HAY IT'S A KENBAE CHAPTER-

I actually wrote this chapter on Pancake day XD So that's fun! I wasn't actually gonna post this chapter, not until later but stuff came up and at the current time, I doubt I'm gonna be able to write another chapter by Monday so instead you get two Kenji chapters in a row! YAAAAY- It aint all bad tho cos we get a new important character (Although I kinda hate the part she's actually introduced to and when I get time, I will rewrite that one bit-) But again, thanks for reading either way and sorry for any mistakes that get through editing! ALSO JUST A WARNING, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO POST A CHAPTER NEXT WEEK COS I-... I got lazy and didn't do some work- But I got some good news!

Some may already know but I've got all the Gym Leaders sorted! I'll give out a list in the next chapter (Or maybe put it on my page or something) but all in all, the Hanachi league is basically done (I need like three Elite members but we can cover that some other time), I also got all the designs done for the triplets (I need to revisit my other OCs cos I made them years ago as well as actually make one for Hazel), I'm probs still not gonna describe them in the story but their features will be mentioned a lot more frequently other than 'blond.' For those who have submitted trainers, I ask you please be patient for a little longer -Like said, I kinda screwed myself with college so gotta focus on that for a bit- SORRY TO KEEP ANYONE WAITING, ON WITH THE FIC!

"Mareep!"

The boy huffed, staring blankly ahead of himself whilst hugging his bag to his chest. Although he opted to leave his Pokémon in the penthouse, Mareep just wouldn't let him go alone, although he had no clue why, she was worried about her trainer...

Even at a silly little market apparently-

The electric type ran aside her trainer despite how he paid her no attention, "Mareeeeep!?"

"Let's see-" Kenji mumbled, looking up a little to think despite the fact that he was only doing this to prove to her that he was ignoring her, "Need to fill the fridge with anything that's not pudding sooo... Dairy, veggie and ready cook...? But pudding is dairy-"

"MAREEP!"

"Yeah cool-" They arrived at the town center where a nice little traditional market had been set up. He bleakly looked around the stands, each different than the last but all having equally useless crap for sale- Damn... this place is lucky he's a stickler and with his sisters' wallet.

He decided to make use of his stalker Pokémon; he knelt down and placed some moneys in its mouth, "Go over *there* and buy yourself as many useless outfits as possible." Mareep stared up to him, honestly this wasn't the first time he had her do this but the seriousness in his voice threw her off a little. Though she couldn't complain, her mouth was full of money- and despite how he didn't know it, this is some weird coping method- Kenji patted her floof and gave her a small nudge in the direction of the useless and overly expensive Pokécloth stall, "Go on, I'll be around if you need me."

Although hesitant, the Pokémon had to obey her master's' orders and toddled off to waste money- Kenji simply smiled as he watched her go. He stood straight, running his fingers through his floofy locks and fanned himself with the wallet. Truly the best thing about his poser sister was spending all her unearned money; he closed his eyes, smile softening a little as he thought of all the useless junk he'd buy today-

Kenji strolled down the somewhat crowded path between the stalls, looking down and mumbling as he did. At this point, the boy had bought so much junk that he went as far as buying a child's red wagon just to hold it all in; but the issue was, the wagon had a squeaky wheel so he also bought some oil which he then spilt on an old bag he got so then he also had to buy some stain remover- Pretty much the only thing he hadn't yet bought where what his sister had demanded.

Something known as 'Basic living essentials.'

Oh but that wasn't important, he had all that pudding in the fridge anyway-

His main focus was to find his Mareep-

He looked up, trying to actually see his little yellow cloud but as there where now so many more people here, it was proving hard, "Damn-..." He continued to drag his little over-filled wagon down the stone path, looking as well as he could but it was more or less impossible. It got to the point where he had made it back to the entrance of the market and still hadn't spotted any trace of her. Kenji walked towards the stall he had sent her to which now had significantly less produce, "Excuse me?"

Kenji avoided making eye-contact, pretending to look at some filly up-right Pokémon outfit that none of his nor his siblings Pokémon could wear, "Have you seen a Mareep anywhere?"

"Hm?" The lady mumbled, thinking for a second, "Oh yeah, was she yours? Thank you so so mu-"

"Can you tell me where she went?"

"Oh-" She looked a little bit disappointed from the boy's somewhat harsh demeanor, "Well I saw a girl run off with her, I think, she went towards the gym. Wait was she your sist-"

Before she could even finish her sentence, the boy jolted off the wagon rattling behind him as he did-

"MAREEEEEEP!?"

Despite his lack of breath, Kenji kept running. He was thankful that the penthouse was on the way to the gym and he was able to dump his crap in the lobby- Kenji came to a four way intersection and decided to slow down. Kenji hunched over trying to catch his breath and decided to question his life-

This musta been karma-

This people, is why you never ignore your adorable little sheep children-

Or let your sibling go off alone with amnesia-

Or fill fridges with nothing but chocolate pudding-

Actually no, that last one is totally fine- The other two though, that's a no no.

"Ahhhh- Why Arceus!?" He grumbled, stomping his foot like a child, "Why do you hate me?!"

He took a minute then stood straight and glared around the weirdly empty area. Why was there nobody around? Especially seeing as the gym was literally right there- Oh but then again... The gym was empty the majority of the time, why would this place be even remotely populated?

...How was that guy even a gym leader in the fi- Never mind, not the point-

Kenji shook his head to focus himself, deciding it best not to question the league as they are what made his life that much more worse in the first place –technically speaking anyway.
"Oh you're so cute!"

The squee took him by surprise-

Not that he wasn't used to hearing random squee's followed by a 'condescending' comment –he grew up with two girls after all- but after the incident with Trinity, he had not been subjected to such torment in a while... A while being a little over two weeks but a while nonetheless.

"Mareep!"

The boy jolted at this. Now either he was totally crazy seeing as Mareep are in no way a rare Pokémon or that was his little Mareep- But as far as Kenji knew, Mareep weren't native to the region so it would make sense that its his, especially seeing the area he's in.

And thus an unwanted investigation took place.

Great-

As quietly as he could, Kenji followed the giggling down a small alley just off the side of the gym- To think him of all people was having to do this, sneak around strange alleyways... 'Guess it's no different than when I was a kid-'

He suddenly stopped, having come to a bend. Although he could tell this Pokénapper wasn't that old; young girls –or girls in general- where a force to be reckoned with! The thought of it actually sent a shiver down his spine... all those dressup 'games'…. Kenji shook it off, putting his seriousness back in play and pinned himself to the bricked wall. He cautiously peered around the corner.

Lord... The thing's his life has come to-

Can't a boy just emo in his room like a normal teenager?

"Mareep! Mareep, eep!"

Sitting on the pile of new useless outfits was a... well an average sized woman with the look of a young girl, makeup artists are amazing these days- But more importantly, in her lap sat Kenji's Mareep!

And yes it looked like every other Mareep in history... But a trainer can tell its Pokémon.

That's a fact!

Kenji grunted.

"Mareep!"

"What's wrong Mareep?"

He froze. Oh damn this was going to blow up in his face big time wasn't it?

Before he even had time to properly react, the electric type was in front of him, jumping up and down in either anger or joy, "Mareep! MAR MAR! EeeeeeEEEEEEP!"

The boy raised his hands in defence, "Hay look on the bright side... You're safe now and have a lode of pretty new outfits you're never gonna wear."

"MAREEP!"

He gave a sigh, picking the fluff cloud up and hugging her, "I'm sorry-" He mumbled, assuming this is what she wanted to hear, "You know I'm a terrible excuse for a hu-"

"HAY! LET MAREEP GO!"

The girl was now infront of him, her hands on hips and looking rather serious. Kenji looked at her bleakly, "Yeah... No." He turned the corner about to go claim all the outfits however was stopped when a somewhat harsh tug to his hood pulled him back, "HAY!"

"HAY YOURSELF BUDDY!" Oh no- Angry females, the worst kind... "Put Mareep down! She's not yours!"

He looked at the girl over his shoulder glaring only to smirk, "Again... Yeah, no- Wrong about that too-" His smirk fell as he held the Pokémon up to his face which she began to playfully lick, the girl looked astonished at this, astonished with a hint of disappointment but also anger? "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get my stuff and go get some pud-"

"IF SHE'S YOURS THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE HER CARRY ALL THAT STUFF! It's mean! You coulda hurt her! And she was all alone!"

"Listen... Kid?" He plopped Mareep on the ground and watched as she ran to the fabric and began to pile some onto her back with her mouth, "Don't get involved in stuff you don't understand-"

"Mareep!" Mareep seemed to agree? She was smiling so they assumed so-

"Oh-..." She watched the two collect their belongings, and despite everything, she could tell there was a bond there –they even look kinda similar with their floof- she was still angry at him but at least he went looking for Mareep- Not everyone would have. Without her realising, the two had collected everything and where now standing infront of her, "You still shouldn't have left her alone! What if she got hurt or if someone took her!?"

"...You mean like you did?"

"..." Her eyes widened and thus she lowered her head in shame. Kenji smirked again, it was only for a second but it was apparently long enough for Mareep to see and send a small shock through his leg. Kenji yelped, stumbling to the side but shook it off grumbling to his Pokémon. He then placed his attention back on the girl, not 100% sure if she was just attention seeking or not, despite her height she was quite obviously a somewhat young girl who hadn't seemed to harm his Pokémon... He sighed, knowing that he'd get hell in the end from either his own Pokémon or his sister.

"What are you doing here anyway? Why don't you go home or something-"

"What? No! I'm a trainer!"

He jolted back slightly, having not expected a reaction such as that- "Wait what? How old are you?"

She gave a cheeky smile, tilting her head to the side while giving an innocent posture, "It's rude to ask a lady such a question." She playfully waved at him, giggling at the deadpan face he had mustered up. Guess messing with him a little would help cool her anger or something?

Kenji slowly turned his head away from both her and the electric type, this girl already cheesed him and he doesn't even know her- Despite this, she got the boy thinking, he was fully aware that he had never met her before but something just seemed so familiar about her. "Sure whatever, can you... Move or something?" He mumbled, looking down to Mareep deciding to ignore the aforementioned thought, "We need to go and get harassed by a different fema-"

"Aww Mareep don't worry," The girl suddenly said, skipping over to the Pokémon and taking some of the clothes off her back, "I'll help you carry them!"

"Mareep!" She cheered, the girl smiled down to her then looked up to the older boy,

"Just lead the way!"

"Wait what?"

Her smile turned sly, "Oh you wouldn't leave a little girl all alone in an alleyway would you? What if someone came and hurt me?"

Kenji looked dumbfounded, not totally understanding the sudden change in... life, "Little girl? You're like an inch shorter than me!"

"Dawwww, is someone a little short?"

"..." 'The hell is happening?' "No-"

"Well if I'm an inch shorter than you, it makes you five six right? I don't know how old you are but a guy is average five nine so you're like three inches too shor-"

"Okay I get the point-" Kenji grumbled, "What difference does it make, just give me the stuff and go ho-"

"Difference? Well it just means you're a little boy silly! You're barely taller than the average for a woman!"

"…" He let out a loud sigh, his eyes rolling back in his head a little, "Sure whatever, if I let you help me will you leave me alone after-"

"I'll consider it!" She gave a playful wink and began to skip ahead, Mareep toddleing behind her. Once at the entrance of the alley she turned back to Kenji, "I'm Susie by the way and before you ask again, I'm only thirteen so don't get any ideas mister!" And Susie and Mareep began to stroll down the road-

Kenji remained in the alley, deadpan face. He let out a loud sigh, lowering his head. "Why me-" He muttered in despair, "Arceus, what did I do to deserve this?"

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