AN: Ok folks, I'm alone today because the girls are grounded from the last two weeks antics. Nothing special here today, so I'll remind you that I don't own Pokemon and let you continue with the story.
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Chapter 31.
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Relaxing again. I wasn't a huge fan when it came to just chilling when we had a job to do, but I suppose that we did deserve it. Our Pokemon especially. After all, they had been training hard these last few days in preparation for the gym. At some point, I'll train Deku properly. I think I should use him for the gym in Celadon, even though it is a Grass type gym. On the other hand, I'm using Spark in an Electric gym, and at least Deku is part Poison, so he is naturally resists Grass type attacks by four times. Hopefully Spark will do ok. I mean, Spark is pretty powerful, and she does have some decent attacks to use against an Electric type Pokemon, so we should do fine. At least I taught her Dig, which will be useful against the gym. Speaking of Spark, she sat up next to me and growled slightly.
'Ah great. Miss Alex, we have a few gangsters incoming.' Just as she said that, five jets of water came flying at us. Luckily for us, Ky heard what Spark had said and jumped in front of me and used Ice Beam to block the water that was heading towards me and my team beside me. The others were helped by Grace and Sukima using Psychic and Dragon Pulse, which broke the water jet that was aimed at them. The group of Squirtles laughed.
"Spark, time to test your new power on that attack!" I commanded, slightly irritated by the attack. "Volt combo, go!"
'Yes Alex! I'll deal with them!' She charged into them, crashing into the lead turtle, which I now noticed to be shiny with… sunglasses? Now I look, they all have them.
Now that is ridiculous. I mused. All three of the starter Pokemon from this region, and all in shiny too! That is insanely lucky. I was brought out of this thought by the Squirtles yelling.
'That's ridiculous! A Pikachu shouldn't have that much power!' One yelped.
'What should we do Boss?' Another asked.
'Retreat for now.' The female Squirtle ordered. 'I think I hear police.' They scarpered, and a few moments later Officer Jenny came around the corner, a Growlithe in the sidecar.
"Did you six just get caught by the Squirtle Squad?" She said, looking over the puddle and arched icicle in front of us.
"Yep." I replied. Bella sighed slightly.
"Those are still here? It's been a year and a half."
"I noticed they have a new leader, though." Amy said, thoughtful. "I wonder what happened?"
"That's something you'd have to ask them."
"The Squirtle Squad?" Ash asked, clueless.
"It's a group of Squirtle." Crystal explained patiently. "Something happened in the past and they aren't a huge fan of humans, or Pokemon that have trainers."
"Well, so long as you kids are ok, I'll get back to my job." Jenny drove off, with her Growlithe barking next to her. Ky raised her head and sniffed at something.
'What the? A Ditto? Here?'
"A Ditto?" Leo looked at her. "Are you sure?"
'Pretty positive.'
"That's correct little Dratini." A voice said from the forest. They chuckled lightly at our surprise as they stepped out. "How are you guys?"
"Diana?" I questioned. "I didn't think you were around here?"
"Yeah, well." She shrugged. "I decided to travel around as a trainer for a little while. It's been quite fun honestly. I love playing with them, and meeting new friends."
"Wait, stop, hold on." Ash shouted at us. "Didn't Ky say a Ditto? Does she have a Ditto on her or something? Or is there something I don't know?" Diana gave Amy a look that clearly said 'Really?' Amy just shook her head, and Di sighed.
"I am the Ditto, friend. I normally live in Hoenn with a friend, and he taught me how to speak human in this form, so I decided to journey." Ash looked like he didn't believe her, and she shook her head. "Just watch." She glowed a muffled white for a second, a hard thing to pick up, so Ash probably didn't notice it. A Ditto took her place, and then that was replaced by a shiny Charmander. I had forgotten the rest of our teams were out, and there was plenty of shock from the Pokemon, and Ash.
'Told you so.' She said smugly, before swapping back, giggling at everyone's reactions. Bella was thinking about something, and looked to Di.
"Hey Di, would you give us a hand? There's a Squirtle Squad annoying people, being pranksters and the like. Would you mind giving us a hand with them?"
"Sure." Di shone again, and transformed into a Ditto to a Squirtle.
"Question?" Ash said to us. "Why can't she go from human to Squirtle? Why does she need to be a Ditto first?"
"A Ditto can't go from a human shape to Pokemon straight away. No clue why, but they can't." Bella replied, the most knowledgeable of the group once again. I passed Di one of the charms from my bag, and she walked off, heading towards the place the Squad had ran off to.
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Chapter 32.
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*Diana's POV.*
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I walked towards the place Amy had motioned to, and hid the charm Alex had given me in my shell. It was smart of her to be carrying them around, Bella had given me a few once and they had helped me out a few times. As a Ditto, I could pick up the Psychic aura that the charm used to transmit the messages, and it had helped out a few times in my travels. That said, I had to stay as a Squirtle for this job, and while Squirtle wasn't my favorite Pokemon, I now am stuck with it. At least if I keep it hidden, I can send little messages to the others. I found a nice little rock by a pond and sat down, looking as forlorn as possible. It wasn't long before a Squirtle came walking down the road. I looked quite small, like a newly hatched Pokemon, and when it caught sight of me it did a double take. It then walked over to me and hopped next to me on the rock.
"Hey there little bud." He said quietly, in a comforting way. "What's wrong?"
"Mr Zorander left me here." I sniffed. Arceus I hate having to act like a baby, but it's necessary.
"Who's that?"
"My trainer." This sent to turtle fuming.
"A trainer abandoned a baby! Those little…" He faded off into dark muttering. I looked up in shock and shook my head.
"No, no, no! Zorander said he'd be back from his errands in a little while!"
"Listen deary." He said calmingly. "He abandoned you. Come with me, and I'll take you to my home." He hopped off the rock and gave me a hand down. I have to admit, for a gang member he has pretty good manners. I let him hold my hand as we walked, and he led me to a huge rock. As we walked, I looked up at the sun and noted it was near dark. Dang, I may have to wait until tomorrow to get the others properly. Ah well, this gives me more time to get the others more information on the Squad. I hate spying on fellow Pokemon, but I'll do anything for my friends. The little turtle took me to a lake by the rock,
and looked at me worriedly.
"You do know how to swim, right?" I nodded, though secretly I was kind of worried. I didn't do too much as a Water type Pokemon, so I wasn't a great swimmer. I was good as a human, but I can't switch and blow my cover. He dove into the lake, and I followed behind. I watched him swim towards a small opening in the rock on the lake bed, and quickly swam after him. We entered the tunnel, and swam forward for a long time. He pulled into an alcove, and I followed him. It gave us a little room to breathe, and he started talking.
"The Boss doesn't like trainers that ditch their Pokemon."
"Why?" I was curious about this; maybe I could send it on to the others.
"She had a pretty bad encounter with some trainers before. All five of us were abandoned, so we formed this group to get back at mean trainers who ditch their Pokemon. But we do sometimes prank towns, as well as wandering trainers." He looked at me, and then down the tunnel we were swimming along. "We don't have much further to go, so we just keep going along here. You ok to keep swimming?"
"Sure." I was tried, and I'm sure he could tell, but he nodded. He dove back into the water, and I followed behind.
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After around five minutes more, we broke out of the tunnel we were swimming in. I looked around as I tried to catch my breath. It was a small room, big enough for us to get around but small enough that no human could ever get in. I don't think it would be possible for them to swim that far anyway, though maybe… Nevermind that now. The Squirtle I had been following grabbed my arm again and led me through a small tunnel to a main room. I surveyed this one too, and noted that there was no entrance besides the one we came through. This was a Distortion World of a secret base. I'll need to tell the others about this. They might be able to get in, maybe break the wall or something. The other turtles were in the corner of the room, and the shiny one turned. A shiny, huh? I wonder what the deal is with that.
"Good to see you Four." Four? So she just refers to them numerically. Easy to remember, I suppose. "Did you hit the place?"
"No Boss!" He said, saluting. "I was heading there when I came across this youngling on the road. She was left there by her trainer. I couldn't let a little girl stay out there on her own, so I dropped the mission and brought her back here."
"I see." She said thoughtfully. Then she held out her hand. "Well, it'll be good to have another female on the team."
"Thank you." I replied shyly, shaking her hand.
"Well, we still need to hit the town, so Five," She stated, pointing to me. "You go with Three and Four to hit the place." The other two she mentioned stepped forwards. "One, Two, you're coming with me."
"Where to, Boss?"
"Those trainers that beat us back earlier." I perked up at that. "They'll be asleep soon, it's almost night. We can hit them while they're asleep. You three, take the back exit and head to the city. We'll take the other exit." We nodded, and I followed the other two around a rock and out of a small entrance. Nice, we can use that. We sprinted to Cerulean, and stopped at the entryway.
"Five," Three said. "What attacks do you have?"
"Tackle, Tail Whip and Water Gun." I told them, keeping the illusion that I was a child.
"That all?" I nodded. "Right, you go and hit a few stores. Keep on the run after you flood them, you don't want to get caught. We'll hit some bigger targets." I nodded again, and ran off to a store, secretly grinning. I pulled the charm out and curved around the building.
"Alex, you guys had better watch out. There are three of the Squirtle Squad coming your way, to get you back for earlier. I have to work with the other two to prank the town, so I'll make a mess then run on back and hide near the base. Be careful. The Squad has a cave that has two entrances; either through the lake near the rock and swim for around ten minutes or so, or a small hole in the rock at the back. It's hard to get in though. I need to go, see you around." I knew they'd get it, so I tucked it away and ran into a nearby building.
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*Alex's POV.*
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'Guys, Diana said that she's having to do pranks on the town because she's in the gang. There's two ways in their base; either a ten minute swim underwater, or a very small back entrance.'
"Thanks Grace." Bella said. "Anything else?"
'The fact that three of the Squirtle Squad are coming to prank us when we fall asleep as revenge for earlier. Do you want me to stay out as a guard?'
"No. I'll let Deku and Tele do it." I told her.
'Sure thing Alex!' They were happy to help us out.
"Ok you two. We'll get our camp up and then you'll be on watch. Just pretend to sleep or something and then deal with them when they get here. Feel free to spread Sleep Powder on Confusion or anything. I don't really care, just frighten them away." The two boys grinned, and went to sit by the edge of our designated camp spot. We set up our tents in a circle, with our entrances facing the center. That would make it harder for the Squirtles to get in our camp. But we still may have a problem with the Squad. I have no idea what we're going to do with them, but maybe we can shut them down. Crystal yawned, and we wandered into the tents. Before I went in, I looked to the boys who would keep a guard. "Are you two sure that you'll be ok with this?"
'We'll be fine Alex.' Deku said proudly.
'Don't worry.' Tele yawned. 'I'll be sure to spread out the Sleep Powder and knock them out.' I was still worried, but was sure that they'll be able to do the job well. I ducked into my tent also, and lay down, waiting for those silly pranksters to come along.
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*Diana's POV.*
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I sprinted out of third building I had went to, being chased by a few people from the place I just flooded. The others should be done in a second, so I started running towards the gate we had come through. Squirtle weren't very fast Pokemon, so I was lucky that it had a slope down to the area. As I reached the edge of the hill, I pulled myself into my shell and went skidding straight towards the place. I could hear the people behind me shouting, and I grinned slightly knowing there was no way they would catch me. I flew out the gate, and landed in the bushes. I popped out of my shell and peeked through the bushes to see Three and Four slid out in the same manner as me and I ran out, starting down the road. As a 'baby', I was slower than the others, and they caught up to me.
"You two do ok then?"
"Sure did. What about you?"
"Hit three stores before I had to run. Speaking of running," I told them, looking over my shoulder. "We have an officer coming."
"We aren't fast enough to outrun them." Three said worriedly. I had an idea.
"Quick, withdraw into your shells and use Water Gun to jet yourself to the rock and hide." I said hurriedly, and followed through with my idea. I sent myself flying to the base, floating down and landing next to the lake. The others did the same, and we ran around the back to the hidden entrance. I put a few rocks in front of the hole to make sure that Growlithe couldn't squeeze through. I turned and grinned at the other two members of the group, and we sat on the little pile of cushions in the corner that the Squad must have nicked from a house and waited for the One, Two and the Boss to return. We sat in silence for a few minutes, and I had a thought.
"Hey, you guys know my story, but what about you and the others? Why are you here?"
"Well, we don't know the Boss' story, but I'm here because I was ditched by my trainer because I was weak." Three told me.
"I was captured by some strange goons." Four added. "My trainer didn't care when I went back, so I left him. You'd have to ask the others yourself." I opened my mouth to ask a few more questions, but was stopped by a splash. We all turned around as the Boss came running in, with One and Two behind her.
"What happened?" Three questioned. "How did it go?"
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*Deku's POV.*
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I was keeping guard at the tents, with Tele floating next to me. He hadn't spoken this entire time, and it was making me a little on edge. Even so, I was careful not to be too jumpy, just in case they came. That promise to myself was broken in around five minutes, when a friend of ours just appeared next to us.
"Hey. Any sight of them yet?" Sukima said, crouching down.
"Jeez, how did you do that?" I sighed.
"Speed and silence training, along with a good ability to blend into darkness. Well, except the star." She shrugged.
"We've had no sign of them." I told her.
"Though I can feel three presences on the road, about a mile down." Tele informed us.
"Want some help getting rid of them?" Sukima grinned like a shark… well, she is a land shark.
"Sure thing. What will you do though?" As far as I knew, Sukima had no good moves to scare them away.
"In all honesty, they'll probably run if I just turn up. Not many Pokemon want to hang around with a Garchomp, especially not an angry one." She told us. "But we'll go with your thing first. Sure you can do it Tele?"
"Of course." He replied, determined. Sukima nodded, and jumped into a group of trees that could support her weight. 'Guys, they're coming down the road.' Tele informed us. 'Sukima, keep hidden. Me and Deku will deal with them. If we need your help, I'll call.' I nodded at him, moving into the shadows of the tents with Tele beside me, and lay down, looking sleepy. Tele was good at doing that anyway. It's kind of Abra's thing. I watched carefully as three Squirtles, one of them shiny, peeked around the trees.
"Alright you two, that's their camp." The shiny said. "One, run round to the back left. Two, back right. I'll take the front." The two non-shiny Squirtles nodded and ran around the area. I looked worriedly at Tele; this wasn't part of the plan.
Don't worry. Just use Sleep Powder and I can wisp it to the other Pokemon.' Tele reassured me. 'Sukima, I'll use the Sleep Powder to scare them around the front. Can you get rid of them from there?'
"Of course I can." She whispered to us. Dang ninja. She flew up to the sky, and hovered in a dark patch so she wouldn't be seen. Tele used Confusion in a small blast, and I used Sleep Powder. The Confusion made it a little bubble of powder, and that split into three, before floating over to them and exploding. The three turtles coughed and sprinted for the road, where they ran straight into Sukima. She grinned evilly. "I see you're attempting to prank my trainer and team. Sure you still want to do that?" They looked up scared at her, then the two in the back looked at their boss. She shook her head and they sprinted off. Sukima gave us a devilish grin, and started flying after them. Now that I think of it, how does a Garchomp fly? I'm pretty sure it shouldn't do that. As I was watching the three members of the Squirtle Squad get chased by Sukima, Tele turned around and grinned.
"Hello Alex. Did we disturb you with the noise?" I turned too, and she patted us both on the head before replying.
'No, I woke up when I heard Sukima come out to join you.' She looked around. 'Where is she, anyway?'
"Sorry Alex, I was pranking the pranksters." She said from behind Alex. If she was surprised, she didn't show it when she turned and patted her too.
'Good job.'
"Hey, I wanted to ask, how can Garchomp fly?" I questioned. "She isn't flying type." Alex pulled out her Pokedex and pointed it at Sukima.
"Garchomp, the Mach Pokemon, and the evolved form of Gabite. When it folds up it's body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speeds. I would have thought you knew this Alex, seeing as you lived with it most of your life." I stared at it, as did Tele. Alex just shook her head.
'I do. It was for the others.'
"Fair enough. I would like to be a little more useful though."
'Don't worry. It'll be that time soon.' She put it back in her little bag at her side.
"Alex? Your Pokedex sounded like a Porygon. Or something of the sort." Tele said. Alex exchanged a glance with Sukima, and whispered something to her. She nodded, and Alex smiled.
'Come on. They won't be coming back tonight.' She beckoned us to the tent, and I looked at Sukima curiously.
"What was that about?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow. Now go on, get some rest." Sukima walked into Bella's tent, and we went to Alex's. She returned us to our Pokeballs for the rest of the night.
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Chapter 33.
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*Diana's POV.*
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The Boss finished telling us what had happened, and then sighed.
"Come on guys, we may as well go to sleep. We may be able to get them in the morning. Bait them or something." We all retreated into our shells and slept.
The next morning, I woke up before everyone else. I slipped outside and hurried into the forest, where I swapped to Ditto, and then my human shape. Arceus, I love being human again. I stretched out, happy to be out of the tiny turtle shape. I walked around here for a bit, planning to return before the others awoke. Actually… I ran back to Alex's camp. I could spend some time there, then run to Cerulean and jet from there, so it looks like I left to prank the town. I arrived to see Spark and Ky standing around. I gave them a hug.
'Hey Diana! I didn't think I'd see you yet!'
"I came to talk. The rest of the Squad are still asleep, so I thought I could break cover for a while. Where's Alex?"
'She went out with Sukima and the rest of her team.' Kydyur said. 'I think it's so they can do a little specialised training, among other things.' I nodded, and Crystal came over.
"Hey Di. How's things?"
"The rest of the Squad are still asleep, so I came over to say hi."
"Sure thing. Stay around a while. The Squad will probably be back, but you can leave to get back to them later." I nodded, and sat down with the rest of the group and had breakfast with them. At some point later on, Alex came back with Sukima and joined the group. We asked her where she went, but she just told me 'training' and stopped there. Suddenly, I perked up and froze.
"What's up Di?" Amy asked.
"Squirtle Squad. They're coming down the road." I said.
"Any idea why?" Bella questioned.
"I think they want to bait you to the base to beat you." I told them. "Shall I go?"
"If you want." Leo said. That was enough for me. I stood up and transformed, then ran in the direction of Cerulean. I saw that they were heading to the camp quite slowly, and hurried to catch up.
"Five!" The Boss scolded. "Where were you?"
"I got up early and thought I could make a little trouble in the city."
"Ok. Come on, we're going to bait those trainers." I nodded, and followed them. When they came into sight, we all used Water Gun to drench their tents, and then ran off. They jumped up and followed us, and I turned to see Bella instructing Grace to quickly pack up the tents and equipment, and they followed the others. I was slightly worried. I don't think they would battle us, and we would get wiped out if they did. We made it back to the base and dove into the pool. When we got to the tunnel, I stopped and looked back to see a purple streak come after us. Alex had sent Kydyur to get us. As far as I knew, none of them had a Water type that could fit in here. I kept swimming, and underneath me a purple flash went straight past us all. She must have used Extreme Speed to get in front of us. I wonder what her plan is. The rest of the group didn't seem to notice her, and just kept going. We were swimming faster than me and Four had when I first came here, and burst out of the water. The Boss ran towards the central room, and called back to us.
"We can wait here until the trainers get here, then pop out and prank them." We snickered, until we entered the room to see the others were already there. "What! How?" Alex smiled.
'I sent Kydyur to break a hole in the wall. Now,' She grinned. 'You need to stop pranking people.'
"That isn't going to happen!" The Boss yelled. "Squirtle Squad, attack!" I hesitated for a second, not wanting to hurt my friends, but Bella gave me a nod. Don't worry it seemed to say. I pulled into my shell for a Tackle attack, and Spark looked ready to let loose a Thunderbolt, but we all froze at a loud explosion. Three figures stood in another doorway, and ran off a motto. Crystal just facepalmed.
'Ok. Idiot squad is back.'
'Hey!' The pink haired one yelled. 'We aren't dumb! Now, hand over your Pokemon!'
'Nope.' Alex said calmly. The Meowth pressed a button.
'Then we'll take 'em from you!' A huge arm came out and grabbed at Spark, Kydyur and Pikachu, and threw them into a cage. It then moved and grabbed at us. I moved out of the way, but the rest of the Squirtle Squad was caught. I kept hidden as the laughed.
'Come on you two!' The one with blue hair shouted. 'Let's go while the going's good!' They ran to a balloon landed outside, and the arm picked up the cage my friends were in. Alex looked at me.
'Di! Go!' I nodded my understanding and ran out after them. As I did, I used Transform and became a Pidgeot, taking off after them. The rest of the Squirtle Squad saw my transformation, and looked at me in shock. I ignored them, and used Tailwind to catch up, and opened the box with Hurricane. I used Aerial Ace to slice the balloon, sending it flying upside down and the Pokemon inside fell out. I swooped and caught most of them, but I missed the Boss. She fell too fast for me to catch her. I dove, but saw a Pidgeotto catch her, and leveled out next to her.
"You good Di?"
"Fine. Thank you for catching her." We landed next to the others and let the other Pokemon off. Spark and Ky jumped to Alex, and Pikachu landed next to Ash. The Boss of the Squad climbed down and stood next to the rest of them. I transformed back into my human form as Leo patted his Pidgeotto.
"Thanks Zephyr. Return." I smiled my thanks to Leo, and turned to see the others in the Squad staring at me.
'So...' The leader said. 'You're human?'
"No. I'm a Ditto. I just have a human form that I favour."
"Guys," Alex said, breaking into the conversation. "Hate to break this up, but we have a fire." I looked over, and sure enough, I saw the blaze from the balloon. I transformed back to a Pidgeot.
"I'll take the Squirtle Squad to deal with the fire. I'll meet you there." I told them, motioning for the Squad to climb onto my back. Once they were all on board, I took off, using Tailwind to speed up our approach. We landed there in around two minutes, and the Squad hopped off. I transformed into a Squirtle again, and started using Water Gun to put out the fire. The rest of the group followed suit, and we had the blaze lowered in a matter of minutes. Ky and a Blastoise stood next to us, using Water Pulse and Hydro Pump to help. The fire was completely drowned out, and Crystal came over as I returned to my human form.
"Thanks Tsunami." She said, returning him. Ky slid over to Alex, and I smiled.
"Well, you'll be off to the gym, right?" She nodded. "Good luck." The shiny Squirtle went over to Leo.
'Thank you for saving me.'
"Don't worry little bud." Leo patted her.
'Would you mind if I travel with you? I think you'd be a good trainer.'
"Sure thing. I'll give you a nickname too; Umiko. What do you think?"
'Sure!' She grinned. Leo tapped her on the head with a Pokeball, and it shook a few times before clicking. I grinned.
"Well, sorry to say this, but I have to go. I'll see you around." Alex gave me a hug.
"I'm sure we'll run into each other soon." I smiled to the rest of them, and turned to go, before I felt a tug at my leg. I looked down to see the other four of the Squirtle Squad looking at me.
"What's wrong?"
'Can we come with you? Our Boss is going with the trainer, and we won't carry on the Squirtle Squad. Also, you're our friend. So would you mind?'
"Of course not. You can come and stay at my home. I'm not flying the whole way though. I'll teleport later on." I smiled at them, then my friends. "I'll see you soon. Good luck at the gym, you three." I transformed into a Latios and lifted the four remaining Squirtles onto my back. Leo let Umiko out, and the friends waved goodbye. I used my psychic powers to keep them held to my back, as we would be traveling at super fast speeds, so I didn't want them to fall, and jetted into the sky, heading towards Hoenn and my friends house.
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*Alex's POV.*
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I watched as Diana flew away with the remainder of the Squirtle Squad. Leo crouched down next to Umiko.
"Don't worry. We'll go and visit them someday." Umiko smiled.
'Thanks. What's next?'
"We have a gym now. It's Electric, then a Grass one. So not too good for you either way."
'I don't mind. I'd like to take on the Grass gym, though.'
"Sure thing bud. We'll get training soon. But for now…" Leo looked around at us all. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah!" Ash said, excited. "I want to get my next badge! Let's go!" He ran off. I laughed, as did Umiko, and we followed on behind.
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AN: Sooooo much POV switch! Sorry, but the best way for me to present what was going on for each character at the time was this. The girls will be back next week, so don't moan about them not being around. Also, you will get a lot of different friends of Alex & co. during this, so get used to more people randomly appearing. Heck, you might only meet some of them once! Either way, next is the gym and maybe I'll do a backstory or two in the next few chapters. I might also do some stories for the friends of the group. I'm not sure, but I'll see you next time!