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Italics= Pokespeech

Cal soon learned two things. One, when Rachel is listening to her music, you don't bother her, and two, if you do bother her, she will set Minda the Sneasel on you. Luckily, Blaze had learned ember while training.

"Get it off me! GET IT OFF ME!" Michael screamed. His glasses had been thrown across the floor, and his shirt was being shredded.

"Blaze, use Ember on Minda." Cal ordered. "Chip, hold her back." Chip, who had evolved, calmly pulled Minda back after Blaze let out a powerful ember.

"That's what you get." Rachel said, propping her feet up on a table.

"Even if he deserved it, we shouldn't be destroying the Pokemon Center's property." Cal reasoned. He pulled Michael up. "But you shouldn't be bothering Kitten when she's listening to music." Rachel shot him a look when she heard her nickname. "In our defense, you told us first."

"Whatever. Minda, you up for a battle?"

You know it! The Sneasel brought out her claws. Let's shred!

"Well then. Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Michael asked as he sat on his bed.

"There's a battle arena in the building next to the Pokemon Center. I'm going to train Minda and Haunter." Cal got up and headed to the door.

"Hey Michael, I'm heading out on a mission. Want to come?" He asked.

"A secret mission?" Cal nodded. "I'm in!"

"What about me?" Rachel asked as the left their room.

"You're battling. Seeya." The two boys walked away.

"I really hate them." She muttered to Minda as they went to the arena.

Sure you do. Like you hated cuddling with the breeder.

"Minda!" The Sneasel laughed as her trainer scolded her. "Not funny!"

Sorry, couldn't help it. When they entered the arena, they heard a voice call out, "Get back in there and use Bite Thalia!" Rachel turned to see a boy with red hair battle a girl with purple hair.

"Get up Archer! Block her with Rock Slide!" The boy countered.

"Whoa." Rachel said in awe. The sheer power of the two Pokemon was insane.

"Pretty impressive for beginners." A boy next to her said. She jumped and looked at him.

"You look like that guy!" She said after a moment.

"Romulus? Yeah, I'm his twin brother. Remus is the name." He stuck out his hand. Rachel was shocked to see that he had one blue eye and one amber eye.

"I'm Rachel." She said, shaking his hand. "This is my partner Minda."

"Cool, a Sneasel! This is my partner, Kari." He stepped out of the way revealing a giant yellow spider. "She's a Galvantula."

"Galvantula…That's from Unova, right?"

"Yep. My brother and I are from Driftveil city."

"Wow. Anyway, I came down here for a battle. You up for one?"

"Sure." He chuckled. "You're a trainer, correct?" She nodded. "This will be fun." Rachel looked at Minda. "Well come on."

-Break-

"This will be a one-on-one battle. Each trainer will use one Pokémon. The first one out loses. Begin!" The ref shouted.

"Minda, get out there!"

"Come on Kari!"

"You move first."

"Alright. Kari, rapid fire Electro Ball and then switch to Discharge!" The Electro ball was sent everywhere, and Kari quickly used Discharge, which illuminated each ball. Minda dodged the Electro Ball easily, but got a small shock from the Discharge.

"Wow. That's fancy. But anyway, use Blizzard!" Remus smiled.

"Counter with Signal Beam." The Blizzard glowed like a rainbow when it was hit with the Beam. It made it's way through the heavily guarded snow to reach Minda. Being a dark-type, she received a load of damage.

"Minda, can you get up?"

Yeah. I'm good.

"Great. Metal claw!" Minda jumped in the air and landed on top of Kari. She latched on using her claws. Kari squealed in the pain. "Now Blizzard!"

"Kari, hang in there. Use throw an Electroweb in the air and use Discharge on it!" Kari nodded. The web was thrown in the air, and was glowing blue when it came down.

"Minda, get out!" Minda jumped out of the way, only to have her leg get caught in the web.

"Finish it with Signal Beam!" Kari shot out the colorful beam at Minda.

"Deflect with Metal Claw!" Minda held up her claws as a shield. The Signal Beam bounced off. She tried to get up, but ended up falling.

"Sneasel is unable to battle, meaning Galvantula wins. Remus is the winner!" The ref shouted.

Dang it. Minda said as Rachel rushed over to her. We'll get him next time.

"Yeah, we will." Rachel looked up to see Remus looking at her strangely. "What?"

"You can understand your Pokemon?" He asked, bewildered.

"Only Minda." She said. "I take it you are a co-ordinator?"

"Yeah." He said, smiling. "I probably should have told you that."

"No problem. The way you used that Electro Ball was cool."

"Really? You liked it? That was my first time using that in battle. It means a lot."

"Don't mention it. Hey, I have some time before I meet my friends. Want to get some coffee?"

"Sure. Let's go heal our Pokemon first." As they walked out, Minda whispered to Rachel.

Sorry about teasing you about the breeder.

"I'm over it." She whispered back.

Of course you are. You like this guy much more!

-break-

"So what is this secret mission?"

"Nothing. I just figured Rachel needed time to herself." Cal responded, adjusting his hat.

"Smart move." Michael praised.

"I have a girlfriend." Cal shrugged. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a suspicious guy hiding behind a lamppost. "Sir? Why are you behind a lamp?" He asked, turning around.

"WHAAAT?! ...How did you know? How did you unmask me as a member of the International Police?!" Michael and Cal exchanged worried looks.

"Umm, I was just asking you why you were behind a lamp."

"...Heh. You claim you were only making conversation do you? But, I know better not to believe that. No, no, no. You recognized right away that I was someone extraordinary. That is why you spoke to me, is it not? Your power of observation is fearsome! Quite admirable, you are! Now that my cover has been blown, let me introduce myself. I am a globe-trotting elite of the International Police. My name... Ah, no. I shall inform you only of my code name. My code name, it is Looker. It is what they all call me. Incidentally, is the saying, 'Don't be a thief!' familiar to you?"

"Yes?" Michael responded. Together, he and Cal backed up.

"Yes, that is correct. Taking what belongs to others is wrong. Unfortunately, there are apparently those who do not heed those words. In Sinnoh, in fact, there are criminals stealing the Pokémon of others. I have, therefore, been on the lookout for characters arousing my suspicion. I have a request. If you were to see me again, I ask that you not talk to me, for I am on duty. ...Actually, yes, yes, you may speak to me. You must. Not because I am lonely, no, no! You must inform me of bad guys! You must inform me of any happenings!" Then he ran off.

"Well that was odd." Michael said.

"Yeah. But seriously, people stealing Pokemon? That's wrong." Michael nodded. Cal looked off into the street. "Hey, isn't that Kitten?"

-break-

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