Misa sighed, not really looking at anything. "I was never one to plan things out, so I guess I'm just not very into the idea. I think just going in there and then figure out what to do is best…" Ditty, who was still a little sad, got tired of walking quickly. So he changed into an oddly colored bird Pokemon with a music note for its head, and flew up to stand on Misa's shoulder. Dux, not wanting to put so much weight on their trainer, flew to the ground. He seemed happier with the lack of snow, unlike Jen, and was pretending to march to his own beat. Hearing its name made Ditty turn his head to look at Zack. Before Misa could answer, Ditty spoke in a whistling tone, "I don't really like berries that much, sorry!" Then it started to whistle some song. Misa shook her head, saying, "Ditty is lying, he likes berries just like anyone else. He's just being stubborn."
Jen just smiled a little when he offered them, although she didn't really want to take anyone up on offers much. Although Growlithe's ears started to perk up from the offer, he started to move back at Jen's pace and give her the puppy eye treatment. Jen rolled her eyes and looked over at Zack. "Usually, I don't like to give my Pokémon berries without reason… Mostly because I don't want them spoiled." Jen said, seeming like she was gonna turn the offer down before hesitantly holding her hand out for some berries. "I guess I'll let him. He's been a good boy lately. Can I have some?" She asked with a small smile, her Growlithe barking eagerly and wagging his tail excitedly. That should be a small hint for Dusknoir though, maybe that'll help him. "What kind of berries does Ditty like by the way?"
Zack was happy to see Jen coming out of her shell a bit, and he gave her the handful to choose for herself. He smiled back at her, feeling an odd connection to someone he had just met the night before. Meanwhile, Scout had gotten his berry and held it in his mouth as he walked along the path to Mahogany Town. Zack closed his bag and looked at the sky's blue reflection in some of the puddles that were left by the retreating snow.
Dux was marching to the song that Ditty was whistling now, twirling his leek around. Sometimes he would toss it into the air mid spin and catch it while keeping it going. Ditty wasn't paying attention to the other trainers now, just changing the pace of the song for Dux, even making it complicated at times.
"Ditty… likes anything that's really sour, usually. That's usually why he says he doesn't like berries, since most of them tend to be sweet. He's probably the pickiest eater I've ever met… Every town we go to, we try as much food as possible. Dux ends up eatin' most of Ditty's food in the end." She sighed, picturing how much money she would have wasted if it wasn't for her two other Pokemon. Panzer could care less about what she puts into her mouth… Why can't Ditty be that way? "Sometimes I think Ditty believes he's a human, and not a Pokemon."
Jen held the berries in her left hand, tossing some out into the air for Growlithe to catch the berries. Sometimes the shiny puppy would have to jump for it or Jen would tell her fire Pokémon to do a certain trick before tossing an oran berry. At one point, Dusknoir popped out of Growlithe's shadow and stole a berry as he wanted to get him to do a trick himself before going back again. Jen rolled her eyes when it happened; feeling like Dusknoir wasn't really much of a Pokémon anymore. When she finally ran out of berries to give to her golden Growlithe, she stuck her hands up so that Growlithe saw there were no more left. This made him sad when he saw her empty hands, "Sorry Growlithe, that's all you're getting right now. I promise you'll get more later." Jen said, "Thanks for the berries Zack. Growlithe, go thank him." Her Growlithe's ears perked back up before running over to Zack and going up on his leg. Wanting to be petted and barked quietly twice as a thank you. Jen smiled then turned to look at Misa, "I can see that, reminds me of Dusknoir sometimes… No offence." Jen said to the morphing Pokémon. "He just seems to have the attitude of a trainer sometimes. Even being stubborn towards other trainers and wanting to challenge them to a battle… or just mess with them and get on their nerves sometimes." Jen shrugged, Dusknoir came up a little, still moving ahead of them. "I heard that…" He mumbled before going back under. "I find it interesting that he likes sour things though, most Pokémon don't…" Then again, he isn't like most… He turns into all these other Pokémon.
Zack smiled and knelt down, petting Growlithe. "No problem, I always have a bunch of berries. Nature has some of the best nutrition in my opinon. Sure they can't live on them alone, but they sure love them, as you can see." He said laughing, smiling at Jen. "So most don't like sour though, huh? He does." He said, looking down at his long time companion, Amp, who gave a small "Jolt!" as a response. Zack lifted his hand away from the Growlithe, looking at the road ahead, upon which he saw the town approaching not too far away. "Just a mile or two to go."
"I know most humans don't like sour things either. It seems to be one of those things where, if ya like it you do, and if you don't… You just don't. Since Ditty is always changin' shape and whatnot, I think his taste buds do the same. He says sour things are really the only thing that tastes the same, no matter what he is," Misa pondered, scratching Ditty's belly a little. It cooed softly in return, and then went back to whistling. She was looking down the road, not really thinking about much. "I like sour foods too, but… Not as much as him. He's able to eat the stuff without really giving a reaction. He even dares chiefs to try and make it as sour as possible. Only once did someone make something too strong for him. It was a very happy day too."
Jen shrugged, smiling a little embarrassed. "I find most people dislike sour things. Oh well, it's probably just me then." Jen said, thinking about whether or not she'd ever given sour things to her Pokémon. Then shrugged again, laughing a little at the weird conversation topic as she watched her Growlithe run back over to her. Bending down a little pet him, play around with his ears, and mess around with his fur- trying her best not to fall behind in doing so. Unlike the other two, Jen didn't really care how close they were to Mahogany Town- she just wanted to keep going on her journey. "Now, in your Pokémon battles- what do you think was the hardest battle and why?" Jen asked, intrigued by the question.
Zack took his time, thinking over the question in his head. He shrugged, "Well any fights that have to do with a ghost type." He said to Jen with a wink, aware that her Dusknoir would most likely be proud of itself. He put his hands up on his head, slowing his pace down a bit and enjoying the scenery around them. He looked up at the sky, thinking about something in particular, but he remained silent. Meanwhile, Scout had tired himself out and was now walking slowly, finishing his berry. Upon hearing the comment about ghost pokemon, he shuddered a bit and chirped, being a normal type and having no effect on ghosts.
"My only challenging battles are when my opponent is actually good," Misa sighed, answering Jen's question right after Zack finished. "Since Ditty can be anything, type match-ups aren't a big deal at all. Long battles… are also our weakness. Only my secret Pokemon can handle those long types of matches. Dux and Ditty both are really strong, they just don't have enough stamina to keep takin' hits and whatnot." Ditty didn't seem to care about the fact it couldn't last long. It just looked proud that it could counter pretty much anything. Dux just didn't seem to care about the conversation at all. "You two probably had a lot more difficult experiences with Pokemon battles… Since you two have badges and all. I've never even once tried for a badge. Doesn't interest me at all." Misa was looking at the two of them, wondering why exactly they enjoyed battling
Jen shrugged when she felt Misa's eyes on her, feeling the same about Misa and performing. "I'd say either ice or dragon types… Otherwise just battling the Elite Fours and their league Champions being the harder battles- I mean, you don't know what Pokémon they have so you need to be ready to counter anything." Jen said, thinking about what Misa said. "It's fine if it doesn't interest you, we all have different opinions about things." Although you shouldn't say anything until you've tried both, and my Growlithe is evidence that I've been trying performances lately… Meanwhile, Dusknoir couldn't help but do just what Zack thought about- smile. After a few moments of hiding in the shadows, he took note of the tired Furret and decided to play another joke- smirking to himself in the darkness about his plan.
Zack was so involved in his thoughts that he had tuned most everything else out. Amp tugged his trainer's pant leg to keep him from stepping into a small pond, (If you could call it that) that separated the route they were on from Mahogany Town. He stopped and shook his head, snapping back into reality, and petting his pokemon. "Well it looks like we're almost there." He said to the girls, as Amp went from thinking about his trainer's absent mindedness, to growling slightly and shaking his head, as if to shake something off.
Misa stopped at the water's edge, adding in before anything else, "Yeah, but there just seems to be more trainers than anythin' else these days. Less and less people are doin' something other than fighting Pokemon. I started the journey like anyone else woulda, but after like… five battles, I just didn't see the point." She rubbed her shoulder, sounding like she really found battles to be super boring. Ditty chirped happily when it saw the water, jumping off its trainer's shoulder and flying above it. Then, a second later, it changed into a large blue Pokemon with a big shell and landed in the water with a splash. Dux hopped in after, shivering a little from the water's cold touch, and swam over to Ditty's side. At least the water isn't frozen over…
Jen shrugged again at Misa, finding it weird that she'd find it boring when battling is a third of performances and found the trainer part of her statement to be kinda silly. You're a trainer for just having Pokémon, not for battling… Sigh, this might be a little worse than I thought… Whatever, I'll try and be a good little girl then. Jen quickly returned her Growlithe before letting her Gyarados out as she walked over to the water's edge. The water-dragon had rocked his head around a little, seeming pretty agitated but nowhere close to taking his discomfort out on his trainer. Without her even needing to say so, Gyarados lowered his head so Jen could get on- just realizing the two other trainers and their Pokémon. "They're fine Gyarados, they mean no harm… And I don't think any battle either." Jen whispered as she climbed onto his head. Gyarados kept his head down incase if another trainer needed a lift. Jen held onto the middle horn and her feet on the left one so Zack would have room, unless he changed his mind and got nervous about touching one after what he said. Good thing Gyarados' Pokeball wasn't around. Jen was rubbing Gyarados' head as she waited, her seeming to become happier when she did.
Zack returned his two pokemon and climbed up onto Jen's Gyarados when given the order to, careful not to make the pokemon angry, but not scared or new to the idea either, having been a trainer for a while. He smiled and gave Jen a smile when he was situated, and he watched as Misa prepared to cross as well.
Misa hopped onto Ditty's shell and sat down with her legs sprawled out in front of her. Without waitinf for an order, Ditty was the first to start off swimming. It was swimming kind of fast, though it didn't even seem like it realized it. Dux was taken off guard and Ditty's wake pushed him further away. He had to fly out of the water to catch up with Ditty, sliding back into the water midflight. His leek was in his mouth before and after he flew. Misa was looking behind at the others, seeming to find the Gyarados to be interesting. I never really get close to them… And Ditty never wants to be one. I really wonder if all their rage just comes from their frustrations of being a Magikarp, or if the rage was just natural for them… ever since they first came around. It's hard to picture a Pokemon just having uncontrollable rage just because it runs in their ancestry.
Once Jen and Zack were both good on Gyarados, he started after Ditty- wanting to go fast at first and knowing that he could but stopped before either of them fell off. Then Gyarados went back up to have his body going up like a cobra, so that neither of the two really had much of a chance to get wet (if they fell off, then that was just too bad). The large water Pokémon grunted as he steadied his pace so neither would fall off. Jen noticed this easily and started to rub his middle horn with her other hand to calm him down a bit. It didn't take either of the two Pokémon long to get to the other edge of the pond. Once they did, Gyarados lowered his head back down over the ground so the two trainers could get off. After Zack got off, Jen looked through her bag for a Sitrus Berry and fed it to the water-dragon- who growled happily at the treat before Jen returned him to the Pokeball and allowed Growlithe back out. There's definitely something wrong here… Gyrados felt it…Now what?
Zack ran his fingers through his now damp hair, laughing "Always time for a bit of competition I suppose. He released Amp once more, who seemed less than happy and was scratching his ears with his right forepaw. Zack looked down and raised an eyebrow at his pokemon's curious behavior. The yellow pokemon's hair stood on end and a small humming could be heard, followed soon by small electrical discharges. Zack stood in front of the girls and attempted to communicate with his pokemon, however, it could not get through to him, and Zack's left arm was hit by a small bolt.
He grasped where the bolt had struck, and used his other arm to return his suffering pokemon. Zack winced as he held his arm, shaking his head, "Amp has never acted like that, even when there was reason to be mad at me. Something bad is going on, and the closer we get to town, the worse the pokemon seem to act..." He said, turning to Jen.
Misa got off of Ditty with one jump, looking a little worried about the other Pokemon. She thought it was pretty strange how they were acting. Maybe these rumors are true? Ditty changed back into its blob form and had watched the Jolteon, confused why it was in so much distress. Dux walked over to his pink friend and appeared just as confused. They were looking at each other, wondering if they missed the memo or something.
"Well, what ever this is, it doesn't seem to be affecting those two," Misa pointed out. She wondered about her other Pokemon, considering about releasing it to check and see. Her fingers drummed against the pure white ball that was strapped to her belt. "I think we need to hurry up and figure this out. If it's causin' your Pokemon to be in pain, we really don't want to force them to endure that much longer…"
Jen nodded, frowning at her suffering Growlithe and returning him as well. Although Jen didn't return Dusknoir as he never came back up, then Jen looked down at her shadow to see if he was there or not. He was, Dusknoir was manipulating Jen's shadow to make her hand do an O.K. sign while giving her shadow a creepy smile before her shadow going back to normal. "Dusknoir doesn't want to go back in, so I'm ready whenever you two are…" Jen said, still looking down at her shadow. "You better tell me if something's going on down there. Okay?" Jen asked, not receiving a response and sighing- feeling like she looked insane for talking to her shadow before hearing a laugh.
Zack nodded and released his hand from his arm, letting the air touch the wound where the bolt had burned him. With a quick wince he forced a smile and wink, giving a thumbs up. "Alright, to the Lake of Rage then." He said, looking at the buildings cluttering the small town. Walking north with the group, the lake was visible a good distance away at the end of the route they were on. "Don't worry guys, we'll get this over with as soon as possible..." Zack said, looking slightly crazy as well, talking to the belt that held his pokeballs.
Ditty and Dux seemed to be happy about being the only Pokemon outside their Pokeballs, not really taking the situation seriously. They kind of ran around their trainer as the group made their way closer to the lake. No matter how much closer they got, the two playing Pokemon never seem to get the same reaction like the others. Ditty only sometimes felt a little tingle in its body. When they reached the town, it actually seemed fairly empty; little to no people was outside. They really didn't make much of it and just continued on through; taking a moment to look at a strange tree that looked fake and a suspicious sign that said that there was nothing suspicious to be seen here.
As they left the town and proceded to go through the building that connected the routes, two thugs wearing black jumpsuits with a big read 'R' stopped them. They were attempting to look really tough. "Hey! No one is allowed through here!" the one spoke loudly. "Yeah, no one. Unless they pay, they can't pass!" said the other. "If you brats wanna get through, that'd be $1000. Each. No less. Or else."
Jen seemed a bit surprised when she saw the few thugs, recognizing their outfits easily- although she didn't feel all that impressed by them.I haven't heard of Team Rocket since I was here last... Sure has been a while... and I thought they disbanded..? Hm, I don't really wanna pay that much to go through... Can we battle them and go through or do we need to take the long way? Jen started to feel rather annoyed instead of being scared by these two grunts and hoping no one else did as she felt that there was going of the Pokeballs on her belt. to be a Pokemon battle coming. "And if we say no to paying..?" Jen asked, up to the challenge and ready to grab one
One of the Grunts got their Pokeball and sent out their Raticate while the other sent out a Golbat. The Grunt on the right said, "Then you'll-" "Have to go through us." The grunt on the left finished, having a smug look on his face.
Jen stepped forward, feeling smug herself and allowed a Darkrai out of her Cherish Ball. These guys are gonna be way too easy. She paused though, not sure if anyone else wanted to have fun with these grunts.
Zack stared at the Darkrai for a moment, never even entertaining the idea of seeing one in his life. He soon shook it off and smirked, turning to Jen with a wink, "Let's get these fools out of the way real quick!" He said, taking a white pokeball of his belt, which was marked with a picture of a small flame. He tossed it up and let it hit the ground and pop open, releasing a burst of white light. The light gradually formed the shape of a slender nine-tailed fox. The pokemon stared it's enemies down fiercely, it's white-yellow colored body augmenting it's piercing red eyes. The pokemon let out a cry as its tails wagged with agitation.
The Grunts stood behind their pokemon, trembling, but trying not to show it. "F-For the sake of Giovanni and Team Rocket, you will not be allowed to pass!" One grunt stated, building a sense of confidence in himself through his false courage. "We will not let you interfere!" The other Grunt chimed in, following his partner's example. He pointed towards the looming ghost pokemon and shouted, "Golbat, use Air Cutter on that thing!" as his pokemon screeched and flapped it's wings to produce razor sharp winds. Meanwhile, the other Grunt had set his sights on the fox pokemon, and commanded his Raticate in the same manner, shouting, "Hyper Fang, now! Bring it down!" as his pokemon charged towards the fox, it's yellow teeth ready to bite into it.
Misa was the only one who seemed to not be excited about how the thugs were picking a fight. She kind of hung back a little, clearly not going to get involved in this battle. I don't know if fighting them was really necessary… Even though they don't seem to be all too strong, what would have happened if they were? I wouldn't want something horrible to happen… Dux was yelling at the bad guys, and cheering on his allies, hitting his leek against the ground and stomping his feet. Ditty seemed only interested in the strange ghost Pokemon, as it had never seen it before. It stayed pretty silent as it studied anything Darkrai did, jiggling as it thought something to itself.
Jen didn't seem all that worried; neither did the looming dark Pokémon when the Golbat went for the attack. "Dark Void, Darkrai, then Dark Pulse." Jen ordered, knowing that this was going to be an easy match. Darkrai seemed to hesitate a moment, before his blue eye started to glow. Once Jen ordered the attack, a black eerie hole appeared in the ground- sucking the Golbat in to the point no one could see it until the dark hole started to fade away from around the sleeping bat. Then Darkrai started to put its hands together, creating a dark sphere of energy before throwing it at the sleeping Pokémon- knocking the bat into his trainer. Then Jen turned to look at how Zack was doing, Darkrai doing the same but seeming less interested and more intrigued by the morphing Pokémon that was staring at him.
Zack drew back slightly, amazed at Darkrai's power. He shook it off and clenched his fist, "Alright, use agility to hop over the Raticate, then use Fire Fang!" He said to his pokemon, as she jumped into the air, and bounced off of the top of the Raticate's head. Next, the fox skid to a stop, turning 180 degrees before lunging at the stunned pokemon, bearing her flaming fangs. The fox dug it's teeth into the Raticate's neck, using only enough force to down her oppenent. After a moment or two, the fox pokemon kicked off of the Raticate's body with a backflip, landing gracefully and letting out a small cry. Zack grinned "Awesome job, love that extra flair too!"
He said with a laugh, as the fox pokemon's ears went down and she smiled slightly. He turned to Jen and Darkrai, "You guys rocked too." He said, giving his usual wink at Jen. Meanwhile, the Grunts had their eyes wide open and their mouths hanging in disbelief. "Sh-Shut up!" One of the Grunts shouted, disliking Zack's cockiness. "You and your girlfriend got lucky, that's all!" The other added, knowing honestly that luck had nothing to do with it. The two returned their pokemon and growled "Go, get out of here!" One grunt said, "But don't you dare interfere with the affairs of Team Rocket anymore!" He added, moving aside.
This is no surprise… The two are strong. One has a super rare Pokemon, since I've never even seen something like that. The other has a mystical Ninetales… I think I'm just unable to fight because of my nature… Misa silently looked at the two trainers as they quickly headed outside before the thugs caused any more trouble. She clearly wasn't going to congratulate them or anything like that. Dux, however, was clapping and giving his approval to the two larger Pokemon. Ditty appeared done staring at the Darkrai and turned into one for itself. It floated near Dux and started to act creepy, Dux trying to swat his friend away.
When Jen heard the comment from Zack, she couldn't help but smile- but when she heard the Grunts call them boyfriend and girlfriend. Her new happy attitude disappeared as fast as it came. Jen saw her Darkrai drift back over to her, seeming less impressed with how short the match was. "Can I go back into the Cherish Ball..? Or do you still need me to stay out?" Darkrai asked in a voice that seemed to match his type, dark and somewhat eerie. Jen sighed, her mind being messed up on what to do. "Stay in the shadows with Dusknoir, I'm going to need you later if there's more of those Grunts later." Jen stated sternly, her arms now being crossed as she watched the dark type descend to join the ghost Pokémon. Jen's mind went back to what the Grunts said, but Jen sighed- trying her best to get herself calm and to seem annoyed over the Grunts coming up to them and challenging them. "Let's get going, they might send more and I kinda don't want to waste my breath on these guys. They're way too easy." Jen said, having a fake mask of annoyed-happiness on her face when she was really conflicting herself inside. I'm no way a girlfriend… What kind of girlfriend doesn't support their boyfriend…?
Zack was happy to see Jen smiling, but it was short lived. "Right." He said, as he followed Jen out to where Misa and Jen were now, thinking about the grunt's comments as well and recieving nasty scowls from them. He returned Ember, as not to subject her to the disturbance outside the building. "You guys alright?" He asked the girls, looking at Misa, then at Jen, who was looking particularly peeved at herself.
As they left the building and walked towards the Lake of Rage, a semi large bird with a stream of red and yellow hair going down it's back could be seen on a branch in the trees overshadowing the route. The bird's eyes, hidden behind black marks, were fixed upon the trio. It let out a shrill cry as dove towards the trio as a form of intimidation, a red band tied around it's leg. The bird came within inches of the group before swooping back up, losing the band in the process. Upon further inspection, the band was shown to be the tattered remains of worn headband with a pokeball symbol imprinted on it.
"Oh, I'm fine. I was just thinkin' about my past, that's all. I'm surprised how much them two reminded me of something," Misa answered Zack, somewhat timidly. "Also, aren't they from that group who did bad things a few years back? Could they really be back?" Darkrai Ditty and Dux were surprised when the Pidgeot swooped down, and then just flew away. They kept their eyes on the last spot that they saw the bird Pokemon, talking to themselves about what just happened. Misa was a little confused too. "What was up with that, huh? Things are getting even stranger as we go."
Jen nodded sadly to what Misa had said, believing that they were back. "There's no doubt about it… Unless they plan on having people dress up like Team Rocket Grunts at Lake of Rage too… But I don't think that's going to happen though." Jen said, with a slightly nervous laugh before the bird Pokémon swooped in. It took Jen a few moments to pick up the band from the ground- being hit by nostalgia from looking at the band. Once she realized whose band it was, Jen started to look around in the sky again to see where the Pidgeot went. My past is coming back to haunt me, isn't it? "Come on, let's keep going…" Jen said, ready to keep moving despite the bird Pokémon's encounter. I want outta here, I want his mission done and then I want to be on my own for a while…
After regaining his composure after the bird's attack, Zack turned to Misa and nodded, "They disbanded a while back when a trainer single-handedly ran them out of their own hideout, and beat their leader, Giovanni." He said, feeling somewhat confident after disbanding the Grunts. He looked up at the sky, and put his hands behind his head as he walked. "You know Jen, I don't think I could've done that battle back there without you."
He said, never taking his gaze off of the clouds above. "And even if I could've..." He added, stopping short and looking at Jen for a bit, before continuing, "I'm glad you were there." He said with a bit of an awkward smile. He turned to Dux and gave a thumbs up, "And our cheer leading squad helped as well!" He laughed, returning his gaze to the sky, where dark rain clouds have begun to gather.
Misa became silent again, feeling a little useless. She was looking down at the ground with a frown. Here's these two strong trainers, and then there's me. Really, there's no other reason for me being here other than the fact I needed to come here anyway. I kind of feel like an outsider. Misa sighed a little as she glanced over at her Pokemon. Dux appeared a little happy to get the approval from Zack, but a little down-hearted to see his trainer frowning. Ditty was the same way, although he really wanted to know what the thing Jen picked up was and why it seemed to bother her a little.
Jen smiled back at him when he complimented her, but was kinda hoping that Zack's awkward smile didn't mean what she thought. Please tell me that this isn't the same as what happened last time I was in Sinnoh… Jen turned back onto the path they were walking, she didn't really look up to where they were going anymore- she just looked down at the ground to see her two Pokémon playing around in her shadow. Even if no one else could really see them hiding there, she could. The two Pokémon were bickering over who should be playing around with Jen's shadow, sometimes making her own shadow do something goofy like start dancing or anything else along those lines. After she stopped looking down at the ground she put the band into her bag so that she wouldn't leave it behind somewhere. After a few moments' silence, Jen felt she should try to put some light onto Misa since Zack and Jen double battled together. "Hey Misa," Jen started, turning her head to look at her. "What kind of performances do you do..? I mean, you say you perform but there's a lot of stuff you can do with Ditty…." Jen said, leaving a 'you weren't specific enough' kind of tone near the end as she tried to think of it. "And Zack, since you're a trainer- how many badges do you have?" This time she turned to Zack too when she asked her question.
Zack's attention turned from the skies to Jen, "Well as you can see by a majority of my pokemon, it's clear I've been to Kanto before." He said, taking a small case out of his bag and opening it to show her all eight Gym badges from the Kanto region, as well as 3 from Johto region. He closed the case and returned the case to his bag before adding, "Not much to show from someone who's been a trainer so long." He said as a drop of rain hit his cheek, turning his gaze up to the charcoal black skies.
Misa seemed to perk up a little when Jen asked about what she, and her Pokemon, preformed. "Well, we travel from town to town, putting on free shows for anyone to watch. They are kinda like plays or little skits that tell some story. We only do it for fun, as we all enjoy it. I'm just lucky enough to have people like… Tip me after a show. It's thanks to them that I can pretty much do this and keep it free… We don't really join in on those Pokemon contests, only once in awhile, so I'm sorry if that's what ya thought I did." She laughed a little at the end, feeling that she did that all the time. Dux seemed happy that his trainer laughed, though now he started to feel a little nervous about what was ahead. It almost sounded like something was roaring in the distance…
Ditty still didn't seem to care, as it was still wondering what Jen had. It kind of let out an 'aw' when she put it away without a word.
Jen nodded at Zack, thinking that she's a bit behind now. I started my journey a few years ago and I really only spent about a year and a half traveling and getting my badges… I should go hit Cianwood City after taking care of Team Rocket. Then Jasmine, hm... "I have all of Sinnoh, Hoenn, and 4 of Jhoto- but I've battled against Cynthia, Wallace, and Steven… Kinda funny how Hoenn has two league champions." Jen said, smiling and feeling pretty happy with how much progress she's made- being quite eager to go and battle Kanto's gym leaders. "And actually… That's what I thought when you were talking about performances Misa." Jen said, a little embarrassed and a bit shy now. "That's pretty cool though, I wanna see your next performance." Jen added with a smile, hoping that she could possibly help Misa out too. Jen looked ahead to see that the Lake was in view, sometimes several people would rush past them as roars were heard. The people being quite frantic as they were leaving the area. Yep, here we go again…
