Hey all here's chapter four. I wanted to finish this last night but the Battle scene with Serena and Lilith against the Chimera just came out of nowhere and I had to add it to the chapter. And over 200 hits already, thank you guys so much. So here's the next chapter, enjoy and Happy Turkey Day
"Ah! , Before you make your decision, this is your Pokédex. Here." Sycamore said as he handed Serena a flat card-shaped with a holographic screen in its center.
"If you point your Pokédex towards a Pokémon, it'll search for it automatically. Why not give it a try? Oh, Sophie could you get the what we talked about earlier?" Sycamore said to Sophie who nodded and walked off.
"Lily, my name is Lilly." Lilith said as she smiled.
"Okay." Serena said as she walked toward the three Pokémon and pointed her Pokédex at a small yellow fox with red tuffs in its ears.
"Fennekin, the Fox Pokémon. Fennekin expels hot air that can reach nearly 400 degrees." The Pokédex reported as the Fennekin sneezed.
"Amazing! And you're next." Serena said as she pointed at a small bipedal light-brown front with a green shell.
"Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokémon. Chespin can flex the soft spikes on its head, making them so stiff and sharp, they can even pierce through stone." The Pokédex reported as the Chespin flexed.
"I get it. And finally..." Serena trailed off as she looked at the last one. Before she could scan the last one Sophie walked back into the room carrying a box.
"Froakie, the Bubble Frog Pokémon. From its chest and back, he creates bubbles called Frubbles, which act as a cushion and soften the blow of an opponent's attack." The Pokédex said as Froakie increased the Frubbles around its neck, causing Serena to pull back in shock.
"Wow! This'll come in handy." She commented as she looked at her Pokédex.
"Like it?" Sycamore asked with a laugh in his voice at her reactions
"Yes." Serena said as she looked at him.
"Well then, go ahead and pick your partner." Sycamore said as the three Pokémon looked at Serena.
"Um, they're all so cute, but I already made up my mind. You see, I knew who I wanted before I left the house." Serena said as she walked toward the first Pokémon she scanned and crunched down to look at the Fire Type.
"Hmm. Fennekin, I pick you. I'm Serena." She said as she smiled at her new partner.
"Fenn!" The Fennekin cried in joy, finally it had a trainer.
"And Lilly, Sophie has what you might need, but first do you have a Pokégear?" Sycamore asked Lilith as he accepted the box from Sophie.
Lilith smiled as she exposed her right arm and show the Professor a black armband watch.
"Good, to register at any contest you need to do so in person, for the trial season there open to anyone who decides to enter. To compete at the Grand Festival you have to have 3 Great Ribbons, and you need to win 2 normal Ribbons to qualify for a chance to earn a Great Ribbon. When you win at a two normal level contests you will be given a puzzle to solve that will tell you where you can try and earn a Great Contest. We will advertise them a few days in advance but only in the city they'll held in. But I can tell you that a Normal Contest is in Santalune City in a few days." Sycamore explained as he handed her a Ribbon box.
"Thanks Professor." Lilith said as she took the box and put it into her bag.
A few minutes later Serena and Lilly walked out of the lab and Lilith looked at the skies. Seeing the clouds she turned to Serena and smiled at the girl.
"So! Where are you headed? Santalune too? Mind if we travel together?" Lilith asked Serena.
"Sure, I could use some company on the road but why?" Serena asked as the two walked through the city.
"Back home its safer to travel roads together, it's a habit and traveling with someone who was raised with The Defense Treaty is always welcome, what do you use? Me I was taught to strike with a whip" Lilith said as she exposed her left arm to show a whip wrapped around her arm.
"I learned to use a naginata spear; it made me think of home in Kanto when Mom moved us here years ago." Serena said to her new friend as she gestured at her backpack.
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A figure covered in a black clock with a hood covering his face walks up to the Moon Shadow Café, entering it with a small glance around him to make sure he wasn't being tracked. He entered the building and saw most of the front room vacate, the expected crowed after a holiday.
"Hello, are you meeting anyone?" A pleasant sounding voice came from woman in maid uniform.
"Yes, the Exac-Strike Party." The man said with a nod. He saw her jolt when he gave the name and smiled under his hood. Guess the old lady told her employees about the time we saved this place back then.
"Follow me." The woman said with a smile as she led her down a side passage along one of the walls, up a flight of stairs to a door along a wall. Giving a bow the maid walked away as he opened the door and entered the doorway. He came to a small room, Camilla in simple sundress and Magnus in a black shirt and grey pants and two clocks on a rack by the door.
"Hello my old friends, it seems our number might be whole soon." The figure said as he pulled his hood back to reveal Alex'tra Don. Camilla smiled and walked over and gave his a quick hug.
"How have you been Alex, your lands and people?" She asked as she pulled away.
"Alright with the people, and the harvest looks to be good this year. But I think we should talk about a certain… worm." Alex said as his eyes lost their cheer and laughter.
"Morg'a did seem to be practically... vicious today. But don't call her that my friend, it's insulting to the worms." Magnus said as he leaned back in his chair.
"What has the honorable Highlord done that has colored your opinion on her?" Camilla said with a laugh to her voice. Magnus just looked at her with hard eyes.
"Perhaps it was when she tried to kill us during that Entourage Battle so long ago. Or maybe it's the little things, like the last Chimera breeder that cause the change in procedure was from her lands, how bandits that raid cities near hers are never caught on her side or maybe because of how when those ninja inserted and drew off our people before the attack they came at the city from her territory, when the little witch had said security in her lands was secure." Magnus said frostily as his words hit Camilla hard.
"The Entourage Battle might have been an accident, I know giving what she said, but the change was there so that I see why ruled what they did. The bandits could be using the Underground to move around and have a man in her guards or looking the other way. And the ninja, well they were ninja." Camilla said with a sigh as she shook her head. The boss was in a rage after the attack, her predecessor had died in battle and by the time an investigation was ready to even start Morg'a people had presented evidence that showed that the invaders had infiltrated through one of the port cities in her domain. The local forces had been dealing with a Tier 4 Chimera attack and had missed them, but some people didn't believe them. The instigation had gone forward, but no evidence was found leaving Morg'a free.
"The bandits that plague us might have a base in her lands that she knows about true, and the Tier 4 could have been created and released by design, there are people sick enough for that in this world. But still, we've found her! Sometime in the near future she will be home and we can get to know our godson/nephew. How did you finally find her?" Alex said as he smiled at his old teammates.
"We didn't find her, we found him. It was someone looking at the last Kanto Pokémon Tournament; there was an incident before one of his matches that sparked a researcher's interest. But he's been sealed, heavily at that. I've scarcely begun to grasp the theory behind them, I'm hoping Lilith befriends him and sends back detailed scans, if I can't find a way to break them, he might have to get out of them on his own. I can't imagine what Delia is going through." Magnus said with a grimace. Alex squeezed Magnus's shoulder and shared a look with his friends.
"She had a master Caster's ranking when she was taken. Even if they have her sealed too I know that she's fighting back with everything she is. But enough doom, gloom and work. Let's have a nice meal and share in some work gossip. One of my lord's kids is dating someone from his mother's rival's city, she's exasperated about it, sent three requests for anything to take up her kid's time so he can't see her in the last week alone. But tell me about this incident that let us find him." Alex said with a laugh as talk turned to lighter topics.
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A lone Skarmory flies through the darkening skies, a keen observe would see that this Steel-type barley twitched as it flew, that it had none of the individual movements that signaled muscle twitches. It had followed its programing and hung back when the other members of Searcher Squadron 1 had attacked the focused Aura source and trailed it and its rescuers to their home. Protocol when loss of over 50% of mission strength decreed that surviving units return to base. For the last two days it had used the Wind Road to relocate as close to home base as possible before using it improvements to accelerate its travel speed, flying faster and higher then even airplanes. It slowed down and glided downward when it reached the area of its home. Flying above a forest it flew right by three Zubat with metal wings flying a patrol. It passed over a Rhydon with a metal canons in place of their left arms, treads on its feet and metal spikes on it tail leading three Growlithe with metal spikes along their backs and robotic legs with a long single claw at the end. It finally reached a stone wall around a complex. Two parties of 4 Machokes with oversized metal fists walked alongside the wall with the gate being guarded by two Machamps with 2 lances in place of their lower arms with two cannons in place of their upper arms. It flew past a refrigerated structure to enter a window at the top of the tower, entering a large open chamber, a humanoid form lay hunched over the corpse of a Hitmonchan on an examination table. When the Skarmory landed on a table next to a computer a wire snaked out of its mouth to connect to the computer. As the data was downloaded the person turned, revealing a man with a cybernetic right side of his face with an eye that shinned a dark blue. When he saw the Skarmory what remained of his face gained a frown.
"Gather SKG25, where is the rest of your wing? What has become of them?" A raspy voice said as the figure walked toward the computer. As he pulled up the report and frowned as he absorbed the data.
"Gather SKG25 report to reprocessing for rearmament/upgrade. Computer, return specimen FHitCha01 to stasis and prepare the Water specimens in lab 2. Also add Aura wavelength to file AU." He ordered as he walked out of the room. Walking down a flight of stairs he
"A Problem Metalface?" A voice purred as a person walked toward him. The person was female with an hourglass figure; she wore a crimson cheongsam that ended at her ankles, with black stockings on her legs that ended at her thighs. Her arms had black gloves that went to her elbows; her pouty lips had gray lipstick and grey eye shadow above her blue eyes while her pink wavy hair went to her waist. Her pink hair identified her as one of the Joy Family, but the sneer on her black lips left that in doubt.
"Sorrow, back from taking out that Chimera already. How did the modified Cannoneer handle their first field test?" The figure rasped as he walked past the woman who fell into step behind him
"They were adequate for prototypes, there were a few problems with close combat but I killed them and brought back another corpse to make a new one." Sorrow said as she
"Another Aggron moved into the mountains? Then the lure Resentment created works. The removed limbs were saved and I can modify the arms to handle the weight of the cannons, or perhaps I can move them to the shoulders." He mused as they exited the hallway to enter a grand hall with banners with a wrench crossed over a scalpel in an X shape. Passing through the hall they entered a doorway. Reading a book in the room they entered was a tall woman with DD breast in a white halter top and a white leather pants. Her pink hair was in a high ponytail with a bang over her right eye with white eye shadow on her left eye and white lipstick on her pouty lips.
"Ignorance, back from spying on your target sister dear?" Sorrow asked as she walked over and put her arms around her.
"Yes, I was able to discover a connection to Lysandre Labs thanks to my little spies, what about your mission." Ignorance asked daintily, totally out of character given her cloths.
"Basic Metal type Chimera, brought it back to harvest the Bio-Metal but old' Metalface here wants to see the boss for some reason." Sorrow answered her sister before following Metalface who didn't stop.
"Sister must you call Dr. Sulnik such a demining name?" Ignorance complained as she closed her book and followed her sister and the Doctor out of the room. Finally the three people came to a doorway with an intercom on the wall next to it, opening the door was a woman in a maid's outfit with stitching on her face and around her forehead.
"How may I help you doctor?" The maid asked in a robotic voice as she stood before the party.
"A problem has arisen with gather wings, I need to speak with the Master." Dr. Sulnik said, causing the maid to bow and let him into the room.
The room the party entered had computers around the chamber and in the center was a bed with blue glowing tubes connecting to a figure on it. By the bed were two Frankenmon with the body of an Arcanine with the torso of an Infernape without the flames on its head.
"What has happened?" A low voice questioned from the bed as the two Frankenmon turn to look at the party.
"Two days ago master Gather SKG13 sighted a Pokémon with an Aura strength well above its size world allow, it moved to capture it and when it escaped SKG13 sent an order for help of any Gathers in the area, wings led by SKG20 and SKG10 responded with SKG25 staying back to return if the forces were destroyed. They corned the target before a flock of Pidgeottos lead by a Pidgeot protected the target. At this junction the 5 members of Wings SKG20 and SKG10 arrived to assets in the capture when an unknown trainer attacked and destroyed the Gather units. I have ordered that the Aura wave length be saved and updated the watch file."
"Where were they when they found the target?" the Master wheezed as he absorb the information.
"In the southern oceans near a turn of the Wind Road." Dr. Sulnik said as a hologram of the world appeared and the area the action took place was circled.
"Designate that area a place of interest, send orders for new material gathered to replace losses. Ignorance, you are to see what the League knows about that area, prepare to gather materials for the creation of Battlers. Have Resentment begin designing mobility upgrades for said Battlers." The Master commanded as the Frankenmon got up and crossed their arms, sending his minions to do his will.
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"Oh! This is terrible. The sun's setting and we're still in the middle of the woods." Serena said as she carried her new partner as she and Lilly walked through the woods. "Lilly, any idea how far away the nearest Pokémon Center is, can your Pokégear show us the way?"
"My gear will only able to show so much detail out of cities with what data I have, I'll download a better map when we get to the Center, it's supposed to be nearby anyway." Lilith said with a sigh as she walked.
"Does this mean we're sleeping out in the open tonight? Hm?" Serena asked as she looked around, drawing a laugh from Lilith.
"Not much experience with that princess?" Lilith teased her new friend as she blushed.
"My mom didn't like it so much but I did rough it with my class a few times over the years. I didn't do it enough to get an opinion on it though. If we could find the Pokémon Centre, there's no doubt we'd be able to stay there" Serena said with a huff.
"Like I said, I need to download better map data for more details. What that?" Lilith asked as she and Serena saw a figure behind a tree. Serena smiled and walked toward the tree as Lilith slowly reached for her whip.
"Excuse me! Can you please tell us where the Pokémon Centre is?" Serena stared at the figure, not noticing a pointed object moving toward her from behind the tree, but Lilith did see and drew her whip as she realized what it was.
"Serena get away from it, that's a Chimera!" Lilith cried as her whip wrapped around Serena pulling her away from the creature before a stinger limb shot down where she had been a moment ago.
"Nidorina, Liepard to battle!" Lilith cried as she released her two Pokémon as Serena's Fennekin jumped down before its trainer. The creature ambled into the fading light. It was gold colored with black mandibles on its face bellow three multifaceted eyes. Its body was segmented with three parts, its head on the front above two pincer claws and four spider like legs on its middle with two tails ending with stingers on its back.
"Bug type Chimera, I fought something like this before! Don't let its claws get you or it can sting you to knock you out if it's like the last one I fought that looked like it!" Lilith called out as Serena got out her naginata and spun it around.
"You led, I follow!" Serena called as she deflected a stinger from her Pokémon.
"Try to cut off the one of the tails, it might run after that!" Lilith said as she tried to hit one of the Chimera's eyes but it blocked with it claws. Fuck the mission I've started to like her, but the laws are clear, only use Aura abilities if you have to and we can survive this without them, sorry Serena, with your blade you might have to take your first kill. I just hope this thing is alone. Lilith hated herself for the plan that was forming in her mind; she knew how people off home reacted when they made their first kill.
"Liepard, Dark Pulse when you've got a target! Nidorina Double Team try to draw away from Serena! Serena, watch for your target!" Lilith ordered as she tried to get behind it. Nidorina glowed as copies of it formed between Serena and the Chimera. The Chimera tried to grab Liepard with one of its claws but the Dark type dodged to the side, while Lilith's whip scored hits on its center segment. The chimera's mandibles opened and shot a string of sticky silk at Nidorina that hit some of the copies before black rings from Liepard hit its face, blast off part of its right mandible. The Chimera cried and shot one of its tail stingers at one of the copies, allowing Serena to dart in and slice off the stinger and a segment of its tail before her Fennekin shot a sphere of orange sparks at the wound, burning it.
"Good job Serena! Liepard charge up a Hyper beam to core it! Nidorina Protect between Liepard and the Chimera until she's ready!" Lilith said as her whip scored hits. The Chimera looked at its prey and decided to retreat. Opening its mouth as its sole remain mandible opened its mouth released a fog that covered the clearing, causing its opponents to cough and lose sight of it. When the fog cleared it was to reveal a green oval between where the Chimera had been and Serena and the Pokémon, Lilith was further down the path with her whip drawn. Looking around she put her whip back around her arm and recalled her Pokémon as Serena put her spear away before she reached down and picked up her Fennekin and hugged it.
"Fennekin you were so brave, I'm so proud of you!" Serena said with a smile on her face before she saw Lilith's face. The frown on her friend's face causes Serena to look around before turning to her.
"Lilly, what's wrong, we fought it off!" Serena said and frowned as she saw that her words caused Lilith's frown to grow.
"That thing was smart enough to escape when it didn't have an advantage, that's not normal." Lilith said as she looked around with a frown on her face. Serena looked at her friend before a thought struck her.
"You said it would run if I cut one of its stingers off!" Serena cried as Lilith adopted a sheepish look.
"I said it might run off, and I was trying to keep you from freezing up and becoming a target, I thought we would have to kill it." Lilith mumbled as Serena and Fennekin just stared at her.
"Is everything okay?" A voice called from behind them, causing the girls to turn and see Nurse Joy running toward them with a Wigglytuff by her side.
"I heard screams, are you two okay?" Nurse Joy asked with worry on her face as she took in the silk on the ground and the exhausted looks on the two girls faces. When she saw the stinger dripping purple blood Joy went white and stared at the two girls.
"Oh, we're fine, we just fought off a bug type Chimera, say, where's your Pokémon Center?" Lilith asked as she smiled at Nurse Joy.
"It's down the path ahead of us." Joy said absentmindedly as she starred at the stinger in the road.
"Hey, Serena?" Lilith said with a grin on her face. The Chimera was gone, time to move on.
"Yes?" Serana asked as she and her Pokémon looked at her friend's infectious grin as her own started to grow.
"Race ya!" Lilith said as she ran down to road.
"No fair!" Serena laughed as she and Fennekin followed, both of them glad to be out of danger.
Behind some vegetation three multifaceted eyes stared at the figures moving out of the forest before it walked off into the gloom, it would see them again and then it would eat them.
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Amanda sighed to herself as she walked towards Pallet House. She ran a hand through her hair before she shook her head when she stopped and checked her appearance at a window that looked into Pallet House's seating area, she had to look her best as a greater. Her blond hair stopped at her shoulders, her eyes blue had a bit of purple eyeliner to bring them out, red lip-gloss for her lips, and she was wearing black pants with a purple shirt with baggy arms that showed the restaurants logo on the back as all permanent staff did, all in all she was ready for the day. Perfect and now if Albia wasn't acting like a cornered Rattata. Amanda thought as she sighed.
For the last two days Albia had been on edge and looked like someone had cornered her against a wall. Ever since that gold-digging bitch had comeback from her vacation come to think of it. Guinevere Oak was a grade A bitch in school and when Delia and the Professor wasn't around but she hasn't even talked to the girl yet. But with her it was always something, the only decent thing that whore had ever done was give birth to her children and the Professor practically raised them! But enough about her, time to get to work. As she entered the restaurant she saw Delia poke her head out of the Kitchen.
"Good, you're here Amanda, I need to talk to you for a few minutes." Delia said as she walked towards her. Amanda noticed Delia was wearing a new necklace, a multi-faceted blue crystal on a chain rested above her breasts.
"Something wrong Delia?" Amanda said as she saw Delia adopt a sheepish look.
"We're almost out of berries and it's your turn to visit the orchard." Delia said as she scratched her head and refused to look at Amanda. Getting new barriers was one of the jobs that was on a rotation at the restaurant, they grew fast enough in the 'wild' that people sent were able to get them easily enough even in winter with the right Pokémon to help.
"So you're taking over my shifts while I'm gone?" Amanda said flatly as she folded her arms and looked at her boss.
"yes. Oh, take Albia with you. The girl's been acting scared about something, maybe a change of pace will help her." Delia said as she smiled.
"Yeah, I'll see if I can get anything about what's wrong with her. The baskets are outside your house right? And go to the employ's girls room and use the makeup we keep there for once." Amanda sighed as she turned around.
"They are and tell me if you find out anything." Delia said as she took position behind the podium and ignored the makeup advice.
"By the way Delia that's a nice necklace, where'd you get it?" Amanda said as walked toward the door. As she walked out the door she heard Delia call out an answer.
"Ginny gave it to me, she said she found it when she was heading home and thought of me." Amanda was glad Delia was behind her, she wouldn't see the scowl on her face. Guinevere never gave anyone presents because she thought of someone when she saw something. She really needed to find out why that bitch was always hanging around Delia, whatever reason she was sure it wasn't for Delia's benefit.
Keep it together girl, you just need to catch anything that can get you out of here. Albia thought to herself as she held a Pokéball in her pocket as she tried to watch every alley as she walked to her Quest. Ever since she had sensed that woman, she was jumping at every shadowed alley; sure she was surrounded by those killers.
A hand landed on her shoulder and she shot to the side and saw Amanda looking at her with worry in her eyes.
"Albia, we will talk about that but later. Today you and I are going through the forest picking fresh berries. Today is supposed to have good weather and it's the perfect place for a nice talk." Amanda said in a no nonsense tone with a hard look to her eyes. All Albia could was nod, wondering what in Arceus name she could do to get out of that talk and hopping she would find a Spearow in the forest at least, then she and her Pokémon could rough it off the Routes until she had a flyer that could carry her, she wasn't going over a cliff without wings ever again.
A bipedal form crashed through the forest, not sparing a single backwards glance as it rushed onward. Ever since it had run into the things chasing it, it had known no peace. It had taken out one of them, but the only thing that accomplished was to bring out a something to lead the other two, a …human? Whatever the leader was it was able to keep pace and track it better than the first chasers and led from the front, it had abilities that…. It dodged to the right as a blade of pink energy suddenly sliced downward where it had been standing just a moment ago.
"So little Bug, will you stand and fight or do we continue the hunt?" A voice called out with a jovial tone to it from the direction the energy came from.
The biped didn't spare a single look at back before it ran in the opposite direction of the voice.
"The hunt continues my hounds, let us run down our prey! For the Queen and for Glory!" The voice called as two large shadows stalked after the biped with a laugh in its voice.
Tom sighed to himself as he walked through the rented cabin. Since they sent that coded message back to command the orders were to wait until a human courier could pick up a scan of the Queen and keep their eyes open. Tom had sent his Weavile and Noctowl out when they received the message to set up sensors around the cabin before ordering his Noctowl to hide near the Queen's home and follow targets when it received a signal. Sapphire had added a few seals to make the cabin more durable and fireproof in case it was attacked and Rachel had drawn up a watch schedule and was currently taking stock of their Aura Equipment and their personal weapons while Sapphire was meditating trying to get a feel for the Natural Aura of the area, trying to create a mystical early warning system in case any Casters or Auralists were about.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Sapphire cried as her eyes shot open, her trance broken as she had felt a surge of Aura.
"We got incoming Sapphire!?" Rachel called as she and Tom started to draw their weapons and reached for their Pokéballs with their free hands.
"NO! A surge of Fairy Aura just flashed somewhere in the forest! Someone Used an Aura Technique ! It wasn't a Pokemon or Human!" Sapphire said as she got up and scrambled for her staff.
"A Fairy attack? Not a human or Pokémon? Ladies I think we should it's time to Blastoise Up as me ma would say. And…hello. We've got movement in front of the Queen's house." Tom said as he caught sight of his laptop's screen.
Albia looked around when they stopped before a house at the edge of the Pallet town line.
"Come out, Arcanine!" She jolted when she heard the command Amanda spoke as a Pokéball flew through the air and release the Fire-type. Amanda moved towards the door and retrieved three 2 sided bags that she put on her Fire Pokémon.
"Okay we're after Orans, Tamatos, Nanabs, Leppa and Razzs. And to make it easier, a few years ago Delia planted a berry orchard to make harvesting new berries when we need them a breeze." Amanda said as she led her Pokémon and Albia towards the woods. Albia could feel eyes on her as they entered the forest but it was the same kind she used to feel when she and her Pokémon went to find wild ones to fight and train with, both comforting and challenging and she started to relax for once.
Amanda looked at Albia as they walked and grew more concerned for her. Once we walked into the woods the locals started to eye us up and judge us and she's acting like she on a Sunday stroll. Whatever is bothering her has to do with what's in cities, people? Is she on the run from someone? Wait, this started when that gold digging slut came back from her trip! Albia started to act scared as soon as Guinevere left! That's ether the mother of all coincidence or the kid is scared of the tramp! But the bitch didn't even react to the kid when Delia introduced them, so if Albia is scared of Guinevere, but Guinevere never met the girl before, so what's the source of her fears? Amanda thought as her eyes grew hard. Her own history with Guinevere Oak aside, if the bitch hurt the younger girl she wouldn't live long to enjoy it.
"Okay Albia we're almost where Delia and Ash planted the grove, that Delia's world trotting trainer son by the way. From experience a few wild Pokémon might be around, but if we leave them alone they leave us alone. If a Chimera is here stay back, my partner will hold it off so I can get my blades out and kill it. You got anything?" Amanda asked as she pulled back her sleeves to reveal two hilts sticking out of two sheaths on her arms.
Albia looked down and let her hand slip into her pocket, looking anywhere but at Amanda and started to walk a bit faster. The kid didn't want her to know what she had to defend herself, this might be as serious as Delia was thinking.
"So this grove, what kind of Pokémon might be feeding there? I saw Spearows and Rattatas on my way into Pallet, what other species are around here?" Albia said as she smiled hollowly.
"Your running from someone, aren't you?" Amanda said, causing Albia to stop cold and stare at her elder.
"You don't have a bounty for anything, I have a brother in law enforcement and he sends me updates about that so you're not a criminal. You don't have an air of a noble and you can do your job like you've cooked for yourself a lot so running from a decision your parents or family made is out too. That only leaves your running from someone or a group, why I don't know but it's probably something on their end. And for some reason Guinevere Oak is involved." Amanda finished with a growl as Albia just looked at her and slowly paled.
"Listen kid, I don't know what your problem is but trust this, I hate Guinevere Oak for a few things in our past, she's the last person on the planet I would ever help. Please kid, you can trust me and Delia." Amanda said softly as she squeezed one of Albia's shoulders.
"But what if I can't trust Delia because of her headaches?" Albia asked softly as she hugged herself. Amanda did a double take and went still at what she heard.
"Child, do you know anything about what really happened to Delia and Ash?" Amanda whispered in total shock. This could change things, Delia could find out where she and Ash came from, they could finder his father they, could… Wait, was THAT BITCH MIXIED UP IN DELIA'S TROUBLES? SHE CAME BACK TO PALLET THREE MONTHS AFTER DELIA TURNED UP! She went dead still when she saw the state Albia was in, tears were running down her face and one hand in pocket, and enlarged Pokéball in it with her other hand around her necklace, a look of such fear on the girl's face she hadn't seen since the Chimera Invasion 5 years ago.
"Albia, explain. Please?" Amanda begged the girl before her.
"It's something I don't fully know about, I was told about it by an old woman in the mountains between Johto and Kanto. She found me when she… Fished me out of the river I'd fallen in when the people hunting me force me over a cliff." Albia said as she closed her eyes as Amanda starred at her. I owe Ms. Ketchem and what I can tell Ms. Amanda is telling the truth about not wanting to help Oak, if she is one of them.. Wait, what is that… THERE!
"Something is coming at us! Defend us Flaaffy!" Albia screamed as she threw her Pokéball. A bipedal pink sheep with a tail ending in a blue orb appeared before them and stood ready for battle.
"WHERE!" Amanda snarled as she looked around as her Arcanine snarled and braced itself. She only had her Aracine with her, she had left her other Pokémon back home today, a mistake she regretted already.
"SOUTH!" Albia screamed as they heard rustling and out the undergrowth came a segmented grey bipedal wounded Bug-Type with two spiky pincers on its head, two long and thin arms ended in three grey claws. Following it was a teenage boy with steel gray hair in a green tabard with a stylized Emerald G on it center over a black shirt, black boots and gray pants. He holding a rapier in his left hand and on his right hand was a glove with a green gem set on the back of the hand.
"So beyond the target of my hunt I have found two maidens fair, a good day for Knight Acel." From the teen a jovial voice rang out as he smiled. Amanda's Arcanine pounded to stand by the Pinsir and growled. Amanda slowly drew her two long daggers from her arms as she starred at the G as her eyes hardened.
"We might have a problem if your hunt isn't to add this one to your team, or if that G is for Gaia." Amanda growled as Albia's Flaffy moved closer as its trainer looked at her senior. Albia had heard about Team Gaia, and the stories about them had originally painted a picture of idiots but over the last few days a darker tone had been shown in their revived state.
"A Woman of battle, a true treat to be savored, and with a mind and soul of courage. With Us among Gaia's chosen you will be by dusks shadow." As the words left his mouth behind him two shadows walked into the light. They were made of wood crafted to look like armored knights with a large green gem in its center; its head had three green gems in a triangle. Its blocky legs ended in four talons on each side of the legs. Their arms ended in hands with three claws with a green gem in its center with green bulbs on each side of its limbs with green gems on its shoulders.
"Knight Stalkers take our mark down! I will keep the maiden fair busy." Sylvestre commanded as he smiled at Amanda. As the two creatures walked toward the Bug type the gems on their shoulders glowed and many green energy leaves formed and shot at the Pinsir.
"Flaaffy, Protect!" Albia cried as her Pokémon intercepted the attack and a green energy sphere formed around the two Pokémon, the leaves dissipating when they hit the energy barrier.
Meanwhile Amanda had blocked the thrust of Acel's rapier and sliced his right arm, lightly drawing his blood which only seemed to cause Sylvestre to laugh at what she had done. Her Arcanine fired a Flamethrower that he jumped over with a grin at what they were doing, acting as if they were playing dodge ball.
"A spirited try, let's see how you do when I add some Aura?" Sylvestre said with an evil grin as he began to glow pink and began to increase the speed of his thrusts his reactions to Arcanine's attack faster, his jumps higher.
Amanda began to try to block his strikes, succeeding half the time and feeling the blade hit her arms. This 'Knight' isn't an Aura Guardian, so how was he able to use Aura, not counting the color difference!
Seeing what Amanda was dealing with Albia looked what her Pokémon was fighting, trying to think of anything to help. The Pinsir looked first at her, then at the leaves hitting the shield before it cried out.
"Pinsir! Pin sir pin!" Flaaffy dropped the Protect when it heard the Bug Types cries, letting a few of the energy leaves hit itself before it moved to the side as the Pinsir brought its hands together and released a ball of blue energy that shot at the Knight Stalker to the left, hitting its center gem. As the gem gained a few cracks, Albia noticed that the leaves it formed dissipated. This might be what we need, if I'm right about that things reaction to the damage. Albia thought as she reached under her shirt and drew a few throwing knives.
Amanda parried the rapier with her left blade, trying to hit her opponent with her right blade missing him by inches. Sylvestre gave a laugh as he dodged the flames and blade. As he moved his eyes drank in his appornent, trusting the Stalkers to hand the younger girl and the other two Pokémon. This woman is a treasure! She has both looks and bravery, and that Pokémon is well trained, give her the blessing and a better match I couldn't find! The girl I can see becoming an apprentice to one of our casters, maybe even one of the Queen's handmaidens. He thought as he aimed a thrust at Amanda's right shoulder which she dodged and sliced down with her left blade. Truly he was have so much fun with her.
"Flaaffy, Brick Break on the central gem!" Hearing Albia's command Amanda saw her opponent stiffing. Turning his head in a flash he eyes went wide at what he saw. The Electric type had jumped at the right most Stalker and hit its center gem with a glowing arm, cracking it to pieces. As the Stalker fell backwards Amanda scored a hit to Acel's face, creating a gash down his right eye. Before he could move a throwing knife hit his left should, cutting deep to his bone. Sylvestre eyes hardened as he reached under his tabard and pulled out a flow chain that glowed pink, the glow consuming it before a pink colored glow flowed his up his arm and covered his body, forcing the knife out of his arm as his wounds healed and he smirked before he disappeared from sight.
"OOFF!" Amanda cried out as Sylvestre's right fist hit her stomach, sending her flying at a tree before her Arcanine shot between her and the tree hitting it in place of its trainer.
"Amanda!" Albia cried out as she saw the state of her friend. Hearing a cry from her Flaaffy she saw that the Stalker had wrapped a vine from its arms around the Pinsir and used it as a club to hit her Flaaffy.
"Surrender, you've put up a good fight but my ruling is true, by dusks shadow among the Chosen you will be." Albia heard and saw the Knight Stalker walk toward her. She looked at her Flaaffy and saw it was pinned under the Pinsir. Her hands went to the pendent around her neck, could she risk it? She thought of how Amanda and Delia had treated her, how the others at Pallet House had treated her, could she let Amanda be taken captive? Her eyes hardened and she made her choice as she removed her necklace.
Amanda struggled to move her Pokémon off her, she had lost her weapons but she had some unarmed combat training so she could hold this scum off long enough for the kid to escape and get help. She stiffened when she felt the needle point of his rapier under her chin.
"So my beauty, shall it be under your own power or will I carry you to your new future?" The playfulness in his voice made her snarled at him. A crash sound to the left of her sight, and she saw Sylvestre blanch when he turned his head.
"Get away from her, now!" Albia cried out. Turning to face her she stared. She felt the blade move away from her throat as the so called Knight took a step back. Turning her head she was shocked by what she saw, Albia was glowing a yellow color and the other Stalker was spilt in half from the where the center gem was supposed to be.
"I Said…" Albia began before she disappeared from sight as before she appeared above the knight slashing down with a glowing leg in a savage axe kick that his left hand, cracking the gem on his glove. Albia grabbed Sylvestre and threw him backwards over her shoulder toward when he first entered the grove.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Albia cried out as she adopted a stance with her arms at her side, her left leg behind her right, her face hard. Gone was the girl how was so scared, here now was a warrior ready for battle.
Sylvestre stumbled back to his feet and moved backwards suddenly, dodging an electric bolt from Flaaffy as Pinsir helped it to its feet. He looked and saw Amanda getting back up and moving toward her dropped blades as her Arcanine started to growl and release flames from its mouth. Perhaps it's time to live to fight another day, but I will claim my maiden fair. And perhaps the thunder maiden might find a match of my brother, he does need someone. Sylvestre thought as he cupped his right hand and formed a pink energy ball in it.
"Till next we meet my flowers of war." He said as threw the ball upwards, which exploded in a flash of light that blinded them everyone in the clearing. Amanda looked around and leaned against the tree behind her, that was almost as bad as fighting a Tier 2 with her team alone.
"Amanda!" Albia cried as she ran over, looking nervous and frightened at the same time.
"I'm okay kid. Good moves and I guess that trick you pulled is why people are after you?" Amanda said as she smiled at the kid who looked her age. Albia hands went to her neck and started to look around franticly. The Pinsir walked over to her and handed her a grey crystal on a chain. With a look of gratitude to the Bug type she put it back around her neck.
"Yes, yes it is." Albia said as she ran to her, looking more scared then during the battle. She's scared how I'm going to react to those abilities of hers, what caused her to go on the run and who chased here into Kanto? Amanda had a feeling she wasn't going to like what she heard, but best finish what they came here for first.
"Kid you can tell me later right now…. What's happening to those Stalker things?" Amanda asked as she looked behind Albia, causing her turn and see the wood parts of them decomposing extremely fast until only a few green gemstones were left. Reaching down Amanda grabbed one of the stones, throwing it up before she caught it again, looking at it as she began to think deeply.
"Kid, help me pick these up, we can throw them in a river I know on the way back to Pallet town. After that lets finish our job and get some barriers for the restaurant, we'll tell people a horde of Ratattas led by two Raticates. And you should deal with that little guy." Amanda said with a grin, pointing behind Albia, causing her to turn. The Pinsir had walked toward her and taken a knee before Albia.
"What's it doing?" Albia whispered to Amanda in wonder.
"I think it wants to join you." Amanda said with a smile on her face.
"Pinsir sir pin!" The Pinsir cried out as it raised its head and looked at her.
"Really? I'm being hunted and I don't know where I'm going to be a year from now and you still want to join me?" Albia asked as she removed a spare Pokéball. At the Bug's nod, Albia smiled.
"In that case, Welcome to the Family!" She cried as she threw the Pokéball. Amanda looked on neutrally, but inside her thoughts were hard. 'Defend us', 'Welcome to the Family'. Kid you really need someone to help you; I hope Delia can and that you can help her with her memories.
As the Amanda went to gather the gems, she didn't know they were being watched since they entered the grove. Unseen by all the combatants, a lone Noctowl had watched the fight from start to finish, sending a video from the camera it wore to its trainer.
"Well, that was a thing." Tom said as he starred at the laptop open before them. Sapphire stared at him for a few seconds before she exploded.
"A THING TOM! A THING?! An unknown Fairy Auralist is around Pallet and he had at least two golems to command! That means he's allied with a caster that knows Golemcraft! And that girl! She was the waitress at Pallet House; she's a natural Auralist! She had something that let her hide herself from my spell! What is with this Town?!" Sapphire panted as she finished her rant.
"The Auralist might be from this 'Team Gaia' we've heard so much about recently. And the kid, I did hear a few whispers from the dark web before we got this mission about a hunt in Johto where the prey got away; I was looking into a few leads that I thought might have a connection to the invasion when I found the chat." Sarah said as she scowled at the memories that danced behind her eyes.
"We need reinforcements, we need more information about Team Gaia and we need to train ourselves and our Pokémon and we have to have a better exit strategy." Tom said as he held his face, they needed help.
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A goblet crashed against the wall, spilling the liquid inside it. The people before the desk cringed, their mistress hadn't taken the news they gave her well.
"FOOLS! DEGENERATES! WASTE OF AURA! " A female voice shrieked, HighLord Morg'a was throwing a fit. Before her stood some of her followers and on her right stood her Carnivine. On her opposite side was a tall woman in a green business suit with long black hair with green lipstick on her heart shaped face holding a clipboard to her D cup chest.
"If your finished boss, I can finish my report." A voice drawled from a male figure with black hair and a beard and wearing a dark poncho over brown pants and a black shirt.
"Aster you better have some story Diablo or so help me I'll feed you to my Carnivine." She snarled as she poured herself a new goblet of wine. Her Carnivine opened its mouth and saliva dropped to the floor as it stared at the people before it.
"That map you gave us led us straight to a Trapinch nest, easy enough to scare off with the proper attacks, after that finding the markings proved a bit of a trouble but we found them. After my Dodrio drilled a hole we blasted down and that's when we woke something up. The first sign of trouble was when a rainbow beam hit one of our Sandshrew then a smokescreen formed around us before somethings jumped up and started to slash at us. I parried a blow or two by sheer instant and order a retreat, so my Claydoll teleported us out of the cave and I ordered the wounded to be helped onto their Pokémon and we headed as fast as we could, masking the tunnel we used as best we could. What were we supposed to find anyway, some kind of treasure or something?" Diablo said flatly as he crossed his arms and met her glare with his own. Morg'a took a deep drink of her wine as she mentally decided what to tell her agents.
"The scroll that came with the map said it was a repository of knowledge. Mei, where the hell is the person who translated it, didn't I order him to show himself?" Morg'a asked as she turned to her left with a frown.
"When Mr. Diablo sent a message that the expedition was returning due to complications I sent some forces to find him knowing you would want an explanation, sadly M' Lady when the team I sent reached the complex he was being held they discovered the guards stationed there missing and the defense destroyed. Unfortunately when the team breached the structure the bodies of the guards were discovered, their blood had been used to write…messages. The translator was missing and as of now it's unknown if it he was responsible for it or not but giving the message it's likely." Mei said flatly as she handed over the clipboard. As she read the papers on it she came upon what the messages were, first she went pale then as she redden she threw the report to the floor, a picture of the word 'FOOL' written in blood shown from where it fell. Diablo just looked at before he sighed.
"So me and mine were sent on a wild Rattata hunt when we should have been loaded to hunt Dragonite, and the guy who made the Quest was laughing at us." He commented drily as Morg'a made small sounds of fury as she broke the glass in her hands as she squeezed it and began to glow green as the plants around the room started to move.
"OUT, ALL OF YOU OUT! Mei, you stay." Morg'a sighed as Diablo and his forces left the room, leaving her Grass type and her secretary with the Highlord. Mei moved behind her mistress and began to massage her neck as Morg'a closed her eyes and sighed.
"This is going to come and bit me in the ass sooner or later. With all that's happened recently another unknown variable on the board is the last thing I need, especially so close to home." Morg'a commented as Mei's fingers worked her magic.
"Have any reports come in? Any reactions from dear Cleo's side to our little…incursion? Anything along the seas or anything else I should know about?" Morg'a asked when she had calmed down.
"The border guards report that the other side has stepped up patrols as of two hours ago, the Highlord Ro Clor sent in a request for an archeologist to be sent around that time as well. Whatever attack Diablo's forces when they breached the chamber must have been gone by the time as there has been no movement of combat assets that our people could see. The fishing fleet report that fish spawning season is underway and that a few Blue Whales have entered our waters, I sent a Dark Quest to a few smuggler dens for about them, it's always profitable this time of year. The mine set up in that old Steel type den reports they've broken through to a cavern, they were excited about something they found the Forman is on this way to report in person. Your daughter returned from boarding school today." Mia's words cause Morg'a to glare and her Carnivine perked up.
"What's happened at the school now?" Morg'a snarled at the news. Morg'a elevation to Highlord had a perquisite, and that was the adoption the of her predecessor's granddaughter. Annamaria, was a beautiful child who was very patriotic, and if the brat found any evidence of half of her long term plans Morg'a would be short a head and the brat would have a regent or be adopted by one of the elites. So to protect herself sent the brat to one of the best boarding school on the island. But a magnet school that had Aura Casting and an Auralist course always seemed to need repairs, sometimes it needed to close for repairs, most of the students would stay in the dorms or travel around the island using sending back homework until the repairs were done but Annamaria would always return home and Morg'a just knew the little brat was spying on her.
"From reports a Pokémon battle cause a series of events that started a fire that caused damage to one of the load baring walls, reports say that it will be closed for the next two weeks." Mia said in her flat tone. Morg'a
"Tell the cook to prepare her favorite, maybe I can earn a few points with the little brat." Morg'a said with a sighed as she led her servant and Pokémon out of the room, hoping she would kill the child's beliefs about her true nature for a few days at least. Unseen and unnoticed, behind a grating along the floor behind them a black Furret had overheard everything that had been said and recorded it on a backpack it was wearing. After it saw them leave it moved through the ducts back to its trainer's room, where she would collect more evidence at the treason her adopted mother had done.
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Should of put the first one last chapter but I forgot in rush to finish sorry
Chimera: Creatures born from Pokémon eggs with too much Elemental energy, causing a mutation effect, they either hatch alone or claim their 'parents' as their first victims. Ravenous creatures that eat any organic matter, they are hunted and killed as matter of public safety. Overtime they grow stronger and mutate through an unknown method, a Chimera Tier rating is based how much Aura power by the Homeland, and the rest of the world rate them by size and combat potential. Identified mutations include spawning external bodies to use as drones, mouths in unusual places, wings and gills. They have a special organ that people are able to use identify its age, a bounty is given based on said age.
Entourage Battle: One of the ways to gain Nobility in the Homeland, the Entourage Battle. Teams of trainers compete against each other for the right to be Nobles. This is desired because Nobility in the Homeland is needed to become Lord/ Mayor of a City-state
Bio-Metal: Harvested from Metal type Chimera's. Used in the creation of Masterclass Aura Weapons and Equipment
Natural Aura: Aura living creatures, the land and plants gives off, source of Evolution Stones
Auralist: Combat warrior who is able to use Aura. While Casters can uses Aura unlimited, Auralist are only able to use one kind of Aura throughout lifetime.
Aura Technique: Term for Auralist ability. Beside general Techniques each 'type' of Aura has Technique that are only able to powered by single type of Aura. General Techniques while are technically the same they look different depending on type of Aura used by user.
15th Great Kanto Chimera Invasion: [5 years ago before story] A pack of 6 Chimera first attacked Pallet Town not long after winter hit the region. Raiding houses and stores 20 people lost their lives before local forces were able to kill 4 of them and drive off the last 2. Days following saw attacks on towns around the Viridian, Pewter, Celadon and Celadon areas. Fear that a horde had migrate into Kanto swept the region, causing action from the entire and causing all cities and towns to upgrade their security and defenses, talk even started of postponing the next Kanto League until the end of the crisis. An investigation team from Fuchsia Gym found a Tier 7 aquatic Chimera in a sea cave beyond Route 16. An assault group of trainers from the gyms in Cerulean, Pewter, Vermilion and Fuchsia was able to deal with the horde of remote bodies while a team slipped by and attack the main body directly. The horde was destroyed at the cost of 5% of the group, while all of the team sent against the main body were lost when the cave was destroyed, notable among those lost were Gym Leader Mark Waterflower of Cerulean, Gym Leader General Alexander 'AMP' of Vermilion, Fuchsia gym trainer Kotaro; apprentice of Gym Leader Sasuke of Fuchsia. Their bodies are never recovered and all were awarded the Medal of Honorable Service for efforts against the beast.
Aura Guardian: Rumored order of warriors who defend humans and Pokemon, legends say a calm mind and serene mind is needed to access a person's Aura
Golemcraft: Aura discipline of animating inorganic materials, with seals or spells. Durability based on materials, maintenance and resting location may last thousands of years inactivate before they are activated. Golems are able to be 'dissected' to learn principles behind them by Casters
Animals: Yes 'normal' animals do exist in this Pokémon world. The animals we eat for food are the source of food in this reality
Dark Quest: Quest giving for criminal acts. Kidnapping / Murder/ Poaching. Payout is decided by giver and upon delivery of 'goods'