ANNNDDDDD after a LONNNNGGG break of hiatus... I am finally BACK, motherfuckers! BD Sorry for the long wait~ I had to deal with a LOT of things over the past year or so.~ But without further ado or anymore waiting... Here is chapter six of Silence is Golden!


Chapter Six:

Munna and the Dream Mist!

Hm... I wonder where I should go next... Touko thought to herself as she walked out of the gym. As a recap, she just flawlessly beat the gym leader, Cilan. A surge of overconfidence and even a bit of cockiness has swelled inside her. The past previous fights all consisted of her winning the matches.

As she stepped outside of the gym building, a woman with long, purple hair was waiting for her.

"Ah!" The woman with the dark lavender hair exclaimed as she walked over with a glowing smile on her face. "Hello there! I'm Fennel! Professor Juniper called me up to give you something!" She smiled. Touko just stood there as Tyson, now a newly evolved Dewott, stared up at the woman. Silence was emitted in the air for a brief moment. "... Oh, right... She warned me about something like this... Erm... Just follow me!" Fennel gave a slight nudge of her head, walking off to a building. Tyson simply looked up at Touko, as if asking 'what in the world just happened'. The brunette haired trainer just shrugged her shoulders and decided to follow Fennel. She did say that she wanted to give her something from Professor Juniper. After a moment, Tyson cried out and ran after Touko.

Fennel, already waiting by a set of stairs, looking at Touko with a warm smile. The teen-aged girl walked over, but kept her distance. "You're going to meet all the Pokemon in Unova, am I correct?" After a moment, she bit her lip. But, in contrary to what she thought was a 'bad idea', Touko shrugged before nodding; still giving a rather unreadable expression. Fennel blinked before laughing softly; a warm kind of laugh. Fennel nodded herself before looking at the stairs. "Oh! The stairs are right here." She mumbled, walking up them. Touko sighed before following suit with Tyson. How much longer was she going to make her follow her?

"So like I said..." Fennel walked over to a seat and sat down, fixing her lab coat. "My name is Fennel. And as you can see, I'm a scientist." Mid-way of talking, Touko seemed to lose interest and look around the room. There was one large bed with many wires and contraptions connected to it. At the side of the bed was a woman with pigtails in her hair and glasses. She was too pre-occupied with her work to even notice the two ladies whom just walked in. "Continuing on with that subject... I'm researching trainers!" Touko blinked and looked over at the woman, snapping her out of her reverie. "And Professor Juniper is my close friend from college."

Fiddling around with her bag, Touko managed to pull out her trusty board and marker and wrote, Ah... I see. Fennel blinked at this, reading the words on the marker board. Professor Juniper said something about Touko being mute... But she never mentioned the marker board.

With a simple nod of her head, Fennel reached over and grabbed a disc from the table right beside her. On that table was numerous amounts of paper, messed around in a disorganized way. It was like a person with OCD's nightmare.

"Anyway... She asked me to help out you guys."

Cheren and Bianca? Touko wrote after erasing the previous sentence with her finger.

"Yes, Cheren and Bianca. So! I'll help you guys out by giving this Hidden Machine here!" She held out the disc. It took Touko a moment of staring at the disc before actually taking it. "It's the move 'Cut'. Find a Pokemon that can learn the move 'cut', and you'll be able to cut down small trees, grass, and anything that's in your way! Nifty, isn't it?"

Trying to be sarcastic, and a little humorous, I can start on making a wood factory. And with that, Fennel laughed softly and nodded.

"But Touko, dear..." Fennel started up again. "I want you to help me. There's something called 'dream mist' in the Dreamyard. You've been there, haven't you?" The female scientist nodded. "If you need a recollection on where it is, just listen. When you leave this house, head for the gym. But instead of going inside the gym, turn right, turn left, go straight for a little bit, then turn right at the end of the road. There, you will reach the Dreamyard. And there, I want you to go and look around for something called 'dream mist'. It emits from a Pokemon called Munna. And I need it terribly! Can you help a poor girl out." Touko nodded. "Great! I am forever in your favor!" She giggled.

As Touko turned around to head down the stairs, she was halted by the other woman in the room. "Wait!" She called out and ran over. "You're a trainer, right?" It was as if she wasn't listening to the conversation at all! "I'm Amanita. I maintain the box system. Do you know about the Battle Box?" She questioned the mute girl. Touko shook her head. Fennel looked over and mouthed to her co-worker, 'she can not speak'. "Oh... Well... It's a box inside of the PC that you regularly use. When you want to battle with other trainers, you can register what kind of Pokemon you will use in the battle. Quite cool, isn't it? But I wouldn't recommend that you use it now. You're still a beginner," That made Touko huff. She was a phenomenal trainer! "And there are some trainers in this world that you aren't ready for." Touko softly sighed and rolled her eyes.

Thank you, Amanita. Touko wrote on the board before quickly moving out of the way now. She didn't want to be sucked into another conversation. All she wanted to do was get done with the quest Fennel gave her and advance forward. And calling her a 'beginner' took the cake. She is Brent White's daughter, after all! There is no such thing as 'novice' in her dictionary! Cockiness swelled up in her thoughts more.

On her way to the Dreamyard, and after healing up her Pokemon, Bianca met up with Touko. "Toukoooo!~" She called after the girl, running towards her. "Are you looking for the mysterious Pokemon, too?" Touko blinked and nodded. "Cool! Looks like we'll be in competition with each other!" The blonde girl giggled, looking over at the small tree blocking their way from the entrance of the dilapidated building. "Oh darn... Oh! Did Professor Fennel give you an HM too?" Touko nodded once more.

Getting an idea, Do you think I can teach Cupcake to use Cut?

Bianca blinked and looked at the words on the board. "I don't see why not. I'm pretty sure that will be the best option, actually. But how do we use an HM... That's my question." She sighed, crossing her arms over her chest.

Mine too... Touko slightly bit her lip, reaching in her bag to pull out Cupcake's Pokeball. She tossed the ball, letting the cat creature come out with its usual cry. Cupcake looked over at Tyson with bewilderment. He changed! Let's see if it eats it... Maybe that's how we use it. Bianca nodded and knelt beside the shiny cat Pokemon. Touko pulled out the disc that Fennel gave her earlier and knelt to the ground, holding it out to Cupcake. Come on now... You eat this, don't you? Cupcake blinked at the disc before blinking up at Touko. Was she serious?

"Maybe we have to insert it somehow. Place it on Cupcake's forehead!" Bianca called out, smiling. Now she was petting Cupcake's back slowly, making the small creature purr. Touko nodded and took the disc out of its container and placed it right on Cupcake's forehead. Cupcake's eyes widened as it let out a small whimper of a cry. "Did it work? Try it!"

Touko nodded and stood in front of the small tree blocking their path. Cupcake! Use cut! She pointed at the object. Cupcake's eyes went back to normal as it hissed. Her claws came out as she leaped for the tree, slicing it down. Good job~ Touko nodded, still not showing any emotion on her face. Bianca gasped and smiled.

"It worked! So... All we have to do to use an HM or TM is to place it on the Pokemon's forehead~!" The blonde giggled as she walked head inside the arch. "Wow..." She looked around. "Do you think we can actually find a Pokemon that'll help us see inside our dreams?" She looked around and then looked at Touko. The brunette shrugged. How was she supposed to know? Touko called back Cupcake in her respective Pokeball. With Tyson following behind, Touko walked after Bianca. "Wait!" Bianca whispered as she placed her hands on Touko's shoulders, causing the female trainer to shiver from contact. "Do you hear that? I hear a Pokemon's cry from the other side!" Touko looked down at Bianca and nodded.

Follow me, then. Touko started to take slow, baby steps to dwell further into the broken-down building. Tyson and Bianca tip-toed behind quietly.

Looking around, there was a pink Pokemon with a purple floral pattern on its body in the middle of the squared off area. It was floating mid-air with its eyes closed. It must've been sleeping. "We have to take this opportunity to take the Dream mist and get out of here..." Bianca whispered. "I feel like this place is going to fall apart any second now... That, or I'm getting a really bad feeling that something is going to happen..." Touko nodded and continued to walk towards the fetal-like creature. All of a sudden, the Pokemon opened its eyes, glancing tiredly at the two girls and the Dewott.

"Muun..." It whimpered, floating away.

"Oh! Wait!" Bianca cried out as she tried chasing after the Pokemon. A man and a woman dressed in white and blue appeared from behind a pillar. They looked...familiar in Touko's thoughts. As she racked through her memories, she finally remembered who these people were. They were with the liberation-speech man in Accumla Town! Why were they even here?

"We found you, Munna!" The man exclaimed as both people dressed in white cornered the flying Pokemon off. "Come on! Make us some Dream Mist!" One yelled out. Munna cried out in agony, looking at its predators.

"Huh?! Who are you!" Bianca demanded, suddenly having a change of attitude. "What are you doing?"

"... Are you talking about us? We're Team Plasma!" One person exclaimed. "We battle night and day to liberate Pokemon from foolish humans! Like you!"

"What are we doing? The Pokemon Munna and Musharna emit a mysterious vapor called Dream Mist. Which shows people's dreams." The other explained. "We're going to use the Dream Mist to make people dream of liberating their Pokemon! We'll show them dreams to manipulate their hearts!"

"Come on!" The man backed up and kicked the Munna, making it shriek out in pain. "Spit out the Dream mist!"

"You're kicking a poor, innocent Pokemon to make it give out Dream Mist?!" Bianca cried out. "That's so mean! Why would you do that?! You're trainers, aren't you?!"

"That's right," The female Plasma member nodded. "We're trainers as well. But we're fighting for a different cause that's different than your selfish wants. Unlike fighting against each other for 'fun', we're fighting against the freeing of Pokemon!"

"And if setting Pokemon free means to win Pokemon battles, then so be it!" The man smirked. "Like how we're going to free your Pokemon from you!" Both of them pulled out a Pokeball.

"Whaaaaat!" Bianca gasped. Touko did a little scoff and pulled out one Pokeball of her own, standing in front of Bianca. "D-Don't hurt Touko!"

The two grunts threw down their Pokeballs. A Patrat and a Purrloin. Touko stared emotionlessly as she threw down the Pokeball, calling out Fireball. She looked over at Tyson and nudged her head. With a cry from four of the creatures, the battle seemed to begin. Each Pokemon tag-teaming with the other. Of course, the two Plasma grunts were astonished and taken by surprise of Touko's silence during the battle. And how easily they were defeated by the water and fire type Pokemon.

"I...I can't believe we were just defeated by a mere child...! How?!" One exclaimed.

"B-But we need to get the-" Suddenly, they were cut off by the booming voice of someone yelling. A man with light green hair walked from behind the pillar, glaring down the two grunts.

"What are you two doing goofing off?" He yelled, causing the two grunts to shiver in fear. Another version, a carbon copy of the man appeared from the opposite side of the area. "We, Team Plasma, shall separate Pokemon from foolish people!" Both figments disappeared in thin air before another one appeared right behind them. "If both of you can not fulfill your duties..."

"T-This isn't..." The male grunt looked over to the female grunt.

"Ghetsis when he is gathering followers... Or Ghetsis when he is trying to control people by tricking them with speeches!"

"Y-Yeah..." One gulped. "This is Ghetsis when a plan has failed, and he is about to issue a punishment..."

"At any rate, let's hurry and say we're sorry so he'll forgive us!" The two grunts ran off quickly, as if they saw a ghost. Bianca and Touko stayed behind, however. A flash of light was created and a larger version of the Munna appeared, giving out a small cry. The version of "Ghetsis" disappeared.

"What was that, anyhow? Many versions of a person named Ghetsis appeared all over the place, and those two took off as quick as they could! That wasn't real... Was it a dream?" Bianca looked over at Touko and blinked. "And that Pokemon..."

"Oh!" Fennel's voice appeared behind them. Both girls turned around to look at the scientist. "I couldn't wait! So I came over! Is that Musharna?!" The said larger Pokemon looked over tiredly at the women, giving out a small exclaim of a cry. Munna looked up at Musharna happily and followed it out of the scene, leaving behind something. "Did something happen? ... In any case... I see that they left behind Dream Mist. Thank you Touko and Bianca! Now I can continue in my research! You two, whenever you can, come and visit by my house quickly!" Fennel took off with the Dream Mist, leaving Bianca and Touko alone.

"That was rather... Odd." Bianca sighed, placing her hands on her hips. "What an eventful day! I think I'm going to stick around here for a little bit and train my Pokemon to be stronger. Maybe even find a few Pokemon for myself!" Bianca smiled. "At any rate, don't expect an easy win from me next time, Touko!" Bianca laughed. Touko smiled and nodded, walking out of the dilapidated area and rested her head against a wall. Now... It was time for her to just stand there and think out a plan on what she wanted to do next.


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-Dark Devil Alice