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Chapter 5

N threw out a Purrloin and the battle began. The little dog Pokémon glared into the eyes of N. The small creature's voice rang in his ears.

'You are not to make my Trainer worry about such things. I can tell she is already afraid of Pokémon disliking her. She named me Argos. I will live up to my name as her vigilant guardian. I will protect her! You will NOT make her unhappy!" Argos's body shook with anger, and N was taken aback. Never before had a Pokémon treated him with such dislike.

'Worry not N. I will deal with the nuisance that is bothering you.' His Purrloin comforted N. Argos was only getting more angry.

"Argos. Relax. It's alright." Touko smiled down at him. Argos calmed down.

"Let's begin. Argos! Use tackle!" Argos rushed at the Purrloin hitting it with the full force of its body. N flinched.

"Purrloin! Use scratch!" N commanded. He didn't like battling, but he was interested by Touko's connection to her Pokémon.

"Dodge it Argos!" It was too late. Argos leapt back, but Purrloin had been expecting this and had jumped forward, scratching Argos's chest. Argos cried out in pain.

"It's alright Argos! I believe in you! Use tackle!" She still smiled brightly at the little companion of hers.

'Your faith is not wasted Touko!' Argos said. All Touko heard was a loud bark. Purrloin tried to dodge at N's request, but was hit directly on the side. The Pokémon tried to get up and failed. N had been defeated. Touko ran to her Pokémon.

"Yay! We did it Argos!" She stroked the little creature. Argos licked her cheek happily. N bent down and stroked his Pokémon. He reluctantly returned it to its Poké Ball. He turned his unhappy gaze to Touko.

"As long as Pokémon are confined in Pokéballs… Pokémon will never become perfect beings. I have to change the world for Pokémon because they are my friends." N walked away. She turned to Cheren.

"Huh… strange guy. But I'm not going to worry about it. Trainers and Pokémon help each other out! Listen, I'm going on ahead. I want to battle the gym leader in the next town—Striaton City. Aim to battle gym leader after gym leader. The best way for a Trainer to become stronger is to challenge the gym leaders in each area." He left with a wave.

"I'm going to go to Route 2 so we can go to Striaton too. Do you and the others want to walk with me?" Touko looked down at him. He nodded excitedly. She smiled. She brought out Ordell and Pavit.

"Oshawott!" Ordell's eyes lit up when he saw Touko.

"Pat! Patrat!" Pavit looked happy as well.

"Off to Striaton!" She pointed forward and the small group happily walked out of Accumula Town onto Route 2.

After about an hour of walking with her Pokémon she reached Striaton. She was challenged by random Trainers and had caught a Purrloin which she named Pin. Pin as a name meant faithful. She now had four Pokémon, but still felt she wasn't ready to face the gym leader yet.

Touko put her Pokémon away after entering the town. She went to the Trainer School and saw Cheren.

"Hi!" She said, smiling widely. Cheren nodded at her.

"Were you looking for the gym leader? If you were, he just left." She shook her head.

"I wanted to train some more first," She said.

"I can help with that. Let's battle. I want to see the effects of battling with items anyways." Touko smiled.

Cheren sent out his Patrat and Touko sent out Ordell. Ordell waved at Cheren before getting serious.

"Ordell, use water gun!" A blast of water hit the Patrat directly. Cheren's Pokémon shook itself off, dizzy and weakened.

"Use bite!" Cheren said. Patrat jumped and sank its teeth into Ordell's arm. Ordell cried out.

"Use tackle!" Ordell shook Patrat off, then rammed into him. Cheren used a potion.

"Use bite again Patrat!" Cheren's companion launched, but Ordell narrowly dodged.

"Ordell! Water gun!" There was no time to dodge, and Patrat had fainted. Cheren frowned then sent out Snivy as Touko switched out Ordell for Pin.

"This is fun." She smiled.

"For you." He muttered.

"Okay, Pin! Let's do this! Use scratch!" Pin's claws came out and he was going towards Snivy.

"Dodge it and use vine whip!" Snivy jumped up and hit Pin with the vines in mid-air. Pin cried out.

"Pin! Use assist!" Touko hoped the move she used out of all the party moves was bite. Her wish came true and Pin bit into Snivy's tail. This time, Snivy cried out and it flinched, not using vine whip like it was asked to.

"Use scratch!" Pin released Snivy's tail and scratched its back with Pin's sharp claws.

"Come on Snivy! Use vine whip!" Snivy really tried, but the attack was weak and did practically no damage.

"Scratch, one more time!" Snivy cried out and fainted.

"Darn it!" Cheren had Snivy return. Cheren was frustrated that he couldn't beat her. How could he become the Champion if he couldn't even beat his childhood glared at her, but Touko ignored it.

"Bye! Don't be a sore loser!" She walked to out and saw someone standing on the steps of the gym. He was dressed as a waiter and had green hair. This made her think of N and frown. The person looked at her.

"You should go train in the Dreamyard before you challenge the gym. You aren't strong enough yet," He said bluntly. He turned around, and he went into the building.

"Dreamyard, huh?" Touko considered going in and slapping him for being so rude, but she figured he was trying to be nice.

"Dreamyard… Sounds… Familiar…" She tapped her chin, walking to the little area on the outskirts of town.

Oh a hidden memory! Poor Cheren. Sorry to say this but he should flush those dreams down the drain! He can't even beat Touko. Then again, so far she's never lost. There's still a dent in his ego though... Oh well.