Yes, you're not reading wrong. I have updated! BTW, May's Pokémon in this chapter are from the opening of Advanced Battle.
Chapter 5: Re-entering Orbit
Laura and Jack's next port of call was the West Point of the Frontier, and the first Contest Hall. Laura had taken Noland's advice to heart and would use Venusaur and Ledian. The rules for the contests were like those in Rubello Town; co-ordinators would use one Pokémon for appeals and another to battle. Venusaur would be doing appeals, while Ledian rested on Jack's cap.
"Venusaur, Razor Leaf!" Sharp leaves came spiralling out of the plant on Venusaur's back, forming a cyclone around the Grass/Poison type.
"Nice job Venusaur! Now use Magical Leaf and Petal Dance!" The Razor Leaves were now joined by a group of multi-coloured leaves. Then a cluster of pink petals spiralled into the tornado. It looked beautiful, but things would get cooler with the next move.
"Venusaur, follow it up with-huh?" Laura stopped. Something was running towards the tornado. It was a baby Squirtle! It's voice was about an octave higher. Jack looked up. Squirtles did inhabit the Frontier, but not in this section.
"Hey there!" He called to the tiny turtle. "Don't get too close to the- Oh, no." The baby Squirtle had ran right into Venusaur's spring cyclone and was spiralling around out of reach.
"Venusaur, catch it!" Laura cried. Venusaur stretched out it's vines to catch the Squirtle but the petals and leaves were spinning too fast for reach. Great, Laura thought, how I am I gonna get it down now? Venusaur won't be able to go very far and I don't have any-
"Led-ian!" Came a soft voice. Laura turned and saw that Ledian had flown right into the cyclone and had grabbed Squirtle. This had used up some of it's strength, however, and when it flew out it collapsed. Almost immediately, the Squirtle started to cry.
"Oh, poor thing." Laura said softly. "What should we do?"
"You tell me!" Jack cried. "You're the latest Mum-on-the-road model, you know what you're doing!" He wasn't kidding. He knew his stuff in battles, but he couldn't do anything with a cry-baby Squirtle. That was what Laura was there for. She had picked up the Squirtle and had made a cradle with her arms, rocking the tiny turtle from side to side.
"Shhh. It's okay, little Squirtle. It's okay." The Squirtle stopped crying, and broke into a small smile.
"Squirt-le!" It cried happily. Jack gave a deep breath just as a Combusken appeared, a Young Fowl Pokémon with yellow feathers, orange feathers on it's head looking like embers, orange-brown feathers above short but powerful grey legs ending in a flame design on the upper body, claws on yellow wings acting as arms, orange eyes and an orange beak. It looked at the Squirtle and then cried to someone.
"Com-busken! Com!" Seconds later, a girl appeared in a red bandanna, a red vest with a black semi-circle around the collar area, white gloves with black fingers, red-and-yellow sneakers, white-and-black biker shorts and a yellow bag around the waist.
"Squirtle, how many times must I tell you: don't run off!" She called to the Squirtle. Laura looked at the Pokémon which was desperately trying to get to the girl.
"This Squirtle yours, May?" She asked.
"Yeah, that's- Hang on, how do you know my name?" May asked, surprised. She hadn't even mentioned it to her yet.
"What? You don't think I watch the Grand Festival?" Laura said. "You were amazing, you deserved that victory."
"Aww, you're too kind." May blushed. Squirtle had now jumped out of Laura's arms and into May's. "Anyway, I just got my first Ribbon but the Contests reset everyday so you can still participate."
"Whew, that's lucky," Laura said in relief. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to in the first place."
"There's a good place to train for it around here. I'll take you there. Oh, and is your brother-" May gestured towards Jack, "here for battles?"
"That he is, May, that he is." May called out to Jack.
"My friend Brendan Birch is training in the forest near here. He's the Hoenn League Champion. You want to meet him?"
"I think you know the answer already!" Jack replied. The Hoenn Champion! It was an opportunity too golden to pass up. "I'll meet you girls later!" And with that, he ran into the forest, while the two Co-ordinators head off to the West Point. Unknown to them, however, two people were watching from above. One was a tall man, with short blond hair and a thick-set body. The other was a woman with a cold face and dark hair.
"We have three Champions; two Trainers and a Co-ordinator." The man stated. "Who's first?"
"All of them, Will; we'll strike them at once." The woman replied, in a voice so cold you felt like you were in Icefall Cave, even in somewhere warm. They wore black uniforms, white boots and black caps; on the chest was a large red R. Team Rocket had returned.
Brendan Birch was training hard. This was normal for him, as he sought out to better himself and nothing else. He was training with his star Pokémon, Blaziken. Though people thought he had started with Mudkip, he was a year older than May and had started with a Torchic before a young trainer named Ash had arrived and won the Hoenn League the year before Ash. Jack had found him in a secluded part of the Forest.
"Hey, are you Brendan Birch?" He asked.
"No, I'm the Mayor of Lilycove." Brendan said sarcastically. "I'm the only one here because it's the most challenging part of the forest. In case you don't know, that part wasn't sarcastic." Jack smiled.
"I know. Anyway, mind if I train with you?"
"Course not. Just bring out your Pokémon and I'll bring out mine along with Blaziken over here." Blaziken was well disciplined and it looked like a real warrior. Jack knew he would have a hard time with the phoenix-like Pokémon. He pulled out his Pokéballs and threw them into the air.
"Let's go, guys!" He called. In a flash came Charizard, Eevee, Pikachu, Gyarados, Pikachu and Pidgeot.
"Come out and say hi!" Brendan cried, releasing his. After the flash subsided, Brendan's full team appeared: Flygon, Manectric, Castform, Salamence and Aggron. The Pokémon exchanged greetings with each other. Blaziken and Charizard shook claws, Salamence and Gyarados bowed their heads to each other, Manectric and Pikachu exchanged sparks, Poliwrath and Aggron shook hand-to-claw, Pidgeot and Flygon flew around in a circle and Castform and Eevee started Tackling each other playfully.
"Well, now that we're all acquainted, how about a little match?" Brendan asked.
"That will do fine." Jack replied.
"Castform needs some levelling up, so that OK?"
"Yeah, and Eevee needs some as well." Jack and Brendan took opposite sides on an unmarked field; Pikachu lighting up Jack's side on the left, Manectric lighting up Brendan's on the right. Both Castform and Eevee moved to the field.
"Eevee, Quick Attack!" Eevee charged towards Castform at a lightning speed.
"Castform, Double Team!" Castform created illusions of itself, causing Eevee to run into a copy.
"Eevee, Swift!" Jack commanded, testing out Eevee's new move. Star-shaped rays flew out of Eevee's mouth and straight at the real Weather Pokémon.
"Castform, don't let that stop you!" Brendan called. "Hail!" Castform's eyes glowed icy blue and clouds rolled in. Hail immediately began to fall and Castform's body turned into a snow cloud design. Eevee frantically tried to dodge the hail.
"Castform, Weather Ball!" Brendan cried. Castform launched a ball of ice at the Evolution Pokémon! It hit it's mark, freezing Eevee!
"Eevee, c'mon! Get out of there, you can do it!" Jack called.
"No point anymore," Brendan said, "it's frozen tight. Now Castform, Rain Dance!" Castform's eyes glowed dark blue and it rained, Castform's body turning into a rain cloud.
"Use Water Pulse!" Castform charged up a blue orb in it's mouth and shot it at Eevee. If he expected that to knock out Eevee, he was wrong. It had smashed the ice releasing a dazed but confident Eevee.
"Yes!" Jack called. "Now Eevee, Shadow Ball!" Eevee launched an orb of dark energy at Castform. Normally, it wouldn't affect Castform, it being a Normal-type. But things can change with a Rain Dance.
"Castform, use-" But a large explosion interrupted.
"What was that?" Brendan said sharply.
"It came from the girls' section." Jack said. Both Champions looked at each other. They recalled all their Pokémon except Pidgeot and Flygon, and got onto them both. The dragon and the bird took off towards the large smoke trail, both hoping the girls were okay.
"OK, we'll open with a little battle just to get you started." May had called out her Munchlax to battle Laura's Ledian but while Ledian was all pumped up, Munchlax couldn't have looked further from pumped. It was gorging itself on Pokéblocks.
"Isn't Munchlax gonna-"
"No, it will get ready in a little bit. Those will make it hyper." Sure enough, Munchlax had dashed onto the field and was flexing it's muscles.
"Munchlax, Body Slam!" Munchlax jumped towards Ledian into a belly flop.
"Ledian, Agility!" Ledian moved at a blinding speed, and Munchlax instead flopped towards the ground.
"Munchlax, Focus Punch!" Munchlax then turned to Ledian behind it, and hit it hard with a fist glowing bluish-white.
"Ledian, counter with Silver Wind!" Ledian's wings glowed in a silver light and it beat them furiously, sending out sharp zephyrs of wind.
"Counter with Metronome, Munchlax!" Munchlax's index fingers glowed in a white light and it began swinging them in a 4/4 rhythm. It then breathed in and launched an immense Twister at the Silver Wind, cancelling it out.
"Now use Solarbeam!" Laura looked shocked. How could Munchlax learn Solarbeam so early? Munchlax opened it's mouth, and sunlight came flooding in.
Solarbeam will take time to fully charge so I should have some time. Laura thought. Enough time to hit it with Aerial Ace! Ledian spread it's wings out but it wasn't preparing for a physical attack. It was using them as a solar conductor.
"What? Ledian, you won't be able to charge up a Solarbeam in time!" But Laura was wrong. Ledian was a Bug-type, an element of the Earth, and was capable of charging Solarbeam a lot quicker. Sure enough, Ledian attacked first.
Munchlax hurriedly launched the Solarbeam but it hadn't charged up enough energy and the beam was blown back, along with Munchlax. Laura was about to call another attack when she heard clapping. It was coming from a young man near by.
"Well, well. I never would have expected it. The great May Yuri, losing to a Co-ordinator 2 years her junior. Losing it aren't you?" The man had long purple hair he hadn't bothered to keep straight under a dark green archer's hat. He had a blue shirt underneath a light green jacket that had what looked like blunt spikes on the arms and on his trousers. Like a Cacturne.
"Harley!" May cried. "What are you doing here?" Harley put on a look of mock thought.
"Well, I came here on invitation, so it makes sense that I come here. Is that the answer?" This question was directed at May, but Laura answered.
"Here's a question for you pal: Halloween was over a long time ago. So why are you dressing up like a Cacturne? Been living underground for a while?" This had some effect on Harley, Laura could tell. She had dealt with guys like Harley in school and knew how to unravel them. His smile dropped a notch.
"Better be careful Laura. You know what they say: loose lips sink ships."
"Then why aren't you obeying that rule then, Cacturne-boy?" Laura said scathingly, "One of these days you're gonna get into a load of trouble and then I'll be there, laughing at your suffering." Harley was only so close to losing it.
"Listen to me." He hissed with barely concealed anger. "The sweat on my brow goes into kicking other people's butts! And I will make sure that you are next in line." Laura wasn't unfazed by this.
"Then there's clearly not enough of it. From what I've heard you only won a Contest against May, what was it, once?" 3,2,1, kaboom echoedaround Laura's mind and that was very much the result. Harley looked livid, his teeth gritted, a temple pulsing in his veins like a Spoink.
"That's it, you have crossed a line few have dared to cross!" Harley thundered, "Let's see how you do tomorrow: 10:00 am, West Point, Contest Hall. Be there."
"Gladly." Laura replied coolly. "Oh look, there's the sweat on your brow." She added. Harley gave her one last glowering look and stormed off, an animé steam cloud behind him. May looked more than impressed.
"Wow. I've never hit someone that hard before." Laura grinned.
"Hey, dealing with arrogant guys is a skill I've mastered."
"Looks like Harley isn't the only one who needs to keep a mouth shut." Came a cold voice that sent shivers down their spines. Out of the forest appeared a man and a woman. The man had short blond hair, a black jacket over a thickset body, combat trousers and large army boots. The woman had icy-white hair, a cold-looking face, a long black jacket and black receptionist-style trousers and white shoes. But that wasn't what they were looking at. Both of their jackets had a large red R on them.
"Team Rocket!" Laura and May cried in shocked amazement.
"Good to see you haven't forgotten us Laura." The woman said, a cold sneer on her face. "I remembered you well from our last time together. Oh, and to your friend; I am Sonia and this is Will." Will cracked his knuckles, the same sneer on his face. Laura couldn't accept it. She couldn't.
"B-but you disbanded, we cleared you out at Birth Island! You can't be here!" She remembered the battle well.
Both she and her twin were forced to weaken a Pokémon for the Rockets in an attempt to return TR back to full strength. This was the DNA Pokémon, Deoxys, and easily the most powerful Pokémon. A trio of TR Executives had captured them and had almost caught Deoxys for Giovanni; had Jack and Laura hadn't saved it. Laura's Togepi and Jack's Elekid weren't really the first choice but there wasn't time to be choosy. They kept the Executives away long enough for Deoxys to recover and flee. It hadn't fled, however, before knocking the Executives and their Pokémon out. Mew only knew what would've happened had Deoxys been captured.
So it was a shock to see that one of them had escaped.
"True. I shouldn't." Sonia replied, that evil smirk never leaving her face. "In fact, I didn't know what would happen. I wasn't going to be captured like a criminal. So I stole Gene's Murkrow and had my Gengar use Night Shade to escape. Ever wondered why I wasn't there?"
"I thought you got swept into the sea, or something." Laura said blandly. Sonia gave a harsh laugh.
"You seriously thought that? You would be very lucky if I did. But no. While Gene and that idiot Executive were behind bars I went to Giovanni, said they were killed by Deoxys and I had narrowly escaped. I made sure all jail records were erased and he would never find them. In the end he gave me Will as a new partner and a new assignment. And this had to be pulled off at the Battle Frontier."
"What assignment?" May asked.
"Uh-uh." Will said. "Now that would be telling." He had pulled out not one but several Pokéballs. "So how's this sound? You two battle Sonia and I-" May and Laura were amazed he had actually used proper grammar. "- and we give you a hint." A look, however, had passed his face. This look signalled a change of plan. "You know what, let's make this quick. Seedots, attack!" He threw the Pokéballs in the air and in flashes of light tiny acorn Pokémon with face-like markings and tiny acorn feet appeared, squeaking "See-dot! See-dot! See-dot!" in cute voices.
"Courtesy of my former partners: Oliver the hunter and Gene the demolitions expert." Sonia added. Will then pulled out a vial of pink liquid.
"And I'm both of those guys wrapped in one package. This is a vial of enhanced Sweet Scent. But only the Seedots are attracted to it." He then emptied the vial's contents at Munchlax's feet, Ledian hovering above it. Unlike ordinary Sweet Scent, they didn't smell anything but must have been powerful because all the Seedots immediately clustered around it. "Now use Explosion!" Laura and May looked in horror as the Acorn Pokémon began to glow.
"Ledian, get out of there now!" Laura screamed. Ledian didn't need telling twice.
"You too, Munchlax!" Munchlax began to run but then, without warning, blue jolts of electricity shot down on the Big Eater Pokémon, paralysing it. A Thunder Wave, courtesy of Will's freshly released Magneton. Munchlax tried to move, but too late. The poor Pokémon got the full brunt of the attack.
May looked, horror-struck at the amount of damage the little Seedots had caused. She then turned to her Munchlax and saw it lay there. Not dead, thankfully, but badly hurt. She pulled out it's Pokéball and recalled it. Laura turned angrily to the Rockets.
"How could you do that!" She shrieked. "You could have killed it!"
"So a Pokémon bites the dust." Will said coldly. "So what? We've killed Cubones before, not to mention a mother Marowak, as I'm sure you recall." Laura just stood there, more angry than she had ever been. She now wanted nothing more than to call Ledian to attack, to hurt them. But that would lead to another Thunder Wave. And what if there were more Seedots up his sleeve? Munchlax's thick body had saved it but if that happened to Ledian it would most likely die. It was as though she had been hit by the Thunder Wave. She was rooted to the spot.
"Ha," Sonia laughed, "All tough talk a moment ago and then next you're too frightened to move." She pulled out a Pokéball and released a Gengar, a purple Ghost-type with harsh red eyes and an evil grin.
"Gen-gar!" It cried in a voice as evil as it's smile.
"Attack the girl." Sonia was nothing more than a coward. She had left her colleagues to the authorities, she had stolen her friend's Pokémon and had ordered her Gengar to attack Laura when she couldn't. Laura waited for the Shadow Punch, waited for it to connect…
"Faint Attack, Pidgeot!" Laura turned and there was Jack and Pidgeot and above was a large green eccentric-looking dragon, red domes covering it's tan eyes. It's rider was presumably Brendan Birch, the good friend May had mentioned earlier. Laura and May got a brief glance at Jack and Pidgeot before they became shadows, homing in on the Gengar and connecting. Gengar was thrown back but wasn't out cold yet. Jack and Brendan both landed.
"Laura! Are you OK?" Jack called.
"I'm fine Jack, don't worry." Laura replied. Somehow whenever Jack was around she was back to keeping her cool.
"You girls have to be more careful." Brendan said.
"It's you who should be careful!" Sonia spat, her smirk gone. "Will, now!" Will nodded and gave a short whistle. A group of Magnemite had appeared.
"You know what to do boys." The Magnemite moved out and they covered a large section of forest. Then, each magnet shot out a strong jolt of electricity, each one red and blue: polarity coloured. Once all four had been connected, they rose up, carrying several Pokémon with them! Jack counted a Cyndaquil, a Chikorita, some Vibrava, an Electrike, some Lotad and a Ralts. Will gave another whistle and a Skarmory flew down, a net clutched in it's dark claws. The Magnemite surged the electricity more and tossed the Pokémon up a few inches, before Skarmory swooped past, encasing them in the net.
"Jack," Brendan called, "May and I will hold off these two. You and Laura catch that Skarmory."
"Why did they catch them anyway?"
"GO!" Obliging in surprise, Jack and Laura got on Pidgeot, Ledian in Laura's arms. Brendan turned to May.
"Ready May?"
"You bet." They each pulled out a Pokéball, Sonia's Gengar and Will's Magneton by their respective trainers.
"Manectric, go!" Brendan called. The Pokéball opened and in a flash of light appeared a rough-looking Manectric.
"Mane-ect-ric!" It growled.
"Skitty, you're up!" May called. Out of the Pokéball came a cute, pink kitten with a string-like tail and a pink paw with what looked like pins inserted into it.
"Kit!" Skitty mewed. The Kitten Pokémon looked at Brendan's Manectric and hearts appeared in it's eyes. It walked over and rubbed it's head against Manectric's yellow fur.
"I think my Skitty has a crush on your Manectric!" May giggled.
"Too bad Manectric doesn't go for younger women." Brendan remarked. While Skitty was attempting Cute Charm, Manectric only sweatdropped. "Anyway, Manectric, Odor Sleuth!" Manectric raised it's head and sniffed. A pale grey scent passed by; Magneton's. The dark purple scent was Gengar's.
"Skitty, Doubleslap Gengar!" Skitty spun it's tail around like a set of helicopter blades and slapped Gengar with it.
"Gengar, Shadow Punch!" Gengar's right hand surged with ghostly energy, forming into a fist that punched Skitty in the kisser.
"That shouldn't have happened!" Brendan cried. "Skitty's a Normal-type, it shouldn't have even felt Shadow Punch!"
"Skitty's been hit by a Shadow Ball before." May said grimly.
"Magneton, Thunder!" Will commanded. Magneton's magnets charged with lightning and then shot it at Skitty. The Kitten Pokémon curled into a ball in fright, only the attack didn't hit. Instead, it was absorbed by Manectric.
"Guess you didn't know about my Manectric's Lightningrod ability." Brendan remarked. "Now May!"
"Skitty, Blizzard!"
Jack's Pidgeot was thankfully catching up to Skarmory. The problem? Not many of Pidgeot's attacks could hurt it.
"You think Ledian could give it a shot?" Laura asked. Jack shrugged.
"Good as anything I guess." Upon hearing this, Ledian zipped out.
"Ledian, Focus Punch!" All four fists glowing bluish-white, Ledian punched Skarmory hard. If the amount of damage Focus Punch caused was for each fist, Skarmory would have gone down. But each of Ledian's fists had to total up to the amount of damage caused by Focus Punch so Skarmory only gave a small flinch.
"Keep it up, Ledian!" Laura called. But Skarmory was ready. It swooped out of the way and came down towards it into a Drill Peck.
"Pidgeot, Steel Wing!" Pidgeot's wings glowed in a silver lustre and it charged towards Skarmory, blocking it's path. Steel Wing did more than keep Ledian safe, however. Skarmory's claws slipped a notch; the net was weak. Jack noticed this.
"Pidgeot, Hyper Beam!" Pidgeot's beak opened and a ball of golden energy formed. It then shot it at Skarmory. If it were a real battle, it would be a foolish move. But while Skarmory took the hit, it's claws loosened and the net fell.
"Ledian, catch it!" Ledian buzzed downwards and grabbed the net but couldn't handle the weight. Ledian and the Pokémon plummeted to Earth.
"Oh no!" Laura screamed. "Ledian, Psybeam!" Out of the dot on Ledian's head came a blast of psychic energy. The beam was strong enough to slow down the descent, and they stopped a few inches from the ground. Laura gasped.
"Phew, that was close."
Skitty fired a huge storm of snow from it's mouth at both Gengar and Magneton. Gengar buckled at the power but Magneton hovered there nonchalantly.
"That the best you got?" Will smirked. "Magneton, Tri Attack!" Magneton launched three beams from each of it's magnets; one for fire, one for thunder and one for ice. All three hit Skitty directly.
"Gengar, Shadow Punch!" Gengar kept punching Skitty with it's ghostly fists and all the while, Skitty was getting weaker.
"Manectric, help out Skitty!" Manectric charged at Gengar, it's fangs bared, ready to bite, but Magneton blocked it's path with a Rapid Spin. Every time Manectric tried to get to Skitty, Magneton blocked it. Above, Jack was watching the whole thing.
Skitty won't last long if this keeps up. Alright, let's think. Skitty can learn a load of moves like Thunderbolt, Solarbeam and Ice Beam. But Skitty's not getting a chance. The only hope is a Moon Stone and I've got plenty of those. Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out a Moon Stone. He was using it as a lucky charm but Skitty needed it more.
"Pidgeot, Steel Wing!" Pidgeot flew down and hit Gengar with it's hardened wings. Skitty was able to get free. "Hey Skitty!" Skitty looked up. "Catch!" Jack threw the Moon Stone and, due to Skitty's attraction to inanimate objects, the Kitten Pokémon dashed after it happily.
"No!" Will snarled. "Magneton, Rapid Spin!" Magneton came spinning at Skitty.
"No you don't! Manectric, Iron Tail!" Manectric's tail glowed silver and it swung it at Magneton. It didn't do much damage but it kept the Magnet Pokémon back. Skitty then jumped at the Moon Stone and wrapped it's tail around it. Skitty played with it for a few seconds before it stopped and got on it's four feet. Both it and the Stone glowed and they fused as one…the glowing died down and in place of Skitty was a cat with cream fur, chocolate-brown eyes and a purple mane. A Delcatty.
"Del!" It purred. May looked at her new Pokémon with starry eyes.
"Awesome! My Skitty is a Delcatty!" Her Delcatty ran back to her, a new light in it's chocolate eyes.
"So your kitten grew up!" Sonia smirked. "Big deal. Gengar, Shadow Ball!" Gengar fired the dark orb like you would throw a ball at Delcatty. It merely stood there and let the attack hit it. For once, a Ghost attack didn't affect Delcatty.
"Delcatty, Ice Beam!" Delcatty's mouth opened and it launched a baby-blue beam of ice at Gengar, freezing it at the feet. "Now use Solarbeam on Magneton!" The Prim Pokémon's tail glowed with solar energy and thanks to it's flexibility, it launched it directly at the Magnet Pokémon. The attack did some decent damage.
"Guess Delcatty's power increased when it evolved." Brendan remarked. Manectric was seeing Delcatty in a new light as well and Delcatty had a triumphant look that said, Yes! I've won! "Manectric, Bite Gengar!" Manectric seized Gengar with it's teeth and tossed it into Magneton like a rag doll. Brendan and May looked at each other, nodded and simultaneously called out,
"Hyper Beam!" Manectric and Delcatty launched the beams of golden energy at the antagonist's Pokémon. Thanks to Odor Sleuth and both Pokémon's strength, the enemies fainted. With a growl, the Rockets recalled their Pokémon.
"We'll be going now." Sonia murmured. Both of them turned around and bumped right into a Light Screen, courtesy of Ledian.
"Oh no," Laura said, "You owe us a hint. You're not going anywhere until you give it to us." Will rolled his eyes.
"OK, here it is; it happens every millennium and it's a hunter's greatest wish. Well, if that's all, au revoir." The Skarmory swooped down and picked up the Rockets in it's claws. It then took off.
"Don't worry," Jack said confidently. "I don't think they'll be coming back soon."
"But what did they mean by a hunter's greatest wish?" May wondered. "We're gonna have to do research." She stroked her Delcatty. "Oh Jack, thanks for helping out Skitty." Jack grinned.
"No problem. I got plenty of Moon Stones so I thought I'd spare one. 'Cause that's the guy I am. Anyway, who knows what would've happen-
"OK, let's stop before your head gets too big." Laura interrupted. Jack looked at the ground, his face red as his cap.
"Anyway," Brendan said, "good luck tomorrow Laura and kick the competition outta the park." Laura merely gave a small smile and headed off to West Point, Ledian buzzing behind and Jack following.
(Author gives HUGE sigh of relief) Glad that's over.
Skye: Hopefully the wait was worth it.
Blue-Eyes White Knight-BEWK: Um, I can't really recall what Pokémon I requested for Edgar. So instead, I'll have Blade, Shadow, Heavymetal (as a Metang as this takes place between Emerald: The Legend of Hoenn), P.K, Luna and Volcano. Hopefully you know what ones I mean.
SSJ4 Aragorn: You should see what happens to Seth…
Katie Legends: Maybe if we do mix stories it could be Jack's second time at the Frontier.
Next chapter is Laura's Pokémon Contest. BTW they DO have contests in Kanto, I'm basing this off the animé in Japan and the manga as well.