I don't own Pokemon

Lots of time had passed since Aggron had last left Box 8. LOTS of time. Trainer Wes had gotten a new game and since them he spent all his time playing it. Through the 3ds outward camera, the Pokemon could see that this game was a fighting game of sorts, but it looked like a nightmare. It was a free for all in this game, they didn't take turns. Swinub couldn't decide whether or not this new game was a Pokemon game or not, they could see that Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Greninja and even Jigglypuff were in it, and once in a while, a Pokeball was thrown and another Pokemon joined the fight for a short time. However, there seemed to be other fighters who were definitely no Pokemon they had ever seen. Many of them were people; odd, cartoon people, but people nonetheless. There were many sword fighters, magicians and people who used hand to hand combat. A woman dressed in a frilly pink dress, a fox with clothes and advanced weaponry, a boy dressed all in green with a sword and a shield, a small space man, and a man dressed in overalls and red were only a few of these fighters alien to the world that the Pokemon knew.

The Pokemon could not believe that they were being passed up for this brutal game where they did not take turns like their orderly world in Hoenn. And who were those foreign characters that battled against as well as alongside Pokemon in the new game? Pokemon was orderly and had a beautiful story plot, how could this game out rank them in the eyes of Trainer Wes?

Swinub fell into a new kind of depression as he contemplated this new obstacle. Aggron had promised him at least a short reign of freedom when the Pokemon League was conquered, but no one except the main party even knew if the League had been beaten yet. There was a tension of confusion and ignorance in the air that was almost palpable. The anticipation of Aggron's promise had since died down as Trainer Wes' return was awaited.

"Okay, so she hasn't come out of her room since a week ago. This is obviously a problem…" Manectric stated as he shifted uncomfortably on his chair, which had become charged with electricity because of his static. The small size of the central room in the main party area was starting to get to him.

"Of course it's a problem stupid! We can't have our leader in a funk like this when we haven't even conquered the Pokemon League! And… Stop fidgeting, its making me nervous…" Mightyena growled with only the hint of a whine in his voice.

The main party box was not roomy. It was made to cozily house six Pokemon, though often only five were within, but after long periods of time it became difficult to enjoy. The setup was much like the transition tunnels between routes and cities, which were meant to keep wild Pokemon from over running the cities, or so they had been told by a transfer from Johto who had traveled alongside Trainer Wes outside of the Pokeball. The compartment was sparse, with small areas designated for each Pokemon and a central room in between. Each Pokemon was sized down in this compartment so that everyone could fit efficiently. For example, Wailord had been shrunk down to a tenth of his normal size so that he could live and socialize comfortably in the compartment. However, even though this setting was made for the ideal life of a traveling Pokemon, it got old quickly.

"Well rather than just gripe about our problems, acting upon them would be much more effective," Wailord settled himself on the edge of a sturdy table, the affects of the main party compartment allowing him to float his shrunk form around so that he was unhindered.

"Well said, Wailord" Aggron interjected, "I couldn't have said it better myself. But the real question is, does anyone have any ideas about what what we should do about it?"

Lady Swellow looked up from preening her feathers and looked at each one of them in turn, "I think it would be best if someone simply talked to her. Sometimes thats all a girl needs when she's feeling down. But only one of us, she will feel threatened if we all go to her at once." She went back to grooming herself.

"Thats as good an idea as any. I don't think I should do it though, its no secret that I can't talk to people, you know, effectively…" Manectric said, chuckling to himself.

"I vote Aggron!" Mightyena exclaimed, shooting his paw up into the air.

Aggron visibly jumped in his seat and looked at Mightyena nervously. "W-wait! Why me?" He started fidgeting in his seat.

"Well, we all know that even though you're not her oldest friend, you two have developed some kind of 'connection' if you will." Swellow reasoned. "I think it would be most beneficial to everyone if you would go talk to her."

"Yeah! 'Connection'!" Mightyena sneered, jabbing Aggron and winking.

Aggron glared at Mightyena and swatted him with his arm. "Stop it, and I think you're misunderstanding our 'connection' as you call it," he said mockingly.

"What is there to misunderstand? You guys are vibrating on the same wavelength, so to speak. I mean, haven't you noticed that in double battles, you two seem to know the other's next move before you know yourself? I don't get how you can ignore that." Manectric shook his head incredulously.

"Aggron. Be reasonable. You and I both know that you have your own problems to deal with, without needing to worry about those of others. But I also know that you understand how much Ivy needs this and that you would do anything to help her," Wailord floated over to Aggron's defeated form and lay a fin on his shoulder. "Do this for Ivy, yourself, and all of us."

Aggron looked up and gave a half grin, half grimace. "Fine, I'll talk to her."

"Hey. How're you doing Ivy?" Aggron settled next to the powerful Sceptile in the corner room of the main party box after passing through the doorway with difficulty, as it was formed to fit the thinner frame of Ivy.

"Yeah, I guess I'm fine…" Ivy shifted, turning her back to Aggron a bit.

"Liar," Aggron smacked her shoulder. "We know you better than this, we've pretty much all grown up together! We all know that you aren't okay." Ivy turned around to face Aggron. He had a gruff expression on his face, but she could see the concern in his eyes.

"Yeah, well, I'm not really one for talking about myself freely," She looked down, tearing up a bit. Wes has been there since forever, how could he just abandon me like this for so long?! He's left for a few weeks or so, but… never this long… doesn't he still care?

"Uh… Earth to Ivy… hello?" Aggron crouched down so that he was looking up into Ivy's face, waving his hand in front of her eyes. "You still here?"

She blinked and looked him in the eye. "Yeah, I'm here." The two sat there uncertainly in silence for a bit. Aggron nervously looked over at Ivy and cautiously put his arm around her shoulders. She looked at him and smiled, leaning against him. Aggron gritted his teeth nervously but remained where he was.

"Aggron?"

"Hm?"

"Thank you. I'm glad you're still here, you're like a brother to me, I would hate to lose that," Ivy said, closing her eyes and letting her tears of rejection fall freely.

Aggron tensed up slightly and looked down at Ivy sharply. Her eyes were closed. He turned his head back to its original position sadly and he began to tear up a little as well.

"Yeah… no problem…"

They stayed where they were on the edge of Ivy's bed until she fell asleep, and then Aggron set her down on the bed softly and tucked her in for the night. He left the room pausing at the door to look back with a pained look and then continued out to his own quarters.

Woo! I ended up doing chapter 3 today as well! Okay, so I was referencing Super Smash Bros 4 for Wii U in the first part, just to avoid as much confusion as possible (Sadly I don't own that either) I got tired of telling the story just from a grumpy little Swinub's perspective, and we have to realize that main party Pokemon have problems too, so viola! Haha, maybe this will start up a group of People for the Ethical Treatment of Pokemon? (PETP sadly doesn't have the same ring to it as PETA XD)

Did you all catch that little bit at the end with Aggron and Ivy? H-hey? whats up with that there? Eh? Eh? Just throwing that out there ;)

Anyways, hope you're enjoying this so far, thanks for sticking with this story! ^_^ I have ideas for AT LEAST 2 more chapters, so see you next time!