After leaving Littleroot, my friends and me began our long walk to the ocean and Sootopolis. We were planning on traveling through Oldale Town and then going to Verdanturf town. Then we planned on going through Mauville city and continuing through Slateport city to the ocean. We would then find a boat or something and head for Sootopolis City. Professor Birch had given me some scuba gear for when we got there, saying that I would need it to look for Kyogre.
"So, are you going to try training those two little friends of yours?" Latias asked.
"I guess that couldn't hurt," I answered "we will need to be at our best if we're gonna be battling legendary pokemon." I removed Fennekin and Shinx's poke-balls from my sash and threw them. Fennekin and Shinx materialized in front of me.
"I think I have an idea!" Latios said excitedly. He whispered something in his sister's ear and a wide grin spread across her face. There was a flash of light as Latios transformed back into himself. His purple collar glittered in the sun. Latias put a hand on his neck and looked at me.
"What are you two getting at?" I asked.
Latias assumed a stern expression. "My name is May! I challenge you to a pokemon battle with my Latios!" she said.
"That's actually a great idea" I said happily. I recalled my pokemon and walked farther away to give us some distance.
"Okay!" Latias said "Go Latios!" Latios cried out in his musical voice and floated in front of his sister, ready for battle.
"Fennekin, time for battle!" I threw Fennekin's poke-ball and he materialized in front of me.
"Since Fennekin is so new to the team, we'll use half power" Latias said.
"Sounds fine to me! Fennekin, use Ember!" I yelled. Fennekin's ears glowed orange as he hissed. Then he opened his mouth, sending a torrent of fiery embers flying at Latios.
"Dodge it and use Luster Purge!" Latias yelled. Latios rolled sideways in the air, dodging Fennekin's attack, and then fired a ball of golden energy out of his mouth.
"Fennekin! Dodge it and use Scratch!" I ordered. Fennekin tried to evade the attack, but he wasn't fast enough. The ball of golden energy hit him head-on and threw him back. But he got back up and ran at Latios, his front claws glowing white with energy. He scratched Latios twice and then jumped back.
"Big bro! Use Water Pulse!" Latias said. Latios formed a ball of water in one of his claws. Then he hurled it at Fennekin.
"Counter it with Ember!" I yelled, not knowing what else I could do in my current situation. Fennekin launched a spray of embers from his mouth. A cloud of steam filled the area as water and fire met in mid-air. "Now get onto Latios's back!" I yelled. Fennekin ran into the cloud of steam.
"Clear the fog out with Dragon Pulse!" Latias ordered. The steam was blown away as a blue and white laser cut through the air above my head. As Latios appeared, I saw Fennekin directly underneath him.
"Now!" I yelled. Fennekin leaped up and climbed onto Latios's back. "Use Ember! Full power!" I yelled. Fennekin bathed Latios and himself in fiery embers and heat.
"Fly up into the sky!" Latias yelled. Latios folded his arms shut and rocketed upward with Fennekin on his back.
As he tried to shake Fennekin off, I noticed something in the bushes and trees nearby. A pair of eyes staring out from under some brush. They were staring at me. But when I looked more closely. They began to glow. Brush grew up in front of the eyes and they disappeared from view. Then I heard a voice in my head.
Hello. The voice said, then I heard giggling as it faded away.
"That was weird" I said to myself. Then I returned my focus to the battle. Latios was dropping down like a missile. Fennekin was struggling to stay on his back. "Fennekin! Jump off, it's not working!" I yelled. Fennekin let go as Latios continued his descent. Latios stopped inches from the ground and Fennekin landed on his feet. The fur on his back was ruffled, making him look much tougher.
"Time to end it! Use Dragon Pulse!" Latias yelled. Latios fired a beam of blue and white energy out of his mouth and directly at Fennekin. Fennekin couldn't dodge, and I couldn't come up with a good strategy in time. The move hit and he fainted. I ran to my pokemon.
Latios flew back to his sister and they ran (or in Latios's case, flew) to Fennekin.
"Sorry about that, we may have been fighting a little too rough for a pokemon this young" Latias apologized.
"Don't worry, it's fine" I said as I picked Fennekin up. He started moving again and crawled onto my shoulder. I adjusted my baseball cap as Fennekin licked dirt off of his paws.
Latios transformed into a human again. He adjusted his toboggan and said "I guess we're too used to you having pokemon that are totally off the charts powerful."
Latias retied her bandanna and added "We'll just have to wait until Shinx and Fennekin get stronger before we can really battle them."
"By the way, did you guys hear a voice while we were battling?" I asked.
"No. Why?" they asked.
"Well, I saw something in the bushes over there and I heard a voice in my head. It said hello and laughed, then it disappeared" I said. I pointed where I'd seen the eyes.
"Sounds suspicious" Latios said. He walked over to where I'd pointed and started looking around in the bushes. "Hey, I found something you guys may want to see!" he yelled.
We ran to his side and looked into the bush. We saw what he was talking about instantly. It was a pokemon. It very small. Gray fur covered it's body and it had a tuft of red fur on top of it's head, between it's ears. It was smirking.
"What is it?" Latias asked.
"It's a Zorua!" I realized. "They're incredibly rare in this region. And famous for-" I was cut short by Zorua as it disappeared in a flash of red light. When the light faded, there was a Zigzagoon in it's place. The Zigzagoon giggled and ran away into the brush. "-disguising themselves as other pokemon" I finished.
"That wasn't a disguise" Latios said.
"Yeah, we could sense it," Latias continued for him "he used the move Transform."
"I thought Zorua's couldn't learn that move" I said.
"I guess that one didn't get the memo" Latios stated as we all stepped back from the bush.
"And you said it 'talked' to you?" Latias asked.
"Yeah, it was like a voice in my head" I answered.
"I doubt we've seen the last of that Zorua" Latios said.
"This journey just keeps getting stranger and stranger" I said.
End of Chapter 2. Well, we have a good idea of how much stronger Fennekin needs to be. That's a start. And also, I'm gonna start putting more space between chapters. I'm having trouble coming up with minor details for this story. But, I have had some ideas that will work in other stories. So I'm gonna start another story that's completely separate from this one. But don't worry, I'll still upload new chapters to this story, they'll just take longer to make.
