Hello, and welcome to the long-awaited next chapter of The Wizard of Unova!
So...wait, is this actually considered "long-awaited"?
Hold on, I've been an author on the site for a few years now, shouldn't I know this sort of thing by now?
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...Please don't tell me that my Skype gag's coming in here to torture me now...well, that seems to be karma for now...
So how about we get to the chapter now?
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Chapter 7: Munna and Plasma!
After a bit of shopping (now the store in Striaton City carries Potions...), I healed my team up to full health at the Pokémon Center.
Which led to a small detail I just noticed...
"Hey, isn't it strange that we haven't seen Yoshika since we challenged Cilan?" I asked my team as we were walking around outside, heading to the Dreamyard for Fennel's request.
"Not really, kid," Scamp told me, on the ground to my left. "The lass can handle 'erself, ya know."
"I know that, but..."
"Neptune and Yusu will keep her safe, Roland," Nanami added, perched on top of my head. "Just worry about that Dream Mist, alright?"
"Right...anyways, why are you on top of my head?" She wasn't the lightest of the current-sized Pokémon I had, that was for sure. Or maybe she is; I have to look at their weight when I get a chance.
"Better positioning."
"I do believe Miss Nanami rather enjoys not having to move around a lot," Aidan replied, clinging on to my backpack.
Nanami turned her head quickly to glare at the Pansear. "Hey! I do too!"
"At least they aren't having yer hands full," Scamp noted as I looked at Hermione, who had been in my arms since we left the Center.
Hermione simply nodded as if agreeing with the Purrloin.
"Anyways," I tried saying, "let's go and...get this magical fart or whatever she said it was."
"Dream Mist," Nanami corrected me.
I raised an eyebrow as I looked up at the Oshawott. "That, too."
We walked a bit until we found a hole in a wall blocked by a small-looking tree.
"Hey, I think I remember this," I told my Pokémon. "We need a move to cut this down, which was that disc Fennel gave me." I then put Hermione down on the ground and took off my bag as Aidan got off, rummaging around until I found the HM I needed. "Alright...now, last I checked it's hard to get rid of this, so...who wants it?"
"Shouldn't we figure out who can learn it first?" Nanami asked me.
"Oh...right..." I pulled my PokéDex and looked up Cut's information, checking who in the party could learn it afterwards. "Erm...any one of you four can learn it..."
"Let's see...we can give it to Scamp."
"Oi!" Scamp protested. "It's already bad enough Purrloin aren't exactly the best choice for Pokémon! Ye aren't getting me ta learn that crap!"
"Hey, you'd get something new, right?"
"How about ye learn it, lass?"
"Might I make a suggestion?" Aidan inserted. "Sir Roland could let Lady Hermione learn it."
I gave it some thought. On the one hand, I could give it to Nanami, but she was my starter, so she's be stuck with it until I found a way to remove it, if I ever did find it. I could also hand it to Aidan or Scamp, but the latter was already adamant or something about not learning it.
"Hermione, would you mind learning Cut for us?" I asked my Patrat. "I can't guarantee that I'd get it out of you again, but..."
I then watched as Hermione nodded and walked over to the disc in my hands before patting her head against it.
Hermione can only know four moves at a time, a voice told me in my head. Forget a move? Tackle, Leer, Bite, Detect, Cancel.
Erm...yeah...I guess Tackle...
Tackle has been replaced with Cut.
Hermione stepped away and then looked at the tree before she raised her right paw and, with a swipe, managed to cut it down.
"Alright, with that done," I said as I put the disc away. "Let's go see about that Munna, shall we?"
Placing my backpack back on my back, we entered through the hole and were about to get completely in before I heard some call out to me, "Hey, Roland!"
Looking to my left, I saw Bianca running over to me.
"Uh, hey, Bianca," I told her as she came to a stop, panting. "Why the run?"
"Sorry..." Bianca began. "But...I was wondering...if you were looking for the...mysterious Pokémon as well." She then straightened up and looked at me.
"Yeah, I was. A Munna, right?"
"Yes. I'm asking because I think I saw a little girl coming this way some time before I found you."
"...Little girl?"
"Think she's talking about Yoshika?" Nanami asked me.
"You know, I was looking for someone I had met that sounds like that, so...did you want to join me in this little adventure?"
"Sure," Bianca said with a nod.
"Alright then..." I got out and showed her the hole. "Ladies first, then."
"Thanks!" Bianca stepped inside, followed by Nanami and Hermione. Scamp and Aidan went in next, and I brought up the rear. In front of us now was an old, abandoned-looking building "Oh, I forgot to ask you: how have you been? I didn't really get a chance to see you off, so..."
...Right, I left before she woke up, didn't I? "Oh, not much. Just...got a badge already, you know..."
"Really?" She looked a bit excited before regaining her composure. "Oh, sorry, just...I knew you'd be making a challenge at some point, but...I didn't think it'd be this soon."
"Me neither, I guess. So...why exactly did you ask me about Munna?"
"Oh. I was just curious about something...about how showing dreams works..." We then heard something give off a cry. "Hey! You hear something?"
"Yeah..." I said uncertainly. It sounded like...I'm not sure what.
"Let's go check it out!" Bianca then stepped behind me. "Lead the way, please."
"Right...Nanami, stand by for a battle just in case. You three as well."
My Pokémon gave off a nod in reply.
We stepped inside the abandoned building and were treated to a weird sight: a pink Pokémon floating there.
"Help..." the Pokémon said before it floated off a bit.
"Hold on!" Bianca shouted as we gave chase before finding out what the Pokémon had gone to: for some reason, Yoshika was laying on the ground, unconscious. I didn't really see anything missing from her, but...
"Yoshika!" I shouted.
"Wait, you know her?" Bianca looked curious.
"Yeah. We met while I was training, but...why is she here? How'd she even get in here anyways? I don't think there was another way in..."
Suddenly, two people, a man and a woman, popped out from behind a corner.
"We found you, Munna!" the woman shouted.
"What the-?!" I replied. Those uniforms...they were so familiar...
The duo seemed to surround the Pokémon, Munna, taking some care not to step on Yoshika.
"Come on, come on! Make some Dream Mist!" the man demanded.
"...No way!" Munna said as it looked between its pinners.
"Huh?" Bianca asked, confused. "Who are you?!"
"You're with Team Plasma, aren't you?" I tried. "What do you plan on doing with Munna?"
The duo looked over at us, the man replying with, "Are you talking about us? We're Team Plasma. We battle day and night to liberate Pokémon from foolish humans!"
"What we're doing?" the woman continued, "The Pokémon Munna and Musharna emit a mysterious vapor called Dream Mist, which shows people's dreams. We're going to use that to make people want to release their Pokémon...dreams to manipulate their hearts."
We then watched as the man decided to step back a bit and throw a vicious punch at Munna, injuring it.
"That...hurts..." Munna said weakly.
"Come on! Spit out that Dream Mist!" the man exclaimed.
"Hang on then, why did you hurt Yoshika?" I asked them.
"Hmm?" the woman asked me before looking over at Yoshika. "Oh. We were tracking down Munna a while back and had managed to pin it in here. However, that little...brat decided to interrupt us and allowed Munna to escape our sights. So we knocked her out and waited until Munna returned here. And now you two are here..."
"You're beating a Pokémon to make it give off Dream Dust?" Bianca asked the man. "That's mean! You're Trainers as well, right?"
"That's right, missie. We too are Trainers, but we fight for a different reason. Unlike you two, we're fighting for the freedom of Pokémon!"
"And setting them free means that we win battles and take Pokémon by force!" the man added.
"Though your friend here didn't seem to have any...that we could find..."
Huh? She does have Pokémon, but...where would she put them? "So, on that note, we're going to be rescuing yours from you!" The man then stepped in front of me.
"Hey! Don't hurt Roland!" Bianca pleaded.
"Well then," I told him. "I guess if you want them so bad..." I then placed my hands on his chest and pushed him away, making him land on his rear. "We'll fight using our Pokémon for it!"
"Alright then!" the man said. "Me first! Let's go, Patrat!" he pulled out a PokéBall and sent out his first Pokémon.
"Nanami, you know the drill!" I told my partner as she stepped in front of me. "Water Gun!" The Oshawott fired a spurt of water from her mouth, soaking her opponent.
"Bite!" The Patrat ran up and bit down on Nanami's right arm, somehow refusing to let go. "Now, Bide!"
"Alright, Nanami! Water Gun to the face!" Nanami did as told and got Patrat to let go, though it must have relaxed in order to prepare its Bide counterattack. It did look beat, though.
"Get ready!"
"Water Gun once more! Let's end this!" Nanami hit with her attack and knocked out her opponent.
"That was my only Pokémon," the man said. "I concede!"
"Were you not taking them seriously because they were just kids?" the woman asked her partner. "I'll handle them! Go, Purrloin!"
"Nanami, time for Round Two!" I called out.
"Scratch that Pokémon!" Her Purrloin swiped at Nanami, who dodged it and only got a glancing blow.
"Water Gun once more!" Nanami nailed her opponent.
"Assist then!" However, the Purrloin did nothing. "What? Why won't you...?"
"Do you have any other Pokémon on you, by chance?" I asked her.
"No...why?"
"Nothing except for a Water Gun to its face!" Nanami picked up on the command and sprayed it into submission.
"I lost as well?!"
"Hey, not my fault you used a move with no other Pokémon on you." I shrugged my shoulders.
"I...I can't believe we lost!" the man said. "But we need the Dream Mist!" The man went back to Munna and punched it again. "Come on, make with the Dream Mist!"
"Knock it off!" Bianca told him before a flash of light appeared and, to my left, Ghetsis appeared.
"What are you two doing goofing off?" he asked his...lackeys?
Another version of him, wearing a blueish robe, appeared to my right, saying, "We, Team Plasma, shall separate Pokémon from foolish people!" The two then disappeared and, a few feet away and behind Yoshika and Munna, a third Ghetsis appeared, adding, "If you cannot fulfill your duties..."
"T-This isn't..." the woman told her partner as he backed away from Munna. "Ghetsis when gathering followers...or when he's trying to control others by tricking them with speeches!"
"Roland, what's going on?" Bianca asked me in a hushed tone.
"I've got no clue..." I whispered back. How charismatic was Ghetsis to trick people by speeches?
"Yeah..." the man replied. "This is Ghetsis when a plan failed and he's about to give a punishment..."
"At any rate, let's hurry back and say we're sorry so he'll forgive us!" the woman exclaimed. We then watched as the two ran off before the flash appeared again and a bigger edition of Munna (maybe it's a Musharna?) came out from the same corner the grunts had come from.
"Dear!" it called out.
"...I'm confused..." Bianca said to me as we looked at each other. "What was that just now? That Ghetsis man appeared all the place, and...it wasn't real, right?!"
"Hell if I know..." I told her, shrugging once more.
"Could it have been a dream?"
"...I actually think it might have been. So...that Pokémon over there is..." We then looked at the "Musharna" and Munna as the former was looking over the latter for any serious injuries.
"Oh!" a voice called out from behind us. We turned to look at Fennel, who had come over. "I couldn't wait, so I came over as soon as I could!"
"...Hello, Fennel?"
Fennel gasped in surprise. "Is that...Musharna?!"
"Hmm?" I gestured over to what I thought was the Musharna. "Oh, that thing over there? I guess it is-"
"Are you okay?" Musharna asked Munna.
"Yeah," Munna replied happily (must have been healed while Musharna looked it over).
"Thank goodness! Come on, let's go home."
"Alright." Munna then looked at me. "Oh, did you want some Dream Mist?"
"Um...yes?" I asked more than replied. "I mean, I know you've been through a lot, but..."
"It's okay. I wanted to thank you for helping to keep them distracted. Here! Hold out your hands." I did as I was told before it filled them with some sort of...pink misty thing? "Alright! Thanks so much! Hopefully I see you again, mister!" The two Pokémon then left.
"Did something happen here?" Fennel asked us.
I turned to look at her. "Um..."
"Oh, hey there, Fennel," Bianca replied for me. "Well, you see...Munna was here...but Team Plasma...and that little girl over there...and, well..."
"I think those two were tripping out on something. What exactly does Dream Mist do again?"
"Oh, that? Well...first off, Musharna evolves from Munna, so when it saw Munna in trouble, it used its ability to make dreams into reality in order to save Munna. Which means...wait a moment..." Fennel approached me and stared at the Dream Mist in my hands. "Is this Dream Mist?!"
"Um..." I looked down at my hands. "Yes?"
Fennel snatched the Dream Mist from my hands quickly. "With this, I can complete my research! You two, come to my house later, okay?" She then ran off.
Bianca sighed as she said, "How random was that? Anyways, why don't you go to Fennel's house, Roland?"
"Um...what about Yoshika?" I asked her, pointing to Yoshika, who was still unconscious.
"Oh...hmm...I was going to stick around and look for Munna and Musharna, but I can try waking her up."
I looked around and finally noticed the patch of grass near us. "On second thought, I'm going to go check this patch of grass really quick. Maybe I can grab a Pokémon before I go, you know?"
"You might want to go to Fennel's. I can check on Yoshika."
"...Alright...just...promise me you'll be careful, alright?"
"Okay."
"I am going to look around a bit before I go, so...don't get into trouble once I leave.
"It's alright."
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So...800 PokéDollars and a few items. Along with training my team for the battles up ahead.
All I got out of the place. Did see a Munna as well, but...I'm not sure if it was the same one I helped.
And what the PokéDex called "Audinos"...those seemed to be a godsend for some reason...though they were tough to handle.
Anyways, I returned to the Pokémon Center and healed my team up before I went over to Fennel's house. Along with buying a few more supplies with the cash I had on me.
Apparently, she told me that, with the Dream Mist I got, she had completed a device...to get save files of other Trainers...whatever that means...
Did get something called a "C-Gear" out of it, so...yay?
Also, some person named Amanita gave me a Pal Pad.
Also, apparently, she must have made the PC system I'd end up using in this region.
Anyways...I returned to the Pokémon Center to rest up a bit before I continued my journey, but when I got there, I saw Bianca and...
"Yoshika!" I shouted as I saw the Witch conscious and standing next to the blond-haired Trainer. "You're alright!"
"Yeah..." Yoshika said sheepishly. "Bianca told me what happened while I was out. Did you take on those Team Plasma meanies?"
"Yeah. But they instigated it...still, how are you feeling? Why didn't you fight back the first time? How did you even-"
"Whoa, slow down!" Yoshika held her hands in front of her. "I'm fine. I found a way over and into the building, and...I'd rather not talk about it."
"Oh. Well...I was coming in to rest up a bit before I left to continue on my journey. I'm glad to see you're alright."
"Thanks. Neptune and Yusu wanted to say thanks for helping Munna as well. And for finding me."
"Well...it was nothing..."
"So...where to next?"
I blinked. "Huh?"
"Where are we going next?"
"...We?"
Yoshika nodded her head. "Yep! I'm coming with you, you know! I want to see what this region's got to offer! Also...if you end up meeting with this N guy again, I want to ask him something..."
"Still...you know I'm going to be busy training my team up and finding new additions, right?"
Yoshika nodded again. "Of course! But...that's why I want to come with you. I mean, friends stick together, right?"
"...Alright, let's go then." I then looked at Bianca. "I hope we meet again later on, Bianca. And I hope you have fun along the way, alright?"
"Sure will!" Bianca replied happily.
"Alright, Yoshika...let's get going!" I ran out of the Center, excited to keep going on my way.
Next Gym...here I come!
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And there's the next chapter.
Now, a few things to note here: first and foremost, this update is going to help me by letting you guys know about what's going on.
So to work with this, I will let you guys know the following: I am currently working on getting updates done, and I do have materials for getting most of my current stories up. However, the main one will be the next arc for SH3; with school work going on right now, that one is going to be the hardest to get done. The good news is that I'm currently on a break; unfortunately, I'd have to do quite a bit of progress on the arcs so this is going to be a while before I update that story. This is mainly for those who read the Strike Heroes series. For everyone else, it's just a notice.
Second, we're coming to the end of the first arc of this story itself. Well, I say that as in...well, I have to make progress to the next city soon. There is one chapter I have after this that does introduce the next Witch to travel with Roland and Yoshika, but unless you want me to at have that up for now, I'll hold off until I make progress on the story and find an ending for the next Gym to take another break.
And finally (I'm going to be making this sort of announcement on all my current stories just in case), the group I am part of, the FanFic Collective, now have a Discord server. It's a great to communicate with not only other readers of the stories featured on there and the authors who made them possible, but it's open to anyone who wishes to join. Right now, there is a link on the wiki page (Google "FanFic Collective", and it should be the first link) that helps you get there, but if you need help let one of us know. To have an idea of who is working with the group, there's also a community on FFN that has all the stories us Authors (there's a reason why I use it as a capital) have currently there, but at the very least members include one of my beta readers, Doran Maya (the creator of the Discord server) and myself. So if you're interested go check it out.
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"Terminate program," the man added as the area fizzed out, leaving him in a rather empty room save for a black rectangular-looking camera of sorts, a black controller laying next to it. He clumsily ran a hand through his brown hair. "Now...is that thing acting up? Because if it is…"
"Hey there!" a familiar voice said from behind him.
"Aah!" Swinging one of his gunblades and flicking the trigger a bit to withdraw the blade, he brought it to bear on the noisemaker.
"Eep!" a young-looking lilac-haired girl squeaked as she stepped back a bit. She seemed to wear a sort of hoodie for a dress, with cyan-and-white tube socks. She also seemed to have a set of two D-Pads in her hair, which was in a sort of short style. "Don't shoot! It's just me!"
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