Fallen Trainers, sequel to Targeted trainers

A/N: here's a reintroduction to the characters again. Even if you read the prior 25 chapter story, read this. Anyways, there will be a slight reference to a Rin character here. I was originally planning on inserting a trainer that was pretty much me in the Pokémon world, but I found it was too obscure. I might write her/me a separate story later. For now, ignore Rin. Ok, here's intro number two.

Hoenn, Mauville City

The brown haired boy smiled to himself. That crazy event of finding a Pokémon in the mail seemed so long ago. Now, he was a full-blown Pokémon trainer complete with a team of four Pokémon. Some were more faithful than others… (Not mentioning any names… *cough* Rain the Zangoose*cough*)

Jaylon, a boy at the age of sixteen, sat up from the couch of his aunt's house. He was in Quincy territory, even though he was a Wicklow surname. But that didn't matter; he liked his relatives well enough.

The boy was tall, but not as tall as his Uncle Jerry. The boy had a nickname of Agent J, why it stuck he never knew. He had a bandana around his forehead and many key chains at his side. All of these key chains were legendary Pokémon he needed to catch!

Jaylon glanced around the small room and spotted his cousins Ana and Mike running around with Knight the Poocheyna. Jaylon thought back to what had happened after a week.

After saving Fallabor town (sort of) and patching it up (while chasing his disobedient Pokémon), he and Hiku had been surprised to see Roxanne, the second gym leader they met but the first one they battled. The rock-type gym leader had flown over on an Aerodactyl and had offered them a ride back as well. After saying goodbye to the one-handed Lanette and the mayor, the boy and his assigned partner had flown back to their homes for a bit of chill time. After all, one couldn't save all of Hoenn on just one non-stop adventure!

Jaylon had called Hiku every day after their separation. He was really glad that the mysterious Raquaza person had paired him up with such a fantastic (though frail) partner.

Now back in his home-town, Jaylon enjoyed showing his younger cousins how to play and have a pretend fight with Pokémon. He had in his active team; Hearth- the loving female Combusken, Oan- the lazy male Gulpin, Dooma- the serious and trite female Ninjask, and his newest addition, Rain- the feisty Zangoose he could strangely understand. All Pokémon except for Rain were loyal and order-followers.

Knight the Poocheyna had been his, but he couldn't seem to train him like he could the others. He reasoned that the black wolf Pokémon would like life better as a pet. Knight was now his cousin Ana's responsibility. Outside, the puppy barked and wagged its black tail and watched the kids wave around a stick. It was a fun thing to watch children play with Pokémon. If only Rain the Zangoose could behave well long enough to meet his family.

Agent J was living in a dangerous time; Pokémon trainers were strangely disappearing for no known reason. He had had a brush with a strange man who Rain had insisted wanted to attack him. Hiku had heard the story about the shard of meteor being a tracker and she threw her gift into Meteor falls as well. They didn't know why Prof. Cosmo had given them a tracker, unless he didn't know it himself. But even so, it was harder and harder to gain trust from anybody.

Jaylon also remembered that day when he got his starter Pokémon Torchic along with Dooma, a slightly disgusting Nincada at the time. These two Pokémon had been given to him by a strange Raquaza person. All he knew was that Raquaza was a girl and only appeared through letters. Somehow Roxanne had known about her, but knew nothing more.

Jaylon sat back in the couch. His aunt and uncle were off working and his cousins were playing outside. He had the house all to himself. Maybe I should call Vekra… She was my teammate for an hour or so. Vekra had been assigned to the Hoenn team, but had abruptly fled. She didn't care about a team and her very attitude infuriated him. He decided against it. Maybe she'll be ok without me bugging her.

The brown haired boy rose from the couch and stretched out. Maybe he would take a stroll around the town after Aunt Linda and Uncle Jerry got back. He flipped on the TV and saw a Smoke the Ursarang commercial. "Only you can prevent Hoenn from burning!" the bear pointed out of the screen and tipped its hat. Jaylon smiled as he thought back to his thoughts about the package that started him on the quest.

Seeing nothing good on to watch, he flipped it to a news channel and went to the door that led to the backyard. He froze, hearing familiar words come from the report.

"Residents in Mauville will watch as the crazy coot that's been eating up all the electricity is hauled off to Sunny Beaches. Sunny Beaches is an asylum in Slateport that has agreed to take in the crazy old man who should have gone to a retirement home long ago. This man is named Watson, former gym leader of Mauville. The gym that he occupies will be turned over to the region of Hoenn and used for more practical purposes than to use electricity for Pokémon training." The twenty or thirty year old reporter shook his head, as if showing his disgust at the waste.

Jaylon jumped nearly out of his pants. But Watson was a good man; he protected Mauville from invading Pokémon before. And it wasn't too easy, due to Mauville's central location. Jaylon Wicklow himself had seen what happens to a town with no trainers or gym leaders to protect it. Zangeese and Sevipers had ravaged Fallabor unopposed! He had to see what was happening to Watson!

…..

Hiku smiled and stroked her little Mudkip named Nano. She was visiting home in Oldale. She had hugged her mother and father and even her nerdy twin brother when she had returned. She had experienced a large helping of what being a trainer meant; and not all of it had been pleasant. She had told her parents about the gruesome fights that Zangeese and Sevipers went through, and about the general confusion of Gym Leaders disappearing and being restricted.

After that, she had showed off her team of three. She loved Nano the Mudkip the best, followed by Akama the Kirlia, and then followed by Tamaki the terrifying Shroomish. Tamaki had been a gift from Raquaza; a distressing gift that scared her to a groveling mess. A Shroomish had attacked her in the past and she had not been comfortable around Shroomishes ever since. Then, Raquaza had the nerve to give her one to train! But Tamaki was a serious, good Pokémon, so it didn't feel so alarming to train him.

In her journey, she had missed a lovely trip to Fortree with her family. Oh well, if she found a flying type Pokémon and trained it, it could fly her around much faster than walking. She could fly to Fortree whenever she wanted then! Hoenn was too untamed to drive cars around in.

Hiku Turret was a raven-haired girl that always wore cute little Pokémon hats. Today she wore a hand-made Mudkip hat made by the family Pokémon; Chammy the Medicham.

She laughed as Nano the Mudkip poked at her hat once again, checking to see whether it was a real Mudkip or not. "Kip, kip?" it chirped.

Hiku smiled and rubbed her Pokémon under the chin. If only training Pokémon didn't involve traveling and gruesome fights and terrible people. After all, Professor Cosmo had given them a tracking device that could have gotten them snatched! Who could be trusted nowadays?

Suddenly, her Pokénav rang. Nano jumped at the noise. Hiku smiled and picked up the phone. "Hi, this is Hiku!" she said happily, hoping it was Jaylon.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Rin," came back a female voice.

Hiku jumped. That wasn't her teammate! "Rin? I've never heard of you before. How'd you get my number?" This was slightly creepy.

"Oh, sorry," the other girl apologized, "I just had your number in this Poké-ma-thingy and thought about calling a Hoenner. I tried the Vekra number, but it didn't pick up."

"Who are you?" Hiku frowned. Nano growled in response to her fear.

"I'm Rin, a new trainer from Sinnoh." The voice tried to sound friendly. "A weird guy dressed up as a Dragonite gave me this bag of trainer goodies on the bus and now I'm a trainer. Weird huh?"

Hiku wasn't a cold person. She asked politely, "You have a Pokémon?"

"Yeah, sort of… my family rescued a stray Riolu from the streets but Frost, the Riolu, doesn't seem all that friendly. Let me guess, you have a rare Hoenn starter?"

"Kip!" Nano talked to the phone just like Hiku was doing. Why couldn't he talk like a human to a mechanical thing that made weird noises?

"Oh, a Mudkip! That's a good choice. It'll be really handy to travel around with it being a surfing Pokémon and growing up with a dual ground type…" The voice paused and seemed flustered. "Oops, sorry for keeping you. I just wanted to meet a Hoenner before I cruised over there. I'll be in Lilycove, I think, in a week. Thanks for talking." Rin said her goodbyes to Hiku and Nano before hanging up.

Hiku looked at her Pokémon and said to herself, "I guess I met a person from Sinnoh, and that she'll be in Lilycove in a week or so… I think I can trust her, she rescued a Pokémon from being a stray… I wonder what a Riolu is."

"Mudkip kip," Nano chirped and swatted at her hat.

…

Vekra Ashcroft watched in surprise as the TV cameras and reporters swarming around her. But they were not at all interested in her achievements; no, not yet. They all watched the fat old guy named Watson (dressed in a strait jacket) being dragged out of his gym. The old man in question had given her a fantastic battle earlier in the week, but Vekra had beaten him with her new battle-hardy Trapinch and Beldum. These two Pokémon were purchased, not caught. But that was alright, people bought Pokémon all the time, right?

Vekra was now in Mauville, unwittingly staying in the same town as her hated acquaintance Jaylon. She and her traveling companion Forte hadn't found the time to spend to get away from the pleasant town. But now, the gym leader was being hauled off in a straightjacket. Maybe the time to leave was coming soon.

Sure, Watson was a bit eccentric, but hauling him off like this seemed wrong. But what could Vekra do? This was not a federal offence, just a wrong thing to see. The last thing she would do would be to rush in front of the cameras and blurt out that she was a trainer. No, that would be suicide.

Forte, a tall, gangly boy with tanned skin, watched at her side. He held his Makuhita up over the crowd for it to see. This Makuhita was only a contest goer, not a combatant. Vekra thought them both wimps, but needed them around to buffer any fury from this unknown person only known as Raquaza. If she had a partner, then she wouldn't get bossed around.

Little did she know that they both couldn't stand each other, Forte just had too big a heart to tell her it though. He also had too big a heart to let a poor little Wurmple stay hurt in the big wide world. He had taken it in and it had hastily evolved into a white cocoon to protect itself.

Watson called out angrily over the cameras and reporters. "You don't know what yer doing! You haul me away and New Mauville will go up in smoke! I warn ya!"

Vekra sighed and rolled her eyes. This day was going just great!

….

Caprico was a young boy at the age of eleven. Even though he was old enough to be a trainer, he hadn't taken up the challenge. How could he in this day and age? He was short for his age and his head was covered in long locks of navy blue hair. He had blue eyes to match and a black school uniform. He glanced behind him and smiled slightly.

Caprico was the younger brother of Uchiha (codename 'Latias'), a trainer that Raquaza had chosen to send to Johto. He had received a letter from his sister and called the number on the letter. After that, he had been called up to travel from New Bark Town to Cherrygrove town. It wasn't far, and the Johto weather was fair.

For the trip, he had taken his Pokémon and the delivery Gengar. His sister's Gengar was a huge ghost type Pokémon that looked very concerned instead of mischievous (like most Gengars). The other companions were gifts from his sister; she had traveled to Hoenn and returned with a beautiful egg. The second he had touched it, it burst open and twin Zangeese emerged. He named the girl Pisces and the boy twin Gemini. These two were his entertainment, his responsibility, his pride and joy.

The three Pokémon behind him called happily. Pisces jumped on her brother and playfully tugged at his ear. Gemini fought back with his tiny black claws and shook her off. It was evident at the young age that the girl Pisces was stronger physically, but Gemini was faster. Even though the little Zangeese were twins, Caprico could tell them apart.

After the playful young Pokémon trudged the large ghost Pokémon, still holding to its letter with a tight grip. Pecha the Gengar mumbled a call, but it was far from happy. Caprico could understand why it was down, he felt it himself. He was going to Cherrygrove to talk with a strange person to see if his sister had disappeared or died. Either way, it was bad news for him and his family.

Pisces and Gemini continued to play and catch up with his pace. Pisces growled happily and raced her twin brother to Caprico. Gemini took her challenge and both red and white Pokémon careened towards the young human. Gemini ran too fast and bowled into Caprico. Pisces couldn't stop in time and fell into the human as well. The two Pokémon and boy sat in the grass, laughing.

Pecha glared down at the two rascals. "Gar! Gen-gen-Gengar," he hastily corrected the happiness.

"Zangoose, goose!" Gemini retorted and shook his fur.

Pisces agreed with her brother. "GOOSE!"

"Gar Gengar gen-gen," the angry Pokémon growled back and floated off the ground. It pointed to the west through the forest and emphasized, "GAR!"

Caprico didn't know what they were talking about. "Look, they are just kids. Let up on them a little, Pecha."

"Zan!" Gemini purred against his arm. Pisces mirrored her brother.

Pecha the Gengar glared, its red and black eyes intensifying its fury at not being taken seriously. It waved the letter frantically, as if it held the secrets to Uchiha's whereabouts. "Gen-gar!"

Caprico got back to his feet and petted his twin Pokémon on their heads. "Ok, we can't be playing around so much, we've got to meet this weird boss of my sister's." he followed the ghost's finger and walked faster to please the highly experienced Pokémon. To anger a level seventy Pokémon was not the best choice for a long life or a happy life for that matter. It was rumored that Gengars could twist your mind and cause you a ton of mental pain to make up for the lack of physical abilities.

Cherrygrove was right around the next corner. Caprico forgot the dire situation and ran to the pleasant beach, racing his Zangeese to the waters. Gemini reached the sea first. He happily splashed around in the salty waves and scared a few Krabbies in the process.

Pisces catapulted into the lukewarm water and scared even more Pokémon away with her splashing. The twins yowled happily and splashed each other with the salty waves.

Caprico was about to join them in the carefree playing, but he caught a strange sight in the corner of his eye. He saw a flickering flame and a bright spot of green in the distance. He raised his arm to his face to shade the sun out of his vision. He saw more clearly a Charmeleon standing by a woman dressed head to foot in green. Was this kooky person his correspondence?

The woman in green saw him and walked to him as quickly as her tight dress would allow. As she came closer, Caprico could see small yellow circles covering her dress, in a design he had never seen before. It was as if it was in a Pokémon pattern, as if she was in Pokémon cosplay. But Caprico didn't know what Pokémon she was supposed to be.

At her side appeared a man dressed as a yellow and heavy-set Dragonite. Another man joined the squad, dressed in white and blue. The three outrageously dressed individuals walked closer. As they did, the twin's playing ceased. They could tell that these three were strong and to be feared. Pecha floated apathetically behind the young blue-haired boy.

The Dragonite-dressed man cleared his throat and started the meeting. "You are Caprico, Latias' younger brother?"

Before the boy could answer for himself, the scrawny man dressed as a foreign Pokémon took the answer. "Of course he's her brother. Can't you see the resemblance? Besides, he has two Zangeese, that more proof that he is her brother. You remember how involved she was in the translation…"

"Shut up, Latios," the bearded man ground out. "Anyone can own a Zangoose and have hair dyed blue."

Caprico didn't know what was going on, but he knew something. "Hey, you're familiar, white and blue guy. Didn't I meet you earlier with my sister? But I thought your name was DJ?"

The Latios man smiled and looked slightly embarrassed.

The older man with the gruff voice raised his bushy eyebrows. "That's right, perhaps you are the right person…" the old Dragonite-man stepped forward and pointed at the Gengar behind him. "Is that your sister's Pokémon?"

Caprico stared at the lady in the middle. She hadn't spoken yet. "Sure, yeah, it's my sister's. It had a letter. Do you want to read it?"

"To be extra sure…" the older man pulled out a Pokéball and threw it up in the air. A flash of red light lit up the beach and a large bird materialized. The Pidgeot flapped its wings and landed to the sand. It called out with wings outstretched.

"Gar, gen-gen-gar!" Pecha responded and ran to hug the bird. Even though they were both males, they knew each other well as teammates.

Oran the Pidgeot chirped and began to squawk rapidly in Pokéspeak to his team member.

The Dragonite man smiled and his white mustache quivered. "Bingo, we've got Oran and Pecha. Two letters out of a possible six have been found."

Caprico watched in awe as the two huge Pokémon began to talk earnestly. How did his sister raise her Pokémon so expertly? They both had to levels 70 or above! She must have become an expert trainer while away from home.

He jumped as the lady in green and yellow circles spoke up. Her face was covered in a helmet, obscuring her face. "So, Caprico, would you like to find out about your sister? What she did under my protection and help, what she did in Fallabor Town in Hoenn, and what caused all of this confusion to start?"

Caprico nodded his blue head. His twin Zangeese nodded with him as if playing a game of mimicry.

"You will not like all of it, but you must know. You are kind of young, but you might have to take her place. But don't worry; I think I've got a partner in mind for you. She can't seem to like any partner so far and she lives in Hoenn. But you might be able to sway her." Raquaza smiled slowly.