Hello again everyone, welcome to chapter 28, hope you all enjoy it.
"Alright, now ask me for food" Zoroark began making signs and gestures with her hands, "Excellent, you need more practice, but for now will suffice" I got up and noticed the sun was rising, "Well, we spent the whole night with this and didn't sleep a single minute, but I am not tired at all, should we rest for a moment, or should we continue on our way?" using the sign language she said, "I am not tired, lets sail" it a sailor sign language, so it uses sailor's expressions "Let's get going then" we turned off the campfire and after looking for the north we began heading that way, "Is it just me or this place is suspiciously quiet?" I gave a look around, normally there we a few Pokémon running around, at least one, but there we none, "Maybe ye be scaring them lass, what do ye think?" I asked Zoroark, she nodded in response, "Being honest I would be scared of ye I were in their position" I said, she answered saying she wasn't that scary, well not exactly that but that what she wanted to say, "Whatever ye say" we kept walking until a question came to my mind, "Hey lass, I just realized, Zoroark are called the masters of illusions, but I rarely see ye using illusions, is there a reason fer that?" I asked, she responded by saying that she only uses them if she feels in danger, or wants to protect someone, "Well, ye know what they say, a good offense is a great defense" I said, but she didn't seem to have heard it before, "Have ye heard it or not is true, we should work on something to make a good use of yer abilities… I think I have some ideas! Wanna hear theme?" she nodded.
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"Stay away from the border!" Sailer's brother, Stephen tried to control his younger brother Pokémon while avoiding the many rocks that were on the river, "Thanks Arceus we are almost done" a short distance ahead was a small port, where they would left the boat and continue on foot the rest of the way to Opelucid city, "Get down carefully, and please, try not to overturn the boat, is rented" everyone got out of the boat, except for Gible, who was in a corner missing Sailer, Stephen tried to convince her to get up, but there was no use, she didn't want to move, so to avoid losing more time Stephen picked her up and taking a towel with which previously he had cleaned Sailer's injury and gave it to her, the towel had Sailer scent, (actually his blood but that doesn't sounds that good) and Gible would recognized it, smelling it would make her calm, "I am starting to regret listening to ye" Stephen said to… no one…
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"So, do ye think it will work?" I asked to Zoroark after giving her some ideas of how to use her illusions as an advantage on battle, she answered with, we will only know when we try. I took some steps back in case something went wrong, Zoroark eyes began to glow, and I saw how my surroundings began to change, first it was hardly noticed, but then I could see the changes better and better, "Ye be doing good, just concentrate a little more…" Zoroark was doing great progress when suddenly…
"Do ye heard that?" from the distance I could hear something, "Lass stop" I said, the sound began getting louder and I could recognize it, there were people marching, a lot of people, but I couldn't be the soldiers that were on Nimbasa city, they couldn't be here already by moving on foot, I was curious and started walking towards the sound.
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"Does everyone have their food?" Stephen asked to his brother Pokémon and his Krookodile, none of them complained, so they all have food for themselves, "Excellent, try not to kill someone while I am not here", Stephen left the Pokémon alone in the Poke center and headed to the gym, he wanted to check something before Sailer tried to challenge the gym leader, but for now let's focus on Sailer's crew…
"That… guy… is acting… weird" Said Raichu while eating "Please don't speak with your mouth full" Serperior told him, so purposedly Raichu put more food on his mouth and said "Oh sorry your highness" she responded slapping the back of Raichu's head with her tail, causing him to spit all the food he had on his mouth to Krookodile, who after cleaning the food that fell on his face said, "You are all a complete mess you know?" he said, "At least we are mess in group, for what I know you are the only Pokémon with the big guy" Raichu said, "I am not his only Pokémon, but unlike you we are not a mess in group, we are disciplined, polity and effective" Krookodile responded "And who are the others?" Lucario asked, he was interested, because at that time, they had only fought Krookodile in the many fights they had against Sailer's brother, "I can't say it, Stephen has been talking about this moment since his little brother began his journey, and I would be mean to ruin the surprise at the last moment" they were going to keep talking, but Lycanroc was making a lot of sound while eating, "And for what it seem, you weren't taught manners", Lycanroc just growled, "Is that all he says?" Krookodile asked "No, he sometimes laughs, and that would be it" they kept talking, when suddenly Gible, who had finished her food already began crying, "Could someone make her shut?" Serperior said irritated by Gible cries, "She is still baby, just try to be a little more patient" Lucario said, Serperior put her disgust face and continued eating.
Gible kept crying, and it looked like she wouldn't stop, until… "Finally, I though she would never shut up" Gible cries stopped, and after a moment of silence, they were replaced with laughs, everyone looked to her wondering why the sudden change, and they saw it, just like a female would do to her puppies, Lycanroc was carefully licking Gible, "That's new" Raichu said and seeing it, "He would be the one I would least expect to do that" Krookodile added, "Don't judge only by appearances" Lucario said very calmly, "You say it like you already knew it" Serperior said "He obviously knew, Lucarios can read minds" said Krookodile, "They what?!" she responded screaming, "Don't worry, I don't care if you think of me like the stupid blue dwarf" Lucario said, "It looks like…" but before Raichu finished, "Don't finish that sentence, or I'll have to say what you were thinking while we traveled in the boat… and yes, I am talking about that" Raichu closed his mouth and didn't said a word.
They all remained in silence, an awkward silence, but it got interrupted by a distant sound that got louder and louder, they didn't recognize it, but suddenly, on the distance… the spike heads apperead…
Well, this was chapter 28, hope you enjoyed it and see ya next time