Thanks to pokestets23 for the idea of Team Havoc for the bad guys. More on Team Havoc later! Happy birthday to me! W00t! Haha this chapter means more than the rest as it will be added on my birthday :)

"Come on, what do they think?" Faye said, impatiently.

"Well... They, umm... I guess they..." He stuttered.

"Spill the beans!" She said, rolling her eyes at the stupid comment she made.

"Well, I think I love you!" He put his hands to his mouth when he realised what he said. Both Faye and himself turned bright red at what was just said.

"Wh... What?" Faye asked disbelievingly.

"I.. I think I actually love you..." He smiled, his face was burning red.

"But we hardly know each other! I guess we are friends, but we can't be a couple! Well, I... Umm..." She closed her eyes and suddenly stopped speaking as she felt a warm sensation on her lips. She opened her eyes again and Ashley's lips were locked against hers. He pulled away and smiled. Faye just looked at him, blinking.

"Wha... What just happened?" She touched her lips as the warm sensation of being kissed still lingered. Ashley just laughed as he got out of bed. He stumbled a bit but Riolu caught him.

"Riolu. Ri, lu!" He grunted as Riolu pushed him back onto the bed. Faye was still looking at her hands, which had been on her lips a second before.

"Faye?" Ashley looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She just blushed and looked at the floor. Suddenly smoke filled the room and the sound of an explosion rang through the building.

"What was that?" She said as Ashley got up. Riolu got ready to battle as the sounds of screaming was heard followed by laughter. "Come on." She whispered as she went to the door. They looked through the window on the door and saw that a man and a woman was holding Nurse Joy by the wrists. Ashley slowly opened the door and crawled over to the counter with Faye and Riolu following him. They avoided detection by the two shady looking characters wearing black uniforms with a large golden 'H' on the back. They were both wearing what looked awfully a lot like a skull mask and they began to speak to each other before dropping Nurse Joy, who crawled over to the counter.

"OK, Ghost, where is the Riolu?" The female said.

"No idea!" He surveyed the room. "Wraith, go behind the counter! The Recon Visual Aid shows that it is hidden there!" He nodded as Wraith walked over to the counter.

"Here Riolu, Riolu, Riolu! Here Riolu!" She called. She knew where it was and she knew where the trainers were, she just wanted to see how they reacted. Without warning Riolu jumped over the counter and struck Wraith with a Focus Punch, sending her skidding across the room. The two Pokemon trainers jumped over the counter and was followed by Nurse Joy.

"Who are you and what do you want with my Riolu?" Ashley said, pissed off that they were after his Pokemon.

"We are two of the elite organization, Team Havoc. And we want your Riolu because it is rare." Ghost pulled out a machine from his belt. "And If you give it to me without a fight, we will fit it with this, turn it evil and then be off. All we want is to own an army of Dark Pokemon to take over the world!" Wraith laughed as Ghost released his two Pokemon. He sent out a Raichu and a Haunter, both had red eyes and they looked like they both had one of the machines that he was holding attached to them.

"You gonna hand it over?" Wraith sneered as she stepped closer to them.

"No." Faye looked at him.

"What did you say?" Ghost spat.

"No." Faye sniggered at the expressions of the two black-clad figures.

"Run!" Ashley whispered in her ear as he walked past her.

"What did you just say?" Wraith spat, stepping towards the bruised boy.

"Nothing much." He shrugged. He turned his head towards Faye and smiled. Suddenly he felt pain tear through his cheek and he fell to the floor. He realised that Wraith had closed the distance between them quickly and punched him. Ashley turned his head when he heard a scream followed by a sinister laugh. Ghost was lifting Faye up by her neck and was laughing. He turned his head back to face Wraith when a fist hurtled towards the black-clad man. The fist was covered by boxing glove and the arm was a brown colour. The fists punched quickly and they knocked down the black assailant...

TBC! Hehehe birthdayness in a can much? ;) The fight will continue next chapter. Chow!