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_ I never knew that I would meet another person that can understand pokemon better than me. And in turn I didn't know that he gave me a gift that I thought none can give. Determination. He also told me that me and my pokemon share a special bond that he can't explain but it's there. Now he turns out to be a nice guy, weird like me and we ended up being good friends, thanks to what we have been though together. After one week I found one of my life-long friends, if you don't know who am I referring to I guess you'll find out soon enough. My first friend from the outside world._

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Normal POV

It has been a few hours since the group's departure from home and I am sitting at a bench near the hall while Aruzelf and Azure run around the halls. "Guys, be careful not to crash into someone." and as Gero as his riolu bumped into a teenager. "Ri,Rio!" as he went down to the floor butt first. "Are you alright?" as the person Azure bump into offered his hand. "I'm all right. Sorry that I wasn't looking where I was looking." as Azure accepts his hand. "It's all right little one, next time be aware of your surroundings." and the pup nods in reply. "Sorry about that." As Gero approaches the teen, the teen wears a cap, a white elbow long sleeve shirt and light brown jeans. Most of all his lengthy hair that is bound by one band is green and it is a few inches before it reaches his waist.

"This is my trainer, Gero!" Azure pointed his paw towards Gero. "Oh hi Gero, I believe this is your riolu?" "Yes and... how did you know my name." as Gero's head slightly tilted to the left. "Oh, I'm sorry my name is N. And I can understand pokemon." as he offered the new trainer a handshake. "Gero.. and I can understand pokemon a bit." as he shook N's hand. "Hey, I have an idea since we are doing nothing. Let's have a battle!" N offered. "Yeah!" as the dratini in Gero's side jumped in excitement. "Ok!". and they went to the battle hall.

It has a few scratches and scorch marks here and there, a bench and if anything else it is the standard stuff. "Go Pidove!" as N throws his pokeball. "Aru, your up!" as Gero commanded and his dratini obeyed without hesitation. "Our first actual pokemon battle... I'll do my best." as Aru gets ready for the battle ahead.

"The one who gets two of their pokemon knocked out looses. Sounds good?" as N talks to Gero. "Yeah." as the trainer waves back. "Ok Pidove, Quick attack." as the bird started to charge right at Gero's pokemon at mach speed. "Quick! Use twister." and suddenly a small gust of wind caught the grey bird pokemon off guard and it can't help but swirl around the small tornado. "Pi!" and eventually it subsided making it dizzy. "Now wrap!" and the dratini started to coil around the bird. "No you don't, Peck!" and the dratini was met with a lot of pecks. "Dra!" Aru yelled. "Pi Pi!" as it continued to peck the dragon. "Gotta think of something!" Gero thought to himself. And suddenly an idea came to him "Ok! Slam at its wing, Aru!" and the body of the dratini started to wind up and hit the Pidove at one of it's wings, making it unable to fly

"No! it can't fly now. This is bad.." as N continues to observe that both pokemon are exhausted, panting and dripping sweat. "We are at our last moves. Gotta make this count!" as Gero and N are at a quckdraw, one wrong move can cause the match. As they are ready to give all they have for one last attack... "Gust." and suddenly wind started to blow making dratini worry. "Aru! Now it's the time! Twister!" and there are now two wind currents blowing across the field creating a cloud of dust. "Aru!" "Pidove!" as the winds created a small boom. Scattering dust all over the field.

N's POV

"Wow! That is one powerful pokemon. But... I believe that Pidove can win." as N and the others anxiously waits for the dust to clear. And there are two visible figures in the dust cloud, a bird and a snake-like silhouette, as I felt my heart beat faster as both figures struggle to stand upright one of the silhouettes dropped to the ground. "I-I'm sorry" I heard as the smoke clears pidove down and out. "It's ok, here get some rest..." as I put pidove back to the pokeball, "Not bad for a beginner." "Thanks. Ready for the next one?" I nod at Gero as he calls back his worn-out dratini back. "You did awesome! Here have some rest. Azure you ready?" as he looked at his Riolu. These 3 have a very distinct vibe around them. This vibe that I feel makes me happy, I now know that they are going to be more than friends.

"Come out, my friend!" as I tossed my next pokemon. "Are you ready, pup?" as Zorua taunted the Riolu. "Bring it! Shorty!" and suddenly me and Gero started to laugh. Sparks flew as we continue to laugh, and the pokemon noticed our outbursts of joy. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!?!?" they both yelled at us at the same time. "You guys are so cute doing this." as Gero tries to stop laughing, "OK! Let's battle!" as I try to clear the air. With a nod from my opponent we ready ourselves to battle. "OK! Zorua use furry swipes!" and just before that, riolu started to take the hits one by one. "I got a bad feeling about this." I thought to myself and I am surprised of what I heard. "Counter!" as the rioul's paws glow into a bright glow. "Oh no dodge it!" and it was too late, Zorua got too close to Azure as the counter attack hits him, knocking him back at a good 4 feet. "OWW!!!!" my pokemon screamed as he struggles to get up. "Not bad, Gero!" as I complimented on his idea. "Not bad yourself." as he replies. "Ok. Time for me to show you Zorua's specialty." as Zorua stood up grinning. He knows what I'm up to.

"Illusion." as he vanished into thin air. "Where is he?" as Gero looked around to look for my pokemon. "Scratch." and behind Azure was the dark type taking him by surprise. "Gotcha, pup." and he pinned the blue pup to the ground as he scratches the fighter at different spots. I hear a few grunts of pain after Zorua's assault on his opponent. "We got to think of something." as Gero talks to his pokemon. "Leave it to me!" his pokemon assured him. "... Go for it, Azure." as his trainer gave him a thumb's up. In a split second the riolu started to close it's eyes. "hmmm... What is he..." and I realized that riolus can sense aura. "Quick! End it Zorua." as I found out what he was planning. "Found you... HERE!!" as Azure's paws glowed for a split second, throwing a punch in front of him. "Impossible!" as the force palm connected right at Zorua who was flying towards a wall. "I am an aura user remember that." the Emanation pokemon replied. I saw my pokemon's swirling eyes. "Gero. You beat me." I pointed to Gero as the riolu started to get wobbly. "Azure!" and at the last second he catches him before his pokemon fell to the pavement.

"Go rest now..." as I pointed my pokeball to Zorua. "Sorry N and thanks. I can't wait to beat that mutt next time." and he went inside my pokeball. "You guys did well..." I wispered to my pokeballs as Gero approached me. "That was an awesome battle! I hope we can be friends." as he offered his hand to me. "Of course!" and I returned the handshake. After a while we ended up in the cafeteria. We talked about a few things, but what intrigues me how he attained a limited understanding of pokemon, and the reason why he is in this ship.

"So that's it, now it's your turn." as Gero pointed towards me, as we continued eating our curry. "Hmmm..." as I think of where to start. "I was actually an orphan at birth, after a while I ended up in a forest and a group of pokemon took me in as if I am one of them. Eventually I got adopted by a man named Gheist, he trained me along with others to make me a "king". I never gave it much thought but little did I knew that he just used me and my ability to rule of all of Unova and eventually the world..." "That sounds horrible..." as my friend tries to ingest everything I said. "But I'm glad that I have met him. Because of him I would have not learned that without ideals we would not have truths and vice versa. I would have not met people that would potentially mold the future, and I would have met you and your pokemon." as I ended my story.

"So your from Unova? I am going there for the Unova Leauge." as he looks at his pokemon eating a few berries. "I actually also have one more reason why I have to go to the Unova Leauge, I promised a friend that I would fulfill our dream of being pokemon champions." and I felt a bit of sadness emanating from him. "Hmmm... I actually want to give you something. It'll Help you with your ability to speak with pokemon." as I took off one of my prized possessions and handed it to him. "Here, this is a memento from me to you. I don't know what it is but this is the only thing that I have left of my parents. All I know is that this cube can make the wearer be more sensitive to the thoughts of pokemon." and Gero gave me a puzzled look. "I can't accept this. This is the only thing that your parents left you, and besides this thing might be the reason why you understand pokemon, and I don't want you to lose that because of me."

As Gero tries to give back the cube I held my right hand over it and my left cupped his. "I know what I'm doing, and besides I can understand pokemon perfectly without it. This has been a reminder for me that my parents abandoned me. But now I want it to be a reminder of our friendship." and just like that he nods and he took a lengthy chain from his bag and made it to a necklace. "And I will never forget our friendship, N. My king." and suddenly he bowed before me. Honestly never in my imagination that he would do something like this. "Gero, don't do that please." "N, you have the nobility and heart rightful of a king. And also as a friend I am glad to call you as such.". "Gero..." as I said sternly "I rather have us on equal ground. And besides..." and I lowered myself to pat Gero on his shoulder. "You're my friend too."

"Now. Let's go and hang out then. I believe it's the term for people who get together as friends." and Gero assured me with the same smile but with more enthusiasm. "Let's go then. I've seen a few things here and there that I want to try." as the trainer leads me to a few stops. I recall we observed a few pokemon battles, window-shopped for a few items and finally we went to the entertainment section of the ship. "Hey Gero!" as I called him towards a poster of a kid that dawns a costume of red, yellow and blue, and beside him is a riolu. "This is a Unova classic." as I told him about "Riolu Kid". After I told him about it and the actor, he looked at me with jealousy. "Awwww. You got to meet a movie star! That's awesome." and I chuckled "He actually became a champion, and I don't know where he is now but I'm pretty sure he is making the world a better place."

"So, let's watch it. I have not seen it yet." "Sure" and we bought tickets and popcorn.

After a few minutes

"That was awesome!" as Gero went out of the theater. "Yeah! I love the part where Riolu beats up Brycen-man's pokemon. I hope that I can be as strong as him someday." and Gero started to pat his pokemon. "We will even go beyond that! We will be champions remember?" and the riolu tacked his trainer only to lick him in the face affectionately, and I see also his wagging tail back and forth giving it a sign that he is happy. "Hahaha" as Gero attempts to recover. "Ok then. We better get to our room, it's getting late." and I nod in reply. "By the way my room is at A-175." as Gero waves at me. "I'll take note on that. See ya tomorrow." and we parted ways.

I head towards my room and my pokemon followed suit. "N, you had a lot of fun today did ya?" as the dark type pokemon curiously asked me. "Certainly, and I can't wait for tomorrow." and I laid down with Zorua at my right. And Pidove went to my headboard. "Good night everyone."

The next day...

I woke up at around 5 in the morning. I'm always a morning person but today is a day that I am exited about. I am going to be spending time with my new friend. I slowly made my way out so that I will not disturb the two from their sleep. I wondered around the ship until I found a few shady figures gathering around a corridor of the ship. "Something's odd here." as I slowly went to the entrance to see a few people that are chatting. "Ok! Do we have rare pokemon that we can sell?" as the noise was silenced by a deep, loud voice that sounds like a Ryperior.

"This is bad. These are pokemon hunters." and things started to look grimmer as I heard one of them answer. "I found a Riolu, Zorua and a Dratini that are owned by two teens." and I only started to tremble when I heard their leader say something that would make Gero lose his mind. "A Dratini! I heard that they are so rare that even gems can't compare to how pricey this pokemon is. But I have another Idea. I will make it one of MY pokemon." and after that I hear snickers and evil laughs. I immediately left the area and raced to my room. "N! Is thee something wrong?" as both of my pokemon came to greet me as I try to catch my breath.

"There is something definitely wrong. And it involves Gero." and we immediately left the room. We went to Gero's room at around 6. I knocked the door and I saw Gero opening the door. "Hi N. Is there something you need?" I hastily replied "I have to talk to you, and we can't talk about it in the open." Gero replied with a nod and moved aside to let me in. "Good morning Pidove and Zorua." as Azure approached my pokemon. "Good morning, pup." as the dark type pokemon taunts the fighting type pokemon, but the riolu riposte "Look who lost last time, shorty." and they started to laugh.

"Ok. everyone make a circle." as Gero starts to get serious. "What is it that you wanted to say N?" and everyone listened attentively. "This morning I found out something that will scare everyone here." and in a moment of silence I nervously spoke. "There are pokemon hunters in this ship. And they are after us." "WHAT!?!" as all of them reacted. Everyone in this room is scared out of their wits. "But there is more." and I looked at Aru who started to sweat bullets. "Their leader wants you to be his pokemon." and then Aru started to breakdown.

"NO! NO! NO! I DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM GERO!" and Azure slowly approached the dragon and hugged him for comfort. "Breathe Aru, breathe." and the dratini started to calm down. "Now what do we do?" as Gero started to lose it too. Better think of a plan fast. "Hey everyone. This is not the time to loose our heads. We have to think of a way to avoid these hunters to get to us and get them arrested in one swoop." "You're right N." and everyone started to calm down. "We can assume that they will attack us from time to time so we can expect a few pokemon battles in order to wear us down. We know that they will approach us when we reach land so we have to be ready for them at that time."

"If you put it that way, but we still don't have enough info on how many are they and what they look like. To top it off our first stop is today around 10 in Vermilion, which does not give us time to plan ahead." and Gero brought out his styler and showed us the world map using it's projector function. "And we will head towards Slateport in Hoenn, Chocovine from Sinnoh and finally our destination in Castelia City. So if we put these together." and he started to draw a line that is our course. "They have 4 opportunities that they can attack us. Which gives us more time to think on what to do next. But at the end of the week we have to be careful because Sinnoh and Unova are just a day from each other. Which means that we have to stay alert by then." as I finally thought of a plan.

"The only way they can get to our pokemon is by forcefully take them from us, so we are safe as long as we stay near people that we know. So we should stick together. And with our pokemon are strong enough to handle a few fights. But we have to be in public areas, so we can't go alone. Also our pokemon can help with other tasks." and Gero asked if that would be risky. "They know what our pokemon are but now what they are capable of. Like Zorua can create an illusion for him to look like us and Azure can sense aura." and suddenly Zorua interrupts.

"Ahem. I can also make anything look like us but what can we use?" as Pidove cuts in. "I can do it.". "The ship only ports there so we have a 2 hour window to trick them. We know that some of them will stay on board. But this could lessen their numbers. Now how are we going to approach this problem." as I start to think hard. Because right now time is not on our side. "Can we do this N?" as everyone looks weary. "I believe we can..." and everyone smiled. "I am determined to protect my pokemon." as Gero clenched his fist at his pokeball. "Me too Gero, for their sake."

Gero's POV

"So this is what a trainer means. We have to do our best for our pokemon because they do their best for us as well. And because that we care for each other that we can do this." as I talk to N about the plan. "That's right, Gero. Now let's protect our family!" N told me as we raised our hands, paws, wing and tail up. "YEAH!". *HONK!!* I heard the siren that means we ported. "Let's go." and we left the room.