Okay, I know it's been quite a while since I last updated this story, and in case y'all didn't get what happened on with some of my more recent stuff on this site, here's the short version: I have moved back here in the U.S, and I now have my very own place to live in. And, (You guys are probably going to hate me for this). As mentioned before, much more recent projects have came up (with some more coming soon), so I'm more or less making this particular a side project.

Now try to understand, that I'm not saying that this story is no longer important to me, quite the opposite actually. I have never been more happy to see so many people grow to love reading what's happening with 'Two and Logan and waiting patiently for what will happen in future chapters, I have never been more grateful to see so many people enjoy this story. Give people exactly what they want will always be my top priority. Enjoy…

Not too far away from their house, 'Two and Logan stood out in the middle of a large open area in the middle of the forest preparing for their little "Test Run" to try and think of new and effective strategies and combos for any future battles. The duo double checked their surroundings, seeing that they were indeed the only two there, the two smiled as Logan placed his sketchbook and pencil somewhere safe and took his place behind 'Two who was already in fighting position.

With the two of them now sharing a clear imagine of their imaginary opponent, in this case a menacing looking venusuar, finally setting up the mock battle of theirs. Starting things off, Logan gave his first command: "Mist!"

On que, 'Two took a deep breath, and exhaled released a large gust of fog making the air slightly colder and completely hiding 'Two from sight. Since the pokemon they were fighting wasn't a real one, there was nothing for the attack to affect so they both pictured their opponent beginning to shiver since real ones are weak against ice type attacks. "Alright let's kick things off with Psybeam!" 'Two then placed two fingers on the side of her head with her eyes glowing blue for a minute firing somewhat visible rings of the same color quickly shooting it towards the venusuar. Due to the three movement of the three rings making briefly making some holes in the mist, the "Seed Pokémon" manages to quickly dodge the attack revealing that 'Two is still in the exact same as she was before.

Normally in a real battle this would seem like a simple mistake, but the imaginary pokemon moving out of the way and knowing where was hiding was exactly what Logan wanted. Logan then gave their opponent a surprised expression as he willingly ordered 'Two to blow away the already fading mist while not moving from her spot, normally she would smirk at that kind of reaction, but there was no really point since all of this was just a fancy way of training.

The venusaur retaliated by using Razor Leaf, firing said leaves like a bunch shurikens at the cloned pokemon, 'Two just waited as the attack came closer and closer.

"Barrier!" Logan yelled, without even moving an inch, 'Two what was basically an invisible forcefield just the last minute causing all of the leaves to get ripped to pieces on impact. "Thunder Punch!" Logan called out, 'Two shot off like a rocket balling her hand into a fist being covered in electricity. "Teleport!" Logan called out, with 'Two instantly disappearing from their opponent's eyesight and then just as quickly appearing right next to her target delivering a charged hook that would have directly hit where its cheek head would be.

'Two then moved out of the way with both her and Logan imagining the Pokémon still standing its ground after the attack. "Confusion!" Logan called out, only with this time the cloned Pokémon pretends to use that particular move so they both picture the Pokémon they were "fighting" to being staggering around a bit and getting disoriented, leaving him wide open. "Alright 'Two, let's finish this." Logan told his best friend telepathically.

"Right." 'Two nodded in agreement. Then they both pictured their opponent making its move, and used Vine Whip.

"Teleport!" Logan called out, having 'Two suddenly appear behind the imaginary Pokémon moving completely out of the way of the vines.

"Use Confusion, then follow it up with another Psybeam attack."

From behind 'Two did exactly what she was told pretending to use both moves picturing their opponent barely able to keep standing and losing focus, and then seeing what would happen if they really hit it this time falling to the ground barely even able to stay conscious. In 'Two words: A hit from Psybeam is basically: "A punch to the face with some of the impact creeping into the brain", which alone makes it 'Two's favorite move due to it being both a physical and mental attack.

After stumbling a bit their opponent collapsed, supposedly giving the duo their victor.

"Seems like a recipe for an easy victory." 'Two stated smiling proudly at Logan.

"True…" Logan said smiling back while thinking more about their little "scenario" as grabbed his sketchbook. "I still think that start we had with the mist was pretty good, but I think the timing to put barrier up is too much of a gamble now that I think about it. And realistically, you probably would've already been hit or at least would have just blocked the first few leaves." Logan explained getting an understanding nod from his partner agreeing with that logic. "But other than that I'd say this was a pretty good mock battle."

"Indeed, but we can't keep doing this all day." 'Two said simply, "Is there anything else you want to do for this day off?"

"Hmm…" Logan began thinking to himself. "Well, it is a nice day. Why not just explore for a bit? Could make for a nice change in pace."

'Two then took a moment to check their surroundings a second time, when she was that they were still alone, she nodded in agreement.

The duo traveled wondered around enjoying the fresh air, they stopped when the two of them saw what looked like an old swing attached to one of the trees. And just a swing, there was no house or really anything surrounding it, the swing was just there out in the open.

They both looked around and noticed that there were some claw marks on that particular tree as well. The duo then checked the surrounding trees and noticed that not only did they all have claw marks as well, but ones that were perfectly identical. This made 'Two and Logan realized that whoever made all of those marks must have had some sense of ownership of the spot they were both in.

"Hello?" Logan called out suspiring his partner.

"Logan, be quiet, we don't know who or what made these marks." 'Two argued.

"But we're not going to make ourselves look anymore innocent by not explaining us ourselves to whoever made those." Logan argued back. They then turned around to see a nidoqueen slowly walking towards them with an unamused look directly at the two. 'Two was about to getting into a fight stance but Logan raised a hand stopping her, they both saw her three fingered hand seeing that the marks on the trees were indeed made by the Nidoqueen herself, who stopped right in front of the duo crossing her arms waiting for an explanation.

Luckily, Logan was quick to give one: "Look, we're really sorry for intruding, it's just that I didn't have to go to school today and that me and my friend live not far from here, I thought we'ed do some exploring to kill some time. We figured that were some Pokémon living around this area, but when we saw the tree swing and markings, we thought that we'd investigate for a little bit. That's all…"

The nidoqueen stood there for a moment but then gave an understanding nod and apologized in her own tongue for being hostile. The two then looked down to see a male nidoran hiding behind the queen's leg looking back at them in a shy manner, Logan and 'Two calmly introducing themselves to him, slowly building up it's trust.

One thing the duo noticed looking at the little guy, is that they both couldn't help but noticed that color of its eyes were the usual crimson color like its mother or the rest of their kind, but instead they were a light blue color. Infact, the eyes almost looked… Human…

After getting to the know the two ground type Pokémon (who introduced themselves as: Victoria and Sky), 'Two and Logan finally decided to head back home where they would meet Bo and Joyce there getting home some time later.

Both parents were pretty startled when Logan told them about the run in with Victoria (and her son), but were relieved when they managed to avoid any confrontation. Both parents decided to make a new rule to allow Logan and 'Two go into the woods without their permission. While this did annoy Logan, he couldn't really get mad since his parents were just trying to keep him and 'Two safe. Teenager or not he was still their child and anything happening to his best friend wouldn't really be any better for them.

Later that night, the duo finally got into bed, with Logan setting his alarm laying righy next to 'Two. "Ready to go back to school?" She asked.

"Nope." Logan said with a smirk.

"Summer's almost here Logan. Just two more months." 'Two said smiling rubbing his head. "I guess you could say that this day off was somewhat pointless."

"Yeah well don't tell Mom, this is one of the few times where she would throw us a bone like that." Logan stated. "Then again, she's probably not going to give another again, any way because, like you said, Summer is almost here. And that today we ended up leaving ourselves open to a wild Nidoqueen. Still, I can't really complain about today."

"Indeed…" 'Two said with a yawn. "Good night."

"Good night." Logan answered with the both of them holding each-other close.

I hope this was worth the long wait. Until Next Time…