AN: Here is the next chapter! Hope you all like it! I'm super excited for this now that I have so much done and separated into chapters! Yay!

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This statement is a promise that none of the information is fabricated and I am playing truthfully. Some events are tweaked to fit storyline mode however such as a Pokémon learning a move to help in a tight situation in a battle that they learned after defeating the Pokémon in question. That anime flare I like so much!

Chapter 3

Devon cautiously looked down at Noel. The Glaceon calmly walked beside her, but Devon wanted to stop and pet him. She wasn't sure. Could she just stop and pet him? Would that be alright? This being her first Pokémon finally sunk in. She wasn't sure what to do. She glanced down at her starter to see that he was doing the same. Seeing she had been caught Devon averted her gaze away.

Noel was still staring up at his trainer. His trainer. He was going to have to get use to that term. He knew that when Celebi approached him about looking after the human it picked to help them he might being getting a trainer. He said he'd help because he was tired of being attacked and what he knew his family was dead. He wanted this world at peace and if that meant he had to work with a human so be it. He would listen to her, didn't mean he had to necessarily like her.

"Noel?"

"Glac?"

"I want to thank you again. You didn't really have to save me and for allowing me to be your trainer. I hope that..." Devon then trailed off.

Noel looked up at her. Was she going to finish her comment? She hoped what? They would succeed? That they would be friends?

"Rhydon!"

Both trainer and Pokémon looked up quickly to see a Rhydon yelling at them. It point to Devon and crushed his fist in his other hand. He knew a human when he saw one. He evolved in order to obtain the power to take each one out and run his horn through their pathetic weak bodies. They always needed a Pokémon to do their work and here one was. What was this Glaceon doing with this human?

Devon's eyes widen. Pokémon really didn't like humans and Rhydon was a perfect example. The Pokémon then released a menacing growl and held his hands together before separating them. A rock formed between Rhydon's hands and he then launched it at them. At first Devon thought it was heading toward her, but then saw it wasn't. The attack was going to Noel. Devon remembered Noel's weakness from looking at the Pokedex. She ran and scooped up Noel before jumping out of the way and slamming into the ground as the attack flew by destroying a tree instead.

Noel jumped out of Devon's arms and looked to his trainer. She saved him. He could have dodged it himself, but she saved him before the thought even crossed his mind. He then went to turn around and saw that one of the rock broke off and hit him. He sighed in relief; it could have been much worse. He looked to Devon and she looked to him and smiled.

Rhydon roared and glared. How dare they dodge the attack?! He regained the ability to move and stamina they were in for it. They wouldn't make the next attack. For now he'd have to watch them carefully.

Devon thought about the moves Noel knew. Some she couldn't remember. She did remember the last one he used.

"Noel use Avalanche!"

"Glac!"

Boulders of ice fell from a mysterious cloud and covered the Rhydon effectively burying it. Some of the ice feel and Devon could see the Rhydon. She remembered what Celebi told her about she needed to weaken a Pokémon before she attempted to catch it. She weakened it so it should be alright to capture. She'd worry about the hostile nature later.

"Go Pokéball!" Devon tossed the ball. The ball struck the Rhydon. It didn't open and just rolled away. Devon looked suspiciously at the Pokémon and marking all over the body. From what she remembered Pokéballs didn't allow you to capture another trainer's Pokémon. This Rhydon was too wild to have been caught by someone else. Then she thought about it. You can't catch fainted Pokémon. Fainted meant...

Devon's heart dropped out of her. She killed the Rhydon. She didn't mean too. She just wanted to weaken in. She hurriedly pulled out her dex which told her that rock types were weak against ice types. It was a two way street with them. She then looked at Noel and Avalanche trying to understand what happened.

Avalanche: An attack move that inflicts double the damage if the user has been hurt by the target in the same turn.

Devon's eyes looked to Noel and saw the bruise that was starting to show on his hide leg. Hurt. Same turn. Double damage? K-O. Killed. The deed was done. They both knew it. Devon looked to the ground unable to look at the dead Pokémon any longer. She couldn't bear to look at the one that was very much alive because of her.

Noel heard cries scatter across the trees around them. Obviously Celebi was right and they were going to attract too much attention if they battled and stuck around. Noel ran up to Devon and grabbed her sleeve and began pulling her in the direction of cover. Devon wouldn't have cared if he ran and left her there to crush by her own emotions or the Pokémon they would surely crush her bones.

Devon had been quiet the last half hour. Noel kept looking to his trainer and wondered if she was alright. He knew she didn't mean to kill the Rhydon. Life happens and sure enough so does death. If she hadn't commanded him to use Avalanche then he would have used it himself. Despite he, at one point not so long ago, didn't care for Devon, he would protect her. He told Celebi he would. He promise to look after the trainer chosen. She was special and was there to help them. Celebi wasn't going to be able to take a group of untrained Pokémon to war without human help. Yes, he liked Devon. She showed him worthy of his trust. Now he just wished she'd say something to let him know she was okay.

"I'm no better than they are."

"Glac?"

"I'm no better than the people who kill you for sport!" Devon screamed as she huddled herself into her knees as she cried.

Noel frowned at his trainer. That wasn't true.

"Glaceon!" He yelled at her.

Devon jumped in surprise at the voice and looked to her Pokémon. He was staring at her with such an intense stare.

"How can you say that?" Devon asked.

"Glaceon." Noel shook his head and then blew a wind of freezing air in her face which effectively dried her tears. She rubbed off the frozen tears and streaks as they cooled her face calming her down.

Despite she couldn't talk to Pokémon, Devon felt like she could understand him. Was this what it was like to be with Pokémon on a communicative level? Were Pokémon and people close or had bonds that gave them a feeling of what they were talking. A sixth sense. She didn't know how, but she knew what he said.

'You're not intending to hurt us.'

Devon smiled to her starter as she clinched her jaw to keep herself from crying. She didn't want all his hard work to be wasted. She needed to be strong for him. She had to tell him.

"Noel, earlier I was trying to say I hope we can become friends and partners. I don't want to be just trainer and Pokémon. Also, I don't know if this sounds bad or not, but I wanted to also say I hope you never die. I know we haven't been together long, but I can't stand the thought of losing you." Devon said as she kneeled down to him. She reached out her hand but stopped.

Noel looked at her strangely. Was she going to pet him? He would be okay with that if she was. He didn't mind and even wanted her. Devon seemed different than the other humans he met. He touch wouldn't be cold, but warm which would feel comforting on his cool fur.

"Ceon?" he questioned.

"Can I? Can I pet you?" Devon asked nervously.

"Ceon!" Noel said he nodded.

Devon then reached out and touched her Pokémon and petted him. Noel smiled into her touch. He was right. Being with this human was comforting. He hoped she never died too. He'd make sure. For right now, he'd take climbing into her lap and embracing her embrace.

AN: That's the end of this chapter! Sorry this seems rather short, but some will be like that because it fits to have it separate. Anyway, I hope you like it! Stay tuned for the rest of the chapters to come! I hope you'll Review, Favorite, and/or Follow in the meantime! Bye friends!