Eevy was too busy reading the Gertan Rin guidebook to notice she was heading straight for a lamppost. Medira noticed just in time and pulled her from her course. Eevy woke up from her book and pulled away.

"What was that for?" she hissed at Medira.

"Would you rather be attached to that street lamp?" Medira asked with an annoyed face.

"Sorry. I’ll put the book away," she went to put it back in her pack.

"Hold it!" Medira snatched it away, "You know, hiding notes in your books is for goofy little sixth graders trying to ask somebody out on a date. You, on the other hand, are a twenty-one…"

"Twenty-two," Eevy corrected.

"…Twenty-two year old Pokemon Trainer heading for the Rainbow League reading a love letter from a guy who admitted he’s glued to you like a Qwilfish to seaweed."

"And I suppose," Eevy reached to the sleeve of Medira’s jacket and pulled out her letter, "this is just hanging there on its own?"

"Give me that!" Medira jumped and grabbed it from her.

"Those two are psychos," Yuu-Yuu sighed.

"Hey look!" Mizu pointed forward, "Look at all the shopping malls! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

"Think of all the stuff! Clothes and jewelry and chocolate! Let’s go!" Sooney powered forward, dragging poor Yuu-Yuu by the arm with Mizu following obediently behind.

"Hold up," Eevy stopped them with a hand in Sooney’s oncoming face, "This is Sickle City you guys. This place is the most expensive city on Gertan Rin!"

"So? We’ll just use Morty’s account," Mizu explained.

"On a normal occasion I would be elated to agree," Eevy shook her head, "Mr. Smart has gone and locked the account to everyone but himself."

"No!" Sooney started wailing, "I was all set to spend too!"

"Hey, stop it!" Medira shouted, "You can live."

The group approached the city and something caught Medira’s eye. She paused and turned. Eevy stopped and saw her drooling over a dress in a window before she zipped closer to get a better look.

"I need it. I want it. I have to have it!" Medira gagged at the window.

"You can’t afford it, Medira," Eevy shook her head, "Nobody can."

"But I have to have it!" Medira whined as Sooney pried her from the window.

"If I have to live, you have to too," Sooney walked away before noticing Eevy was gone, "Where’d she go?"

"Take a look at that store," Mizu pointed out.

"Oh wow," Eevy was eyeing a dress in the store across the street, "Oh wow."

"Oh brother," Yuu-Yuu moaned.

"Hey! Look there!" someone shouted and ran to Eevy’s side, "She must have been the Flower Princess one year!"

Eevy was suddenly surrounded with people, "That pin in her hair," someone said.

"The ruby rose," someone else added.

"Excuse me," Eevy laughed slightly, "What did I miss?"

"The ruby rose shows you were Flower Princess at least one year. Flower Princesses always shop free for five hours."

"Heh?" Mizu made a noise and face.

Eevy started acting, "Pardon me for just one moment please," she smiled and turned to get her cell phone, dialing the Pokemon Center in Blade Town, "Nurse Joy! Please get the Gym Leader Konohana on the line!"

"What’s wrong?" Konohana got the phone after a few minutes, "What happened?"

"What’s the deal with this pin of yours?" Eevy half shouted, "These people in Sickle are going nuts!"

"I knew they’d see you!" Konohana laughed, "The ruby rose is a great hair piece, isn’t it?"

"What do I do now?"

"Just go with the flow. Play perfect for a while and shop around. Tell them your friends are to shop free too. They’ll buy it easily. The people of Sickle City sponsor the Flower Princess Awards and do everything in their power to make even past Princesses happy. Just float along with them."

"What about you?"

"I’ve got two more identical pins. I’ll survive. See you later!" Konohana hung up leaving Eevy to stare at the phone before turning around.

"Yes, well," Eevy motioned for her friends, "These are my friends."

"Hello!" the group of nameless people echoed and bowed.

"Listen guys," Eevy pulled the girls into a huddle, "These people think I was a Flower Princess so go along with this and play pretty princess for a bit."

"I can’t do that!" Sooney whined.

"As long as you do we all shop for free."

"I’m in! So, what now?"

Eevy stood up straight, "Where do we start?"

*^~^**^~^*

Medira’s first instinct was to head for that dress, "I have to have this!" she drooled.

It was simply handed to her, "There you go," the girl said.

"Wow," Medira laughed, "I can have fun with this…"

Yuu-Yuu headed for the chocolate shop, running around the room pointing to everything containing so much as a bead of chocolate, "There!" she said, "Wrap it up and ship it out!"

Sooney flocked to the jewelry store with her eyes shining brighter than the emeralds she was eyeing, "I must have these emeralds!" she drooled over them and got her wish.

Mizu ran to a different dress shop and stayed inside for about ten minutes before flying back out with a blue dress with an icicle pattern around the neck, "Go me!" she shouted as she ran across the road to a shoe store.

Eevy realized she had forgotten to mention one important detail. She never told them it was only for five hours. She checked her watch. They’d been going at it for half an hour already. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Medira as fast as she could.

Medira’s cell phone rang just as she left another dress shop, "Hello," she snorted to whoever was interrupting her, "Oh, sorry Eevy…Five hours?…Sure, I’ll tell her…OK, bye," she hung up and scanned the street, looking for Sooney.

"Pick up, Yuu-Yuu," Eevy fidgeted as she waited.

"Hello! Yuu-Yuu Palm here!" Yuu-Yuu was on a sugar high, Eevy could tell, "Oh…Five hours…Four hours and fifteen minutes to go? Alright…I’ll set my alarm for fifteen minutes…Yes, I’ll watch for her. Bye," she hung up and looked out the window, "Where’s Sooney?"

"Mizu, of all the times to ignore your phone, this is the worst," Medira mumbled as she waited for Mizu to pick up.

"Mizu Mist," Mizu answered her phone, "Former trainee to Minor Mistress Sunami Nai of Nanka’s Daffodil City on Gertan Rin."

"Cut the introduction, Mizu!"

"Sorry, Medira…Sure…Four hours?…I’ll watch my watch…Sorry…I’ll keep an eye open…OK. Bye," she hung up and looked over her shoulder, "Where’s Sooney gone?"

Eevy dialed Sooney, but got no answer. She tried for another fifteen minutes before giving up and hoping one of the other girls would find her. She started to walk away, but the shine of a crystal store caught her attention. She turned to see what was so pretty that really grabbed her eye. A two-foot crystal Dragonite.

"That’s funny," she mused in a whisper, "Why did this grab my attention?"

Then she saw what had really been what she’d seen. One of the statues from Rainbow Metro was on display in the corner of the window. A statue of Lance Ryujin. She choked when she saw it.

"Oh wow," she whimpered, "Lance."

Her eyes traveled around the inside of the store while she looked in the window. She finally spotted Sooney, pondering over something. She looked to be in incredibly deep thought over it, whatever it was. She stood up and went inside. Sooney turned and saw her, jamming something behind her back. Eevy stopped and stood in front of her, tapping her foot.

"Why didn’t you answer your phone?" Eevy asked, narrowing her eyes at the bag behind her friend’s back.

"I was picking something out and didn’t really have time," Sooney lied through her teeth.

"What’s in the bag?" Eevy reached for it, but Sooney pulled away.

"It’s a surprise for later. You’ll have to wait."

Eevy scowled as she walked past and took off out the door, "Excuse me," she stopped and turned to the clerk, "What did that girl just buy?"

"Enough to choke a horse," the manager laughed.

"Figures," Eevy turned and walked out, staring to her side at the Lance statue as she walked by.

She realized she still didn’t get to tell Sooney about the time limit. She looked at her watch. Three and a half hours. Still enough time to find and catch her. She looked around without even the slightest clue where Sooney had gone to. She scanned the streets and spotted her heading for a huge shopping mall.

"Oh great!" Eevy took off after her, "If she goes in there I’ll never find her!"

Eevy saw Medira and Mizu lean out the doors of opposite shops and watch Sooney. Both of them ran out and after her. Eevy caught up to them and slowed down.

"She’s gone!" Mizu moaned as she looked in the door, "Gone forever!"

"No, we’ll find her," Eevy took a look inside the door after that remark, "Or maybe not."

"Come on, how bad could it be?" Medira then looked in, "Could it get any worse?"

"Hey guys!" Yuu-Yuu called from beside the door, "What’s with the faces?"

Mizu grabbed Yuu-Yuu’s collar, "Yuu-Yuu. Did you see where Sooney went?"

"Sure. She went into the jewelry store down there," Yuu-Yuu pointed.

"Good. Stay here incase she comes back. We’ve got to tell her about that time limit!" Mizu ran off with Medira and Eevy right on her heals.

"Hey wait!" Yuu-Yuu shouted, but couldn’t stop them, "I already told her…"

"Oh great," Medira moaned, "This entire end is jewelry!"

Mizu slumped down, "I don’t believe it!"

"Sooney the shop-a-holic is loose in here somewhere," Eevy groaned, "What is the world coming to?"

"Well, let’s split up," Mizu groaned, "I’ll take the left. Medira can take the right and Eevy, you can take the big one in the middle."

"Why do I get the big store?" Eevy whined as Medira and Mizu ran to either side, "Oh come on!"

Eevy slouched forward and walked into the store. She whimpered at the size and started to the left, scanning everything for any sign of Sooney. Mizu checked the left side thoroughly and came out negative on Sooney but positive on more jewelry for herself. Medira just wanted to make sure they didn’t end up paying for stuff Sooney bought after the time limit was up. Three hours and fifteen minutes to go. Too bad they didn’t know Yuu-Yuu had caught her on the way in to tell her…Sooney walked out of the jewelry store Medira was just going into and walked across to the one Mizu was just coming out of. Mizu and Medira met in the middle of the mall.

"Did you see her?" Mizu asked hopefully.

"No, you?" Medira begged for a yes.

"No. Have you seen Eevy?"

"No. She must still be in that store."

Mizu and Medira tromped into the store and looked around frantically, finding Eevy searching like mad for Sooney. They caught her to tell her they had no luck and the three gave up with that store, seeing as it was so big Sooney could have been anywhere. Sooney saw them walk past the store and waved to them, but they didn’t see her. She shrugged and went back to the necklace she was examining.

"I don’t believe she just disappeared like that," Eevy moaned.

"Just…Poof! Into thin air!" Medira pouted.

"I want to learn how she does that to stop her next time," Mizu half joked.

"Two and a half hours to go," Eevy grunted, "We’re losing time. Let’s go check around town some more."

"Wait!" Yuu-Yuu jumped in front of them, "Would you listen to me, please?"

"Alright," Mizu straightened, "But make it quick. We’ve got to find Sooney."

"No you don’t," that comment from the youngest of all five girls caught their attention, "I told her already. If you had listened when you first got in here, you would know that I caught her on her way in and told her. She’s already set her watch alarm."

Eevy closed her eyes, trying not to explode and Medira laughed as if she was going to burst. Mizu shook herself straight. Sooney clicked up behind them.

"Hey guys," she said, "How’s it going?"

*^~^**^~^*

"Luri! Give it back!" Jason bolted around the room after Luri who had taken the liberty of stealing his most recent letter from Medira, "Luri! Come on! Give it to me!"

"No!" Luri laughed and box vaulted a chair, "I’m going to read it, then give it to Will!"

"Don’t you dare! Give it here you little bitch!"

"Excuse me?" she stopped and turned to face him, "Was that Major Master of Alternate Colors Jason Peruwa picking a fight with Major Mistress of Ice and Water Lurianna Sedna? There’s a new one."

"I wasn’t picking a fight, Luri. I just want my letter back."

"I’m just interested in what she says that gets you so peachy keen and cute all the time."

"Gimme!" he just missed snatching it from her hand.

"Just once. I just want to read it once. I’ll give it back and I won’t show it to Will."

"You won’t show to yourself either," Will took it from her hand as he walked up behind her, "Here, munchkin," he threw it to him, "Go and leave us alone."

Jason choked for a minute as the letter floated into his hand, "Thanks, Will," he gagged a little.

"Why’d you do that?!" Luri turned and shouted at Will, "I wanted to read that!"

"For one thing it’s none of your business. And for a second thing," he leaned down and kissed her, "We have a date tonight. Did you forget?"

"Eh," Luri made a completely annoyed yet totally embarrassed face, "Oops."

"I thought as much. Be gone, munchkin."

"Shut up," Jason stood up, "I should have known he didn’t help just to be nice."

Lance walked in the front door laughing like a hyena. The girl to his right was laughing just as hard. This attracted the attention of the other three Elite quite quickly. Each one looked at him accusingly. Lance stopped and turned to the girl, saying something to trigger lighter laughter. He took her hands and kissed her cheek. She smiled, waved and walked back out. Lance waved and turned around with a quick curse as all three of the remaining Elite stood with their arms crossed, scowling at him.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"Don’t play dumb and innocent!" Luri hissed at him, "I can’t believe you’re actually cheating on Eevy!"

"I am not!"

"Really? Then who was that?" Will narrowed his eyes.

"That was-"

"Don’t bother trying to lie," Jason spat, "We’ll question her if we have to."

"Would you shut up and listen?!" Lance burst, "That happens to have been Victoria Ryujin. My little sister."

The other three dropped their arms to their sides and smirked, trying to avoid a blast of Lance’s anger. Luri smiled wide, Will laughed a little and Jason just kind of whimpered.

"Why would I be cheating on Eevy?" Lance was the one questioning now.

"Uh," Luri started.

"Well," Will choked.

"Um," Jason stepped back.

"That’s what I figured," Lance shook his head and walked away, "I’ve got a letter to read."

"Hey! Wait for me!" Jason ran after him, "I do too!"

"When are you going to write me a cute letter?" Luri asked Will.

"When you stop forgetting our dates," Will scolded and opened the door, "After you."

"Hey, I try my best! I have a busy schedule you know…"

Lance shoved Jason out of the way of the reading light and cleared his throat before reading…

~~~

Dear Dragon,

Hi! Professor Pine was of very little help, actually. She seemed really, REALLY suspicious of you, JP, Starla and Phantom. She got me to battle Ash Ketchum. Do you remember him? You should. I beat him, but not after my poor Zovo (my Flareon) and Yovo (my Umbreon) took hefty beatings from Solar Beams. They’re all right now, especially Zovo. He’s very proud of himself. So is Lovo (my Jolteon). They went up against Konohana’s Bellossom and Tangela in a Duo Battle. An inspiring speech from Vovo (my Eevee) taught them to work together. Both of them learned their ultimate attacks and we beat Konohana for the Orange Badge. I’m so lucky to have such wonderful Pokemon. Not to mention a really sweet penpal. We’re moving out to Sickle City in just a couple minutes. After that we’re getting to Slice City for, I believe, the Yellow Badge. The girls and everybody are doing fine. Gotta go!

Love,

Eevy

~~~

"Oh, lovely," Lance said as he folded up the letter and put it in a drawer, "Pro. Palm remembers us," he closed the drawer and locked it, stuffing the key in his coat pocket.

"Oh that’s just dandy," Jason commented, "Positively peachy."

"We’ll have to be a little more careful. Go ahead and read your letter."

"Gladly…

~~~

Dear JP,

If you consider beating two of Eevy’s Pokemon to the ground, sure, Pro. Pine was loads of help. Eevy’s a little upset. She says Dragon’s too slow with the mushy stuff. You might want to just kind of nudge that into one of your conversations just to see what he does. She got her Orange Badge and Zovo (Flareon) and Lovo (Jolteon) learned their types’ ultimate attacks. Right before we went into the Gym, Eevy started screaming that she wanted Dragon to be there for her first Hokubu badge. Konohana made a nasty comment about how we’d never be ‘Flower Princesses’ at the Pokemon festival in Dart. We plan on proving her wrong so I really hope you’re there! We’re going to Sickle City in just a minute. I’ve heard the stores there are really expensive. That’s too bad. I love to shop. We’re leaving, so I’d better go. Still love ya’!

Love,

Medira

~~~

"Flower Princesses?" Jason questioned, "That little flower pixie said my Medira can’t be a Flower Princess?! That little witch!"

"What are you babbling about?" Lance scanned him as he stood there screaming at nothing.

"Konohana said Medira and Eevy couldn’t be Flower Princesses at the Dart Town festival!"

"What?! I ought to mangle that little pansy into a ball and use her for a punching bag!" Lance hissed.

"I’ll rip her apart!"

"What are you two screaming about?" Luri ran in from the front door, "We heard you all the way down the walk. Is everything alright?"

"No," Jason spat, "We need to fire a Gym Leader."

"What?" Will questioned with his right eyebrow up, "What are you talking about?"

"Konohana insulted the girls," Lance scowled, "The biggest insult possible."

"What?" Luri asked, "What’d she say?"

"She said my Medira," Jason started boiling over.

"And my Eevy," Lance started turned red.

"Couldn’t be Flower Princesses!" they both burst.

"Harsh," Will nodded.

"Harsh is all you can say?!" Jason growled.

"Whoa," Will stepped away, "What was that for and why are you growling at me?"

"Because I’m thoroughly ticked off, that’s why!"

Even Lance stepped away, "Man, Jason," he said quietly, "Calm down."

"I can’t calm down! I wouldn’t calm down even if I could! That little wretch is going to eat those words!"

"I’m telling you, calm down."

"Remember, she said the same thing about Eevy."

That killed Lance, "That miserable little snotty brat!"

"If she said that about me," Luri turned and crossed her arms at Will, "would you get this upset?"

"Depends on how big her boyfriend is," Will whimpered.

"Well thanks," Luri snorted and turned away.

"Are we going to start that again? I was kidding around. Honestly! I’d stand up to anybody for you…Except maybe Lance."

"Yeah," Luri said nastily, "Sure you would."

Will drooped and turned around, "If that’s the way you want to play it, so can I," he walked out and into his room, "Lock the doors on ya’ and see how ya’ feel," he slightly snickered as he locked the door.

"Too bad we can’t leave. It’s good for Konohana though," Jason calmed a bit.

"Yeah. I’d love to beat her for that remark, even if she is a girl," Lance sat down.

"Are you two quite through?" Luri asked and at their nod, turned to where Will should have been, "Now let’s go Wi-Will? Will? Where’d you go?"

"Come on and find me!" he called from his room, "But I still won’t unlock the door."

"I’m not in the mood for games!" she shouted, "I just want to get going!"

"What if I said no? What if I said I don’t want to go out tonight…Or any night?"

She listened to his voice to try and find the direction, "You don’t mean that do you?"

"Would you like to try me?"

"I’d love to try you at some things!" she said, just to get his attention, "Now where are you and why are you doing this?"

"Excuse me?" he asked himself, then continued yelling, "Like I said, find me!"

"Oh come on!" she stepped in front of his door and listened.

He knew she was there. He could hear every single move she made with that weird sight and hearing thing the Beasts had given him. He just sat at his desk, writing.

"I know you’re out there. The door’s locked."

"Ah!" she shouted as she tested his truthfulness, "Let me in!"

"No."

"What’s your problem all of a sudden? What did I say that was so mean and cruel?"

"I think doubting my love for you was a bit much."

She tried to think of what he meant and then it hit her, "That was just a stupid question. I was just fooling around, just like you were with that smartalic answer. Every girl does that at one point or another. With all the girlfriends you’ve had, you should know that."

"Crushes and single-date dreamers, yes. Girlfriends, no."

"You’re kidding me! You’ve got to be joking!" she pressed her face up against the door and tried to look between the two halves.

"Nope," he continued writing, "Not kidding."

Her jaw smacked the floor, "No way," she whimpered, "No way in the world," she shook herself straight, "So what’s so bad with you that I haven’t noticed yet?"

"Nothing I know of. I was always the one to break it off," he paused and slouched in his chair, "I never found the right girl. I guess it was just Suicune fooling with me. At least, that’s what I’d say now."

Suicune popped in and sat down next to Luri, "He’s right," she whispered, "It was me. He always went after other girls, and I always stopped him."

Luri looked down at the Water Beast and then back to the door, "It was Suicune, Will," she said, "She just told me."

"I know. I can hear her and she knows it."

"Oops. I forgot about that," Suicune stepped back and sat down away from the door.

"Can I please come in? We can call it totally even after that comment you made in Sunflower. OK?"

"I suppose," he stood up and unlocked the door and opened it.

Luri, being an idiot and not paying attention, was leaning on the door when he opened it. She fell over flat on the floor.

"Ouchy," she moaned.

Will stood behind her laughing, "Next time pay attention."

"That’s not funny," she sat up and looked at her arm, "I’m all scraped up now."

"Sorry," he stopped laughing, "You want some help?"

"I can manage on my own, thank you," she stood up and brushed off, "Your room’s a mess."

"Yours isn’t much better I’m sure," he retaliated.

"True," Suicune snickered from the hallway.

Will scowled and closed the door, leaning up against it and staring at the floor, "I know you’re still there."

"I’m going!" Suicune snorted and walked away.

"That paper on the table there is yours if you want it," Will pointed to the desk.

"Mine?" she questioned and looked to the desk, "What is it?"

"Read it if you want to know."

She looked at him questioningly for a minute before side stepping to the desk and sitting down. He sat down on the bed and watched her read. She took a strand of her blonde hair and started wrapping it around her finger, still eyeing the paper. By the time she had finished reading, that particular lock was coiled and crimped. She let it dangle on the side of her face and smiled.

"Will, why did you-?"

"You said you wanted a cute letter," he interrupted her and put his left elbow on his knee and his head in his left hand, "Was it cute enough?"

"Adorable," she mirrored his pose.

He slightly laughed once and changed positions. Once again she mimicked him. He narrowed one eye and so did she. She laughed and he shook his head.

"I thought you said you weren’t in the mood for games."

"I changed my mind," she pushed him over and sat down next to him, "Do you mind?"

"No."

"I didn’t think so," she leaned over and kissed him.

*^~^**^~^*

Notes
Don’t even ask. This one was kind of funny, but kind of weird too. I like the ending, don’t you? So cute ^_^ Well I thought so…I don't really have any comments, so...Uh...Bye.

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