Um, hey whoever is reading this. This is the beginning of my story. I kind of based it off one of my favorites stories by LeafxGreenx3, which is Of Bandits and Assassins. It's a really great story. Anyway, I'm a new author so please be nice. And I feel like I'm rambling. Hope you enjoy the story!

*~I don't know Pokemon~*

Full Summary: The Bandits and Assassins. They've hated eachother since a long forgotten war. Now, both groups believe they're saving the world by killing one another, and when the best Bandits are given a mission to steal one of the most powerful gems on Earth, the top Assassins are sent to eliminate them. But after a few months of trying to kill eachother, do they begin falling for each other? Contestshipping, Pokeshipping, Oldrivalshipping, Ikarishipping.

It was chilly night in Jubilife City, which the time could be estimated to be at least 11 o'clock. Some shop lights were on and there the few bums and clusters of teenagers walking up and down the streets. What nobody noticed was a group of four teen that were walking in the shadows of the buildings, seeming as if they were trying their best to stay hidden from any of the late night pedestrians. After a couple minutes of sneaking down the street, they all stopped in front of a large brick building. The sign was in elegant cursive bluish writing: Rain Music Industries.

The fourteen looked in any and all directions before entering. When they did enter, they took a sigh of relief. The lobby's walls were painted with the colors of gold and cream swirls. The desk on the left side of the lobby was made of dark ebony wood, which sharply contrasted with most of the light colors in the room. The couches had a gothic edge to it and were colored brown with gold trimming and were lined up next to the door entering to the larger room. Lamps were posted next to the couches and were white and cream colored, and in the middle of the room was a big statue. The statue was in a shape of a man with shoulder length hair. His clothes were made up the simple suit, pants, and a tie. There was a plaque on the statue, which said, "Leader of the Bandits: James Farron."

The clerk who was at the desk had straight blond hair that was pinned to the side so it would fall to her right shoulder. She had hazel eyes and a pretty smile was plastered on her face. When she heard the door open, she looked at the four and her smile, "Here to see James?"

The four nodded and stood around the desk as the girl continued, "Okay, I'll inform him immediately. Oh, and beware. The newcomers are here for special late night practice and the instructors let out the Practice Assassins with the Mightyena."

One of the girls, the brunette, groaned, "Seriously? Why the Mightyena? Even I wasn't on that stage for long, and I'm a slow learner."

The other girl, the bluenette, added, "You'd expect that they'd get more of a challenge at least."

The blond rolled her eyes and replied, "Oh man, you should've seen it last time. Those newcomers couldn't even defeat a simple Gyarados. Even I defeated a Gyarados and couldn't swim! So they decided to stay on the Mightyena level a little longer."

The boy with raven hair said happily, "But as long as they're trained, it's all good, right?"

Everybody stared at him in shock of his happy attitude. The boy with auburn hair asks grumpily, "How do you stay so damn happy all the time? Especially at night?"

The raven headed boy just smirked and pulled out a packet of cookies from his pocket. He replied, "I have my ways."

At first sight of the cookies, the brunette yelled out, "Give me one!"

And before the raven headed boy could respond, the brunette stole the packet of cookies. She opened then and started eating happily. The bluenette, blond, and auburn headed people just sweat dropped as the brunette ate the cookies and the raven headed boy just shrugged, as if he was already used to this.

Suddenly, the large doors that lead to the larger room opened and the man form the statue stood there, except he was the real deal. His hair is a crystal-like blue and his suit is dark grey with the white undershirt and blue tie. As soon as those doors opened, the room was filled with the soft smell of apple cinnamon —his favorite scent.

It was James and looked at the brunette with kind eyes and said, "Sapphire, I could hear your scream from the other side of the building."

The brunette, Sapphire, blushed, "Sorry, James. I kinda got overexcited about something."

James just nodded, but gave her a sly wink and looked at the blond. He said to her, "Skylar, you're done for the night. Please make sure the newcomers get out quietly."

Skylar bowed and said, "Yes, James."

As she walked away, James turned to the four and said, "Follow me to the office. We have loads to talk about tonight, and sadly, it won't be about my congratulations on finding over ten thousand bottle caps."

The four smirked, nodded, and followed James into his office, which seems more like a mansion. There were two stories in that one room. The floor room was painted all black and had a large table in the middle, fitted for 12 people. Directly in front was a flat screen. The second floor, which can be seen through the see-through glass, was filled with computers and were placed next to the walls, and has a tables with maps sprawled all over it.

James walked towards the flat screen as the four teens took their seats near him. James then grabbed his stylus and tapped on the flat screen. One of the late-night workers went on the nearest computer and projected the power point. The first image was completely blank.

James cleared his throat, pointed at the screen, and said, "Your mission is simple: Steal the Heart of Mew."

The bluenette asked out loud, "The Heart of Mew?"

James's deep blue eyes looked at the bluenette's bright sapphire ones and said, "Yes Platinum. The Heart of Mew," James tapped the screen, which changed to a picture of a beautiful baby pink crystal, and it seemed to glow and give off the sense of love and hope, "Is a very special artifact found in Kanto. Legend has it that the first Mew to ever walk this earth transformed herself into this crystal. This Mew's power is almost unsurpassed, and the Mew felt that power like that must be concealed, henceforth the transformation. It's under the protection of our enemies- The Assassins. I'm afraid they're planning to use this artifact to destroy the world."

"But James," said the raven-headed teen, "I thought only the Soul of Arceus can do that."

James nodded and said, "Nice memory, Lightning. Our prized possession," he tapped the screen again and a dark blue crystal in the shape of a teardrop appeared, and it gave off the feeling of relaxation and power, "The Soul of Arceus is under our protection. However, its power matches the power of The Heart of Mew."

The auburn haired teen shrugged and said nonchalantly, "So, what's the catch?"

James looked at the auburn teen and replied innocently, "And why must there always be a catch, Xander?"

Xander smirked, leaned forward, and said, "Because I'm pretty sure those pesky assassins likes to make things difficult for us."

James nodded and replied, "You like getting to the point, huh? Anyway, the "catch" is that the crystal is protected by the 4 best assassins in the business, or at least it was. I have Intel that they moved the crystal to a more "safer" place. However, I'm pretty sure the assassins will follow soon after, and they have the same strength of powers that all of you have. The spies informed me that they've been in training since they were 6 years old. Their names, "

James changed the screen to the faces of four teens their age. He pointed to the boy with violet hair, "The strength with Darkness on his side- Shadow," Then, a girl with chocolate brown straight hair, "The brains with hypnotic abilities- Jade," Then a girl with fire red hair, "The Second in Command with Water Power- Aqua," and finally, a boy with emerald hair, "The Leader of the Pack with the strength of the Earth helping him- Terra."

After analyzing the four, Platinum shrugged and said, "They don't seem that bad."

Xander nodded and added, "True. The only real threats seemed to be the second in command and the creeper with purple hair."

James looked at the four with worry in his eyes and said, "Don't underestimate them. They're the best for a reason."

Lightning closed his eyes halfway, nodded, and added, "He's right. Remember what happened when we underestimated the B team?"

Sapphire flinched at that memory and suddenly became very interested at looking at the floor, and unknowingly to her, her form started to flicker, sometimes she was there, and sometimes she wasn't. Platinum turned and glared at Lighting while Xander punched him in the arm. Xander did a quick glance at James, who tilted his head in curiosity, then grumbled, "Idiot. Her boyfriend died during that mission."

Lightning realized his mistake, guilt reflected in his eyes and said to Sapphire, "Sorry. That was a terrible day."

Sapphire, getting some control of herself and managed to stay visible, just said swiftly, "Can we continue with the mission."

James looked at Sapphire and gave her a look of pity, then asked, "You alright Sapphire?"

She nodded, but said nothing. Everybody knew the story, on a mission her boyfriend took a spear for Sapphire, and he died on impact. James decided not to question it much, and continued, "Okay. I will be sending you four to Wisteria Town, which is located on the Potpourri Island. Our sources say that the Heart of Mew is located somewhere underground, but this could be false. I will enroll you four there as students in their private high school; Gather as much information as possible and if you see the assassins there, kill them."

"But James," said Platinum, "Killing isn't really our forte. We're bandits."

James shook his head and replied, "Yes, I know that. But even bandits need to kill every once in a while. We have to train you guys to protect yourselves as well, since they have powers that could match your own."

She nodded, but then Xander raised his hand as if he was in the second grade. James sighed and said wearily, "Yes Xander?"

Xander asked, "I'm pretty sure the Assassins know who we are and how we look like. How are we going to get past that?"

James smirked, "That's a good question, however, the answer is even better. They don't have pictures of you. Our contacts made sure of that." James winked as he finished, "Now," he then passed them each a manila folder and said, "The spies gave us information on our four favorite assassins. I want you to study them and their styles, finding their weak points as well as their strong ones. It will help you."

The four looked at the folders curiously, each picking one. James tapped the screen twice and it shut off. He looked at the four with a halfhearted smile and then finished with a fatherly tone, "My bandits, I hate sending you on these types' missions, but it seems like we have no choice. The world isn't safe, but you're all like my kids. Please do take care of yourselves."

The girls blushed while the boys rolled their eyes with a smirk playing on their lips at James's little speech. It makes them feel the fatherly love they never had before. They all stood up, bowed and said, "Yes, James."

James smiled and said, "You're all dismissed. The final meeting before you depart will be tomorrow at 5 p.m."

With that said, they all left the room, said goodbye to the new clerk who stood guard at the desk, and left.

Sapphire tried to walk away as quickly as she can as soon as she made it outside, away from the others. She managed to slip through an alleyway, however, her friends still caught up with her.

Lighting was the one and grabbed her arm. Sapphire flinched and pulled her arm away. Lightning sighed in weariness, "I'm so sorry, Sapphire. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Sapphire shrugged and said emotionlessly, "It's alright. I mean, you'd expect that after a few months I'd get over him, right?"

Lightning shook his head and Platinum and Xander caught up. Platinum then stopped in front of Sapphire and pulled her into a hug.

Platinum said as she let go, "Do you think you'll be able to go through the mission?"

Sapphire sniffed and replied coldly, "Of course. Now, if you don't mind. I'm going home. We're all going to need rest for the next couple weeks. Goodnight."

And before anybody would protest, she was down the alleyway, which leads to another street, and just disappeared in the moonlight. Platinum huffed and Xander glared at Lightning. Before Xander or Platinum said anything, Lighting put his arms up in defense and said, "Look. I'm really sorry, but I couldn't help it. It just slipped out."

Xander retorted through gritted teeth, "Idiot. Brendan scarified himself that day and we were almost killed. You bringing that up before this mission is bad for us, especially Sapphire."

Lighting replied in defiance, "Look, I never meant it like that. I mean, what's so bad about bringing up Brendan again? He was a loyal bandit and he died protecting Sapphire. He should be treated as a hero, not a virus."

Platinum's eyes got bigger with realization and decided to look at the floor. Xander face-palmed himself and muttered, "Damn it…." He then looked at the ground as he mumbled, "We never told you…."

Lighting, freaking out a bit at his friends actions, asked cautiously, "Told me what?"

Platinum responded quietly, as if she's scared she might be overheard, "He betrayed us. He was actually an assassin. The plan was to get in with the ranks and kill off the strongest bandits while they were on a mission. That was us."

Lighting was completely shocked. He never expected anything like this. Brendan was such a nice person, always trying to help. He was such a great battler….Lightning then glared at Xander, who got his nerve back and raised an eyebrow, and at Platinum, who flinched as if she touched a hot iron plate. He balled his fists and lightning jumped around them as he said in a calm, deadly voice, "So, he never cared for Sapphire? Everything he did was a lie?"

Platinum shook her head violently and responded quickly, "The lying part yes, but he really did car for Sapphire. Brendan really started to fell for her, and she for him. But don't you remember our mission to Cerulean City to retrieve the Soul Dew? We were ambushed and you were on the other side of the building; trying to hack the computer before the security system killed us all while we fought their B squad. That's when they told us that Brendan was a traitor, and he admitted it point blank. That's why Sapphire was crying when you came to help the fight."

Lighting's glare lightened just a fraction and the lightning died a bit as he replied slowly, "Yeah...I was so worried. She seemed so broke down while you guys defended her. Brendan was doing nothing…."

Xander looked away from them and looked at the sky. Suddenly, clouds appeared and it started to drizzle a bit. Xander sighed as he finished grimly, "Yeah, then one of those punks sent a spear at her, and the jerk had made a mine compacted inside the arrow, whom Brendan intercepted and was killed on impact as it exploded. We managed to kill off B squad, but the cost of that was Sapphire's trust and Brendan's life."

Lighting's glare then faded completely, and he stayed staring at the floor. After a while of just listening to the rain, he then croaked, "I always thought it was because of his death she was so changed…."

Platinum shed a tear and placed a hand on his shoulder. Lightning tensed, but relaxed as Platinum said in a soothing voice, "But that doesn't matter. Let's avenge his death during this mission. We'll show those assassins that stealing isn't the only thing we bandits do. Now, we should go get some rest. Sapphire's right about that."

The others looked at her in a daze, as if they were savoring each and every word she said. However, they soon snapped out of it quickly and agreed. Each said their goodnights and they all walked to their respected home and the death of a friendly traitor still fresh in their minds, even after three months.