Gavin nodded with a smile, "I'm glad I'm with someone who knows what they're doing." He started, "None of the other... Err... ancients know how to blend into society." He said, hoping she would pick up on what he was meaning.
Fez gave a bit of a sigh as he looked towards James.
"Humans are weird. Gavin's become so weird now he's human." He said with a grumble.

---

"Brace!" Niccia called to Sparky, Sparky's eyes glinted a darker purple for a second as she crouched. The Dunsparce drew closer to her, she waited, her ears pricked forward and her body ready.
Just before the Dunsparce hit, something pushed out of her neck fluff from either side- long snake-like tendrils moved to smack the Dunsparce back, before movign to slide back out of view.

Niccia's eyes widened as she saw the flash of colour; she had seen that colour before.
"Oh. The theory was true..." Niccia whispered under her breath as she had instinctively stepped back.
Sparky shook herself and crouched again, ready for whatever was to attack her next.

---

The Female mightyena was stunned for a moment at Saruya's attack, falling backwards with a yelp.
"Arida!" The Male Mightyena barked as his sister stood with a glare towards him, "Oh. Right. N...No names. No."
Arida snarled at her brother before she turned her attention to the female Arcanine. "What? Can your mate not fight for himself? Pathetic. How will he protect his lineage if he has to be saved by his Bitch!" On the last word she sprung towards Saruya, letting out a loud snarl as she did so.

Harry looked to the Male Mightyena, who was watching his sister for a moment before he turned back to Harry. He blinked when he noticed Harry was watching him, as if forgetting exactly what he was doing. He jumped up onto his feet again and let out a low growl.
Harry crouched and readied what he thought was going to be a flamethrower, only to shoot a large Hydropump at the Dark Pokemon

---

Mitch waved a wing with a small sigh.
"I should be the one apologizing, yours obviously does this often. I have never seen Frosiien 'flirt' so freely towards a human." He said with a weak smile before he furrowed his brow and moved to cover his face with his wings, "I worry that she may fall for him; Legendaries that fall for humans are often... Broken hearted."

"You know what I'm looking for." Frosiien said as she turned away, her attention back onto the bookshelf.
"Looking for the Lost Dreams book?" Hoopa asked before a cheeky grin on his face appeared, "Or are you looking for something about Humans and Pokemon falling in love?" He teased.
Frosiien's cheeks flushed with blood and became slightly red, she sent an angry side-eye at the smaller legendary.
"Dausiin!" She hissed at him, Dausiin only laughing playfully.

"I'm glad I'm able to help," Mindy said. The way Gavin spoke made it sound Legendary Pokémon did this more often, but didn't know how to behave like humans. Her mind raced as she tried to comprehend it, and imagine how or why Legendary Pokémon decided to walk around like humans.
When she reached the shop she went inside and looked around. "Pants are over there," she said, pointing to the clothes section. "There are also decent wind- and waterproof coats if you need them. I'll be in this section with the camping supplies."

James nodded. "I'm glad miss Penalopy doesn't usually change into a human form. With her ability to turn invisible she can hide among humans just fine." He looked around. "It does make it hard to keep an eye on her though," he added with a sigh. At least he had a mental link with her, so he roughly knew how far away she was from them. Right now she kept close, thank Arceus.

---

The Dunsparce was thrown back, but continued to roll and when it landed on the floor it rolled back to Sparky.

With Dunsparce using the Rollout, Withney focussed on the Fletchling.
"Baby Doll eyes!" Withney ordered and Eevee winked at her opponent, sending multiple pink hearts from her eye at Anthony.
"What..." Michael muttered as the hearts hit his Fletchling, who suddenly seemed bashful. "Anthony, peck!"
While Anthony did fly to Eevee, the Peck he did was a gentle one. Almost lovingly...
"Eevee, Tackle!" she exclaimed and after Anthony did his peck, Eevee jumped up to tackle the small Fletcling.

---

Saruya readied herself, growling when she was called a bitch. As Arisa jumped to her, she opened her mouth to Bite her opponent. She knew Harry was capable to fight for himself, but she wasn't a helpless damsel in distress either.

---

Kim listened to Mitch. Andy did flirt a lot, that was true. Her eyes drooped when he mentioned the broken hearts. She knew Andy would never intentionally break someone's heart, but it was sad to think it might happen anyway. "Mew is in love with a human," she whispered. "But she doesn't age, does she? Even if he will stay with her for the rest of his life and love her, she will lose him at one point."

Gavin nodded with a smile, moving off towards the pants after Mindy pointed him to them.
He glanced to Fez and James after a moment. "If you two wants to look around you can. Just stay in the store. Penny, you do the same." He said, looking to the air with narrowed eyes.
He watched Mindy leave with a small sigh, tilting his head before he went back to looking at pants.

Fez looked to James with a small smile, "Should we look around?" He asked with a stretch, "Leave these humans to do human things?"

---

As the Dunsparce came back at Sparky, Niccia tried to ready herself again.
"Brace!" She called out again, Sparky crouched and readied herself.
Sparky's mouth opened slightly, feeling the air grow warmer before she lifted her head, a small ball of fire appearing above her nose.

She leaped into the air and slammed the flame ball towards the Dunsparce, landing on her feet as the embers from the attack flickering through the air around her.

---

Arisa dove towards Saruya as she went for a Bite as well, contacting her teeth against Saruya's skin, but also getting bitten by Saruya as well.
The female Mightyena stepped back and let out a low snarl, breathing in as she felt the Thunder flicker over her teeth before she dove forwards for a Thunder Fang.

The Male Mightyena narrowly missed the point of Dodging the Hydropump and was slammed into a tree, he let out a yelp before he stood up, his fur all damp.
"My fur!" He started before he turned around, his eyes glinting red, "You fucked with my fur!" He crouched and charged back towards Harry.
Harry readied himself and allowed the Mightyena to slam into him.

---

"Mew is a special case." Mitch said with a small nod, "She was forced into the Human body, she will age. And if she so wishes, she can give up her immortality. It has happened a few times with other Legendaries. Frosiien's brother Prezzle has done it once before; well, the one before Prezzle."
Varina listened, looking at the ground before she looked back up again.
"Legendaries can Pass away, the Darkrai we're dealing with now is a newer Legendary too." She finally interrupted. "If Niccia so wishes to become properly human, Arceus can create a new Mew."

"I will!" Penalopy's voice chimed through the air, but she stayed hidden. There wasn't much she enjoyed more than watching humans in their natural habitat doing human things. She was fairly sure she understood humand better than any of the other legendary Pokémon, who stayed away from the human world as much as possible. Such a shame, as there was so much beauty to be found here.

Mindy browsed a rack with small tools and thought about what she could use for her outdoor life. And what things would be useful to Gavin, she wanted to buy something for him, something small. A useful present, as he didn't seem like a guy wanting things without purpose.

---

The fireball hit the Dunsparce who unrolled as it flew through the air and it crashed into the ground.
"Oh no!" Whitney exclaimed. "Return Dunsparce, and Eevee: Quick Attack that... Pokémon." She realized she didn't know what Pokémon Sparky really was, but it didn't matter. "Come to the field, Tauros!"
As the Eevee started her Quick Attack, the Tauros materialized on the field. "Horn Attack on the Fletchling!"

"What?" Michael said as he saw the Tauros charge to the small Fletchling. "Anthony! Fly away!"
Anthony frantically flapped his wings to get away from the large Pokémon, but after attacking the Eevee he was close to the ground and couldn't get high enough fast enough. When he was hit by the horn he was smacked into the ground.
"Return," he said, aiming the Pokéball at his Fletchling. "You're up Missy. Use your..." he paused as he thought back to the battles he had seen her do, what moves did she know? "Use Bite!"

---

Saruya used her agility to get to Arisa's side and then used Take Down on her, hitting her with all her strength. It hurt her too, but she had enough strength to take it. She panted, but readied another move. Reversal, a move of which she had learned got stronger the weaker she felt. All she had to do was remain on her paws if Arisa would hit her with an attack and then she'd show that Mighyena what pain really was.

---

Kim nodded as the two explained how it all worked. It made sense and she was glad for Michael, but that also meant Niccia had some difficult decisions to make. It would still not be easy for both of them.
Suddenly she felt a hand on her head and looked up.
"Such a serious discussion," Andy said with a kind voice, having no idea what they had been talking about, but he recognised the look on his Furret's face. "There is nothing in the headlines about that excavation or that area," he told her, "except for the mention that one of the archaeologists went missing."

Gavin only gave a smirk at Penalopy's words before he returned to looking for pants. He looked around before he looked towards another rack, a pair of pale grey cargo pants hung on it.
Gavin's eyes lit up at the sight of the pants, moving over quietly to look at the material and the size. "Oh wow! They're amazing." He said out loud, moving to look at the price before he glanced around for Fez and James.

Fez had pulled James away to the tools section, looking around and trying to grab things from the hanging shelves.
He moved to grab a flashlight that was shaped like an Eelektross. "Ooh!" He said with a large smile.

---

Sparky narrowly dodged the Eevees first turn of Quick attack, narrowly landing before the Eevee turned and slammed into her.
Sparky rolled on the ground before she weakly stood up with a small huff; she let a small gruff before Niccia moved to grab her other Pokeball.
"Sparky come back, Li! Get on out here!" Niccia called out, tossing up her Pokeball and watched the red light spin and land on the ground.

The light shattered away as a large, slightly more fluffy Noivern-like beast appeared. Li moved and lowered his head to let out a loud roar.
Niccia stepped back slightly, forgetting how big Li actually was. "Li!" She called, catching the attention of the beast before he shook his head slightly. "Ice beam!"

Missy stepped onto the battle field as soon as she was mentioned, running towards the Tauros before Michael even mentioned what move to use, She leaped into the air and opened her mouth, her fangs crackled slightly before chomping down on the base of the Tauros' horn and sent a small shock through it's body.
Li charged the Ice Beam; ice flakes echoing through the air around his maw- before he let it out towards the Eevee.

---

Arisa let out a loud whine when Saruya slammed into her, sliding backwards to slowly stand up slowly, shaky.
"You. BITCH." Arisa moved to leap towards Saruya, her fangs glowing black as she went for a Crunch.

The male slammed into Harry, but didn't move him. Harry moved back and grabbed his neck and tossed the guy into a tree.
Harry moved to run towards the Male, leaping up and moved to slam his claws into hem, the snowflakes flickering into the air.

---

Mitch looked up to Andy as he moved to talk to his Pokemon, standing away from him in fear of being touched.
"Andy is good." Varina said with a nod, before she turned to look towards Andy as he spoke, she wasn't exactly sure what he was talking about- But Kim seemed to know.

Frosiien walked away from the Hoopa before she looked around to find Mitch.
She stopped in the bookshelves and watched Andy with the other Pokemon, smiling softly. "They're getting along." She said quietly, not wanting to butt in until needed. "You really have changed Darkrai's Guardian. I'm surprised, how long have you had her for?"

As Penalopy floated invisble through the store, James walked with Fez and looked curiously at the flashlight Fezhad found. "Humans can make interesting things," he commented, looking at the other items. Some seemed to be just functional, some were colourful, others had pictures of Pokémon on them or. like the flashlight, were shaped like a Pokémon.

---

"Thunder Fang?" Whitney asked.
"Y-yeah..." Michael said, rubbing the back of his neck. That wasn't the attack he had ordered, but it worked.

The Ice Beam hit Eevee and Whitney quickly returned her. "Miltank!" she called, calling her last Pokémon to the field. "Use your Defence Curl!"
The Miltank curled up in a ball, preparing for the battle.

"Damn..." Michael muttered. "Use your Howl, Missy! Then attack Tauros again."

"Work-Up, Tauros!" Whitney ordered and a red aura surrounded the Tauros for a moment.

---

Saruya yelped as the Crunch hit, but retaliated with her Reversal, using her head to deliver the blow. Her legs trembled after the attack and she panted, there wasn't much more she could take. She kept her eyes on the Mightyena, even though she wanted to check on Harry. It would be unwise to look away now.

---

Andy looked up when he heard Frosiien. "Since yesterday," he told her. "Darkrai tried to abduct my nephew, but our Pokémon were able to stop him. He abandoned Varina, and after talking it over with Soul it was decided a trainer would be beneficial for her and then I took her in." He looked at the Spiritomb. "I still have to get to know her, but I'm certain she'll tackle as well as Benny did when he was a Metapod."

Kim turned to Varina, knowing she wouldn't understand what Andy was going on about. "Benny once told me that the one time he used, ehm, "Tackle" as a Metapod he had hardened several times and then got double-kicked into an opponent by his ally. So... I think Andy is talking about throwing your keystone into someone. He's not really serious about that... I think."

Fez looked over to James as he spoke, giving a small nod.
"Yeah!" He said before he continued down the isles, looking at everything he could before he he gave a bit of a yawn. "Is Gavin finished yet?" He mumbled after about five minutes of looking.
He waddled back down the isle again, before freezing at the sudden movement in front of him- A large Midday Lycanroc had stopped in the front if the Isle as their trainer seemed to be looking at clothes.

Gavin had grabbed a pair of the pants before he slipped away to try them on.
He looked at himself over the mirror before he smiled and changed out of them; moving to leave the changing room before he felt Fez's sudden fear.

---

Niccia's eyes narrowed at the sight of the Miltank, She flexed her hands slightly as she watched Li.
"Ready yourself Li!" She called out, Li crouched slightly with a rumble from his neck.
When the Miltank had finished it's defense curl, Li craned his neck up and readied his attack. The Noivern breathed in before he sent out a loud echoing sound- Boomburst.

Missy landed on her feet and breathed in, letting out a small growl as she shook her body. She breathed in and tried to let out a howl- But it came out more as a squeak.
She felt her cheeks turn red at that before she crouched.
She sprinted towards the Tauros; looking as if she was going to do a quick attack, but her body started to crackle before a cloak of electric flooded over her body- Wild Charge. She slammed into the Tauros, letting out a small whine as her attack hurt her as well.

---

Arisa swayed on her feet as well, but she was not giving up. She moved to step towards Saruya before a growl came from Harry, she looked over to see him moving away from her now fainted brother and walking towards her.

Arisa's ears pricked up before drooping at the fact that now both of them were against her.
"Back down." Harry snarled, the air growing colder.

---

Varina's face showed shock at the idea of being thrown, she shrunk into her keystone slightly in fear, shaking her head.
Frosiien didn't speak until she had listened to both sides, nodding once before she looked at Andy.
"It's a shame that Darkrai would just ditch his Guardian." She moved to gently step around the other Pokemon to lift Varina up, causing her to flinch and turn to face the Humanised Articuno.

"If only you were around for the previous Darkrai." Frosiien seemed to tilt her head with a melancholy look on her face, "She would have loved you, treated you higher than anything she's ever seen." She moved to sit down across from Andy and placed Varina on her lap, running her hands over the bottom of her keystone. "Darkrai was happy to have you, a shame that he would just allow himself to become vulnerable." She hummed quietly.

James followed Fez, looking at what was all for sale, and bumped into Fez when he suddenly stopped. "Ouch, why did you-" he began and then noticed the Lycanroc. "Oh..."
He stayed behind his fellow Guardian, but he was ready to throw in a Substitute when ready.

"Oohhh, Midday," Penalopy chimed from behind Fez and James.

---

Michael watched Missy attack and quickly grabbed his Pokédex. "Wild Charge?" he muttered. Well, whatever worked, but he had no idea she knew all these moves. The Tauros was hurt by the attack, but wasn't defeated yet. At the same time the Boomburst hurt the Miltank, but she remained on her feet.
"The Poochyena is a special one, and new in your team, right?" Whitney said. "Tauros, Scary Face!"
The Tauros locked eyes with Missy, his eyes getting a reddish hue and he tried to look as mean and scary as he could.
"And Miltank, Rollout!"
The Mitank curled up in a ball and started rolling towards Li.

---

"Had enough?" Saruya panted, the air around her getting hotter. She was glad Harry was there, she wasn't sure she would be able to end this battle before she had no strength left.

---

Andy watched Frosiien handle Varina and listed to her words. "Do you suppose he'll want her back at one point?" he asked. "Soul was under the impression he doesn't care, but if he was happy to have her once, do you think that will translate in resentment towards me because now I'm the one who has her in his team?"
Kim looked up with a worried look on her face, but Andy seemed calm about it.

The Lycanroc moved and looked over at Fez and James, giving a gentle smile.
"I'm sorry am I blocking the way?" She asked, moving to step aside, revealing a small, bright yellow harness over her torso- A symbol of a working dog. "Are you okay?" She asked Fez with a tilt of her head.

Fez slowly opened his eyes, looking to the Lycanroc before he slowly started to relax.
"S...Sorry." Fez started, "I've had bad experiences... w...with another of your kind. I was-"
"You were afraid that I was the one you ran into." The Lycanroc said before she looked up as Gavin quietly walked up behind the two smaller Pokemon.
"You guys okay?" Gavin asked in the Pokemon language quietly. The Lycanroc stared at him for a moment before her trainer seemed to gently tug on the leads.

---

Missy had stabled her footing before she looked up to the Tauros, her ears drooping back with fear before she stepped back slightly.
She shivered and her tail tucked under her legs.

Li readied himself and flapped his wings to gain some air before he readied himself for an Iron Tail, slamming it into the Miltank in attempt to slam it towards the Tauros.
"Come on little one!" Li called to Missy, "You can do it, You can fight!"
Missy's ears pricked up at Li's words, she readied herself and fluffed herself up slightly before she narrowed her eyes.

---

Arisa's tail drooped between her legs as she stepped back, lowering herself to the ground.
"I.... I'm sorry." She started, "P...Please spare me and my brother. W...We won't harm you ever again. We'll send word back to the other packs. Please." She almost grovelled, her body quivering with each word.

Harry looked to Saruya, as if waiting for her to make the decision.

---

Frosiien looked to Andy as he spoke, thinking quietly.
"I feel like Happy wasn't the correct word.." She started with a mumble, "But I am unsure if Darkrai will want her back."

Frosiien caressed Varina's keystone.
"He'd only have resentment to you because you are a human." She started, "But I feel like Varina won't allow him to hurt you. I already sense a strong bond between you and her."
She smiled to Andy quietly before she looked around, "So, About that coffee?" She asked with a bit of a wink.

Penalopy revealed herself and waved at the Lycanroc. "Such a cutie," she chimed, then she hugged Fez. "And so are you. You really have to stay close to me, no mean Lycanroc will hurt you ever again."
"Miss Penalopy," James interjected politely, "please hide yourself when we are among humans."
"Booring~" but she turned invisible anyway.

Mindy had found something and went to the cash register to pay for it. She looked around to see if the others were there too, but apparently Gavin was still trying on trousers or something. It didn't matter, he'd find his way here. She got in line to pay for her items.

---

Michael couldn't blame Missy for her fear, that Tauros suddenly looked mean. As he was about the order a new attack Li hit the rolling Miltank and she flew through the air, into the Tauros. The Tauros got down, but got back up.
"Do your Thunder Fang again!" Michael ordered, figuring the attack had worked once, so it might work again.

"Don't give up, Miltank! Use your captivate!"
Miltank looked at the large Noivern, winked, and multiple pink hearts released from her body, going straight to Li. While the attack wouldn't hurt, if successful it would lower his force.

---

"Coward," Saruya growled, flames etching around her lips. "Be gone, don't let our paths cross again."
As long as the Mightyena was here she would stand strong, or at least pretend she still had enough energy to fight, but she knew the battle would have been lost if Harry hadn't been around. Or maybe it would have been a tie at best. It hadn't been easy to fight against Arisa, but she wouldn't give the Mightyena the satisfaction of hearing that. She glared at the Mightyena, letting out a Roar to further encourage her to leave the scene, and take that brother with her.

---

Andy had a small smile and reached out to take Varina back. "Let's go have that coffee," he agreed. "On my way here I saw a place that looked decent." He offered his arm to Frosiien. "Be warned though, they can still serve awful coffee, but the chairs looked comfortable. And it will be my treat, okay?"
Kim got on all fours and went to Mitch, she would follow Andy wherever he went, but since Mitch would be coming along she thought they could perhaps walk together.

The Lycanrocs eyes widened at the sight of Penalopy before she moved to follow her trainers command as she called back.
"Come on Peb! We gotta go to the next shop." A human female said as she moved to hold the door open for her Pokemon.

"A Service dog..." Gavin said before he moved to lift Fez and James up in his arms, "Come on, lets go pay." He said with a small smirk, walking off before he glanced behind trying to locate Penalopy.

---

Niccia's eyes widened when she heard what Whitney had called out, she immediately turned towards Li.
"Li, Focus!" She called out, knowing that Li could easily get enraged by anything that sounded like 'captive'

Li turned his head away from Missy towards the Miltank, the hearts spun around him and hit him. His iris narrowed and his eyes started to glint a small red.
"You won't take me!" He roared before he lifted his head to focus.
The wind in the Gym suddenly picked up.

Missy tried to ignore what Li was doing, crouching as she heard Michael's order.
Her fur stood up and sparked before she sprinted towards the Tauros again.
"Just cause I'm small..." She uttered to herself, picking up speed as more electricity flooded over her body, "Doesn't mean I'm Weak!" She told herself as she jumped up and all the sparking energy through her body seemed to funnel into her teeth as she slunk them into the Tauros' neck.

As Missy's attack hit the Tauros, Li let out a large funnel of air towards the Miltank- Hurricane.
Li moved his head to cut off his attack after a moment, letting out a small growl as he dropped his body and let out a low rumble, stepping back towards Niccia instinctively.

---

Arisa moved to scramble onto her feet, moving to grab her brother from the melting ice.
"Brother come on." She yipped before she moved to run off, leaving her brother behind.
The male Mightyena had finally snapped out of his almost coma, weakly standing up once his sister disappeared out of view.
He stumbled slightly and shook his body with a small whine, moving to look at Harry and Saruya.

He hadn't heard what Harry and Saruya said, but he couldn't see his sister anymore. His eyes narrowed as he moved to stand his ground, staying silent as he watched them.
"Y...You fight pretty well for... A couple of pups!" He said with a laugh, his legs trembling as his fur was still wet. "I'm glad I gotta s...see what you c...can do!" He moved to step forward but his legs fell out from underneath him; causing him to slam into the ground muzzle first.
He let out a small whine and held his paws over his snout.

---

Frosiien allowed Varina to hop into Andy's grip, linking her arm with his with a bit of a smile.
"I wonder how their tea is in that case." She said with a small wink, "I'm not really a coffee drinker myself. Mitch likes a small cup."
"Sure, go ahead and give out my secrets." Mitch said with a mumble before he looked to Kim with a small smile, "I apologies for the upcoming craziness. I'm sorry for the flirting that is to come as well."

After Mindy had paid she waited at the other side of the cash registers, keeping her hands behind her back and looking to see if Gavin was approaching. She was a bit nervous, she wasn't sure if Gavin would like it, but she hoped he would. At least it was practical.

Penalopy brushed passed Gavin to let him know she was there, but flew ahead to the exit and joined Mindy. "He's on his way," she whispered to her. "Ooohhh, whatyagot there?"
"Shht," Mindy whispered back. "It's a surprise for Gavin."
"Ah, that's so sweet~"

Mindy glanced around, while she could hear the Meloetta, she couldn't see her anywhere. She was probably still invisible, which was for the best.

---

"It's...not working?" Whitney said when she saw the glint in Li's eye. The Pokémon didn't seem captivated at all. Instead it looked angry.
Then the Hurricane hit the Miltank. Just as the Thunder Fang, how did a Poochyena know that, hit her Tauros.
"Miltank, Rollout!" Whitney quickly called.
The panting Miltank rolled up in a ball and went straight for Li, but it didn't seem to be as energetic as before.

The Tauras was also getting tired.
"Quick," Michael said when he noticed Whitney choose to give her Miltank an order first. "Finish it with a Tackle!" It seemed they actually had a chance to win this and defeat the larget Tauros.

"Come on, you can do it!" Bear shouted from the sideline, jumping from one foot to the other. "Show them what a strong Poochyena you are!"

---

"Your sister left," Saruya growled. "And you can't defeat us both."
Right now standing was hard enough, but she refused to show any signs of weakness to this defeated Mightyena. Embers etched around her mouth. "Scram!" she barked.

---

"Tea is always the safe choice," Andy agreed. "You can't boil water the wrong way and they just give costumers a tea bag to drop in. But Mitch is definitely my kind of Pokémon. Will you believe that none of my Pokémon care for coffee? Not one. Well, maybe Bear, but he gets all hyperactive from caffeine and he already is an energetic Primeape, so that's not a good idea."

"It takes two to flirt," Kim sighed. "If this will escalate it will also be Andy's fault." At least he would stop with flirting. Or at least Frosiien wouldn't let it get any further than that. Right? Suddenly worry that it might get further hit her. "Ehm, Mitch..." she whispered, making sure the humans walking in the front wouldn't hear her, but they seemed to be focussed on each other so the chances of that were low. Frosiien... only likes to flirt with humans, right? I mean, noting else, right?"

Gavin moved to put James and Fez down as he neared the counter, he looked up to Mindy with a big smile. "I found some pants!" He said before he moved to place them against the counter and went to pay for them.

A small ring-portal appeared in the store and Hoopa slipped through it, brandishing a new small red bandana before he disappeared from view and floated towards Penalopy.
"Pssst." He called over to her, moving to hide behind a rack of clothes as he became visible again, "P!" Dausiin called out.

---

Niccia went to yell an order towards Li before the large bat breathed in and used Boomburst towards the Miltank, not allowing it to get near him.
Li was trying not to snap, his mind was getting muddled with memories of being captured.

Missy nodded at Michael's words, her body heaving before running towards Tauros.
Her body seemed to crackle before she slammed into the large Bull Pokemon with a normal attack.
She bounced back once the attack was finished, she flicked her ears and glanced to Bear when he gave her encouragement.

---

Harry watched the other Mightyena, watching him slowly and shakily stand up and slowly wander back into the forest, he hesitated for a second as he glanced back- flashing a toothy grin before he moved on again.

Harry turned his attention to Saruya and gently pressed his nose against her fur, breathing in as he slowly gathered water in the air.

---

"If you make tea from scratch you can mess it up." Frosiien gave a small laugh as she glanced back to Mitch when Andy mentioned him. "Sadly Mitch is the only Pokemon I... Er, 'own'." She stated, "Arceus won't allow us to become trainers and mother wouldn't dare go against his word."

Mitch furrowed his brow at Kim's words.
"I've never seen her go any further than flirting." He started, "Hell, Her flirting is pretty rare anyway." He sighed quietly, "I wouldn't think she would fall in love with a human, especially not a travelling one. Lugia wouldn't stand for it; Arceus even more so."

Mindy smiled when Gavin told her he had found pants. That was definitely good and he sounded happy about it too. She stayed where she was, waiting for Gavin to join her. She noticed the Mime Jr. walk towards her, looking around as if he was looking for something. Or someone.

"D!" Penalopy squeaked and she flew in for a hug, only revealing herself when she was behind the rack of clothes. "Hey there, how are you? Did you know Gavin likes a girl? For real!"
Following her voice, James quickly went to the clothes rack. "Please keep your voice down, miss Penalopy," he said. "You don't want to embarrass Gavin, do you?"

---

The Tauros stumbled and fell to his side. The Boomburst hit the Miltank who, with the added speed of the Rollout attack, slammed into the wall.
"Oh dear..." Whitney said. "Okay. I guess you two win. Congratulations! I'll give you both a badge, because you both did super-great!"

Michael sighed in relief. "Well done, Missy!" he called to his Poochyena. "You were fantastic." It was clear they still had to learn to work as a team, but he was certain they would get there. And his Fletchling definitely needed more training, that was something he'd better start working on.
He looked to Niccia, their first double-gym-battle and they had won. That was awesome.

---

When the Mightyena was out of sight, Saruya lay down on the grass, closing her eyes as she breathed in and out. "That was a tough battle, I'll need a moment to catch my breath." she said. "They might come back with more, I think it's wise if we won't stray from the others too far from now on. And we need to warn Niccia about them." She glanced up to Harry, she hadn't seen much of his battle and hoped he hadn't taken too many hits. They definitely needed to back soon, but she had to take a moment to rest first.

---

Reaching the library door, Andy held it open for Frosiien. "I believe you," he said. He also kept the door open for the Pokémon that were behind them, closing it once everyone had left. If the lore was correct he was fairly sure about who Frosiien's mother was.

Kim let out a small sigh of relief, she had seen Andy flirt before and on occasion, if the feelings were mutual, the female had ended up in his bed, spending the night. It was probably for the best things wouldn't get this far with a legendary Pokémon. She left the library and waited for Andy to take the lead again before following him.

Gavin smiled to the cashier as he moved to put his new pants away in his bag.
He turned to face Mindy with a bigger smile.
"Where to next?" He asked with a tilt of his head, he didn't realize he put on a charming smile with the question, and if his tail wasn't tied down as his 'belt' is probably would have swayed as well.

"I'm good! How are you?" Dausiin said with a smile towards the Meoletta. He looked towards James and waved his hand, "It's Alright Jammy~ I had a feeling he'd fall for someone~"
Dausiin looked back to the other Legend, "Oh! I almost forgot, the reason I'm here is because I need to tell you about someone I met!" He spun gleefully, "You gotta meet them! They're really cool, they had a Pokeball set aside for all of us, in case someone tries to use us for bad!"

---

Missy landed and stumbled on her own feet, Li moved his tail swiftly to help the pup stand up as he looked to her with a burning passion in his eyes.
The two Pokemon stayed in silence before Li moved to let go of Missy gently and stepped towards Niccia- Moving his wing out to gently nudge his Pokeball to return himself.

Missy stood there in minor confusion at Li before she looked back to Michael and gave a happy bounce.
"WE DID IT" She said loudly, Sparky got up from her lying position beside Niccia before she trotted over to her friend gently.
Niccia smiled to Michael happily, "We did it!" She repeated what Missy said, just a little softer. "We did amazing."

---

Harry stayed beside Saruya before he gently pressed his snout against her.
He breathed in and focused, pooling some energy into a small drop of water and gently dropped it onto her neck.

A shiver juttered down Saruya's spine, but the water was a move Harry hadn't thought he was able to use, Life dew, A water-based healing move.
"Are you okay?" He asked her, moving to gently lick her face.

---

Varina followed behind of the group, looking around as she exited, looking up at Andy with a small smile.
Frosiien gave a smile to the Spiritomb, only to get her to shrink back into her keystone slightly.

Mitch moved to glance back towards Varina before looking to Kim.
"The Mother she speaks of is Lugia." He said, looking towards the Spiritomb before looking back to the Furret. "Arceus is the one who correctly created them, but Lugia is the one who looks over the birds."

"Well..." Mindy began as she gave it some thought, "maybe now that you have a new set of clothes you could put them on and wash the dirty clothes in the Pokémon Center." She showed a fabric with dark-purple and light-grey pattern on, still wrapped in a plastic package. "I also got you this, it's a tube scarf, they are really versatile, you can use it to keep your neck warm, but you can also turn it into a hat, or, well, there is lots you can do with it, there are some instructions inside the package. If you travel outside a lot it's a convenient thing to have."

Penalopy looked at Dausiin and for a moment it seemed she was sceptical about it, but she soon showed a happy face. "I'd love to meet him~ But I want to catch up with Mew first, I know she's close. It's been soooo long~" She wrapped her arms around James. "Remeber me and her playing tag and watching the humans from that mountain village from a distance? She always loved humans as much as I do~"
"I remember," James said. "But it really wasn't that long-"
"Dausiin, do you know where she is?" Penalopy asked, not waiting for James to finish his sentence.

---

"Yeah, we did," Michael said.
Whitney joined them and presented two badges. "There you go," she said. "You earned them! Are you going for the league?"
Michael took one of the badges and looked at the gym leader. "Probably not."
"Well, you don't have to, of course," Whitney said. "I know some trainers who only collect bagdes of a certain type to prove for themselves they are a master of their favourite type, and they never get the amount of badges needed for a league in any region. Being a trainer is more than doing the league and everyone has to fill in for themselves what they want to do and how they want to accomplish that."

---

"I'm feeling better, yes," Saruya said as she got up. "Let's go back, Michael and Niccia need to know what happened."
While she knew it would worry them, they couldn't keep this to themselves. "Despite what that female Mightyena said, I'm certain they or others will be back at one point. We need to train and get stronger before that happens."

---

Andy led the group to the place he had seen. "You know," he said as they were walking, "we only just met, but I can already tell you are much better company than Gavin. I like the guy, although he is a bit serious, but he doesn't have your looks. I may have to tell him he's not my favourite anymore, although I don't think it will disappoint him, he might actually be relieved." He grinned. "Like the Pokémon professor I work for, Maple, she likes it when I go on long journeys for research."

Kim nodded to show she understood. "Like how Pokémon sometimes accept surrogate parents, another who is not of their species but who took care of them. They will call them mother or father, even if they technically aren't. I saw it with humans too, parenthood isn't always decided by who created someone."

Gavin nodded at Mindy's words; "Washing my clothes are probably a good idea." He said with a smile, his eyes lit up when she gave him the tube scarf. He held it in his hands as she explained what it was, he looked it over as he decided to keep it in it's plastic packaging. His lips trembled slightly before he suddenly smiled.
"This is amazing!" He started, starting to tear up, "Thank you. Thank you so much."
He moved and gave her a massive hug.

Dausiin laughed gently at Penalopy, "Gavin is travelling with her." He said with a soft smile, "If you'd like, I can invite my human friend to StarFall?" He grinned happily. "You have to meet him, it's a matter of life and safety!"

---

Niccia looked at the badge with a large smile, looking back down towards Whitney.
"I... Don't know." She started, "I just like the travel, and the training."
She looked towards Michael, smiling a bit more, "I can't believe we did it, I'm proud of you." She grinned before moving to kneel towards Sparky and Missy. "I'm so proud of you two!"

Sparky gave a happy yip and leaped up onto Niccia's shoulders with a happy growl. Missy on the other hand stood proudly but a bit out of breath.

---

Harry gave a small nod, swaying his tail before he started towards the way they came.
He fluffed his fur quietly before he paused, glancing back to Saruya before he noticed a puddle on the ground and looked himself over.
"Hm." He uttered to himself, "A new look... Similar to Souls..." He looked himself over and tilted his head.

---

Frosiien gave a laugh to Andy's words, "Gavin isn't... The best person in terms of... People." She started with a furrow of her eyebrows, "He's awkward, Poor thing doesn't understand how socializing works. He was, and always has been, a loner. Mew only used to visit him from time to time when they weren't stuck doing other things."
She smiled softly, "I'm flattered as well." She said, giving Andy a wink. "You're a charming Human yourself."

Mitch nodded gently, "Lugia took charge of the birds while her partner Ho-Oh took after the beasts." He said with a tilt of his head, "But yes, It is exactly like that." He looked towards the two humans before he tilted his head.
"They are getting along at least." He said with a bit of worry on his voice.

"Oh, ehm..." what Mindy hadn't expected was him to be so happy about a simple tube scarf. The last thing she had expected was to be hugged for it. "It was my pleasure," she said, placing her hands at his side to somewhat return the hug. "I'm glad you like it." He did have a special scent though, maybe it were the unwashed clothes, but it wasn't a bad smell. She had never been so close to anyone to that she could smell them.
She slowly freed herself from the hug. "Let's had back to the center than," she said with a shy smile.

Penalopy's eyes lit up when Dausiin mentioned Mew was with Gavin. That meant she could see Mew and play with her soon. She let out a small squeak that sounded like a melody, but she became more serious when Dausiin mentioned the human again.
"You can invite him, I'd like to meet him. But I may choose my own human if you really believe we need them for our safety." She glanced back to Gavin and her jaw dropped. She grabbed Dausiins head to make him look at Gavin. "Look! He's hugging her!"

"No way," James said as he too looked at it. "Fez! Look!"

---

Whitney nodded at Niccia's remark. "Just do what makes you and your Pokémon happy. Some people have a predetermined idea about what it means to be a trainer, but don't let anyone dictate you what to do."

Michael grinned like a child getting candy when Niccia praised him, that was even better than getting the badge. He hadn't felt he had done a particular good job as a trainer, but they had won. He knelt down next to Missy and stroke the fur on her back. "Well done, girl. Would you like to rest in your Pokéball now."

---

Saruya nudged Harry with her head. "You are still my handsome Arcanine," she told him. She gave him a small lick on the snout and started running back to the city. They would have to locate their trainers, but with their keen smelling that would be no problem. The new look would surprise or maybe even shock Niccia, but she was sure Niccia would accept it as quickly as she had accepted Soul's new look.

---

"I try to be," Andy stated with a grin, going to the door of the café. "So, it's time for you to hydrate with warm scented water and for Mitch and me to give in to our coffee addiction. I think with everything a man can be addicted to, it might as well be coffee." He looked at the Delibird. "Right?"

"Why does that make you worried?" Kim whispered, looking at Mitch. The hint of worry in his voice also showed in his eyes. She noticed Andy had stopped in front of the building and was looking back at them, but she hadn't really been paying attention to what he had said.

Gavin stepped away sheepishly when Mindy freed herself, he gave a small nod at the idea of going back to the Pokecenter.
"Y..Yeah, let's do that." He said with a weak smile before he looked around for his Pokemon. "Let's grab Fez, James and Penny and get outta here." He turned and looked around, unable to see his Guardian or the other Legendary and hers.

Dausiin smiled at Penalopy, "They're very helpful." He said before his head was grabbed and he looked at Gavin and Mindy, his eyes widened. "Whoa."
Fez turned around and blinked, "Oh." He started before he held back a giggle. "I can't believe it!"

---

Missy looked back at Michael as he asked if she wanted to go into her Pokeball, she nodded slowly, giving a bit of a yawn.
"A rest would be good." She said, moving to gently press herself against Michael.
Niccia gently pet Sparky's head before she looked to Whitney, she nodded at her words. "I don't intend to allow anyone to tell me what I'm doing."

---

Harry's fur prickled as Saruya said he was handsome, his tail slowly starting to wag as they walked along.
"Should we head towards the Center first?" He asked her, tilting his head softly.

---

Frosiien only gave a chuckle to Andy's words before she glanced back to Mitch.
Mitch looked up towards Andy and gave a quick nod, not speaking for a moment as the two humans seemed to be talking.
The Articuno gave another chuckle to his words, "It could be worse than Caffeine." She said before she looked towards the Cafe with a smile.

"I'm her guardian. I'm always worried for her." Mitch said, glancing to Kim, "I just worry about your human too. Flirting is okay and everything, I just hope nothing more comes from it."

"It looks like they're done~" Penalopy said. "Race you there!" She turned invisible and quickly floated to Gavin, where she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Gavgav! You make me so happy," she chimed as softly as she could, but only barely managed to keep her voice down. "Shall we go see Mew now? Please? Dausiin said she's with you!"

Mindy could hear the soft melodic voice and was relieved to see no-one around them either seemed to notice it, or think the strange sounds could be from a legendary Pokémon. She watched a man rush to the exit after paying for the items he had bought, people were in such a rush most of the time, they probably wouldn't even notice her if she had been visible.

---

Michael stroke Missy's back and then returned her to the Pokéball. He joined Niccia and looked from her to the gym leader. "Thanks for the battle," he said to her. "We'll be on our way again."
"Of course! Enjoy your journey."[/i] Whitney waved at them.

"Let's see if Gavin survived the shopping trip with Mindy," he said to Niccia with a faint smile. He hadn't been shopping with Mindy a lot, and definitely not for clothes, but he thought he knew Gavin well enough to imagine how he felt about it. "And I'll send a text to my uncle to let him know about our victory."
"Yeah!" Bear said, jumping up and down. "Tell him he needs to come to the gym too and have a battle himself. I can't wait to take on that Miltank myself!"
"I will let him know," Michael said as he took his phone.

---

"Yes," Saruya agreed. "Let's run." She hadn't imagined to have the energy for that after the battle, but Harry had somehow healed her and she felt strong enough to run. She didn't want to take any longer than necessary to warn Michael and Niccia about the hunting Mightyena's.
She started running to the city, they'd go to the Pokémon Center first and see if their trainers were there. And if not, it was a good starting point for their search.

---

Andy entered the café, holding the door open for his female guest and their Pokémon companions. One of the waiters noticed them and approached. "A table for two humans and two Pokémon," Andy said to him.
The waiter nodded. "Very well, this way place." He gestured with his hand to a table and as he walked towards it he looked at the guests. "Would you like the menu?"
"Well, we know what we want to drink," Andy said and he looked at Frosiien. "But if you'd like something to eat as well..."