After winning the first badge, the Green Badge, at Lily City Gym, Yuu-Yuu and Eevy decided to head to Carnation City. No Gym, Eevy thought, but I like it there. Yuu-Yuu was still dead set on ignoring Badges and Gyms to capture Suicune. The camera crew from PKMN TV was still following them. They ducked behind various trees while the announcer blabbed something into the lens.

“We are now following Eevy and her friend to Carnation City,” the announcer whispered into the camera, “It’s still a bit early, but these two young adventurers are out and about. Eevy just won her first Gym Badge at Lily City Gym yesterday. Incase you missed it, here’s an instant replay!” he shouted as they turned to a quick replay of the Gym Battle from the day before.

“Do you get the feeling they’re not going to leave us alone?” Yuu-Yuu asked Eevy in a whisper.

“Yes. I do. And I’m regretting letting them come,” Eevy laughed, “I can’t stand cameras.”

“What? Are you camera shy?”

“No. I just don’t like people following my every movement. It bugs me,”

“Good point…”

“So how was that folks?” the announcer asked the camera, “Great job huh? I thought you’d like that! Look out there!” he shouted as he turned the camera to the side, “The sun is still leaving everything orange it’s so early! It’s about 6:30 by my watch and as you can see, these two trainers are out and making their way to Carnation City, a place known for its beautiful flower gardens and parks. Let’s watch!”

“I hate that man,” Eevy said as she pushed the Pokemon Center door open, “I really do.”

“Hello Eevy!” the Nurse Joy shouted across the room.

“It seems this Pokemon Nurse knows our young traveler. Let’s see!”

“Uh. Hi,” Eevy replied, “Have we met? I can never distinguish one Joy from the next.”

“I got a call from Pro. Palm this morning. He wanted to check in with you. It seems he’ll be watching and taking notes on you as his sample trainer this year.”

“Great…” Eevy mumbled, “Now I’m a science project as well as a TV show. What next?”

“It seems this young trainer is also going to be Pro. Palm’s research and development subject this year! How exciting! Let’s keep watching!”

“I’m going to break you in half if you don’t keep that camera out of my way,” Eevy growled at the announcer.

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Will yawned and sulked back into the chair, “I got up at 6:30 on a Saturday just to hear her witch at the announcer?”

“I don’t think she’s too much of a morning person,” Jason said as he walked down the hall.

Luri walked in with her mouth wide open in a yawn, “What’d I miss?” she asked as she slumped down on the couch, “I didn’t get up early enough.”

“Not much,” Lance said as he popped a piece of toast into his mouth, “Unless you like listening to someone other than yourself snorting away.”

Luri gave him a quick smack in the back of the head causing him to spit his food out, “Shut up!” she scowled.

“Thank you,” Lance said as he brushed the bread off his shirt, “You’ve proved my point.”

She went to smack him again but decided against it, “Yeah well,” she mumbled, “Why are you up so soon?”

“I wanted to keep an eye on her progress. Never know, she might get here,” Lance said as he swallowed quickly to avoid losing his food again.

“Yeah right,” Jason laughed, “Sure.”

Will simply rolled his eyes and walked out. He headed down the flight of stairs to the kitchen and awaited his food. Rainbow Mansion was a huge house. Four stories tall with eight rooms a story. That wasn’t counting the basement gym with the weights and punching bags and stuff that stretched the entire length and width of the house. Will hardly ever went down there, but Lance and Jason practically lived down there. Luri kept to the top level most of the time. The top level was where the pool was and she had no bones about letting her Ice- types take a swim. The third floor was usually ignored. It was where Luri slept and her six wardrobes of clothes sat. The second and first floors were where Lance, Jason and Will slept, and also where their closets, or actually rooms, of clothes were. Each member had six full wardrobes. They could have whatever they wanted, the League paid for everything. The thing was what they wanted they couldn’t get. They wanted contact with other trainers, but they weren’t aloud outside the gates of Rainbow Metropolis without explicit permission. That was why Lance, Jason and Will were so intent on Eevy. They knew the League would be starting soon and were elated at the chance to meet new people. Luri couldn’t care less. It didn’t matter to her one way or the other. Three men were enough for her to deal with. She wouldn’t mind another lady around to keep her company though. Will wasn’t one to talk with, Jason was younger than her, and Lance, well…Lance was just too Lance for her. Jason kept to himself mostly. He adored fighting with Will over whatever he could find that would get him mad. He only trains alternate color Pokemon. Why? No one knows. Just because. Will was not the right person to go to with a problem. He was usually too busy making stuff float across the room anyway. He’s way too telepathically inclined. Reading minds was his favorite hobby, especially Lance’s. And when he had help from his Alakazam and Kadabra it was even more fun. Lance was your everyday guy. His Pokemon made him famous, not his own talent. He plowed through the Elite eight years ago and hadn’t lost yet. He was extremely violent with the punching bags in the gym. He snapped one right off the ceiling once. Mostly from beating on it so frequently. He wasn’t as flirtatious as Will or Jason, but did get a bit brash now and then. None of them, not Will, not Jason, not Lance ever even got near Luri. They knew she’d swat them one in the back of the head. Will finally got his food and trudged back up the stairs.

“We need an elevator,” he groaned to himself as he walked.

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Eevy was getting annoyed. The camera guy kept slipping closer and closer to get a good shot. He got right in her face and gave the announcer a thumb’s up. What he saw next caused him to jump back about five feet. The blue and green in Eevy’s eyes washed together and then her entire pupil flashed red.

“Do we have an issue here?” Eevy asked violently.

“Nope, not at all!” the camera guy shouted as he jumped across the room to film from a safe distance.

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“Did you see that?” Jason asked frantically.

“Yeah,” Luri whimpered, “But I’m not sure I wanted to.”

“What happened?” Lance asked, “Her eyes went weird.”

“What’d I miss?” Will asked as he stepped into the room stuffing his face full of a pancake, “What happened?”

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“Eevy,” Yuu-Yuu whispered to Eevy, “You can’t do that on camera.”

“I know,” Eevy grumbled, “But he ticked me off. I couldn’t help it.”

“Well try harder!”

“I’ll attempt to be nice.”

“Well fans,” the announcer blurted as he pushed to sit next to Eevy, “As you can see, this trainer has a hot temper!”

Eevy’s eyes started getting redder and redder.

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“I get the strangest feeling she’s gonna blow,” Jason said as he saw this pretty girl’s eyes swirl together.

“That guy’s going to get it if he doesn’t move,” Will joked.

*^~^**^~^*

It turned out Will wasn’t joking around at all. Eevy stood up and snapped her fingers. This summoned Vovo to her side.

“Listen!” Eevy screamed as she jumped in the announcer’s face, “I am about one inch from turning you into pulp if you don’t lay off! Get the camera out of my face and keep your gooney friends out of my way! If he gets in my face one more time Vovo will be more than happy to escort you out!”

The announcer swallowed hard and stepped back to the other end of the Pokemon Center, “Folks. We’re sorry, but we’ll have to watch from back here due to…technical difficulties.”

*^~^**^~^*

“Technical as in smashed camera lenses and faces maybe,” Jason laughed.

“She’s not one to mess with,” Luri commented, “She’s got attitude.”

“What did I miss before?” Will asked again as he shoved more food in his mouth.

“Nothing Will,” Lance groaned, “Nothing you don’t do all the time.”

“What?”

“Nothing!”

*^~^**^~^*

“Eevy and her friend are now headed to one of Carnation City’s many gardens. We’ll watch from back here…” the announcer whimpered.

“Eevy,” Yuu-Yuu said, “You should apologize to them.”

“You’re right. I was a bit, grim,” Eevy whispered, “I’ll give them something to film.”

“Oh great,” the camera man gulped, “She’s coming over.”

“Hey,” Eevy said with a slight grin, “If you promise not to get right in my face, you can come closer.”

“Thank you,” the announcer cringed as he stood up and followed Eevy back to the flower basket she had been examining, “As you can see, our problems have been conquered, and we’re now watching Eevy and her friend at the garden.”

Eevy knelt down next to the basket and looked at it fondly. She then saw one of Raikou’s huge footprints beside it. This gave her a great idea on what the camera man would go nuts for.

“Hey guys,” she called over to them, “I want you to see something.”

The camera man crept closer, “All set,” he said as he focused on the flower basket and Eevy.

Eevy merely put her hand towards the flowers and they started to bloom and flourish, “Just like I thought,” she whispered to Yuu-Yuu, “Raikou was here.”

The camera man and announcer stood back in amazement, “As you can see, this girl has some very special talent!” the announcer blared.

*^~^**^~^*

Even though Luri hadn’t hit him, Lance’s toast fell out of his mouth again, “I did see that, right?” he asked.

“I did,” Jason said, “The flowers just started growing.”

“That’s said to be an affect that comes when someone has been visited by the Legendary Beasts, “Luri said, “You think?”

“You never know,” Will said as he chewed, “Anything’s possible.”

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Eevy picked up a Rose and pulled the thorns off, “Here Yuu-Yuu,” she said as she held it out to her friend.

As she held it out, it bloomed, “That’s so pretty,” Yuu-Yuu commented, “How do you do that?”

“Acquired talent, I suppose,” Eevy laughed as she made a Tulip grow.

Vovo trotted up behind her and rubbed up against her back. As he did, the Tulip in her hand grew even more. The camera man and announcer hadn’t seen this, and neither had Yuu-Yuu, but Eevy was holding the plant when it bloomed. She and Vovo looked at each other for a moment before the camera was perched a safe distance away from her, filming the bond between the Eevee and it’s master.

“Look at this folks,” the announcer said quietly, “The bond between this Pokemon and his master is already flourishing just as those flowers. Eevy, do you have any other Pokemon?”

“I have five others,” Eevy answered, “Why?”

“Perhaps they would like some exercise,” the announcer said.

“Oh,” Eevy said with a smirk, “Maybe,” she said standing up, “Come on out!” she tossed her Poke Balls as hard as she could to spread out the location of where they opened.

*^~^**^~^*

“Whoa! That girl’s got an army!” Jason said, “And they’re all different than the regular versions. How interesting,” he said as he wrote down the Pokemon and color variations.

“Look at all those Eons,” Will said, “She’s got one of every evolution! I thought she was a beginning trainer.”

“She is,” Luri surprised everyone, “There’s something more to that girl than meets the eye. She’s been visited, just like us.”

She pulled a Daisy out of the vase beside her and it began blooming. She tossed a Tulip to Will who also had his flower grow. The Carnation that went to Jason grew rapidly and the Rose that Lance caught grew faster than anyone else’s.

“That girls has been visited by Raikou. I can see it,” Will said, “She can make flowers bloom. It’s the only way.”

The four of them stared intently at the TV as Eevy and Vovo made more flowers grow. There was something special about this girl. Had Raikou been serious when he told them the year before that a great League Master would be coming and was not to be defeated? Was this the Master he was talking about? How could they be sure? None of them had anything to say. They were too hooked on the thought that maybe, just maybe, the Legendary Beasts were picking a new League Master to replace that scum sucking vermin, Peter.

“This is freaking me out,” Jason said, “Didn’t Raikou said there would be a new League Master to replace Peter coming this year?” he asked, sounding a little worried.

“Could he have chosen,” Lance paused as he pointed to the TV, “her?”

*^~^**^~^*

Eevy looked down at Vovo, his eyes starry as he looked at a vine of Morning Glories. Eevy felt like she was being watched. She could feel eyes peering at her, and it wasn’t coming from the direction of the camera. She snuck around them as they watched Sovo playing with Yovo. She peeked into the edge of the grove and saw Raikou’s familiar tail disappear into the woods. She felt better now that she knew what it was that had been watching her. That was until she got a camera poked over her shoulder. But he didn’t get right in her face on purpose.

“You OK?” the camera guy asked, “You look worried. Are we bothering you?”

“I’m fine, thanks,” Eevy said as she watched the spot Raikou had been standing in.

“You sure?” Yuu-Yuu asked.

“Yeah, I’m sure.”

Eevy went on about her business of playing with her Pokemon until she got a hand on her shoulder. A warm appearance, not cold like Morty. Probably a Fire or Electric- type trainer. She turned to get a slip of paper and a pen in her face.

“Hi!” a girl about sixteen years old blared, “I saw you on TV! You’re the coolest! Better than the Elite! Can I have your autograph, pretty please?”

*^~^**^~^*

Lance felt like gagging, “Better than the Elite?!?!” he screamed, “Hold on there!”

“What does she mean ‘better than the Elite’?” Jason flipped, “No way!”

“Not in a million milleniums!” Will shrieked, “Not over my dead body!”

Luri rolled her eyes, “She’s just looking for a role model, give the kid a chance.”

Then she heard the girl on TV say, “I used to be hooked on Luri, but you are SO much cooler than her!”

Lance, Jason and Will turned to look at their female partner with sly, evil, wicked grins. Luri could have sworn she felt her jaw hit the floor. She couldn’t believe what she just heard.

“Better…better than…than me?” she said with her bottom lip trembling.

She shook her head and ran out of the room. She bolted up to the third floor and went through one of the eight doors. She ran to the other side of the room and grabbed her coat and ice skates.

“My ice room,” she said to herself as she put her coat and skates on, “The only place with the same feeling as me right now. Cold, dreary and iced over.”

She stood before a huge skating rink. It was like the Ice Caves in Johto, the ones that led to and from Blackthorn City. There were boulders scattered around the ice to give it the appearance of a natural cave. She stood up and slipped over to the ice. She skated for a minute before she was stopped by a familiar female voice. She stopped and turned around.

“Suicune,” she breathed to herself as the Legendary Beast of Water stepped across the ice, “How? Why are you here?”

“You’re troubled,” Suicune said, “I can feel it. That new trainer, Evangelina, is stealing your glory, or so you think.”

“Tell me, Suicune, my friend, who is she? Why are we so fearful of her taking our positions?”

“You should be,” Suicune answered with a smirk, “Raikou chose her himself. She has big talent and an even bigger heart. She will be a great addition to your team.”

“So, she is the new Master?”

“IF,” Suicune emphasized the if on purpose, “she stays open to both pleasures and pains and can prove herself by winning her Gym Battles, alone.”

“So, you’re not helping her.”

“We have given her Element Stones. And we will continue to give her trinkets to help her along.”

“Please. Tell me everything you can, Suicune.”

“I have already said more than you need to know. I have to go now.”

Luri watched as the Beast of Water seemed to melt into the ice of the pond. She scratched her head a bit until she heard the door creak open.

“You alright, Luri?” Will asked as he peeked in from the doorway.

“I have news,” she said as she slipped to the door and pulled him inside.

She didn’t realize it, but Lance and Jason slipped in behind him. Everyone but Luri despised this ice room. It didn’t agree with their liking of warmth and heat. Especially not Lance, he hated Luri’s ice room almost as much as he hated Will’s style of clothes. Sorry, but red suites with purple shirts just didn’t do it for him.

“Suicune has just informed me of this girl’s significance,” Luri said still not noticing Lance and Jason, “She’ll be replacing Peter if she can prove herself to Raikou.”

“You saw Suicune,” Will asked, “Here? Just now? And she told you that?”

“Will,” Luri said, “Peter won’t be happy,” she looked at him with the most worry Will had even seen on her face, “He said he’d come back for the person who would replace him. We can’t let her beat us, no matter what Suicune, Entei or even Raikou think.”

“But, if Raikou chose her, it’s what she’s here for. Raikou chose us, and we all won,” Will said.

“But we never had Peter, Master of Fire, watching and waiting to come after us for stealing his position!” Luri shouted at him before wrapping her arms around him, “We can’t let her get hurt! All four of us vowed to each other and the League to keep his chair as League Master open just to keep all the trainers safe!”

Will’s face turned bright red as Luri grabbed him, “Uh, Luri. Calm down, we’ll just have to do what we can, OK?”

“Awe,” Jason laughed, “Ain’t they cute together?”

“I think so!” Lance laughed.

Luri looked up, “When did you get here? How long have you been there?”

“Long enough!” Jason laughed before slipping out the door and down the stairs.

“Hey! The press will be thrilled for you guys!” Lance blared, “So when’s the wedding?”

“You little monsters!” Luri shouted.

*^~^**^~^*

“So,” Eevy said as she looked at the girl who had asked for her autograph, “What’s your name?”

“I’m Sooney,” she answered intently, “I’m a Poison- type trainer.”

“Really?” Yuu-Yuu asked, “I always thought Poison Pokemon were hard to control.”

“They are until you get to know them,” Sooney answered, “Eevy, can I ask you something?”

“Sure,” Eevy said as she put Zovo back on the floor from her lap.

“Well. You see…I just started my Pokemon Journey too. When I saw you on TV, I thought you were the greatest thing ever, and I still do,” she kicked some dirt up nervously, “I wanted to ask…I mean could I…Could I please travel with you?”

Eevy looked at her puzzled for a minute, “Well, I…”

“I’m not after Badges or Elite positions, I just want to catch and train Poison Pokemon to be like my idol Aiya. So, I wouldn’t be any kind of danger to your dreams or anything. Please? Please Eevy?”

Eevy looked at Yuu-Yuu and Yuu-Yuu looked at Eevy, “Well. Um…” Eevy thought about how much this girl was reminding her of Kayla, “Yeah. Ok. Sure. Why not?”

“Really?” Sooney perked up, “You mean it? You’re the best!”

In The Next Chronicle:
A new friend has joined the ranks as the girls head out for Dogwood City. The problem? They have to cross Eevy’s archenemy, the Gladiola River. The memory of her near death experience haunts her, so Eevy refuses to cross. With the help of a mysterious new friend, will Eevy, Sooney, Yuu-Yuu and Vovo get across before night fall when all the Dark- type Pokemon come out? Who is this new person? Find out soon in:

Troubled Memories

Notes
An…odd chapter, I suppose you could call it. Where I came up with this? I have no clue. It just popped into my head while I was thinking of an idea. I like it though. The description of ‘Rainbow Mansion’ had been packing away in my brain for weeks while I looked for a place to fit it in. Jason is an odd little person, and Luri is just as weird. Luri is supposed to be my creation of Prima/Lorelei’s daughter, but I don’t think that’s going to work out, we’ll have to see.

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