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" " - talking; Italics – thinking; ' ' - speaking telepathically

Xxxxxx - break in day or event; Xxxxxxxxxxxx - change of days

Chase – 11 yrs ; Leta – 11 yrs ; JR – 10 yrs ; Missy – 10 yrs

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After enduring the long League Opening Ceremony, which Leta had to beg Chase not to skip on this year, Chase, Leta, JR, and Missy all started out on their Johto adventure. Like always, Chase had his Eevee team, with Shadow walking beside the group. Leta had her Charizard, Gyarados, Seadra, Latias, and the Dratini that Chase had giving her on Christmas. JR had the Cyndaquil that he 'stole' from Elm's lab. And Missy also had the Chikorita that she had 'stole' as well.

The four of them were walking along the path that would lead them from New Bark Town to Cherrygrove. They stopped occasionally to let JR and Missy battle a wild pokémon or a random trainer. While the younger kids were busy with their own thing, Chase and Leta stood off to the side to give advice and support them.

But every now and then, Chase found himself drifting in his thoughts. I didn't hear Prof Elm mention a thing about Neo Team Rocket while we were at his lab. I wonder if they have a base here in Johto, or if they even operate here.

Good question, a voice said in Chase's head.

Chase knew the voice well. Haven't heard from you for a while. What happened?

Activity, or lack thereof. I didn't feel the need to show myself, Nogitsune said to Chase.

Well, you aren't needed here, yet. But you never know, Chase said to the fox spirit within him.

Leta looked over to Chase to see him having one of those private conversations with the fox spirit again. She rolled her eyes as she turned her attention back to the kids. I don't know if that spirit is a benefit or not. But he doesn't seem to have ill feelings to the thing. Noticing that the kids had both caught themselves a new pokémon, JR a Pidgey, and Missy a Rattata, she called Chase back to the path.

After a few minutes, Missy started complaining that she was getting hungry. As soon as she started, JR was right there with her. They stopped for lunch and started a small fire to cook the noodles.

As they were eating, JR asked, "Hey, I've only seen your Umbreon and Espeon. You got any other pokémon Chase?"

"Sure do," Chase said with a smile. He reached his belt and grabbed the other poke balls and released the others. His Eevee, Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, and Espeon came out. As soon as the Espeon came out, it went over and sat beside Chase's Umbreon and rubbed up against it. "That's Fox, Sparks, Blaze, Aquis, Sunny, and Shadow."

"And it looks like Sunny likes Shadow," Missy giggled, seeing how the Espeon was rubbing up on Umbreon.

"Well I would hope so," Leta laughed. "Since Sunny is a girl Espeon and Shadow is a boy Umbreon."

"And if I remember correctly, Fox is also a female, while the other three are males," Chase said, scratching his chin.

"Are you planning on breeding them?" JR asked.

"Someday in the future. Since I plan on being the world's greatest Eevee Master, I'm going to have to breed them. But like I said, in the future," Chase said thoughtfully.

"And what kind do you have Leta?" Missy asked.

"Well, I have a Charizard, a Gyarados, a Seadra, a Latias, and a Dratini that Chase got me as a Christmas present," Leta said as she smiled sweetly to Chase. Chase just blushed lightly and smiled back.

"Can we see the Dratini?" the two kids asked at once.

With a laugh, Leta pulled out the poke ball for the Dratini and released it. The two kids stared at the dragon pokémon as they realized it wasn't blue like the one they saw in a picture.

"IT'S PINK?!" Missy asked, shocked.

"Yeah, I had to search long and hard to find that one," Chase laughed. "A friend of mine had told me of an oddly colored Dratini living in a cave. After she told me that, I knew that was what I needed to catch for her present."

"'She'?" Leta asked. She glared at Chase. "Who is this, 'she'?"

"A Dragon Master, someone you'd be happy to meet," Chase said, trying to ignore the glare.

"Uh huh," Leta said, still glaring.

To JR, Missy asked, "Is she about to lose it?"

"I don't know," JR replied.

"Who is 'she'?" Leta asked in a low tone.

"THEFINALGYMLEADERHEREINJOHTO.CLAIRTHEDRAGONMASTER,WHOSAIDISHOULDCATCHITFORYOU." Chase said quickly in a high voice (like you couldn't tell, hehe).

Suddenly, another poke ball popped open. "LATIAS!" Leta yelled out, as she watched the pokémon float over to Chase and sit in his lap.

"If that's your pokémon, why is it sitting with Chase?" Missy asked.

"Long story," Leta sighed.

"Well, we got time," JR said.

"Are you two double teaming us?" Chase asked. He saw them grin ridiculously. "She got an egg in Kanto from this man, and when the egg hatched, it saw both of us. So Leta is it's 'mother', whereas I'm the 'father'." Chase started to pet the pokémon's head, and it smiled.

"Ooooooh," Missy said.

"Hey kid!" a voice called out from down the path. The group turned to see a teen walking up to them. "Who owns those eevees?" He saw Chase grin at the question. "Yours then? Good. You want to battle?"

"Yeah, why not. I haven't had a battle in a while," Chase said, as he stood up and handed Latias to Leta. "So what are the stakes?"

"One on one sound good?" the teen asked.

"Fine by me. Sparks, go!" Chase commanded.

"Go Primeape!" the teen said, releasing the Primeape. The Primeape stared coldly at the Jolteon, and turned its back on him.

"Quick attack!" Chase commanded. You never turn your back on an opponent. Sparks rammed full speed into the back of the Primeape, which fell to the ground.

"That was a cheap shot!" the teen yelled out.

"Not my fault it let its guard down," Chase said defensively.

"Alright, you want to fight dirty. We can do that. Karate Chop! You to Machoke!" The teen released a second pokémon and both attacked the Jolteon with nearly devastating power.

"THAT'S UNFAIR! THIS IS A ONE ON ONE BATTLE!" Leta yelled from the sidelines. "THIS BATTLE IS…"

"ENOUGH!" Chase said, cutting her off. But something was in his voice. "You want to play like that? Fine. We can play that game. Shadow, you ready?" Shadow nodded his head. "Double Lightning Shadow Ball!" Shadow shot a ball of dark energy, and Sparks shot a ball of electric energy, which combined and struck both Machoke and Primeape. After the dust had cleared, the two were found knocked out on the ground.

"No way! What are you dude?!" the teen asked as he recalled his pokémon and ran off.

"You better run wimp!" Chase laughed. "Give him a going away present, will you Sparks." Sparks grinned as he sent a thundershock after the teen, which knocked him off his feet.

"I knew you couldn't hide forever Nogitsune," Leta said, confronting Chase. "Look, you even scared the kids," she said, pointing to JR and Missy.

Chase laughed nervously, as he regained control of himself. "Sorry that happened. Happened to quick for me to realize. But that was more fun than I thought!"

"What was that?" JR finally choked out.

"Nothing you need to worry about. All you need to know is that he is me, and he is on our side. So no questions," Chase said. "Come on, let's get back to getting to Cherrygrove. We might be able to make it before nightfall and get a room at the center," he said, starting to walk down the path. He motioned for Leta to come up to where he was walking. Quietly, "They can never know about who that was. Understand? Never."

"Okay," Leta said.

Behind Chase and Leta, JR and Missy were having their own little talk. "What the heck was that voice Chase used earlier?" Missy asked. "He acted totally different also. Is he bipolar or something?"

"I don't know, but I think we should try to find out," JR said. "But I totally agree with you that he definitely was not acting like Chase when he used that voice. But wait," JR said. "Nogitsune, she called him Nogitsune. Not Chase."

"Look! There's Cherrygrove up ahead!" Chase said, pointing up the path. He and Leta took off running. "LAST ONE THERE BUYS SUPPER!"

"NO FAIR! YOU GOT A HEAD START!" JR yelled after them, as he and Missy ran after them.

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"Here are your pokemon. All fully healed!" Joy beamed.

"Thank you Joy. By the way, do you have any rooms available?" Chase asked.

"I'm sorry, all I have left are two rooms, each only having two twins," Joy said at the center.

"We'll take them then," Chase said.

"Ok, floor 2, rooms 5 and 6," Joy said.

"Thanks again," the group said, as they went over to the stairs.

After they found the rooms, they decided to get ready for bed and then sleep. "You two boys sleep in that room, and we girls will be in this room," Missy said.

"Miss me?" Leta asked Chase, pulling him into a hug.

"Already," he said laughing. He kissed her before letting her go into her room.

"Yuck, I can't believe I just saw that," JR said after Chase walked into the boys' room.

"Get used to it kid," Chase smirked.

In the girls' room, Missy was laughing like a little school girl. "You actually like him that much?!"

"Yeah," Leta said, blushing. She heard Missy squeal again.

Down in the lobby, Joy smirked evilly to herself. She then pulled off the mask and the Joy outfit that she was wearing to reveal a NTR uniform. The real Joy was knock unconscious back behind the counter. The NTR member pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number. "The target is in the building. Phase one complete."

"Excellent. Proceed with Phase two. And be ready for a hasty exit," a voice said on the other side. The connection was then terminated.

"Yes Father," the NTR member smirked.

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That's it for the second chapter. Watch for the next chapter, as it will be pretty exciting. Hmm, when should I release chapter 3? (looks at calendar) Ahh yes, the perfect day for such a chapter will be then. Catch ya later, now review!