"Pokémon Black and White: The True Legend"

Chapter 9 – They're really Buggy:

Why are the tittles always so direct? Really, tell me, cause I don't know.

At Castelia City, at night:

"Munna…" Bianca's Munna kept making that sound, and wouldn't get off White's head. White had a bored look, while Bianca was trying to get her Munna off White's head, and Black couldn't stop laughing. Cheren had already gone somewhere.

"Munna, be polite! Leave White alone!"

"She isn't really bothering me, I just want to know why she's doing it. And Black, stop laughing!"

"It's just too funny to stop!" Black was almost falling from all the aches in his abdomen.

"You useless Pokémon!" They heard a man yell at the long hallway of the street. They went there to see what was happening. They weren't looking for trouble, so they simply watched the scene in the corner. "I don't even know why I got you in the first place! You can't even beat an Audino! That's it!" They heard the sound of something shattering and the man walked away. They then approached the place near the trash, and found a beaten up Mienfoo, and multiple red and white pieces at his feet.

"Oh my…" White said, as Bianca brought her hands to her face, covering her mouth, due to the scene.

"Mien…" then Pokémon said weakly.

"He's majorly injured. Let's take him to the Poké Center." Black suggested. White picked the little Pokémon, and walked towards the Poké Center.

After treatmentr:

"Mien! Mienfoo!" the little Mienfoo was all better now, and White was happy about him.

"Well, it seems you're all better now." White said, smiling. Mienfoo then jumped and hugged her, astonishing them a bit. "You don't have a home now, isn't it?" White felt Meinfoo nodding at her shoulder. "It's ok. You can come with me in my adventure. No need to be sad." Mienfoo quickly jumped out and stared at White, smiling and dropping a couple of tears. White smiled back and picked a Poké Ball. She threw it against his head, and Mienfoo was absorbed into it.

"Congrats. A new Pokémon." Black said, happy for White.

Then, they decided to separate ways to explore the wide city. Black decided to explore the alleys, Bianca was interested in the museum, and White wanted to make Mienfoo feel a bit happier, to forget the recent event.

"Mienfoo, these are Snivy and Panpour." White presented her Pokémons to one another. Mienfoo shook hands to Snivy and Panpour at the same time, and hoped that they would all get along.

"Sni." Snivy said, making Mienfoo smile.

"Yo, yo, yo!" three voices in unison approached White and her Pokémons, calling their attention. She turned to the origin of the voices to find three break dancers.

"Me and my brothers are looking for a challenge."

"And we noticed your preens in the zone."

"Wanna battle?"

Each one of them picked a Great Ball from their belts.

"What do you guys think?" White asked to her Pokémons. They all nodded, though Mienfoo hesitated a bit. "Let's battle."

"It's your time to dance!" they said in unison, throwing their Great Balls, letting out their Pansage, Pansear and Panpour.

"Let's start! Snivy, Vine Whip! Panpour, Scald! Menfoo, Swift!"

"Panpour, Scald!"

"Pansage, Bullet Seed!"

"Pansear, Flamethrower!"

With Black:

Black was exploring the dark alleys, followed by Tepig, Pansage and Larvesta. He ended up finding a hidden café, and decided to enter for a quick drink.

"One Lemonade and three fresh waters, please."

"Here, on the house." The waiter replied, handing over the containers with the drinks.

"Thank you." He began drinking the Lemonade, as the Pokémons drank the water. The guitarist next to him was playing a very beautiful melody, which caught his attention. "Excuse me, sir? Could you tell me the name of that music?"

The guitarist stopped playing. "Uh? This melody doesn't have a name."

"What do you mean?"

"It is based on a melody of a Sacred Pokémon. Its voice and melodies are so beautiful that the dream of any musician is to find it."

"Does it have a name?" Black asked, very curious. Tepig and the others were also curious about it.

"It is called by many names and epithets. The voice of the moonlight, or the melody of the beauty, but I've found it once. It is called Meloetta."

"Meloetta…? Hmm…" Black took out his Pokédex and scrolled the list, in search for Meloetta. He found a Fragment of data.

"Meloetta, the Melody Pokémon. Its melodies are sung with a special vocalization method that can control the feelings of those who hear it. Many famous songs have been inspired by the melodies that Meloetta plays.

Height: 2'00"/0.6 m

Weight: 14.3 lbs./ 6.5 kg

Genderless"

"Then I guess I can't get any sort of record. I would like to show it to White. She likes music a lot." He looked up to the ceiling with a sad grin.

"White? Your gal?"

"Nah. Just my friend. We've known each other since ever."

"But it seems you like her a bit more than just friendship." The guitarist's comment made Black's Pokémons laugh silently. Black blushed slightly and changed his expression to surprise and fury.

"Oi, Oi!"

"Calm down dude, forget what I said." The guitarist said with a grin, making Black stop steaming. "But if you want the music that much…" He smiled and took out a CD case.

"Is that…?"

"Yup. A CD of the melodies."

"I would like to buy two. How much it is?" Black asked, putting his hand in his bag, in search for his wallet.

"9000¥." Black dropped his jaw by hearing the price. (it's the equivalent to 90 $)

"9000¥?! THAT'S 4500¥ PER CD!"

"Calm down, I was kidding. 900¥."

"That's better." Black said, handing over a couple of coins and bills. "Well, nice meeting you. Have to go."

"Hey, if you want to find me again, I'll stick around."

"Ok. The name's Black, by the way. See you around, Mr. Guitarist!" Black said, walking away of the café, followed by Tepig and the others.

With Bianca:

"These paintings are amazing…"

With Black (wow, that was short 0.0):

"Hmm…" Black was walking through the streets, staring at one of the CDs cases, followed by Tepig, Pansage and Larvesta. They were staring at their Trainer, not understanding what he was thinking about. He suddenly turned around, astonishing them a bit. He lowered to their level of height, bringing his chest to his knees. "Hey, guys." The Pokémons looked at his grin. "Do you think White would like this CD?" they sweatdropped. They continued walking, leaving their Trainer a bit behind. "Hey! Guys! C'mon!" he caught up with his Pokémons. "What was that for?"

"Tep."

"Pan."

"Lar."

They all pointed to the CD case.

"Ok, ok, I got it." He turn around and crashed against someone, making him and the other person fall to the ground. "Sorry!"

"Black?" it was White. "What's that?" she pointed to the CD case in his hand while they stood up, but she couldn't tell what it was.

"N-Nothing!" he answered, hiding the case behind his back.

"C'mon Black." White murmured, approaching him, trying to reach the case with her hand. Mienfoo went ahead, followed by Snivy and Panpour, to talk to Black's Pokémons, but they then stopped to watch their Trainers fight playfully for the case. Black and White started laughing with the little play, until White finally caught the case.

"Is this a CD?"

"Maybe…"

"Why were you hiding it?"

"Because I was thinking about offering it to you…" he admitted, making her blush. Black also blushed a bit. White hid the lower half of her face with the case, shaking her left leg a bit, dragging her foot through the ground, as Black began scratching the back of his head. Their Pokémons started laughing silently.

"Umm…" White didn't know what to reply, and black didn't have anything else in mind to say. Suddenly, astonishing everyone, White hugged Black. Black was too surprised at first to move, but then he hugged back. White then pulled away a bit, so she could see his face. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." He replied with a grin. They then broke the hug and separated, walking down the street again. Their Pokémons obviously followed them, and they ended up in front of the Gym. But when they tried to enter it, Cheren came out of the door.

"Hey, Black! White!" he said, quite astonished.

"Cheren? What were you up to?" Black asked, in curiosity.

"I just challenged the gym leader Burgh."

"And how was it?" White asked with a smile.

"He's definitely quite the gym leader... I got the badge, but it was honestly pretty tricky." Cheren admitted, as his Roggenrola, Lillipup and a Dewott approached him.

"It seems your Oshawott evolved into a Dewott." Black said, lowering to Dewott's level of height, as White used her Pokédex.

"Dewott, the Discipline Pokémon, and the evolved form of Oshawott. As a result of strict training, each Dewott learns different forms for using the double-scalchop technique.

Height: 2'07"/0.8 m

Weight: 54 lbs./24.5 kg

Gender Ratio: 87.5% male - 12.5% female"

"Dewott evolving sure helped me a lot. Well, not like I was going to have any problems with Bug-types, anyway." Cheren said, in a convinced tone, making both Black and White sweatdrop.

"He never changes…" they thought.

"I'm going to keep beating all the gym leaders in Unova. Then I'll head for the Pokémon League and beat the Champion! Once I do that, everyone'll recognize me as a powerful Trainer..." he was carried away in his tale. Cheren always had that dream, and he was proud of it. Black grinned and White smiled at him. "I really feel that's what I'm living for..."

"Well, I hope you can do that. But you have to pass through me first!" Black replied, creating a challenging spark between them.

"I didn't expect less from you." Cheren admitted. "I'll go ahead to the desert to train Roggenrola. Sayōnara." Cheren said, waving goodbye, walking towards the north. Black and White looked at each other and both made a kiddy grin, anxious to enter the Gym. But again, when Black was about to open the door, the door opened out, letting the Gym leader Burgh out.

"Oho?" he recognized them. "You... Yes, you two fought Team Plasma in Pinwheel Forest... And I believe your name was..." He began thinking really hard to recall their names. "Black and White!"

"Bingo." White answered, making Burgh grin.

"Perhaps you're here to challenge my gym?"

"You know it!" Black answered, confident.

"Aww... er, I know it's awful of me, but could you wait a little longer?" he asked, sweaatdropping a bit.

"Why?" Black and White asked in unison.

"I've heard word that Team Plasma is in town! You need to come too! Head to Prime Pier!"

By the news, they didn't waste time and started following Burgh. They went to the harbor near the Poké Center, and found Bianca in tears, next to a girl who was trying to make her feel better.

"Here, this way!" Burgh called them. He had already reached the spot in advance. "Team Plasma... stole this girl's Pokémons."

"What?!" Black and White asked, astonished.

"...What do we do, White? Black? My Munna... Team Plasma took it!" Bianca explained, clearing up her tears and making an angry face.

"I heard this missy here screamin' and came here running! ...But this town is just massive. I lost the thieves in the crowds." The girl with the strange large hair explained.

"Iris... You did what you could." Burgh said, trying to calm the girl down.

"...But it isn't right! You just CAN'T take somebody's Pokémons! Pokémon and people coexisting is just so... amazing! Having each other there for support is THE BEST!" she explained, raising a fist in the air, showing a bit of determination.

"...Iris..." Bianca mumbled, thankful to what her new friend was doing.

"Right! Which is why we'll get the Pokémon back! Right, Black, White?" Burgh asked, in determination of helping Bianca too, surprising her a bit.

"You sure can count on us!" Black replied, also raising a fist like Iris.

"...Of course, searching for a person or a Pokémon in Castelia City is like searching for a needle in a haystack..." Burgh commented, making everyone else's hopes go down and sweatdrop.

Suddenly, a female Team Plasma Grunt approaches them, but stops by seeing Burgh and Iris.

"Uh? Why're gym leaders here?!" she asked, surprised by encountering them. "I mean sure, after coming all this way, it sucks we could only snatch one lousy Pokémon... but, um, I think I gotta run now...!" her legs were already shaking, and she quickly ran away, almost falling once, but she quickly recovered and continued with the running.

"Black, White, let's go! Iris! You stay with this girl." Burgh requested. Before he could get any reply, he ran away after the Grunt.

"I'll serve as Bianca's bodyguard! Don't worry, missy, I'll chase off anybody who just LOOKS at you funny!" Iris said, trying to make Bianca feel secure, but Bianca ended up crying a bit again.

"...I'm sorry, Munna... I'm a Trainer who can't even protect her own Pokémon... I..." she began crying silently, giving a sad look to everyone else. Iris looked towards Black and White, who were walking casually towards the alley.

"What kind of friends are they?! They're walking away when their friend is crying?" Iris asked herself, mad at Black and White. Their expressions weren't visible, but their faces showed a serious glare and an angry grin. But then, they suddenly stopped walking.

"Hey, Bianca." Black called, not turning around. Bianca looked towards them and cleared her tears a bit. Suddenly, both Black and White took a Poké Ball from their belts and threw them at Bianca. Bianca quickly caught them, but she didn't know what they meant with that.

"Snivy is a bit injured from a battle she had today."

"Larvesta is still too newbie for this kind of battles."

"What? What do you mean?" nor Bianca nor Iris were understanding what they meant.

"We're counting on you to watch for them." White explained, still not facing Bianca.

"And you can count on us to get your Munna back!" Black yelled, making him and White run into the city. Bianca looked at them running and then took another look at the Poké Balls.

"Thanks…" she said, clearing her tears again. Iris smiled at her, happy.

Meanwhile, with Black and White:

"Burgh!" they spotted him at the end of the street.

"That way! Hm, wait, isn't that the way to my gym?! Were they going there all along?!" he asked himself, dashing through the upper road. Black and White both quickly followed up. They passed through the gym, but found a nearby building, which its entrance was being blocked by a trio of Grunts.

"...There's no doubt, this is the place." Burgh was only stating the obvious when Black and White arrived.

"Nope, sorry! There's no Plasma members or Sages in here!"

"Liar." White said, bluntly.

"You think I'm lying? Wanna fight about it?" the grunt asked, taking out a Poké Ball.

"Oh, you can bet on it!" Black said, in White's place. "My Tepig's Flare Blitz will knock you all out!"

White approached Black and whispered "But isn't he still trying to control it?"

"That's for later." He replied. When he put his hand into his bag to get Tepig's Poké Ball, Burgh put his arm up, blocking Black from moving, calling their attention.

"This one is for me." Burgh said, taking one of his Poké Balls out.

"You'll never pass through us! Go, Sewaddle!" the trio said in unison, sending three Sewaddles out to the street.

White took her Pokédex for an analysis.

"Sewaddle, the Sewing Pokémon. This Pokémon makes clothes for itself. It chews up leaves and sews them with sticky thread extruded from its mouth. It hides its head in its hood while it is sleeping. Since this Pokémon makes its own clothes out of leaves, it is a popular mascot for fashion designers.

Height: 1'00"/0.3 m

Weight: 5.5 lbs./2.5 kg

Gender Ratio: 50% male - 50% female"

"It is your time to shine! Swadloon!" Burgh said, sending in his Swadloon.

"Swad…"

"My time to check." Black said, taking out his Pokédex.

"Swadloon, the Leaf-Wrapped Pokémon and the evolved form of Sewaddle. Forests where Swadloon live have superb foliage because the nutrients they make from fallen leaves nourish the plant life. It protects itself from the cold by wrapping up in leaves. It stays on the move, eating leaves in forests. Preferring dark, damp places, it spends the entire day eating fallen leaves that lie around it.

Height: 1'08"/0.5 m

Weight: 16.1 lbs./7.3 kg

Gender Ratio: 50% male - 50% female"

"You will never get pass through us!"

"Seewa!"

"Swadloon, use String Shot!" Swadloon opened his mouth and fired three white sticky strings from his mouth towards the Sewaddles. When the strings reached them, they wrapped themselves around their bodies, trapping them. "Now, Triple Energy Ball!"

"Swaaaa…" the two leaves on the top of his head began to glow light green and became surrounded by light green sparkles. Three light green orbs of energy then formed in front of his mouth and Swadloon fired them through the strings, making certain hits against them. The orbs created explosions, making the Sewaddles faint.

"This was too fast." Black said. He and White were so astonished that their bags were staring to fall off their shoulders. Burgh withdrew his Swadloon and the Grunts simply entered the building in fear, after withdrawing their Sewaddles.

"Seriously, just for taking somebody's Pokémon?!" one of the grunts asked out loud.

"So? What are you waiting for?" Burgh asked, opening the door. White and Black recovered from the surprising event and decided to enter. Burgh followed them into the building.

"Wait!" the female voice of Iris made them go back outside. She was being followed by Bianca. "I got lost. I even tried to work out directions through the Xtransceiver, but it's all foreigner for me!"

"Team Plasma is in this building. So maybe the Pokémon they stole will be too! Okay, I'll go ahead!" he entered the building, fearless of anything that could happen.

"Alright! I'm fighting too this time! Hey, and Bianca too!" Iris declared, astonishing Bianca a bit.

"H-Hold up... Black, White, you need to come too!" Bianca said, following Iris. Both girls entered the building, and the last two didn't waste a second to do the same.

They entered the building, finding the grunts hiding behind two elderly men and Ghetesis, the man of the previous day.

"So this is the famous Gym Leader Burgh..." Ghetesis said, in a low tone of voice.

"Team Plasma..." Burgh began. "You're you the ones stealing what you want from people, aren't you? Is your guiding principle "Take from others what you need."?"

One of the elderly men turned to Ghetesis. "Hiding out in plain sight near his Gym seemed like an interesting idea, but it sure let him find us out quickly..."

"Quite so, Bronius... Well, we've already established a magnificent hideout." Ghetesis said, showing off the room. "Now, are you familiar with the legend of Unova's formation?"

"Yeah, I know that!" Iris answered, making everyone look at her. "The one with the black dragon Pokémon, right?!"

"Correct... How can a world with so many countries arguing be put to order...? There was a hero who pondered over that idea. And a black dragon Pokémon who turned its fangs on those who defied it... The hero and the Pokémon used their power to bring order to the hearts of all by creating Unova. And once more! The hero and the Pokémon shall be revived here in Unova to capture people's hearts!" Black and White suddenly remembered what N said to them before. About Zekrom, a legendary dragon. "A remarkably simple desire of mine... rather, of Team Plasma's!"

Burgh took the word. "There are many people here in Castelia City... Their lifestyles and ways of thinking are all incredibly diverse. Yet, I think you're missing something." The grunts started whispering, asking to each other what it could be. "Everyone shares a similarity in one very simple amazing aspect: their love of Pokémons. We communicate with even our closest friends through Pokémons too! Through battling or trading... Oh, and remember your speech at Accumula? I'm thankful that you gave me a chance to reconsider what it meant to be with Pokémons. And so I swore...! I would cherish Pokémons more than ever! But I presume your objective isn't strengthening the bonds between people and Pokémon, now is it?"

"Wahahaha!" Ghetesis's laugh was terrifying. "Don't think of it as seizing, but more like dividing. I have plenty of good sense. And I love humans, really. After all, our king has brought together, we, the Seven Sages, to be an assembly of wisdom from all nations. But very well! For now, I'll leave you with your opinion..." he then looked at Bianca, with a malicious grin, making her scared. "That girl over there... Give her back her Pokémon."

The grunts didn't protest about it. One of them threw the Munna, and Bianca caught it.

"Th-Thank you! Munna...! Welcome baaack!" she said, hugging her Munna… suffocating her a bit.

"Bianca!" Iris yelled, scaring her a bit. Bianca was hoping that it was only a warning about suffocating her Pokémons. "Don't you see how villainous these guys are for taking people's beloved Pokémon?!"

"Y-Yeah... But I'm just so happy Munna is safe..."

"Iris has a point there." White said, making Bianca feel a bit depressed. But she looked at Munna and smiled.

"What a beautiful sight! Fellowship between man and Pokémon! But we must still liberate all Pokémons from the foolish humans. And for that purpose, we must re-enact the legend to change people's hearts... Well then, take care..."

One of the elderly men took a Poké Ball and threw it, revealing his Elgyem. "Teleport." He said lowly, as Elgyem's body began to glow multicolored and also became surrounded in light blue vertical lines. Elgyem then disappeared, along with all the present members of Team Plasma.

"They ran away!" Black said, astonished.

"Hmm… turns out my plan weren't of any help at all. Isn't that right, Venipede?" Burgh asked, as his Venipede came down from the ceiling, only a String Shot holding him.

"You were trying to get one step ahead?" Iris asked, as Bianca took her Pokédex out to analyze Venipede.

"Venipede, the Centipede Pokémon. It is brutally aggressive. Its bite injects a potent poison, enough to paralyze large bird Pokémons that try to prey on it. It discovers what is going on around it by using the feelers on its head and tail.

Height: 1'04"/0.4 m

Weight: 11.7 lbs./5.3 kg

Gender Ratio: 50% male - 50% female"

"I can't believe you let them run away!" Iris yelled at Burgh, making everyone sweatdrop.

"It's all right! Thank you, Iris! Nobody got hurt or anything. More than anything, I got my precious Munna back!" Bianca said, trying to calm Iris down.

"Alright... I guess it's fine, then..."

"So, what will you all do now?" Burgh asked, curious, mainly towards Iris.

"I kinda want to look around Castelia City, but, uh..." Bianca was still a bit in shock.

"You're in luck!" Iris yelled out to Bianca, smiling. "Don't worry, I'll keep my state as your bodyguard, Bianca!"

"Iris..." Bianca was thankful to what Iris just said.

"Hm, alright. Iris is an extraordinary Pokémon Trainer, although she doesn't care much for this city." Iris smiled bluntly while Burgh sweatdropped. "But anyway, people and Pokémons need to help each other! Cooperation and all that stuff!"

Black and White were the ones to sweatdrop now.

"Well, it's getting late, so I'll go to the Poké Center to catch some sleep. I can't participate in two Gym Battles in the same day unlike Cheren." Black admitted, while White yawned.

"I'll be expecting for both of you tomorrow." Burgh said, leaving the building.

Pokémon of the day:

Sewaddle – These Pokémons produce a thread-like substance from their mouth, which they use to sew together gnawed up leaves to put together leafy clothes. This is the reason they're called the "Sewing Pokémon". Using its sensory knobs, Sewaddle is able to distinguish creatures and objects.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will be the battle of the third gym! Stay tuned for more.

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