Now, I give you all a more humorous chapter. Since Ken and his team are champions, wouldn't it make sense that they would have a huge fanbase?

Chapter 23:Everyone Hates the Media

"OH MY ARCEUS! IT'S KEN WOODS!"

There were two words that described how I felt as a huge crowd with cameras and microphones started scambling towards us.

OH. SHIT.

"RUN FOR IT!"I screamed to the others, spinning on my heel and running past them. They quickly followed after me, flying, running, and levitating to get away from the paparazzi. Sometimes it sucked to be famous. Why did the media have to hound us even when we weren't on our own damn continent? Only five minutes in Lavaridge and we're already about to get mobbed. Oi...

I looked back to see if they were gaining on us, only to find out that Serenity was falling behind. Crap!

'Everyone scatter!'I roared psychically.'We'll meet at the pokemon center in an hour!'In an almost instant response, they all (including Wrath, when they realized what the others were doing) flew off in different directions as I screeched to a halt, then shot back and scooped up Serenity in my arms. I ran full tilt towards the crowd, who immediately stopped, looking rather expectant and eager. Of course, it didn't take them long to figure out I wasn't going to stop, so they quickly scattered as I ran past, smirking smugly. As they turned and started to chase after us, I stopped on my foot and tore into an alley, only to see that it was leading to a dead end.

"Uh oh, what are we going to do now?"Serenity asked worriedly.

"Close your eyes and hang on,"I told her."You're about to feel really light-headed for a moment."She did as I told, then I narrowed my eyes and concentrated. Just before I crashed into the wall, I made us intangible and invisible with my ghost powers and phased right through, running through what looked like someone's living room before coming back outside on another street. I made sure no one was around before reappearing. I looked down at Serenity, who looked dazed as she opened her spinning eyes.

"Wh-what was that?"she mumbled, rubbing her head as I put her back down.

"I had to phase through the wall,"I told her apologetically."Told ya you would feel light-headed."

"That's an understatement,"she muttered, shaking her head."But how will you explain disappearing like that if they manage to catch us?"

"Well, for one thing, they're not going to catch us,"I said pointedly."As for an explanation, they'll just think you teleported us out of there."

"Oh, good point,"she said, then blinked."Wait, why didn't I teleport us?"There was an awkward pause, then I shrugged helplessly and chuckled, shaking my head. She giggled in response.

"C'mon, we gotta find somewhere to hide for a while and wait for them to calm down."

"How do you know they will?"

"Well, if they're anything like the news crews in Sinnoh, they won't have very long attention spans."

She laughed again.

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Anubis yawned and stretched his arms as he laid out on a rooftop, then crossed them behind his head. He hoped the house's owners wouldn't mind him hanging out there for a while. He had an hour to kill, so why not spend it relaxing? Honestly, he wanted to go check out the hot springs, but figured the humans would more than likely be searching for them there.

Still, it was annoying that they would have to wait for their gym battle. Ken had told him he would be at a type disadvantage, since the gym used fire types, but he didn't care. Sure, relaxing was always nice, but it sure didn't help with boredom. Oh, well, he'd just have to live with it.

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Zapperton was in the dark corner of an alleyway, arms crossed as he leaned against a wall, unworried about being spotted. Even if those humans walked by him in their search, he would be gone before they could give a second glance. But while he did enjoy staying out of sight, it wasn't that fun if it wasn't a challenge.

Challenge...

He looked at his ring as his thoughts trailed back to that night with Frostaria. Arceus, she had been the best hunter he had ever hid from, but he'd be damned if it wasn't one of the most fun things he had ever done in his life! He knew the Boss pretty much hated her trainer, (Who wouldn't?) but he hoped that they would cross paths again.

He perked his head up, hearing approaching footsteps, then saw a few humans with cameras walking down the sidewalk. One of the reporters paused and looked down the alley he was in, then looked forward to the others.

"Hey! I think I found-huh?"he glanced back into the alley, only to see that the Electivire was already gone. Puzzled, the reporter scratched his head, then shrugged and walked faster to catch up to his news crew, Zaps watching from the roof with a smirk. Who was possibly more badass than him?

Aside from the Boss, of course.

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High above in the skies of Lavaridge Town was a giant, intimidating Gliscor. For those of you who weren't paying attention for the last 17 chapters, it was Fang. A content expression covered the Fang Scorp pokemon's face as he glided through the air, as his kind were wont to do.

Glancing down, he saw what he assumed was the news crew wandering around the streets looking for him and the others. He knew they wouldn't find any of them, especially not Zaps. Though he couldn't help but wonder what everyone was doing, other than the obvious.

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Psyche hummed as he continued to meditate, using his clairvoyant abilities to watch over his teammates. He had decided to hide where no one, not even Ken and the others, would think to look:the Hot Springs. He was sitting in the farthest spring away from the town, just to be certain no one happened to spot him.

He saw Ken and Serenity hiding behind a dumpster as a group of fans ran past them. The two blinked, turning their heads to look at where Psyche was watching them from, then smiled and waved.

Cracking his own smile, he looked around for a moment before spotting Anubis lying on a rooftop, snoring like a freight train with a cold. Then he saw Zaps land on the same roof and look at the sleeping Lucario, eyebrow raised. The Electivire walked over to him and lightly kicked Anubis in the side. The Lucario simply rolled over while muttering something about cotton candy Mareep. Zaps proceeded to snicker madly.

The Alakazam chuckled and searched some more before finding Wrath, who was actually close by. They were inside their keystone and blending in with a cluster of rocks. Psyche had to admit it was a good hiding spot for them.

He already knew that Fang was flying high in the sky, and so looked around for ZC. It didn't take him long to find them, but once he did, he couldn't help but think...

'What in blazes is Zephyr up to this time?'

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"Nyah, nyah! You can't catch me!"Zephyr taunted as the crowd continued to run after him. He giggled madly as he zipped through the streets, stopping occasionally to let them catch up, only to fly off just before they could catch him. Needless to say, the little robot was thoroughly enjoying himself.

'Brother, please remind me again why we are doing this,'COREM thought to Zephyr.

"It's fun!"Zephyr replied cheerfully."And besides, the others can relax if they're all chasin' us!"

'I see. That is very nice of you, Zephyr,'COREM said admirably.'Is there no end to your kindness, dear brother?'

"Heck if I know,"Zephyr shrugged. He looked back just in time to see the entire crowd toppling over each other in a giant pile. Zephyr instantly burst into mad, loud, and hysterical cackling. COREM mentally sweatdropped.

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End of Chapter

Just a filler chapter really. This story is going on a short haitus until I can finally finish my first story. Don't worry, it won't take too long.