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A: Well guys, I'm finally back to doing this thing, and I'm kinda disappointed that I didn't do this earlier.
Welp, onto reviews!
To brtnvm: Indeed, it does. Indeed it does. Also, to answer your last review (cause I forgot, cause I'm an idiot), the Griseous Orb still summons/boosts the power of Giratina, but they have a different idea for it. I'll explain later in the story.
To Mystery Espeon: Yeah! They have some secret agenda or something like that. Well, of course I would know about their secret agenda cause, well, I'm writing this.
To XxanimemodarklovexX: Thanks, and sure! I'll take her (once I get through my other backlog of OCs)
A: And that's it! Enjoy the story! *danananana RUN*
INTOTHESTORY
If you had seen Bryce walking down the street right at that moment, you would have assumed that he was a normal teenager just walking down the street. Obviously, this was not the case. Bryce was always subtly on the lookout for people he had previously stolen from, as it would be a problem if they recognised him without his outfit.
Here, in the streets of Oldale, Bryce was thankful to see that there was no one in the immediate vicinity that he recognised in a bad way. A way that suggested stealing various valuables. Oldale wasn't much bigger than Littleroot, but it had a Pokemon Center and a Pokemart and a few more houses. Bryce walked into one of those buildings, the Pokemart.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The attendant said cheerfully.
Bryce walked up towards the desk. "Could I have a few potions and pokeballs?" He put some money on the desk.
"Sure!" The person said. Bryce took his items and, after paying for them, left. Even though he was the infamous Shadow, he wasn't gonna just evade paying something in broad daylight.
Plus, shopkeepers are scary. Bryce shuddered as he remembered his Pokemon Mystery Dungeon themed PTSD of accidentally stealing from one of the Kecleons.
As he was walking out, Bryce crashed heads into someone walking in the store. Falling onto the ground, he rubbed his sore head and looked in front of him.
Sitting in front of him was a girl, rubbing her head in the same spot. She was wearing what looked like a light gray short sleeved shirt and a vest, with black jeans and black flats.
She rubbed her head once more, then looked up coldly.
"Watch where you're going." She said, then got up, brushed the dirt off her clothes and stalked into the Pokemart, still brushing herself off.
Bryce looked at her for another second, then got up and brushed off his own clothes as well.
"Wonder what was wrong with her…" He asked himself as he walked out of town. He passed a glance over to the route above town, but he took no notice and moved on.
Walking onto Route 102, Bryce suppressed a small shiver. Usually, when he traipsed off to steal some expensive stuff, he wouldn't use the usual routes, but he would instead go around it, through the bush. This was for two reasons. Firstly, it was faster than the regular routes, and it would entirely bypass Petalburg. Secondly, it wouldn't alert all the trainers that wait on the routes at night, staying for the trainers that prefer to travel at night. They would definitely inform the police if they had seen or battled someone with the same pokemon used to steal something.
Luckily, there were only a few trainers lounging around on this particular route, battling trainers that had passed through or wild pokemon, or on the lookout for more victims. Passing stealthily through, he didn't alert any passing trainers on the lookout. This strategy involved hiding in the trees and the tall grass until the wild trainers looked away, then moving on.
Though, this did rile up some wild pokemon, so he was sometimes attacked by a wild Ralts or Zigzagoon or what have you.
Eventually, he made it to the second marker of this journey.
Petalburg City.
With a gym and a lot more buildings, it was much bigger than the previous two towns. Which, in retrospect, was kind of obvious.
Bryce walked by the gym, ignoring the urge to go and visit his grandpa. He would probably keep him there for a while, talking about how he 'was finally leaving on a journey' and 'how proud he was'.
Bryce wouldn't mind these things, but he had to get a move-on.
Having no need for a Pokemon Center or a Poke Mart, and with nothing else to do, Bryce headed onto the route connecting Petalburg and the forest leading to Rustboro.
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Meanwhile, Bryce's mum wasn't doing better. May had fled Tabitha on Latios, but she had nowhere. Currently, Latios was floating in mid-air next to Mt. Chimney, where May was thinking quickly.
"Wallace? No, he'd be busy with the gym…Lisanna? No, she's out of the region doing a contest. Roxanne? No…" She went through this, until she was left with one name. The only person she could go to.
"Wally."
ENDOFSTORY
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A: Well, this is finally done, even after something like 9 months…Well, be prepared to wait more for the next one, until I get more motivated. Also, I apologise if the quality of this chapter is worse than the other ones, or if it seems rushed, I haven't been really motivated, and I wanted to at least get this out. So, I apologise again for the wait, and see you guys in the next one!