Justin flinched in surprise as he heard the call yet again. But for some reason, nobody could hear it except for him. He thought about it for a few minutes, then realized what was happening.

Azelf?

It only took you ten minutes to understand that. Honestly, sometimes I feel like Uxie did an absolutely terrible job at giving humans wisdom. I'll probably ask her about it later. Anyway, there is a Pokemon in trouble near you. I would save it myself, but I feel as if this is a job for you.

How far away is it?

On the other side of the beach. A word of advice, you might want to bring along your friend, the one with the Squirtle.

Understood.

Justin got up and ran over to Anthony as quickly as he could. "You know where Shawn is?"

"Yeah, he went back to the Pokemon Center. Why?"

"Oh, for the love of-" Justin started, but then he just sighed in defeat.

What now, Azelf?

I would recommend bringing him with you instead. You need a teammate for this.

Ok, then.

"Anthony, come on. I need your help with this."

"Wait, what-" He began, but was interrupted by Justin saying, "No questions. Just trust me."

"Fine. You really are a weird kid."

"Aren't we all?"

"Good point. Maybe we should tell Diana where we're headed. Speaking of which, where are we going?"

"The other side of the beach."

"But to walk all the way there would be work. You know we're both lazy."

"Yeah, but this is serious. Serious enough that we don't have time to run back to Diana. Now let's get going. Time is of the essence."

"Yeah, whatever."

Once they got there, they found themselves all alone. The area itself had more pebbles than sand, so it was understandable.

Azelf, are you sure this is the place?

Yes. Look in the distance, near the port.

Justin looked to see a large blue Pokemon held inside of a net. Its long neck looked perfect for someone to grab on to, and the grey shell on its back was covered in spikes. Under the shell, a yellow underbelly was beneath a blue torso that had four large fins sticking out of it.

The Lapras desperately struggled to escape from its prison, but the net held it tight. Justin immediately started running towards the Lapras to try and help it.

Problem is, I can't get it down from there myself. I have no idea how to work the machine that controls the net. He only knew one way around that problem. Hopefully it would free Lapras.

He threw the Pokeball before it was even primed, making sure he hit between the rope of the net. It clicked twice before Lapras emerged from the ball, still wildly thrashing about. Apparently, it hadn't noticed it was free from the net yet.

"Lapras! Calm down, okay? You're free now. Everything's going to be okay." Lapras looked around to see that it was completely safe, and turned towards Justin.

"I'm Justin, and this is Zeus." The Pikachu in question squeaked happily. Lapras made a noise Justin assumed was a greeting. Justin needed to know something, however. "How'd you get in that net? People around here know it's illegal to hunt Lapras. Was this an accident? Or was someone actually hunting you?" Lapras nodded at the second option.

"Well then, I'd say they need a piece of our minds, wouldn't you?" Lapras knew what Justin meant, and fervently nodded.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Justin turned to see about 10 members of Team Hurricane, with someone leading them that looked a bit different. His outfit was just a palette swap of the grunts' outfits, and he had Brown hair that reached halfway down his back. Wow. That guy really needs a haircut.

Agreed.

"Hey, boss! Those are two of the kids that got in our way back in the woods!"

The leader seemed surprised. "Is that so? These Rookies took you down? I thought I'd taught you better than that, but apparently not."

"You don't understand. That kid," He pointed at Justin, "His Charmander was something else! And there was another one, with a Squirtle! That Squirtle had one heck of a Water Spout. I'd watch myself around these kids, but of course you probably don't need to."

"Of course I don't." He faced Justin and Anthony with an uninterested look. "Listen, boy. I'll let you off the hook for this time, but only because I'm gonna crush you later. Look forward to it. But remember this no matter what. My name is Andre. Goodbye." He faced the others. "Come on, let's go back. I've got work to do."

"Yeah, whatever." With that, Lapras tapped Justin's belt. Justin figured it wasn't a coincidence that it tapped the same exact place where his Pokeballs were. "You want to come along with me?" It nodded. "Okay then, Poseidon. He held out his Pokeball so Lapras could go inside it. Lapras widened its eyes at the nickname and pressed the button on the Pokeball with its snout. It shook for a second since Poseidon probably had to get used to its surroundings. After that, the Pokeball stayed still.

"Well then, it seems you've made yet another friend. I always liked Lapras, since kind of like me, they're not battling's biggest fans. So tell me, why did you bring me along?" Just as he asked that, a large flash of light came from under the water, and out popped a Chinchou.

Azelf, did you do this for Anthony?

Yes. I had originally assumed that a battle would take place, but since it didn't, I felt like your friend deserved a reason to come along.

How nice of you.

But of course.

"I suppose that's as good a reason as any, right?" Anthony gave Justin a strange look.

"Did you know that this would happen?"

"No, I just figured there'd be a battle, but hey, this works, right?"

"Guess so. Here we go!" Anthony released Turtwig, who looked around before setting its eyes on Chinchou. Turtwig went into a battle stance, ready to fight for his trainer.

"Seed Bomb!" Turtwig launched giant seeds that suddenly sprouted from the leaf on its back, and the second one hit Chinchou head on, allowing the third to knock it out. Anthony threw the Pokeball, and easily caught it.

He released Chinchou, who immediately started after Anthony poured the powder of a revive into its mouth.

"Hey there Chinchou. I'm Anthony. This is Turtwig. Do you know what's going on?"

It nodded happily after realizing that it wasn't in danger.

"Cool. Hey, how would you like to come along with me on my journey? I'm sure we'd get to have lots of fun and make plenty of friends. You'd get way stronger, too!" Chinchou pretty much instantly accepted, happily jumping around.

Chinchou and its evolution, Lanturn, were aquatic Pokemon that could survive on land as well. Justin was pretty sure it had something to do with the fact that they could balance the protons and electrons in the air particles around them.

Justin broke himself out of his train of thought when Anthony scanned Chinchou.

"Chinchou, the Angler Pokemon. Female. It shocks its opponents and floats outside of water by releasing positive and negative energy from its antennas."

I totally called that, Justin thought.

"This Chinchou knows the moves Bubble, Supersonic, Thunder Wave, Electro Ball, Water Gun, Bubble Beam, Confuse Ray, Spark, Psybeam, Water Pulse, and Whirlpool. It has a Timid Nature, and prefers Sweet foods over Spicy ones. Its ability is Volt Absorb, which allows it to completely absorb all electric attacks safely."

Well, there goes Zeus having an advantage. Oh man, I never scanned Poseidon!

At that, Justin released Poseidon.

"Hey buddy, I just realized I never scanned you! That's ok with you, right? If I scan you?" Poseidon nodded.

"Lapras, the transport Pokemon. Male. Lapras is a very intelligent species, and is naturally kind. It gives humans and Pokemon in need of one a ride across the sea. This Lapras knows the moves Sing, Growl, Water Gun, Mist, Confuse Ray, Ice Shard, Water Pulse, Body Slam, Rain Dance, Dragon Pulse, Freeze-Dry, and Whirlpool. Its ability is Hydration, which heals its own Status Conditions in the rain. It has a bold nature, and prefers Sour foods over Spicy ones."

Justin was excited to see Freeze-Dry on Poseidon's move set. He didn't know all of the science around it, but he knew that something made water types more susceptible to the move, so he wasn't complaining.

As he returned Poseidon and Anthony returned Chinchou, he said, "Let's go back. I'm tired. I don't think we were gone too long, but we were gone long enough. So let's not have them worry about us."

As they made their way back to Glazeburn city's beach, Justin felt like they were being followed. He figured it was just from Azelf having that constant small pressure on his mind.

Something weird kept nagging at the back of his head, though. When he got back to his room, he released his friends, with the exception of Poseidon, and fell asleep.

The next morning was gonna be nothing like he expected, though.

There you have it! Number 6! To the people that have read this story and given me advice on how to make it better, I really appreciate all of it. Thanks a lot! On a side note, I apologize for not having this up sooner. School recently started back up again, and all you need to do is couple that with the fact that I didn't have much inspiration to write to create a recipe for disaster. School actually helped me instead of hindering my writing, though. Reason being that seeing all my old friends that I hadn't over the summer put me in a really good mood, and I was feeling good enough to start writing. Thanks for reading!

-Justin