So! I finally (FINALLY) got a new chapter out for you! In recent news (mostly the reasons I haven't written anything) I got a job, I'm registering for fall classes, I got glasses (Dark red rimmed glasses that I love VERY MUCH)... uh... and... I'm getting a car? I dunno, I've been busy. Anyways, here's the new story~

Disclaimers: I do not, nor have I ever, owned Pokemon or... anything awesome... just my OCs... o3o Enjoy~

"This… feels like child abuse…" Rin deadpans as she watched Ketsui dodge the tackle his opponent launched. The Pokémon that they were battling was the 5th Rattata that they've come across after leaving the safety of the village. Granted, all Rattata looked the same to her, they had a lot of differences.

The one before them was a girl, with short purple hair pulled into low pigtails and messy bangs that framed her face. Twitching ever so often a set of purple rat ears sat on top of her head. She had bright black eyes and a cute button nose, three long whiskers protruding from either side. Her mouth was the most expressive thing on her, it was either forming into a bright smile or a nasty scowl depending on if her attack landed, but whatever she did her buck teeth were well evident; it was twice as long as any of her other teeth. She wore a purple tube top that covered just her chest and one size too big purple overalls , matching converse graced her feet.

She was waiting a few dozen feet away from the partners, her upper body lowered slightly and her pretty lips pulled into a scowl. Several sets of scratch marks decorated her skin, her arms, her exposed ribs, all of them were made by Ketsui. Thinking of the fire Pokémon, Rin looks at her partner; you couldn't tell because of the baggy clothes he wore but she knew there were several big bruises forming on his skin from where the Rattata's tackles landed.

"Ane!" Ketsui's voice pulled her from her thoughts just as Rattata jumped at him, ready to land another tackle.

Crap, crap, crap! She chants before throwing out a pointed hand like a total retard and shouts "Wait for her to get close then dodge! Use that time to land a final scratch attack!"

Jeez, she liked the video game better; there you could take your time to think of an attack, or to give your Pokémon a potion or some stupid crap like that. Here you couldn't miss a beat. If you did, your partner just might faint and where will you be? That's right, at the mercy of a seriously pissed off Pokémon that could lay you on your ass faster than you can sing the first verse to the Pokémon theme song.

She watched in slow motion as the Rattata lands in front of her Charmander, watched as she thrusts forward intending to slam her head into his stomach; watched as at that moment he jumps back and rose his hand, his fingernails magically lengthening and strengthening before he swiped down wards.

The Rattata slammed into the ground, giving a screech of pain before fainting. There was a moment of silence between the partners before Rin looks over at Ketsui.

"So… do we just leave her here… or … something…?" Even after five battles she still wasn't comfortable with leaving the fainted Pokémon there, her 'no child abuse' mind set kicking in.

Thankfully, though, her dear partner was there to take her hand and lead her away, at least someone in the group was fine with leaving wild, dangerous things where they lie. After a couple dozen steps she looks down at her silent boy and a slow smile pulls at her lips. Before he could avoid it she had pulled him into a big hug, ruffling his hair much to his displeasure.

"A-Ane!" He cries out, trying to escape her arms but failing.

"You did a good job," She coos, rubbing her cheek against his. She couldn't really help it, he was just so cute and strong and she just wanted to praise him every second he was with her. Maybe this was why kids didn't want to come near her; she tended to turn into a doting parent even if they, technically, weren't her children.

"T… Thank you," He mumbles, finally pulling away with his cheeks stained pink. He obviously liked the praise but didn't know how to express himself.

She stood up, allowing his freedom before walking down the road towards the town, "We need to heal you up, even though you did excellent that battle was pretty hard." He follows her closely, it almost looked like he was scared of her abandoning him even though she seemed quite attached to him.

Several moments pass in silence, Rin was lost in her own thoughts and Ketsui was obediently following when he smelled something. It was a scent he was quite familiar with, smoke and fire. Stopping in his tracks he tilts his head up, taking a few sniffs to figure out where it was coming from. Rin continues to walk on for a few yards before stopping, realizing that he wasn't following her and looked behind her with a confused face.

Opening her mouth to call out to him she froze, her eyes noticing a large orange thing barreling out of the tree line heading straight for the preoccupied fire Pokémon. She choked, jolting forward and, in a not very graceful way, tackling her partner to the ground. The large orange thing, now clear to her to be some sort of flamethrower attack, roared over them before dispelling into the sky.

"Gin!" She heard a female voice scold. It took her a moment to get her bearings before she rose off of her dazed partner and sitting on her knees in front of him. Her eyes, looking for the voice of the owner, locked on a young Asian girl; the girl was frowning slightly, her almond shaped eyes glaring at the male next to her.

Where the girl was petite with straight long black hair, dark hypnotizing eyes, and cream skin her partner was tall and lean with white hair that fell in front of narrowed red eyes and beautiful milky white skin. Both of them, in Rin's opinion, were beautiful.

The girl was wearing a long sleeved white shirt decorated with blue and green butterflies, a simple black vest over it and a matching skirt; black tights hugged her slender thighs and comfortable running shoes donned her feet. Her arms were crossed under her small but perk breasts, her head tilted slightly as she gave her partner an unamused stare.

Meanwhile her partner wore a dark blue kimono with a blinding white obi tied in a bow on front, the front of the kimono was definitely not closed properly and part of it tended to slip from his broad shoulders to show his lovely collarbone. Dangling from his neck was a simple leather string that held a fang of sorts, the matching one hanging from his companion's neck. He was wearing old styled getas and his hands were folded in his sleeves like an old monk of sorts. The most breathtaking thing about him, thought, were the stunning nine white tails that surrounded him, each one tipped with a beautiful silvery blue.

She didn't have to be a Pokénerd to know that he was a very rare shiny Ninetales; and very gorgeous one at that.

She was pulled out of her ogling by a rough shove from her partner that caused her to land harshly on her ass. With wide eyes she watched as Ketsui jumped up and pointed a shaking finger at her, wisps of fire escaping his mouth in his rage.

"You stupid trainer!" He shouts, his voice laced with anger and a hint of panic. "You could have died!"

"I…" She was lost for words; she could just stare at him with a slightly open mouth and wide, unblinking eyes. "I was trying to protect you!"

"I'm a fire type!" He shouts back, waving his arms around as if the motion would get her to understand. "That attack wouldn't have affected me! You, on the other hand, are a stupid human and would have been killed!"

"Like hell it wouldn't have hurt you!" She snaps, scrambling to her feet to tower over him. "Did you feel how hot that crap was? It would turn you into a friggin' roasted lizard!"

The face on Ketsui's face when she mentioned him being a 'roasted lizard' was priceless although she bit the inside of her cheek to keep herself from laughing. Only now was she realizing that he didn't know in her world his kind were lizards… nor has he ever seen the movie 'spirited away'. Opting out of laughing she sighs instead, her hand raising up to rub her forehead.

After a moment of angry silence between the newly formed partnership Rin looks back over at the beauty couple, her arms crossing over her chest and her eyes narrowing slightly.

"So… what the fuck?" She directed the question at the girl, she didn't think she could talk to the overly beauty Pokémon besides her. The girl, in turn, stops glaring at her partner to look at the annoyed Rin, her eyebrow rising up slightly as if she was slightly surprised that she was being addressed.

"Dunno." She finally admits, shrugging one shoulder. "He was probably jealous."

"Tch," The Ninetales decided to speak up, one of his arms wrapping around his trainers shoulders while the other one wrapped around her waist. "Why would I be jealous? I have the best trainer in the world."

As he talked he turned his head so his lips were brushing over the girl's neck, gently nipping at the sensitive skin towards the end of his statement. Although this action surprised Rin, what surprised her more was how his trainer didn't react at all at his displays of affection; it was like she wasn't even aware that he was doing it.

"I'm Iwaru." The young trainer greets, tilting her head slightly so she was blocking her Ninetales from her neck. "And he's Gin."

"Gin…" Rin mimics, her early high school Japanese class kicking in to tell her that Iwaru had pretty much just named her partner silver. Better than what you called Ketsui. Her inner voice chastised her; he chose his own name, shut up.

"Don't you dare speak my name, filthy trainer," The shiny hissed, a small fireball escaping his lips before he tightened his hold on his trainer. "Only Iwaru-Hime is allowed to speak my name."

"Wow… you're really arrogant, aren't you?" Raising an eyebrow Rin moves her arms from under her chest to perch them on her hips. "Gin."

"It is not arrogance to know what you want," His nose rises up slightly; he obviously didn't like her judging him. "Besides, you're too lowly to speak my name, peasant."

"Oh, no you didn't!" She snaps, her inner ghetto bitch coming out; taking a step towards them before she felt her hand being grabbed ahold of, tugging her back before she could later regret her actions.

"Ane." Ketsui's voice caused her to look back, her annoyance turning into confusion. He didn't look too good, he was slightly paler and his eyes looked a bit duller.

Taking a deep breath she laced her fingers with his before turning her attention back to the couple.

"Although I'd love to hang out and trade insults with you, my partner needs medical attention so we will be off." She walks off with her Charmander in tow. They only walked a few yards before she realized Iwaru and her Ninetales, Gin, were following her.

"Er… this is the part where we go our separate ways." She said, giving them a weird sideway glance.

"I wish to travel with you." Iwaru explains, sliding her hands into her vest pockets as she fell into step with Rin.

"Ah... no thank you…"

"My Hime wishes to travel with her, thus she will travel with you." Gin chimes in, sliding an arm over his trainer's slim shoulders.

"Tch, you really are arrogant." She scowls up at him before pulling Ketsui up into her arms and continuing off to the Pokécenter.

Gin flashes her a wicked grin that she didn't see, a very small version echoing on his trainer's face before they followed behind her. She definitely was an interesting trainer.

Yay! So she finally meets Iwaru and Gin (Two totally awesome people!)

Gin: Damn right, we're awesome!

Iwaru:... Why am I here again?

Me: Because you want to say hi to everyone?

Iwaru: ... Not really...

Gin: Don't pressure her! *Clings to his trainer like white on rice* She is way more awesome than you are!

Me: ... Right... Uh... well...

Iwaru: ... Ignore him

Gin: TT^TT Dont be that way, Iwaru-Hime!

Me: *Snorts* You're really lame, Gin...

Gin: _ I'll eat you.