Rindiny: The chapters get longer and longer! LOL

Touko: That's a good thing, more ferriswheelshipping!

Rindiny: I'm going to ship you all to Africa if you don't shut up.

Touko: There are Ferris wheels in Africa?

Rindiny: I dunno now shit up some confidence! Story time. Oh yeah, I don't own these people sadly.

"Hey! N! Wait up!" Touko called.

It was three days after they had asked Ghetsis if they could go outside. Touko was wondering when they would, she was getting tired of waiting. But she was mostly thinking about what he did. His nose had touched her cheek before, and she was finding herself touching that spot way too much. What was that all about? She had to ask him, or she would never know. Right now, she was running after N, he was running full speed off somewhere. Woobat and the Deerling were off somewhere, while Pato and N's Zorua were in his room. But she wondered where the Woobat and the Deerling were, but brushed it away. They would appear soon enough.

N made an abrupt stop, Touko accidentally bumped into him, making him look back slightly. "Next time. Say when you're going to stop." Touko groaned, rubbing her nose after it collided with N's head. "What's this all about anyway?"

"They brought a new Pokemon in! I wanna meet him!" N exclaimed, continuing his walking. "..He's in my room!"

"What kind of Pokemon is it?" Touko asked.

"I don't know.. But let's go and see!" N said enthusiastically, he grabbed Touko's hand and pulled her over to his room. He opened the door, and saw a little purple Pokemon in the room, playing with a ball. Zorua was on the other side, growling at it menacingly.

"It's a Purrloin! Awww!" Touko cooed, she let go of N's hand, going over to walk closer, bending down to it's level. N in the meanwhile looked over at Zorua, seeing him growling at the Purrloin. He walked over to his friend, trying to figure out what was wrong. Touko held her hand out to the cat, but the little feline extended it's claws and scratched her. "Owww!"

"Touko? What happened?" N asked, hearing her cry out randomly.

"Nothing- Nothing!" Touko hissed in pain, clutching her left hand. She looked down at it, realizing there were three bleeding gash marks across her left hand.

"Oh.. He seems friendly!" N exclaimed looking over at the cat, not realizing he had scratched her.

"Where's Pato?" Touko suddenly asked, Zorua's ears perked, he ran over behind the Skateboard ramp, looking back at Touko. She looked at the cat, then followed the little Zorua. Suddenly, she heard chirps behind the Skateboard ramp, she ran over and saw Pato in the corner, tears in his eyes. Touko gasped in response, seeing the little bird so distressed. "Pato!" She picked up the little bird, seeing another scratch mark across his wing, luckily, it wasn't bleeding, the cloth was merely broken. She suddenly glared down at the scratch mark, and walking over to the Purrloin. "What did you do to Pato!"

She received a dangerous hiss in response from the Purrloin. N suddenly went in front of the Purrloin and blocked Touko from passing.

"No! Don't hurt him!" N exclaimed. "He hasn't done anything!"

"What! What about me?" Touko yelled, "Do you even KNOW what that Cat did!"

"He didn't do anything!" N stated. Touko growled, holding up her scratched hand, he gasped.

"You see this? HE did it! And he also did THIS!" Touko said, showing N Pato's scratch on his bandage, almost falling off.

"Is this true?" N asked the Purrloin. It closed it's eyes and looked away, swishing it's tail slightly before meowing. N was confused now, he glanced back at Touko who was frowning angrily. "He... says he doesn't know what you're talking about."

"What! You little-" Touko started, but stopped herself before she said anything. Touko growled, "N, this scratch didn't appear on it's own! Nothing in this room gives gashes with CLAW marks! And it wasn't your Zorua! We're definitely not blaming HIM!"

"Pokemon don't lie." N exclaimed. "If he said he didn't do anything, then I believe him!"

"And you're going to believe that with ALL Pokemon?" Touko huffed.

"You know what? I have no time for this! If you're going to believe a Pokemon you've met for just what, two measly seconds! Then I'm not going to stand around here and witness this. Don't talk to me until you believe me!" Touko yelled, she held Pato tightly in her arms and walked out of the room, leaving the door open. The room went silent for a few moments, Zorua jumped on N's shoulder, frowning down at the Pokemon.

"I don't know what's wrong with her Purrloin.." N said. "Don't worry, I believe you!"

'I don't know what she's talking about.' He replied, yawning loudly. 'Humans make such a big deal over wounds, they're all liars, just look at me. I'm a Street Cat. A loner.. I don't take pity from no one.'

"What happened?" N asked. "Did you have an abusive trainer?"

'I'm not going to tell you. You pitiful human. I don't need your pity.' He replied, N flinched. He certainly didn't like to be called Human, since Humans weren't as nice to Pokemon as he was. He was raised with Pokemon anyway..

"I.. I'm not a human!" N exclaimed, his hands turning into tiny fists. "I'm a Pokemon!"

The Purrloin busted laughing, mocking him. 'You're one funny human. Do you seriously believe that you're a Pokemon? Alright. I'll tell you what happened to me, since I actually take what you just said into consideration.' He said with a smirk. N calmed down a little bit, blinking, and then he sat down on the floor. His legs were crossed, as he started intently at the Purrloin. 'Alright, first of all, don't get comfortable with me. And don't touch me either, no cuddling, no hugging, nothing. I don't like to be touched, even if it's one of those dirty little Pokemon that run around in this rusty waste. Nothing.'

N nodded in response, while Zorua just scoffed.

'Touche.' Zorua replied to his rules. 'Selfish much? Or is that with ALL Purrloins?'

'I would most appreciate if your little foxy snout would keep it down. Is stupidity a family trait perhaps?' The Purrloin said. Zorua growled.

'And I would appreciate it, if you would cut aggravating me. I won't allow you just waltzing right in here and insulting everybody in this room.' Zorua growled. 'I could take your scrawny butt and kick you right out of here in an instant.'

'Just try to, runt.' He hissed.

'I don't need to dirty my paws with a worthless Pokemon like you.' Zorua smirked. 'I have better fish to fry.'

"Stop it!" N exclaimed. "Zorua, please."

'Alright, N. Only because you asked so kindly.' Zorua grinned. Purrloin rolled his eyes, licking his paws.

'As I was saying, before I was interrupted. I had many trainers once- Many of them were nice to me. I had at least four trainers before. The first one treated me kindly, but he had to go away to another Region so he couldn't take me with him. He was the nicest trainer, but he left me. The second trainer, wasn't so nice, but he still took care of me. He set me free after seeing I wasn't giving him what he wanted. He would always want me to battle for him, but I would refuse, I was scared to back then.. The third trainer, was abusive, he would always come drunk every night, and would hit me everyday until he fell on the couch. I had to run away from him, and then the fourth trainer. She was really nice, but it wasn't the case.. She grew evil each day I was with her, and she was blaming me for her troubles. She placed me in a bag, and threw me in a garbage pail in the big city... Luckily, somebody found me in there, and when they opened the bag, I made a dash out of there-! I've been a lone Pokemon ever since, and any trainer that would try to catch me, I would show no mercy to them. What the- Kid? Hey! Kid!' After he finished telling his story, he had seen the boy shed tears.

"I-I'm s-s-so sorry! I never knew!" N cried.

'Come on. I told you! I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY!' He hissed angrily, which made N only cry more. 'Gosh.. How am I going to get this kid to shut up?'

'I do that, but it's not really easy consoling, N.' Zorua rolled his eyes at the feline. 'Nobody told you to tell him your story. Should of been a smart cat and stayed quiet. Then again, you should keep talking, maybe you'll say something intelligent.'

'Say that to my face you-' He stopped there, realizing he had no comebacks.

'Peh, YOU try calming the kid.' Zorua laughed.

'I'm doing no such thing! I'm not going to waste my time trying to help a sniveling little baby!' He yelled, and after that he walked out of the room, leaving N broken down. 'I have no time for this.'

N rubbed his eyes, looking down at Zorua, who smiled up at him and rubbed his head against N's face. N smiled slightly. "You're such a nice friend, Zorua.." N stated. Zorua snickered, before running to the door and standing there. N stood to his feet, rubbing his eyes more. "He's right! I have to stop crying! We have to help him."

'Psh. He needs all the help he could get. What about err.. Touko? Maybe she- Oh no wait. That dumbass scratched her. I don't think she wants to help.' Zorua said.

"He really did scratch her?" N asked curiously.

'Why would you even think Touko would lie about that? Didn't you see the mark on Pato too? N, she didn't lie.' Zorua asnwered.

"She said not to talk to her until I believed her-"

'You're going to believe that stupid cat over her?' Zorua suddenly exclaimed, making N jump. Zorua had never made an outburst like that before. 'Come on N! That's what that idiot wants!'

"Well. OK. I'm going to go and apologize to her." N exclaimed, following Zorua outside and looking for the girl.

"There you go, Touko!" A Plasma Woman said, finally finishing up patching her hand. "And you too little Pidove!"

"Thank you." Touko said with no emotion, she was still sore about N. If only-

"Touko!" A voice exclaimed. Touko turned around on her chair and looked over at the person who was calling her.

It was her mom!

"Mom!" Touko said, getting off from the chair and going over to hug her Mother. "I forgot all about you!"

"What? Touko, how could you? Heehee! I've been living here too! They really do have fancy clothing, don't they? Well.. It's not really fancy, It's pretty normal to what anyone would wear." She replied with a scrunch of the nose. "But it's better than wearing those things that people wore in the olden times of Kings and Queens, like in those fairytale books you always read." Touko nodded, a grin on her face.

"Mom! I met a Prince!" Touko exclaimed, Pato walked over to Touko's leg and chirped. "Pato and me did! Really!"

"Oh! A Prince? That's only in fairy tales Touko.." Mom said, Touko's eyes widened, a little sparkle in them.

"But I did! Anthea and Concordia told me!" Touko said.

"Those two young woman? How exciting Touko! Where is he?" Her mom asked, but Touko frowned in disappointment.

"You'd be disappointed.." Touko said.

"Oh? Why?" She asked. She placed a hand on her cheek, looking into her eyes. "What's wrong with him?"

"He can talk to Pokemon, not that it's wrong or anything, but I'm just mad at him right now." Touko mumbled, crossing her arms.

"Aww. What did he do, darling?" They both sat down on chairs inside the room, talking to each other. Pato poked Touko's leg, asking her to pick him up. She did so, and held him softly in her arms. "Hello, Pato."

"Well..." Touko began her story, up until the end. Explaining how Team Plasma would bring in Pokemon for him that were abused by trainers, and what happened in his room today. "...And he believes that Purrloin over me. So I told him not to talk to me until he believes me."

"Oh dear, you'll get over it, I'm sure he didn't mean to offend you.. But seems to me you're kind of jealous." She laughed at the word, hinting at some sort of understanding of her feelings. Touko blushed many shades of red.

"Me? Jealous? No way, Mom! I'm not jealous. I'm angry! Which is totally different from being jealous." Touko exclaimed.

"Why so defensive? You're jealous. I can tell. I was like that too with your father, I now what it is to be jealous!" Her mother laughed, placing a hand on her head now. Touko puffed her cheeks, looking away with her blush still remaining. "Jealous, jealous, jealous! Oh.. You haven't even told me his name. What's the lucky boy's name?"

"Mom! Ch.. His name is N Harmonia." Touko said.

"N? The letter N?" Her Mom replied, Touko nodded in response receiving a raised eyebrow in response, she lost it, suddenly looking excited. "Where is he?"

"He could be in his room but-"

"Oh! Let's go!" Her Mom dragged her up and out of the room, taking her through the hallways looking for the mysterious boy.

"I don't want to see him!" Touko said.

"I do! Now come Touko. He's not going to bite.. Right?" Then she laughed out loud, poor Touko's face resembled that of an Emboar. She wasn't really up for a greeting with N, if she would, it would not be pleasant.

N was clearly looking for Touko all over the place. He looked under the table, in the fire places, behind the vases, EVERYWHERE! He pouted, almost about to give up, but not before seeing a trace of brown pass through. He quickly scurried outside of the room and saw it was Touko and another lady with her. He quickly followed behind, his feet carrying him closer and closer to her. "Touko!"

Touko turned back after hearing her name come aloud. Realizing it was N, she bit her lip, but replied. "N!"

"You're N! Oh my! Hello!" Her mom waved, N looked up at her with a blank face, not knowing what to do. He was speechless, this woman looked just like Touko, except older.

"Umm.. Yes, this is N." Touko mumbled.

"My name is Annabel. I'm Touko's mother." She said. "Pleased to meet you."

N nodded slowly, he looked over at Touko, suddenly changing expressions, his face showing regret and sadness. "Touko.. I'm sorry... about not believing you.." He mumbled. Touko couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"You.. You're apologizing?" Touko asked.

"I just wanted to... say I'm sorry for doubting you. I always thought Pokemon would NEVER tell lies... I'm sorry.." He said, almost begging for forgiveness.

"Awwww.." Annabel silently said. "Come on, Touko. Give him another chance.. Will you?"

Touko looked down at the floor, a frown on her features. Should she? He clearly was helpless kid. What could she do? 'Meh, might as well forgive him.' Touko thought. "Alright, N. I forgive you." N almost instantly lost his look of melancholy and it transformed into a wide smile, which he was still trying to get used to.

"Y-yay!" N exclaimed, bouncing up and down. Touko rolled her eyes, laughing slightly.

"Oh. Your luck is growing Touko! Maybe when you two grow up, you'll come to marry each other~!" Annabel joked. Touko made a disgusted face, along with Pato.

"Mom! That's not funny!" Touko exclaimed, her entire face red. "Every time I'm with a boy, you always say that."

"What? You two look ADORABLE together!" She exclaimed. "Oh, I am such a romanticist.. And plus Touko, if my mother's instincts don't deceive me, I think I'm actually right on this one."

"Marry? What's... Marry..?" N asked, Touko slapped her palm on her face, grunting in annoyance.

"One of these days, I have to teach you all about this stuff, because, this is beyond reason! How old are you?" Touko asked.

"I'm seven years old." N replied.

"You're seven! I know more than YOU and I'm FIVE! Haven't they taught you at least what husband and wife are? You're a prince for Pete's sake!" Touko asked exasperatedly.

"Calm down, Touko. Maybe we should go outside? I think they'll allow us to at least take a step out. Don't you think?" Annabel wondered. "They can't keep us locked in here forever!"

"Yeah, but they said, they were going to send somebody to us when it's time to go outside.." Touko said. "I wanna go today! It's so boring here!"

"Can we? I'm really excited." N exclaimed. "I can't wait!"

Annabel checked her watch to see the time. It wasn't the end of the day yet, so why not?

"Well, let's go then!" Annabel said, N ran next to Touko's mom, but Touko grabbed him by his collar and pulled him.

"Woooooooah, wait! Hold your Zebstrikas!" Touko said. N stopped, turning to look back at the girl that pulled on him.

"What is it?" N asked, and Touko replied. "You can't go outside like THAT. It's COLD outside!"

"I completely forgot about that.." Annabel admitted, placing a finger on her chin.

"Let's go ask somebody!" Touko exclaimed, she entered a door, seeing many grunts in the room, she didn't know whom to ask. "Urr, excuse me! Hello? Can any of you tell me if we can go outside? I've been waiting this entire week-"

"Of course you can, do you have an adult coming with you?" one asked.

"Well yes, my mom is coming with us. OK. Just wanted to know, thanks." Touko said, she was about to leave.

"Wait just a second!" Another said. "You're going to take forever climbing down Victory Road. I'll send somebody else with you. Ghetsis will be furious if we don't protect and keep Prince N safe." Touko shrugged, then left the room, smiling at her mom and N. "They said yes, but that somebody has to come with us."

"Alright! Let's find something warm to wear in the meanwhile." Annabel said, after minutes of asking grunts where to go, they finally received jackets from the people that worked there and were able to finally go outside. "Alright, I think we're all set." Touko and N nodded in response, Zorua, Pato, Woobat and Deerling were with them now. Accompanying them on their adventure outside was a Team Plasma Grunt.

"Yes! Finally! Fresh breeze outside!" Touko said, when Annabel opened the door, they were all met with a cold breeze. "OH MY GOSH THAT'S COLD!"

"Buckle up! We're off!" Annabel exclaimed. "Well. Where to Touko? Opelucid City, or Lacunosa Town."

"I don't know!" Touko said out loud. "I'm too cold to choose!"

"Well, alright. To Lacunosa Town then." Annabel mumbled.

"WHAT! But that's a long walk! And it's really cold! Opelucid City!" Touko exclaimed, Pato was hiding in her coat, his head sticking out of her scarf, chirping.

"Where is Opelucid City?" N asked tugging on Touko's coat. He has a warm coat on, and much like Touko's Pato, Zorua was inside his coat too.

"Oh, that the place we're going to!" Touko said. "Let's hurry~! It's just right down- Oh..."

"No worries. Go! Beheeyem!" The grunt sent out a Pokemon from his Pokeball, and out came a Beheeyem, it spinned before it cried out, looking at the grunt waiting for orders. "Teleport us near Opelucid City." It gave another cry before glowing purple, and soon they disappeared from there. They weren't at the Castle anymore, and instead they were near trees, many Pokemon were startled when they had suddenly appeared there, hiding in the bushes. "Thanks, Beheeyem." The Grunt said before calling him back in the Pokeball. Touko started jumping, realizing they were almost there. Or so she thought, she's never been there before, but she still felt she was close by.

"Touko slow down!" Annabel exclaimed, seeing Touko skipping ahead. Her mother sighed, her daughter was the impatient one. "Can you keep up with her? I can't- She has a lot of energy."

"Um...She's nice." N nodded not really understanding the question, which caught Annabel's attention.

"Nice huh? How so?" She urged him to continue. N looked up at Annabel with curious eyes, but he continued.

"Well. She isn't mean to Pokemon, and she's kind to me too. Just like Anthea and Concordia!" He exclaimed.

"That's it?" Annabel said, rather disappointed. "Isn't she pretty? Or cute? Beautiful? Anything?" N tilted his head, getting slightly confused by the question. The Grunt laughed at the question, Touko's mom was really amusing.

"I don't know." N said with a rather high pitched voice. She expected him to at least maybe say, 'No WAY!' or 'Eww! Girls have the cooties!', but he actually didn't know.

"You don't know? How don't you know? All you have to do is look at her and see if she's pretty or not. It's not that hard to decide." Annabel said.

"Is pretty a good thing?" N asked innocently.

"Why of course N! All those things I mentioned are nice things to say to her, you know.. It'd make her happy! For example, your Zorua is very cute!" She said, which made Zorua blush slightly. He smiled a little bit and yawned.

"Oh!" N said enthusiastically.

"This is kind of new to see." The Grunt said.

"How so?" Annabel said.

"He hasn't gone outside in a long time. The last time he did, it was only for a short while, then Master Ghetsis didn't let him out ever. Until you guys came along." He replied, as they continued walking. Annabel went silent, Ghetsis? That man with the green hair? Oh, he couldn't possibly be this cruel to N!

"YOU'RE ALL SLOWPOKES! COME ON!" Touko yelled, being far ahead. She waved to them, telling them to speed it up. They continued walking down the road, soon enough, they entered one of those things- Touko didn't know what to call them. But she called them 'Useless Entrances'; because all it ever told you what time it was, since she didn't really check the time much, she didn't really like them. If she wanted to know about the city, she would ask somebody that lived around the town, city, or wherever! As she passed through, Touko checked the time at the time as it rolled across the electrical bulletin board.

'11:02 A.M, Welcome to Opelucid City, A city that respects history and values old things!' (the Opelucid City I am referring to is from White Version, it's why it says that)

Touko rolled her eyes, she stopped for a moment, waiting for the others to catch up before walking along with them. They finally entered the City, everything covered in snow, trees around and neatly aligned. There were many people walking by, but not a great big group of people, just a few city-folk.

"We're here! Opelucid City~!" Touko exclaimed, giving a thumbs up to N, while Pato chirped, making the same pose as Touko. "Let's look around!"

"Touko! WAIT!" Annabel exclaimed, sighing again. "Run along N, go and play." N looked at her slightly, then he ran after Touko catching up to her. "Those two. Lovely couple aren't they?"

"C-couple!" The grunt choked, unable to hold his curiosity.

"N's probably going to tell Touko she's pretty later on." Annabel said, crossing her arms.

"Woooohooo! Sunlight at last!" Touko said. "FREEDOOOM! RIGHT PATO?" Pato chirped.

"Touko!" N exclaimed, Touko made an abrupt stop, sliding on the snow. She looked back as N came running towards her, trying to helplessly catch up. He caught his breath, then looking at her, waiting for her to say something.

"N! We're finally outside!" Touko said.

"I know but-"

"Let's go!" Touko said grabbing his hand and pulling him towards a fountain. "Look at this fountain! It's so beautiful!" N went silent from hearing the word, he remembered Annabel's words.

"Beautiful?" N asked, not really knowing what it was.

"Huh? It's a term... um.. well.. it's.. you know what pretty is?" Touko asked. N nodded quickly remembering the term.

"Well. It's a little higher than pretty.. pretty means like.. you know.. UGH! I don't know how to explain it.." Touko said. "Pretty.. is like attractive.. but in a delicate way.. and beautiful means.. like.. urr.. ummm.. oh gosh.."

"Oh gosh?" N said, scrunching his nose, not really understanding.

"NO! I mean.. beautiful.. is attractive, like.. for example for a girl! When she looks nice, she.. urr.. umm.. it's something you say to a girl, that makes her happy! You know? Beautiful it's.. it's a compliment! It's.. something that's nice to see. Like.. this fountain! It's pleasing to see.. so it's beautiful! And the trees, with all that snow on them, it's beautiful too! See?" Touko explained, pointing at the fountain then the trees.

"I.. understand now." N replied with a smile.

"Good!" Touko said. "Phew.. it's hard to explain.."

Zorua nudged N's chin with his nose, crying out loud. N looked down at his friend and smiled more, taking him out from his coat and placing him down on the floor. "Pokemon are beautiful..." He told Zorua, Touko almost choked right there. Zorua merely tilted it's head, giving N a weird look as if it was confused.

"N-" Touko started.

"So are the trees~! And outside! Playing too!" He said bluntly, not really knowing how to use the word properly.

"N-" Touko started again.

"Oh! My room is beautiful too!" N exclaimed.

"N! You can't just say beautiful to every single thing!" Touko said.

"Huh? Why not?" He asked curiously, feeling as though he did something wrong.

"It just sounds weird." Touko said, raising an eyebrow. "You know how weird it would to call... well.. your toys beautiful? I mean. You could say pretty, well not even that! But, you know like, fun. There are some things you don't say beautiful to, that includes saying it to other guys. Since well... You're a guy! But beautiful? Hah! You could say that to a girl you like!"

"Oh.." N mumbled, but then scrunched his nose and raising one eyebrow in confusion. "To a girl.. I like?"

"Yeah! To a girl you have a special connection to! Like, more than friends!" Touko grinned, N pondered for a moment before staring at her for a long period of time.

"W-well, anyway.. just try not to use it all the time." Touko smiled, making him grin back.

"Hey! Touko!" A voice yelled.

"Huh? Isn't that.." Touko started.

"Hiiiiiiii~!" Another yelled.

"Those voices-" Touko looked behind her, seeing two familiar faces. "Cheren! Bianca!"

"Cookie~! It's you! How did you get here?" Bianca exclaimed.

"Stop calling me 'Cookie' or else I'm going to call you Milk." Touko said.

"Where have you and your mother been. We've all been worried." Cheren said, with hands in his pockets.

"Oh. We've been at a Castle." Touko grinned smugly.

"Whaaaaaaaaat!" Bianca exclaimed. "I'm so jealous! Were you sweeped off your feet by your knight in shining armor?"

"Huh? No, no, no!" Touko waved her hands crazily, shaking her head at the same time. "I dunno why I'm there in the first place, but this guy-"

"You were forced to go?" Cheren asked.

"No I-"

"OH! Maybe you have a mission!"

"No! It's not that-"

"Bianca don't be stupid, maybe they were kidnapped."

"NO!" Touko yelled her loudest, making everybody around her jump in fright. "You guys must be out of your minds!"

"Soo.. You don't have a mission?" Bianca asked. "Awww.. Hey. Who's that kid next to you? Is he your boyfriend?" Touko slapped a hand on her face.

"No. He's not-" Touko growled in between her teeth.

"Boyfriend!" N exclaimed, with a rather happy look on his face.

"WHAT!" Touko yelled.

"Aww! Touko! I never knew! When did you meet him?" Bianca asked.

"Wh- Wh-Whaaa?" Cheren was merely dumbfounded by the little boy's outburst, afterwards looking amused at Touko's face. Touko was horrified. She couldn't believe he said that! Unless he didn't know what-

"Bianca- This is N. N, these are my friends Bianca and Cheren." Touko ignored them, rolling her eyes.

"When did this happen?" Cheren asked suddenly, losing his smile.

"Um..we only met in the castle! He only- He hasn't-" Touko was cut off, Cheren's anger was directed toward N now.

"Hey! You got some explaining to do, you freak!" Cheren said. N frowned at those words. Freak? "Did you send somebody to kidnap Touko!" Cheren stomped over grabbing his coat and glaring at him. "Spit it out! Out with it! Did you!" Bianca went in front of Cheren, pulling him back.

"Cheren don't go looking for fights!" Bianca said. "You'll get in trouble."

"I don't care! What does it matter? I'm going to the police and reporting him! He obviously had something to do with it!" Cheren said.

"Don't do that! You'll get him in trouble! And plus-" Touko started.

"Oh. So now you're protecting him? He's affected your thinking, Touko!" Cheren yelled, pushing N a little bit. N frowned more, if possible, almost baring his teeth?

Zorua growled at him, he pouncing taking a bite out of Cheren's leg. "Ow! Get away from me!" He kicked the Zorua away, letting go of N who ran over to his Zorua and picked him up.

"Cheren! Are you alright?" Bianca called, going over to him and checking if he was in pieces.

"I'm fine Bianca!" Cheren said.

"N. Zorua is OK, right?" Touko asked. N didn't answer however, he was busy looking at Zorua, checking for any wounds or damages, his face grew angry.

"You. Meany!" N suddenly yelled. "You gave him a bruise!" He suddenly pushed Cheren back violently. He fell to the floor, his glasses falling off his face, N afterwards ran away into oblivion.

"N!" Touko yelled. She frowned down at her childhood friend, placing her hands on her hips. "Chugh.. Nice goin', Dawna the oppressor. I'll see you guys later." She ran after N, leaving Cheren and Bianca alone. "N! N! Wait!"

"No! Leave me alone!" N yelled, hiding behind a bush. Touko placed Pato on the floor, with the Pokemon gathering. Deerling looked up at Touko sadly, while Woobat sat on his back, clearly stressed too.

"Come on N.. I want to help." Touko mumbled.

"You-! Your friend hurt my friend! GO AWAY! I don't like you! Go away!" N yelled, scrunching in the bushes more holding his Zorua. Touko stared at the bush, almost feeling depressed. Why was he being so mean? It wasn't her that did that after all. She would understand if she was the one that did it, he would be angry with her, but it was Cheren, and he's angry with her? What's that all about?

"Alright... You guys stay with him. He trusts you all more than me, I'll be back when it's time to go." Touko mumbled to them, turning around and leaving N alone. He blinked, peaking from the bush, feeling a little sad for some reason.

'N..' Deerling started. 'You made her real sad..' They all went behind the bush over to N and looked at him.

N stayed silent at this, and was surprised to hear another.

'Mommy no do nothing~!' Pato exclaimed, flapping his un-broken wing. 'Mommy nice! You made Mommy sad!'

'Her friend hurt Zorua. It's partly her fault.' Woobat commented, and Deerling retorted back. 'It wasn't her fault. She wasn't the one to physically hurt Zorua. Did she?'

'Mommy innocent!' Pato exclaimed. 'Mommy! Mommah! Where she goes?'

'I don't know. But- It's not THAT bad N! It's a scratch! Gosh! There's a difference between a scratch and a bruise!' Zorua exclaimed.

"But.. he still hurt you.." N replied sadly.

'Exactly! HE hurt me! Not TOUKO! You need to go apologize to her. AGAIN!' Zorua said, scrunching his nose a little bit. N pouted nervously shifting in his place.

"Are you sure you're OK?" N asked his little friend.

'Of course I am! I can walk! It's not like it's going to kill me, it's a little scratch.' He replied jumping down from N's arms. He stood back on his feet, thinking about Touko, afterwards biting his lip.

'Say sowwy to mommy?' Pato chirped, jumping alongside N. He didn't reply and minutes after, he saw the Team Plasma Grunt running towards him.

"Prince N! Are you alright?" He asked quickly. N nodded, passing him with an expressionless face.

"I'm fine." He said. "Just peachy."

Fifteen minutes later, they all reunited. N and Touko looked at each other making eye contact, but Touko closed her eyes and looks away sadly. Pato walked over following Touko despite her trying to isolate herself.

"T-touko-"

"I'm sorry!"

Touko and N looked at each other with wide eyes, making eye contact with each other. However, their eyes flicked away immediately, both holding red faces. They hadn't known if it was either of them that said it, or the other. All they knew is that one of them had said it.

"Sorry.."

They looked at each other again, realizing both were saying it to each other.

"You go first.." Touko breathed, unable to withstand her nervousness.

"Ladies first.." N smiled a little bit. She merely laughed, so he did know at least some manners.

"I'm sorry for the way my friend hurt your Zorua.. I'm sure he didn't mean to. He tends to get agitated over my safety.. He treats me like his sister..." Touko mumbled, only audible to N as she played with her hair.

N twiddled his fingers in response looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry for being angry with you, it wasn't you fault, after all... I mean, you didn't hurt Zorua."

"No kidding.." Touko laughed. "Of course I didn't.. He'd be hissing at me right about now, and you wouldn't be here apologizing."

N blinked a few times, before looking down again. They stood silent, looking away from each other for a few seconds.

"T-touko..?" N called softly, she looked up waiting for him to finish his sentence. "Y-you're..."

"You're? I'm what?" Touko urged, her Mom and the Plasma Grunt listening in on their conversation. What nosy-

"**!***y!" He said quickly, it was so quick that Touko didn't understand any of it.

"What?" Touko said, placing her hands on her hips a frown on her face.

"O-oh! I-I'm sorry.. I thought it would be-"

"No, you were talking too fast, I couldn't understand you, could you repeat that? More.. slower?" Touko made a twisted grin, holding up a hand, the Pokemon around them laughed at N's expression. His cheeks were all red and flushed from embarrassment. He kicked the slow slightly, twiddling with his fingers letting Zorua know he was nervous. He snickered nudging his nose against N's leg.

"Ummm.." N tried to spit it out, but he was too shy.

"Come on. I wanna hear what you just said. Repeat please!" Touko said getting rather impatient.

"...y.." He mumbled, Touko rolled her eyes.

"Now I can't hear you, speak up!" Touko exclaimed.

"You're... Pretty.." N mumbled, looking away shuffling with his coat. Touko was merely surprised, did he really mean it? The kid didn't even know how to use the word beautiful! But that was still sweet of him.

"I am?" Touko said, playing stupid. She wanted to know what else he would say.

He swallowed a lump in his throat before nodding quickly, scratching his head after that. He opened his mouth to say something else but was interrupted.

"HAH! IN YOUR FACE! I WIN THE BET!"

N and Touko looked over at the Plasma Grunt with a look of confusion. Touko suddenly grew a frown, unable to hide her rage. "You guys bet on something! WHAT THE-"

"Ah ah! I said, N would say Touko is pretty before the sun comes down, YOU said he would say it after the sun comes down." Annabel smirked, holding a hand out to the Grunt who grumbled unhappily giving what he owed in frustration.

"What?" Touko said, placing her hands on her hips. "You mean to tell me you guys gambled on THIS!"

"It's not a gamble sweetie, it's an investment." Annabel smiled.

"Sure it is, Mom." She rolled her eyes.

"Let's go back, it's getting late!" Annabel exclaimed, Touko and N nodded in response, they smiled at each other and followed their chaperones off back to the Castle.

Rindiny: End~! Next Chapter... I dunno what's it going to be called.

Touko: I'm out of ideas too~! :U THE HORROR!