Chapter 6

A/N:this chapter may be where it starts to get more severely graphic also thank you to my friend who help me write this story her name is MelodyMerryGoRound. thx melody

A/N:warning sudden growth in words per chapter

gus: ya the author is really upset with the amount of viewers to review quota

selene: ya and i stole a cookie from the author

author:wait my cookie(grabs baseball bat and runs after selene)

gus:give me the cookie if you want to live(holding guns at them)

freya: hey (holding bazooka at them all) its my cookie

yumi:ya sry this might take awhile but enjoy the story remember that the author does not own pokemon all rights belong to their respective owners all ocs so far belong to gus

at 1am the next morning at an unknown location"

"began commutation" said the mysterious young female voice,

"what is it"said the mysterious male voice,

"im just outside azelf town"said the mysterious young female voice

"i want you to travel with that group understand" said the mysterious male voice,

"yes sir i'll make contact in three days time sir" said the mysterious young female voice,

"good do not i repeat do not fail me at any cost N" said the mysterious male voice,

"yes sir" said N,

"one more thing the group is being hunted by team ragoroth protect them till i say its time to start the plan"said the mysterious male voice,

"yes sir i won't let you dont"said N,

"good you're one of my best agents i expect the best out of you i repeat for the last tie this mission is of the highest importance dont fail end commutation".said the mysterious male voice as the line went dead.

"i need to get there now all well i'll sleep for today and i'll move into town to gather my supplies i need for this mission"said N as she got ready to sleep.

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that morning:

yumi was getting up early that morning before everyone else or so she thought she didn't know that gus was up,

"galvantula come"said yumi,

" galvan galvantula"said the galvantula,

"interesting i never knew that" said gus,

"what your up and you can understand him" said yumi,

"well ya i've always been able to understand pokemon"said gus,

"what did he say" asked yumi,

"well he says nobody been in the area lately"said gus,

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three days later

"hey gus whats going on out there"said yumi from gus's tent

gus thought i wonder exactly why she wants stay in my tent all of the sudden

**flashback three nights earlier**

"yumi why you sleep outside every night" said gus.after gus had ask the question yumi began to think back to before she met up with gus and the others.

***flashback within a flashback 5 years before when she started her journey***

It all seemed so peaceful, so childish and innocent to the then-11-year-old. The forest gave off a carnival of sounds, enough to block out the menacing growl of the thing following her. Its tail wavered side to side in anticipation, its eyes glowed with the menacing flame it controlled. The only warning she remembered was its haunting howl, a howl that stabbed into her, and when she turned..those piercing red eyes, eyes full of flames, full of destruction, they still haunted her now. Could a Pokemon be so dark? Could a Pokemon be so monstrous? It couldn't be a nightmare, the burns were real enough to prove that. It was a Pokemon that probably lost its way, or maybe it was just angry...but it was still out there, waiting, possibly remembering just like her. Possibly remembering her fear, possibly remembering her Snivy named Snizy bravely trying to protect her and falling at her feet, burns snaking along its body, its eyes clouded, its body shaking and convulsing, no burn heal to save it from the pain. She remembered the flames, bright yellow and orange, burning into flesh, craving an insignia of pure pain and agony into her back with what sounded like a howl of laughter, of sadistic enjoyment of her pain. She ran, she tried to get away desperately, Snizy convulsing still in her arms, trying to fight it but failing horribly with green fluid foaming in its mouth. That monster was behind them, its shadow standing proudly at the thought of such a game, and it didn't stop there. It pursued, it chased and hunted, the thrill of it all running through its veins while fear ran through hers. Its claws dug into the new burns, claws full of that burning hatred. She tried to fight it herself, she tried to push it away, tried to hold it off, but she couldn't, she was too little, too fragile, and it laughed, it howled again. She lost balance, she remembered the thought of dying as it laughed and its fangs gleamed in the moonlight, ready to be stained with red....until something shot for it, something slammed into its neck, hard, and a pained yelp, one that would never belong to something so strong. She remembered seeing its body fall, its body still, its fangs stained in red, but its own red. Something moved on it, something that looked at her with victorious eyes, and eyes full of comfort. It was hard to keep conscious after that, she remember those comforting eyes and something else emerging from the forest, nothing like a pokemon but a human, a trainer perhaps...and the next time she opened her eyes she saw her snivy alongside her, but bandaged, but healing, like she was too.

***flashback within flashback over***

"Just memories. That's all."said yumi."don't you have like a tent or sleeping bag like the rest of us"said gus"I forgot to get one."said yumi"but how do you forget a sleeping bag i-it's basic knowledge you need one"said gus"Well I don't sleep a lot," Yumi replied."but why don't you sleep a lot anymore" spoke gus"Because...something happened," Yumi stuttered."yumi what happen"asked gus"It's nothing, r-really," Yumi spoke, her tone slightly harshed."yumi calm down you can tell me"replied gus his tone worried for her"It's.Nothing," Yumi spoke, getting harsher.Gus walked up to yumi to look her in the eyes but all he saw was pain in them, a deep, horrible pain."Yumi it's alright, you can, you can tell me I might be able to help you" spoke Gus, his tone getting more worried."It was a nightmare. Yeah, a nightmare," Yumi replied. It sounded like she was trying to convince herself more than him."yumi i know it was more than just a nightmare your eyes tell me that much" replied gus, his tone getting worried even more even scared for yumi."Something attacked me, okay? It's gone now probably," Yumi finally spoke, turning away from him.gus walked around to look yumi in the eyes again and spoke " when, where maybe we can find it and make sure it doesn't attack you again""It's gone now, I'm safe," Yumi reassured him.gus puts a hand on yumi shoulder and notice that when he did she flinch even if she flinch only slightly, then he began to think of something to say when Yumi suddenly hugged him, tears dripping down her face. "Don't worry about me, okay? I'm fine, it's nothing but a memory now. It can't hurt me anymore.""well if you want um you could sleep in my tent tonight and i'll do nightwatch today"gus replied slightly unsure,"If you're sure, can I still come out here from time to time?"Yumi asked."of course we take turns one night i'll keep watch another you can"repiled gus"Okay...thanks," Yumi spoke, a small smile on her face. More tears suddenly sprung down her face, and she suddenly hugged him harder.gus slowly started to rub her hair as she cried

**flashback over**

A rustling from one of the trees caught his attention. Someone was there, hiding.come on out phy. called gus as the alakazam came out of the pokeball.the alakazam said in a female voice "master what is it that you require""i need you to see who or what is in that tree" gus said as he point to the tree the noise came from.then as the alakazam face the tree it began to glow a purple/blue color as it lifted the girl that was hiding. She looked roughly 15 years old, and had long brown hair. She made terrified meeping noises and was yelling out for something named "Squishy" to save her. The ground shook, and the large, lumbering shadow of a pokemon appeared in the forest before jumping out, a large Swampert coming to the rescue and standing proudly with a terrified Aradios clinging to its back for dear life.suddenly as gus saw this creature appeared another unknowing that an ariados was on it's back he called for one of his friends that woke up for help."hey drake a hand here" yelled gus as the swampert was calling its name loudly.when drake came out of his tent he just started clapping before saying "there i gave you a hand"drake spoke in a monotone tone."you know i'm asking for help here"yelled gus slightly agitated voice with drake"oh you wanted help why didn't you say so come on out my loyal friend drago��he called as the dragonite came out of the pokeball "why stop with one dragon come on out gar"he called once more as the female garchomp appeared.The Swampert crouched, narrowing its eyes and ready to fight while the Aradios fell off its back and skittered off behind a rock in fear.when suddenly a galvantula appeared and tied the girl up. The two pokemon looked up, fear flashing in their eyes."H-hey! I-I didn't mean to startle you guys o-or anything! I was just sleeping in my tree and didn't realize you guys were here, I swear!" The girl spoke rapidly."what's your name" ask selene as she came out of her tent with sleep still in her eyes"I'm Acacia! I'm a trainer! See, that's my Swampert, Squishy, and my Aradios, Arachnia!" Acacia replied."oh" said selene as four treeckos pop out of her tent and went around and started to poke the tied up girl"i have a question" said gus "why did you name a swampert squishy?""Because I can," she replied with a shrug. "And he's squishy when you hug him and he's a perfect pillow!" Acacia chirped... when suddenly one of the treecko's put a pop tart in her mouth to make her eat it when secretly there was a sleeping drug in it.She made muffled angry noises and spat it out but her head hung down and she was in dreamland. The Swampert ran forward and grabbed her protectively, backing up from them as it trigyfed to guard her.when suddenly a jigglypuff started singing and the swampert and the hiding radios started to slumber."why didn't we try that on her before or more importantly why didn't you call me to do it to them"yelled yumi fuming"well you were making breakfast cuz"said selene as she back up slowly"still you could've called me to help" replied yumi"well you can help us decide what to do with her?" said gus shrugging"She seems harmless," Yumi spoke and poked the sleeping Acacia with a stick."well shes starting to wake up so what we do with her"replied drake"You guys can investigate her, leave me out of it," Yumi spoke, throwing her hands up efensively."Meep..?" Acacia spoke sluggily, awaking from her sleep."hey whos the sleepy head" said a voice from one of the further back tents in the camp"its nobody j" said gus"Meep...meep what did you do to me why did I fall asleep why am I still tied up MEEP MEEP MEEEEEP!" Acacia started to freak out."meep?" repiled j"Meep. Mystery person who are you people and why are you guys holding me against my will? All I did was fall out of a tree I was sleeping in, nothing against that!"Acacia yelled."well i'm john but everyone calls me j or dark"j said shrugging his shoulders."And its most likely because it suspicious i mean one of us here has super rare pokemon we are protecting"Acacia blinked. "Oh, well you guys don't have to worry about me," she reassured them with a derpy smile. "I have no purpose of wanting a super rare pokemon when I have two adorable pokemon that are family to me! In fact, they're my only family, I'm an orphan, been out here with Arachnia and Squishy since I escaped with Squishy, I found Arachnia out here," Acacia added, that smile still on her face even though she spoke so sadly.hello said a boyish voice from the tent in the middle of the camp. His white hair fell over his blue eyes and he kept blowing it away. He looked about 11 years old."speak of the devil its little mike Talbot the boy we protecting" replied gus."Talbot..? My last name is Talbot...," Acacia piped up."well thats odd what's your first name" inquired mike."Acacia," Acacia answered, tilting her head in curiosity at Mike."i have a lost older sister name acacia she should be 15 maybe 16 now" replied mike"Maybe I'm her...I'm 15, maybe you're family I never knew about!" Acacia spoke excitedly. "Did you know yo- our parents? Did they abandon me?""I don't know, I was with Dad," Mike spoke.Acacia looked over at the silent Gus. "Can you let me go please?" She asked.gus looks at acacia and says "your swampert says he's your brother"Acacia smiled and kept trying to wiggle free. "Then let me out of this so I can go hug him! I never knew I had family!""not my pokemon i'll ask yumi and tell her there be one more mouth to feed this morning" spoke gus."I'm fine! I got leaves," Acacia chirped up."no you're eating yumi food its always delicious but not as good as selene cooking but everyone says i'm even better but i don't believe them""yes you are way better" yells everyone in the camp.Acacia shook her head. "I don't really eat regular food, it makes me sick," she spoke.j puts on doctor gloves and says "mind if i make a diagnosis"Acacia raised a skeptical eyebrow and hissed at him a little. "I'm fine, I've just grown used to eating rocks and such, you don't see pokemon going around eating human food," she spoke."fine i'll make you pokemon food" repiled j."Okay! But can I get out of these binds please? They're uncomfortable," Acacia spoke."but you already are���spoke gus."Oh," Acacia realized it was her Swampert hugging her and she pushed the big pokemon off, the pokemon hugging her again and she laughed."wow"said j as he touch the swampert and the blue giant started to rub into his hand happily."His name is Squishy, isn't he adorable?" Acacia spoke with a laugh and hugged her Swampert. "But don't let that fool you! He took out a Gyarados one time when we were swimming!""i bet she can you do know its a girl right i should know because i have a male one" repiled j. Acacia blinked in surprise. "Really? She never told me before, and it never looked like she had a problem with being called a he.""well see the the orange is lighter than a normal male but right on for a female if you look at it you notice the eyes are also a little lower where a male eyes are higher up and the orange is darker""I didn't know there were differences like that," Acacia spoke and she tilted her head. "In fact I didn't know males and females looked different. "" oh ya they do watch you see the difference come on out surge"yelled j as his swapert come out.Acacia's eyes lit up. "Awwww he's so adorable! Can I hug him?""sure" j says as he eye smiles,Acacia squealed and hugged Surge tightly. "He's so squishy and soft and squeeeeeeeeeeeee!"j watches acacia with intrest as she huggs before saying "hes also preet good in a fight" "Looks like J is happy someone finally talks to him about things like this," Yumi spoke to Gus."ya i might even say he likes her" he whispers back you yumi.Yumi snickered. "Wonder if she realizes it," she whispered."ten bucks she doesn't" gus whispers back.While Yumi and Gus were spying, Acacia smirked at J. "I bet he can't beat my Swampert," she betted.j smirks back and says "want to battle one v one i'll give you first move""Sure!" Acacia chirped as Squishy stepped forward. "Why don't we head to the nearby pond, let them be in their natural habitat, of course?" She suggested."This should be fun to watch," Yumi spoke."sure lets do this"j spoke and walks right next to acacia there for their battle before noticing the swamperts were looking each other in the eyes and their eyes in heart shapes.Acacia wasn't paying attention to the Swamperts and was hoping a little in excitement, skipping over to the lake and calling for her Swampert to jump in before bumping into j, Squishy bounding for the lake and diving in with a large splash.followed closely by j's swampert."ow" j spoke as her fell down.Acacia backed up in surprise, forgetting about the swamperts. "Sorry! Are you okay?" Acacia asked, offering her hand to help him up."ya" j spoke before rolling back a bit before jumping up.Acacia pulled her hand back. "Hey, where'd the Swamperts go?""they went swimming"said j."Ah," Acacia spoke with a tiny nod. "Wish I could swim, I don't know how to.""oh really" repiled j before he push acacia into he water before jumping in.She started letting out terrified meeps, flailing in the water as she kept sinking. Her Swampert swam over and pushed her up gently with it's head to keep her head up."calm down i'm going to teach you okay calm down" spoke j ,"I don't wanna die!" Acacia yelped as she flailed once again.j grab her side and told her to relax because he wouldn't let her drown.Acacia clung to him still freaking out but not flailing anymore.

***meanwhile***

"look at that commander they split up should we handle them first or just attack the camp" spoke the member of team ragnaroth in a harsh whisper."no they look weak and we waste time doing that plus they are still close to their camp so back up can come for them still" spoke commander solo."well we can always put them asleep" spoke admin necro.While they were talking, the terrified Aradios was hiding in a tree nearby. Hearing them talk it leaned forward and tilted its head, still hiding in fear of being seen, but listening at best as it could. Worried for its trainer it ran off to where the others where, and slowly walked up to Gus, shaking a bit in fear he'd attack it."hey aradios" spoke gus as he gently rub the aradios "what's wrong""Evil people! E-evil people!" Aradios spoke timidly and looked to the trees it came from."hey guys ragnaroth alert!" he yelled so loud everyone even acacia and j heard but not the ragnaroth memberAcacia looked off to where she heard Gus yell. "What was that?" She asked J."that was gus lets get back to base" repiled j. Acacia's Swampert lifted its head and with a loud call of its name picked her up onto its back and bounded off to the campsite.meanwhile j return his swampert and called out his farrow and flew back.The Swampert skidded to a stop at the campsite and Acacia looked at Gus. "What's wrong?" She asked curiously, her Aradios skittering to her for comfort and she petted it."team ragnaroth" was all gus said as the group ran around packing up the campsite to leave Acacia watched everyone pack and tilted her head. "Why don't we just fight them? There's enough of us to defend ourselves," she suggested."they bring commanders or the rarer admins or even rarer both we could handle runts but most likely this time they will send a admin and we are not strong enough yet to handle a admin" spoke gus as he rushed around to make sure they had everything ready to go.Acacia frowned. "I'm still sure we can take them, I've seen and fought against worse," Acacia kept pestering, remembering her and Lucy.unfortunately everyone had already started heading to azelf town even faster pace than before. "Fine, you guys can go but I'm fighting them," Acacia said determinedly and stared at the trees."looks like they were smarter" spoke admin necro as he and five admins and ten commanders and fifty grunts walk out of the trees,Acacia stared at them for a few seconds, now wondering if her idea was as smart as she thought it was. "...Meep?""look all she can do is meep now admin necro sir" spoek commander solo.Acacia narrowed her eyes. "I can do more than that, idiot," she growled, and her Swampert rose up and made itself look bigger as it called out its name."oh lets see" said admin necro "i call on you my pet septal" he called as the giant sceptile appear.Her Swampert backed up a bit and she frowned. "Cmon Squishy! You can fight it, I know you ca- WAH!" Acacia yelped in surprise as the Swampert instead turned tail and bounded back after the others, Acacia yelling at it to turn back. Her left-behind Aradios looked at them and squeaked before skittering off after the Swampert."she didn't know that sceptiles are four times stronger than swampert guess shes still a noob" admin necro roar as he laugh at the scene returning his sceptile meanwhile commander solo was tell the others to give pursuit as they all brought out either a steelx or oinx to ride."Cmon Squishy stop running!" Acacia yelled at her Swampert but it refused to stop. She had an idea and purposely let go of its head so she fell off to stop it."hyperbeam now" scream all of the rangnath members but suddenly something blocked the beams from hurting Acacia and her pokemon. She looked up seeing the remnants of Protect disappear and her old two friends standing there, both now gym leaders. Lucy stood there with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face, her hair now died black and in ringlets while her Alakazam floated by her side. Noname, the black/white hybrid girl, giggled with her Seviper hissing mischievously. "Noname!Lucy! I didn't know you guys were here!" Acacia piped up. The two smiled at her and looked at the enemies in front of them."hyper beam the steelx and oinx micro"yelled j standing on his flying gyarados."Weak little pokemon," Noname spoke as she watched the Steelix and Onyxes fall like dominos. She smirked at their owners, an insane smile dancing on her face. "I feel like playing today, what do you say, Lucy?" Noname spoke as she looked to Lucy.Lucy thought to herself. "Should we, Noname? They seem weak for us, why not wait for the bigger prey to show up?" She purred."Yeah! I wanna join in!"Acacia piped up as she hopped up by them but they raised eyebrows at her."Acacia, you may be strong but you have someone here waiting for you," Noname teased as she pointed at J."pathetic you all are too weak to be members of team ragnortath" spoke a dark twisted voice "thunder now" spoke the voice and suddenly the gyarados was struck with a thunderbolt too strong knocking the pokemon out instantly"i-its admin daemon" admin necro as he fell to one knee his eyes looking at the ground like the rest of the ragnaroth members.Acacia watched in pure shock before for some odd reason a pure fury ran through her seeing this. A low growl echoed in her throat. "COME OUT, CHICKEN!" Acacia yelled at whoever it was that did this, and Lucy and Noname growled as well, looking to each other. "run" was all j said before he fell unconscious from the burns he received when the thunder struck his gyarados"Get him out of here," Noname ordered to Acacia. "W-what?But I want to fight!" Acacia protested. "And someone needs to get him back to the others and we don't know who they are, you probably do, we'll hold this guy off, don't worry," Lucy spoke, and Acacia slowly nodded. She grabbed ahold of J and pulled him onto Swampert's back. "Luck, help them with the Gyarados," Lucy spoke to her Alakazam and it nodded, using its psychic powers to hold the Gyarados as it went with Acacia and her pokemon with J on Swampert's back."You do realize we're probably gonna lose against this person, right?" Noname spoke as she rose an eyebrow at Lucy. "Don't care, we just need to hold him back long enough," Lucy spoke, sending out her Dodtrio."firestorm" was all they heard before the world went black for them and they fell unconscious,Acacia looked back, her eyes widening at the fire she saw burst into the sky. She gripped her Swampert. "Hurry, Squishy," she spoke, now scared for her friends.when suddenly she saw them being sent flying past her"NONAME! LUCY!" Acacia yelled, that fury growing in her veins but she did nothing, her Swampert scooping them up and their pokemon and bounding faster. The alakazam managed to keep up with its speed and Acacia glared back at the fire, revenge in her mind."run" said j as he slowly gain consciousness again"We are, that person took out my two best friends along with you....," a low growl was in the back of her throat. Acacia wasn't looking at him, but it was easy to see her body shake in pure anger. "And I would go back and get revenge if I didn't have to save you guys, you guys are more important for now."when suddenly j hugged her gently"Why are you hugging me?" She questioned as she looked at J. "calm down you too weak to fight him right now" spoke j purely worried for acacia."I would be able to fight him if I ha-" Acacia was cut off by Lucy, who shook her head. "We can't call him out here its too risky, you know he's hiding, he only saved us a long time ago because we were right nearby. Don't let revenge cloud your mind, it's why you nearly...," Lucy went unconscious again and Acacia let out a tiny whimper of worry, calming down so she could examine her friends for anything life-threatening.then just before a fireball could hit them a giant wall of water rose behind them and block it "why must i always save people from daemon of all people" spoke the mysterious person. "Meep?" Acacia spoke in surprise, looking around for the person.as he phase into exsistance ruight next to her. She nearly jumped in surprise. "Who are you?" Acacia spoke in confusion. "i'm lance the master of dreams leader of a team of pokemon trainers that fight against team raganortath" he spoke in a soothing tone,"Oh...well, thanks for helping us," Acacia spoke,looking back at the smoke from the block against the fire. "LLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEE"yelled daemon as he saw who block his attack when suddenly 90 members of team raganartoh appear from the trees."Oh meep...," Acacia spoke and gulped, her Swampert running past several of them and scaring them with it's size."don't worry" spoke lance then he said "fire boys" and then 90 hyper beams blasted from behind them as they stop in place.Acacia watched this all in awe, tilting her head and distracted for now from the anger."hurry keep moving we can catch your friends they waiting in azelf town for you right now" spoke lance.Acacia nodded, the Swampert and Alakazam bounding to Azelf town with her and her unconscious friends with their pokemon.

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at the gate entrance to azelf town gus and the others stood panting as they waited for j and the others to catch up.Acacia's Swampert skidded to a stop and she looked at the others, worry on her face. She hopped off, Swampert still carrying J, Noname, Dodtrio, Lucy, and Seviper on its back with Alakazam holding the Gyarados with its psychic powers."what the hell happen to you guys" yelled guys so loud they nurse in the pokemon center heard and came running to them."Daemon," Acacia slowly said, anger in her voice as she looked back and clenched her hands into fists before calming down a bit and helping Swampert get the people and pokemon off its back."why was he sent they never send the higher up admins especially the right hand man of their leader"spoke drake his fear escalating."I don't know, but someone named Lance saved us," Acacia spoke, the anger still in her voice. "If only he was here...," she muttered to herself, speaking of something other than Lance."wait sir lance"spoke an odd voice from behind them"Meep?" Acacia meeped as she looked to see the owner of the voice."oratoxrs its me she ment of"said lance as he landed next to acacia his charizard roaring in triumph.Acacia jumped in surprise seeing Lance. "What are you, a stalker ninja?" She questioned."no this is where my team hq is located duhh" spoke lance"I still think you're a stalker ninja," Acacia replied.suddenly everyone except confused Acacia got on one knee as lance got off his dragon and walk towards a building next to the gym

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one week had past since daemon appeared with members of team ragnaroth and now azelf town was under siege nobody could leave even by air was out of question as hundreds of the ragnaroth members surrounded the small town.Acacia sat silently beneath a tree in the town, her face covered by her hair as she stared at the ground, mumbling to herself."acacia" said a soft voice weak voice as the person approach her.She kept her head down, but had heard the voice. "Shouldn't you be resting?" Acacia spoke, her voice strained."no i'll be fine my burns have healed but i'm worried about you because you been sitting there all this time not looking at anyone or anything but the same spot" j said how worry was obvious in his tone"I'm fine, I just need to think to myself," Acacia spoke, wrapping her arms tighter around herself."Hey J! Mind coming over here for a second?" Yelled out Lucy and Noname, who were nearby playing with their pokemon. j look over and then look back at acacia before yelling "ya i'm coming" before walking slowly to them looking back at acacia every once and awhile till he got there and said "what you guys need" "Leave her alone, she just needs some time to herself. This happens alot when someone she sees gets hurt. She thinks she could have protected them. Why do you think she was so determined to fight back there?" Lucy spoke, looking at Acacia. "She has these moments, best to let it go away," Lucy added."Do you like her or something?" Noname questioned J with a smirk.j just looks down and ask "why do you want to know" "Because you seem reaaaaaallly concerned," Noname teased. ���i'm not going to honor that question with a-an answer"j stutter obviously "We could just shove you two in a closet and use attract," Noname spoke and laughed, Lucy shaking her head at Noname's antics.all j did in response was blush heavily before say "alright alright yes i like her alot" "Awww! J and Acacia si-" Noname began before j cover her mouth quickly to silence her "Sitting in a tree, k-i-" Lucy began to pick up before j used his other hand o also cover her mouth when from behind gus spoke it up "k-i-s-s-i-n-g first comes love then come uhh" as jkick him to stop him before another voice spoke up "What're you guys doing..?" Acacia questioned them, her hair out of her face as she tried to wipe away what looked like tears from when she was sitting under the tree. "I can hear you guys over there, yknow. It's getting annoying hearing you sing, please go somewhere else so I could have my peace and quiet."then suddenly acacia and john got push together by selene and yumi "Meep?" Acacia said in surprise and confusion with a light blush on her face.as john just looks down with a equilly color blush on his face "i dont know what they doing but could we go talk somewhere by ourselves" j asked her. "As long as I get my peace and quiet later," Acacia said still trying to get her eyes to stop being red from crying earlier and trying to hold back the blush as she glared at the others. "You guys can't let someone be alone can't you?" She spoke, agitated.before she walked off with j to talk"What is it? I was perfectly fine back there until you guys showed up," Acacia asked while she walked, her head hung low to hide her face with her hair as the blush grew. "i just wanted to know how much you heard from the others" was all j said look far to the right to hide his blush as it grew at an equal speed as acacia's. "I didn't hear anything, just singing, I wasn't paying attention," Acacia replied lying to him. "oh thats okay then" he said. "Why? Were you guys talking about me?" Acacia inquired, looking a bit at him and seeing the blush on his face. "oh it was nothing they were just teasing me is all" he spoke in a convincing lie but it failed as his blush grew slightly more at the memory. "Really? Cause you're blushing," Acacia pointed out. "ya im sure" he said trying to stick to his lie but the blush continue to grow.Acacia raised an eyebrow. "You're lying, dude. You're blushing," she pointed out again. j quickly thought of a lie to get out of before speaking "they keep saying i was weak for losing in that fight." Acacia looked back at the others. "I bet they couldn't even stand a chance," she spoke, but she looked down at the ground, a bit of depression waving over her. "Like I couldn't," she murmured and punched a tree by her, looking at him and remembering the blush growing on her face and quickly hiding her face again. but not fast enough for the split second j look he noticed the blush. "why you punch the tree" he asked looking her in the eyes. She backed up a bit to keep him from seeing the blush. "Because I let you guys get hurt, I couldn't protect you guys. It's my fault you guys got hurt," Acacia spoke and turned but before she could walk away j put a hand on her shoulder and turn her back to look at him. She backed away again. her blush increasing and asked "Why do you care so, so much?" he quickly gather his courage before saying " because i i um" he started but she cut him off saying "Like me like they were singing?" he quickly shook off the look of surprise before saying "ya i do like you i like you alot." More blush spread on her face and she quickly hid her face again. before he moved the hair out of her face and said "you too beautiful to hide your face" "W-well I don't want for you to see my blush," She blurted out and blushed more and tried hid behind a tree.but before she made it behind the tree he grab her shoulder and turned her around again. "Meeeeeeep," she just started meeping nervously.but stop as he hugged her again "you don't need to hide" he spoke. "Well I don't know what else to do," Acacia blurted out again, not really understanding how to control the conflicting feelings she was having. "you don't have to hide from me i'll protect you like when they had you outnumber" he said gently in her ear. She backed up a bit in surprise and shook her head. "That's my job," she said with a small smile. "well now its my job to protect you because if i lost you too i wouldn't know what to do" he said. "How about it's both our jobs?" Acacia suggested.j smiled at her before hugging her and saying "okay i could live with that "he whispered in her ear once more. "Why do you keep whispering? They're not following us, are they?" Acacia asked. "wrong gus is trying to listen in on us"j whispered.Acacia looked around and a smirk spread on her face. "Well I'd like to see him try to listen to this," and Acacia suddenly grabbed J and kissed him quickly before hiding behind a tree again to hide the growing blush.but j followed her to behind the tree and turn her around looking into her eyes and said "well then i like to see how he would spy on this " before hugging acacia and kissing her. Acacia flailed for a second but then gave in as he wrap his arms around her before releasing the kiss once gus hightailed it out of there from his hiding spot.Noname and Lucy saw Gus returned and smirked. "So?" Lucy asked. "they are "having" fun back there."he responded. The two laughed. "Well looks like being trapped here will be fun after all," Noname joked. "now i'm goi-" gus began before selene pulled him off somewhere. Noname and Lucy shrugged, wandering over to Yumi and the others. "It's been shipped," Noname and Lucy spoke. "really" yumi spoke not noticing drake watching her like always. Noname noticed and raised an eyebrow with a smirk, pushing Yumi to Drake. "Why don't you guys talk for awhile?" Lucy suggested. "um okay"spoke yumi wondering why they would push her into drake. "um f-fi-fin-fine" drake stutter. "Why do they keep smirking at us?" Yumi asked. "i don't kno-know" drake stutter again as they walk through the trees together. "Why do you keep stuttering?" Yumi questioned, hearing Acacia and J nearby but ignoring them. "um no-no re-reason" drake said quickly. "Do you just do that alot?" She asked and sat under a tree. "um no n-not usually i do-don't know why i'm stuttering right now" he said a slight blush barely noticeable on his face. "Are you cold?" Yumi inquired. "n-no why" he ask his blush growing slightly. "I thought that was why you were stuttering," Yumi said and shrugged, starting to notice the blush but not saying anything. "sor-sorry they made u-us wa-walk out here."drake said. "It's fine, it's not like you had anything to do with it," Yumi replied. "um i-its be-because i was um" drake began. "Because you were what?�� Yumi asked. "its nothing"drake dismissed. "Well what should we do out here?" Yumi inquired. "um i don't know i-i-im"drake stutter and his blush grew slightly. "Why are you blushing?" Yumi finally asked. "it-its nothing" he responded. Yumi raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. "I wonder where Acacia and J ran off to," Yumi changed the subject.drake just stop walking and look down in deep thought saying nothing.Yumi stared at him curiously, wondering what he was thinking about.drake sighs and starts walking to catch up with yumi. "Something wrong?" Yumi asked. "no nothing really"he said too quickly as if he was ready for the question. "You can tell me," Yumi pestered. "its nothing really" he responded as he turn slightly away from her. Yumi shrugged, having a feeling they were being watched.out nowhere drake threw a pokeball bringing out his galvantula "never thought i'll ever use this guy again"he spoke "use protect now gale." Yumi watched him wondering why he was using protect. "You don't thi-"then a blast of fire hit the shield. Yumi's eyes widened in shock and she backed up, prepared to run back to the town. "protect again"he call as a dome appear around them and fire blasted the dome all around them. "How do we get back to town? What about Acacia and J!?" Yumi said worriedly. "they have swamperts they be fine but us thats unknow gale protect now" he called once again but it wasn't enough because a second wave was lanch just after "get down"he called as he push her down and cover her as the burns whipped across his back. A loud call could be heard and a Swampert bounded past them, stopping quickly before it aimed at the trees, a sudden burst of water shooting from its mouth as several pokemon dropped like flies. It was the female one, and grabbed the two with its mouth and threw them onto its back. "Are you okay!?" Yumi asked him seeing the fire burn him. "i'll be fine" he said before he fell unconscious from the burns. ��Swamp- wah!" Yumi didn't have to tell the Swampert to go, it bounded out of the way of some fire and took off with Yumi barely hanging on with Drake. It skidded to a stop once it reached the town and Yumi saw Acacia run up, seeing Drake. Did Acacia flinch seeing that? Yumi tilted her head but didn't question it and Acacia pulled Drake off, staring at the woods. "Watch them, Squishy," she told the Swampert and looked at Yumi. "You didn't get burned too, did you?" Acacia asked worriedly but Yumi shook her head no and jumped down. Yumi and Acacia carried Drake to the nurse, and once he was there Yumi noticed Acacia staring at the ground like before. "What's wrong?" Yumi asked. "I didn't get my Swampert to you guys in time and one of you got hurt," Acacia spoke. "Hey, you couldn't have stopped it, none of us expected it," Yumi replied and she remembered something. "Oh no! We left behind Gale!" Yumi yelped and Acacia facepalmed herself. They heard a noise outside and it was Gale, so Acacia stopped facepalming. "Hey Acacia, is that why you got depressed earlier? You saw some of us get hurt?" Yumi asked. "Yeah, I didn't do anything back there. I should have jumped in, should've used Squishy, but no, I sat back and just...watched them fall," Acacia gritted her teeth and looked to the side. One of her hands moved up one of her long sleeves and she winced before doing the same gesture to her other sleeve and wincing again. Yumi raised an eyebrow at this, what was she doing? Acacia looked at Drake and started poking his face to wake him up, and he started to mumble something only Yumi could hear. "i hope yumi is okay" was what he mumbled. Yumi stared at him for a little bit with some blush barely visible on her face but it went away quickly when she remembered Acacia was there. "So how was it with J?" Yumi asked and Acacia's eyes widened. "How did yo-" "Noname and Lucy told me," Yumi interrupted her. Acacia frowned, beginning to think of a devious plot against them. slowly drake began to open his dazed eyes. "You feeling better?" Yumi asked Drake. "i'll be fine so-" he began as he started to it up but flinch once he was sitting. "You should rest for a bit, that was crazy what you did back there," Yumi spoke. "if i didn't our roles would be revers but it be even worse if you took the full blast where all it did to me was roll across my back" he simply replied. Yumi nodded silently and looked to Acacia. "Where's the others?" She asked. "I don't know," Acacia admitted. "wel-" drake began but then his eyes rolled back into his eyes and he fell unconscious again. Yumi's eyes widened in shock, hoping he was okay. "Those burns are bad, he'll be fine," Acacia told Yumi. "How do you know?" Yumi asked. Acacia smiled sheepishly. "Never anger a Charizard," Acacia warned. Yumi couldn't help but laugh at this. She stayed by Drake, though, and Acacia went to go look for the others.While acacia was gone yumi was sitting in a chair next to drake bed worried for him. Then she remember the incident she had that was similar to this,the one when she was younger,it worried her more and she thought back and then look at drake before saying "I wonder what else is similar about us."she then went back to thinking what else they could have in common. Like...no, she shook her head. He couldn't have the same feelings, r-right?

***meanwhile***

Seeing Lucy and Noname near the edge of the forest she ran over to them. "This is crazy, we can't even go into the forest without being attacked. Soon they'll be pushing their way in here," Acacia complained with a sigh. "If only we had...Mewtwo," Acacia spoke, looking to the two. "You know we can't, Acacia. Sure he's strong but he's weak now, why else would he hide?" Lucy spoke, Noname just staring at the two since she never met Mewtwo like they did. "We have to protect him, he doesn't want to fall into bad hands again," Lucy warned and Acacia nodded understandably. "well we could called my mom" spoke gus as he hung upside down from the branch of the tree they stood under. They all jumped in surprise and Acacia let out a surprised meep. "You better not tell anyone what we were talking about!" Acacia said worriedly. "It's our secret," Lucy clarified. "don't worry i won't say anything as long as we find a way to get to my mom she could help us" he said rather interested. "We could call some of our friends over, too,"Acacia spoke. "Like tick-tock lady!" Noname piped up. suddenly gus pulls a flare gun out pointing it to the sky getting ready to fire it. Lucy and Noname watched silently, wondering if they should call friends of their own. but when gus fire the flare it was green and went higher than normal flares getting professor oaks attention calling him to his computer screen when mike was calling for the rest of his pokemon. Noname and Lucy took out their own flare guns, Lucy having two out and Noname having one, and they shot into the sky. Noname's was a bright red, And Lucy's were golden and purple.

***meanwhile back with drake and yumi***

drake had started to move slightly as he open his eyes again. "wha what happen" drake ask forgetting the incident "oh hey yumi."Yumi looked down seeing he was awake and okay. "You got burnt, but you're okay now," she reassured him. "oh now i remember how it happen are you okay" he responded. "Yeah, but are you? Can you move without pain?" Yumi asked worriedly. "i can see"he said moving to sit up.Yumi got up, watching him silently. "You know, this is kinda funny, something like this happened to me a while back," Yumi added. "How odd, isn't it? That the same thing can happen to two people?" "i don't really think s-"he began but as soon as he was sitting up the pain hit him making him flinch.Yumi's eyes widened, a tiny whimper forming in the back of her throat.he keep trying to sit up but every time he was he start feeling pain again."Stop, please," Yumi begged in pure worry.drake lays back and before speaking "okay."Yumi sat by him, not knowing what to say. "I'm afraid of that forest now," she finally spoke. "why"was all he said. "Because a long time ago, something burnt me too, and Snizy," Yumi added. "It isn't coincidence something burns you, too," she added.drake reached over and took one of her hands and said "thing will happen for a reason but we shouldn't be scared of the past or it'll make things harder in the future" Yumi looked at him, wondering how he could say that after what just happened to him. "How are you always so optimistic?" She questioned. he sigh before saying"because theres somethings in my life i need to be optimistic in order to keep them safe" "Like what?" She couldn't help but ask. "he looks at yumi before saying "well yo- " he began but she cut him off saying "me?" "ya you mainly""Why me? Do you l-" she cut herself off, waiting for his reply."yes i like you i'm always watching you i'm surprised you didn't figure it out" Blush rapidly spread on Yumi's face and she looked away. "I never really noticed, I guess I was more hopeful."drake reach over taking her other hand before saying "i've always have and will like you a lot yumi you can count on that and that i will protect you"Yumi looked at him and nodded. "Although it doesn't look like you can do much protecting right now," Yumi pointed out. drake smiled before saying "well i did protect you recently didn't i"then he started to get up again only ignoring the pain barely flinching in pain. "At the cost of being reduced to this..just rest, please, that's all you can do right now," Yumi said.drake looks at yumi before saying "okay"before laying down again but a pokeball fall out of his pocket . Yumi tilted her head at the pokeball and slowly picked it up in curiosity. "What pokemon's in here?" Yumi asked curiously. "its one i don't use anymore like gale used to be one of my pokemon i didn't use anymore" replied drake"Well maybe you should use it again" Yumi suggested. "it's not that i don't use it anymore it's i can't use it anymore" said drake sadly. "Why?" Yumi pestered. "Did something bad happen to it?" "ya its not with me anymore" was all drake said. "...Oh.." Yumi slowly said as she looked to the pokeball. "I'm sorry for your lost," Yumi added. "its its fine ive gotten over it but i wished it wasn't dead" said drake as he look at the ceiling sadly. "I've never lost a pokemon before, so I don't know the pain," Yumi spoke. "I wonder if any of the others ever lost pokemon," Yumi added as she looked at the ceiling with him. "I hope you don't mind me asking but...what happened to your pokemon?" drake looks at yumi before saying only one word or rather one name "daemon"Yumi's eyes widened in shock. "He...he did it?" She asked. "ya and he almost did the same to j gyarados." was all drake replied before he closed his eyes.Yumi watched him silently and squeezed his hand a little, leaning down to kiss his head gently and hoped he would be okay.drake opens his eyes and smiles at yumi before moving her head to kiss her on the lips gently before saying "don't worry i'll be okay." Yumi blushed in pure surprise at what he did. "U-uh....," she only said, her mind jumbled.drake smiles at her before closing his eyes again.Yumi watched him silently and yawned a bit, tired herself, so she nuzzled into him and fell asleep in the chair.drake opens his eyes again and smiles before holding her hand tighter falling asleep.

**Meanwhile back outside**

Noname and Lucy silently watched the skies while Acacia hugged her Swampert."hey" yelled mike as he walk out of the apartment complex that gus own. "What do you need?" Acacia asked while Noname and Lucy stared at the sky. "drake and yumi ship" was all mike said.Acacia couldn't help but laugh a little. "So that's why they were in the forest," she spoke, before hearing a loud roar in the sky. Noname squealed happily and Acacia looked up, spotting the large shadow of a Hydrogen flying above them. It flew down as one of the two shadows on its back jumped off and landed in a roll. It was a girl who looked a couple years younger than Noname, and her blood red hair was pulled back in a long braid. She looked to Noname and smiled, the dragon landing as the other figure, a slightly-older male with long, black feathery-like hair and piercing black eyes, jumped off its back. "Hey sis," the girl said to Noname. "Danica!" Noname chirped, and looked at the boy. "Hey Xavier!" Noname chirped and a tiny bit of blush was on her face. "We got trouble," Lucy told the two newcomers, and Xavier nodded. "What is it?" He asked, noticing Acacia, Gus, and Mike and making a small nod as a hello to them.then the earth started to shake and a vehicle burst fro the earth. which woke up drake and yumi.

**meanwhile with drake and yumi as the earth started shaking**

Yumi woke up with a start, feeling the ground shake below her. She looked at Drake, fearful of what was going on.just when drake open his eyes looking at yumi and sitting up too quickly and flinches in pain from it.Yumi frowned. "Rest Drake, I'll go see what it was, I promise I'll be careful," Yumi cooed, getting up.drake nods laying down again before looking at her and grabbing her hand sitting up quickly just to kiss her before lying down again and says "please do be careful love."Yumi blushed again and nodded, walking outside and watching what was going on.

**meanwhile back outside**

hey gus came a call from inside and out walk four people two girls and two guys.The girls looked like opposites of each other, one with sharp features and raven-black short hair and brown eyes, and the other with softer, kinder features and long blonde hair and blue eyes. They were twins, opposites of each other.the guys were almost identical with blood red/raven black hair and the facial expressions promise pain if you went against them the only difference was the eyes one was golden color while the other where bloodred. "Who're you?" Acacia asked the four. "Raven," spoke the black-haired girl. "Songbird!" Chirped the blonde girl.the boys said "light and dark twins"with perfectly match tone and pitch at the same time.Acacia thought they had odd names but shrugged it off. She was named after a tree, after all. She looked back to the pokemon that bursted from the ground. Should she be afraid of it?then another person came out of the hole she had blood red and azure blue eyes gold hair and her eyes look like they hide many secrets from the world.Acacia backed up a bit in fear, not used to being around so many people at one time. She heard a small "Tick, tock, tick, tock" and turned around, staring down at a little girl with pure white hair and golden eyes. "It's tick-tock girl!" Noname chirped. By the girl was a taller woman, with deep purple hair and black eyes like voids, six mismagius floating around.the girl that had just came out odf the hole return the pokemon that made it and walk straight to the apartment complex and took one of the rooms. soon the others follow her lead taking the other places untaken and setting up shop.The only ones not going were the tick-tock girl, Danica, the purple-haired woman, and Xavier. Acacia backed a bit away from everyone, wondering where J was.she keep backing up till she back right into him. "hey acacia what's wrong" he ask her. "I'm just not used to all these people, t-that's all," Acacia said nervously.j turn her around and hug her gently. "well i'm here so its going to be okay."Acacia hid behind J, hugging him as she watched everyone. "I hope this will all blow over soon so I can return to living in the forest," she spoke. j frowns before saying "but wouldn't you rather travel with me." Acacia shook her head. "I'm not used to traveling, I'd rather live in the forest, its perfect for me. I don't think I can ever continue my adventure anymore. Squishy and Arachnia are all that I have left," she spoke. "okay" was all j said but you could hear the sadness in his tone. "Your group looks too big to have more people, anyway," Acacia added. "I doubt Noname and Lucy will come along with their buddies, they have their own things to do. Noname and Lucy are gym leaders, after all, they have their own towns to protect." "ya" was all he said to that. "Something wrong?" Acacia asked, noticing he didn't talk as much now. "no things be fine sooner or later"was j respons.Acacia frowned but shrugged. "I'm going to go take a walk in the forest," she spoke, turning to go into the forest. She stopped remembering the attack earlier, and shivered, but she still walked off into the forest.

***meanwhile back with drake just as yumi return from check what was happening***

Yumi walked back into Drakes room. "It's just more people, that's what it looks like," Yumi spoke to Drake. "And it looks like something's up with Acacia and J." "oh i wonder what"was all drake said before he look yumi in the eyes smiling. "I don't know, J looked sad about something," Yumi spoke and smiled at Drake. "You feeling any better? Nothing attacked you while I was gone, right?" she asked.drake sits up without even flinching "ya i'm better now" drake said.Yumi's eyes lit up seeing he wasn't flinching this time. "That's great!" She chirped up and hugged him.drake smiled and hugged her back and look her in the eyes smiling before saying "you know nothing keeps me down forever."Yumi smiled at this. "I wish I was like that," she said and hugged him harder. "I guess I will be like that being around you all the time."drake smiles again and lifts yumi head to look at him and kiss her gently on the lips before saying "you know i'll always protect you and thats why i won't let anything keep me down" he said. "Not even that team that trapped us here?" Yumi asked. "well one good thing happen so far" he said before kissing her again then he said "plus we will be able to get out of this love"he kisses yumi again before standing up to hug her properly.She laughed a little and hugged him back. "It's not really like being trapped, anyway. It's fun here," Yumi spoke. "ya" he said before he look her in the eyes and spoke again only four words "yumi, i love you."Blush spread across Yumi's face at what he said, but a shy smile spread on her face and she replied back, "I love you too."drake smiled before he kissed yumi deeply.

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**meanwhile at an unknown location.**

"launch commutations" spoke N,"what is it" spoke the voice on the other end "don't tell me you failed already""no sir the group you sent me to be a spy in has been siege into azelf town with no way in or out by team ragnaroth"spoke N again,"this complicates things greatly"was the response "wait till they break out and then meet them and earn their trust.""yes sir" "end commutations"spoke N.

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***one week later***

**with drake and yumi in the forest once more**

yumi with drake laying against his chest as they read book together. when she started to letting her mind wonder."Drake," Yumi spoke as she looked up at him, "why did you join Gus on his adventure?" "well i guess because of you love"he said looking down at her "remember i join they day after you but remember at first i was looking like i wouldn't join then i met you and my mind change suddenly."Yumi couldn't help but laugh a little. "What were you planning to do before you joined us?" She asked. "i don't really know i was just going to travel around" spoke drake before he wrap his arms around yumi and kisses her gently and lightly on the lips.Yumi blushed again, still not used to the fact of them being a couple, and kissed him back with a tiny giggle.drakes smiles before saying "i like when you blush love"before kissing her again.Yumi let out another one of her giggles and kissed him back, nuzzling him with a tiny purr.drake nuzzles her neck before whispering in her ear making yumi to blush more before he kisses her again.Yumi was happier than ever and continued to kiss Drake. "love i'm going to have my hands full protecting you tomorrow when we move to burst through the siege" drake said before continuing the kiss.Yumi stopped the kiss for a second to speak, "I'm sure the newcomers the others called will take care of that problem," she said with a smile and went back to the kiss.drake stop kissing and says "ya but we are heavily outnumber"then went back to the kiss but he tightens his grip and at the same time deepens it slightly.Yumi just ignored the problem they would have tomorrow and went back to the welcoming kiss.drake smiled as he deepen the kissing deeply not even noticing the leaves in the next tree move from gus spying on them before hightailing out of there to spy on others moving at inhuman speeds.