I doth have updated this chapter with more content! Also, note that this is Part one of the date; the next part is in the next chapter.

Chapter ~ A Date to Remember

Xavier sighed as Sandra dragged him to the orphanage, frowning as Eevee sat on his sister's shoulder instead of his.

"I don't see the point in this, Sandra! I'm fine with just me and my pokemon! My job is no place for a child as it is!" Xavier complained as he scooped Eevee from his sister's shoulder.

"Oh, quit complaining, will you! You haven't been the same since Sophia died! You've done nothing but immerse yourself in your work! You need human company, and pokemon can't fit that bill!" Sandra stated, looking over her shoulder. "No offense, Eevee." She apologized.

Eevee squealed in understanding, before the two reached the orphanage.

As soon as they opened the door, they were bombarded by the sounds of children playing. The ages ranged from three all the way to about thirteen, and a few of them even had pokemon on them.

The two were approached by one of the sisters of the orphanage, who had a Ghastly accompanying her. "Welcome, Professor Rosewood and Mr. Omni. We've been waiting for you. You may call me Mayleen." Mayleen told them, taking a bow.

"Thank you, Mayleen, and in turn, call us Sandra and Xavier. I'm sure you know who Xavier is." Sandra told Mayleen, who smiled softly at the two.

"I'm well aware of Genzu's Head of Defense!" Mayleen said with admiration, bowing once again to the Older Male, who shrugged.

"Anyone can do the job, but thank you." Xavier stated plainly. Mayleen nodded, before leading the duo towards the main lobby.

"Well, Sandra has informed me of your current state, and that a little extra life around your house is much needed." Mayleen explained, walking to the middle of the lobby, where more children were playing. "Feel free to converse with the children here and get to know them better." Mayleen stated, walking away from them to attend to other matters.

"So.." Sandra asked, "any children here catch your eye?" She asked, watching a few children play tag.

Xavier groaned, "Sandra, this isn't a good idea! I move around too much to be adopting a child! They won't be able to make friends, or get accustomed to the terrain! One month I could be living in the rain forest, and the next be living in the desert!"

"Then it's simple! You make a request to stay put! You're high enough ranked that you can request it, and don't say you can't! I'm well aware of how the military system works.

Xavier went to counter argue Sandra, before two boy ran past him.

"Come on, Abel and Marcelo are fighting again!" One of the boys told the other, before they ran out the back.

Xavier and Sandra looked at each other, before nodding and running out the back. There were a bunch of children grouped in a circle like fashion. Xavier and Sandra rushed over, expecting to see two children fighting each other. What they did see surprised them.

Two boys were facing each other, each having their own pokemon; a Minun and a Cubone. The children looked to be about six or seven, one with brown hair, and one with white hair; they were both smirking.

"I've got you now, Abel! Cubone is a ground type! You know what that means, don't ya!?" Marcelo taunted, his Cubone scraping it's bone against the ground.

Abel laughed, "Of course I know! I don't have to be in class for that!" He stated. He looked at Minun, the two nodding towards each other.

"Well, this should be interesting." Sandra said, giggling at the two children's antics. Xavier, however, didn't share her amusement of the situation. He watched the two, specifically the one with the Minun.

"Now, Cubone, use Bone club!" Marcelo commanded, the pokemon running towards Minun with his bone.

"Dodge it, Minun, and go for quick attack!" Abel called out. Minun moved to the left, avoiding the attack, before launching itself quickly towards the ground type pokemon. The attack launched into Cubone, making it fall flat on it's face. The little pokemon began to cry, as Marcelo ran and scooped it up.

"Yea! We won again, Minun!" Abel cheered with his electric type, the pokemon jumping up into his arms in celebration.

That celebration was short lived.

Abel felt himself get shoved onto the ground, landing with a thud, Minun still in his arm. The duo looked up to see Marcelo scowling at the two.

"Why won't you just learn your place here!?" Marcelo whined, throwing back a punch, only to get shocked by Minun." Marcelo retracted in pain, holding his hand.

Abel smiled at Minun, giving the electric type a hug.

Marcelo growled at the two. "One of these days, that rat isn't gonna be with you, and you're gonna learn your place!" He stated in anger, before walking away, the rest of the children crowding out as well.

Xavier and Sandra watched as the children filed out, having witnessed the whole thing take place. Abel clung to Minun, the two pokemon smiling at each other.

"That was quite a battle." Sandra said, walking up to the child.

Abel looked up at her, just now noticing her. "Oh, hello! Yea, I guess it was!" He said cheerily, still petting the electric type pokemon.

"What's your name, young one?" Sandra quizzed, Xavier still watching from a little further.

"My name is Abel, and this is my friend Minun!" Abel told Sandra and Xavier, who both looked at the child in amusement.

"And.. how old are you?" Xavier asked, finally walking over to the children.

"Oh, I'm seven!" The child told the two, who nodded in understanding.

"Well, it was certainly nice talking to you, Abel. I hope we get to meet again soon." Sandra said, Abel nodding in agreement.

"Yes.. I would very much like to meet you again." Xavier told the boy.

Mayleen watched from outside, smiling softly. It wouldn't be long, hopefully, before Abel would finally have a family.

X.x.X

"Y-yes. Like a date!" Abel near shouted, the two still sitting on the bench. Minun snickered as he watched the two. The wind blew as the two sat in silence; Iris looking downwards, before looking back up with a smile.

"Alright, sure!" Iris said cheerily, shocking both Abel and Minun.

"You will?!" Abel asked, flabbergasted.

"Of course, you're one of the first people I've met that's been so straight forward about it, and I wouldn't dream of turning down a fan!" Iris explained, smiling at the boy, who was still paralyzed in shock.

"Let's say, seven o' clock tonight, deal?" Iris suggested; Abel sitting there for a few seconds, before rapidly nodding his head.

"Great, I'll see you at this spot tonight!" Iris giggled, walking away from Abel and Minun, both boys still immobile.

"She.. she said yes?" Abel asked obliviously, before jumping into the air. "She said yes!" Abel shouted into the air, dropping down and picking up Minun.

"She said yes, she said yes, she said yes!" Abel sang cheerfully, swinging Minun around in circles, making the electric mouse dizzy. Abel continued to swing Minun around, until the electric type gave him a small jolt, effectively stopping the teen.

Abel sat back down on the bench, invigorated, before he frowned, and looked over at Minun. "Uh.. what all am I supposed to do?" Abel quizzed the mouse, who frowned at the ignorant boy.

X.x.X

Omni's day had already started badly, what with a few angry phone calls from contestants and their families upset about Round two of the Genzu world tournament, and now he had Oak on his back once again.

"For the last time, Oak, I have no reason to persecute Ash and his friends! You have no proof to your claims, and I'm not one to act without evidence!" Omni told the old professor, who looked red in anger.

"What evidence is necessary?! In my forty-eight years of working, I've never once been wrong about a pokemon's condition or how a trainer treats their pokemon! You didn't see his pokemon! You didn't see how sickly they were looking in Ash's care!" Oak yelled at the younger professor. It had been a back and forth argument between the two professors of 'where's your evidence' and 'you didn't see it', and it looked like there would be no end.

Finally on the brink of his patience, Omni put his foot down. "Listen, Professor, I understand that you insist that your hunch is correct, but I don't have the same hunch! When I see any sign of abuse, I will take action, until then, I ask that you leave me be!" Omni exclaimed, before promptly ending the call.

From Oak's side of the computer, he sighed in anger. "Always something, every darn time.. first it's Omni, then it's Iris, then it's Dawn and Brock, and then it's Omni again!" He shouted.

From the other side of the room, Pine ignored Oak's rambling, lighting a cigar.

"I don't get why he's not picking up on any clues? He knows what influence I have, yet he still insists on defying me!" Oak yelled in anger, tossing his chair into the wall, with the chair falling apart on impact.

Pine took a puff from his cigar, before shrugging. "I don't see the problem. Omni won't listen, we'll make him listen." Pine explained, standing up.

Oak shook his head, "I'm well aware of that, but we can't just kidnap the lad.. we need him to come willingly.." Oak explained, pacing around the room, thinking.

Pine grabbed his holo-castor, "Abel Omni, Rementano, Genzu." He said flatly, with the holo-castor picking up the words. Information and links began to appear on the hologram, all of it being about Abel.

"We'll do our research from here, and I'll get Emie and Wallis to find and track Abel. When we're ready, we'll pinpoint their location, and put our plan in motion." Pine explained further.

Oak nodded in agreement, a grin plastering his face. "It's time to show Omni just what it means to go against us.."

X.x.X

Abel and Minun sat next to the magazine stand, reading over the articles that talked about dating. They had been at this for a while now, and, needless to say, they had no idea what they were doing.

"Ok, so why does one say to dress all fancy in a tux and everything, while one says to 'be a cool guy' and were leather jackets with slicked back hair?" Abel asked the stand owner, who simply shrugged.

Abel put the magazines away in frustration. "Ah! This is hopeless! What kind of guy does Iris like?" Abel sighed, slumping down onto the side of the stand.

The stand owner looked over the window, looking at the discouraged boy and mouse. "Why don't you just be yourself? If she said she'd go on a date with you, I imagine she wants to get to know you." He suggested.

Abel scoffed, petting Minun as he looked downwards. "Sure, cause she'll be interested in a teenager who can't even sit still without medicine.." Abel frowned, looking down towards the ground.

Minun, sensing Abel's distress, jumped onto his shoulder, nuzzling him in comfort. Abel giggled, nuzzling his cheek back against Minun's.

Abel looked at his Holo-castor, seeing it was currently twelve thirty-five. He gasped, realizing that Ash and company was at Cams street.

Ash and company..

There were girls in that group..

And girls knew what they liked in guys!

Abel snapped his fingers in realization. With a grin plastered on his face, he began sprinting towards Cams street, Minun soon following.

X.x.X

Justin rubbed his head in pain from where the Nurse at the hospital had smacked him. He was relaying the tale to the rest of the crew, Aubree and Anabel included, who couldn't help but giggle at his story.

"And then she proceeded to yell at me about how dangerous and stupid it is for me to try and wield Aegislash like a sword." Justin finished; Caleb laughing at the story.

"So what do you plan to do?" Caleb asked, Justin waving his hand in disregard.

"I'll just train again tomorrow, same as always." Justin told him, grabbing a bite of his sandwich, chewing on it with his eyes closed.

Anabel frowned at the boy's, who all laughed at the predicament. "You really shouldn't push yourself so far that you go to the hospital each day, you know." She told Justin, who, once again, waved her off.

The crew continued to converse and chat as they ate lunch, before Abel came running up to them, gasping for breath. The crew looked at him in confusion, as he panted, pointing at Serena, Aubree, and the rest of the girls.

"You... help.. I need it!" Abel stammered, Serena and the other girls looking at Abel in confusion.

"What's the matter?" Bonnie quizzed the boy, who, finally catching his breath, smiled at the two.

"I have a date with Iris, and it's tonight!" Abel chanted in excitement, before blushing slightly. "But, I... don't know how to prepare for it.." He explained.

The crew stared at the boy in shock, taking the information in slowly, before the girls, in a combined group, giggled and laughed at the boy.

"That's so cute!" Serena squealed, her eyes sparkling in delight. Abel's blush grew larger, as the girls all got up, surrounding Abel.

"Come on! We'll help you with everything you need!" Bonnie grinned, the girls dragging Abel away.

The guys all laughed, watching as Abel was dragged away. "Glad that's not me." Max commented with a cocky grin.

Caleb nodded in agreement. "Yea, WE know how to go on dates, right guys?" Caleb asked, the rest of the guys laughing.

"Oh, definitely!" Clemont commented, taking a bite of his sandwich.

"Right! SO many dates!" Justin said with a cocky smile.

"I mean, I've been on a couple, but my question is how have you guys been on so many? I thought you lived most of the last eight years on an island?" Brock quizzed.

Justin, Max, Caleb, and Clemont all went silent, looking in different directions. Ash snickered at the lying boys, knowing he was the only one who had been on a date.

X.x.X

The moon and stars lit up the night sky, as Rementano joined in keeping the city bright. Street lamps lit up one after the other, and business owners and market stands turned their outside lights on, making the city look beautiful.

Iris arrived at the bench where she had met Abel that morning, checking her Holo-Castor; the time being ten minutes till seven. She was wearing a thinner version of her champions dress, with the lower half not puffing out. The light pink ribbon attached to her back was tied up to look like a bow, and her hair had been cut slightly, to give it a wavy look.

As Iris took a seat to wait, Abel and the girls were watching from a few blocks away.

Abel was wearing a white button up, with a dark orange jacket and dress pants to match. His hair had been combed over to the left, with a small amount of gel to keep it that way.

Minun sat on his shoulder, giving him the thumbs up, before hopping off of his shoulder, and onto a nearby table.

"I.. I don't know about this, guys.." Abel fretted, beginning to sweat.

"Oh, don't worry! It will be fine! I'll be watching from a distance to make sure everything goes write, so you have nothing to fear!" Aubree assured the boy, who nodded nervously, before he felt himself get shoved by the girls, towards Iris.

Minun hopped back onto his shoulder, nuzzling Abel once again, before he walked towards Iris, with unsteady legs.

Sensing Abel's presence, Iris looked over her shoulder, smiling when she saw Abel and Minun walking over. She could tell the boy was nervous, but it would wear off after a little while.

"Well I must say, you clean up nice!" Iris complimented the boy, who blushed, scratching the back of his head.

"T-thanks.. you look beautiful.." Abel said, returning the gesture. Iris smiled with a faint blush, before taking his arm, and wrapping hers around it.

"So where too?" Iris quizzed, with Abel nearly freezing completely.

"Well.. I was thinking we could start by eating at the Marshelia Restaurant a couple of blocks down.. it has extremely good food, and there won't be a wait." Abel explained, Iris nodding with a smile, as the two walked towards the restaurant.

The lights of Rementano shown brightly as the two walked towards their destination, with the nearby beach being filled with the sounds of teenagers and young adults partying. Iris looked at the sky in amazement, with Abel and Minun watching with a smile.

Once the two arrived at Marsehlia, they were greeted by a Waiter.

"Table for two, please. Reserved by Omni." Abel stated, with the waiter nodding, and leading the two towards a table. Before the trio could be seated, the waiter stopped Abel, extending his hand towards an outdoor area.

"Excuse me, sir, but all pokemon must be in their pokeballs or in the outside area, as to prevent destruction of the property." The waiter explained. Abel and Minun both frowned, before Abel looked at Minun.

"Go on, buddy, I'll order you some Pecha berries." Abel told the electric mouse, who nodded, running over to the outside.

Iris snapped her fingers, getting an idea. "Hey, this could work!" She grabbed a pokeball and tapped on it, releasing Emolga. "Emolga, sweetie, go play with Minun, why don't you? I'll order you an apple to eat." She told the flying squirrel, who nodded as well, chasing after Minun.

Once the two sat down and placed their orders, they sat down and began to talk. The restaurant itself had a more regal feel to it, with chandeliers hanging from the ceilings, and candle sticks on every table.

"Wow, this place is nicer than any of the restaurants I've eaten at in Unova." Iris commented. "How much did this cost you?" She asked, worried for how much the boy had spent.

Abel shook his head. "Not much, the restaurant owed me a favor." He answered with a smile.

Iris tilted her head in confusion. "How so?"

Abel began to shift his eyes. "Well.. I sort of.. had to.. help the owner's daughter.. by taking her to a dance." He answered with unease.

Iris smiled, before breaking out into light laughter. "Really? How did the dance go?" She asked, now wanting to hear the full story.

Abel shook his head. "Terrible, she's really creepy. She likes Ghost Type pokemon and all that. She wanted to go through a forest instead of driving to the building, and when we saw a Haunter, she almost ran to hug it! Not to mention she can't dance at all." He laughed with Iris.

"Can you describe it?"

"Alright, so imagine if Miror B. and Frontier Brain Tucker combined into one, and you have that girl's dancing." Abel explained, barely keeping a straight face.

Iris, however, was doing all she could to keep from bringing the other guests attention to her as she tried to contain her laughing. "That was great! I've never heard anyone use those two together but it creates such a perfect picture!" Iris exclaimed, finally calming down on her laughing.

Abel smiled, a small blush on his cheeks. "T-thanks!"

Before too long, the two's food had been brought to them, and they began to eat.

X.x.X

Minun grinned as the waiter brought him a plate of Pecha Berries, before he grabbed two, and ran up one of the trees that hugged the sides of the building. He laid down on a small branch that hung by a window, and looked inside, watching Abel and Iris eat.

"It looks like it's going alright." Minun said to himself, before taking a bite out of his berry.

From the ground below, Emolga eyed the electric mouse and his trainer with squinted eyes, before she hopped up onto the tree, and right in front of Minun.

"Alright, you little rat, why is your trainer so interested in mine?" She interrogated, with Minun sweatdropping. "Does he want power, the money, or the fame? Cause it's always one of those three!" Emolga further accused, with Minun holding up his hands in defense.

"Woah, relax! Abel's never been one to care about those things!" Minun stated, taking another bite of his berry.

Emolga looked unconvinced. "Prove it to me." She demanded.

Minun sighed, "He's the son of Professor Omni, who was previously the Head of defense of Genzu, and is now the regional professor for all of Western Genzu! If Abel really wanted any fame or perks of being with someone famous, why is he just Omni's assistant?" Minun explained. Emolga frowned, looking downwards.

"I.. didn't know.." Emolga apologized, looking back at Minun, who shrugged it off.

"It's no problem. You have no reason to apologize for looking after your trainer." Minun stated, waving Emogla off. The two sat in awkward silence, before Minun grabbed his other Pecha berry, and handed it to Emolga. "Here, eat up!" He said, taking a bite out of his as Emolga took it.

"Why thank you." Emolga said with a cheery smile, now in a better mood, before taking a bite out of it.

"So, how long have you been with your trainer? I've noticed you two are pretty close." Emogla asked.

"I've been with Abel since before he was a trainer! He saved me from some wild pokemon when we were both so little!" Minun explained.

Emolga looked at him in surprise. "Really?! What kind of wild pokemon?!"

Minun scratched his chin, looking away. "Well... saved wouldn't be the correct answer. It was a Female Plusle and some other electric type pokemon, almost the same age as me." Minun explained further, sweatdropping.

Emolga stared at the electric mouse for a few seconds, before laughing, "That's just too cute!" She exclaimed, nearly rolling off the tree.

Minun puffed up his cheeks, in a pouting expression. "Well, how did you meet Iris?" He asked, after Emolga regained her composure.

Emolga gained a proud composure, crossing her arms. "If you must know, I met her when I was trying to get free food from her in the forest.

The electric mouse looked at her, confused. "Uh... doesn't the forest already have plenty of free food?" Minun quizzed.

"Don't you judge me!" Emolga yelled, with the two electric types laughing. "Ya know, you're not half bad!" Emolga complimented.

"Well thank you, you're not so bad yourself." Minun said, returning the compliment.

The two electric types continued to eat and converse, as the stars shined brightly above their heads.

X.x.X

"Wow, this food really is good!" Iris told Abel, as she took the last bite of her food.

Abel, nodding in agreement, grinned. "Just wait till you try their desert!" He exclaimed with confidence.

"Ooh, I like the sound of that." Iris said with her signature grin, which, in turn, made Abel blush madly.

"So, while we wait on desert, tell me a bit about why you entered the tournament." Iris quizzed.

Abel grinned, grabbing a fork. "That's an easy question. Ever since I started training pokemon, it's always been a dream of mine to battle the best of the best! I want to be able to say I've beaten them!" Abel declared, thrusting his hand into the air, the fork shining from lights reflection.

Iris laughed at Abel's antics. "What about being Genzu's Champion?" She quizzed.

Abel simply shrugged. "Well, being a champion would be cool and all, but then you can't ever go anywhere without being spotted and surrounded by people, and I don't think I could handle that." Abel explained as he scratched the back of his head.

Iris raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Well, I was born with a neurological disorder that makes me incredibly hyper. While taking medicine does help it, too much stress can trigger it, and being around too many people, in a confined space, really stresses me out." Abel explained, looking towards the ground, in shame.

Iris looked at Abel with a frown. "There's nothing to be ashamed about, I understand why you feel that way. Although, I don't think I've ever heard of a condition like that before, how weird..." Iris stated, thinking to herself.

Abel looked away with a frown. 'Knew it'..

Before long, the waiter arrived again, with a piece of chocolate cake. "Our deepest apologies, but it appears we are short on the deserts you ordered, and were only able to make you one plate. We sincerely hope that you two enjoy it." He said, before walking away.

The two both looked at each other, with a slight blush at the idea of sharing a cake.

Abel, taking action, slid the plate towards her. "Here, you can have it." He declared, too which the Unova Champion quickly denied.

"What, no way! You payed for all this, you should have it!" She told him, pushing the plate back towards Abel.

The boy shook his head, before sliding the plate back towards Iris. "I live in this town, I can eat here whenever I want. You only get to experience the taste of it every so often, so I insist! Besides, I can't have too much anyway, it makes me hyper." Abel asserted with a smile.

Iris looked at the boy, looking at his sparkling smile.

'That smile... it's as bright as a diamond..' Iris thought to herself, before shaking her head. 'What the... what was that just now?' Quickly shaking it off, she began to think of an idea to get him to eat some of the cake, before an idea came to her.

Grinning slyly, knowing it would make him blush, she moved her chair next to Abel's, and took a piece of the cake with a fork, extending it to Abel's mouth.

The boy instantly blushed. "W- what are you doing?" He asked, almost freezing up.

Iris just giggled, "Giving you a bite, go on now." She explained, not moving an inch. Abel, now completely embarrassed, opened his mouth, with Iris feeding him the cake. The boy closed his eyes, knowing all to well that the restaurant had the best cake in town.

Iris sat the fork down, and grinned. "Your turn, feed me a piece." She told him.

Abel almost completely lost it, his face as red as a Tomato Berry. Quivering, he took the fork and cut a piece off, before feeding it to Iris. The girl's eyes widened at the taste of the chocolate cake.

"Wow, that was the best thing I've ever tasted!" She exclaimed, with stars in her eyes.

"I know right?" Abel concurred, glad that ordeal was over.

It wasn't.

"Alright, your turn." Iris said with a cheeky grin again. Abel was once again red all over. The boy sighed, knowing this would be longer for him than it was for her.

As the two continued to feed each other the cake, two others sat at a nearby table, making it look like they were looking at the menu.

One had bushy Orange hair that brushed over his side, and azure colored eyes, while the other had long silver hair, and one green and one blue eye.

"They'll be leaving soon; we best not bother ordering food." The girl with silver hair stated; the guy frowning in response.

"Aw, but I heard that this place had the best cake! I wanted to try some!" He whined. The girl scowled.

"Focus, Wallis! We need to trail them for Pine!" The girl scowled.

Wallis sighed. "Fine, fine! But after this is done, I'm coming back here with my pokemon. They'd love the food here." He declared.

The girl rolled her eyes, before taking Wallis out of the restaurant, knowing that Abel and Iris would soon follow.

Chapter End~

Chapter ~ Brothers by Bond

Chapter ~ When Time Stands Still

J/M Arc:

Chapter ~ Dark Past.

Chapter ~ Jungle Escapades! Pull through, Aubree!

Chapter ~ Calm Before the Storm.

Chapter ~ The Perfect Team?!

Chapter ~ Mew Plays Match Maker?!

Chapter ~ Ash and Abel vs The Legendary Duo!

Chapter ~ A Battle Interrupted

Rainbows Arc:

Chapter ~ Divided

Chapter ~ United

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