Remember that Pokemon from the end of the last chapter? Well its making another appearance in this chapter! There's also some foreshadowing though I'm not going to tell what exactly is being forshadowed!

Disclaimer: I don't own Megaman or Pokemon

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Keisha's Diary

Me and Daekar have just witnessed an astonishing event. The awakening of a very unique robot. Although calling X a "robot" doesn't really do him justice, when he's obviously so much more…Tealsy seems to like him well enough, which is strange considering the way Pokémon normally regard robots. But once again, X is more than a simple machine…

Keisha looked up from her diary. She was sitting on a log on the edge of the archeology camp just before the forest began. Daekar was sitting next to her. In front of them, their Pokémon were contentedly eating.

Daekar's Pokémon consisted of a Pelipper which he had evolved from a Wingull, a Donphan which he had evolved from a Phanphy, a Hitmontop, a Sneasal, and a Charmeleon, which not only evolved from a Charmander but was also his first Pokémon.

Keisha's Pokémon were her Jolteon Tealsy, a Mothim which she had evolved from a Burmy, and an Illumise. She may not have had as many Pokémon as Daekar, but then again, she was on the road simply for the sake of traveling.

It was a lovely day, the azure sky above holding scattered fluffy white clouds. The sun above made everything its rays touched shine with a golden hue. The activity of the camp seemed a stark contrast to the serenity of the nearby forest.

Both Keisha and Daekar were reflecting on what had happened a few hours ago. That any Pokémon would take a liking to a robot was in itself a surprise, but the fact that it was Tealsy proved to be even more of a surprise. Tealsy was traditionally a bit of a prankster and preferred to pull off a few fast ones on someone as a way of getting acquainted. But she had seemed to skip that stage with X and instead took an instant liking to him.

"Never would have thought that such a thing was possible," Daekar remarked, referring to both points of what had happened, "But X can't be all that bad if Tealsy took such a quick liking to him."

Keisha looked at him, "Haven't you been looking around camp? ALL the Pokemon like him! I guess he's just one of those that naturally get along with them I guess."

"That sounds kinda awkward when you consider what we're talking about."

"'What' were talking about? I really hope you aren't referring to X because in my opinion, he's far from non-living."

"Yeah, I know."

"It looks like it's going to rain," Carlos remarked, looking up at the sky. So many things had been happening in the camp, that it was hard to believe that the day wasn't over. First, those trainers showed up that he had escorted to Cain's tent. And then what would likely be regarded as the greatest discovery in history was made. He himself hadn't exactly believed it when he heard of the girl trainer's Jolteon's reaction to X, until he had bumped into him soon after. Sandslash clearly liked him, as did most of the other Pokemon, with the exception of a few who were normally stingy anyway, in the camp.

"How can you tell?" One of the people helping him with the digging asked. Cain had insisted that they try to see if, by any chance, anything else was buried in the area.

"This guy here is starting to act up," he gestured to his Sandslash. It was happily scraping away at the dirt, but every so often the porcupine-like Pokémon would stop and look nervously up at the sky.

Another person laughed, "Hah! That makes sense! Sandslash hate water, so it's only natural that they know when it's going to rain!"

"Crud! I can't believe it just started to pour down like that!" Keisha and Daekar were running into the camp. Keisha couldn't help but sympathize with Daekar's complaint. The rain had caught them off guard, and after returning their Pokemon to their Pokeballs with the exception of Tealsy who usually remained out, had hurried to take shelter in one of the tents.

"Oi! Over here!" The two trainers turned to see the person with the Sandslash who they had met earlier waving from one of the tents. They ran over, their shoes squashing on the ground and kicking up a fair amount of mud from puddles, and were both soon inside the tent.

"Thanks," said Keisha, as she took off her soaking wet jacket. Daekar took off his hat and began twisting the water out of it. Tealsy simply shook herself and the nearby Sandslash flinched away from the droplets of water flying off it.

"Don't mention it," was Carlos's response.

Meanwhile, in another tent, the wheels of destiny that had been set in motion with X's discovery were about to bring about an event that none could have anticipated.

"Well, that rainstorm was certainly unexpected." Cain remarked, thoroughly soaked. He was in his tent with X, and he had been showing him around the camp when the rain had started. And it didn't just start off sprinkling either. Clouds had gathered with little notice, and then the heavens had just opened up.

"Zigzagoon!" The raccoon Pokemon chirped as it shook itself free of some of the water. X lifted his arm to his face as the water droplets went flying. He suddenly spotted something out of the corner of his eye as Cain scolded the Zigzagoon,

"Come on now! You know not to do that in here!" The Pokemon looked ashamed. Then Cain noticed that X was looking out of the tent entrance. "What's wrong X?"

"I see something out there…" was X's response as he went outside the tent with the intent of following whatever was out there.

X was certain that what he had seen was a Pokemon. "Hey, wait!" He called out as it moved swiftly through the camp. X followed it through the camp, although he did not know why. He felt as if he had to catch it…that there was something important about it.

He lost it as soon as it reached the forest, but what he saw by a nearby tree made him stop short anyway. Curled up by the tree, was a badly injured Pokemon. It was in a pitiful state, with mud and wet fur adding to its injuries. The Pokemon itself looked a bit like a mouse, with floppy ears, forepaws, a minus sign-shaped tail and cheeks all whose color reminded X of the color of his armor. Its cheeks also bore a light tan minus sign, with the rest of its body also a light tan.

X slowly walked over and knelt next to it. Hesitantly, he reached out and began stroking its head much in the same way that he had petted that Jolteon earlier. The creature weakly opened its eyes. It suddenly flinched away X's hand as it realized that it was there. X withdrew a little, observing it curiously. It was frightened, he could tell that much. It eyes were for a moment, filled with fear, but of what? The Pokemon took one look at X and froze. Then it craned its head out and warily sniffed him.

"Min…" it said weakly before retreating back into its previous position. X reached out and began petting it again. This time, it didn't flinch, nor did its eyes show any fear when it looked weakly at him again. Without being exactly sure of what he was doing, he slowly reached out and scooped up the Pokemon into his arms. He knew enough to know that it was hurt and that it needed help. For some reason, he just couldn't bear to leave it out here. The Pokemon looked up at him again as X smiled down on it. It let out another weak sound before finally letting itself fall asleep.

"X! What were you doing out-"

"Omigosh! Look!" Keisha interrupted Cain when she noticed the injured Pokemon in X's arms. After X had left, Cain had gone outside after him. Keisha and Daekar had noticed and had followed out of curiousity.

Daekar took out his Pokedex:

Minun, The Cheering Pokemon

It cheers on friends. If its friends are losing, its body lets off more and more sparks.

"Huh, I didn't know that there were wild Minun here." Daekar commented, looking at the Pokemon. It was in terrible shape. Had it been attacked?

"What happened?" Keisha asked, examining the Minun.

"I don't know," X admitted, "I just found it over there." He gestured to a nearby tree.

Daekar nodded in understanding, "Alright, let's get it inside."

It awoke, feeling strangly rested and recovered. It took it a few moments to realize that it was inside somewhere. Panic went through it. Had it been discovered? The last thing it remembered was being found by that blue...well there was really no word to describe it.

It sat up and took a good look around. It was on a bed, and one of the first things it noticed was the one that had found it last night. Relief now replaced its panic. By the look of it, he had fallen asleep against the wall. It chirped, "Minun" and promptly went over and nudged him.

X stirred, as he felt something trying to nudge him awake. He opened his eyes and turned to find the Pokemon he had found last night, completely healed and looking very energetic.

"Hey, you're alright!" X had insisted on staying by its side last night, being worried that it might not pull through. Cain had been reluctant but Keisha and Daekar had been nice enough to grant him his request. Remembering something he reached out and began to stroke the Minun, which then closed its eyes contentedly.

Something told it it would be safe with him.

"Oh! Look!" Keisha slightly elbowed Daekar and gestured in one direction.

"Hm? Oh!" He exclaimed as he saw X emerge from the tent with the Minun close behind. Daekar and Keisha walked over. As they did, Minun noticed. It flinched and promptly took refuge behind X, looking extremely nervous as X looked down at it puzzled.

"Good morning X," said Keisha as she nodded in greeting.

"Oh!" X looked up at the two trainers walking up, "Good morning Keisha, Daekar." They both nodded in greeting.

Keisha then leaned down with her hands on her knees to talk to the Minun, "And its good to see you're awake! You gave us quite a scare!"

"Yeah, it looks like that Super Potion really did the trick!" Daekar remarked. Minun simply pushed itself further behind X's leg, as if trying to hide itself from view.

Keisha frowned, "What's wrong with it?"

"I don't know..." X admitted as he looked at the Minun.

Daekar got down on one knee to speak to the nervous Pokemon, "Hey what's wrong...?" He asked as he slowly reached out to pet it. Keisha suddenly noticed sparks flying from its cheeks.

"Uh, Daekar...!" Too late.

"Minun!" The Pokemon cried out as it let lose a Thunderbolt! Daekar was literally shocked to the core.

Keisha sighed as Cain walked up with Zigzagoon, "What happened?" Was the first thing Cain asked as Minun peeked out from behind X as nervous as ever.

"Y'know that Minun we found last night? It just shocked Daekar." She pointed to a slightly smoking Daekar as he stood up. "Here let me try..." Keisha reached for the Minun but it simply drew back and let off some more warning sparks. She quickly withdrew.

Tealsy and Zigzagoon ran up to the hiding Minun and regarded it with curiousity. Minun came out just a little bit more and let out a nervous "Min." Tealsy batted it playfully, as if to say 'Come on out and play with us!' Zigzagoon also nudged reassuringly. Minun gave Zigzagoon an aknowledging nod but made clear that it wasn't leaving X anytime soon.

X finally got down on one knee and reached out for it slowly. "X, I don't think that's such a good-Huh!?" Daekar was about to say that it wasn't a good idea for X to try to pet it, as he expected the Minun to shock him. But to everyone's suprise, when X petted it, it simply closed its eyes and looked up happily. Both Keisha and Daekar knew that look on a Pokemon well enough to know what it meant.

"Well, it cetainly seems to like X well enough doesn't it?" Cain remarked as the Minun actually lept into X's arms. X continued to stroke it as it chirped happily.

"I think we have a situation," was Keisha's only answer.

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Guess what's coming next? In the next chapter we're going to have a Pokemon battle! And just what is up with that Minun?

The real interesting thing about this story is seeing what kind of Pokemon each character from the games is going to have. Can anyone guess what Pokemon I'm planning on Zero having? Here's a hint, its related (not the family related!) to X's Pokemon. And just wait till' you see what Pokemon I have planned for Sigma and Vile! I think Sigma's Pokemon is going to surprise some.

R&R!