Chapter one: breaking News around the world.
"Armean, make this quick. Give him a Flamethrower." Touko said, folding her arms across her chest.
Armean, her shiny Tysplosion, nodded her great head. The boy across from her looked panicked. So did his Sunflora. One more hit and he was done for, out of unusable Pokémon. She sighed. Just like the other challengers she got. Ever since she became the new gym leader of Blackthorn city, more people had started going to the city, not to mention a few people moving there as well, including the former Champion, Lance. Once or twice did she actually get strong challengers, having to use about three of her Pokémon. But not recently, unless of course she counter Silver and Katone, her old friends. But she didn't because those weren't official battles for the gym badge. Armean opened her mouth, shooting out a jet of Flames at the grass type. When the flames had cleared, the Pokémon lay on the floor, out cold. The boy, some youngster, returned his Pokémon. She sighed again before walking forward to meet him half way on the field, Armean, following her.
"You battled well for someone so young." She said, extending her hand for him to shake. He looked scared and she gave a laugh.
"I don't bite kid." She said. He smiled and took her hand, shaking it.
"You best head to the Pokémon center to rest your Pokémon." She said and he nodded.
"Thank you for the battle miss. I'm going to do some training and challenge you again!" He said before running off.
"If only I had that much energy." She muttered to Armean.
"What would you do with that much energy?" The Tysplosion asked. Touko shrugged.
"Dunno, run a marathon? Something." She said.
They walked out of the gym, heading to her house on the very edge of Town, where she and the rest of her Pokémon lived. She had been leader of Blackthorn for three years, before that she had traveled around the other regions, battling gym leaders and gaining new Pokémon that quickly became friends with her. She even had a fair amount of shiny Pokémon. Not that she knew why, she just did. Then there were the rare white Pokémon that she had, like her Lucario, Oreo and her Vaporeon, Sasha. As they got closer to her house, Dexter, her Aipom and Silver wind, her shiny Eevee, were seen chasing each other around as Oreo and Ace, her shiny Zoroark, sat on the steps, watching them. Armean let out a happy cry, letting the four know they were back. Each snapped their head up to look at the two, smiles appearing on their faces.
"Mama!" Dexter and Silver wind said, running towards her. She had raised both from an egg and so, naturally, they thought she was their mother. She gave them a smile.
"Hi guys. Did you miss me?" She asked, picking up Silver wind as Dexter climbed up on to her shoulders. They both nodded their heads as Ace and Oreo walked over.
"So how did the battle go?" Oreo asked. Touko shrugged.
"Same as the others. Didn't beat us. This kid was no match for Armean." Touko said, smiling at the fire type. She flexed her muscles, joking around.
"Hey Touko!" A voice said. The woman turned around, seeing both Clair and Lance running towards her. She frowned.
"Hi guys, what's wrong?" She asked as they got close to her.
"Come with us! There's something you have to see!" Clair said, grabbing her hand. Lance nodded, out of breath. They lead her inside her house, her Pokémon following close behind. Clair pushed her into the sofa before grabbing the remote for the TV. She flipped it on and a woman in a red dress shirt was talking to the camera.
"Breaking news across the regions today. Two gym leaders, Morty of Ecruteak City in the Johto region and Elesa of Nimbasa City in the Unova region have both been reported missing. The Gym trainers in both gyms say that both leaders had been acting strange the day before they were reported missing. Both were reported saying strange things. When the gym trainers came in the next day, they waited for the gym leader to come to the gym before searching both the leader's homes and the city, finding no trace of the leader. When they tried to contact their leader, neither answered their devices. The police are looking into the problem and ask if anyone has any news about either gym leader to please come forward with it." She said before the TV went to a commercial, at which point Clair flipped the TV off. Touko sat in silence, staring at the black screen.
"Touko?" Lance asked.
"We need to go to Ecruteak City." she said, standing up.
She grabbed the empty pokeballs off of a shelf, returning Ace, Silver Wind and Dexter, clipping them onto her belt, as they were apart of her main team. Then she placed the other pokeballs that were clipped onto her belt on the table before heading out back. Lance and Clair following her. Touko cupped her hands together and made a wolf noise. Instantly, three Pokémon came over to her. Samuel, her Serpiour, Denya, her Samurott and Blaze, her shiny Charizard. Each gave her a questioning look, wondering what was going on.
"Morty's missing." She said. They nodded and she pulled out their respective pokeballs, each being sucked in by the red beam before clipping them to her belt. Then she put her thumb and her index finger in her mouth, whistling. There was a whirling noise before a shadow fell over them. Zekrom landed on the ground with a thud, looking at the girl with a tilt of his head.
"You called?" he asked. She nodded.
"We need to go to Ecruteak city and fast." She said. The black dragon nodded, letting the girl climb on. She looked back at Clair and Lance.
"You coming?" She asked and they exchanged glances.
"On Zekrom?" Lance asked. Touko nodded, rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, we need to get there fast. Now come on, we don't have all day." She said, holding her hand out to Clair. The woman took it and climbed on, followed by lance.
"Alright, let's go." Touko said and Zekrom let out a roar before kicking off the ground.
When they got to Ecruteak city, Touko's Pokegear instantly started ringing. She returned Zekrom to his pokeball, clipping him onto her belt too before answering.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Miss Touko! Good, you haven't gone missing! We saw you take off on Zekrom and we wanted to know where you were heading." The voice said. Touko faceplamed. It was Janice, a girl from the gym, a gym trainer. She had been so focused on finding what out what happened to Morty that she spaced telling the gym trainers where she was going.
"Oh, yeah, sorry Janice. I'm in Ecruteak city with Clair and Lance. We're trying to find out what happened to Morty. Sorry, I forgot to let you know." She said. Clair gave a snicker and Touko stomped on her foot with her heeled boots.
"Ouch!" She hissed and Touko threw her a dirty look.
"Oh! We'll come help you!" Janice said on the other end. We meaning her and Adam, another of the gym trainers, there were only three of them.
"Oh, no it's okay. You stay there and look after the gym. I'll be back soon, I think." She said and hung up before Janice had a chance to argue.
"Smooth." Lance said.
"Shut up." she hissed and they walked towards the gym. One of the gym trainers sat out front of it, rolling a pokeball around in her hands. She looked up at the approaching trio.
"Oh! Miss. Touko! Miss. Clair! Lance! What are you doing here?" She asked.
"We came to see what happened to Morty." Clair explained. The woman nodded.
"Touko? Is that you?" A voice behind the three asked. An all too familiar voice. Touko's blood ran cold and she closed her eyes.
"Shit." She said softly.
"Sir? The plan is working. The hero of ideals has fell for the bait." A grunt said.
"Good, good. Shall we enter into the next phase gentlemen?" A man asked, a smile on his face. There was a few snickers before he got an answer to the question.
"Of Course." one man said.
"Let's go gym leader snatching!" Another said.
"Don't forget the elite four!" a third added.
"Yes, yes. Them too. I suggest we start with Hoenn or Sinnoh, maybe Kanto. Then finish with Unova and Johto, seeing as how she's already in Johto." A fourth said.
"Right, let's begin then." The first man said, the smile on his face growing wider.
"The hero of ideals won't know what hit her."