Chapter 5! X3;;; I've been kinda excited to write this one since I came up with it.. And now, I'm kinda weird on it. xD;; Not sure how to start and stuff.. But, the last main character will be introduced, so we can finally move out of the Rustboro/Petalburg area and on with the plot! 8D;

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Moving through Petalburg Forest was the group of Hisa, Taki, and Takahiro. After the group's encounter with the handsome and mysterious Ryoku, things had been a bit tense between Hisa and Takahiro. The two hadn't spoken much to one another since their argument, and Taki didn't like seeing them fight. She wanted them to talk again, but she didn't know what to do or say.

"Kip.."

"Ugh.. When does this stupid forest end.." Takahiro complained.

"Your complaining is just making it go longer." Hisa snapped.

"I didn't ask you.."

"It's not like Taki knows where the exit is."

"..So.." Takahiro replied, annoyed.

"Kip.. Hisa, Takahiro.. Please stop fighting.. Hisa and Takahiro don't need to be mad at eachother!" Taki interupted.

The two looked back at her, then at eachother, and sighed in unison. She was right, they were mad at eachother for a silly reason. It was going to be a long walk out of Petalburg Forest, and even longer if they spent it not talking or arguing. Though they both realized this, both were too stubborn to admit it and that they were sorry.

"Fine." they both said, looking at eachother. No more was needed to be said, they both knew the other was sorry, but didn't feel like saying it.

Taki smiled. "Hisa and Takahiro are friends again?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure.." Hisa replied, looking down a bit.

"Whatever." Takahiro replied.

"Kip!" Taki chirped.

"So.. Let's just get going." Hisa said, moving forward. Takahiro, Taki, and Eevee followed after her.

The group walked a little ways farther, before stopping as they heard a noise. Bushes rustling, it seemed. The three and Eevee looked around, wondering what was making the noise. If it was a Pokemon, or something else..

A few seconds later, a Bulbasaur jumped out of some bushes, facing the group. Hisa looked down at it in surprise, Takahiro just kinda stared at it, also a little surprised, while Taki and Eevee studied it curiously.

"Saur!" it said.

"Kip.." Taki said, contemplating going closer.

"Wow, a Bulbasaur! I didn't know those were around here.. I want to catch it!" Hisa said, taking out a pokeball.

"Who said you get to catch it?"

".. No one, but.. it's right there! I want it!"

"It's not a very girly Pokemon, you should let me catch it." Takahiro said, looking over to the Bulbasaur.

Hisa glared at him. "Who said I should only catch girly Pokemon?! Ugh, I'm catching it! I saw it first, anyway."

"You did not! We all saw it at the same time." Takahiro retorted.

"...Well! Still!" Hisa replied, taking a step closer to the Bulbasaur, who had been watching the two argue.

Takahiro took out a pokeball of his own. As he and Hisa were about to throw them at the grass Pokemon, they heard some more bushes rustling and stopped. They looked around for what it was, hoping maybe it was another Bulbasaur.

"Hyaaa!" came the voice of a girl. She jumped onto a tall rock by where Bulbasaur stood, and looked around the forest, seemingly not noticing the group before her.

"Mm.. Damnit, I can't see any! Did you have any luck, Bulbasaur?" she asked, looking down at the Pokemon. Bulbasaur shook it's head in reply. The girl let out a whine, and then noticed Hisa and the others.

"Huh? Who are you people?" she asked. She noticed the pokeballs in Hisa and Takahiro's hands and glared at them. "Hey! Were you trying to hurt my Bulbasaur!?"

The two quickly put the pokeballs back. "No.." they replied at the same time.

"We thought it was wild.." Hisa explained.

"Well, he's not! He's mine and you can't have him! He has important things to help me with!" the girl warned from the rock.

Hisa stared at her, she was a bit..strange. The owner of the Bulbasaur seemed to be around the age of 13, and wasn't that tall, though not really short either; she seemed a tad shorter than Hisa. She had long, golden blonde hair that was tied into pigtails with long, skinny purple ribbons, and deep blue colored eyes. The girl's outfit consisted of a light pink-colored shirt which she wore under a dark purple jean jacket, a short white skirt, and pink and purple striped knee socks with brown boots.

"She's..kinda cute..." Takahiro said, still studying her.

Hisa glared back at him. "What? You think she's cute?"

"Yeah, kinda." he replied. ".. You know, with her up there I can kinda see up her skirt.." Takahiro mused, tilting his head to the side to get a better view.

"Pervert!" Hisa yelled and smacked him.

"Ow! Damnit.." he said, rubbing his head.

The girl jumped down from the rock and walked closer to the group. She eyed them each up and down before speaking. "You're all strange. Who are you?"

Hisa gave her a look. "WE'RE strange?"

"Yep." she replied. "Now what's your names?"

Hisa shook her head at the girl. "Hisa Miyazawa. And this is Taki."

"Kip!" Taki said with a small wave.

"I'm Takahiro. Pleased to meet you, cutie. What's your name?" Takahiro said with a wink, taking the girl's hand and kissing it.

She gave him an annoyed look and yanked her hand away. "I'm Michiru Seirimiya. Don't touch me."

As she finished introducing herself, a little Skitty came running up to her, jumping into her arms. Michiru smiled with delight and hugged the cat Pokemon tightly.

"Any luck?" she asked.

"Skit.." the Skitty replied, shaking it's head.

"Awww.. Man..." Michiru replied sadly.

"Um.. Help with..what?" Hisa asked.

"Finding Skitties. ..Have any of you seen any around?!" she asked, hope glittering in her eyes.

"Uh.. No... Sorry.." Hisa replied.

"I think I saw one or two out by Rustboro." Takahiro said.

"Really!? Okay! Off to Rustboro!" Michiru declared, walking past the group. She stopped though, looking around every which way. "..Which way is Rustboro..?"

"It's back pretty far that way." Hisa pointed.

"Ah.." Michiru replied, looking a bit nervously at the forest ahead of her.

"Why do you want Skitties, anyway? Don't you already have one?" Hisa asked, looking at the Skitty in Michiru's arms.

"I do, but I need more! Duh!"

"..Duh?" Hisa asked, not sure what the girl was talking about.

"Hmph. I'm the destined Princess of the Skitties! So, duh I need to get all the Skitties I can get! I need more than one Skitty to make the kingdom." Michiru stated, as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

Hisa and Takahiro stared at her oddly. "..Princess..of the Skitties?" Takahiro asked.

"Kingdom? What? What in the world are you talking about?" Hisa asked.

Michiru shot them a slightly annoyed look. "I need to create the Skitty Kingdom! I, Michiru Seirimiya, am the future Queen of the Skitties! It's what I was born for! I must create a haven for Skitties, their own kingdom! I'll live with them as their Queen, with Mako-Skitty here second in command. Right, Mako-Skitty?" Michiru explained, patting her Skitty on the head.

"Skit!" Mako-Skitty chirped.

The group before her still stared, with no idea what this crazy girl was talking about.

"What..makes you think you're this 'Queen of the Skitties?'" Hisa asked.

"I just know! It came to me when I was a little girl!" Michiru yelled. "When I was little, my parents watched their friend's Skitty for a week. At that time I didn't like Pokemon and had no interest in them. But I met that Skitty... And I knew my destiny! We spent that whole week together. We bonded, and I felt such a strong connection to it. I was so crushed when it had to leave.. I wanted my own Skitty.. Not just one, alot! From that week with my parents friend's Skitty, I just knew I was the Skitty Princess. My purpose was to create a kingdom for all Skitties, and rule them! I can communicate with them, and I know what they're feeling. So, see? Now that my parents have finally let me out on my own, I can create my glorious kingdom!"

Hisa and Takahiro stared at her, speechless. Was this girl for real? Did she honestly believe she was the ruler of Skitties and needed to make a kingdom for them?

"Kip?" Taki asked, looking at Mako-Skitty.

"Skit!" the Skitty replied.

"What's that, Mako-Skitty?" Michiru asked, looking down at her Pokemon. "Skit skit?"

"Skit."

"Skit!"

"Kip?" Taki said, tilting her head to the side at the strange sight of the girl 'communicating' with her Skitty.

Hisa looked to Taki. "Is she..really talking to it, Taki?"

"Kip.. Taki does not think so.. Skitty seems amused by Michiru talking to her like that.."

"I knew it." Hisa replied.

Michiru shot her a glare. "What, you don't believe me? I bet you're one of those people who looks down on Skitties, aren't you!? You think they're weak and worthless?" she yelled.

Hisa blinked at the girl's rage. "N-No! I never said that! I just.. I find all this Skitty Princess stuff to be a little..hard to believe. Do you honestly believe you're meant to make this 'Skitty Kingdom' and that you can talk to Skitties?"

Michiru's expression became angrier at hearing this. "Shut up! You don't know anything! I can talk to Skitties, and I AM destined to make the Skitty Kingdom! Just you wait. One day, very soon, my Kingdom will be complete. And then you'll feel bad and want to join it, but me and my Skitties won't let you because you were a non-believer. Then when the apocalypse happens, you and the other stupid non-believers will be left to die!"

"...Apocalypse?" Hisa asked.

"Yes! In a few years, I know it will happen! The forces of evil will try to take over the world and break my Skitty Kingdom, throwing the world into darkness! But, my Skitties and I will beat it and give peace back to the world! It's DESTINY!" she exclaimed, fire in her eyes, pumping her fists into the air.

Hisa, Takahiro, and Taki stared at her like she was crazy.

"...Her parents let her out on her own? Jeez, this girl's..beyond nutty.. " Hisa said, somewhat quietly, to Takahiro.

Takahiro nodded, giving Michiru a strange look. "At lest she's...um..creative?"

Michiru glared at them. "I can hear you, you know!" she yelled. She looked over to Taki, who had been silently watching Skitty and Bulbasaur. She studied the girl, who seemed strange to her. Taki looked up at Michiru and blinked, and Michiru walked over to her, looking closely at her fins.

"Taki, was it? Why are you wearing Mudkip fins?" she asked.

Taki blinked, and stared at her. "Kip?"

Hisa got a nervous expression, unsure of what to do again. The whole "she's pretending to be Mudkip!" thing hadn't gone over too well with Takahiro. "Um... She's..." she started, trying to come up with something.

Michiru's angry expression suddenly turned into a joyful one. "I get it! Are you the Princess of Mudkips? Are you?" she asked, enthusiastically.

"Kip? Taki is a Princess of Mudkips?"

"Ah, so you are! Wow! How's your Mudkip Kingdom coming along?" she asked, her eyes glittering again.

Hisa and Takahiro stared on in disbelief. What was up with this Skitty-obsessed girl?

"Kip..." Taki replied, unsure of how to respond.

"Well..? How many Mudkips have you gotten?"

"Taki does not have any Mudkips.."

"Oh? Are they really hard to find? I'm having a bad start with getting Skitties, so don't worry!" Michiru reassured.

"Okay, crazy Skitty-girl, we have to get going now!" Hisa announced, not wanting Taki to say or do anything weird. "Come on, guys.."

"Wait!" Michiru yelled. "Taki! I want you to come with me! We can build our kingdoms together! Then we'll REALLY be unstoppable against the apocalypse!"

"Kip..? Michiru wants Taki to build a kingdom with her?" Taki asked, with no clue what the girl was going on about still. "Will Hisa help Taki?"

Hisa sighed, getting very annoyed. "No! You're not building any kingdom, Taki. And you aren't either! Please leave us alone and let us go!" Hisa yelled.

"No! As Princesses, we should work together! You don't understand because you're an ignorant little girl."

"... Little girl? I'm older than you!"

"..Well! Still! Stop getting in the way of the planet's future!" Michiru retorted.

"The only future you have is in a mental home!"

"How dare you! That's it, you're DEFINITELY not being let into my kingdom! Not ever ever ever!" Michiru yelled furiously.

"Shut up about your stupid non-existent kingdom!"

"Oh boy.." Takahiro said with a facepalm. "..You know, I'd be happy to find you girls some mud if you want to sort this out." he offered.

Both girls glared back at him. "Shut up, you pervert!" they yelled.

Taki stared at the two arguing back and fourth, unsure of the reason why they were fighting. "Kip.."

"That's it! I challenge you to a battle! I'll just SHOW you how strong my Mako-Skitty already is!" Michiru shouted, glaring at Hisa.

"Fine, whatever!" Hisa replied.

"Are you sure?" Takahiro asked in a slightly irritated tone. He wanted to get out of the forest already.

"It won't take that long, don't worry." Hisa replied, facing Michiru.

"Mako-Skitty! Let's show this ignorant girl not to mess with us!" Michiru said, letting her Skitty down into the battlefield.

"Skit!" Mako-Skitty replied, facing Hisa.

"Go, Spheal!" Hisa said, releasing Spheal from it's pokeball.

"Spheal!" the seal Pokemon cheerfully called, facing the Skitty before him.

"Mako-Skitty! Tackle!" Michiru called.

"Skit!" Mako-Skitty obeyed, running at Spheal and tackling him.

"Spheeaaal.." Spheal said, rolling over, recovering from the tackle.

"Spheal, water gun!"

Spheal shot water from it's mouth, hitting Skitty. Mako-Skitty hissed and shook itself off, hating the feel of the water.

"Tackle again, Mako-Skitty!"

Mako-Skitty rammed into Spheal again, before it could get away or Hisa could call out an attack. The Skitty was fast, Hisa would give it that. Spheal had a definite speed disadvantage, being so round and having flippers rather than legs.

"Spheal, powder snow!"

Spheal quickly obeyed Hisa, shooting out a blast of chilly snowflakes at the cat Pokemon. Mako-Skitty hopped back, barely dodging the attack. However, Hisa immediately called out for Spheal to use another powder snow, and it did so; this time hitting Mako-Skitty.

"Mako-Skitty, give it one of your special tail whips!" Michiru called, confidence in her voice.

The Skitty ran up to Spheal, and knocked it back onto it's back with one swing of it's tail.

"Wha? What was that?!" Hisa yelled, not expecting the Skitty to use such a move.

Michiru smirked. "It's our special version of tail whip." she replied.

Hisa looked down at Spheal as it got up. She was getting nervous, but knew she had to try to keep her cool. "Spheal, water gun!"

Spheal again shot water at Skitty, as the cat Pokemon tried to dodge. Skitty got grazed by the attack, but stayed on it's feet.

"Mako-Skitty, tackle it!"

"Spheal, quick, water gun!" Hisa shouted as Mako-Skitty ran at Spheal.

Just as Mako-Skitty was about to make contact with the seal Pokemon, Spheal shot out a water gun, knocking her back by Michiru. Mako-Skitty quickly got up though, shaking itself off again.

"Go for another tackle, Mako-Skitty!"

"Spheal, try to block it! Go at it with a tackle of your own!" Hisa ordered.

As Mako-Skitty rammed into Spheal, Spheal pushed forward at it, and both Pokemon were knocked back.

"Tail whip, Mako-Skitty!" Michiru called as her Pokemon rose to it's feet.

Mako-Skitty ran at Spheal once more, again smacking the chubby little seal with her tail, knocking him back onto his back.

Hisa tried to think as Spheal got back up. She could tell her Pokemon was getting weak, things weren't looking that good. "Spheal, powder snow!" she called, hoping it would hit.

Luckily, it did, as Mako-Skitty was also getting weak. Hisa gave a light sigh of relief, while Michiru glared.

"Mako-Skitty! Tail whip it again! You can win this!"

Mako-Skitty ran at Speal again, and though the little seal Pokemon tried to dodge the attack, she still successfully knocked it back with her tail.

"Great! Now, finish it, tackle!" Michiru ordered, feeling victory.

Hisa looked at Spheal nervously. "C-Come on Spheal, water gun!" she called as her Pokemon struggled to stay up.

Just as Mako-Skitty was about to ram into Spheal with her tackle, Taki ran in front of him, stopping the Skitty in it's tracks. It looked up at her strangely, confused as to why she was there. Taki opened her mouth and shot a water gun at Mako-Skitty, knocking the cat Pokemon far back. Michiru shrieked at this, and immediately caught her stunned, wet Pokemon in her arms.

Hisa stared at Taki with a horrified face as she gently picked up Spheal, feeling deja-vu. "T-Taki... Why did you..." she stuttered, her tone a mixture of anger and nervousness.

Taki looked back at her with apologetic eyes. "Taki is sorry.. Taki did not want to disobey Hisa.. But Taki didn't want to see Spheal get hurt anymore!" she explained.

Hisa sighed, annoyed. "Taki..." she started, but was cut off by Michiru.

"Y-You..!" Michiru exclaimed, her eyes wide. She slowly came closer to Taki, staring with disbelief.

"You.. That was a water gun.. You're more than just the Princess of Mudkips.. You're like.. a Mudkip in a human body! Oh wow! This is amazing! So those fins are real... Oh wow, you are so lucky! I wish I could be a Skitty!" Michiru admired, her eyes sparkling again.

Hisa and Takahiro stared at her, giving eachother looks at her reaction.

"Kip.." Taki said, staring at Michiru.

"You are so amazing! Kyaaa So awesome, so awesome! Do you have powers? Can you make me into a Skitty!?" she asked hopefully.

"Kip.. Taki does not think she can make Michiru a Skitty.."

"Okay you heard the girl, can't do it. So, now we really really need to be going! Come on, Taki!" Hisa said, still a bit nervously, grabbing Taki's hand.

"Kip.."

"No! You can't leave!" Michiru exclaimed.

"Sorry, bye!" Hisa replied.

"No!" Michiru yelled, grabbing Taki's other hand.

"Kip..." Taki said, as both her hands were taken.

"Ugh, what do you think you're doing?!" Hisa yelled.

"Here we go again.." Takahiro sighed.

"Vee.." Eevee said, giving a concerned look to the scene before him.

"I won't let you leave! I need to be with the Mudkip Princess!" Michiru yelled.

"She's not a Mudkip Princess, now let her go!"

"She is! Ugh, think of the future!"

"The future you're talking about is full of crap! LET GO!" Hisa yelled, pulling Taki forward.

"YOU'RE full of crap!" Michiru retorted, pulling Taki in her direction.

"..Um, you guys.." Takahiro said, but neither listened.

"Kiiip..."

"She's with US, so let her go so we can be on our way! Go look for some Skitties or something! Or better yet, some other people to bother!" Hisa yelled, again pulling Taki her way.

"Not until the Mudkip Princess is with me to help!" Michiru yelled back, she too pulling Taki in her direction more.

"K-Kiiip..." Taki whimpered, feeling very uncomfortable.

"I'll save you, darling!" Takahiro called, running over and picking Taki up, Hisa and Michiru letting go of her in surprise. "Taki, let's make a run for it from these crazy girls!" he said, a joking tone in his voice as he took a few steps away with her.

"HEY!" Hisa and Michiru yelled, running up to either side of him.

Takahiro put Taki down and looked at them. "Come on, ladies, kiss and make up." he said, wrapping an arm around each and pulling them closer together.

Both girls got away and swang their fists forward, hitting Takahiro in the face, though they meant to hit eachother.

"Gah!" Michiru squeaked, jumping back.

"Oops.. Sorry, Takahiro. For once, I wasn't trying to hit you.." Hisa said apologetically.

"Ow..." Takahiro said, rubbing his sore cheeks.

"Er.. Okay, guys, let's really go now!" Hisa said, quickly grabbing Taki and Takahiro's hands and running with them, Eeevee following along behind.

The group ran a bit forward before slowing to a walking pace. Takairo looked at Hisa as they did.

"Did you really have to just run like that?" he asked, irritated with the whole day.

"Eheh.. Sorry, but... How else were we going to get rid of that crazy girl? Geez... I've met some weird people before, but nothing like that.. Talk about delusional." Hisa replied.

"I'll say. Queen of the Skitties.. Pfft. She wasn't a bad battler, though."

"I guess.." Hisa said, slightly bitter about nearly losing.

Suddenly, footsteps could be heard behind the small group. Hisa got a look of irritation and dread on her face as she and Takahiro looked back to see who was behind them. Sure enough, it was none other than Michiru. The girl walked along after them silently, a pouty yet determined expression on her face. The group she was trailing stopped and turned to face her, and she stopped also.

"Hello again, Michiru!" Taki greeted cheerfully.

"What are you doing?" Hisa questioned.

"What does it look like? If you won't let Taki come with me, then I'm going to go with you!" she stated.

"Oh, no you're not! Membership to this group is closed, sorry." Hisa replied, annoyed.

"I don't care, I'm still coming along. Try to run all you want, I'm fast!"

Hisa glared at her. "Why!? Why do you have to come with us?"

"Because I, as the future Queen of the Skitties, should be by the future Queen of the Mudkips, Taki!"

Hisa sighed. There was no getting through to this girl. She looked to Takahiro, knowing Taki's answer already. "Takahiro..what do you say?" she asked.

He glanced over at Michiru, then looked back at Hisa. "She's alot more annoying than you, that's for sure." he replied.

"That's not an answer!" Hisa yelled.

"Well... Boobs are boobs. She's not that bad looking. Whatever."

Hisa stared at him, unable to muster a response to that. She looked back at Michiru. "Whatever. But if you come along.. Lay off the Skitty Princess and Mudkip Princess stuff, okay?" she said.

"Whoohoo!" Michiru exclaimed happily. She hugged Taki, and looked at her with excitement glittering in her eyes. "Taki! We can build our kingdoms together now! Isn't this wonderful?!" she said, seemingly ignoring most of what Hisa had just said.

"Kip!" Taki replied happily. She still had no idea what Michiru was talking about, but she liked her energy.

"Okay, now, let's go! For real this time! I am SO sick of this forest.." Hisa said, turning to leave.

"So am I." Takahiro agreed, following Hisa and Eevee.

Michiru bounced along after them, taking Taki along by the hand. The odd group of Hisa, Taki, and Takahiro had somehow just gotten even odder with the addition of Michiru. But, right now, all that mattered was getting out of Petalburg Forest and on with their journies, no matter how strange they looked..

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FINALLY IT'S DONE. Oh god, I struggled wiritng this. So sorry if it's not the best.. It was alot better in my head, and for some reason just not coming out like I wanted it to. Anyway.. Now, like I said, all the main characters have been introduced, so we can move on with the plot! Next chapter should hopefully be pretty fun. It's a bit of a filler, I guess you could say, though a couple important things will happen. I'll try to get it up soon!

Please, please, please, if you're reading this and like it, REVIEW! I admit, I'm a review whore. I love them, and they help me write more. So.. please, it'd mean so much to me if you like this and could take a minute or two out of your day to review. Thank you so much to Evil Riggs for your reviews, by the way! They mean alot!