"HEY. GET BACK HERE!" A man shook his fist at the passing Pokefood truck. "Darnit."

"Heheheh. Too easy. 'Ey Sanzo! Stop looking out the window and grab a passenger seat, baby!" A long bodied creature called out.

A Lucario sighed and sat down in the seat, putting her seatbelt on. The aura pokemon donned a cape on her backside. She was gray in color with black markings and a white belly. Not to mention golden spikes and red eyes.

"Sanzoku, why are you buckling up, baby?" The other one ask. He was a Furret with black stripes and a bandana tied around his eyes. There were holes in the bandana, and it showed that he, too, had red eyes.

Sanzoku or Sanzo the Lucario sighed. "Thievery... Why is it that you think that you can drive when you have no thumbs?"

Thievery looked down at his paws. "... You don't have any fun. We'll be eating a lot to-"

"GAH. WATCH OUT CLIFF. TURN TUUURRRN."

"CLIFF? Oh yeah! Now to loose the cops."

"ARE YOU CRAZY? STOP THE RIDE, STOP THE RIDE. I WANNA GET OFF!"

Too late. The two thieves were hurtled off the edge, the cop cars stopping in their tracks.

"Uh..." One said.

"... Who wants coffee?" A female cop asked.

All agreed with no hesitation.

Meanwhile, Thievery was being pulled out of the flaming truck by his partner.

"See, Sanz, wasn't that fun?"

"No." She growled. She stepped over to the back of the truck and opened the door, poke food spilling everywhere.

"Okay guys, food for all!" Thievery cried. Crowds of countless pokemon gathered to devour the food.

"Wasn't it worth it?" The Furret asked again.

"It's not shiny." Sanzo growled.

A small Budew waddled up to them, smiling. "Thank you! You two are the best thieves in all of Veilstone."

Thievery smirked. "No way. The best in all of Sinnoh."

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"Well, I have my own stuff too do. Fossil digging and stuff." Iwark explained.

The entire group was gathered on the outskirts of the resort area. Iwark had returned Orville and Machu Pichu to their pokeballs and placed them in his belt. It was about three days since the victory. On their way back, Flygo and his Vibrava returned to their home in the desert.

"Woah, woah. Where's the treasure." Leo growled at the human.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot. There is no treasure; I lied to stop you from fighting." Iwark smirked.

"WHAT?" They all cried.

"Yeah... Uh... Bye!" Iwark dashed off before anyone could pummel him.

Lian crossed his arms and shook his head. "At least the Heatrans are fine. They said that they would go back to business, right?"

Leo sighed. "Whatever crap business they do..."

"What about you three?" Nina asked Wanizame, Rhino, and Bird.

"Eh... Well... We've decided to become bounty hunters." Wanizame tried to explain.

"Bounty hunters? You mean you're going to kill criminals? AWESOME!" Leo smirked.

"Uh no. We're hunting for more of those beasts like Groudon. We'll let you know if we find anything." Bird continued.

With that, the trio turned and walked in the other direction, waving goodbye to the remaining three.

"Eh. So now what. We never found out what exactly happened to Mesprit and Groudon..." Lian plopped to the ground.

"Well, well. You three." A voice said.

Lian jumped to his feet as the other two whirled around. Phantom the ghostly Xatu appeared.

"Thank Arceus!" Leo mumbled. The group had agreed to stop saying "Groudon" after actually meeting it.

"Any news?" Nina asked the messenger.

"... Sadly... Yes." Phantom sighed.

Lian raised a brow. "Why sadly."

"Well... Uh. Sit down."

They obeyed him and looked at their friend with confused eyes.

"The legendaries gathered and discussed what happened. And." He took a deep breath. "The legendaries from the past are here. And that's what Mesprit and Groudon were."

Silence.

"Uhh... druggedbirdysaywhat?" Leo grumbled.

Phantom blinked. "What?"

"Thought so."

Nina slapped him.

"Wait. How the heck did it happen then?" Lian demanded.

"Well... The ancient legendary beasts, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou defeated Dialga and gained access to our world... And now they're uh... Going to... Destroy us all."

"WELL THAT'S JUST FINE AND DANDY." Nina slapped herself in the forehead.

"What exactly are the legendaries going to do about this?" Leo growled.

Phantom put a wing on his chin. "Well... Manaphy and Phione are having a birthday party and Celebi, Mew, Mewtwo, and Jirachi are going... Groudon and Kyroge are well... "busy". I think Latias and Latios were going to a Night Club with Shaymin. And Rayquaza's getting a new Rubix cube after the "accident" with a Taillow. The rest just started drawing rainbows and painting their nails."

The pokemon fell silent.

"... The secret life of a legendary." Lian grumbled.

"Well, what are we suppose to do? PICK UP HULA DANCING?" Nina flailed her arms.

"... Yes." Leo whispered.

Nina slapped him.

"Actually. You should go and tell the others about what is going on. They need to know." Phantom suggested.

"Eh. Fair enough. What's the nearest city Lian?" Leo asked.

"... Veilstone City. It's really close to this island. I can see it in the distance."

"Whoo! Veilstone City!" Leo pumped a fist in the air. "You coming Ph-"

The ghost bird had disappeared.

"... Mysterious freak." Leo grumbled.

So the next day, the trio would set for Vei- Wait... How the heck are they going to get there?

...

"HOW THE HECK ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE?" Leo shouted.

That's what I said.

"Uh, Leo. Didn't you say that you could use Surf now?" Lian asked.

"Oh. Yeah. Okay, guys get ready." Leo leapt into the water with a splash. "Get on."

"Uh... There's no way this is going to work." Nina crossed her arms.

That's what she said.

... Uhm.

"Yes it will. Just leap into the water." Leo commanded.

Nina sighed, but leapt into the water, Lian next to her. They surfaced and grabbed hold of Leo's floaty.

"Ready?" Leo asked. They nodded. He spun his tails and began swimming closer to Veilstone City.

Where the best thieves in Veilstone just happened to be.

Oh boy.

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"Hey, Sanzo! What do you want to steal today?" Thievery leaped out of the tree that he and Sanzoku shared as a base.

"Something shiny! Yesterday was lame." The Lucario grunted as she swung off her branch and landed on the ground.

"Hm. Let's head to town then." Thievery suggested.

Sanzoku shrugged. She started walking into town, her companion close behind.

As the duo wandered into town, they grabbed money and jewelry without making eye contact. While walking past a park, they overheard a conversation between two old people.

"Did you here about that Floatzel at Stark Mountain?" The woman said.

"Yes! I heard about that. They say that there's a great treasure in that mountain." The other one replied.

Thievery and Sanzo stopped in their tracks.

"I bet they have it with them!" The first woman continued.

"How could you expect pokemon to carry around something so precious?"

Thievery looked at Sanzo with a glint in his eyes. Sanzo returned that same glint.

"We're going to steal from them." Thievery smirked.

"Oh yeah." Sanzo snickered.

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"Ah Veilstone. I remember when I first came here when I was a little Snorunt." Nina mused.

"Enough reminiscing. We need to go and warn some pokemon." Leo grunted and dragged Nina by her arm.

"Hey! Lemme go!"

Lian sighed and shook his head, following them into the city.

"It's them, Sanzoku!" Thievery hissed.

"I know. Let's go pay them a visit." Sanzo whispered.

"Okay, so where to first?" Nina asked.

"Uhm… Excuse me?" A voice said.

The group turned around to see a grey and black Lucario and a black striped Furret.

"We were wondering if we could… Join your team." The Lucario coughed.

The Furret glared at her and leapt onto her shoulder. "What are you doing?" He hissed in her ear.

"I'm joining them so that we can snag the treasure off them when they least expect it." She replied.

Leo scratched his head. "Eh. Don't see why not. We need all the help we can get, spreading this news."

"We'll explain everything while we walk." Lian said.

Sanzo and Thievery gave each other a high … paw behind the trio's backs.

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". . . Whoa." Sanzo's mouth dropped open.

"Yep." Leo crossed his arms.

They had just finished telling their story to the first group of pokemon. Luckily, they were Staravia and they spread the message through the town. Sanzoku and Thievery listened intently as they explained it.

"So if you're with us, you have a lot more to deal with than you first thought." Nina warned.

The Lucario and Furret glanced at each other, and then shook their heads. "No way! We're with you all the way." Thievery said.

Leo smirked. "I really think it's me that's inspiring these guys."

Nina slapped him.

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"Urgh…" A passed out Empoleon groaned.

"So, one finally awakens." A voice said.

A huge beast appeared, white in color. Only his feet showed, the rest was in the shadows.

"W-what… Where am I?" The Empoleon demanded.

"How about you shut up and sleep like the rest of your friends." The creature ordered.

The penguin glanced around to see bruised Sneasel, Prinplup, Piplup, and one Weavile scattered across the floor.

He was knocked out before he could say another word.

Yeah.

Crap.