Sorry for the short chapter.

*The next day*

Kiyoto, Kiyoko and their army were walking through the forest on their way to Greenleaf.

"This forest is very dense." said Kiyoko, pushing through the bushes..

"Why are we walking through the forest anyways?" Hanbei asked,

"The direct route to Greenleaf was blocked. The only way to get there is to going through the forest." Kiyoto explained.

"At this rate, we won't make it to Greenleaf until nightfall." Mitsunori commented.

"We could always set up camp then."

"Spend a night in a dense forest with wild Pokemon roaming around here?" Kiyomasa said.

"Yup, like when we went camp with Grandpa."

"What kind of Grandfather was he?" Mitsunari thought.

"Help, Could someone help us?" A voice rang throughout the forest.

"Did you guys hear that?" Kiyoto asked.

"Could we pretend we don't hear anything?" Masanori asked

"Come on!" Kiyoko said, running through the bushes.

"Kiyoko, wait!" Kiyoto said, running after her.

"We should follow them." said Oichi.

"Right!" The rest of the army followed Kiyoto and Kiyoko into a nearby clearing with a giant oak tree in the middle.

"Is anyone here?" Kiyoko shouted, running under the tree's canopy.

"Finally, someone's here!" Kiyoko looked up to see a man with messy green hair hanging upside above her. He was wearing blue and orange armor with white and orange happi coat with Pokeball emblems on it. He was bounded with something that looked like spider web. Next to him was a Snivy who was also bounded by spider web.

"Finally, someone heard me."

"Kiyoko!" Kiyoko turned around to her brother and the army running towards her.

"Everyone, I found the source of the voice." Kiyoko shouted.

"Where?" Kiyoto asked, looking around.

"He's up in the tree." She pointed her finger at the man. Everyone looked up to see the man hanging right above their heads.

"Hi there"

"Oh great, another weirdo who in trouble!" Masanori shouted.

"How come we are encountering so many weirdos?" asked Kiyomasa.

"It's either a blessing or a curse." Mitsunari replied.

"It's more of a curse than a blessing, if you ask me." Hanbei added.

"If you four are done talking, get us down from here!"

"Please hold on, we will get you down as soon as we can." Kiyoko shouted. Oichi turned to Kiyoto.

"Lord Kiyoto, could Eevee use Shadow Ball to get them down?"

"They're too high up; I don't think Shadow Ball will be able to reach them." Then Kiyoto noticed something gleaming in the bushes.

"Look out!" said Kiyoto, pushing Oichi and Jigglypuff out of the way. A speeding ball of sludge raced past them and hit the ground.

"Are you alright, Miss Oichi?" Kiyoto asked.

"Yes...I'm fine." Oichi answered. "Look!" Then a swarm of Ariados came out of the bushes, some crawled out of the tree. The swarm started aiming their Sludge Bombs on the group who were avoiding the attacks.

"I forgot to mention that we are right in the middle of Ariados' nest."

"Now you tell us!" shouted Masanori, dodging the Sludge Bombs. Kiyoko and Eevee jumped back to dodge the latest round of Sludge Bombs.

"Eevee, use Protect!" Kiyoko said. The green barrier surrounded both Eevee and Kiyoko, deflecting the oncoming attacks.

"Eevee, use Shadow Ball!"

"Jigglypuff, you use Round!" Eevee shot out multiple Shadow Balls on the Ariados while some of the Ariados succumbed by Jigglypuff's singing.

"Pikachu, Electro Ball on the double!" said Hanbei.

"Lampent, Flame Burst." Kanbei said. Pikachu send an Electro Ball into the swarm while a ball of fire erupted on the Ariados.

"Tepig!"

"Charmander!"

"Pansear!"

"Use Flamethrower!" The three fire Pokemon puffed up their chest and released streams of flames at the Ariados. Ariados made a hasty retreat while suffering some major damages from the attacks. Kiyoko turned her attention back on the group as the Ariados fled.

"Is anyone alright?" Kiyoko asked.

"We're okay, Miss Kiyoko!" Hanbei shouted.

"We're okay too." Masanori answered.

"I'm fine. But please someone get me down from here."

"Oh right, Kanbei, we need your and Lampent's assistance." Kiyoto said.

"Yes, My Lord." said Kanbei. While Kiyoto and Kanbei went to help the man, Mitsunari felt a sharp pain on his hand. He saw black sludge melting one of his metal gloves.

"When did I get hit?" he thought as he removed the glove. Some of sludge must have steeped in, for it left a nasty burn mark on his hand.

"You better wash that off." Mitsunari jumped, he turned around to see Kiyoko behind him.

"What?" said Mitsunari.

"You better wash the sludge off before the poison enters your bloodstream." Kiyoko explained as she grabbed his hand.

"Come on. I think I saw a river nearby. Eevee, you are coming too."

"Eve." Eevee meowed.

"Hold on a second!" They disappeared into the forest. As Kiyoko and Mitsunari disappeared, Kiyoto and Kanbei help the man and his Pokemon down and freed them from the web.

"I can't thank you enough for saving us."

"Are you two okay?" Oichi asked.

"I'm fine. What about you, Snivy?"

"Sniv." grunted Snivy, crossing it's arms and turning away from it's master.

"I guess you are still angry for what happened, huh, Snivy?"

"Lord Motonari!" Everyone turned to see group of about six or seven warriors running towards them.

"Oh hey you guys."

"Lord Motonari, are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm alright." Motonari said. He turned to Kiyoto and his group.

"They saved me and Snivy from the swarm of Ariados."

"My Lord, not again. You have a kingdom to run."

"I know that...Running a kingdom does take up a lot of my research time." He stared at Kiyoto.

"Are you the warlord of Aurora?"

"Yes." Kiyoto asked.

"Great, then I can hand over my kingdom to you."

"Wait, My Lord. You can't do that. All kingdoms must be won fair and square."

"Oh yeah! I forget about that rule. I guess we have the battle and then I will hand over my kingdom to you."

"My Lord, it doesn't work like that."

"We will accept your battle, right Kiyoko?" Kiyoto turned around to see that his sister and her Pokemon were missing. He frantically looked around, trying to find Kiyoko.

"Kiyoko! Where did she run off?"

"Hey, Mitsunari is gone too." said Masanori, looking around for his missing friend.

"I did see two people and an Eevee heading towards the river before coming here. Could those be your friends?"

"It must be. Only Lord Kiyoto and Lady Kiyoko have Eevee." Oichi answered.

"Okay, let's head to the river then."

"Right!" Everyone headed towards the direction of the river.

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