Ayyy! I'm back! Chapter 8 now! (By the way, I'll start calling Amanda by the name Kuro from now on)

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Third Person's POV

'Battle, BEGIN!'

Kuro smirked. 'You can call the first move.'

'Right.' Jasmine nodded. 'Steelix, Earthquake!'

Steelix thumped its tail on the ground, sending ripples of energy emitted from the ground around the battlefield. However, it only affected Chandelure; Gengar had the ability Levitate and Emolga was a flying type.

Kuro's Chandelure took the attack head-on, despite the type effectiveness.

'How?' Jasmine gaped.

'I specially trained Chandelure's Defense. Now, Chandelure, Double Will-O-Wisp! Emolga, watch out! Gengar is fast, use Acrobatics, close-range and circular!'

'What's that?' Morty and Jasmine seemed confused. 'Double Will-O-Wisp? Close-range Acrobatics? No matter. Gengar, dodge it!'

Morty's Gengar tried to avoid the white flame shot at it, but Emolga flew in, flying around it quickly in a circular motion. Both of Kuro's opponent's Pokemon were burned.

'Ungh, can't let that bother me! Gengar, Shadow Ball!'

'Counter with Hex, Chandelure. Emolga, using Aerial Ace, avoid any attack Steelix uses!'

'Steelix, Rock Throw!' Jasmine commanded. Just like Kuro had asked for, the Sky Squirrel Pokémon dodged each and every rock thrown at it with little difficulty.

Meanwhile, Gengar was hit by Chandelure's super-effective Hex attack, with double damage due to its status condition. The Ghost/Poison pokemon collapsed, no longer able to continue.

'Gengar, return. Great job, buddy.' Morty sighed, retreating his pokemon back into its ball.

'Chandelure, Flamethrower, full power!'

'Steelix! No!'

The large metal snake fell to the ground, unconscious. Kuro had won, her Pokémon barely hurt.

'T-that power…' Jasmine gasped, stumbling back a couple of steps.

'Wait,' Morty told her.

'Yes! We did it, Chandelure and Emolga! You guys were awesome!'

Chandelure hummed happily, and Emolga flew to Kuro and gave her a hug.

'And she treats her Pokémon with so much love and care…'

Morty nodded. 'Yup.'

'Okay guys, let's get back inside now!' The black haired trainer called.

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Amanda's POV

'Morty! I have something for you!'

The blonde stopped in his tracks and turned around. 'What is it, Kuro?'

'Follow me.'

I walked over to the PC, booting it up. Morty stood behind me. I scrolled through all the different boxes, and finally found what I was looking for. I selected it, switching it out for one of my Pokémon. On the transporter was an egg.

'Look, Morty. It's for you!'

He stared at me. 'An…egg?'

'Yep! It's so cool, isn't it! It's gonna hatch soon, so be careful! Take care of it!'

'Thank you, Kuro. I will look after it! Wow, my own Pokémon egg to look after…' Morty took the egg in his arms, observing it. Suddenly, it started glowing brightly.

'It's hatching!' I exclaimed excitedly. 'I didn't expect it to hatch this soon!'

Morty kept quiet, walking over to a table and placing the egg down. Finally, the light subsided.

'Mask?'

In place of the egg was a black Pokémon holding a golden mask.

'What Pokémon is that? It isn't from Johto.'

It was a Yamask. Of course, I knew that, but still took out my Unova Pokédex and scanned the small Pokémon.

'Yamask, the Spirit Pokémon. A Ghost-type Pokémon, Yamask wanders the ruins of ancient civilizations.' The dex read in a monotone voice. 'This Pokémon is native to Unova.'

'Oh, a Yamask! That's cool!'

The Yamask looked at Morty. 'Mask?'

'Uh, hi there, Yamask. I'm Morty. I'm your trainer now.'

'Mask!'

The small Ghost Type leapt onto Morty's head and clung onto his hair using its hands. I laughed at the cute scene.

'Do you like it?'

'I love it! Thanks so much, Kuro!'

'No problem.' I smiled. 'Why don't we introduce Yamask to the others?'

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'Awe!'

'So cute!'

'Kawaii!'

These were the reactions from Ashley, Jasmine and Shelly, respectively. Claire simply huffed, and Hannah looked like she'd seen a ghost. Oh wait, she did.

'Hannah, something wrong?'

'It's so creepy…' she muttered, hugging her knees whilst sitting on the sofa. 'I don't like ghosts.'

'But Yamask is adorable!'

'No its not!'

'Sure it it.' I walked over to Morty and scooped Yamask up from his arms. 'Look! Cutie pie!'

'S-stop rubbing it in!'

I stuck out my tongue at her. 'Don't be afraid of ghosts, then!'

'I can't help it!'

'You could try to overcome your fear.'

'Tell me, Kuro,' Hannah started, sitting up straight. 'Have you overcome any of your fears before?'

Startled, I stuttered my words. 'I-I tried…'

'And did it work?' she pushed.

'No…'

'It's not easy, is it? Don't tell me to not be afraid of ghosts. It's a part of me, something I cannot get rid of.' With that, she got up and left the living room.

'Well then…' I shrugged.

I handed Yamask back to Morty, who returned it to its pokeball.

'I'll get going! Bye, for now,' I told him, and went back to my room.

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After making sure that neither Hannah nor Shelly was in my room, I stepped in. It looked the same, to my relief, and I hoped that it would stay that way.

I walked to the far corner of the room, where there was a cupboard. I opened it, and there was my 3DS. I hadn't touched it since Pokémon came to the world. I turned it on, and inserted my Pokémon X game.

As I left my room and walked down the stairs, I adjusted the light settings. By the time I had reached the sofa, I was already collecting more Purrloin eggs. Having already hatched 240 of them, I filled up another 2 boxes, and got to hatching them.

My finger still on the button, I looked up from the screen, wondering if one day the Pokémon in the real world would disappear and go back to normal. When I looked back down onto my DS's screen, I realised that a Purrloin had hatched. Just before I clicked the 'B' button, I noticed that it's normal violet fur had a darker tinge to it.

'Wait…I hatched my first shiny!' My eyes widened in surprise. That was only the 243th egg!

I hurriedly saved the game, and flew to Kiloude City immediately after. Once there, I walked into the Pokémon Centre and talked to the IV man, checking Purrloin's IVs.

'Meh. It's only one IV. Time to get back to hatching the leftover box of eggs.'

And I did just that. Much to my utter surprise, another shiny Purrloin hatched, two eggs later at egg 35! Joy and happiness coursed through me. I named this one Choroneko, after Purrloin's Japanese name. It was 3 IVs, and I played with it on Pokémon-Amie for a while before once again saving the game and turning my DS off.

'Today is a great day…'

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Third Person's POV

Tabitha walked toward Kuro's room, which was where Shelly was staying at the moment, and braced himself as his knuckles lay inches away from the door. He gulped, knowing that he had to confess something he had hidden inside him for many years, ever since he was only a kid. The purple haired man knew he had to do it sooner or later; he would regret it if he didn't. Still, as Tabitha knew her, Shelly would either burst out laughing, or never talk to him again. He was afraid it was the latter.

It's now or never, Tabitha thought, and his fist met the wooden door, earning a loud knock, echoing throughout the corridor. He waited.

Nothing happened for the first few minutes, until he could hear footsteps. Footsteps that weren't coming from in front of him, the room. They were footsteps that were coming from behind him.

The former magma admin whipped around, now standing face-to-face with who he was looking for.

'Um, hi there, Shelly,' he said coolly.

'Hi…?'

'I want to talk to you.'

Shelly kept quiet, and the purple-head wondered if he had said anything strange.

'If that's fine with you,' he added quickly.

'Sure, why not?' To Tabitha, her voice sounded like she was suspicious, as if she were scared he was going to kidnap her. 'Let's go inside.'

They went into the room. Shelly sat down on the bottom bed, motioning for him to sit down beside her, and he did.

'So, what did you want to talk about?'

'I-I uh…'

There was an awkward silence as Tabitha struggled for words, his face turning redder and redder by every passing second. Finally, the words tumbled out of his mouth, unable for him to stop.

'I like you.'

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Muahahaha! It's the end of Chapter 8! I'd thought I'd finish with some Commandershipping. Remember to R&R! Oh yeah, and if you have Instagram, follow me emxlga! Bye for now!