Sorry for the long wait guys, but I'm back with Chapter 5! Enjoy!

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Amanda's POV

'Arceus!'

With gaping mouths, Morty and Hannah watched helplessly as the God of Pokémon materialised in front of them.

'-and then she walks in, and I- OH MY GOD IS THAT AN ARCEUS?'

Ashley had decided to walk in on us, talking with Jasmine, and witnessed the legendary appear on the battlefield. Riolu took one glance at Arceus as scurried off, hiding behind its owner.

Seeing everyone's expressions, I recalled the legendary and burst out laughing. Ashley was the first to react.

'That's sooooo cool! Where'd you catch it? Is it real? You sure it isn't just a Ditto?'

Soon, question after question was launched at me, and I had difficulty answering.

'Is that really your Arceus?'

'Yes.'

'Why do you have the God of Pokémon?'

'Why not?'

'Can I have it?'

I glared at Ashley, and she raised her hands in defense.

'Sorry! Geez, I was just joking.'

'Um…Kuro?'

I look turn to look at Jasmine. The shy gym leader had her hand raised, as if in a classroom.

'Yes?'

'May I ask how you actually caught Arceus?'

'Well…' I didn't want to get into details. In truth, I had won Arceus in a giveaway on Instagram. 'I um, I went to Sinnoh and caught it.'

Jasmine nodded thoughtfully. 'Ah. I see.'

'Still,' Hannah started. 'It's pretty cool to have a legendary, let alone the creator of the universe!'

I cleared my throat. 'May we continue our battle? I'm not using Arceus, just so you know.'

'Okay!'

Morty waved to Jasmine and Ashley. 'You two, come over here!'

They walked over to him and took a seat on the ground, excited to watch me and Hannah battle.

'Emolga, let's go!'

I called out my trusty Pokémon. It was my best friend, and I had trained it especially well.

'You have the honor of starting first.'

'Awesome. Riolu, Force Palm!'

'Emolga, dodge it with Aerial Ace!'

Hannah's Riolu jumped up in the air and thrust its arm forward toward Emolga, but the Sky Squirrel Pokémon dodged it elegantly with a well-practiced Aerial Ace.

'Speedy,' Hannah murmured.

'Fly up! Charge up an Electro Ball, then use Acrobatics to dive down!'

Emolga followed my commands, doing everything I had told it to do.

Once it had flown down, it was face-to-face with Riolu, the yellow orb of electricity cackling still on its tail.

Wait for it…

'Riolu, try Force Palm once more!'

'Release!'

As Riolu thrust its arm forward once more, Emolga swung its tail, launching the electric ball straight at the Emanation Pokémon.

'Riolu!' Hannah cried out. 'Try to dodge it!'

It was too late. The electricity smacked into Riolu's palm, throwing it backwards. The battlefield was enveloped in a bright light as Riolu collapsed, falling to the ground.

'Riolu is unable to battle! Emolga wins the match, which means that Kuro is the winner!'

'Yes! Great job, Emolga!'

'Emol!'

My loyal Pokémon landed on top of my head.

Across the field, Hannah sighed in defeat. She walked over to Riolu picking it up and cradling it in her arms.

'Thanks, buddy,' the brunette whispered. 'You tried your best. We stood no chance against Kuro, but you still did wonderfully.'

With that, Hannah walked back into the house.

'Do you think I went too far?' I asked Morty.

'Hm.' He shrugged. 'Maybe not. She's probably not used to losing. She's a rookie, remember.'

'Right.'

Suddenly, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there was Jasmine.

'Kuro…do you mind if I challenged you to a battle?'

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Third Person's POV

Jasmine wasn't quite sure what she was doing. She had seen how easily Kuro had swept Hannah's team. And yet she had still challenged her to a battle.

Hannah's a rookie! The Olivine leader reminded herself. However, that didn't reassure her. Morty had told stories of how awfully strong Kuro's Typhlosion was. And that was all that needed to be said. Kuro used fire types. Jasmine used steel types. Steel is weak to fire. It was like she had already lost.

But that only made Jasmine even more determined to beat Kuro. She wanted to prove that typing doesn't always matter. Jasmine thought back to when she was in Sinnoh. With a shock, the Steel Clad Defense Girl realised that typing did matter.

Flint of the Elite Four had taken down Steelix, her strongest Pokémon, with a single Flare Blitz.

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Amanda's POV

'Anyone wanna take a walk?'

Ashley, Morty, Jasmine, Clair, Bugsy and I were sitting on the couch, pretty much dying of boredom. I had offered to show them around the neighborhood.

'Meh.'

Jasmine apparently wanted to train for our battle, Morty had already gone for a walk, Clair was going back to her room (reason unspecified) and Bugsy simply ignored my question.

'I'll go, I guess!' Ashley piped up happily.

'Alright, let me get my Pokéballs, then let's go.'

We left the house, and I led Ashley down the left path: the path going toward a row of shops.

After about five minutes of walking, the shops came into view. The were six in total; one was a café.

'Let's grab a bite.'

'Okay!' came the cheerful reply.

We headed toward the very last shop, the café. Once we were outside, I could hear hushed voices from inside.

'…doing here? How do we go back?'

'Don't talk so loud…I don't know where we are…go back.'

'Psst!' I nudged Ashley lightly. 'Can you hear that?'

My friend was quite for a moment before she nodded. I walked into the café, Ashley following behind, acting as if nothing was happening.

'Go order what you want, I'll look for a table,' I told her.

I tried to find an empty table as Ashley walked to the counter. I noticed there was a table for four, with two people sitting around it. I headed over there.

'Uh, hello,' I started, feeling rather awkward. The two people, a young woman and man, glared at me. 'Is there anyone else sitting here, or – Hey, I've seen you before!'

They seemed so familiar. The lady, a redhead, lifted her head completely and I immediately recognised her.

'Shelly! Which means…you're Tabitha?'

'Yes,' he grumbled. 'Do we know you?

'I'm Kuro! The one you call 'that kid'.'

Shelly shot up into a standing position, looming over me. She used one hand a gripped my shoulder.

'You! I bet you were the one who brought us to this world!'

I took a step back, raising my hands in defense. 'Almost the entire Pokémon has been brought here! Not just you two!'

She squinted at me, as if not convinced. Then, she plopped down onto her chair and sighed.

'How do we go back?'

'I'm afraid I don't know…'

Tabitha spoke up. 'Don't you even try to stop Team Magma!'

'Or Team Aqua,' Shelly added.

I stared at both of them. 'Team Magma and Aqua were disbanded years ago! Don't you remember?'

Realisation crossed their faces as I let the truth sink further and further into them.

Tabitha blinked. 'Hm? I remember now!'

'Oh right…some kid, YOU, thwarted all of our plans!'

'Sheesh guys, I didn't have a choice! If I could choose, I would have joined, but the game programmed it to do that…'

'Game?' Shelly raised an eyebrow.

Luckily, at that moment, Ashley came skipping over with a tray in her hands.

'Hey Kuro! I got the food!' she paused, looking at Shelly and Tabitha. 'Who are they?'

'These are Shelly and Tabitha. They are from Hoenn,' I told Ashley.

'Cool! Hoenn has lots of Pokémon that Johto doesn't!'

I swear, one day Ashley will run out of energy and enthusiasm!

'Hey, mind if we sit with you?'

'Ashley, I-'

Tabitha interrupted me, shrugging. 'Why not?'

I look at him in surprise. He was the last person I had expected to accept the request.

'Well then,' I said, and took a seat beside Shelly as Ashley sat down next to Tabitha.

'So.' I folded my arms. 'You guys dating?'

'What?!'

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BAM! Shelly and Tabitha come into the story! You readers would know that I like the a lot if you read my new story, Ground and Water. Commandershipping FTW! Remember to R&R!