Hah, weekends! Time to grind some story! I kinda screwed some of my homeworks and doubt I'll get a good score, but meah…

I sorta listened to Pokémon B/W's BGM last night. Like, Ending or Elite Four or N's Castle Bridge, and ideas attacked my brain. Damn, I'm not even YET finished with this thing! *Writes em all down*

Am listening to B/W BGMs now too. It does give the B/W feel.

So, here's the third chapter. And I literally exploded in happiness when I saw two reviewers. So someone has been actually reading my stories, yay! It pumped me to continue this quicker, sad to say school isn't allowing me. Rawr!

Disclaimer : Own Pokémon. Riight…

~ Subway Trouble ~
Chapter 2 : Anville Before Trouble

"D… D… Dewott!" Hilda cried, grinning widely as Hilbert groaned at her.

"T… t… hmm…" he closed his eyes, rested his chin on his hands, making the stereotypical thinking pose as seconds flew by.

"Ten seconds Hilbert!" Hilda warned, her blue eyes tinkling in excitement.

"I know! T… t… Timburr!" Hilbert finally said, snapping his fingers. Hilda sighed. That was close, too, Hilda thought.

"Aaw… R… r… r… Roggenrola!" Hilda retorted, and Hilbert palmed. He went back to his thinking pose, eyes closed hard. Almost thirty seconds…

"Archeops!"

Hilda groaned in disappointment for a second, before starting to say the next word. "S… Sawk!"

"K… k…" Hilbert stuttered and Hilda grinned. She's been answering faster than him. She only knew him for what, few hours? And he already made her felt extremely comfortable. Not that she meant Leena and the twin didn't, but Hilbert just took it in a whole new level. She felt that they're childhood friends already.

It's been an hour since they took off from the Gear Station, setting off to Anville Town. It's quite far away, so it'll took more or less two hours. She did had wandered around the train for the first few minutes, looking around the subway. Hilbert's still in the seat though.

It's connected to four cabs. Front one is obviously, the control room. The one that controls the subway itself, those kind of stuff*. The next two cabs is the passenger cabs. The interior is quite similar. Fresh cream surroundings. Windows. Green seats. The last one is the cargo cab. It'll be used for delivery services, but she heard it's being used to transfer goods used to refine the Anville Station. And if you're wondering, Hilda and Hilbert is in the third cab from the front – Nimbasa's front.

And just after Hilda finished her little trip, Hilbert called for her, and make her play some random word games with him to kill time, which she agreed to. Back to our business…

"K… Krookodile!" Hilbert answered, wiping imaginary sweats from his forehad with his arms.

"E… e… e… Elygem!" Hilda exclaimed.

Hilda palmed again. "Oh crap. M… m… m…"

"Five seconds, Hilbert!" Hilda warned again. "Five, four, three, two, one – Beep!"

"Aaah!" Hilbert groaned. "Miccino!"

"No, cappuccino. Time's up, I win!" Hilda exclaimed, pumping her fist into the air. Hilbert groaned loudly as he crossed his arms.

"No fair! You keep giving me hard letters!" Hilbert childishly complained, and Hilda snickered for a few moments.

"M for Miccino isn't that hard…"

"It IS!"

"How so?"

"Its just is!"

They continued bickering as the passengers stared at the teenagers. Some snickered, some annoyed, some sighed lovingly(?). It was another few minutes when Hilda and Hilbert noticed glares from the passengers. They immediately coughed, and Hilbert tried another topic.

"Hey, do you challenge Gyms?" he asked her, his hands re-adjusting his cap. Hilda did the same, then she nodded.

"Yes, I have three badges at the moment," she answered his question while reaching for her pink slingbag. She took her black badge case and opened it, revealing Trio, Basic, and Insect Badge.

Hilbert contemplated them for a moment. "That's Insect Badge, and what are the other two?" he asked.

"Trio Badge from Striaton, and Basic Badge from Nacrene."

"Ah, I haven't been there. But only three?" he asked, tone almost half-mocking. Hilda rolled her eyes. "What How many are yours?" she asked back.

"Got four here," he answered with a grin. He took out his own black badge case. He opened it, revealing four badges. One of them is Insect, she can tell, but she don't know the other three.

"Yellow one's from Nimbasa, Bolt Badge. That's Quake Badge from Driftveil, and Jet Badge from Mistralton. You know Insect" he explained, waving his hands around the case.

Hilda stared at each of the badges. Hilbert must be quite good, guessing from these. He grinned at her.

"You should really challenge Elesa. In Nimbasa City, I mean. She's real good, and you might get another step towards Pokémon League!" Hilbert added, grinning from ear to ear.

Hilda rolled her eyes. She should've seen this one coming. She forgot to tell him. "Well, I don't plan challenging the Pokémon League, if I forgot to mention it."

A silence.

Hilbert aimed his brown eyes on Hilda, locking her bright blue ones. Another moment, before he blurted out.

"You're NOT? Why?"

Hilda sweatdropped. That's quite the breakout. "Well, I just don't want to? I'm challenging Gyms because of the excitement. It's fun and all, plus the experience I'm getting from traveling around Unova."

Hilbert silenced for a few seconds. "Whew. I thought you had a mental disorder or something!" he finnaly let out.

"What? How does a mental disorder have anything to do with my Gym challenges?" Hilda rolled her eyes.

"I mean, you got the tough-trainer look. Not as tough as me, that's for sure!" he boasted, winking again at Hilda.

Hilda scoffed. "I guess, but quit the winking. You're losing even more points."

"Hey!"

Hilda laughed. "Self-confidence much?" she asked, combing her brunette ponytail with her hands.

"Straight!"

Hilda rolled her eyes playfully, before deciding to change the subjects. "Most trainers would be trying at Striaton first… Where are you from anyway?" she started.

"Me? Oh, I'm from Lacunosa Town. Five bucks you hardly know about it," he answered with a challenge. She blinked a few times.

"Lacunosa?" she thought out loud and Hilbert started to laugh, a hand over his head.

"Five bucks. It's located in the northeastern of Unova. Overall it's a quiet town, though it isn't exactly countrysides," he explained, his eyes looked distant.

Hilda rolled her eyes."I see. But I'm not paying five bucks."

"What? Cheater!" he exclaimed, pointing his finger at Hilda.

"What? Speak for yourself! I don't agree to such bet!" Hilda stuck her tounge out.

"But…" he trailed off, pouting in process. Hilda can't held her laughter until she was cut by the intercom.

"Attention passengers! We will be arriving at Anville Station in a minute!"

"Oh great, we've arrived!" Hilda beamed. She looked over her X-Transceiver. "Just few minutes past 2 PM, phew!"

The subway slowly came into a stop. Both Hilda and Hilbert decided to wait until most of the passengers get out. A few minutes, the both stood up from their seats. Hilda took the blue slingbag as Hilbert lifted her cardboard box, much to her annoyance. They walked out of the subway, and Hilda was, a bit of surprised with her surroundings.

Instead of underground station she expected, it was a countryside style of a station. They were below of a bridge that connects the hills where you can spot many houses to the rooftop of the station. The surroundings are exteremly lush, with green blades of grasses and a few trees. It's more or less like Nuvema, albeit is surrounded by forest.

Hilda suddenly noticed a hand in front of her face, and she yelped. "Aaah!"

Hilbert grinned, retrieving his hand."Duuh. You're daydreaming again – correction, nostalgia?" he mockingly asked.

"No," she retorted, rolling her eyes. "I'm thinking of sex."

"Right. When a girl's gaze are on a big freakin' tree out there instead of the hot guy in front of her, she's thinking of sex," he countered.

"That was supposed to be sarcastic."

"Figures. You're not the type."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

They fell in silence for a few moments before bursting out in laughter. Laughter for no reason.

"Well isn't that nifty!" Hilbert said as he approached a nearby bench, motioning Hilda to follow him since the station door is still closed. He sat on the right side, and Hilda quickly followed suit.

"Where are you heading to now?" Hilbert asked, settling the big box on the floor. Hilda did the same before answering.

"Hmm, probably go to my mom's friend's."

"That's my point. Do you know where is it?"

A silence.

"Oh great! Mom hasn't tell me who to give this!" Hilda cried in surprise, while Hilbert blinked his brown eyes a few times before ended up laughing his ass off.

"Oooh, you, it's not THAT funny!" Hilda complained to her companion who's now clutching his stomach.

"Well, it… is!" the brunet answered between laugh. "You went to Anville without even knowing who are you to meet! You're like the red Psyduck on that cartoon!"

The cartoon is about a lively traveling of a red-colored Psyduck and it's trainer. It's mostly humorous because of the crazy anticts the Psyduck keep pulling off, pissing the hell of it's trainer. And there's one time the Psyduck went to deliver something for it's trainer without really knowing who to meet.

Hilda's face went even more red as she finally snapped. "Look, my mother took off without even telling me the recipient! And don't compare me to some random cartoon!"

Hilbert took a look on her ridiculously red face and laughed harder. "Now, THAT'S some red Psyduck!"

She tried to ignore him, eyes on her X-Transceiver, trying to contact her mother, but she didn't have any signal, much to her annoyance.

"You can't use X-Transceiver here! We're in the middle of a forest! Now you're starting to get even more dense too!"

The angered brunette Pokémon Trainer was about to retort when she noticed the station door is opened. Sweet Arceus, end my humilation, she told herself. She took the blue slingbag on the floor, put it on her right shoulder, and quickly took the cardboard box next to Hilbert, lifting it herself.

"Allright, thanks Hilbert," she 'thanked', emphasizing his name, "but the door is already opened so we can leave. Now I'm going to deliver this, and we can go separate way and deal with our business."

He raised his eyebrows as she started to turn away, limping slightly thanks to the heavy loads she's carrying. "Say, how are you going to deliver that?" he asked out of curiousity.

Hilda stopped for awhile before responding, though not facing him. "I'll just ask around if anyone here knows my mom."

He stood up, approaching Hilda. "That'll take awhile."

"So I should snatch a bullhorn from the subway employee and shout around the town?" she retorted.

Hilbert chuckled. "That's good. But that's not what I meant. Say, what's your mother's name?"

The brunette turned her face, filled with confusion. "…what?"

He rolled his eyes. "I'm asking you. Your mom's name? I'm helping."

She stared at him for a few seconds, and then she groaned. "Stella. Stella White."

"Okay, it's Stella White. Let's go!" he responded, grabbing Hilda's arm before started dashing.

"W-w-wait! I'm carrying a luggage here! And why am I following you?"

Hilbert paused for a few seconds, glancing at the dragged girl, snatched the box from her and gripped it tightly in his right arms. "What? I'm helping you. Yeah, that wasn't so obvious."

She rolled her eyes. "Why are you here again?"

"I'm just here to do a few trading," he answered shortly. Hilda was about to ask a question before he stopped her. "I'll explain this trading to you later, now let's move it!"

That said, Hilbert grabbed Hilda's arm with his left hand and dashed towards the door. He ran quite fast, so Hilda had to pick up the pace, not giving much attention to her surrounding – focusing to not bump on someone else. She did spot a crowd people gathering, but she shrugged it off. A few moments before they reached the residential area.

"We can ask around from here," Hilbert told her. Both are now panting heavily, and after awhile, they started to visit each house in sight, asking for the name 'Stella White'.

It took them around an hour to find Anne, Hilda's mother's childhood friend and delivered the package to her. They stayed in her place for awhile, and the package's contents revealed to be random pretty junks (or so Hilda called it) that her mother bought at the Unova Online Store.

"I'll bet she send those to Anne because she ran out spaces in the house…" she groaned, looking at the bright sky. Hilbert chuckled as he turned his head towards her. Then she noticed his blue jacket was instead in his shoulders. Looking him only in his shirt feels… weird. For some reasons.

"Oh Hilbert, why aren't you wearing your jacket?" Hilda asked.

"You kidding me? It's freakin' hot… I would have removed this sooner if I wasn't carrying the box…" Hilbert paused. "No, no. It's fine, really. Don't feel bad or anything!" he assured Hilda who's making the depressed face."Say, what are you gonna do next?" he tried to change the topic.

"I don't really plan to do anything, I'd go back to Nimbasa…" she looked at her X-Transceiver. It reads 4 : 39 PM. 4 : 39 PM.

"Ooh, snap! Missed the 4 : 30 PM shift!" she groaned in exhaustion. "Great…"

"Ah, the next subway's 7 PM… Why don't you come with me? I'm about to do some trading with folks here" Hilbert offered.

She suddenly remembered Hilbert's line about trading, and since now she has nothing to do, she nodded. "Sure."

Hilda followed Hilbert, and now they're in a bridge near the station, where the crowd of people she saw before is at. It's still crowded as they talked to each other.

"Weekends is the trading day by the tradition of the locals. And sometimes we can get stuff much cheaper than we would usually get from normal stores. And they also sometimes trades for rare goods, you know, collector style" Hilbert explained as he put his jacket back on – it isn't so hot anymore.

"So they trade stuffs here?" Hilda asked, re-adjusting her cap.

"That, and Pokémon too, sometimes. They don't sell though. This crowd usually dissolve in six past thirty…"

"You sure know much about Anville Town. And the subway is only up for a week. Have you been here for long?" she asked. She noticed, when they were looking for Anne, he seemed to be close with the neighborhood. And now he knows even the tradition.

"Um, yeah. Mom and Dad used to bring me here with hot air baloons when holidays."

"I see…"

Hilbert smiled at her. "Well, follow me. You might get yourself a good trade."

They joined the crowd. There's probably 50 peoples or more, trading stuffs or just chatting. Some opened a mini-stall, showing off all their goodies for a trade. Hilbert started to look at a guy who's offering fossils to trade. But he glanced at Hilda first. Noticing his gesture, she nodded. "We can meet at that pole after we're done" she said, pointing at a flagpole near the station's rooftop. Hilbert nodded before disappeared into the crowd.

Hilda opened her bag, and peeked thourgh her goods. Elemental gems, evolution held items, battle held items, Musical accessories, berries, mails, and random trainer needs. She smiled at herself before entering the crowd.

It's been more than an hour, and Hilda found herself grinning non-stop. She's getting neat goods from trading the stuffs she didn't really need. For example, a batch of Full Restores for some special edition mail. Or some lavender incense for some elemental gems she found while traveling on a cave. And berries for a Soothe Bell. She looked around, until her eyes were set on a Water Stone in someone's mini-stall. She's been looking for one, since her Panpour might need it. He evolves with Water Stone, and if he didn't want to, it's just plain pretty.

She approached the man who's sitting over the stall. "Excuse me, what would you like to trade for this Water Stone?" she asked politely.

The man looked at her. "Happen to have any scarfs?"

"Umm, no. Anything else you would like?"

"Let's see… Orbs, weather rocks, breeding incense, or a Dawn Stone will also do."

Hilda digged through her bag, trying to find a Dawn Stone, but she suddenly forgot that she had traded her Dawn Stone for a batch of Revives. Sighing in disappointment, she shook her head. "Sorry, I don't have – "

She was cut by a hand on her back. In this case, Hilbert's hand. "A Dawn Stone for a Water Stone. Deal?" he asked the man in front, showing a Dawn Stone.

"Deal!" the man cried, taking the Dawn Stone from Hilbert's hand and handing him the Water Stone. Hilbert grabbed Hilda to somewhere less crowded and handed her the Water Stone.

"That's… for you" he stuttered, rubbing the back of his neck. Hilda instead rolled her eyes in confusion.

"You don't have to…" she answered, looking guiltily at the Water Stone. "Don't trouble yourself, silly."

"I guess… consider it my apology for mocking you back then… Sorry."

Hilda suddenly remembered Hilbert's round of laughter about her and red Psyduck. She had forgotten about it! And oddly enough, he did remember. Talk about unexpected.

"You know," Hilda started, "I'm not really a type of girls who'll forgive just because some dude gave me stuffs. NOT golddigger."

Hilbert was about to respond, when Hilda raised her hand. "But to be honest, I actually forgot about that incident. Instead you do remember and tried to apologize. For that, I forgive you. I'm sorry for being such a fire-headed and burden."

Hilbert looked at her in disbelief. Seems like he didn't see that one coming. "I... Oh. Don't be," he said, putting his firm hand on her shoulder. Hilda raised her head, and both exchanged a warm smile.

Hilda suddenly felt something stirred in her heart. She pondered it for awhile until Hilbert cut in.

"Still, you can just take the Water Stone, I don't mind."

Hilda groaned. She should've seen this one coming. She shook her head.

"Do I look like I desperately need one?" she asked in annoyance. Hilbert grinned.

"Oh, I saw you looking at the Water Stone with such intensity. Why wouldn't you?" he responded, causing Hilda to blush.

"Yeah, I might wanted one, but it's not really a priority. You know!" Hilda answered, fidgeting with her cap.

Hilbert crossed his arms. "Well that's yours now."

"Is not!"

"Are to!"

They bickered for some minutes until finally Hilda suggested something.

"I am NOT taking this for free. But you know, maybe we can trade for something I have. Deal?" she finally said.

"Deal" Hilbert answered, huffing. Hilda motioned him to sit as she laid her back against the bridge's side and dug through her bag. She let Hilbert look at the contents of her bag, until…

"Hey, is that a Dusk Stone?" he asked, pointing to a dark-colored stone behind a Sun Stone.

Hilda quickly looked, and then grabbed the dark stone. "Yep, Dusk Stone in flesh. You want this?"

"Well, I sorta need it. Your Dusk Stone for my Water Stone then?" he offered, smiling.

"Deal!" she handed the Dusk Stone to him, and both of them exchanged smile once again. She felt her heart jumped a bit and blushed slightly. Hilbert was about to speak when something interrupted him.

"HILBERT BLACK!" a loud voice called.

Hilbert groaned before he turned to the voice, and Hilda did the same. Standing few feets away was a man around 20s. He's wearing a black and purple stripes T-shirt, white shorts, and a black shoes with purple socks. His hair are light brown did up with a gel.

"You know him?" Hilda asked her companion, who answered it with a nod before glaring at the newcomer lazily. "Why, if it isn't my biggest fan. How fair are you today?" Hilbert asked mockingly.

"Now, you, SHUT UP!" he yelled. "What the hell are you doing here? Ruining my reputation?"

Hilbert scoffed at this, leaving Hilda in confusion. She can only conclude they're not in good term relationship, but the hell…

"Nope. I have better things to do other than that…" Hilbert answered with a smirk.

"Like dating that brunette blitzle-tail over there? Bah!"

Hilda flushed at his comment and was about to snap(most about the ponytail), when Hilbert stopped her with his right hand. He then stood up. "Right, whatever. Any reason in particular you're calling me?"

The newcomer ignored him, his eyes is on Hilda. Hilda wasn't exactly thrilled with the attention, so she turned her gaze to Hilbert.

"Say, miss. Do you happen to know me? Every people coming from Nimbasa should at least heard of me" he stated boastfully.

It was awhile until she realized the guy was talking to her. She shook her head. "No, never heard of you. Do you happen to be a… soccerball referee?"

Hilbert exploded in laughter, clutching his stomach from Hilda's comment. The guy's eyes widened, though most are from anger directed at Hilbert. Hilda blinked a few times. "…What? It's the truth, and I'm guessing from the clothes…"

"No, no, no Hilda! Stop! I'll die of laughter if you continue!" Hilbert managed to say after his moment of amusement. "That's Celsus, local striker at the Small Court."

"I WAS in the Big Stadium!"

"Was." Hilbert deadpanned.

"You know what, I've gotten my Pokémons stronger. It'll obliterate that Lampent of yours! Let's have a battle NOW!" he demanded, getting a Pokéball out of his pockets.

Hilbert smiled, perhaps with a hint of mocking. "I don't feel like ordering my Pokémon to beat up yours, so why not do a one against one? I don't have all day anyway."

Celsus angrily growled as he threw his Pokéball. "Swanna!" he cried. The Pokéball revealed a swan-like Pokémon, colored white and blue with long yellow beak.

"Ah, you evolved that Ducklett of yours. I could use a Dusk Stone to evolve my Lampent, but I don't think its so necessary…" that said, he took of his blue jacket, throwing it at Hilda's face. She catched it out of instinct and was about to complain, but shrugged it off when she saw his face.

She thought she's getting crazy because slightly, Hilbert looks… cool? Yes, cool. Hah. Laugh peoples.

Hilbert took a Pokéball from his belt. "Lampent," he simply said, and the Pokéball revelaed a lightbulb-like Pokémon with hands and pointy top colored black, and a pair of yellow eyes. Hilbert raised his hands, signaling Celsus to wait. He turned at Hilda.

"Hilda, what time is it?" he asked out of nowhere. Hilda blinked a few times before looking at her X-Transceiver.

"Umm, 6 : 34 PM… Why?" she asked back, blinking her eyes.

"Around 15 minutes for us to grab some dinner, we'll probably eat in the subway…" he muttered, causing Hilda to remember the 7 PM shift. If they're late, they'll have to wait around 3 more hours or stay at an inn nearby. She was about to voice her thoughts, but was cut by Hilbert, his face already facing up to Celsus.

"I'll have this done less than three minutes."

"Says you! Swanna, go with Water Gun!" Celsus cried. The White Bird Pokémon immediately shot water from it's beak. It aimed at Hilbert's Lampent, but even though without order, the Lampent dodged out of the way.

"Will-O-Wisp" he ordered.

The Lamp Pokémon summoned a barrage of purple flames, sending it flying at Swanna.

"Swanna, get out of the way!" the soccerball player ordered. The swan immediately tried to move, trying to dodge the purple flames.

"Lampent, Confuse Ray." Came the quick order from Hilbert. The lamp immediately let out a flash of yellow light, stunning Swanna from it's movement, and the next second it was hit by the Will-O-Wisp.

"Uuuh! Swanna, Water Pulse!" Celcus desperately ordered.

"Now, Hex."

Swanna tried to shot another jet of water, but it accidently hit itself from the confusion, meanwhile Lampent raised it's hand, summoning black fog that slowly reveals a red eye with indigo sclera forms. It suddenly shoot dark blue rings from the eyes that immediately hit the confused Swanna, and in a few seconds, said Swanna fainted. Celcus immediately reddened, both from embarrassment and rage, even more when he noticed Hilbert's indifference face.

"Two minutes." Hilbert calmly said, as he threw a potion at Celsus', hitting him square in the head as he turned back to Hilda. He didn't noticed it until he saw Hilda snickering.

"Did you do that on purpose?" she asked as she giggled. He turned back and saw Celsus rubbing his red nose, holding a Hyper Potion Hilbert threw, eyeing it with annoyance.

"Nope, coincidence I guess," he answered Hilda, face still emotionless. "Well, until next time, Celsus. Take care of your Swanna." Said Celsus is gritting his teeth, returning Swanna to it's ball before turning away, fuming with rage.

He walked to Hilda and grabbed his blue jacket bag. As he put it on, Hilda looked at him curiously.

He's different in battles isn't he? He's all crazy, childish happy-go-lucky with kind intention outside, but what's with the emotionless face? Regardless, he's good! I mean, he's on a type disadvantage, so two minutes is quick. And –

"Hilda?" he waved his hand in front of the brunette, snapping her out of her thought.

"Oh. Sorry."

"Let's grab a dinner box before we leave" he suggested. Hilda noticed that he's back to his cheerful self, and quickly nodded.

"Say, do you always battle like that?" Hilda asked her fellow brunet, who's looking at the menu of the bento box. They're at a stall that sells quick warm dinners, and now picking what would they get.

"Battle like what?" he asked, his eyes still on the menu.

"You're pretty much expressionless in the whole fight."

"Oh. Not really. I just love to rub salt over wound for people like him. You know, act like he's not really worth noting with wearing no expression" he said with a grin, putting his hand below his chin.

Hilda rolled her eyes playfully. "Quite harsh. What's the story?"

"I was visiting the Small Court when he's holding his own 'meeting with the fans' thing. Then he's all boastful about his Pokémon battling ability and pointed at me, wanting to prove that he's good in front of the girls by battling me."

"I can guess what happened. But please clarify" Hilda said with a grin.

"It was 3 on 3. I owned him with my Lampent. Needless to say, he lost many fans since that day" he explained with a chuckle. "But he can be quite the pushover" he commented as he decided what to pick.

"I'll take this one. You?" he turned to Hilda while pointing a bento box filled with rice, chicken eggroll, fried shrimps and some veggie.

Hilda smiled. "Same."

Both Hilbert and Hilda is already in the subway heading back to Nimbasa, now waiting with a bento box in their hands, having a dinner as quickly as possible before the subway moved.

"So, do you plan to be the Champion or something?" Hilda asked out of curiosity. Hilbert gulped down his food before answering.

"I do plan to challenge the Pokémon League, and beat the Champion. Don't know what to do with the title though, since you know, sitting in one spot doesn't sound to appealing to me!" he said, chuckling.

Hilda laughed. "That's exactly what I thought! How many Pokémons do you have by now?"

Hilbert grinned. "Four, soon to be five."

"Soon?" Hilda asked, raising her eyebrows.

Hilbert bit the chicken eggroll, munched and gulped it before answering. "I got a Cover Fossil from trading back then. It'll be a Tirtouga when I revive it at Nacrene Museum later."

Hilda ate the veggies looking at him. "I see… Well I – "

She was cut again for the nth time for today, because the subway was moving. They're too deep in their conversation they somehow don't hear the loud bullhorn. The subway started marched fullspeed. Hilbert quickly finished his dinner and throwed the box into a nearby trash can.

"Allright, are to another 2 hours of boredom until we arrived at Nimbasa. Say, how long are you staying in Nimbasa?" Hilbert suddenly asked Hilda, who just finished her meal.

"Oh, I don't know. Probably more than three days, though. Nimbasa has many place of interest I want to visit…" Hilda answered. "How about you?"

The brunet just shrugged. "I've beaten Nimbasa's Gym, but I do feel like taking a break for awhile. I'm not the type who really plans everything, see" he answered with a grin.

"That, much is true" Hilda responded with a giggle.

"Well, wanna play Q&A about Pokémon now?" Hilbert challenged, his brown eyes flashed in excitement. Hilda immediately perked.

"Sure, I'll take you on!"

It's been around fifty minutes, and Hilda and Hilbert is in their Q&A games. Hilda's leading obviously, though Hilbert's score is close behind.

"Weaves clothing from leafs? That's totally Leavanny!" Hilda cried, as Hilbert hung his head low.

"What are you, encyclopedia? You keep answering those random stuff! How am I supposed to know that Leavanny weaves clothes?" Hilbert complained.

Hilda rolled her eyes. "Pokédex. And experience I guess."

"Speaking of which," Hilbert suddenly said, sounding serious. "Did you notice something odd from the cargo cab? Like shadows or something?"

Hilda glanced at the said cab, staring it for awhile until she shrugged. "No, not really. Maybe it's your imagination?"

"… Maybe you're right." Hilbert put his hand on Hilda's shoulder and gave her a kind smile, and Hilda immediately returned it. She could felt somehow a blush crept into her cheek. This doesn't last long, because…

BANG

The cargo cab's door shot open, and in a few seconds, a number of mens wearing black jacket with Krookodile picture on the back and red long jeans flied in. They looked scary and evil, your stereotypical roughnecks.

"Now, this is a hijack. SHUT UP if you want to live out of this."

She thought she had a feeling about this little trip. Guess it's the bad one.

Hah, done. Cliffhanger? Not so much…

I have to open Bulbapedia many times to complete this chapter… Kinda annoying but oh well.

I'm having a hard time adding normal trainers here… Anyone wanna submit an OC or something? Less work for me!

And, Hilda got to know Hilbert better, and she's showing a hint of… crush for Hilbert. Yay! And Hilbert's pretty good fighter too, woo! Suits the meaning of his name eh?

Actions probably in the next chapter. I hope.

I'm out to sleep, review please? You can submit some random OC if you want… via review. There'll be events like Battle Train or such, so I might need random trainer filler…

Note: Oh, by the way, I just figured out the Private Message thing today. (n00b). Shut up, inner self. I can't really respond to you since I'm sleepy and homework's a headache.