It had been a week since Cure Mew appeared. The school was buzzing with the news. There was already plenty of special groups that were protecting the city. Purple was walking home alone. Pink was at Shauna's house finishing up with the project. He sighed as he went into the Midori home. He glanced around before summoning smoke into his hand.

"SMOKE SHIRLEY..." He spoke, softly. "SWIFTKEYENTARY."

The smoke formed into a pokeball.

Purple went into his room. He was shaking from summoning the pokeball. He slowly threw the ball into the air. A little creature popped out and looked around.

"Here you go, little guy..." He trailed off. He was exhausted, but he couldn't let Pink find him like this. The creature looked around then up at him.

"You good?" It whispered. Purple nodded.

"I'm ok... Noivila. I just need some time..." He trailed off again. He couldn't finish.

The creature, Noivila, sighed. Purple had taken it in. It had made a deal with Purple: if Purple took care of it, Noivila would help him out.

"Ok... if you say so..." Noivila flew up to Purple's shoulder and felt his head. "You should rest... it'll probably help."

"Yeah..." Purple laid down on the bed and passed out. Noivila smiled and fell asleep under the bed.
The next morning...
Purple walked to school alone due to Pink had spent the night with Shauna. Purple was glad that Noivila had him sleep when he did. He felt better than before.

"Are you glad I told you to sleep?" Noivila whispered. It had told Purple that it was part of the poke-cures.

"Yes... thank you." He smiled when he saw Pink. He waved to her. She waved back. Shauna was standing next to her.
At the last class of the day...
The class was setting up their things when the ground started shake. Pink and Shauna exchanged looks before slipping out of the classroom. When they got outside, a monster was racing at the school. The two girls pulled out their pokeballs.

"PRECURE ON!"
***
The two girls were surrounded by Pink and Purple lights. Mewling and Sylvie appeared. Shauna clapped her hands and feet, causing armbands and shoes to appear. She spun quickly, changing into a dress. Her hair grew out and changed colors. Ears and a tail appeared on their own. A pink knitting needle popped up. Shauna grabbed it and twirled it before landing on the ground. Pink's entire outfit appeared in a twirl. Her gold knitting needle popped up. She grabbed it and twirled it twice before landing on the ground and hugging it close to her chest.

"Fairy of the Ribbon! Cure Sylveon!"

"Voice of Genetics! Cure Mew!"
***
The two cures pulled their arms back and smashed the end of their knitting needles into the monster, sending it flying. It landed on its back.

"Ha! Piece of..." Sylveon trailed off as the monster jumped back up. "What?"

"Ok then... time for plan B." Mew grumbled. Sylveon nodded.

Inside, Purple had managed to get out of the classroom. He was sweating due to his fever had shot up during his presentation. He was able to get outside where the fight was at. The cures were having a hard time being able to defeat the monster.

"Oh no..." Noivila whispered.

"What?" Purple whispered faintly.

"That's a trickery monster! It looks like one type, but it's a different type!" Purple froze.

"What type is it then?"

"I don't know! It's probably waiting for the cures to weaken." Purple gulped. And then it changed. It went from a normal type to a ground type. The cures and poke-cures froze.

"W-what?" Sylveon stuttered. The cures were then sent flying back.

"Sylveon! Mew!" Purple cried out.

"Send me out quietly. Grass is good against ground." Noivila whispered.

"But won't they be curious?"

"Not on my watch." Purple mumbled something as he brought out the pokeball and sent Noivila out. It quickly and quietly snuck behind the monster.

"LEAF TORNADO!"

A large twister of leaves surrounded the monster, weakening it. Sylveon took this to her advantage.

"FAIRY WIND!"

"Pretty..." The monster whispered, disappearing. It was quiet. Sylvie sighed.

"The enemy must have dropped it off..." Sylveon turned to the poke-cures.

"What even was that? It went from normal to ground in two seconds." Sylvie and Mewling glanced at each other.

"We don't know..." Sylvie paused as Mewling's eyes lit up.

"Oh oh oh! There is someone that does! They fought with us! The move that weakened it! Noivila!" Mew looked around, and then the two deformed.

"Noivila?" Shauna raised an eyebrow.

"Noivila is a shiny delta noibat poke-cure. Very powerful. It needs two people to get its cure unlocked."

"That's interesting." Shauna sighed. "Come on. Let's get to class before the teacher starts yelling."

"Shauna?" Shauna raised an eyebrow.

"Yes?" Pink grinned.

"We have a sub."

After school...

The trio were walking to the twins place. Shauna was staying the night. Purple was walking behind the girls. His fever hadn't changed and he was in pain. His vision blurred as they went into the house. Shauna gulped.

"Where are your parents? I know you said that you're allowing me to stay here for the night, but isn't there someone watching over us?" Pink giggled.

"Nope." Shauna blinked at that. "Our dad was sent to another world and our mom..." She shot a glance of worry over at Purple. He was staring off. She shrugged. "Is anywhere but here." Shauna nodded. She turned to Purple.

"You good, Purple?" He blinked at that.

"Yeah... I'm going to check dinner..." Pink frowned as he left the room. Shauna blinked.

"Is it just me or is he hiding something?" Pink mumbled something under her breath.

"No... I know he's hiding something. Just what?" She paused and grinned. "I've got it. I just have wait..." She smiled softly. "Now then... let's get you comfortable."

A few minutes later...

The three finished up with their homework. Purple was in his room with Marshadow and Noivila. He had a cold washcloth on his forehead. His breathing slowed down by the minute.

"You should rest. It might help." Noivila whispered. Marshadow sighed.

"N-no I got to... stay strong... P-pink doesn't need to know... I just..." He kept fading out. He started breathing heavily. Marshadow went over and touched his throat. It sighed again.

"No... you need rest. No school for you until you are better." Purple took a deep breath.

"B-but..." He trailed off, signaling that he wasn't going to try. Either that or he had no good comebacks. There was a light knock. Noivila shot under the bed while Marshadow went to the door. Pink and Shauna were waiting. Pink smiled at Marshadow while Shauna went quiet.

"Hey... can we come in? We need to speak with Purple." Marshadow nodded and opened the door wider. Purple sat up. His face was red from the fever. He tried to act like nothing was wrong. He didn't get too far before Pink stopped him.

"Lay down. You look as dead as Jearn should be..." Purple froze. Pink's smile disappeared. "I-i mean..." She cursed at herself under her breath. Shauna sighed. She went over to Purple and placed a hand on his shoulder, which calmed him down. She could feel his temperature rising. She moved her hand to his head.

"You should lie down. You're overheating." Purple mumbled something under his breath.

"I-i know... but... I can..." His voice sounded distant. Shauna laid his head down. Pink quickly resorted herself and came over.

"Purple... did something happen?" Purple blinked. "I noticed you have been very fidgety for a while." Shauna nodded.

"I also noticed that you have been carrying around a pokeball... and I know that's rare for you." Purple mumbled something. Shauna blinked. "What was that?" He gulped.

"I didn't know what to do..." His voice was faint. "I couldn't stand around and not..." His breathing became heavy. Shauna put a hand on his shoulder. He gulped again. "I-i..." He trailed off. Pink smiled softly. She turned to Marshadow.

"Do you know anything?" Marshadow grimaced.

"One thing... there was another pokemon that was taking care of him." There was a squeak from under the bed.

"Don't blow my cover!" Marshadow giggled. Noivila came out from under the bed. Mewling and Sylvie popped out of their balls.

"Noivila!" The two poke-cures went over to the little creature.

"Mewling! Sylvie!" Noivila whispered with a grin.

"Why didn't you show yourself in the battle?" Mewling asked before Sylvie pushed it out of the way.

"And what was that?" Noivila chuckled quietly at this little pushing.

"One... I'll explain later. Two... that was called a trickery monster, which says one type but is actually not." Sylvie nodded. Mewling paused.

"Ok... that makes sense, but what do you mean 'you'll explain later?'" Noivila grinned.

"I just wanted to answer the second question first." Mewling frowned at that. Noivila looked down. "Don't kill me, it was easier." Mewling grinned.

"You're fine. Now explain." Noivila took a deep breath.

"Ok... I had been tasked to find someone who'll take care of me until I find two people who can be precures. Well... Purple here took me under his wing and we made a deal that we would help each other out. I didn't want Purple to be in too much trouble if someone had found out that he was taking care of me, so I had him quietly send me out so that I could weaken it." Noivila paused to let anyone else speak. Pink quickly broke the silence.

"When you said that you were going to help each other out, does that also mean that you take care of him?" Noivila nodded.

"Yeah... I was kind of already doing it last night... he wasn't feeling good, so I told him to rest. I think he made it until you guys' presentation." Pink smirked.

"I wondered why he was a little zoned out by the end..." Noivila smiled softly.

"Yeah..." Shauna paused.

"Wait... that means we have 3 known poke-cures! How many are there?" Noivila chuckled softly.

"There are 7 poke-cures, but 9 cures. Two of those cures are mine and the last cure doesn't have a poke-cure. Not a set one anyways." Pink sighed.

"At least a lot of questions were answered." She turned to Noivila with a smile. "I don't mind if you stay here. Someone needs to stay with him due to how he is." Noivila nodded. "Now then... it's time for bed!"