Overcoming writer's block is tough! But I did it! Anyways, back with Chapter 9!

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Third Person's POV

'I like you.'

Tabitha's heart hammered wildly against his ribcage, not knowing what to expect. No one knew how he felt about Shelly; he had kept his mouth shut.

The redhead closed her eyes, and Tabitha slapped himself mentally for doing such a stupid act. Of course she didn't like him back. He was just a friend in Shelly's life, no more than that. She didn't like him, didn't love him, and n-

'Tabs. Did you just hear what I said?'

Tabitha snapped out of his thoughts, shaking his head sheepishly. 'Nope…'

Shelly rolled her eyes, taking in a deep breath. 'I like you too…'

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Cold.

That was the first thing she felt.

As soon as Kuro stepped out of the house, a gust of wind blew by, making her collapse to the ground, unable to move. It wasn't any kind of wind, she was sure. It was a Blizzard attack. Why am I not moving, then? She thought. Then it struck her. Blizzard had a 10% chance of freezing the opponent. As Kuro lay in front of the door, shivering, she yelled out in a weak voice, 'Help!'

Kuro waited. Nothing happened, and she realised how stupid she looked. Wrapped around a thin layer of ice, curled up into a ball on the floor in front of her own house. She tried reaching into her pocket for Charizard's pokeball, but failed. Screaming silently in frustration, part of her wondered how she wasn't dead yet.

The trainer, using all her power, rolled her body toward the door, causing her legs to thump against the wooden door, making a loud sound and hopefully catching the attention of someone inside.

'Hm? Who's there?' someone called from the inside the house.

Kuro sighed in relief. It was Morty, and he was there to save her. She attempted to reply, but her mouth was frozen shut by then.

'Mmm!'

'I can't hear you! I'll come out.'

The door opened, and Morty noticed her right away. He gasped. 'Kuro! What happened?'

The girl in question rolled her eyes. 'Mmf hmph toof!'

'Oh, right.' Morty rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. 'You want me to get you melted.'

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Amanda's POV

'T-thanks Rotom.'

My robot-like Pokémon was using Overheat without the 'Over', so it was warm enough to melt the ice, but not too hot to burn me.

There was a knock on the door, and I said, 'Come in!'

Morty opened the door, looking in. 'You okay?'

'I think.'

'Your Emolga is worried.' He pushed the door open wider, and Emolga was by his side, its usually smiling face contorted into a frown. Then it turned to me perking up considerably, and flew toward Rotom and I. Emolga cried its name happily, landing on top of my head. Morty smiled.

'I'll be taking my leave right about now. Bye!'

'Morty, wait!'

'Hm?'

I motioned for him to come closer, and he obliged. I whispered into his ear.

'Are you sure?' Morty asked, uncertain. I nodded in reply. The ghost type trainer grinned cheekily. 'Alright then.'

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Third Person's POV

Kuro walked down the stairs, and the first thing she noticed was Shelly and Tabitha sitting on the sofa awkwardly, almost as if they were trying to pretend each other didn't exist.

'Oh, hey guys!' Kuro smiled, plopping down in the rather large gap between the two.

'Uhh…' Shelly fidgeted uncomfortably.

'What's wrong?' the trainer asked innocently, mentally laughing as Tabitha's face turned red.

'N-Nothing!' The former Magma Admin suddenly stood up. 'I'm going to my room now,' he declared, leaving Kuro with Shelly.

Kuro turned to the redhead. 'Are you guys together yet?'

Shelly's jaw dropped. 'How did you know?'

'I'm just smart.'

Kuro yelped as the former Aqua Admin punched her shoulder.

'Not. A. Word.' She said through gritted teeth. Something popped into Shelly's head, and she grinned. 'Unless you want me to…'

'No!' Kuro pounced onto Shelly. 'Fine, fine! My mouth is shut!'

The black haired girl did a zipping motion across her mouth using her finger, indicating that she would keep her promise.

'Good.'

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Morty's POV

'Crap! Come back here!'

My head turning left and right, I looked around desperately.

'Arghh!' I yelled out in frustration.

Where the heck was Yamask?

It was hiding somewhere, that I knew. But where?

Note to self, I thought. Don't play Hide-and-Seek with Yamask, ever.

'Yamask! Get out here!'

Calling out wouldn't work, I figured. So what do I do?

'Something missing?'

Kuro walked up from behind me, smirking.

'Yeah.' I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly. 'I can't find Yamask.'

Her smirk dissolved.

'You're kidding.'

'I'm serious.'

'Damn it!'

'Yep.'

'Do you know its nature?' Kuro asked, hopeful.

'Uhm.' I thought for a while. 'Oh yeah! It's a Timid nature, I think.'

'Bingo!' She snapped her fingers. 'Follow me.'

Kuro walked over to the PC. She booted it up, and transferred one of her Pokémon for another.

'Go!' She tossed the pokéball. An Umbreon materialised in front of us.

'Hang on.' I squinted at it. 'It looks different somehow…'

Its usual red eyes were yellow, and its rings on its ears, forehead, legs and tail were blue instead of yellow. Something clicked inside of my head, and I gasped, taking a step back in surprise.

'It's…it's a shiny!'

Kuro nodded. 'Yeah.'

'It's extremely rare to find! And you have one!'

'I have more than a hundred.'

'You're kidding!'

'Am not. I'll show you later.'

'Really?' I asked, excited. 'Thanks!'

'Yep, and now back to Yamask.'

'Oh, right.'

'Umbreon, lead the way!'

Umbreon put its nose to the ground, sniffing as if it were a Growlithe. Suddenly, it stood up, turning to the left and running in that direction.

'Come on, Morty!' Kuro yelled, following her Pokémon. 'Hurry up!'

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Third Person's POV

Morty was certainly very grateful for the dark type. It had managed to find Yamask, who turned out to be sleeping underneath the sofa.

'How did Umbreon manage to find it?' he asked Kuro.

'Its ability, Synchronize,' she replied.

Morty shook his head. 'I don't understand.'

'Yamask has a Timid nature, right? So does Umbreon. And since Umbreon's ability is Synchronize, it can sense Pokémon around it that have the same nature.'

'Ohh. Well, thanks anyways.'

Kuro grinned. 'No problem. But did someone want to see some shinies?'

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Soooo sorry for the long wait! I just published a new story; Our Journey. It's about Percy Jackson and Pokémon! Go give it a read if you want! That's all for now, bye~