Chapter 11: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Takeshi hops off of his Arcanine, landing on the soft ground below him. He lowers his fake glasses and looks around the town as the sun begins to rise higher in the sky. He pats his Arcanine on the head and hands him a Pokémon treat before returning him to his Pokéball. He places the Pokéball in his pocket when it shrinks back down to its golf ball size. He looks around the town, which is starting to wake up.

"Where did Kyoko-chan run off to?"

A black limousine passes him coming to a screeching halt in front of him. A man in a black uniform exits the driver seat and walks around to the back of the car. He opens the door and a gorgeous woman steps out of the back of the vehicle. Her long, light pink hair flows down her back in strategic curls. A bright yellow bow matching her top sits on top of her head. She unzips her white vest half way revealing more of the yellow shirt underneath. She stands up straight and bends down to straighten out her hot pink, billowy skirt making sure her petticoat is in place. Long, thigh-high lace socks start right below her skirt line ending with her white high heeled boots that come up to her knees.

She reaches up and clicks a button on the side of her pink earpiece turning it off. She looks around and notices Takeshi standing there gawking at her. She smiles and walks over to him. He stares at her with a confused look on his face.

"Can I help you?" he asks as he steps back.

"Well, actually, you can. I've never really been to this town before. Where can I find the Suisen Suites Hotel? I am meeting an important person today and everything has to be perfect." Her eyes begin to sparkle when she thinks about it.

'Why is she telling me this? I don't care.' He smiles back down to her showing off his pearly teeth. "I unfortunately can't help you. I'm not from here either. I am new in town and looking for someone currently."

"Oh. I see." She turns away from him as her fake smile drops from her face. "You're useless then." she says in a cold tone as she walks away from him.

"Why that little bitch…" he says to himself under his breath as he watches her head into town. "Hmph. Oh well. This isn't the time to be bothering with stupid bitches."

He reaches into his tight pants pocket and sends out another message to Kyoko asking her where she is. He stands there waiting for a few minutes before his Pokégear vibrates in his hands. She responds to him saying that she has set up something and pulled some strings to set up a carnival style stand for the day. He sighs and thinks to himself, 'What is she doing now? What about our target?'

He responds back saying, in his message, "Send me the coordinates, and I will be there in a few minutes."

~Back in Tsubaki Mura~

"Is everyone ready?" Michio asks the group.

Everyone responds yes, and they wave goodbye to Nurse Joy. She waves back to them smiling and looks back down at her charts. The group steps outside of the Pokémon Center and shields their eyes from the bright morning sun. They walk past the Poké Mart as Ai walks outside to check her mailbox.

She looks up noticing the group of people blurting out, "What are you guys still doing here?"

She places her hand over her mouth as the group stops in their tracks, turning to look over at her. She laughs nervously and Daisuke walks up to her grabbing a hold of her hand. He looks deep into her eyes making her face turn a bit flushed.

He smiles down at her and says, "Because before we left town, my flat-chested lolita of love, I had to come tell you goodbye."

Her face turns completely red and her cheeks puff out as anger wells up inside of her. She takes her hand back away from his and walks away from him going back into her shop. The door slams behind her rattling the bell on the outside.

The whole group looks at him with stunned faces. He turns back to them and gives them a confused look. "What?"

"Wow, even I'm not that much of an asshole." Michio shakes his head in disbelief.

"I'm honestly surprised you're not dead. She just walked it off." Rina places her hand on her forehead while shaking it.

"I gave her a compliment. Besides, she wouldn't kill me."

As the last words leave his mouth, the door to the shop bursts open and the top snaps off of its hinges. She stands there with a large rocket launcher looking weapon.

"I am NOT flat-chested!" She yells at him as she pulls the trigger on the weapon, releasing a turret of tennis balls at him. Tennis balls start flying through the air, most of them pelting him in the back of his head and his back. He places his hands on the back of his head and starts yelping in pain. The rest of the group ducks the tennis balls as they start running to the edge of town.

"Stop pissing off women!" Rina yells at him as she holds onto Vulpix tightly as they run.

"I'm not trying to!" he yells back in response.

She clicks the trigger over and over but the gun stops firing. "Damn. I guess I'm out. That'll teach that bastard. I'm not flat-chested." She walks back into her shop, slamming the door and causing it to completely come off of its hinges.

They reach the edge of town, out of her range and stop to catch their breath. Rina reaches into her bag resting firmly on her side and takes out a bottle of water. She swallows the whole bottle down in large gulps. Drops of water rush out of the sides of her mouth and down her neck into the bust line of her tank top. Michio quickly looks away as his face turns a light shade of pink.

"You really need to learn how to talk to women," Michio says as an attempt to distract himself.

Rina wipes her mouth with the back of her hand and places her empty bottle back into her bag. She pets her Vulpix on the head and looks over at Daisuke. "I'm surprised that you don't have a concussion from all of the girls you've pissed off in the past. Do you remember that one girl from last year? Oh, what was her name? The assistant that my mom had at the time."

Seiji ponders on it for a minute, "Hmm…" The memories began to come back to him. "I remember now! She was the one with the Machamp." 'And the extremely large boobs.'

Daisuke plops down on the ground beneath him and places his hand on his chin as he begins to think about it. Small fragments of memory start to flow back into his mind. Rina begins to remind them all of what happened that day about a year ago.

~A Year Ago~

Rina opened the front door and walked up to Daisuke and Seiji waving frantically. They looked up from their game system pausing their game.

"Hi, Rina-chan. What's up?" Seiji asked.

"Not much. Just bored. Wanna go to the lab? Okaasan shouldn't be that busy. I hate going by myself."

The brothers both set their controllers down on the table in front of them and stood up. They both stretched as Daisuke yawned.

"Sure." They both responded to her in unison.

"Awesome! Lets go!"

She walked outside of their house with them following right behind her. The trio walked down the path until they reached the fence around her mother's laboratory. Rina opened the gate and reminded them to close it behind them. They nodded and continued to follow her through the gate and into the large yard. She skipped her way up the stone pathway and knocked on the door.

A young woman in her early twenties opened the door and looked over all of them as a smile formed on her face. Her light gray eyes were highlighted with way too much eyeliner and dark eye shadow. Rina thought to herself that the woman looked like a Zigzagoon. Bright pink lipstick accentuated her plump lips reminding Rina of a Jinx. Her long, light brown hair was pulled back into a bun.

'This woman looks like a Pokémon...' Rina thought to herself as she looked over at the brothers behind her.

Both of them stood with their mouths wide open. She followed their gaze to see it fixated on the woman's large chest that her shirt barely contained. She sighed and shot them a dirty look in an attempt to get the hearts out of their eyes. She cleared her throat a couple of times and Seiji snapped out of it. He looked over and saw the scowl on Rina's face. He quickly looked away and nudged his brother.

Daisuke ignored the two young teenagers around him as his head started swimming with thoughts about the older woman in front of him. In his daze, he walked forward and grabbed her hand. The smile on her face faded as a perplexed one took its place. Rina and Seiji stepped back as Daisuke opened his mouth to speak.

'Oh no. This is not going to end well.' Rina thought to herself as she braced herself for the inevitable bomb that Daisuke was about to drop.

"So, why do you wear so much make-up? Are you actually ugly underneath all of that? If so, it doesn't matter because you're beautiful to me either way." He smiled brightly up at her as her eyes locked with his.

Her face started to twitch as anger welled up into her face, giving her fair complexion some color. Her eyes bore down into him as she ripped her hand away from his. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pokéball releasing a large bluish gray Pokémon with four very muscular arms. The Pokémon looked down at the group with red eyes as his yellow lips formed a scowl.

"Machamp, throw him out of the yard please. He is a nuisance."

She crossed her arms in front of her large chest as her Pokémon nodded his head. He grabbed Daisuke with his top two arms and picked him up above his head. He began spinning the young teenager around and tossed him outside of the fenced in yard. Seiji and Rina watched as his body flew over their heads and landed against a tree, knocking him unconscious. They both rushed over to him and the woman followed them.

Rina hopped over the fence's gate while Seiji fumbled with the lock. She knelled down next to Daisuke and began to lightly slap him in the face in an attempt to wake him up. Swirls formed in the boy's eyes as he lied there unconscious. She sighed as she stood back up straight. She turned around and looked up at the woman and her Machamp standing behind her. She pulled a makeup kit out of her lab coat pocket as a mischievous grin grew.

"Move, child." She motioned for Rina to move out of the way. Rina stepped back as the woman walked up to Daisuke and opened her bag. She took out a large brush and started applying makeup to his face. Rina and Seiji looked over at each other as they both started to feel nervous. After watching her change brushes multiple times, she stood up and stretched.

"There. All done." She looked over at her Machamp and asked him to pick up Daisuke. The Machamp lifted him back up as they headed back into town. Rina and Seiji followed behind them and asked her what she planned to do with him.

"Place him in town for all of the community to see."

She motioned for her Machamp to prop him up against one of the trees near the mayor's house. Machamp nodded and leaned the boy up against the trunk of the tree. Rina shielded her eyes from the bright sunlight as she tried to gain a better look at Daisuke's face. Her eyes focused on him as she fell into a fit of giggles. Seiji looked at her curiously before turning his attention to his younger brother. Once he gained a good look at him, he began to laugh uncontrollably.

The woman smiled a large, evil grin as she began to walk away. She instructed Machamp to watch over him and make sure no one moved him. The Machamp sat down next to the boy and glared at the two teenagers standing in front of him. Rina started to step back as she looked over at Seiji concerned.

"We have to do something. He looks…" She looked back down at Daisuke and began to laugh again.

Seiji leaned up against the tree his brother was under and began to hit the tree trunk as laughter continues to pour out of him. After a mere couple of minutes, the woman came back with a bag in her hand. She opened the bag and pulled a bright pink outfit out of it. She instructed Machamp to lift him and the Pokémon does so. She pulled his shirt off and pulled the dress over his head. She zipped the dress up in the back and straightened out the bottom of the puffed out skirt. She reached back into her bag and pulled out a long, blonde wig. She brushed it out and placed it on his head, hooking it into place.

"There we go. That looks great!" She began to giggle as she pulled out a camera and began to take a few pictures of him. She looked over at the two teenagers standing there watching her and smiled at them. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do this to you two. You didn't call me ugly."

"I don't think he meant it like that. I mean, honestly when I first saw you, I thought you reminded me of a Pokémon," Rina responded in an attempt to help with Daisuke's case.

"Well, I would hope that I do. It's a part of the research I am doing on how Pokémon react to certain humans and their appearances. I'm working with a Jinx and a Zigzagoon today. I changed my makeup every day based on the Pokémon I am scheduled to work with."

She switched her gaze back to her camera and began going through the pictures. She motioned for them to come closer and began showing them pictures of all of her other makeup arrangements. She had a large collection of Pokémon makeup that was amazingly done and could pass for normal makeup.

"Wow. That's awesome. It's interesting for research too. Have you found any conclusive results yet?" Rina asked.

"Not yet. That's why I came to work for your mother."

"I see, Harada-san." She looked back down at Daisuke and asked, "So, are you going to leave him like that?"

"I'm actually going to wake him up. Don't say a word to him about this though. I want to see how long it takes him to realize what's going on. Think of it as an experiment."

They both nodded in agreement as she pulled a small container out of her bag. She leaned down to his level and opened the jar placing it under Daisuke's nose. His eyes shot open as he began to cough. She placed the lid back on the top and screwed it back into place. She stood back up and waved goodbye to them as she headed back to Professor Hana's laboratory. She called out for Machamp to follow her. He left Daisuke's side and followed behind his trainer.

"What happened?" Daisuke asked as he began to look around with blurry vision.

"Short story, you pissed off a woman, and she got her Pokémon to throw you at a tree." Rina helped him stabilize his standing.

"That would explain why my head feels funny. Maybe we should go see the town doctor and get him to evaluate me."

Seiji and Rina looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Umm, you probably don't want to do that," Seiji started.

"Yeah. You shouldn't be that bad. Maybe we should just take you home. " Rina finished.

"If you say so…" He brought his hand up to his head and felt something smooth and wet on his forehead. He pulled his hand back and looked down at it. He began to scream as he noticed red in his hand. "I'm bleeding guys! Take me to the doctor!"

Both of them sighed but agreed to take him to the doctor. They walked through the entire town to reach the doctor's house which was located on the west side of town. People started staring and whispering to each other while a couple of them couldn't contain their laughter. The group continued to trudge through town until they reached a large white house.

"Good. We're here. You're heavy." Rina pushed him up and placed him in front of the door.

Daisuke knocked on the door and waited as a man yelled, "Give me just a minute!"

The group heard locks unlocking inside as the door opened. A average height man with short gray hair opened the door. He looked down at Daisuke with light blue eyes and smiled. He looked over at Rina and Seiji who laughed nervously.

"Well, what brings you here today?"

"Umm...he thinks he's bleeding. He got thrown up against a tree by a very strong Pokémon." Rina looked down at her face as her foot was making nervous circle in the ground outside the house.

"Ah. I see." He looked Daisuke over and invited them inside the house. "Take a seat. I'll get some equipment."

They all stepped into the lobby and Rina closed the door behind them. They walked down the hallway and Daisuke stopped in front of a mirror. He turned his head and squinted his eyes looking into it.

"That is one ugly woman in that picture," he said as he moved closer to it.

His eyes began to adjust as he started to realize that he was looking into a mirror. He started feeling around his face that was covered in foundation. His lips were coated with thick, bright pink lipstick. His eyelashes were full and dark with heavy, black mascara. From his eyelash line to the top of his eyebrows was bright pink, glittery eye shadow. He pushed back the bangs from his blonde wig and in bright red lipstick, on his forehead, was the word "Lecher". He looked down and noticed the bright pink dress he was wearing.

Rina watched him frantically search himself as he turned his back to her to pace around the room. She caught the glimpse of a bright white sign on Daisuke's back that said, "I'm a pretty lady."

"Umm...Daisuke-kun…?" she started as he looked at her sharply.

"What happened to me?!" His voice began to raise in anger.

"The woman that you called ugly did this to you. I guess as revenge. We didn't mention it because we were told not to and she had a large Pokémon." She responded in a quiet tone.

He stopped talking as he let it sink in. "Oh. I see." He pulled the dress off of his body and tossed it to the ground. He walked through the house and went into the bathroom to attempt to wash the makeup off.

~Back Outside Tsubaki Mura~

"I remember now! It took me a whole week to get all of it off. I had eyeliner and mascara on for days," Daisuke says as he starts to laugh at the situation.

"See! You need to find someone who can help you in the art of finding a woman and not pissing them off in the process," Rina responds as she comes back to reality.

Daisuke looks over at Michio standing there with a blank look on his face. He walks up to the older boy and asks, "How do you pick up women? I'm pretty sure you've had your decent share by now."

Michio looks over at Rina and walks over to her. He wraps his arms around her, pulling her close to him. They both look into each other's eyes as a blush forms on her face. Her heart begins beating fast in her chest that is pressed up against his. He tightens his grip around her waist as he lifts her off the ground.

"That's how I pick up women," he responds as he places her back down on the ground.

Rina stands there completely speechless as Daisuke calls Michio a smartass. Michio bows and smirks as he chuckles. He looks down at his watch realizing how late in the day it is getting.

"Wow. We have to go. We don't have time to dawdle anymore. We need to teleport to the city just to make it in time."

He grabs one of the Pokéballs off of his belt and brings out Abra. He asks his Abra to teleport them to Suisen Machi. They all form a tight circle around the small Pokémon, holding onto each other. They slowly disappear from their spot outside of Tsubaki Mura and reappear seconds later outside of the Pokémon Center in Suisen Machi. The group separates from each other and look around at the city around them.

"Wow. It's huge!" Rina exclaims as she places Vixy on the ground to stretch out her legs.

Shops of all kinds line each side of the main strip creating crowds of people around each of them. People gather around at the various stands buying fruits, clothing, and Pokémon items. Rina's eyes grow wide with excitement as she watches the people hit bargains and the shopkeepers yell out various sales.

Among the crowd, a loud female voice is heard, "Michio-kun!"

A beautiful woman with long, pale pink hair rushes out from the crowd and runs up to Michio, wrapping her arms around him. He pats her on the back awkwardly and tries to inconspicuously pull away from her grip.

Rina turns away from her town view, looks over and Michio, and asks, "Who is this?"

As he opens his mouth to respond, she cuts him off, "Oh. Didn't you know? This is my boyfriend!"

Authors Notes: Thank you everyone for reading my newest chapter! ^_^ Once again, I am very thankful for everyone that has favorited, followed, reviewed, or just read and liked my story.

Oh! This week I have some news for everyone! Since Rina is about to lose her companions, I am using this as an opportunity for my loyal readers be able to have a character of their own come to life by entering my companion contest. For more details, please see my author profile for the link. I would post the link here but unfortunately, the site auto deletes all links. You'll find the link next to the bold word 'UPDATE'. I am excited to see what kind of characters you all turn in! Also, since I am posting my chapter earlier than expected, early entries will now be accepted. So, if you have a character ready, you can send it in before July 18.

Well, that is all for now! See you all next time! :D