Author's Notes: Pokemon are the rightful property of Nintendo, and if they in any circumstances were my property, I would be a very happy little girl. However, as I cannot stress enough, they are not my property. All places, Pokemon and canon characters are the rightful property of Nintendo. However, any original characters are the rightful property of Hippy Jolteon and always will be. Now we've got that over with, I hope you enjoy the prologue of my shiny new fan fiction. The mother Ninetales lay down contentedly on the sofa, her silver gold fur shining luxuriantly in the dappled sunlight. The five Vulpix cubs that she had given birth to just six weeks ago rested in the arc between her stomach and her tails, warm, their own tails curling around their tiny, vulnerable bodies. The cubs had grown prodigiously in the six weeks that they had been on Earth. Their fur had become considerably thicker; their one silver tail turned an orange red and splitting from the tip to form two, their claws sharper, and their ability to obliterate tiny twigs with fiery hot Ember attacks more powerful. Yuki Kaworu, a successful Pokemon Breeder, born in the thriving cosmopolis known to many as Viridian City, Kanto region, and now the only Pokemon Breeder in Snowpoint City, Sinnoh, looked on at these beautiful and growing cubs with a benevolent glance. He had raised that Ninetales since she herself was a Vulpix, and remembered the day he evolved her with a Fire Stone himself. 'One day.' He thought. 'One day my own fourteen year old daughter, now ready for her journey after years of working and waiting, will be able to do the same.' As he gently scooped up the only cub with three tails, the whole of Kaworu's life with Ninetales flashed before his eyes. He saw himself as a young boy, catching his very own Vulpix in the ruins of the once majestic Pokemon Mansion. He saw his blossoming relationship with Vulpix, and his winning of his eight Kanto gym badges. He saw the evolution process, placing the Fire Stone within Vulpix's luxuriant fur in the nape of her neck, watching her transform into a beauty, a Pokemon with such Classical grace that it would make even the greatest of the old masters blush, a Ninetales. He saw his work in the Day Care Centre in Solaceon Town, Sinnoh as a young man, and his decision to become a Pokemon Breeder confirmed as a young woman called Aislinn and her Houndoom stepped into the centreÉ Years later, with a ten year old child in tow and the light that is their love still had not gone out. 'Aislinn.' He thought. 'Her. She of the Houndoom and the smile that could make the worlds' leaders at the G8 Summit crumble before her, Aislinn O' Rourke.' "I'm right here, Kaworu." Aislinn whispered. "Someone has come to see how Ninetales is getting along." "It's wonderful to see you again, Aislinn. Hell, even a week away from you still feels like an eternity." Kaworu laughed sheepishly, his limpid blue eyes sparkling underneath his mass of jet - black hair. "Oh, don't be such a romantic." Aislinn giggled, leaning over to kiss him. Her Houndoom scampered towards the Ninetales and nuzzled at her, as if to say 'I missed you, too.' The Houndoom and his master noticed the Vulpix cub at Kaworu's side, and wore the same pained expression on their faces. "Is she leaving so soon?" Aislinn said, her lithe figure, clad in a black hooded top and drainpipe jeans drooping at the thought of one Vulpix cub less in the household. "Yes. But she's going to a wonderful owner, who I know will care and cherish her for ever." "And who may that be?" Aislinn said coquettishly. "Sakura. We are giving her to Sakura."