DB : Finally, after some time of not updating, I have finally able to update it! Also, I will explain the timeline of this story which I'm doing, at the end of this chapter.

May: Took you long enough, and finally, some explanation.

Kate : So, what is this chapter going to be about?

DB : Oh you'll see.

Brendan : DB does NOT own Pokemon, Pokemon Rangers, and so on so forth.

DB : Now let the chapter, Begin!

Chapter 4 : The Time of Chances

The city of Castelia, the centre of economical and trading of the region. But during the night time, it would become the centre of entertainment as people rush from places to places to have fun. From clubs to gaming centres, the streets was always crowded with people. There was even a dancing act, beside a fountain, entertaining the people as they dance to the beat of the music. The crowd were clapping and having fun, watching the dancers dance to the beat.

At the port, a certain speedboat with a Ranger's emblem on its side, was docking. It was non other than Kate herself, with her partner Pachirisu and a trainer who she gave a lift, who goes by Daisy. "Thanks for the lift, Kate. It was so kind of you to take me here," Daisy thanked her.

"No problem, it's what we Rangers do," Kate replied as she scratch the back of her head, laughing it off. Her Pachirisu was perched on top of her head, tired from today's event. It was happy that she was safe and sound, and back with her Ranger partner again.

"I still think your Pachirisu is very cute," Daisy commented, patting Pachirisu's head.

"Well, I named her Pachi, since it is shorter and easier to call her," Kate stated as she took Pachi off her head and cuddle her like a cute little Skitty. This didn't bother her as it kept on taking a nap while Daisy just giggled about how adorable it looks.

"I'm sure she's happy to have you as a partner," Daisy commented, smiling at Kate as agreed. Kate remembered when she first got Pachirisu, after the day of her graduation. Pachi was waiting for her at the beach back in the Almia region, after that incident when Kate calmed her down. It was the best day of her life when she and Pachi meet each other again.

"Well, I have to head off now. Thanks again for the ride," with that, Daisy left while waving back to Kate. She waved back as Daisy disappeared into the crowd of people. She look over at the boat and notice that it was still in one piece and not a single scratch, which was a surprise consider she almost always dent the boat and Barlow or Crawford had to mend it.

She was about to leave the docks when she remembered something. She went back onto the boat before grabbing a small stick, that was just 6 inches long and had a button on its side. "Almost forgot this. I hope the training with Kellyn helps out," Kate stated as she stick the object onto her belt. She then grab her bag and began packing some food and drink, not knowing how long would it take for her to complete the mission.

Once she's sure everything was set, she grab the bag before walking off the boat, but not without locking it. She then sling the bag over her shoulder as she walked into the city, leaving the docks. "Hmm, I need to head over to Prof. Juniper, which is located in Nuvema Town," Kate whispered as headed towards the Pokemon Center to get a map of the region.

She admitted that she had never been to Unova before, so she wouldn't know her way around the region. When she entered, a man almost crashed into her as she almost dropped Pachirisu in her arms. "Oh, I'm so sorry miss. I didn't see you there," the man said, as she scratch the back of her head from almost causing an incident.

"It's alright, sir," Kate reassured him as she just waved it away like it was no big deal.

The man then realised who Kate was, from the styler on her right wrist and the uniform she wore. "Hey, aren't you a Top Ranger?" he asked, sounding surprised.

"Yeah, I am, why?" Kate asked, blinking out of confusion as to what the man was going on about. She wondered did Unova had ever seen a Pokemon Ranger before. And the answer to that question would be given soon enough.

"Well, we don't get a lot of Rangers visiting Unova before, let alone, a Top Ranger. Oh, how rude of me, my name is Burgh. I'm a Gym Leader of this city," Burgh stated, taking out his hand for Kate to shake, which she did.

"Really? That's surprising. My name's Kate, and this is my Pokemon partner, Pachi," Kate introduced as her Pachirisu began to yawn after waking up from the conversation between her and Burgh. She then climbed over Kate's shoulder before perching itself on her head. her tail was wrapped around Kate's neck as a makeshift scarf.

"Nice to meet you Ranger Kate. So, what brings you to Castelia City, the lively city of Unova?" Burgh asked as he bowed to Kate, being a gentleman.

"I was hoping that I could get over to Nuvema Town as soon as possible, but I need a map to do so," Kate explained.

"I can help you with that since I can give you this map," Burgh then took out a piece of device that looks like a phone, but it was in fact a digital map. It was so convenient that even Trainers used it to help them through the region.

"Thank you so much!" Kate smiled at Burgh, as a way of thanking for the device. "I better head off now, bye" with that, she left the center to head over to Nuvema Town. It was a lot easier to find her way there with it being a device instead on a piece of paper. She could imagine asking for direction and getting puzzled of where to head off. She then looked up into the sky to look for a flying type Pokemon to help her travel, which she found a flock of Pelliper flying overhead.

She aimed her styler at the flock before she called out, "Capture On!". If the people weren't busy walking back and forth, they would find it amazing that Kate fired the Capture Disc at the height the flock was flying. It flew way up high, as tall as one of the skyscrapers around the city. Kate moved the disc to make sure she completed the circle when a flash of light appeared. It signalled that the capture was successful as the disc flew back onto its dock.

"Capture complete," she minded as the Pelliper flew down towards her. It landed right in front of her as she patted its head.

"Can you take me to Nuvema Town?" she asked, to which the flying type nodded. She then hopped onto its back before flying off into the sky and towards the town. Her Pachirisu was hanging onto her shoulder as they were in a hurry to the location they're heading.

Meanwhile, in Nuvema town, both Brendan and May stayed at Prof. Juniper's house as it was late at night. Most of the folks at the town was already asleep, though the professor was having a conversation with another professor from another region. Brendan look over at May, who was playing with Oshawott. Brendan could feel his face heating from just looking at her and listening to her cute giggles. 'Wait, why does my face feel so hot when I barely knew her. Sure, she does cu-. Wait! Why am I thinking that! It's not that I knew her or anything!' Brendan's thoughts was now playing on him, giving him mix emotions. He can't deny for the fact that May looks so cute.

"Brendan, May, you two better get ready for bed if you want to wake up really early tomorrow," Prof Juniper told them, as she faced away from the monitor. They 2 teenagers nodded before they got up and went to wash up.

Brendan, being the gentleman, let May into the bathroom first. When she closed the door, he couldn't help but gave it some thoughts that she somehow looked so familiar. Then he felt his face heating up again, something which he couldn't figured out. He shook his mind and tried to think of something else. 'I can't till morning to battle the Gym Leaders. I wonder what Pokemon would they, what attacks and who am I gonna meet.' those thoughts kept him occupied from thinking about May too much.

However, as May exited the bathroom, his thoughts began to wander back to something which he wanted to stop. 'Battling them with May would be fun too, listening to her... wait, why the heck am I thinking about it again?!' Brendan later came back to reality as he noticed that May was looking at him in concern.

"Are you alright, Brendan? Your face looks pretty red," May asked, placing her hand on his forehead. This made Brendan blushed even redder at the feeling of May's hand on his head.

"I-it's nothing," Brendan quickly entered the bathroom to avoid blushing even redder. May just blinked in confusion as Brendan quickly closed the door. She sighed, not knowing what was going on with the boy's mind.

In the bathroom, Brendan stood over the sink and began to ponder out loud about what had happened earlier. "I can't be serious. I barely knew her, and yet, I'm blushing madly. What's the matter with me?" Brendan asked himself as he noticed his face was still a little red from looking at his own reflection in the mirror. He just sighed as he turn the tap on so to let the water run. He cupped both of his hands over the water before splashing it against his face, to cool him down and try to think about tomorrow. He did it a few more times before turning the tap back off. He looked back in the mirror and asked himself.

"I have to think about the Gym battle tomorrow, not about May. Arceus, why does that sound so weird," Brendan cursed as he used a towel to wipe his face of water. He then left the bathroom to head over to the couch to get ready for bed when the sound of door knocking came. This caught not only his, but Prof. Juniper and May's attention, wondering who could it be at this time of hour.

As Brendan opened the door, he was greeted by a teenage girl who had two spiky ponytail and a Rangers uniform, and a Pachirisu was perched on her shoulder. "Um, hi?" it was more a question than a greeting, not knowing who she was or what she was doing here.

"Hi, is the professor around?" she asked, causing Brendan to raise an eyebrow.

"I'm here," called the professor, which Brendan moved a little as to let Prof. Juniper at the door.

"Sorry to bother you, professor, but I may need to have a word with you. Oh, and my name is Kate, a Top Ranger," at the pronunciation of Ranger, the professor instantly raised her eyebrows before moving out of the way. This too caught the attention of both Brendan and May, as they never thought about meeting a Ranger in professor's house.

"Come in," the professor stated as Kate entered the house, before she closed the door. "What brings you here, Ranger?" she asked as the two of them took a seat, opposite of each other. Kate sat next to May while Brendan stood beside the couch as to listen to what Kate was about to tell them.

"I came here to prevent an evil organisation from taking over this region's Pokemon, like they did over at my home region. They are called Team Dim Sun, and they use a dark energy to control the minds of the Pokemon. But me and my partner manage to stop their evil schemes, till recently," Kate continued to explain while her Pachirisu jumped from her shoulder and onto the couch, before curling up to get some sleep. "It seems they have started their operation in this region for unknown reasons. I was sent here to stop them as soon as possible before they begin controlling the Pokemons again. And I came here for your help on this situation, Prof. Juniper. I need you to try to patch a call to my base back in Almia, and possibly, convert your home, or office, into a Ranger's base of operation. Will that be alright?" after explaining about the newest threat to the professor, Prof. Juniper just looked at her as the information began to sink in.

She had a lot of things in her mind right, not only was there a new threat to Unova after Team Plasma had disbanded, Kate needed to convert her home into a base of operation for Rangers. "I... I'll have to think about, Ranger. This is too much to take," she said, getting off of the chair before heading off to the kitchen to grab a cup of water.

"Take all the time you need, miss," Kate told her as the professor disappeared into the kitchen, thus leaving her with both Brendan and May. May was examining Kate's uniform and her styler out of amazement. This caught Kate's attention as she raised an eyebrow of the way May was scanning through her styler.

"Erm, hey there, I'm Kate," she said, which snapped May out from looking at her styler.

"Oh, hi," May said as she laughed nervously from her embarrassment earlier. "My name's May, nice to meet you," she said with a decent smile, which Kate just sighed.

"From the looks, you have not met a Top Ranger, have you?" Kate asked, crossing her arms in the process.
"Well, no. But I did meet a Ranger before, back at Hoenn," as they conversation between the 2 girls went on, Brendan couldn't help keep gazing at May. Her giggles and smile was the cutest thing he had ever seen. It was like it entranced him at the cuteness of May's personality and looks. He quickly snapped out of his daze by Snivy who was pulling onto his pants.

He kneel down to find out why he was pulling onto his pants. "What's the matter, little guy?" Brendan asked. The Snivy later taken out a flower from behind his back before handing it to him. It didn't take long for Brendan's mind to click as his face began to burn up. His eyes began to twitch as he snatch the flower from Snivy before he took out his upgraded Pokedex to understand Snyvi's personality.

When he found it, he was dumbfounded about it. He looked at the Snivy with an annoyed look before muttering about something. "Of all the Snivy, and it has to be a romantic and prankster type," he wasn't too happy about this, not at all considering the fact that he always kept blushing around May.

Fortunately, for him, he was hiding behind a couch so the girls wouldn't see him blushing madly. Though it wasn't helping with how Snivy is teasing him about it. "Will you just leave me alone," Brendan gave a death glare at the Pokemon, which it just shrug as he was recalled back into its poke ball.

"How did this happen to me?" Brendan sighed as he leaned against he back of the couch.

"Happen to you?" a voice caught his attention. When he looks up, he was surprised to see that it was May, looking down at him with a puzzled face. This made Brendan flustered madly as he look away from her.

"N-nothing," Brendan stuttered, trying to avoid looking at May.

"Hey, May, who are you talking to?" Kate's voice was heard from the other side of the couch.

"Gimme a moment, Kate," May replied as she looked over to her. Then she turn her attention to Brendan, who was still avoiding her gaze.

"Brendan, could you come over here. Kate wants to meet you," she said in her sweet voice. This somehow made Brendan's mind a little occupied about chatting with a Ranger, but the sweet voice from May made it hard. The only way for him to regain his senses was to actually try talking to Kate and keep his mind occupied.
"Sure," with that, he got up before jumping over the couch. May moved out of the way as he landed softly onto the couch with a soft puff. May then took a seat beside Kate, to which Brendan was relief for. "The name's Brendan Birch, nice to meet ya," he introduced himself.

"You two. So, I heard that you two are battling the gym leaders here, am I right?" Kate asked as she got comfortable on the couch. May told her about it while Brendan was hiding behind the couch to avoid being seen blushing.

"Yeah, we are. Wanna tag along?" Brendan asked. It's not only a way to get his mind occupied, but to actually see a Ranger in action too, especially Top Ranger. He always heard stories about them from other regions, from Johto to Sinnoh. He even been to Almia once, to chase down a certain rare Pokemon during that time, so he didn't get a chance to know about the stories of the region.

Kate pondered about how to answer this, she she sighed before giving her answer. "Sure, as long as those Team Dim Sun creeps doesn't post any threats. Beside, I might have fun watching some Pokemon battle," Kate said, which Brendan grinned in satisfaction.

"I guess it's time for bed," Brendan stood up before giving out a sleepy yawn, signalling that he was indeed tired and wanted to sleep right now.

"Yeah, I'm sleepy too," May yawned while getting up from the couch. Kate carried Pachi into her arms before getting off to let Brendan sleep on the couch. May went to the guest room, which was shown by Prof. Juniper earlier. It only had one bed in the room, thus the reason as to why Brendan slept on the couch.

"So, Kate, where are you gonna sleep?" May asked, noticing that the couch was already occupied by Brendan and the guest room was already taken by her. She had to admit though, she felt kinda bad for not sharing the bed with Brendan nor Kate, but the bed can only hold one person.

"I can sleep on the chair back in the living room," Kate pointed to the armchair located opposite of the couch where Brendan was already fast asleep.

"Well, good night then," with that, May went into the guest room before closing the door. Kate then yawn from today's adventure, feeling really exhausted. Her Pachirisu was still fast asleep in her arms, curled up into a ball. Kate just giggled at how cute the sight was when she noticed the professor was coming back out from the kitchen. This reminded her about the earlier discussion to which she quickly walked up to the professor.

"So, professor, will you allow it?" she asked, getting straight to the point and not wasting any time.

"I gave it some thoughts. It was hard for me to decide whether should I allow my lab, and home, to be used as a base for operation. But if you guys wanted to prevent an evil organisation from taking over the region, then feel free to do whatever you want," after Prof. Juniper told Kate about her answer, she was really happy about it. Not only did the professor agree to let them use her house as a base of operation, but she didn't have to set up a tent either.

"Thank you so much, professor," Kate smiled, which the professor returned with a smile of hers.

"Now, isn't it time for bed?" she asked, which Kate laughed nervously.

"Alright, night professor," with that, Kate went over to the armchair, but not after laying Pachi onto the coffee table to let her sleep in peace. Kate grab a pillow before taking a seat on the chair, to which she relaxes her eyes and slowly drift off to sleep.

As the morning comes, the town began to wake up. The people began to exit their homes and began to do some early shopping for some breakfast, while others were chatting to their neighbours about yesterday. Soon, the town was lively again as the sun slowly rises from the horizon.

In the professor's house, Brendan began to wake up from his slumber as he sit up on the couch, stretching his arms. Kate was already awake and was making some breakfast for them to get ready for the adventure ahead. How she learn to cook was interesting, Kate might added. Back at her home, she had to cook for the other Rangers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If she doesn't, she and her teammates, or friends as she calls them, will have a massive stomach ache from a certain Ranger's cooking, who goes by Luana.

Brendan could smell some bacons and eggs coming from the kitchen, to which made his stomach grumble in hunger. He was practically drooling from the aroma of how delicious it smells too. On his way there, he almost bumped into May, who just came out from the guest room. "Oh, morning Brendan," May said as she noticed him.

"Morning to you too," Brendan said. He then realised as to how close he was to May, like a few metres away. If May had paid attention to Brendan than what was cooking in the kitchen, she would had noticed Brendan was blushing madly.

"Morning you two. And before you guys get in here for breakfast, go and wash up first if you want any," Kate called out, to which made both Brendan and May blushed out of embarrassment for the fact that Kate knew that they were awake even without looking. Or maybe it was because they were pretty loud and Kate could hear them.

"Erm, alright," with that, both of them went up the stairs before May went into the restroom first while Brendan waited outside for his turn. This time, he wasn't thinking about May, but about what Kate told them last night. 'Team Dim Sun, a new threat is rising. And to think I will just have to beat the Gym Leaders only. This is just great," Brendan thought sarcastically, not looking forward to fighting off an evil organisation as he was only interested to fight the Gym Leaders of the region. He guess he had no choice but to join Kate into stopping them then.

Time went by as Brendan and May had their breakfast, which was prepared by Kate. They had to admit, it was delicious. Kate was about to finish his meal when the professor entered the kitchen. The three teenagers were shocked to see the professor in a horrible shape after waking up from her sleep.

Her hair looks really messed up, as strands of hair were everywhere, her face mask was put on like some child doing hand paint on her and her eyes looks so droopy. Brendan tried hard not to laugh, May felt sorry for how the professor look and Kate felt like she lost her appetite after looking at that. "Erm, morning, professor," May started.

"Morning," she said, walking over to the coffee maker to brew some hot coffee for herself to start the day off. Kate got up before taking her meal, but not without finishing her meal even if she lost her appetite. Brendan later left the kitchen to get ready for the day, as well as May, though it was obvious that Brendan left because he can't hold his laughter anymore.

"Brendan! Don't you laugh about it," May scolded him, nudging him in the ribs to stop him from laughing.

"Alright, alright, but it was hilarious," Brendan laughed, which caused May to hit him with a pillow over and over again, as to stop him from laughing.

After the 'fight' between Brendan and May, they began packing up their belongings and prepare for their adventure ahead. Kate made a call back at the base of operation in Almia to tell her teammates that she had set up a base in Unova, and they could start to operate from the professor's house. Right as she ended the call, she checked her styler whether it was in top shape and her belongings in her bag. Everything was alright, apart from her Pokemon who seem to be missing since breakfast when she remembered.

"Pachi, you can wake up now," she called out, which her Pachirisu emerged from the guest room. She then ran up to Kate before jumping into her arms.

"Alright then, I think it's time for us to leave. Bye professor and thanks for letting us stay for the night," Brendan called out as he stood by the doorway.

"Your welcome, and try to be caution out there," with that, the three teenagers left the house.

They quickly left the Nuvema to head over to the next town, as Brendan hopes of beating the Gym Leader to gain his first badge of the region and Kate will accompany them while trying her best to stop Team Dim Sun before Kellyn gets there. Barlow told her that Kellyn was called to help her with stopping the organisation again, like they did in the past. However, May was having doubts about defeating her first Gym Battle, since she never had a Pokemon battle before. She was always coordinating her Pokemons in contest and it has different kind of rules from Battling. She hope that Brendan could help her out and train her. Only one way to find out, by beating the first gym leader.

DB : Okay, this went a little too well, or maybe not.

May : Well, background stories weren't meant to be long.

Brendan : I have to agree with that. And stop writing about me blushing madly, it is annoying.

DB : R and R please.