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Legends Awaken: Sinnoh Arc

Chapter 36

"Alright, so where should we go to?" Sakura asked.

"I say Hearthome City." Akira said. "The gym might be open now, and besides, there's a contest hall."

"Sounds good." Kaien said, smiling. "What do you think, Hiruko?"

"Sure." Hiruko said, smiling. "But to get there we need to go through Mt. Coronet."

"Alright, then let's get going!" Sakura said, smiling.

"…And we're totally lost." Akira said, looking around the dark forest.

"Well, I don't have the best sense of direction, okay?" Sakura said.

"Zubat, find us a way out of this forest." Hiruko said, throwing out a pokeball, which a small green bat emerged from.

"Zu!" Zubat said, nodding, flying higher up into the air.

Suddenly, a net shot out from one of the nearby mountains, wrapping around Zubat, and was pulled back towards the ledge.

"Zubat!" Hiruko shouted.

"Staraptor! Go see what's going on!" Kaien said, throwing out a pokeball, which Staraptor emerged from. He then flew upwards, and looked over at the mountain ledge, where another net came out. Only this time, Staraptor sliced through the net with aerial ace, and flew back to the ground, landing in front of the group.

"So there's a poacher over there?" Kaien asked.

"Star." Staraptor said, nodding.

"Alright, let's go!" Akira said.

"Excellent…" A man stood by a net producing machine said, holding up the net with Zubat inside of it. "Soon, my bird collection will be complete…"

"Hold it right there!" Akira shouted, running up to the cave where the man was standing in.

"Who are you?" The man asked, glaring at Akira.

"Give back Zubat!" Sakura shouted.

"The Zubat family line is the only family with poison/flying types." The poacher said. "I will collect fifteen type pairings with flying, and then I will be the ultimate flying trainer!"

"I don't think so!" Kaien shouted. "Yanma, take him down!"

"Yan!" Yanma shouted, charging at the bag that held Zubat.

"Excellent!" The poacher said, smiling. "I have yet to catch a bug/flying type!"

He pressed a button on the machine, and it released a net that caught Yanma.

"No, Yanma!" Kaien shouted.

"Scyther, go!" Hiruko said.

"Pidgeot, take it down!" The poacher said, throwing out a pokeball, which a sleek bird emerged from.

Pidgeot shot forwards, slamming into Scyther, knocking him to the ground.

"Drifloon, go!" Kaien said, throwing out a pokeball, which Drifloon emerged from.

"A ghost/flying type!" The poacher said. He shot out another net, which then caught Drifloon.

"Go, Burn!" A voice shouted. A pokeball landed on the cave ground, which a large monkey pokemon emerged from.

"Whoa, an Infernape!" Kaien exclaimed.

"Hey, guys." Bari said, walking in. He then turned to the poacher.

"Burn, use thunder punch!" Bari ordered. Infernape charged forwards, slamming his electrified fist into Pidgeot, knocking it into the machine, causing an explosion.

"That machine costs money!" The poacher shouted.

"Yeah, and this is the end of the line." Bari said. "You're under arrest."

"Not a chance." The poacher said, holding up a gun. "I'm going to walk out of here, or I'll shoot those pokemon."

"Damn it…" Kaien growled.

"There's nothing we can do." Bari said. "Not when he has hostages."

Suddenly, Yanma's body began glowing white, and he fired a ball of energy at the poacher, knocking the gun out of his hand. He then began glowing, and he evolved into Yanmega, slicing through the net.

"Damn it!" The poacher shouted, running towards the cave entrance, but Bari grabbed his arm, shoved him to the ground, and handcuffed him.

"Alright, we've got Zubat back!" Kaien said, smiling. "And not only that, but Yanma evolved into Yanmega!"

Why? Hiruko thought. Why would they help me?

"Alright, then, I'm going to be taking this guy to the station." Bari said. "Call me if you need me again, got it?"

"Right!" Sakura said, smiling.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Bari said, reaching into his bag. "I found this plate near here. Do you need it?"

"The Stone Plate!" Kaien said, looking at the plate.

"Alright, so what should we do now?" Hiruko asked, during their walk down the ledge. "According to the map, Mt. Coronet is a ways away from here!"

"Yeah, but my moms' house is near here." Kaien said. "We could go there…"

"Yeah, that sounds good." Akira said. "We might be able to stock up on items, and then we could make way for our journey to Hearthome."

"So, we'd better be going, then…" Kaien said. "The sun is setting."

"It's too early…" Sakura said, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "We've been camping for too long… I want a real bed…"

"You can have a real bed when we get there." Akira muttered.

"Alright, let's get going!" Kaien said.

"It's too early for shouting!" Akira and Sakura shouted.

"Ah, so you're Kaiens friends." Kaien's mother said, smiling. She was a tall woman, with long black hair. The house itself was actually pretty small, only about the size of a large room.

"This is my friend, Shellice." Kaien's mother said, gesturing to her pink Shellos.

"Oh, mom, about Shellos…" Kaien said.

"Yes?" Kaien's mother asked.

"Is it alright if I leave my Shellos behind for a while? Because she's not a very good fighter, so I wouldn't want her to get hurt…" Kaien said.

"Of course." Kaien's mom said, smiling. "Oh, and by the way, would you and your friends like to know a shortcut to Mt. Coronet? After all, you are going there."

"Oh, yes, please." Sakura said.

"Alright, first, you have to go through Celestic Town, which is a ways up the road, and then go through Mt. Coronet to reach Hearthome.

"Yeah, that sounds like a great shortcut, right guys?" Akira asked.

"Well, we'd better be going, then." Sakura said, smiling.

"Wait, don't you want to stay for tea?" Kaien's mom asked.

"Well… I guess…" Sakura said.

"Yeah, let's just stay for tea." Hiruko said. "Mt. Coronet will still be there tomorrow, right?"

"Sir, the preparations have been finished!" A galactic grunt said, rushing into the room where the boss was sitting.

"Yes?" The boss said. "Good. We will begin to level Mt. Coronet tomorrow!"

Akira's party:

Eevee (female) Lvl 40
Moves: Tackle, Quick Attack, Take Down, Hidden Power.

Luxio (female) Lvl 37
Moves: Crunch, Thunder Fang, Thunderbolt, Spark.

Turtwig (male) Lvl 36
Moves: Tackle, Crunch, Mega Drain, Razor Leaf.

Shieldon (male) Lvl 36
Moves: Protect, Iron Defense, Iron Head, Flash Cannon (in training).

Gastly (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Hypnosis, Night Shade, Confuse Ray, Curse.

Quilava (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Flamethrower, Eruption, Dig, Rollout.

Kaien's party:

Yanmega (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Ancient Power, Double Team, Sonicboom, Silver Wind.

Staraptor (male) Lvl 36
Moves: Wing Attack, Close Combat, Quick Attack, Aerial Ace.

Sandslash (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Rollout, Dig, Earthquake, Crush Claw.

Drifloon (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Astonish, Minimize, Payback, Gust.

Buizel (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Water Pulse, Aqua Jet, Ice Punch, Whirlpool.

Sakura's party:

Vulpix (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Flamethrower, Energy Ball, Fire Spin, Shadow Ball.

Skitty (female) Lvl 35
Moves: Assist, Doubleslap, Attract, Heal Bell.

Budew (male) Lvl 35
Moves: Absorb, Water Sport, Mega Drain, Stun Spore.

Pikachu (male) Lvl 40
Moves: Thunderbolt, Zap Cannon, Iron Tail, Toxic.

Eevee (female) Lvl 5
Moves: Tail Whip, Tackle, Helping Hand, Solarbeam.

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