A/N: Yep, I'm back. I struggled to write this chapter, so it's not as good as it could be. I blame Chicago for my terrible writer's block. Well, that and my new Kindle Fire. But i'm back!

I'm aware that I tend to rush how things happen in this fic. That should stop after the cast is done in Nacrene, because that's as far as I nitpick-planned. If that makes any sense? My point is, from now on I will try to slow the pace of the story down a bit, which will be hard since this is an actiony-adventure type of fic, but it's nessecary. Phew, I have my work cut out for me.

My thanks to GothMaureen, who I force/cajole/allow to (kind of) beta for me. Also thanks to the rest of the owners of the cast and my other reviewers.

Fun Fact: I changed the name of this chapter 5 times.

Heroes of Unova Book One

The Race to Save the Region

Chapter Ten

Training in Pinwheel Forest!

ROUTE 3

"This will be a one-on-one battle between Toby and Mikaela! There is no time limit. The first Pokemon to knock out the other wins. Trainers, you may release your Pokemon and begin!"

"Go ahead, Rain," The brunette said to the water-type perched on her shoulder. The otter nodded, hopping onto the ground.

"C'mon on out Skye!" Toby called, releasing the normal-and-flying type Pokemon Pidove.

"Piiiiidove!" The tiny bird chirped, ruffling her feathers.

"Water Gun, Rain!"

"Leer and a Gust, please, Skye."

"Osha!" The otter darted forward towards the pidgeon, who managed to hover above the ground, dodging the forceful jet of water that spewed forth.

Skye cackled, leering menacingly before flapping her wings to create a gust that swept towards Rain, knocking the otter over.

"Rain!" The female cried, slightly worried, clenching her right fist. "Razor Shell!"

"Quick Attack!"

The two Pokemon rushed toward each other again, the water type removing his scalchop from his belly. The two collided fast and hard, sending each other flying. Rain's scalchop flew through the air, smacking into Lucas' face.

"Ah! What! Who? Fire!" He cried, fumbling with his handheld game and nearly dropping it.

The rest of the group snickered, causing him to look up, blinking.

"...What did I miss?"

Cinnamon facepalmed.

NACRENE CITY

"Woohoo! We made it!" Lolita smiled as the nine teens stepped into the home-y city, where most of the buildings and houses were former warehouses. The citizens smiled and greeted the travelers warmly, waving enthusisatically at them.

"Creeeeeepyyyyyy," Vikkiy sung under her breath, eyes darting back and forth as they made their way to the Pokecenter, clutching her Pokemon egg protectively.

"Paranoid much?" Felix smirked.

The brunette growled. "Don't make me have Adam use Vine Whip on you!"

The male simply rolled his eyes.

Everyone else tried to ignore the bickering, trying to find the Pokecenter. Coming to a corner, Cinammon took it and started walking, failing to notice that the others behind her were staring at her back. "Pokecenter's this way. It's not too hard to find."

"Well not all of us are as experienced as you." Felix said as everyone tried to catch up with the punk. " At least give us a chance to catch up."

The scarlet female just waved a hand as they walked in.

"...Quaint..." Vikkiy said, causing Felix to snort.

"Arceus, not again you two," Mikaela nearly snapped.

"But it's what we do!" The brunette whined.

"Wow. Pathetic."

"I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN FELIX!"

"You're pathetic! P-A-T-H-E-T-"

"AAARGH!" The brunette tackled him, sending them rolling down the stairs and over the floor.

"...I say we don't know them," Lucas suggested, only to get slapped by Mikaela.

PINWHEEL FOREST CHALLENGE ROCK

"Alright Lirea, one more time!" A female said in a slightly deep voice. "Ram that rock!"

"Deino!" The rather adorable ghost-and-dragon type in front of her chimed before running at full speed, impacting with the gigantic rock in the middle of the clearing. This rock was known as the Challenge Rock, a rather popular training place.

"Nicely done," Lirea's trainer gave a sort of smile. Towering over the Deino, Andrea Dixie Purdy, known better to her friends back in Hoenn as Andy, stood at 5'10. She had shaggy black hair that reached her shoulders, and was overall rather pale. Both her ears were double pierced, as was her lower lip.

Most people who came into contact with this eighteen-year-old Hoenn native were surprised by her choice of fashion. Her style was a mixture of goth and punk and very intimidating. Black leather pants clung to her legs, a black cropped t-shirt that sported the image of a Zebstrika hanging on her shoulders, and a black leather jacket were the mThree belts were laced through the loops in her pants. The first was a red-and-black studded belt. Above that was a bronze belt decorated with bullets, and the third was a silver chain that dropped on her left side to mid thigh, two Pokeballs hanging from the right side of the belt. Her feet were covered in combat boots that had a lightning bolt racing up the sides. A black bandanna pushed her hair out of her face, fingerless gloves covered her hands, and a silver star necklace hung around her neck.

"Alright, Lirea, let's have a Dragonbreath-"

"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE FELIX!" An angry female voice yelled, echoing throughout Pinwheel Forest.

Andy paused, beckoning for Lirea to follow her as she investigated just what the fuck had interrupted her training session. After all, badges didn't win themselves.

PINWHEEL FOREST

It was when Andy reached the main training area of Pinwheel when she found the center of the commotion.

There were nine teens of various ages, training against each other. Three of the teens-a scarlet haired female, a white haired male, and a black haired female-seemed to be the referees, while the other six teens were battling each other.

The farthest battle away, a blue-haired male was battling with his Dewott against his brown-haired opponant's Whirlipede.

Next to them, however, all chaos had broke loose.

A brunette was screaming at the top of her lungs, attempting to tackle a smirking black-haired male, but was being held back by another brunette.

"ARCEUSDAMMIT FELIX! Ash, let me the fuck GO!"

"Can't do that, Vikkiy," Her captor sighed. "And would you stop swearing!"

"Uh, excuse me," Andy said in a loud tone, calling the group's attention. "But some of us are trying to train civilly out here so it would be much appreciated if you quieted the fuck down!"

Silence reigned for a few minutes before the scarlet-haired female spoke up. "She's right. You two are acting like children."

"What else is new, Cinnamon?" The white-haired boy rolled his eyes.

Cinnamon scowled at him, before stepping up to shake hands with Andy. "Cinnamon Rays, resident mentor of this crazy bunch o' wackos."

"Andy Purdy," She said.

"OMG!" The hyperactive brunette gasped. "I know you! You beat the Hoenn Elite Four but lost to Steven, right? It was all over the news!"

Andy scowled; she hated being reminded of her failure back in Hoenn. "Yeah..."

"Vikkiy Black, at your service!" The brunette's mood seemed to have done a 1-80.

"If you're from Hoenn, what are you doing here in Unova?" The black-haired male Vikkiy had been shouting at minutes before asked.

"Traveling, getting the eight badges...escaping the Hoenn media," The eighteen year old answered, opting to skip over the fact that she had come here mostly as a favor for Professor Birch.

"Hey...if you're getting the eight badges...do you want to travel with us?" Vikkiy asked.

PINWHEEL FOREST

Vikkiy held her breath as the black-haired female in front of them pondered their offer.

"Sure...why not?"

The brunette squealed in joy. "Yay new friend!" She attempted to tackle-hug Andy, but Mikaela pulled her back.

"Anyway...you've met me and Vikkiy. The girl keeping Vik in check is Mikaela Cody. That's Felix Gale, and the other black-haired male next to him is Kyo Averis. Oblivious to everything but their battle is Lucas Taylor and Toby McCallan. Refereeing for them is Lolita Brown. And this guy is Landon 'Call Me LA' Noire," Cinnamon finished.

"I can't believe you just used that line," Felix said.

"What line?"

"I think he means the 'Call Me' line," Mikaela spoke up.

"..." Cinnamon glared. "Just shut up and get back to training."

A/N: Andrea 'Andy' Purdy is the property of GothMaureen.

You all should appreciate Maureen for kicking my ass in gear to get this chapter done. She chided me for playing Angry Birds on the whole 4-hour flight home from Chicago instead of writing this chapter. The bad news is I STILL suck at Angry Birds. Ah well.

Also I learned that Netflix feeds my procrastination tendencies. Whoops.

Curse you, Maureen, for making Andy's appearance so Arceus-damned complicated!

THANKS TO MY EPIC REVIEWERS: WritingMage008, Thunder of Life, Ashley Eon, UmbraFox, KingOfStories01, Mikaela the Cat, GothMaureen, NAY, lightwolfheart, and anyone else I happened to miss.

AND NOW...I shall reveal the final pairings!:

Kyo/Vikkiy

Cinnamon/Toby

Landon/Mikaela

Lucas/Valerie

Andy/Lolita fluff-ish

And then there's the single Felix.

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