The wait wasn't long, about 5 minutes at the longest. That same buzzer noise that everyone will always remember, that was what snapped me from my trance. I stood up and walked over to Nurse Joy who was on her way towards me with my now healed Pokemon.

"Everyone is rested and in perfect health." Nurse joy said with a cheerful smile.

"Thanks, that was a big help." I replied with a smile of my own as I attached my Pokeballs to my belt.

"Will you be on your way then?" She asked.

"Yes I will." I answered.

"Okay then be careful not to get lost in the woods and we hope to help you next time you need it." She replied.

"Okay, thanks." I said as Gardevoir and I headed off.

"So how long is it to the next town?" Gardevoir asked.

"About two and a half days." I said.

"Are you for real?" Gardevoir asked in shock.

"Yes I am. It's a winding trail in the wood. I want to make sure we don't get lost." I said.

"But, beds..." She whined.

"Where did you sleep before I caught you?" I asked.

"On the ground." She said.

"Okay then, you should be used to it." I said as we approached the woods.

"But, I'm not." She pouted.

"Because you've gotten spoiled." I chuckled.

"I'm not spoiled." Gardevoir pouted more.

"Suuurrre." I teased.

"But I'm not." She said.

"Okay then prove it." I told her.

"How?" She asked.

"In here." I said pointing at the woods.

"We are gonna sleep on the ground. It's gonna be two or three nights." I said.

"Three nights?" She asked

"Yep. Shouldn't be an issue for you if you're not spoiled though." I teased more.

"Fine let's go." She said.

As we got close, we saw a trio.

"Yes, just as I thought my Pokemon are getting stronger." Silver said.

"How are you so strong?" Ethan asked.

"Brute force is the only way." Silver replied.

"Oh, this guy." I said.

"How do you feel about some redemption?" I asked Gardevoir.

"Oh I feel like I need it." She said.

We started to walk towards the forest entrance. Then just like planned, we were stopped.

"You! It's time for our rematch!" Silver shouted at me.

"Okay, but I'm trying to get through this forest. So, how about one on one." I said.

"Fine, deal." He said.

"This one didn't even get to battle. Go, Feraligatr!" Silver yelled.

"Gardevoir, you're up." I said releasing her hand.

"Aww, it wants revenge." Silver teased.

"Yes, she does." I answered with emphasis on the word she.

"Right, Feraligatr, use Crunch." Silver called.

"Gardevoir Future Sight." I said.

I saw Gardevoir close her eyes and briefly glow a light blue as Feraligatr bit down on her left shoulder.

"Ice Fang next." Silver said.

"The trap is set. Now Psychic.

Feraligatr ran up as he got covered in a blue aura then after a flash, he staggered backwards a little bit.

"Okay, then Water Gun." He said.

"Teleport, then Disarming Voice." I called.

In that instant, Gardevoir disappeared with the Water Gun going to her previous position. Then she reappeared behind Feraligatr and let out that same terrible scream. It was hurting Feraligatr.

"Crunch again, let's go." He called.

"Psychic." I said.

"Feraligatr ran up to Gardevoir and opened his jaw. As soon as it opened he got struck from an energy based attack from behind. Then seeing her opening, Gardevoir used Psychic one last time. Knocking out Silver's Feraligatr and winning.

"What was that? You got outside help, you cheated." Silver pouted.

"No, that was the move Future Sight, I suggest you study it." I said as a very happy Gardevoir jumped at me but then winced at the pain in her shoulder.

"Are you okay?" I asked turning to her.

"Yeah it's just sore." She said holding it.

"Okay let me spray it with a Super Potion." I offered pulling one from my bag.

"You know your going to fall behind me." Silver said as I helped Gardevoir.

"What do you mean? I asked.

"Brute force is the only way to make your Pokemon stronger." He said.

"That is where you are wrong. I have use no force at all training her. Nothing but love." I said.

"That is why you will fall behind." He repeated.

"Oh yeah?" I asked helping Gardevoir up and kissing her. "That is where you're wrong."

"You're disgusting." Silver said.

"How is love disgusting? Willingness is more beautiful than force." I replied.

"Wait a minute, you're the guy who pushed me yesterday!" Lyra yelled from my left.

The second i heard her voice, I face palmed. I can't believe I forgot how annoying she is.

"Look, I'm sorry I pushed you. However, I still find you as annoying as I did in New Bark, I want you to stop being so loud, and stop trying to address me so crudely." I said.

"What do you mean, guy?" I didn't know you back then." She said.

"I shot you down after you insulted my girlfriend." I said

"Oh you." She said. "I'm still upset."

"Yeah, I don't care." I said as I turned back to Silver. "Next time we battle, you will lose even worse if you keep using force." I mentioned as I turned to Ethan. "As for you Ethan, I have no problem with you, see you around."

With that I took Gardevoir's hand and we headed into the forest. We were eager to get to Goldenrod City. We wanted to get through at least Ecruteak City before going back for the others, give things time to calm down.

"The forest it's weird." Gardevoir said after walking for about twenty minutes.

"How so?" I asked her.

"It's creepy, but beautiful at the same time. Like a creepy kind of beautiful. I like it but don't at the same time." She explained.

"When you say it that way, I can kind of see it." I said.

"The different grass types everywhere, they look so happy. It reminds me of us." She said holding my hand tighter.

"Yeah, it's so peaceful at the same time. It's almost ideal. Like nothing will ever go wrong." I added.

The air around us was just about perfect. We both had romantics on the mind. So I stopped moving and let go of her hand causing her to stop and look back.

"Tony, what's wrong? She asked.

"Nothing's wrong." I said as I set my bag down and looked through it.

"Why'd we stop?" She asked.

"This." I said as I took a small case from my bag. I proceeded to get on one knee and ask Gardevoir that famous four word question. "Gardevoir." I said holding the case out and opening it. "Will you marry me?"

"You mean?" She asked in shock.

"Yes, will you be my life mate?" I asked again.

I looked up in time to see her tackle me to the ground.

"I've been waiting for you to ask me that question for so long." Gardevoir said, holding me there.

After a few minutes she got off of me and helped me up. Then I took the ring and slid it on to her finger.

"It's beautiful." Gardevoir said, staring at the ring.

"Just like you." I told her.

"I'm so happy to have you." She said as she pulled me into kiss.

This one felt different, I can't place my finger on it, but it was different. Either way I still enjoyed this just as much.

After the kiss, we continued through the forest, hand-in-hand.

She was so happy, as was I. It looks like the timing was right. This looked like it was perfection. If it wasn't for our love, this forest would have been so boring. We didn't find a single other trainer to challenge. We were so confused.

Once nightfall hit, we settled into a spot, and set up the tent. Everyone ate then Gardevoir and I cuddled together and fell asleep. The second day was just the same. Very boring with no trainers. Just a little bit of small talk between the two of us. This kept us going. Then after dinner and sleep, the third day too, followed suite.

The only difference was the third night. As we were in the tent settling down for the night, Gardevoir had a worried look on her face so I confronted her.

"Gardevoir?" I asked.

"AH, what's up?" She asked jumping.

"Is something wrong?" i asked her.

"Uh, no why?" She asked back.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yeah." She replied.

"Okay then, let's go to sleep." I said crawling into my sleeping bag.

"Uh Tony, could I go in my ball tonight." She asked.

This stopped me cold in my tracks. So I reached over and felt her forehead.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Making sure you aren't sick. You hate your Pokeball." I said.

"I know, it's just..." She trailed off.

"It's just what?" I asked.

"I'm scared that I'll try something." She said.

"What do you mean?" I asked

"My mating season started the other day and I've been trying really hard to hold it back lately. But, it's getting tougher. I'm about to lose control over it I don't want to hurt you." Gardevoir said not looking at me.

''I see, I wish you would've mentioned this sooner." I said.

"I was worried. It's a touchy topic, and I didn't know how you'd react. But, at this point, I'm scared that I'll do something to you." She explained.

I grabbed her hand, pulled her close and looked into her eyes. "I didn't know your mating seasons started this early, and I didn't know it was this hard on you. I thank you for respecting my boundaries. Gardevoir, I love you." I said to her.

"Tony, that's making it harder to control. I know you're not ready. So, please, put me in my ball before I hurt you." She almost begged.

"You're right I'm not ready. And I don't really want to do this yet." I said.

"Do what?" Gardevoir asked as I laid back.

"I know you hate you're Pokeball more than anything. And I hate seeing you beat yourself up like this. So, even though I feel like I shouldn't, I'm going to help you out." I said.

"What are you saying?" She asked.

"I'm saying, that I'm ready for you. Don't waste your first mating season. I'm here for you. Let's mate." I almost whispered while blushing.

"Are you sure?" Gardevoir asked.

"Yes." I said making sure the others were all recalled and the tent was closed.

"Okay, here I go." She said.

I woke up the next morning, feeling very well rested. I saw my lovely fiance laying next to me. The previous night however, was something I didn't expect to happen so soon. I enjoyed every moment, and I'm almost positive she did as well. I don't know how long i had expected to wait, so either way, that wouldn't have been fair to her. In the end though, I made her happy. A few minutes later, I felt her start to stir.

"Morning love." I said turning to face her with a smile.

"Morning, my life mate." She responded with a smile of her own.

"Umm, about last night." I started before she cut me off.

"You don't want to do that anymore, is that it?" She asked looking away.

"No, that's not it. I was going to ask how you liked it." I said taking her hand.

"It was great, you were great." She said with a smile. "We will do that again sometime though, right?" She asked.

"I plan on it." I replied.

"That makes me happy." She said hugging me and stealing a kiss.

After breaking the kiss, we decided to get up and get ready to go. I looked at my Pokegear to check the time. It said 8:13 am.

"It seems like a decent time for breakfast. What do you think?" I asked Gardevoir.

"Oh what are we having?" She asked.

"Pop-tarts." I said blankly.

"Oh uh, I'll do Pokemon food today again." She said.

"Nope." I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I want you to try one." I said.

"Why?" She whined.

"Because you might like them." I said.

"But, I might not." She argued.

"That's why I said to try it." I explained.

"I guess." She said.

"Okay thanks." I said handing her one while letting everyone out.

I watched her open the package as I filled everyone's bowls. Then I watched her close her eyes as she slowly bit into it. Then her eyes opened while she chewed. Then she lowered the package while still holding it and looked away.

"Well how was it?" I asked with a smirk.

"Not as bad as I thought it would be." She said.

"Nice but how was it?" I asked again.

"It was good, it tasted like strawberries." She admitted.

"See I told you they were good." I said matter-of-factually.

"Yeah, I now." She said.

"Oh yeah, also." I started, getting everyone's attention. "We should be getting out of the woods later today. So we are getting pizza when we get in to town. How does that sound?"

I heard some slight cheering from everyone. It was light, likely due to the fact that everyone was still waking up. After eating in relative silence for some unknown reason, we moved on afterwards. I let everyone stay out of their Pokeballs for this leg of the trip except for Sharpedo due to no legs. I had everyone walk close by and follow.

"Iggly" The little puff ball said with it's arms up.

"Translate, please?" I asked Gardevoir.

"Carry me." She replied,

"Thanks." I said turning back to Igglybuff.

"Not anymore. I can walk, it's time for you to start." I said.

"Iggly" It said nodding as it followed.

'Wow, that was easy.' I thought.

I held Gardevoir's hand as we walked. I had everyone else in front of me so I could keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't fall behind. I decided to come clean about my wanting to wait for last night's event.

"Gardevoir." I got her attention.

"Yes, hun?" She asked.

"What we did last night." I said.

"Yeah, what about it." she asked again.

"I want to come clean about something." I said.

"And what's that?" She asked.

"My wanting to wait. Honestly, I was mostly just scared." I said.

"Really?" She asked.

I decided this is where she would get the whole story.

"Yeah. First I didn't want to do anything because you were a Kirlia and small and I didn't want to hurt you. Then it's also what they taught us in school." I started my story.

"What did they teach you?" She asked curiously as we continued to walk.

"They said that Pokemon, uh how do I say uh, Reproductive systems can vary based on what type they are. Like Ice can apparently give humans frost bite. Bugs and Poison types can cause poisoning and so on.

"I'm not Ice, Poison, or Bug though. So what's the problem?" She asked.

"I only mentioned a few. They said that Psychic types will distort and reform what ever goes in. So, I was scared of that and it hurting." I explained. "Part of me just wanted to wait until marriage like a good kid, while part of me didn't want to wait at all. Part of me didn't want to due to fear from what they said in school. I didn't want to believe it but, I didn't know anyone who had tried anything, so I didn't have anyone to tell me if the schools were right or not. I was scared."

"I didn't know." Gardevoir said.

"I know my putting it off wasn't fair to you. Especially after your evolution. Your height wasn't an issue anymore, and I still tried avoiding it. I'm sorry." I said upset.

"It's okay. All that matters is that now you know the truth." She said holding my hand tighter.

"Thanks." I said starting to look back up.

At this point, the exit of the forest was in sight.

As we left the forest, I half expected to be blinded by sunlight, kind of like when you turn on a light after being in a dark room. The other half of me knew that wouldn't be the case. Looking ahead, I could see the City not too far away. I saw another building that was closer. As I approached, I read the sign. It read: Day Care Center.

"Oh okay, no need for this place." I said to myself.

"Something wrong?" Gardevoir asked me tilting her head to the side.

"Nope, I'm fine." I replied.

"Okay that's good." She responded with a smile.

"You, trainer battle me!" A trainer shouted at me. He had purple hair and brown eyes. He wore a red shirt with some white skulls on it and a pair of jeans with a hole in the knee. Covering his shirt was a worn leather jacket. He also wore a pair of black work boots.

"The name would be Tony, and what would yours be?" I asked.

"My name isn't important. All that matters is how bad I will beat you." The guy said laughing.

"Fine, go Gardevoir." I said as Gardevoir stepped forward.

"Just as I thought, Go Scizor." The guy said.

"Crap, Gardevoir, are you up to this?" I asked.

"Yeah, I believe I can manage." She responded.

"OK, Future Sight." I said.

"Bullet Punch." The guy said.

As Gardevoir's eyes started to glow, Scizor dashed forward at almost impossible speed with a glowing claw and slammed his claw into Gardevoir's gut. As the claw made contact an audible grunt was heard.

"Gardevoir! Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah." She responded holding her gut for a second.

"Disarming Voice." I called.

"X-Scissor!" The called out.

"Scizor jumped up and crossed his arms in an "X" fashion as Gardevoir let out a terrible screech that turned into a sharp yelp as Scizor's X-Scissor came into contact. He looked a little shaken from her attack but nothing more.

"Bullet Punch again." The guy called.

"Quick catch him with Psychic!" I started to panic.

Mere inches from Gardevoir's face, is when she caught Scizor and threw him back.

"Gardevoir, we are forfeit." I said.

"No. I want to win." she said.

"But, you can't, you have no effective moves." I said.

"No! I can win." She yelled.

"Dark Pulse!" The boy called.

"Teleport, then get him with Disarming Voice." I said.

She did as told and when she let out that screech, I saw Scizor holding his ears. Then a blast hit him from behind, it was Future Sight.

"Shut her up with Iron head." The boy said.

"Use Psychic." I said.

"She caught Scizor but only after Iron Head landed.

"Throw him." I said. She threw him but not far.

"Bullet Punch again." The guy said.

This time Scizor hit Gardevoir in the gut again but in an upper cut fashion and sent her into the air.

"No, Gardevoir! Teleport!" I called out.

"Dark Pulse!" The guy called again."

The Scizor looked up and shot a Dark Pulse up to Gardevoir hitting her a little higher up. It landed before she could regain her thoughts to teleport.

'Forget this.' I thought as I grabbed her Pokeball and aimed it at her to recall her.

"No, none of that. Scizor jump up and get her with another Bullet Punch." I pressed the button but Scizor got in the way and my beam missed as he jumped up and connected a Bullet Punch to Gardevoir's face sending her straight down.

"Gardevoir!" I called out with no answer.

"Iron head!" The guy called out again."

"NO!" I yelled as i tried to run in the way.

I was far too slow. Even though Scizor would've killed me with that one hit, I didn't want to care but he had to stop this, I couldn't even recall her.

He ran right at Gardevoir hitting her again and sending her flying.

"Stop this!" I yelled as I pointed her Pokeball at her again as I heard another command as she hit a tree.

"Dark Pulse." He called.

"I pressed the button on her Pokeball and the laser made contact this time.

"Aww you're giving up?" The guy mocked.

"This was over a long time ago." I said as I turned to run to the Pokemon Center.

A/N: Sorry for delays again. And wow this chapter ended up more battle heavy than I originally planned. I hope you guys don't mind the battles or my style for writing out battles. Let me know how you all feel.

Any way hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all next time