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Whoa! I'm definitely getting some free time. Don't know how long it will last however. So here's chapter three. I'll do reviews in the next chapter, I'll keep up the routine, do reviews every other chapter ^_^

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Chapter 3:Luxary On a Lapras!

Dustin took a seat in front of the computer in the Valencia Island Pokemon Center. Beside the computer/television phone was the Pokemon exchange machine, Dustin was carrying on a visual conversation with Professor Elm.

"Congratulations on your capture of a Charmander," Elm stated, holding Charmander's Pokeball up to the screen.

"Thanks," he responded. "But I still haven't found a ride off of Valencia Island..." he sweat-dropped but quickly livened back up, "I did win my first match in the Orange Islands yesterday though!"

"And you met Professor Ivy," Professor Elm reassured Dustin in his nerdy voice, "So you've accomplished something, but don't worry, take your time and have fun."

Dustin nodded. "I was wondering if I could exchange my Typhlosion with Charmander?"

"Sure," Elm answered, "Just place the Pokeball on the transporter and I'll do the same."

"K," Dustin enlarged Typhlosion's Pokeball, "Thanks dude," he whispered to it and then put it on the pad, pressing the green button. Within a second the Pokeball faded away and a new one formed. Dustin picked it up and placed it on his belt. "Thanks Professor."

"Your welcome," the nerdy man replied. "I'll go let Typhlosion play with your other Pokemon at your house."

"Sweet! He'll like that," Dustin ended the conversation, "I better get going, I'll try and find this Lapras company...good bye Professor, tell mom and Kai I said hey."

"Very well," Elm waved goodbye, "Good luck," and with that the screen went black.

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"No!" Dustin sighed with a sweat-drop as he made his way to the huge building marked, "Luxury Lapras." He smacked himself on the forehead when the second sign read, "Sold Out." 'Just my luck,' the mellow surfer thought to himself.

"What are you looking for?" a stranger from the large crowd ask.

"A ride..." Dustin sighed.

"Hm..." she walked beside Dustin. A girl around Dustin's age, she was slender and tan, the body of a boarder, most likely a surfer chick. She had straight black hair that ended a little past her shoulders, matched with a pair of crystal blue eyes. The female was dressed in a bright pink sleeveless shirt and faded pair of short blue jean shorts, her walks were floppy because of the flip-flops she wore.

"Can you help me?" he desperately begged.

"Maybe..." she smiled and took a step in front of the shaggy haired boy. With a quick second the girl jabbed her right hand into Dustin's belly, filling some muscle but still a little bit of baby fat.

"Ouch..." Dustin cried as he grabbed his abs with both hands, his face a bright red from the pain the girl had caused. Dustin decided not to move, the pain took him over and he fell on the concrete ground on his back, his face still a crimson glow and his hands still placed on his stomach.

"What a softy," the girl giggled and walked away from the building, trailing by Dustin and laughing with every second.

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"Are you ok?" the Valencia Island Joy asked, she had a bag of ice in her hand.

"Just fine..." Dustin grimly answered, still holding his stomach. He sat down on one of the couches in the Pokemon Center, still aching from that girl's sudden attack.

"You should be more careful," Joy instructed, "You never know when a thief will decide to steal something from you..."

"She didn't steal anything..."

"Oh," Joy wholeheartedly smiled and walked away, going back to her duty at the counter to heal some trainer's injured Pokemon.

"Haha!" a little boy around the age of twelve laughed and pointed at Dustin. He had sandy blonde hair and was dressed like a local, simple brown shorts and a white tee-shirt. "You got beat up by a girl!"

"Just go away little boy..." the mellow one stated under his breath.

The boy didn't go away though, instead he enlarged a Pokeball from his pocket. "I bet you're a terrible trainer too!"

"Whatever!" Dustin stood up through his pain and enlarged Charmander's Pokeball. "Bring it on punk!"

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Dustin and the little boy stood apart like the previous day and battle Dustin had fought. Like before a crowd merged from the streets and began to watch, among the crowd was the black haired girl who injured Dustin, however she remanded hidden.

"One Pokemon each!" the boy sneered.

"Good!" Dustin nodded and threw the Pokeball, "Let's go Charmander!" when the Pokeball hit the ground a white light flashed, forming into the Lizard Pokemon.

"Char!" the Fire type cheered on, it was it's first time battling with Dustin, in fact the first time battling with a trainer period.

"A Charmander huh?" the boy implied, "Haven't seen one of those around here in a while..."

The shaggy haired trainer followed up with a sigh and sweat-drop at the boy's ironic complement.

"Then I choose Makuhita!" the youngster threw the Pokeball and called out a fat sumo like Pokemon.

"Hita!" the Guts Pokemon cheered on.

The crowd started to awe in amazement at the spectacular battle that was about to happen, however the black haired girl only smiled.

"Charmander use Flamethrower!"

Charmander inhaled a deep breath of oxygen and then exhaled a thick stream of orange and red flames, contacting with Makuhita's large gut, however thanks to the Fighting type's Thick Fat ability the Flamethrower didn't hurt it too much.

"I figured you'd know Makuhita's ability keeps it's safe from Fire attacks!" the boy snickered, "Guess you didn't! Now Makuhita use Seismic Toss!"

"Try to dodge!" Dustin countered.

"Hita!" the Guts Pokemon cried, despite it's large size it quickly started running at Charmander, however the Lizard Pokemon moved to the left, causing Makuhita to stop at that instance and wait on another command.

"Great job dude! Now confuse Makuhita with a Smokescreen attack!"

Charmander inhaled another breath of air once again, "Mander!" it bellowed out a thick cloud of black smoke, wrapping around Makuhita and getting into the crowd some.

The people in the crowd fanned away the smoke and continued to watch the battle, too bad Makuhita couldn't do this...

"Use Whirlwind!" the small boy retaliated.

The confused and blinded Makuhita took in a deep breath and then blew out a powerful gale, causing the smoke to fade away into the air.

"-Er!" the dark haired trainer cursed. "Ok Charmander try and use ---"

"Seismic Toss!" the boy interrupted.

"No!" Dustin yelled.

Makuhita ran over to Charmander and grabbed it's tail, right below the fire part, Makuhite continued on to pull Charmander into the air by it's tail, causing the Lizard Pokemon to cry out in pain.

Dustin was out of ideas for second, until he noticed something. "Charmander use Flamethrower...on the ground!"

Charmander's face was aimed at the ground, while the rest of it's body was held up by Makuhita. "Mander!" the lizard blew out a streak of red and yellow flames, contacting with the concrete ground, "Mander!" it blew harder and harder until Makuhita's weight was overpowered, causing Charmander to break free of Makuhita's grip and land behind the Guts Pokemon. The cement ground was charcoaled black where Charmander's Flamethrower had hit.

"Now use Iron Tail to hit it into the air!"

"Mander!" Charmander swayed it's flaming tail back and forth, causing some small embers to fill the air, then the tail turned a cold hard steel, the flame still continuing to burn however. "Charmander!" the dragon lowered it's tail and hit Makuhita's fat legs, causing the Fighting type to be lifted into the air, helpless.

"Finish with Dragon Claw!" Dustin couldn't help but smile, victory number two on the Orange Islands.

"Mander!" Charmander leapt into the air, it's right claw glowing crimson, "Char!" it slashed into Makuhita's stomach, leaving slash marks. Charmander landed and smiled as Makuhita fell on it's face with a loud thud.

"My precious Makuhita!" the youngster cried after withdrawing it. "Guess you won!" he crossed his arms and stuck out his tongue. He then walked away as the crowd died down.

Dustin walked to his Pokemon and bent down, petting his newest member's head and congratulating it with glee.

The black haired hitter walked up to Dustin from behind. "Great job Dustin," she smiled down.

"Huh?" he turned around and saw the girl. "You?!" he pointed, "Why did you hit me! It really hurt!"

"-Eh..." she sweat-dropped. "I was checking you out, seems you've got a soft spot," she winked. "But you're a tough trainer!"

"Well....um...thanks."

"I heard you complaining about wanting a ride," she shrugged. "I might can help...seeing you are an ok trainer."

"-Ok?" Dustin questioned. He then shook his head out of confusion. "How did you know my name?!"

"I just did," she winked again. "My name is Kamilla, but everyone calls me Kamme."

"Nice to meet you," Dustin responded, he stood back up and withdrew his Pokemon, placing the Pokeball back on his belt. "How can you help me?"

"See---"she pressed her two index fingers together, "My family and I are from Pummelo Island, really far from here...see I came on my Lapras...but I need to get back...however there are pirates out there....and---"

"Your scared!" Dustin smiled. "I don't blame you, I'd be scared to travel alone too."

"And I take it you're here to win against the Orange Crew," she stated, "Pummelo is the last destination for the Orange Championship. I'll take you around the Orange Islands and help you win badges...and you can be my body guard," she winked.

"Now who has a soft spot..."

"You!" Kamme laughed and hit Dustin in the abs again.

"Ouch..." he took this lightly as her hit wasn't so hard, quickly recovering. "I'll go with you, but you got to stop doing that!"

"Fine," she smiled big. "Deal! You'll protect me and I'll get you around the Orange Islands! Great doing business with you."

"Sweet!" Dustin threw his right hand in the air, a sign of victory. "I'll be the number one trainer of the Orange Islands soon enough!"

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"Send," Dustin pressed the button on his PokeGear, he just sent his mother a message about his new friend and travel mate.

"Oh by the way..." Kamme laughed some. "I hope your PokeGear has a map of the Orange Islands..."

"It does," Dustin replied and then put up his machine in his bag.

The two stood on the short of the golden sun-kissed beaches, this place was empty, unlike everywhere else, as it was a Pokemon only dock. The waves of the ocean broke onto the beautiful beaches and wet Dustin and Kamme's feet some.

Kamme now had a small blue throw bag over her right shoulder. "This is all my stuff," she smiled and reached in the bag, pulling out a Pokeball and bringing it to full size. "Lapras go!" she threw it and the white light formed into the water, making a Lapras appear, floating in the ocean and crying with joy.

"Sweet!" Dustin pulled out his Pokedex from his bag and analyzed the Lapras.

"Lapras," Devon began, "This Pokemon is a very rare specimen, once many thrived in the Orange Islands until poachers hunted them. They are often used to transport humans around, thanks to their ability to resist cold water with ease."

Dustin closed the Pokedex and placed it back in his bag.

"Coming?" Kamme asked, she was now sitting on the Lapras' purple shell, a natural seat for travelers. "The first gym is on Mikan Island, we'll use your PokeGear to map it out."

"K," Dustin nodded and walked into the ocean, getting a few inches of his shorts wet, he gave his bag to Kamme and then jumped up on the shell. "This rocks!" he roared with joy and amazement.

"And we're off!" Kamme smiled as her Lapras started off, flapping it's mighty fins and moving with the motion of the ocean. What awaits the two is a mystery, but one thing is for sure, it's going to be charged!

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Yeah! Another chapter done. I figured I could only update rarely but I figure this will be the last update until next weekend...got to do some work on Digimon Extreme tonight...well that's all. I'll do reviews in the next chapter...

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