Because I updated Taken for Granted today I decided to update this, too. This one is more of a filler-chapter, but does have a purpose for later chapters.

I'm not too sure about the nicknames that are used, so if they're wrong please let me know.

And if you see any mistakes I'd like to know.

In the park….

"Regularly Cute moves don't score as high in Beauty Contests. But if you can make them beautiful…" Ruby turned to his Milotic. "Water Sport and Attract." Mimi waved her tail. Heart-shaped water droplets appeared around it. "Cool moves are the same, but if used correctly, like Twister," a powerful spiral appeared around Mimi's tail, taking on a transparent blue hue. The attack suddenly stopped and hundreds of hearts made out of water appeared just before dissolving into a fine drizzle. "You can score a lot of points." The large crowd stared in amazement, applauding.

Rion looked bored. "Exactly how bored were you with the regular Contests?"

"Mimi combined several moves together and that gave me the idea."

Treecko glared at Mimi, trying to make itself look bigger. Mimi stared down at it, not amused. She batted it away with her tail. Treecko responded with a Bullet Seed.

"Mimi-" Mimi used a close-range Hydro Pump, knocking the small Grass-type out.

Lance recalled it, sighing.

"It will listen to you once you defeat Roxanne." Ruby said.

Horsea attempted to make a Dragon Breath cute, failing. Finding it frustrating, she used a Water Gun with it, creating an effect that looked like a dragon's head.

Ruby nodded. "Do that again."

Mimi knocked him over with her tail and used the same combination of attacks, getting a better result.

"Sea!" Horsea tried to top it until Mimi used Hydro Pump, getting a three-headed dragon.

Ruby recalled the Pokemon. "Horsea would be great at Contests." Horsea nodded eagerly. "It will even help with the Gym Battles."

Rion laughed. "Contest-trained Pokemon aren't as strong as battle-trained ones. They won't know how to counter regular moves."

Ruby sent out a Mightyena. "Prove it."

Rion sent out Minun. "Thunder Bolt!"

"Nana, Iron Tail!" Nana used her tail to absorb the electricity and to attract Minun with the static when it attacked. "Shadow Ball!" Nana fired several into the air, hitting them with her tail. Minun ran everywhere it could to dodge.

"Double Team!"

"Sand Attack!"

Each copy was taken out.

"Double Edge!"

"Take Down then Hyper Beam!"

Both Pokemon ran forward, Nana leaping into the air at the last moment and firing the golden beam at Minun.

Rion recalled his Pokemon. "That doesn't mean anything. Try to defeat this." He sent out Shroomish. Ruby sent out a Castform, the Pokemon instantly becoming sun-like.

"Leech Seed!"

Vines began to cover the smaller Pokemon. "Popo, Thunder Bolt!"

Electricity flowed through the vines to Shroomish, zapping it.

"Head butt!"

Shroomish ran forward at a surprising speed, leaping at the Castform.

"Hail!"

Chunks of ice the size of golf-balls began to fall. Everyone without a Pokemon that could use a defensive attack fled to the shelter of the trees.

Rion sent out Marshtomp to surround him with a Protect, Ruby having done the same with a Swampart.

"So your first Pokemon was a Mudkip." Ruby turned to his Pokemon. "Zuzu was my Starter even though I already had Coco, Nana, and Ruru."

"My first Pokemon was Minun. I just happened to need a Water-type and found a Mudkip."

Shroomish had hundreds of vines catching and throwing the falling ice.

"Rain Dance!"

"Leech Seed!"

Myst realized at that point she hadn't been picking up on Lance's thoughts the last few minutes. She walked towards the Pokemon Center, her best guess of where he was. When she got there she asked the nurse if anyone had come in.

"Not in the last few hours. Are you expecting someone?"

"I just thought a friend would be here."

He wouldn't have gone to one of the stores or even the Deven Corp. building by himself, so that meant the Trainer's School was one of the few, unlikely choices.

After an over an hour Plusle, Torchic, and Flygon came back, shaking their heads.

"Nana will find him." Ruby said.

"He'll be able to find his way around on his own." Rion flipped through television channels.

"You're just upset because you lost."

Myst looked outside at the increasing darkness. "He's never been here before."

"I know a few people from Devon Corp. I can ask if they can help."

"How will they?"

"After an incident a while back they set up security cameras just about everywhere." Just as he stood up Nana walked in and collapsed, panting heavily.

"Is she okay?"

Ruby petted his Pokemon's head and gave her some Pokeblock before recalling her. "She just wore herself out." He began to leave. "I'll be back soon."

Bored, Rion got up and walked towards where the guest rooms were. "I'm going to bed early."

It wasn't until the next morning that Lance was back, stretched out on one of the couches, sleeping deeply. Myst had his Pokemon checked in case they needed healing. When she got back Lance had woken up, mostly.

"When did I get here?"

"I'm not sure. You must have been pretty tired if you can't remember."

He nodded sleepily.

"Where did you go yesterday? I had to send out my Pokemon to find you."

"Training."

"Are you going to challenge Roxanne later?"

He just nodded again and fell back asleep. He'd been partially lying. The truth was he didn't really know where he had been the day before.

Again, if you want to see a certain 'Dex Holder or one of the chars to have a certain Pokemon (not Sinnoh, Unova, or the new region), or for an event to happen either put it in a review or PM me.

As a bit of a warning within the next few chapters it might start to get a bit scary.