Shikamaru's Adventure: Sinnoh

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D/C: I own nothing

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Day: 22 of 243

Time: Noon

Route: Jubilife City

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"What the hell is that?"

"What?"

"That."

Shikamaru pointed at a poster that was promoting a watch-like device. He had seen many people wearing them, posters promoting them, and it seemed this entire city promoted the item. The last time he was in the city, Shikamaru wanted to figure out what they are but he was too busy helping a troublesome blonde. "What is it?"

Sakura turned around to see what Shikamaru was pointing at, her eyes brightened immensely. "No way!"

Shikamaru blinked slowly as he watched Sakura fan-girl over a watch on the poster. "What the hell…?"

"It's the new model for the Pokétch." Sakura gushed out; she looked back at Shikamaru who took a step back when he saw stars in her eyes. "I want it…"

"What does it do?"

The grin that Sakura she gave Shikamaru caused him to inch away slowly. His eyes widened when Sakura slammed her hands-on top of his shoulders and held on tight to him. Things got worse when the Pinkette started to talk a thousand words a minute about the Pokétch. From what he could gather they work like a Pokétch. Only that it had more gizmos and doodads.

"It's like your… Whatever it's called!" Sakura ended, she didn't even sound like she was out of breath.

"Pokégear, it's called Pokégear." Shikamaru deadpanned, he pulled out said item from his person to show it to her. "All it does is show me the time, map, it's a phone, there's a phonebook, radio, and apparently now it has a tracking system."

"Tracking system?"

"It's to track down other Pokégear." Shikamaru stated.

"You could make phone calls?" Sakura gaze shifted over at Shikamaru's Pokégear.

"Yeah… Could your Pokétch do that?" Shikamaru asked he did not bother to hold back a smirk.

Sakura stared at Shikamaru blankly for a moment before she shoved him away from herself with a grumble. "At least at Pokétch could do all those other things."

"And… It would be too troublesome." Shikamaru responded he put back his Pokégear from where he took it out. He nudged Sakura with his elbow and raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you have a Pokétch?"

"…Ye-No…not anymore." Sakura let out a sigh. "I had one, but Mother accidentally poured drainer fluid on it."

"How…"

"I don't know…I don't know."

"Hey, kids! Have you heard about the promotion that is going on in Pokétch Company?"

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Day: 22 of 243

Time: Midafternoon.

Route: Jubilife City

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"We need one more ticket to get ourselves a Pokétch!" Sakura squealed out in excitement. She turned around to see Shikamaru had laid himself on a bench. "What's wrong?"

"You are worse than Munchlax." Shikamaru huffed out; he heaved himself to sit up. He pinched the bridge of his nose to clear his mind. "Where is the next one?"

"At the TV Station." Shikamaru replied he pushed himself away from the bench. He started to walk towards the direction of the TV Station. He rolled his eyes at Sakura as she smiled giddily as they walked. His brows furrowed when he saw a man dressed in a trench coat sneaking around. Nudging his friend with his elbow to gain her attention, Shikamaru whispered into her ear. "Does he look familiar?"

"Hm?" Sakura glanced over where Shikamaru pointed at. She looked over to see a man dressed like a detective trying to act inconspicuous to no avail. The guy has a shiny black hair cut in a bowl cut, his clothes were all in the same shade of green with orange accents. Were those actually orange leather shoes? "No…Should we do something about it?"

"I don't know, it would be a drag." Shikamaru said a yawn; his eyes widen when he felt Sakura grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him along with her. "Oi!"

"Hey? Are you a detective?" Sakura called out to the suspicious looking man.

Said man looked startled at the being called out. "WHAAAT?! How did you know? How did you unmask me as a member of the International Police?"

"What a drag." Shikamaru couldn't help but groan out in complete annoyance. He knew of the International Police from an experience. In all honesty, half of them were a bunch of idiots while the other half are decent people. Hopefully, this one isn't an idiot. "Man, we just wanted to make conversation."

The Detective walked up to them with a thoughtful expression. He then started to chuckle at what Shikamaru said to him. "…Heh. You claim you were only making conversation, do you? But I know better not to believe that. No, no, no. I know better than that…"

Shikamaru resisted the urge to facepalm, he got stuck with a loon. Typically, they are the good ones. From what the guy is saying, he's a good guy. Albeit, a very troublesome one at that.

"…my codename, it is Guy. It is what they call me. Incidentally, is the saying, 'Don't be a thief!' familiar to you?" Looker asked, looking at the tweens expectantly.

Sakura and Shikamaru glanced at each other and silently communicated with each other. It was agreed that Shikamaru will speak for them both. The Nara looked back up at him with his average bored expression. "Yeah, we heard about it. Don't take things that don't belong to you."

"Yes, that is correct. Taking what belongs to others is wrong." Guy looked over his shoulder and his entire expression seemed to become distant the more the spoke. "Unfortunately, there are apparently those who do not heed those words. In Sinnoh, in fact, there are criminals stealing the Pokémon from others. I have, therefore, been on the lookout for characters arousing my suspicion. Incidentally, you both are trainers, yes? Perhaps you two could help me. I have a request. If you were to see me again, I ask that you not talk to me, for I am on duty… Yes, yes, you may speak to me. You must. Not because I am lonely, no, no!"

Once more, Sakura and Shikamaru glanced at each other wondering what's wrong with the guy. They both took a step back when Guy turned around and pointed at them with a gleaming smile. "You must inform me of any happenings! Of any evildoing that is occurring. Understood?"

"Sure…" Shikamaru replied unsurely.

"Good. Until next time!" With that Guy turned around and ran off without another word.

"Let's just go get our Pokétch." Shikamaru muttered shaking his head.

"Right…"

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Day: 22 of 243

Time: Late Afternoon

Route: Jubilife City

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"At least it came in a dark green." Shikamaru said, sitting beside Sakura on a bench that was near the Pokétch Company. Both of them fiddling with their respective Powertech's, they both receive newer models and have a couple apps. It was decent in his opinion, he still prefers his Pokégear. "Digital watch, calculator, memo pad, pedometer, Pokémon list, color changer, matchup checker, stopwatch and an alarm clock."

"Not like your Pokégear huh?" Sakura asked nudging Shikamaru with her elbow, wrapped on her left wrist is a bright pink Pokétch.

"I still prefer my Pokégear." Shikamaru responded he turned his gaze over at Sakura with an expectant look. "We could either rent a room at the Poké-Center or continue our journey?"

"What does your schedule say?" Sakura asked.

"I should have arrived at Floaroma Town this morning."

"…How detailed is your schedule?"

"You don't want to know."

"Then let's keep up with that schedule of yours."

"Finally…Let's go before we find that weird guy."

"I was so close to forgetting about him."

"Hey!"

Shikamaru and Sakura looked over to see a kid about their age walking towards them.

"Lucas, right?" Shikamaru asked, he stood up with a groan and he swore that he heard his bones pop. Judging from the look that Sakura game him, she heard it too. "What's up? Everything alright back at the lab?"

Lucas looked embarrassed at the last comment. "Yes, that's my name. Everything went back to order before Professor Rowan and I came here. Did you go to Oreburgh yet?"

"Been there and already got my first badge." Shikamaru stated with a shrug, he glanced back to give Sakura a mock glare as he said the next part. "I would have been somewhere else right now but eh…I got sidetracked…"

Sakura for her part looked away with a look of embarrassment. "It's not my fault you weren't properly taking care of yourself."

Lucas looked over at Sakura and back at Shikamaru. "Good to see you made a friend, it's always good to travel with someone..."

"Yeah…I guess…Where is the Professor?" Shikamaru asked, he looked around to see that said man is nowhere to be seen.

"I was supposed to meet him at the entrance of Route 204." Lucas pointed down the street that leads towards the said location.

"We'll walk with you, we are heading over there ourselves." Shikamaru glanced back at Sakura with a pointed look. "Right Sakura?"

"Yeah!" Sakura called out, she stood up to stand next to Shikamaru. She gave both boys a smile. "What are we waiting for? Let's go! Nothing is stopping us."

Sometime later…

"Troublesome…" Shikamaru muttered to himself as he watched a bunch of pajama-wearing goons run off. He, Sakura and Lucas had just defeated said goons after they had threatened Professor Rowan. Apparently, they wanted something from the old man that had to do with his work. Wither or not it was going to be willingly or forcibly. It clearly was going to be the latter and so action had to take place. "Who were they?"

"That lot… They called themselves Team Galactic." Rowan explained, he fiddled with his tie to fix it back in place.

"What did they want?" Sakura asked she was now holding Rosie in her arms.

Rowan took in a deep breath, he fixed his coat as he explained. "When Pokémon evolve, they seem to release some type of energy…However, I believe that it's a mystic power far beyond our control. But Team Galactic seems to be studying that power's potential. They want to know if it can be used as energy for something…"

"I don't like them. Their Pokémon are miserable." Shikamaru stated, remembering the looks that he and his friends went up against. It was clear that they were forced to do what they were doing. How could people mistreat Pokémon in such a manner? "What a drag…"

"Chimchar?" Chimchar jumped onto Shikamaru's shoulders and tugged on his human's friend's ear. "Chim?"

"Let them run for now." Shikamaru replied, he reached up and scratched Chimchar's chin. "We will more than likely see them again."

"What makes you say that?" Lucas asked he was kneeling next to his Pokémon, a bigger than average Turtwig. The Grass-type Pokémon looked around vigilantly, keeping a close eye for any more trouble.

"Like the old man said, they wanted him for something." Shikamaru replied he ignored the grumbled that Professor Rowan that shot towards him. "And whatever they want to do, is something utterly troublesome."

"It's all over, for now, all of you could relax. Still, thanks to you three, nothing came of that situation. I appreciate that. Kudos to all of you for your battling skills…"

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Day: 22 of 243

Time: Night

Route: 204

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"My very own Pokédex." Sakura said in complete awe, she, Shikamaru and their Pokémon sat around a campfire they had created earlier. They had decided to call it a day and make camp. Now they are surrounded by a small fire making s'mores.

Shikamaru did not comment as he pulled out a random berry and stabbed a stick through it. He handed it Chimchar who started to roast the berry on the fire. The Nara repeated his actions until all his Pokémon were roasting berries over the fire, as an afterthought he also did it for Sakura's Pokémon. "Everyone happy?"

All the Pokémon let out cries of agreement, they were happy alright.

"Good." Shikamaru sighed, he allowed himself to fall backward to lay on his back with a heavy sigh. "Good Night."

"Don't you have a tent?" Sakura asked, looking over at Shikamaru questioningly.

"I have one."

"Then why aren't you using it?"

"Eh."

"…."

"Do you want to use it?"

"…Could I?"

"Fine."

To be continued...

R/R.