(Intro)

After a few non stop quests and adventures, some down time has finally arrived for our heroes. Most of them spending this day to relax and catch their breath. one on the other hand...

(Ty Pov)

"What do you mean it's three gold!" I yelled at the giant purple blob which I have quickly gained to hate. He was watching over his counter, seeing if I would steal the item I was trying to buy. Trying, is a big word, because As I just realised. Swalot is cheating me out! "Last time I was here, it was three gold. I know, because we have been working to get 100 silver for the exchange. Now you are telling me it's more!"

"3 Gold." He said simply as I could not believe it. I would literally need triple the amount of silver I have to pay for it. "It's a sale."

"A sale means the price goes down! The price is going up!" I shouted, no doubt other Pokemon seeing this interaction which is very quickly turning to an interrogation.

"You are disturbing my other customers, leave." He said not liking me as much as I don't like him. Still, I was in this.

"What are other customers, No one wants to come here cause you cheat every out of their deals!"

"Don't make me eat you."

"Oh! Just go ahead and try it bud!" I shouted at it, not even caring at this point.

"Um... maybe not do that." A third voice spoke. I turned my head, and my angry expression quickly went away. It was Panpour.

"Oh hey."

"W-Why are you angry?" She asked, her arms together as she was curious.

"Well, because sludge barney right here is trying to con me out. It was 1 gold or 100 silver. Now it's triple that."

"You missed the sale."

"It wasn't on sale! You just randomly tripled the price!" I shout at him, holding everything back not to attack this truly toxic Pokemon.

"If you need two more gold, I can do it." She said, as she placed two gold right next to my mountain of silver. She smiled at me, I don't think I could do it.

"No Panpour, you shouldn't have to buy something for me. I will haggle with him." I said as Panpour had no confidence in that plan.

"It's fine. I want to buy it for you." She smiled as I still didn't think I could take it, not after that smile. As it turns out though, I had no choice.

"No refunds." Swalot said, leaning forward and gulping all of the coins in his mouth. Going away, as I was left with nothing but what I wanted to buy.

"Seriously Swalot, I think I hate you." I said to him as he had a good comeback.

"I know, I hate you."

With that, I grabbed my purchase and left.

"I don't know how I'm gonna repay you Panpour?" I said to her, on the outskirts of the town we were both walking back to my base. I was walking back cause it was my home, and she was walking back cause I assume, she wants to talk.

"Y-You don't need to. Our team gets a lot of gold from our missions. That was nothing."

"It took my team many missions to get half of that." I remind her as she gave out a nervous laugh.

"W-Well i'm sure that will change!" She said as she was obviously in a corner. Stopping as she looked down. "W-What did you buy!"

"Right..." I say to her before ignoring her weirdness. "Something that will help the whole team in our missions. I saw it the other day, and knew I just had to have it. Although, I guess it is technically two thirds yours."

"It's... a scarf?" She said as she was so confused. Guess she doesn't really know.

"It's not just a scarf, it's a Choice Scarf." I said to her as she still looked confused. "Well, let me show you!" She could hear the enthusiasm in my voice as I grab her hand and lead her into an opening, an opening I can work with. Once there I let go of her hand and turned. "Uh... you okay?"

"I-I am!" She said back before taking a step back. "S-Show me."

"Right, well watch this." I said with a smile as I grab the scarf, wrapping it around my throat as I wore it. Once it was on, I felt so happy about this choice. "How does it look?"

"Cute." Panpour said as I was not expecting that. "I mean, it's cute. So are you though! I mean..." she trailed off as she didn't want to continue.

"Anyway, let's test it." I said as I started jumping back and forth over and over again as admittedly, I was getting faster. More and more as I could just feel the effects.

"Aipom?"

"This is awesome, I feel so free!" I shout to her as I then jumped back, going far further than I thought in such less time. I started moving around the place, at such insane speeds. I felt so free. I could jump so high, I could move so fast, and when I swung my tail, I feel like It was more like a whip. Almost made the sound effect as well.

"Y-You are so fast!" Panpour said as I jumped to her. Sliding across the ground as I stopped. "Almost as fast as Blaziken."

"Awesome!" I said excited. As fast as that Pokemon, defiantly good purchase. Guess not many Pokemon know what it really is. "Yeah, it increases my speed. Pretty cool huh?"

"It is!" she said loudly intrigued.

"However, big down side."

"R-Really? What?" She questioned as I smiled at her.

"Swift!" I shouted, aiming them at a table. They came out like bullets, hitting the tree and leaving quite the dent.

"O-Okay?"

"I'm not finished." I say to her with a laugh as I get close to the tree.

"Fire Punch!" I shout throwing my tail at it. Except nothing happened, nothing at all. Like I suspected. I turned around and faced her. "Makes me fast, but limits me to one move."

"Oh..." She said "I guess that is fair." She then walked up to me. "That a pretty useful item though."

"True," I reply back to her understanding. Taking it off. "It's just another option when we are on the field. I think it's gonna be pretty handy. Actually speaking off on the field. Do you mind attacking that tree?"

"Uh... why?" She questioned to me, her body closed off.

"Well, I remember you told me you were on that team because you are such a good fighter. Can you show me, just a little attack."

"S-Sure..." She said, walking pass me as I watch a smile. She held her palms together and pushed it out to the tree. The water monkey getting ready to fire. Now admittedly I was expecting a water gun or bubble beam or something along those lines. What actually happened, was something else.

"Hydro Pump!" She shouted as she fired a giant burst of water from her hands. I saw as it goes flying across the field and into the tree. Knocking it down from it's roots as it toppled over. Getting some good feet away as I was left speechless.

"Oh, I hope that tree wasn't somebodies home." Panpour said seeing my expression.

"That was... amazing! Just how strong are you Panpour?" I question getting close. She wore a blush.

"I'm not really strong, but Blaziken says I have a lot of potential. Which is nice but... right now..."

"Come on." You reply back to her being honest. "You are being too modest. That was awesome Panpour, you are awesome Panpour!'

"T-Thank you so much!" She said with a happy smile. "Thank you so much!"

"Was that... you?" I heard a voice from not to far away. I turn my head, to see a Pokemon by the tree staring at us. It was a Mankey.

"Yeah, she knocked that tree from the roots. How awesome is that!" I say to him seeing it. He looked at Panpour, and then approached. Making his way forward closer. Panpour took a step back as Mankey got right close. He didn't take his eyes from her, which got me a bit worried.

The Mankey got close, got down on one knee and said something you two were not expecting. "Will you marry me?"

"What!" Panpour said freaking out a bit, and she had every right to do it.

You grab the Mankey and pull him up. "Dude, that was literally the first thing you said to her! You can't just propose to a random Pokemon!"

"It's not a random Pokemon, it's Panpour!" He said as he looked at me, and then back at her. Got down onto one knee again and proposed again. "Will you marry me."

"Dude! Again?"

"No." She said a bit confused about what was happening.

"W-Would it help if I asked a third time?"

"Get up." I say to him, moving my tail and lifting him up. "Do you know this Mankey?"

"Not one bit." She added as I was left confused. "W-Why do you want to marry me?"

"hehe." mankey said spinning around. "Strength is everything, and that was strength. When I marry, it will be to a strong Pokemon. Like you! Marry Me P-"

"I swear if you get down onto one knee again," I threaten him as I was a bit annoyed by his actions.

"Who are you? Are you her boyfriend. Are you my fiancee's boyfriend!" He said, getting close to my face as I had to hold every back to punch him. It would be the easiest way to get rid of this idiot.

"Yeah I am, now back off will you." I said as I gave Panpour a wink, hoping she would understand this.

"Then I challenge you for her love. The winner gets her affection and her hand in marriage!" he said pointing at me.

"Okay, why would I agree to that?" I say back to him crossing my arms.

"That's... hm... let me think about it? Hm..." Mankey said putting his hand to his chin and thinking. I just rolled my eyes, not caring about it anymore.

"Let's go while he is in the middle of thought." I said as I lead Panpour away, far away.

"So, that was annoying." I say to Panpour as we walk our way back down to my home.

"I don't like showing my strength and my potential around so... that is my fault."

"Nah, that Mankey was just a weirdo." I say back to her as I laughed it off. "Hopefully we won't have to worry about him."

"I hope." She said as well as we walk for some more until I can see my home. I smile to myself as I turn around, facing her. "Well, this is my stop. Got to admit, it was kind of weird with you walking me home."

"It's fine, Oh. Before you g-"

"Hey Shaun!" I said waving. Spotting him from not so far away. He spotted us, and then ran his way inside.

"Is he okay?"

"Yeah... I imagine just a bit shy." I said to her. "Anyway, what were you saying."

"Oh right, that." She said before gulping in. "When you said... that you were my... my... my..."

"Boyfriend?" I finished getting it. "Real sorry about that. Just wanted to get that knucklehead out of the way."

"R-Right?" She said back. I was not really sure about it, but she did look a bit disappointed.

"Anyway..." I said trying to rush it along. I can tell that Panpour is the kind to think about it for a long while. "It was nice seeing you and-"

"Another thing?" She said as I listen.

"Okay, another one?"

"Well, I just noticed it before. You call your friends nicknames, don't you."

"Oh yeah. The Scorbunny is Sara, the Grookey is Grant and the Sobble is Shaun. I just feel like it's more personal. They all call me Ty!"

"Well, would it be okay if I call you... Ty?"

"Yeah of course!" I said seeing no problem with that as she smiled. "But, that does mean I need to come up with a nickname for you?"

"For me?"

"Yeah, something similar... hmm..." I say thinking much like that monkey. After some pondering I got it. "I Know, Penelope! It sounds like Panpour, starts with P, not to mention I really like that name!"

"Penelope," She said looking down as for a second I thought that she would not like it. "I love it! Thank you! Thank you, Ty!"

"You are welcome Penelope." I say to her, "Anyway, have a good night, I will see you when I see yo-"

"One more thing!" She said as I turned back to her, with a smile and shifting around.

"Hehe, okay. what is it?" I say as I was having a fun time saying goodbye. Normally it is a hassle but not right now.

It's just..." She didn't finish, as she ran up and hugged me. Moving her hands around and giving me a hug. I was a bit caught off guard by it, and blushing a bit. She pulled back, smiled and ran.

"Goodbye Ty! Thank you for the day!"

"Yeah, thank you! Penelope!" I said back to her smiling. I really enjoyed that. I really enjoyed being with Penelope.

As the day was going down and the sun retreating, I walked right back into the home. Taking step after step as I go home and go to my friends. I arrived to the front door and make my way in.

"Hey team!" I shout to all three of them. "I'm back, and got the scarf! You three will love this thing, no doubt about that."

As I made my way inside, I noticed all three of them were smiling. Grant and Sara both having a snicker. "Uh... hey?"

"So... how was it?" Grant said smiling widely and waiting for my reaction. I didn't really have one I could give though.

"How was what? Shopping well it was-"

"Not the shopping," Sara interrupted. "The date!"

"What!" I reply back to her of course confused. "Shaun what did you tell them?"

"I just said what I saw? Did I see not the right thing?"

"No you did." Grant added with a smirk. "It's his girlfriend. They were even dancing before!"

"No, that was for you!" I say back to her rolling my eyes. "Listen, me and Penelope just-"

"You even gave her a nickname Ty. Oh you two are so in love!" Sara said as I gave up at this point.

(Outro)

After a relaxing day with Penelope, Ty has gotten some much needed rest. Much needed for not only what has come, but what is coming. Their greatest quest yet.