Touko's P.O.V.
My friends and I head to bathe at the waterfalls by the Abundant Shrine. It's not a great place to take a bath, but at least it's not out in the open. I was starting to get a little desperate to wash my hair. Just because I'm a rebel doesn't mean I can't be a clean one.
"Girls to the left waterfall, boys to the opposite side. No going to the opposite side until everyone is done. Am I clear?" I sound off.
"Yep." Everyone mumbles.
"Good." I respond
Us four girls go and strip down until we're naked –to hell with modesty– and then bathe in the pool of water, washing out hair under the waterfall.
"Ah!" I bristle at the water. "This is fucking cold!"
"You were the one who wanted to take a bath here," Skyla points out.
"I was hoping it would be a warm waterfall!"
"Right. Because that makes sense," Shauntal nods.
"Shut up!" The rustling of a bush makes me whip my head around, wondering if one of the boys is trying to play a joke on us. "If any of you are spying on us, this is not funny!" I yell, loudly enough for them to hear.
"We're not," Chili yells back.
"Then what was that?" Iris asks.
Skyla shrugs her shoulders, and I peer closer at the bush.
"I think there's someone in it," I whisper to them.
As if on cue, a Team Plasma grunt steps out of the bush, and starts making his way towards us.
"Ugh!" Shauntal winces, reaching for a towel.
"Woobat!" Skyla calls. "Air slash!"
Flying from the sky, Woobat dive-bombs the grunt, and whacks him in the head with a pressurized jet of air. He collapses, unconscious on the floor, and the three of us pick out way out of the waterfall. We dry off and wrap towels around our bodies before checking if the rest of the perimeter is secure. Once we're certain it is, we have Servine tie the grunt to a tree with vines. Then I smash the radio on his belt.
"Where are our clothes?" Shauntal asks.
"He didn't take our clothes, did he?" I whine.
"No, they're here," Skyla gestures us over.
"Thank Arceus," I sigh in relief.
We dress quickly, and Iris says, "Wow. Can't believe what a pervert that guy was."
"I know, right?" Skyla agrees.
"But we are very tempting," I joke, darkly. "Can't blame a guy for wanting all of this."
"Clearly it was our sex appeal," Skyla agrees.
"But he was pervy," I agree. Just then Touya jogs around the waterfall, fully dressed. "Touya! What did I say about coming around the waterfall before we all said we were done?"
"Oh, right, sorry." he apologizes. "I just heard a commotion."
"We took care of it," Shauntal gestures to the tied-up grunt.
"Whoa, intense." Touya nods.
"I know," I agree. "Now tell Chili to hurry up. We have to leave."
Plasma Castle:
Ghetsis looked at the picture of six youths that had been taken by a security camera. He'd been furious when he learned that six of the most wanted criminals in Unova had just been allowed to waltz into Lacunosa Town without at least being searched, and his wrath had been legendary. The grunts in charge had been fired and locked in the dungeon for a year. Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Ghetsis turned back to the photograph, and to the King. The one in the front, with shoddily died blond hair stares at him with a defiant scowl, almost as if she knew the camera was there.
"These are the bad people I was warning you about earlier. They're in disguise now." Ghetsis imforms the new King of Unova.
"They seem harmless." N replies smoothly.
"Do you not recognize the accursed Gym Leaders who made you faithful innocent friends, the Pokemon, suffer for ages?" Ghetsis reproaches his son sharply. "What do you see in her pocket?" He gestures to the picture.
N examines it closely before replying, "I see that some of them have Pokeballs."
"Exactly," Ghetsis replies triumphantly. "And what do you think is in those Pokeballs, so 'innocently' placed in their pockets?"
"Pokemon?" N inquires, his eyes widening with shock. "No, they would never-"
N's comment is cut short by a grunt bursting into the room, who possesses a rather angry red lump on his forehead.
"Sir, there is a group of six fugitives on Route 14, they all possess Pokemon, and one used her Pokemon, and forced it to attack me."
"Thank you." Ghetsis idly replies, dismissing the grunt, who bows, and exits. "This is worse than I though, but I can take care of it. They're not a threat." he summarizes, then leaves.
But as N looked at the picture, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He examined the girl with her fake blond hair, and messy blue streaks, and he couldn't help but feel that she was in some way, insidious.
Touko's P.O.V.
We're all at the abundant shrine training, a small, quaint little area with large spacious fields filled with new Pokemon. I dash barefoot through shallow ankle deep pools of water, finding Basculine, and the occasional Slowpoke. Running through a field of grass, as we pack up camp, I am stopped by a huge, blue Pokemon. It glares aggressively at me, so I pull out a Pokedex and scan it. Apparently, it's name is Thundrus, and it's a legendary Pokemon.
"Hey, big guy," I say, pulling out an Ultra Ball. "You wanna help us out?"
It doesn't answer, but it doesn't say no, so I throw the ultra ball at it. But instead of it breaking free, like I expected, I actually catch it.
"Guys!" I call out, my voice sounds over the spacious land, "I think I caught our first legendary!"
"You what?" Shauntal asks.
"Caught a legendary. Lets go!" I say, putting Thundrus' Pokeball into my purse. I roll up some sleeping backs to help out the 'move camp' initiative, and notice everyone staring at me. "What?"
"Touko," Iris gins, impressed, "You caught a legendary Pokemon."
"Was that supposed to be more difficult?" I inquire.
"Yeah, it was," Iris nods.
"Well, maybe it likes what we stand for," I suggest, shrugging.
"Where do we go now?" Chili asks me.
"We head to Undella Town." I answer, "And look for more fugitives. We could use all the help we can get."
"That begs the question," Shauntal points out, "Who's left?"
"Lets go through names.," I suggest."Nowtell me if you saw them get taken away. Very little chance they escaped. Anyone not accounted for we'll assume is MIA. Chili, do you know about your brothers?"
"Arrested. They were taken away in front of me. I fled with Iris."
"Okay, that's two down," I tick the numbers off on my hand. "What about Lenora?"
"I watched them ransack her museum, and drag out her and her husband." Skyla says.
"Kay, that's a big yes. Burgh?"
No one can account for him, and we continue.
"Does anyone know where Drayden is?" I ask.
Chili gets all teary eyed, before he launches into a story.
"Iris, Drayden and I were all walking in the Pinwheel Forrest, when we got jumped. Drayden bravely fought off the grunts, getting himself arrested, and told me to 'grab Iris and run.' Iris has grown up only knowing what I can tell her about her father."
"Oh." Is all I can say.
We finish the process in a solemn manner until we've narrowed it down to Brycen and Burgh.