To Zukone: It's cool to know you like my story enough to name one of your pokemon after my characters! And no, I have not heard about this GTS glitch, but there are ways to get lvl 9 legendaries if you use cheats and gamesharks. So that's probably where everyone is wanting them from... as in illegally... well that might be a bit exaggerated but it's not right to cheat.
Chapter 9 time!
Hima stood at the bridge at Dragonspiral Tower, snowflakes falling in the chilly winter air. It had been a long time since he saw Mack last, but he kept hoping maybe one day Mack would show up again. He looked to the shivering palpitoad standing next to him, remembering what his neighborhood pokemon ranger had told him when he asked about hunting.
"I'm sorry, but being with your parent's pokemon makes it more of a chaperone than it makes you a trainer. And the season pokemon populace seems to be doing fine by my observations. If they were poaching after rarer pokemon like emolga and tabunne, then that would be a different story. But they're hunting a fairly common pokemon and they aren't hunted often to begin with. I'm sorry but because of that and the small amount of trainers in the area, I don't see any real reason to ban hunting these pokemon."
Hima scowled and kicked a stone in the water, causing the basculin to scatter. Sighing, he said, "come on palpitoad, let's go home," much to palpitoad's relief. Hima glanced one last time into the forest. "I'm sorry Mack."
Mack looked around at the other brown deerling in the tall grass, then up at the sawsbucks overlooking them on a cliff. He walked through the snowy grass over to Max and asked, "Max? Do you ever fear hunters?"
Max seriously said, "All the time. Not as much with mom and the others watching us, but they can't protect everyone all the time. So there's always that fear of, 'what if I'm next?'"
Mack looked down, "well… how far would you go to stop them?"
Max was confused, "what do you mean?"
"Well," Mack said, not making eye contact, "what if you could stop all the hunters… but you had to be caught by a trainer to do it?"
"Everyone would be captured?"
"No!" Mack corrected. "No, just you would be caught."
Max thought about it, "Yeah, I'd do it. If it meant mom and you being safe, I'd totally do it."
Mack was somewhat surprised, "really?"
Max nodded, "Yeah, I'm ready for it. If I have to go through the horrible training so everyone would be safe, then I'd do it."
Both of them jumped when they heard, "training isn't horrible."
"Mom?" Max said. "What would you know about trainers?"
"Your father was captured when you were young," she admitted. "I'd see him and his trainer from time to time. He said that he was being treated fine and that seeing the world was an amazing experience." Mack couldn't believe it. "He never told me he was miserable."
"But," Mack shook his head, "you said that they were dangerous. And Kurt said trainers were abuse."
"I said hunters were dangerous," his mother explained. "And as for Kurt, he's just bitter. His sister was captured by a young girl with large purple hair, and he hasn't let go of the grudge since."
"So," Mack asked almost embarrassed, "If you could get rid of the hunters completely, would you be captured?"
She smiled, "I may be sad not to see you often, but I'd do anything to protect my sons."
Mack couldn't help but feel guilty. He thought to himself, "Great… what did I do?" He looked toward Icirrus City as if he expected to see Hima walking to Dragonspiral Tower. "I'm sorry Hima."
So I just noticed an error in Chapter 8... so I'm gonna fix that now and hope that it didn't/doesn't confuse anybody. Sorry!
Also, one last note to Zukone: You aren't expected to write a story just because you make an account. I honestly had no plans to write a story when I first joined. It was just to be able to comment on o-CrystalSakura-o's story. And personally I prefer to chat in PM's... it keeps the reviews as... well reviews... you know what I mean? Sorry if that's inconvenient for you.
