Disclaimer:The only things I own is Leaflet, Altera, and this story. Everything else belongs to Nintendo and Game Freak.

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Altera lifted her head and dried her eyes, before looking into Leaflet's eyes.

"Take me there," she said, with an edge in her voice. "Take me to where Flambe is."

"Altera..." Leaflet started.

"Do it. I've been wanting to get my revenge on him," she answered. "If you don't, I'll find him alone."

Leaflet could tell that she was serious, and he didn't want her to go alone. So he lead the way back the way he came.

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While Leaflet was off into the forest, Flambe shook himself free and looked towards then two of them, fire in his eyes.

"Looks like I'll have to get my revenge another way," he said.

"Bring it on," Chikorita said.

Flambe looked at her for a few seconds before chuckling.

"I wouldn't say that if I were you. I believe that leaf on your head will burn rather easily," he said.

He took a deep breath before letting loose a flamethrower. The fire raced towards Chikorita, but she seemingly dissapeared. Flambe saw her reappear outside the line of fire, Pikachu right beside her. Apparently, he used Agility to grab Chikorita and get her out of danger.

"Ready for another zap? if not, I suggest you run off now," he said.

"You won't defeat me so easily this time. I wasn't expecting an attack last we met, but this time, we're face to face." Flambe replied.

As Pikachu charged, he said "You should get out of here, Chikorita."

"And leave my mate to fight alone? Not happening," she replied.

Pikachu let loose an electric attack, which Flambe was able to leap out of the way of. He was about to attack, when he saw himself looking at multiple Pikachus. He looked from one to another, wondering which one was the real one. While he was distracted, Chikorita snuck around him to the back.

"Take this," she yelled, firing off a Razor Leaf attack.

Flambe turned, but not fast enough. The leaves cut into different parts of his body, opening small cuts all over. He growled in pain and got ready to flame her again. Then he took a thunderbolt in the back.

He turned towards Pikachu, then back to Chikorita. He stepped backwards towards the forest, like he was going to run again. His two opponents went around to in front of him.

"That's right, run away again," Pikachu said. "Run like the coward you are."

Flambe growled at both of them, then suddenly charged forward in a Quick Attack, right at Pikachu. Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Pikachu wasn't able to dodge. He flew backwards, hitting his head on a rock, knocking him out.

"PIKACHU!" Chikorita yelled.

Flambe looked at the knoked out body of Pikachu, then turned towards Chickorita, with a smile on his face and lust in his eyes.

"Now...you're mine," he said.

Chikorita stepped backwards, as Flambe advanced. She extended her vines and whipped them towards him. He flinched as they hit, and growled, but kept advancing.

She stepped back more, as she tried firing some Razor Leaves. Flambe just fired some fire, and they burned, harmlessly falling to the ground as ashes.

Your attacks aren't going to work," he said. "And your mate isn't around to help you out. Face it, you're mine."

Then some vines wrapped around his legs and pulled, bringing him to the ground.

"You stay away from my mother!" Leaflet yelled.

"Leaflet!" Chikorita yelled.

Flambe looked over at Leaflet, who has his legs tied up, and Altera, who was standing next to him.

"So, your kid came back. Along with one of the young females I took. Your name was Altera, wasn't it?" he said, struggling against Leaflet's vines.

Altera gave him a growl.

"Yeah, and now that you're all tied up, I'm going to kill you," she said.

"What?" Leaflet said in shock.

He watched as Altera's vines shot out, quick as a Serviper. They wrapped around Flambe's neck and started to pull, choking him.

"Altera, what are you doing?" Leaflet yelled.

"Making sure this Vulpix never hurts another female, ever again!" she yelled back, squeezing harder.

Leaflet watched Flambe struggle, and try to breathe in. Even though Flambe probably raped countless females, and probably did other stuff, Leaflet didn't think he deserved to die. So, making a quick decision, he bit one of Altera's vines.

She winced in pain, and her vines loosened. They still stayed wrapped around Flambe's neck, as she turned towards Leaflet.

"Why did you do that?" she asked, angry.

"Think about what you're doing, Altera. I'm not going to say he didn't do anything, but he may have family. He may even have a mate..."

"I doubt he has a mate," Altera muttered.

"...and you'll be taking someone close to them, by murdering him. Do you really want to be responsible for doing that to them?"

Altera stood there for a minute, then her vines slowly were retracted.

"I won't kill you," Altera said. "This time. But, if I ever see you again after today, you better hope you don't have any plans."

Leaflet released him from his vines as well, and Flambe stood and looked at the three of them. Even with his fire powers, he doubted he could take on three Chikoritas at the same time. So he decided on retreating.

"Thanks for disobeying us, and coming back to help. Just don't make it a habit," Chikorita said, then looked at Altera. "So, who's your new girlfriend?"

"Moooooom!" Leaflet yelled, his yellowish green skin turning red.

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After Pikachu revived, Chickorita told him what happened.

"Good job, both of you," Pikachu said. "Now, Altera, you should probably get back home. Your parents are probably worried about you."

Altera loked down at the ground, tears in her eyes.

"I don't have any," she cried. "My father was caught by a trainer while he was looking for food. My mother died while trying to defend me from a predator. I've been living alone for a while, which made me such an easy target for Flambe."

The other three stood there for a minute, then Leaflet stepped forward.

"You can stay with us," he said.

"What?" she asked, looking up in surprise.

"What?" both his parents said, at the same time.

Leaflet turned toward his parents.

"Why not?" he said. "She needs a place to stay, and the den is big enough."

Chikorita and Pikachu turned away and discussed it with one another, so quietly that Leaflet and Altera couldn't tell what they were saying.

"Okay," Pikachu said. "Altera, you can live with us."

"Thank you," Altera said.

Chickorita gave a slight yawn and said, "We had a lot of exitement in a short period of time. We should all take a short nap."

The 4 of them walked inside. Pikachu, Chikorita, and Leaflet were soon asleep. But Altera wasn't the least bit tired. She laid on the floor, her thoughts and gaze drifting towards Leaflet.

"He is kind of cute," Altera thought, then shook that thought away. "Altera, you met him only about an hour ago."

But she had to admit, there was something about him. Something that she liked.

To be continued...