"I believe you, but one of your grunts said that that was your team's goals, I had to take precaution. Why are you housing such a troublemaker?" N sated. "Do you know his name?" asked Archie, he would get rid of this lying traitor once and for good. "Black" responded N.

"Prince N, I, Archie declare that we of team Aqua do our best to keep a clean reputation, thanks to your coöperation we will find this traitorous grunt and execute him" Archie said with a cold glint in his eye. Black was to be annihilated.

•○•○

N thought about Archie's words over in his head, if Black was taken care of he would no longer cause trouble, and N didn't particularly like Black because he thought that Black liked Touko and no one else could love Touko but himself. On the other hand he didn't know how Touko would feel about Black's death. N sighed.

"Archie I agree with your decision."

N

I had agreed to Archie's decision, even thought I felt guilt, it was for the best. I thought of Touko. I hoped back on Zekrom and asked it to fly me to Touko's house. On the way there I stopped in Accumula Town, there was a flower lady selling large batches of flowers, I bought a dozen and smiled.

"Is this for your loved one?" she asked kindly. I smiled again and nodded. "My most loved one" I said.

I looked around, Touko and I had first met here, we had battled here, and I had lost here. "Zekrom return" I ordered.

A flash of red and Zekrom was safe inside my pokeball; I could walk the rest of the way to Touko's house, it was just past Route one.

Black

I looked at the X-Transceiver on my hand, was what I was doing really okay? Bianca and I had been friends since childhood, even before I knew Touko I knew Bianca. It's too late now.

I turned my X-Transceiver on and waited as the device rang.

"Black!" exclaimed Bianca, she looked happy and cautious ven though i could do nothing to her through the X-Transceiver. "Bianca" I said, "meet me at Relic Castle." "Black why are you doing such terrible things?" Bianca exclaimed with her winy voice and tears in her eyes. "I will explain when you get there, Bianca. Don't bring anyone else go by yourself or else I will never tell you and I will hurt those close to you." I replied. "You already have" she replied and hung up. Bianca's last words stung me, I knew they were true.

•○•○

Bianca had kept her word and was waiting near the relic castle entrance, covered head to toe in clothes to shield herself from the harsh rays of the sun and the stinging sand. I discretely walked over to her from behind, I too had been heavily clothed but for the sake of not being found. "Come out Munna" I whispered. "Use Hypnosis Munna" I said while pointing to Bianca. Munna obeyed and the move was accurate, although I didn't expect anything less from a still target.

Bianca instantly fell to the ground in deep sleep and I ran towards her, picking her up and summoning Dragonite. I would hide Bianca in a house I owned in Anville town, the place was small and I was never there so no one would suspect. I jumped on my Dragonite and commanded it to fly us there.

We arrived there in 3 hours and my muscles were stiff from trying to hold Bianca and preventing her from falling off to her death, "Thank you Dragonite" I said and softly patted her head, Dragonite let out a shrill of happiness and closed her eyes in what seemed to be a smile. "Dragonite will you stay out here and if anyone comes nearby scare them off?" Dra-Dra she responded while shaking her head. Pokemon were reliable and lovely. People weren't.

I took out my key and unlocked the door, the house hadn't been used in a long time time and it showed, there were Spinarak webs in the corners of the house and a light dust seemed to cover everything. I climbed the stairs towards my room and pushed the door open, revealing a bed and a desk with a matching chair, on the desk was a stationary pack that mom had bought for me when I moved away, it laid unused, it was also collecting dust.

I settled Bianca on the bed gently and looked at her, she was starting to move and would be waking up soon. "Munna" I said and summoned my partner. "Munna use Hypnosis again" Mun-Mun the pokemon obeyed me yet once again and Bianca instantly stopped moving and laid still once again.

•○•○

As I returned to the first floor of my house I went to the kitchen to make some tea, the tea leaves reminded me of N and his light tea-green hair. I thought of Touko and her dazzling smile, her forward attitude and her determined eyes whenever she initiated in a battle, I couldn't see them together, I couldn't see what she saw in him.

'I need to stop lying to myself' I thought. "I love Touko" I said out loud, surprising myself. Maybe I had never noticed because I didn't have competition but since the day I saw Touko with N at the Nimbasa ferris wheel I realized that I didn't want her to smile so lovingly at anyone else but me, but she seemed infatuated with N.

My thoughts were interrupted when the kettle made a high pitch noise signaling the the tea was ready. I took the boiling tea in my hands and threw it in the sink. The only thing that would calm my nerves was finally admitting to Touko.

I ran upstairs and told Munna that if Bianca made any movements she should use Hypnosis, then I rushed back downstairs and through the front door where Dragonite stood waiting. I summoned Banette and ordered the pokemon to stay behind and guard the house, but only appear if anyone was coming, Banette was to hide using his ability as a ghost, I turned to Dragonite, "Dragonite fly me to Nuvema town please" I said determined with a glint in my eye.

Touko returned to living with her mother once the old team Plasma fell, hopefuly she would be there. I couldn't stop the big grin that plastered itself onto my face, at last.

Touko

I laid in my bed looking out the window, Winter had arrived this morning, it still wasn't snowing but I could feel a chill creep through me even though I was under the blankets. Winter was my least favorite season, most of the grass type pokemon hid from the cold and it was hard to catch them, I felt that I had disappointed professor Sycamore by not completing the pokedex, it was because of her that I had been able to start my journey, such a long, never ending journey.

I made up my mind to complete the pokedex by the end of this year, I didn't have much time left but I would show professor Juniper my gratitude through an exchange of knowledge.

•○•○

"Touko!" my mother called for me from downstairs. I sighed and rolled off the bed, 'this better not be about her not being tall enough to open the cabinets' I thought. I quickly took a shower and changed then rushed downstairs expecting to see my mother on her tiptoes trying to reach the cabinets that were attached to the wall but instead I was presented with a certain color at my doorway.

"Black" I shouted, I couldn't believe my eyes, maybe this was a trick? Why would he show himself?

"Touko" he said and smiled at me, which was shocking. He walked past my also stunned mother and stood in front of me, he had grown a lot since the last time we met and he now towered over me. Before my brain could process anything he took hold of my arms and pulled me into his chest.

"Touko I have to tell you something" he whispered. "Black why are you doing such terrible things?" I asked, my voice thick with emotion. I could feel me eyes starting to sting as tears rolled down my face, 'I don't want him to see me like this' I thought.

Black pulled back and gently wiped the tears from my face, then he cupped it and said "Touko I love you."

I could hear my heart pulse through my ears, and at that moment Black moved his face closer to mine and kissed me, at first gentle but then hungry with desire, as he tried to deepen the kiss I pulled back.

"Black I'm with N" I said, I couldn't stopped crying, I had wanted him for so long but now it didn't seem right. Black's faced contorted with anger but just as quickly returned to normal. "Touko I love you more than he ever could, come with me and we can finally be together" he said in a sweet voice as his hands enclosed around me and joined behind my back, trapping me, making me lean on his chest.

"Black" I whispered, I couldn't speak anymore, there was a knot of emotions at my throat preventing me from doing so.

"Touko you don't have to say anything" Black assured, he embraced me, his body was slightly built, I could feel his strong chest under his Aqua uniform. His arms lowered and he raised me so that I could be higher than him, so that he could look up at me, then he tried to kiss me again, with more passion than before, my hands wrapped themselves around him so that I would not fall off but my head avoided his kiss by swinging to the side.

"Touko" he said, his voice like a purr and a growl. He walked toward the wall and pressed me against it, "this time I won't miss" he said with a grin on his face.

My eyes widened, this was not the Black I had fallen in love with a log time ago. His face closed in on mine once again but I could not avoid the kiss this time, his entire force was pressing me against the wall.

In the middle of the forced kiss, the front door opened, and in the doorway stood N with a bouquet of flowers in his hands.