Note: Here's another chapter! Happy New Year's Eve everyone! I sure hope you guys are enjoying it as much as I am right here, even if I'm not at home. Well, in this chappie you'll see that Rose has finally met her match... But who am I to spoil... Go on and read on to find out!

Rose's POV:

"Do you have the data?" a man's silhouette whispered.

"Yes! It is indeed horrifying!" a woman answered.

The man's lips curved upward into a smile.

"Did the experiment work?" the man continued.

"Not just yet, but we're making progress," she sternly replied, "XD002 is still unstable... We must wait until we've tamed the beast before we can use its power!"

"Listen! If we wait any longer, that thing may fully gain consciousness! When it does, it would probably go berserk after realizing what we had done to it. This XD002 isn't a toy... It's a god... A god that can choose to destroy us, or... a god that we can manipulate to become gods ourselves!" the man excitedly explained.

"I have all knowledge of such... However, I think what you are thinking is a bit too late as XD002 has been acting strangely recently. In our past experiment, it had tried to resist the serum by excreting some sort of energy to burst out of its body. As a side effect, the energy mass that had escaped had caused a wormhole of high density to appear in Containment Cell 2.A... The wormhole is still there as we speak and is currently expanding... Nobody had dared to enter its radius as it had such a strong range of gravity that it had such a strong magnetic pull!" the woman warned.

The man glared back.

"Interdimensional capabilities... Just like the legends say... This creature can practically open up holes to other worlds, so I've read... If we can manipulate it correctly, we would be able to make it open the door to my desired place! The pinnacle of the world!" the man explained.

"But Sir! About the hole... You mean to say that it's a gate to another world?" the woman asked.

"Yes... The mass amount of gravity has caused the space around it to distort... Think of it as lines... Or a tablecloth atop a table with a hole. Now, when you drop something of immense weight directly on top of the hole, won't it pull the tablecloth with it downwards... Now... Imagine that the floor was another world... Anything slipping down the pit would end there!" the man explained.

"Should we send a search team in there?" the woman apprehensively asked.

"NO! We do not understand the full nature of that gate, so we are not sure if they can be able to make it go back to our world..." the man explained.

"Then how do we retrieve the contents of Containment Cell 2.A?" the woman asked.

"What was in there, anyway?" the man asked.

"They were Shadow Pokémon... Our failed prototypes for XD002's format... They are highly unstable and-" she explained before being cut off.

"Bah! They have no use for me anymore... Better to get rid of them than keep them in there..." the man sighed in relief.

"Sir, what about the hole..?" the woman asked.

"I'll take care of it, but first... To take care of it, I need Project Omega's result... In other words, I need you to finish it now!" the man snarled.

"Understood, Sir!" the woman nodded, taking out a clipboard to jot down something.

The two humans then exited the scene.

The angle of my vision moved left then right, as if I was viewing the whole thing through someone else's eyes.

The angle of vision then moved forward, as if the one watching the scene had exited its hiding spot and was now running around now that the humans were gone.

Whoever I was seeing the whole thing through ran through a series of doors until he reached a room marked with the words "Containment Cell 2.A", he or she entered it and I saw a small wormhole, pulling in the matter all around it inside.

"Oh crap! I've gotta warn Cresselia," the unknown being said as I watched him or her jump into the wormhole.

I woke up with a start, breathing heavily... Oh Arceus... Were those... humans? What was with the "XD002" and who was that eavesdropper... I was beginning to feel unsure about my dreams...

Maybe it's the guilt that has been worming around in your heart that's causing all this... my conscience told me...

Hell no! I never felt any guilt, so why am I gonna start "feeling" guilt now?

I stopped my daydreaming when I heard a twig snap. I immediately hid behind a bush.

I peeked out from my hiding place to see the source of the sound. It was a Kecleon... The one from the angry mob and the one I had stolen from.

Nuts! I thought, They're getting closer!

I looked up again. I noticed that my little friend there was lost, maybe even separated from the mob...

I smiled, I guess I'm fine with "restocking" my supplies...

Let me tell you... Trying to steal from this little guy was a big mistake...

I jumped out and subdued the fool before he could alert his comrades.

I then proceeded to steal two things: his heart (you get what I mean) and his bag.

Now, why was that a bad thing...

Simple, because that was a trap... As soon as I had gone a considerable distance away, I opened the bag.

The bag contained nothing. Instead, it was rigged with a bomb that blasted me with the foul odor of a Skuntank.

You can imagine how I smelled like after that. But the worst thing was that the odor would last for a day or two...

At first, I had thought that this was just a rude prank, but I began to see that this was an elaborate trap when I heard a Granbull's voice echo from a distance.

"I smell her!" he roared, "Good job with that trap, Kecleon!"

"Quiet, fool!" the Kecleon's voice snapped back, "She'll hear us and run away!"

"Bah! She can run all she wants while that scent still lasts. My nose is like a radar, although I must say that I think you overdid this 'trap', because even I think that the scent's kinda strong!" he roared with a whimper.

The moment I heard that, I did one thing: Run!

I ran as fast as I could, trying to get as far from my previous location. I found a tree and left the bag there, rubbing it around the tree hoping that the scent would lead them there and eat up some of their time.

I soon found a lake and jumped in without thinking, hoping the remove or at least lighten the noxious odor radiating from me.

"Eww... This is the third time I've rinsed myself yet I still smell worse than that bathroom back at Marowak's Dojo," I grimaced.

I got out thinking that it was hopeless and that I would have to wait for the odor to fade. I looked around for a safe place to stay while waiting and found a cave.

I entered cave and loosely covered the entrance for two reasons. One was so that I could easily get back out and another one was to conceal my hiding spot.

The cave made me safe from the mob, but what I didn't know was that an Exploration Team was currently in it.

I learned that the hard way.

But that was where I also met him...

"Halt now, outlaw!" a stern masculine voice calmly announced. I looked behind me and saw a solid wall...

I looked around and saw that I was enclosed in a small room, draining all hope of escaping. A lone figure stood on the opposite side.

The voice had apparently belonged to a Gallade. He wore an Explorer's Badge on his chest... My eyes opened wide when I couldn't recognize his rank... His rank had surpassed Master Rank.

I turned around and saw that there was really nothing I could do to escape. I looked back at my captor.

"Who are you?" I spat.

"Blade," he answered curtly and calmly, as if he was politely introducing himself like a warrior would to an opponent before starting a fight, "But that is not important, Rose... I've heard infamous tales about you... It's time I brought you to justice! It's time to stop such undisciplinary lawbreaking!"

He lifted his blade-like arm as if he wanted to fight.

Fight? I smiled...

I smiled at the fact that he was male. He might be strong, but every man has a fatal flaw... They fell for my charm. I was confident that no male could ever defeat me unlike the Vespiquen. Funny thing is that confidence doesn't count in battle.

I started off with a Thunderbolt, which Blade had sliced through with Psycho Cut.

I steadily continued my onslaught of long-range attacks but he didn't take much damage. He kept pushing forward with his blade-like attacks.

I gritted my teeth, he was getting closer. I guess it was time to use my secret weapon.

"That's it! Eat this!" I laughed as I launched my trump card, Attract!

Blade merely smiled.

"Just as I thought!" he muttered.

He lifted one of his arms and a green sphere enveloped his body as he used the move Protect. The floating pink ray of hearts just shattered upon touching his protective sphere.

"I did some research on your box of tricks before confronting you, of course," he calmly replied as he broke out of the sphere and slashed me with Leaf Blade.

It had hurt a lot, but I didn't give up.

I tried Attract once more, only to end up with the same result.

I groaned as I took the blunt of another attack. I knew I had to do something... I decided to try one more risky plan.

I charged towards him as he, arms glowing, swooped in for another attack. At the last minute, I grabbed onto his arm and used it as support in jumping over him, surprising him. In mid-air, I lobbed a smoke bomb down, drowning out his surprised expression.

"What's the matter? I thought you knew about my box of tricks?" I taunted.

Being more of a Fighting-Type, Blade's Psychic capabilities were limited so he could not accurately tell where I was in such a thick haze.

Using my Psychic powers, I located his position just before the smoke was blown away with his Vacuum Wave attack.

I immediately launched Attract at him while he was using Vacuum Wave, preventing him from using Protect to counter it.

By the time the haze had fully cleared, Blade was on the ground, pinned down by me.

He mustered up his will to speak

"You've... fallen into my trap!" he smiled, holding up something, "I've come with precautions..."

I froze... He was holding a manmade item called a Destiny Knot. It was an item that causes the opponent of its holder to become infatuated with him or her if he had been infatuated by an attack or something.

"W-why, you!" I growled, turning redder by the minute.

"Let us see... Who will break first!" he taunted, trying to fight off Attract's effects.

For the first time in my life, I felt the bite of my own attack. I slowly felt my will to fight fading... I began to feel my consciousness losing its grip in conjunction with the effects of Attract.

I never really noticed it before, but Blade looked really... attractive... He looked quite handsome, with his sincere facial features and he had me taken by his strong blade-like arms. His gallant posture made me open my eyes to such... such... such elegance!

I could tell he was falling for me as he was blushing too, staring back at me... Deep in thought about something.

In a minute, I had forgotten about the battle... Instead, allowing my mind to stray free on the idea of maybe giving in to "love".

I could tell he was also thinking the same thing as he inched closer to me, taking my arms and waiting for me to accept them.

A courting dance? I thought, not in my usual self, How sweet of him!

I entertained his dance by accepting his arms and allowing him to lead me in his dance. After that was over, he kneeled before me and produced an Oran Berry out of his bag to replace the fact that he had no flowers. I gladly accepted his gift to signify that I found him favorable.

Upon taking his gift, he smiled and embraced me. I didn't push him away... For I felt something weird... I felt... happy.

He saw the contentment in my eyes and proceeded to inch his face closer to kiss me.

I don't know why, but I find you attractive...

We kissed, and that made me realize my mistake. That was my worst kiss ever.

The moment my lips met his, I opened my eyes in a state of shock.

I kissed him... I thought to myself, horrified at what I had just done.

The kiss must've also jolted him out of his trance of primitive love. He shook it off quickly, however, and regained himself. He quickly defeated me while I was still entranced by such an action by stabbing me with Night Slash.

I fell down, fainting to the super effective attack.

I lost... I was defeated... by a male...

I lost... by my own technique?

I kissed him... But why?

Why? Why? Why?

Why did I kiss him?

I DIDN'T love him! Why did I have to let him play with my emotions?

Playing with emotions... That was MY job!

He... he's really something...

I'll... I'll have my vengeance! I'll destroy you for doing that to me!

I'll show you that playing with MY feelings is a dangerous gamble that two can play at.

Funny... Things truly turned out that way... Just not how I imagined it would...

Note: Poor Rose... She finally got what she deserved... I don't feel sorry for her though... Anyway, I'll try to update more soon... Go on and enjoy your New Year's Eve now then... Don't let this fic "steal" away your time with your families;)... I should really stop with the puns...