Okay, I'm going to apologize now for this chapter. It is very long, and honestly, unimportant. This was my back up plan if I didn't have an actual chapter done. I kind of got distracted this weekend (I'm a kid I'm a squid. Sorry guys.) so I didn't really work on it. If you hate filler chapters with a burning passion, I apologize, and I promise I will have a real chapter up next week. If you enjoy reading, and want a brief look at all of the characters, enjoy!
"I don't know," Samira said. "I should probably get water." Her eyes flipped back and forth between the three drinks: water, soda, and lemonade. "It is the healthiest, after all."
Her infernape raised an eyebrow at her. "Hey, it's important to keep up your health." She said indignantly. He just rolled his eyes, grabbed the money from her, and put it in the machine. he pressed the button for lemonade. The drink fell, and he handed it to her.
She sighed. "That's what I wanted anyway." She popped the lid open and took a drink, looking down at her hometown of Veilstone from the top of the department store. "I wonder if we should train today. I heard there was going to be a contest coming up soon."
She turned back towards the stairs. Oddly enough, a toxicroak was walking up the stairs without a trainer. He had on a rather large backpack. He looked around, saw her, and walked over.
She started to panic. "Uh, c-can I help you?" Infernape straightened up, his hand slightly in front of his trainer, ready to protect her.
The toxicroak just smiled. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a letter, offering it to Samira. She took it gingerly and read it. "What is this?" Infernape read it too. "I'm being called back to the Kabota Resort?" The toxicroak nodded. "That's great, I guess. Thank you." He gave her one last smile, then went back down the stairs.
She sighed. "I thought I was done with that place." She remembered the disasters that happened last time she went to that resort. She was a little disappointed when it was cancelled, though she was more ready to leave. But, then again, she had met some nice people there.
Infernape put his hand on her shoulder. She smiled at him. "Right. We can do this. Now let's get going. We've got work to do."
"These are so cute!" Kushina said, pointing out a cute pair of red shoes to her delphox. "Though they aren't really my style, are they?" Her pokemon shook her head. She sighed. "I guess we should just get some food. Shopping has been so unsuccessful."
They walked around Lumiose City for a little while longer. She ended up not getting anything to eat anyway, but instead getting a soda to drink. She and Delphox sat down by a fountain, enjoying the pretty day.
"So what do you want to do today?" Kushina asked. "I heard there was some guy showing off some roller skate moves out in the skate park outside of town." Delphox shook her head. "Yeah, that's a pretty long walk just to watch some guy roller skate."
She felt a slight tug on her jacket, and looked down to see a weavile with a letter carrier around its waist looking up at her. "Aw, you're so cute. Do you need something?"
He reached into his letter carrier and handed a letter to her. She opened it up and read through it a few times. "The Kabota Resort's happening again? And we get to go back?" He nodded. "Great! When does it start?" He pointed at the letter. She reread part of it. "Oh, the date's on here. Thank you." He saluted her, and took off. She smiled at Delphox. "You ready for this?" Her pokemon, smiling confidently, nodded. "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Oshawott, hydro pump, into the air!" Alex said, pointing to the sky.
His pokemon did as he commanded, spinning his little arms in a circle and shooting the powerful jet of water straight up into the sky. "Now freeze it with blizzard!" Oshawott lifted his head up, and shot the powerful snow attack at the water. It froze, and started to fall.
"Break it with razor shell!" Alex commanded, finishing their routine.
Oshawott shot into the air, removing the scalchop from his stomach. Around it formed a light blue blade of energy. Spinning elegantly, Oshawott slammed his attack into the falling ice, utterly shattering it, showering him in the sparkling ice shards. He did a few flips and landed.
"A splendid performance," Alex said. "What should we try next?"
He heard the sound of clapping behind him. He turned to see an emolga giving him a round of applause. It was rare to see one this close to Nacrene city. He was contemplating trying to capture it when he noticed the small backpack it wore.
"Do you have a trainer?" He asked. The pokemon, remembering now what it was here for, nodded and pulled a letter out of its bag. He took it and looked over the envelope. It was addressed directly to him, with a green outlining. He opened it up and read it. "Oh, the Kabota Resort is back?" The emolga nodded. "Well thank you kindly for the letter." It nodded, and flew away.
He turned to Oshawott. "It appears they weren't quite through with us. You ready?" His pokemon nodded. He smiled. "Then let's get moving."
"Whoa, look at the corsola!" Rhianne said to her Typhlosion, Tyson, pointing out at sea. She kicked her feat in the water, enjoying the beautiful day in Olivine City.
Tyson had a bag in his hand that had a sitrus berry ice cream cone inside. He struggled to open it. Rhianne giggled. "You want some help?"
He shook his head, pulling hard on the rapper. The packaging burst open, and the ice cream cone flew into the air.
Something burst out of the water, flying above them. Rianne fell over, startled, as did Tyson. Though they didn't get wet, which Rhianne found odd.
"Hey, what was that for?" She turned around to see a Kabutops with a satchel, holding the ice cream cone neatly between its two scythe-like hands.
It handed the ice cream cone to Tyson, who took it slowly. Rhianne scowled. "Don't be rude. Say thank you." Tyson immediately did so.
The Kabutops nodded to him, and turned to Rhianne. Opening up the Satchel, which seemed to be waterproof, he dragged out a letter. Grabbing it with both hands again, he handed it to Rhianne.
She thanked him and read it. "Oh! It's opening again!" She smiled at Tyson. "They are bringing back the Kabota Resort!" He smiled, just as excited as she was.
The Kabutops smiled at them. "Thank you," Rhianne said. He nodded, closed his satchel, and dove into the water, barely making a splash.
She looked back at the letter. "Here we go. It's my time to shine."
"These curry buns are pretty good, huh?" Leon said to his pokemon. "Not to mention that they make some with pokemon food as well."
They nodded, all enjoying their wonderful lunch from a new food cart in Goldenrod. Leon looked around. He had planned to do some training today, but now he was thinking it might be worthwhile to go on a bit of a culinary adventure.
He stood up, crumbling up his wrapper. "I think I want to find some more good food. Anyone with me?"
They all nodded. Leon turned to throw his trash away but nearly slammed into the ledian flying at face level. He stumbled backwards, and was about to fall, but luckily Evin, his espeon, caught him with her psychic.
He righted himself, turning to face the pokemon. He noticed the ledian was holding a letter in her hands, and had a satchel draped over her shoulder. "Oh, you're delivering me a letter." He took it from her and read it over. "The Kabota Resort? I remember that. Are they bringing it back?" Ledian nodded. He smiled. "Awesome. Hey, thanks for delivering this." The ledian smiled at him, and flew off.
He smiled at his pokemon. "Looks like our food adventure will have to wait. Let's go."
"These are really good." Madeleine said. A food truck had come to Jubilife City, and its main item was a food called street corn. Madeleine had bought some for herself and her pokemon, and was greatly enjoying it.
"What do you think?" She asked Kumarie, her teddiursa. Kumarie, took a few bites, shrugging. Madeleine sighed. "Guess it just isn't really your taste."
She walked down the street, thinking about getting a drink to go with her corn, when she accidentally ran into someone. She stumbled back a bit. "I'm sorry sir!"
The man, who turned out to be a toxicroak wearing a really big backpack, turned around. It perked up at the sight of her. It reached into its backpack and pulled out a pretty letter. She took it. It was even addressed to her. She read it, and smiled in excitement. "The Kabota Resort is coming back. That'll be fun." She smiled at the toxicroak. "Thank you for getting this letter to me." She held out one of her street corns. "Here, have one." It nodded in thanks, taking the food from her. It took of quickly through the streets, probably off to deliver another letter.
She turned to Kumarie. "This is going to be so much fun." She couldn't wait to see everyone again. She finished off her street corn and threw it away. "Let's go."
Marcus jumped on the rail at full speed, grinding across it like it was nothing. He then jumped off a ramp, doing a few complex tricks. When he landed, he skidded to a stop. "Nice! Man this park is awesome!"
Siren, his froslass, who had been watching nearby, gave him a quiet applause. He smiled at her. "Thanks." He looked at the rest of his pokemon, who were all doing their own thing. Just another average day in the outskirts of Lumiose.
Violet, his noivern, looked up from her nap. She looked to her left. Marcus did as well, and saw a weavile running over very fast. It skidded to a stop in front of him, a letter carrier around its waist. He started to open the bag, but then looked at its side in surprise and jumped high into the air, just in time to dodge Flash, Marcus's zebstrika, who came barreling past using flame charge.
"Flash! Can you give it a rest for a minute? He's trying to give me a letter!" Marcus cried.
Flash, ignoring him, came charging back. The weavile landed, smiling, its fist glowing blue. It lashed out at Flash, and there was a big explosion. When the smoke cleared, Flash was frozen while the weavile, panting heavily, stayed standing, its fist still on Flash's head. It was also glowing orange. Marcus was impressed. Counter mixed with ice punch. Not bad.
It walked back over, opening the letter carrier and giving Marcus a letter. He read it. "We've been invited to The Kabota Resort's opening?" The weavile nodded. Marcus thought about it. Last time had been a little rough. There was no telling what would go on this go around. Still, the thought of seeing the friends he made there was a good thought. "Sounds like fun. Thanks for the letter."
The weavile saluted him, and took off. As it passed Flash, it jumped over him, hitting the ice with its fist. He unfroze, and stumbled. Before he had a chance to retaliate, the sharp claw pokemon was too far away.
Marcus laughed. "Better luck next time. Now come on, we got to get moving. Time to see what you guys can do."
Gimli sat on a burnt wooden beam, letting his feet dangle into the enormous hole in the floor. The Burnt Tower was very lovely. And quiet. He enjoyed the peace of it all.
He heard a slight buzzing and turned to see a ledian fly over. Just before it reached him, it looked slightly to the side, and then shot straight into the air. A stream of fire flew by where she had just been. Gimli sighed. Zin, his manetric, must have taken her as a threat.
The ledian, instead of looking scared, as it should have, looked rather offended. It flew down at Zin, who let loose another flamethrower. She flew gracefully around the stream of fire, her fist glowing white. She slammed it into the center of Zin's forehead, and he was thrown back. When he got up, he was stumbling around, and soon fell back down. Gimli raised an eyebrow. That was some dizzy punch.
The ledian flew over to him, still looking a little angry. He smiled. "Sorry about that. He's a little...spirited." She huffed, and pulled a letter out of a letter carrier that Gimli just now noticed. He accepted it, and read it through. He couldn't help but chuckle. "Oh, so you're from the Kabota Resort?" He set the letter down. "Well, tell them I'm grateful they're letting me attend." She nodded, and few off.
To be honest, he still found it weird. People used pokemon battles as a pastime. They didn't fight for their survival, they just did it for fun. It was still a bazaar concept. Though it was one he found a little appeal to.
Zin finally pulled it together, and looked around for the ledian. Gimli laughed. "Looks like we have a lot of work to do before the resort if you can be beaten that easily. Come on. We better get started."
"I can't believe we're actually here," Nion said, looking down at the Nimbasa City theme park from the top of the Ferris Wheel. Eelektross nodded, looking down as well. They hadn't been back here in a long time. Not since they had ran away.
They rode back down, finished with their ride. He wondered what to do next. What he really wanted to do was ride the roller coaster, but that was not an option. When they got off, a pidove came flying over with a letter in its beak. It landed on the railing in front of Nion.
"Is that for me?" He asked. The bird nodded. Nion took the letter, and the bird flew away. He opened it up. "Oh, the Kabota Resort's back!" He turned to Eelektross. "I had heard about them reopening, but I didn't think they would want us back."
He looked back at the letter. The thought of his mother came to mind. What would she think? It always pained him when he thought of her. He had never done many things he considered selfish, but running away always hit him hard. She was so close by.
He shook his head. He didn't care. She didn't hear out his point of view, so he wasn't going to give into hers. "Well we can't be late for this contest," he said to Eelektross. "Let's get going!"
"Oh dear, it appears Fantina is out of town again," Lili said, slightly disappointed. "I was hoping to get to talk to her again about contests." Her ursaring, who had been staring at a pachirisu play with a berry, brought his attention back to her. He tried to look disappointed, but she knew that contests weren't his forte.
She turned around, ready to head back to the pokemon center, and she nearly ran straight into a toxicroak. Ursaring grabbed her shoulders, and pulled her back. The toxicroak did a good job of stopping, but due to the large backpack it was wearing, he ended up falling over.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Lili said, hurrying to help him up. The pokemon just laughed, straightening his backpack and dusting himself off. He pulled out a letter, and offered it to Lili. "Is this for me?" He nodded. She took it and read it over. "Wonderful. The Kabota Resort is finally ready." She smiled at the pokemon. "Thank you." He nodded, and went on his way.
She smiled at Ursaring. "Looks like we're on our way to a grand adventure. May the Earth Mother guide our steps as we go for victory. Let's get training."
"How about these?" Mariana said in her thick accent, putting on a pair of sunglasses and showing them to her chandelure. He just shrugged, not really giving an opinion. She sighed. "Be nice if I could buy them." She put them back, and left the boutique, ready for a nice stroll around Lumiose. It was only a few steps before she saw a great pair of red shoes, but she forced herself to ignore them.
She sat down on a bench, thinking about getting lunch. "Hungry?" She asked Chandelure. He shrugged again. She rolled her eyes. "Let us go." They wondered around for a while, finally settling on buying a few sandwiches.
As she was unwrapping one, she felt a tug on her leg. She looked down to see a Weavile with a letter carrier around his waist looking up at her. She smiled. "Hello. Do you need so-some..." She paused, making sure she pronounced the word right, a little irritated she stuttered with this one. "Something?"
He reached into his letter carrier and handed her an envelope. "Oh, thank you." She opened it and read it with Chandelure, struggling with part of it. But she realized what it was. "The r-resort is..." She paused again, sounding her next word out carefully. "Reopening?"
He nodded. She reread the letter. "Thank you for this." He nodded, saluting her, and running off to deliver more mail.
She smiled at Chandelure. "Time for fun. Let us get going!"
"That was great!" Mason said, getting off one of the rides at his dad's amusement park in Nimbasa City. He turned to his jigglypuff. "What should we do next?" He looked around. There were plenty of people. That could mean a couple of good pranks.
In the end he decided to get a hotdog. He looked around, starting to randomly giving people back stories as they walked by. While he was actually really good at reading people and could easily figure out who they probably were, this was a bit more fun. Not the best way to entertain himself, but one that would do for now.
"I thinks she's a secret agent," he said, pointing out a woman in a bright red shirt. "She's probably a part of some evil organization who wants to steal a bunch of pokemon." Jigglypuff nodded, agreeing with his theory.
He finished his hotdog. "Well what should we do now?" Before Jigglypuff could answer, a pidove flew over and landed on her head. She puffed up and swatted at it. It flew up a bit, then landed on Mason's head. It hooted at him, and then dropped a letter in his hands.
Mason looked at it. It was addressed to him. He read it, then smiled mischievously. "Perfect. The Kabota Resort's back. Thanks, Pidove." The pokemon hooted again, then flew away. He turned to his pink partner. "Things are about to get interesting. Let's get rolling."
Victor sighed, his feet dangling in one of the ponds on the outskirts of Eterna City. His luxray dozed contently beside him. The sun was setting, mixing oranges and reds with the lovely green color that surrounded him.
He debated heading to the pokemon center for the evening, when he saw out of the corner of his eye a hiker come walking in his direction. No wait, not a hiker, a toxicroak wearing the same kind of backpack as a hiker. Luxray's eyes shot open, and he lifted his head, staring the pokemon down.
The toxicroak, not intimidated at all, patted Luxray on the head, and pulled out a letter addressed to Victor. He thanked the pokemon, and read it. "Hey, it looks like we're in the Kabota Resort." Luxray smiled. They had been waiting to hear they were in.
The toxicroak smiled at him, and started to leave. But before he did, he turned back around, pulling out a poffin and giving it to Luxray. He smiled at him, and went on his way. Only when he was gone did Luxray eat it.
Victor smiled. "I wonder if we'll see him at the resort." He got up. "Well, if we're in, we should probably start heading that way. Let's get rolling."
Jacob sat at a table outside Cafe Soleil in Lumiose City, observing the people who walked by. His lucario did the same, occasionally taking a sip from his coffee. Jacob didn't really care for people. He now regretted picking the cafe that the Champion loved so much.
"Why are we here again?" Jacob asked Lucario. Lucario spoke softly in reply, and most wouldn't understand him, but Jacob did. "I don't want social interaction. People are annoying."
Lucario shrugged, watching a girl go skipping down the street with her delfox behind her. Jacob rolled his eyes, and then caught sight of something moving very fast. He saw a weavile with a letter carrier come running their way. He seemed to be going after the girl. As he was getting closer to her, a group of bikers darted out in front of him, and he skidded to a halt. Once the bikers had passed, the girl was out of sight.
Jacob smiled. "Rough life. Was she your trainer?"
The weavile turned to him, and shook his head. Then he blinked, as though recognizing who Jacob was, and ran over. He pulled out a letter out and handed it to him. Jacob read it, and raised an eyebrow. "The Kabota Resort accepted my application." He folded it up. "Thanks." The weavile saluted him, and took off in the direction that the girl went.
He smiled at Lucario, trying not to look to satisfied. "Looks like I don't need to be around these people anymore. Come on, we've got to go train."
"Not a bad day, huh?" Dustin said, letting the water wash over his feet. His milktank, Ida, agreed, stretching out in the sand. After a long day of work on the farm, they were told to go into Olivine to buy some potions, and decided to enjoy the sunset on route 40. With the beautiful weather and the sunset turning the sea gold, it couldn't get much better.
He sighed. "Well, it looks like we better start heading back." He reluctantly stood up. As he did, his hat blew off. He tried to grab it, but missed. Though, to his surprise, it never hit the water. Instead a claw shot out of the water, the hat landing lightly on top of it.
A kabutops emerged out of the water, wearing a water proof satchel. He gently handed Dustin his hat back. "Thanks." He put it back on his head. "What's the satchel for?"
The pokemon opened it and slid a letter out of it. Dustin found this pretty impressive, since he didn't have any fingers or anything. He grabbed the letter with both claws and handed it to Dustin. He opened it up and read through it. "Well what do you know? The Kabota Resort is finished again." Ida sat up. They had heard it was a possibility it would open again. They had wondered if they would be invited back.
"Hey, thanks for getting this to us," Dustin said to the kabutops. He nodded, and dove back into the water, swimming towards Olivine.
Dustin turned to Ida. "Well, since we know it's coming up, you want to get a little training in?" Ida nodded. "Well then let's get started."
Azura quietly played her flute as the day drew to a close. Nobody disturbed her. That was good. She came to Castelia Park for this reason. The giant pine tree was the perfect place for her to play in peace.
She sighed, putting her flute away and jumping out of the tree. "I wonder what I should do now." She thought about it. "Maybe Cafe Sonata is still open." She left the park, making her way through the sewers and out into the open air of Castelia City.
As she walked towards narrow street, she got the feeling she was being followed. She turned to see if there were any suspicious characters, but nobody struck her as unordinary. She kept walking, not letting her guard down.
Just before she turned onto the street, something landed on her head. She looked up, her hand reaching to grab the object and throw it, and she noticed the smiling face of an emolga. She reached up and grabbed it, noticing a small backpack on its back.
"Where's your trainer?" She asked.
The pokemon reached into its bag, pulling out a letter. She put the emolga back on her head and read the letter. Half way through it, she started scowling. "The Kabota Resort, huh? I thought I was done with that place." Though she did smile, remembering the people she met there. She put the letter back in the envelope and stuck it in her pocket. "Thank you for getting this to me." The pokemon nodded, and took off, flying down the street.
She continued towards the cafe. The last time she was at that resort, bad things happened, and she was sure they would have gotten worse. She was also sure bad things were going to happen again. They had caught her off guard last time. It wasn't going to happen again.
Ethan sat there, watching the sun set over the horizon, just next to pokemon tower. Lavender town always looked best at sunset. Everything looked gold, turning the dreary ghost town that it was during the day into a beautiful land of hope, before giving it the haunted feeling of night.
He sighed, laying on his back, and closing his eyes. He was about to try and fall asleep when a shadow passed over him. He opened his eyes to be greeted by the face of a dragonite with a satchel around it.
"Can I help you?" He asked, not sure what to do.
The pokemon reached into his bag, pulling out a letter. Ethan took it, and read it. "The Kabota Resort's up and running again?" The dragonite nodded.
He sat up. "Hey Prankster, check this out!" He released his starter, a gengar, who looked slightly confused at his excitement. He didn't usually get excited, but this was pretty big news.
"The Kabota Resort's back!" Prankster's eyes got huge, and he grabbed the letter, reading through it carefully. His face lit up, and he smiled his huge grin at Ethan.
"Thank you," Ethan said to the dragonite. It nodded, and flew off, ready to deliver another letter. Ethan watched him go. Last time, the resort was shut down. He didn't get a chance to show everyone what he could do. That wasn't going to be the case this time.
Ethan smiled at Prankster. "Time to make those guys at home proud."
Larenz stared at the water, his fishing pole not moving an inch. He knew he wasn't going to catch anything. In fact, multiple pokemon were swimming around, ignoring the line. He didn't care though. It was a lovely evening in New Bark Town.
He watched some of his other pokemon, who were all enjoying the evening as well. His empoleon, who was fishing with him, kept pulling his line out of the water, thinking he had caught something. He brought his line back to cast again, but when it flew forward, something red went flying with it.
"Pull the line back," Larenz, said, wanting to see what that was. Empoleon pulled the line back quickly, and the red thing, which turned out to be a ledian wearing a satchel, came flying back. Empoleon caught it, and set it on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Larenz asked it. It didn't seem okay, looking like it was about to cry. The hook was stuck in its top left hand.
"Here, let me help you." He walked over, gently pulling the hook out. It started bleeding. "Lucario, would you be so kind as to heal the wound please?" His lucario, who had been talking to his gardevoir nearby, walked over, gently placing his hands around the ledian's hand. A wave of pink light pulsed through the wounded arm, and when he removed his hands, the cut was gone.
The ledian thanked him, then pulled a letter out of the satchel, handing it to Larenz. He opened it and read it. "Oh, how nice. The Kabota Resort is ready again." All his pokemon perked up at this. While there last visit had a few flaws, it was a fun experience.
He put the letter back in the envelope. "Thank you." The ledian nodded, flying off. He turned to his pokemon. "Well, there's no use in sitting around with this contest on the way." He picked up his fishing pole. "Time to get going."
"Man, it sure is pretty out today," Drake said, his feet dangling from a bridge into the river on route 11. The area around Opelucid City was amazing, giving him many places to go after a good day of work with his parents.
He turned to his pokemon, who were all enjoying themselves nearby. His rhyperior walked over, sitting down next to him. They didn't say anything, but sat, watching the sun set over the horizon, coloring the river.
He looked back at his pokemon, only to notice his espeon was tense, looking around. He did so as well. Espeon sensed something nearby. He looked up, and an emolga slammed into his face. He fell over, the emolga rolling a ways away.
"Watch where your flying," Drake said, rubbing his nose. The emolga got up hurriedly, bowing over and over, apologizing. Drake noticed the small bag on its back. "Hey, what's that bag?"
The emolga stopped bowing, remembering something, and grabbed a letter out of the bag, handing it to Drake. He opened it and read through it. "The Kabota Resort? I thought that was shut down. It's back again?" The emolga nodded. "Great. Thanks." It smiled at him, and flew off.
He stood up, as did his rhyperior. "Looks like we need to hurry. Help me round up the others. It's time to get moving."
Lucas silently ate his sandwich, watching the many people in Saffron City walk by. The Sun was starting to sink, but it was still pretty bright outside. He watched as his raichu happily ate his sandwich, smiling the entire time.
He chuckled. "You want another one?" His pokemon, finishing the last bite, nodded excitedly. He unwrapped another one and handed it to him.
Lucas crumpled up his sandwich wrapper, throwing it in the direction of a trashcan. It would have gone in, but a gust of wind blew it away. He sighed, getting up to pick it up, but then a dragonite flew down, picking it up and throwing it away.
Lucas froze, not sure how to respond to the pokemon. No one around appeared to be its trainer, but it had a satchel hanging from its shoulder.
The pokemon walked over to him smiling. It reached into its bag, pulling out a letter. Lucas accepted it, saying a quiet thank you to the pokemon, and read it.
He nodded. "Hey, Raichu, the Kabota Resort is back." His pokemon looked up, having been unwrapping another sandwich. Lucas couldn't help smiling a bit. The letter had his old name, Victor, on it. He would have to make sure that they knew of his name change.
He nodded to the dragonite. "Thanks." The pokemon nodded, flying back into the sky.
Lucas put their extra sandwiches into his bag. "So much for a long peaceful dinner. Let's get moving."