By: Kat of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek
A/N: This is just an odd little mini-movie like "Concealin' Chameleon" was to "Alpha Omega". This one features two new people, thieves to be exact, as well as a bunch of new Pokemon making their TAA debuts. See if you can find all six Pokemon that are coming in for the first time. Hope you like it! Ja ne!
Eevy yawned and traipsed across the Pokemon Center, just on the edge of Cutter Town, Hokubu. She slammed down in the window seat, staring off out the window and into the slowly darkening night sky. The steadily changing colors of sunset were starting to get to her, slowly but surely putting her to sleep. She yawned and forced her eyes open wider, but it didn't really work, and she was out soon after.
Across the room, Luri was curled up next to Will, staring at him as he read a book. After repositioning her head on his shoulder a good dozen times, she too slowly drifted off to sleep. Seeing this, he followed nearly immediately after. Sooney and Yuu-Yuu were snoring on the floor, sprawled in their sleeping bags. Sooney kept muttering frivolities about Tracey, and Yuu-Yuu was murmuring commands to her Pichu in an imaginary battle to capture Suicune. Lance had his feet propped up on the back of chair and his arms folded behind his head, snoring away. Jason was asleep in his chair, in front of the television, and Medira was sprawled on the couch by the back door. Eusine and Morty were on the floor on one side of the heater and Mizu and Lisle were on the other.
Nurse Joy, with amazing blue hair, pranced over to the TV, hopping over Sooney and running around Yuu-Yuu. She flicked it off and turned to the side, wandering over and turning the heater down. She then bounded over Eevy's fallen backpack, weaved around the chairs that had been pulled out, and made a leap over Lance's outstretched legs. After this, she then had to jump back over and put the chairs back where they were originally placed. She then sprang over him again and finally made her way down the long hall to the Pokemon room. After checking on the many Pokemon there, which had been accumulated from Eevy's group alone, and after locking both windows, she turned and headed for the other end of the hallway. She went into her room, shut and locked the door, and turned the light in the hallway off.
Two shadows loomed outside the Pokemon Center, watching more and more of the lights shut off. The light in the long hall flicked off, then the light showing from the curtained window of Nurse Joy's room also faded to nothingness. Both shadows grinned evilly, waiting a moment to ensure sleep had ensued, then crouched slowly forward. One went left, the other right, then both went through a window. They slipped in silently, the only even slightly audible noise being their breathing. They bent low to the ground, slinking along, and searched the premises.
"Do you see anything?" one whispered to the other through a device bearing a microphone.
"Nothing really…" the other answered, "Just some really kawaii guys," she snickered, leaning over the back of the chair Morty and Eusine were sitting against.
"Don't be an idiot!" her partner snapped, "Just find something and swipe it! And I don't mean a good night kiss!"
"Meow! Hiss-hiss!" the other retorted, digging around Morty's backpack, "Wow!"
"Shhh! Quiet, you dope!"
"Sorry…But this guy's pack is filled with Fog Badges!" she shuffled through it a bit more, "And one of each of the Badges from Johto, Kanto and GTRin! Kind of tarnished with a bit of rust, but…"
"Really? What's this guy look like?" the other paused slowly.
"Um…" she leaned farther over the chair, accidentally slipping over, "Woah!" she threw her arms up so she stopped upon her palms slapping the floor.
"Careful, you dunce!"
"Sorry…Let's see," she tipped the flashlight attached to her mic down to slightly highlight Morty's face as she stayed still, flopped over the chair, "He's got goldish-blond hair with a light blue headband. Kind of stern looking, but looks kinda familiar."
"You don't know any stern men," the other puffed back, "Sounds to me like we've found ourselves a Gym Leader from Johto. That sounds like Morty of Ecruteak City."
"The Ghost trainer?"
"Yeah. Is there anyone else over there?"
"There's a guy with really weird hair right next to him. Dark brown hair, dressed all in a navy blue. Hehe…He's got a little red bow tie and a short white cape."
"Don't be weird. That's definitely the Mystical Man Eusine. Only that weirdo dresses like that," she rolled her eyes, "Who else?"
"Two girls," she rolled carefully over, now contorting herself somewhat painfully, "One dirty blond in strawberry pink and one brunette in blue."
"Hmm…Keep looking. See what you can find," she kept working her way around the room, "There's hardly anything over here. There's a girl with a really nice Fire Stone necklace though," she carefully maneuvered the necklace over Medira's head, stuffing it in a black pouch hanging from her belt, "Wah!" she just barely stopped before stepping on Yuu-Yuu's face, "Phew…"
"And you're telling me to be quiet?" her assistant puffed.
"Just do your job," she spat back, carefully inching over Yuu-Yuu and hopping over Sooney, "Maybe if we're lucky, we'll find something worth stealing and we can get out of here."
"We should be so lucky. We work hard and never make a good haul," she puffed her hair subconsciously, "Ooh," she spotted Luri's shining icicle earrings, "Pretty jewelry."
"What kind of jewelry?" her boss asked quickly, knowing her employee thought tinfoil was pretty.
"Um…" she tiptoed over and looked closer, "Looks like silver and…Woah! It's diamond!"
"You're kidding me," she shook her head.
"I'm serious! They're actually icicle shaped diamonds with silver posts!" she stood there, staring.
"Impossible," she snorted back, "There's only one person with such jewels, and there's no way she'd be here."
"Fine," she fumed, "Don't believe me. But I'll get them anyway," she slowly pulled Luri's earrings away and stuffed them in her own black pouch, "There's a guy over here too."
She rolled her eyes, "Who now?"
"I dunno…Both the guy and the woman are in some kind of cloaks or capes or something…" she shrugged, though the other woman couldn't see her, "All I can see is red hair and a real creepy face."
"Sounds like you in the morning," the other one gritted her teeth, "Just forget them and move on!"
"Geez, fine!" she growled and stomped away, then seeing Eevy, "Um…Do you remember that girl that was on the TV a few weeks ago? The one I was yelling at?"
"Which one?" she snorted, "Any girl with better hair than yours is immediately sentenced to death in your eyes…"
"The one with the two-colored eyes and the double-toned hair," she crept closer to the window seat.
"Yes, why?"
"Because she's right over here," her eyes nearly toppled from her head, "I'm looking right at her."
"Well, steal something off her! Hurry up!"
"Ooh," she saw a shining bell dangling from Eevy's pocket, "This is gorgeous," she pulled it away and stuffed it in her loot bag, "And here's her backpack! Wow! Eleven Badges! All shiny and brand-new!"
"Eleven?!" her partner gasped, "Of GTRin?!"
"Yeah! All that's missing is the Platinum Badge!" her jaw dropped.
Jason fidgeted in his chair, the right half of his cloak flopping open, "Oh…My…Gawd…" she gaped.
"What? What'd I miss?" she asked as she plucked the Badges from Eevy's backpack.
"This…This guy…" she gawked, "He has every Badge. Johto, Kanto, Orange Archipelago and GTRin."
"No way!" she gasped lightly, "That's like…Thirty two Badges!"
"Yes way! I'm looking right at them!" she started pulling them off and jamming them in her bag, "These will fetch a pretty price…For a full set."
"You bet," the boss heard munching in her ear piece.
"What are you doing?!" she snapped.
"Eating a really good muffin…" she murmured, being heard taking another bite.
"Cut it out and get to work! We need some valuable stuff, baka! Hurry up!" she growled evilly.
She started storming across the room, growling lowly about her incompetent partner, whom she had the unfortunate pleasure of calling her sister. As she was about to snort something back at the blond while thumping away, she screeched quickly to a halt. One more inch and she'd have knocked someone's legs off their footrest on the back of a chair. She sighed in relief and loosened up, then looking up toward his face. A hood…Maybe her sister wasn't kidding about the other two over there…She shrugged and looked closer, taking her flashlight to his face. She gasped slightly and stumbling back, choking and shivering.
"G-Get your stuff and let's get out of here," she shivered, jumping back a few more steps.
"What? Why? What's wrong?" she asked as she pulled the Blue Badge from Mizu's shirt and the Fog and Indigo Badges from Lisle's.
"Just finish what you're doing and let's go!" she waved her hands over her head from across the room.
Her sister jumped up, jamming a few more things in her pockets and bag, and ran over. They headed for the window's they'd come in, but there was no way up to them. They were a good five feet from the floor. Coming in, all they had to do was slide in to the floor, but going out, they needed a boost. Unless they wanted to cause quite the racket, they had to get out some other way. They ran to the long hall and bolted down to the Pokemon room with the long, low picture window. The Pokemon were all in their Poke'Balls, resting a while. No chance they'd hear. Or so the thieves thought. The boss waited as her sister turned back to the Pokemon tables and placed a card and rose beside a Poke'Ball with a Star carved in it. She then looked back to her sister and nodded. They opened the windows and jumped out, the boss followed by the employee, and closed the window behind them. They scrambled off into the bushes.
Back in the room they'd exited from, a Poke'Ball clattered side to side. The Poke'Ball engraved with the Star quivered slightly, shaking in its holder. Then it started bouncing into the air and then broke open. Vovo shook off, scratching the back of his ear. Then he sniffed the air. That's strange…He didn't recognize those scents…They were nowhere else in the building. His collar bristled and he jumped up to the table. He nosed five more Poke'Balls from that one, then jumped to the next, releasing two. Then the next and the next, releasing more and more Pokemon as he continued along on his raid of Poke'Balls. He'd soon assembled for himself a small army, five of which he was related to. The count amounted to just over twenty, not counting himself. Each one paused and sniffed the air, also noticing those two smells that didn't belong.
(Look! It's the magical Poke'Dex dubbing system! We can now understand Poke'ese.)
"Does anyone else not recognize those people?" Medira's Sneasel Night Frost asked quietly.
"I don't," Mizu's Kingler looked left to right, "Nor do I see them."
"Why do I somewhat consider that a good thing?" Sooney's Weepinbell bounced over.
"I don't think it is," Novo shook his head, "Something seems different."
"There!" Sooney's Gloom pointed to the window, "The lock on the window!"
"Nurse Joy always locks the windows before she heads to her room for the night," Yuu-Yuu's Pichu jumped up and down.
"This window's unlocked," Morty's Gastly floated up to the lock, then to the left to the other window, "And this one isn't."
"You mean you think somebody came in here that wasn't supposed to?" Lisle's Misdreavus questioned.
"It could have been one of our masters," Morty's Gengar suggested.
"No," Sovo shook his head, "No one we know was in here. There's only two traces of recent human beings. Two we've never met."
"That can't be good," Lovo drooped slightly.
"Let's go see what's up out there," Blackstorm motioned to the door.
"Wait!" Lance's Charmeleon called as the group started leaving, "Let me get some more help!" he jumped up onto a table and shoved three Poke'Balls off.
One fell from Jason's Poke'Balls, "Hello and good evening!" a yellow Seadra landed on the floor.
Another fell from Will's, "Yo, everybody! What's up?" a Mr. Mime waved his hands around.
The last fell from Luri's, "Bon a rencontrer tu," a Kingdra recited a bit of French.
The other Pokemon shrugged and ran down the hall as the Elite's Pokemon realized they weren't really impressing anyone with alternate colors, catchy greetings and foreign languages. They frowned and followed slowly behind. Once they had reached the main room, the Pokemon split up to their separate masters. Kingdra floated over to Luri and gasped slightly.
"My Mistress's earrings are gone!" he shrieked.
"My Master's Badges are gone!" Seadra yelled.
"My Master's cufflinks are gone!" Mr. Mime flailed.
"Medira's necklace is gone!" Night Frost and Blackstorm cried.
"Morty's backpack is gone!" Gengar and Gastly shouted.
"Lisle's Fog Badge and Indigo Badge are gone!" Gengar and Misdreavus screamed.
"Mizu's Blue Badge is gone!" Kingler and Azumarill screeched.
"Eusine's pack is gone!" Haunter and Golduck jumped.
"All of Sooney's glass from Sickle is gone!" Gloom, Venonat and Weepinbell freaked.
"Yuu-Yuu's research papers on the Beasts are gone!" Pichu and Marowak flipped.
"Eevy's Badges and her glass bell are gone!" the Ovo's wailed.
"My Master seems unscathed," Charmeleon murmured.
"Well, good for him!" Yovo snapped, "Our master is gonna fall over dead when she sees all this stuff missing!"
"Maybe…" Vovo grinned, "Maybe she won't have to see it gone…"
"Wha?" Lisle's Gengar (We'll call her Pinkie so as we don't confuse her with Morty's Gengar.), "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Maybe we can get the stuff back before they notice," Zovo answered.
"I so do not think so," Blackstorm shuttered, "The last time we went out alone, I got socked in the nose by a wall!"
Gengar's usually stern face went totally blank at that, "Uh…huh…"
"It's true!" Night Frost jumped in, "We met up with Kecleon or Kakureon or something and it punched 'em in the nose!"
"I think, upon hearing that, this would be a good time to put some Twilight Zone music on in the background," Seadra nodded slowly.
"I think, upon listening to you, that it would be a great idea for you to shut up," Kingdra rolled his eyes.
"I agree with the Eevee over there," Mr. Mime nodded quickly, "We should see what we can do before we go worrying our masters.
"Yeah. Same here," Kingler sidestepped to the door, "Your turn boys."
"OK! Ovo allyoop!" Zovo sprang over.
"Ovo allyoop!" Novo bounced up.
"Ovo allyoop and out!" Lovo hopped up to the top and pushed the door open.
"Onward!" Charmeleon plowed his way near the front.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Weepinbell bounced along behind.
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The master of the operation just performed sat digging through her bag and grumbling about everything she could find to grumble about. Her sister sat on the other side of the campfire and tilted her head at her, ready to question what her problem was when the popcorn over the flames finished popping. Instead of trying to calm her raging sibling, she went to stuffing her face with the hot, buttery theater snack food. After a few handfuls, she paused and swallowed hard.
"How come-" she swallowed again, "How come you made such a quick get away back there? Did somebody wake up or something?"
"No," her sister hissed, "Somebody I saw. I recognized him. Let me see the stuff you got," she put out her hand.
She handed her bag over and went back to feeding her face, "What're you looking for?"
"These," she pulled out Luri's earrings and stared at them, "Yes. They are. These are Lurianna Sedna's earrings. It was Lance I saw. For once, Zanna, you were right."
"Thanks a lot, Rion," Zanna puffed and ate more popcorn, "What's so important about those earrings?"
"They belong to the Elite Second, Lurianna Sedna. The guy beside her must have been William Logos. And that guy with all the Badges I saw must have been Jason Peruwa. And across the room, I saw Lance Ryujin," Rion pulled a smaller bag out of hers, containing Jason's Badges.
"But what are they doing here with that purple princess from Rose?" Zanna asked with her mouth full.
"Stop stuffing your face, you imbecile!" Rion whacked her over the head.
"Ow!" Zanna whined, "Sorry…"
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"Did you hear that?" Mizu's Azumarill paused and looked off to the side of the door, "I just heard someone talking."
"With ears like that, how could you not?" Golduck questioned blankly.
Haunter shook his head, "Which way were the voices coming from?"
"Over there," Sovo pointed to the right, "I heard it too. In the woods."
"And which way did our little friends go?" Marowak asked, swinging his bone side to side at a fly.
Zovo sniffed the air, "Same way. Into the woods."
"All right then," Vovo tromped forward, "To the right then."
"Hold up," Charmeleon stomped in front of him, "Let me go first."
Vovo glared and was ready to contradict when Night Frost put a clawed hand on his shoulder, "Let him go. Let him be in front when we face whoever it is."
Vovo grinned evilly and nodded, beginning to slowly follow the Elite Fourth's Charmander evolution. Weepinbell again hopped along behind, finally catching up and keeping at a steady pace. The Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Pinkie, and Misdreavus stuck together around the back, finding themselves best suited for dealing mainly with each other, and Kingdra, Seadra, and Mr. Mime worked along to the side. The Ovo boys stayed as a team directly behind Charmeleon with Night Frost and Blackstorm mixed in with them. Kingler and Azumarill grouped with Venonat, Weepinbell, and Gloom as Golduck and Marowak made themselves friends and Pichu ran around trying to fit in somewhere. Blackstorm paused and looked side to side, smelling the air.
"I smell smoke," he noted, "Thick smoke."
A few seconds later, a voice rang through the trees, "You burned it! I can't believe you burned it!" Rion hissed loudly, "That was the last of our food until we can swipe some more!"
"Swipe some more?" Kingdra's eyes narrowed.
"I believe we've found our thieving buddies," Kingler sidestepped along.
They worked their way silently to a line of bushes and peeked over. Rion was furiously fighting the urge to kill Zanna, as she'd just ruined the last of their provisions. The Ovos' eyes narrowed, as beside Rion sat a bag of Badges; their master's Badges. Seadra, for once, was wishing Sapphire was around, as he could see Jason's as well. Mr. Mime spotted Will's cufflinks and Kingdra's eyes locked on Luri's earrings. The other Pokemon looked to their masters' things as well, then loathing these two young women. Novo looked across the campsite and suddenly grinned, tapping Sovo's shoulder with his tail.
"Take a look over there," he motioned with a movement of his chin.
Sovo scowled at him, but looked anyway, suddenly bugging out. An Espeon, gem shining bright, slept silently on the edge of Zanna and Rion's temporary base. Her tail waved slowly in the air, swishing back and forth without the slightest noise. Sovo restrained his back leg from thumping, eyes nearly falling from his head. Vovo rolled his eyes and Yovo grinned.
"Uh oh," the Dark-type belonging to Eevy snickered, "Enter the evil love interest."
"Shut up!" Sovo clomped him over the head, "Don't be an idiot!"
"Stop fighting!" Gloom jumped, "If they hear us, we're done for!"
"Right. We're cool," Sovo turned away and gulped, "Really. We're cool."
"OK…So…What do we do?" Misdreavus asked blankly.
The Pokemon sat there, in silent stupor, staring at each other with dead-erased faces. A cricket chirped and a Murkrow sounded in the background as everyone waited for everyone else to have a sudden stroke of genius. Lovo snapped to attention.
"I've got it!" he jumped, "Haunter can use his hands to reach in there and pick the stuff out!"
Everyone turned to look at Haunter as if to question if he was willing, "Who? Me? You gotta be kidding!"
"Do it!" Golduck shoved him forward, "Make Eusine proud, buddy!"
"Oh sure! Pin it all on the mid-evolution!" the Ghost shuddered and sent his hands slowly up and out.
"A little to the left," Pichu whispered as Haunter slowly dropped his hands, heading for a pile of backpacks, "Little more…Little more…There. Now drop it."
Haunter's hands slowly lowered. Slowly…Slowly…He carefully took the straps of one pack in each hand, lifting two bags up into the air and pulling them back. Rion was too busy yelling at Zanna and Zanna was too busy cowering to notice their loot slowly floating away. Golduck carefully took Eusine's and Gengar grabbed Morty's, both checking to ensure everything was there.
"Great! Now go for those Badges!" Gastly encouraged.
Haunter sent his hands back in again and went for the plastic bags neatly containing Eevy, Mizu, Lisle, and Jason's Badges. Rion started to sit back down, and Haunter hurriedly rushed to grab them and pulled his hands back quickly, sighing as he just missed hitting Rion in the back of the head. The Ovo boys, Mizu's Pokemon, Lisle's Pokemon, and Seadra all cheered as they retrieved their masters' beloved Gym Badges.
"You're doing great!" Kingler cheered, "Keep going!"
"Get Yuu-Yuu's papers back! She worked hard for those!" Pichu requested quickly.
Haunter nodded and reached back in again, dropping his hands straight for Yuu-Yuu's papers. As he neared them, Zanna sat down beside them. His movements halted as she continued eating what was left of the muffin she'd swiped from Eevy and picked up the very thing he was after. Marowak and Pichu grumbled something lowly. Zanna looked the papers over, then handed them to her sister.
"Bashou and Buson might be interested in those. They're on the Legendary Wandering Beasts," she noted, polishing off the muffin.
"Next time we see them, we'll give them to them," Rion shrugged, "Like they really deserve them…"
"What? You don't like Bashou anymore?" she tilted her head, "I like Buson just fine."
Rion rolled her eyes, "Both of them are incompetent, even as far as Team Rocket goes. And why work with the rest of the team when you can go off as a new division?" she puffed, tossing the papers off to the side.
"There! Now get them!" Pinkie nudged Haunter.
Haunter again went in for the papers, this time moving slower. Rion spotted a pesky gnat flying around and swatted at it. Haunter's hands went transparent to avoid getting hit, then came back again. They then disappeared again as Rion kept swinging. Finally she clapped both hands around the bug and was rid of it. The Pokemon sighed as Haunter started moving again.
"Aria…" came a coarse voice from somewhere near them.
Yovo's ears twitched, "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Vovo looked to him.
"Aria…"
"There it is again," Yovo looked side to side.
"Yeah, I heard it too that time," Sovo nodded, also looking.
"So did I," Azumarill began searching as well.
"Aria…"
"What was that?" Vovo started looking too.
"Shh!" Haunter scolded quietly, "I can't concentrate!"
"Aria!" it came louder that time as the bushes in front of them rustled.
"Uh…Who did that?" Gloom asked quietly.
Something shot up, staring them right in the eyes, "Aria…Dos," it glared.
The Pokemon froze as the Ariados looked at them evilly. Haunter wasn't even paying attention to his hands, dropping them both to the ground. Rion screamed and jumped up, shrieking that something touched her, as did Zanna. Haunter's hands had fallen one of Rion's shoulder and one on Zanna's head. Haunter shivered a bit, but the Ariados called out louder. Rion and Zanna looked over at him as he shot his webs right at Venonat's face. The Bug ducked and the web twined around a tree as the Pokemon flew forward, jumping over the bushes and Ariados. Zanna growled when she spotted the Eevee with the scars on his eye and ear.
"They're with that girl we just robbed!" she cried as Gastly flew past her.
"Stop them!" Rion gnarled, "They're stealing back all our stuff!"
Kingdra bounced to a stop and fired a Mist around the campsite, frosting everything with a light white cloud. Zanna and Rion stopped as the Pokemon ran through their base, grabbing their masters' things as they ran. Night Frost grabbed Medira's necklace and threw it over Blackstorm's neck, flailing away in front of Zanna as she spotted them through the cloud and ran for them. Kingdra hooked Luri's earrings along the horns on his head and followed Seadra off into the woods. Ariados was going crazy with his webs, shooting them everywhere. The reason for this? All six Ovos were flying around him with Agility. A mix of brown, pink-blue, yellow-blue, lime-orange, purple-pink, and sheer black shot around him as he furiously shot everywhere he looked. Marowak gathered up Yuu-Yuu's papers and handed them off to the smaller and faster Pichu, who scampered off into the woods. Gloom and Venonat both held a bag with Sooney's cut glass from Sickle City and bolted off behind Pichu, running in synch with each other to keep from tripping as Weepinbell bobbed along behind. Sovo slid to a stop and ran for Eevy's Crystal Bell, but skid to a complete halt in front of a hissing Espeon. She glared at him, then sat and tilted her head. Sovo looked side to side, spotting Eevy's Bell and moving for it. The other Espeon backed slowly away, guarding her master's treasure.
"Hey, you may be cute, but you're not getting my master's stuff," Sovo narrowed one eye.
"Es?" she looked at him blankly, blinking twice.
"You can't connect psychically. Your trainer hasn't taught you," he twitched, "Um…Es-peon. Espeon-es-es-eon…Espeon-espeon-esp."
She stepped back and nosed Eevy's Bell to him, "Espeon. Es-es-espeon."
"Heh…Es," he nodded and grabbed the bell, returning with a full mouth of glass, "Espeon. Es-peon," he dashed off toward his brothers.
Whatever he said must have been nice, as she followed him directly. He was nearing his brothers when Rion stomped in front of him. She saw the Bell and lunged for it. Sovo scampered to a halt and turned to run away, colliding with the other Espeon headlong. She shook off and looked him over worriedly, spotting her master's sister heading for him. She took the Bell and ran with it.
"Hey! Zanna! Stop your crazy Pokemon!" Rion snapped.
"Woah! Stop yours!" Zanna whined, nearly struck by flying Ariados web.
Sovo ran after the other Espeon, careening under Rion and tripping Zanna. They smacked into each other, each tipsily leaning side to side. Sovo pulled the Bell from the other Espeon and ran for it as they both straightened and ran for him. The Ovos tired and went after him as Ariados followed. Mr. Mime grabbed Will's cufflinks and ran between the Ovos and the thieves. Charmeleon was pulling everyone back behind a line of trees to keep them out of sight. Mr. Mime hopped the bushes and turned to see Zanna, Rion, and Ariados running at him. He noticed two Espeon run past, but ignored that. He raised both hands, flat in front of him, and threw them out. Pinkie jumped around, as the humans and the Pokemon were getting awfully close. But, as they reached the bushes…BANG! Zanna and Rion collided with something they couldn't even see. The Pokemon giggled at them, as they'd run smack-dab into a trap.
"Ow!" Zanna wailed and stepped back, holding her nose, "What's this?!"
"It's that Mime-o's Barrier!" Rion hissed, punching the wall as Mr. Mime waved and grinned evilly on the other side.
Ariados shot his webs up at a tree branch and used it to swing over and drop down, right in front of the Pokemon. He fired another right at Sovo's face. It hit the ruby gem on his forehead, halting any attacks. The other Espeon hissed forward.
"Espeon! What are you doing?!" Zanna shrieked, "Get over here!"
"Esp…" she hissed, jumping at Ariados while firing a Psychic attack.
The Ariados hopped away and slashed furiously with his front legs. Espeon dodged each one and clamped down on Ariados' side with a furious Bite. The Bug cried loudly and toppled as Zanna and Rion kicked and hit the Barrier, trying to break it. Espeon ran back and pushed the Pokemon away and into the bushes.
"Espeon! Get back here!" Zanna growled, "Espeon!"
The Pokemon stopped, crouched behind a line of trees, and listening to Zanna and Rion yelling at the Barrier to break. Yovo Cut the strings away from his brother's gem and stood him up, as an Espeon's gem provided balance to the Pokemon. He was tipsy, but shook himself straight. The other Espeon cocked her head, cried out, and smacked him with her tail. She laughed and ran back to her master. The Pokemon could hear them yelling at her for helping the "enemy". They heard the mournful cry of a rejected Espeon as they left her on the opposite side of the Barrier. Sovo's eyes beat an angry red.
"Hey, bro. Chill out," Novo begged, "You're gonna blow us all sky-high! Be careful!"
Sovo ignored him and flew forward. Espeon turned, as did Zanna, Rion, and Ariados. Sovo jumped, flying straight through the Barrier. Zanna ducked as he jumped on her head and completely destroyed her hair before tearing away at the tents, the sleeping bags, and anything else he could get his teeth on. His brothers nodded and did the same, ripping and gnawing anything they could, including Zanna and Rion and especially Ariados. The other Pokemon jumped around them, running for the Pokemon Center as the Ovos finished their work. Sovo stopped and cried out a long sharp syllable as Espeon ran up beside Zanna. Ariados started shooting again as Gastly, Misdreavus, and Haunter sped around, laughing at him. The Pokemon disappeared into the bushes as Sovo whipped around and ran after them. Espeon started to follow, but Zanna grabbed the scruff of her neck and pulled her back. Espeon returned Sovo's cry as Ariados started to follow, but stopped short.
"What's the matter with you?!" Rion spat, "Follow them!"
"Aria…" he looked back on her and shook his head.
"What do you mean no?!" she scowled, then looked up at a shimmer in the trees, "Oh no!" she spun around, gaping at the Ariados webs completely surrounding the campsite, "We're trapped!"
The Pokemon pulled the doors of the Pokemon Center open and ran in as Zanna and Rion continued screaming in the woods. They returned everything to its original places, including Luri's earrings, all the Badges, and Will's cufflinks. Kingdra was quite thankful for Pokemon who had hands. As the sun started rising, they ran for the Poke'Ball room and leaped for their Poke'Balls. Smacking the buttons, they were drawn inside for a well-deserved rest.
Eevy yawned and sat up slowly, looking groggily around the room and blinking hard. Nurse Joy stumbled sleepily down the long hall and the two of them started waking the others.
"Good morning," Medira polished the Fire Stone necklace she always wore.
"Yeah…" Luri fingered her earrings subconsciously.
"Sure…" Jason counted his Badges, as he did every chance he got.
"Morning? Already? No way…" Morty moaned, pulling his headband forward and letting it snap back.
"Live with it, ya' big baby," Eusine straightened his tie.
Eevy ran down the hall to get her Poke'Balls, spotting the rose and card Zanna and Rion had left behind. The card simply said "Love" in Japanese script. She grinned and ran back out into the main room, grabbing onto Dragon's neck as he stumbled to a stand. She nearly knocked him over, but covered his face with kisses, constantly thanking him for the flower and the card. Though he had no clue what she was talking about, he pretended well and greatly enjoyed the treatment.
Everyone got their Poke'Balls from Nurse Joy, counting them and thanking the nurse. They each let out a few Pokemon and the pocket-sized monsters grinned, as they'd successfully retrieved everything. Still, Sovo drooped a bit. He liked that Espeon, and the way she'd called back at him meant she liked him. His brothers looked at him sadly, trying to comfort him without letting anything on. Vovo tugged Eevy's pant leg, motioning to Sovo. Eevy scratched her Espeon's ear and patted his head.
"What's wrong, Sovo? Are you hungry?" she turned to her bag and pulled it over, digging through it, "That's funny…"
"What is?" Lisle asked, holding her Misdreavus.
"Last time we saw them, Brock gave me a Poke'Chow muffin he made for me to split between the boys…It's not in here…"
The Pokemon just snickered.
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A/N: I know…I know! This is immensely late! I had such a horrible time getting this done! I worked on other things instead. Mind you, these things won't go up in forever, but…At least it's finally done! Heh…Did you guess the debuting Pokemon? They were Luri's Kingdra, Jason's yellow Seadra, Will's Mr. Mime, Sooney's Weepinbell, Eusine's Golduck, and Mizu's Azumarill. There were a couple others, like Lisle's Misdreavus, Morty's Gastly, Eusine's Haunter, and sort of Lance's Charmeleon, but they battled with them in the "Dart Town Days" chapters and in a Lost Episode. And what do you think about Zanna and Rion? And how about that mention of Bashou and Buson? Don't know these guys yet? Well, Zanna and Rion are two master thieves and Elite Rockets from "Pokemon The Movie 5: Gods Of The Water Capitol Altomare" and Bashou and Buson are two advanced Rockets from "Pokemon Crystal: Raikou The Legend Of Thunder". That seems to be it, so buh-bye!
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Me? What do I own? Definitely not Pokemon, that's for sure…