"speaking"
"Thinking"
On with the story
After winning the Celestic Pokemon Contest, Ken was ready to go to the next Gym
"thank you very much for your hospitality" Ken said as he thanked Shirona and Karashina
"good luck on your next gym, Ken" Shirona said as Ken nodded
"and remember to come back to Shirona" Karashina said as Shirona instantly blushed
"hahaha, I will" Ken said in a sarcastic tone before calling out Golurk
"well then.." Ken bowed before he got on Golurk's back as the automaton Pokemon took to the air
"see ya later!" Ken waved to them as Shirona and Karashina waved back before Ken and Golurk flies away
Shirona waved with a smile as Karashina smiled before hearing a stampede coming
The two looks to the side and sees Ken's fan girls running towards them with teary eyes but they also see fan boys of Shirona who are in tears
"there she is!" "get her!" "why Shirona-sama!?" "how could you?!" They all screamed as Shirona and Karashina took a few steps back
"wha..what's with all of them?" Shirona asked looking quite scared of seeing those many fans stampeding towards them
"questions later! let's run!" Karashina said as she whistled, Garchomp and Milotic came and they went on an escape
"after them!" the stampeding fans screamed as they chased after them
"why are they chasing after us?" Shirona asked holding onto Garchomp
"I don't know" Karashina said before realizing who was the one at fault "that girl….."
A few days then passed as Ken had now visited all of the other towns
He participated in both gyms and contests as the man won them all by a breeze
Ken was at the Sunnyshore city as he was in a battle against the Sunnyshore Gym Leader, Denji
"Luxray! Thunder Fang!" Denji shouted as his Luxray charged towards Lairon with its fangs sparking in electricity
"Lairon! Iron Head!" Ken shouted as Lairon charged towards Luxray with its head glowing silver
The two Pokemon charged towards each other as their attack hits each other head-on and made the two skiddings back from the attack
"not bad!" Denji said "Luxray! Iron Tail!"
Luxray jumped up before spinning around as its tail glowed silver
"Iron Head!" Ken shouted as Lairon dashed towards the attack with its head glowing silver again
The two hits each other's attack as Lairon got pushed back for Luxray's strength overpowered itself
"Lairon!" Ken looks to Lairon as the Iron Armor Pokemon was forced back from the attack
Lairon grunted as the Iron Pokemon struggled to get up
"follow it up with Thunder Fang!" Denji shouted as Luxray's fangs electrified before it bites down on Lairon
Lairon cried out in pain as the attack hits hard
"Lairon!" Ken shouted out as Lairon growls before pushing itself up and roared before the Iron Armor Pokemon suddenly glowed and shined in light
"that light!" Denji and Luxray looks in surprise as Ken smiled
Lairon grew large as the Iron Armor Pokemon evolved into Aggron
Aggron let out a roar before punching away Luxray
"Luxray!" Denji shouted as Aggron roared at Luxray
"Aggron" Ken spoke out as Aggron looks to Ken and nodded before looking back to Luxray "let's go! Iron Head!"
Aggron roared before dashing towards Luxray with its Iron Head readied
"Iron tail, quick!" Denji exclaimed as Luxray swings its tail at Aggron
The two battle for power as Aggron roared out
The Iron Armor Pokemon started to push itself forward as it pulled back its right fist and its claw shined silver
"that's…Metal Claw!" Ken exclaimed with a smile before punching out his fist "go! Metal Claw!"
Aggron roared out before slashing its claws at Luxray
Luxray let out a cry of pain as it got sent crashing to the field before it was knocked out
"Luxray is unable to battle, Aggron is the winner" a robot referee announced as it raised a flag to Ken's side "the winner is Ken of Lavender town!"
"you did it, Aggron!" Ken shouted as Aggron roared in victory
"that was an amazing battle, Ken" Denji said with Luxray by his side "you've earned the Beacon Badge"
Denji presented the badge as Ken thanked him before taking the badge
Ken now had 8 badge and 5 ribbons, he can enter the Sinnoh League and even the Grand Festival as well
"now you can enter the Sinnoh League, good luck" Denji said as Ken nodded in response
"DENJI!" Someone shouted out as Ken and Denji looks to the side and sees Oba running to them
"Oba?" Ken and Denji at the same time before looking to each other "you know Oba?" they asked each other
"hey, Denji! You've heard of the news, right!?" Oba said before seeing Ken "Aaaaah! Ken! You're here!"
"eh?" Ken said before Oba started shaking him
"hey! Hey! Hey! What the hell is with you!? You're so crazy!" Oba shouted at Ken
"i..don't…know…what….you…are…talking….about" Ken said while being shake around
"Hey, Oba. Let the guy take a breather" Denji said while prying off Oba's hand off of Ken's shoulder
Ken had swirly eyes before he shakes his head as he regained his vision
"what were you saying again, Oba?" Denji asked
"this!" Oba said as he gave him a newspaper
Denji took the newspaper and looks to the front page
Ken looks in as the two reads what was the main hot topic of today's news
"SINNOH LEAGUE CHAMPION, SHIRONA HAS FALLEN FOR INDIGO LEAGUE CHAMPION, KEN'S ATTRACT!"
"SUPER POWER COUPLE HAVE BEEN BORN!"
On the article had many pictures of Shirona together at the park, at the restaurant, and even them at her home, sleeping together
Ken and Denji blinked their eyes a few times before their eyes widen in shock
"WHAT?!" The two shouted out
"why are you yelling!?" Oba said to Ken "you should know about this, don't you?"
"I don't know about this at all!" Ken said "and some of these were taken in Celestic Town!"
"for someone to make Shirona fall in love, you are one heck of a trainer, Ken" Denji said
"like I said, I don't know!" Ken exclaimed blushing
"the whole Sinnoh Region knows about this and man, you should see how many guys cried overseeing this news," Oba said "hearing about their champion getting in love with someone"
"eh? Really?" Ken asked as Oba nodded before they heard a loud commotion outside of the Gym
"what's that noise?" Denji said before a tv screen appeared and large crowds appeared outside of the gym
"come on out!" "we challenge you!" "how dare you take our Shirona-sama!" "why Ken-sama!?" "we loved you!"
Everyone screamed as Ken and the others sweatdropped
"by the looks of it, your fans are crying because of it as well" Denji said
"and all of Shirona's fan want to challenge you too" Oba said "man, talk about being in a big pinch"
"what am I going to do?" Ken asked "Golurk is still tired after the battle and Staravia isn't strong enough to carry me on his own. I'm stuck here"
"not true" Denji said "I've installed many escape routes in the tower in case of emergencies, you can use them to get to the Pokemon Center and head out"
"but those crazy fans might catch onto him faster as a Scizzor" Oba said as Denji rubbed his chin to think
Ken started thinking as well before he felt something behind him
He turns around and sees a dark shadow looming around the darkness
"Darkrai…" Ken muttered out as Denji and Oba turns to look to where Ken was looking, and the two sees the dark shadow
Darkrai appeared as the Pitch Black Pokemon arises from the shadow
"a Darkrai…here?!" Oba said in surprise
"why?" Denji said
Ken looks to Darkrai as the Pitch Black Pokemon looks back at Ken
"you….you've been following me this whole time, right?" Ken asked as Darkrai nodded
"it followed you?" Denji and Oba said at the same time as Ken nodded
Ken approached Darkrai as Darkrai stood in its place
"why have you been following me?" Ken asked as Darkrai just stares at Ken
The two stared at each other before Darkrai pointed at Ken's Pokeballs on his waist
Ken looks to his pokeballs before looking to Darkrai
"you….you want to join me and the others? In our journey?" Ken asked as Darkrai nodded a few times
Ken smiled before taking out one pokeball and leaned it towards Darkrai
The Pitch Black Pokemon touched the Pokeball before it opened and Darkrai was sucked in
The Pokeball flashes a few times before it dinged and the capture was a success
"good to have you onboard, Darkrai" Ken said looking at his new friend's pokeball
"great catch and all" Oba said before pointing to the tv screen where the crazy crowds were still outside "but how are you going to get out of that?"
Ken hummed before getting an idea
"I've got just the right plan" Ken said as Oba and Denji looks towards each other and tilted their head
"come on out!" "we challenge you for Shirona-sama!" "Ken-sama!" "please don't leave us!"
The crowd screamed out before Darkrai appeared out of the shadows
"what the!?" "it's a Darkrai!"
They screamed before seeing Darkrai charging a black orb in its hands before several more flied towards everyone
Everyone screams before they all fell asleep and fall to the ground
"good job, Darkrai" Ken said as he came out of an emergency door with Denji and the others
"that was one powerful Hypnosis" Oba noted seeing everyone asleep on the ground
"looks like you're going to get one heck of a strong challenger, Oba" Denji said
"I guess so" Oba said
"thanks for everything, Denji, Oba" Ken thanked them before running off with Darkrai
"that guy sure reminds me a lot of Satoshi" Oba said putting his hands on his waist
"yeah, he does" Denji agreed
Leaving Sunnyshore city, Ken was on his way to the Pokemon Center to get his team healed up for his journey but when he arrived in the Center, he finds dozens of reporters there
"it's him!" "it's the Ken of Lavender Town!" "the Champion's boyfriend!"
"what the heck?!" Ken exclaimed before ran out of the Pokemon Center while being chased after by the stampede of reporters
"are you kidding me!?" Ken screamed running away before he called out Golurk
"Golurk! Help!" Ken shouted out as Golurk grabbed Ken before flying up to the sky
"after him!" the reporters screamed as they chased after them
"Shadow Punch! In front of them!" Ken shouted as Golurk turns and fired a shadow Punch in front of the stampeding reporters and created a big dust explosion that nearly blew them away
"now let's get the hell out of here!" Golurk then took off as the Automaton Pokemon flied towards the horizon
Ken was now at a forest, a few miles away from Sunnyshore city as he was resting with his pokemon
"alright guys" Ken said as he holds one Pokeball in his hand while Golurk and the others were out "meet our new teammate"
The Pokeball opened as Darkrai appeared
"everyone, meet Darkrai" Ken introduced his new friend as Golurk and the others greeted Darkrai but not Drapion
"hey, Drapion. I know that the two of you got into a bumpy start but that's how we met as well, right?" Ken asked as Drapion looks at Darkrai before leaning out one of its pincers towards the Pitch Black Pokemon
Drapion let out a few cries as Darkrai looks to the Ogre Scorpion Pokemon before nodding and then hold Drapion's pincer and shake it
Ken smiled with a sigh as he was glad that the two got acquainted with each other
The group set up camp for the night as Ken was fixing up his tent while Golurk and the others forage for food
"that should do it" Ken said as he set up his camp before turning to see Golurk and the others coming back with tons of fruits
He smiled before seeing Darkrai off in the forest's shadow with a pile of fruits on a giant leaf in its hands
"come on here" Ken said as Darkrai looks to Ken before approaching him "everyone here is a friend, we travel together and we fight together, you don't have to be alone, Darkrai"
Darkrai looks at Ken before it nodded
Ken smiled before everyone sat down to eat the foraged fruits together
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
