White's POV

I woke up to an unfamiliar bed. I must admit that it was quite comfortable, so I just lay there on my back for a minute trying to remember what had happened the night before. The memories from all of yesterday flash through my mind. I suddenly sit up and look over to my left, and I see N sleeping soundly beside me. His beautiful green hair is spread out over the pillow, while he breathes evenly. His face just looks so innocent, almost child-like. Just the sight of him takes my breath away. Well, I'm sure that any girl that sees him loses their breath. Speaking of which, I better keep an eye on those female grunts…

N shifts silently besides me as I lay back down quietly. I turn on my side so that I can watch him sleep. I see some light coming in from the huge stain-glass window on the other side of the room. It must be at least 7 in the morning.

With the light coming in the room now, I take this chance to look around the room from the bed. We are laying on a huge king sized bed, with dark purple sheets. There is a canopy over the bed, so it gives the bed a more romantic feel. Over to my right, about 20 feet away from the bed, is an archway to a bathroom. I bet its really big. To my left, on the other side of the bed is the rest of the bedroom. It is absolutely huge. The room is probably about 130 feet across from wall to wall. The ceilings are really high up. The ground has wood floors and there is a large, expensive looking rug in the middle of the floor.

From what I can tell, we are probably the second to last floor up. If I remember correctly from when I came here last time, the throne room was on the top floor. I close my eyes, remembering the battle that happened there. I don't know how long I laid there with my eyes closed, thinking but the next thing I know is a feel N moving right next to me. The next thing I know is feeling his lips against my cheek. "Good morning, love." he whispered, lips brushing against my ear.

I open my eyes, only to see his face looking back at me with a huge, beautiful grin. "Morning." I mumble as I lean into him and kiss him. It was a gentle, sweet kiss.. at first. The kiss became a little more aggressive when our lips started crushing against each other. He pulled back after a few minutes, both of us panting and trying to catch our breath. Damn, he was a good kisser!

N then leans towards me again, kisses my forehead, then pulls away and climbs off the bed. He walks to a huge dresser-like thing, as I watch him. Oh Arceus! He doesn't have a shirt on! You can't tell since he seems so scrawny under his white jacket, but he's got muscles. He turns towards me, and oh Arceus! He's got a six pack! I just stare taking in his perfectly built body. N just looks at me, probably wondering why I'm staring.

"White, love? Are you alright? What are you staring at?" N asks with an innocent, puzzled look on his face. I mentally shake myself and snap my eyes up from his body and look him in the eyes. Poor thing, he must not know that girls are crazy over guys with bodies like his. I finally manage a reply, "Sorry… I was just…..checking you out?" I didn't know how else to explain it. N gave me an even more puzzled and confused look. He walked back over to the bed, and sat down right next to me.

"Checking… me…out?" N asks curiously. I just nod, not knowing how to explain. "What does that mean, White?" I take a deep breath, thinking about how I'm going to reply, and after a minute I finally respond. "Um…that means that I was…observing how you look, and I like what I saw?" I said the last part in a question, not knowing if I was explaining it right. I tried reading his expression but it just stayed blank.

"N?" I ask worried that I offended him somehow. After a minute or so he replies. "I don't get it. You were looking at my body," he gestures to his chest and stomach area, "and you like what you saw?" He meets my eyes and I look down, blushing. I just nod. He then continues, "Doesn't everyone look like this?" I look up at him and try to suppress a giggle, but fail. He looks at me and slightly frowns before continuing, "Well I know females have a bigger chest then males, but still.." Another giggle escapes my mouth.

How can someone be so naive and hot at the same time? I guess no one ever taught him that not everyone has an amazing body like him. "N, only a few people have a body like yours. And the people who do, are very lucky, and well… hot." N gave me another confused look and said, "Does that mean you are cold?" Now it was my turn to be confused. "What do you mean?" I ask. N looked like he had a headache, due to all this confusion. He then replies, "Well, you said I was hot, so that means you are cold right?" He then feels his forehead with his hand and then said, "I do feel a little warm, but not hot."

I can't hold in my laughter as N pulls his hand down from his forehead. "Did I say something?" N asks now sounding a little hurt. I pull him into an embrace and try to catch my breath from laughing. He is so naive. I pull back and look him in the eyes. "No N, hot doesn't mean you feel hot, but you are…handsome. Look absolutely amazing. Every girl wants you." N's eyes grow wide finally understanding. "Oh I get it.. I think. Well does that still mean you are cold" I giggle again, then continue explaining, "No, I am not cold. Hot is the only word like that to tell someone that you think they look amazing."

N sighed and all he said was, "Oh…well then you are pretty dang hot." he chuckled as he saw my cheeks turn red. I looked up at him and said, "No N, you're the hot one." I brush some of his bangs aside and lean in to kiss him.

Before our lips touch, two Zoroarks run into the room through the door. We pull back surprised. I instantly recognize the smaller of the two as my Zoroark who I call Zozo. Mine is smaller because mine is a female, and N's is a male. N's Zoroark is named Ark. They run up cheerfully and nudge us. N laughs and scratches both our Zoroarks under the chin. Ark makes some growling noises as he talks to N. N instantly frowns and says "How do you know?" Ark explains and N just nods and turns to me, with a scared look in his eyes.

"What is it N?" I ask nervously. He looks at me, almost as if he is going to break down in tears. He then takes a deep breath and replies. "White, it isn't safe anymore. I will protect you at all costs…" He looks down and pats Zozo mindlessly. Scared I ask, "N what happened?" He finally looks up at me after a minute with tears in his eyes. I know what he was going to say even before he said it.

"My father is coming after you."

Ark's POV

Me and Zozo, ran into my best friend, N's, room. N seemed preoccupied with his mate, my former enemy, but we interrupted them anyways. Zozo stayed by my side and let N scratch her chin, as he scratched mine too. He knows exactly where all the good spots are.

I wake up out of my daze and begin telling N what I had heard. N is the only one of his kind that understands creatures like me. Zozo just stands by me, nervous, knowing that her companion, White, is in danger. N's face grows scared. I hold my breath, not liking when my best friend is uncomfortable or scared.

Zozo leans into me and we put our noses together. We have known each other for awhile now, but this is the firs time we have been on rather friendly terms with each other. She is nervous as N breaks the news to White. Zozo is very close to her companion, just like how I am with N.

After I told N what happened, concern, fear, and even anger showed in his bright green eyes. He asked me how I knew and I explained, willing to tell him anything hat may help him save his mate. I explained that his father's Bouffalant ran away from him and came back home to the castle. Bouffalant was scared, knowing that if his trainer gets a hold of him, he will be severely punished. Bouffalant had escaped from where the police were keeping all of Ghetsis's other Pokemon. Ghetsis's other Pokemon are loyal to him, but Bouffalant was through with Ghetsis. Once Bouffalant told me and Zozo this, we ran up the many stairs to N's bedroom.

After I explained the details to N, and how his mate is in danger, I walked out of the room, allowing N and his mate to be alone. Zozo followed behind me closely, as I exited the room. Me and Zozo have grown quite attached, especially since we are the only two Pokemon of our type, that we have seen.

I walked down the hallway, down a flight of stairs, and sat down on the bed in mine and N's room. Our old room, that is. I close my eyes and picture years ago, when me and N were stuck in this room, with only each other for company, and occasionally some other Pokemon too. We would play tag, hide and seek, and he even showed me how to ride a skateboard. It was hard since I was a Zorua back then, and my legs could barely touch the ground when I was on the board, but it was fun, nevertheless.

Some days we would just talk, and wonder what lays outside this room of ours. He would always show me books, that showed stuff of the "outside world." There wasn't many books with stuff from the outside though, because Ghetsis had been very careful on what books N could read. I hated Ghetsis ever since I laid eyes on him.

"Um, Ark?" I snapped my eyes open. Zozo woke me from my memories. She was on the bed next to me. She has a beautiful voice. It's very soft, and has a wonderful melody to it, so I don't mind talking with her.

"Yes? Are you okay?" I ask her this, knowing that she must be upset that White is in danger. "Oh…Um.. Yes I am okay.." she says this and sighs. She is somewhat shy so I stay quiet and wait for her to continue. She looks up at me and I look into her eyes. Her eyes are a spectacular green color, unlike my light blue eyes. She also has dark, full eyelashes, which are somewhat rare to Pokemon.

She continues after I don't reply, "Well.. I was hoping you could tell me what happened with Ghetsis when you were a Zorua, and when N was just a pup… Or a child, as the humans say." I blink a couple of times, taking in what she asked. I haven't talked about this with anyone besides N. Not even N's other Pokemon, my teammates.

"Oh well okay… It's kind of a long story.." she looks at me with all of her attention, her eyes wide, and ears perked. And with that I begin the story of mine and N's past…

"Well I guess I will start from before me and N met…" I say. "Okay." Zozo says, in almost a whisper.

"It all begins when I was hunting for food. I was a wild Pokemon back then.. A Zorua with hardly any experience battling, except for weaker wilder Pokemon in the wild. The only batting I ever did was to defend myself against others. Anyways, one day I was in the woods in the middle of summer, taking a nap on a grassy area, with sun shining through the trees in that one spot. My guard was down, because I was well, about four and a half years old. I woke up to the noise of footsteps. When I opened my eyes, I saw a Bisharpe standing in front of me.

"He attacked me, and the attack sent me flying into a tree. I got up and shook myself, and prepared to attack back. Too late… I was hit again and again. He gave me no mercy. He attacked me until I fainted. But right before I had fainted, I saw a green haired man, with an evil, despicable smile.

"I woke up in a large, empty room. The only thing in the room was me, and one door on the other side of the room. I slowly got up, sore from being beaten by that Bisharpe. As soon as I took one step towards the door, it swung open, revealing the same man I saw in the forest.

"Ghetsis." Zozo whispered. I just nodded, then continued, "I was scared, not knowing what he was going to do. There were three men behind him, wearing the same clothes. They wore masks over their face, and were somewhat scary looking. I later found out that they were the Shadow Triad… Ghetsis then spoke to the Triad, explaining what he was going to do. 'Watch and learn gentlemen. The way to get N to be a future King, is to make sure he thinks that trainers abuse their Pokemon. And what I am about to do, is make it look like this Zorua has been abused by a former trainer.' Ghetsis had just laughed after he said

this, and with that, his Pokemn attacked me, and hurt me so bad I didn't think I was going to make it.

"I believe that even after I was fainted, they continued beating me. I woke up in the arms of a young green haired boy, who would soon become my best friend. 'Hello little guy. I'm N.' When N said this, I instantly liked the guy. Me and him were about the same age, so we instantly grew attached. A few minutes after N had said this, Ghetsis had walked in. N looked up and a scared look grew on his face. N then spoke and said, 'Father, look what the Triad brought. Why he so hurt?' Ghetsis instantly snapped at him an said, 'Do not call me father! I already told you to call me Ghetsis you worthless boy!' Tears began forming in N's eyes but he held them in. 'S-sorry Ghetsis..' Ghetsis then slapped N across the face.

"Tears were now rolling down his cheeks but he didn't make a sound. Ghetsis then spoke again, 'Look at me N!' N lifted his tear streaked face up and looked at his father. Ghetsis then made an evil smile, glad to have such power over someone. He then spoke again, 'That Pokemon is hurt because its trainers hurt it and beat it. Do you like that N?' 'No…' N whispered. 'Don't you think people and Pokemon should be separated so that people can't harm them anymore.?' N didn't say anything for a minute, thinking. He finally replied, 'Yes..' 'Good.' Ghetsis said and with that, he walked out.

"After the door shut and locked, N let out a sigh and let the tears roll down his cheeks freely now. By now, he was used to being slapped and yelled at, but it still hurt each time. After a few minutes of mindlessly petting me and crying, N began checking me over. I had a deep gash on my side and on my back. My front left paw felt broken, and my right ear was torn. My tail had lots of little cuts and my whole body just felt so sore. I was bruised all over. I was exhausted and all I wanted to do was sleep.

"N then began nursing me back to health to the best of his ability. He was four and a half after all. He bandaged my wounds, and put colorful band-aids on my smaller cuts. He wrapped my ear up, and made a sling-like thing for my broken paw. He took extra care to try and not make my sore spots hurt.

After he was done with fixing me up, he carried me to his bed and laid me down on the pillow. He laid on the bed next to me and was gently petting me where I wasn't wounded. Before we knew it we were best friends for life. Shortly after we got on the bed we fell asleep."

"Wow." Zozo said. She had been listening to me intently the whole time. "I am so sorry you had to go through that." She had tears in her eyes as she nuzzled me. I nuzzled her back and sighed, glad to finally have someone else to talk about my past with. She pulled back and looked me in the eyes. "What happened after that?"

"Well, me and N grew to be best friends. We both lived in his room until he turned sixteen, I think. I was about to turn sixteen when he became King. I only left that room when he left, which was when me and him were to be bathed, or go to the bathroom. I got fed when he was fed too. We had Pokemon come and go. Not one stayed with us more than a month. I believe Ghetsis gave them to the grunts… And well we basically only had each other."

Zozo then speaks up "I think it is a good thing you guys were there for each other. You two are so close. You can tell, even when me and White were battling you two. I hope we can stop Ghetsis together…" she says this as she leans into me and rubs her head against mine.

"So do I…." I whisper