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Roy: What's up guys! Roy Markov here! We're at 75+ reviewers last I checked! Thanks guys it means a lot to me, especially since in Chapter 15 I only had 33 but now I have 75+! Thanks for the support!

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Roy: Meh, go kill yourself Jake. Just a question? Do you guys like the pokespeech parts?

Jake: Ha-ha you wish, so I'll answer some of the Reviews with Roy's responses.

Jntvfreak24: Glad you liked it; Connor was pretty much useless in the last chapter XD.

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Roy: Thanks Jake old buddy, okay last filler before Vermillion, this chapter, Dan and will catch another Pokemon. Basically he just struggles to capture one for real. Also insights on Connor and their training.

Jake: That's right so for now-

Roy: Enjoy the Fic!

Connor's POV

Sweat trickled down my face as I dodged another hit from Animus,decided to have some early training before Dan and Liz got ready for their training. Another week had passed since I was tazered into submission. As if I already didn't feel like the most pathetic trainer in the world. All my training and I get knocked out by some maid with a hundred volt tazer.

The past week had been rather uneventful compared to that one day but with those two travelling with me, I wouldn't be surprised if something came up. Honestly I felt kind of pathetic right now, I was supposed to be protecting those two kids but they had to face criminals on their own.

As I thought about things, I moved too slowly and Animus nearly, emphasis on nearly, landed a hit on my jaw but I managed to evade it. Animus pulled back his leg and said "Partner you okay? You aren't yourself today."

I sighed and said "Animus my friend, do you think I'm useless?"

He shook his head and said "Of course not partner, if you're reminiscing about what happened to-"

My gaze dropped lower but Animus realized what he was about to say and he instead said "Whatever happened to her was not your fault Connor, it wasn't anyone's."

My mind drifted to a beautiful girl with long pink hair and a enchanting smile but I stopped my thoughts and clenched my teeth as I gripped my bracelet that was hidden under my right sleeve and said "No my friend, I was not remembering her, I do regret that day but I was not remembering that one. I was remembering what happened a week ago, Dan and Liz were forced to fend for themselves while Jake carried me around like some extra luggage. I'm their mentor; I was supposed to protect them."

Animus shook his head as we both sat down on the ground and he said "Look partner, you couldn't have done anything, you were caught by surprise and what? It was a lady who hit you; would you honestly retaliate to a woman?"

I shook my head as Animus continued "It's all in the past my partner, I know you've had a lot of problems involving your past but we face the present now. Another thing, Dan and Liz and do not only see you as a mentor, they look up to you partner, as if you were their own brother."

I smiled softly as Animus then grinned back and tried to throw a punch at me but I caught it and he said "Excellent, you're back now let's practice."

I was about to reply but then I saw Dan and Liz running towards me. I put my hand on Animus' shoulder and said "Later but for now let's do what master taught us to do with knowledge."

"Pass it on?"

"Exactly"

Dan and Liz came to a stop and caught their breath; Dan was in his usual black and green jacket with his messy, untamed purple hair barely contained by his cap. His hands were covered by a pair of gloves and his shoes looked newly cleaned. Liz on the other hand was in her standard Liz attire which consisted of an open denim jacket, white and purple striped shirt, denim skirt, purple striped socks and combat boots. Her long brown hair was in its usual hip length ponytail and her hair looked freshly washed.

As much as I was disappointed in myself, I was proud of Dan and Liz, they stopped criminals on their own even before I met up with them. Dan told me what happened on the day I was unconscious but now I knew why Liz looked so familiar, she was the princess of Kanto. I grinned at them and said "Kiddo, Princess, jolly good morning to you two. Jordan, Luke, sp glad you could join us as well. You're right on time."

Both children sent a glare at me and then Liz grinned triumphantly at Dan and said 'Told you we'd make it on time!"

"Yeah roughly!" he replied, "We're one minute early, any longer you took in fixing your hair we would have been late."

"Would Not!"

"Would Too!"

"Would Not!"

"Would Too!"

I chuckled at their argument and was about to stop it but then Jordan's cheeks started to emit arcs of electricity and the two young trainers stopped at once. I smiled and said "Alright you two, bring out your Pokemon for now, since its 6 am, we'll have two hours of training and then we'll head out."

Dan and Liz nodded as they released their Pokemon. From Dan's side, it consisted of a small Pichu, a red Rioul, a absentminded Marshtomp, a eager Braviary, a shy Snivy and a silent shiny Skoroupi. From Liz's side, it consisted of a jolly Squirtle, a cute Eevee, a peaceful Pidgeotto, a happy Clefairy and a quiet shiny Sneasel.

I eyed their Pokemon again and remembered hat when I that Liz told me that when I was unconscious, those criminals abandoned their Pokemon so that they could escape. That was utterly evil for me, who in the right mind would do that? Pokemon are to be treated as family, not tools.

"Alright," I said "I'm bringing out everyone else too so they could have some training."

I released my Haxorus, Trevor, my Electivire, Jake, my Houndoom, Tony, my Togekiss, Amore and my male Jellicent, Harvey. They cried out their names and I said "Dan, Liz I need you to scan your new Poekmon again, I need to know about them first."

"Sure," the two replied. They pulled out their Pokedexes and it spoke "Skorupi, the Scorpion Pokemon. Skoroupi grips its prey with its tail claws and injects poison. Skorupi tenaciously hangs on until the poison takes effect. This Skorupi is a male and its Nature is Rash and its Ability is Sniper. Its known moves are Poison Tail, Poison Sting, Night Slash, Bug Bite, Dark Pulse, Slash, Dig and Shadow Ball."

I turned to Liz next and her Pokedex spoke "Sneasel, the Sharp Claw Pokémon. Sneasel can extend or retract its claws instantly during attack. This Sneasel is a female and its Nature is Lonely and its Ability is Keen Eye. Its known moves are Night Slash, Hypnosis, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Scratch, Metal Claw, Hone Claws, Assist and Crush Claw."

These Pokemon were good, they had pretty good move sets and they're bound to be really strong since they were shiny. I cracked my fists and said "Alright, Animus lead the others for the beginning of training. I'll see what these two can do alright?"

Animus nodded as he sped away, leading the Pokemon. Dan nodded to Liz as they made some space with their Pokemon. I nodded towards the both of them and the battle begun.

"Get in there Ray! Use Pin Missile!"

"Counter with Icy Wind and use Night Slash!"

The Skorupi fired several of the supper effective attacks in the air that were aiming towards Sneasel but the ice/dark type opened its mouth and released a cold breeze that froze the Pin Missile in mid air and the Sneasel jumped in the air and slashed trough all the falling frozen Pin Missiles causing a shower of sparkles.

I raised a brow as Dan said "Ray use Dark Pulse!"

"Counter with Ice Beam!"

The two attacks collided in mid air and a explosion followed. I scanned the area and saw that Skorupi had tunneled underground, hoping to get to Sneasel. I was already seeing strengths and weaknesses. Ray had the strength for battle but he needs to improve in speed, Sneasel is very graceful and quite pro active at range attacks but it looked like one supper effective attack could do some serious damage so we'll have to work on that.

As the smoke cleared, Liz noticed the hole and told Sneasel to be alert but the Skorupi found a blind spot and shot out of the ground and sank it's fangs on Sneasel's right arm when Dan said "Bug Bite!"

The Sneasel shook off and threw Ray away after taking the super effective attack and it looked like it took more damage than usual because of Skorupi's ability, Sniper which causes critical attacks to do three times damage instead of two.

The Skorupi crawled towards Sneasel with the opening and Dan said "Use Slash!"

Ray the Skorupi swiped his tail at Sneasel but Liz countered "Strike back with Crush Claw!"

The two attacks connected and sent the two Pokemon a few feet away and then Liz commanded "Assist!"

"Pin Missile!"

The Sneasel's right claw glowed white as she leapt into the air and surrounded herself in blue flames and flew towards Ray who was shocked just like his trainer and Sneasel smashed through the Pin Missle and landed a direct hit with the Assist conjured Brave Bird that came from Pidgeotto at Ray causing some serious damage making him fly back.

"No!" Dan yelled, "Get up Ray! We can win this!"

Liz grinned at Dan and said "Nice display Sneasel! Use Assist again!"

This time, Sneasel was surrounded in a coat of water by the Aqua Jet as she flew towards a frozen in fear Skorupi. I called to Dan and said "Remember Dan, Creativity!"

Dan paused for a moment and said "Ready Ray, when I tell you now, do what I say alright!"

As the Sneasel closed in, it came closer and closer but as soon it was close enough, Dan said "Now Ray! Poison Tail!"

Ray's tail sprung forward glowing purple and it caught Sneasel by the neck before she landed the Aqua Jet attack. Dan cheered and said "Nice work Skorupi, now finish with Bug Bite!"

The Skorupi crunched its teeth on Sneasel's body causing her to become unable to battle. Dan cheered for Ray as the poison type scuttled towards his trainer with a gleeful face. Liz picked up her Sneasel and said "Nice job Sneasel, you were awesome."

Skorupi crept towards Sneasel and gave her a few acknowledging word that made her smile. Dan grinned at Liz and said "I win again Liz but not bat for a coordinator."

She playfully punched his arm and made Dan wince as she said "Of course, battling in my blood. So Connor, how'd we do?"

I adjusted my shades and said "Okay here is my diagnosis. Dan, you Skorupi has the power and moves for battle. Remember the five points of training *Chapter 14*? You need to improve on Training, Skill and Trust."

He nodded as he gave a pat to Ray's head. I turned to Liz and said "Okay Liz, your turn. Sneasel has the good build but she has to improve on Training, Skill, Will and Trust."

She nodded as I continued "Skorupi needs his training and skill practice for his speed, power and aim for his attacks. They are rigid and need shining but you can do it. Sneasel can't take that much hits that's why she needs training and her attacks have potential so she needs skill training as well and she needs to improve her will to continue battling. Both need trust since you are not the original trainers and they are hurt with their old trainers abandoning them, understand?"

Dan and Liz nodded attentively, I couldn't ask for better students. I smiled and said "Let's continue training."

TIME SKIP (Resting period after training.)

POKESPEECH TRANSLATOR: ON

Jordan's POV

I sat on the ground breathing heavily after like two hours of training. It was awesome as always, I feel like I'm getting stronger everyday and maybe soon I can challenge Dad to a battle.

Luke was by my side looking unfatigued, as usual, Hannah was resting under the shade of a tree, Matt was lying on his back on the ground, Emil was perched on a tree and everyone else was doing something but what caught my eye was out new teammate Ray, sitting gloomily alone.

The guy had been abandoned by his old trainer, poor guy. Liz's Pokemon had trerated Sneasel pretty well when we have not even given him comfort in this hard time. I nudged Luke and said "Dude, maybe we should talk to him. He's been abandoned; maybe we can help him up."

Luke nodded but Tony overheard and said "You're going to speak to the abandoned kid? I'm in; maybe I can give a few words."

I don't know how he could help, Tony was strong, brave, tough, stubborn and fierce but sympathetic did not quite fit in the equation. I gathered all my other teammates and said "Guys, we have to give some words to Ray and welcome him to the team."

Emil looked mildly unimpressed and said "Okay, why?"

Matt punched him with a weak Dynamic Punch causing the flying type to yell and say "Ow! What was that for?"

Matt rolled his eyes and said "Don't be insensitive! They guy was abandoned by his trainer, we could help him you know."

"Exactly," I said "Now is everyone in?"

Matt and Emil nodded while Hannah shyly nodded as well. I glanced at Luke who gave a small smile. Tony grinned at us and said "You guys are pretty tight with each other, I respect that. Now let's go."

We walked over to Ray who was now resting on the ground, Luke nudged me forward and I looked at them and silently gestured 'What the hell?' Hannah giggled a bit while Luke scolded "You gave the idea, you first."

I rolled my eyes and walked towards Ray and said "Hey Ray, mind if I take a seat?"

The poison/bug type looked me in the eye and said "Whatever, do what you want."

I sat down as I gestured for all the others to follow. The others then surrounded me and Ray and he said "The hell is this?"

Matt smiled and said "We saw you look really down in the dumps so we came over to welcome you to the team."

Hannah stepped up and said "W-Were s-sorry i-if w-we w-weren't h-here t-to h-help y-you at f-first."

Ray scowled and his head sank lower and said "Thanks but no thanks; I agreed to be here because I want payback against my trainer for leaving me."

Hannah, Matt and I flinched while Emil glared at him and said "Hey, we're just trying to be nice!"

The Skorupi growled as it got up and said "I don't need your sympathy! Have you been abandoned!?"

Tony stepped forward and said "Look, I know how you feel."

Ray scowled again and said "What would you know mutt?"

Tony eyed him slowly as I expected Tony to burn him with a Fire Blast for calling him mutt but his eyes were full of sadness and he said "I would know. Listen; before I joined Connor, five years ago, I was a regular Pokemon. Had a trainer, good life but one day my trainer who I thought cared for me traded me for a God damn Walrein to a biker, I became a biker's Pokemon but since that day I was abandoned by my trainer, I lost my will for battle. I kept losing all the battles the biker put me in and I was constantly beat and starved."

Every one of our eyes widened at his past. No wonder he was always hot headed but I guess he changed from then. Ray's glare softened at the mention of his abandonment and Tony continued "One faithful day, I lost a battle to a Golden Lucario."

Each of our eyes drifted to Animus who was snoring by a tree beside Connor and Tony continued "During the battle, Animus spoke to me and told me that I deserved better than this since I told him about what happened to me. After I lost, the biker had enough and tried to kill me but Connor stopped him and-"

"Beat him up!?" said Ray,

Tony shook his head and chuckled "Nope, Connor tries to be as nonviolent as possible. He actually paid the guy then thousand dollars just for me. Being the greedy slime ball he was, he took the offer and gave me to Connor and I still remember what he said 'You made a bad choice buying this pathetic waste of space.'"

Tony growled at those words but then Luke put a hand on his shoulder and he sighed as he said "Connor gleefully took me and I expected to be treated like shit but I still don't know why he'd pay that much for me. Connor was nice and a good trainer and his Pokemon were all very welcoming but I was still as stubborn as a rock like you."

He pointed at Ray who was still listening intently and said "But that changed when I met Delfi, she was as cold as her Sheer Cold attack. Turns out she was abandoned after she refused to become a Flareon and instead turned into a Glaceon, her trainer was furious because she wanted a fire type team and left her wounded but Connor saved her. She was the only one I found sympathy with."

Hannah sighed and said "That's so romantic."

"But we hated each other with a passion." Continued Tony,

All of us floor dropped anime style as he said "But in that rivalry we had my blaze for battle reignited and I wanted to be the best fire type I could be and I hated ice types with a passion like Delfi hated fire types. Eventually my rivalry with her rose to a very high level where we are both in Connor's Elite 6. Most of Connor's Pokemon were abandoned and resented but all I'm trying to say is, do not be fueled by hate, be fueled by determination and will for battle like I was and you'll be the best you can be."

Ray looked like he was hit by lightning and he nodded while Dan called for us. Instantly I felt better too knowing that my new friend was now feeling better and we'll be moving on to the next gym.

POKESPEECH TRANSLATOR: OFF

TIME SKIP (Travelling after 5 hours)

Dan's POV

I breathed in the mountain air as we trekked the route to Vermillion City. We were now walking towards a Pokemon Center in the clearing, Jordan and told me Ray was feeling better after they talked to him and now all I had my mind set on was the Thunder Badge which was located in Vermillion City.

Connor was just randomly playing his really heavy guitar and Liz was just fixing her ponytail. I yawned as we walked and then Liz said "Hey Dan,"

"Yeah?" I responded,

"Have you ever noticed, all the Pokemon you ever catch just willingly go with you? You never battle them they just go with you."

My eyes widened, she was right! Emil, Matt, Ray, Hannah, all of them I only caught because they wanted to be caught. How could I become a great trainer if I keep going like this? My eye twitched as Liz said "Hey Grapehead, you okay?"

Connor sensed my distress and said "Liz, I think you may have struck a nerve."

I took off my cap, looked at both my friends and said "You're right! But wait, how about you, you never caught a Pokemon the right way yet."

She glared at me and said "Excuse me Grapehead, I caught Pidgeotto with Squirtle on my fourth day! I bet you can't even catch one Pokemon the right way!"

Connor tried to reason with us but then I retorted "Hey I can do that!"

"No you can't!"

"Yes I can!"

"No you can't!"

"Yes I can!"

"That is enough!"

All of us looked at Connor who had angrily slammed his metal guitar on the ground. He leaned on it as if it was a cane and he said "I will not have you two arguing like this. Look Dan, if you want we can stop for today and you can look around this area for a new Pokemon to capture."

I looked around the area and there was a forest, a field of tall grass and even a lake. I looked at Liz and Connor and said "Fine, but I'll catch one today Liz! I bet you!"

"Really?" said Liz, "Care to make a friendly wager?"

Connor shook his head and said "No gambling!"

"Don't worry!" said Liz, "Just something like if the one person wins, he or she gets one favor okay?"

Connor looked unsure but I said "Deal!"

Liz and I shook hands as she said "You have until sunset, we'll get a room for tonight."

Connor smirked at me and shook his head and said "Hope you know what you've got yourself into Dan. Remember Liz is a princess so her requests may be extreme."

My face paled, Liz could make me do anything! I had to win this. I nodded at Connor and said "Don't worry, I got this."

He chuckled and said "Alright, have fun."

SCENE CHANGE (FOREST)

POKESPEECH TRANSLATOR: ON

I walked into this shady forest hoping to find something cool to catch. I might find something rare or anything that I can catch that involved a battle would be fine. Jordan eyed the surroundings while Luke silently walked as his eyes were locked forward.

"What do you think we could catch here?" I said,

Jordan shrugged while Luke pointed at a tree Pokemon and said "How about that one."

I saw an Aipom swinging from tree to tree and it looked at me and it hung on its tail as it grinned at me upside down. I pointed at it and said "I'm going to cath you alright Lets battle!"

The Aipom grinned and said "No need! I wanna go with!"

I shook my head and said "Sorry! I'll just go find something else!"

Jordan shook his head at me and said "Dude that was rude."

I shrugged and said "If it wants to go with I'll find it later but for now I'll have to find a Pokemon to catch."

After an hour of walking, I found nothing but finally I saw a small Pokemon crawling on the ground and I said "There!"

Luke looked at the small worm like Pokemon while Jordan sweat dropped.

"Really?" he inquired,

"I'll have to agree in pipsqueak on this one Master Dan, are you sure about this?" followed Luke,

I plucked a Pokeball from my belt and said "No matter! I need this! Pokeball Its Go Time!"

I threw my Pokeball at the small Pokemon and it got sucked inside. The ball shook once, twice but suddenly it snapped open and I slapped my forehead "I forgot! I need to weaken it first! Luke use Bone Rush!"

Luke sped towards the bug type with a glowing blue stick ready and when the attack connected, the bug type got sent into the air and it was flung into the distance. Luke jaw dropped while I sweat dropped and Jordan said "Just Perfect"

My shoulders slumped as I groaned and said "Dang it lets go find a new one."

Suddenly, buzzing came from behind me and I was face to face with a swarm of angry Beedrills. Luke looked a bit nervous as he said "Uh, Master Dan, I'm afraid that they saw what we did to the insect."

"Run!" I shouted,

Jordan, Luke and I ran in the opposite direction as the swarm of angry Beedrills swarmed after us. One Beedrill sent a Poison Sting attack towards us but me and my Pokemon ran as fast as we could to evade the attack and we didn't stop running until we reached the Pokemon Center.

As the Pokemon Center, I was looking very messed up and then Liz saw me and said "Any luck Dan?"

I scowled and said "Just you wait!"

"Tick tock Dan, Tick Tock."

With that she walked away and I saw Connor reading another book and he noticed me and said "Caught anything yet Kiddo?"

I groaned and told him what happened, he laughed out loud and said "I'm sure the forest is a big no now is it?"

I nodded vigorously as he said "How about the lake next?"

"I don't have a fishing rod!" I argued,

He opened his bag and pulled out a small metal stick and handed it to me. I eyed it slowly and then I looked him in the eye and said "Dude, really?"

"Press the button," he assured

I pressed it and the small stick transformed into a long top class fishing rod that I recognized as the Water Grabber 5000, these things were worth a fortune, I looked at Connor incuriously and said "Mother spoils me with gifts, don't worry about it Kiddo. Have fun and good luck."

Animus nodded at me as I left the Pokémon Center, I ran to the Lake with Jordan and Luke by my side. As soon as I got there, the lake was looking pretty great. The water was clean and clear but not clear enough to see what was underneath. Pokemon were littering the area but instead of catching them, I was excited to use the fishing rod I borrowed. I walked to a small rock formation and sat on it and cast my line, the line went a few feet away to the lake and as the lure floated there, I waited.

Luke was meditating beside me while Jordan nibbled on a cracker as he stood on my shoulder. I held the rod steady like how Dad taught me and I looked at Jordan and said "So, how's it going buddy?"

He shrugged and said "Pretty good. You heard about what's up with Tony?"

"What?"

Jordan sighed and said "He was abandoned before he was with Connor so he was completely different from whom he is now. He really hates ice type but he managed to talk some sense into Ray when he was acting like a total jerk."

I nodded and said "Ready for the next badge?"

Jordan vigorously nodded as he stuffed the entire cracker in his mouth and said "Ywah, I was jwust twold by dwad to watch owt fwor Waichu."

I sighed and said "Swallow then speak Jordan."

He pounded his chest as he swallowed and he gasped before he said "My dad warned me about the Gym Leader's Raichu, it was a nasty Pokemon. Really strong, mean and ruthless, I heard from Dad that he was sent to the hospital after losing there."

Just the sound of that worried me and gave me a bit of a worried expression which Jordan noticed and he said "No matter, I'll win of course. I'm the best Pichu you'll ever see!"

I laughed along with him and our worries washed away for a while. We sat there without a word as Luke meditated and Jordan ate the crackers in my bag. No sounds came except the blowing of the wind, the splashing of water and of course the sound of Jordan nibbling. The sun was starting to go down a bit and I was just about ready to give up.

I groaned and said "Why is this taking so long!"

As if on cue, the lure suddenly sank and the rod started to shake, I grabbed the rod and pulled as I turned the wheel on the side of the rod. I held my breath as Luke opened his eyes and Jordan readied himself. As I gave an almighty tug, a Pokemon appeared from the water, it was medium sized, orange and it was a Pokemon everyone recognized.

I sweat dropped and said "A Magikarp, two hours for a Margikarp."

Jordan laughed as he clutched his stomach and Luke smiled a bit. I settled the rod on a stone and said "It's better than nothing, Pokeball-"

Suddenly two Gyarados rose from the water along with three Sharpedo. My eyes widened as the largest Sharpedo barked "Get outta here! This is our turf!"

The Gyarados' mouth was forming a Hyper Beam while I retracted Connor's rod and said "Run!"

Luke, Jordan and I scrambled up as the Gyarados fired the Hyper Beam towards the rock we were sitting on and completely obliterated it and we would have been too if we didn't jump off and run as fast as we could into a distance.

I breathed heavily as Jordan said "Second one today. Well I hope you're ready to lose."

"Whose side are you on!" I complained,

Jordan was about to reply when I saw the Aipom laughing at me as it sat on the tree. It was laughing so hard that it clutched its stomach. I rolled my eyes as I said "Come on! Don't laugh! We nearly died!"

The Aipom just laughed harder and said "Man you guys are hilarious, come on I'll go with you guys."

I shook my head and said "I need it to be a battle okay!"

With that I ran back to the Pokemon Center where near the entrance, Connor was leaning by the door reading the same book, he was chuckling as Animus was laughing as well.

I walked up to him and shoved the rod to his chest and said "Here"

He put it back in his bag and looked at me as he said "Thanks Dan…Boy kiddo, you look like crap."

He pointed to me and I looked at my reflection through the window. Mt hair was all messed up, even more than usual. My clothes were dirty, my jeans were a bit ripped and my sneakers were muddy. I groaned and said "Sorry dude, I had a tough day."

He raised a brow and said "Nothing?"

"Nothing" I nodded glumly,

"You better get going Dan, there's still one more area you can check." Said Connor as he pointed at the grass field,

Liz's POV

I just saw Dan talking to Connor outside, the poor boy looked horrible, angry and quite frustrated. He was complaining to the teen while Connor snickered like a kid. Those two were rally like brothers now, not just mentor and student. I grinned at them for two reasons, one, I was so going to win this thing and two, the sight was really endearing.

Speaking of brothers, I had to speak to one of mine that was hopefully at home. I walked up to one of the video phones and dialed a number. I waited patiently as Stanley's face appeared on the screen and said "Lady Carterina!"

I smiled and waved as I said "Hello Stanley!"

My butler bowed at me and said "How are you doing my lady? Are those two treating you well?"

I giggled a bit and said "Its fine, me, Dan and Connor are doing well. The new Pokemon we caught, Sneasel and Skorupi are doing great too since a week ago. How is Sheila?"

Stanley gave a smile as he said "That's good to hear my lady. Sheila is out right now to buy some supplies. Tell the boy better treat that abandoned Pokemon right or I'm going to have a word with him."

I chuckled and imagined Stanley scolding Dan, that looked pretty funny but I knew Stanley cared, he was also concerned with Ray, he was very pleased we took them in since he was an orphan too before from what he described.

I giggled again and said "He's doing great with Ray and so am I with Sneasel. By the way Stanley, the reason I called was to check if my brother was there."

Stanley closed in the screen and said "Which one my lady?"

"The nice one," I replied,

You see I have two brothers, the eldest and the heir to the throne, Markus, was an egotistic, big-headed, tough, stubborn, prideful trainer who was a top class battler that always discriminated me for wanting to be a coordinator. He travels with his friends and Markus was tall, lean and clothed like a regal prince; his eyes were Purple like mine but a deep, darker shade.

The second eldest who was the one above me was Zander, Zander was almost like Markus except he wasn't egotistic and big-headed. He was also prideful but what do you expect, he's a prince and we have our pride. He always encouraged me on whatever I did and he was a good brother. Zander usually goes for simplicity for his clothing but his eyes were bright purple, brighter than Markus', darker than mine. He travels usually alone but I hope he was home so I could talk to him.

Stanely nodded and said "He had just arrived from his final bade a couple of days ago. I will fetch Master Zander."

I stood there, waiting for about five minutes for Zander to appear. My house was huge so I expected to wait a while, after two more minutes a teen with a tuft of brown hair on his head flashed onto the screen. He grinned at me with his white teeth as his bright purple eyes looked into me. He perked up and said "Hello sister!"

On his right shoulder was a small, grey Pokemon that had a thick patch of fur on its head and around its neck like a scarf. It was one of my brother's favorite and strongest Pokemon, Cincinno. I waved at the small normal type and said "Hello Cincinno!"

The little Pokemon waved back in reply and Zander said "What made you call little sister? I was in the middle of training actually, you know Zebstrika, I f he doesn't get his training, he gets grumpy."

I chuckled and said "Just checking on my favorite brother."

He smiled mischievously and said "I thought Markus was your favorite?"

I rolled my eyes and said 'No way, where is he anyway?"

Zander shrugged and said "I don't know, last I heard from father is that he went to get some training at the compound."

I waved the thought of my other brother out of my head and said "So how is training going?"

"Quite well sister," he replied, "Improving myself to make father proud as always. Hopefully I may win this year. How about you sister, how has your journey been? I have heard from Stanley that you're travelling with some boy and a teen. Are they treating you well?"

I noticed the edge in his voice and said "Come on Zander, I said don't baby me. I'm fine and we're just having a little bet now that's all."

"Oh?" he said, "Do tell, what kind of bet?"

I shrugged and said "Nothing, just a little bet and if I win, he does anything I want and if he wins I do anything he wants."

He narrowed his eyes and said "If he makes you do anything he will regret I swear I'll let Donphan roll over him."

I rolled my eyes and said "Zander…He won't do that, he's a friend."

He chuckled now and said "Well you're my sister, it's an instinct. Farewell for now sister, I have some more training to do. Ta-Ta!"

The phone went blank as I hung on the receiver, I looked around the room and sighed, maybe I should get some training. I plucked a Pokeball from my belt and walked outside.

Dan's POV (Grassland)

I ran as fast as I could to the grassy plain area hoping to find a Pokemon. I wanted to catch a Pokemon that I had no specific type of yet. I saw a Doduo but I already had Emil, I saw a Wooper but I already had Matt, I saw a Oddish but I already had Hannah.

I walked the grassy area endlessly but then I saw several Tauros and Miltank grazing in the field. That's it! I don't have a normal type yet! I crept closer to them trying not to make a sound but then on one of the tall trees, I saw the familiar looking Aipom standing on a tree above me with a rock on the hand in its tail.

I looked back between the monkey and the grazing Pokemon and thought "Oh Arceus no…"

The Aipom grinned mischievously as Luke, Jordan and I shook our heads at it and repeatedly waved our hands desperately. The monkey grinned and threw the rock at the largest Tauros and then the Pokemon glared at the Aipom who pointed at us.

The Tauros breathed through its nose as it called for all the other Tauros as it charged towards us like a bulldozer. My eyes widened and for the third time today I looked at Jordan and Luke and said "Run!"

The three of us ran as fast as we could to outrun the stampeding Tauros but as I was running, I tripped and I waited to be run over but then a wave of starts flew over my head and landed in front of the stampeding herd of Tauros making them startled causing them to turn around and go back to where they came from.

I looked at the source and saw the Aipom with a scowl on its face. It walked to us and apologetically said "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would go bad"

Jordan grinned and nodded while Luke had his arms crossed as he gave a small nod. I grinned and said "It's alright, thanks for saving us even if you caused it."

The Aipom bowed again and said "I'm very sorry; it's just that I wanted to go with you."

I looked at Jordan who shrugged and I said "Look, I don't care if I lose, at least I found a new friend. Come on."

Aipom took a step back and said "I won't let you catch me that easily, let's battle."

I grinned and said "Alright! Ray Its Go Time!"

Out of my Pokeball came out the shiny bug/poison type that hissed at the Aipom as the normal type laughed as it stood on its tail. Ray hissed again as I said "Pin Missile Ray!"

The Skorupi fired several zigzagging bolts of energy towards Aipom but the normal type leapt into the air and swiped its tail across as it fired several stars making a Swift attack that collided with my Pin Missile making the two attacks useless.

I grinned and said "Finally a battle, Ray use Dig and Crunch!"

The Skorupi tunneled underground but the Aipom kept bouncing around on its tail and as Ray shot out of the ground to sink its fangs on Aipom, the monkey sprang into the air with its tail and came landing in front of Ray and gave him a good Astonish attack.

Ray hissed and leapt back in fear as Aipom laughed and set the fist on its tail on fire as it crashed on the startled Ray sending him a few feet back with the super effective attack. Aipom laughed again as Ray got back up and glared at the monkey that hardly seemed fazed. I narrowed my eyes and said "We need to play smart Ray, use Poison Sting!"

Ray sent several purple shaped bolts towards Amipom who nimbly dodged the attack and leapt in with another Fire Punch but I got to it first and said "Hurry Ray! Deflect it and keep the tail down with yours!"

As the Fire Punch was about to hit, Ray's tail sprung forward, grabbed the base of Aipom's tail and slammed it on the ground preventing the Aipom from using its tail and I said "Now Ray! Poison Fang!"

The Aipom's eyes widened as Ray grinned maliciously as he sank his fangs to the Aipom's side causing her to be poisoned and when Ray released his grip I grinned and said "Poison Tail!"

Ray swiped his tail at the poisoned Aipom knocking her back unable to battle. I wrinkled my nose and said "Alright, here it goes! Pokeball Its Go Time!"

I threw my Pokeball at the small money Pokemon it sucked the Pokemon inside the ball. The ball landed on the ground as it shook one, twice, thrice and it snapped shut. I cheered and said "Yes! I caught Aipom!"

I was about to walk over and pick up the Pokeball but it disappeared in a flash of light; I realized that I already had six Pokemon so Aipom would be sent to Uncle Gary. Jordan cheered while Luke gave a thumb up. Ray hissed in happiness while I returned the bug/poison type with thanks.

Jordan hopped on my shoulder and said "Awesome Dan! Let's get back!"

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Liz was in the washroom while I ran past Connor who told me. I picked up the phone on the nearest video phone and dialed my Uncle's number. A moment later, my Uncle flashed onto the screen. He was reaching for Aipom who climber all over his head, body and the lab. He noticed me and said "Hey Dan, I got your Aipom."

"I noticed," I remarked while I suppressed a laugh,

He held Aipom and said "I'm guessing you want to take her?"

"Her?" I remarked,

"She's a girl Dan. So will you take her today?"

I nodded vigorously and he said "You kind of have six Pokemon Dan, you'll have to give me one first before I send her over."

I never really thought about that so I didn't really know who will I send back. Suddenly form behind me a voice said "Need help with choosing Kiddo?"

"Connor!" I said, "Yeah I kind of need some help on choosing who to send."

Connor removed his shades and his eyes were emerald green. I noticed the changes already and it goes like this, whenever Connor is relaxed or just doing nothing, his eyes are blue, if he's angry or battling seriously, his eyes are red, if he was going all smarty and he was going to explain something, his eyes are green and if he was going to say some proverbs or be smart his eyes would turn yellow.

He raised a brow and said "Jordan and Luke are a no, so that leaves Hannah, Matt, Ray and Emil. I would disagree with Emil and Hannah because you need to train them more so it would be either Emil or Matt since they're already tough enough."

I decided it would be Emil so I put his ball on the transporter and said "Ready Uncle! I'm sending over Emil!"

He pressed a button and my Pokeball disappeared and an identical one appeared. Uncle Gary showed me a Pokeball and said "I've got him. Good Luck Dan, keep catching more Pokemon."

I nodded and opened my Pokeball as the screen went black. Aipom appeared in a flash of light on the floor, the normal type hopped around and Connor grinned as he put his shades on and said "Energetic one isn't she, so what's her name?"

I looked at Aipom who was conversing with Jordan and said "How about Tory?"

Tory hopped in agreement with her name and said "Alright, I'm calling you Tory now okay?"

The Aipom nodded vigorously as she got on my left shoulder and Jordan got on my right. I turned and saw Liz exit the bathroom; I approached her as she noticed Tory and said "You actually did it! Nice job Dan."

I chuckled as Tory hopped on Liz's shoulder and said "Well Liz, I guess I win thanks to Tory."

He face paled as she said "Hi Tory I'm Liz and…Oh no, don't make me do anything stupid Dan."

I shook my head and said "Just one thing is all I ask."

"What's that?" she asked,

"Stop calling me Grapehead. Deal?"

She grinned and said "Deal"

I smirked at her as Connor counted with his fingers as he said "Three, Two, One-"

"Lizzy," I said with a smirk

"Dan!"

AN

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