The Forgotten Love

by eclispe2025

A man that has no past, a Lopunny that has lost a Love, how will the two cope with one another. Rated M for Lemon in later chap.

7. What Happens in Town Stays in Town

Chapter 5; What Happens in Town Stays in Town

"Speech"

"Thought/Telepathy/Aura Speech"

"Pokémon speech"

XXX

Previously on Forgotten love…

"Thank you Ms. Amy…"

"It was my pleasure Mr. Flex; I look forward to seeing you soon."

"As do I, thank you everyone, and thank you Doc. I'll see everyone later then."

Light waves goodbye as does Ash and Amy.

The screen turns off and Vaporeon stand's idly at the wall.

(Sigh…) "Well that went better than expected wouldn't you say Saria…"

Flex turns around, and to his astonishment, Saria is gone.

"Saria?!"

But no answer.

Lilli and Vaporeon are still there, but Saria is physically no longer there.

"Saria?"

Flex begins to look around, but to no avail can he find his secretary.

All doors and windows are closed, except for one in the break room.

Flex looks out the window to an empty back alley.

"Damn it!"

XXX

Several hours later…

"Yes officer as I turned around to conclude the meeting she was gone… and this next point is in my professional opinion, but based on all the incidents over the past few months, I'm assuming they decided to kidnap my secretary… In order to kill my business."

"Thank you for your statement and… *cough… professional opinion Master Flex, we will keep you informed of any updates."

"Thank you officer…" Flex says as the officer walks back outside to a multitude of police cars

And just like that the office is silent except for a soft sob coming from the break room.

Sigh… "Oh boy…"

Flex enters into the break room to find Charlotte in a corner crying with Strike, Ichigo and Yuki trying to comfort her

"Hey my sweet little Charlotte, what's the matter?" Flex says as he takes a seat next to the little Audino.

"Ms. Saria left us…"Charlotte says sadly

"What do you mean sweetie?" He asks looking at her with a bit of fear filling his voice.

"She wasn't taken by someone; she just slipped out of the office and leaped out of the window in the break room…"

Flex is left speechless.

"How do you know this sweetie?" Flex asks trying to calm himself down by getting up and taking a few steps towards the window.

"Charlotte was being a good big sister and coming back in here to check on Yuki, when just as I enter the break room Charlotte sees her jumping out the window…" the young audino explains as she looks down at the floor.

Flex's shock deepens, and he falls to the floor with his back against the wall.

"Daddy?"she asks looking up at her father.

"What is it Charlotte?"

"Was the reason Ms. Saria left 'cause Charlotte was a bad girl?" the Audino asks looking up at her father.

"No, you didn't do anything wrong… it's just… I guess Ms. Saria didn't want to work for me anymore and decided to leave…"

"But why daddy?"

"I don't know sweetie… I just don't know…"

"Flex?!"

"In the break room Zoroark…"

"Flex!"

"If you're here to tell me about Saria, you're about 2 hours too late…"

"No that's not… well not the entire reason I'm here…"

"Then what?"

"As I was sitting on the roof, I heard a window open so I looked down to investigate. And I literally saw her jump from the window and quietly work her way down the fire escape on the opposite building…"

"And…"

"And when she got to the bottom, a car was waiting there for her." Zoroark explains

That got Flex's attention.

"What kind of car?"

"It looked expensive, kinda like the ones Alder uses when he does special events."

"You mean a limousine?"

"Yes, that's it. But it wasn't marked…"

"Did you follow it?"

"Yeah for about six blocks until it pulled into the harbor and everyone inside jumped on the cruise ship…"

"And?"

"And in the process I got into a fight with one of them…"

"What?!"

"I was trying to get a good look at the insignia on their coats."

"Alright…"

"But before the guy would try and take me on the harbor patrol showed up, and everyone split."

"Did you get a good look at the marking?"

"I did better, the idiot forgot to put his coat back on after I challenged him."

"Lemme see."

"Alright, but I'm not sure you're gonna like it…"

Flex looks at Zoroark darkly, and he submits revealing a dark navy blue blazer with a single emblem sewn into the front.

The crest is made up of Red-toned wings conjoined in lure, with the Torse of a wreath of braided silk in silver and fur (black with gold spots). The mantle made of Silver and fur (black with gold spots) - Same thing here as the torse. The helm is Based slightly off of the barbute helms of the 15th century, and the shield was one of the basic shield types that's easily recognizable from the 1500s; colored argent [silver] with maroon chevrons [arrows pointing up]; charged with an emblem [Crimson bird encircled by golden laurels]

"Damn it… they've been behind this all along!" Flex shouts taking taking the jacket from Zoroark, and staring at the emblem intently.

"Daddy?"

"Come here Charlotte, Strike, Yuki, Ichigo. We have work to…"

"Hello?" a voice asks coming from the foyer.

"Just a moment, I'll be right there!" Flex replies.

Flex steps out of the break room, as Zoroark slips out the window before closing it, and enters the foyer with Yuki on his head, Ichigo in his arms, with Charlotte and Strike by his side.

"Um…"

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, I have an appointment for…"

"Mam I am deeply sorry, right now we…"

"Um… it's not me who needs help…"

Flex looks are her perplexed, but sees no one else in the room.

"I am here for you Flex…"

The young maiden removes her brown cloak covering her face, revealing who she really is.

"Pa…Pa…Princess?!"

"Yes."

"What are you doing here and… how are you here?"

"I have eyes everywhere Flex you should know that…" She replies looking up at a nearby camera

Flex puts his finger to his chin and thinks for a moment until he looks up.

"The security system… but…"

"And who do you think I had set it up?"

"But Princess?!"

"Don't worry the station I had placed to watch over you, has been with my family for years. They know how to exercise the utmost secrecy."

"So…"

"As soon as they saw Saria get up to leave they locked down your computer system and followed her all the way out the break room window."

"So all that said was true then…" Flex replied with a sigh

"I'm sorry?"

"Zoroark. Alder ordered him as a more or less secret pair of Pokémon eyes…"

"Oh... So that's what they meant when they said they kept seeing a Pokémon on the roof…"

"Yeah I requested he keep regular tabs on Saria and keep an eye on the building, but apparently nothing came up until now…"

"Yes, but nevertheless she has been busy…"

"How so?"

"According to your user logs, she has downloaded an encrypted version of everything you had stored on your business network; documents, patient notes, everything." Salvia replies as if quoting the report from memory

"Oh damn…"

Charlotte plasters a look of shock on her face, and Flex nearly passes out from the shock.

"But if there is a plus to this, the encryption was changed on the files so it will be highly unlikely that she will be able to gain access."

Silence is all that ensues.

"Flex?"

"I'm sorry, but…"

"Please, just…"

"Salvia my entire business has been compromised since day one. I just barely scrape by with the clients I have. And now this…"

Salvia moves closer and silences him with a kiss.

"You have me though…"

The Pokémon present drop into a near state of shock.

"But… Salvia…"

"You were there for me when I needed someone most, now it's my turn to be here for you…"

"But it was my job to do that…"

"But you went an extra length and did some things that no other person would have…"

-Flashback 1-

"Um hello?"

"Yes, this is the psychiatric office of Mr. Flex do you have an appointment?"

"No I…"

"Then can I set you up for one miss…"

"I just… need to speak with him right away…"

"Well I can't…"

"Saria, allow the young Lady in we don't have any clients at the moment."

"Alright, please enter through those double doors madam."

"Thank you…"

The young girl in a brown cloak enters through the doors and after closing them, dashes down the hall.

"Welcome miss, now what can I do for you to…"

The girl flies through the door releasing her cloak and flings herself into Flex's arms

"My…Ma Milady?"

She looks up at Flex as tears are streaming down her face.

"Princess, just what… Oh no…"

She continues to weep into Flex's shoulder.

After several minutes she slowly calms down

"Alright, Salvia let's take a seat and talk about this, alright?"

She nods as she wipes the tears from her face with a tissue, as Flex prepares a pot of herbal tea

The two sit down on the couch and Salvia slowly replays the story to her woes.

"I took your advice and went looking for him, under the impression that I was traveling the regions to get to know them on a more personal level."

"Alright."

"And just when I was about to finish up in Johto I made one last stop in Altomare to have a look at the Wallace cup."

"Oh you were there? Did you see Saria?"

"Yes, but I didn't talk with her..."

"That's alright, now tell me what happened."

(sniff) "Alright, it was the day of his final match, with what I found out was his against his mother. I managed to speak with him briefly after he won his match."

"Wait, that's not a whole lot to go on. Let's start from the beginning, as something's are not making all that much sense…"

"Alright, well it started a short time after I had managed to track him down shortly after he returned home from facing his rival in an elite four matchup…"

*Flashback 2*

'I had been in touch with a few investigators over the last couple of years, trying to find anything I could on a location for ash, when one day Freesia, approaches me and shows me a battle that was about to take place in Kanto.'

"And here he comes folks, the final member of the Elite Four." The area on which Mr. Oak's opponent would stand split apart and slid away, revealing a tunnel, the sounds of a rising lift echoing through it.

"Now folks", the announcer spoke up, "A bit of info on the final member. He happens to be the youngest person to join the Elite Four worldwide. The previous record holder being Aaron of Sinnoh, who joined at age 19. The final member is a user of Electric type Pokémon and was just initiated only last week."

'It looked like the opponent, Mr. Oak was still trying to figure out who the final member was, when he heard a bang and clicking sound. The arrival must have pulled him from his thoughts, as Mr. Oak looked up and saw that the lift shaft had just closed over, the final member stepping back on his area. Mr. Oak apparently started sizing him up.'

'His opponent I recognized almost immediately even before his young Pikachu appeared, except he was wearing an outfit that we recognized as one worn by those Lucario users in Sinnoh that called themselves guardians of aura, except there were a few differences in the design. The biggest one being a bunch of yellow orbs embedded in the suit; one in the chest, one on the back of each gloved hand, one on the front of his hat, one on each shoulder, and one just above each kneecap. Yellow lines radiated from each orb, all around the suit until they connected to each other. The hat also had lines wrapping around it. Even I had to admit this Ash looked like a hero out of our countries legends, but Mr. Oak just couldn't place him, that is until his Pikachu appeared on his shoulder. It was upon seeing that Pokémon, everything seemed to click into place.'

"And here he is folks," the announcer's voice blared, "The final member of the Elite Four, Ash Ketchum."

'Upon hearing his name confirming what I had already knew, I was left breathless, nothing in my entire life could have prepared me for this, but never the less I continued to watch.'

"All right folks this is it, the final battle is here with the challenger Mr. Gary Oak, vs. Elite Four member number four, Ash Ketchum."

"All right then," said the announcer, "The trainers will have a ten minute intermission to formulate their strategies, as for the rest of us, a word from our sponsors."

'After the brief intermission, the battle began.'

"Trainers," the referee shouted, "Take your positions." Ash and Mr. Oak then took their designated positions on the field. The ref then started explaining the rules.

"This will be a full six-on-six battle with no time limit. In addition, both sides may freely substitute, Elite Four member Ash will make the first selection of Pokémon, do you both understand?" Both Ash and Mr. Oak nodded, and the ref waved both his flags in the air.

"Let the battle begin."

"Luxray, let's go," Ash shouted out as he threw a Pokéball, and in a flash of white light, a Luxray appeared.

"And Ash is kicking things off with his Luxray" the announcers voice blared throughout the stadium.

"Nidoking, I choose you" Mr. Oak hollered as the Nidoking emerged from his ball.

"And Gary plays it smart with a Nidoking," the announcer shouted, "How will this turn out folks?"

"Nidoking, earthquake" Mr. Oak commanded, and Nidoking brought his foot up and slammed it down hard, creating a shock wave that rent and cracked the ground underneath it as it traveled towards Luxray. Ash said nothing, instead he extended his hand, and a bolt of electricity shot from his palm, striking Luxray. Immediately, Luxray charged at Nidoking while charging an iron tail. Just before the earthquake hit, Luxray slammed his tail into the ground and used it to springboard over the attack, then he flipped in mid-air and using the additional force provided, slammed the iron tail down on Nidoking's head. The drill Pokémon roared in pain, and clutched his head in attempt to lessen the pain.

'I couldn't believe my eyes and to be honest I don't think Mr. Oak could either. Ash had just used a bolt of electricity on his own Pokémon, and it responded with a precise evasion and counterattack to Nidoking.'

"Just what has Ash gotten himself into?"

"Wait a minute folks," shouted the announcer, "I have information from Champion Lance regarding Ash's recent action." Everyone in the stadium and I'm sure everyone watching was listening intently to the announcer, all wondering just what Ash had done.

"Apparently, Ash's suit allows him to communicate with any electric type Pokémon and vice versa, via electrical discharges, meaning the electrocution from before was actually Ash commanding his Luxray." Gasps and oohs could be heard in the stands as the announcer delivered his message.

'I entered deep shock and surprise, as things just got bad real fast for Mr. Oak, but really good for Ash. If Mr. Oak couldn't hear Ash's commands, then he couldn't counter them. Not only that, but Mr. Oak probably had no idea how or where Luxray would strike next. The sound of crackling electricity yanked Mr. Oak out of his musings. He looked up and saw that Luxray was moving in for another attack.'

"Nidoking, it's going to jump, block it." Nidoking's arms immediately went to his face. Luxray, then appeared to have changed tactics. Instead of jumping like Ash had probably told him to, he used his position to sprint forward, spin, and slam another iron tail right into Nidoking's gut. Naturally this made Nidoking double over, exposing his neck. Luxray seized the opportunity and lunged, catching Nidoking's neck with a devastating crunch. The initial iron tail and the critical crunch were too much for the drill Pokémon to take and he collapsed, his eyes turned to swirls.

"Nidoking is unable to battle" said the referee while raising the red flag, "The victor is Ash's Luxray." Mr. Oak looked to be swearing under his breath, I don't think he had seen that coming. Recalling Nidoking back into his Pokéball, Mr. Oak chose his next Pokémon.

"Tyranitar, I choose you," Mr. Oak shouted, and threw a Pokéball that burst open in a flash of light, a very big, and very angry Tyranitar appeared. Immediately, the Armor Pokémon let loose a mighty roar, and massive amounts of sand erupted from the holes in its armor, creating a massive sandstorm that obscured all vision.

"Well folks, Gary has sent out the heavy artillery with a Tyranitar, and this sandstorm will not bode well for Ash." Luxray cringed, he would be in a pickle. Not only would the sandstorm constantly damage him, but it would also render visibility to near zero. He looked to be on the verge of a panic attack, when Ash raised his hand and shot a bolt of electricity towards Luxray.

'After a few moments Luxray grinned, and dashed into the sandstorm.'

'With the heavy sandstorm created by Tyranitar we could not see anything going on from within it, so with bated breathes we sat, watched and waited.'

'For what felt like hours later an explosion of fire and lightning, completely obliterated the sandstorm surrounding the two Pokémon. When the dust cleared both Pokémon were completely out cold, both sustaining heavy injuries.'

"Both Pokémon are unable to continue," the ref stated, crossing both flags together. Recalling their downed Pokémon, both trainers brought their next choices out.

"Arcanine, I choose you!"

"Electivire, let's go!"

'After the two combatants knocked each other out and the next Pokémon were called out, things got even more amazing. Ash's Electivire completely out sped and overpowered Mr. Oak's Arcanine, defeating it with a single thunder-punch, although Ash had to voice his commands seeing as his electrical commands would trigger Electivire's motor drive ability. Mr. Oak's next Pokémon, A Flygon, also went down to Electivire, who used its superior speed to its advantage and struck the desert dragon in vulnerable areas with ice punches. Then Mr. Oak brought out a Metagross, and although Electivire was faster, Metagross was able to predict and counterattack Electivire easily.'

'Electivire was finally brought down when Mr. Oak ordered Metagross to use explosion, knocking out both Pokémon. Now Mr. Oak was left with one Pokémon while Ash still had four.'

"Here it is folks," the announcer shouted, "After knocking out three of the challenger's Pokémon, Electivire has fallen. Now all the challenger's hopes ride on his last Pokémon, will it prevail?"

"Umbreon, I choose you." Throwing the Pokéball into the torn up arena, it burst open and an Umbreon materialized from the light.

"Pikachu, let's go," said Ash, and his Pikachu leaped off his shoulder and ran into the arena.

"Umbreon, use double team," Mr. Oak commanded, and clones of Umbreon materialized around Pikachu in a ring, confusing Pikachu greatly.

"Pikachu, the real one is directly behind you, thunderbolt." Pikachu complied, firing a bolt of yellow electricity at the designated Umbreon.

"What's he doing? How does…"My current train of thought was kicked out the door when the attack scored a direct hit.

"WHAAAAAAAAAT!" Mr. Oak exclaimed.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt."

"Gah! Umbreon, dodge it."

'Umbreon leapt to the right, easily avoiding the electric attack, until it turned right as well and slammed into her at full force. Now Mr. Oak was looking desperate, and ordered Umbreon to use payback, while Ash had Pikachu use volt tackle. The two attacks collided and exploded outwards. Heavy winds ripped through the stadium, everyone in the stands shielding their faces and bracing themselves. As things settled down, a thick cloud of dust obscured the entire battlefield from view. All was silent, the tension in the air was palpable, as we waited to see the outcome. Soon enough, a light breeze picked up and blew away the dust cloud, revealing Pikachu standing in front of an unconscious Umbreon.'

"Umbreon is unable to battle, the winner of this battle is elite four member Ash Ketchum," said the ref, pointing the red flag at Ash. Mr. Oak looked to be dumbfounded. I'm guessing he had never expected Ash to be so powerful. Sure we now knew Ash was in the elite four, but some of the things he had done during the match was still making my head spin. Sighing, he recalled Umbreon and left, I assume to go find Ash, who had gone back down the lift he entered from.

'He has a lot to answer for,' I thought as I left to go prepare a traveling bag.

"Princess?"

"I'm headed to Kanto, I must find him before it's too late…"

"But, what about…"

"This is something I must do or I feel that I will regret not doing anything for the rest of my life…"

"As you wish Princess…"

"Freesia?"

"Yes?"

"I thank you for your concern, and I shouldn't be gone any longer than required. I will start with his hometown and if he has already left I will track him down within the week. If that fails then I will put word out to all of the Nurse joys and try to figure out his location and speak to him before he disappears again."

"As you wish princess, just please try to return before your father's next birthday."

"I will, and hopefully with good news."

'And within the hour I was on a plane headed for Kanto.'

'You and no one else?'

'Correct, though I did have my Pokémon with me and I was in disguise more or less.'

'Disguise?'

'When I first met Ash and his friends, one of his traveling companions was a beautiful young Lady. Her name was Dawn, and the best part was that if you put us side by side you could not tell us apart from one another.'

'Really?'

'Yes, if you didn't know any better, we could pass for twin sisters.'

'Interesting… wow, you two really are like sisters.' Flex replies as Sakura fills his mind with the two girls standing side by side.

'Thank you Sakura, you can stop showing off now.'

The young Gardevior blushes and the blue light covering her eyes dims until it vanishes.

'Alright princess, please continue.'

'Alright, so I arrive in Kanto and with a bit of help I finally arrive in Ash's home town of Pallet.'

'I arrive at his house just as someone is leaving. A taxi was being loaded with luggage with preparations being made to head, from what I heard, on vacation.'

"I can't believe Ash left late last night without even telling us. When I see him he is gonna get such a smack on the head!"

'Just as the cab pulled off, I saw another taxi pull up which another of Ash's traveling companions that I had met, and was about to get into…'

"Brock!"

"Dawn! What are you… wait…"

"Yes, Mr. Brock I am not whom you think I am."

"Lady Salvia, what are you doing here?" He whispered

"I'm here looking for Ash."

"Oh… well I hate to say this but you just missed him."

"Oh…"

"But I do know where he is going, or better yet I know where he is."

"You do?"

"Yes, I'm actually headed there now to meet up with him, would you…"

"May I?"

"Of course, hop in!"

'After placing my bag in the trunk the two of us head to the Kanto Harbor where the cruise liner awaits us.'

'He's on a small ocean town called Altomare. We should be there sometime tomorrow afternoon.'

"Thank you Mr. Brock."

"It was my pleasure, Lady Salvia. Now please go get settled on board."

'After getting settled in, I spend most of my time in my room as to not reveal my presence. And the next day the ship arrives at the docks to Altomare.'

'As I stand on the bow waiting for the ship to dock, I spy a familiar face standing near the platform.'

'Is that…' I think as the ship gets closer.

'As the ship docks and the passengers begins to disembark I watch from the ship as Ash interacted with the friends he hadn't seen in quite some time. Some found memories filled my mind of when I first met Ash as Dawn walked up behind him and covered his eyes.'

"Guess who?" said a very familiar voice, making ash smile.

"There you are, Dawn. I was worried you didn't come." replied Ash as he removed the hands obstructing his vision, and being greeted with the sight of his smiling best friend.

"And miss out on a contest that could get me my last ribbon for the grand festival? Not happening." Ash smiled at the girl, and took in her appearance. She hadn't changed much from their traveling days. She wore the same outfit, but stood a bit taller, as she had grown over the past five years. Her hair was longer, stopping at around her mid back instead of her shoulders.

"Woah! I don't believe this. Piplup evolved?" Dawn giggled.

"Yup, it was during a Hoenn contest. We ended up fighting May again, and her Blaziken was too powerful for Piplup to beat, so he evolved, but we still lost that one. We had lost too many points."

"So when did he evolve into an Empoleon?" questioned Ash.

"That happened during a training session. We were practicing a new technique when all the sudden, he evolves."

"Well congratulations to you Empoleon." said Ash.

"So Zoey, you're here too?" asked Dawn, making Zoey grin.

"That's right, I just need one more ribbon and its Grand Festival time." Then a new voice made its presence known.

"Ash Ketchum, there you are!" Ash turned in the direction of the voice and saw May storming up to him.

'I took that as my queue to go ahead and disembark myself and head for a hotel closest to where we were. Because if I didn't do it soon, I wouldn't have easy access to the contest hall.'

'As I finally stepped off the ship I notice Brock approaching Ash and a young girl standing rather close to him.'

"Yo, Ash. Wait up man." Turning to the voice, Ash saw Brock coming towards him.

"Brock, what are you doing here?" Ash asked.

"Do I always need a reason to be somewhere? Well to answer your question I came here to watch the Wallace Cup, seeing as both May and Dawn are competing." Ash nodded at this.

'I smiled as I nodded knowing the two would want to catch up and it would be nigh impossible for me to even get him alone. Although I did see the young girl look me in the eye before I turned around and left to claim my room in a nearby hotel.'

'Over the next several hours I watch every contest match and was thrilled when I saw Ash in the appeal round. It was gorgeous.'

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Kanto's thunder lord and final elite four member, Ash Ketchum." Immediately the stadium was filled with the cheers of Ash's rather sizable fan club as he walked onto the stage. Ash's friends and family joined in too.

"Froslass, Meganium, let's go." Ash shouted and sent out his Pokémon. As the balls opened, one unleashed a flurry of cherry blossoms, while the other unleashed a flurry of powder snow.

The two seal effects twined around each other as they came down towards a floating platform, creating a beautiful effect. The two effects then cleared, revealing a Froslass and Meganium.

"Froslass, use Hail. Meganium, use Safeguard." The two Pokémon jumped into action. Froslass threw a lump of ice high into the air, which created a dark cloud that poured hail down on the stage, while Meganium created a barrier that protected her from the cold.

"Dance Froslass. Meganium, use Petal Dance." Froslass immediately initiated a graceful, complex dance, and due to her ability Snow Cloak, she seemed to faze in and out of existence. While this was going on Meganium unleashed a horde of pink petals that swayed and spiraled around her, creating a beautiful effect.

"Meganium, continue with Petal Dance. Froslass, use Blizzard." Froslass then created a diamond dust flurry that joined with the Petal Dance, creating a blizzard of diamond dust and cherry blossoms, which made for a dazzling appeal.

"All right, time for the finish. Meganium, Solar beam. Froslass, Ice Beam." commanded Ash.

'Meganium started charging her massive petals with solar energy, while Froslass gathered cold energy between her hands. The two then fired their respective attacks at each other, and while the Solar beam was powerful, the Ice Beam was enhanced by the hailstorm, making the two attacks even in power. The point where the two attacks met started creating a bright light, which refracted off the hail and Blizzard, making them glow with a rainbow of color. This enhanced the look of the Petal Dance and gave the appeal a spectacular finish. The two Pokémon returned to their trainer and bowed with him, and were then returned to their Pokéball's. The applause was filled with cheers and screams, and the judges were amazed by the appeal's beauty.'

"That was one of the most spectacular appeals I have seen yet." exclaimed Contesta.

"Remarkable." replied Sukizo

"Using Safeguard to protect Meganium from the chill of Froslass' attacks, and to prevent the confusion of Petal Dance, beautiful and ingenious." said Nurse Joy.

"Grass and ice, two types that normally clash against each other, were blended in perfect grace and beauty. A most amazing appeal." said Wallace. Soon the audience quietened and awaited the next appeal.

'Ash had blown me away with his performance almost to the same level to which his battle did versus his rival I had seen on television a short time before.'

'Then Master Wallace had decided to put on a show of his own after Ash and Dawn had been set to face each other, it was wonderful but I felt it lacked something…'

"Attention everyone," Vivian called out, getting the audience's attention, "Due to this being one of the most exciting contests ever hosted, Wallace has decided to give an appeal of his own during this five minute break period. So please put your hands together for Hoenn's champion and contest extraordinaire, Wallace!"

'The sound was nearly deafening, thousands of cheers and screams of adoration blending into a cacophony of sound, all directed at the man who was now standing on the stage. Soon the cheers ended and the audience waited. One moment passed, then two, and on the third moment Wallace sprang into action.'

"Milotic, Kingdra, flow with absolute grace my friends." Said Wallace as he threw a Pokéball, Milotic gliding into the pool without so much as a ripple. The thrown Pokéball burst open, letting out a storm of bubbles, which coalesced and burst to reveal Kingdra.

"Alright Kingdra, use Twister." With a call of confirmation, Kingdra immediately summoned a large typhoon, which then became a waterspout as it began sucking up water.

"Milotic, Ice beam at the top." 'Immediately after the command, Milotic fired a beam of ice cold energy straight at the top of the water twister, which began to freeze. Milotic then began to sculpt the freezing structure, until a large six pedaled flower head sat on top of the twister, which now acted like a stem. Milotic then leaped into the twister, riding it all the way up to the flower on top. Once Milotic was in position, Wallace called his next move.'

"Kingdra, Flash cannon. Milotic, Safeguard."

'Kingdra fired a shining ball of energy into the twister, which was quickly swept up and taken into the inner center of the flower. Soon the ice structure began to glow in a myriad of rainbow hues, and Milotic began to dance on the light show while enshrouded in the soft glow of Safeguard, showing off her beauty. Then came the finale.'

"Kingdra, Draco meteor!"

'Kingdra pointed its snout skywards, and charged raw draconic power, which gathered into a large orb. Kingdra then fired the large ball of pure energy into the sky above the flower. The ball immediately exploded upon reaching the apex of its climb, and six smaller orbs rained down, striking the petals of the flower. Instead of smashing them however, the meteors acted more like water. Each one behaved like a drop of dew as they flowed down to the tips of the petals, seeming to hang upon them for an eternity, before finally dropping to the water below. As soon they impacted the water, they detonated, and the twister immediately sucked in the released energy. The entire structure glowed a fiery orange, and exploded in a massive column of water droplets and ice crystals. Milotic, with the glow of her Safeguard still active, began to twirl and dance as she gracefully descended through the column, the light she radiated catching on the water and ice, giving her a beautiful illusory look as she fell to the water below. Soon, Milotic hit the water, barely making any sort of splash, and resurfaced beside her Master and appeal partner. The trio then bowed, and the stands erupted into a mighty roar of cheers.'

"Folks, that was incredible! Such grace, such beauty, such power! Wallace shows once again why he is known as a Master coordinator!" Vivian shouted through the noise, bringing louder cheers from the fans.

'Then came the final match, I had wanted to see him before this, but after seeing him so content with his friends I decided against it and would wait until after the contest was over.'

"Here it is folks, the finals of this year's Wallace cup. We've seen some of the finest coordinators participate this year, but only two have made it to the top for one last battle. Let's hear it for Ash Ketchum, and Mrs. Mystery!"

'At this, the audience went wild, all pent up excitement being released for this final match. Ash walked onto the stage, Pokéball's in hand, and stood opposite of his opponent, the two separated by the water stage. Ash was taking no chances with this foe, the mystery coordinator had incredible skill and was going to make this a fierce fight for the ribbon. Just then, an usher walked up beside Vivian and whispered something into her ear, the announcer's eyes widening at the news.'

"Attention everyone, I have an announcement to make. Due to reaching the finals, Mrs. Mystery has allowed us to reveal her identity." Murmurs flew through the audience, and Ash was paying rapt attention. Mrs. Mystery began to reach for her veil. "Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for the one, the only, Hoenn's dancing dragoness,"

'The veil was snatched off and cast aside. Brock's and Max's jaws hit the floor, May and Dawn flinched back in shock and surprise, Drake did a spit take, and Ash could only stare as his opponent was revealed to be...'

"Delia Ketchum!" Vivian shouted.

"M-mom?!" Ash sputtered out, his mind not quite over the shock.

"Hello sweetie." Said Delia cheerfully. "Pretty shocking that your mom's a contest star hmm? After you and everybody else left for Altomare it got very lonely at the house, so I decided to join in on the fun."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Asked Ash, having never known his mother was once a coordinator. A pretty successful one too if she had a stage moniker.

"Why, you never asked." Was her reply, causing Ash to face fault. "But that's neither here nor there, don't we have a battle to fight." That snapped Ash out of his daze, and he once more readied his Pokéball's.

"Right, questions later, battle now. You've got some explaining to do when this is all over." He said.

"Coordinators ready, let the battle begin!" Hollered Vivian, and the clock started its countdown.

(Insert Pokémon X and Y Champion Battle Theme)

"Altaria, Gardevior, dance with elegance!" Shouted Delia as she threw her Pokéball's into the air, which burst open in in a shower of ribbons to reveal her two Pokémon.

"Zapdos, Espeon, let's go!" Hollered Ash and in a storm of lightning bolts, his two Pokémon were released from their balls. "Espeon, Calm mind. Zapdos, Agility." Zapdos began moving at speeds fast enough to create after images, while Espeon shut his eyes and focused on raising his moves strength and his own fortitude.

"Gardevior, Shadow ball. Altaria, Dragon pulse." Delia commanded, and her two Pokémon leaped into action.

'Fusing the attacks together as they charged, they fired the combination at Espeon, who still had his eyes closed. A slight twitch of his ear was the only indication that Espeon registered the attack coming, and mere moments before it struck, his eyes snapped open and he flipped clean over the attack, which detonated harmlessly behind him. As soon as Espeon touched ground he shot forwards at speeds that made him look like a lavender blur. Gardevior blinked in surprise, and flinched back when Espeon was right in front of her, a fully charged Shadow ball in his maw. Letting it loose point blank, the area was obscured in purplish black smoke.'

'She then used Psychic to block a barrage of Shadow ball attacks. Thunderbolt that was screaming straight for Altaria. The dragon dodged the attack, but was shocked both literally and figuratively when said attack bent ninety degrees and smashed right into her, eliciting a screech of pain. Gardevior then teleported onto Altaria's back and the two combined Charge beam and Air slash and fired it at Zapdos, who blocked the attack with his Counter shield. Gardevior was suddenly yanked off of Altaria and thrown back to the ground, but a quick Teleport allowed her to reach the floor in a much more graceful manner. Shadow ball charged in hand, she aimed at Espeon, who had appeared in front of her with his own Shadow ball, and suddenly teleported behind the sun Pokémon.'

'Oh cra- Was all he probably got out before Gardevior's Shadow ball impacted him at point blank, sending him into the water. Likewise, Altaria broke through Zapdos' counter shield, and rammed the electric Pokémon with a powerful Dragon rush attack, knocking him out of the air. Zapdos immediately recovered and halted his fall mere feet from the water's surface, and Espeon burst out of the water and onto the electric pokemon's back, soaking wet. Yanking the water off of his body with Psychic, he shaped the spheres of water into needles filled with energy, and fired them at the opposing duo.'

"Come on Ash, get serious already." I whispered.

'Ash was probably still reeling over the fact that his own mother was his opponent, and it was showing in his performance. Glancing at the scoreboard, Ash winced at the fact he was marginally lower in points than his mom, and what was worse, they were at half time.'

'Charging his gloves with electricity, Ash shot a bolt from his palm, which impacted Zapdos.'

'With a screeching caw, Zapdos let loose a flurry of lightning bolts which bent and twisted until they were rings of electricity that orbited around the two Pokémon. Espeon's eyes then took on an intense blue glow, and the counter shield began to radiate and undulate in multiple colors. Zapdos then rocketed forward while spinning like a tornado, the multicolored lightning reforming into a more conical shape, heading directly for Altaria. Said Pokémon immediately threw up a Protect moments before impact, thwarting the attack. The impact was also enough to knock Espeon off Zapdos' back, but instead of falling into the pool, he used psychic energy to stay above the water like he was standing upon solid floor. The sun Pokémon immediately engaged the opposing Gardevior, the both of them skating and dancing on the water's surface as they fired their attacks, as the avian Pokémon battled above. Ash and Delia focused on nothing but the battle, ignoring the cheering fans, Vivian's declarations, and the judges' comments, nothing else mattered. Espeon's eyes ignited into bright teal, and a massive spout of water erupted from the pool like a geyser, then shaped itself into a highly detailed image of a Gyarados, which lunged at the Gardevior, who countered the attack with Protect. Zapdos combined Drill peck with Agility, and was smashing into Altaria repeatedly too quickly to be properly seen as nothing more then a yellow blur.'

'Gardevior used Psychic to hold Zapdos in place, but took a barrage of Shadow balls while she was concentrating. Finally, the clock was ticking down the final thirty seconds of the battle, and Ash pulled all the stops. Zapdos became cloaked in harsh light, while Espeon began charging up an incredible amount of psychic power. On the other side of the stage, Altaria cloaked herself in draconic energy, while Gardevior added spectral energy to the mix with Shadow ball. The end results was Zapdos' divine thunderbird combo facing down a red eyed black serpentine dragon construct, maw agape to reveal Altaria and Gardevior within. Both teams charged forward, colliding into each other and each trying to overpower the other. Waves of energy from the attacks blasted behind the two teams as Altaria and Zapdos each struggled to overpower the other. Finally, with a mighty explosion, the two attacks cancelled out, and both teams backed out of the smoke cloud, prepared for more.'

"Time!" Hollered Vivian, and just like that, everything seemed to snap back into sensory focus for the two coordinators. Both teams returned to their sides of the stage, and all looked to the scoreboard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this year's Wallace cup winner is none other than... Ash Ketchum!" At this the crowd went wild with cheers for the elite trainer and his Pokémon. Wallace and his Milotic then presented Ash with the contest ribbon.

'As I watched the crowd leave the stadium I could easily see Ash dodging yet again another horde of fans and reporters, he was most likely off to hunt down his mother, he had to have some rather large questions for her. I would have as well if I had found out that my own mother was an established coordinator and had never told me about it…'

'As I exit the stadium I see not just Ash, but his mother, friends, Elite Four member from Hoenn Drake as well as the same young girl only this time its double. Like myself and Dawn apparently there were two ladies that were very similar in their appearance, but were probably sisters.'

'Since everyone was talking to Ash and congratulating him, I waited just outside of sight, but close enough were I could hear most of what was said.'

"So mom, based on what you have seen so far, how would you…"

"Ash…"

What?! I was just asking a simple question!"

"It was a question that doesn't need to be asked, besides your mom would have told you what she thought about your battle when she was ready to!" one of the twin girls retorted while the one closer to ash simply nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I'm sorry… mom you can tell me what you think when you're ready to…" Ash replies while taking out a small metal flask and taking a small sip from it.

'Delia upon seeing the flask immediately place a look of pure horror on her face and is in Ash's face in less than an instant.'

"Ash darling, want to tell you mother what's in that flask you have sweetie." Delia asks, with a forced smile upon her face.

"Uh… Gran…" Ash hesitantly says

'Her head turns around faster than I can fathom and is looking darkly at her father with a stare that could kill.'

"Anything else you wish to tell your loving mother that your grandfather got for you?"

"Um…" Ash replies with Drake trying not to look Delia in the eyes less he reveal everything.

"Ash…" Delia says sweetly but in seething rage.

'I knew that tone all too well; if Ash was hiding something and he withheld it he would be getting an every more deadly beating than the culprit would.'

"Alright mom, it was a Tattoo…" Ash replied slowly backing away.

'A fierce glow appeared in Delia's eyes, someone was about to experience a living piece of hell very soon.'

"Dad… Can I have a word with you please?" Delia asks slowly walking towards her father seething in rage.

"Sorry I uh… have some things to get from town before we set sail, lots of shopping to do…" he replies preparing to run.

"Shall I help you father, you and I both know that we always looked forward to our shopping time together when I was young?" Delia replied with the look of pure demonic fury.

"Yeah, bye! Salamence I need your assistance!" Drake shouts as he takes off in a sprint and lobs a Pokéball into the water bank and flies off as fast as he can.

"Ash, darling come give your mother a hug, I need to go have a talk with your dear old grandfather…"

"Please don't kill him mom…" he replies as he gives her a hug, and she plants a kiss on his forehead before throwing Altaria's Pokéball and speeding off after Drake.

'Shortly after you could hear many death threats, some of which I cant believe she said to her own father.'

'After a few moments Ash recovers and asks the twins that since his lunch date with his mother is no off, he might as well spend it with Bianca and Amy. '

'Hmmm, I wonder why both of them, if he was into polygamy, well you wouldn't be back here so I'm just assuming that one of them was the young lady with whom he is going to be dating.'

'That, or it was three friends that he hadn't seen in quite some time, and wished to catch up with them.'

'True, please forgive my interruption carry on.'

'So the twin's nod and stay with Ash while the others break off and head their own direction. And then the three head towards the market, with myself, my Honchkrow Cross, which was flying overhead keeping Sakura filled in on everything from the sky, Sakura was walking beside me keeping a mental eye on Ash so I wouldn't lose him, also so it didn't look like I was stalking him, and Rose, my adorable Eevee, well she was playing her part of being my pet Pokémon at the time.'

'Playing the part of a tourist huh?'

'Yep!'

'So as the three walked through the market they stopped at several shops and did things I could only imagine Ash and I doing for an afternoon stroll. After about half an hour the three stop for coffee and relax. I didn't hear much of their conversations, but was ready to follow them the moment they got up.'

'When they left the café, they looked to be heading towards the Pokémon center, with the twins and Ash still talking all the while. When the twins Bianca and Amy decided to part ways with Ash. This was my chance to talk to him while he was alone, but things felt too easy… like he already knew someone was following them. I saw one of the girls look like she was whispering to Ash several times while not even looking back in my direction.

'And Sakura didn't know that she might have been giving you away?'

'Sakura has been with my family for many years the only thing that she might not have been able to understand was a legendary and I knew which Ash had on him.'

'Zapdos.' Flex and Salvia say together

'But nevertheless I tried to maintain my composure and continue to follow his general direction.'

'Then the two decided to go on ahead to their garden and would meet Ash there after he dropped off his Pokémon at the Center, I suppose to meet up with his friends and I saw this as my chance.'

'Once they finally went their separate ways, Ash walked on for a bit before stopping.'

'He stopped?'

'Yes, just stood still like he knew the entire time that I was following him. Like he has a psychic Pokémon nearby as his mind's eye.'

'He turns around startling me completely and I frantically hide behind in a nearby alleyway.'

"I know you have been following me, why don't you come on out and stop playing games."

'So he did know.' Flex asks.

'He did, and I was like putty in his hand. I stepped out of the alleyway and approached him. But he stopped me about half way and forced me to look him in the eyes. Those wonderful, sweet, dark eyes I had fallen in love with.'

"So, want to tell me why you have been following me around all day?"

'I move to remove my brown hood, and Sakura nearly stops me, but I do it anyway. There was little shock in his eyes, but I told him everything. He was silent and did not interrupt me once, and when I finished he placed a hand upon my check and caressed it.'

'I felt like I was on top of the world, until it all came crashing down.'

'What did he say?'

'He told me that it was not meant to be, that things would not work out between us, that there was someone far better qualified for me and they would be more deserving of my love. And then I saw the young twin that he had told to leave with her sister running up behind us.'

'He told me that the young Lady that he was destined to be with, he found but wasn't sure of all his feelings. And when I saw the two hold hands, I knew that despite his words, I could feel the bound oozing off of them. They would be together without a doubt.'

'I looked down crushed at the new information, but I would not allow my grief to own me. Not in front of him, not now and not ever. So I put on my best smile and wished him luck, even though I felt my heart break in two. And waving goodbye I return to the hotel and disappear into the shower.'

'And lemme guess you wake up the next morning?'

A simple nod is seen and Salvia wipes a few tears from her eyes.

'So after I get myself ready for the day, I head to the lobby, have a light breakfast, check out of the hotel, and head to the docks. After picking up my ticket to return to the mainland I wait for the ship to begin preparations to depart.'

'Just before I enter the boat Ash calls for me, and I stop.'

"Leaving so soon princess?"

'Yes, my only reason for being here was to see you and nothing else. Now that I have told you what needed to be said, I must return home for my father's birthday."

"Alright would you like a little something to take home with you?"

"Ash…"

"I'm sorry Princess but after we talked, I talked things over with Amy and she felt you had already found the one you were looking for."

"Is she?"

"Maybe a little, but nonetheless she wanted me to get you this before you left."

"What is it?"

"Well open it."

'I undo the piece of string holding the piece of drawing paper rolled up. It is a picture of Ash and Pikachu with nine words written on it that nearly cause me to break down.'

'What did it say?'

'He is closer than you think… Don't give up.'

'And so you return here…'

'And check up on information and events that I missed as well as help with my father's birthday. Soon after all is said and done I come here.'

*End Flashback 2*

Salvia nearly breaks back into tears, and Flex moves beside her. Rubbing her back soothingly, he coo's some calming words to her until she ceases her crying.

(Sniff) "Thank you Flex…"

"It's my pleasure Princess… now I don't want you to worry about this anymore alright…"

"But…"

"Tell you what, I wanna try something that will help, but I need your to consent to do it."

"What will you do?"

"Hypnotism."

"Oh… alright…"

"Alright my princess, but this will only help you cope with it. It won't rid you of the memories, and the feelings in your heart."

"Alright."

"Now look deep into my eyes…"

Salvia falls into a deep sleep and Flex proceeds.

Five minutes later, she awakens and hugs him deeply.

"Thank you…"

"It was my pleasure princess, now I don't want you brooding over this anymore alright?"

She nods as she releases him.

"Thata girl, now hurry on back, as I don't want your butler getting suspicious."

"Thank you again Master Flex, again I am in your debt."

"Don't worry about it my princess, it was my pleasure to be of service to you."

"Then allow this to suffice…"

She plants a kiss on his cheek, and before he can respond she has thrown her cloak back on and slowly begins walking back towards the foyer.

Flex stands there speechless, placing a hand over the cheek that was graced.

(bzzt)

The buzzer breaks Flex out of his trance, and Saria fills him in on his next client.

-End Flashback 1-

"But Salvia, can you…"

"It's alright, after our time together I returned home and spoke to my father. Since my brother Rumford is in line for the throne when father passes, he said I am free to choose one man of good standing…"

"But Salvia, all I've been through, I know I have told you, are you sure that despite…"

She silences him by placing a finger over his lips

"I want this, and I know that you do as well…"

"Alright, but Salvia…"

"Please don't say anything, just think on it please?"

(Sigh…) "As you wish…"

"Now, not to get off topic… but what did you think of my lunch that I had sent you?"

"Wait you mean…"

"Yes, didn't she tell you?"

"Well she said her name was Miss Pepper and was a friend of Joys…"

Just then said Gardevior walks in the front door.

Salvia looks back at the young Gardevior with her cheeks puffed out.

"Sa…ku…ra…"

"Yes?"

The Gardevior just entering now known as Sakura sees the face of her mistress and cringes a bit.

"Saria wait, don't get mad…"

"But…"

"I got the lunch and that's all that matters…"

"Okay…"

Salvia looks up at him with a blush plastered all over her face.

"What's wrong?"

"So… umm… did you like it?"

"Um…"

"You didn't like it…"

"No, it's not that…"

"Then…"

"Well to be honest Princess I didn't get a chance to eat it…"

Salvia's expression goes from embarrassed to that of pure hatred.

"I SPEND THREE HOURS MAKING THAT BOXED LUNCH FOR YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN EAT…"

"Salvia let me finish, I was about to when your packages arrived and when I turned around Charlotte here had eaten it all…"

"All of it?"

"Every last crumb…"

Salvia looks at the young Pokémon in standing next to Flex.

"It didn't ruin her diet did it?"

"What? No! I feed her human food at least twice a week. She loves my cooking."

"So… um, Charlotte was it good?"

Charlotte looks at her perplexed.

"Charlotte you remember that boxed lunch we were going to have the day you had your little accident?"

Charlotte thinks for a moments and then at the remembrance she looks down at the floor with a glum look on her face.

"What's wrong sweetie, did some of those bad memories come back?"

She nods and wraps her arms around her fraternal father's leg.

After a moment she lets go and remembers the lunch.

"But the lunch we had was really good daddy! Can the nice princess make it again?"

"What did she say?"

"Heh, she loved it and wants you to make it again."

"Thank you Charlotte!"

"Salvia leans in and starts to pet her in just the right place on her head and cause her to purr softly."

"So Salvia, what are you really doing here?"

"Well…"

"It's alright you can tell me."

"The keys."

"Keys?"

"Yes, to your bike outside."

"Flex slaps his forehead."

"I was wondering where those were I've been meaning to call the Unovan delivery services and ask where they put the keys, but I've been so busy, I completely forgot."

"Well I kinda did that on purpose as I wanted to give them to you in person."

"Thanks Salvia, but you didn't have to do all this for me."

"I wanted to Flex, and besides there was something else that they forgot to do when they dropped it off."

"What?"

"Attach the sidecar so Charlotte has a place to sit."

"Wait, I thought it was a prototype…"

"Oh, it is, but they are experimenting with different things."

"Ah, so when will they be working on it?"

"Actually, they just finished doing it about an hour ago."

"And here I thought I was losing my mind… Well then, let's go take a look."

"Yes, let's!"

The group heads outside to admire the work only to see, some dramatic changes to the pure white covered experimental motorcycle.

A single one wheeled open sidecar was attached to the right side of the bike. Also a two wheeled round trailer-trunk was connected to the rear of the bike. Two solid white helmets where perched inside the side car, with each labeled him in blue and her in pink.

"Wow, they really did a good job… we just need to get a helmet for Charlotte."

They all walk around the newly modified motorcycle and visually inspect it.

"But Salvia… I don't…"

"It's alright; it's all taken care of."

"But…"

Charlotte reaches up for Yuki and grabs her off his head. She pulls herself into the sidecar and gets comfortable. Being curious, she presses a button on the console in front of her.

Suddenly a cover appears over the sidecar, frightening the two Pokémon inside.

"Charlotte!"

"Daddy!" Charlotte shouts back with her paws on the glass of the cover.

Salvia dashes over to the handlebars and taps a few buttons releasing her.

Charlotte leaps back into her father's arms with Yuki still lying in the seat surprisingly rather calm.

"It's alright Charlotte… let's go back inside and relax, alright?"

"Thank you daddy… Charlotte was scared…"

The group heads back into the office, with Salvia grabbing Yuki, and Flex prepares some Pokémon food for everyone.

After preparing the food, Charlotte hesitantly drops out of her father's arms and begins to slowly eat her lunch, shivering occasionally.

Meanwhile Flex and Salvia sit down in the office and order some takeout.

About 20 minutes later the order arrives and Flex takes care of it and the two sit down to eat.

Suddenly, the front door flies open and a rather angry trainer barges in.

Flex runs out of his office and stands in the doorway to the foyer to see a rather dark sight.

A Cinccino is cornered against the wall and her supposed trainer is slowly approaching her with a cross look upon his face and a rather broken paddle in his hand.

"Get over here!"

The Pokémon shakes her head and the trainer begins to close in on her.

"Oi!"

Both look at Flex, and the frightened Pokémon uses its new distraction to run and get behind him.

"Cinccino get your ass over here this instant!"

"No! You'll just beat me again!"

"Alright, trainer you need to calm yourself down this instant before I contact Officer Jenny."

"And just who is gonna stop me, huh? You can't defend yourself from petty criminals, so who are you to stop me from plowing through you and doing it anyway."

"The other door leading to the office slowly opens to reveal an angry Gardevior, Psychic energy just emanating off her body."

"Oh did I forget to mention I had another client present?"

"Oh… Shit…"

Sakura knocks the trainer out, and before anything else can be done Gardevior ties the trainer down with psychic while Flex dials up Officer Jenny.

A half hour later the trainer is taken into police custody and Cinccino finally breathes a sigh of relief as she collapses at Flex's feet.

"It's alright young one; he will bother you no more, what will you do now?"

"Um... if it's alright with you, could I stay with you please?"

Flex sighs, but Cinccino continues before Flex can respond."

"Please? I'll be good, I'll help clean, I'll…"

Flex stops her before she can continue and looks at Sakura."

She nods and closes her eyes.

"Her words are her own, her feelings are true, and she won't betray your words."

Flex kneels down and pats her on the head

"Of course you can stay; I just need to do one thing before we take you in."

"Okay…"

Cinccino shuts her eyes tight and shudder.

"Flex pets her softly."

"Her shuddering stops and she opens her eyes to look up at Flex."

"We need to give you a name…"

"Tears well up in her eyes, and she leaps into Flex's arms sobbing."

"How does…"

Just then a phone call comes through at the front desk, and Joy appears on the other end.

She had just heard what had happened, with Saria and the abusive trainer.

Flex promises to show up shortly with his Pokémon for a checkup.

Salvia steps into the foyer and hugs Flex from behind.

"Thanks Salvia…"

"Please…"

The two separate and head back to his office, finish their lunch and prepare to head to the Pokémon center.

XXX

"Master Flex?"

"Yes Lilli?"

"Since our Master left us can we stay?"

"Yes, but know this Lilli, since I don't know if she left you two on purpose you will be under 24/7 surveillance."

Lilli and Vaporeon nod and submit, Flex returns them to their Pokéball's, Salvia enters the foyer with the rest of his Pokémon and the two prepare to leave.

XXX

As Flex locks the office front door, Salvia locks her arm in his.

"Flex I want to tell you something."

"What is it Salvia?"

"I've thought things over, and I want you to know that I want to help you now."

"What do you mean?"

"I want to keep you going; I want to help you with your business."

"You mean… take over Saria's job. Salvia is this something you can do?"

"Of course, I've watched Saria do her job just about every chance I got."

"But still having a princess work for you… Salvia I…"

"Please Flex let me help you…"

She looks at him with a face he knows he can't refuse

(Sigh) "Alright… but if it becomes an issue… then I'm afraid I won't be able to allow you to stay."

"I understand and I will do my best."

During their talk, they had covered the distance between the office and Pokémon center.

Both give their greetings to Nurse Joy and all of their Pokémon are dropped off for their checkups.

"Well it's always a pleasure to see you again princess, please don't fret to drop by whenever you have time."

Salvia nods in thanks, and the two take a seat on a couch in the foyer.

"Alright princess, where will you stay during your off time?"

"Well I would stay in a hotel…"

"No, I will not have you doing that. I have a spare unused room at my place, you can stay there."

"But I don't want to impose…"

"Trust me; you would be imposing if you weren't staying at my place. Besides your father would kill me if anything happened to you…"

"Alright Flex, since I have nothing else planned for tonight I will use the rest of the day to return home and prepare to move in. I shall return post-haste tonight and use the remainder of the weekend to get settled in."

(Healing music plays)

"Ah, Nurse Joy has finished."

"Alright, just a word of caution expect busy days ahead 'til we leave for my seminar in Mistralton city in two weeks' time."

"Sure…"

As the two of us grab our Pokémon and step out of the center, Sakura emerges from her Pokéball and the two teleport away. I return to the house already to find Salvia already teleporting her things in a bit at a time.

After several hours Salvia reappears with Sakura and a few other Pokémon I haven't seen in the Unova region wilds.

"Hello Flex, I believe a few introductions are in order. This is Cross, a Honchkrow; Sakura's two brothers, Scott the Dewott and Shade the Gallade; Rose the Eevee; and Sarah the Mienshao."

"Wow… but how is Scott Sakura's brother?"

Salvia gets in close to whisper.

"Not really blood relation, but treats him as such since shortly after she was born, and before her parents died they found him fresh out of an egg and decided to raise him as their own since their first son died shortly after he was born…"

"So Sakura is the second born?"

"Yes, but then Shade came along just fine and he two were happy as can be."

"So tell me a bit more about everyone."

"Well Rose has been with me since my first birthday and we have been the best of friends. Sakura and her brothers have sworn to watch over me for as long as they shall live as a duty to their parents."

"Really?"

"Yes, their generations of Pokémon have watched over and served my family for as long as we can remember."

"Now what about Sarah and Cross?"

"Well Cross tends to act more or less like an overprotective father around me and also likes to go for long walks around the castle. But Sakura has said that while we are here he will sit guard in the foyer should anything happen."

"And Sarah?"

"Well she was more or less my savior…"

"Savior?"

"Yes, see I was really young and I had gotten away from mother and father at the time. And when they realized I was missing; well Shade, Sakura and Scott where all out looking for me."

"Alright…"

"And I happened to accidentally run into a rather disturbed Pokémon at that time and if not for her it would have killed me…"

"Flex eyes go wide."

"Did it hurt you?"

"No I guess he was just having a bad day because just before he attacked there was Sarah holding him off until I was moved out of the way."

"So she must have been a Mienfoo at the time, yes?"

"Yes she was and to be holding off a fully grown Scolipede was a feat for her, but after the attack Scott and Shade both appeared and knocked him out."

"Well, I'm not only amazed by her feats of strength but her will power."

"And after that day whenever I was in danger she has always been there for me…"

"Well, Ms. Sarah I believe I owe you my thanks."

"No, you have mine for being there for Milady when I could not be."

"Hehehe…"

But without notice Sarah is millimeters from Flex's face.

"But, if you so much as harm one hair on her head I will show you no mercy."

Flex cringes a bit at the direct approach of the Mienshao, and nods softly

"Good, then we should have no problem."

(Sigh)

"Well would you like the pleasure of helping me unpack?"

"Yes… I would."

Just then Salvia's door shuts and Sakura emerges from the bedroom.

"Oh Milady I just finished setting your room up, would you like to see?"

"Oh, why thank you Sakura. Mister Flex shall we?"

"I believe we shall."

"Daddy?"

"Yes Charlotte?"

"Can we see too?"

"Of course sweetie just remember, this is Ms. Salvia's room now, so no playing around in here okay?"

"Hai!"

The originally empty bedroom is now filled with a queen-sized bed, complete with drapes, the closet is filled with clothing, shoes, and drawers for the more personal items and two wardrobes perched at either side of the room.

"Well princess if I didn't know you were one before, I sure would know now."

"Why thank you Flex." Salvia giggles in response.

"Alright I'll get started on dinner and…"

"Oh Flex?"

"Yes?"

"Did I mention that Sarah is a wonderful cook as well?"

"Wait what?"

"Yes, after she became a part of my family she immediately begged father to cook for me."

"And I take your father was skeptical at first?"

"Yes, but he got over it and her meals are splendid."

"Well then, I'm sure we can…"

"Master Flex, Milady, dinner will be ready in about 5 minutes…"

"Say what?"

"Yep she's that good." Salvia giggles

"Well alright…"

Half an hour later everyone has been fed by a feast of inhuman proportions, and are very satisfied with Ms. Sarah's cooking.

"Well Ms. Sarah I must say you have outdone yourself."

"Please Master Flex, I cook like this every day, and just a word of advice flattery will get you nowhere with me."

Flex sweat drops and takes a sip of tea.

"Well I'm going to turn in for the night; we have an early day tomorrow so everyone please get some rest."

"Goodnight Mr. Flex, I shall take a shower, and turn in as well."

Flex enters his room about ten minutes later, slips into his pajamas, and is about to lie down when he hears something coming from the nearby bathroom.

As Flex leaves his room and heads down for the bathroom for the unusual sound, he arrives at the door and cracks it a bit. The noise coming out of the bathroom is… something… angelic.

"The world we have returned to is nothing more than
a collection of dust, afterimages, and faint shadows."

"What in the world?"

"On your dauntless back is your determination
to shoulder the responsibility for everything."

"It's…"

"What do you want to do? Why?"
"I thought you had decided to take a lonely journey?"

"So…"

"Do not let go of my hand."
"The wish lying dormant in my heart will awake
from your thoughts as they travel from you to me. "
"In the distance beyond your powerful gaze,
the outlines of two adamant figures are visible,
so we'll keep going forward, onto the next era."

"Beautiful…"

As the angelic voice continues to sing Flex just leans against the wall listening to her.

"I'm learning the miracle of surviving
in a gradually crumbling environment."

"Seeking after a special meaning,
I wander along a pathless road."

"I want to believe. I wanted you
to have faith and walk together with me."

"Do not avert your eyes."
"I can't express it well in words,
but I want you from the depths of my heart."
"In the distance far beyond our hope,
the outlines of two adamant figures are visible,
so we'll keep going forward, to the next place."

Flex can begin to really feel his heart pounding against his chest, as he places his back against the wall and continues to listen

"Our regrets and sorrows
showed me happiness in even greater amount."
"And also, they taught me the fact
that you would always be right next to me."

"Don't you feel it?"
"Nothing is scary anymore."

"Please tightly hold my hands."
"The amount of strength only you can muster
will gradually turn our dreams into reality."
"In the distance beyond your powerful gaze,
the outlines of two adamant figures are visible,
so we'll keep going forward, onto the next era."

A short time after, Salvia turns off the water and she steps out of the shower, wraps herself in a towel and then wraps her hair in a towel.

And several minutes of sprucing up, she steps out with Flex still frozen beside the door.

She shrieks seeing Flex just standing their frozen in time.

"Flex? Why were you just standing there? Were you…"

Flex snaps out of his frozen state, and quickly grabs Salvia's hands and brings them together in his.

"Princess… will you become my wife?"

Both are enter a state of shock at the words just spoken.

Flex realizes what he has just said and done, quickly releases her hands and turns around, as if her hands were on fire and starts to walk back to his room.

"Flex?"

"Nothing Salvia… please forgive me… your singing was very beautiful, and I was just curious as to who was the owner of said voice."

"Why do you… oh right, I forgot about that… you can understand Pokémon… but it's alright… but did you really mean what you said?"

"You mean?"

"Yes…"

"Salvia, even though we haven't been together for that long, feel that we just…"

"Click?"

"Yeah…"

Salvia's eyes well up with tears, and her legs give out from beneath her.

As she falls to the ground Flex catches her in his arms.

"Salvia?!"

"I'm alright…"

"But princess…"

"I'm just so happy…"

"Why is that?"

"I will be able to keep my promise to father…"

"What promise?"

"To find the love of my life and not become a burden to him or my brother."

"But princess…"

"Its alight Flex, but my family does have one requirement before they will allow us to wed."

"What might that be princess?"

"See… oh my, can you help me up, I might be better if I did this from my room in clothing and not on the floor in a wet towel."

"Oh sure…"

Flex helps her up, back to her room and allows her several moments to change.

"Alright Flex you may enter."

"Thank you."

"Now the requirements I mentioned are rather personal and intimate."

"Alright…"

"So what happens is we must first connect on a very intimate level."

"You mean like we have during our sessions?"

"Yes, but it has to go both ways, and you have already entrusted enough to me."

"Okay, what's the next one?"

"This is where things become rather harsh…"

"Well just spit it out already!"

"Well… um…"

"Salvia you know you can tell me anything…"

"Yes… but this…"

"No buts, nothing you say to me about this will leave this room or change my feelings for you."

"The chosen female has to conceive before her next birthday."

Flex is left in a state of shock.

"Flex?"

"I'm sorry, my brain shut down for a moment, I thought you said you had to bear me a child."

"I did…"

"Oh boy…" Flex replies as he lets out a soft sigh.

"Please Flex…"

"It's alright… but what should happen if you don't?"

"Then our family line will die…"

"You mean…"

"Yes, we immediately become infertile and can never bear children…"

"But how did this happen?"

"No one in our family knows…"

"Well how do you know it's true?"

"Well our great, great granduncle was unable to do so after he turned 30 he was unable to give a child even to the most fertile of women…"

"Did he even have any kids?"

"Only one…"

"But that still…"

"But it wasn't his own blood, it was adopted..."

"Oh..."

"Our family has been lead to believe that during the early stages of Unova when we had just been granted into our royal heritage that… a Pokémon was said to have cursed our lineage…"

"But then…"

"Yes, if I don't, then my brother will be the only part of my family left."

"That's terrible princess…"

"But, there is one advantage and drawback to this…"

"And what is that?"

"Only our 'true love' is able to allow conception."

"Well, this is a new one on me… did this 'curse' talk about anyway of removing it?"

"Well… an incantation I'm guessing it was spoken or heard at the time and we keep passing it down, but we've never been sure what it means…"

"What is it?"

'When the one not born as he is, has claimed the two that share faces and lineage, but not families, the affliction that haunts you shall be no more.' Salvia says as if reciting the lines from memory

"Forgive my French, but... the hell?"

"No one in our family understands it either, we just keep trying and hope for the best."

"Does your family have any idea what Pokémon actually inflicted this curse?"

"No, unfortunately… we don't…."

"Well let's see…" He replies as he begins to pace and think for a bit.

"So, if my memory serves… the only Pokémon I know of that can place curses are ghost Pokémon."

"And…"

"And… well lemme grab my book on all known ghost Pokémon." Flex says as he moves to his study, grabs said book off the shelf and begins to flip through it as he walks back into the room.

"Well?"

"The only Pokémon I can see that might fit the description would be… Banette." Flex says as he shows his fiancé the page.

"That…"

"It seems like the only logical answer considering its entry, talking about being filled with cursed energy… I'm guessing that the reason behind your families curse is because a child from generations past, was found by this puppet. The mouth was opened and its energy was released. Thus filling the child with the energy."

"But how would it…"

"This may not even be true my love, I'm just speculating… besides this whole curse thing sounds like someone's Saturday night prank to me…"

"But it's true…"

"Well alright princess, when is your next birthday?"

"In a few months…"

"Well that doesn't leave us with much time now does it?"

"No…"

"Well my princess…"

"Flex, please…"

"What is it?"

"Well…"

Salvia starts to blush deeply

"You wish to start trying?"

Her blush deepens and she hesitantly nods.

"Well alright then my princess, let's make a deal."

"What kind of deal?"

"We shall try every night until your birthday…"

"And in exchange for…"

"A small wedding."

"You don't like big ones?"

"I'm not really one for big parties… especially if I'm near or at the center of attention…"

"Alright, but I have a request to make as well…"

"Sure…"

"You allow me to take care of your little problem and you just concentrate on taking care of our family."

"Deal."

The two seal the deal with a kiss

"Well, shall we get to it?"

Salvia nods blushing deeply.

"But please be gentle…"

"Alright my love, please relax…"

The two slip beneath Salvia's bedspread and start to kiss intimately.

The door to Salvia's room closes rather silently and Sakura helps the young ones get to bed.

After several minutes, Flex is on top of Salvia slowly making his way down her pajamas, when he finds something missing…

"You were ready for this weren't you?"

"Maybe." Salvia giggles.

"Well then…"

The two make the most intimate love in their own way.

Flex collapses on top of his new fiancé with both hands by her head, and still keeping his member deep inside her.

"My love…" Flex pants trying to catch his breathe.

"Yes…" Salvia pants asking.

"Hopefully… tonight will… prove fruitful…"

"Yes my love, I hope so too…"

Both slowly catch their breath before staring into each other's eyes

"Please rest your head…"

Flex slowly sinks into the bed and plants a kiss on the young maiden's lips.

"Goodnight my love…"

"Goodnight my princess…"

As Flex begins to pull himself out, Salvia wraps her legs around his waist.

"Nah-ah… leave it in for tonight…" Salvia says still holding him close

"But, then we will never get to sleep…"

"Please?"

"Alright…"

The two fall asleep in each other's arms.

XXX

Early the next morning, Salvia wakes up still lying in her new lovers embrace.

Still feeling her lover inside of her, she sparks an idea.

She turns him on his back and allows her body to sit on his hips.

Salvia plants a small kiss on his lips before rising and straightening her back.

Not even waiting for her lover to awaken, Salvia begins to ride him.

"Oh my…" she whispers.

As she continued to ride him, it begins to grow inside her. As she felt Flex stir, before he can utter a word she placed a finger over his lips, allow her to continue without waking the rest of the house.

"Please, allow me to pleasure my love before the day begins…" she whispers into her lover's ear while still allowing her hips to bounce.

Flex nods slowly still half-asleep and lies his head back down, allowing Salvia to continue. All the while Salvia's teasing had given her lover the push he needed. Salvia made a mental note, to pleasure her lover like this at least once a week.

"Oh my word, my love… It feels so wonderful to feel you fill me up like this!"

"Gah! Salvia, I'm getting close!"

"Please! Fill me again!"

And before she can finish, Flex hilts himself and forcefully grabs her hips holding her on him as he releases inside the young princess filling her once again.

She collapses on top of him again in exhaustion.

"That was a wonderful wakeup call…" Flex pants as he plants a kiss on his fiancé.

"You are welcome my love, how about we go get a shower…"

"Of course…"

As the two get out of bed, Salvia places her hand on her stomach and begins to rub it.

"Well let's get into the shower before you start…" Flex comments while placing an arm around her waist while planting a kiss on her cheek.

She nods as she throws on her housecoat, walks into the bathroom and turns on the water. After getting it to the right temperature she hangs her coat on the door, steps in, and begins to cleanse her body of the sweat and bodily fluids that had accumulated on her body over the course of the night. After several minutes the fluids within her starts to slowly drip out of her and into the tub to be washed away by the water.

"I'm coming in princess."

"I'm already in the shower my love."

"Salvia, can I ask you something?"

"Sure…"

"Why do you call me that?"

"It's a sign of respect in my family… why?"

"Just curious, and would it be alright it I still referred to you as my princess?"

"Of course, I would like that very much."

"I'm stepping in my princess."

"Okay… ooh!"

Flex steps into the shower behind her and places a hand around her waist startling her.

"Please my love…"

"Oh my… Salvia… you..."

Flex begins to gaze over the woman that would become his wife.

"Please my love, I know we just… but please… take me again…"

"As you wish…"

Flex trades places with her and gently pushes her back down forcing her to bend over. He positions himself at her entrance one more time and thrusts into her hilting her in one go.

"Oh my word my love, you have penetrated my womb!"

"Now to fill that womb, and give us a child."

"Please, give it to me! I wish to have your children!"

Flex starts pleasuring Salvia in such a way forcing her to place her hands on the shower wall. As the two continue to make love, Salvia sees something out of the corner of her eye. She looks to the side to see what appears to be a tail.

"Huh? A tail…" Salvia whispers

She shakes her head thinking it is an illusion, and after doing so it disappears.

"Is something wrong my love?"

"No, please…"

Flex immediately returns to pleasuring his fiancé and hilts himself against her one more time, filling her womb with his seed.

"Ah…"

"My love…"

"Are you alright my princess?"

"Yes, although I might need your help getting dressed."

"Of course."

Flex removes himself enticing moans from her, and the fluid begins to pour back out of her and into the tub.

Flex and Salvia help each other bathe and after finishing Flex assists her in getting dressed.

"Alright my love, please go get you some breakfast, I'll go get myself ready."

"As you wish, my princess…"

As Flex goes to his room Salvia looks herself over in the mirror.

'Oh my so this is what becoming a mother feels like, I can't wait 'til I start feeling our baby begin to…'

"Princess?"

"I'm coming my love…"

"There you are, I thought you would be eating by now…"

"I wanted to get a good look at myself, I have to keep looking my best."

"As you wish my princess, shall we?"

"Of course."

The two walk down arm in arm to the dining room, where Sarah is already placing breakfast on the table.

"Good morning Milady, Master Flex, breakfast is almost finished."

"Thanks Sarah…"

"Did you sleep well Milady?"

"Yes, many thanks to Master Flex."

"Oh, how so Milady?"

"Well, with father's permission, Master Flex has been given the honor in continuing our lineage."

Sarah drops the spoon she was holding with a look of horror.

"Sarah?"

"Milady… but why?"

"Because Sarah; I love him, we have bonded, and I will soon become a wonderful mother."

Sarah disappears and grabs Flex by his shirt collar holding him up off his feet against a nearby wall.

"Sarah! Stop!"

"Daddy!" Charlotte shouts leaping from her seat

Charlotte charges at Sarah prepared to knock her out with take down, but Sarah stop's her attack just before hitting her with a single paw. With Sarah distracted Flex slowly lifts an arm to try and loosen her grip on his body, and just as his hand grabs hers, she stares at him with a look of utmost hatred. Flex cringes as his last few breathes leave his body, and tightens his grip on her hand, suddenly sparks fly in-between them and Sarah's body glows yellow as she is filled with electricity.

Sarah is thrown from him and lands on a nearby sofa breaking it in half, Flex falls to the ground coughing, and Salvia runs to his side.

"My love, are you alright?"

Flex coughs a few times before replying.

"Yeah… I'll be fine… thanks… Ichigo…" Flex replies trying to return the air to his lungs

"But dad, that wasn't me…"

"What?!"

"Then Charlotte…"

"I'm sorry daddy, that wasn't me either…"

"Then…" Flex tries to say as he passes out.

"MY LOVE!"

XXX

"Ugh…"

"My love…"

Flex tries to sit up in his bed but gets a striking pain shoot through him.

"Gah!" he shouts holding his head in pain

"Are you alright my love?!"

"Who…"

Flex looks up to see the figure to that of a Lopunny looking down on him, but as his vision clears it returns to that of his fiancé.

(sigh…) "How long have I been out… Salvia?"

"Only about half an hour my love…"

"What the hell happened?"

"My love, we don't really know…"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN…"

Salvia backs off a bit startled at his remark, and looks down as if she is about to cry

"Salvia… I'm sorry… I didn't… please don't cry…"

"No Flex, it is I who should be apologizing as I should have broken it to her a bit softer…"

"It's alright Salvia… we couldn't have known she would lash out…"

"No my love… I did know…"

"But…"

"I thought she would have gotten over it by now…"

"Over what?"

"She tends to get visions every now and again because of her aura, and she had one not to long before I met you."

"Visions? What was this one about?"

"It…"

Flex lifts her face to looks back at him.

"It was… of me dying…"

"Dying?"

"Yes, in childbirth…"

"But…"

"I know it seems farfetched but…"

"But?"

"She also told me that the day she saved me, I really was supposed to have died…"

Flex goes wide eyed.

"But how did she know it was you though?"

"Well… she never really…"

The door opens and Sarah pokes her head in.

"My Lady…"

"Oh, Sarah…"

"Master Flex, please allow me…"

Flex holds up and hand to silence her.

"Sarah, stop, there is no need to apologize… what's done is done. So how about we put this behind us, and move on."

Sarah closes her eyes and nods.

"Milady if I may…"

"Of course Sarah, what is it?"

Sarah walks up and kneels at Flex's bedside startling the two of them.

"Sarah…"

"Milady, Master Flex; this is my vow… A oath if you will. I pledge my life to protecting you and your family, even at the cost of my own life…"

"Sarah…"

"Please Milady, this is my desire. I want to do all I can to ensure your happiness."

"Alright Sarah, but please lift your head."

"What is your will Milord?"

"You are a part of this family from here on out, and we accept your proposal, but there is one thing that I want you always remember to do."

"What would that be?"

"Don't neglect your own happiness, have fun, take it easy once and a while, and the most important thing is this. We love you and all that you have done for us."

"Thank you Milord… I am undeserving of your mercy…even though I…"

Flex holds up a hand and shakes his head

"Sarah, that's in the past so stop trying to request what has already been given…"

"Thank you…"

"And stop calling me that… it's too formal, I may not have hatched you from an egg like the others but you are a part of our family so you can call me father, or dad or whatever you like…"

"Of course… father…"

"See that's better… now give me a hug Sarah."

Sarah leans over the bed and the two hug, and Flex opens his eyes in realization.

"Crap!" Flex shouts looking at the clock next to his bed.

"What is it my love?"

"We are late!"

"Oh my, we are…"

"That's alright father…"

"What do you mean Sarah?"

"I took the liberty and placed a sign on your office door saying that we might be running a bit late, and everyone would be taken care of as soon as we arrived."

Flex looks at Salvia perplexed.

"She can write in English?"

Salvia nods

"Yes, after she saved me she really wanted to try and be there for me in any way she could so one of my tutors taught her how to write."

"Well I'll be…"

"Yes, and from that she learned to speak through her aura."

"Well then, that explains a few questions… I guess we had better get going then…"

"Please allow me to…"

Flex looks at Sarah with a face that would send Darkrai running for the hills.

Flex places both feet on the floor and lifts himself up.

"See I'm…"

Flex's body comes tumbling to the ground

"Damn…"

"Milord!"

"Stay right where you are girls, DO NOT help me up. I need to stand on my own two feet."

"But…"

"Just get me my cane and I'll be fine."

Sarah complies and flies out the door, and returns post-haste with the requested item.

By her return Flex has managed to pull himself up on the wall.

"Thank you now go get ready you two, I'll be fine…"

"But…"

"Go! Or we won't be able to get there!"

As the girls step into the hallway, Salvia closes the door.

Flex taps his cane on his legs a few times and he releases the wall.

"Heh… works every time… Ouch…"

As Flex reaches for his doorknob, he gets a static shock forcing his hand to jerk back.

But after a few seconds of realization he notices that not only did he not feel any pain but there was no aftershock sensation.

"What the hell is going on? I had better see Nurse Joy and Doc on this later…"

"Flex are you alright up there?"

"Yeah, just putting my shoes on be down in a moment."

After a few moment's they all pack up and head out the door.

XXX

"Well good thing I had Ash's meeting yesterday and no clients afterwards…"

"Why is that darling?"

"Well I had the building scheduled to be cleaned just before it so it should still be as we left it."

"Oh, that is nice…"

"Well girls here we are…"

"Master Flex!"

"Ah… what can I do for you?"

"Sorry I'm running late, I couldn't get out of the house…"

"That's quite all right… I'm running a bit behind myself today…"

"What, where you attacked again?"

"Well… not exactly, but we do have a new secretary…"

"Wait what happened to…"

"She… decided to quit and out of the grace of Arceus I managed to find another within a few hours…"

"Wait… you mean…"

"Yes."

"Princess it is an honor to meet you…"

"Please don't worry about it, the pleasure is all mine."

"Now shall we go in?"

"Sure…"

XXX

Two days later…

Flex and Salvia are preparing to have lunch with all their Pokémon in his office. Lilli and Vaporeon after some time had been given the all clear by Sakura so they were allowed to roam freely. Meanwhile Flex had been taught to ride his new motorcycle and had picked up on it like second nature. And Salvia, even though everyone had already treated her kindly had adapted really well, she had learned the tools of her trade faster than Flex had expected, and had gotten the business running smoother than before.

Flex had also gone to see Nurse Joy and Doc the day after his incident with Sarah and could find nothing new about him that would cause anything like that. So Doc just filed it into his 'keep looking into this' and sent Flex on the way.

Salvia had also been looked over for any changes, and not only was she in a clean bill of health but also would need to check back in should anything strange come up.

Flex also had a technician come in and change all the locks on not only the office, but his house as well. Just to make sure that nothing happened while he was gone.

"Well my love, are we all packed?"

"Just about, I only need a few more…"

"Mommy! Daddy!"

"Yes Charlotte what is it?"

"Auntie Sarah said that lunch is almost ready."

"Thank you sweetie."

"Daddy?"

"Yes pumpkin?"

"When is new brother or sister going to be here?"

"It takes time sweetie… they are still growing inside of mommy, and won't be here for a good long while…"

"But Charlotte wants to meet them…"

"It's alright sweetie, as soon as they are here you will be the first to know."

"Yay!"

XXX

The day before leaving for the weeklong seminar…

"So, tomorrow is the day huh?"

"Yes it is, love. We don't have any scheduled appointments so…"

"That's fine, I'm sure we might have a few people that might decide to show…"

"Hello?"

"See?"

"I'll go see who it is."

"Thank you my princess."

Salvia enters the foyer from Flex's office and approaches their new guests.

"May I help you sir?"

"Ah yes, oh Milady Salvia. I didn't know you were living outside of the palace."

"Yes, I am actually to be married so father had allowed me to do some soul searching."

"Well congratulations, Milady."

"So what can we do for you today?" Salvia asks with a slight curtsy.

"Well, I heard this was one of the best Pokémon therapist's in Unova, so I thought I would bring my girls in here for a session."

"Girls?"

Salvia looks behind the gentleman, to find a Blaziken, a Gardevior, an Infernape, a Lucario, and a fox Pokémon she doesn't recognize with their backs to her.

"Well I must say that is quite a nice group of Pokémon you have there."

"Why thank you Milady, so is this therapist available?"

"Why yes, we actually don't have an appointments at the moment so having your Pokémon won't be any issue."

"Why thank you, *cough* please allow him to see them in. I feel they haven't been themselves lately…"

"Oh… okay… girls?"

The five Pokémon look back at her.

"Please head right on through those double doors. Master Flex will see you in his office."

They nod and begins walking towards the Flex office.

"Oh my, are they?"

"Yes, Milady yes they are. And I couldn't be more proud."

"Of course, let me just…"

[Conversation between Flex and Salvia]

"Flex darling, you have some guests headed to your office now."

"Oh thank you my princess, how many?"

"Five. A Blaziken, a Gardevior, an Infernape, a Lucario, and a Pokémon I'm not quite familiar with…"

"Oh, Milady that Pokémon is a Delphox, a Pokémon of the Kalos region."

"Ah, of course. Thank you, did you get that darling?"

"Yes, they are entering now. Talk to you soon."

Salvia shuts off her intercom and pulls out some paper work for the well-dressed gentleman to fill out.

"So could you please fill out some paper work for me?"

"Of course."

XXX

(With Flex)

"So ladies, please…have a seat…"

"Thank you."

"You are welcome, now do you have any specific names by which to call you by?"

"Yes but…"

"You need not worry I can understand you completely."

"The five girls look at one another with bewilderment."

"Allow me Master Flex."

"Oh thank you, Ms…"

"Master calls me Kyu-chan" the Delphox replies

"Blaziken is called Abigail, Gardevior is April, Infernape is Adriana, and Lucario is Amber."

"Alright, so what seems to be the issue?"

The girls look at one another with worry before Kyu-chan decides to speak up.

"Well…"

"It's alright, everything you want kept personal is kept between us."

"It's just…"

"Don't feel comfortable talking about it?"

Kyu-chan nods nervously

"Well, first I should recommend you five sit down. I don't want any of you passing out on me."

"Thanks…"

"Second, would some prenatal exercise help?"

"That sounds nice."

"Please girls have a seat over here please." Flex says as he directs them to the far side of his office.

After about twenty minutes, the girls relax and let out a deep breath.

"So feel better?"

"Much, thank you…"

"Now, what troubles you?"

"Our Master…"

"How so?"

"Well ever since we began to show our pregnancies…"

"Yes…"

"He began to look at us differently."

"Differently?"

"Like undressing us with his eyes…"

"What sort of body language did he express?"

"Stroking his chin, licking his lips, and…"

"Ah... I see where this is going…"

"You do?"

"Yes, based on your body language now, you five feel that your Master is the one to have done this to you as well…"

"No!"

"Easy girls, this was just my professional opinion. It's completely up to you to actually tell me what you think."

"Well… to be honest…"

"Amber!"

"He needs to know how we feel! That's why we are here!"

"Girls?"

"Please we don't think our Master is a bad man… just had made some bad decisions…"

"Why do you say that?"

"The five of us have been together since our first evolutions. Always together never apart."

"Okay…"

"And the five of us have been together through every evolution."

"So you five have been together since you were with your Master."

"Correct."

"Well then…"

"MILORD!" Salvia shouts barging in the door

"What is it?!"

"The client…"

"What about him?"

"He's had a heart attack!"

"What?"

"No…"

"Salvia did you call Nurse Joy?"

"Yes, she and Doc on their way and should be here…"

"FLEX!"

"In a second…"

"Alright girls for now, we will postpone this…"

Before Flex can finish, the five Pokémon are already flying out the door, forcing Salvia to push her back against the wall.

"Salvia?! Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'll be fine but I'm more worried about the patient."

"Come on, let's go meet Joy and Doc at the desk."

The two dash down the hall and emerge to said two people giving the gentleman CPR.

"Damn… it…"

"What is it Doc? Is he going to be alright?"

"I… told… him… to… go… home…"

"Go home?"

"Yes, Mr. Jeffrey came to see us roughly about a few hours ago."

"And?"

"He was having chest pain. So I sent him on his way after giving him a prescription for a few medications."

"You didn't do any other tests on him?"

"It wasn't warranted, going over his records he had no past history of chest pain, or heart attacks."

"So, is he..."

"I'm afraid so... nurse please call the time at date the time of death."

"Two o'clock on the nose, March 15th..."

"Rest in peace..."

"Master!"

"Hold on girls... he is no longer of this world, he has passed on into the realm of Arceus himself."

"No..."

"Flex are they..."

"Yes, these five are his Pokémon..."

"Well then I guess that answers this question."

"What?"

"Look at the paper he is holding."

'Please take care of my girls...' The paper stated in big letters.

"He knew?"

"Looks that way. And it looks as so that you now have quite a family to take care of."

"Seems that way... well girls I know this really isn't the best time to ask, but since your Master has left you in my care, I will leave the decision to you whether or not you wish to stay."

"We will stay…"

"That was fast…"

"We have nowhere to go…"

"Nowhere?"

"Master had no family left, all of his family passed on and he had no children of his own…"

"So he adopted the five of you, and gave you children of your own."

The five close their eyes and nod.

"Well then, I need to make a few arrangements at home, and we should have no problem accommodating you at all."

"But…"

"You need not worry girls, I will honor your Master's wishes and take care of you, I only ask for one thing in return."

"What would that be?"

"You help out here."

"Help out?"

"Yes, an extra pair of eyes can go a long way in keeping an eye not only on my home, but my patients as well."

"Thanks…"

"For what?"

"For honoring our Master."

"It's no issue, now would you still like to go by the names he gave you or would you like me to give you a name?"

"We wish to keep our names."

"Sure, Doc I believe you can handle things?"

"Yes, Mr. Jeffery will be transported and I will call you with the funeral details."

"I appreciate it."

"Well Doc, I have a few things to finish up with here, and should be locking up within the next hour."

"That should be fine, we should be gone within the next half hour."

"Mr. Flex?"

"Yes, girls?"

"We need to be truthful…"

"Truthful? About what?"

"All the stuff we said during our session was false…"

"How much of it?"

"All…"

"So what's the real reasoning then?"

"During our time, with our Master he made sure we were happy, safe, and well cared for. He still found and adopted us, but a few weeks back he got something in the mail and his behavior changed completely."

"Changed? How so?"

"Well he started donating money to many different charities, and then he wanted to find us mates. So he started asking around for any potential mates we would want and gave us children."

"Well that's a fine kettle of Magikarp…"

"What?"

"He also gave us a key…"

"A key?"

"Yeah…"

"Did he say what it was used for?"

"Only that if anything ever happened to him that this key would take care of us…"

"May I see the key girls?"

"It's right here Master Flex."

"Hmmm… it looks like a safe deposit box key…"

"Like one in a bank"

"Yes, but how would his girls get to it without him?"

"Oh, you mean the bank where he keeps all his money? He had us take it there for him, but it was in several bags that where carried in for us."

"Several bags?"

"Yeah…"

"Well then how about we go…"

"Flex?"

"Yes Joy?"

"You might want to get some paper work, showing you taking custody over them due to his death. Otherwise the bank won't let you in."

"That is true, well let's go visit Officer Jenny, so we can get an official document."

After making a few stops to get everything in place, Flex and Salvia return to his home where his new Pokémon where getting settled in.

"Girls? We're back!"

"Daddy!"

"Hi there Charlotte, did you and your new friends get everything done?"

The young Audino nods her head happily just as the girls walk in.

"So I take it you girls had fun?"

"Yes Mr. Flex, thank you…"

"No need to be so formal, just Flex is fine."

"Sure… did you manage to get everything taken care of?"

"Yes, I have the official documents right here, and we can go whenever we need to."

"Can we?"

"Of course we can, I was actually hoping we'd go now, not just for the sake of my seminar tomorrow but because I am quite curious as to what was left for you girls."

"Um… Flex?"

"Yes?"

"Can I talk to you privately for a moment?"

"Sure my princess, go ahead and get ready ladies, we just need to change clothes."

Flex and Salvia proceed up stairs before disappearing into Salvia's room.

The two disappear behind their respective changing racks, and begins to change.

"What is it my princess?"

"We can't put them in Pokéball's until after their pregnancy."

"Yes I am aware of that, but I can't leave them here nor can I leave my lovely fiancé behind."

"Salvia blushes a bit, but continues."

"We could rent a vehicle…"

"True, but to get one big enough to take all of us and all our things… will become a task… but you already have something prepared. Don't you?"

"Yes, my family has something at the castle we can use…"

"It's not…"

"Nope, nothing flashy. And the perfect size to fit everyone, and I took the liberty of requesting it, just in case."

"I don't know what I would do without you my princess."

Salvia giggles a bit before continuing.

"It can be here by tomorrow morning before lunch, and we can be leaving after lunch to arrive no later than dinner time tomorrow."

"And the reservation?"

"Is taken care of, since any time my family reserves a hotel they usually give us the entire floor, so it's nothing big to add a few extra rooms."

"Wait the entire floor?"

"Yes, this way they see we are not disturbed nor can anyone try to pull anything."

"Oh right, kidnappings and such."

"Correct."

Flex steps out just as Salvia steps out in an outfit he has yet to see her in. Flex is left speechless as he takes in her new outfit.

"Salvia, you…"

"Do you like it?"

Flex responds by swiftly sweeping her of her feet and planting a deep passion filled kiss upon her lips.

"I'll take that as a yes."

Salvia was wearing a shoulder less dress, colored dark green from her bust line to her waist, and turquoise from her waist to her feet, a white bow sat perfectly between her breasts and a single green strap wrapped around her neck. A dark green bandana held her hair in place completing the ensemble.

"It was a present from mother, she said she had worn it when she was carrying me. She also said it had brought her good luck." Salvia said taking a bit of a twirl to show off the outfit.

"Salvia darling, you look breathtaking…"

"Thank you, but…"

"But what my princess?"

"Everyone is watching us…"

"That's alright, let them watch. You are my fiancé and I will show how I love you when I want so long as it doesn't interfere with work, and right now we are not at work so I shall do as I please and If they have an issue with it, well too bad."

After a few moments, Flex helps her back up and the group heads to the bank with the appropriate paperwork in hand.

They approach the teller moments after walking in and explain just exactly what needed to be done.

Confused the teller accepts the paperwork and after careful review as well as consulting with not just her supervisor but the manager over the bank, they are admitted to speak with the manager to discuss things before being allowed inside the safe deposit box.

"Mister Flex?"

"Yes?"

"The manager will see you now."

"Thank you."

"Flex darling?"

"What is it my princess?"

"Would you like me in their as well?"

"If you would like to come in I do not mind."

"The two step inside and begins to discuss things."

"Please, take a seat, Master Flex. My Lady salvia."

"So, my teller has informed me you wish to access a safety deposit box that has been left with five Pokémon that have recently become under your care."

"Correct."

"And the five of them are still here are they not?"

"Yes, they are right outside."

"Wonderful, but here is where we have hit a slight… speed bump… if you will…"

"Speed bump?"

"Yes, see all the paperwork is in order but before we can allow you in, the bank lawyers must review the contents of this paperwork specifically and thoroughly before we can even allow you inside the vault. It's for security reasons, I'm sure you understand."

"Yes, now how long should this take?"

"I can't really say sir, it depends on how long… my Lady what are you doing?" The manager asks as Salvia rises from her chair and moves around the room

"Mr. Lonis, I know you are a respectable and honorable man and someone such as yourself wouldn't be trying to take advantage of anyone now are we?" Salvia begins as she begins to walk around behind the manager her voice and body language speaking for itself as she continues.

"N-no… my Lady…"

"Wonderful, because it would be very bad if anyone from this bank was being kept from what is rightfully theirs by law… am I right?" Salvia asks placing one of her hands on the managers shoulder making sure he knew that she would not tolerate anything less than the right answer.

"Yes, but…"

"And you wouldn't be one to try and do that now would you?"

"N-no of course not…"

"Because if someone of your caliber was doing such a dishonorable to anyone in this region… well I can't say I can vouch for their safety." Salvia continues slowly returning to her chair.

"Y-yes, of course… Please allow my attorney a few moments just to review this paperwork before allowing you entrance."

"Of course."

The manager steps out of his office struggling to hold his composure.

"Salvia?" Flex asks as she returns to her chair.

"Yes, my love?"

"What was that?"

"That was me, using my knowledge from my father to keep him from giving us a run around. Most managers will do that just so that whatever is in that vault remains in that vault so they can gain all the interest from it, for as long as they can."

"Pardon me, Milady."

"Yes?"

The bank attorneys have finished reviewing it and things are all set, please visit the vault with the lovely ladies at your earliest convenience…

"Thank you, come along my love, we have a date with a vault."

The two step out of the office hand in hand, and return to the foyer where the girls are waiting.

"Master Flex?"

"No worries girls, everything is clear, we may view the vault now."

All five girls' eyes light up like a Christmas tree.

"Really?!"

"Yes now, come along. I know you all want to see what's inside."

The girls nod, and they approach a hallway in the back. A security guard leads them to the vault and the door is located. The key swiftly enters and exits the lock and the door slowly opens...

What awaits them within the safe deposit box? And what of Ms. Prayer? Find out next time on The Forgotten Love.

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