Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, as well as its various number of creatures and characters. But I do own the characters Hatiro and Luna
A/N: Almost there, just a few more things before I close up.
Note: For you to understand and know the characters, you gotta have read at least Ch.2 in my, story, "Adventures of Umbreon and Espeon".
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Hatiro and Starly had finally reached the fourth floor, and were now looking at various types of jewelry, one in particular Hatiro wanted to look at.
"There, its this one." Hatiro said as he raised a paw to indicate he was referring to a necklace with a design of an espeon head with a small pink gemstone on the forehead.
"You want to give Luna, a necklace this year?" Starly asked.
"Ya, I think she might be tired of the small things I give her every year, so I wanted to give her something nice this year." Hatiro said
"I know that you of all pokemon should know what she likes, but what makes you think she is interested in that?" Starly asked
"She likes it when she and Amber play dress up, and one of the things is that Amber would place jewelry on her, like a bracelet or rings on her tail. Besides, I've seen the humans give the person they really care about stuff like this." Hatiro said quite sure of his decision.
"Wow, you really do like her a lot, not surprising though. The price is about the same price as the dress we got earlier plus a few extra dollars, not a bad deal." Starly said
"I'll have to speak with Ted about this first though, he is the one paying." Hatiro said
"Come on then, I think I saw Ted not far from here, just on the other side of the store, on this floor. Starly said
But before they could get a move on, someone had called out to Hatiro, looking back they saw female Luxio looking at them with a smile.
"Oh no, not her." Hatiro said quietly, but was enough for Starly to hear.
"Hatiro, it's good to see you again." the Luxio said
"Hiya, Lex, what brings you here?" Hatiro said
"I'm shopping here with my owner, he is on the top floor talking to his girlfriend." Lex said
"Oh, that nice, I think I better get going, I have to get to Ted so he can help me with my shopping." Hatiro said, as he turned to go
"Can I help?" Lex said getting in the way.
"Umm... alright, can you sit right here for a minute and wait for minute for me to return with Ted." Hatiro said
"Ok!" Lex said
With that Lex sat down for a minute, and Ted and Starly left to find Ted.
"So Hatiro who was that?" Starly said once again sitting on Hatiro's head
"Her name is Lex." Hatiro stated
"Yeah, I got that much, who was she?", Starly asked
"She is the pokemon that is owned by Ted's friend that lives here in the city. She has a crush on me, even though she knows about Luna.", Hatiro stated
"Wow, persistent girl isn't she." Starly said
"Ya, tell me about it, each year, on the day we were suppose to shop, but we don't, she wants to do everything with me." Hatiro said, before Ted came into view
Ted was looking at some small, novel books, before he heard Hatiro call out to him.
"Oh, hey there, Hatiro. What's up." Ted asked as soon as he saw them.
Hatiro tried as best as he could to somewhat explain to him what he wants to get done, of coarse, as Hatiro's main trainer at home, he understood him, in a way. The two pokemon led Ted to the area of what Hatiro was looking at, and saw Lex still there.
"Oh, hello Lex, so you're here too?": Ted said as he saw her sitting there. Lex just gave him a nod of approval and stood up to sit next to Hatiro.
"So, Hatiro is that what you need help with?" Ted asked as he pointed at the item that Hatiro was previously pointing at, and with a nod, Ted understood and went go talk to a clerk about it.
"So, you're getting Luna a necklace this year?" Lex said
"That's, right." Hatiro said.
"Luna is definitely a lucky girl, isn't she, to have you." Lex said as she rubbed her head on him.
"Uh... Lex please, you know I like Luna." Hatiro said getting real uncomfortable
"I know, and I acknowledge it, but she isn't here, and I wanna spend some time together." Lex said, somewhat begging
"Let's just let 'er come, Hatiro, she could be of use to us, to speed up this shopping." Starly said.
Hatiro gave it some thought, and eventually lightens up and lets Lex come with them.
Completely a full floor below them, Luna was looking at the various custom made tags, looking for something for Hatiro. She had bumped into Amber and Helen several times and each time, she placed what she wanted to buy in Amber's basket, without a single fuss from her.
"I wonder if Hatiro will like this? It would really match those bands on his ears and tail." Luna thought as she looked at a black, metallic tag that had a thin yellow lining around it.
"He probably will, after all it is the thought that counts." Luna said as she picked up the tag from the clerk and left to find Amber, so she could place it in her basket.
"Wonder if Hatiro is close by, I keep feeling like he is close by." Luna said to herself as she thought about Hatiro again.
Hatiro was in fact, not very far, he was sitting in front of the elevator, waiting for it. He had talked Lex to staying with Starly while Ted bought the necklace. While waiting, he got tired and began looking around for a possible faster route downstairs, and saw the vent opening next to the elevator. Hatiro had used his move 'Psychic' remove the screws and crawled right into the vent.
Directly below him, Luna had stopped to look at the hats of the various baseball teams on them.
"I wonder if Ted still likes 'The Raichus'? Hatiro would know, why is he never around when you need him." Luna said to herself in her head, then giving a sigh, "Oh well, I think they are two-time champs anyway, so..." Luna said to herself quietly and began to focus so she could get it off the rack.
"What the? What in the world...?" Luna had to say to herself as a small screw hit her on the head, and saw the ventilation shaft above her head rattling.
Back with Starly and Lex, they were off looking for Hatiro. Ted had purchased the necklace, and had Lex and Starly look for Hatiro since he had left a few minutes ago.
"Where do you think he is?" Lex asked
"I don't know, but he should still be in the store." Starly said
"Maybe he went to the other floors." Lex said
"Maybe he did, come on we probably can find him in the clothing area downstairs." Starly said as the two headed towards the elevators.
"He probably is still there, the elevators have been kind of hard to use all day." Starly said
"I know what you mean." Lex said.
"Hey, Lex, if I may ask. Why do you act so 'friendly' towards Hatiro?" Starly asked
"Well, I like him." Lex stated with a slight smile
"But, you even said it yourself, you know that Hatiro likes Luna. So why?" Starly questioned
"Well, its probably because, I'm still in my early teens, and I guess, I like older pokemon around Hatiro's age." Lex said
"I think you've spent too much time in front of the TV." Starly stated flatly
"Laugh all you want, I know I like him, besides I think its just a phase I going through, I'll probably get over it in about six more months" Lex said
"How are you so sure?" Starly asked
"Well, I do like Hatiro, and would love spend some quality time with him. But I do also have a crush on a Luxray that lives a neighboring town near here." Lex said
"Well, I guess really is a phase you will get over. I'm sure though that when you do that Hatiro will still be your friend." Starly said
"I hope so. He is a good one to know." Lex said
"I know so." Starly said quite sure of himself, "Hey look at that... the vent shield is off." Starly said as he flew over to it.
"I think Hatiro used this as a way down, or up, I can pick up his scent on the walls of the shaft." Lex said as she sniffed the area
"I hope he's alright, some area of this vent can get tight." Starly stated as the two walk into an elevator that had just opened up.
Hatiro was just walking around the shaft taking various guesses, as he followed a specific scent that he was able to pick up on each floor.
"I know I'm close, but where to find an exit." Hatiro said just before he got stuck
"Hey! What!" Hatiro said as he realizes that his hind leg is stuck pressing against the walls of the vent and his side
"Well that just great, now what." He thought to himself
Hatiro sat there thinking for a minute, then tried an idea, he would use his 'Psychic' to merely bend the metal a little so he can pass through
"I hope this works." Hatiro said to himself as his eye started to shine and the shaft started to shake
"I think it's working, just a little more." Hatiro said, but before he could try to move himself free, the shaft started to creak and groan
When he finally stopped the shaft was still groaning, then all of a sudden the part of the shaft separated from the part in front of him and he could feel a small opening on the bottom of the shaft.
"This can't be good" Hatiro thought just before he heard a sudden bang, followed by the bottom of the shaft falling off and sent him falling towards the floor below him.
As he screamed from the fall, he heard another scream followed by a sudden appearance of a shining shield in front of the source. As dust, paint flakes from the vent, and the vent shaft bottom, came to rest on the ground, Hatiro picked himself up
"It just had to be a vent shaft on the ceiling." Hatiro said, as he looked at the other who screamed and his eyes widened as her's came to rest on him at the same time
"What are you doing here?!" both Hatiro and Luna said at the same time
"Umm... shopping." Hatiro said quite meekly
"Same here." Luna said quite surprised
"Really, what happened to you going early?" Hatiro asked also surprised
"I could ask you the same the question." Luna said
"It's actually... kind of traditional for me and Ted to be shopping her on Christmas Eve." Hatiro said, embarrassed
"What about yesterday?" Luna asked
"Well, when we go then, we mostly end up visiting Ted's friend here, and you?" Hatiro said after some thought
"Well,... umm... Amber and I forgot, we got distracted by an offer to ice skate." Luna said embarrassingly, and scooting over so she is sitting on the tag she was going to give him.
"Well, well, well, at least I wasn't the only one in this boat alone this year." Hatiro said then kissing her lightly on the cheek, "Tell me, is Amber here with you." Hatiro asked as he sat down
"Yes, she is, and I'm I to suppose that Ted is here too..." Luna asked with a smile on her face.
"Yep, he's here." Hatiro said
"I think I saw him land here!" They heard a voice say
As the two faced the source, to see Starly and Lex running towards them
"Luna?! You're here too!" Starly said
"Yep, late shopping." Luna said with a smile
"Hey Hatiro, you ok?" Lex asked him
"Yeah, I'm alright, I'm a lot tougher than that." Hatiro said
"May I ask, who are you?" Luna asked with a confused look on her face.
"My name is Lex, I'm the pokemon that belongs to the friend Ted visits on December 23rd." Lex said
"Well, I'm glad to make your acquaintance, Lex, my name is Luna." Luna said
"I know, Hatiro told me all about you, when we first met." Lex said
"He has?" Luna said, giving Hatiro a sort of suspicious look.
"Yep, I'm his buddy when he comes here." Lex said, "Please don't be so suspicious of him, he is quite loyal to yours and his relationship." Lex added, quietly to Luna
"Well that's good to hear." Luna said with a smile
About then, Amber, Helen, and Ted came upon them.
"Hey, you four alright." Ted asked
"We heard the bang, from the other side of the store." Amber said
All gave a sign saying their fine, and Luna quickly put the tag in Amber's basket
"Wow, that ventilation shaft must failed, good thing you guys didn't get hurt." Helen said looking up at the vent
As they picked up the hat that, Luna was planning to give Ted, Hatiro came back with a T-shirt to match the hat. Hatiro and Ted agreed that the singing, stuff toy animal was going to be from both of them, and Luna and Amber agreed that hat was from both of them to Ted.
"Thank you for find that T-shirt Hatiro. It really come great with the hat." Luna said as they all headed down the first floor.
"No problem." Hatiro said
As soon as the elevator door opened up, they all found Ted's friend and his girlfriend. They chatted a little as Ted and Amber paid for the things that they and Hatiro and Luna had chosen to buy for gifts. But before they could leave with their things, the front door opened and came in the gang of four they met earlier on the outskirts of the city.
"This is a robbery, No body move!" the mustached man yelled out to the crowd.
"No body should think of calling the police." Lou said
As everybody ducked down to their knees, Hatiro, Luna, Lex, and Starly hid behind a rack of clothing.
"Oh no, not those guys again." Hatiro said
"Wait you know those guys?" Luna said
"Yeah, we met them on the outskirts earlier, and Hatiro tackled the tall skinny one for a rude comment." Starly said
"Oh that was you, I psybeamed him, for a comment too." Luna said gladly
"I know those guys! They're a street gang here in town." Lex said, "You three have any ideas of getting out?" Lex asked them
"Just one." Hatiro said, and Luna soon caught on, seeing the look on his face
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A/N: Ok so now were up for a battle, battle is on the next Chapter.