Shikamaru's Adventure: Sinnoh
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D/C: I own nothing
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Day: 17 of 243
Time: Morning
Route: Route 207
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Shikamaru, Chimchar, Munchlax, and Abra sat around a large patch of grass all staring at each other. No one said a single thing as they all sat there. Complementing on what they should do or say next.
"You…want to travel?" Shikamaru drawled towards the Abra.
"Abra." Abra nodded her head in confirmation. "Abra, Abra, 'bra."
"You want to go out and find some sort of adventure?" Shikamaru blinked slowly at the Abra wondering how his luck could be this horrible. How is it that he could attract the most adventurous of Pokémon? It made no sense to him. All he wanted to do is to get all the gym badges, go through the Elite Four and go up against the Champion. Win or lose against them, all that mattered is getting into the Battle Frontier. To go through with it without raising any eyebrows or making a statement, meaning choosing Pokémon that will not stand out for him. Pokémon that matched his personality… Nothing is matching up so far.
"My plans are going into the Battle Frontier." Shikamaru said to Abra, he crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes in thought. He began to go through on how Abra would fit into everything. "Your plan is to go on an adventure to break away from normalcy…Will that be good enough for you?"
"Abra!" Abra nodded excitedly at the prospect.
"What do you guys think?" Shikamaru asked Munchlax and Chimchar.
"Munchlax." Munchlax shrugged not caring as he was looking for food that he kept in his fur.
"Chimchar." Chimchar nodded at thought of having another friend joining in on their journey. The more the merrier he thought.
"I guess that final then." Shikamaru nodded in confirmation. He reached into his belt to pull out an empty poke-ball and pressing the button twice and a red beam shot out of it pointed at Abra. Abra disappeared within the poke-ball and with a few sounds of a click and hum, it was complete. "I caught an Abra…"
Shikamaru pressed the button once more to call out Abra. The red beam shot out and Abra appeared before them. The Psi Pokémon cheered out and did a little jig. "Abra!"
"Welcome to this wayward team." Shikamaru sighed, it only deepened when Chimchar and Munchlax cheered.
"Help! Someone, please help!"
Shikamaru and his Pokémon turned around to see Sakura screaming out hysterically trying to get someone to help her. The Nara debated if he should ignore her and go on with his business. Unfortunately for him, Chimchar was giving him a look along with Abra, that latter of which wanted to see what was going on. Munchlax is still too occupied looking for food.
"YOU!"
Shikamaru flinched when he saw Sakura running towards him, his brows furrowed when he saw that she had tears running down her cheeks. "Jezz… What happened to you?"
"You have to help me, please." Sakura pleaded as she now stood in front of Shikamaru. "Rosie…they took her!"
Shikamaru blinked slowly as he took in her words in. Once it hit him, he was on his feet and took Sakura by her shoulders. "Who took her? What happened?"
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Day: 17 of 243
Time: Late Morning.
Route: Oreburgh City
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"That was too easy." Kin laughed flicking a small poke-ball into the air repeatedly.
"She wasn't even much of a challenge." Zaku grinned striding alongside her. "That brat only had that Pokémon and it left it too easy for us to take it."
"We still need to get more Pokémon for Lord Orochimaru." Dosu muttered, not showing if he was happy or displeased about their current situation. The thing he was not is being worried. The original owner of the poke-ball that Kin is flickering around wasn't much of a challenge like Zaku stated. The only issue is that the Pokémon they stole is a flipping Happiny. Albeit, the Pokémon could be useful and fill the monthly quota they needed to fill. The issue is that they do not know if their boss will be happy with the notion of having a Happiny…
"We still have time, look around!" Kin said, she motioned her hand around the city around them. "This place is filled with pathetic trainers, taking their Pokémon will be easy."
"If we do that, we are going to draw attention to us." Dosu droned thinking about the plan with a clearer mindset.
"It's not liked those so-called trainers will do anything about it." Zaku snorted
"Abra~"
Dosu, Kin, and Zaku paused and all three of them turned around to see an Abra standing behind them. The Abra seemed to be smiling and giving them a wave. "Abra~"
Zaku grinned. "How about we take this one too?"
"Might as well." Dosu said as he reached into his pocket and took out a poke-ball.
"Abra." Abra suddenly teleported out of their sight.
They stared blankly at the spot that Abra was standing at previously, all wondering if they saw what they just saw.
"Abra~"
Once again, Dosu, Kin, and Zaku turned around to see the Abra again waving and smiling at them. "Abra~"
"Munchlax."
Once again, they turned around to see an all too familiar Munchlax. Unease began to fill within them. The last time they saw this Munchlax, it used a single move to make them soar into the air out in the middle of nowhere.
"Chimchar."
Slowly and uneasily, they turned towards their left to see the same Chimchar from before. It stared blankly at them, unnerving them. Even if they know they are highly capable of their abilities, the three of them know these Pokémon are just capable.
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"We should be there with them!" Sakura whispered loudly at Shikamaru as they laid on top of a huge pile of coal.
"You are going to give away our position." Shikamaru deadpanned, he had out a pair of binoculars and kept a close eye on what was happening below. "I know them…they previously attempted to take my Munchlax when I was at Jubilife City."
Sakura huffed out. "We should be down there…Who are they exactly?"
Shikamaru brows furrowed, going through his mind on how to answer that question. "All I know is that they work for someone that has them stealing Pokémon for him. I'll get more information about them later. Right now we need to focus on getting your Pokémon back."
"Er…did your Munchlax fall asleep?" Sakura asked as she saw that Munchlax seemed like he fell asleep.
"He just used rest, the plan is already getting along perfectly." Shikamaru said waving off Sakura's worry.
"How is that part of the plan?"
"Sleep talk, while the Pokémon is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows." Shikamaru explained, he began to crawl down the pile of coal and signaled for Sakura to follow him. "Munchlax is stronger than he looks and knows how to take care of himself."
"How would you know? You just started your journey he-"
"Just wait and see."
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Kin screamed as Munchlax continuously used the move lick on her. "Make it stop make it stop!"
Munchlax continued his attack as the other Pokémon took care of two male teens. Chimchar was using scratch against Zaku and Abra is annoying Dosu by using the move teleport repeatedly. Fortunately for them that no one was around to witness this chaotic scene in front of them. Two poke-balls were on the ground, they were placed in a position as if they are enjoying the show before them.
Unbeknownst to the humans, two younger humans slowly trekked towards the location sneakily and they hid behind a crate
"Grab your poke-ball and let's go." Shikamaru whispered quickly to Sakura.
Sakura nervously gulps, she looked back at Shikamaru to only see him shooing her away. Taking a deep breath Sakura sneaked her way towards the chaos being careful of not being seen. Once she reached where the poke-ball had landed, her mind went blank. 'Which one is mine?'
Both poke-balls looked the same, no markings on them and are in the same condition.
"HEY! IT' YOU!"
Sakura let out a shriek the scream that was directed towards her. She looked up quickly to see Zaku glaring at her when Sakura saw him, she couldn't help but laugh. Zaku was covered in scratches and it only got worse as Chimchar continued with his assault. Without a second thought, Sakura grabbed both poke-balls and ran.
Once seeing that Sakura is in the clear, Shikamaru let out a whistle to single his Pokémon before he ran off following Sakura. "Let's go. They'll catch up to use later."
"Are you sure about that?" Sakura yelled running as fast as she could.
A huge burst of light and a crackling sound sounded out from behind them. It was quickly followed by high pitch screams of pain.
"Yes."
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"Munchlax!" Munchlax cried out triumphantly now fully awake, striking out a pose as he used his all-time favorite move, Thunderbolt. Like before, he sent off those idiots off into space.
"Abra~" Abra laughed as she did a little gig. She is diffidently going to like her new trainer. This is far too much fun to make it stop any time soon.
"Chim." Chimchar did a slight smile but did not look at this teammates as he picked at his nails.
"Munchlax." Munchlax pointed towards the direction that Shikamaru and that pink hair girl ran off too.
"Chimchar…" Chimchar deadpanned not liking the idea of following Munchlax to who knows where. For that reason, the chimp Pokémon is going to be taking the lead. "Chim."
Munchlax let out a huff, crossing his arms over his chest. "Munchlax."
"Chimchar, Chimchar." Chimchar patted Munchlax on the shoulder. "Chimchar."
"Abra?" Abra asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Chimchar, Char, Char, Chim." Chimchar explained to Abra. The fire type Pokémon explained the physic type Pokémon about how Munchlax has a tendency of getting lost. Not only from hearing it from Shikamaru but also seeing it first hand since Chimchar joined them. The only time you want to follow Munchlax is when you are being chased and need to get away or if Munchlax managed to take your things then you must follow him. "Char…"
Once again, Munchlax let out another huff.
Chimchar signaled for Munchlax and Abra to follow him back to Shikamaru.
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Day: 17 of 243
Time: Early Afternoon
Route: Oreburgh Mine
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"Do you think those bullies could have followed us?" Sakura heaved out as she took in deep breaths, trying to recuperate from the run.
"No." Shikamaru said he kept a close eye around the area just outside of the mine. He hopes that his Pokémon could find him. Soon too. Hopefully, Chimchar took over as temporary leader, that way they won't get lost getting to the mine. Hopefully. "They were distracted and if they were to follow us then one of my Pokémon would have come to tell us… And judging by the fact that all three of them are here it is safe to presume we are in the clear."
Sakura looked over Shikamaru's shoulder to see his Pokémon running towards them with Chimchar taking the lead.
"Chimchar/Munchlax/Abra!" The Pokémon called out as they ran towards Shikamaru. Shikamaru slowly jogged (speed walk if anyone else were to see it) towards his Pokémon. Said Pokémon jumped onto Shikamaru happily, the Nara fell backward and landed on his bottom with a loud oomph.
"What a drag…" Shikamaru sighed as he allowed his Pokémon to hug, sniff or poke fun at him for their own amusement. Along with listening to their version of how they took care of the gang of three idiots/bullies and so on. "Are you guys okay?"
Abra, Chimchar and Munchlax nodded their heads in confirmation. The bad guys didn't have time to summon their Pokémon to fight them. It was easy and simple. All according to the plan.
"Pokémon are much easier to understand than people." Shikamaru chuckled at his Pokémon.
"Shikamaru…" Sakura slowly edged over towards Shikamaru. She showed him both poke-balls. "I took one of their poke-balls and I don't know what to do with it."
Shikamaru started at the poke-balls. "Did you take them out of the poke-balls? To see which one is yours?"
"I…didn't want to release the wrong Pokémon." Sakura said uneasily. "I didn't want to take the chance of it attacking me or something…"
Shikamaru reached out and plucked one of the poke-balls from Sakura. He pressed the white button which made it bigger. Pressing it again, the red beam shouted out from it. Right where the red beam ended a Pokémon appeared from it.
Whatever Pokémon it was, it made Sakura squeal at the sight of it and Shikamaru taking out the Pokedex that Professor Rowan gave to him.
Glameow the Catty Pokémon. It hides its spiteful tendency of hooking its claws into the nose of its Trainer if it isn't fed. The Pokedex droned out for Shikamaru to hear.
Looking up, the Nara saw that the Glameow looked extremely skittish and kept taking a step back whenever Sakura took a step forward.
"He's gone you know." Shikamaru said to the Glameow. The Glameow turned her attention towards Shikamaru. "They hurt you, didn't they?"
Glameow nodded her head hesitantly. "Glameow…"
"They are gone, my friends… took care of them." Shikamaru said not batting an eye as he spoke.
Glameow did a double take, did this human fully understood her. She turned her attention at the other Pokémon present. "Glameow?"
"Chimchar." Chimchar nodded his head at Glameow, confirming her thoughts.
Munchlax shrugged. "Munchlax, Munch."
"Of course…I'm the weird one." Shikamaru remarked returning Munchlax back to his poke-ball. "Crazy Pokémon."
"I still don't get it, how are you able to understand Pokémon?" Sakura said as she watched Shikamaru and the Glameow converse with each other. Never once has she ever seen someone converse with a Pokémon with such clarity. Or understand them for that matter.
Shikamaru looked over at Sakura with a bored expression, already used to people asking such question. "I don't know. I never bothered to figure it out. By the way…Diamond wanted to know if she could travel with you. She feels bad about what happened, even though she wasn't there when her former trainer took your Pokémon."
Sakura blinked several times before she smiled brightly at the notion. Suddenly her eyes widened as she remembered something important. "ROSIE!"
"Jezz…my ears." Shikamaru complained about covering his ears in pain.
Sakura quickly brought out Rosie from her poke-ball. "Time to show off what you do, Rosie."
The red beam shouted out the poke-ball and out came Rosie. Rosie shook herself as if trying to repress a memory. She looked around herself worriedly. "Happiny? Happiny!"
All Rosie saw is that one funny human she knocked out the other day and a Glameow. "Happiny?"
"She's right behind you." Shikamaru responded pointing behind of Rosie.
Rosie quickly turned around and gave a loud cry of relief as she leaped into Sakura's waiting arms. "Happiny!"
"She missed you and asked if you are okay." Shikamaru translated for Rosie.
"I missed you too, are you okay though?" Sakura held Rosie at arm's length and examined her. "They didn't hurt you, did they?"
"Happiny, Happy, Iny." Rosie said to her trainer. Said trainer looked over at Shikamaru for a translate.
"She's fine, they kept her in her poke-ball at all the times when she was with them." Shikamaru translated, he stood up and patted himself to get rid of any remaining soot or dirt off himself. Once he deemed himself to be presentable, Shikamaru took out Chimchar and Abra's poke-ball to return them. He grabbed hold of Diamond's poke-ball and broke it, thus releasing the Glameow from her previous trainer. "Well…are you going to 'capture' Diamond?"
Diamond, the Glameow, looked at Sakura expectantly. Sakura turned her attention to the Pokémon. "Oh right!"
Sakura took out an empty poke-ball, she pressed the button to make it bigger and threw it at Diamond. Diamond disappeared within the poke-ball and the wait began to see if Diamond would allow herself to be captured. The final ding caused Sakura to let out a sigh of relief, she quickly picked up the poke-ball and let out a whoop. "I caught a Glameow!"
Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he stood up. "I'm going to head out, try not to get into any more trouble."
Sakura eyes widen in surprise. "What if they come back? I can't take them on my own!"
"Train your Pokémon then." Shikamaru said bluntly, he turned around and headed towards the entrance of the mine. "That's what we are going to do. We are going to train to get ready to challenge to the gym leader in this city. Even if it is extremely troublesome."
"Could I join you?" Sakura asked quietly, she tightly held Rosie to herself and kept her gaze down. "My parents won't let me leave the city unless I go with someone… I want to become a doctor."
"A Pokémon doctor?"
Sakura shrugged not knowing how to answer that. "I want to help people but also Pokémon...Could I join you?"
To be continued…
R/R.