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On the Abandoned Ship

"I guess there's no turning back. Help me out, guys!" thought Sakura. She swiftly came out of her hiding place and took out three Pokeballs from her bag.

"Combusken, Eevee, Skitty, go!" shouted Sakura.

"Glaceon, attack," commanded Konan.

With one swift and powerful Ice Shard attack, Konan's Glaceon froze Sakura's Pokemon. Then, the Fresh Snow Pokemon turned to Sakura and sent ice shards towards her. The shards pierced Sakura's skin and slashed her arms and legs. In a matter of moments, Glaceon has frozen Sakura's eyes shut.

"Sh-She's strong! I don't stand a chance against her. I gotta hide, fast!" thought Sakura.

On cue, Combusken struggled to create a wall of fire to conceal Sakura. Using the distraction, Combusken tried to un-freeze himself and carry his trainer and partners somewhere safe. Luckily for Combusken, he found a secure hiding place in a tree growing on the ship.

A few seconds later, Glaceon extinguished Combusken's fire wall. Konan looked around for Sakura for a while, but couldn't find her.

"She's hidden herself well this time. She's a nuisance. I need to search for the detector," thought Konan, as she walked away.

"Phew, thanks Combusken. You're a life saver," whispered Sakura, her eyes still closed. "Sasuke-kun, Naruto, I hope you two are alright."

Combusken, Skitty, and Eevee collapsed at the same time. Sakura tried to heal them, but with her eyes frozen shut, she couldn't get any potions for them. The only thing she could do was return her Pokemon to their Pokeballs, let them rest, and stay in the tree until she could see again.

Sakura sat in the tree, pulling her legs up to her chest. Then, she heard some soft noises; whimpers. The noises got closer and closer to her. Sakura tried to identify what or who was making those sounds.

Being one of the top students in her class, Sakura figured out what Pokemon were coming towards her. Once the sounds indicated that the Pokemon were right in front of her, she reached out to them. She felt a small electric current shock her hand. It was confirmed. There were two Pokemon, a Plusle and a Minun.

Sasuke was getting very, very annoyed. Naruto was nowhere to be found. He even felt like abandoning that blond idiot. He kept searching for him, nevertheless. Suddenly, Sasuke sensed someone's presence, and a voice soon followed his suspicions.

"Swellow, Wing Attack."

Sasuke quickly released his Grovyle from its Pokeball, and it blocked the Swellow's attack. The Swellow flew up and stayed in the air. Grovyle took its fighting stance and prepared to fight the Swellow if necessary.

"Show yourself!" said Sasuke.

Out of the shadows, a person with blond hair and a black cloak stepped out. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and prepared to fight him.

"Impressive. Your reflexes are pretty quick. Now you're in the way. Swellow, Wing Attack," commanded Deidara.

Swellow's wings glowed and it dove, full-speed towards Grovyle. Again, Grovyle blocked the attack with its arms.

"Grovyle, Fury Cutter," said Sasuke.

Grovyle pushed back Swellow and started slashing Swellow with its claws. Swellow dodged some of the strikes, and flew back up in the air. Without any commands from Deidara, Swellow dove down towards Grovyle again, ready with its Peck attack.

Swellow pecked Grovyle numerous times on the head, and flew away once more. While Grovyle was recovering from the Peck attacks, Deidara used the time to deliver an extremely powerful attack.

"Aerial Ace," commanded Deidara.

Swellow flew straight towards Grovyle. The grass Pokemon held up its arms, thinking that Swellow was going to attack him. Much to his surprise, Swellow quickly flew up when it was near Grovyle. As the bird Pokemon was covered in white streaks of light, it dove down to strike Grovyle. The Aerial Ace attack was so powerful that it knocked Grovyle back and knocked him out.

"What will you do now, little boy?" taunted Deidara.

"Che, I'm not out of Pokémon yet. Sneasel, Houndour, go!" Sasuke took out his remaining Pokemon and got ready to fight.

"Looks like you're not willing to give up," said Deidara, as he took out another Pokeball. "Go, Electrode."

"Sneasel use Icy Wind, Houndour, flamethrower!" shouted Sasuke.

"Sorry little boy, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to finish this with one attack. I don't have time to be meddling with you. Electrode, Explosion," said Deidara.

Almost immediately, Electrode glowed white and was surrounded by electricity. Then, it exploded very violently. Sneasel and Houndour were immediately knocked out by the attack.

"Ugh, damn you," cursed Sasuke.

"Now I suggest you stop meddling, little boy," said Deidara.

Before Sasuke could say anything, Deidara's Swellow knocked him out from behind. Deidara smirked and walked off, continuing his search, while Swellow prepared to finish off Sasuke. Suddenly, two strong electric currents stopped both Deidara and Swellow.

"What the--?" Deidara was cut off by more electric currents. "Swellow, use Gust!"

Swellow stirred up a huge gust of wind. Soon, the troublemakers were revealed: Plusle and Minun. Deidara was starting to get annoyed, and started to fight with the two Pokémon, turning his attention away from Sasuke and the detector he was searching for.

While Deidara and Swellow were distracted by Plusle and Minun, Sakura and her injured Combusken were trying to get Sasuke up on a nearby tree that Sakura was hiding in. Combusken, even though it was injured, still wanted to help its mistress. The fire type Pokémon had detected Sasuke fighting, and carried Sakura to him. Combusken was the only Pokémon in Sakura's team who wasn't completely knocked out yet. It had tried to melt the ice on Sakura's eyes, but it didn't dare do it. One small mistake could burn Sakura.

Sakura tried to make Sasuke get up. Sasuke's eyes scanned his surroundings. When his eyes landed on Sakura, the first thing he noticed was the ice on her eyes.

"Sakura, what happened?" asked Sasuke, sitting up.

"I tried to fight another person, but she was too strong. She beat Combusken, Skitty, and Eevee with just her Glaceon! I was lucky I had a revive seed for Combusken, but it only helped a bit," replied Sakura.

Sakura then heard the voices of Deidara, Konan, their Pokémon, Plusle, and Minun.

"There're Pokémon on this ship?" asked Sakura.

"Yeah, a Plusle and a Minun. They're trying to fend off the two of them, Deidara and Konan, but it looks like they're not doing such a good job," answered Sasuke.

"I have only one more revive seed. I can give it to your Grovyle," suggested Sakura. "Then, we can battle the two of them using my Combusken, your Grovyle, and the Plusle and Minun."

Sasuke scooted closer, towards Sakura, and traced his thumb along the ice on her eyes. Feeling his fingers on her eyes, Sakura blushed a crimson red.

"Are you sure you can fight without your eyes?" asked a concerned Sasuke.

"I-I can, Sasuke-kun. Don't worry," stammered Sakura.

Sasuke drew back his hands and searched for Grovyle. To his surprise, Grovyle was no longer in the place where he was lying. Suddenly, Combusken appeared right in front of Sasuke, supporting Grovyle, who was out cold.

"Sasuke-kun, here's the revive seed. Give it to your Grovyle," said Sakura, holding out the small seed.

"Are you sure you don't want to use the seed on your other Pokemon?" asked Sasuke.

"No. Your Grovyle's much stronger than Skitty and Eevee anyway. Please take it, Sasuke-kun, before Plusle and Minun gets knocked out too." Sakura hastily searched for Sasuke's hand, grabbed it, and put the revive seed on his palm.

Sasuke walked over to his Grovyle and put the seed in its mouth. The leaf Pokémon's eyes opened immediately, and it stood on its own.

"Grovyle, we're gonna have to battle," said Sasuke. Grovyle nodded its head once in agreement.

Plusle and Minun crashed into the tree Sasuke and Sakura were in, and, at the same time, the two of them and their Pokémon jumped down. Sasuke whispered what they were planning to do to Plusle and Minun. The two Pokémon agreed. It was at that time when Sasuke noticed that Plusle was holding on to something: an old, worn out book. He caught a glimpse of the cover. The word "Diary" was written on it. Sasuke's curiosity almost got the better of him, but he shook his head and focused on the battle.

"Plusle, Minun, Double Team!" commanded Sasuke and Sakura.

As Plusle and Minun ran towards Konan and Deidara, they created replicas of themselves. The many clones of Plusle and Minun formed a circle around Konan and Deidara as they ran.

"Tsk, these brats are getting more annoying by the minute," said Deidara. "Swellow, use Wing Attack."

"Glaceon, Icy Wind," commanded Konan.

The combined attacks of Swellow and Glaceon destroyed Plusle and Minun's clones. The real Plusle and Minun looked at Sasuke and Sakura, waiting for their next command.

"Grovyle, use Absorb! Plusle, use Spark!" shouted Sasuke.

Sakura chimed in, "Combusken, Double Kick! Minun, use Spark as well!"

Grovyle immediately appeared behind Swellow and sucked out its energy. Combusken ran swiftly around Glaceon and kicked it twice from behind. To top it off, Plusle and Minun shocked Glaceon and Swellow pretty badly.

"Woah, that's one powerful Spark attack. A normal Spark attack's not that powerful," thought Sasuke. He switched on his Pokedex and analyzed both Plusle and Minun.

Minun, the Cheering Pokemon. Minun is more concerned about cheering on its partners than its own safety. It shorts out the electricity in its body to create brilliant showers of sparks to cheer on its teammates.

Plusle, the Cheering Pokemon. Plusle always acts as a cheerleader for its partners. Whenever a teammate puts out a good effort in battle, this Pokémon shorts out its body to create the crackling noises of sparks to show its joy.

"I see now. They're more powerful when both of them work together," thought Sasuke once more.

"Swellow, Peck!" shouted Deidara.

Swellow dove towards Grovyle, its beak glowing, and pecked the grass type Pokemon, hard.

"Too bad your grass type moves don't do much against Swellow. Flying type moves work really well on grass type Pokemon, kid," said Deidara.

"You're forgetting that Electric type Pokémon have an advantage over Flying types," added Sasuke. "Plusle, Thunder Wave!"

Plusle sent a string of electricity towards Swellow, paralyzing it. Deidara smirked and commanded Swellow to use Gust. To Sasuke's surprise, the Thunder Wave attack didn't paralyze Swellow much. It immediately used its Gust attack to blow away Plusle and Minun.

"The puny little Plusle's Thunder Wave attack is no match for my Swellow, kid," said Deidara.

Sakura cut in with her command, "Combusken, Ember!" Combusken threw a weak Ember attack at both Glaceon and Swellow. Swellow flew into the air, but Glaceon took the hit.

"Nice, Sakura," praised Sasuke. "Even though she can't see, she's contributing a lot in this fight," the Uchiha thought.

Without any orders from Konan, Glaceon froze the fire and shattered it. Then, the ice Pokemon used Quick Attack on Combusken.

Hearing Combusken's cry, Sakura shouted, "Combusken! Minun use Thunder Shock!" Minun threw a wave of electricity towards Glaceon, but the Pokemon easily dodged it, and used its Ice Shard attack on Minun. Then, Glaceon put its paws on Minun, trapping it. Swellow soon joined in, ready to attack Minun.

"Now, before Deidara's Swellow finishes off this Minun, I suggest you kids hand over the detector," suggested Konan.

"What detector? We don't have any detectors," said Sasuke. Behind him, he heard Sakura shuffling around. He turned around to see a small box in her hands.

"Combusken must have grabbed it somehow. Where did he get it anyway?" thought Sasuke.

"Hand over the detector!" shouted Deidara.

Sakura, not wanting to see Minun hurt, handed the detector to Sasuke. "We'll give you this if you release Minun," said Sakura.

Konan picked up the unconscious Minun and steadily walked towards Sasuke. Sasuke cautiously walked towards Konan as well. When the two of them were face to face, Konan set Minun down carefully. Sasuke put the detector in Konan's outstretched hand. Suddenly, Plusle rushed up and used Helping Hand on Minun. The electric Pokemon regained consciousness and used a Spark attack on Konan. She uttered a cry of pain and dropped the detector. Sasuke picked it up and ran as fast as he could. He saw a huge opening on the side of the ship. Sasuke ran towards Sakura and piggy-backed her as he jumped out the opening. All the other Pokemon followed them, even Plusle and Minun.

Once he landed, he made a beeline for Tazuna's boat, with Sakura still on his back. The pinkette was confused as to why they were running away. The ice still hasn't melted from her eyes. Unfortunately for them, before Sasuke could get to Tazuna's boat, Deidara's Swellow swooped down and stole the detector from Sasuke's hand. The bird Pokemon flew high up and back to its owner. Swellow dropped the detector in Deidara's hand. The two figures then disappeared.

"Crap. They got the detector," mumbled Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun, what's going on? Why are you piggy-backing me?" asked Sakura.

"We almost escaped with the detector, but that Swellow got it back from me," said Sasuke.

"Are Plusle and Minun safe? What about Combusken? And Grovyle?" Sakura kept throwing questions at Sasuke.

"All of them are fine. You don't need to worry so much, Sakura," said Sasuke.

He put down Sakura and walked towards Tazuna's boat. Before he got there, he could see a silhouette of Naruto on the boat already, waving to him.

Sasuke could faintly hear Naruto's voice, "Hey, Sasuke! Sakura-chan! I'm back here! You guys can come back now!"

A vein popped on Sakura's forehead when she heard Naruto's voice. She ominously muttered, "Naruto… you butthead."

"Sakura, let's go. We have to go back to the boat," said Sasuke.

Before Sasuke and Sakura went back, Plusle and Minun grabbed their legs. They had two handfuls of berries and were offering them to Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke rejected them, but Sakura enthusiastically accepted them.

"Wow, wow, wow! These berries are super rare! I can make a lotta Pokeblocks with these!" cheered Sakura. Turning to Plusle and Minun, she said, "Thank you, Plusle, Minun. You two helped us a lot. We have to go now. Goodbye, and stay safe!"

Plusle and Minun waved goodbye to Sasuke, Sakura, Combusken, and Grovyle. Once they reached the boat, Sakura punched Naruto and Sasuke hit him on the head.

"What the hell was that for?!" shouted Naruto.

"For running off and making us search for you," started Sakura.

"For making us worry and then show up after we spent hours searching for you," finished Sasuke.

"Hey, the two of them have a point," said Tazuna. Naruto glared at him.

"Yeah, yeah, sorry about that. Now let's go to Slateport City!" shouted Naruto.

As the boat sailed, Sasuke and Sakura sat, thinking about Konan and Deidara, what organization they were working for, and what they wanted with the detector. Mysteries will unfold… someday.

Done with this chapter! Yay! By the way, I'm done with my high school exams, so I can update more than usual, if I'm not too lazy to! ;D Please, please, PLEASE review! Reviews for this fic are like Christmas presents. I'm really glad to receive and read them! So, PLEASE review! (Like I said, I'm aiming for at least 100 reviews, so I really want you all to review! I appreciate all the alerts and favorites I got, but I also want reviews, so please write a review!)