Eevy and Vovo weaved their way around trees as Eevy continued to think about the things that Raikou said after he had pulled her from the Gladiola River.

"I don't think we should tell anyone about Raikou, Vovo. It might jeopardize his freedom."

"Eevee eev."

Eevy giggled slightly until she suddenly burst out in a sneezing fit.

"My nose is running, my head hurts, and I feel like I'm gonna fall over! Plus my throat hurts, I'm sneezing my head off, and I can't breathe through my nose! I feel like I'm going to suffocate!"

"Eevee eevee eev?"

"Yeah, I'm, fine. It's probably just a chill from lack of sleep and that horrid swim yester…Ha ha…"

Vovo ducked and covered his ears just as Eevy let out another burst of sneezes.

"I think we should get to Pro. Palm's lab so I can get some medicine," Eevy said coughing.

"Eevee."

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"There! There's the lab! We're alive!" Eevy said falling to her knees.

"Eevee…" Vovo said, shaking his head at her.

"Well, I guess we should go inside. Ha ha…"

"Eev!"

"Sorry, Vovo. I'll look the other way next time."

"Eevee!" Vovo growled.

"Vovo, go inside and get the professor. I don't feel so good…"

Eevy toppled over and landed flat on her face. She was out like a light. Vovo tried helplessly to wake her, but she wouldn't budge. He bolted to the back door of the lab and began relentlessly scratching and clawing at the door, yowling as he did so. After about a minute of this, a tall man, about 35 years old, opened the door.

"What is it little Eevee? Where's your trainer?" Pro. Palm asked Vovo. Then he spotted Eevy, "Oh my! Nurse Joy!"

The man ran back inside and a few minutes later came back with one of the many Nurse Joys. This was the Joy of Lily City, where they were. The professor carried Eevy in and sat her down on one of the waiting room couches. He let Lily Joy take care of the rest.

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After about 20 minutes of being out like a light, Eevy woke up and looked around. She looked down a small hallway to her left and saw Nurse Joy walking toward her.

"I see you are finally awake!" Lily Joy said to Eevy as she sat up.

"Yeah, but, I'm a bit lost as to what happened," Eevy said sneezing twice and coughing.

"You've managed to catch a very nasty version of the flu. It lasts about 3 days. It causes sneezing, coughing, soar throat, stuffy and runny nose, and fainting. How many of those do you have?"

"Every one, along with itchy eyes."

"Don't worry! You'll be just fine in 3 or 4 days!"

"So, I'll be good to go next Monday when all the new trainers leave then, right?"

"Yes, definitely, except, they aren't leaving. No one is leaving for a new training expedition for a while."

"Huh? Why not?"

"I'm afraid it's my fault," Pro. Palm said walking in, "I forgot to get more memory for my computer and the new virus protection upgrade I put on it fried the system. Without more memory, I can't register any new trainers. And I can't leave my lab, there have been reports on Team Rocket sneaking around town."

"I'll go get it," Eevy said standing up.

Joy walked over to her and pushed her back on the couch.

"No way! You're not going any where in this condition! There is no way I am letting you leave! You could infect the whole town! Or even die!" Lily Joy told her.

"Then, what about all the trainers?" Eevy asked, trying to convice her otherwise.

"You'll just have to wait! The next batch of trainers comes in another 2 weeks, you can go then!"

"Eevee, ee, eevee!"

"What is it Vovo?" Eevy asked him, covering her mouth a she sneezed.

Pro. Palm walked over to one of the tables and picked up the newest version of the Poke Dex.

"Dexter 2, please translate," he asked it.

A small electronic voice began to translate for them.

"I can go, Eevy! I can take Ditto with me and we can get the part ourselves."

"No Vovo! I'm not going to let you risk your life for a computer part!" Eevy yelled at him.

"Please, Eevy! Let me go! I know you feel real bad, and I know you want to train Pokemon! Let me help!"

"Should I let him go?" Eevy asked Pro. Palm and Nurse Joy.

"I may not be safe, but it seems to think that it can do it. It is really your decision, Eevy," Pro. Palm said.

"Well, I suppose I could let him go. Ditto can always transform if he needs to. Ditto! Go!"

"Here," Pro. Palm said handing Vovo a small bag, "This has a couple of healing potions and the Poke Dex. It also has a paper with the part I need and a map with directions to the computer store. Take care now!"

Vovo and Ditto headed down the street to reach the computer store on the other side of town. Eevy was regretting letting them go.

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Ditto was fooling with the Poke Dex as the team walked down the right side of the road. He accidently hit the translate button. The two began to talk, with Dexter 2 translating every word.

"You do know I'm a girl, don't you?" Ditto asked Vovo.

"Really?!" Vovo said, looking embarassed, "Boy, is Eevy in for a surprise!"

The Pokemon stopped on the sidewalk to look at the map. The computer store was a way a way. It was on the other side of town, and they were about a quarter of the way there. They heard a rustling in the bushes to their right, but ignored it. They found a good path and began walking again. After they were out of hearing range, a woman's head and a Pokemon's head popped out from behind the bushes. The woman was dressed in the signature Team Rocket Executive uniform, while the Pokemon was pure black Persian. They were definitely members of Team Rocket.

"I know I've seen that Eevee before…" the woman said.

"Me too," the Persian said, with no help from a Poke Dex translation system, "I think I saw them on the cover of Rose Town's local paper."

"That's it! That's the Eevee that the little twit saved from Daemeon. That Pokemon is very strong, we should get it for the boss."

The two of them began following Vovo and Ditto, waiting for the right moment to strike.

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After a bit of an argument with the shop clerk over giving two Pokemon an expensive computer chip, the pair got the part and began to walk back to the lab. Ditto was still fooling with the Poke Dex and still had the translation system activated.

"That was easy!" Ditto said.

"Don't be so sure…" Vovo said looking down the road.

Standing in front of them was a young woman about three years older than Eevy, and a pure black Persian. They looked ready to fight.

"Hello little Pokemon! I'm Jen. This is Persian. Why don't you come with us? We have a very nice boss…er…friend who would love to meet you," the woman said smiling.

"Buzz off, you old hag! We have to get back to Pro. Palm's lab!" Vovo shouted.

"Just look at you to!" Persian said, "You need a Poke Dex to talk! But I don't!"

"Who cares!" Ditto said, "I don't give a Rattata's rear!"

"Fine!" Jen said, "Let's battle! Go, Weepinbell!"

Out of the Poke Ball emerged a pure black Weepinbell.

"I'll get 'em!" Persian yelled, running and slamming into Vovo.

"Yiyeee!" Vovo shrieked as he hit the pavement.

"No! Vovo! That's it! I don't care if you're a member of the Elite 4! I'm gonna kill you!" Ditto yelled transforming into an Electrode.

Ditto used Thunder Wave then Explosion to knock Team Rocket down. She went back to being Ditto then went for the pack and grabbed a potion from the side pocket. She oozed over and sprayed it on Vovo. He stood up just as Team Rocket did. Ditto was still asking Vovo if he was OK when Team Rocket lunged at them. Weepinbell shot a Vine Whip straight at Ditto. Vovo saw the attack before Ditto did and jumped between Team Rocket and Ditto.

"No! Leave her alone!" he shouted, "Try and get through this!"

Vovo launched a Reflect attack then a Barrier directly behind the Reflect. Persian and Weepinbell slammed into the clear protective shields and bounced back onto Jen who was still laying down from the hit they had just taken from Ditto.

"Now scram!" Vovo shouted, launching a Shadow Ball into them. The Shadow Ball sent them flying into the sky.

"I hope that's the last we see of them!" Ditto said, giggling a bit, "Thank you Vovo, I'd be Weepinbell's lunch if it weren't for you!"

Vovo blushed and looked away, "Anyway, let's get to the lab."

"Hey wait!"

"What?"

"Look at that!"

Ditto pointed to a little basket of flowers with something shiny in it. On the handle was a tag.

"Can you read human?" Ditto asked staring at the tag.

"A little. Let me see…Hey! Dexter, translate the tag!"

Dear Vovo & Ditto

I'm sorry about Eevy getting sick. That's too bad. These flowers and that present are just for her from Entei as a get well soon present. I saw you win that battle with Team Rocket. You've done well! Give Eevy a big hello and a get well soon from all us Legendary Beasts.

^^^Raikou^^^

"Present?" Ditto asked.

"In the center of the basket. Hey! A Fire Stone!"

"Don't touch it, Vovo! If you do, you'll be turned to a Flareon."

"Good idea. Now let's get back!"

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By the time Vovo and Ditto made it to the lab, the flowers Entei had sent with them had almost wilted. It was strange, however, that when Eevypicked the flowers up, they blossomed again. When they showed Eevy the tag her only response was "Team Rocket?!" Of course, that was all she could say before she began with another coughing and sneezing fit. Pro. Palm installed the new memory just in time, and was able to recover all of his files. He then registered Eevy. She had just fallen asleep, so he left her new Poke Dex with her back pack. Eevy was estatic over the Fire Stone, but was still a bit upset that they had a run in with Team Rocket. Vovo and Ditto decided to leave Eevy to sleep, so they climbed the side ladder of the building to the roof. They also snuck Eevy's new Poke Dex with them.

"Hey, Vovo. Watch this!" Ditto said, transforming into a pinkish-purple toned Eevee.

"Cool! What a pretty color!" Vovo said.

"Vovo. I want to that you again for saving me," Ditto leaned over and gently pecked him on the cheek with her nose.

Vovo's face turned a bright, beat red. He dropped his jaw and fell backwards.

"Are you all right?" Ditto asked him.

"I'm just fine…"

"Sorry. What did I do?"

"Nothing bad," he said blushing.

They stayed on the roof all night long, curled up in a ball of pinkish-purple and brown and creme fur.

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In The Next Chapter

Vovo and Ditto fall deeply in love and give Eevy a slew of new Pokemon eggs. They give her an even 10. Eevy agrees to keep half, and to find homes for the rest. Before she can do that, however, she must register as a Pokemon Breeder. That takes time. She knows where 3 of them are going, but the other 2 have no homes to go to. Will they be able to give the eggs to loving parents before they hatch and claim Eevy as their trainer? Is that egg moving? Is that one shaking? Find out soon in:

Pro Eevee Breeder

Notes

Crummy description of the new chronicle, I know. I'm having a brain lock-down, so I can't think of anything better. I know, this chapter was a bit, well, strange, but I like it : ) I think a Ditto colored Eevee would be cute, don't you? When I get to add the pics, I know you'll like them! The Fire Stone and Entei was a spur of the moment idea. I did know that every time Eevy or her Pokemon completes a difficult or important task along their journey, they get a special present. I should go work on the illustrations for the story!

*^~^*Kat*^~^*

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