"But you're not training at night time anymore!" Both Kurai and Hikari ordered me in unison. "I won't!" I said while giggling. "What's so funny?" Kurai asked me impatiently."You both wonder why I trust you both with my life yet you both show me with your actions and words that I can put complete faith in you guys." I said. "..." Both Kurai and Hikari didn't say a word. "You both are just proving what I said before more and more with time." I said while smiling proudly. "Jeez, Hailey, it sounds like you're talking proudly about your own family." Hikari said. "Did you not have a nice family?" Kurai asked me. "I... Don't know... I don't remember them..." I said while looking down. "Heh... How pitiful is that? I don't even remember my own family! I don't even remember my own mothers face!" I shouted out angrily while tears picked at the corners of my eyes. I then felt both Hikari and Kurai hug me. "Shhh... It's gonna be okay...As long as you're here you will have a family." Hikari assured me.
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A week later... I had been practicing Cosmic Beam as well as transforming so much that I can do both on command. I can even partly transform into a Grovyle enough to combine scratch and leaf blade (both are Pokémon attacks) into one. I had just ended one of my training sessions when I heard a human but with a strange accent. "Guuuuyyyysss! Where are we?" The strange sounding human said. " Hey look over there Jess! I think I see a clearing!" A male with a deep voice says. "Finnnaalllyy! We've been walking forever!" An older female voice complained. I then heard them walking towards me. I was an Espeon at the time and I was laying down on the grass so I didn't have enough time to react. "Oh?" The female voice said as she glanced down at me. I then sat up and turned around to be able to see them. I recognized them immediately. They were team Rocket (Jessie, James and their talking Pokémon, Meowth.)
I decided to play dumb until the situation would be too dangerous. "Hey dollface! What's your name?" Meowth asked. I averted my gaze from the group and blushed shyly as soon as Meowth said this. "H-Hailey...Y-you...?" I asked Meowth barely above a whisper. "The name's Meowth and these two lugs are Jessie and James." Meowth explained. "Do you know where we are?" Meowth asked me. "W-we... Are i-in... T-The... I-Inochi no K-Ki F-forr...F-forrest..." I said as I nodded. "Thanks for the help Darl." Meowth said as he gave me a huge 'friendly' grin on his face and pats my head with his paw. "What it say?" James asked. "Little Dollface here says that we are in the Inochi no ki Forrest, so not to far away from where Ash and that Pikachu are. Meowth said. "Heeeyyy little pretty Espeon! How would you like to join us?" Jessie asked me. I then backed up nervously and I began to shake. I then sensed Pikachu in the distance and I then my telepathy to contact him. "Pikachu, Team Rocket are with me now. if you can smell where I am avoid this place, this is for your-" I tried to say but was cut off by Meowth who had walked up to me and patted me on the head. "Hey? You okay there doll?" Meowth asked me. "F-Fine..." I said, reminding myself to deliberately stutter to put on the "shy" act. I then gave him a shy smile. I needed to distract them long enough for Pikachu and his human friends to passby. "We're comming Hailey!" I heard Pikachu yell out. I stood there shocked that they were this close. "Don't MOVE!" Meowth said as he joins his and my tail together immobilsing me. He then helds his claws up to my neck. Centimeters away from my neck. "Pikachu! Where are Y-"