Hello ladies and gentleman! Bass here! Now...I know what you're thinking; I said in my last story that it would be my one and only and yet here I am, writing a new story. Truth is, I just really enjoyed writing my last story and wanted to write another one.

Now, for anyone that's actually seen the movie and if the title wasn't a dead give away, this story is heavily based off the movie You've Got Mail. It was on TV one night and as I watched it, I got the idea to make a story based off of it. For those of you who have watched the movie before, I hope you enjoy this retelling of it. For those of you who haven't, all I can say is...you're in for one heck of a ride!

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: A Day in Her Life

As is expected from life, change happens every day and for the people of the pokemon world, they were experiencing change leaps and bounds. One such change was the invention of PC; a tool that had now become a staple in every home. For some, the PC was a new means of storing multiple pokemon and for others it was a way to store excessive items. However, as great as those two features were, the greatest use of the PC came from the fact that people could now easily send mail to one another through the one feature that connected everyone together; the internet. For many, this meant that they were able to not only able to communicate with people they knew, but also meet and talk with people they had never met face to face before.

This is the story of two unlikely individuals experience with this new feature and how it would change their lives forever.

It was a cold fall morning as the sun rose over Saffron city and within the walls of a small 3-storey apartment; a young brunette haired girl was still fast asleep.

The girls name was Leaf Green and though few knew her personally, many knew her as the current owner of the Sunflora Day Care Centre; a place that, for many years, has taken care of sick pokemon. For Leaf, most mornings consisted of her peacefully waking up and getting ready for work, but on this particular day…..

"Leaf….LEAF!" She distinctly heard a voice call out to her as she began to open her eyes "Well it's about time you woke up!"

"H-huh…" The girl mumbled as she opened her eyes to reveal a spikey haired individual standing at the foot of her bed with his arms crossed "B-blue?! What are you doing here?" She stammered, surprised to see him.

Blue was Leafs boyfriend. He worked as a researcher at Oak labs and although the two had been dating for a while now, she had to admit that his bluntness made it difficult for the two to get along at times.

"You idiot!" He chuckled as he took out a ring of keys from his pocket "You gave me your key the other day, remember?"

"Oh….that's right….I did…" The girl yawned as she watched him dangle the keys in front of her face.

Blue watched as Leaf slowly crawled out of bed and stretched out "If you must know; I was on my way to work and I thought I'd stop by and see you." He noted, watching her rub her eyes.

"That's…oddly thoughtful of you." Leaf teased, knowing full well that Blue wouldn't just show up for the heck of it "What's the occasion?"

Within seconds of asking that, a large smile formed on Blues face "I wanted to let you know that I'm being promoted to head of research at Oak labs today!" He proudly stated.

"Really? That's awesome!" Leaf happily replied as she opened her blinds to let the sun in "Look Blue! You have a beautiful day for this momentous occasion!

As Leaf stared at everybody walking outside, Blue slowly walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist "You know….this promotion got me thinking….why don't we move in together?" He whispered as he rested his head on her shoulder "You could get out of this small apartment, out of this city…."

Upon hearing that, Leaf shot him a disapproving glance "Blue….you know my stance leaving the city!"

Blue, in turn, narrowed his eyes at her "The day care? Why do you love that thing so much?!" He scoffed as he let go of her waist "Leaf, you have the potential move on to so many bigger opportunities and you never take them!"

Leaf quickly turned around "Blue! My mother left me that day care! I love it with all my heart!" She argued, but Blue dully shook his head at her, unconvinced of the day cares worth.

"Hmph! I don't think I'll ever understand your fascination with it!" He stated, but not wanting to make her angry, quickly conceded "But…if that's what you want then….who am I to say!"

"Exactly! I'm glad you understand!" Leaf happily replied as she pointed up at the clock "Now! You'd better get going! That promotion isn't going to give itself!"

"Right!" Blue nodded as he quickly grabbed his stuff "I'll see you tonight!"

"Yeah! We'll do dinner to celebrate!"

"Sounds good!" Blue called out as he ran out of the room.

Leaf listened as she heard the door close, then slowly peeked out the window and curiously watched as Blue walked down the road. For you see, on top of getting ready for work, there was another morning ritual that she had yet to do and this one was quite important to her.

Once Leaf was sure Blue had left for work, she happily skipped into another room, closed the door behind her and turned on her PC "Oh please be there….please be there…." She pleaded as she connected to the internet and logged into her email account.

For the past few months Leaf had been talking to…..someone over the internet. She had no idea who it was or what they looked like, but she loved talking to this person more than anything and it had gotten to the point that her morning just wouldn't be complete if she didn't.

As the internet finally finished loading, Leafs eyes lit up as the prompt she was waiting for showed up on her screen.

*You have 1 new message*

"YES!" Leaf shouted out and then immediately covered her mouth with her hand, embarrassed how loud she was being.

As she slowly clicked her mouse to open the message, Leafs heart started beating faster and faster "Oh boy! Here we go!"

The message read as follows:

From: THECHAMPION151

Good morning! Or….afternoon….or evening….whenever you read these messages.

You know…I have a confession to make…my username is completely misleading! While I'm not a champion per say….I do believe in the idea that we are all a champion of something….it's just…..finding out what we're a champion of is the real question. For me….personally….I'd say….loving pokemon is what I'm a champion of!

Now…despite me being a champion pokemon lover, I actually only have one pokemon. Granted…said pokemon is all I need. He eats me out of house and home and just recently, has decided that my left shoulder was now to be his bed to sleep on for all hours of the day…..except at 5 am where he loves to reassure me that my inevitable day at work is beginning. He can be picky too; just the other day I went out and bought him an assortment of berries from the local berry shop and guess what he did? Ate all the wacan berries and left the rest! Can you believe that?! I then had this great idea of, instead of trying to force him to eat the rest, I'd put the remaining berries in a bouquet and send them too you…..then I remembered that I don't know your name or address so….yeah….that's out of the question! (Hmm….maybe I'll eat them myself….)

You know…it's strange…I have no idea who you are or what you look like, but I can't imagine a day going by where I don't message you; my day just wouldn't be complete if I didn't!

Hope your day goes over well!

Leaf couldn't help but giggle as she read through the entire message. Whoever this person was had such an unorthodox way of presenting themselves and Leaf just couldn't get enough of it.

"I really wish I could meet this person one day…" Leaf thought to herself as she typed her response back and sent it off. "I wonder what he looks like?"

With that finished, Leaf quickly got dressed in her usual green tanktop and red skirt before happily walking out the door.

As she made her way down the street, Leaf stopped at a construction site a few doors down from where she worked. While she had passed the site many times prior, this time was different as there was a sign explaining what was to be built.

"Coming Soon: Red and Co's Super Pokemon Centre."

"A….pokemon centre…." Leaf whispered to herself as she looked at the building foundation.

For a small business owner like Leaf, having a big establishment like a pokemon centre so close to her little day care could take a lot of her customers away and could even potentially…..

Leaf quickly shook her head and walked away before the thought could sink in "Whatever…" She mumbled as she made it to her day care and unlocked the front door.

As Leaf made her way inside, she turned on all the lights and walked to the back where some recovering pokemon were spending the night.

"Hey…are you feeling better today?" Leaf asked a tiny oddish as she poured some medicine made from freshly squeezed berry juice in its mouth.

As she gently petted the top of its leaves, oddish gave Leaf a weak smile as it finally swallowed the juice "I promise you're going to get better soon oddish." She reassured the tiny grass pokemon before making her way to the other pokemon that had stayed the night.

As Leaf diligently continued to get things ready for the day care to open, she suddenly heard the *Ding* of a bell, signalling that someone had entered the day care.

"Good-morning Leaf!" A voice then called out to her.

Upon looking over, Leaf saw a brown haired girl with a white hat and pigtails standing in the doorway "Hi Lyra!" She greeted "How are you today?"

Lyra had worked with Leaf at the day care for years and although they teased one another quite a bit, the two were great friends.

"Oh fine….ready for another day at work…" Lyra sighed as she watched Leaf happily dance around the store "Why are you so happy today?"

"Oh…..nothing!" Leaf replied as she continued to hum to herself.

Knowing how dumb of a lie that was, Lyra walked over to her friend and nudged her in the side "Surrrreeee!" She cheekily noted "Did something happen between you and Blue?"

"Well….I gave him my key the other day!" Leaf giggled as she stocked the shelves.

Lyra chuckled to herself as she pictured how that scenario played out "Uh-huh….and I'm sure his reaction was why the hell are you giving me this stupid thing? Right?"

Leaf narrowed her eyes and pointed at her friend "HEY! I will have you know that Blue is a very sweet and caring guy!" She stated and Lyra couldn't help but raise her eyebrows at that remark.

"…mostly sweet….."

Lyra raised her eyebrows even higher.

"Okay! He's never sweet!" Leaf finally conceded as she watched Lyra howl with laughter "Look! The point is; him and I are great for each other!" She tried her best to explain, but her friend clearly wasn't buying it.

"Uh-huh!" Lyra smirked as she inched closer to Leaf "There's something else…..isn't there?"

Upon hearing that, Leaf stopped stocking the shelves and her eyes started darting from side to side "Okay! Come here!" She said, motioning for Lyra to come closer "I've….umm…..been chatting with someone over the internet!'

Lyras eyes widened "Leaf! You know how dangerous that is!" She whispered back.

"I-it's just e-mailing one another! That's all!" Leaf nervously waved her hands in front of her face while she tried to explain "I don't even know what his name is…"

"Oooh! A mystery person huh?" Lyra chimed in as her curiosity increased "So…how did you two meet?"

"I….don't really remember how it happened…."

Lyra sighed and leaned against the shelf Leaf was stocking "Leaf, you do realize I'm going to stand here all day until you tell me!"

Knowing full well that her friend was going to persist until she told her, Leaf rolled her eyes in defeat "Alright…come closer." She said and whispered in her ear "Remember a few months back when we were taking care of that sick eevee?"

"The one with the rare pokémonitis disease?"

"That's right." Leaf noted "I was completely stumped on how to cure it so I went on an online forum to see if I could get some advice and…..that's where I met him…."

"Wait! Was he the one who suggested that we use the combination of chesto and chilian berries to cure it?" Lyra asked and Leaf reassuringly nodded to her "Yeah! I remember now! And it totally worked!"

A smile formed on Leafs face "After that…we started talking about things like: caring for pokemon, our favorite past times etc…." She explained and paused as she thought back to that fateful day "When him and I eventually gave one another our e-mail addresses, we vowed that out of respect for one another, we would remain anonymous and not share any specific details about the other."

"Wow…this guy sounds like the real deal huh?"

Leaf nodded "I've just never seen such care and compassion in a person before…." She sighed as she looked down at her feet "It's….really….admirable…."

Lyras face lit up as she saw a blush form on Leafs face "Oh my god! You're totally crushing over this mystery person aren't you?"

Leafs eyes quickly widened "I AM NOT!" She yelled at her friend and turned away "L-look! It's just for fun; I'm planning on ending it soon anyway! I don't want things to get out of hand….."

"Oh really?" Lyra slyly remarked "Well…..if that's the case…..can I have him then?"

"WHAT?! No you can't have him! He's…..he's…" Leaf stuttered as she tried to find her words "He's nothing like you! It wouldn't work out!"

As she continued to watch Leaf nervously fidget about, Lyra began to rub her chin in thought "Hmm….why are you being so defensive right no-WAIT A MINUTE!" She yelled out as idea popped in her head "I get it now!"

"Get what?!"

Without warning, an evil smile formed on Lyras face as she loudly proclaimed "YOU'RE HAVING CYBER-SEX! AREN'T YOU!"

Leaf's face turned redder than it ever had been in her life "C-cyber-sex!" She yelled back.

Amused at how embarrassed she was making Leaf feel, Lyra casually put her arm around her friend and continued to tease her "Wow Leaf and you don't even know who you're doing it with! It could be anybody!" She slyly noted, making Leaf even more flustered "OH! What if it's a pokemon pretending to be a guy?"

"WHAT?! T-that's…..that's…." Leaf stuttered as her eyes rapidly darted from side to side "IT'S TOTALLY A GUY YOU FOO-"

*Ding* Leaf was cut off as she heard the sound of the door opening.

"Good morning girls!" An older woman with long blonde hair announced as she entered the day care.

"C-cynthia! G-good morning!" Leaf stammered as she watched the blond hair woman hang up her coat "I didn't know you were coming in today!"

Once champion of Sinnoh, Cynthia discovered the Sunflora Day Care Centre after retiring and moving to Kanto. In the end, she ended up becoming such good friends with Leaf and Lyra that she decided to work part-time for the store.

"What were you two talking about?" Cynthia asked as she watched Leaf and Lyra sheepishly stare at her like they had just broken something.

Not wanting to involve anyone else in their discussion, Leaf nervously began waving her hands in front of her face "N-nothing! It was noth-"

"LEAF'S HAVING CYBER-SEX!" Lyra quickly announced, cutting Leaf off.

Cynthia couldn't help but look at them confused "Cyber….sex?"

"LYRA!" Leaf yelled out and quickly covered her friends mouth with her hand "Don't listen to her Cynthia! She's crazy!"

Cynthia laughed as she watched the two girls struggle with one another "Hey don't worry, I've had cyber-sex before and I could give you some advice if you want Leaf."

Both Leaf and Lyras eyes widened at what they just heard "WHAT?!" They both yelled out in unison.

Cynthia shrugged as she casually walked over to the two of them. "Yeah….but every time I tell my partner who I am, they always get all worried and start rapidly typing please don't call the authorities on me maam!"

Neither Leaf nor Lyra knew how to respond to that and just stared at Cynthia in silence as she started to giggle to herself. The giggling became louder and before long, Cynthia was howling with laughter "Come on you two, it was a joke!" She laughed and put her arms around both of them "Do you really think I'd do something like that!"

"I don't know Cynthia!" Lyra teased back "Behind that calm demeanor of yours, I think there's a wild side!"

They all laughed, before Leaf finally pulled herself away "Alright that's enough cyber-sex talk you two! We need to get this place ready to open before the customers come in!"

The three worked diligently to open the day care and within a few hours, it was packed full of customers.

"Ms. Leaf?" A young boy said as he held his charmander towards her "I think my charmander's sick."

Leaf smiled as she knelt down to the boys level "Aww is he?" She replied and gently petted the fire pokemons head "Let me have a look at him…."

She then took the charmander in her arms and scanned it over "Hmm….his tail flame's a little weak….." Leaf noticed "A tamato berry should fix him up in no time!"

Overcome with relief, the boys worried expression quickly turned into a smile "Did you hear that charmander? You're going to be okay!"

"Char! Char!" Charmander happily replied.

Leaf then turned to Lyra, who was helping other customers "Lyra, do we have any tamato berries left?" She called out to her friend.

"Should be some in the back pantry!" Lyra yelled back.

"Thanks!" Leaf replied as she quickly ran to the back of the day care and into the room where all the berries were kept.

As she turned on the lights, Leaf was surprised at how many of the shelves were bare "Wow….we're really running low on berries…" She noted as she scanned the shelves up and down "Let's see…."

Leaf reached up to one of the high shelves in hopes of finding a tamato berry, but ended up pulling down a bright yellow berry instead.

"T-this…" She whispered as she looked at the berry she just pulled down "It's…a wacan….berry….."

Just then, Leaf felt her face go flush as she thought back to the message she had read earlier that day "I wonder what he…..NO! Get you head out of the clouds Leaf!" She sternly thought to herself as she reached up to the shelf again and this time Leaf pulled down a tamato berry "There we go!"

She then quickly mashed the berry up and brought it back to the sick charmander "Here charmander! Drink up!" Leaf said as she poured the juice into charmanders mouth.

Within seconds, the flame on charmanders tail regained its strength and the fire pokemon happily looked up at her.

"There's a good boy!" She said with a smile on her face "Are you feeling better?"

"Char! Char!" Charmander happily replied and jumped back into its trainers arms.

"Wow Ms. Leaf! You're the greatest!" The young boy praised her as he hugged his pokemon tightly.

Leaf couldn't help but blush at the complement "Aww! Thank you Joey." She replied and pointed at the young boy "Now make sure you take good care of charmander and no hard battling okay?"

"Okay!" The boy reassured her and ran out of the store.

As Leaf watched him leave, Lyra slowly walked up beside her "Another happy customer." She happily sighed.

"Yeah…." Leaf sighed as well and turned to her friend "Hey Lyra, our berry pantry is getting pretty bare, do you mind watching the store while I go out and pick some more?"

"Sure go ahead Leaf!" Lyra replied "I promise the place will still be standing when you get back!"

Leaf graciously thanked her friend and then made her way to the back to get the equipment she needed.

As she proceeded to get her basket and tools ready to go pick berries, Leaf heard someone call out to her "Can I have minute?"

Upon looking up, Leaf saw Cynthia standing above her with a serious expression on her face.

"Yeah Cynthia, what's up?" Leaf wondered as the older trainer walked towards her.

"Leaf…I'm sure you've seen it….the new pokemon centre opening just a few doors down…."

As soon as Leaf heard mention of the pokemon centre, she immediately stopped what she was doing and dropped her tools on the floor "Yeah….what about it?"

"Aren't you….worried about it taking business from you?"

Leaf took a deep breath before shaking her head in disagreement "Nope! Why should I be?"

Surprised by her nonchalant response, Cynthia watched as Leaf picked up the tools she dropped and continued to get ready.

"The way I see it Cynthia is that they are going to probably going to be able to offer services that we don't have." Leaf admitted as she put the final tool in her basket and stood up "But guess what? We're going to be able to offer services that they don't have!"

Cynthia sighed as she placed her hand on Leafs shoulder "Leaf…while I admire your optimism….I'm afraid the services that a pokemon centre can offer are going to be far greater than anything our little day care can offer…."

"What's your point?"

Cynthia bit her lip, knowing full well that Leaf didn't want to hear what she was about to say "I'm just suggesting that maybe….things may not turn out well…..and…perhaps….we should start planning for the future."

Upon hearing that, Leaf took a deep breath and turned away "You know….my mother always taught me that if you love something….you believe in it till the very end…." She proudly proclaimed "I love this day care Cynthia….more than anything in the world and I'll die before I see it fold…."

"Leaf…"

"Cynthia you know I respect your advice more than anything and if you want to start thinking about the future….then so be it." Leaf stated as she pointed to her basket "But for me…personally, I'm going to live in the present! And presently, I need to go and get more berries so I can continue to offer the same love and care to my customers as I always do. Something that cooperate sell out down the road is never going to have over me!"

With that, Leaf walked straight out of the store and Cynthia sadly watched as she walked down the road "Leaf….you're so strong….just like your mother…." She thought to herself "But….I fear this is a battle you just can't win…."

As Leaf made her way to the forest that she usually picked berries from, she found herself once again walking past the giant infrastructure that was to be her competition soon. She stared at the construction site for a few seconds before turning her head and quickly walking away.

"I'm not afraid! Everything's going to be fine….."

Hey everyone! I just want to go over my plans for this story. In terms of length, won't be as long as the last one. Not only that, but aside from chapter 2 (which I plan to have out within a week or 2) and chapter 3 (which should follow a week or 2 after that) I plan to do a chapter a month...mainly because of work.

Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of this new story. As always, let me know what you think of it, all feedback is very much appreciated! And if you have any ideas/anything you want to talk about, shoot me a PM!

Ciao! Until next time!