Nathan: Hey guys, I'm back. I should probably have said that updates will be erratic and infrequent, mainly because I'm a lazy dick.

Ethan: So true.

Nathan: Kindly fuck off. Anyway, let's continue. Review responses will be at the bottom of the chapter.

Both: 3… 2… 1… GO!

All breathing heavily, they sprinted onto route one, Ethan floating slightly above the floor.

"Never… huff… getting that image… out of my head…" said Ethan. "Wait… Why am I even panting? I'm a ghost, I don't even need to breathe."

"Speak… huff… for yourself… huff… mate," said Nathan. "Not all of us… huff… are that lucky."

"Y… yes… huff… b… believe me… huff… we w… were very l… lucky to get… huff… out of that." said Aria. "L…lots of t… trainers don't get p… past her…."

"I can see how she got that nickname then. Definitely more psycho than good old cousin Maria!"

"W… wait... What?" said Aria.

"Yeah… Maria kind of went a little bit insane from all of the constant stalking. She kind of… murdered like four people." Revealed Nathan awkwardly.

"Ah, never mind. It's a family trait."

"Yeah… a LOT of his family… you get the idea." said Nathan.

"O… oh…"

"Don't you worry, I won't go on a killing spree! I wouldn't do that to my best friend and his new… GIRLFRIEND!"

Nathan and Aria blushed furiously upon hearing this.

"Ethan, kindly go and FUCK YOURSELF!"

"What? You honestly don't think I wouldn't tease you about this? The first Pokémon you chose was female. Of course I'm going to make these jokes! What do you take me for?"

"I honestly don't even know why I expected anything different."

"I… is he always like t… this?"

"Believe me, he's usually worse. He's only like this because he doesn't want to scare you off."

"I am invested in your love life. It's like my soap opera."

"God damn it Ethan."

Nathan: Here are my responses to your reviews:

Septentrion Euchoreutes – Sorry if it seemed under explained, but further on I'll explain. She passed through 87 trainers because they all either preferred other species, were females who wanted males, or she was just the weakest there and they wanted more power (She's been there over a year). So many males are evil to females because females just don't have a choice. It's either take it or swear off of men, which a lot actually choose. But not a lot of men are evil, as you'll see.

St Elmo's Fire – Advice taken about the lines. Not all humans are of Pokémon descent, just quite a lot, as humans often find Pokémon attractive. In human-Pokémon relationships 70% of children are Pokémon, and at the age of 16 they leave home unless their siblings choose to be their trainers. Nicknames are like nicknames in real life. Whilst Pokémon are sapient and obviously much more powerful than humans… Well, the backstory will be explained later in the story. For now, let's just say it's something to do with Arceus ordering Mew to create a guiding race for her out of control creations. Also, good point about the personality section. That'll be added by the time you read this. In response to your OC, all Pokémon have names but this trainer just chooses to ignore them probably. Except maybe Honededge. Hondedges swear to protect their "master" and bond with their soul, and truly become extensions of will, unless the trainer lets them be sentient. Also, I did say that trainers are usually 16+ but some can be underage. I'll make up the Pokémons' appearance and moves, as you didn't specify. Finally, genderless Pokémon have genders in this so unless you tell me otherwise I'm going to assume that Honededge is just non- binary, and so is your oc.

Farla: Thanks for the oc. I'll use it and although Nathan might not catch her she'll certainly be caught, and, since she's a Pokémon who's species are stereotypically dark, she might play an important part in the ending… Also, I'm going to have her real name as Candi, as nicknames are what they would be irl.

Nathan: Sorry for the short chapter, but as I said I'm super lazy. I'm going to try to upload a chapter for each fic once a month. See you soon!