"Robbie, Rebeckah, I'm not sure about myself anymore," Annika confided as she stroked Espeon by the fire at their campsite outside Venonat Village, a pair of eggs resting over the fire. "Oh, and thanks for the egg again, Rebeckah. It was so nice of the village to donate us one each for helping you guys out."

"It was no problem," Rebeckah said as her Venonat jumped out of her lap and over to the stream where Kingler and Chinchou were swimming. "The village was very glad to have the eggs back, and to scare off those criminals."

"I have the feeling we'll see them again," Robbie said as he massaged his Pichu. "You're a great Pichu, boy."

"Pichu pichu pi."

"He says it takes more than just that, Robbie, to make him evolve," Annika said, resting her head on Espeon's side.

Rebeckah then stood up. "I'm getting sleepy, guys. I'm going to go on to bed."

"Have a nice rest," Robbie told her as he stood up himself and walked over to the stream. "Annika, can I have a word with you, please?"

"Of course," Annika said as she lifted herself up and walked over to the stream, sitting next to him on the bank. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Robbie said, twitching his thumbs around. "I was going to tell you why I came with you instead of staying in New Bark with Cela."

"Oh," Annika said as Espeon curled up next to her.

"It's because I think I am in love with you, ever since I saw you're face over that fence," Robbie said as he looked over the water. "It's hard to explain, but I'll try. Cela is Cela....bratty, bitchy some of the time, but only dating me I suppose since I had a Croconaw, a Pokemon she always wanted. She even tried to seduce me with sex once, and I said no. When I saw you, I felt in my heart that it was true love."

"The same with me," Annika said as she began to stroke Espeon again. "Maybe that is why you came. It was your destiny to follow me on my journey, at the same time as your journey and Rebeckah's journey. Maybe it was fate for us to fall in love."

"Maybe it was, but should we try and find out if it's real?" Robbie asked as he leaned over to kiss her on the cheek.

"I guess we should," Annika said in a interested way. "Maybe we were meant to be."

As they began to lean towards each other to exchange an intimate kiss, they were surprised when Kingler tossed a Quagsire onto the shore infront of them.

"Kingler king king kingler!"

"He tells me to catch it, because it tried to invade on him," Annika said as she stood back up, moving away from Robbie much to his dislike.

Robbie frowned. "Just when we were about to prove our unexpected love to each other. Thanks for the special delivery, Kingler."

"Kingler king."

"He says Thanks for the rude comment," Annika said as she tossed an empty Pokeball at the Quagsire. And soon she had a Quagsire on the team.

"It's a Quagsire, so it must have some interesting skills on it's routine to have evolved from Wooper," Annika said as she took out her Pokedex and Meowth's Pokeball, where she was resting. "Sorry, girl. You're going back to New Bark to spend some time with Professer Elm."

And soon again it was just six, Meowth now her first resident at Professer Elm's Lab.

"King king king!"

"And he wants to tell you Chinchou helped, too." Annika laughed as she released Quagsire.

"Quagsire quag!"

"It's a girl!" Annika cheered as she hugged the Quagsire to her chest. "And I have a Quagsire! Isn't it great, Robbie?"

"Yeah, whatever," Robbie said as he stood back up with a disapointed look on his face.

"Robbie, don't leave quite yet," Annika said as she jumped into his arms. "I never said I couldn't pay you back the favor for me not completing our little exercise, we can call it, back there. But we should go somewhere where we wont bother Rebeckah."

"Okay," Robbie said, his frown turning into a grin as he set her back down, kissing her on the lips. "Are you sure you love me in return, or is this just a pity event?" Robbie hugged her to his chest and began to waltz her around their clearing.

"Definatly the fact I love you in return, pity boy," Annika said as she rested her head on his shoulder. "I've never felt this way before about anyone, besides my Pokemon, and I am sure it's fate that we love each other. Even my Espeon tried to tell me before we went to sleep last night that Chikorita told her that you were sad you hadn't made your move."

"I am never the one to make the first move," Robbie said with a grin. "And Chikorita is always with me anyways, unless she is in her Pokeball."

"Figures," Annika said as she looked into Robbie's eyes. "But shall we?"

"We shall."