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"thinking"
On with the story
Detective Handsome is running in the forest as he is being chased by a group of men in black suits, all after him. The Detective glance behind just once to check the men in black suits as they were not going to let him go.
An hour had passed since Detective Handsome had come to Kanto as he was being chased by
"seems that they are after what I am searching for" said Detective Handsome before he jumps down a hill and skids down with his pursuers following behind. Handsome jumps over a small river stream before he reached into his coat and throws out several green marbles to the ground in front of his pursuers and then continued running.
Detective Handsome's pursuer came running in before they stepped on the Green marbles on the ground that instantly exploded and Green gas came exploding out.
They started to cough as the Green gas is filled with the gas attack of a Skuntank which is very potent to the point that some of the pursuers fell with pale green faces.
While they were coughing, puking, and fainting. Detective Handsome ran away as fast as he can to a nearby town.
At Canalave City.
Ken is at the Pokémon Center, the Unova Champion Master is in the middle of a call with Oba.
"I got Kia to help send in some of my Pokemons to you" whispered Ken to the phone speaker as he was trying to be quiet so that Shirona who is talking to Akira and Kirika by the counter wouldn't hear him. His wife not that keen on him doing anything big for the time being after he was kidnapped and all. "and try your best with the others on getting a call to Detective Handsome. I tried contacting him a few hours ago but he ain't responding"
"you got it, Ken" replied Oba on the call before it hanged up. Ken sighs before he made his way to Shirona and the others.
"How did it go?" asked Shirona with her arms crossed as she is expecting Ken to say that he won't go or she'll chain him down.
"I only told him that I got Kia to help transfer some of my pokemon to Oba so they can help, just that" replied Ken truthfully while leaving out the part about not getting any calls from Detective Handsome to her
Shirona looks at Ken with a dead-on stare as the man had an awkward and sweating look at his wife. The dead-on stare continued for a minute before Shirona smiles.
"that's good," said Shirona before turning to look at Akira and Kirika while Ken breath out a sigh of relief.
The group sets out of the Pokémon Center as they were heading for the café where Shirina and the others were at.
"Shiri must be already challenging a random Trainer for a battle because of how long we were at the Pokémon Center" Said Kirika, imagining Shirina in a Pokémon Battle with a Random Trainer's Pokémon.
"she was never the patient type" added Akira who crosses his arms in front of his chest.
"I wonder from who she got that from?" asked Shirona, thinking of whose trait did Shirina get it from.
"might be from me and my grandfather" replied Ken with a short chuckle. "the two of us were restless as a newborn Cubone back in the day"
"somehow I can see that being the truth" said Shirona with a giggle from imagining her husband as a Cubone.
The group continued walking before they arrived at the café as they expected to see Shirina either munching on some sandwiches or going up to a trainer and asking for a battle, but what they see was Shirina in a dead-heated glare with a black jacket and sport jeans-wearing boy who seems to be in the same age as her while Osamu and the others were trying to break the two off.
"that doesn't look good," said Kirika while pointing at the debating two before Ken and Shirona runs to the scene.
"I dare you to say that to my face, you jerk!" exclaimed Shirina who had a very angry red face to the boy with who she is in a heated debate.
"I'll say it over and over till I'm satisfied, you girly girl!" the boy barked back as the two glares at each other while Osamu and the others tried to break them apart.
"Please stop, nee-chan!" Osamu exclaimed as he and Miyuki try to pull back Shirina from the boy.
"come on! Can't we talk this out!?" Minny exclaimed as she and Kenji tried to pull the boy away from Shirina.
Shirina and the boy growl at each other before Ken and the others came and pushed them away from each other.
"that's far enough you two" said Ken as he got in between the two and broke off the glaring contest. "this is not the place for any of you to have childish debates"
"he started it, Papa!" Shirina exclaimed angrily while pointing at the boy.
"what he started, Shirina?" asked Shirona while holding her daughter's shoulders so that she wouldn't go ballistic on the boy. "tell us"
"he said that Osamu, Miyuki, and Minny were a bunch of weaklings because of them being in Pokémon Contest!" Shirina exclaimed while glaring at the boy "he also said that girls should stay home and do house chores because we aren't strong! I can't let that slide at all"
"is that why?" asked Ken before he turns to look at the boy and sense some familiarity from him. "you're…."
"Yuji!" someone shouted out as everyone turns to the side and sees a middle aged fat man coming towards them while wearing a hiker's uniform on. "what are you doing here? We are going to be late for the Fossil exhibition!"
"father" the boy said looking at the man before pointing at Shirina. "I was going there when this girl just mocked me"
"mocked you!? Why you little!" exclaimed Shirina even angrier as she was going to pummel the boy but was stopped by Kirika and Akira who holds her back.
"ok, Shiri! Now is not the time to go Outrage" Kirika told her best friend while using every ounce of her strength to hold her back.
The man went near the boy before he looks at Ken whose face was filled with surprise.
"Ken?" the man said to Ken with a surprised look.
"Tetsu?" said Ken before he smiles and the two shook hands. "long time no see!"
"I could say the same to you!" the man said before the two gave each other a hug and smiles. "I thought I could meet you again at Celestic Town, but I find you here? What a lucky coincidence!"
"you could say that again," said Ken chuckling before the two shake each other hands one more time. "it's been 8 years!"
"hohoho, more if you count on the time the two of us met back at Rustboro city on your last visit!" said Tetsu before the two laughed together
"uh, Ken. What is going on here?" asked Shirona as everyone looks confused
"oh yeah, I never introduced you guys to Tetsu," said Ken who rubs his chin.
A minute later, everyone was seated in the café as they all sat down at several tables together.
"let me introduce myself, Ken," Tetsu said as he sat down with Ken beside on his right and Yuji on his left. Tetsu takes off his hiker hat and grins "the name's Tetsu the Stone Finder/ Mountain explorer! Nice to meet you all! And this boy here is my son, Yuji! Say hello!"
"hi" Yuji said while crossing his arms and looked away.
"nice to meet you" Shirona and the others said before seeing Ken laughing with Tetsu who said a joke.
"my Arceus, I keep wondering back then on when you will settle down already" said Ken with a grin to Tetsu who laughs before grinning himself.
"there ain't no house that can tie this big belly!" Tetsu said while slapping his chubby stomach with a laugh.
"so? care to tell us more?" asked Shirina as they hadn't been told more on Tetsu and Yuji.
"Tetsu here used to be my neighbor back at Lavender Town back in the day, but he and his parents moved away to Rustboro city about 3 years later" explained Ken before looking at Tetsu. "that about right?"
"3 and a half years later" Tetsu said as Ken hummed while rubbing his chin and nodded a few times.
"and then?" Osamu asked, feeling curious
"and then, your old man and I met each other one day about 8 years back when he was visiting another friend of his there" Tetsu cuts in as he explained. "and boy, were we surprised to meet each other again!"
"I was thinking that I just go there to meet up with Rick at the daycare before I just happen to bump with him" said Ken while pointing at Tetsu. "you wouldn't believe how he still looks the same from back then"
"hey! I have you know that I have been working out" Tetsu said with a huff before he takes out his wallet and opens it to reveal a photo of Ken with someone who looks extremely macho. "see?"
"uh, who is that muscle guy?" Shirina asked, pointing at the man in the photo
"that's Tetsu" said Ken while pointing at the photo and then to Tetsu
"Eh?" Shirina and the others said as they imagined the macho man transforms into Tetsu in the span of 6-8 years.
"lots of faces here, but I can tell Miss Shirona, the Sinnoh Champion" Tetsu said before he did a respectful head bow to Shirona who nodded back with a smile. Tetsu looks at Shirina and Osamu while scratching his beard. "and I can tell that the young lady is missy Shirina and the young boy is young Osamu, right?"
"yes" "yeah" Osamu and Shirina replied as Tetsu nodded with a smile before looking to Miyuki and the others.
"my name is Miyuki, nice to meet you" said Miyuki as she introduced herself to Tetsu politely.
"the name's Kirika! And my little sister, Minny!" Kirika greeted Tetsu while hugging Minny who did a simple hello
"Akira" Akira greeted himself with a head nod
"Kenji, nice to meet you" Kenji added in with a smile.
"nice to meet you all" Tetsu said with a head bow before having a happy grin.
"so?" Ken replied while grabbing hold of a glass of water and sips it before looking at Tetsu. "what brings you two here?"
"me and my son are traveling!" Tetsu responded while putting away his wallet. "finding Evolution stones and studying them, checking new places with our own eyes, and uncovering ancient artifacts of many wonders!"
"Evolution stones?" Shirina and Osamu asked Tetsu who nodded before he reached in his bag and takes out a small box case and placed it on the table then unlocks it.
"see for yourself," said Tetsu as he flips open the box and turns it to showed Shirina and the others an assortment of Evolution stones kept inside "our prized collections!"
"wow!" Shirina and the others checked the Evolution Stones inside as they range from a Fire Stone to a Sunstone. "so many!"
"Fire Stone, Water Stone, Dusk Stone, Moon Stone, Thunder Stone…" Miyuki noted seeing the many evolutionary stones.
"you got the complete set, don't you?' asked Ken to Tetsu who nodded with a happy smile.
"yeah" Tetsu said as he closed the box and locks it before caressing its case. "I searched high and low for these stones in the nature of the world, and it was a great adventure!"
"you find them in nature? Wouldn't it be easier to buy them at some Evolution stone stores?" Kenji said, thinking of why go the hard way to find the stones when one can just buy them.
"yeah, I've seen a lot of stores sell this kind of stones before" Minny added in.
"Tetsu here goes and do things in the natural way" Ken said as Tetsu nodded "it's not an adventure when you can find the things you want in it so easy. Where's the passion in that?"
"These stones can be bought but they can't be truly earned unless you find them yourselves!" Tetsu said with a prideful smile. "that's the true essence of an adventure!"
Everyone hummed a bit to see the point of Tetsu's view and could imagine the fun of finding treasure or Evolution stones in nature.
"me and my son are planning to go to the fossil exhibition and get the good feeling of how the Pokémon of the past and all," said Tetsu with a smile "going there to see the fossils can give me the happy chills to meet the Pokemons of the ancient past"
"people didn't call you Rockheaded Tetsu back at Lavender town, you know" Ken said before having a laugh that Tetsu joined.
"that's right!" Tetsu laughed out
"somehow, Papa looks like a 10 year old with Tetsu-san" Osamu whispered to Shirina who nodded
"I can tell that your kids follow up to their parent's legacy?" asked Tetsu as he looks at Shirina and Osamu. "the two of you going for Contests and Gyms?"
"I'm going for the Contest" Osamu replied while taking out his ribbon case and showed his achieved Contest Ribbons.
"and the gyms are for me" Shirina added in as she showed her badge case and her achieved badges.
"hah, the two of you are weak sauce" Yuji said with a mocking tone as this got Shirina to go red.
"oh yeah?! Wanna bet after I beat you as flat as a Muk!?" Shirina exclaimed as she stands up before Kirika and Osamu grabs her hands then holds her down.
"come on, Neechan! don't do this now!" Osamu told his big sister as they were in the café and making a scene would be bad.
"Osamu-chan is right, Shiri" Kirika told Shirina while trying to calm her down.
"Yuji" Tetsu said in a stern voice as Yuji crosses his arms and looks away. Tetsu sighs a bit before looking to the others. "sorry about him, you two. Yuji here can be stubborn at some point in time"
"a passed-on trait from his old man?" asked Ken with a small smirk as Tetsu laughed a bit.
"maybe" Tetsu replied before looking at Yuji. "Yuji here thinks that boys are supposed to be for Gyms while girls are for Contests, and he thinks that he's the best Pokémon Trainer there is"
"you're going for the Gyms?" Akira asked Yuji who glanced at him and looks away before nodding. "how many badges?"
"all of them" Yuji replied as showed his badges which were attached to the inside of his jacket, all 8 badges shined from the light as Akira, Kirika, and Shirina eyed them. "I'm going to the Sinnoh League after traveling to Steel island with my old man"
"ho? Seems that we have a possible opponent in the league, huh?" Kirika said with a smile as Yuji looks at her.
"what?" Yuji said with a stern look
"Shirina, Kirika-kun, and Akira-kun are all going for the Sinnoh League just like you, Yuji-kun" Shirona told Yuji who looks at the three before scoffing.
"This guy I will admit as a rival" Yuji said pointing at Akira before to Shirina and Kirika. "but these two won't stand a chance against me"
"what did you say!?" Shirina and Kirika exclaimed in unison as both snapped and were being held back by Osamu and Minny.
"neechan, don't!" Osamu exclaimed while holding his big sister's hand.
"neesan, don't get too easily provoked!" Minny told her sister as she pulled her down back to her seat.
"hey, Yuji. Be nice!" Tetsu told his son with a stern look. "that is no way to treat your new friends"
"new friends? Hmph!" Yuji said before he stands up from his seat and started walking towards the door. "who needs new friends like them?"
Yuji pushed the door and went out, leaving his father behind.
"Yuji…" Tetsu sighs as he shakes his head in disappointment before looking to Ken. "sorry about him, Ken. My son is just in that stage right now"
"don't worry" said Ken after seeing what Yuji's personality is. "kids go through that stage at times"
At Kanto, Detective Handsome arrived at Lavender Town.
He took a few deep breathes before looking behind to see that his pursuers weren't chasing after him any more.
"good..i lost them" said Detective Handsome before he continued on foot to the town.
Reaching the town, he finds the townsfolk walking around doing their daily activity.
"excuse me" Detective Handsome went to an old married couple who were standing by a farm field. "I'm here to find Reika, the caretaker in this town's Pokémon Daycare. Can you help me in finding where she might be?"
"oh, Reika? The lassy is by the daycare right now," the old man replied before pointing at the direction of where the daycare is located. "she's taking care of some Pidgeys who are sick."
"thank you" Detective Handsome replied as he nodded in gratitude to the old married couple before he went to the daycare.
Detective Handsome arrived at the daycare as he finds the door opened.
"excuse me" said the detective while knocking on the door a few times to get the attention of the occupants in the room.
"yes?" someone replied as a young lady wearing a red shirt and black skirt with an apron above, she is Reika.
"are you miss Reika?" Detective Handsome asked as Reika nodded
"are you Detective Handsome?" replied Reika to the Detective who nodded. "I've been expecting you"
Reika brought Detective Handsome to a storage room near the Daycare as she was rummaging through some boxes, checking their contents before pushing them aside.
"Ken told me that you would be coming here, and I can guess what you want to find here," said Reika as she takes out a box and checks its content to see books about Pokémon before she closed it and place it away. "you are here for the diary that my grandfather kept from Osamu-san, right?"
"yes," Detective Handsome replied "it is of important matter for me to retrieve that diary before Team Rocket do"
"you're in luck," said Reika as she pulls out a box and opens it to reveal a bunch of items from books, photos, Pokeballs, and a single diary that had the name Osamu on the cover. "I just found it"
Reika takes out the diary and blows away the dust covering it before giving it to Detective Handsome who wears some gloves and then takes it.
Detective Handsome opens the diary and he got surprised when the content of the diary had nothing but blank pages.
"blank?" Detective Handsome flips through the whole pages as he finds nothing but blank pages. "this can't be"
"you need this," said Reika as she holds in her hand a small flashlight that she gave to the Detective.
Detective Handsome takes the flashlight and turns it on, he soon realized that it was a black UV flashlight. He shines the light on the front page of the diary and instantly finds hidden messages within.
"this is…." Detective Handsome said as he finds a map of a hidden location within Lavender Town.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
