Another chapter yay! I can't believe I'm already on the 10th chapter! I'm happy that so many people read this, but really you should review! Anyway, read on!

Chapter 10

"I wasn't expecting to see you again," He said, pulling down the brim of his hat slightly.

"It's… nice to see you again?" She was still confused.

"That's not good if that comes out as a question. It seems you're wondering why I'm here." She nodded numbly at his words. He smiled slightly, noticing her lack of words.

"I have some business in Nacrene City, what about you?"

"Um… I was fighting Team Plasma on the way to fight the gym leader." N flinched.

"I see… In the middle of the night?" He asked. She nodded.

"Well, I'll let you be on your way then." He moved out of the way of her and she walked forward before stopping abruptly. Her grip on Ordell tightened, causing the Pokémon to wake up and squirm.

"Osha?" A small Pokémon growled at them, and Touko stiffened. N, who had been confused as to why she stopped, had walked up to her. He followed her frozen gaze to a Pokémon with a few cuts and bruises. It growled at them.

'Trainer…. Trainers are evil." It growled again. It was a Blitzle. Ordell snorted.

'Does this one look evil? You there! I know you can hear us. Tell it she's nice,' Ordell glared at N, as if daring him to disagree.

"Yes… She is nice…" He said quietly. Ordell bent over in his statue-like Trainer's arms, digging around in her bag. Ordell pulled out a Pokéball, and pressed the button, releasing Pin. Touko looked down at it, her face softening.

"You're not mine are you…" She mumbled quietly. N looked at her, surprised.

'You released me… Take me back, please!" Pin pawed at N's legs. N gasped. It was the Purrloin he had battled against Touko with.

"I knew… I could tell… But there wasn't really anything I can do… If you believe what normal Trainers do is cruel… Don't you think what you're doing is cruel too? After all, you're using them like tools. Catching them, making them hopeful, giving them a home with you… Then letting them go when the job was done… That's more cruel, isn't it?" She finally moved, handing N Pin's Pokéball.

"He wants to be with you. He wants a friend." N took a step back, but his eyes stayed trained on Pin.

"His name is faithful for a reason." Touko looked at the Blitzle in front of her, whose eyes were no longer full of malice. She smiled down at it.

"I'll let you go. Pin… I hope you'll be happy. I know you were always the most unhappy of my Pokémon." She stroked its gentle head. Touko finally turned to N.

"Well?" She asked.

'You better take Pin. You better. All of my friends are guys so we won't show such kindness as Touko here.' Ordell stared right at N with intimidating eyes.

'And Argos is still mad at you for making her feel insecure about our feelings, so...' Ordell stopped as N slowly picked up Pin.

'If you release me again, I'm just going to follow you and rip up your belongings until you take me back.' N laughed at Pin.

"Faithful indeed," He said and Touko sighed in relief.

"Ordell says that you should let the others out to say goodbye," N said. She nodded, letting all the boys out.

Moon blinked slowly, as if it had just woken up, gazing around slowly. Argos tensed up at the sight of N, but Pavit put a small paw on his head, calming him down. Pyralis went straight to Pin and hugged him. Soon all the others realized what was going on, and Ordell jumped down to join the large goodbye hug. The Blitzle stared for a moment, then walked away.

"Hey… N, since we're going to the same city… Why don't we just travel together?" She asked. He looked over at her. It would definitely interfere with his... work. When he bit his lip her face fell, and she looked at the ground.

"I'm sorry…" He mumbled, now feeling uncomfortable at her sad gaze.

"No… It's fine… You have work and all… I'm sure you're busy… I just…" She shook her head. There was no way Touko would ask him to travel with her because she was afraid of freezing up like a statue again. Her stupid fear. She wished that thing had never happened to her. She turned to him with a genuine-looking smile.

"Well, sorry to bother you! Take care of Pin!" She began walking and her Pokémon hurried to follow, taking last glances at their former companion, before turning their attention to Touko's fake smile.

Pin scratched N's leg with his claws.

"Ow! What is it Pin?" He asked, rubbing his leg through his tan pants.

'Touko has a fear of some kind. I'm not sure what it is yet… It has something to do with Pokémon disliking her… I don't know the whole story… But it's why she froze in front of the Blitzle's feelings of malice.' Pin sighed.

"Oh." N looked at her back, which was looking smaller as she continued to walk away.

'Let's go… You are a hopeless one...' Pin began running and N hurriedly followed, silently apologizing to the Pokémon they were most likely disturbing.

Touko turned as she saw N and Pin running towards her. She had returned everyone to their Poké Balls.

"N?" She asked confused.

"Pin said—" He was scratched.

"Ow… I mean… I'll travel with you!" He said.

This chapter was not part of the game at all. I'm pretty sure i said something somewhere earlier in the story about adding "something more" or something like that. You'd have to read all of my notes and that would be mean to ask you to do that! Anyway, review and all that other fun stuff!