Last time on Pokemon Virtual...
It's Kai versus Uen, and boy did they have a go. Unfortunately, the Tournament is called off unexpectedly, due to a glitch caused by one particular audience member. Danny and Shane are seperated... who was the person that helped Danny?

Disclaimer: Don't own it.

Okay. I'm up to bringing in your characters now, but not afterI make Kai and Uen seem more evil. Yes, they are the villans, along with Balmung I suppose... but he really hasn't been introduced properly yet. Oh well. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter Six: Rockets Revealed

"Miss? Miss?"

"Huh?" Danny asked blankly, looking at the boy that was kneeling beside her.

"Are you okay?" He said finally, after registering that she was finally conscious. "I found you in the middle of the road with a panicking Eevee. You're lucky that I found you, and not some pervert."

There are people like that on here? Danny pondered, sitting up, battling the headache before she paused. There was… a boy… sitting… right… next to her… She shrieked.

"S-S-sorry for the trouble!"

"Not trouble at all. I'm Marth. What's your name?"

"D-D-Danny."

"Well, I'm glad to see you're okay. Done with my cape?"

Danny paused momentarily, looking towards the folded up cape that she had obviously been using as a pillow. Blushing furiously, she grabbed the cape, and thrust it into the hands of Marth.

Marth blinked. Their hands touched. Both blushed – well, Danny reddened more, anyway.

"So… uh… what are you doing around here anyway? Were you robbed? I can give you some PV if you were."

"N-No," Danny started, now looking at the ground, "I-I don't know what happened."

Eevee, still worried about her Trainer, climbed into her lap.

"I see." Marth said, the blush finally fading from his face. "Well, how about we go to the Pokemon Centre? You might find help there."

"T-Thanks."

"So there's no way to find her?" Shane asked impatiently, the Nurse Joy holo was getting irritated. Shane had been interregating her on how to find out where players were for an entire hour.

"No, you have to find a Moderator for that."

"Where do I find one of them?"

"You often see them around."

"Can I help?"

"Shut up, I'm talking here!"

"Oh, hello Mr. Slevec."

"Eh?"

"Nice to see you Nurse Joy. Now then… what were you saying?"

Shane sweat dropped. He was faced with a rather angry looking trainer, who had brown hair, and the light brown eyes to match. He wore a black shirt with a black jacket over it, both were sleeveless, some jeans, and some joggers with a large X over the front of them. Not only that, he made a heck of a presence, and the Umbreon by his side wasn't being any help to that.

"Uh… sorry about that."

"So you should be." Tomar Slevec said shortly, his hands on his hips. "Now, what did you need a moderators help with?"

"You're a moderator?"

"… I could be."

"Great! I lost a friend of mine in a glitch."

"A glitch? Where the hell is Uen when you need him…"

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing. Anyway, what is your friends trainer number?"

"I do… DANNY!"

"Your friends trainer number is Danny?"

"No, it's Danny! DANNY OVER HERE!" Shane waved his arms around frantically, summoning over the girl that had just entered the Pokemon Centre. She grinned, and ran over to him, closely followed by the boy that she'd entered with.

Both outsider boys blinked, watching the trio (including Maybe who had been silent the entire scene) reunite, they felt rather like outsiders.

"So, you helped Danny? Thanks a lot man!"

"Don't mention it." Marth said, scratching the back of his head. In fact, in the last four hours or so that he'd known Danny, he couldn't help but feel… overcome by her personality. Sure, she'd been shy and withdrawn half way to Viridian, but the other half, when he'd touched on a topic she was interested in, Danny had sprung into life. Yes, she was the ideal queen for his kingdom… unfortunately, if his Father knew, he'd throw a fit.

Marth was a prince. Not just any prince, but a prince. Heir to a small country in the middle of Europe, which hardly anybody knew of, but it was still going to be his one day. He sighed. He couldn't let anybody know he was a prince. Not even Danny. Heck, she'd probably start acting weird around him.

Tomar, on the other hand, had glared at them the entire time. He'd been talked into eating lunch with the group (mostly because his Umbreon had become infatuated with Danny's Eevee, and refused to leave before it got to know her.), but he really didn't want to be there. He didn't trust these people one bit. God, if anything, he wanted to pick up Umbreon and run. Still, the needs of his Pokemon came before his own needs, so for his Umbreon's needs, he'd stay here and put up with this company.

"So, you have an Umbreon, I see, Mr. Slevec?" Shane asked, grinning in the direction of the moderator, who was shoved out of his own world of thoughts. Tomar blinked, and turned to look at Shane.

"Yes. His name's Labyrinth, but I call him Labyr for short."

"Cool! I have an Absol."

"Good for you."

"So, what's your first name?"

"Tomar."

"And you're really a-"

"No! Stop it! Please!"

The group blinked. A shout of a female character had disrupted them from their thoughts, and Tomar was the first to slip out of the seats they'd registered in the Pokemon Centre to see what it was. The group followed.

"Give him back!"

"Give what back?" One of the pair of bullies said, grinning. They wore a black uniform, with a large red R on the front, however, the players couldn't have been over the age of 15.

"Give me back my Krabby!"

"I don't see any Krabby."

"You have it in the Pokeball!"

The girl broke down in tears, reaching out to try and take the ball back. She failed when the boy raised it just out of her reach.

"Hey! Give that back!" Shane shouted, gaining the attention of the boys.

"Oh, and if we don't?"

"Your account will be suspended." Tomar said, walking up to join Shane.

"Oh yeah? And who's going to do that? We're Team Rocket!"

"… I see. As of right now, your account will be frozen. Please remember that when you take your helmets off after you are logged out, they will no longer work. Labyr-"

"Hey, you ain't getting that so quick! Come on, Little Brother, we can take them!" The Rockets grinned, releasing two Rattata.

"Have it your way." Tomar muttered, "Go! Labyr!"

"That thing, take on both of us?" The older Rocket said, grinning maniacly, "Don't make me laugh!"

"It won't be taking on both of you." Shane said boldly, lining himself up with the younger Rocket. "I'll battle you."

The younger Rocket hesitated for a minute, before commanding his Rattata to attack Shane himself.

"Oh no you don't! Labyr, quick attack!"

Labyrinth went head first into the Rattata headed in Shane's direction, sending it flying off course, unfortunately, it landed safely without any real injuries other than the pain of having a Umbreon ram its head into the side of its gut. It steadied itself, and charged at Shane again.

This time, Shane was ready. He flung the ball in the air, releasing his own Absol.

"ABSOL! STOP IT WITH RAZOR WIND!"

Absol rotated the scythe on its head frantically, creating a whirlwind that flung in the direction of the Rattata that was stopped by… a Kadabra? Wait. That Pokemon was familiar.

"… God, you take a long time to kill things, Tomar." One of the pair said, sighing as he pulled the kunai out of the back of the older Rockets head. It appeared that in a blink of an eye, Uen, chief of the Bug Departments, had disposed of the Rocket without any trouble. His eyes were now turned on the Rockets brother, who was staring at the disintegrating body of his brother.

"It seems we run into each other a lot, doesn't it?" Kai asked, sighing as he looked at Shane's Absol. It was a fairly levelled Pokemon… obviously Shane had been online without his friends for training purposes.

"What did you…"

"What are you talking about, Tomar?" Uen asked, now pulling a kunai out of the younger Rockets throat, seemingly oblivious to the terrified looks on the groups face. (Marth subconsciously put a protective hand around Danny's shoulder, who blushed in return.)

"We're disposing of the problem." Kai said simply, returning his Kadabra.

"You could have just warned him!"

"That's not as much fun. Good day to you."

And, as quick as they'd come, Kai and Uen left. Leaving a bitter taste behind them.

"Can you believe what he did?" Shane spat, accidentally backwashing into his cola, "Uen, I can't believe he'd do something like that! Are they friends of yours?"

Tomar glared in response.

Two hours had past since the incident, and the group seemed to be a lot closer. Tomar, it seemed, was depressed, and the others were just surprised. Really surprised. Kai and Uen had been the topic of conversation for that long, and of course, they were getting no answers out of Tomar.

Shane sighed, resting his elbow on the table, and his hand on his chin. Maybe, was being quiet as usual, and Tomar was being unsociable. Over all, it was rather depressing.

"I wonder when Danny and Marth will come back…"

Danny and Marth had decided that they'd go and get some supplies, of course, this was an excuse to get away from the dark air that hung around the other three.

"Hey… Tomar?"

"What?"

"Who're you travelling with?"

"Nobody. I travel alone."

"Oh. You could come with us if you wanted. I mean, you are a moderator after all, right? Don't they have to blend in? You'll blend in a lot easier if you're travelling with people."

Inwardly, Tomar grinned. Shane came up with a lot of excuses to hide his embarrassment of having to actually ask somebody to travel with him. Still, Tomar pondered, it couldn't hurt, could it? And he was right, travelling in a group would mean he would be able to survey the players with more ease.

"Sure. Okay."

"Yes!"

"What're you cheering about, Shane?"

"Oh! You're back, are you?"

Danny and Marth nodded, both their arms stuffed full of supplies. They both blinked, looking from the bored Tomar, to the grinning Shane. "What'd we miss?"

"Tomar said he'd travel with us, isn't that great? How about you, Marth, will you travel with us too?"

"S-Sorry, but I can't." Marth said, scratching the back of his head, uncomfortabley. "I have studies starting soon, so I won't be able to keep up with you. But, I gave Danny my trainer number. If you need help, just call!"

"Alright." Shane said, grinning from ear to ear.

An hour later, it was time to say their good-byes to Marth. Well, Danny was anyway. It seemed the pair had taken quite a liking to one another. (Shane, who was oblivious to things relationship wise, couldn't understand why).

So, now, it was on to Viridian Forest!

Horray! All the dramatic stuff for the moment is now complete, now I'm going to focus on bringing in all your characters, as well as focus on Shane's Gym Experience. But, don't think I'm done with Balmung, Kai and Uen yet! Hints of their plots will be in there, although Kai and Uen won't be meeting our heros anytime in the near future. Sorry it got so boring... and predictable... and sappy... I'll make it better, I promise! Until then, look out for next time!