Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokémon series or any of the Pokémon created by them. I don't own the terms they made either. They are owned by Nintendo and Game freak..
I wanna create a little question and answer segment at the end of each chapter, and the questions will be answered Akuma, Luca and I depending on who the question is addressing.
Thinking is in italics
"Akuma, wake up." Luca said as he shook me awake.
"Come on Luca five more minutes, I've been running in my dream." I groaned trying to sound exhausted.
"Wake up before Loudred yells at us" Luca insisted. I jolted up and ran out of the room, followed by Luca.
What was with that dream last night, and why did Grovyle say I was a human? I am clearly a Riolu, and what or who was chasing us? My thoughts were set aside when I realized Chatot had started the morning address, and I quickly joined the shouts in unison.
"Two! Run away and pay!"
"Three! Smiles go for miles!"
"Akuma are you alright? You seem distracted." Luca asked.
"Oh, I just had a weird dream last night, that's all that happened." I explained.
"Want to talk about it?" Luca persisted.
"Yeah talking about it would be a problem." I replied.
"Why?" Luca asked with a concerned expression.
"I don't remember much of it, well except for the fact that I was being chased." I explained before shrugging it off and heading towards the job board. I had been looking through the flyers when Luca sighed loudly behind me.
"Is something wrong, Dad?" I asked, not daring to look at Luca.
"Yeah, you are hiding something from me Akuma." Luca replied.
"I have no… Hey this one looks good."
"You're changing the subject again." Luca warned.
"No I'm not, I'm picking out our jobs for today." I replied, as I took down a flyer.
"Fine then keep your secret, but promise to tell me one day." Luca said in a soft tone, but I just nodded.
"Come on Akuma, you can't expect me to train after we just got back to Treasure Town, and completed three missions." Luca complained.
"Fine just help me with my training then, Big baby. All you have to do is hide and dodge me." I replied with a smile.
"So your training is a game of hide and seek?" Luca asked with a confused expression.
"Yep, so I'll start counting once I reach the guild entrance you'll have that time to hide. Ten sounds good to me." I said as I ran towards the guild entrance. I reached the guild entrance, and started counting in between huffs and gasps of air.
One magikarp, two magikarps, three magikarps… Ten magikarps! Alright, here I come Luca! I finished counting, took a deep breath, and closed my eyes. Like last time, the area around me became 'visible' through blue and white outlines. I tried to manifest my aura above my paw, I could both see and feel my aura move through my body and towards my right paw. It was slow at first but I felt the aura in my paw float out of it, but it felt like it was still attached to me.
This isn't very dense, so it shouldn't do too much damage. Okay now let's see if I can throw it. I thought, as I aimed at a nearby rock and pictured the sphere flying towards the rock. Just like I pictured the ball left my paw and sailed through the air and into the rock dispersing as it made contact.
I can throw it now, and the aura I use returns to me after it discharges. I thought as I focused on my aura, and expanded my visual field. It was slow at first, but once it passed a three yard radius it quickly grew to a twenty yard radius. I nodded my approval and left heading towards town. I bet he thinks it will take me a long time to find him, but I've memorized his aura's wavelength.
I rushed through Treasure town with my eyes still shut, and easily avoided colliding with the Pokémon walking up and down the roads. The Pokémon each had a different aura around them as they walked past, but the calm they each had was the same. I had just decided to turn around once I realized I was heading pass Kangaskhan's storage when I noticed Luca's aura, but just as I started to pinpoint it, it vanished.
Where? I could've sworn I felt his aura. He is around here, for him to hide his aura that's impressive. I thought as I opened my eyes and looked around the area.
"Where are you hiding Luca? There is nothing around here, but a bush and a steep drop off this cliff." I whispered to myself when it came to me. "You can't use illusions to hide yourself!" I yelled and waited for something to happen. I stood there in silence as a sudden gust of wind blew past me carrying Luca's scent from the bush. I smirked as I turned away from the bush and announced, " Okay so you're not near here either. Oh well I'll check the beach next." I began to form a ball of aura.
The ball grew over my right paw as I stepped away from the bush, but kept its low density. I managed to keep the ball of aura concealed, as it grew in front of me. Now! I thought throwing the aura sphere at the bush, and to my surprise when the aura sphere hit the bush it exploded causing leaves to fly everywhere. In the space where the bush used to be there was a hole leading down into the sharkpedo's head and, out of curiosity I went in. I was surprised to find the inside was stocked with two barrels of water to the far wall, a bed –Luca was napping in–, and a great view of the setting sun.
"Gotcha." I whispered as I prepared an aura sphere to throw at Luca's sleeping form. I told him beforehand that he had to hide and DODGE, so I think that's fair warning.
"I'll do everything I can to protect you." Luca whispered in his sleep.
Luca talks in his sleep? I asked myself.
"Your son is safe on my exploration team, so don't worry about us."
Is he dreaming of talking to my parents. I thought looking at Luca's smile, but suddenly his smile wavered.
"Oh, I understand. You don't want Akuma on an exploration team, but…" Luca began to cry as he continued, " He is my best friend don't force us to say goodbye."
What, they're taking me away from Luca. I reached for Luca, and was hit by a wave of dizziness.
No not a vision not now. I thought as my vision became engulfed in black.
My vision was still black when the voice called to me.
"Run Akuma, Grovyle will help you correct time's flow in the past, just run and save the world."
"Dad I can't leave you like this." I yelled back.
"Do you have that good luck charm I made for you." My dad called back.
"Yes, I have it dad." I called fighting back tears swelling in my eyes.
"Grovyle take Akuma and go to the past." My dad ordered Grovyle. Grovyle grunted and grabbed my arm pulling me out into the forest, and as the blackness dissipated I caught a glance at the charm my dad had mentioned before my vision ended.
"Luca, wake up sleepy." I said shaking Luca awake.
"Huh, Akuma how did you find me?" Luca asked rubbing tears out of his eyes.
"I followed my hunch and looked for your aura. What is this place?" I asked waving a paw in the direction of the open jaws of the sharkpedo.
"I live here, or at least that was the case before I joined the guild with you." Luca explained as he pulled himself up.
"Let's get back to the guild, Luca. When you found me did you see a wooden doll of a mega Lucario holding a riolu near me?" I asked Luca while he climbed the ladder leading outside.
Luca walked towards the guild silently trying to recall finding me. "No." Luca answered finally "Well since you've found me that means you won right?"
"Yes, and that means you have to make a promise to me." I said with a smile.
"What is this promise I must agree to, might I ask?" Luca replied with a chuckle.
"The promise, you must promise that no matter what happens your promise agrees and who we met to promise you'll let me help you find your personal promised treasure's place in this world." Luca nodded his agreement and we walked happily chatting all the way back to the guild.
"Dinner is done and ready." Chimecho shouted from the dining hall, as Luca and I entered the guild. We quickly made our way down to the dining hall, but once we walked in the room our appetites vanished. Everyone was eating much faster than usual –except Wigglytuff–, and I could guess why the room smelled rancid like death and rotten eggs had a child. Luca looked at the end of the table where we usually sat and eating there was the Zubat and Koffing who stole Luca's treasure.
"We should ask Chimecho for a favor." I said pulling Luca with me towards Chimecho.
"Chimecho, is it okay if we can take two big apples with us in the morning?" Luca asked trying his best to look unaffected by the smell.
Chimecho nodded their agreement, and with that out of the way we left the dining hall.
"Are they an exploration team? How could an exploration team act so rudely?" Luca asked me visibly irritated.
"I have no clue, but I occurred to me I never found out how old you are." I said trying to change the subject.
"I will be seventeen tomorrow, I'd guess you are somewhere between eight and eleven." Luca replied excitedly.
"I'll be happy to celebrate your birthday with you, but isn't seventeen too young to be a father."
"Nope, not if you're a pokemon, some pokemon have been recorded to have kids around fifteen." Luca explained with an awkward laugh. We had just gotten comfortable in our beds when Luca asked, "Do you remember your birth date?"
I thought about it for a short while before the answer came to me, "I was born on pocky day, November eleventh." I finished with a smile. Luca was about to say something to me when there was a knock on the door. I hopped up and opened the door Chatot was standing on the other side.
"The Guildmaster would like to speak to you two." Chatot explained briefly, and began leading us out of our room. We followed behind Chatot as he lead us into the Guildmaster's chamber.
"You're here," Wigglytuff said joyously as he continued, "I wanted to tell you two in person your exploration team is on the list of candidates for the guild exploration we are going on next week." With that said Wigglytuff dismissed us back to our room.
I have to think of something to get for Luca. I thought as Luca fell asleep and his rhythmic breathing became similar to a lullaby. I decided to sleep on the idea.
I opened my eyes and was standing in front of the green portal from my last dream.
"Akuma follow me." Grovyle called as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards the portal.
"So this is our route to the past." I whispered standing in front of the portal.
"Not so fast!" A voice called from behind me. I turned around to see who had stopped us from stepping through the portal, and received a painful strike to the head causing me to fly into the portal. The last thing I saw before passing out was my dad's charm.
Ask a character something through reviews and enjoy the story.
(I promise to try not to use promise so many times in a paragraph again.)
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