Hey there everyone, it's me, DDW. I'm back with chapter two and I'm...umm...I think that's about it. Umm...well CHAPTER 2, onward. Enjoy. XD

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon...although I do have a couple plushies if that counts.

"Waaahhh," was the very first syllable to come out of Nate's mouth. Last night was one of the best night's sleep he had in a while. It's not like he had nightmares or trouble sleeping, he just felt a lot more relaxed. His ears then picked up the sound of light snoring. Looking down at his body, he saw what he believed was the source of the sound he was hearing. Riolu was reclined on his left leg, with his arms crossed. Even asleep, he looked focused, albeit comfortable. On his chest however was none other than his starter. Oshawott on the otherhand, was not as composed as their counterpart. However, he was certainly comfortable, being splayed out on his master's chest. This was something that the brunette could easily get used to. "Heh, maybe it'll be even more comfortable with a complete team of six."

"Nate," his mother walked into his room, "oh sorry. Well, breakfast is ready, even your sister and her pokemon started eating. So tell the boys to wake up and come over to the dining area, please."

"Alright guys, you heard her. Up, up, up," he stood up letting his Pokemon wake, stretching the sleep out of their systems. Oshawott beared a lazy smile, as Riolu kept a deadpanned stare on his trainer. "Don't give me that look. I would have let you sleep in, but my mom's in charge around here and she says goes." He extended his arm to the both of them, and Oshawott quickly responded with climbing up onto his head and laying on him. At first glance you'd think nate were wearing some silly hat. Rolling his eyes, Riolu climbed up slowly and sat on his shoulder, arms crossed, "well, at least we're making progress...heh, let's goo eat then." He sat down for breakfast as he listened to his sister recall her battle from the previous late evening. With her mouth full, of course.

"Smo," she started off, "mit mas mown mo mee mand my SSSmimey mer-."

"I don't...umm..." Nate interupted, "I don't understand what you're saying." Riolu seemed to let out a small chuckle as Rosa tried repeating herself louder. Their mother, who thought it was charming, interceeded.

"Rosa dear, don't talk with food in your mouth, please."

"Moh," Rosa quickly covered her mouth and swallowed, "gee, thanks a lot Nate. Anyway, as I was saying it was down to me and Snivy here. Cheren's Lillipup was already paralyzed from the battle with Mareep. In the end, that wa a deciding factor in our matchups. A solid Leaf Storm and it was all over. The end result, this AWESOME Basic Badge."

"Well, that's very cool sis," Nate responded, offering his partners some Pokeblocks. Riolu seemed to only favor the sweet kind, and Oshawott liked anything he ate. He knew they weren't the newest thing, but Nate trusted Devon Corp. products over all other brands. Poffins has a tendency to...well let's just say the fire department has had a few run-ins with poffin machines. "Any plans for what you're doing next?"

She beamed in responce, "not a clue." His responce was to facepalm. "What about you guys?"

"Ohh, umm...I guess we're headed to Virbank City. There's a Gym there and we're going to challenge the Leader there. The trip should take a few hours so if I leave in the next hour, I should be there by five."

"Oh wow, can we come too? Pleeeeeease, pretty please?"

"Um...sure?"

"Okay, so we should bring Hugh then too. Aside from the fact that he'd like the opportunity to challenge another Gym. I think he should be supervised because he is a little...ehhh impulsive."

"Sounds like we have a plan, then. After breakfast, we'll gather our favorite short tempered pal, and head off to Virbank City." Nate didn't know what it was, but since he woke up, he felt as though he was just going to have one of those lucky days.

(Transition)-

Roxie didn't know what it was, but as she woke up, she felt as though she was going to have one of those unlucky days. After her fight with her father, she made a trip to her Pokemon Gym/Club. At the moment, she had just woken up in her office in the back room. While she didn't care how her apartment looked, her office was another thing. She had painted the walls white with purple horizontal stripes. Gray tiles on the Gray stone tiles on the floor and a black fouton that she was currently using as her bed. The usually energetic and loose fourteen year old, seemed a tad composed as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Getting up from her sleep, she walked past her desk by the corner of the room and stepped into her private bathroom to do her morning rituals.

"Man...I sure do look like shit today." Her skin was paler, hair all over the place, the bags under her eyes were dark and evident, and on her cheeks were dry trails of old tears from the night before. She snorted in a somewhat defiant way, "I've looked worst though. Guess a little washing up will fix that, and then I'll be ready for challengers. Besides, if Nicky or Jo see me like this, they'll get concerned, and ask me questions and blah blah blah."

Splashing some water onto her face, she began to brush her teeth. With each stroke, words played in her head, 'get out, get out, get out.' The same words came to her as she got undressed and showered. And they didn't stop as she got dressed and fixed up her hair, tying it into a standing ponytail near the front of her hair. She was wearing the colors purple and teal, which happened to be her favorite. Stepping out of her office, bass in hand, and onto the stage, she saw that her bandmates had already arrived. Along with an unwanted guest, for in the middle of the dance floor was non other than Braxton, a blue haired Ace Trainer that seemed to have taken an intrest in her, but she really wanted none of that. He, like most Ace Trainers, were really stuck up and when it came down to it, only wanted to battle. Any conversation she had with the guy was about her team and not her, which needless to say, didn't really help her self image. 'This guy just wants to sleep with me so he can ask for a trade or something. Jackass.' She simply ignored him and continued to set up her equipment.

"Hey, Roxie," he approached with an air of a snob, "I don't have anything better to do, so I was wondering if you wan-" He was cut off by the sound of blairing speakers sounding off right next to him. Roxie made innocent a face as she could.

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that," when he tried to continue, she strummed her guitar strings harshley again. Effectively cutting the guy off, she allowed herself a smirk as he decided to take his leave.

"So Rox," Roxie truned her head to Billy Jo, "why'd you get here so early? Usually you're the last one here."

"I slept in my office last night and I'll be crashing here for a bit. That's all I have to say on the matter so don't waste your breath asking more questions, alright?" Nicky and Billy Jo shared a sympathetic look as they more or less had an idea of what happened the night before. They really wanted her to het out of the city and she was going to. But then she was offered the Gym and the her band was doing well so she had responsibilities that couldn't be ignored. It must have been killing her to see her father doing the opposite.

After several hours of practice, Roxie spoke up, "alright guys, I don't think we have any challengers today. We should start packing-"

"Wait!" yelled a voice as the doors opened, revealing a brown haired girl with what seemed seemed like long buns tied in her hair and a boy with spikey dark blue hair. If it weren't for the bright lighting, she'd have thought his hair was black. "We challenge the Virbank City Gym."

"We?! What the hell do you mean, 'we'!"

Rosa responded fast and just as boldly, "I mean WE...as US...and who are you supposed to be?"

"I'm the Gym Leader here! Name's Roxie," she extended her hand to the girl first. "I like you, you're not just another punk. You look like you could actually pose a challenge to me and I accept. Most of time challengers come in here and get scared off as soon as I utter a word. But you both stood your ground. Alright, how about this? I'll have a battle with each of you and we'll use one Pokemon each?"

Rosa grabbed the white haired girl's hand and shook. "Alright, let's get this battle started."

(Transition)-

While his sister and friend went straight to the Gym to earn a badge, Nate decided that perhaps he could go looking through the Virbank Complex. Apparantly there were some pretty cool and slightly rare Pokemon in the area. The idea of gaining a new teamate seemed to really draw him in. He may be new to this, but Nate felt as though the friendship between he and his pokemon was more important than the amount of badges he earned.

*Rustle* He heard a noise coming from the grass nearby. "Alright, here we go," and with those words he braced himself, taking a step into the grass. Not even a second after that, a blur of yellow flew out of the grass and attacked with a electric attack. Nate countered with a Pokeball, "Riolu, use protect!" The small fighting type appeared and created green sphere around himself whie jumping into the attack. He protected himself and his trainer.

"El.." the Pokemon landed in front of the pair, looking about ready to fight them. It was yellow with a round body and bulky arms. The two horns, if you'll call them that, resembled what looked like a plug for a walk outlet. The body had black stripes and a thunderbolt in the center.

"A wild Elekid appeared, huh? Do you think you can help me catch it, Riolu?" Said Pokemon nodded his head in agreement. It didn't like to show that it was too eager though. Riolu did like to impress his master, but it had way too much self respect to turn into Oshawott who adores Nate. "Alright then, let's start this off with a...wait, what is it doing?"

Elekid seemed to be a little more...well rude, then some of the Pokemon Nate has met since he started his journey. Let's just saying that Elekid's hand was in an impolite gesture, and leave it at that. "Alright, Riolu...we are DEFINETLY catching this guy now. Start with Quick Attack. The hound like Pokemon sped forward before its foe could even react. Elekid got up slowly and turned towards them. It then began to spin it's arms faster, then faster, until it looked like two wheels were on it's sides. It then shot out a Thundershock attack that could have easily been mistaken for a Thunderbolt. It was shooting off wildly and without any control. "Wow, this little guy is even stronger than normal too. Hey Elekid?!"

"El?" The small yellow Pokemon stopped it minute rampage for a second. It seemed intrigued that this human wanted to talk to him. Most of the time they just wanted to battle wild Pokemon here. It listened to what the trainer had to say.

"I just wanted to say, that the more I battle with you, the more I want you to join me and my team. I think you're a very cool Pokemon. Are you ready?" Elekid became slightly bashful and nodded it's head in determination. "Alright then, Riolu, use Force Palm." Riolu did just that, thrusting his hand foward, but the Elekid ducked the attack and gave a quick Low Kick. Riolu was tripped and sent rolling. "That's alright Riolu. Come on, one more Force Palm!" The Emanation Pokemon jumped forward and this time struck his foe squre in the chest.

Elekid was sent flailing, but it was caught by Nate, "whoa, that was close. You alright there?" The yellow creature gave a small nod. "Nice work Rilou," he extended a fist to the small blue canine, which Riolu gave a small pound into. He then placed Elekid down so he could address him, but first, the brunette placed a Pokeball on the ground."Well, I think this battle is pretty much over. Wanna join us, we're about to healed up then get something to eat. I would really like you to join us." Elekid seemed to think about, really think about it. He could stay here, but there was something drawing him to this human, as if fate was somehow able to enter his mind and tell him to agree. The Pokemon took one of it's claws and tapped the button on the Pokeball, then he engulfed in a red light that seemed to absorb him into the mechanism. Nate smiled at the ball as it shook slightly once, then had tiny stars shoot out the top of it. "Alright, we just got a new Pokemon! Oshawott and Elekid, come on out!"

"Oshawott/ Elekid."

"Hey Oshawott, this is our new team mate. Say hi to Elekid."

"Oshawott," the small otter greeted as it grabbed it's hand and shook. It then seemed to glare slightly at it's trainer, "Osha, Oshawott, wott wott." It then turned with a huff. One that made Riolu laugh a bit.

"You want to watch all of the battles from now on? Well, fine. You big baby," he then grabbed the little tyke and gave it a noogie. The Pokemon was sent into hysterics as it's master messed with him. Elekid seemed to join into rumble without a second thought. Riolu on the other hand, stood there, arms crossed for a moment. Letting out a small sigh, it too joined into the rumble.

(transition)-

"Alright, since you both won you both get badges...blah blah blah." Roxie said. She was definetly not in the best of moods. Today just wasn't her day. Yestesterday she was thinking that no trainer could beat her and now she gets knock off by both of the challengers today BULLSHIT. She was just not getting strong enough by battling the Pokemon in the area. And now she has a one hundred percent losing rate for the day. "Well I guess that's the last chellenger for the day, huh? We better start packing up, guys."

"Well, actually..." Rosa spoke up after Roxie finished.

"What?"

"There's another guy on his way. He's going to challenge you, and he should be here soon. He's my brother."

Roxie let out a little sigh, "fine. But only cause I like you. Though right now, I need a break, but I'll be back in a bit." The blonde then left, leaving the others alone without any idea where she was going. Her bandmates then silently conversed with eachother. "Hey, Jo?"

"Yeah, Nicky?"

"Is it me, or did Roxie seem a little...depressed about something?"

"Well, of course she is. She just lost twice in a row, then she has all that crap with her dad and she's just doubting herself now."

Meanwhile, Roxie had already gotten her Pokemon healed at the Pokemon Center. How the hell did she lose twice in a row? They said they were from Aspertia City, so they must have beaten the Gym Leader there. So they were more experienced than other trainers she fought. And now she had another challenge on the way from someone like them. "Roxie?! Hey Roxie!"

"Oh shit..." she recognized the voice too fast for her own liking, "what do you want, old man?"

"I-I jus wanted to say," her father started off, "that I'm sorry about last night. I didn't want you to leave like you did. Can you please come home?"

"That depends, are you still going to pursue a life of fandom and bad decisions?"

"Yes I am. In fact..."

"Oh my Mew, you're headed there right now, aren't you" she asked acusingly. She didn't notice a person passing by who couldn't help but overhear.

"Roxie, don't try to stop me! I'm off to Pokestar Studios to live up my true potential! My dream is to be a ship captain AND a movie star!"

"Get real! You're a captain already, aren't you? If that ship doesn't move, you're going to cause lots of trouble!"

Pop Roxie then gave a smirk, as if he had the perfect response, "oh, dear daughter. You split your time between your responsibilities as a Gym Leader and with you band, right?" Rolling her eyes, Roxie nodded her head reluctantly, "I can do that too." He then left the Gym Leader alone, feeling completely stupid. She then completely spaced out, forgetting that she was outside in public and failing to notice Nate, who was watching her sudden outburst.

"AAAAAAH," she screamed out in frustration. "You dim-witted...dense...dumb...daft...dippy...

dorky...doltish DOFUS! Doing double duty isn't the problem! You're causing problems for people! Keeping people from getting where they're going because of sheer selfishness is unforgivable! I've HAD it! I'm going to the Gym!"

"Umm...excuse me?"

"WHAT IS IT?!"

Despite being terrified of the small teenager, he stood his ground, albeit timidly. He wasn't scared of her because of her fury, but mostly because, as his mom would put it, he got shy around pretty girls. "You umm...you said you were the Gym Leader of the Virbank City Gym?"

"That's right, I'm the Gym Leader around here. What of it?" He looked a little familiar, she couldn't quite place it though. She was sure she had never seen him before. Though she had to look away, because the more she observed him, the more she found him to be attractive. 'What is up with his hair? It's so...wild. I think I like it."

"Well, I'm actually on my way there too. Guess I'm here to challenge you to a Gym battle."

"Wait a second, do you have a sister, brown hair in HUGE buns with long strands at the end? And a friend with spikey blue hair, who's a little...well.."

"Overbearing, exagerative, dramatic?"

"YEAH! Though the words I'd use would be much more mean."

"Yep, that's Hugh and Rosie alright. So, I'm guessing they already challenged you then?"

"Yeah, they did," she began to walk in the direction of the Gym and he followed suit. "Name's Roxie, by the way. And you are?"

"Ohh, I'm Nate. I'm Rosa's twin brother. So how did my the two of them fair against you?"

"They did very well actually They both earned a badge, in fact I was just coming back from the Pokemon Center."

"That good, eh?" Nate was surprised at how much of a switch the girl's mood had made. "So what type do you specialize in?"

"Poison, is my type. Which reminds me, your sister was amazing, she managed to beat my Pokemon with her Snivy! And it has the type disadvantage!"

Yep, she was deifnetly easily excitable, "yeah, she's always been very fascinated by battling and loves to study them! She has always wanted to battle, and now that she has a Pokemon, I don't think anyone or anything can stop her."

"Alright, we're here." They made it to the front door of what looked like a club of some sort. She wasn't taking him to a club like if it were a date or something. His face then began to get very warm as he felt a blush creeping up to his cheeks.

"I thought we were heading to the Gym."

"This is the Gym, dumbass. Take a closer look," she pointed to a symbol on the front door of the facility. It looked like a Pokeball, but with a triangle going through it. Now that he thought about it, he remembered seeing it somewhere before recently, although the memory eluded him at the moment. "This is the mark of the Pokemon League, anything associated with it, is given this emblem. All official Gyms display it, you must have seen it at Cheren's place." THAT'S where he saw it, when he earned his Basic Badge.

"You know Cheren?"

"Well, yeah. The league officials meet every few months to discuss events and with all the shit that's been happening, we've had a few more meetings than usual. So, are we gonna go in or are we just gonna spend the night staring at doors." Opening the door, she walked in the building with him in tow. The entrance was just a set of stairs, the walls were shades of gray, with posters pasted onto them in random spots. Nate didn't get a good look at any of them as he was more concetrated on keeping his footing and not tumbling down what he suspected were stairs hard enough to probably give him a serious injury. The slightly enigmatic blonde led him to a pair of gray door.

Nate managed to slip his arm out from her grasp, the last thing he wanted was Hugh or, Arceus forbid, Rosa getting the wrong impression. Roxie didn't seem to notice, however. The boy furrowed his brow as he noticed another detail on the door, it had what looked to be bootprints on it. 'Hmm...I wonder where those-" and she kicked the door open. *WHAM*

The strangest part was that she giggled as she did it. Watching her walk in and up to the stage, the brunette let out another of his famous sighs and said to himself, "of course. Of course I'm starting to like such a crazy and weird girl." Walking through the doorway, he saw an exuberant Rosa.

"Hey Nate, what kept you so long, ya Slowpoke?"

"Well, had a little run in with Roxie here. By the way, I thought Hugh was going to be here too?"

*Sigh* "Yeah, the guy swore he could 'sense Team Plasma's presence in the town.' So he went after 'them.' He's we're the only ones that can tolerate him."

"Heh, someone has to. I don't think he'd make it this long without us babysitting him." He then noticed another presence in the room. A guy with blue hair and an orange jacket was sitting at one of the rooms tables. He kept staring at the blonde on stage in a way that just seemed to upset Nate. And what made things worst was that he noticed that Roxie knew too, and the Ace Trainer was making her uncomfortable. Nate decided to test the guy out with an extended hand, "hey, I'm Nate. I'm kinda passing through here. You are?"

The teenager in question, looked up and grabbed Nates hand and shook it. "Name's Braxton, I'm Roxie's boyfriend. Or at least I will be as soon as she says yes." Yep, Nate was sure he didn't like this guy. Although, it wasn't like HE was Roxie's actual boyfriend, so what did he have to be jealous about. It's not like they were dating, hell he just met her less than an hour ago. However, he still felt this instant connection with her, and he was very protective of that connection.

"Well good luck with that."

"And good luck with your Gym Battle," Braxton said in the same tone Nate had. And because it was in that tone, Nate knew that none of them had been geuine when they had wished the other luck.

A/N: Well that's chapter two everyone. I'm starting classes this week so I'll see what I can do, but as always, I want to say thank you for reading and if you don't mind, I ask for some feed back on my writing. I'd really appreciate your opinion. I also like to respond to reviews. So...

BananaFoxKayri: First off, love the name lmao. Secondly, thanks for your feedback, I really like the length of the review you left. It gave me a lot to think about when I was typing this up. I'll also be taking in your suggesstions in my other work. So once more thanks for the feedback.

Alright, well that's it for this week, I should be able to upload Chapter 3 in two weeks. And as always, "Live long and Prosper."