Don't I know you? {Elijah and Alissa}

[ALISSA]

This was going to be a good job.

Alissa had been following a certain pair of trainers for the past hour. It was right outside of Nimbasa somewhere, Liss didn't really know where she was. All of her pokemon were following her, Pepsi and Licorice talking about something together and the monkies all goofing off. Liss looked back to check on them, she couldn't take her eyes off them all for more than a couple of minutes. As usual, something was happening. Pepsi the Scrafty was waving a stick of dynamite around like it was nothing and Cinamon was attempting to light Skittles' tail on fire. Again. One glare from their trainer and everyone stopped, looking guilty. The Scrafty put away his dynamite into his bag, which was already full of assorted explosives while Cinamon turned back to Ari with a disapointed expression.

"Come on guys, we can't blow this one. You know, these trainers have pokemon that need to be rescued." The group nodded and looked determined once again. These trainers were pushing their pokemon, a Pignite and Whirlipede, much too hard. And so Alissa was going to take them. No questions asked. These fools didn't deserve to have pokemon. The girl looked on ahead. She could just now see the backs of the trainers now. She was getting close.

With a calm gesture behind her, the group slid off the path and melted into the shadows of the trees. And that's when Alissa broke into a run. She made almost no noise as she dodged roots and ferns alongside her. Finally, she passed the trainers. But she did not stop. No, she continued on until she came to a rather large tree and quickly climbed it, resting on a thick branch. And that is where she lay in wait for her prey to come along the trail.

[ELIJAH]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 314px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dadada] It was such a wonderful day. One where you could think that nothing could go wrong at all. The sun was shining, the air warm, it was just about enough to let you have a skip in your step and hum a nice little tune for all to hear. Most were probably lounging out in the routes, pitching camp and what not, walking down that beaten path, while some were involved in battles. But there were still other individual who were doing none of the above. One such was Elijah. He had abandoned his usual jacket for today, the weather simply not allowing for thicker clothing. His blond hair was tousled by the wind, giving him a disheveled look. He wore a pair of dark sunglasses, shading his coffee brown eyes. For today, the plan was simple. Taunt, steal, run. Nothing complicated with it at all. He smiled to himself, hands in his pocket as he watched the battle between a Pignite and Whirlipede. Surely the Pignite would win, guessing from sheer type advantage of the whole thing. At that, he chose to take the Pignite for himself. He took out a pokeball and released a Persian. The creamy furred pokemon mewled as she was released, slit eyes focused on the battle for a moment before turning to her trainer with a bored expression. "We're taking one." He said simply, quiet enough for only the Persian to hear. The feline nodded, flexing her claws on the ground. They both neared the ongoing battle, seemingly interested in the outcome, but both eying the pokemon in the battle. The trainer's pokemon threw attack after attack, Elijah smiled. It only meant that the pokemon would be too tired to fight them off if they were too busy with one another. A nice little point, making this a whole lot easier. A blur, that was Alissa, seemed to dash from the corner of his eye, but he ignored it, tacking it as a lone pokemon trying to get away from the battle. He gripped on the handle of his switchblade, and rushed forward for one of the trainers. He whipped out his blade, letting it graze the trainer's arm, a shallow cut he was sure. He held the blade directly in front of the trainer's face, staring at him in the eyes, though he imagined the trainer was having difficulty noticing so as his light brown eyes were hidden beneath shades. "Now, you're going to give me your Pignite. No one has to get hurt here." Kidian, the Persian, stood beside the tall man, looking ready to pounce when given the word.

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[ALISSA]

When her prey did not come, Alissa began to worry. How was she going to steal pokemon without targets? Her monkeys had all joined her up in the tree, along with Licorice, the Mandibuzz. Only her Scrafty stayed down below. He tossed a kind of small, round explosive in the air and caught it, leaning against the tree with a lazy expression on his face.

Liss jumped from her branch and landed with the grace of a cat, arms spread to keep her balance. She made no sound, but walked along the road. It no longer mattered to her about not being seen. No, she was going to make an entrance. She pointed to the sky and her vulture-like Mandibuzz screeched before taking wing and flapping off. Licorice returned a couple of seconds later, wheeling back from a short flight. Liss knew she was close. The girl picked up the pace. But she didn't anticipate the scene ahead of her.

A man was already holding up the trainers. What was this? This just couldn't stand. Letting out an indignant humph, the girl nodded to her pokemon who fanned out. "Go, now. Pepsi, if you'd please." The Scrafty nodded and pulled out an odd device that appeared to be a smokeball attatched to a timer. He rolled it at the boys' feet and with a soft beep, it released its fumes. Cinamon and Ari hopped near Alissa, taking up fighting stances. M and Skittles raced towards the Pignite, Taunting and Tormenting it all the way. They attempted to lead it astray, away from the growing cloud. Licorice, with a wild call, swooped down and grabbed the Whirlipede by its spines. With a cry of pain from the spines and suprise at the bug's weight, the bird flapped a couple of times to gain some altitude.

Alissa herself rushed into the cloud to apprehend the largest percieved threat in her mind, the boy who was robbing her intended victims. She drew a wicked knife from its sheath at her waist and held it to his throat, wary of the Persian that stood beside him. Pepsi, Ari, and Cinamon caught up with her, standing ready as well. "I believe," she snarled, "that you are about to take something that belongs to me..." She trailed off as she recognized the boy she had threatened. Vague memories from her childhood surfaced and she gasped in shock, pulling her weapon away. "Elijah..." She started, looking at him in awe.

[ELIJAH]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 314px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dadada] He smiled warmly as the trainer seemed to comprehend the situation, that they didn't have much choice in the matter unless they wanted to get cut up. He kept his eyes trailed on the trainer's hand, as it reached into his pocket. In between feeling smug about this victory his thoughts suddenly shifted Annoying beeping. Wait? Beeping? By then it was too late, the small beeping ball rolled to his feet, and before he could figure out what it could be, the smoke was blocking his view. He covered his mouth and nose with his free hand, not even sure if it was toxic enough, whatever it was, it was making his eyes tear up. What is this? He thought, eyes only half-open now as he waved his knife hand through the air, in attempt to clear away the smoke in front of him. No such luck. He stumbled away from the smoke cloud, spluttering and coughing. He could feel the feline still next to him, her tail curled up protectively on one his leg. He heard her hiss at something, and then the smooth sound of metal being drawn. He held his knife in front of his instinctively, only to catch the shine as metal was flashed at him as well. He held his breath, head held high as he glared at the knife pointed to his throat, before moving his gaze to his attacker. His mouth opened in surprise, his knife, which had been pointed to Alissa's stomach dropped his side, as he blinked. "L-Lissa?" He coughed out, eyes still watering from the smoke but there was definitely in his gaze. His lips turned into a grin, and then he chuckled to himself as the sight of an old friend. "How long has it been eh? Couple of years?" He looked over at the cloud, and then to the Mandibuzz in the air and frowned. "I see things haven't changed much eh?" He scratched the back of his head and amused look now. "But I do believe I deserve the Pignite at least, I did engage the targets first... Arceus what am I saying, come here you ~" He smile grew wider as he closed the distance between them, arms wide in attempt to hug her. Kidian kept to Eli's leg, her body language spoke of uncertainty and wariness, for both the female trainer and her pokemon. She glared as the other pokemon were rounding up the pokemon they had been planning to take, the trainers having already fled the scene. She hissed at the other pokemon behind Alissa.

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[ALISSA]

The situation before her was getting more confusing by the minute. Alissa pondered everything. Where were the other trainers? No matter, Licorice dropped the Whirlipede at her feet with a thud and she smiled. Pignite followed her monkeys out of the fumes. All was going well.

And then there was Elijah. Eli, her childhood friend, they had been through so much together. Liss leaped into his arms and hugged him, just like old times. Pulling away, she also pulled him out of the smokeball's growing cloud of choking fumes. Liss coughed once and waited for her pokemon to bring in the loot.

The monkeys rolled the Pignite while Scrafty and Mandibuzz awkwardly pushed the Whirlipede, carefully avoiding the poison barbs. "Sure, you can have the Pignite," she told Elijah with a sly smile. "I'll take the Whirlipede, see if anyone wants it. But I mean, it's a Whirlipede." In the meantime, the monkeys gathered around the hostile Persian. They didn't really know danger when the saw it, but luckily, Licorice pulled them away with her wings, shooting an apologetic look at the Persian.

[ELIJAH]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 314px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dadada] He gently wrapped his arms around the shorter girl's body, a smile curling onto his lips as he felt her body close to his, the all too familiar sensation. He was yanked, rather forcefully, away from the smoke for which he was thankful, but he pouted at the other all the same. His gaze moved to her pokemon. A new bunch, as he couldn't really remember if she did have these pokemon back then. It was only understandable that she'd have some new pokemon herself, as he too had acquired a new bunch. All except for his Pichu of course. He grinned as she agreed to give him the Pignite. Taking off his shades, he hung them by the color of his shirt, looking at her with his unshielded eyes. "Thanks... It's really nice to see you again, Lissa. Feels like yesterday, we were running around goldenrod." He said softly, a memory of them gamboling in the streets flashed in his head. "Heh, that makes me sound old." He chuckled, before giving an attentive pat at the hissing Persian. Kidian ears bent low on her head as his fingers made contact with her her, gently massaging her scalp. "Be nice." The pokemon kept one eye closed, while one still glued on the pack in front of her. Her eye flitted to the Mandibuzz, mewing at her before turning back to the monkeys. She purred at them, before sitting herself on the ground, her tail curling around her feet while she licked a paw clean. Elijah looked amusingly at the placated Persian, before smiling back at Lissa. "Still doing that sort of thing huh... You going to take the Whirlipede back to hideout already? Or do you have time to spare?~ I've got a few snacks in my pack, we could catch up~" He hummed out in his cheerful tone.

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[ALISSA]

Lissa grinned as she saw the two trainers make a run for it. Back to Nimbasa with them. And good riddence. She chuckled at their apparent cowardice. She remembered when her and Eli were great friends, running around in their own little world. Of course they would never just give up two of their pokemon.

Alissa looked back up at Elijah and sighed, remembering the times they had had together. But they were different now, older, more mature. And a lot more serious. Liss recalled the way that Eli had pulled his knife on the trainer. The way that she herself had threatened him. They had carried weapons in the old days too but never really used them.

"Well, we're old now, compared to back then." She smiled fondly, remembering those great times. She lifted Elijah's sunglasses from his shirt collar and put them on her head with a playful grin. "Ooooh! I would love to have lunch with you! I haven't eaten for a little while..." Liss had run out of granola during lunch yesterday. She skipped ahead merrily, beckoning Elijah to follow. "So, how've ya' been?" She asked him with a stern look at her pokemon to stop annoying Eli's Persian. Ari leaped on the cat's head and smiled widely. "Pom! Pom!" She intorduced herself, ignoring Alissa's warning entirely. The trainer sighed. If Ari got scratched, it was her own fault.

[ELIJAH]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 314px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dadada] "Maybe you're old but I'm not, so there~" He answered back cheerfully, even sticking out his tongue at her before laughing at himself. He lifted a hand to stop her from taking his sunglasses, but let his hand fall back again. Let her have her fun. Was the thought, as he watched her place it on top her head, completely useless, but it made her look cute nonetheless. "Great!" He replied enthusiastically, following her and then copying her pace, Kidian following swiftly behind. "Oh me? Same old, same old. Well not really, I'm part of Team Ultimatum now." He said nonchalantly, looking off into the sky. If he remembered right, then she wouldn't have known of his affiliation with the Team, although he wouldn't put it past her if she had heard rumors about it as well. He shrugged, smirking to himself. Was he worried that he had just told Alissa of his secret. No, he was not. He trusted her and that was that. "I'd rather you keep that between us, alright?" But that didn't stop him from reminding her to keep it a secret. He assumed that she'd understand of course, considering the many other secrets between them. "And I've got a boyfriend now. Don't even bother asking who it is, cos I'm not telling ~" He said, grinning. His thoughts flitted to Red. Who was probably enjoying his own nice quiet time somewhere, if not in his mountain top. There were several reasons why he couldn't just tell anybody about his secret relationship with Red, yes, that included his own childhood partner-in-crime. One would be the danger to Red's reputation, never mind his own. And another would be that... He wasn't exactly comfortable with telling anyone that he had actually found someone he truly cared about, and wanted to be with. He blushed slightly at the idea, turning his gaze Kidian. The feline glared at Aipom on top of her head. She blinked at Ari, eyes flashing, before she let out a sigh and tossed her head in attempt to shake the monkey pokemon off. She grumbled at it, as if saying that she was going to let this one go for the moment, continuing to follow her trainer as they walk through the path. "How about you? Any interesting news to share?" He said, throwing back the question, looking at her curiously. It really had been too long and it wasn't like he had all the free time in the world to reminisce about the past either, not with the job he had.

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[ALISSA]

Liss's eyes widened at Eli's confession. Team Ultimatum? She was about to say something, then stopped herself. He was Elijah, no matter what Team he belonged to. The girl had no problem keeping a secret, especially for Elijah. "Who would I tell Eli? You're my only friend," She grinned. But what really spiked her interest was his confession in having a boyfriend. She couldn't help but speculate. Knowing Elijah, it was someone important. Maybe a high-ranking Ultimatum executive?

"Oh Eli, you might as well tell me. You know I'm going to find out." She gave him a devious grin, the effect amplified by the glasses. "Unless you're afraid of some competition!" She teased and danced out of Elijah's forseen reaction with her smile still playing on her lips. "But you know nothing exciting happens in my boring, boring life, Eli. I'm flying solo, 'cept for my gang here. You know, tryin' to make a name for ourselves. Steal something that will make us known throughout the land!" She spoke in a false innocence but spread her arms wide at her last statement.

Ari was thrown from his perch on the Persian's head. The monkey landed with a soft thud. Despite the rest of the gang's laughter, the Aipom leaped back up and ran back to her new 'friend' and used her tail to pet the cat's head. The others continued to roll the newly stolen pokemon, following the two friends as they caught up with eachother.