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Ch.3-" Where Are They?"

Hades glided through the clean, refreshing air with ease. Gales ruffled my brown, smooth fur. A few towns were littered across the sea of green trees and blue waters.

'Now, where would my other Pokemon be...?'I thought to myself as my red eyes searched the clusters of forests that lay below and seemed to run under us. I suddenly caught the sight of a clearing in the green ocean of trees.

"Hey...let's check that clearing over there , Hades." my mouth moved as if it had a mind of its own to form words that I've never planned to say, like I was suddenly compelled to say them. I quickly covered my mouth with a small, blue paw.

'That was weird.' I frowned in confusion. Hades didn't notice my reaction, only giving me a small glance, but answered the request and swiftly turned towards the clearing and dived through the fluffy clouds. I shut my eyes and my stomach lurched when Hades made a nose dive and my clutch on his back grew stronger with every gust of wind. The dive grew faster and faster until I thought the rush of air would literally peel my face off! Just when the stampede of gusts intensified, it ended and Hades thrust his six wings downward. I warily opened my eyes, and I saw the beat had blown up a small sandstorm around us. He gently flapped his wings a few more times until he made a safe landing . I sighed in relief. Hades then lowered his neck and I jumped down and looked at the clearing in front of us. It was not what I expected. Grass did no flourish on the open land; nothing grew there. A few scraps of trash were littered around the bare, dirty ground. Nothing was beautiful about the sight except the smiling sun and stunning blue sky above it.

"What made you want to check this dump?" Hades asked in his rough voice as his eyes searched the gloomy wasteland for something interesting.

"I really don't know but...", I said as I wandered around, "it's strange...I feel like...there's something important here." I heard my Hydreigon scoff behind me, but said nothing. I continued to venture through the empty field of nothing, until I heard a commotion off to my left. Curiosity lured me to the spot. I trotted across the clearing toward the noise with Hades close to my heels. I crossed millions of spots of sunlight like I was wading over a polka dot dress. I got closer and over heard the event, though I could not see it due to the thickness of tress and bushes.

"Samurott, use Hydro Cannon ." ordered a calm, and eerily familiar voice. I heard the Pokemon roar monstrously as the powerful blast of water shot out from its mouth at its opponent, then a few loud footsteps shook the ground.

"Come on, Cheren. I though you could fight better than that." said a smooth, but yet venomous voice in a teasing way.

"CHEREN?" I thought as I quickened my pace, and before I knew it, I was running at top speed across the forest floor, zipping and leaping over bushes. I skidded to a stop as I saw Cheren standing behind a Samurott, who's eyes were locked onto its opponent; a large Scolipede. The Pokemon was about to attack, but caught sight of me, as did Cheren and Samurott. He pulled out his Pokedex, completely forgetting about the battle with Megapede Pokemon. A picture of a normal looking Zorua appeared on the screen of the gadget.

"Zorua; the Tricky Fox Pokemon. It changes into the forms of others to surprise them. It often transforms into a silent child." said an electronic, female voice. Cheren's dark blue eyes shifted from the Pokedex to me and began observing.

"Well you are a very unusual looking Zorua-" Cheren was cut off when Hades flew down from the foliage, and landed with a thud that sent minor tremors flying through the ground like a wave of electricity.

"Why did you run off like that all of a sudden?" he roared in anger, for I knew he had a short temper and started to flail. The Scolipede had just stood and watched, while Samurott tensed and waited eagerly for an order to attack the raging Pokemon, but nothing came. Cheren was too indulged in getting the data for the Hydreigon, despite the danger. The Scolipede slowly turned to us and stared at Hades for a moment.

"Hades? Is that you?" he asked. Hades and I turned to the Pokemon.

"Fontaine...?"we asked in unison.

"Were have you been?" Fontaine asked as he moved closer and his sharp, yellow eyes drifted to me," and who is your friend?" Hades scoffed.

"How pitiful. You cannot even remember your own trainer!" I looked up at the towering form of the Dragon Pokemon.

"Hades, you didn't recognize me either when you saw me. I had to convince you." I tilted my furry head and grinned. Hades grew silent and then walked away, grumbling something incomprehensible. I turned back to Fontaine and sighed. I knew he had tons of questions roaming in his head.

"It's quite the long story. But here I am, in the flesh...well...flesh and fur. Anyway, where have YOU been?" I smiled up at Fontaine. Cheren had stood bewildered and intrigued by the our strange behavior and sudden change of attention.

"I've been...well... I woke up here and started to look around for you," he sighed and closed his eyes, "but alas, you were no where to be seen. I ran into your friend, Cheren and he ordered that Samurott of his to attack me," he turned to look at Samurott and Cheren, then turned back to me," It's strange, Rebecca...you found me here when we first met, no?" I nodded and began to think back. I indeed met Scolipede when he was seized by that group of bastards; Team Plasma. He was just a little Venipede! As always, I beat up their sorry asses and sent them running.

"Now that you mention...I found Hades at the Abundant Shrine earlier. That's where his egg hatched..." I tried to piece together the events that occurred.

"Excuse me for interrupting your conversation, but we were in the middle of a battle. If you don't mind, I would like to continue."Samurott said to us, breaking me away from my thoughts. Cheren just stared at his Pokemon, not knowing what he had said to the other. Fontaine and I turned to the Pokemon.

"Ah, yes," Fontaine said, nodding and turned to Samurott, "I would love to resume our little brawl."he grinned. Samurott looked at Cheren, his eyes telling him to continue the battle. The trainer nodded. I knew I had to give Fontaine his orders, so I stood next to him with Hades at my side, staying silent.

"Alright, let's see how much you've improved...' I grinned devilishly, though I knew that Cheren couldn't understand.

"Steamroller." I commanded. Fontaine curled up into a deadly ball of poisonous spikes, then began to roll at top speed towards Samurott.

"Dodge it, Samurott." Cheren said, but Fontaine proved to be too fast and rammed into Samurott with the full force. The impact sent Samurott flying, and he smashed into a nearby tree (NO! NOT THE TREE!) , leaving a prominent dent, and fell to the ground. He got to his feet, a little wobbly though, but did not give in. Samurott growled, and stood, ready to attack and return the the pain.

"Slash." Cheren ordered and Samurott came running. He swung his head to the left, and continuously hacked at Fontaine with the menacing, natural horn on his head. Fontaine had dodged almost all of the attempts. Samurott made one last swing, and it was a lucky one; he struck Fontaine on the chest. My Pokemon staggered backwards with a large scratch on his chest, but did not seem to be in extreme pain (Samurott is Lv.67, but Fontaine is Lv.73, just to keep my Pokemon's level the way they really are.). Compared to the panting, and injured Samurott, Fontaine looked just fine; but had a few scratches here and there.

'Now to top it off...'I thought with a smirk.

"Hyper Beam." I commanded. Fontaine opened his mouth and began to concentrate a mass of energy, then with a deafening roar, he released the beam straight at Samurott. He took the full blast and was, yet again, catapulted at a tree. However, the force was much greater and it was blown away along with Samurott. A cloud of dust loomed around us, and we stayed silent. Seconds felt like hours, and the fog of dust finally lifted, and there, laying in the scattered remnants of a tree, was Samurott, who was knocked unconscious.

"YEAH!" I leaped into the air with glee, "You lose, yet again, Cheren!" I laughed heartily, and so did Hades and Fontaine. Cheren had walked over to his fallen Pokemon and sighed.

"You did a splendid job, Samurott." he said, and returned the Pokemon to his pokeball with a beam of red light. Cheren stood up, and faced us with a bewilered look on his face.

"You three are definitely not wild Pokemon, and you" Cheren had walked over to me and knelt in front of me," are certainly not average."

"It's me, you nitwit!" I yelled and started to slap his shoe with a tiny, blue paw. Cheren smiled a little bit.

"You remind me of someone; a close friend. Recently," Cheren's smile melted to a frown, " she's disappeared in a storm." He suddenly stood up.

"Keep your distance from danger and you should be safe. Take care." was all Cheren said before he turned and walked away. I was about to call out to him, but I could fend for myself. Besides, I had Hades and Fontaine with me. I scoffed at him, and turned to my Pokemon.

"Okay then. Come on, guys. We have to find the others, too." I trotted past them and towards the clearing.

"Absolutely, and honestly, I think I've gotten much stronger." Fontaine said as he smiled with pride.

"Oh, shut it. We all know that I'm a MILLION times better then you." Hades said, telling it like it was a challenge.

"Excuse me?"Fontaine looked at the Hydreigon with shock in his yellow eyes. I sighed in annoyance as I knew what would come. From that point on, a nonstop argument arose.

'This..is going to be a long day...'