Authors Note:

Yes, a quick update. By me. Fantastic, isn't it?

Damn, I wish this season is over soon, so that we can get back on track again.

Anyway, enjoy the episode.

*Reviewers response:

Vulpix Dark Flame: Darn review box! Thanks alot for your review!

Chibi Fyrefly: Thanks alot! Well, no need to waste time here, scroll down cause Rin is going to battle *applause*

*looks around*

No more?

*sobs*

And these: * marks thoughts.

These: ** Flashback

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"Kayna! I choose you!" Rin Asuhara yelled and tossed her Pokéball as hard as she could to the ground, and a brown-white Mightyena materialized on the ground and roared. "Pound that Blastoise of his!"

Ietsu smiled, nodded towards his Blastoise who leaned forward and started to fire of its water cannons towards Rin's Mightyena.

Kayna rolled to the side, roared and jumped forward to bite crouching Blastoise in the neck, but the giant turtle withdrew its head and made Kayna bury her teeths in its rock-hard shell.

"Kayna!" Rin shouted, as her Mightyena stumbled backwards with aching teeths. "Kayna! Watch out, it's going to throw itself against you!"

Blastoise stayed within its shell, and Kayna took a few steps backwards, anxiously waiting for the turtle to make its move.

Ietsu stood with his arms crossed on the other side, smiling with his whole face.

Suddenly, the shell started to spin around on the ground, and Rin watched with amazement as Blastoise started to move against Kayna with incredible speed.

"Kayna! Watch out!" Rin yelled as Blastoise came flying towards her Mightyena with full speed. But too late.

The hiding Blastoise hit Kayna so hard that she was threwn backwards in to a tree next to Rin, who couldn't tell if it was Kayna's bones who broke, or the tree.

Such tremendous power, Rin thought, as Blastoise came out of it's shell.

"Kayna, come back!" She said and recalled the unconscious Kayna back into her Pokéball. "Pyro, come on!"

A Blaziken materialized in front of Rin, standing on its two legs assuming the pose of a kickboxer.

Ietsu smiled (again) and recalled Blastoise.

"Pidgeot, come on!"

The largest Pidgeot Rin had ever seen came out of Ietsu's Pokéball, spreading out its wings like an eagle in the sky.

"Pyro!" Rin yelled. "Ember!"

Pyro spat out a long arm of flames that reached after Pidgeot, but the bird flapped it wings and made the fire change direction and hit a tree instead, which luckily wasn't caught on fire.

Rin clenched her fists as she watched the battle.

"Pyro! Use your feets!" she yelled and watched Pyro jump up in the air, and try to kick Pidgeot down to the ground, but the bird was far to fast for Rin's Pokémon.

"Faster, Pyro! Faster! Jump kick!" Rin said and scowled as Pyro once again jumped into the air.

Pidgeot suddenly dove under Rin's Pokémon who was still in the air, only to come up behind it and bury its claws in Pyros shoulders.

"Pidgeot!" Ietsu screamed. "High dive, now!"

Pidgeot croaked, and flew high up in the air with Pyro in a firm grip, above the trees. Rin anxiously watched, as Pidgeot began to dive with full speed towards the ground.

Pyro was fencing its arms and legs to get out of Pidgeots grip, but the bird continued with violent speed towards the ground.

Just before collision, Pidgeot released Pyro and swung up in the air again, while Rin's Blaziken hit the ground and was knocked unconscious on impact.

"Pyro! Come back!" said Rin as Ietsu recalled Pidgeot.

"Come on, Ursaring" Ietsu said and his Ursaring, which was almost as tall as himself got on its feets.

"Vixen!" Rin mumbled. "Take him out!"

Vixen nodded, and charged towards Ursaring. The bear raised it's gigantic paws, growled and bared its sharp, white teeths.

"Vixen!" Rin yelled. "Quick attack!"

Vixen began running from side to side towards Ursaring, who raised its paws to strike.

Just before the punch came, Vixen threw itself forward towards the giant bear and managed to knock it off its feets.

The ground trembled when Ursaring hit the ground, but it quickly got back on its feets, more furious than ever, raising its arms in the air and roaring.

Vixen began to charge against it again on Rin's order.

"Headbutt!" Both Rin and Ietsu screamed at the same time, and they both watched their Pokémon collide with full speed.

Vixen was thrown backwards, and Ursaring fell to the ground. For the first time, Ietsu's smile disappeared from his face.

"On your feets again, Vixen!" Rin yelled. "Flamethrower!"

Vixen got on her feets, and spat out a red, burning flame towards Ursaring who still hadn't regained its senses fully.

Ursaring was hit by the flames, but amazingly, it withstood the attack and was caught trying to choke the fire which was spreading over its body.

"Vixen! Tackle!" Rin yelled.

Vixen roared and dashed towards Ursaring who was still trying to choke the fire.

Vixen flew through the air towards the bear, but Ursaring managed to raise its both gigantic paws in the air and grab Vixen, and it quickly turned around and smashed Rin's Ninetails to the ground.

"Vixen!" Rin screeched and ran to her Ninetails, which laid unconscious at the ground. "I'm sorry, Vixen.

She recalled her into a Pokéball and got on her feets as she shook hands with Ietsu.

"Thanks alot, miss." Ietsu said, refusing to let go of Rin's hand. "Now, I'll take you to Mandrago, just as I promised."

"Make it fast" Rin mumbled as Ietsu finally stopped shaking hands with her. "But how are we going to get there?"

"Oh, I'll make it fast... Follow me, young lady" Ietsu said and smiled as he took her to a small meadow some distance away.

"Hope you're not afraid of Dodrios" said Ietsu, and gesticulated towards a Dodrio who was eating grass from the ground. "He'll take us to Mandrago in less then an hour. We'll have to go cross-countries though, but that won't be a problem. Come on, hop on."

Rin took a step backwards.

"Oh no..." She mumbled. "Are we going to ride that thing?"

"Thing?" Ietsu said and laughed. "This thing has won numerous Pokémon Contests because of its speed."

"So you mean it's fast? Like, really, really fast?"

"Yep" Ietsu said, smiling from one cheek to the other. "Really really fast. Unfortunately, he doesn't have any seatbelts."

"Seatbelts...?" Rin said anxiously. "But how fast does he run?"

"Oh, well.... Let me see..." Ietsu frowned his forehead as he gave each of the tree heads a small piece of bread. "I think a Dodrio runs in about 90 km/h."

"90 km/h?!!" Rin gasped, as she nearly fainted. She hated high speeds. " Is it that much?!!"

"Well, not my Dodrio." Ietsu added, and Rin let out a sigh of relief as she climbed onto its back.

"My Dodrio probably runs twice as fast."

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Rin Asuhara screamed. And she screamed high.

All birds in the entire forest flew up towards the sky, scared by the high- pitched screams that bounced between the trees.

"Rin!" Ietsu gasped. "Can you loosen your grip a little? You're choking me!"

"S-S-Sorry!" Rin yelled in his ear, but she didn't loosen her grip the slightest.

Dodrio ran like if it was on fire. It bolted through the forest, so fast that Rin thought that her hair would fall off her head and fly away.

"C-C-Could w-w-we s-s-slow d-d-d-down a l-little?!" she screeched, but her only answer was a high laugh.

"He's not even running at full speed!" Ietsu yelled back, as Dodrio took a giant leap over a small river, making Rin's stomach twist as if she was sitting in a rollercoaster. "Faster, Dodrio! Faster!"

"IIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEETTTTTSSSSSUUUU!" Rin yelled, as Dodrio doubled it's speed, making the forest's green color melt into one big mess around her.

*I'm going to kill him once we get to Mandrago*, Rin thought and tightened her grip around Ietsu's waist.

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Jason stared down on the floor. His eyes searched for dust, but they couldn't find any.

It bothered him.

He sighed and leaned back in the chair, as he felt his lips trembling.

The doctors words echoed in his head.

** "I'm afraid that I can't let you stay with her, kid. She needs her parents. You saw yourself what condition she was in. Her recovery will go much faster without you." **

"Teddyursa" Jason said to his little bear-pokémon, who laid in his lap. "Maybe it's time for you and me to go home."

Teddyursa looked at him with big eyes, and gesticulated towards Carrie's room.

"She doesn't need me anymore, Teddyursa. I'm not sure if she even remembers me."

Teddyursa put its small paws around his neck and hugged him.

"I know, Teddyursa," Jason said with tears in his eyes. "This was not what we expected. Let's go home. Home. To our house. To school."

Teddyursa nodded, almost un-noticable and jumped down on the floor.

Jason grabbed his backpack and pulled on his blue jacket.

He walked over to the window in to Carrie's room, and took one last glance on her.

She was asleep, and had her arms crossed on the cover. She looked like a princess. On a table next to the bed laid her Pokéballs, and her worn-out jacket.

"Goodbye, Carrie." Jason said, as he placed his fingers on the glass, as if he could touch her through it. "Get better soon."

Teddyursa pulled his jacket.

"I'm coming, Teddyursa." Jason said and checked that he had all Pokéballs with him.

"Home," he whispered to himself. The word felt so strange. "Let's go, Teddyursa"

Teddyursa smiled and hugged his leg.

Home, Jason thought again. Finally, they were heading home.

So the brown, tiny little bear and the blonde, young trainer walked to the elevator, and pushed the small, rectangular button to get down on the first floor.

And as soon as they had left the hospital, Jason bursted to tears.

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