And Emolgaa is back with Chapter 6! Sorry for the long wait!

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Third Person's POV

'So, you guys dating?' Amanda asked innocently, arms folded.

'What?!' Shelly and Tabitha cried out in unison, glaring at the younger trainer.

'Why on earth would you even think that, kid?' Shelly recovered rather quickly, giving Amanda her best death stare.

Tabitha, however, wasn't that lucky. His face was completely red.

'Tabby, you're blushing! Hahaha!' The dark haired trainer was lauginh uncontrollably.

Giggling, Ashley commented, 'Kuro's right, you know. You two make a cute couple!'

'That's it, I'm leaving.' Shelly stood up, brushing her shirt. 'Tabs, let's go.'

'Wait!' Amanda grabbed the redhead's arm. 'Don't go yet! Besides, you wouldn't know where to go, but if you follow us, you can stay in my house!'

As Shelly considered this, Ashley reminded her friend, 'Do you even have enough rooms?'

'Tabby can stay with Chuck and Bugsy, and Shelly can stay with Hannah in my room!'

'What about you then?' Shelly questioned.

'I'll just sleep on the couch. Come on, let's go back!'

Amanda tossed a Pokéball into the air.

'Alakazam, Teleport!'

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Amanda's POV

'Ugh,' Shelly groaned as we appeared in the living room of my house. Tabitha stood beside her, clutching his stomach. Ashley, as usual, was hyper and happy.

On the sofa in front of me sat Hannah, her Riolu sleeping peacefully on her lap.

'Hannah,' I whisper, in order not to wake her sleeping Pokémon. 'This is Shelly. Show her to the room you'll be sleeping in, which is my room.'

She nodded and led the redhead to the room.

'Follow me.'

Tabitha trudging behind me, I walked up the stairs to Bugsy's and Chuck's room. I knocked on the door, and it opened up almost immediately. Bugsy stood in front of me.

'Hey Bugsy! This is Tabitha, and he'll be staying in this room with you and Chuck. That alright?'

'Sure, why not? C'mon in,' Bugsy told Tabitha, bringing him inside the room.

I walked downstairs quietly and sat down on the sofa. Riolu was no longer there; it must have either woken up or Hannah had brought it to my room. It was only then where I realised how tired I was. With barely any sleep for the past few days, I had eye bags beneath my eyes and my arms were painfully thin. I sighed, walking toward the kitchen.

Shuffle shuffle shuffle.

There was someone there.

'Who's that?' I called out.

'Kuro? Is that you? It's me, Morty.'

I sighed again, this time in relief.

'Yeah, it's me,' I replied.

Morty appeared from behind the fridge, surprising me and making me punch him in the face.

'Oww!' he shrieked, rubbing his jaw. 'Fine, fine! I won't scare you anymore, just don't punch me! Geez, for a young trainer, you have pretty strong fists.'

I huff, crossing my arms and smirking at Morty. 'Hmph.'

'Sandwich?' the blonde offered, producing two sandwiches from behind his back.

'Where'd you get this?' I asked, taking one of the snacks from his hand.

'I made it,' Morty answered sheepishly. 'I used your supplies.'

'MY supplies?' I tried to whack him on the head but he ducked, causing me to miss. 'Dude, at least ask next time!'

'Sorry!' He dodged another one of my punches. 'I was just hungry!'

I calmed down, removing the cling wrap and taking a bite of the sandwich.

'Well, you made me a sandwich, so I forgive you.'

'Phew.'

Morty ran a hand through his messy blonde hair. 'Amanda…' he muttered.

I cringed upon hearing my real name. It felt so long since I had last heard it.

'What?'

The gym leader looked up, a grin plastered on his face. 'Let's have a double battle. Me and Jasmine versus you.'

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Third Person's POV

'That's hardly fair!' Jasmine protested. 'Two against one? It sounds like some kind of Team Rocket thing!'

'It's very fair,' Morty assured her. 'Trust me. I wanted to do this because I felt the need to show you her power, even if it's a two-to-one battle.'

'No one could possibly be that strong…'

The Ghost specialist smiled smugly. 'You'll see.'

It was the next morning. Jasmine and Morty were seated on the sofa in the living room, talking. Amanda – or Kuro, had gone off for a daily stroll.

'Let's have the battle once Kuro is back. Okay?'

Jasmine let out a groan.

'Well,' Morty started. 'I'm taking that as a yes.'

He stood up, and at that moment the front door opened. There Kuro stood, with beads of sweat dotting her forehead. Morty could tell that something wasn't right.

'Kuro? What's wrong?'

Kuro glared at him. 'Everything, Morty. Everything.'

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Amanda's POV

Morty, Jasmine and I ran out of the house. Outside, everything was absolute chaos. Pokémon battles raged on everywhere around us, seemingly never ending.

'Do you know what's going on?' Jasmine asked.

'No.' I clenched my fist. 'So we have to find out!'

It was a cold, windy morning. The sun had just risen, and it would have been a beautiful day if not for what was happening.

'Everyone got a flying type?'

Jasmine nodded. 'I have Skarmory.'

'Good.' I took out Charizard's pokeball. 'Charizard, go!'

'Skarmory!'

Our respective Pokémon materialised in front of us, and we climbed onto them.

Morty cleared his throat. 'I would appreciate it if you would tell me if you're going to leave me out, you know.'

I face-palmed mentally. 'Sorry, Morty. Hop on!'

Luckily, Charizard was big enough for both of us. The blonde haired gym leader climbed onto the Flame Pokémon, and we took off. Jasmine flew on Skarmory behind us.

'Look!' Morty pointed below us. 'There's a huge crowd there. Let's go check it out!'

'Right. Charizard, fly down! Morty, hold on tight!'

Charizard zipped through the air, descending. The gentle breeze brushed lightly against my skin, making me shiver. Leaning down, I hugged my Pokémon's neck, absorbing whatever heat it was exerting.

From behind me, I hear Jasmine gasp. 'That person…is he not Giovanni of Team Rocket?'

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Morty's POV

'That person…is he not Giovanni of Team Rocket?'

Wide-eyed, I looked down and squinted. Sure enough, there he was: the black haired boss of the infamous Team Rocket. He looked the same as I last saw him, which was years ago, just before Team Rocket was disbanded.

'What's he doing here?' Jasmine asked, a hint of disgust in her voice. Morty knew she hated Giovanni, especially after trying to capture Amphy.

'Let's go.' That was all Kuro said before she commanded her Charizard to fly down, and without warning it dived down before lading safely on the ground. Just a few seconds later, Jasmine and her Skarmory landed as well.

I turned to look at where Giovanni was. The crowd seemed to have dispersed. The boss of Team Rocket watched the ongoing battles between his grunts and other trainers, a smirk on his face. Looking at Kuro and Jasmine, I said, 'What do you think he's up to now?'

Kuro shrugged. 'Don't know. Maybe trying to steal other people's Pokémon again?'

'Let's find out.'

I took one step forward, and immediately Giovanni's head was facing my direction. He snickered, walking over.

'You…Ecruteak's leader.' Giovanni looked at Jasmine. 'And the Olivine leader.'

Then he glared at Kuro, who backed away a couple of steps. 'You…you completely destroyed Team Rocket. You deserve a punishment! You shall die, you shall-'

The boss of Team Rocket paused mid-sentence, and slumped forward onto the ground, unconscious.

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Amanda's POV

'Huh?'

Giovanni collapsed before me, face-first into the grass. Behind him stood Shelly, former Team Aqua admin. Her hand was outstretched, most probably because she had whacked him on the head.

'Man, he is annoying,' she muttered.

'Shelly! What are you doing here?'

Shelly stared at me as if I were crazy. 'Did you see Team Rocket? Why else would I be out here anyway? I wanna kick their asses.'

I cleared my throat. 'Shelly, you could have killed the boss of Team Rocket!'

'Good.'

I sighed. I wasn't going anywhere with her. 'What about the grunts?'

'All gone,' she told me. 'I swept their team like dust!'

Morty groaned. 'We just came all the way here for nothing?'

Nodding, I released Alakazam from its pokeball.

'Get ready, everyone. Use Teleport!'

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I apologise for the long wait! I hope you forgive me! I haven't had a lot of time to write lately, though I'll try to update a quickly as I can!