Surrounded... I was surrounded by thousands of Pokemon ready for the breeding period. It was spring, so, it was a duty to have eggs at this period of time. I had chosen a wonderful place for breeding: Cinnabar Island shore. There were many nice Pokemon there, I felt like I made a good choice. There was few rock and ground Pokemon though, it was odd for me, a Pokemon who always lived in caves. For my first breeding period, I decided to surf away and that's were I ended up to be. I was looking around for a Pokemon that would accept to... you know... make eggs! Right! Anyway, the first who approched me was looking like me. We both had horns and overall the same body shape. "Where do you come from?", I asked her. "I'm from Safari Zone, but my troop moved away to Mountain Moon, so some of us could evolve. Where are you from?" "Victory Road. It was pretty boring. I wanted to swin away..." "I love swimming too!" "We could get along together perfectly!" "That's what I think too! When I first saw you, I thought you would be the perfect mate!" "So, when do we start to..." "Whoa! I know you look foward to it, but slow down a bit!" "I can't help it! I'm so excited!" "So am I!" "We'll have Nidoran!" "Yes... Thinking about our babies make me so impatient! We're lucky, Pokemon eggs don't take a lot of time to hatch! I heard humans have to wait 9 months before their babies are born!" "Women also have this big belly." "Humans are brave in their kind of way. Grrr... I just can't help myself, let's start now!" We both dove underwater. It was a good place to... "Ah-HEM!", the author (MissingNo) said, "I don't want those kind of details in my fics!" Anyway, our egg was there a few minutes later. An old-looking Nidorina passed by. She seemed to know my partner. "Nidoqueen, what did you do? I have told you we can't have eggs! The legend says it all! All Nidorina and Nidoqueen shall be cursed to never have babies again!" "I know.", my mate answered. "You have told me this story so many times, mom! I don't beleive in it. Look: here's our egg!" "Go away, crazy lady!", I shouted. "Leave us alone!" "What?", the freak old lady answered. "Your mate is so rude! I'll leave, but remember what I told you!" She went away. Finnally. "Sorry.", I told Nidoqueen. "She was annoying me." "It's ok. I understand that you don't want to hear that we can't have babies. This legend is ridiculous! It says that because one Nidorina and Niodqueen killed a sacred bird Pokemon to have his feathers, a psychic Pokemon cursed all Nidorina and Nidoqueen. They all became barren." "That's stupid! I don't beleive in legends!" "Hey! Our egg is hatching!" We both look at what would be our future baby. Our faces were filled with delight until... we broke in tears. "What!", Nidoqueen shouted, being puzzled, sad and angry at the same time. "How come? Our baby is dead just after it was born! It can't be! It's unfair!" I cried, but I didn't know what to do. Until, I decided that I wanted to have a baby. I wanted to be a proud father. So I won't hang out with a Nidorina or Nidoqueen ever again! "No, Richard! Don't run away! I need your love to confort me!" I act as I didn't hear anything. Bang! Suddently, I bumped in... another Rhydon! "Ouch!", she exclaimed. "Hey! What's your name?" "Richard.", I told her. "And your are?" "Idem. I'm from route 34!" "Never been there." "I guess you must be from Victory Road." "Huh? How do you know that?" "I know lots of things. I also know your attacks are Earthquake, Rock Slide, Surf and Horn Drill." "Are you psychic?" "Sometimes." "You voice is pretty unsual for a Rhydon, by the way." "Yes... I know!" "Anyway, you seem like a pretty good mate." "Thank you. I am looking for a partner to have eggs too." "So... when do we start?" "Slow down, Richard! We just met!" "So what? We're only going to..." "Have babies, I know! This is important stuff,unlike what you seem to think." "Yes, I know, but I think you'll be the right mother for my kids." "Aww... You're such a nice boy! Are you saying that you love me?" "Well, love is more of a human feeling..." "What do you mean?" "Huh..." "Then, if you don't love me and all you want is breeding, then I don't want to see you! Go find another mate!" "That's not what I meant! I love you, ok? I just didn't know how to say it." I have always been a good liar. "Sorry I got on my nerves! I love you too! I must have known that some Pokemon are faster in love than others." "Indeed." "I have to tell you that you're my first love ever." "Really, I'm flatered." "I am your first love?" "Yes!" I also have to add that I looked very honest. "It's so wonderful! I feel excited too, we can start to breed now if you want!" She was got to hug me, but I ran away! Seeing her eyes, I noticed that she was a Ditto! I didn't want to have baby from a crappy Pokemon! I ran as fast as I could until I found a stupid-looking duck-like Pokemon. "I don't care who or what you are! DO YOU WANT TO BREED?!" "I would love to..." "Before I start doing another mistake, I'll just ask you a few questions and we'll only breed if you answer yes to all questions, ok?" "Huh... ok..." The pink and blue Pokemon looked at me weirdly. "CAN you have eggs? AREN'T you a Ditto? and... ARE you... FEMALE?!?!" "Huh... Actually the answers are: yes..." It paused to a moment. It moved its round head up and down nervously. "Yes." I could have guessed the third answer. "And no." "Oh... Then you are male!? I'm sorry but you don't look..." "I know!", it shouted to interrupt me. "I actually have no gender." I couldn't be more traumatised. So I just... walked away very slowly. Then, I saw her. I knew she was the one. I felt it so badly that I felt it was unecessary to ask questions to her. She was a rhino-like Pokemon, that I actually never saw before, but she reminded me of something though... She had such beautiful eyes, a wonderful blue and grey skin, a charming voice, a wonderful personnality: no doubt she was the perfect mate! Our first talk ressembled to this. "Are you here for the... breeding season?", she asked shyly. "Huh, actually, yes.", I said, hesitating. "Me too... I come from Cinnabar Island. My name is Mira." "I'm Richard from Victory Road." "Very nice to meet you. You seem though and strong, but deep inside you his hiding a golden heart." "You are reading my heart..." "We could see it that way, but I actually can know about Pokemon's personnality just by looking in their eyes." "Mira, your eyes look like shining saphires. Your skin is so nice to touch. Your enchanting voice would even calm the worst storm." I always had ease with words to please females. It actually worked. Mira was so nice and she began to say tender words that gave me emotional shivers. Could this be love?