A/N: Okay. Hello again everyone! Welcome old and new readers to Phantom Trainer. Now first, I wanted to say that I am sorry for the name mistake from the previous chapter. I knew that obssessing over HP series was bad, but damn.. Anyway, I've read this chapter out loud three times and watched my fingers when I typed it.I am pleased to find that there's no more name mistake in this one. Hell yeah! Take that J.K Rowling! Your story can't corrupt me anymore! Mwahahahaha!

Anyway, I like to think that I've got a perfect logic for giving Danny Oshawott. Think about it, you could see tigers and lions in a zoo in America while both carnivorous animals came from Asia and Africa respectively. This logic applies in the Pokemon world as well. As Prof. Rowan stated in the second chapter, the egg was a gift from his acquaintance in Unova. That means it was shipped! Human Factor is at work here.

Plurals and Singulars.. Do you know my score in this unit when I was a kid? B-! B-, People! But I digress.. Anway I will take the lesson to heart and watch my spelling about this. Thanks again for this, WordSmyth.

Later, Danny will show his Ghost form to Leo. Lateee~eerr..

Could they use all the move? To answer your question, PhantomSpirit12, yes they can. I mean, don't you think its stupid to forget one move to learn another? Psshh! That's just stupid.

And thanks to Pegasus Sword Master for the name suggestion. I will think of a way for him to bring and use all of his Pokemon later.

Thanks for the reviews guys. I hope you enjoy my works. This one is a bit shorter than the previous ones cuz I'm having a mid-term exam right now, so there you have it.

Chapter 5

"Alright, first, we need a name for you lil' buddy!" Danny said eagerly, picking the Sea Otter Pokemon and raises him into the air, earning himself a happy childish squeal from the Unova water type starter.

Beside him, Torch and Zenith groaned, both having a palm on their face -how the Houndoom managed it was a mystery to him. Chirping happily above the treetops was Gale, who, being as blunt and random as always, asked the nearby Wurmples the color of their poops, causing them to get a disturbed face before slowly crawling away from the eccentric and slightly insane Starly.

The little white and blue otter-like Pokemon titled his head to the side in confusion and anticipation, causing Danny to once again clamp his mouth to prevent a squeal from errupting. Damn, this guy's cute! ::Name? What's that Daddy?::

Daddy? Now, wasn't that heartwarming? The lil' buddy's imprinting on him. Danny grinned and patted his soft white head. "Well, a name's like an identity. It's something most humans have so we know who we're talking to." He explained, talking in a manner similar to a parent with their child. "I gave my Pokemon a name to show them that they're special to me." Danny pointed to Torch who was now bickering with Zenith over the best tasting berries.

"That Houndoom over there is Torch." He said, unperturbed by the fact that the black horned dog was ignoring him. He then pointed to the similarly bickering Bagon. "That Bagon is Zenith." He said. Danny turned up, about to introduce Gale to the Oshawott before he paused and plugged the Oshawott's ears with his hands.

His face must have looked funny because Zenith and Torch has stopped their arguing to roll in the ground laughing and pointing at his general direction. If he were to hazard a guess, he would say that his face was the perfectly epic combination of shock and annoyance. Why? Because the starly was currently vividly describing how a Wurmple was digested in the stomach of a Starly to the same group of wurmples he had asked the color of their poops.

He wondered if he should try and save the poor catterpillars from further mental damage and traumatizing experiences. Naaah... He thought to himself. They could take care of themselves.

::Daddy, what's wrong?:: He asked.

"Nothing." He aqueaked a bit too hastily. "Just, make sure your ears plugged 'kay? That's Gale. He's a bit scatterbrained, but he's nice." He said, introducting the weird and random avian to the Oshawott.

::Does that mean his head is untidy?:: He asked innocently.

Danny opened his mouth to clarify and explain the meaning of the word to the newly born Pokemon before he stopped himself and closed is mouth with an audible click. Actually, knowing him, it might just be the case.. He thought to himself, letting the question largely unanswered. "Well, let's decide a name for you." He suggested happily. "Hmm.. How about Cuddles?"

::Stop! Stop!:: Torch cried out, sounding extremely tired and old. ::Let me think of a name for him.::

"What?! Why?" He cried out in outrage. "I've a good naming sense! I could think of a good name for him!" He protested indignantly.

::And Cuddles sounds like a good name how?:: The Houndoom gave his trainer a flat stare, causing Danny to look away bashfully, mumbling something uncomplimentary under his breath before finally relenting to the Houndoom's point. "Fine! Fine! That one's just a joke! This one's for real. How about... Sapphire?" He suggested.

Torch slapped his front paw over his paw and dragged it down across his face slowly in a perfect picture of misery and exhaustion. ::Arceus help me.:: He mumbled before trotting over to the raven haired trainer, snatching the Oshawott by the back of his neck and held him in his jaws tenderly. Using his front paw, the Houndoom pointed at the Oshawott's stomach with a deadpan before putting the little guy down on the ground.

::That stomach looks aquamarine to me.:: He pointed out in a flat tone, a hint of smugness barely perceivable from it.

Danny sagged in defeat. "Fine. You name him." He said, relenting to his first Pokemon's request. "Seriously, everyone keeps robbing me of all my hobby." He muttered.

In the end, the Houndoom decided to name the Oshawott Riptide in anticipation to his final form, Samurott, which was said to have a twisting javelin-like horn on his head. Danny took extra pleasure imagining that horn skewering Skulker in the gut with him riding on the big and awesome-looking Samurott. He snapped a minute later as a fake cough sounded through his ears, Zenith and Torch looking a bit disturbed at him while Gale was snickering at something in the background.

Well, a guy can dream right?

Later that Evening..

After a gruelling session of training consisting of him sparring against Gale and Zenith, and having Torch teach the little Riptide how to fight like a kickin' pro, Danny was sufficiently pleased as well as tired. Their training had come along really nicely, with Gale making a leap to level 13, just one more step before evolving into Staravia and learning Take Down, Roost and Thief. Torch was also pleased with his current apprentice, Riptide might still be a baby but he was hardworking and determined. Leaping four levels in one session and learning Tail Whip and Water Gun was more than good in his eyes. And while he still couldn't let him go to battle against the Gym just yet, that doesn't mean he couldn't get him to spar against the wild Pokemon prowling around the Route.

Danny learned today that Torch has one hell of a time-management skill. He managed to teach little Riptide how to fight in melee and some moves while he himself trained on his moves, speed and defense. In the end, the Darkness Pokemon managed to add Solar Beam, Sunny Day and Roar to his repetoir.

What was more elating though was Zenith's evolution to his second form, Shelgon. The dragon was going on a stalemate against his Ecto-ray when he started glowing a blinding white light. His body transformed and his physics shifted into the round quadrupedal form of Shelgon.

Shelgon is a quadruped Pokémon that resembles a pupal stage. There are bone structures covering its body, which form a shell with two openings and three ridges on top. One opening is in front, revealing two yellow eyes, while the other opening is in the back. This bony covering repels enemy attacks, but it makes Shelgon heavy. As a result, this Pokémon moves sluggishly. Its grey legs are visible protruding from underneath the shell, each with a short red stripe on the inner surface.

Following his sudden tranformation, Zenith received a boost in his endurance, Offensive and Defensive power along with learning the move Protect, Crunch and Scary Face. It's too bad, however, that his speed and agility dropped due to the weigh of his shell.

Danny, meanwhile, could only wonder how Zenith would eat with no mouth visible through the opening of his shell. Another mystery to add to his list.

Though everyone was happy for him, Torch didn't let the chance slip through his claws and took the presented opportunity to give him a new nickname: Round-Ass, much to the dragon type's dismay.

::Just a bit more..:: He caught him murmuring. ::Be patient mom, dad. I'm gonna save you..::

Danny just smiled to himself, pleased that he could do his best to help his reptilian friend. Speaking of friend... "Leo, can you really cook?" Danny asked, feeling somewhat doubtful and fearful for his health. Having parents that could turn a simple chicken soup into some sort of mutant living green goop and A school cafeteria that served third world class food -Which is to say, horrible and inedible- Danny has developped a sense of self preservation over meals. Especially when the cook wasn't someone with a legit certificate from a culinary school.

"Of course I can!" He said determinedly. "Just leave this to me, Danny! I'mma gonna whip up some nice food for everyone." He said, whistling a jaunty tune as he stirred a pot of boiling.. curry? How did he make a curry in the middle of a forest?

You know what? I think I am better off not knowing... He thought dryly to himself before focusing back on the task of building his and Leo's shared tent.

::Don't worry.:: Grovyle assured from his perch above the trees, chewing on a blade of grass. ::While I admit he might be a bit... dim at times, he is a rather talented cook.:: He said calmly.

*Achoo!* Danny turned his head to look at the cooking redhead who sneezed rather loudly and violently. "Bless you." He said.

"I feel like I should feel insulted over something, but for the live of me, I don't know what..." He said in a monotone as if he was talking to himself. "Anyway the food's almost done! Danny, can you help me with the dish? They're inside my bag over there!" He said, pointing at his bag with one curry-stained wooden spoon.

::He has some strong sixth sense..:: Zenith mused aloud.

::Like I said.. He has his moments. Rare as it is..:: Grovyle responded coolly.

"My hand's full and I'm busy!" Danny replied. "Ask the others!" He shouted.

"Grovyle, Sentret, can ya help me with the dishes?" He shouted out his questions loudly, earning himself an affirmative from the requested Pokemon.

That was another new addition to the group. According to Treecko -now Grovyle- Leo has the worst of luck when it comes to hunting, or anything that involved searching things in general. It came as no surprise to Treecko that Leo's ungodly misfortune in hunting managed to get him another form of trouble in the form of yet another Gyarados. Admittedly, this one is much smaller than the previous one, but the Atrocious Pokemon is still... well, atrocious regardless of their size. It was, in Grovyle's opinion, a gruelling and horrifying battle against the titan. But the results, which is his transformation into Grovyle, had been worth it.

With everything he has seen so far, he wondered if all Pokemon was obsessed with transformations. Bagons jumping from cliffs, Treecko fighting off a Gyarados, and there probably are more outlandish feats the Pokemon kind did in the name of Evolution.

That wasn't all the sugar-addict trainer did, though. Apparently, in his quest to hunt a water type Pokemon -which, as said, he kind of sucked- He managed to get himself a female Sentret. A female Sentret with a horrendous fascination for explosions and blowing things up. It took the combined efforts of Grovyle, Torch, Zenith and Leo's sane Starly to stop her from corrupting the pure innocent mind of the sweet little Riptide.

Danny might have some part in the intimidation factor using his I'll-Kill-You smile.

"There! All done~" Leo sang cheerfully, producing two large dish filled almost to the brim with boxed rice he bought somewhere in Jubilife and the chicken -at least Danny thought its chicken- curry.

"Aha! Done!" He said, looking happily at the decently build tent. The raven haired dimension traveller glared at the tent, as if daring it to contradict his statement. "Stay still." He hissed his order before walking away, whistling a jaunty tune to himself.

Danny pulled out several bowls for the pokemon before pouring out Pokemon foods for each of the bowls. Giving the raven-haired trainer a thankful look, the Pokemon started to dig in and enjoy their food. Seeing his job done, Danny made his way over to the curious looking Leo and sat himself down beside him. Danny took a whiff of the food presented to him, suspicious and more than a bit wary of it. Finding nothing even remotely weird, Danny opened his mouth and shoved a spoonful of the curry rice to his mouth.

"This is great!" He marveled, looking at the reddish brown dish in a positively new light. "So you really can cook, huh?"

Leo offered his travelling companion a proud smile, puffing out his chest and thumping his hand against it. "Yup! I took pride in it!" he said. "By the way, did you make your own Poke food? It doesn't have a brand on the container.." He asked curiously.

This time it was Danny turn to flash him a proud smile, if a bit sheepish. "Yeah. I often helped Grandpa Rowan with his ranch so I knew how to take care of Pokemon and make my own poke food." He informed. "You see, the ones in the market and shops just fill in the nutrients they needed and that's it. So, I studied the ingredients and make my own recipe to help increase the Pokemon's stamina, size, speed and strength." He explained, unconsciously entering the lecture position he has plagiarized from Prof. Rowan and his merry bands of researchers.

"Ooo~oh. You sure are smart." Danny almost snorted at that. If anyone back home heard that someone praised him for being smart, they'd make a celebration party right away. That wasn't to say that he was stupid, though. He was just.. average. "Wait! Wait! Could you please rewind?" Leo burst out suddenly, shoving himself into Danny's personal space, making him more than a bit squirmish.

"Sure." He said, pushing the redhead back a bit. "So, I studied the ingredients and-"

"Not that part! The beginning of your sentence!" He interrupted.

Sighing, Danny complied with his request. "Yeah. I often helped Uncle Rowan- Oh! Ooh!" He said, finally comprehending what made the redhead so shocked.

"Are you related to Prof. Rowan? No wonder you're so smart!" Leo gushed out, making Danny roll his eyes in exasperation. "He offered me a starter before but I declined since I already have Treecko with me." He said. Meanwhile, Grovyle just sent him a cool acknowledging nod with his head while he continued on eating, somehow making the activity look dignified.

"To answer your question, no. I'm not related by blood to Gramps, but he adopted me as his grandson a few months back. I'm smart since he was a slavedriver on anything regarding studies." He said, wincing at the memory of the old man's method of teaching, involving several different kinds of Psychic attack done by his Bronzong. "But seriously, you rejected the offer?" He asked.

"Mhm." Leo nodded. "I already has one, it wouldn't be fair for the others if I had more." He said.

The rest of Dinner was eaten with a friendly atmosphere and an accompaniable silence, the group simply enjoying the sound of the streaming river and the song of the Cricketots whom Danny shared some of his Pokefood with.

"What's your plan for the Gym? You got massive type advantage, y'know?" Leo asked.

"Ha!" Danny scoffed. "Type advantage or not, I'm still gonna beat it. Torch, Zenith and Gale's strong, I'm sure we could win." He said determinedly. That determination didn't last long, however, as Riptide trotted over to him and plopped down on his lap, looking up at him with bright innocent blue eyes. " Did you finish your meal?" He asked the Sea Otter Pokemon softly.

::Sure did.:: He nodded enthusiastically.

"Mhm. Good boy." He patted his soft white head before pulling him up and shoving the Oshawott to Leo. "Leo, this is Riptide. My newly hatched Oshawott. Riptide, this is Leo, my travelling buddy." He introduced.

"Sup!" Leo grinned and rubbed the little oshawott behind the ear, eliciting a cute purr from him.

::Hi Uncle Red.:: Riptide raised his hands in an energetic wave. Danny burst out laughing, tears threatening to fall from his eyes as his mind replayed the oddly funny name.

After successfuly controlling his mirth and stopping his laugh, Danny decided that it was time for bed and went to the tent, leaving his Pokemons out of their Pokeballs to sleep comfortably.

Meanwhile...

Hidden from the prying eyes of the populace, deep under thirty feet of dirt, rocks, pavement and asphalt, disguised by the luring appearance of a night club building, exist a sinister and insidious, right below the Golden Night Casino building of Hearthome City, exist one of the many branches of Team Galactic's hideout bases. As if that wasn't bad enough, the Boss of the criminal organization was also there himself, for a purpose that no one knows.

Cyrus, the Boss of the Galactic Team, was a man in his thirties to fourties with light blue hair that was spiked backwards. On his face was an eternal frown that shows his displeasure towards anything and everything in general. He wore a personized Team Galactic uniform consisting of the standard black suit and an additional white-grey vest/coat with the golden G emblem on the chest.

"Sir." With a flick of his finger, one of the many grunts -or cannon fodders as he liked to call them- entered his office and bowed to him in a show of subserviance.

"I want the report of the failed mission in Jubilife City." He ordered calmly, his typical doom and gloom voice echoing around the office.

"Y-yessir. Right away." The grunt nodded fearfully. "A- A group of six was tasked to acquire the injured Pokemon in the Jubilife City Pokemon Center. They successfully cut off the whole city's powerplan and was in the middle of the operation when the emergency power supply of the Pokemon Center turned on and they were forced to corner the nurse while the other worked. Apparently, they were stopped by a pair of trainers and lose to them in an all out battle before being captured by Officer Jenny and the police." He reported.

"I've no use for incompetent buffoons." He said coldly, eyes glinting in the dim light as if it was made of steel. Emotionless. Heartless. Cyrus though, continued. "Leave those morons to rot in their cages, I want all the spies we have to search for anything about the two Trainers that interfered with our operation." He ordered.

"Y-Yessir." The grunt saluted, standing even straighter than he was before if that was even possible.

"I want the files here tomorrow." He said. "No delay."

"Understood sir."

Next Morning, Oreburgh City.

"Here we are! The Oreburgh City!" Leo exclaimed grandly.

Danny couldn't bring himself to gave a reply, he was simply too tired to even utter a curse. He looked, or rather glared, at the entrance to the Oreburgh Gate wishing that a large earthquake would occur and the tunnel would cave in on itself and bury those thrice damned Zubat alive under five tons of rubble and rock.

Damn eyeless bats. He thought to himself before he calmed down and aimed his gaze towards the city, taking in the forms of the many giant grey chimneys that seemed to grow from the very grown, spewing smokes and pollutions into the blue sky.

Oreburgh City was decidedly less impressive than Jubilife City. While Jubilife City was full of live and metropolitan in its design, Oreburgh fits more on the description of a mining town that focused itself on the power source industry. The air was also understandably more smoky and polluted from all the mining industries working around the town.

In short, it left much to be desired.

"Okay, first-" Danny quickly shot his arm, grabbing the hem of Leo's black shirt to stop him from dashing away into some place he doesn't know just as the hyperactive trainer prepared to take off and away into the city. "-We're going to go to Pokemon Center and book a room before we have our free time, understood?" At his quick nod, Danny gave him a satisfied nod. "Right. Let's go."

The duo of trainers strode confidently around town, marvelling at the different structure and the many industrial buildings with thinly covered interest. Once arrived to their destination, they hurriedly entered the Pokemon Center and making a straight beeline to the counter where Nurse Joy was calmly working.

"Hello. Welcome to Oreburgh's Pokemon Center. How may I help you?" She asked with what Danny labelled as the patented Nurse Joy smile plastered on her face.

"We would like to book a room for two." Danny said with a courteous smile of his own.

"Certainly." Nurse Joy replied before fishing out a key card for their room. "Here is the key car for room 35, make sure you don't lose it, okay?" The kind pink haired nurse handed the key cards to the two trainers.

"Sure." They both replied before walking out to of the building. "Hey! I'm gonna check out the museum, wanna join?" Leo asked, practically skipping around in place as he tried to keep his over abundant energy in check.

"Naah.." Danny shook his head. "Not interested with bones and all that thing. Besides, what are you doing in the Museum? You don't strike me as the kind of historical guys.." Danny asked curiously.

In response, Leo let a out a smile that seemed to stretch across his face. "You'll see.." He replied cryptically. "Well, see ya later!" He turned around and dashed off into the distance, leaving a trail of dust behind him as he did.

"Riiiiight.." Danny said to himself. "Let's go and beat this Gym." He walked away, intent on finding the rumoured Gym and take the challenge.

T.B.C

Danny's Team:

1. Torch (Houndoom) - Lv. 30 - Male.

Howl, Tackle, Leer, Ember, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Bite, Crunch, Dig, Feint Attack, Headbut, Quick Attack, Inferno, Nasty Plot, Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, Iron Claw, Smog, Foul Play, Dark Pulse, Solar Beam, Sunny Day, Roar

2. Zenith (Bagon) - Lv. 29 - Male.

Rage, Ember, Bite, Leer, Dragon Breath, Headbutt, Skull Bash, Zen Headbutt, Flamethrower, Double Edge, Hyper Beam, Brick Break, Dragon Claw, Hone Claws, Dragon Rush, Protect, Crunch, Scary Face.

3. Gale (Starly) - Lv. 13 - Male.

Tackle, Screech, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace, Agility, Whirlwind, Peck, Double team, Roost, Take Down, Thief.

4. Riptide (Oshawott) - Lv.5 - Male

Tackle, Tail Whip, Water Gun.

Leo's Team:

1. Treecko - Lv. 17 - Male.

Pound, Leer, Quick Attack, Absorb, Bullet Seed, Pursuit, Slam, Agility, Mega Drain, Energy Ball, Brick Break, Double Team.

2. Starly - Lv. 13 - Male.

Tackle, Screech, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Peck, Double Team, Steel Wing, Agility, Gust.

3. Sentret - Lv 15 - Female.

Scratch, Defense Curl, Foresight, Quick Attack, Helping Hand, Rest, Slam, Sucker Punch, Hidden Power, Flame Thrower, Iron Tail.

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