Ichigo managed to win his fifth badge against Koga. With his fifth badge in hand, our heroes are heading for his sixth gym battle.

"Next stop, Kamogi City." Ichigo said as he was getting a little excited for his sixth gym battle.

"Hold it, Ichigo. Did you forget?" Rukia questioned. "Orihime's third talent star competition is coming up in Fabber Town. It's not that far from here."

"Oh yeah. Sorry, Orihime. I guess I did forget." Ichigo said. "Have you decided on what you're going to do about it?"

"Well, Roserade is the only one who hasn't competed quite yet." Orihime said. "I think that's who I'm going to go with. I'll get that third medal soon." Both of them were excited for their upcoming challenges. Suddenly, they heard something moving in the bushes. They all looked to see what it was.

"Hello?" It ended up being a person that came out of the bushes, and it was someone they know.

"Silvia?!" Orihime said as she was happy to see an old friend.

"Orihime!" Silvia said.

Pokemon

No time to question my moves

I stick to the path that I choose

Me and my friends are gonna do it right

You'll never see us runaway from a fight

To be a master is my dream

All I have to do is believe

(I believe)

I'm on a master quest

(Master quest)

I'm on my way to victory

I can be a champion if I just believe

I'm on a master quest

(Master quest)

I want the whole world to see

(I believe)

I'm gonna be the very best

Cause all I have to do is believe in me

Pokemon!

(Orihime's voice) Kitty Goes Meowstic.

"How splendid!" Silvia said as she came out. "I wasn't expecting to see all of you again."

"It's great to see you again, Silvia." Rukia said. "The last time we saw you was when you were starting out on your own journey. How have you and Roggenrola been doing?"

"We've been doing well." Silvia said as she took out a pokeball. "Roggenrola, please come out and say hello."

"Roggenrola!"

"Hello, Roggenrola." Orihime said as she petted Roggenrola. "We didn't know you were out here either. Are you planning to entering the competition in Fabber Town? You said you wanted to enter in Pokemon Talent Star like me and Rena."

"I am thinking about it." Silvia said. "I've been doing very well in my journeys. Especially since I know my dear Ivan is cheering for me." She said as she was getting all blushed. "Have you all heard from him at all?"

"I'm afraid not." Ichigo said.

"Well, while I'm out here, I was planning on catching myself a new pokemon." Silvia said.

"What new pokemon?" Chad asked.

"Come. I'll show you." Silvia said. She showed the way to an open field. When they got there, they saw a lot of Meowstic all over the field living carefree and just enjoying the peace and quiet.

"Who are those pokemon?" Orihime questioned.

"They're Meowstic." Rukia said.

"All of them? Some of them look different from others." Ichigo said.

"That's a gender difference." Rukia said. "The blue Meowstic are male and the white Meowstic are females. Some pokemon just look different based on their gender."

"Those female Meowstic look so elegant and graceful. The right idea for the kind of pokemon I like." Silvia said. "Roggenrola, you'll be a dear and help me catch one, right?"

"Roggen!" Roggenrola was happy to help Silvia as it walked out on the field and was ready to battle one of the Meowstic.

"Does Roggenrola really have a chance against a Meowstic?" Orihime asked.

"It's about even since Roggenrola is a rock-type and Meowstic are psychic-types." Rukia said. "Let's watch and see what happens."

"Okay, Roggenrola. Pick your target and use Stone Edge!" Silvia said. Roggenrola stomped on the ground and used the attack with it heading for the Meowstic. Suddenly, the attack was blocked by some sort of electric attack.

"Was that Charge Beam?" Rukia said.

"Absol!" Absol spotted what happened. They all looked up to a tree and saw a male Meowstic was the one responsible for stopping Roggenrola's attack. It jumped down and it looked ready to face Roggenrola.

"Is that Meowstic challenging Roggenrola?" Silvia questioned.

"Not sure. Maybe it's acting like a guardian for the pact or something." Rukia said. Either way, Meowstic was looking for a battle. It held out his arms and unleashed streams of psychic energy and blasted Roggenrola hard with it. "That's some Psyshock."

"How dare you treat my Roggenrola like that! Roggenrola, push back with Smack Down!" Silvia said. Roggenrola formed a stone and launched it at Meowstic, but Meowstic jumped in the air and avoided the attack.

"Meowstic!" Meowstic used Charge Beam again and blasted around all of them. Meowstic kept the attack going that they were all forced to run off. Looks like Meowstic gave them a good scare for them to retreat like that. That's what Meowstic wanted.

...

The Group

Ichigo and the others ran off from that crazy attack Meowstic was using. When they thought they were far enoough and safe, they all tried to catch their breaths.

"Is everyone okay?" Rukia asked.

"I think so, but what the heck was with that crazy Meowstic that it would attack us like that?" Ichigo said.

"I do say that it was quite a frightful experience." Silvia said.

"It looked like Meowstic was trying to get us to leave. Maybe it was trying to protect its territory, or maybe it thought we were trying to hurt its friends." Rukia suggested. "It certainly didn't look good when Silvia had Roggenrola just attack like that."

"Absol!"

"What is it, Absol?" Ichigo asked. Absol had Ichigo looked around and noticed something was gone, or rather someone. "Where's Orihime?!"

...

Orihime

Orihime ended up getting separated from the others. She ran in the opposite direction as the others did. When she was able to catch her breath, she realized what happened.

"Ichigo? Absol? Silvia? Where are all of you?!" Orihime called. She didn't like this at all. She looked around and saw she was still around the Meowstic. She kept her distance from them to be sure she doesn't get attacked again. As she was admiring the Meowstic, she spotted one and recognized it as the same one that attacked her and her friends.

"Meowstic..." Meowstic just stood outside from the others and had a look around the place.

"Looks like Rukia was right. That Meowstic is acting like some sort of guardian." Orihime said. Meowstic looked around and kept an eye open for any trouble.

"Meowstic?!" Meowstic did hear something and it sounded like it was coming their way. Orihime looked around for what Meowstic was hearing. She soon spotted it.

"Electivire!" A wild Electivire made itself known as it stepped out on the field. The male Meowstic stood against it while the other Meowstic were backing away.

"What's going on?" Orihime said as she didn't like this at all. Electivire just attacked Meowstic with an electric attack, but Meowstic jumped out of the way and went at Electivire. Meowstic ran straight towards Electivire and used Scratch against it. Meowstic fought it bravely, but Electivire smashed its arm against Meowstic and knocked him down. Electivire stomped down on Meowstic and held it down. "Hey! Stop it!" Orihime called as she made herself known. "That isn't nice."

"Electivire!" Electivire was telling Orihime to get lost as it added some weight on to poor Meowstic.

"Fine. You want to be like that?" Orihime said as she pulled out a pokeball. "Roserade, push Electivire away with Magical Leaf!"

"Roserade!" Roserade attacked the moment it came out. Roserade blasted Electivire and pushed it back. It was able to get Meowstic to slip out of there and use Psyshock on Electivire. Electivire was annoyed, but it retreated. However, Meowstic wasn't sure that was the end.

"Are you okay, Meowstic?" Orihime asked, but Meowstic still kept his guard up. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you." She reached out for Meowstic and petted him against the head gently. Meowstic was a little surprised with how gentle Orihime was being. "I'm sorry about before. My friend was hoping to capture one your fellow Meowstic. I can see you're a really sweet pokemon, even if you do appear a little rough. You know, you're a cutie as well.

"Meowstic..." Meowstic was slightly embarrassed with how he was blushing. Until Orihime can find the others, or they find her, Orihime stayed where she was. She watched all the Meowstic enjoy themselves, but the one Orihime was getting familiar with stayed back. Orihime thought it was really sweet how Meowstic watches over the others.

"Meowstic..." Orihime said and got his attention. She reached in her bag and pulled out a can of pokemon food. "I'm sure you must be hungry. Have some?"

"Meowstic." Meowstic didn't really seem interested.

"Come on. Don't be stingy." Orihime said. Meowstic was a little reluctant, but it took the food either way and ate some. Orihime was impressed with how Meowstic is. She loved how caring but also how independent that Meowstic is. "You're a pretty cool pokemon, Meowstic. You're caring, independent, and it seems you like to play it cool."

"Meowstic..." Meowstic didn't seem to care much about what Orihime thinks.

"I'm guessing you want me to leave soon." Orihime said. "I'm sure my friends will be here soon to come get me. We just need to wait." That's what they were planning on doing, but that all changed once they heard something.

"Electivire!"

"Not again." Orihime complained. They all looked to see Electivire came back, but it came back with some help this time. There were more Electivire and they all looked ready for a fight. "They don't seem to give up."

"Meowstic!" Meowstic headed out and looked ready to take on all of them.

"Meowstic, you can't fight them all by yourself!" Orihime said as she didn't like where this was going. Meowstic didn't care about that either. The Electivire all launched electricity around the field. Meowstic tried his best to avoid all the attacks, but it wasn't so lucky. One Electivire smashed its arm against Meowstic. Then, Meowstic got electrocuted from all the attacks. Meowstic was getting beaten around out there, but was refusing to give up. Those Electivire were vicious and weren't showing any mercy. One Electivire was throwing one punch at him and it seemed like Meowstic couldn't get out of the way. "Meowstic!" Orihime acted quickly and pushed Meowstic out of the way, but she ended up getting hit instead.

"Meowstic!" Now Meowstic was starting to seem concern about her. The Electivire didn't stop as they looked ready to continue their attacks, but a couple attacks came out of nowhere and stopped them.

"Orihime!" Ichigo called as he and the others arrived just in time to help her. "Orihime, are you hurt?!"

"I'll be okay. I'm just glad Meowstic is safe." Orihime said. Meowstic really didn't know what to think.

"Those brutes are going to get it now. Go, Roggenrola!" Sylvia ordered. Roggenrola jumped at the Boldore to try and attack them, but one Electivire used Ice Punch and did some real damage against Roggenrola. "Roggenrola!" Sylvia was concerned it was hurt, but Roggenrola pushed itself back up with it starting to glow.

"Is that what I think it is?" Rukia said. Roggenrola grew much bigger with gems coming out of it.

"Boldore!"

"Roggenrola is now a Boldore!" Sylvia said. "That's perfect. Show those brutes a thing or two with Rock Blast!"

"Absol, help out with Psycho Cut!" Ichigo said. Both pokemon used their attacks and blasted all the Electivire as hard and as fierce as they could. The Electivire took a lot of damage with them all running off. "And don't come back!" With the Electivire gone, the Meowstic are able to relax. They made sure Orihime was safe and things were well again.

"I think I know what this was about. I think those Electivire wanted to claim this place as their territory and wanted the Meowstic out of the way." Rukia said.

"Regardless of the reason, I'm just glad everyone is okay." Orihime said as she petted the Meowstic she became friends with. "Meowstic, you are a real brave pokemon. They're lucky to have you. I hope I'll see you again." Once they made sure everything was well, Orihime and the others left the field, but Meowstic wasn't sure about her leaving.

...

Later

Sylvia led them the way to a cliff. Once they got there, they could see a town just up ahead.

"There's Fabber Town." Sylvia said. "You got here ahead of schedule. The competition isn't for another few days."

"What about you, Sylvia? Are you going to enter?" Orihime asked.

"Now that my dear Roggenrola has just evolved, I'm going to need to come up with new combos and ideas." Sylvia said. "I would still like to catch a new pokemon. I think I'll past this time. I know you'll do great, Orihime."

"Thank you. Take care." Orihime said as they all parted ways from Sylvia. As they all made their way through the forest, Orihime was excited for her upcoming competition. They all stopped when they heard something in the bushes and saw the same Meowstic walk out. "Meowstic? What are you doing here?"

"Meowstic..."

"Wait a minute. It's possible Meowstic wants to go with you, Orihime." Rukia said.

"Are you sure?" Orihime asked, and it seemed like Meowstic was sure with the way it smiled. "That's great!" She took out her pokeball and tossed it at Meowstic. It bounced against him and Meowstic went inside with it soon being caught. As Orihime grabbed the pokeball, she loved that she has a new pokemon and friend.

Even though Sylvia was the one that wanted to catch a new pokemon, Orihime is the one that got a new friend now. Now that Fabber Town is just up ahead, Orihime takes Meowstic along with her journeys with more fun and excitement to come.

To Be Continued...

Pokemon Question: Okay, trainers. The answer to the last question is...Eledegoss. Eldegoss grows its own seeds and shares them with trees to give nutrition. What pokemon craves silence and solitude so much that it could actually absorb souls of others?