Prologue: Dangerous Encounters
They said there were easier ways to capture Legendary Pokémon, yet she was never such a fond believer of that. If anyone ever thought about it, Legendary Pokémon are too powerful to be fought by plain and ordinary Pokémon, they cannot be contained by just any Poke Ball, and their importance in the ecosystem of the world is the only reason why these magnificent Pokémon are protected from the greed and scrutiny of people who just want to get their hands on really powerful Pokémon.
However, her motives for capturing these powerful Pokémon are far more horrendous, is what most people would think if she would tell them.
Kira Tsubasa stood in front of her enormous target, an Ultra Ball in hand as she deviously smirked in front of her opponent. Beside her, plenty of grunts, all wearing the same uniform she is wearing. Their uniforms consisting of a grey bodysuit, body armor, dark pants, coupled with knee caps and elbow pads. One would think that these trainers look like military men, sadly, they are extremely far from that. The crest on their body armor, a six-sided shield with the upside-down head of a dragon, denotes their affiliation and intentions.
The Legendary Pokémon in front of them is none other than the Diving Pokémon itself, Lugia. The Pokémon looked rather unfazed by the sheer amount of grunts in front of it. It seems to know that with its sheer size, amazing strength and incredible endurance, the very same qualities it has that keeps its status as a Legendary Pokémon, are the very factors that it's relying on to defeat these people that are willing to risk their lives as well as the lives of their Pokémon in order to capture it. And, of course, Lugia cannot allow itself to be defeated.
Yet, the Pokémon looked into the eyes of the brunette in front of it. All it could see was a sizzling fire of hate and determination. Lugia cannot really identify the girl's motive for capturing it, yet Lugia held a feeling of dread inside itself. This girl infiltrates its home, actually managing to find such a rare Pokémon like Lugia, and brings along several thugs, all of which look horrifyingly loyal to her. That means something to the Pokémon and that does not bode well with Lugia.
"Men," Tsubasa yelled to her fellow grunts. "Today is the day we show what Team Dragon is capable of!"
Her men cheered behind her, roaring a cheer that echoes around the entire cave. Lugia's dread began eating it up, but it still tried to remain strong.
"Our illustrious leader has given us the responsibility of taking down the Legendary Lugia!" Tsubasa continued yelling. "He wants to see that his ambitions will be fulfilled, his plans come to fruition! Capturing Lugia is just the small step to his momentous plan and we will do what it takes to see it all unfold!"
The grunts cheered again, the echoing of their yells begins to grow louder within the cave. Lugia's fear was now visible. A momentous plan? A plan worth dying for? These questions ate up Lugia's entire thought about these people. They are no longer amateur trainers looking to capture a powerful Pokémon; they are zealous evildoers ready to die for their goals.
In one swift movement, Tsubasa and her grunts released their Pokémon, all ready to take on Lugia. There were several Pokémon in front of Lugia, among them were Tyrunts, Shelgons, Sliggoos, Fraxures, Vibravas, and Dragonairs. And all of them are Dragon-type Pokémon, much to the Legendary Pokémon's surprise. Tsubasa, however, released a Tyrunt as well, but she also released her ace, a Noivern. Lugia looked at its opponents one by one and knew that these Pokémon are not really too effective against a Pokémon that is as strong as Lugia itself, yet the dread remained. What is it about these people, as well as their Pokémon, that was making Lugia feel rather uneasy?
"Now, let us begin." Tsubasa snapped her fingers.
Before the brunette had any time to let her Noivern use a move, Lugia quickly attacked them with Aeroblast, launching a massive beam of water and wind with extreme force at all of its foes, knocking most of them out. The only Pokémon that were standing were Tsubasa's Tyrunt and Noivern.
"Noivern, Dragon Pulse!" Tsubasa commanded.
Noivern fired a huge purple beam at its target, inflicting some bruises at the Legendary Pokémon. Lugia retaliated by using Hydro Pump on the attacker, however the Noivern's speed was too great for Lugia to keep up with and it missed the Sound Wave Pokémon from a great distance.
"Attack it Tyrunt! Dragon Tail!"
Tyrunt ran up to the downed Lugia and attacked the Pokémon with powerful force from its tail. Lugia was now forced onto the ground with powerful force, shaking the ground beneath it.
"Had enough? We shall end this." Tsubasa declared, signalling Noivern and Tyrunt to move forward.
Just before they can unleash an attack, Lugia bursted through the cave's ceiling and took to the skies after using Recover on itself. It unleashed another shot of Aeroblast on its opponents below. Tsubasa and her Tyrunt were quick enough to get on Noivern to take to the skies and chase after Lugia. Tsubasa sent her Tyrunt back to its Poke Ball as Lugia attacked them again with Aeroblast, her Noivern just managing to dodge it.
"Boomburst!" Tsubasa yelled.
Following the command, Noivern unleashed a powerful blast of sound using its ears, rattling the very air around them. Everyone, especially Lugia, hears the terrifying sound blasts from Noivern's attack and were thrown back by the sheer force of the blast alone. Lugia, rattled up by the attack, manages to continue flying.
"Still deciding to keep up huh?" Tsubasa said, impressed to an extent over the Pokémon's endurance. "Such endurance requires commendation, but my leader needs you captured. I will not stray away from what my leader wants."
Lugia's expression hardened at Tsubasa's loyalty, willing to get herself into dangerous fights just to get what her leader wants. Lugia's dread held itself in place. This girl wants Lugia defeated and given to her leader, but Lugia itself is not to keen to fall so easily.
Lugia fired another Aeroblast beam at them, this time managing to hit Noivern and knocking him out of the sky along with his trainer and forcibly knocking Tyrunt's Poke Ball of her hand. Lugia smirked, until it felt something on its back. Tsubasa's Tyrunt managed get on Lugia, much to Lugia's surprise. Before Lugia knew it, Tyrunt uses Crunch on the Diving Pokémon. Tyrunts teeth bit hard into Lugia's flesh, causing the giant Pokémon to scream in pain as Tyrunt held its sinking teeth into Lugia's flesh.
Just then, Tsubasa managed to latch onto Noivern again as the Pokémon got back to flying. Tsubasa could see her Tyrunt latching onto Lugia from a distance as the Legendary Pokémon continuously tried to shake Tyrunt off.
"Dark-type move against a Psychic-type Pokémon. Not bad..." Tsubasa muttered to herself. "Now Noivern! Attack Lugia!"
Noivern began flying towards Lugia at incredible speed, going as fast as no other Pokémon can ever go. Lugia was unaware of this as it was preoccupied on getting rid of the gnawing Tyrunt on its back and was hit by the rushing Pokémon. The force sent Lugia falling towards the ground, the Tyrunt still gnawing on its back. Tsubasa took this moment to have Noivern rush again as Lugia is descending. Lugia hits the ground first before Noivern lands on Lugia's belly with tremendous force, cracking the ground underneath them. Tyrunt now, surviving the fall, gets up and returns to his trainer and back into its Poke Ball.
"Looks like you're all weak." Tsubasa taunted the injured Legendary Pokémon. "My leader will be pleased once I bring you back to him."
Lugia was not willing to let that happen. The battle may have been tough, but its will to fight has not faded yet. The only thing that has faded was his strength and endurance, the two necessities that would keep him alive in this battle, and they were gone. Lugia could not muster enough power to use Aeroblast and decided it would try using Recover like what it did back in the cave. This time however, it was a futile move.
"Air Slash!"
The sudden command caused a blade-like attack of air quickly strike the Pokémon as well made it flinch, much to Lugia's disappointment.
"You're mine."
And just before Lugia could hit the floor, Tsubasa's Noivern shot another Dragon Pulse beam at the weakened Pokémon. The damage was enough to send the mighty Legendary to the ground, battered up and weak. The Pokémon tried to keep its eyes open but all it saw was Tsubasa's devilish smirk before black overtook Lugia's vision.
"This Team Dragon Admin 01," Tsubasa said through a PokeNav. "Target has been subdued and ready for capture. All available aircraft proceed to my coordinates. Team Dragon's mission will soon be complete."
If there was one thing Honoka hated a lot was that sound emanating from her alarm clock. The girl groaned angrily, remembering what she forgot to do yesterday and that was turning off the alarm on her clock. Not leaving her spot on the bed, Honoka reached for the clock and slammed her palm on the snooze button hard before returning to sleep. The silence was now music to Honoka's ears just as she slowly returned to sleep.
"Onee-chan!"
And that silence was soon destroyed by the slamming of a door open and the yelling voice of Yukiho. Honoka puts a pillow on her ears as she tried to return to sleep, not allowing even her little sister to get her up from the soft mattress.
"Mou, she's sleeping in again." Yukiho grumbled. She then took a look at the six Poke Balls on the table. Yukiho looked to see Honoka's Pokémon still sound asleep (especially her Snorlax), yet one Pokémon of hers was already wide awake and looked at Yukiho.
"Well, let's see what your Pokémon think." Yukiho grinned.
Yukiho released the Pokémon, a Raichu now in front of her. Raichu looked at Honoka before turning towards the smirking sister.
"Raichu, wake up your trainer with a little shock will you." Yukiho whispered to the Pokémon.
Raichu nodded and approached his trainer. She was still trying to sleep after Yukiho had bursted into the room yelling. Raichu brought the tip of its tail to Honoka's back and, charging itself a bit, lets the tip make contact with Honoka's back. The sudden jolt of electricity made Honoka jump out of bed screaming before she fell on the floor face first.
"Itai!" Honoka cried out, clutching her hands to her forehead. "Yukiho! Don't use my own Pokémon on me! That was just mean!"
"Mom needs your help downstairs and you were still sleeping like a Snorlax! What choice did I have?" Yukiho shot back.
"Geez," Honoka pouted. "You could've used another Pokémon instead of Raichu..."
"Which would you think is better? Your Raichu shocking you or my Sealeo dumping ice all over you? Or maybe I could bring dad's Charizard up her to singe your butt to get you up."
"Yukiho's so mean..." Honoka pouted again as she got up on her feet.
"Come on sleepyhead. Let's get going." Yukiho smiled before heading back downstairs.
Honoka turned to Raichu, the Pokémon still grinning after a job well done. "You gotta stop listening to Yukiho, okay?" Honoka said as she booped the Pokémon's nose.
Raichu squeaked and nuzzled Honoka for a bit, Honoka returning it as well. "Let's go Raichu!" Honoka said stepping out the door, but was tugged back by Raichu who pointed at clothes on a hanger.
"Oh right. Still in my pajamas."
Honoka made her way downstairs this time clothed in her yellow shirt, blue shorts and training boots. Attached to her belt were her Poke Balls, containing the Pokémon she has cared for since she was young. She looked around the portion of the downstairs area where she found her mother carrying boxes full of manjuu.
"Good morning mom!" Honoka said, voice booming with energy.
"Good morning Honoka!" her mother returned the greeting. "Can you get that other box, please?"
"Sure thing!"
Honok grabbed the other set of boxes full of manjuu before tagging along with her mother to the shop area of her house. "Rough first morning here in Littleroot?" Honoka's mother asked.
"Ugh, Yukiho had to wake me up with my Raichu a while ago." Honoka deadpanned. "She's getting really creative nowadays with waking me up you know."
Honoka's mother chuckled. "Well, Yukiho will do anything to get you up every time you sleep in."
"Sometimes I'd wish she'd do it normally."
Setting down the boxes, Honoka's mother turned to Honoka. "Why don't you go explore for a little bit? I'll call when I need you."
Honoka nodded and stepped outside her house. She smelled the fresh air and gazed upon the scenery of her new hometown of Littleroot. Honoka had just moved in here yesterday from Pallet Town, leaving behind her friends and old home to live here where her parents planned to start a bakery. Honoka was excited when she arrived here yesterday and couldn't wait to explore around the town. It wasn't just her but her Pokémon were also excited to be here in a new town. New faces, new town and even some new Pokémon are something to get excited about right?
Honoka took a look around the town and was greeted by the residents there, returning the greetings with much cheer. Even the town's local Pokémon scientist, Professor Birch, was there to greet her. Honoka could tell that the people here were going to be really nice in the coming days and she is really excited when they come to the grand opening of her parent's new bakery, Homura.
I just wish Kotori-chan and Umi-chan were here, Honoka thought.
Just then she received an incoming call from her PokeNav. Honoka was happy to see that the call was from her childhood friend whose back in Pallet Town. Honoka didn't wait for another second before answering the call.
"Kotori-chan!" Honoka greeted once Kotori's face appeared on the screen and alongside the girl was Umi.
"Hi, Honoka-chan!" Kotori greeted.
"Ah, Umi-chan's here too!"
"Hi, Honoka." Umi greeted. "How's Hoenn so far?"
"It's great!" Honoka answered. "Everyone here has been so nice and friendly. Man, I wish you two were here."
"We could stop by during the opening." Umi suggested. "The opening is today right?"
"Yep," Honoka replied. "It's later in the afternoon."
"We could go." Kotori suggested to Umi. "It'll be fun to see Honoka-chan again."
"It seemed like only yesterday we saw each other." Honoka said.
"It was yesterday." Umi reminded the ginger haired girl. "But Kotori, didn't you tell me you make a few clothes for the neighbour's Ratata and Dodrio yesterday as well?"
"Eep! You're right!" Kotori said. "Sorry, Honoka-chan but I have to cancel."
"It's okay," Honoka assured her friend. "I know you're all busy with your Pokémon clothing and Umi-chan's training at the dojo. But it would be nice if you guys were here. I really miss both of you."
"Well, at least I don't have to keep telling you to get off your lazy butt to do what you're supposed to do anymore." Umi said jokingly.
"Umi-chan!" Honoka cried, earning giggles from her two friends.
Honoka really did miss her friends, even just after a day since they last saw each other and that tearful farewell that left Honoka hugging Kotori and Umi for minutes. Honoka would always recall the day they met a couple of years ago. She first met Kotori when her mother visited her parent's house and they have playmates since. Kotori's Pokémon would always enjoy playing with Honoka's Pokémon, especially her Swablu, who enjoyed playing with Honoka's Raichu, which was a Pikachu when they first met.
When they met Umi months later, it was not in the best situation. It was when Honoka and Kotori were exploring a forest near Cerulean City and they were suddenly attacked by a wild Vileplume and a wild Electabuzz. They had tried to fend them off but their Pokémon were beaten up easily. And, just before they were about to be attacked, Umi appeared by chance with a Gible and Skrelp by her side. With the two, Umi defeated the two Pokémon with relative ease. Honoka and Kotori had been really thankful of Umi for saving them, much to Umi's embarrassment. In the end, the two had become close after that incident.
Years pass by and they had gotten close with each other. Honoka would often lead the two to see wild Pokémon only to get caught in another dangerous battle while Kotori would style pretty clothes for both of them as well as their Pokémon with Honoka complimenting Kotori and Umi being really embarrassed with whatever she was wearing and Umi would train them in battling techniques and having them battle her Pokémon. Honoka treasures those memories as much as she treasures her friends and moving did really sadden Honoka a lot. Still, Honoka looks towards everything positively and knows that her two best friends will have a really good time even without Honoka tagging along with them.
"Have you seen any of the Pokémon around there yet?" Kotori asked.
"No, not yet," Honoka answered. "It would be cool if I actually find one of those really rare Pokémon out there later!"
Before another word could be spoken, a cry for help was heard from the forest. Honoka looked up, tracing the cry to be coming from the forest near the town.
"What was that Honoka?" Umi asked.
"Don't know," Honoka answered. "But I gotta check it out."
"Okay, we'll call back." Kotori said. "Take care Honoka-chan."
"See you later Honoka." Umi followed up.
"Thanks you two." Honoka said, hanging up her call. Taking a Poke Ball, Honoka released her Raichu whose expression hardened when he heard the cry for help.
"Come on Raichu!" Honoka ran towards the forest, Raichu closely tagging alongside her.
Coming into the forest, they found the source of the cries coming from a little blonde girl, clutching an injured Eevee in her hands. Attacking her was a wild Mightyena and a wild Rhydon, both trying to gang up on the young girl's Pokémon. Honoka wasted no time calling two more of her Pokémon, her Snorlax and her Braviary, into battle. Both of the wild Pokémon now focused their attention on Honoka's Pokémon, and attacked them simultaneously.
"Raichu, use Thunder Wave on Mightyena and Snorlax, attack it with Power-Up Punch!"
The two Pokémon executed their moves on their target, Raichu paralyzing Mightyena before Snorlax sent it flying with Power-Up Punch and just before the wild Pokémon could use Crunch on them. The Mightyena then fell on the ground afterwards, injured but still concious.
"Braviary, use Fly!" Honoka yelled out.
The Rhydon attempted to use Rock Blast on Honoka's Pokémon but he was already too high up to be attacked. It eventually descended hard on the Rhydon, hitting it hard but not enough to knock it out.
The Rhydon was the first to retaliate by using Stone Edge on Braviary. Several pointed rock were hurled at the flying Pokémon, each rock managing to hit him with enough force to bring it down to the ground. The Mightyena also retaliated on Raichu and Snorlax, with the Bite Pokémon using Bite on Raichu but Snorlax attacked it again with Power-Up Punch, this time being more powerful than before and the move manages to knock the Mightyena out.
Rhydon was just about to use Stone Edge again on the injured Braviary until Raichu interrupts its attack by using Quick Attack on it. The attack is only a like a weak punch on the Pokémon but the Rhydon now focuses its attention on Raichu and it returned Raichu's attack using Drill Run. Raichu avoids the attack and Snorlax takes the hit from the attack causing enough damage to weaken Snorlax's defences.
"Braviary, now's your chance! Superpower!"
Braviary got up and flew towards the Rhydon and rammed it with his head, throwing the Drill Pokémon away from Snorlax and the blonde girl, out cold. Satisfied, Braviary drops to the ground and gulps in lots of air, having exerted much of his strength in using the attack.
"Good job you guys!" Honoka ruffled the feathers on Braviary with Snorlax and Raichu right beside them moments later. The girl stood up and approached Honoka, who smiled at her.
"Are you okay?" Honoka asked, approaching the girl.
"I-I'm fine. Thank you f-for helping me, m-miss." The girl stuttered in saying her thanks.
"Honoka. I'm Kousaka Honoka, but you can call me Honoka. What's yours?"
"A-Ayase Alisa."
Honoka took a closer look at the Eevee in her arms. "Is this Eevee yours?" she asked, gently petting the injured Pokémon
"Yes," Alisa looked at it sadly. "Eevee tried to protect me when those two Pokémon attacked us. If it hadn't been for you Honoka-san, Eeevee and I would've gotten really hurt."
Suddenly, Alisa started to recall something. "What's wrong, Alisa-chan?" Honoka asked.
"O-Onee-chan! She's probably looking for me!" Alisa replied, voice filling with worry. "I need to find her!"
"Don't worry, Alisa-chan!" Honoka took out a Poke Ball from her belt. "Leave it to me."
Honoka releases her fourth Pokémon, a Simisear. The Ember Pokémon stretched a bit before turning to its trainer.
"Simisear, use Flamethrower up in the air." Simisear nodded and brought its palm up to the sky and shot a beam of fire up in the air as it was told.
"I'm sure your sister will see that." Honoka said, looking up at the pillar of fire up in the sky. "It seems Littleroot is close by from this part of the forest so when she gets here, she can check the town."
Alisa suddenly brightened up. "Thank you so much Honoka-san! Alisa's really glad to have met you!"
"You're welcome, Alisa-chan! Now, I'll take you to my house so you can wait for your sister there."
Alisa nodded and immediately walked alongside the ginger haired girl, with Honoka's Pokémon following closely behind them.
Meanwhile, on the fiery summit of Mt. Ember, two trainers were clashing off in the midst of the fiery mountain. Beside one of the trainers, a purple haired girl, was one of the Legendary Birds, Moltres. By the looks of it, Moltres was scratched really badly by the other trainer, another purple haired girl. The latter however was wearing the same uniform of the people who captured Lugia in the Whirl Islands.
Nozomi really hated people that try to take Pokémon all for themselves because of greed, not even bothering the fact that these creatures are alive. Still, Nozomi knew that mere words were not enough to persuade this trainer to stop her assault, and the only way to get her to stop was through a Pokémon battle. Her own Pokémon would get hurt in the process but she has no other choice. Either she fights the other trainer or suffer a painful beating by the opponent's Pokémon.
Erena on the other hand felt no sympathy for the busty purple haired girl. She was only sent here to capture Moltres and destroy everyone in her path, regardless of whoever they are. She wasn't going to lose because of some girl in a cleavage bearing dress and doing so will make her lose the credibility of her fellow teammates and lose the respect of her leader. Erena's only option was victory, that's it.
"I never expected someone like you to try and stop me." Erena said tonelessly as she glared at Nozomi.
"I just happen to be passing by when I saw explosions coming from the summit. Figured someone was up to no good there." Nozomi said calmly.
"You have guts for going against an admin of Team Dragon, I commend you for that."
"Team Dragon? I've heard of other evil groups such as Team Rocket and Team Plasma but you guys seem new." Nozomi could feel the tension but still managed to keep calm about the situation, her smile still up on her face.
"Of course you haven't." Erena spat. "We are a team that will do everything for the sake of our glorious leader!"
"What does your leader want with this Pokémon?"
"Our plan must never be shared with commoners such as you. What we do, we reveal in time."
"Interesting," Nozomi said before her tone changed. "But, I simply cannot allow people like you to just beat up and capture Pokémon like Moltres here."
Erena smirked. "You know, people who get in my way will suffer the painful consequences of going against a member of Team Dragon just like that."
"I'm prepared for whatever comes in my way."
Both trainers tightened their grips on their Poke Balls. The Flame Pokémon could only watch as this purple haired girl was doing whatever she can to defend it from being captured by this Team Dragon admin.
"If that is your proposal, then you better live up to it!" Erena yelled before she threw her Poke Ball, releasing her first Pokémon, Goodra.
Nozomi released her first Pokémon also, which is her Gengar. "Gengar, start it off with Dazzling Gleam!"
Gengar's body began to light up and released that energy on Goodra, hitting the Dragon Pokémon with a powerful burst of light. When the light settled, Nozomi expected the Goodra to be out like a rock but instead, it was still standing.
"My Goodra has been trained to handle one hit knock out moves." Erena explained. "Even super effective moves like Dazzling Gleam will do nothing more but normal damage to my Goodra."
"Now Goodra, Aqua Tail!"
Goodra followed the command by smacking Gengar with its tail, which was accompanied by a huge wave of water. Gengar was easily knocked on the ground, bruised and angry.
Nozomi was surprised by the amount of defense this Goodra had against super effective moves and it troubled her on how she was going to beat this Pokémon. Gengar's Dazzling Gleam could not do enough damage to make the Pokémon faint and certainly her other Pokémon would only deal the same amount of damage her Gengar could do.
"Do you see now?" Erena gestured to her Goodra. "You pick a fight with Team Dragon, you will lose no matter what."
"I don't think so." Nozomi looked at the glowing ring on her right hand. Gengar nodded to her to use the ring. Nozomi then pointed her ring at the small purple stone Gengar had been holding and it began glowing, causing Gengar to be encased in light before emerging out of the light, fully Mega Evolved.
"Do you really think a Mega Evolution is gonna save you from defeat?" Erena chuckled. "No matter what you do, Goodra will still be able to defeat you!"
Nozomi gestured for her Gengar to attack, using Dazzling Gleam again just like before. Erena laughed maniacally before she saw how powerful the attack was becoming. Moments later, Goodra was completely bruised by the attack.
"W-What?!" Erena gasped. "You...How?!"
"Let's just say you were too busy boasting to notice that Gengar's Mega Evolution boosted its attack." Nozomi grinned.
"Damn it!" Erena cursed. "Goodra, Fire Blast! Now!"
Goodra shoots an enormous blast of fire straight at Gengar's position. Nozomi's Gengar takes the hit, trying its best to keep itself up but was quickly thrown back by the sheer force of the attack. Gengar was now singed and burnt as well due to the attack.
"Outrage!"
Erena's command went straight through to Goodra and he proceeded to launching powerful physical attacks at Gengar repeatedly, leaving the injured Shadow Pokémon with no room to make a move.
Nozomi's face shifted to worry, unable to bear the sight of her Pokémon being pummelled so brutally like that. "Stop it! Gengar's hurt enough!" Nozomi's pleaded to the admin to no avail.
"Do you not know? Once Outrage has been used, he can't stop until he gets confused." Erena said in mock sadness, enjoying the sight of her opponent's Gengar being beaten like that.
I have to help Gengar, Nozomi thought. Before she knew it, Nozomi grabbed another Poke Ball and released another one of her Pokémon, Dusknoir.
"Dusknoir, Ice Punch!" Dusknoir coated its fist in ice and punched the attacking Goodra right in the face, ceasing the latter's beating of the defenseless Gengar.
"Hmph, two Pokémon against one huh? Let's even out the odds." Erena then released a Bagon from her Poke Ball and commanded it to attack the Dusknoir using Crunch, the attack doing plenty of damage on the Pokémon.
Nozomi, in the middle of the fight, runs over to her injured friend, looking grimly at its bruises and wounds. "Are you all right?" Nozomi asked her Gengar. It replied with a nod, it's usually devious smile now replaced with a face of sadness and disappointment.
"Don't worry. I'll take you to a Pokémon Center." Nozomi then returned the injured Gengar back into its Poke Ball. She looked at her Dusknoir, who was still being assaulted by Bagon's use of Crunch while Goodra manages to recover and hit Dusknoir with Power Whip.
"Dusknoir, get out of there!" Nozomi cried. Dusknoir threw another Ice Punch at Goodra before grabbing Bagon and throwing it at the recovering Goodra. It immediately returned to its Poke Ball after. Nozomi released another one of her Pokémon, a Sigilyph, and latched on to her, telling the Pokémon to fly away from here to the nearest town.
"Couldn't handle it anymore huh? I knew it." Erena thought out loud, watching Nozomi fly away on her Sigilyph.
Nozomi looked back at Moltres and shot a look of apology at the Legendary Pokémon. Moltres nodded before returning its attention back on its opponents, using Overheat to try and stall them. However, Moltres was too weak to launch Overheat at full power and it was instantly beaten down by Goodra using Outrage and Bagon using Dragon Breath.
"I wish I could've been able to do more." Nozomi said to her Sigilyph, looking like as if the Pokémon understood her words. Sigilyph replied with a few clicks to Nozomi's question.
"Check my cards?" Nozomi asked, seeming to understand her Pokémon clearly. Sigilyph's only reply was a nod.
Nozomi took a deck of tarot cards from her pocket and looked at the top card. It was the Justice card upright. There was no doubt to it. Nozomi could tell that justice will be brought to this Team Dragon for their crimes. But, she could not do it alone. Yes, she needed allies, worthy trainers, who have also witnessed the crimes of this evil group in order to defeat this group.
It's a task she thinks she can handle and she knows she can do. Yet, she needed to know where to start. Looking down, she saw a Pokémon Center in a small town below. First things first, she needed to heal her Pokémon.
"I hope Onee-chan saw your Flamethrower beacon, Honoka-san." Alisa said, really worried what would happen if her sister did not manage to find her.
After that terrifying battle, Honoka's mother immediately prepared some tea for the young blonde and brought her injured Eevee to a healing device, the same device used in Pokémon Centers to treat injured Pokémon. Yukiho was sitting next to the blonde girl, her Sealeo right next to her.
"Don't worry, Alisa-chan." Honoka reassured the blonde, sipping some of her tea. "I'm sure you two weren't separated so far away from each other."
"Onee-chan's right," Yukiho added. "If you were found just by the edge of the forest, there's no way you and your sister would've been separated too far from each other."
"Well, One-chan did tell me that we we're heading towards the nearest town in Unova." Alisa remembered. "You're right! I shouldn't be too worried."
Honoka and Yukiho exchanged confused glances at each other. She does know she's in Hoenn, right?
Before any more could be said, a knock came from the front door. "I'll get it!" Honoka's mother said from the kitchen and began a mad dash for the front door. Once opened, it revealed a blonde girl with ice blue eyes just like Alisa's. Behind the girl was a Mamoswine who was now being cuddled by the town's children.
"Excuse me, but have you seen my sister?" the blonde asked. "I have been told she was here."
"Onee-chan!" Alisa came running from behind Honoka's mother and hugged her sister tightly with her sister hugging her back. Honoka and Yukiho followed suit as the young blonde was busy hugging her sister.
"You must be the girl that helped my sister, right?" Honoka nodded at the older blonde's question. "Thank you so much. I'm Ayase Eli but you can just call me Eli."
"You're welcome Eli-chan!" Honoka bowed. "I'm Kousaka Honoka but Honoka's fine."
Eli smiled. "So what happened? Was Alisa hurt?"
"No she wasn't but her Eeevee was. It's healing up right now."
"Thank goodness," Eli let out a breath of relief. "Alisa got that Eevee from our parents back when she was still starting out to be a trainer. She has never let it go ever since."
"Now I can see why she never let go of it when it was injured."
"That's one big Mamoswine!" Yukiho said in awe, looking at the big Pokémon in front of her.
"It sure is. And it's also really soft~!"
Yukiho hugged the Mamoswine and found that its fur was extremely soft. "Wow, you're right!" Yukiho continued hugging the Mamoswine's leg as did the rest of the town's children. Yukiho's Sealeo was also getting along with the Twin Tusk Pokémon, playfully launching their Ice-type moves at one another.
"Anyways, what brings you to Littleroot?" Honoka's mother asked.
"I'm just travelling around the regions." Eli proceeds to rubbing the back of her neck. "I was supposed to be heading for Unova today but somewhat ended up here instead."
"That explains it..." Honoka sweatdropped when remembered what Alisa had told her and Yukiho, much to Eli's chagrin.
"Let me guess, Alisa thought she was in the right place again huh?"
"Kind of..." Honoka replied. Eli could only mutter angrily at herself on how she should've chosen the right path instead of the left path and that she needed to tell Alisa where they really are and suffer the embarrassment of her own little being ashamed of her big sister being so terrible with directions.
"By any chance, do you know how one can get to Unova from here?" Eli asked.
"I don't know any ways to get to Unova from here. I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize." Eli smiled in assurance. She then faced Honoka's mother. "Do you mind if me and Alisa could stay here for the night? I don't want to be a bother but it'll take us a while to get to the next town."
"Of course you won't be a bother. Let me just ask my husband first." Honoka's mother replied. "Dear, we have a guest staying for the night! Is that okay with you?" Honoka's mother yelled in the direction of the kitchen.
From the kitchen window, Honoka's father waved his arm in the air a couple of times before putting up a thumbs-up. The Charizard also in the kitchen gave a thumbs-up before returning to work.
"That's a yes from the two men of the house." Honoka's mother said. "There's a guest room with an extra bed and some futons left of the hall. Make yourself at home, Ayase-san."
"Thanks so much, Kousaka-san." Eli bowed and Honoka's mother returned the bow, returning to help her husband in the kitchen.
"I never expected my first day in Hoenn to be this awesome." Honoka said. "Wait 'til Umi-chan and Kotori-chan hear about this!"
Honoka selected Kotori's contact from the list only to get a message saying: "Unable to contact this number. Please try again later."
"Huh? What's going on?" Honoka was quite shocked. She had just contacted her two best friends just a while ago. To her, this was quite strange.
"Maybe there's no signal." Eli suggested. Honoka checked to make sure her PokeNav was getting a signal but, as Eli said, there was none.
"I wondered what happened..." Honoka said, worry very evident in her voice. Something was not right and Honoka wanted to know what. Still, there was nothing she could do but wait and see what happens.
The doors slid open to reveal a torch lit room with a single path that lead towards a throne in the enter of the room. A figure walked towards the throne, his pitch black cape swaying with every step of his feet. To the sides were several cages, empty but not useless. All he did was sit on his throne, his appearance even more menacing than before. If it weren't for the mask on his face, the evil aura around him wouldn't be that imposing.
"Status." The single word escaped his lips, echoing all over the room.
"Plan completion: 3 percent." A computerized voice said. "Legendary Pokémon captured: two."
"Next target's location."
"Target: Latios and Latias are on the move, fleeing from Dragon Ship 13. Commotion has caused destruction of a PokeNav tower in Hoenn. Currently, Latios and Latias have evaded the ship."
"Location of other Legendaries."
"Loading all current location of Legendary Pokémon..."
A holographic screen appeared in front of him showing several red dots on several locations all across the six regions in the world. Two purple dots were indicated on parts of the map labelled "Whirl Island" and "Mount Ember", indicating captures.
"Location of members."
"Loading location of members..."
After that, surrounding some of the red dots were waves of purple, indicating how many Team Dragon members were ganging up on the targeted Pokémon. And, as shown on the screen, all the surrounding purple waves were really large.
Behind the mask, he smirked.
"It begins. Team Dragon's plan will finally unfold."