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Kevin and Buizel (Second Edition)

Chapter 2: The talking Pokemon

The two young girls handed a pen to Kevin so that he could autograph both their books; one of them even had some bottle caps in the cover. The young ladies seemed really happy to receive a signature from Kevin, he wrote on both of them "For my friend and fan. Kevin & Buizel!" Kevin handed out everything back to them and smiled at them.

"I'm glad you got here, but I must be going with my friends now." Kevin said as he started to step back, but before he left both of the ladies called back to the musician.

"Kevin wait, could I please have your picture with your friends over there?" Kevin wondered why they wouldn't take the picture with him, but he didn't give a lot of thought into it and he stood right beside the travelers. The lady looked at Kevin and the rest and asked them to step a back further for the picture.

Kevin's doubt became more evident as the young girl with the blue hair spoke with a very deep voice "Say cheesy!" There was no doubt, Kevin was worried as he realized that it was indeed a guy that was talking, Kevin was about to say something to him but before he could the ground beneath them collapsed and everyone fell into a pit, Kevin just managed to grab a hold of the edge, Buizel also hanging from his trainer's shoulder, Kevin put all his strength into getting back up to the dirt road and quickly searched for the young ladies, instead of them he saw an air balloon with the shape of a Meowth in it and two guys with some really strange outfits that had an "R" design at the very center.

Kevin looked back at Ash and the others to make sure they were fine.

"Are you all alright, is anyone hurt?" Kevin asked as he saw them all slightly hurt from the fall. "What is this? These "R" people suddenly appeared here." Kevin said as he turned around to look at the strange group, he saw them rise up to the sky on the air balloon. Kevin quickly helped everyone from the pit.

Ash got angry, "that's Team Rocket! They are just a bunch of bandits who steal pokemon!" Ash said as he got up, he was absolutely upset to see them. Kevin was scared as he heard this, not only because he didn't want his pokemon to be stolen, but because an old memory came back to him.

"No... not again." Kevin said softly to himself in disbelief. Both of the members of Team Rocket laughed as they stood in the skies, the lady with the long purple hair stood upfront and began yelling from high above.

"Listen, is that a twerpish voice I hear?" After her part, the man with the Blue straight hair spoke next.

"It's shrieking to me loud and clear."

"On the wind!"

"Past the stars!"

"In your ear!" A third entirely different voice spoke, Kevin couldn't quite make out if there was someone else at that moment.

"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace." The woman resumed.

"Dashing hope, putting fear in its place." The man continued.

"A rose by any other name is just as sweet"

"When everything's worse, our work is complete."

"Jessie!"

"And it's James!"

"I hate to break your motto," Kevin yelled at them from below, "but last time I checked Sunnyshore city didn't include a comedy act!" Kevin said at them angrily.

Jessie snapped and yelled back at Kevin below "How dare you interrupt our motto you twerp?!" Jessie said with her fist clenched tight.

"You of all should know better to interrupt such acts of art!" James yelled at Kevin as well.

"It doesn't matter, let's just grab that Pikachu!" James said as he asked Meowth to push the button.

A trapdoor from below the balloon basket opened and a mechanical arm lowered swiftly and snagged Ash's Pikachu.

"No! Pikachu!" Ash yelled in fear, he quickly gave a command to his Pokemon, "Quick, use thunderbolt!" Pikachu quickly began to use his electric attack; Pikachu looked around him as his attack was completely useless. The air balloon was quickly leaving with Pikachu in their grasp, Jessie laughed.

"Still falling with the same trick? You know our equipment is electricity-proof." She said while laughing some more.

"Looks like the twerp still hasn't learned his lesson!" James said also laughing quite a bit.

Kevin looked at the balloon carefully and then back at Buizel that was on his shoulder. "Bui?" Buizel looked at his trainer seriously and nodded. Kevin understood what he meant, Kevin nodded back at him. Buizel got off from Kevin's shoulder and advanced forward.

"Buizel, you know what to do! Use Hyperbeam!" Kevin yelled as he pointed at the air balloon. Ash and the rest were shocked at hearing what move Kevin commanded to his pokemon. Buizel separated his feet on the ground to be able to focus well on charging his move, Buizel looked at his target, he began to focus his inner energy on the balloon, and he began to power up. He charged the hyper beam on his mouth, he almost lost his foooting by the power he was holding, but he fired it at the balloon. The members of team rocket appeared to be scared to death, the powerful beam of eccentric energy quickly pierced the balloon, Team Rocket quickly descended and crash-landed, Ash and the rest went towards Team Rocket, Buizel however fell at the ground completely exhausted, Kevin rushed towards his pokemon and hugged him tight,

"You did really good buddy! I'm proud of you." Kevin said as he carried Buizel in his arms and ran towards Ash and the rest.

When Kevin reached the rest, Ash was already battling against Team Rocket with Pikachu by his side. Although the only pokemon that Team Rocket happened to have out was a Meowth, Pikachu was charging a thundershock that was going to hit Team Rocket.

Jessie, James and Meowth all looked at Pikachu and braced themselves for the what they expected to happen.

Meowth began to scream. "oh well... at least we got those autographs!" Meowth said as Team Rocket was struck with Pikachu's thundershock, the balloon air exploded and the three of them went soaring through the skies.

"Team rocket blast off again!" They all yelled in unison as they went through the air until they were not seen again, a bright light sparked in the distance, everyone could finallly relax.

Kevin was amazed as he saw them fly at the distance, it seemed as they were landing somewhat near Sunnyshore city, Kevin was not impressed by how far they flew, neither by Pikachu's electric power, but it was something more important for him. Ash and the travelers ran near Kevin and thanked him for stopping Team Rocket from escaping with Pikachu; Kevin was still lost in his own thoughts. Ash watched as he was completely spaced out, he tried to get his attention.

"Kevin? What's the matter?" Ash asked him, Kevin still looking at the horizon couldn't avoid wondering about that Meowth.

"Did that pokemon... talk?" Kevin said in disbelief as he wondered on if his wish from long ago was that close from coming true, "if only" he wondered.

Team rocket landed in some dense woods nearby Sunnyshore, lucky their fall was cushioned by some bushes nearby, their crash-landing still hurt them nonetheless. Team Rocket managed to recover after a while, they spoke to each other even when their heads were still quite dizzy.

"Who does that music twerp and his stupid Pokémon think he is!?" Jessie said angrily, "interrupting our motto and then preventing us to steal the twerp's Pikachu!" She added as she rubber the back of her head.

"Well, his Buizel could use Hyper beam, that Pokémon is powerful indeed." James said as he was looking at the autographs they got. "At least we got these sweet autographs!" James stared at the signatures they had got, Jessie just leered at him.

"Whatever... we need a new plan." Jessie said as she got up tumbling the books over on purpose. Meowth quickly got up and smirked, he already had a plan.

"It's simple, don't you see?" Meowth said, Jessie and James didn't quite understand so they looked at Meowth to listen to his plan.

"If we can capture that Pokeymon from music boy, then we will be able to go after Pikachu!" Meowth said while Jessie and James wondered how. "We could use the Twerp's Pokeymon to use his attack against the other twerps, that way we will have Pikachu! And then we can take him to the boss as well! Our boss will definitely be impressed by showing him two very powerful pokeymon!"

"I can already imagine it, he will use both Pikachu and Buizel and defeat every trainer, and then that Buizel will also sing some songs for the boss after a tough day of battling, he will say "Jessie, James and Meowth have both these very great pokemon and now I am having the time of my life, they deserve a well earned raise!" Just imagine it guys!" He explained while making a bad imitation of his boss's voice. Jessie seemed determined as she heard the plan.

"Yes! We will finally be able to go after the twerps and we will steal Pikachu, it's going to be two pokemon for the price of one!" Jessie said.

"Sounds like a great plan!" James said as he snapped his fingers.

"Then let's get that Buizel" Jessie said pumped and ready.

"Team rocket will definitely show music-boy a lesson." James said with the same determined energy.

"Team rocket back to action!"

"Wobbuffet!"

"Mime!"

Night was about to set in, luckily the travelers arrived at Sunnyshore city in time. At Sunnyshore's Pokemon center, Kevin and the travelers were waiting for their pokemon to be restored and good to go, as they were waiting, Kevin was still thinking for himself looking out the window.

Ash approached Kevin and asked him if he was alright, Kevin looked back at him happy.

"Yeah, I'm just glad everyone is fine. I'm also going to be able to rest a bit with my buddy, I told the managers about everything and they told me the presentation can wait till tomorrow night." Kevin said still wondering about the talking pokemon, Kevin saw that nurse joy was calling out for him, Kevin went towards the counter and received his pokemon back. Before Kevin could even pick up Buizel, he jumped to his arms and hugged him tight.

"Missed me, eh?" Kevin said as he petted his friend, Kevin went to sit back down to talk to Ash. Brock and Dawn had also approached to sit down.

"I'm glad everything is back to normal." Kevin said with relief as he spoke to Ash. "I've heard of people who steal pokemon on the news, but I never thought I'd be close enough to those kind of people." Kevin added.

Ash told Kevin quite a bit about Team Rocket, he mentioned on how they've been following him almost at the very beginning of his journey. Kevin thought to himself once again, "so that must mean that they are coming here..."

He looked back at Ash, "do those guys really have a talking pokemon?" Kevin asked Ash.

"Yes they do, Meowth is a very annoying pokemon." Ash said as he saw Kevin over thinking something.

Brock noticed this as well, "So are you worried about something, Kevin?" Brock asked him.

Kevin looked at Brock and he figured he should just talk in the time being, "I always wonder why would anyone steal pokemon... It's probably because I've lived this kind of situation before." Kevin said, he then snapped his fingers and looked around his bag, "I promised I was gonna tell you a bit about my first song." Kevin said as he reached his diary. "This is a journal I used to write when I was younger. I used to write very mundane things, but I tore away those pages and only have the story of how I met Buizel and on how our friendship grew till this day." He smiled while opening his diary. Ash and the others were paying close attention to what Kevin said "This is the story of my first song..."

"You see, 4 years ago, my mom and dad wanted me to be a great traditional musician, so I practiced all day. I was most of the time alone in my room playing the same practice songs over and over, after a while I got very good at playing guitar. I didn't have that many friends because I was always alone at home practicing, somehow that didn't bother me, but I always wanted a true friend to talk with.

The other classmates from the music classes usually didn't go along with me, the ones that did really didn't speak much either and since my family lived in a big house we didn't get many visitors, only people that wanted to do business with my dad. Every weekend, mom and dad had their special presentations in where they leave for three days or more; they would either play out of town or even out of the region.

I always took advantage of those moments to camp near the backyard or close to the river since my parents didn't like me going too far without them knowing. The reason I really liked being outside was to stay close to the ocean and listen to it, the water always has such a beautiful sound and I find myself unusually attached to such melodies of nature. But one day I listened something below near the river. Someone was hurt and crying for help, when I went down to check it out, it was Buizel. That is where we first met, I healed him and then we met another day.

The next weekend I could go to the meadow I found Buizel again, we spent that weekend playing and exploring, we even managed to communicate a bit with simple nods and whatnot. Me and Buizel were getting along quite well, and he enjoyed my music so much, he was definitely a great friend at the very start, however, the weekend was ending, and I wasn't sure how I was going to recognize him from other Buizels, I assumed I could play my music and he would come running to me and so he did for the upcoming days days."

New listeners that were possibly fans from Kevin's music or other trainers that were waiting for their pokemon also had gathered to hear his story. "So far it sounds amazing, and you weren't even a trainer back then?" Ash asked him. Kevin looked at his trainer ID and smiled. "I wasn't a trainer yet indeed, I didn't even expect to become a trainer, I had to become a trainer to stay with Buizel." The listeners wondered why that would be, Kevin was the expressionless as he continued on with his story.

"A few months later when I was looking for Buizel that day I saw something that had me worried, Buizel was fighting another Pokémon, I can't really remember what Pokémon it was, but the trainer managed to be victorious in that fight. I had told him to please leave him alone; even despite I told him he was my friend he wanted to catch him, I even lied and told him that he was a pokemon that my parents owned. Of course, the trainer, Adam didn't believe me so I defended Buizel, that trainer tried to throw his pokeballs to catch Buizel but I managed to block them all except one..."

Ash was still puzzled, "But, how is Buizel your pokemon?" Ash asked Kevin. Kevin looked at everyone that was listening seriously.

"He had the pokeball in his hand, I was so angry that I tried to take that pokeball out of his hands and then we both struggled for it. I was essentially stealing a pokemon, but Adam was stealing a friend. In the end I managed to snatch the pokeball and I ran as fast as I could. The next day there was a huge commotion and my parents helped me through everything, it was decided that Buizel himself should choose who he wanted to stay with. And then it happened, Buizel ran too me and hugged me the second he could.

After such a bad moment, my parents let me keep Buizel as long as I had a trainer license, I did it as soon as I could and finally me and Buizel could relax. I took out my guitar and I decided to play to relax a bit, to forget everything I had to deal, Buizel was quickly following the rhythm of the song, and he was actually humming too, I had quickly stopped playing just to hear him hum, he was basically making a song of his own, it was strange, but what he had hummed reminded me of the ocean. I tried to play his song and he loved it, at one point he actually placed his paws on the guitar strings helping me figure out some interesting notes, that just goes to show you how much attention Buizel had on my music, he was as much of a music composer as I was. And that is how we made our first song titled: "True friend of mine." It was the first song to be recognized by me, but also recognized by Buizel, even if not a lot of people know that he helped me, but a huge part of this song is all his merit."

Kevin hugged his Buizel dearly, it's not a memory he often recalls or even tells to others. The listeners slowly began to disperse and leave the Pokemon Center not before thanking Kevin for his time while they all waited for their own injured and sick pokemon.

Ash and the rest finally received their pokemon as well and they were all ready to go.

"So shall we see you tomorrow?" Dawn asked Kevin, he nodded.

"Of course! I have a show tomorrow! I hope you all have a good night!" Ash and his friends went to stay at an inn nearby the plaza, Kevin went to the house that was rented for him to get ready for the next day, he had something really important to do.

Kevin practiced just a bit with his guitar for the presentation, although he seemed concerned but also excited, confident but also frightened, Buizel quickly noticed this on his friend and he quickly went to touch him to call his attention, he tilted his head as he looked at him with confusion.

"Oh Buizel... it's nothing, I'm still deciding whether I should attempt to do something or not, it might be dangerous." Kevin said as he placed his guitar down and picked up his friend and snuggled him, almost like holding a plush toy. "I've always felt deep in my heart that you've had something very important to tell me." Kevin looked outside the window and stared at the stars. "I must know what you want to tell me, and I know precisely what I must do." Kevin said to himself as he patted him in the head. "Bedtime?" Kevin asked his friend, Buizel quickly nodded. "Bedtime it is then." Kevin smiled as the lights of the house turned off and so did his concerns.

It was a sunny day in the city, the citizens were a bit disappointed that the presentation wasn't last night but the spectators are going to be more excited than ever this night as more shows were packed. At the Sunnyshore cafe located near the plaza, people were getting ready to start the day with the morning coffee, as was another certain trio that were plotting for this night.

Team rocket was disguised as regular citizens sitting at the cafe having something to drink as they were preparing for their special plan to interrupt the presentation tonight at Sunnyshore city, as they finished drinking they began to discuss their plan, but not after James collected the soda pop caps. Their plan was simple, use a single smoke bomb to distract the audience and the performer and quickly snatch the Buizel for themselves. They had all agreed between them that the plan was simply brilliant, however someone else had joined at the table Team Rocket was sitting at.

"No one invited you to this table, why don't you..." Jessie was about to say as she realized the person that sat next to them was Kevin. He had his hands together while leaning on the table.

"I don't want trouble, but I was wondering if we could agree on a deal I have..." The three of them were still quite surprised that Kevin had sat down on their table, they wondered if he had heard their plan all along.

"I'll make it quick and to the point, I want your talking pokemon to help me, please." They wondered what they could possibly do; Kevin quickly placed a diamond necklace on the table. "I just want to talk with my friend, even if it's just for a few seconds..."

To be continued…

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The way this episode had happened in the first edition was that Kevin went hella insane when Pikachu was getting stolen that he went berserk and hyperbeamed team rocket out of nowhere. This DID NOT fit at all, now this triggers a much bigger fear within Kevin as this reminds him of past events that made him fear of losing his pokemon friend forever.
Many may also notice that later chapters have changed some aspects heavily... more to come soon on episode 3! And it's where the big things start to happen!
If you see some inconsistancies in the story, do let me know. Your input is much useful.

Enjoy!

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Kevin and Buizel (Second Edition)

Chapter 2: The talking Pokemon

The two young girls handed a pen to Kevin so that he could autograph both their books; one of them even had some bottle caps in the cover. The young ladies seemed really happy to receive a signature from Kevin, he wrote on both of them "For my friend and fan. Kevin & Buizel!" Kevin handed out everything back to them and smiled at them.

"I'm glad you got here, but I must be going with my friends now." Kevin said as he started to step back, but before he left both of the ladies called back to the musician.

"Kevin wait, could I please have your picture with your friends over there?" Kevin wondered why they wouldn't take the picture with him, but he didn't give a lot of thought into it and he stood right beside the travelers. The lady looked at Kevin and the rest and asked them to step a back further for the picture.

Kevin's doubt became more evident as the young girl with the blue hair spoke with a very deep voice "Say cheesy!" There was no doubt, Kevin was worried as he realized that it was indeed a guy that was talking, Kevin was about to say something to him but before he could the ground beneath them collapsed and everyone fell into a pit, Kevin just managed to grab a hold of the edge, Buizel also hanging from his trainer's shoulder, Kevin put all his strength into getting back up to the dirt road and quickly searched for the young ladies, instead of them he saw an air balloon with the shape of a Meowth in it and two guys with some really strange outfits that had an "R" design at the very center.

Kevin looked back at Ash and the others to make sure they were fine.

"Are you all alright, is anyone hurt?" Kevin asked as he saw them all slightly hurt from the fall. "What is this? These "R" people suddenly appeared here." Kevin said as he turned around to look at the strange group, he saw them rise up to the sky on the air balloon. Kevin quickly helped everyone from the pit.

Ash got angry, "that's Team Rocket! They are just a bunch of bandits who steal pokemon!" Ash said as he got up, he was absolutely upset to see them. Kevin was scared as he heard this, not only because he didn't want his pokemon to be stolen, but because an old memory came back to him.

"No... not again." Kevin said softly to himself in disbelief. Both of the members of Team Rocket laughed as they stood in the skies, the lady with the long purple hair stood upfront and began yelling from high above.

"Listen, is that a twerpish voice I hear?" After her part, the man with the Blue straight hair spoke next.

"It's shrieking to me loud and clear."

"On the wind!"

"Past the stars!"

"In your ear!" A third entirely different voice spoke, Kevin couldn't quite make out if there was someone else at that moment.

"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace." The woman resumed.

"Dashing hope, putting fear in its place." The man continued.

"A rose by any other name is just as sweet"

"When everything's worse, our work is complete."

"Jessie!"

"And it's James!"

"I hate to break your motto," Kevin yelled at them from below, "but last time I checked Sunnyshore city didn't include a comedy act!" Kevin said at them angrily.

Jessie snapped and yelled back at Kevin below "How dare you interrupt our motto you twerp?!" Jessie said with her fist clenched tight.

"You of all should know better to interrupt such acts of art!" James yelled at Kevin as well.

"It doesn't matter, let's just grab that Pikachu!" James said as he asked Meowth to push the button.

A trapdoor from below the balloon basket opened and a mechanical arm lowered swiftly and snagged Ash's Pikachu.

"No! Pikachu!" Ash yelled in fear, he quickly gave a command to his Pokemon, "Quick, use thunderbolt!" Pikachu quickly began to use his electric attack; Pikachu looked around him as his attack was completely useless. The air balloon was quickly leaving with Pikachu in their grasp, Jessie laughed.

"Still falling with the same trick? You know our equipment is electricity-proof." She said while laughing some more.

"Looks like the twerp still hasn't learned his lesson!" James said also laughing quite a bit.

Kevin looked at the balloon carefully and then back at Buizel that was on his shoulder. "Bui?" Buizel looked at his trainer seriously and nodded. Kevin understood what he meant, Kevin nodded back at him. Buizel got off from Kevin's shoulder and advanced forward.

"Buizel, you know what to do! Use Hyperbeam!" Kevin yelled as he pointed at the air balloon. Ash and the rest were shocked at hearing what move Kevin commanded to his pokemon. Buizel separated his feet on the ground to be able to focus well on charging his move, Buizel looked at his target, he began to focus his inner energy on the balloon, and he began to power up. He charged the hyper beam on his mouth, he almost lost his foooting by the power he was holding, but he fired it at the balloon. The members of team rocket appeared to be scared to death, the powerful beam of eccentric energy quickly pierced the balloon, Team Rocket quickly descended and crash-landed, Ash and the rest went towards Team Rocket, Buizel however fell at the ground completely exhausted, Kevin rushed towards his pokemon and hugged him tight,

"You did really good buddy! I'm proud of you." Kevin said as he carried Buizel in his arms and ran towards Ash and the rest.

When Kevin reached the rest, Ash was already battling against Team Rocket with Pikachu by his side. Although the only pokemon that Team Rocket happened to have out was a Meowth, Pikachu was charging a thundershock that was going to hit Team Rocket.

Jessie, James and Meowth all looked at Pikachu and braced themselves for the what they expected to happen.

Meowth began to scream. "oh well... at least we got those autographs!" Meowth said as Team Rocket was struck with Pikachu's thundershock, the balloon air exploded and the three of them went soaring through the skies.

"Team rocket blast off again!" They all yelled in unison as they went through the air until they were not seen again, a bright light sparked in the distance, everyone could finallly relax.

Kevin was amazed as he saw them fly at the distance, it seemed as they were landing somewhat near Sunnyshore city, Kevin was not impressed by how far they flew, neither by Pikachu's electric power, but it was something more important for him. Ash and the travelers ran near Kevin and thanked him for stopping Team Rocket from escaping with Pikachu; Kevin was still lost in his own thoughts. Ash watched as he was completely spaced out, he tried to get his attention.

"Kevin? What's the matter?" Ash asked him, Kevin still looking at the horizon couldn't avoid wondering about that Meowth.

"Did that pokemon... talk?" Kevin said in disbelief as he wondered on if his wish from long ago was that close from coming true, "if only" he wondered.

Team rocket landed in some dense woods nearby Sunnyshore, lucky their fall was cushioned by some bushes nearby, their crash-landing still hurt them nonetheless. Team Rocket managed to recover after a while, they spoke to each other even when their heads were still quite dizzy.

"Who does that music twerp and his stupid Pokémon think he is!?" Jessie said angrily, "interrupting our motto and then preventing us to steal the twerp's Pikachu!" She added as she rubber the back of her head.

"Well, his Buizel could use Hyper beam, that Pokémon is powerful indeed." James said as he was looking at the autographs they got. "At least we got these sweet autographs!" James stared at the signatures they had got, Jessie just leered at him.

"Whatever... we need a new plan." Jessie said as she got up tumbling the books over on purpose. Meowth quickly got up and smirked, he already had a plan.

"It's simple, don't you see?" Meowth said, Jessie and James didn't quite understand so they looked at Meowth to listen to his plan.

"If we can capture that Pokeymon from music boy, then we will be able to go after Pikachu!" Meowth said while Jessie and James wondered how. "We could use the Twerp's Pokeymon to use his attack against the other twerps, that way we will have Pikachu! And then we can take him to the boss as well! Our boss will definitely be impressed by showing him two very powerful pokeymon!"

"I can already imagine it, he will use both Pikachu and Buizel and defeat every trainer, and then that Buizel will also sing some songs for the boss after a tough day of battling, he will say "Jessie, James and Meowth have both these very great pokemon and now I am having the time of my life, they deserve a well earned raise!" Just imagine it guys!" He explained while making a bad imitation of his boss's voice. Jessie seemed determined as she heard the plan.

"Yes! We will finally be able to go after the twerps and we will steal Pikachu, it's going to be two pokemon for the price of one!" Jessie said.

"Sounds like a great plan!" James said as he snapped his fingers.

"Then let's get that Buizel" Jessie said pumped and ready.

"Team rocket will definitely show music-boy a lesson." James said with the same determined energy.

"Team rocket back to action!"

"Wobbuffet!"

"Mime!"

Night was about to set in, luckily the travelers arrived at Sunnyshore city in time. At Sunnyshore's Pokemon center, Kevin and the travelers were waiting for their pokemon to be restored and good to go, as they were waiting, Kevin was still thinking for himself looking out the window.

Ash approached Kevin and asked him if he was alright, Kevin looked back at him happy.

"Yeah, I'm just glad everyone is fine. I'm also going to be able to rest a bit with my buddy, I told the managers about everything and they told me the presentation can wait till tomorrow night." Kevin said still wondering about the talking pokemon, Kevin saw that nurse joy was calling out for him, Kevin went towards the counter and received his pokemon back. Before Kevin could even pick up Buizel, he jumped to his arms and hugged him tight.

"Missed me, eh?" Kevin said as he petted his friend, Kevin went to sit back down to talk to Ash. Brock and Dawn had also approached to sit down.

"I'm glad everything is back to normal." Kevin said with relief as he spoke to Ash. "I've heard of people who steal pokemon on the news, but I never thought I'd be close enough to those kind of people." Kevin added.

Ash told Kevin quite a bit about Team Rocket, he mentioned on how they've been following him almost at the very beginning of his journey. Kevin thought to himself once again, "so that must mean that they are coming here..."

He looked back at Ash, "do those guys really have a talking pokemon?" Kevin asked Ash.

"Yes they do, Meowth is a very annoying pokemon." Ash said as he saw Kevin over thinking something.

Brock noticed this as well, "So are you worried about something, Kevin?" Brock asked him.

Kevin looked at Brock and he figured he should just talk in the time being, "I always wonder why would anyone steal pokemon... It's probably because I've lived this kind of situation before." Kevin said, he then snapped his fingers and looked around his bag, "I promised I was gonna tell you a bit about my first song." Kevin said as he reached his diary. "This is a journal I used to write when I was younger. I used to write very mundane things, but I tore away those pages and only have the story of how I met Buizel and on how our friendship grew till this day." He smiled while opening his diary. Ash and the others were paying close attention to what Kevin said "This is the story of my first song..."

"You see, 4 years ago, my mom and dad wanted me to be a great traditional musician, so I practiced all day. I was most of the time alone in my room playing the same practice songs over and over, after a while I got very good at playing guitar. I didn't have that many friends because I was always alone at home practicing, somehow that didn't bother me, but I always wanted a true friend to talk with.

The other classmates from the music classes usually didn't go along with me, the ones that did really didn't speak much either and since my family lived in a big house we didn't get many visitors, only people that wanted to do business with my dad. Every weekend, mom and dad had their special presentations in where they leave for three days or more; they would either play out of town or even out of the region.

I always took advantage of those moments to camp near the backyard or close to the river since my parents didn't like me going too far without them knowing. The reason I really liked being outside was to stay close to the ocean and listen to it, the water always has such a beautiful sound and I find myself unusually attached to such melodies of nature. But one day I listened something below near the river. Someone was hurt and crying for help, when I went down to check it out, it was Buizel. That is where we first met, I healed him and then we met another day.

The next weekend I could go to the meadow I found Buizel again, we spent that weekend playing and exploring, we even managed to communicate a bit with simple nods and whatnot. Me and Buizel were getting along quite well, and he enjoyed my music so much, he was definitely a great friend at the very start, however, the weekend was ending, and I wasn't sure how I was going to recognize him from other Buizels, I assumed I could play my music and he would come running to me and so he did for the upcoming days days."

New listeners that were possibly fans from Kevin's music or other trainers that were waiting for their pokemon also had gathered to hear his story. "So far it sounds amazing, and you weren't even a trainer back then?" Ash asked him. Kevin looked at his trainer ID and smiled. "I wasn't a trainer yet indeed, I didn't even expect to become a trainer, I had to become a trainer to stay with Buizel." The listeners wondered why that would be, Kevin was the expressionless as he continued on with his story.

"A few months later when I was looking for Buizel that day I saw something that had me worried, Buizel was fighting another Pokémon, I can't really remember what Pokémon it was, but the trainer managed to be victorious in that fight. I had told him to please leave him alone; even despite I told him he was my friend he wanted to catch him, I even lied and told him that he was a pokemon that my parents owned. Of course, the trainer, Adam didn't believe me so I defended Buizel, that trainer tried to throw his pokeballs to catch Buizel but I managed to block them all except one..."

Ash was still puzzled, "But, how is Buizel your pokemon?" Ash asked Kevin. Kevin looked at everyone that was listening seriously.

"He had the pokeball in his hand, I was so angry that I tried to take that pokeball out of his hands and then we both struggled for it. I was essentially stealing a pokemon, but Adam was stealing a friend. In the end I managed to snatch the pokeball and I ran as fast as I could. The next day there was a huge commotion and my parents helped me through everything, it was decided that Buizel himself should choose who he wanted to stay with. And then it happened, Buizel ran too me and hugged me the second he could.

After such a bad moment, my parents let me keep Buizel as long as I had a trainer license, I did it as soon as I could and finally me and Buizel could relax. I took out my guitar and I decided to play to relax a bit, to forget everything I had to deal, Buizel was quickly following the rhythm of the song, and he was actually humming too, I had quickly stopped playing just to hear him hum, he was basically making a song of his own, it was strange, but what he had hummed reminded me of the ocean. I tried to play his song and he loved it, at one point he actually placed his paws on the guitar strings helping me figure out some interesting notes, that just goes to show you how much attention Buizel had on my music, he was as much of a music composer as I was. And that is how we made our first song titled: "True friend of mine." It was the first song to be recognized by me, but also recognized by Buizel, even if not a lot of people know that he helped me, but a huge part of this song is all his merit."

Kevin hugged his Buizel dearly, it's not a memory he often recalls or even tells to others. The listeners slowly began to disperse and leave the Pokemon Center not before thanking Kevin for his time while they all waited for their own injured and sick pokemon.

Ash and the rest finally received their pokemon as well and they were all ready to go.

"So shall we see you tomorrow?" Dawn asked Kevin, he nodded.

"Of course! I have a show tomorrow! I hope you all have a good night!" Ash and his friends went to stay at an inn nearby the plaza, Kevin went to the house that was rented for him to get ready for the next day, he had something really important to do.

Kevin practiced just a bit with his guitar for the presentation, although he seemed concerned but also excited, confident but also frightened, Buizel quickly noticed this on his friend and he quickly went to touch him to call his attention, he tilted his head as he looked at him with confusion.

"Oh Buizel... it's nothing, I'm still deciding whether I should attempt to do something or not, it might be dangerous." Kevin said as he placed his guitar down and picked up his friend and snuggled him, almost like holding a plush toy. "I've always felt deep in my heart that you've had something very important to tell me." Kevin looked outside the window and stared at the stars. "I must know what you want to tell me, and I know precisely what I must do." Kevin said to himself as he patted him in the head. "Bedtime?" Kevin asked his friend, Buizel quickly nodded. "Bedtime it is then." Kevin smiled as the lights of the house turned off and so did his concerns.

It was a sunny day in the city, the citizens were a bit disappointed that the presentation wasn't last night but the spectators are going to be more excited than ever this night as more shows were packed. At the Sunnyshore cafe located near the plaza, people were getting ready to start the day with the morning coffee, as was another certain trio that were plotting for this night.

Team rocket was disguised as regular citizens sitting at the cafe having something to drink as they were preparing for their special plan to interrupt the presentation tonight at Sunnyshore city, as they finished drinking they began to discuss their plan, but not after James collected the soda pop caps. Their plan was simple, use a single smoke bomb to distract the audience and the performer and quickly snatch the Buizel for themselves. They had all agreed between them that the plan was simply brilliant, however someone else had joined at the table Team Rocket was sitting at.

"No one invited you to this table, why don't you..." Jessie was about to say as she realized the person that sat next to them was Kevin. He had his hands together while leaning on the table.

"I don't want trouble, but I was wondering if we could agree on a deal I have..." The three of them were still quite surprised that Kevin had sat down on their table, they wondered if he had heard their plan all along.

"I'll make it quick and to the point, I want your talking pokemon to help me, please." They wondered what they could possibly do; Kevin quickly placed a diamond necklace on the table. "I just want to talk with my friend, even if it's just for a few seconds..."

To be continued…

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The way this episode had happened in the first edition was that Kevin went hella insane when Pikachu was getting stolen that he went berserk and hyperbeamed team rocket out of nowhere. This DID NOT fit at all, now this triggers a much bigger fear within Kevin as this reminds him of past events that made him fear of losing his pokemon friend forever.
Many may also notice that later chapters have changed some aspects heavily... more to come soon on episode 3! And it's where the big things start to happen!
If you see some inconsistancies in the story, do let me know. Your input is much useful.

Enjoy!