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This chapter's called Teamwork because of the incident in the middle of chapter...

Alright, Joseph. Come out from behind the bushes and put your real name, you fucking coward! Don't just randomly put a review saying: I'm sexy and I know it. I could delete your comments, but I think everyone deserves some humor in their life, so I guess they can just read it.

And if "Random Guy D" "Romance Lover" "New Face101" isn't Joseph, I'm sorry.

But, a note to y'all, don't put random comments. Please make them SOMEHOW related to the story at hand.

Okay, reason for late update: I forgot.

So I'm writing some of this story...then I'm like, oh my, it's Saturday already! Well, I'll just update it next week...(cuz it was only 1000 words). Wednesday comes around...BEEEEEEEP it's Wednesday! The week's half over! I need to write a LITTLE bit of this, at least! So that's how it took me soo long to write about 2000 words...

I'm very very sorry. But I'm sure you don't want to hear me rant...so here's the chapter!

Kevin and I had a stare-down for who knows how long. Me, I was refusing to take back what I said. Him, he was refusing to give me a real apology from his heart.

And it gets even more intense...until my brain decided that my contacts were hurting my eyes, so it told my eyes to start crying. Which it did, obediently.

"Fuck fuck fuck!" I cried, wiping my eyes' tears. I didn't even want to cry, it was just something my stupid brain decided on its own.

Well, I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Yes, everyone weakens at the sight of a girl's tears. Even the most cold hearted person.

"I'm sorry!" Kevin apologized quickly. I glared at him through my tears.

"It's my contacts, dumbass. I'm not hurt," I replied, my voice cold as steel.

"Oh." Then he grinned a bit. "Ha, I thought it was a bit strange that you'd cry that easily." His tone of voice was teasing, goading me to yell at him like I normally do.

"Shut up!" I cried, falling for his trap like a mouse does for cheese. Except maybe mice are smarter. "I can cry when I want, you know! I have emotions too!"

He assumed a look of mock horror. "You do?"

I reached over to slap his face, but his arm blocked it easily. Even after being out of practice for a few months, we could remember each others' moves easily. I was expecting him to block, so my other hand was ready to taser him. He blocked that too, so I used my awesome ninja skills to go behind him and punch his shoulder, like Sasuke did to Gaara during the chunin exams. Except Sasuke's punch was to Gaara's face. But of course, him being the ninja he was, he avoided that as well.

"I hate you," I growled seriously.

"I know you do." Now he was grinning openly, reminding me, again, of the olden days. Ah nostalgia...what a funny thing.

"I really hate you."

"I know you do."

"You're being an asshole."

"I know. Get used to it."

"You suck."

"I know I do."

"You're evil."

"I know I am."

"You're still being an asshole."

"I know I am."

"You're funny."

"Thank you."

"You're an idiot."

"I know."

"I missed you."

"I sure didn't miss you."

My mouth gaped open. "I hate you. Again. Twice as much now."

He laughed. "Yes, I know."

I growled humorously and flew out the door, leaving him to chuckle to himself.

"Hello Kat," I said as coldly as possible when I spotted her. "Having fun, ne?"

She gave me a guilty look. I had caught this unexpected guest eavesdropping on our conversation, through a window. Her ear was pressed against it (surprised it hadn't fallen off from cold), trying to listen to anything she could.

"Well, I'm sorry, but I'm actually concerned about the two of you guys! You're both my friends, and I don't like it when I have to watch him ignore you, or you getting all emo because of it!" Kaatrina yelled, taking a stand for once. "I know how you feel, and I know how he feels! Why can't you guys just talk it out for once? I'm giving you guys a chance to make up! Instead of ignoring each other, why don't you guys just apologize?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Apologize for what? What did I do? He's the one that ignores me!"

Kaatrina sighed. "Don't play dumb with me! I'm sure you know what he's been trying to do, you're just too stubborn to admit it!"

I gaped at her. "I honestly don't know what you're talking about."

Kaatrina glared at me. "Don't you think it was kind of weird that he stares at you a lot?"

I stared at her. "Um no, I didn't notice. Serious." I raised my arms up in exasperation. "I really don't care about him anymore."

Kaatrina sighed again. "Liar. I heard you when you were talking with him."

Now it was my turn to glare at her. "You suck."

"I know I do," Kaatrina replied, mimicking Kevin.

"Argh, damn you..." I growled as I headed back in to the house. Too late, I forgot that Kevin was still inside.

"Shit..." I tried heading back out, but Kaatrina was blocking the way, with a smirk on her face. I was 99% sure that she planned all this out.

"You devil," I growled softly at her.

"What?" she replied, a little too innocently.

I rolled my eyes, and instead turned to glare at Kevin. "Alright, so what do you want?" I decided that being straightforward would be one of the quickest ways to get to the heart of the problem.

He raised an eyebrow and gave me an exasperated look. "I told you already, I'm apologizing."

I rolled my eyes at him. "Get on your knees and beg for forgiveness."

"No."

"Then I'm not accepting your - da fuck?" I felt someone shove me from behind, making me fall into Kevin.

We landed on the ground pretty awkwardly, and I turned around to glare at Kaatrina. She had an innocent look on her face.

"Fuck you!" Kevin and I growled at the same time. Kaatrina laughed and dashed out the door, evading both of us.

Kevin and I fell into our old battle routine without either of us realizing it. Our usual battle position involved Kevin going ahead of me, rounding off the enemy (aka Kaatrina) since he was really fast, and stopping her long enough for me to catch up to them (cause I'm a slow runner). Then I just use my awesome strength to pummel the enemy into the ground. So far, that technique had never failed us. That was the good old days when we were a team.

It seemed that our skills were still with us, since Kaatrina's escape route was immediately blocked by Kevin, and he stopped her long enough for me to tackle her to the ground. The snow softened her landing, making sure that I didn't damage her bones.

"Apologize!" I growled into her ear.

"Never!" she laughed out.

"Fine then. I'll just hold it against you forever."

"Fine!"

"Dammit, apologize!" She knew I wasn't going to hold it against her; in fact, I'd probably forget about it in a few hours.

"No!"

I sighed. "Please apologize for what you did, Master Ciel." That was my nickname for her, courtesy of her interest in Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler). I pronounced Ciel as shee-el, which was something she hated.

"No way."

I sighed again and got off of her. "I'll just pretend as if you hadn't pushed me into him then..."

Ignorance is bliss, ne?

Oh yeah, and this whole time, he was just laughing his ass off. I WILL get even with him someday...

Then Jossie just suddenly shows up on us like the ninja she is, with Armelion of course.

"Okay, all here?" I checked everyone one more time. Kaatrina was still sore from my attack, Kevin was being himself, Jossie wasn't talking with Armelion for once (she was talking with Kat), and Armelion wasn't talking with Jossie for once (he was talking with Kevin). Huh, what happened to them? Sometimes, I felt like I was the only sane person here. Or maybe they were normal and I was the crazy one.

"Let's go!" I did my Naruto pose, which was the one Naruto made when Neji, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, and he were going after Sasuke in the Sound Ninja Arc.

And, like what happened to Naruto, happened to me. Everyone gave me a weird look, even Jossie, my ninja partner.

"Screw you guys. Let's just go." I mentally face-palmed.

Apparently, all the wild Pokemon must've been asleep when we were going to Sandgem Town because none of us got attacked. Not a single Pokemon came in our path, not a single Bidoof showed its teeth to us. Not a single one of them. And we weren't using repels. Why does this never happen in the real game? In the actual game, you practically encounter a wild Pokemon every 3 seconds! And it takes you twice as long as it should take you to get somewhere.

"Where's Lucas?" Kaatrina murmured. We were at the beginning of Route 202, but Lucas wasn't there yet.

"Well, we can't expect him to be here the whole time. Maybe he left already," I suggested.

"So...then what do we do?" Kaatrina asked.

"We wait for him to come."

"That's stupid."

"Then give me a better idea."

"Let's ditch him!" She sounded almost excited at the prospect.

"...evil asstard."

"Who are you talking about?"

I turned around as a third voice joined the conversation. It was Lucas.

"Oh, nothing," I replied, smiling pleasantly. "Can you show us how to catch Pokemon? I'd like one of my own, and I'm sure that my friend here would like one too." I put a little emphasis on "friend" for no reason.

"Of course." Lucas smiled pleasantly, then proceeded to capture a Bidoof for us. Which we all knew how to do already, so we just nodded when appropriate and pretended to pay attention. I think Armelion actually dozed off for a while, until Kevin jabbed his ribs. After Lucas captured the Bidoof, he gave all of us five Pokeballs, making it twenty-five total.

"Thanks Lucas." I reached over and patted his back harshly, which was my way of showing approval. Or saying thanks.

"You're welcome," he replied while choking a bit. Everyone else sighed when they realized that I had nearly knocked the life out of him. Kaatrina shook her head and sighed.

"Well, thanks," she added, grinning a bit. "We'll see you later, I guess?"

Lucas nodded. "Catch ya guys later." He headed off in the opposite direction of Sandgem Town, which was toward Jublife City.

"Well, nothing to do now..."

"Hey, hey, a Shinx!" I pointed at a star-tipped tail in a bush. "Can someone catch it?"

"It's level four, female, ability is Rivalry," Jossie read off from her Pokedex. "I'll catch it, okay?"

I nodded eagerly. "Thanks, Jossie!"

"Alright, go Turtwig!" She threw Turtwig's Pokeball and said Pokemon popped out.

"Shinx!" the Shinx turned around and growled a challenge at the Turtwig.

"Hey, hey, Jossie, what gender is your Turtwig?"I asked.

"It's a male, why?"

"Then that means that the Shinx's Rivalry won't work on you," I said, grinning. "Go get 'er, Jossie!"

"Alright!" She nodded, then yelled, "Tackle, Turtwig!" The Turtwig did so, ramming his head into the Shinx.

"Again!" Turtwig attacked again, giving the Shinx no time to recover. "Again!"

After about five tackles, Jossie took out a Pokeball and threw it at Shinx.

"Good accuracy," I commented. I've always wondered what would happen if the Pokeball missed the Pokemon, and just landed on the ground. Maybe I'll try it out when I'm catching a Pokemon.

The Shinx flew into the Pokeball. It shook three times, like the game, and it stopped.

"Oh yeah!" Jossie cried happily. "I actually got a Pokemon!"

I grinned in reply. "Good job!" She walked over and picked up Shinx's Pokeball, then threw it to me. My ninja reflexes caught it just in time. "Here you go!"

"Thanks," I said again. "Now, let's see how this works..." I pressed the button on the middle of the Pokeball; a white flash of light appeared, then Shinx.

"Shinx!" she cried happily.

"Hi! Um...nice to meet you?" I tentatively reached out my hand and brushed her fur. She started purring, responding to my touch. "You're just like a cat. And I hate cats," I added in an undertone. "But I guess you're alright, since you're not very fat. And please don't pee on me...wait, do Pokemon even pee? I dunno...but if you HAVE to create some waste products, don't do it on me. And don't crawl on my face when I'm sleeping, or jump on me in the morning, or scratch me...Yeah, I guess that's it."

Early Merry Christmas to y'all! And happy birthday to Armelion! Whoo! Today's his birthday! Let's all wish him a very happy birthday...Amen.

Alright, I FINALLY got a Pokemon! *happy cheer/dance* Now, let's hope that Shinx and I can bond, despite my hate of cats.

If any of ya guys have questions about gym leaders, Team Galactic...now's your chance to ask! But for me to reply, you'd have to make an account, of course.

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