Hello Readers. (^_^)

I obviously don't own Pokémon; if I did own Pokémon, I would torture my Penguinshipping loving siblings with a lot of Ikarishipping episodes.

If people are wondering why I Mark has blonde hair, it's because of his father, and because I would never give a guy pink hair, that is SO GAY.

Anyway...

"Talking" Thoughts Poke-Speech

On with the story...

Chapter 3: Family

Previously:

*Mark's POV, Route 103(The Route between Staleport City and Oldale Town in the game)*

Rose looked down and said quietly, "Everything I love except my Pokémon dies. My father died before I was born, my mother died giving birth to me, my Aunt and Uncle, from my father's side, that raised me since birth died three years ago, only my Grandparents and Uncle, from my mother's side are still alive."

I used my hand to lift up her chin and stared into her emerald green eyes with my sapphire blue eyes, and asked, "I doubt Rose May Ryuji is your real name, so what is your real name?"

Rose looked down again before muttering, "Rose May Hayden," and then she looked up straight into my eyes and said, "I'm the secret daughter of the Original May Haruka Maple Hayden and Andrew Shuu Hayden. The last thing my real mother did before she died was give me my name."

All I could do was stare in shock.

*Rose's POV, Route 103*

Mark hasn't spoken to me at all, since I told him who my parents where, all he did was stare in shock, then he grabbed my wrist and started dragging me toward Oldale Town.

I silently muttered, "I am a cursed child, whenever someone finds out the truth, they leave me."

Mark suddenly grabbed my wrist stared into my eyes again and said fiercely, "Don't' say that, I'm sure not everyone leaves you."

I blushed slightly at the close proximity and countered, "As soon as people noticed Pokémon started dying from my touch, they started avoiding, my friend's parents made their children stay away from me, only if someone wanted something dead, did the come to me, and I'd refuse every time to do their dirty work, making people hate me even more."

Mark let go of me and muttered, "Not everyone is like that, come on, let's go, I want to get Oldale Town before nightfall and we still aren't even close."

I smiled slightly before saying, "Oh really, I see Oldale Town right there."

Mark followed my finger with his eyes and saw that Oldale Town was indeed only a mile into the distance.

Mark smirked before saying, "So what are we waiting for, come on."

Mark started running down the hill we were standing one and motioned for me to follow.

I laughed and ran after him, into the setting sun, while thinking:

Why do I feel this way around him, aren't we too young for love?

*Mark's POV, Petalburg City, A week later*

We're finally in Petalburg, who knew that walking around Hoenn would take so long, at least in Johto we had the Magnet Train between towns, but here it's all walking.

Rose and I are talking again, but it is still awkward.

It's still hard to believe she is the daughter of two of my parents' best friends that died years ago.

I wish I could tell Mom and Dad about Rose's Lineage, but then I'd have to explain how I found out, and they don't know I'm the Guardian of Life, I discovered my powers years ago, but I trained in secret all those years as well.

We should find the Gym, I want to battle the leader, better ask Rose where she's taking us...

I tapped on Rose's shoulder and asked her, "Do you know where we are going?'

She looked at me like I was crazy before saying, "The Gym, you are a trainer last I checked."

I nodded, but I was still clueless, so I asked, "How do you know your way around Petalburg, you were born and raised in Verdanturf Town?"

Rose started laughing before she stopped and whispered in my ear, "My real mother's brother, Max, has been the Gym-Leader ever since my grandfather retired, and Uncle Max was the one carrying me when my mother named me, and when she died..."

Rose became depressed upon mention of her parents, and couldn't bear to speak, so I gave her shoulder a squeeze and asked/stated, "Your mother's family visited you every once in a while and you visited them, so you know how to get around Petalburg."

Rose nodded slightly and said, 'Let's go I want to see Uncle Max, Grandma Caroline, Grandpa Norman, and Aunt Audrey, Uncle Max's wife."

I nodded and motioned for us to continue walking.

When we finally got to the Gym, I was about to open the door, when I heard someone say, "By Max, hope to see you again sometime soon."

The door swung open, but Rose and I took a few steps back when we heard the voice so it didn't hit us.

Out of the door walked out, famous Pokémon Champion of Kanto, Ash Ketchum.

Ash noticed us right away and quickly muttered an apology for nearly hitting us before yelling, "Mark, it's been a while since I've seen you, how are your parents, seems like you got a travelling partner, and a pretty one on top of that."

Rose and I both blushed at Ash's comment, but I managed to contain it and say, "It has been a while Ash, Mom is participating in Contests here in Hoenn, while Dad is doing Contests in Kanto. This is Rose Ryuji, she's my new friend, and she totally squashed Mom in her first Contest."

While I was talking to Ash, I noticed that Max had walked outside of the Gym and was staring at Rose; it seemed like they were having a mental conversation.

Ash gasped upon hearing my statement and said, "Wow Rose, you must be a strong coordinator to beat Solidad, she's hasn't lost a contest to anyone other than the other Top-Coordinators in years."

Rose turned away from Max and muttered, "Uhhh, Thanks, I guess."

Ash smiled then said, "Don't mention it, I'd better get to Little Root so I can make it to the Ferry that's supposed to take me back to Kanto on time, I promised Misty that I'd be there for Aqua's birthday, and unfortunately both have horrible tempers, like mother like daughter as they always say, or was that like father like son… Anyway, better get going. Bye."

I sweat-dropped at Ash's rambling and said, "Umm, I think we should all head inside so I can battle you Max."

Max sweat-dropped from his lack of memory and slowly said, "Right… Follow Me."

Max lead us through the dark hallways to the main battle field, while trying to start a conversation, "Umm Mark, I'm guessing you are a trainer, and Rose considering you beat Solidad, who is Mark's mother, I'm guessing you are a coordinator."

Rose sweat-dropped, but before we could say anything, we had reached the battle field.

Rose was the first to walk in, so Norman and Caroline spotted her but not me, and ran over to hug her.

Norman was the first to let go, but Caroline was the first to speak, "Rose, how is my favorite grandchild?"

Rose laughed before saying, "I'm your only grandchild, unless Uncle Max and Aunt Audrey actually get busy."

Max who had remembered I was there cleared his throat and said, "Mom, Dad, I have a challenger who is probably now ready to ask a million and one questions."

Norman and Caroline finally noticed me; I just waved my hand cheerfully before saying, "Hi, I'm Mark Andrew Roberts, Rose's travelling partner."

Max sweat-dropped before whispering, "Maybe he's just as dense as Ash used to be?"

Even though I didn't hear it, Rose did, so she whacked Max on the head before saying, "Mark knows who I am Max, he's just playing dense."

I pulled on a serious face and said, "You guys really have a smart granddaughter or niece in Max's case, I see that Darkrai and all of you raised her well."

Everyone was staring at me in shock, while Rose just had an amused expression that made her look like she was about to laugh.

Caroline glared at Rose before saying, "I thought we told you to never tell anyone."

I felt bad for Rose, so I said, "No, No, it isn't her fault. It's mine, I pressured her into it. We were on Route 103, when three injured Poochyena appeared, I healed the two babies, but their mother wouldn't let me heal her, so Rose put the Mother Poochyena out of her misery. I figured that Rose Ryuji wasn't her real name after hearing form the Mother Poochyena that she was the Guardian of Death, so I made her tell me who she really was."

I walked over to Rose and swung my arm loosely around her shoulder, before saying, "Besides shouldn't the Guardian of Life, at least recognize the Guardian of Death? Max, are we going to have that Gym-Battle?"

Awkward Silence….

Everyone stared at me like I was the legendary Pokemon, Arceus willing to be caught by an ordinary trainer.

After three point seven seconds, Norman yelled, "You're the Guardian of Life! Do your parents know? There is no way I am letting my granddaughter travel with a blonde playboy."

Rose and I sweat-dropped from Norman's reaction before I calmly said, "Umm, Mr. Maple, I'm not a playboy, and just because my hair is blonde doesn't mean I am one, My parents are Solidad Saori Sierra Roberts, and Robert Sean Roberts, some of May and Drew's best friends, my mom was the maid of honor and my dad was best man at their wedding, remember? And for the record, my parents don't know that I am the Guardian of Life. So are we going to have that Gym-Battle Max?"

Norman smiled and said, "I like a man that can hold his own and tell the truth, I hereby give you permission to travel with my granddaughter."

I smiled before sweat-dropping and saying, "Thanks I guess, and also my mom forced us to travel probably thinking we would make a great couple, even though we are still too young for that stuff. And, Am I ever going to get to battle the Petalburg City Gym-Leader?"

Everyone stared at me before cracking up from my outburst.

Seems like I'm going to get along with the Maples just fine.

To Be Continued….

Hope You liked the Part, even though it was short, but just to warn you the next chapter will have a time skip, because I hate writing battles and appeals, so I'll skip most of that stuff….

Anyway, Review. (^_^)