A/N: I started this chapter forever ago. But I got a new laptop, and I was stupid and I apparently never moved it onto this new one...so I'm starting over =_= It will probably suck...so...yeah. Enjoy xD!

After about 4 hours of driving, the bus finally stopped and Sora got off with Blue, who immediately walked over to a large map that was planted on the side of the road. Sora hummed, looking around quietly. The Johto region was much more different than Unova, like the geography of everything and the types of Pokemon that resided here. She watched in fascination as a flock of Pidgey flew overhead, a smile settling on her face.

She sat down at a nearby picnic table and pulled her backpack off, setting it down on the bench. Opening it, she reached inside and pulled out a thing of Pokemon food and a few bowls. She filled each one up and once they were full, she let all of her Pokemon out. "Lunch time!"

She grinned as all of her friends emerged from their respective poké ball, laughing as Charizard roared loudly upon his freedom. Setting the bowls down for everyone, she put her hands on her hips.

"Dig in!"

And dig in they did. They hadn't eaten since that morning, so she knew that they were starving. She also knew that when Charizard was done, he'd probably still be hungry for more. Walking back over to her bag, she dug through it and pulled out a granola bar for herself, opening it up and taking a small bite from it.

A whistle caused her to look up as Blue moved over to her, his eyes surprised when he saw the Pokemon on his travel companion's team.

"They look really awesome!" He pointed at Reshiram, "Isn't that-"

"Yep. One of the Legendary Dragon types of Unova: Reshiram!"

Reshiram looked up from her food when she heard her name, her blue eyes narrowing slightly at the sight of Blue. A low growl resounded from her chest, and Sora giggled when Blue took a few steps back.

"Geez..."

"Sorry about that. Reshiram is a little protective of me and wary of people we've never met before," Sora explained, taking another bite from her granola bar, "Give her a while and she'll get used to you."

"Samu!" Samurott walked over, sniffing Blue curiously. "Rott!"

"Wha...?"

"Samurott likes you already."

"How do you know?" He blinked, patting Samurott's head when said Pokemon rubbed his head against Blue's hand.

"The affection he's showing. He's always been like that towards people he knows are good." She smiled, laughing when Charizard leaned his head down and rubbed his snout against her cheek, "Sorry, but that's all the food you can have for now!" He made a low growl, one that wasn't meant to be scary. It was more like a whine, much like a child would do when they didn't get their way or what they want. Sora thought it was cute, and it made her adore the dragon type all the more. She giggled softly as he nuzzled her, kissing his snout gently and patting his head. "Silly..."

Blue smiled as he watched her interact with her Pokemon, crossing his arms over his chest. She reminded him of someone he knew...

"So, are you planning to enter the Johto League?"

Sora looked at him, smiling cheekily. "Well...I'm still thinking about it. For now, I'm focusing on one thing."

"Your friend that you're looking for?"

"Mhm. That's my main goal for now."

While Sora had explained to him earlier why she had come here, Blue was still a bit confused. Sure, he cared about his friends, but he never thought of chasing after one of them to another region. It was a little odd, and he felt that there was more to this than Sora was letting on. It was a bit depressing really.

Sora was happy. She was happy, but there was a part of her that wasn't happy. When N left, he took part of that happiness with him. Sora hadn't expected him to leave the way he did, or leave at all. She had been too hopeful. Sure, she still had her best friends, Cheren and Bianca, her mother, and her Pokemon. Yet...

It wasn't enough.

Sora missed N. A lot.

Right after she had returned home from the battle with him, she had broken down in front of her mother and cried her eyes out all day until nighttime. Those next few days, she barely spoke, and didn't have much emotion at all. Bianca and Cheren came over a few days after the incident and they all laid together in Sora's bed. Cheren held her while Bianca held her hand, giving it a squeeze every now and then, and occasionally petting her hair comfortingly while attempting to tell her a funny joke to make her smile. Sora couldn't even laugh if she tried.

"Hey, Sora..." Cheren mumbled into her hair, "It hurts, doesn't it?"

"..." she nodded slowly, fisting the front of his shirt tightly. She knew that he'd complain about wrinkles if this was any other type of situation.

"It's okay to cry, if you want to. It's just Bianca and I, and we've seen you cry before, so you don't have to hold anything back because we're here."

Cheren, behind the sensible and logical person he was, was a kind person who cared for his friends and Pokemon deeply. Normally, Cheren wasn't very comforting in situations that involved crying, but something had changed and Sora couldn't stop the tears that had started to form in her eyes as Cheren continued to say comforting things to her, his eyes softening when a choked sob escaped her mouth and her shoulders shook, causing him to hug her even tighter to him.

"Min!" Sora jumped in surprise at the little cry of her Minccino, looking down to find that the little chinchilla like Pokemon had crawled up into her lap, and was trying to get her attention.

"Sorry, I was just thinking really hard!" Sora smiled cheekily, petting Minccino's ears and giggling as the little Pokemon made a sound of delight. "Silly..."

Minccino made a happy sound and climbed up onto Sora's shoulders when Blue said that they should get going. Recalling all of her Pokemon with the exception of Minccino, Sora stood and followed behind Blue, leaving the picnic area quietly.

~hours later~

The two travelers had walked all day until they reached Violet City, where they decided to stop for the night and rest before continuing to New Bark Town the next morning. Currently, Sora was looking at some pictures that were on the wall in the Pokemon center while Blue was getting them a room to sleep in for the night. Hugging Minccino to her chest, she read the plaques that were under the pictures.

"Ho-Oh and Lugia..." Sora murmured, looking at the beautiful bird type that had beautiful colored wings. "A legend says that its body glows in seven colors. A rainbow is said to form behind it when it flies..."

"Min!"

"Yeah...that is pretty neat. I wouldn't mind seeing something like that someday," She smiled, looking at the plaque under the picture of the dragon type next to Ho-Oh's picture. "Lugia is said to be the guardian of the seas. It is rumored to have been seen on the night of a storm, and is also said to quietly spend its time deep at the bottom of the sea because its powers are too strong." She murmured to herself, looking at the pale silver-white dragon type Pokemon, her brown eyes studying it. It's wing like arms reminded her of an angels wings, making her smile lightly.

"Pretty cool, huh?" Sora turned around, finding Blue standing behind her.

With a smile, she nodded. "Mhm. Very cool."

He chuckled, the exhaustion clear on his face. "I got us a room. Let's go sleep."

Sora nodded and followed him to their room, yawning softly. She hadn't realized how tired she was until Blue mentioned sleeping, nearly bumping into his back.

"Ugh..."

Minccino scurried over to the bed and began to jump on it cutely, making Sora smile tiredly.

"We'll play tomorrow, 'kay?"

"Min~" Sora yawned and flopped down onto the bed, curling up and smiling when Minccino cuddled close to her.

"Hey, do you want the bathroom first, or-" He looked over, smiling when he noticed that Sora was already sound asleep. "Goodnight..."

~Days later~

Professor Elm was an...interesting character. He seemed quite ecstatic to meet me when we showed up at his lab, and immediately began to ask me all sorts of questions and my thoughts on theories that I didn't know squat about. He even gave us the lengthy speech, something that Professor Juniper had told me he often did. It was clear that he was easily excited about new Pokemon, especially with how he was examining Minccino like she was from outer space. Minccino liked the attention for a little while, until the professor began to poke here and there. Blue was leaning against the wall quietly while I walked around the lab curiously.

"Min!"

I looked over to find Minccino pointing at some Poké balls that most likely held starter Pokemon for new trainers. I nodded my head in acknowledgment, walking over to the table. "Professor Elm, can I see the starter Pokemon?"

"Hm? Oh, of course!"

I smiled and picked up one Poké ball, calling out whatever it held in it. Out came a small Pokémon that was a pale green color with a darker green leaf on the top of its head, a necklace of what appeared to be buds around its neck. It looked up at me curiously as I studied it, taking note of how much bigger it's head was than it's body and the short little tail it had. "Chika...?"

I smiled brightly as it tilted its head to the right slightly, as though asking me who I was and what I was doing. I giggled and pulled my Pokédex out, opening it up and letting it identify the little cutie in front of me.

'Chikorita, the Leaf Pokémon. Chikorita emits pleasant aromas from the leaves on their heads and they love to sunbathe.'

"Neat!" I exclaimed, smiling at the Chikorita. "You're a little cutie~!"

"Min!"

I laughed at Minccino's indignant cry, looking over at her. "Don't worry, you're still cute too!" I reassured, petting the Chikorita a bit.

"'Cinno!"

I smiled softly and grabbed the next Poké ball, calling out the next Pokémon. Out came a blue colored Pokémon that sort of looked a bit like a Sandile with the snout and jaws it had, red spines on its back and tail. It's chest was yellow, with a V-shaped pattern that extended to its arms, with a line bisecting the pattern at the middle. It looked up at me, blinking for a moment before it opened it's mouth and revealed several teeth. It looked like it was smiling for a moment, until it shot water out and hit me directly in the face.

Well...It knew water gun, so it had to be a water type.

I listened to my Pokédex identify it. 'Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokémon. Its highly developed jaw is so powerful, it can crushpractically anything. Trainers beware: this Pokémon loves to use its teeth.'

It started to do what looked like a little happy dance, exclaiming happily. I couldn't help but smile, even though the little guy had just blasted me with water. I returned it to its rightful Poke ball along with Chikorita, grabbing the final one and calling out the last starter.

Out popped a small Pokémon with bluish colored fur on the top of its body, the underside of it a cream like color. It's eyes were closed, and it had four red colored spots on it's back. It had a bit of a long nose, and it had small arms. I thought it was cute!

'Cyndaquil, the fire mouse Pokémon. Normally mild and even tempered, Cyndaquil will shoot a scorching flame out of its back when upset.'

I put the Pokédex away and sat down on the floor across from the Cyndaquil when I noticed how timid it seemed. Not wanting it to burn the place down with the scorching flames it could shoot out from it's back, I hoped that it would stay calm and get used to me.

"Hi there, little guy..." I smiled softly, holding my hand out gently for it to sniff, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Slowly, it seemed to calm down and warm up to me, judging by how it moved closer to my legs, Minccino moving closer to it and talking to it animatedly. I smiled and watched curiously, laughing when it sneezed, its back flaming up and startling Minccino enough for her to come crawling up my side and to the top of my head. "Min-Min!"

I reached up as I knelt down next to Cyndaquil, petting her ears soothingly and smiling. "Bless you~"

"Quil..." It looked up at me quietly, and sniffed.

"Cyndaquil's are really quite timid, but they warm up to new trainers quickly." Professor Elm explained, adjusting his glasses, "Especially ones with kind hearts." He added, smiling.

I nodded, petting Cyndaquil slowly and smiling when it nuzzled my hand. I smiled and picked it up carefully, laughing when it snuggled close. "Aww~" I held it a little longer, petting it some more before I sat it back down and grabbed it's pokéball, blinking when it knocked it from my hand. "Hm?"

"Quil!"

"Why don't you take it with you, Sora? I think it wants to travel with you." Professor Elm smiled. "You're the first trainer I believe it's ever warmed up to."

I blinked in surprise before smiling. "Really!? Thank you, sir!" I couldn't help but hug him, which seemed to throw him off guard before I bent down and picked up the little fire pokemon, holding it close to me. "Looks like you're coming with us!"

"Quil!"

I smiled, calling it back with it's pokeball and clipping it to my belt, looking at Blue. "Ready?"

He nodded and we bid goodbye to the Professor. As we walked out, I noticed a boy with bright red hair looking inside of the window of the lab, frowning. "Hey, Blue..."

He stopped and looked over at me, his eyes curious. "Hm?"

"Does that kid seem kinda...suspicious?"

He studied him for a moment before he shook his head. "Nah. Don't get too paranoid about it. C'mon, let's get moving. We can get to Cherry Grove by sundown if we hurry."

I nodded, holding Minncino close to me as we walked down the pathway that led to the next destination.

Our journey was truly beginning now.

A/N: So, I will maybe incorporate some of my other pokemon OC's in this story just for the fun of it! Until next time! Sorry for the almost *(four year update I think) XD