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Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl

Chapter 2 – VS Starly; Pochama and Hikozaru

The young silver haired man walked around Canalave City aimlessly. Being the first time to enter a region where creatures known as Pokémon live was quite of a big step for the poor fellow. Not to mention that this young man is travelling all by himself, he has nowhere or anyone to go to. But this is the boy's decision, he chose to come to Sinnoh and he will not make anymore of a fuss about it. The young man walked away from the rambling tourists and made his way out of town. Not knowing where to go or which place is off limits, the young man walked into a forest right south of the city, instead of going pass the town boundary. The boy knew that by entering forest wild creatures will bound to attack him, it didn't matter to him though. Despite for not having any Pokémon to protect him, this boy is well prepared and knew how to protect himself. Unknown to the boy, that trail he took will take him to a location just north of Twinleaf Town, a place called Lake Verity.

Lake Verity

Hikari and Jun have finally entered the Lake territory from the dreaded forest that surrounds it. Hikari and Jun wasted no time, they immediately ran to the lake looking frantically for an odd coloured Pokémon. Though the lake's view is absolutely marvellous, that is not what they were here for. They are in search for a rare shiny Pokémon mirroring the same event that happened in the Johto region.

"Do you find anything?" Jun asked looking at his side of the lake.

"Just some Magikarp, nothing out of ordinary here," Hikari replied scaring the odd looking fish away. "What about you?"

"Can't talk, busy," Jun replied searching around the tall grasses now.

"Then why did you talk to me for?" Hikari asked sweatdropped. She then realised that Jun is searching around the tall grass, a common place for a wild Pokémon to attack randomly. "Jun!!" Hikari ran towards his direction and tugged on Jun's scarf. She violently yank him out from the tall grass before he can go any deeper into the danger zone. Jun slammed down on the ground injuring his rear end quite painfully.

"What was that for?" Jun asked rubbing his injured butt.

"You tell me!" Hikari snapped. "You were entering a tall grass area."

"So?" asked Jun. He got up and dusted away some dirt on his shirt. "How else am I going to look for a shiny rare Pokémon if I don't go in the tall grass area?"

"What are you going to do if a wild Pokémon attack you?" Hikari asked back. "You don't have a Pokémon to protect yourself."

"That's where you come in," said Jun directly. "Be a bait and drive them away from me!"

Hikari rolled her eyes and groaned away. "I'm going home," Hikari walked away.

"Oh come on, I was just kidding!" said Jun quickly. "I can't believe you fell for that twice." He laughed quietly and sat down on the soft earth. "Come on sit here with me." He directly pointed to an empty spot right next to him. Hikari approached and sat down next to her blonde friend, it's been awhile since they hung out together.

"Hey, Hikari," Jun started. Hikari looked over to the boy. "How come we're the only ones that are not on a Pokémon journey?" he asked looking at the clear blue sky.

Hikari gasped at Jun's question, looks like Jun has the same problem as well with his mother. Hikari looked away and stared at her feet rubbing lightly on the dirt floor. "I don't know, I guess our moms aren't ready to let us go yet," she replied to his question.

"Most kids should be on their journey when they're at least 10 years old; we're 5 years behind those other kids and yet we still don't have our very own Pokémon," said Jun. "Does that feel a bit unfair to you?"

"It is actually," she replied. "But I'm not going to make a big fuss out of this, I let it all out during that incident."

Jun knew exactly what incident Hikari's talking about. He didn't want to let any old wounds out or change the cheery mood into something depressing from that time, so he quickly shut his mouth and change the topic. "Say uh Hikari," he started. "If you could have any starter Pokémon, which one would you choose?"

Hikari lifted her eyebrow questioningly; she wondered what's with the sudden topic change. "Uhmm… I don't know," she shrugged. "I heard that in each region, the starter Pokémon are different."

"Oh really now isn't that interesting," Jun said faking his surprised tone. Hikari immediately sensed the fake tone in his voice, but she knew well that his intention is to avoid the sad incident she went through to 5 years ago. "So which one would you pick?"

"I like water type actually," Hikari answered Jun's question. "If I have a chance to choose a starter Pokémon, it will be the water type."

"So you liek mudkip??" he asked annoyingly. Hikari snickered pushed him lightly, she knew he'll say that stupid Internet meme. Jun laughed at his own joke, he's glad to see Hikari smiled again.

"What about you?" Hikari's turned to ask now. "Which one do you prefer?"

"The fire type!" he answered straight away. "I've always loved the fire type!"

"I guess you better watch out for me then," Hikari joked and flicked her hair on him annoyingly. Jun snickered and brush Hikari's hair away.

"I wouldn't count on that," he said. "I'm going to train my fire Pokémon until he's strong enough against water type, you should be the one who better watch out!" Hikari can sense the strong aura emitting from Jun, she knew him too well that he'll make those idea to come true.

"Professor, there's nothing out of the ordinary on the other side, either!"

Hikari and Jun looked towards the tall grass. Hikari could've sworn that she heard voices coming out behind those tall grasses. She looked over to Jun, he nodded letting her know that he too heard the voices behind the tall grass.

"Hmm… I may have been mistaken…" another voice came out behind the grass. But this voice sounds deeper and harder not as light as the last one's voice was. This confirms it, there are people hiding behind the tall grass.

"Looks like someone else is here," Jun said after the voice disappeared.

"Something appears to be different than it was before," the same gruff voice spoke up. "But…fine! It's enough that we have seen the lake. Lucas, we're leaving."

It appeared to be that one of voice owner belongs to a person that goes by the name Lucas, judging that the gruff voice called out the name, the other person with the lighter voice must be the one called Lucas. Hikari and Jun sat still on the ground waiting for their mysterious voice speakers walked out off the tall grass. The tall grass shook violently when an elderly man in a trench coat walked out from the grass. He looked over to Hikari and Jun sitting by the lake, his stare send chills down to Hikari's spines. Momentarily, the tall grass behind them shook violently again. A young man that appears to be around Hikari and Jun's age walked out of the grass. Judging that he's following the old man behind, he must be the person called Lucas by the elderly man.

"Professor," Lucas started. "You've been gone for four years now. How are you enjoying being back in Sinnoh?"

"…Hm. There is one thing I can say," the man answered, the gruff voice definitely belongs to this old man. "There are many rare kinds of Pokémon in Sinnoh. The region should serve us very well in regard to our studies." The old man walked away towards the forest returning back to wherever he came from. The old man continued on rambling away about some stuff that Jun and Hikari couldn't even understand. The boy named Lucas followed the ol' "professor" listening to every word that comes out of the old man's mouth. After a few minutes of walking, the two people left Hikari and Jun's sight, nowhere near to be seen around.

"What was that about?" Jun asked breaking the silence.

"Maybe they were Pokémon researcher," suggested Hikari. "They did say something about studies, and there's a Pokémon lab down in Sandgem Town."

"I thought that place was abandoned," said Jun reminded by an image of a laboratory. "Well anyway, you see that," he pointed to the tall grass. "Those guys are OK when they were in there, and they definitely don't look like the type that carries Pokémon."

Hikari knew that Jun just wanted to search around the tall grass area, he's making up some stupid reason in hoping to convince her to let him enter the danger zone. As much as Hikari wanted to look at some Pokémon in the tall grass area, she also doesn't want to disobey her mother's request. "I promised my mom that I will stay away from tall grass area," she said not convinced.

"Oh relax will ya, don't be such a stick in the mud!" re-assured Jun. "We won't be there long enough for a wild Pokémon to come out!" He stood up and walked straight into the tall grass without even the nerve to wait for her. As much as she wanted to resist and follow her mother's request, Hikari found herself walking straight inside the tall grass without any complaints or hesitation. She quickly caught up with Jun and they both explored around the area in the tall grass area.

"See, I told you we'll be fine," said Jun to his friend. "Now let's look around for something …" Jun's speech is abruptly stopped when he saw a briefcase lying in the middle of the grass. "strange…" he finished still looking at the unattended briefcase.

"What's that?" Hikari pointed to the case. Jun walked closer to the briefcase with Hikari following behind. Unknown to these two young teens, a predator has set its eyes on them and ready for an attack.

"It's a briefcase," said Jun picking up the object. He analysed the object from every angle, it appears that there's no name tag on it. "Must've belonged to those guys earlier," assumed Jun carrying the case on hand.

"Well let's give it back then," suggested Hikari. "I'm sure that there are tons of important research notes in them."

"Where's your hurry?" asked Jun. Kind of ironic to be asked that question coming up from a guy who just can't stood still. "We'll give it back after we see at least one Pokémon!" Jun just had to say it, whenever one says things that are bound to happen, it usually happened straight away like a bad omen. The predator that has been keeping its eyes on the two teens flew straight out from the grass and attacked Jun on the back of his head. Jun, surprised by the sudden assault, fell down on his knees. Hikari gasped from the sudden attack, she walked towards Jun with full concern.

"Jun!" she called out. "Are you okay?"

"What just hit me?" Jun asked rubbing his painful head. Hikari looked around for the predator that attacked Jun, there's nothing on the below ground.

"Starly!!" a cried heard from above. Hikari and Jun looked up, it's a Starly, the starling bird Pokémon. "Starly! Starly!" the Pokémon growled at the two teens.

"I think we just crossed on its territory," said Hikari looking at the flying Pokémon. The Starly swooped down aiming for Hikari, Hikari let out a small scream and protect herself with her hands. Jun can not just sat there waiting for the Pokémon to attack the helpless girl, he used the briefcase he was holding and use it as a weapon to knock the Starly away before it can even hit Hikari. The Starly flung to the tall grass disappeared in sight.

"Come on this way!" Jun yanked Hikari's arm and they both made their way out of the tall grass area. The two friends let out a relief; they're safe from any further harm for now. "There we're safe for now!"

"Thanks Jun," smiled Hikari. "You saved me!"

Jun blushed a little from his friend, he just became a hero and protect a girl from harm. "Uhh well yeah that was nothing!" Jun stuttered. "Anyway, as long as we are out of that Starly's territory we'll be safe!" Or so he thought, the grass shook a bit and the same Starly flew out of the tall grass. Jun knew that it was the same Starly he clobbered earlier, the bruise mark on it's face is pretty noticeable. The Starly wasn't very happy with Jun's attitude, so this time he brought his friend to "play" with it. Jun and Hikari gasped as they witness the angry Pokémon glared at the two teen evilly.

"Did you hit that Starly with the briefcase?" Hikari asked.

"Well I got no choice," Jun answered truthfully. "I have nothing else to hit it with!"

"You idiot!" Hikari snarled at Jun. "As long we don't hurt it, he's not going to attack us back!"

"But I just saved you…" Jun mumbled.

"Well I thought you pulled me out without even hurting the Pokémon."

"Starly!!" the bird Pokémon cried out. The two Starly Pokémon dove down at the two teens, they both ducked just in time to avoid its attack. The two Starly flew up to regain its proper balances. But they are ready to attack anytime; the two teens have nothing to protect themselves with. Desperate for any protection, Jun unwillingly opened the briefcase hoping for a weapon. But instead he was shocked to find something much more valuables, Pokeballs.

"Hikari!! Look!" Jun showed the opened briefcase. Hikari looked and gasped at Jun's no respect for other people's properties, and also because of the three Pokeballs in the case. "Quick grab one, we can fight the Starly with these!" Jun announced looking at the angry bird Pokémon.

Hikari didn't care which one to pick, all she wanted was to avoid for being hit by the Starly. She grabbed the right Pokeball and Jun picked the one on the middle. They both dodged again from the Starly's attack, this time these two teens are ready for battle. The two teens stood up side by side ready for their very first Pokémon battle.

"Pokeball go!!" the two teens cried out throwing their Pokeballs. The two balls holding the little creature burst open and an emitted light came out unleashing the little creature out from their home.

"Piplup!!"

"Chimchar!!"

The two creatures reveal themselves as a blue penguin named Piplup and a red monkey named Chimchar. The two Pokémon faced their opponents, the two Starly, they glared each other at a deadly glance ready for battle.

"A piplup…" Hikari's loss for words.

"A Chimchar…" Jun is also loss for words.

Hikari and Jun was marvelled, this is their very first time to actually battle a Pokémon on their very own. Hikari and Jun looked at each other; they nodded and prepared for their first Pokémon battle.

"Alright Piplup," Hikari called out. "Attack and use water gun!"

"Go Chimchar!" announced Jun. "Use your Flamethrower attack!"

The two Pokémon winced from hearing the unrecognizable voice. They both turned around and see their trainers; it wasn't the man who has been watching over them. The two Pokémon glared at their two new trainers and looked away from them feeling annoyed. Hikari and Jun looked confused; it's strange to find the two Pokémon they just released disobeyed them.

"What just happened?" Hikari asked. Jun shook too unaware of the Pokémon's behaviours. "Piplup?" Hikari asked the penguin-look-alike she just released. The Pokémon looked away refused to make eye contacts with the young girl.

"Chimchar?" Jun asked the red chimp-look-alike he released. The chimp Pokémon simply yawned and scratched its rear end to Jun, Jun laughed at the Pokémon's behaviour. "Nice one, Chimchar! I used to do the same thing too!" he said proudly. Hikari sweat dropped listening to Jun's stupid comment; the Piplup looked disgusted at Jun. Despite for what Jun said, the Chimchar actually looked at Jun impressed at his response. Jun's laughter died out and smiled at the Pokémon, it looks like the two have some things in common despite that this is their first meeting.

"Starly!!" the opponent could not wait any longer. The two bird Pokémon charged at their opponents. The two teens looked up to see that the Starly are coming closer to the Pokémon.

"Chimchar, dodge it!" Jun commanded his partner. The Chimchar leaped high avoiding the flying strike of the Starly. Jun can not believe it; the Chimchar actually listened to what Jun commanded.

"Piplup, dodge it's attack!" Hikari tried her luck with the Piplup. The Piplup jumped on to the side avoiding the Starly's assault too. Hikari too smiled at her attempt. "Good work Piplup!" she praised her partner. Piplup looked away from Hikari; it seems that he dodged it on his own accord. Hikari slumped down; she still can not make the Pokémon to obey her.

Jun witnessed what happened at Hikari's Pokémon and immediately can see that she's not fit for a battle. He looked at his Chimchar and the Pokémon nodded understanding what Jun meant exactly. The two new friends jumped into Hikari's front protecting her from the two Starly.

"Let me and Chimchar handle this Hikari," said Jun. Hikari looked up, Piplup too. "Your Piplup is in no mood to battle right now." Chimchar made an immediate agreed response, this got Jun all excited now.

Hikari felt that she's left behind, although she felt relieved that she'll be in no further harm she also felt behind in the Pokémon event. Jun who was always further ahead of her in life has already won the respect of the Chimchar and will win his very first Pokémon battle with his partner. Hikari too would like to experience a real battle and will not want to be protected by Jun anymore. She looked to her Piplup she released, he seemed to be very angry. Jun's Chimchar looked at the Piplup he will protect, he stuck his tongue out and waved his butt insultingly at him. That's all what it takes for Piplup to be angered at Jun's Chimchar, he moved on forward passing by Jun and Chimchar. He stood by ready for battle, Hikari is surprised at Piplup's action.

"Piplup! Piplup!" the Pokémon cried out to Hikari. Hikari read Piplup's face; he is willingly ready to fight and to listen to Hikari's order. Hikari smiled and felt proud at her partner, she stood up straight and moved away from Jun's protection attempt.

"Sorry Jun," said Hikari. "But Piplup and I will battle too!" She flexed her hand and pulled a fist on him to show her determination, of course he never quite understand what it means. Regardless at least it's a 2 on 2 fair battles so it should be fine for Hikari and Jun.

"Starly!!" the Starly cried as it dove down towards their opponents.

"It's Starly's 'Peck' attack," said Jun. "Chimchar, challenge it and fire with flamethrower!"

"You too Piplup!" Hikari followed. "Use your water gun!"

Chimchar and Piplup looked confused on their partner's orders. They looked at each other and then towards their partner, they don't seem to understand what they asked for. Hikari and Jun looked at their Pokémon too confuse why they didn't do as their told. It's a bad mistake for both Pokémon, the Starly are still going for the attack. They switched their attack pattern and moved quicker; both Chimchar and Piplup have no time to react for the sudden surprise. They were both knock down by the Starly. Hikari and Jun gasped as their Pokémon fell down on their knee.

"Looks like those Starly changed their attack to 'Quick Attack'," exclaimed Jun. Hikari doesn't know how he knows pretty well by just one glance but that doesn't matter for now.

"Are you okay Piplup?" Hikari asked. Piplup got up willingly and nodded at his partner. Hikari let out a relief breath. "What just happened?"

"I guess they still haven't learnt those attacks yet," answered Jun. "Attacks like 'water gun' and 'flamethrower' is advanced attacks, it seems Piplup and Chimchar are still low levelled Pokémon." Hikari is too shock to talk, she had no idea that Jun is very knowledgeable to Pokémon.

"So what attack can we use?" Hikari asked.

"Try something small," suggested Jun. "Like 'tackle' or 'pound'." Jun analysed his partner Chimchar, he noticed that he has some pretty strong looking arm. "Chimchar, use 'scratch' attack!"

"Chim! Char!" Chimchar charged at his opponent and scratched the Starly's face furiously. The Starly flew off from the impact and land on it's partner's side. The other Starly left its partner and charged at Piplup with its beak. Hikari think fast she needs to know how to protect her partner from further harm, she looked at Piplup and try to find his speciality.

"Piplup! Piplup!" Piplup cried out from dodging all of Starly's attack. He looked over to Hikari and cried out for an order. Hikari think fast she needs to counter attack Starly's 'peck' attack. Now that she looked closer to Piplup, he too has a beak just like Starly, although not very long.

"That's it!" Hikari exclaimed. "Piplup, use 'Peck' attack!"

"Piplup!" the Pokémon nodded. He jumped out of Starly's last attack and charged at the Pokémon pecking the bird Pokémon on the face. The Starly flew down and land right next to its partner.

"We did it!" Hikari cheered. Piplup looked proud at his own achievement he did on the Starly.

"It's not over yet!" warned Jun. "Piplup, Hikari, prepare yourself!" Jun is right to say that, the bird Pokémon don't go down too easily. They both rose up from their fall and charge at their respective opponent with a 'Quick Attack'. "Watch out Chimchar!" Jun ordered his chimp partner.

"Watch out Piplup!" Hikari ordered her partner. Both Pokémon dodge the Starly's attack, the Starly didn't stop there. They turned back around charged at the trainer's Pokémon again.

"Fight back with 'Scratch', Chimchar!" Jun ordered.

"Don't fall back Piplup, use 'Peck' attack!" Hikari told her partner.

The two Pokémon charged at the Starly, not backing down from a fight. Chimchar aim for the Starly with a 'scratch', Starly flew up dodging the chimp's claw. Starly charged with a 'Peck', Chimchar step aside and tackle it with his body. The Starly fell down on the ground, Chimchar jumped and pinned his opponent down with his body and leg.

"Good work, Chimchar!" Jun praised Chimchar. "Now use 'Fury Swipes', and don't let him get away!"

"Chim, Char!" Chimchar looked at his opponent evilly. He lifted both his hands up grinning like mad at the frightened Starly. Meanwhile, Piplup is having trouble with his opponent. The Penguin Pokémon is trying hard to peck the Starly, but its too fast for Piplup to land a blow to it. Hikari think quick she needed a chance to grab the Starly and attack it continuously. She got an idea, but she had to be careful and not screw this opportunity up.

"Piplup!" she called out. "Let that Starly peck you!"

"Piplup?" he asked confused.

"Trust me!" Hikari called out. Piplup looked at Hikari's determined eyes, those eyes looked determined. Piplup believed Hikari and braced himself for Starly's incoming beak.

"Starly!" The beak connect to Piplup, Piplup is trying hard not to fall over at his knees. Hikari took a deep breath and hope her plan worked.

"Now! Grab its beak!" Hikari ordered. Piplup opened his eyes and see the Starly's beak just right on his face, using his two flippers he grab a hold of the Starly's beak tight. "Hang on tight! Don't let it get away!" Piplup held the beak tighter not letting the starling Pokémon go. "Don't let it go! And 'Peck' the living daylight out of him!" Hikari ordered.

"Piplup!" Piplup nodded. He faced the Starly's head and peck the Starly right on the face. The Starly tried to move its head away but with Piplup's grip, it's hard to move away.

"Keep at it Piplup!" Hikari called out. "You're doing great!"

"Show no mercy Chimchar!" said Jun. "Keep swiping that Starly!" Jun watched as his partner scratched the living daylight at the pinned down Starly.

The two friends are having the time of their life. Their dreams of having a partner Pokémon has come true, and the battle turned out to be more fun for them rather than dangerous. While the two friends are too busy facing the Starly, they haven't realised that right outside of the forest a figure is approaching out of the forest.

"Phew! Finally, out of the forest at last!" said the silver haired boy. It's the same boy from Canalave City, the one that came on the boat from the Asia region. The boy has been walking in through the forest area all the way from Canalave City; since he's not familiar with the Sinnoh area he just took a shortcut from Canalave City straight on to Lake Verity. The boy stretched his body and took out a cigarette from his back pocket lighting it up with his lighter. He puffed out a dirty air while he sat down taking a break from all of those walking. He looked at the lake, it shone magnificently with the sunray. The boy smiled and relaxed himself on the soft earth.

"This place is not so bad after all," he said to himself. He took out a dirty air from his mouth and smiled at the scenery once again.

"Go Piplup you're doing fine!"

"You too Chimchar, keep it up!"

The silver haired kid heard some loud noise coming out from the other side of the tall grass area. He got up and walked pass the tall grass peeking behind it. There he saw two teens that appeared be his age yelling around, he looked closer and saw 4 creatures that he never seen in his life ever before.

"Must be those Pokémon thingies I've been hearing about," he said looking at the creatures fighting furiously. The boy is not as excited as the tourists in the boat earlier, he did not came to Sinnoh exactly for sightseeing or to learn Pokémon. He came because he needed some time alone.

"Finish it Piplup!" exclaimed Hikari. "Use 'Pound' attack!"

"Piiiiip…" Piplup raised one of his flippers. "Lup!!" And he slammed it hard right on the Starly's head. The Starly fell down right on dirt knocked out from all of the multiple attacks it received from Piplup.

"Alright!!" Hikari cheered. "We did it Piplup! We beat Starly!" Hikari jumped up and down in excitement. Piplup looked back at Hikari, he rolled his eyes and looked away. Though he proved that he doesn't need Chimchar's help, he still hasn't approved of being Hikari's friend.

"You're wonderful Piplup!" the happy girl scooped up the penguin Pokémon and hugged him tight. "I knew you wouldn't let me down!" Without warning, the delighted girl kissed Piplup on his forehead. Piplup gasped and hold his head where she left the mark. He blushed red and covers his red face from the girl. "Did you see that Jun? Piplup beat Starly all by himself!"

"Sure did. Your Piplup totally rocked!" said Jun walking towards Hikari after finishing his battle with the vengeful Starly. Hikari nodded, happy from his praise. "But my Hikozaru did way better than yours!" he added posing like a winner.

"Chimchar!" the Pokémon cried. He too posed just like his trainer. Piplup sweatdropped watching his Pokémon rival, Hikari too left with the same expression from looking at her friend.

"Hikozaru? What's that?" Hikari asked ruining Jun's pose.

"That's Chimchar's new nickname I thought of just a few seconds ago," explained Jun picking up the little chimp. "'Hi' comes from the word 'hito', 'ko' comes from the word 'kodomo' and zaru comes from the word 'yamazaru'. When put altogether it spells Hikozaru!"


Translation notes:

Hito – fire

Kodomo – child

Yamazaru – monkey


"Fire child monkey?" Hikari asked Jun in a weird expression. "Real creative," she rolled her eyes. Piplup nodded along agreeing with his trainer.

"Hey! I didn't see you coming up with any nickname for your Piplup!" Jun snapped. Chimchar growled along with his trainer, he find Hikari's response to be rather offensive.

Hikari huffed at Jun. "Fine then!" She lifted up Piplup to her face and smiled at him. "From now on little guy, your name is Pochama!" she said with great enthusiasm. Pochama opened up his beak in shock, his eyes look lifeless. He turned towards his rival and realize the chimp Pokémon is laughing his head off. Now it's Hikari's turn to find things offensive, Jun and his little partner are laughing their heads off.

"Pochama?" he asked while holding in his laugh. "Apart from that weird name, what does that even mean?"

"Pochama comes from the word 'botchama'; instead I replaced the beginning with a 'P' for penguin." Hikari explained to the rude boy. "Understand?" Jun stopped laughing and try to think it over in his head. Hikari waited for Jun's response, instead Jun shrugged his shoulder.


Translation notes:

Botchama – a term that refers to children with wealthy parents


"I still don't get it," said Jun tilting his head sideways. Hikari slapped her forehead and explained in further details.

"You know that Piplup is always proud and prideful as described in sources right?" she asked Jun. He nodded. "It's exactly just like wealthy kids who are always stuck up and proud of them. That's where I get the name 'botchama' and use a 'P' instead at the beginning of the name."


Pokedex description:

Piplup - Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.


Jun still looked confused not understanding of Hikari's play words. Hikari slapped her forehead again and groaned at her friend's stupidity. "Never mind then!" she gave up. "Let's just get out of here before we got attack again." Hikari went over and picked up the dropped briefcase, suddenly she remembered something really important that shattered her heart and happiness completely. "Jun," she called. Jun turned around giving up trying to figure out the meaning of Piplup's nickname.

"What is it?" Jun asked.

"I just remembered," she said looking down. "These aren't our Pokémon." Jun gasped and looked at Hikari, this time crossed and confused.

"What do you mean?" he asked trying to hold back his anger. Hikari showed Jun the briefcase where they both found the Pokémon. He then too remembered, they both used these Pokémon unwillingly from the briefcase. They weren't rightfully belonged to Hikari and Jun, the old man from early on owned them. "Oh yeah," he said too looking down. "I forgot it belonged to that old man."

"Chimchar?" the Pokémon looked at Jun.

"Piplup?" he asked the trainer. Hikari bent down and patted Piplup on the head, looking not in a good mood.

"Sorry Pochama," she said. "I guess I can't keep you, you weren't mine to begin with." Piplup looked away; he never wanted to be with her to begin with. "Ah that's right," said Hikari. Her tone sounds quieter than usual. "You didn't like me in the first place anyway." Piplup peeked over to Hikari's face, he felt bad for hurting her feelings. And to be frank, he's also going to have a hard time to depart with her.

Jun on the other hand is having a hard time to release his partner far worse than Hikari. He's hugging his Pokémon so tight; he looked like he's going to crush that Chimchar in two pieces. "No! I don't want to leave Hikozaru!" he cried out. "He's my friend! It's not that easy for me to let go!"

"Chimchar…" Chimchar cried. He also doesn't want to leave his new partner, Hikozaru clenched onto Jun's shirt refused to let go.

"We have to Jun!" Hikari shouted at Jun. "Do you think it's easy for me too?" Jun looked over to Hikari to protest, but that idea is brushed away when he saw tears coming out from Hikari's eyes. "As much as I want to keep Pochama," Hikari struggled between her cries. "I don't want to be branded as a Pokémon thief. I have to give Pocha… Piplup back to his rightful owner." Jun looked surprised to hear Hikari dropped Piplup's nickname, it's a sign that she no longer acknowledge Piplup as her own. It took a lot of courage for Hikari to say that, Jun too has to be brave to let go the chimp Pokémon.

"You're right," Jun gave in. "Let's return these guys back to the old dude." He put Chimchar down, Jun doesn't want to be too attached to the Pokémon especially when he's ready to return him back to the owner.

"Bummer," exclaimed the silver haired boy who is still watching the events next to the tall grasses. "Well that's life for you." He breathed out another death smoke from his cigarette and walked away from the area. He stopped midway from going any further; he looked at the tall grass. It's shaking madly; the boy heard several cries coming in from the grass. "That doesn't sound good," he muttered. He turned back around and saw two Starly that Hikari and Jun beat earlier lying down on the ground unconscious. "Oh crap!!"

"Come on, Hikari," said Jun wiping his barely noticed tears. "Let's return these Pokémon!" Jun began to walk slowly to the forest that will lead out of the lake area. The chimp Pokémon wouldn't dare to look at his partner, it would be just too hard for these two. He followed along behind him looking as glum as Jun is. Hikari wiped her tears and also followed Jun behind.

"Come on Piplup," she said to the penguin Pokémon. Piplup followed behind, he tried to keep his prideful attitude but he just couldn't get it right. Piplup can't help but also act disappointed that he will be separated from a kind trainer. He touched the mark where Hikari left him a quick kiss; he's going to miss that.

The silver haired boy ran towards the two teens' locations, he needs to let them know that a danger is approaching to the two trainers. "I hope I'm not too late," he said quietly. He looked at the tall grasses, it's shaking wilder than before and the cries are getting louder. It's too late for the boy to warn the teens, the Pokémon came out of the grass.


WELL I GUESS THERE WAS MORE EDIT IN THIS COMPARED TO THE LAST ONE. ANYWAY, LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE EDITS.