The next day, Elio, Lillie and the Mew woke up to Lana getting her gear ready for the road. The fisher girl noticed the two waking up and questioned. "Your up early, I thought you still be snoozing at around this time?"

Lillie was busy rubbing her eyes as she answered. "We have been doing this for a while, it wasn't until the Orre trip that Dex..."

The Rotom Dex woke up and grinned. "BZZT! How did it go again? Oh yea.."

Elio gave Dex a glare, warning him to not make the noise. "I'm up already, is there even a pokemon down at the tube worth seeing this early?"

Dex set up a picture of Alommola. "BZZT! Couple hours these three pokemon would show up! BZZT!" Dex set up a picture of pistol like fish, a small manta ray and a larger manta ray. "BZZT! Remoraid, Mantyke and Mantine! BZZT!"

Elio was about to set an alarm clock as Lillie asked. "Let's see if the Gym Leader is even up this early before we have to actually get started."

Lana finished getting her fishing gear ready before she head out the door. "If he is snoozing, your better off just getting your day started at that point."

The duo got up after Lana left and got themselves ready for the day.

Much to their misfortune, the gym was not open as they decided on the next best thing. "I got my alarm set anyways, want to see the sun rise? Soon as Mantine starts swimming, we can start our travel back to Nimbasa."

Lillie heard Elio's question and blushed. "Your more interested in seeing these pokemon out in the wild?"

Elio nodded. "From what Dex got from Oak, Mantine is a pokemon that sometimes leaps out of the water. Very docile even among water types, Mantyke hangs out with Remoraid close to the surface.. which in turn help Mantyke evolve into this Mantine. Remoraid itself latches on to Mantine to eat scraps if it hasn't evolved into Octillery. That tunnel would give us a good under view of a Mantine before it makes that leap."

Lillie listened and wondered what it would be like. "It would be one way to too it."

The duo agreed to wait a couple hours before going into the Marine tube for their journey back to Nimbasa. They saw a large school of Mantyke and Remoraid swimming near the surface, with a Mantine floating above the Mantyke. Much to Lillie's surprise, a Remoraid swam close to the Mantyke; the small kite pokemon glowed as it grew bigger into a Mantine and disappeared from the surface after it evolved, with the older Mantine disappearing afterwards. When the duo saw the two Mantine splash back down, they saw themselves at the end of the tunnel rather satisfied with the sight.

Mew meowed when they were back in Undella town. "BZZT! Thanks for letting me see the fishy's again mum's, thank you pops! BZZT!"

With the Mew back in his ball, the duo went south toward a short route that was mainly small bridges over rivers and waterfalls leading down into the sea.

Dex flared up and buzzed. "BZZT! There is more to this route if you decide to have that Bibarel help you explore! BZZT!"

Elio nodded. "I know it is the end of summer and Wes came to make sure Landarous is back at the shrine on time."

Once the duo were done seeing the waterfalls, they found another cross way into another high tech city. Unlike Opelucid city, it was less crome, the streets looked like they were stone and the buildings were black. "BZZT! Black City a modern city of ongoing development! It draws many people to it. BZZT!"

Lillie saw a large black tower stand out above all the other buildings. Dex flared up. "BZZT! If you remember Mount Battle, then Black Tower isn't much. Find a trainer in each of the levels and advance to the top! You need to show your worth more in this region before you are invited. BZZT!"

The duo frowned at hearing the words before Lillie asked. "I thought chasing off Team Plasma and being champions were enough!"

Dex shook himself and grinned. "BZZT! You need to tell that to someone of great importance to this region. BZZT!"

Elio sighed. "I was going to go after this another time anyways, anything else of this city we need to know about?"

Dex flared up. "BZZT! It also has a market for rare evolutionary items. BZZT!" The duo listened to the information and nodded as they progressed past the city.

The next route was a roadway paved onto a sharp cliff. Dex flared up in describing what the building is. "BZZT! It use to be a place where people transfer pokemon from another region over. With the new technology making it obsolete, this has been reused to linking P.C's all over the world. You have Amanita to thank for us being able to get our pokemon all the way from Alola to Unova and back again! BZZT!"

As the duo were in front of the building, the egg case began to move much stronger, giving Lillie the hint that it was about to hatch as she placed it down and lifted the case. The egg shook a couple times and began to crack, out of the egg a Druddigon was born.

Dex buzzed as he described the pokemon. "BZZT! Druddigon the cave pokemon. It infiltrates tunnels that pokemon like Diglett, Dugtrio have dug and quietly waits for prey to pass through. The skin on its face is harder than a rock, in narrow caves it squares off against its enemies and charges face first right into them. It warms its body by absorbing sunlight with its wings, when its body temperature falls, it can no longer move. Its a female and the two moves it has that are of note is Glare and Sucker punch. BZZT!"

The Druddigon didn't care for the dex's description as she laid a little to enjoy the sun. Lillie immediately saw the size of the newborn to be much smaller in comparison to the ones in Dragonspiral tower and attempted to pet her on the shoulder.

Lillie felt pain as she placed her hand on the Druddigon. In a yawn the Druddigon apologize as she saw her trainer cringe in pain. "BZZT! Look like I have rough scales... sorry about that. BZZT!"

Lillie's palm began to bleed as Elio took some medical bandages and began to wrap the hand up. "One way to find out its ability. Are your alright?"

Lillie nodded. "It's just a scrapping. Druddigon, do you like the name Stalagas?"

The Druddigon stood back up at the name as Lillie explained. "In caves there are things called stalagmites, formations that are found on the bottom of the cave."

In a growl, the Druddigon nodded as she requested going into the dusk ball on top of the case. "BZZT! Sounds good to me. BZZT!"

Lillie tossed the ball for a willing capture; aware that if she was to bring the Druddigon out on Alola, she would do it only indoors or if the sun was not too intense.

Lillie asked in concern. "Elio, since you like dragons a lot, anything you know about raising one from an egg?"

Elio smiled. "Kind of I raised a pokemon that I named Chompas. While he was a Gible, he was always hungry but well mannered, as a Gabite he changed to wanting to horde anything that looked shiny. As a Garchomp became much more well mannered even in comparison to when he hatched, but brutal. Treat raising Stalagas like you did with Swoops. When she want's to battle, it will let you know very quickly. Speaking of which, what is your favorite type? Because if you get Po and that Trapinch to evolve, you will end up with five dragons total."

Lillie thought for a minute and answered. "Dragon types are pretty cool... but they are not my favorite type. Grass is my favorite, followed by water with ice being close behind water."

Elio grinned as he spoke of his. "Ice types are pretty cool. But mine is a tie between fire and dragon, bug type being just behind them."

Lillie shook her head at the pun as they proceeded to the fifth and final bridge of Unova they have not crossed. "BZZT! Marvelous bridge! This bridge has absolutely nothing of interest! BZZT!"

A janitor over heard and began to tell them a small tale of the spirit of a deceased girl that use to play in the area, long before the bridge was even built. Elio did not believe the story and thought it was payback for what the Dex said.

Lillie was nervous about a spirit. "Elio... I had a small run in with some angry ghost when I went to Lavender town. They were not happy about their graveyard being reused as a radio station."

Elio froze at what he heard and asked. "They built... a radio station... on top of a place where the dead lay? I be an angry ghost as well. Starting with the who thought it was a good idea to build it!"

As the duo were talking about ghost, Elio did not see where he was going and bumped into a girl that looked a year younger than him. As Elio tried to get himself up, he began to apologize when the mysterious girl vanished.

Elio whispered to a confused Lillie. "I have a soft spot for ghost types due to how spooky they are."

Lillie felt a shiver down her spine and turned around to see the same girl giving Elio a look before she went back to her game. The duo kept walking past the bridge in silence and unto the last route before Nimbasa City.

They found themselves on a road with Nimbasa city within viewing distance. Out of the main road was a forest way leading somewhere.

The Dex buzzed up information of the forest. "BZZT! Through the woods is a place called Lostlorn forest. It has rare sightings of a pokemon named Zoroark! BZZT!"

Lillie thought of a pokemon that may want to interact with his kind and asked Elio to stay put while she goes switch a pokemon around. After a couple minutes Elio began to pop his head around the forest area, with the temptation to scout ahead.

As he wondered, a brown haired woman in a red hat, a red vest, black clothes and a rope shouted from behind. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Elio was initially startled when he answered. "A friend of mine wants to explore this forest for a bit. One of the pokemon she rescued was a Zorua... now a Zoroark. She probably wants to see a wild one for herself and have Spy interact with it."

The woman introduced herself as Carmen before she showed a stern face. "She also told you to stay put! Now are you going to be a patient boy and wait?"

Dex flared up in response. "BZZT! Lillie got mad the last time he did something like this! You want to know what else he did behind her back? BZZT!"

The Rotom rushed to Carmen and showed her a video called, Cute Girl Captures a Heatran! After watching the video and seeing the growing comments congratulating the girl on a job well done the Dex buzzed. "BZZT! He filmed it when she was busy, I posted it when he was asking. BZZT!"

Carmen let the Dex back to Elio when she asked. "Most of the comments seem to compliment her achievement. Why do you want to go to the forest?"

Elio did not hesitate to answer the question while Carmen smirked. "The reason other than the issue with Spy is to take in the sights. I already caught a couple pokemon in this region that are pretty cool. Though Blattron has some issues."

The strange woman shrugged at what they would find in the forest. "I heard that species of pokemon in Lostlorn likes to play around with intruders. Most who try to capture it tend to end up going around in circles just to find them."

Dex described Zoroark. " BZZT! Zoroark. The Illision Fox pokemon. It doesn't just transform itself, it also has the power to make hundreds of people see its illusion. If it thinks humans are going to discover its den, Zoroark shows them visions that make them wander around in the woods. BZZT!"

Carmen interrupted the Dex before he continued with more information on the pokemon. "They don't even need to use force... powerful pokemon they might be."

Elio laughed in agreement. "True. Spy however hates it when he is discovered. He likes taking the form of either Cain or Lola... a Leafeon and Vaporeon."

Carmen laughed back. "How many times have you fallen for that trick?"

Elio groaned in remembering. "Lost count. Even when I notice something is up, like one is watching T.V by itself or I notice the actual one is with Lillie. Latest encounter with a Zoroark would have had Blattron knocked out if I didn't make it flinch. Although that one time, I found out my opponent was using a Zoroark and it was way too obvious."

Carmen smiled at the information and spoke her mind about the pokemon. "Even the most crafty trainers tend to fall for it. Not realizing what it is until it is too late. I am going to make sure no one gets lost in the forest, trying to find something they shouldn't have. It is nice talking with you."

Elio smiled back at the woman. "Same."

As Carmen walked away toward the forest, she puffed up in smoke and revealed to Elio her true identity. A Zoroark that turned to grin at the trainer before she leaped into the tree's.

Realizing he had been fooled, Elio shouted out. "Not this again!"

An echoing laughter was heard from the forest in response to the scream. "BZZT! Your kind are always the most fun! BZZT!"

Lillie returned with a Leafeon to see a frustrated Elio laughing at himself. The Dex grinned at Elio and asked. "BZZT! Care to guess who is who boss? BZZT!"

The Leafeon used leaf blade to display what he is, calming Elio down enough to tell Lillie what happened. "A Zoroark tricked me again!"

Lillie wondered what would a Zoroark want to do so far out of the forest before she shook her head. "I want to see how crafty a Zoroark can be. Do you want us to go into this forest?"

Elio glared in determination. "I need to spot a Zoroark sooner or later. Because what this one did was impressive!"

The duo head into the forest to find nothing significant save for a thick forest and a male back packer standing in front of a trailer. The duo sighed in disappointment before Lillie switched her Leafeon to Vaporeon. Elio knew what this Vaporeon actually is and winked at him.

The Vaporeon sniffed at the back packer and cheered in excitement, the mysterious man responded to the strange pokemon and asked. "You want to see what makes this forest special? Nothing special save for some thick trees and waterfalls near by."

The Vaporeon looked at the distance and shook her head in disbelief as the back packer smiled. "You are certainly more crafty than I thought."

Elio placed his hand over his face at realizing what he was really seeing and spoke to the man. "Some lady named Carmen told me about one pokemon in particular. Zoroark, one of the craftiest pokemon I have the misfortune of knowing!"

The back packer shrugged. "Just about anyone falls for their tricks. She told me you had one good guess. The pokemon it looked like normally has a trigger when you encounter it, right?"

Elio shouted out. "Yes!"

Lillie giggled as she realized who the man really was and played along. "I have a Zoroark named Spy. When we first met, he was a Zorua that took the form of an Ekans. Caught me off guard when I had Onua attack it... neither of the two were well though. When Spy became well, it wasn't until I started raising him that I noticed how many times he played the same trick on Elio one too many times."

The back packer introduced himself as Jordon, having trust the two with his name and continued. "Every Zorua and Zoroark tend to do that to people regardless if they catch on or not. I wonder... what happens when the boy discovers he was really Spy?"

Lillie frowned. "Not good, he gets scared and attempts to sneak out to try another disguise."

Jordon joined in frown, not wanting to know what happened with the Zorua during the time. "They normally do that when danger is close."

Elio heard the words and began to ask. "Wait a minute... Carmen knew an awful lot of things about that pokemon... and she is a park ranger, someone who should know a thing or two about Zoroark."

Jordon made a grin at what the boy was rambling about. "Oh and a Hiker camping around these woods haven't just looked up about this?"

Elio shook his head. "No. How do you know they would be in danger when a couple of trainers are trying to take care of it?"

The Vaporeon grinned mischievously at the back packer as he attempted to find a word to say.

Elio raised an eyebrow as he attempted to ask. "You don't happen to know about who Carmen actually is... do you?"

Jordon scratched the back of his head as he explained what he knew of the woman. "She normally explores outside the forest to let the pa..."

Lillie pointed a finger at the suspicious man. "Stop playing around! What are you?"

Jordon shrugged in defeat. "Okay kid, you got me!"

He puffed in black smock as he revealed himself to be a Zoroark. The Vaporeon laughed as he revealed herself to also be a Zoroark.

The Rotom Dex was startled to find two Zoroark laughing with each other. "BZZT! Carmen, had always been better at disguising herself. Something about getting to know the wandering humans. BZZT!"

Lillie's Zoroark pointed at Elio in a cheerful grin. "BZZT! Got to know them to fool them longer. What does she know about his kind though? BZZT!"

The wild Zoroark shrugged. "BZZT! Nothing, she takes a different form time to time and tries to get a conversation going. Then let the rest of us know if the human has any intention of hurting us... or capturing us. BZZT!"

Lillie took a deep breath and explained the reasoning. "We just want to see if we can't spot a Zoroark and see how they act in the wild. I already captured one and Elio doesn't have any intent on capturing any. He just wants to see if he can find one without being played for a fool again."

The wild Zoroark chuckled and leaped into the trees. "BZZT! That is what makes your kind fun to fool! Especially when you think you found out! BZZT!"

Lillie returned her Zoroark to his ball as she looked at Elio in suspicion. "How much did you tell Carmen?"

Elio blushed. "I wanted to scout this forest a little while you were busy. she called me out on it. Dex showed her the video and we have more comments praising what you did.

Other wise I assumed she was a park ranger keeping people from getting lost."

Lillie puffed up her cheeks at what happened. "You weren't actually planning on catching one ahead of me... were you?"

Elio looked her in the eyes as he answered. "No! I caught two pokemon in this region and that is enough for me!"

The Lillie looked him in the eyes as well. "Since the actual Gym is a walk way, see if you can find a way to watch me win!"

Elio shook her hand. "You got yourself a deal!"