I hate humans! When will they leave us alone!, I thought vicously while hiding in the bushes. GO AWAY! Oh god, Chance!

Chance stepped in front of Jack, ready to fight the small mushroom creature. NO! I gasp and Theresa clasps her paws on my mouth.

"Shh," she tries to soothe me," It'll be okay."

I want to thrash and kick and scream, but what will that do? Tears fall silently from my eyes as I watch the Chance and the Foongus prepare for battle. If he looses, he will belong to that human. He will be gone, forever. I will never see him again!

As if he could hear my very thoughts, Singe moves out from next to Jack and goes over to Chance. The talk to each other and by the looks, they are arguing. The human grows impatient and yells to them in a harsh tone. I growl at him, Impatient fool! SHUT UP!

Reluctantly, Chance leaves his position and goes to Jack's side, while Singe takes up a battle stance. It was Theresa's turn to gasp and I had to comfort her," Shh, don't worry. He'll be fine."

I knew that she was thinking the same thing I had, if he lost, he would be taken away. I must've been harder for her because we had both seen him lose before, we both knew it was very possible.

The human yelled to his Foongus to attack; the Foongus then dispensed a yellow mist into the air that wrapped around Singe. Singe coughed and thrashed before he completely froze in place.

Theresa shouted into my paw, this was bad.

"Theresa, what just happened?," I whispered.

She blubbered," Foongus just used Stun Spore...Singe is paralyzed," she began to cry. I cradled her head against my chest, rocking back and forth, she would do the same for me. "But-but...but Fonnguses don't learn Stun spore," she spoke to herself

It was Singe's turn, but he was paralyzed, so the human shouted another command at the Foongus. The Foongus then closed it's eyes and bubbles appeared around Singe's statue body; the bubbles then traveled to Foongus and disappeared.

Shit: Absorb! Singe has got to hold on! Grass types aren't very effective on Fire Types, but absorbing energy can even the playing field.

"What happened," Theresa turned back to the fight.

"Nothing, nothing yet," I lied stroking her ears.

Looking at Singe, you could see him shaking inside his frozen prison, almost ready to break free of his paralysis, but soon enough. The human gave Foongus his third order and Foongus obliged happily. He used Absorb again, draining Singe of his power and strength.

Singe broke through the barrier and stood in his fighting stance, ready to battle the Mushroom Pokémon. He wasted no time and began stomping at the ground, surrounding himself in flames, before charging at the tiny shroom. (Flame Charge) The human yelled to his Pokémon but was too late, Singe ran into him at full force, knocking him to the ground.

The Foongus laid there momentarily while he trainer screamed at him angrily. The human's face was almost as red as his hair and I snickered at his flustered expression he wore.

The human told the Pokémon what to do and the Foongus stood slowly, standing tall and proud. Foongus's roots then shot into the ground, securing him and replenishing his power. I could see the waves of power moving from the ground, to his roots, and then too him; it was hypnotic, I had never seen an Ingrain before.

Singe then used Flame Charge again, knocking the Foongus into the dirt.

"He's... he's doing good, the Foongus is getting weaker," Theresa said optimistically.

The small mushroom stood up and waited for his master's command, when the human told him, he started to spin around gathering energy. He then shot that energy our towards Singe. (Feint Attack) Singe leaped out of the way, but not in time, he was hit by the blow and knocked off his feet. Singe looked rough, it must've been painful and my heart felt sorry for him.

Theresa turned back and dug her face into my fur, sobbing at the battle. Singe began to stand, but his knees buckled with his weight. I heard the high pitched laugh of the human, he was laughing at Singe and I wanted to cross the distance between us and elope him in flames.

I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and saw Singe stand up and stay up. He paused there, not moving, not attacking just standing. In a flash, he was in front of the Foogus and pulled his paw all the back and slashed at the mushroom with his full force. (Cut) The Foongus cried out in pain and fell to the ground, bleeding from his cut.

The trainer looked like he would blow a gasket if he lost this battle. Just you wait, I thought smugly; my confidence was high and I believed that Singe would pull through with a win.

Foongus didn't even stand up, he just used his Ingrain while laying on the path. The power flowed through him and when he was strong enough he stood with a confident smirk on his face.

Jack and Chance were tense and ready to jump in at a seconds notice on the sidelines. They were on edge, unsure if Singe could finish the battle; both him and the Foongus looked haggard and in need of rest.

Singe closed his eyes and sent a Psybeam speeding down the trail to Foongus, but Foongus dodges the attack.

"Violet, I'm so scared," Theresa was peeking at the battle with one eye, terrified to see Singe fail.

"Don't worry, he can do it. Don't worry."

The trainer yells to his Pokémon and the Foongus releases his yellow vapor into the air (Stun Spore) but Singe blocked the attack and returned with another Psybeam.

The Psybeam hit the Foongus and sent him flying, he flew right into his trainer and they both collapsed to the forest floor. Foongus was unable to get up, the trainer screamed and kicked the dirt like a child. He recalled his Pokémon to his ball and turned to Singe smiling like a lunatic. He tossed a red and white pokeball onto the path in front of Singe which captured him within it's grasp. Singe had disappeared from view and it took me a second to realize what happened, I was so shocked my arms fell and Theresa rushed forward.

"NOO!," Theresa leapt from the bush onto the trail," SINGE!," she ran for the ball on the ground, but Jack stood in her way. "NO! NO!," she desperately reached fro the ball, but it was too far.

The human cheered happily, proud he collected a new Pokémon and laughed at us for losing. He didn't notice the ball on the trail was moving, shaking, cracking. The ball broke and Singe reappeared before us, staggering with his loss of power. The red headed boy saw the Braixen and all traces of happiness left his face. He turned snow white and ran into the trees at full speed.

"SINGE!," Theresa escaped from Jack and ran to him, jumping on him.

"Theresa!," he hugged her back and they looked at each other, both invoked with so much passion. They looked as if they wanted to ravish each other right there on the spot in front of all of to see, not caring in the slightest.

Wow, this is a really intimate moment, I thought, maybe I should- Wow, look at the tree. That is a nice tree, good strong branches and everything!

When I turned back to them, Theresa was on the ground and they were smiling like fools.

"Woah," Jack said, his mouthed still open.

"That was... well, I don't even know what that was," Chance was at a lose for word.

"I'll tell you what it was!," Theresa said giddily," It was pure genius!"

"Thank you Shelia," he winked to her.

"I was worried for a second," I told him," When you went into that ball, I thought you were a goner."

"Well, I would have been... except I had one thing that reminded me I couldn't be captured, one thing that pushed me through my weakness. When I thought about it, my power surged and I felt the pokeball crack... it-it was indescribable," he was in a state of awe.

"What was it?," I asked him.

"Huh?"

"What did you think of?"

He smiled bashfully and looked down at Theresa who was gazing up at him with big blue eyes. He touched her cheek with his paw, a simple sweet gesture, but in the moment looked powerful and sacred," It was you."