely.

Daisy had never heard this before. Every time they didn't feel like fighting they made this same offer to the coming trainer and they always accepted it. But this boy… no… this man that stood in front of her just said no for the very reasons that she believed in.

"Alright then" Daisy lowered her hand making her two sisters widen her eyes even more. They were to shocked to say anything. "Tomorrow will be our battle" Daisy said as she turn around and started to go away towards the door that was on the end of the pool. "I'll be waiting for you, cutie~" She winked at him before opening the door and closing it.

"Wow… I have never seen Daisy like that…"

"Sister! Wait for me!"

Ash looked at the blue and pink haired girls. Lily ran toward Daisy, seemly preoccupied by how she acted. Violet however didn't move.

"So… At what time can I arrive tomorrow?" Ash asked Violet, making said girl jump a bit.

"Aah… Uhmm, maybe early in the morning… Six or Seven?" She said, confused at what had just happened. "I think that she has something to do in the afternoon" Lily added making Ash nod.

"Alright then, see you girls tomorrow" With that Ash left.


With Daisy

Daisy had just entered her room and couldn't hold back her blush any longer. Her cheeks were scarlet red and she has a dreamy look on her face. Her knees gave out and she fell to the ground and landed on her knees. Her Seel noticed her and went towards her.

"Ohh~ Seel. I just saw the man of my dreams~" She gave a dreamy sigh as she hugged her Seel.

"Seel Se Se Seel" Seel tried to communicate with her, but thanks to the language barrier they couldn't.

"Ohhh~ You have to see him tomorrow!" She gushed a bit tightening her hold on Seel for a bit. "His raven hair shine brighter than the moon. His brown eyes were so hypnotizing~. Even the zig zag pattern he had on his cheeks are cute~" She kept talking to her Seel about how amazingly hot Ash was on her eyes, unaware that two of her three sisters heard everything.


Time Skip; Next Day

Ash has woken up pretty early, to his standards anyway. He woke up at five in the morning. He was a bit shocked to say the least, but it gave him time to think about somethings.

He knew that Ambrose had a Type disadvantage against Daisy's Pokémon, but recently his Growlithe learned Thunder Fang. It was pretty convenient to say the least. But he had to think of his safety. He had done so with Circe, and so he will do so with Ambrose.

Kobalt had already fought, as well as Ambrose, so that also gave him an excuse to not use them.

Meaning that his choices were Circe, Ellenor and Anisha.

Although Anisha was a recent capture, he could see that she was stronger than any of the Zubats that he has seen under her. But he didn't know any of her move set nor what she could do. He could scan her with the PokéDex, but he thought that making her fight without any sort of training would be stretching it.

Ash nodded when he decided for Circe and Ellenor. Neither had an advantage towards Water-Type Pokémon, but neither did they had a disadvantage.

Ash got up from his bed and called out his Pokémon to tell them was he was going to do. Ambrose had been grumpy for a bit, nodded… albeit it was reluctantly. He really wanted to show his Alpha his strength, but he had to give his friends a chance as well.

Kobalt nodded, understanding the situation that his trainer was in. He couldn't pick the same Pokémons over and over again since it would look like he had a preference towards that Pokémon. Plus that Circe was able to fly and Ellenor was able to float, were a huge advantage towards the opponent.

Anisha also nodded. She could also see all the things that Kobalt thought of. Although she wished to prove herself for The Guardian, she knew that he had to get familiar with her move set first.

Circe proudly got her head up. She wanted to like Ash, mainly because he was an Aura Guardian, but she wasn't able to move on yet. Not yet. But she respected him a lot. He has gained it. Ash deserved it.

Ellenor was jumping all around the room in happiness. She was finally able to battle!

"Alright guys… Let's show her what we're made of!" And with a roar of approval, Ash recalled them and went towards the Gym.


Time Skip

Ash had just arrived at the Gym, He quickly opened the doors and he could see Daisy on the opposite side of the field. And for the first time ever, Ash stopped in shock.

She is wearing a white tank that was under a pink open jacket with short sleeves, a pink skirt with a white lining and pink short boots. However, although her way of dressing for the battle shocked him a bit, it was her face that made him freeze. She had little to no makeup, but the bit she had made her very beautiful. The dark green eyeliner she had on, made her emerald eye spark even more than the last time he saw her, and the unnoticeable green eye shadow had a contrast with her eyeliner. Her mouth was painted with a soft pink lipstick, making her lips look erotic but innocent at the same time.

"Hello Ash~" Daisy said, talking in the same way before she dismissed him yesterday. "We will now begin in a three on three battle. Are the terms acceptable?" Ash could only nod as he curse himself on his mind.

"Damn it… Now I have to use Ambrose in this battle as well"

"This battle is between Ash from Pallet Town and Daisy the Cerulean City Gym Leader. Each trainer is able to use three Pokémon each. May the battle begin!" A referee announced, making both trainers get a Poké Ball. The battlefield was the same pool that the three sisters used for their show.

"Circe, let's go!"

"Help me Seel!"

Circe called her name as she arrived at the battlefield. She quickly flapped her wings and started to fly in the same position.

From Daisy's side however, what came out was a pinniped Pokémon with a thick hide covered in bluish white fur. It has a pale tan maw with a large red tongue and a pair of tusks on its lower jaw. It has circular eyes and a black nose. There is a small horn on its forehead. It also has two flippers on his chest and two more on the end of its tail that highly resembles a waterspout. This is a Seel, the Sea Lion Pokémon.

Ash immediately thought that it was a Albino Seel, but he paid attention into the eyes of the Leader's Pokémon and noticed that they were pitch-black instead of crimson red.

"Note to self, Albinos only have red eyes"

"Circe starts things out with Gust" Circe flapped her wings a bit harder than usual. The Gust began to appear as Circe kept increasing the strength of the flaps of her wings.

"Seel, be a darling and go underwater" Daisy said with a smile directed at Ash. Ash noticed it, but shrugged it off as a thing that she did to her opponents.

Seel obeyed and with a simple jump, he enter the pool… completely avoiding the Gust that Circe created.

"Seel quickly use Ice Shard quickly then go underwater once more and repeat it!"

"Circe block it with Twister and use Steel Wing towards Seel!"

Both Pokémon responded quickly. As Seel was preparing to shoot the Ice Shard that was quickly made on top of his little horn, Circe had already began to flap her wings harder to transform the Gust into the Twister her trainer ask of her.

The shards were quickly launched, but made contact with the Twister. Blocking them and turning the shards into little crystals that were harmless towards Circe. She however didn't wait for the moves to finished as she cut the Twister with her Steel Wing. As Circe neared Seel, the Sea Lion Pokémon entered the water making Circe miss the attack.

Unfortunately for Circe, as she began to turn around, the only thing she saw was two Ice Shards coming straight at her. She managed to nearly avoid one of the shard, but the other impacted her left wing.

"Ahhh!" Circe screamed in pain as the ice made Circe start to fall down onto the a nearby platform.

"Circe! Maneuver yourself and fly once more" The Pidgeotto did so, with a bit of pain in her wing. "Now use Quick Attack, and when you see Seel use Ice Shard break them with Steel Wing and keep both moves up and running to hit Seel with it!" Ash said making his first ever combination move, in a real battle. He had to name most of the one he had already made with his Pokémons, but this one already had a name.

Quick Steel!

Circe was quickly covered in a white stream as her movements turned quicker and her wing became harder and even turned into a metallic gray. The white stream gained the a metallic gray lining into it, marking the way both wing were going through.

Seel resurfaced once more, but didn't have enough time to even do what Daisy told him to do when Circe was in front of him with a devastating move up front. Circe managed even to get Seel into the air with the impact that his face made with her wing.

"Circe, quick, use Gust to keep him up in the air and use Steel Wing once more!"

Daisy was so impressed that she couldn't even command her Seel to do anything. She gave out a sigh when she watched the metallic wing made contact with Seel once more, sending him straight at a floating platform in which broke when Seel made contact with it.

Seel was then seen floating in the water unconscious.

"Seel is unable to battle. Pidgeotto is the winner!"

Daisy recalled her Seel back into his Poké Ball and smiled at the Poké Ball. Saying a quick thank you, she managed to guard the Poké Ball, before grabbing another one.

"Help me Seaking!" Seaking is a large, orange, fish-like Pokémon. It has billowing caudal and pectoral fins, all of which are white specked with black. However, its dorsal fin is pure white and rigid. It has round, dark eyes, prominent pink lips, small fangs, and a short horn in the center of its forehead, telling him that it was a female. Seaking is the Goldfish Pokémon.

"Circe return" Ash recalled Circe. He knew that the Ice Shard was a heavy hit on her and didn't want to hurt her any longer.

"Thanks girl" Ash quickly muttered before guarding Circe's Poké Ball at his belt. Taking another Poké Ball, he threw it forward.

"Ellenor, come on out!"

Ellenor stood in the platform looking at her opponent. When-

*SCREAM*

Ash had to cover up his ears as he heard the awful scream that made its way to his head. Ash turned to the left to see the pink haired sister of Daisy, Lily, trying to get away from the bleachers, but Violet didn't let her.

"Violet is a bug! A BUG! Let me go! I don't want to be near it!" Lily pleaded as Violet rolled her eyes at her little sister. Both her little sisters, Lily and another one named Misty that was on a trip to become the greatest Water Trainer, hated Bug-Type Pokémon.

Daisy chuckled at this and since this was a common thing in when she or Misty saw a Bug-Type Pokémon, she was already immune to their screams.

"Shut up, Lily and let's see the end of this match" Violet said, trying to calm down Lily. She also noticed that Ash's Venonat wasn't a normal colored one. Remembering his Pidgeotto, she also recalled that her crest didn't have any red nor yellow on it.

This was also seen by Daisy, but had already guessed why they were like this. Being the oldest meant that she was the one responsible for going to the meetings. They had told her about the Albino Pokémon, but never in her life would she have thought that she would have seen one.

"Ellenor use Poison Powder as you float around the pool" Ellenor quickly jumped and started to let out a purple dust out of her body.

"Seaking, Water Pulse those purple dust!" Daisy tried to save her Pokémon from the Poison, but the Poison had already made contact with Seaking's body and the water. Meaning that no matter if Seaking was able to dodge the dust that fell on her, the poison would've enter onto her through the water.

Seaking hissed I pain every time she tried to move. The poison, while not strong, it was making the damaged that Ash wanted.

"Ellenor now use Supersonic to confuse her and then use Psybeam!"

"Seaking go underwater!" Daisy, to her luck, managed to say those words quick enough. Seaking enter the water avoiding briefly the Confusion, but the Psybeam opened the water and went straight at her inflict the damage, although it wasn't as much as it would've been if Seaking would have been on the surface.

"Ellenor one more time! Use Psybeam!"

"Counter it with Ice Beam!" Daisy didn't want to use this move this soon, but had to. She didn't want to just give out Seaking. She had to show him that she was strong! Maybe… Maybe that way she could get closer to him…

Both moves met in the center of the field, but surprisingly the Psybeam gave out. The Ice Beam made contact with Ellenor making a brief explosion.

"Ellenor!" Ash cursed himself. Obviously this wasn't going to be as easy as when he fought against Brock. This was his second Gym Battle. He knew that each Gym was stronger than the last on. He had to think things more carefully. Ellenore quickly jumped into another platform with one of her antennae froze thanks to the Ice Beam.

"Ellenor, are you alright?"

"I'm fine my king. I just needed to catch my breath a bit. What is your wish?" Ellenor said making Ash sweat drop at this, making him sigh along the way.

"Can you use Signal Beam, Ellenor? I have a plan" Ash asked making his Venonat nod her head.

"Seaking dodge it quick!" Daisy commanded in a hurry. The Poison could be knocking out her Pokémon any second now and she hasn't even done much damage towards his Venonat.

Seaking managed to dodge the incoming rainbow colored beam. Daisy instead for seeing Ash frown, she saw him smirk a bit.

"Ellenor, use Mega Drain!" This made Daisy widen her eyes. She didn't noticed that Seaking dodge towards the platform that Venonat floated to.

"Seaking, dodge it again!" Seaking heard Daisy, but was unable to since when Daisy finished talking, Ellenor bite her with green fangs. Seaking roared in pain at getting her remaining energy drained, before falling unconscious right next to Ellenor.

"Seaking is unable to battle, Venonat is the winner!" Daisy recalled Seaking and thanked her for everything she did. Daisy frowned at seeing Ash recall his Venonat. Why couldn't she beat one of his Pokémon? She wanted to prove herself to him! Even if Ash himself didn't know about this.

"Help me Shellder!" A black pearl-like Pokémon encased within a spiky, blue-violet bivalve shell came out of Daisy's Poké Ball. It has two round white eyes with tiny black pupils and a long red tongue. This is a Shellder, the Bivalve Pokémon.

"Ambrose, come on out!" This made the three sisters and the referee look at Ash with shock and confusion as he sent a Fire-Type Pokémon on the field.

"Uhh… Ash? You know that Growlithe is weak against Water Moves… Right?" Daisy asked. It couldn't be possible that the one that she fell in love with at first sight was clueless about things like this… Could he?

"I know" Ash's simple action made Daisy internally sigh in relief. "But I can't send Circe nor Ellenor when the are hurt from their previous battle" Ash smiled, making Daisy faintly blush.

"Alright then… Shellder, be a dear and use Water Gun on Growlithe" Shellder shot a pressured Water Gun at Ambrose.

"Ambrose, let's finish this" Ash proclamation made Daisy tense a bit. Finishing the battle? Her Shellder hasn't even received any damaged. "Use Thunder Fang on the pool!"

This made all of the widen their eyes just as quick as Ambrose dodge Shellder's attack, in which wasn't even noticeable. Ambrose jumped into from platform to platform in such speed that it looked that it was using Quick Attack. Landing on the platform that was behind Shellder, Ambrose fangs began to spark before quickly sending the electricity through the pool, shocking Shellder really hard.

Shellder didn't even screamed in pain as it was immediately knocked out by the sheer intensity of the Thunder Fang.

"… Shellder is unable to battle, Growlithe is the winner! Therefore making Ash the winner of this match!" The referee said after his shocked was gone. He made his way out of the pool and out of the Gym. He needed something to do.

Ambrose quickly went towards Ash while jumping from each platform once more. Ash caught him when he jumped towards him and started to scratch him behind the ear.

"Thanks Ambrose… You did great" Ash said while making his Growlithe purr in satisfaction. Ash quickly recalled Ambrose and went towards Daisy, who was also making her way towards him.

"Here Ash" Daisy said giving Ash his second badge. "You have earned the Cascade Badge" Ash smiled at the badge and then redirected that smile towards Daisy.

"Thank you" Daisy blushed for a bit as she saw Ash put the badge she had given him under the blue jacket he had on. But what she saw was that he put it near his heart. This made Daisy's blush become brighter and couldn't even look straight at Ash any longer. But she still managed to look at him.

Growing a bit bolder, Daisy went towards Ash and kissed him on the cheek making Ash widen his eye in shock. Violet and Lily weren't that far behind as Lily fainted at seeing this and Violet couldn't even manage to form a single word.

"I hope you win your Gym battles and the Indigo Conference… I'll be cheering for you~" Daisy said while giving Ash another kiss on the cheek before making her way to the door once more.

"…" Ash couldn't say anything as he walked out of the Gym with his hand on the cheek that Daisy kissed twice.


A/N: AND CONGRATULATIONS TO WHOEVER SAID THAT THE GIRL WAS DAISY! I MADE HER A BIT GIRL AND A BIT CHILDISH IN SOME AREAS SINCE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT'S HOW SHE ACTED SOME TIMES. EXCEPT WHEN SHE WAS BOSSY AND MEAN TO MISTY. ALSO BEFORE I FORGET, THE POKEMONS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM ARE:

ABRA

OR

MACHOP

THEY WILL BE CAPTURE AFTER ASH CATCHES TWO MORE POKEMON THAT ARE ALREADY SET IN THE STORY IN MY MIND, BUT THEIR CHAPTERS AREN'T WRITEN YET.

NOW... THERE WAS A REVIEW THAT MADE ME SLIGHTLY... SNAP TO SAY THE LEAST. I WON'T BE MENTIONING THE USER'S NAME, BUT IF YOU READ THE REVIEWS YOU WILL SEE WHO IT IS. AND I JUST HAVE TWO WORD TO SAY. WHITE TIGERS. WHITE TIGERS ARE THE ALBINO OF A TIGER AND I DOUBLE CHECKED JUST IN CASE IT WASN'T TRUE. WHITE TIGERS HAVE BLACK STRIPES MEANING THAT THEIR STRIPES DOESN'T CHANGES WHETHER IS A NORMAL TIGER OR AN ALBINO ONE. MEANING THAT KOBALT'S APPEARANCE AS AN ALBINO IS INFACT TRUE... IN THIS FANFICTION. OBVIOUSLY IN POKEMON CANNON WHAT WE KNOW AS SHINY POKEMON IS INFACT THEIR ALBINO FORM (TO SAY THE LEAST). SO REMARKING THAT RIOLU IS NOT AN ALBINO IS INFACT FALSE, SINCE WITH THIS EVIDENCE... KOBALT IS ALBINO.

SORRY IF I WENT TO FAR, BUT AS I SAID... MADE ME SNAP FOR A BIT.

ANYWAYS HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THE CHAPTER. LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE REVIEW SECTION (AND PLEASE IF YOU GOING TO FLAME, DO IT IN A WAY THAT I WON'T SNAP... I DON'T WANT TO ANGER MYSELF AND RUIN MY WINTER BREAK OF COLLEGE). DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW OR FAVORITE IF YOU GUYS LIKE THE STORY AND HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME!

Zeckromizder, out!

Capture 10 - A Rare Encounter