Hey guys! I know, been a while. But hey, got a chapter done and thanks guys for the reviews, favs and follows! It really encourages me to continue on and to be honest, I really like this story too. One question for you guys, if Yuya was going to get one of the fossil pokemon, what would it be? Tyrunt or Amaura? Please let me know. Enjoy!


Chapter 4 - Lights, Camera, ACTION!

Yuya thought that his pokemon needed more time to train, but with a bit of encouragement from Yuzu and his pokemon, everyone headed towards Santalune City. It was hard to find the Gym, but thanks to a map they found, it was easy to get to. When they entered through the doors, they were quite surprised with what they saw. There were photographs of pokemon on the walls and the white paint on the walls made this room look like a gallery. "Wow, these photos look amazing! Do you think the Gym Leader took these pictures?"

Yuya looked at Yuzu, questioning the same thing. "Probably. What are these pokemon?" Yuya picked out his Pokedex and scanned the pictures of the pokemon he haven't seen before. From the sounds of it, he had a good idea on what he was up against. "My pokedex says that these are all Bug-type pokemon... do you think that's what I'm up against in this gym?" Yuzu thought Yuya had made a good point, but she noticed something in the middle of the room. "Is this a pole?" Yuya looked it and saw some sort of platform. "Yeah, I think we go down there".

Yuya wasted no heistation as he grabbed the pole and slided down, Yuzu had never been down a pole before, so she was a little scared about what would happen. But seeing Yuya do it encouraged her to go down too, when the pole stopped, she let go and was on some sort of trampoline mat. "You okay?" Yuya held out his hand to help Yuzu up, she took it gladly. "Yeah, I'm okay". As they looked around, there were many jungle trees around, but close to them was a wooden shack. "The Gym Leader must be in there". Yuya looked at Yuzu as she said this. "Well, what are we waiting for?"

Yuya wanted to run straight for the doors, but had to tread carefully with the web trampoline. Once he reached the wooden floors of the shack, he opened the door of the shack and shouted, "I'm here to challenge you gym leader!" But he was blinded by a white flash, Yuzu entered too and she too was blinded by a white flash. "That was just fantastic! You make a brilliant shot with my camera!" When Yuya got his bearings, he looked at who said that. The person who used the camera was female, she left the camera loose on her neck.

"Who are you?" Yuya wondered if this was the Gym Leader, she answered, "Yes, I'm the Gym Leader of Santalune City. My name is Viola and you are?" Viola held her hand out to shake. "Yuya Sakaki". Viola shook hands, but gasped. "The world famous Sakaki?! That's fantastic!" She took a couple more photos, but Yuya announced, "Viola, I challenge you for your gym badge!" Viola got excited, "That determined expression... That glint in your eye that says you're up to the challenge... It's fantastic! Just fantastic! Is this your first time challenging a Gym? Fantastic! Whether it's the tears of frustration that follow a loss or the blossoming of joy that comes with victory... They're both great subjects for my camera! Fantastic! This'll be just fantastic! Now come at me! My lens is always focused on victory-I won't let anything ruin this shot!"


Viola kept a hold of her camera, but she grabbed a Poke Ball from her belt and threw it. Out of it came a blue-four legged pokemon, it had black beady eyes, small pink patterns and a straw top on its head. "What's that pokemon?" Yuya scanned the pokemon with his Pokedex.

Surskit, the Pond Skater Pokemon. They usually live on ponds, but after an evening shower, they may appear on puddles in towns.

"A pond skater? In that case, let me introduce to you a new friend of mine! Please welcome my pikachu, Core!" Yuya threw Core's Poke Ball and his Pikachu gave a big smile. "Pika!" Core landed on the floor and did a little dance as he was excited for this. "Let's start things off with a spark!" Core, knowing what Yuya meant started off a thundershock. However, the Surskit was fast as it used Quick Attack to avoid it, but the second time Core used thundershock, it made a perfect hit on the Surskit.

The Surskit was out cold pretty quickly and it was returned to its poke ball. "Wow! That Pikachu is just fantastic! But I have one pokemon left, go Vivillon!" Viola released her last pokemon and it was quite beautiful. "Wow! This one looks pretty!" Yuya agreed with Yuzu on that, it was very pretty and Yuya scanned it.

Vivillion, the Scale Pokemon. Vivillon with many different patterns are found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate of their habitat.

'So, where did it come from that made it this colour?' Yuya wondered this, but looked down at his Pikachu. "Are you okay to continue, Core?" Core turned at Yuya and made a peace sign. "Pika!" Yuya nodded. "Looks like Core is going to continue! Okay let's continue with the show with more sparks!" Core released some thundershocks, but he seemed to be slowing down. "Core? What's wrong?" It was hard to see, but Core's feet were covered with small bugs. It was slowing down Core and Vivillon saw the opportunity to tackle the Pikachu endlessly. It only took a couple of tackles to weaken Core down, it was out cold within three more tackles.

"Core!" When Yuya took a closer look at Core, he was knocked out and couldn't do much. "You made a great performance, Core..." Yuya returned his Pikachu and returned it to his belt. He grabbed Odd-Eyes' Poke Ball and held it as he had his arms up in the air. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" Viola smiled and took a photo of Yuya's pose. "We have reached the grand finale of this show, we are both down to our last pokemon and anyone of us could win! Come out the last act of our show, Odd-Eyes!"

In front of Yuya was a small cloud of smoke, but it got ignited and the smoke disappeared as it got ignited. The smoke disappeared and Odd-Eyes was fully shown, Viola took a couple more shots. "Wow! A Charmeleon! Just fantastic!" Yuya smiled as he said, "Odd-Eyes, time to make this dramatic! Use smokescreen!" Odd-Eyes covered Vivillon's sight with the smoke spewing out of his mouth, Vivillon used its recent move Investation in panic. The insects crawled onto Odd-Eyes' feet and slowed Odd-Eyes down. Feeling the bugs on his feet, Odd-Eyes shot embers and with that, the bugs repelled back. With his feet free, Odd-Eyes shot embers at Vivillion and was down in mere moments.

Viola returned her pokemon and Yuya ran up to Odd-Eyes. "Odd-Eyes! You did it!" Yuya gave a high-five that Odd-Eyes was happy to do, he closed his eyes and gave a big smile to Yuya. Viola took a couple of shots of Yuya and Odd-Eyes together. "This was a fantastic match! Here is your Bug Badge and prize money". Viola hands out a cheque to Yuya, it shows 1920 pokedollars; the badge was shaped like a beetle's head. "One last thing, this is for you". Viola handed out a yellowy green disc. Yuya looked at it confused, while Odd-Eyes went to Yuzu seeing if he could talk to Bub. "What's this?"

Viola explained, "This is called a Technical Machine Disk, each disc has a certain move and only a few pokemon can learn that move. This disc contains the move Investation, a perfect move for bug-type pokemon". Yuya nodded with a smile. "I got it. If I find a bug pokemon for my team, I'll be sure to use it. Thanks!" Viola nodded and closed her eyes with a smile. "You're welcome, if you want to enter the Pokemon League, you have to defeat all eight gym leaders like me and get those badges. The next one is quite far in Cyllage City, so prepare yourself".

Viola showed Yuya the way out, there was back way from the tent and there were stairs leading up back to the museum. Once they opened the doors, they noticed their surroundings. Yuzu stated, "We're back here in the gallery". Yuya looked around him, Yuzu was right. The same pictures they saw before were on the walls. "Hey Yuya, shall we go back to Lumiose City and get our Pokemon healed?" Yuya looked at Yuzu, then down at Odd-Eyes. "Sounds like a good idea, what do you think Odd-Eyes?" Odd-Eyes gave a small smile and nodded.


Later, outside the Route 5 Gate...

Because of the lack of free space for appointments at Lumoise City's pokemon centres, it took them a couple of hours waiting for a free space to open up. Once their pokemon got healed, they headed outside and Yuzu wanted to give her Pokemon some fresh air. Yuya did the same with Odd-Eyes and Core and Yuzu let out Bub and her new pokemon, Flabébé. The Flabébé was still a little annoyed at her for what happened, when Yuzu captured her. Bub protected Yuzu in case the Flabébé was going to attack, but she didn't.

"Why is she so mad? Do you think she wasn't ready to fight you?" Yuzu looked at Yuya, then back at the Flabébé wondering if Yuya was right, and he was. "Are you mad, because I hit your head? I'm sorry if I did". The Flabébé relaxed and titled her head in confusion, but it seemed the Flabébé had forgiven her as she nodded with a smile. "Bi". Yuzu smiled as she noticed the change in expression. "Are you going to give her a name?" Yuzu hummed. "Let me think... since you look like a flower, how about 'Bloom' as your new name?" Flabébé seemed happy with that name as she snuggled next to Yuzu's face.

"I think she likes it". The Flabébé went to her left shoulder and kept afloat on top there. "Alright, let's head onto Route 5! I'm so pumped for this!" Yuzu looked at the map and notified Yuya. "After this route, we will be in a small town called 'Camphrier Town'. There's a hotel we can stay at". Yuya nodded. "Sounds good to me, let's go!" As they passed the gate, they were met with a steep hill and a small roller skate park on the right. 'This could take a while...' Yuzu looked up feeling the same as Yuya was. "We have to get up there?" Yuya smiled. "We have all day to get up there, it'll be fine".

Yuzu nodded, but when she looked in front of her, she saw a strange pokemon looking at them. "Hey Yuya, that pokemon is staring at us". Yuya wondered what Yuzu was talking about, so he looked in front of him to see a two footed pokemon. It was walking towards Yuya and it got close enough to be three steps away from him. It was mostly blue and black in colour and it looked like a jackal with a black mask. It has white bumps on its arms and a small spike on its chest, but what really was noticeable was its eyes. They were dark grey. "What is this pokemon? I better scan it".

Lucario, the Aura Pokemon. By catching the Aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements.

"Wait, what does that mean? It reads our thoughts by our aura? But what is aura?" The pokemon identified as a Lucario, closed its eyes and put its right paw on its chest, the four black appendages on its head rose slightly. "Aura is a special energy within humans and pokemon, what is your name?" Yuya looked confused as he looked around. "Yuya, what's the matter?" Yuya scratched the back of his head. "That's funny, for a second there, I thought that pokemon was talking to me". The Lucario look offended, but maybe it didn't know if Yuya knew about telepathy. The Lucario explained. "I am speaking to you through telepathy, now... was your name Yuya?"

Yuya heard it again, a young voice that seemed to come from the Lucario. "Are you talking to me? You're speaking to me with your mind? How?" Another voice answered Yuya's question. "My Lucario is speaking to you telepathically". A woman came next to the Lucario, she was quite fast due to the fact that she was on roller skates. "Lucario, were you interested in this guy's aura or something?" Yuya looked confused at the newcomer. "Never mind, my name is Korrina. I'm Shalour City's Gym Leader". Yuya was quite glad that the conversation changed. "I'm Yuya and this is Yuzu. This is Odd-Eyes, Core, Bub and Bloom". Yuya pointed to each of their pokemon as he said their names.

"Nice to meet ya! Hey sorry about my Lucario, he's not normally like this. I was doing some special training with him and he just ran towards you, he must really like you!" Yuzu looked at Yuya, then at the Lucario. "We like your Lucario too!" Korrina looked at the gym badge Yuya was wearing and explained Lucario's sudden interest. "See, Lucario can read people's auras. I guess something in your aura has made him take a liking to a stranger! This Lucario is always getting worked up in battle with my other one. Maybe he's just waiting for a Trainer like you to appear who's strong enough to challenge him... If you're collecting Gym Badges, I'm sure we'll be battling sooner or later! I'm looking forward to it. I hope you know how to roll with the punches!"

Korrina waved goodbye to Yuya and Yuzu and used her roller skates to go back up the hill. The Lucario spoke again with its aura. "Yuya, I would like to see you again. You're very interesting to be around, I hope we see each other in the near future". The Lucario opened his eyes and ran back towards his trainer, not before looking at Yuya halfway for a couple of seconds. Not to keep his trainer waiting, he ran up the hill to catch up. Yuzu smiled at Yuya. "Weren't those two nice?" Yuzu was waiting for Yuya to make a comment, but he seemed a bit off. "Yuya, what's the matter?"

Yuya felt strange, but expressed what he felt to Yuzu. "It's strange but, I feel like I've met that Lucario before..." It was strange in a way, because Yuya had never seen a Lucario before. Even during the days that his father was challenging Gyms and entering tournaments and contests. However, something about that Lucario made him think that they were partners. At first, Yuya didn't know exactly why, but then he remembered something. It was the eyes. The colour of them reminded Yuya of someone. Yuya shook his head and added in to make Yuzu not worry. "...probably just my imagination".


There we go guys, a future pokemon coming up for Yuya's team. Can you guess why Yuya is remembering that Lucario? Can you guys suggest any pokemon for Yuya and Yuzu? That could help me with certain writer's block moments for me. Please review, fav and follow!

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