"A Job..." Akira muttered out before he started to respond back to the man's request. "Didn't you hear me when I said that I already had a job that I needed to finish?" Akira inquired of the older male.

Even with Akira telling him this, the Mayor still wasn't going to take no for an answer. "I know about the job you have been doing within my town but that should take a backseat when it comes to my son being kidnapped!" the Mayor roared back though even there his words didnt stop. "If you help me then I will return the manuscript to you which would then complete your work here in Pallet." the Mayor finished and unlike his previous words he took on a more pleading tone with Akira this time.

Even with hearing that the Mayor was going to return the manuscript so Akira could complete his contract he was already going to agree to save Gilbert. "I will take the job though I have some questions that need answered before I start working on it." Akira replied which caused Mayor Haynes to drop into his chair in relief.

As Mayor Haynes hit his chair, Akira could see that whatever energy that the man had within him as he was yelling at him quickly vanished and all that was left was a shell of a man that was extremely worried for his missing son. "Thank you Akira. You may ask whatever questions your heart desires." The Mayor muttered out towards the young Tamer.

Akira already knew what he was going to ask and with the Mayor's permission already given he jumped right into it. "I would like to know why you had the manuscript stolen?" Akira questioned the elder male.

Mayor Haynes must have been expecting this question because within the same breath of Akira finishing speaking the Mayor was starting. "I am assuming that like every resident of Kanto that you have heard the tale of the missing Prince and with that assumption then you know that the Prince should be sixteen. Though the less known fact was that the late King's brother wanted the Prince disposed of so that he could take the throne of Kanto. When the King heard of this he sent the Prince somewhere his brother would never think to look for him, at least until that godforsaken manuscript came into play. I was hoping that by stealing the manuscript that I would be able to keep my son safe." Mayor Haynes explained to Akira.

Though even though the Mayor never fully said the words, Akira knew that Gilbert was the lost Prince of Kanto which caused Akira much surprise since he was just talking with the other boy a few days ago.

Knowing that there was nothing else to be said between them, Akira bid his farewell to the Mayor and went back towards his hotel room to wake both Forrest and Ash.

"I know finding the Mayor's son is important and all but why did you have to wake us up so early?" Ash groaned as he tried to stifle a yawn.

Akira was used to Ash's complaining by now and decided to ignore it so they could go over their plan to find out where Team Rocket had taken those they have kidnapped. "We should go and question that man from Team Rocket once more. He said that they were taking everyone who was of age somewhere and he will hopefully be able to tell us where." Akira informed both his companions.

Though as he was looking at the other two boys he could see that Ash didn't like being ignored, though he said nothing further on the subject.

"That sounds like the only logical solution." Forrest responded to Akira's words.

With that settled, Akira and the others made their way towards the guardhouse. The trek to the guardhouse didn't take very long and soon the boys were making their way inside the building.

Though when they entered the guardhouse they saw that it was extremely short staffed, which told Akira that the Mayor must have called over half the towns guards to watch his home.

Already knowing which direction the interrogation room was, Akira and the others went towards it. Though not before informing one of the guards that they needed to question the member of Team Rocket that was brought in the day before.

Akira, Ash and Forrest had just taken a seat when the door to the room opened and the man from Team Rocket was brought to them.

After forcefully putting the man in the only other open chair, the guard that brought him vanished back through the door they entered in. As Akira examined the man's appearance he saw that he had a nasty looking black eye that had started to form, which told Akira that the man must have been beat on by someone.

Just when Akira was about to ask the man what had happened to him, he felt a smack on his leg. Looking up, Akira saw both Ash and Forrest giving him a look to stay out of it.

Not wanting to fight with his friends, Akira filed the question away for a later time. "The last time that we spoke to you, you told us that your cells were bringing any male that fit the age of the Prince somewhere. Where was that place?" Akira inquired of the older male.

Akira could see that the man was torn on whether or not to give him an answer, though in a hope to ensure that he got the answer they needed Akira decided to give the man incentive to answer. "If you help us, then I will inform the Commander that you proved quite helpful in the completion of our contracts and recommend that he doesn't just execute you." Akira informed the prisoner, who upon hearing this seemed thrilled at the concept of not being executed.

Knowing that Akira will try to sway his Commander on not seeking his death, the man started to speak. "We have a base within Viridian Forest. That is where we take those that we have captured."

"Thank you." Akira replied as he pushed himself away from the table that they were sitting at. As Akira was doing this, Ash and Forrest both followed suit.

With the meeting done, the three Tamers left the interrogation room and made their way from the guardhouse.

Once out of the guardhouse, Akira made his way towards the market district which confused both Ash and Forrest since Viridian Forest was the opposite direction.

"Akira, why are we going to the market?" Ash inquired of Akira.

Akira must have been expecting the question because not a minute later he was giving his reply to the other two boys. "We are going to stop at the weapons shop. This knife is good and all but I have a feeling that for the battle that we are walking headfirst into, we are going to need to be better armed." Akira explained.

With the explanation given, the other two males let Akira drag them towards the shop that he had mentioned.

Akira's Pokémon

Vulpix(Shiny)(M)- Inari

Moves: Ember, Tackle, Scratch, Flamethrower

Ability: Unknown

Charmander(M)- Natsu

Moves: Ember, Scratch

Ability: Inferno

Sandshrew(M)- Sandstorm

Moves: Dig

Ability: Unknown

Unknown Fourth Pokémon

Unknown Fifth Pokémon

Authors notes: Thank you to everyone who read the chapter. To anyone who wants to help me name Akira's other two Pokémon just comment and review with your potential names. Until next time.