Chapter 10: The Burst Heart Maker

Hey Everyone! BlueTornado3275 here for the new installment of PEitK. Sorry I took so long to update. I lost a fair bit of motivation to keep writing but after I read a few Pokémon Fanfic's, I was ready to go again. I hope you all are enjoying the story. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

Matt-Greninja stood there with a large Water Shuriken in its hands. Its injuries seemed to have disappeared enough so it could stand. The Electivire pounded its hands together again then charged. Greninja was now very fast and swift so it was easy to dodge. It vaulted over the top of Electivire's shoulders and threw the Water Shuriken at its back. It hit hard and the power of the attack gave Electivire a whole lot of momentum. It couldn't stop and it crashed into the tree that Greninja had just been leaning on. The tree toppled over and fell over the edge of the hill with Electivire clinging onto it for dear life. It fell down and crashed onto the beach far below the hill's cliff. The Team Flare Admin giggled sheepishly.

"I don't suppose we could talk about this, could we?" Matt sighed.

"You had the chance earlier. But I'm going to give you the chance to leave now and tell Lysandre to leave my group alone. Got it?" The Admin gasped.

"How do you know our boss's name?"

"I have my ways. Go." He gestured to the path that led back down to the beach. The admin didn't think twice and she tore down the hill. Matt sighed with relief. Greninja enveloped itself in a tornado of water and after a moment, changed back. Matt turned to Greninja.

"Let's keep this a secret from Lara shall we? She'll flip if she finds out we can Sync Evolve." Greninja nodded. Matt turned to the house that was sitting next to them.

"I wonder why Team Flare was guarding this house. It seems a bit overkill to have, what… twenty grunts guarding it?" Greninja shrugged. Matt sighed again and walked up to the door. He knocked three times and waited. Soon a short man with huge buck teeth and hair all over the place opened it ajar. Matt giggled in his head. He reminded him of Mater from Cars. He seemed timid as he looked at Matt and Greninja.

"Go away. I've already told you, I'm not making Burst Hearts for you." He slammed the door in his face. Matt stood there dumbfounded.

"Uh… Sir? I just drove Team Flare away. They aren't here anymore."

The next thing Matt knew, the door had been flung open and he was being hugged tightly.

"Oh thank you! Come in kind trainer." The man pulled Matt into his house.

Inside, it looked like large lab. There was machinery everywhere and papers littered the floor. There was even an odd shaped chandelier hanging off the roof. Matt was pushed into a chair by the man and he watched as he grabbed a chair to sit on. Matt got a better look at him as he sat down. He had black hair that almost covered his face, black glasses, a grey lab coat (Which Matt realized that it was stained grey.), a moldy yellow and green shirt and baggy black pants. The man grinned.

"Thank you so much for saving me from those awful people. They were trying to force me to make Burst Hearts for them." Matt's ears perked.

"Burst Hearts?"

"Oh yes. It's a special item that let's specially trained trainers…" As he was listening, Matt suddenly felt very dizzy. He held his head as his vision swirled. The man noticed and he looked toward the chandelier.

"Chandy! He's a friend! Give his soul back right now!" The odd shaped chandelier was actual a Chandelure, a Pokémon native to the Unova Region. The Chandelure pulled a face and released Matt's soul. Matt felt his head clear up and he was able to sit up straight in his chair. The man scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that. Chandy likes to steal the souls of visitors. I have had the odd occasion where Chandy is very stubborn and the visitor doesn't get it back till it's too late. I've had to bail it out from the Pokémon Jail many of times. The council says that it's a Pokémon that needs to be kept in there and… I'm blabbing on aren't I?" Matt snapped out of his daydream and shook his head.

"No no. your fine mister… Uh…" the man slapped himself.

"I am so forgetful. I'm Bob. Or as everyone else calls me, the Burst Heart Maker. And this is my Chandelure, Chandy." They both bowed. Bob glanced at Greninja.

"Your Greninja is a fine Pokémon. It must have taken a while to evolve it." Matt shook his head.

"This isn't mine. It belongs to a friend of mine who actually a Burst Warrior who I left behind this morning to have my own little adventure." Bob's eyes sparkled.

"Wait! A real Burst Warrior in Kalos? I thought they only existed in… Uh… What region is your friend from?"

"I have no idea. I haven't asked her."

"Oh. Anyway, how about I make a Burst Heart for you? As thanks for your victory today."

Matt was about to reply when a Murkrow flew in through the window. Bob jumped up and walked over to it.

"Ah Murkrow! This Pokémon isn't mine. It always seems to come and visit me for some reason." As Bob fed it some Pokémon food, Matt couldn't shake the feeling that this Murkrow wasn't a wild Pokémon. It seemed tamed. Normally a Murkrow would scoff down its food and anything that was unlucky enough to get in-between the two. But this Murkrow sat patiently while Bob pored some food into his hand and held it out to it. It then pecked at it slowly. Once it had eaten its share it flew over and landed on the back of Matt's chair. Bob chuckled.

"So, would you like me to make a Burst Heart for you?" Matt shifted in his chair and nodded.

"Sure. That'd be nice." He could feel the Murkrow's eye's piercing through the back of his skull. Bob ushered Matt into another room that had a machine that had a large contraption sitting in the middle of it.

It had one big containment capsule on one side, a bulky cover that had a computer screen, a keyboard and bits and pieces of machinery popping out at the seams in the middle and a tube with a door on it that led down to a desk on the right side. Bob grinned.

"Waddya think? You know how normally inside a Burst Heart you have the Pokémon that you change into? Well with this machine, you put the Pokémon who you want to put into the Burst Heart into this capsule. Then you press this green button and the machine does the rest. It takes the Pokémon's DNA and feeds it through the machine. Then it spits it out into this tube as a Burst Heart. Then you still have your Pokémon but you can fight alongside it with the Burst Heart! Pretty cool huh?" Matt processed the information and grinned.

"Yeah. That sounds cool." Bob fidgeted in his place.

"Only problem is I haven't worked out how to create Burst Hearts without hurting the Pokémon. The machine uses an electric current to get the DNA. It hurts the Pokémon as it scans. Some Pokémon such as Flying and Water Types take it badly. The only Type that isn't affected by it is…"

"Ground Types." Matt finished. Bob nodded.

Matt turned to Greninja.

"Do you think you can toughen it out? If it hurts too much let me know and we'll stop it." Greninja thought about it. After a moment it jumped in and closed the door. Matt grinned.

"Good luck!"

Bob pressed the green button and the machine whirred to life. There was a brief moment of crackling before Greninja doubled over in pain. Matt cringed at seeing the powerful Pokémon struggle. He waited for if Greninja gave him a sign to stop. But Greninja was tougher than it looked. After five minutes, a blue Burst Heart popped out into the tube on the right side. The electricity stopped and Greninja breathed heavily. Bob opened the door and helped it out. It gave Matt a weak smile and thumbs up. Matt grinned.

"Wow. You've got better Defense than I thought. Nice work." Bob opened the tube door on the right side and pulled out the blue Burst Heart.

"Here you go. It's pretty isn't it? It's painful to get but very powerful when you use it." Matt nodded.

The Murkrow, who had watched the entire event fold out, took off out the window. Matt had the feeling that he would see it again. Bob checked his watch.

"It's seven-thirty. You'd better get back to your friends before they start to worry." Matt gulped.

"Good idea. Their probably worried sick about me."

…

"This is bad! Where are they! Argh!"

"Calm down Flannery! They'll be fine. Greninja's pretty powerful."

"Ugh. This is just a waste of my fu…"

"Finish that sentence and I'll strangle you!"

…

"Yeah. Scratch that. They'd be mortified if I didn't reappear. Maybe not so much Lara but Flannery and Vena would be more worried about my…"

"Stop thinking about what they'll do if you never return and get going!" Bob pushed Matt out of the house and onto the hill. Matt turned back to Bob.

"Thanks for the Burst Heart Bob. I'll be sure to show Lara this place if she wants more Burst Hearts." Bob smiled.

"We'll thank you for saving me. I'll see you another time. Now get going!" Matt nodded. He and Greninja ran down the hill to the water. Bob smiled and turned to Chandy.

"He's a good kid. I hope we'll meet again." Chandy nodded.

…

By now, Lara, Flannery and Vena were standing at the real entrance to Azure Bay in the bottom part of Courmaline town. Flannery was freaking out while Vena had no concern whatsoever. Lara was calmly sitting on one of the many stone cleats while munching on a Sitrus Berry. She gulped down her mouthful and spoke up.

"I'd say we get him a Holo-Caster so we can contact him when he goes on one of his many adventures. It seems like the most obvious option."

"But what do we do now?"

"We wait."

"That's not very helpful!"

Lara was about to argue when she saw the unmistakable figure of Greninja walking up to them with another figure. Once they stepped into the streetlight, she confirmed it. Matt and Greninja stood there slightly soggy. Flannery finally calmed down and ran up to him. She hugged him tight. Matt, who was slightly confused about her action, smiled.

"Why so affectionate? Did you miss me?"

"You idiot! Let us know when you leave to go on a solo adventure!" Lara and Vena walked up as well. Once Matt pried Flannery off him, he held up two Pokéballs.

"Flan. Vena. Pick one." Vena raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Just do it." Flannery ended up picking the one on the right while Vena picked the left one. Matt chucked the balls to them and smiled.

"Here's a present for you two." He turned to Flannery.

"Be careful with yours. It's a feisty one. Only use it in an emergency." He turned back to Vena.

"Yours… you can use it whenever you want." Vena opened the Pokéball and Golbat popped out. She sighed.

"Got anything for me?" Matt looked to Lara who chucked the core of the Sitrus Berry into the bin. He smiled.

"Here." He chucked the blue Burst Heart to her. She gasped and immediately brought it to her eye. Inside she could see a Greninja sleeping. She looked back to the real Greninja.

"Huh? How…?" Matt waved it off.

"Let's just say I got it from a friend." She nodded. Vena piped up.

"We'd better get going or we'll miss the last train to the top half of Courmaline town." Matt nodded.

"Right. Let's go!" The four ran off to the light of the station.

…

Bob finished writing his report when the Murkrow flew back in through the window. It squawked loudly. Bob sighed.

"What is it? Are you hungry?" He went to his pantry to get some more Pokémon food. He was almost there when two thick vines crashed through the ground and wrapped themselves around his feet. He cried out as he fell but he was soon muffled by the thick vines wrapping around his body.

Chandy, who had just come into the room, cried out with horror. It began to charge up a Flamethrower to burn the Power Whip. It was cut short when a blast of water hit it from across the room. It fainted before it hit the ground.

Bob was lifted up and he watched as the Murkrow flew over to his small living room. The light came on and Bob caught a glimpse of his attacker. He gasped (Well, tried to anyway.). Standing there was a tall man with blond hair, a white zip-up jacket, dark blue trousers and green shoes. The Murkrow landed on the man's shoulder. Behind him was a Swampert and a Tangrowth. The man also had a scar running down from his left temple to his chin. The man had a smug smirk on his face.

"Sorry about this. I just need to shut this place down. We don't need any more Burst Warriors running around Kalos do we?" He flicked his hand and Bob felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. As he blacked out he saw the man go into the room with his Burst Heart Maker. He heard a muffled crash as he finally blacked out for real.

Done with Matt's two part Mini-Adventure! Who is this mysterious character you ask. Oh he's just a trainer with a grudge. I'm not going to say anything else though. You'll have to wait and read the next chapter when it is released. I hope you liked this chapter. Please read, review and wait for the next chapter. See you next time!