Chapter 3: New Friends, Old Friends, But All New Members!

After Team Nova's interview with Ashley from Sinnoh Now, they all crashed at the Oreburgh City Pokémon Center for the night. As soon as everyone was up, they ate breakfast and talked about the best way to get to Floaroma Town.

"Alright, I think the best way to get to Floaroma Town is by going down Route 206 to Eterna City, then going and then going through Eterna Forest." Xander explains.

"Well why don't we go through Jubilife City and get to Floaroma Town that way?" Kuroko questions.

"Are you kidding?! It's peak tourist season! And Jubilife is gonna be on the top of their list to visit!" Xander yells.

"Well sorry I asked." Kuroko replies.

"Xander does have a good point though. It would take forever just to get in and out of the city at this time of year. I think we should go with Xander's plans. Even if his way is longer, it's less crowded." Kasai agrees.

"Well then, what are we doing waiting around for?! Let's go!" Riley jumps out of seat. The four of them walk out of the Pokémon Center and hit the road. Our heroes travel down Route 206 to reach Eterna City. They continue to walk for miles on end. After a few hours, they finally reach Eterna City.

"We're finally here!" Riley exclaimed. The street was busy with local pedestrians. They saw many different Pokémon wandering the streets with bags in their hands and children running at their sides.

"So should we stop for the night, or should we try and get to the edge of the forest and sleep outside?" Kasai questions.

"What do you think? You're the leader remember." Kuroko explains.

"Yes I do, but as a good leader, I need to take in the opinions of my teammates." Kasai explains.

"AAHH!" The group heard a squeal. They all look behind them and saw a Glaceon. "It's Team Nova!" The Glaceon ran up to the Team. "I saw you guys on the news! You're so cool!"

"Thank you." Xander states.

"Yuki! I told you not to go far!" Soon after a Leafeon came running and stopped next to the Glaceon. "What's gotten into you?" The Leafeon looked up and saw Team Nova. "Okay. I apologize for my sister's actions. My name is Mimi, my twin sister is Yuki."

"It's nice to meet you. My name is Kasai. I'm the leader." Kasai explains.

"Yeah we know! We saw you all on T.V. last night!" Yuki yells.

"Well then I guess we don't need intros then." Kuroko states.

"No. So what brings you to Eterna City?" Mimi questions.

"We're on our way to Floaroma Town to talk to one of our Master's old friends." Riley explains.

"That's a long journey from Mt. Coronet." Mimi adds in.

"Yeah, we were planning on camping out near Eterna Forest." Xander states.

"Well we live on the edge of the forest in a house. I'm sure that our friend won't mind company." Mimi states.

"Well if it wouldn't be much trouble..." Xander stated.

"Of course it won't! Come on!" Yuki started running off. "Hurry up!"

"Yuki how about you just slow down!" Mimi ran after her sister with Team Nova following. After a while, the group manages to reach a rather large house.

"We're home! And we brought company!" Mimi yells as she opens the door. "Please make yourself at home." Kasai, Kuroko, Xander, and Riley all sat in the living room in front of the T.V. Footsteps started to walk down the stairs.

"Welcome back girls!" A familiar voice to Kuroko and Kasai stated. The two of them stood up and look back to see an Azumarill.

"Miuki?" Kuroko questions. The Azumarill responds and slowly turns towards the team.

"Kasai, Kuroko, it's been a long time." Miuki responds.

"Miuki!" Kasai and Kuroko run up to their childhood friend and squeeze the life out of her. Of course, Xander, Riley, Mimi, and Yuki were all completely confused.

"Miuki, how do you know Kasai and Kuroko?!" Yuki yelled.

"You see, I'm from the same place they are, and I was one of their friends." Miuki explained to her roommates.

"Why did you tell us?" Mimi questions.

"I didn't think you needed to know. But when I saw you two on the news, I knew that I would need to tell you soon." Miuki answers.

"So you've been living here this whole time?" Kuroko questions.

"Not exactly. On my way down the mountain, I met Yuki and Mimi. They were under feed and they said they wanted to evolve so that they could get stronger. So I went on a journey with them and helped them evolve. Yuki evolved into Glaceon and Mimi evolved into Leafeon, I've been here ever since." Miuki explains. "But I still remember all of the fun things we did together."

"It's good to see you though. It's been a long time." Kasai states.

"Uh guys, sorry to break up the happy reunion, but who exactly is she?" Riley questions.

"Oh that's right you guys are from different sectors. This is Miuki. She was mine and Kuroko's friends from the Shadow Sector. Miuki, I'd like you to meet Xander from the Time Sector and Riley from the Space Sector." Kuroko introduces.

"It's very nice to meet you Miuki." Xander states.

"It's nice to meet you too. So what bring you boys to Eterna City?" Miuki questions.

"They're on their way to Floaroma town to visit their Master's friend!" Yuki answers.

"You mean Master Giratina's friend?" Miuki questions.

"Yep." Kasai questions.

"How is he doing? I miss him a lot." Miuki confesses.

"He's fine, still pretty stubborn though." Kuroko explains.

"Why am I not surprised?" Miuki states.

"Hey Kasai?" Kasai looks down at Yuki.

"Yeah, what is it Yuki?" Kasai questions.

"Can I join Team Nova please!" Yuki bows her head and her eyes are tightly shut.

"Yuki, are you sure you want to do this? Being on a team is a lot of hard work." Xander confesses.

"I'm willing to work as hard as I can! I wanna be on Team Nova!" Yuki yells. "I wanna help you guys on your mission whatever it may be! Please!" Kasai looks at Kuroko, Xander, and Riley. They all have the same response.

"If it's alright with Miuki, Welcome to the team Yuki!" Yuki's eyes sparkle.

"Thank you so much! I promise you won't regret this decision!" Yuki smiles.

"Mimi, Miuki, what about you?" Riley asks.

"What about us?" Mimi questions

"Do you wanna join the team?" Kasai questions.

"Is it really okay? I would hate to be a bother." Miuki states.

"No way! It's no trouble at all!" Kuroko adds in. Mimi and Miuki look at each other.

"Well how can I say no?" Miuki beams.

"Alright! We leave first thing tomorrow morning!" Riley yells as he pumps his fist in the air. The rest do the same and everyone gets to know each other by the end of the night.

However, while our heroes were celebrating, something in the forest watched them. Our heroes had been seen by more than just friends, they had been seen by the enemy as well. Two Pokémon stared with their red eyes into Miuki's house.

"It seems they've recruited new members. Right, Kurai?" a voice whispered

"Yes it seems they have Scar. But that shouldn't be a problem should it?" another voice responds. The rises high up into the sky as the moonlight hit the Pokémon.

"Should we inform the master, Kurai?" a Luxray questions.

"No, we shall deal with them beforehand. Let's go back and report what we have found." Kurai the Umbreon explained. Scar the Luxray and Kurai walked back into the forest to inform their master what they had seen.