So I found out how I can upload on my phone. That means I can post stories! Woo!

So I hope you're all ready for the re-write for A New Hope because this is it! To make this clear and easy to follow, when the battle scene starts, I'll be switching to the trainer's P.O.V. so it's easier to write.

Italics = Thoughts of Character.

Fuck the human\Pokemon speech barrier.

I have seriously got to find a new job. I can deal with boredom but this is just ridiculous. I work at a gas station my friend's family runs and, while the pay is decent, the actual work itself is boring. On average, we have no more than five people come in. I guess the good thing about it is that I don't have a long shift so my work hours are typically shorter than what most should get for my pay.

And speaking of which, my shift actually has actually just ended. I sighed lightly and went to the back to grab some of my possessions such as my keys, jacket, and things like those. Just as I walked out, one of my co-workers, Beth, walked in to take over the rest of the day. For most people, I'd say hi or something, but not for this girl.

She was the biggest bitch out there. It was either her way or you're pretty much not going to have fun working with her. I find that ironic because she does less work than anybody else here yet she somehow gets paid the most.

Beth bumped my shoulder rather forcefully and glared at me. She looked much more cranky than usual and I felt sorry for everyone else who had to work with her. But I tried my best to ignore it as I walked past her and back to my house.

Now normally everything goes uneventful for me and that's what I'd grown accustomed to on my walk home. It took me around twenty minutes to get back home if I was walking, which nine out of ten times I was, so I usually just put headphones in and listened to music. But not this time.

At about the ten minute mark, I heard what sounded to be like two people screaming rather loudly, which had to be pretty loud if I heard it over my music, and, a moment later, I saw a police car and a crowd around that car. Not wanting to get involved, I tried my best to ignore it by putting my music's volume up louder but, the closer I got, since I had to take this way to get back home, the louder the screams got.

God fucking damn it.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I quickly put my headphones away and pushed my way through the growing crowd to see what was happening. As I finally broke through to the front, I saw what appeared to be an unconcious Voltorb and a kid who had to be no older than 15 in cuffs with a Zorua in some kind of restraint collar.

I looked at this lady next to me and asked, "What's going on?" She looked to me and she looked rather visibly upset,

"That boy was battling the one over there," She said, pointing to another boy of about 15 who was standing by one of the squad cars, "when that Zorua knocked it out. They didn't look like they were going to win but the Zorua got a lucky critical hit on it with a Feint Attack and knocked it out. The Zorua was so happy and, like most trainers who unexpectedly win, he ran and hugged her and kissed her forehead happily.

"However, the guy he was battling said that what he did was kissed her on the lips so he called the police. But that's not what happened. I recorded the whole battle and I have proof that isn't what happened but they won't listen to me. Someone has to do something!"

I stood there for a moment, analyzing the situation. The boy who owned the Zorua was still screaming for her as he bawled his eyes out. The other kid looked content and even had a bit of a smug look on his face. Was he getting some kind of joy out of this? After looking at everything, I looked to the lady who told me what happened,

"Show me the video if what you're saying is true." She nodded frantically and pulled her phone out. She scrolled through it a second before she pulled up the video. "Look for yourself," She said. I nodded and she handed me her phone.

"Alright Zorua, let's do this!" I yelled. My trusted partner rushed out onto the field in a defensive stance and growled lightly.

"Go, Voltorb," My opposer said. He threw a standard Pokeball and out came a Voltorb. "First one to faint loses, correct?" He asked. I nodded and he grinned lightly, "Then let's make this quick. Voltorb, Thunder Wave!" The red and white sphere shot out a weak lightning bolt towards my Zorua but she instinctively jumped out of the way,

"Don't let it land that, Zorua! Use Fake Tears!" I commanded. Just as the Voltorb stopped its attack, Zorua put on the fakest sad face ever and began crying, big tears escaping her eyes. The Voltorb looked noticably saddened seeing this which left it vulnerable for the moment.

"Don't fall for it Voltorb, use Sonic Boom!" Voltorb shook slightly as if clearing it's thoughts then jumped up before slamming back into the ground, sending shock waves towards Zorua. Before I could say anything, the waves made contact with her and sent her flying.

"Zorua! Are you okay?" I asked. She stood up and shook her fur lightly and ran back onto the field, growling loudly. I couldn't help but feel beyond confident having her on my team, "Good. Use Feint Attack!" I ordered.

Instantly, she multiplied several times and all of her forms surrounded the Voltorb. In a split second, they all ran at the Voltorb who had nowhere to go, resulting in it be smacked on it's side. It rolled for a second before coming to a stop,

"Use Charge, Voltorb!" It's trainer yelled. The air began to crackle around the Voltorb as it charged up all the electricity it had in itself. My eyes widened in horror, knowing that if a Thunderbolt or Spark were to hit, it'd be over. I had to act fast.

"We can't let it get to maximum power, Zorua! Use Fury Swipes!" Zorua nodded and charged at the crackling orb and began slashing at it. Visible scratch marks appeared rather quickly on the Voltorb and his trainer didn't like that,

"Roll away from the Zorua and continue charging!" He ordered. Another second later, the Voltorb was out of Zorua's reach and it continued charging. I tried to figure out something to do but nothing was coming to mind. Attract is no good since Voltorb is genderless, Fake Tears isn't that reliable, Fury Swipes doesn't do anything, and Feint Attack doesn't do much. But what about...

"Zorua! Shadow Ball!" I yelled. The trainer's face went from smug to worry in an instant as Zorua began building up a dark sphere in front of her. It continued to grow in size before it was bigger than both her and Voltorb combined. In an instant, she hurled it at the Voltorb.

"Shit! Dodge it Voltorb and use Thunderbolt!" He ordered. Just as the Shadow Ball was about to connect, the Voltorb jumped high into the air, narrowly avoiding it then, a split second later, let loose all of it's charged up electricity. I could feel my own hair sticking up from the pent up power that little thing let out.

"Dodge it Zorua!" I ordered. She looked around frantically, trying to find her best way to get around it but it was too late. The tower of electricity collided with her tiny body and the sounds that escaped from her broke my heart. She screamed in pure agony and electricity rippled through her body. As quickly as it started, the sounds stopped as did the torrent of electricity.

As the smoke cleared, I looked in horror as I expected my best friend to be knocked out. On the pavement laid my Zorua, breathing lightly. "Zorua! Are you okay!?" I yelled. Nothing came and I thought it was over. Just as I was about to go get her, she slowly started to move to her feet.

"What?! There's no way she's still standing after that!" My rival exclaimed. Zorua turned towards me with a look in her eye that was far more than determination. She wasn't going to go down from two hits. Without saying a word, I looked back to my opposer as Zorua turned back to the Voltorb, albeit weakly, but not giving up.

"She's not done yet. It's still on. Zorua! Fury Swipes!" I ordered. She charged back at the Voltorb who didn't even recover from the fact that she was still up and battling. It was met with claws raking across his skin, if that's what you can call it, repeatedly. But it looked like it wasn't doing anything.

Recovering from his initial shock, the Voltorb's owner yelled, "Voltorb! Sonic Boom! Make sure it's down this time!" The Voltorb tried to roll away but couldn't. Instead, Zorua backed off as it prepared to attack. Again, it jumped into the air and slammed back down, sending the shockwave in all directions. Another second later, it collided with Zorua again. But still, she didn't go down.

"Alright Zorua, let's do this! Feint Attack again!" I yelled. She split her form into many and again surrounded the Voltorb. Like last time, she slammed hard into it and, unlike last time, the Voltorb screeched loudly. "Alright Zorua! Critical hit!" I exclaimed happily. Zorua walked slowly back to our side of the arena as the little ball Pokemon continued to roll for a moment before coming to a complete stop, swirls in it's eyes.

"There's no way..." The other trainer said. It took both Zorua and I a moment to process what had just happened.

"Oh my god! You did it, Zorua!" I yelled as I ran to her. She turned and limped her way and we met in a giant hug. "I can't believe you won! I thought it was over! Never again will I doubt you!" I said as I hugged her tightly. She squealed happily and nuzzled my neck weakly. I was so happy for her. I kissed her head and kept hugging her.

"Did you just kiss your Pokemon?!" He yelled. I looked at him confusedly,

"I kissed her head, yeah?" I said. He looked at me with discust,

"No you didn't! You just kissed her on the lips you fucking sicko! I'm calling the police!" He said as he felt around in his pockets. I looked around and noticed a crowd had formed sometime during the battle. They all looked on in shock and this one lady had a phone out, possibly recording the whole thing.

"No I didn't! I kissed her head!" I exclaimed as I stood up with Zorua in my arms. He ignored me and pulled out his phone the I noticed he started talking to someone. A moment later, a police car came up and two men stepped out. I looked around at the crowd and started backing up as the police men started advancing on me.

They both pulled out their pistols and one yelled, "Put the Pokemon down and put your hands where I can see them! Now!" I looked around scaredly,

"Why? What did I do?!" I yelled.

"Do as I say or I will open fire! You have three seconds!" He ordered again. I looked for someone to help but nobody said anything but they all did have a look of worry on their faces. "One!" He began counting, "Two!"

A moment later, I complied and set Zorua on the ground and raised my hands. Next thing I know is my hands are being forced behind my back by one of the officers as the other one literally tackled Zorua down and put her in some kind of collar and leach. "Zorua!" I yelled in horror as I watched my friend get literally dragged away from me.

"You can't fucking do that!" One of the bystanders yelled, "You can't fucking tackle a Pokemon like that!" She yelled. I continued to scream as I watched them try to force me and her apart,

"What are you doing?! We didn't do anything!" I yelled repeatedly as I felt tears start to fall down my cheeks. What did I do to deserve this?

"I see," I said as the video ended. I looked back to the lady, "Ma'am, take this," I said as I reached into my jacket and pulled out my phone. She looked at me confusedly, "I'm going to make them watch this and it may lead to me getting arrested. I'm not the kind of guy to leave someone without something. If worst comes to worst, you'll have a phone." I said. She nodded and, in an instant, I charged past the half-assed barrier they set up.

"Hey!" I yelled at the one holding the kid back, "What's the big idea!?" I asked. He looked at me as if I was stupid,

"You have five seconds to get back behind the police tape or you're goig to be arrested!" He said. I rolled my eyes at him,

"What gives you the right to place this kid in hand cuffs and to practically knock his Pokemon out with that cheap ass tackle from your friend?"

"Four seconds, now!" He ordered. I rolled my eyes again,

"Do you job! Did you even ask any of the witnesses of what happened?" I asked. He looked over to his partner,

"You found out what happened, didn't you?" He asked. His cop buddy looked back at him, stilling holding back the Zorua,

"I thought you did!" He yelled.

"Are you joking?!" One of the bystanders yelled.

"You police are fucking pathetic! Learn to do your jobs properly!" Another yelled.

"Fucking pigs!"

"You're the scum of the Earth!"

"Why not take some evidence and figure out what happened? Here, allow me to help you with that," I said as I pulled out the phone with the evidence on it. The office who was holding on the boy sat him up on a curb, cuffs still on, and stood up.

As it ended, he looked at me, "So you helped us prove he's a Pokephile. Good job!" He said with a smug look. I groaned and turned to look at the crowd, a look of disgust on all their faces,

"Are cops really this stupid?" I asked anyone listening. They all chuckled and I turned back around, "You moron, look again. I'll even zoom in for you. Look," I said as I brought it to the spot in the video where the kid "kissed his Pokemon on the lips". I then paused it and zoomed in, showing that it was on her head, and not her lips. His smug look instantly vanished, realizing he was wrong. "So you were saying?" I asked. He looked at me with anger in his eyes and grumbled to himself as he walked back over to the boy.

Again, I turned back to the crowd and rolled my eyes. They all cheered happily to have seen the cops get shown up. I turned back around as I heard the sound of handcuffs being taken off the boy. He rubbed his wrists slightly and looked up to the officer. "Take off the collar," He ordered to his partner. He hesitated a moment but the nodded.

As soon as her collar was removed, she charged full speed to her friend and he held as they both cried and hugged eachother. Nobody said anything but they all glared at the kid and the police officers; the kid more than the other two.

"What is your fucking problem?!" Someone in the crowd yelled at the kid.

"You could have fucked up his life, kid!" Another yelled. The kid slunk down in his shirt and tried to slip by the crowd but they didn't let him. Instead they all pushed him back towards the kid with the Zorua.

"Go apologize!" Someone else yelled. Immediately, they all began chanting 'Apologize!' but he stood there awkwardly. After a moment, he looked at the kid and the Zorua and sighed,

"Sorry.." He said quietly.

The boy with the Zorua stood up with her still in his arms. He looked at the other kid and didn't say anything for a still had wet streaks on his face and his face was beat red. After a minute or two, he spoke, "Fuck you." He then turned and walked towards the crowd. Everyone continued glaring at the kid. Content with the outcome, I walked back over to the lady I had swapped phones with.

The moment I was in arm reach, she brought me into a hug. Slightly confused, and rather uncomfortable with the situation, I hugged her back quickly and asked, "What's the hug for? And mind if I get my stuff back?"

She nodded quickly and we switched our items and then said, "It's about time someone stood up against this whole thing. They wouldn't listen to me or anybody else nor did they do their jobs correctly. If you hadn't jumped in like you did, they'd have been seperated forever and for nothing."

I shrugged, "I just hate police. Was rather fun showing them up," I said with a grin. She chuckled and nodded. Just then the kid with the Zorua walked up, most likely to say thanks and whatnot. I took the moment to look at the crowd and see if the other kid was gone and, as suspected, the crowd was dissipating and the other kid was long gone.

"Um.. thank you, mister," The kid said. I looked at him and smiled lightly,

"Don't thank me. Somebody had to help them see the truth."

"Well you saved my life.. and my Zorua's.. There has to be something I can do to say thanks. It's not much but I could buy you a soda or something?" He offered. I shook my head,

"Don't worry about it kid. Just knowing those cops got beat at their own game and that I did my good deed of the day is reward enough for me." I smiled. He looked as if he wanted to say more but didn't. "Anyways, I'm glad you got out of this. Be careful next time, police don't take too kindly to Pokephilia, as you have just seen." I said.

"I will, don't worry." I nodded and turned to walk back to my house. Everything worked out and I didn't really want more attention on me than I already did. Just before I got out of earshot, I heard the kid call to me,

"By the way mister! What's your name?" He asked.

"Karros." I replied.

"..and in other news, a video has been sent in by an anonymous viewer showing two police officer's brutal force used on an innocent kid and his Zorua for having "intimate relations". But the video proves otherwise. The full story and video can be seen on our website at-" I sighed and cut off the television.

It's been a few hours since the whole situation involving that kid, who'd I learned was named Ethan, had happened. Let's just say I've had more phone calls from people complimenting and thanking me for what I did. I kind of wish I didn't jump in because I fucking hate getting attention but, at the same time, it was worth it because I loved seeing the cops face go from smug to anger in just one second.

And speaking of unwanted attention, my doorbell just rang; probably some other person wanting to thank me or something. Getting off my lazy butt, I went and answered the door. In the doorway stood a man who looked to be around the age of 25. He had blonde hair that was combed over and wore a pair of black jeans and a black t-shirt. Next to him stood an Espeon.

"Can I help you?"

"Are you Karros?" He asked. I looked at him cautiously,

"Depends on who's asking."

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mike and this is Gem," He said indicating to the Espeon.

"Nice to know. Care to tell me what you need or can I go back to my tasks? I've got some video games calling my name," I said.

"No need to be rude. I'm here to talk business," He said. I looked at him skeptically.

What kind of business would he need? Kind of weird if you ask me.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. Instead of answering, he pulled out a little card that would resemble a business card and held it out to me.

"We can't talk here. Be here in two hours and we'll talk then. I'll see you then, Karros," And in an instant, he vanished with his Espeon leaving me completely confused of what had just happened.