Me-Welcome back to Love Comes From The Heart!

Ash-Took you a while.

Me-I get that! XC

Dawn-What's next?

Me-Well, you find N and you two talk. Then, he gets a message from Team Rocket/Plasma and he leaves, making you wonder what's going on. You go back and find out from Iris and Cilan that Ryu's missing. You guys arrive in Driftveil City and the fun part happens.

Dawn-What's the fun part?

Me-You'll find out soon.

Dawn-Aw man!

Cilan-NightcoreAddictXx does not own Pokémon!

Me-And read on! But first, let's get to the replies to the reviews, the last two sentences, the summary of last time, and the story!

ultimateCCC: Ash does appear, you know. Just not now. I have no choice but to concentrate on the OC because he's traveling with them until I believe the seventh Gym Leader...? I haven't planned it out that far, but I know that Ryu leaves before they finally reach the Pokémon League. Well, virtual Fennekin! :)

Infernapeblaze: I know, it's upsetting. But, he will come soon. I promise you that. Virtual Fennekin! :)

Amazing Stories INC: Thank you! Virtual Fennekin! :)

Miss Fabulous: They're arriving now. Virtual Fennekin! :)

WaveMilotic: Thanks! XD I know how you feel...Virtual Fennekin! :)

dawnforever12: Thanks.

dawnforever12: I know, I didn't really mention anything like that. But, in my Additional Stories category on my profile, I mentioned Penguinshipping being a minor pairing.

dawnforever12: Yeah, I know. Things are getting crazy here.

dawnforever12: Yeeup! You got the pairings down!

dawnforever12: I know, I know, I know.

dawnforever12: Well, they pretty much think of her like that because of how much effort she put into the Grand Festival. Virtual pie! :)

Last two sentences:

The smoke cleared and we saw that Ryu and Team Rocket/Plasma was nowhere to be seen. I felt sick as I realized what was going on.

"He's gone..."

Summary of what happened last time: Colress comes and asks Jessie, James, and Meowth for their help. Jessie is skeptical about this, But James convinces her by saying that they will be able to capture Pikachu if they join Team Plasma. Jessie knows she can't say no to James, which could a sign of Rocketshipping. Meanwhile, Dawn and the others reach the campsite and they set up for the night. Cilan pulls Iris aside so that they could talk. While they're doing that, Dawn sees N and she follows him. Back with Iris and Cilan, they have a little fight about how Cilan was trying to make her jealous and he wouldn't give her a good explanation. Since he's too embarrassed, he decides to show her by leaning her and giving her a kiss (yes, these two are so tough to work with, since they don't know whether or not they want to be an item! GAH!) Anyway, enough of my anger. Iris and Cilan come back and see Ryu by himself. Ryu tells them that Dawn went to go look for some N person. They begin to ponder on that just as Team Rocket/Plasma attack them! They manage to kidnap Ryu and they take him back to the Team Plasma HQ in Driftveil City (apparently, there's one there). Will they be able to save Ryu? And why is N acting so suspicious...?

Me-And enjoy!

Dawn's POV

"N!" I called out as I raced away from Ryu and I began to run after him.

N stopped in his tracks just as I caught up to him.

"N...why are you here?" I asked.

He turned around to face me and smiled.

"Dawn. I would love to tell you why, but I'm afraid that I can't." he said sadly.

"Why not?" I questioned.

"because the reason that I'm here is classified." he told me.

I had no idea why, but the air around us was tense. It was too tense for my liking. I wanted to find answers now. Even if it meant bugging the living hell out of him.

"Classified? Can't you at least tell me?" I asked.

"No." he stated simply.

"Why not?! It's not like as if it's that bad!" I complained.

"Dawn..." he trailed off, his voice raising a little bit.

"N, I can help you. Even though I've only seen you once, I feel like I can trust you. And I bet that you feel like you can trust me, as well." I pointed out.

That was when he pushed me up against a tree in the forest.

"Don't give me that bullshit!" he growled.

I winced at how loud his voice was.

"Don't tell me that I can trust you! I have never trusted anyone in my entire life and now you're saying that I should trust you?! No! I do not want to be skeptical or doubtful! I want to be certain." he said.

"N..." I trailed off.

Piplup finally arrived at the scene and his jaw dropped.

"What the...? Hey! Leave Dawn alone!" he snapped before using Hydro Pump on him.

N threw a Pokeball into the air and a Zoroark came out of it.

"Zoroark, use Protect over me and Dawn." he said.

Zoroark nodded before using Protect, reflecting Piplup's Hydro Pump attack and it hit Piplup.

"Yow!" Piplup exclaimed as the attack made him fly into a bush.

N returned Zoroark into its Pokeball and he looked back at me.

"Stop asking me questions that I can't answer." he told her just as they both heard something beep.

He picked up his necklace and he began to speak.

"Yes?" he answered, which made me shoot a weird look over in his direction.

"Talking jewelry?!" my mind nearly screamed.

"I will be there in a second." he said as he dropped the necklace.

"Huh...? N, why were you - - -" N pulled out a necklace that looked exactly like the one around his neck and he put it around my neck.

I looked at it curiously.

"N, why are you - - -" he grabbed ahold of the necklace and pulled me towards him so that our faces were a couple of centimeters away.

"Like I told you before, stop asking me questions that I can't answer." he handed me the cube that he always carried around and put it in my hands. "Here's a present for you." he said before walking away.

"Wait! N, come back!" I called out.

However, it was no use. N had disappeared by now.

I sighed as I looked at the necklace and the cube that he gave me.

"Why did he give these to me...?" I asked myself.

I simply shrugged.

"Oh well." I said to myself as I clipped the cube onto my belt and I began to head back to the campsite.

Piplup jumped out of the bush and he began to follow me back.

"Dawn, did he hurt you?" he asked.

I shook my head.

"No, I'm fine." I said as we arrived back at the campsite.

That was when we noticed Iris and Cilan sitting on the log.

"Huh?" we walked over to them. " Guys, did something happen?" I asked.

Iris looked at me.

"Do you even want to know?" she asked.

"Hey...where's Ryu?" I asked, not seeing him around.

"You see...that's what it's about." he stated.

My eyes widened.

"Guys...don't tell me that he..." I trailed off.

Cilan nodded.

"Yes. You see, we got attacked by these people named Team Rocket/Plasma and they kidnapped Ryu." Cilan explained.

"Wait...don't Jessie, James, and Meowth hate Team Plasma? Ash used to tell me about them in the letters that he sent." I pointed out.

"Yeah! That's what I thought, too!" Piplup said.

Axew shook his head.

"Apparently not. Seems like Team Plasma bribed them into joining." Axew said.

I sighed.

"Maybe they took him to the next city...Cilan! Pull up the map and look for the next city." I said.

Cilan nodded as he pulled out a map and he began to look at it.

"The city nearest to us is Driftveil City. Maybe they took him there...?" he suggested.

"Maybe. Let's pack up the campsite and go." I said.

We finally arrived in Driftveil City after half an hour. The city was beautiful and breathtaking. However, we could go sightseeing later. We need to check into our room and find Ryu.

"Come on! I found a Pokémon Center." Cilan said.

We walked into the Pokémon Center and I began to talk to Nurse Joy.

"Nurse Joy, we need a room with two bunk beds. Please find the key because one of our friends was kidnapped not too long ago and we need to find him before something happens." I explained.

"Okay." she said as she began to look for the key.

I sighed as I walked over to where Cilan and Iris were and I plopped down next to Cilan.

"Oh...! What did I do to deserve this...?!" I asked myself.

"A lot." Piplup stated.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! I get it. Beat me up for what happened in Nimbasa City, but who cares?!" I whined.

Cilan patted my head.

"Don't get stressed about it. Even though I don't know what happened in Nimbasa City, but what I do know is that all of this isn't your fault." he said just as he heard Nurse Joy call out to them.

"I'll go get that." Iris volunteered as she went to go the card.

She walked back over to us.

"Come on. We're at the end of the hall near the door that leads to the back of the Pokémon Center, so let's go put our stuff down and search for Ryu." Iris told us.

Cilan and I nodded before following Iris to our room.

Normal POV

Meanwhile, four shady figures crept behind a figure and one of them looked at the other shady figure.

"Jessie, now." one of the shady people said.

Jessie nodded as she swiped a match across the matchbox and a flame appeared.

Meowth gulped.

"James, I'm afraid. Wat if we get cawght?" Meowth asked.

"It's okay, Meowth. We're not going to get caught." he then turned to look at Colress, who was the last shady figure. "Are we?" he asked.

Colress shook his head.

"Nope! Not at all." Colress said as Jessie dropped the match onto the grass and the flame went out.

Meowth slapped his forehead.

"Jessie! Yer supposed to light da building on fire! Not da grass!" Meowth scolded.

"Look, I know what I'm doing. It's not like as if anything bad is going to go wrong." Jessie stated simply.

That was a huge fire appeared in front of them.

Jessie let out a scream while James grabbed ahold of Jessie and Meowth's hands and they ran back to the Rocket/Plasma HQ.

Colress jolted as he ran after them.

"How come you didn't take my hand?!" he asked.

"Because I don't like you!" James hollered as they disappeared into the forest.

Dawn's POV

I sighed as I plopped down onto the bottom bunk bed.

"Should we start looking for him now?" I asked.

"Sure." Cilan noticed the necklace around my neck. "Hey, where'd you get that?" he asked.

"Huh? Where'd I get what?" I questioned, having no idea what he was talking about.

"The necklace around your neck." he said.

I gulped, realizing that he meant the necklace that N gave to me in the forest. I totally forgot to put it in my bag before we left for Driftveil City. I put the necklace under my tunic.

"W-What necklace?" I asked.

He walked over to me, pulled the necklace out of my tunic and eyed it curiously.

"This one. Where'd you get it?" he asked as we stood up.

"U-Um..." I trailed off.

How in the world was I supposed to explain that I got this from N? They'd think that I was completely nuts!

He then diverted his attention over to the cube that I clipped onto the belt.

"And where'd you get the cube?" he asked.

That was when I decided to lie.

"Um...I found those in the forest when I suddenly ran off." I lied.

"Ah...I see..." he trailed off just as Iris opened the door.

"Come on, you two! I finished combing my hair out, so we might as well get going." she told us.

Cilan put the cube down and we raced out of the room.

Once we opened the door, our eyes widened in terror. The city was starting to go up in flames!

"Guys, we need to evacuate now! This city is going to be burnt down." Nurse Joy told us.

"I'll go get our stuff out of the room." Iris said.

"I'll help her." Cilan looked at me. "Dawn, you go ahead. We'll get our stuff out of the room while you look for Ryu." he said.

I nodded before running off to look for Ryu.

This fire was getting worse and worse as I continued to look for Ryu. It was like as if they didn't want me to find Ryu!

"Ryu! Ryu!" I let out a sigh. "RYU! COME OUT!" I hollered at the top of my lungs.

I began to cough. The smoke was seriously starting to get to me.

"Ryu! Come out! I'm dying here..." I trailed off.

That was when I saw someone emerging from the fire.

"Ryu...?" I wondered out loud. "Ryu! Ryu, come over here!" I called out.

That was when five people emerged from the fire beside him.

I bit my lip.

"That can't be Ryu...or can it?" I asked myself.

"Ohohohohohoho! Little twerpette, we finally found you!" a female voice declared.

"Grr...Dawn!" a familiar voice said.

My eyes widened once I saw Ryu come into view.

"Ryu...!" I exclaimed.

However, I was reaching my limit. There was too much smoke around me. I let out one last cough before fainting.

Ryu's POV

My eyes widened as I saw Dawn fall to the ground. Of course! She's in polluted air, not fresh air!

"Dawn!" I exclaimed as I managed to get out of Jessie's grip and I ran over to her.

"Dawn! Wake up!" I shouted as I shook her.

I then looked at them, a death glare on my face.

"You idiots! What is wrong with you?! Why'd you even set Driftveil City on fire, anyway!?" I snapped angrily.

"Simple. It was a diversion. We did it so that we could kidnap Dawn without anyone knowing." Colress explained.

I gritted my teeth.

"You damn scientist! Someone's gonna figure out that she's been kidnapped, anyway!" I shot back.

"Colress, don't tell the poor boy that." N stated as he looked at me. "Dawn won't be hurt, I promise." he said.

James chuckled.

"But, in order for this operation to be successful, we need to make sure that annoying twerps like you don't follow us." he stated as Meowth threw a rock at me, knocking me out.

"Actually, I can't promise that Dawn won't be harmed. We're Team Rocket/Plasma, after all." N said while chuckling as he picked up Dawn.

My eyes opened slightly as I saw N holding Dawn in his arms.

"N...you liar..." I muttered before I closed my eyes.

Cilan's POV

Everyone was running out of the city quickly and we stood at the dock. I was helping Clay, the Gym Leader of this city, evacuate everyone.

Once we evacuated everyone, it was time for us to get into the lighthouse, where everyone was.

"Well...I guess that's it..." Clay trailed off.

"Wait! But what about Dawn?!" Iris asked.

My eyes widened, remembering that Dawn was still in the burning city, looking for Ryu.

"Crap...I totally forgot that she was still there..." I trailed off.

"Is Dawn one of your friends?" Clay asked, looking at me and Iris.

I nodded.

"Yeah." I said as I took off my shirt and I flung it off to the side. It apparently hit Iris, who was blushing furiously, in the face. "I'll be back." I ran towards the city, hoping to find Dawn and possibly Ryu.

I ran into the flames and I began to look for them.

"Dawn! Ryu! Where are you?!" I called out.

I didn't hear any of them call out to me. I feared for the worst as I turned the corner.

That was when I saw a limp body on the ground. All I knew was that the person was a male.

"Hey! Dude, are you okay?" I hollered as I ran over to them.

My eyes widened once I saw who it was.

"Ryu...?" I wondered out loud as I let out a cough, covering my mouth and nose with my hand.

Ryu had a big gash in his head and the possible cause of that was a jagged rock next to him. Trying my hardest not to pass out due to the lack of fresh air, I picked him up from the ground and I began to find my way back to the dock.

A couple of minutes later, I found pieces of light and the lighthouse in the distance.

I raced out of the flames and I saw the relieved look on Iris' face, showing that she was worried about me.

I approached them.

"I found Ryu, but no Dawn..." I trailed off before falling to the ground, nearly squishing Ryu in my arms.

"Iris! Go find Nurse Joy in the lighthouse and tell her that we an oxygen mask for both of them! They need some oxygen right now!" Clay said, kneeling down next to us.

Iris nodded before running into the lighthouse in search of Nurse Joy.

Iris' POV

Since Nurse Joy made Cilan rest on a futon in the Lighthouse, I laid down next to him, my head resting where his heart is. I listened to his steady heartbeat, glad that he is still alive.

I don't know what I would do without him. Now that I have officially accepted my feelings for Cilan, I have realized that Cilan is a part of me. If Cilan died in that fire, I would've died, too.

I slowly rose my head and looked over at Ryu, who was resting on the futon next to him.

I sighed.

"I'm glad they're both alive..." I trailed off.

"True to that one, Iris. If Dawn were here now, she'd be glad to see that the two of them are alive." Axew said.

"But...what happened to Dawn...?" I wondered out loud.

That was when I noticed Cilan stir from his sleep.

"Oooops. I woke him up..." I said bashfully, my face tinted a light pink.

Cilan glanced over at me.

"Hey..." he trailed off.

That was when I pulled him into a hug, which surprised him.

"Stupid Cilan...I thought that you were dead..." I muttered into the crook of his neck.

He smiled softly as he stroked my hair.

"It's alright, Iris. I'm alive and I'm here, so it's okay." he reassured me.

We pulled away from the hug just as Ryu stirred from his sleep.

"Ryu, you're awake!" I exclaimed.

"Ryu!" his Partner Pokémon, which was a Dewott, exclaimed.

Ryu shot up from the futon suddenly, his eyes as wide as saucers and there were burn marks all over his face, which probably meant that he got scorched in the fire.

"N! Where did you take Dawn!?" he exclaimed suddenly.

I arched up an eyebrow in confusion.

"Huh? Ryu, what are you talking about?" I asked.

"N going's to hurt Dawn! We need to save her now!" he exclaimed as he tried to take the oxygen mask off of his mouth.

"No! Ryu, do not do that!" I moved his hands away from the oxygen mask. "Who's N? What happened to her?" I asked.

"Did something bad happen?" Cilan asked.

"She...she was kidnapped by Team Rocket/Plasma!"

Me-Well...that was an interesting ending...

Ash-And this chapter's finished!

Me-You took the words out of my mouth!

Ash-And yes, I did.

Dawn-What happens next?

Me-Well, let's just say that you find out what's really going on.

Dawn-Okay.

Cilan-Hope you guys come back to read more!

Ryu-But! If you want to read more, then you gotta - - -

Me and Iris-R&R please! If you do, you get a virtual Meowth from Team Rocket (or N's virtual cube and necklace if you think that an evil Meowth from Team Rocket is creepy)! :)