Finally! Finished! I used some references from and Wiki for the Pokemon and stuff.

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Chapter Four: A Dear Trait of Mine

Bianca?

The blonde, brightly dressed woman lowly wept as she hugged her silent best friend. Touko lightly pushed Bianca off of her, standing up.

Hi there Bianca. I wrote with a bland look on my face, our eyes not meeting.

"Don't you 'Hi there Bianca' me! I'm so sorry Touko! I just found a cute Pokémon trotting in the grass, and I just had to chase it!" She whimpered apologetically.

It's quite alright Bianca… Bianca wiped her eyes, groaning slightly. Bianca, by this time, already caught another Pokémon.

"You want to see my new friend?" Bianca smiled. Touko nodded, a bit excited. "Come on out, Pappy!" She took out a Poké ball, throwing it in the air. A tiny Lillipup landed, barking cutely. "Isn't she adorable?"

Quite! Touko knelt down, patting its head. Tyson suddenly got jealous and spurted out a water gun at Pappy.

"Ah! Tyson!" Bianca whined. "Knock it off!" Bianca walked over and patted the top of Tyson's head. "Cute as always." She suddenly forgot the little 'attack' Tyson just used on her Pokémon.

Touko just stared at her, happily playing with her Pokémon. By this time, Touko knew Bianca was already ahead of her. Touko only had one Pokémon, while Bianca had two.

Bianca, I'll be right back. She left her board near Bianca. Tyson hopped onto her back and climbed to her head.

"Touko! Where are you going? Why aren't you taking your board?" Bianca hammered questions. Touko turned her head around slightly to look at her. Touko couldn't speak, but she could lip-sync whatever she wanted to say.

I'm going to go catch some Pokémon. She mouthed the words, walking into the forest.

She couldn't let this whole little disability be a burden on her, and make her so far behind. She wanted to become even better than her father. Doing nothing and watch her friends achieve is not going to help her. Touko set Tyson on the ground.

You learned water gun, huh? Touko thought, looking at Tyson. Tyson stared at her. The blue otter Pokémon's face brightened up, nodding excitedly. You… You can hear my thoughts? Tyson tilted his head, still having that cute smile on its face.

"Purrloin…" A faint cry could be heard from behind them. When both Touko and Tyson turned their heads around, they saw a dark-blue Purrloin, almost on the verge of fainting. (A/N: Yes, Purrloin's are purple. But this one is a shiny, and the shiny versions of these things are dark-bluish.) It collapsed to the ground with a loud thud, followed by panting.

What a strange colored Purrloin… Touko thought, walking over to it. The feline's eyes snapped open; it hopped to its feet, hissing. Touko drew back her hand quickly, afraid of why the Pokémon was acting this way.

"I've seen so many Pokémon abused and injured almost all my life." N's voice resonated through the teenager's head.

The strange color…Was someone hurting it? Touko thought. The odd colored Purrloin collapsed again, feeling extremely weak. Touko quickly grabbed a bottle from her bag; a potion. She knelt down to the dark-blue colored Pokémon, only to receive a menacing hiss in return. It's alright… I won't hurt you… I'm going to help you.

Somehow, Purrloin understood. It just laid there, motionless, as Touko sprayed the medicine all over its body.

Who has done this to you…? Touko asked herself as she healed the poor, abused Pokémon. Purrloin meowed, rubbing her knees as it got up. Better? It meowed once more, happily. Say… would you like to join my team? I don't want people to do this to you again… Purrloin jumped onto her lap, rubbing her chest. I take that as a yes. Touko almost smiled, only the corners of her mouth creeping upward again.

She took out an empty Poké ball and touched Purrloin's nose. Purrloin suddenly disappeared as a red light emitted. The ball shook three times, like how N said it would, and suddenly stopped.

I… I caught my first Pokémon. Touko mentally smiled to herself. How was that dad? She looked up to the sky, still having that non-smile. I guess I'll name you… Cupcake. (A/N: Just as the name implies, Cupcake/the Shiny Purrloin, is a female. Tyson/ Oshawott, is a boy. Just wanted to clear that up.) Come on Tyson. Tyson cried out in joy, hopping back onto her shoulder.

. . .

Touko slowly walked up to Bianca, still having that bored façade on her face.

"Touko!" Bianca smiled. Touko slowly took out Mable's Poké ball. She walked over and grabbed the board from Bianca's lap.

This is my new friend, Cupcake. She placed the board down as she threw the ball. The unusual colored Purrloin jumped out, emitting a happy cry. Bianca's eyes widened as she looked at Touko's newly caught Pokémon.

"You… Caught this?" She stammered. Touko nodded.

While I was walking in the woods, I saw it collapsed. Touko quickly wrote, then erased. I used a potion on it, and she wanted to join the team.

"That's wonderful!" Bianca grinned. "It's oddly colored though…"

I think its trainer or someone abused it because of its color… Or something. Touko tried to explain though the board. Bianca nodded, understanding. Now Bianca… Let's have a battle.

"Whoa, wait…what?" Bianca gasped. "You can't be serious, Touko!"

I'm serious. Let's do it. Touko reached out for Cupcake, walking back a few feet. Cupcake looked ready and eager for battle.

"B-but… Fine." Bianca sighed, calling out Pappy to the field. "Pappy! Use Leer!"

A stat changing move, huh? We won't be beat by that. Cupcake! Use scratch! Touko commanded inside her mind. Cupcake nodded, jumping into action. Bianca gasped at the sudden attack, wondering why attacked without Touko's call.

"B-Both my Pokémon and I are going to give it our all!" Bianca called out, sounding so unsure. Was she scared to battle? "Pappy! Tackle!"

Cupcake, dodge and use assist! Touko just guessed that Cupcake would have that move, which it did. (A/N: ANOTHER thing I forgot to mention. Game-wise, Tyson is level 7, while Cupcake is level 6.)

When Bianca noticed that Cupcake was readying for an attack, Tackle, she yelled, "Pappy! Dodge!" She called a little too late, since Pappy was already hit. One more hit, and Pappy would be down. "Pappy! Use Tackle!" She growled. Cupcake was attacked again, feeling just as weak as Pappy right now.

Must be because of that Leer attack… Touko thought. No matter, one more move and Pappy will be taken down. Cupcake! Use scratch for the final time! And like that, Pappy fainted. Cupcake, too, collapsed. She was probably too tired from before.

"Pappy! You did your best… Return!" Bianca hugged her fainted dog Pokémon, returning it back into its Poké ball.

You too, Cupcake. You deserve a long rest. Touko returned Cupcake back into its Poké ball as well.

"Ok! This little one is up next!" Bianca smiled, throwing out Piggy.

Let's go Tyson! We have the advantage! Tyson hopped into action energetically. Tyson! Use Water Gun! Tyson spurted out water, just like before. Tepig, being the fire-type, instantly felt tired from the effective hit.

"Oh-oh…Am I in trouble?" Bianca gasped. "Piggy! Use Tail Whip!"

Another stat lowering move? Touko thought. No matter. Tyson! One last Water Gun!

"Dodge! Quickly! Tackle!" Piggy suddenly sprang into action and attacked Tyson. Tyson panted a little bit after the hit, feeling a bit weak.

We won't lose this! Tyson! Use tackle! Tyson quickly ran to Piggy, slamming right into him. Piggy fainted quickly after that, leaving Tyson as the champion.

"Wow, Touko! That was amazing! You managed to fight without speaking!" Bianca gasped, quickly returning Piggy. Touko pulled out another Potion and healed both of her Pokémon.

I just think it, and it's like they can hear me. Touko held up the board.

"Wow, that's some ability you have there! I wonder what it's called; if it even has a name." Bianca put her finger to the corner of her mouth, indicating that she was thinking.

"It's called Telekinesis." Three men walked right up to us. One had red hair, one with blue, and the other with green. Their eyes matched their hair color.

"Telekinesis?" Bianca tilted her head, wondering what the word meant.

"It's a psychic power to move or change an object… But in this case with the young lady right over there, it's allows her to talk to her Pokémon without actually speaking. Quite a rare and remarkable ability." The man with blue hair chuckled. They all dressed like hosts, looking too elegant for the forest that they were in.

"Whoa! Did you hear that Touko?" Bianca gasped, while Touko just nodded.

"Hm… Thinking about it, doesn't this girl look like him?" The one with red hair asked his friends.

"Yeah!" The green-haired one answered.

"Him?" Bianca tilted her head again, asking for Touko.

"Brent White. He was a remarkable trainer who had this ability." The green haired man answered.

That's my father. Touko gasped in her mind. Truth be told, she actually somewhat knew that her father had this ability.

"That's why!" The red-haired one grinned.

"So Touko's dad had that ability?" Bianca mumbled. "And that's why she has it too?" The three boys looked at each other in worry.

"Well… It's a rare ability, so there may be some differences… Like, her father could actually speak to Pokémon. Is that what you can do?" The blue haired one asked.

I can't speak period. For some odd reason, the blue man slapped his forehead when she held up the board. But when I think… it's like they can read my mind.

"Yep, totally Brent's ability… Just at a weaker level." The green boy sighed, but happily.

Do you know my father personally? You talk a lot about him. Touko tilted her head.

"Ah- yes. He used to train with us when we were little. But now as the gym leaders of Unova, we don't need him to help us train anymore." Blue remarked.

"You're the gym leaders?" Bianca gasped.

"Yep. My name is Cilan." Green smiled.

"I'm Chili!" Red grinned.

"And I'm Cress." Blue muttered softly.

"I'm Bianca and this is Touko; if you didn't know!" Bianca yelled out.

"Guys, I think we should head back to the gym." Cilan mumbled. Both Chili and Cress nodded, walking and waving. "I bet we'll see you at the gym soon! I'll look forward to battling with you Touko! But make sure to train at the Dream Yard first!" Cilan ran off with his buddies.

Me? Touko tilted her head.

"I think that this is a gym that has you battle against your starter Pokémon is weak against. Speaking of which, I should train! See you Touko!" Bianca smiled, waving. It seems as if she forgot about her promise with Touko…Again.

No matter. Let's go guys. Touko smiled as she head of into Striaton City.


Alright, let's clear things up:

Touko's father, Brent White (Which is obviously a made up name), has a trait that enables him to talk to Pokemon. (Much like N, but different.) He has a mixture of N and Touko's ability. He can talk to Pokemon, and he can talk to them in his mind. (The mind ability is like Anabel's ability from Pokemon Battle Frontier. You know, the Frontier Brain?)

This ability is very recessive, which is why it's not common. Touko only got half of his ability, which enables her to talk to them in her mind. But, they can't talk to her back. It's a very complicated trait...

Another thing:

I chose Cupcake/Purrloin to be a shiny, despite the fact that it has a 1 in 8,192 chance (0.01%) of finding a shiny Pokemon in the wild, because it would include more into the plot; with it being a rare color and all. But, Purrloin wasn't caught before, it was actually being attacked at by a trainer who wanted to catch it. Frightened, it ran away. That trainer just gave up in ever finding the shiny again.

Anooother thing:

Whenever a Pokemon learns a new move, due to leveling up, I will note it in an Author's Note.

Finally:

Touko's dad will have a HUGE impact on the plot. So expect his name to pop up often. Like... a lot.

I think that's about it.

Without all seriousness, I hope you enjoyied this chapter and will look forward to the next!