Touko smiled as her and N sat down on the bench in the area. They both finally had time to meet up, and their Pokemon where playing with each other. Suddenly, rustling was heard, and both Touko, and N froze. Did someone find them? Suddenly a women with bobbed, dark purple hair, and purple eyes fell forward through the bushes before them, and groaned as she rubbed her head, and fixed her glasses before turning to glare at another person as they walked toward her.
"Watch where you're walking Shauntal. You surprised these two." The man said with a sigh.
He had black hair, and dark blue eyes, wearing a light leather outfit, unlike the girl who wore a dark purple dress, and stood up. The man sighed at her, before looking at Touko and N who were surprised.
"I'm sorry about my friend here. She has a habit of not watching where she walks, and trips." The man said, before Shauntal glared at him.
"And who is to blame for that Grimsley?! YOU!" Shauntal said as she lightly punched his shoulder.
"Calm down Shauntal. I truly am sorry though." The man, Grimsley said with a bow.
"Oh, uh…it's okay…as long as no one knows we're here, or where this place is." Touko said, and Grimsley gave a smile as he looked around the area.
"I never knew a place like this on borderline between White Forest and Black Forest existed." Grimsley said as he looked at Shauntal.
"I never did either. Then again, I never really left White Country." Shauntal said looking at him.
"And I never really left Black Country." Grimsley said and Touko with N were shocked.
"Wait, wait, wait! You mean you two are from opposing sides?" Touko asked shocked, and Shauntal nodded.
"Yep. I'm from White Country, while Grimsley is from Black Country. We're traveling mercenaries, so we sell things every now and then. Today, we were looking for supplies to sell things, and came across this place." Shauntal said smiling.
"I couldn't stand the war that was happening between the Countries, so I had left in search of something new. Something exciting. Me and Shauntal meet on our travels, and we traveled together." Grimsley said looking at her.
"How can you two stay together? Certainly you two hate each other, right?" N asked, kinda confused.
Touko and N never knew anyone besides them to actually co-exist together, so to see others actually getting along meant that maybe it was possible.
"No, I don't hate him. Even though in the beginning, it was hard for us to get along, we were able to stand each other, and become friends." Shauntal said, smiling at Grimsley.
"Why do you ask that?" Grimsley asked, quiet confused.
"Well, because our Countries hate each other." N said, and Grimsley gasped.
"Wait, YOUR Countries. You mean to say that you're the Prince of one of the Countries?" Grimsley asked.
"Yes, I'm actually the Prince of Black Country." N stated, and Grimsley and Shauntal gasped.
"And I'm the Princess of White Country." Touko stated, and they still gasped.
"So, that's why you were confused. That also explains the outfits. That's Reshirams' Dress, and that's Zekroms' Suit!" Shauntal said, and bowed with Grimsley.
"P-Please, you don't have to bow!" Touko stated, and Shauntal and Grimsley stood straight up again.
"Treat us like normal people, please." N said, and Shauntal and Grimsley relaxed considerably.
"Okay, so do you want me to explain why we can get along?" Shauntal asked, and they nodded.
"Well, the answer is simple. We're humans. We decided to put aside our differences and tried to understand one another. We figured that if we could manage that, and work on it, we could eventually become friends." Shauntal explained, and N thought.
"Does that mean we can unite White Country and Black Country?" Touko asked before N could.
"I'm afraid it's much harder than it sounds, but if worked on, then yes." Grimsley said, and Touko smiled.
"That means we could create peace with each other and stop the war." Touko said and Shauntal sighed.
"It's not so easy Princess. You can't go right ahead and say: 'We're going to make peace with the Black Country.', it doesn't work like that." Shauntal stated, and Touko sighed.
"Something big would have to happen for Black Country and White Country to become friends." Grimsley said, and they soon noticed that it was becoming dark.
"Me and Shauntal must go. We may see each other again one day, but who knows. The future is forever changing." Grimsley said.
"Maybe one day we'll see each other, and I hope that day comes soon. Goodbye Princess and Prince." Shauntal said as her and Grimsley left.
"I'm glad to know that we can at least co-exist together." Touko said smiling at N as she stood up, returning her Pokemon, and getting on Reshiram.
"So am I. See you tomorrow Touko." N said, and left with Zekrom as Touko flied away also.
Next week: Touko and N had gotten along really well, and had started to grow more than just fond of each other. They had begun to love each other, but neither showed it to the other. Bianca was doing just as she said. The Unfezant would show up, and when it didn't see Touko in her room, it would look for Bianca and see her either around the Castle, or sometimes even in Toukos' room keeping it clean. She would always lay the letter on the bed, and once Touko entered her room, she would read it. Though, Touya of the Black Country had become increasingly suspicious. He had begun to wonder what was going on. N was getting unusually tired every day, but he was always more cheerful; Touya began to wonder what was going on and he was planning to find out why.