Chapter 2
Route 201
The three girls stood upon the hills leading out of Twinleaf Town, overlooking the route ahead of them. Azula was in charge of little Harmony and was letting her run off some steam.
"Alright munchkin, first to the grass wins." She smiled. Harmony cheered and took off down the hill, a bit wobbly but still able to maintain some balance.
"You are a lot better with her then you ever thought you'd be," Miracle smiles.
"I agree, you have really taken to motherhood." Saki added.
Azula swept the little girl up into her arms and gave her a big smooch, "Ive had some good role models. Your mom was especially helpful Ketchum."
"Gaamma!" Harmony cheered. Azula put her back down and let her roam.
"That and she is extremely well behaved." She smiled.
"Yeah, when shes not crawling all over Steelix, and going flying with Charizard," Mira laughs.
Azula set the little munchkin down and took a deep breath, "Yeah...She is going to be just as crazy as you and me Ketchum, but if you two could pull me from the edge then there is nothing the three of us couldn't do for her."
"Mommy! Buggy!" IN a brief few second Harmony had wondered into the thicket and had her hands all over what was probably a once sleeping pokemon.
"Kricketot!" The pokemon growled as it tried to get the little girl off its antennae.
"Yep, she is just like you two," Saki sighed, "Harmony baby, let the pokemon go before you get hurt." Kricketot began spinning around as fast as it could till Harmony finally let go and flew through the air into the arms of a freaked out Sakinah. "Oh my god, are you hurt!"
"Again!" The little chuckled.
Miracle smiled, 'Yep...my child.' She reached down and pulled out a pokeball, "Might as well get this guy, come on out Chimchar!"
"Youre going to catch that thing! It just hurled your daughter halfway across the route!" Saki said worried.
"She's fine, and I'm looking to test Chimchar out." Kricketot started out with a loud growl that lowered Chimchar's attack. He shook it off and Miracle instructed him to go all out with a scratch attack.
The bug pokemon began to get irritated and then started to pulse a bright white, "Whats going on?" Azula asked.
"Its about to use bide," Saki said, "Its a move that stores damage it takes then lets it loose in a blast that deals twice the damage that they took."
The small bug let loose and sent the small monkey pokemon high into the air, "Shake it off Chimchar! Then use ember!" The small pokemon came to, and then began to shoot fire down atop Kricketot. The attack did a great deal of damage, "Finish with double kick!" With all his momentum bringing him toward the ground, Chimchar swung his legs around and cracked the Kricketot hard and into a nearby tree, "You are mine!" Miracle pulled out a pokeball and tossed it at the now sleeping bug pokemon. In a second Miracle caught her newest pokemon, then released it so she could tend to it.
"Great, now you have a pokemon your daughter will probably not leave alone," Saki said.
"Have you ever seen my fathers Heracross?" Saki nodded, "Have you ever seen him with Bulbasaur...Every time those two are ever near one another, Heracross attacks and starts sucking the pollen from Bulbasaur's back. I figure she will never be quite that bad."
"Ever the optimist huh," Azula chimed in.
"You both love me cuz I am," Miracle laughed.
"Buggy!" Harmony cheered. She waddled over to a hesitant Kricketot and gave it a massive hug.
Miracle helped her new pokemon, pulling her young child off him,"Hey baby girl," She said, "This little guy is not like the others mom, momma and I have back home so you need to be gentle with him and other pokemon till they get used to you." Harmony wasn't really paying attention, just wanting to play with the newest pokemon. So Miracle quietly introduced the pair, and let Kricketot get used to the clingy and hyper almost two year old.
The two started to get along, and in short order Kricketot was giving off a melodious sound from his antennae. While the girls enjoyed the soothing nature of the noise it quickly put Harmony to sleep.
"Well I don't believe it. She is out cold." Azula chuckled.
"We have never had it this easy, she is always a pain in the ass to put down for a nap." Miracle added.
"I guess your newest pokemon is useful after all, I'm not sure I should let you have that type of power over our little girl." Saki chuckled.
"Whatever babe, lets get her strapped in and then we can continue...Right on this route...right?"
"Yes Mira, left to Lake Verity right to Sandgem Town."
"Then lets get going, I'm never one to sit around and do nothing," Azula spoke.
"Im afraid you girls will have to wait a bit," A booming voice said.
The girls didn't bother even looking around, as all their abilities sensed the figure was always near, "Just show yourself before I decide to leave." Mira told him.
Out of the trees came a small, stout man who sported a weird samurai helmet and a net draped across his back, "My name is Yoshi, and you captured my pokemon. I intend to get him back from you."
Miracle and Azula both looked at him like he was crazy, then Sakinah spoke up, "Are you talking about Kricketot?" Yoshi nodded, "Okay...Sir you are an idiot." She was being quiet as to not wake up Harmony.
"I have been chasing that Kricketot for two days, now prepare for a battle." Yoshi said, tossing a pokeball high into the air and releasing a Typhlosion.
"Really! Fine if you want your ass kicked. Froslass its time for fun!" Miracle once again readied for battle, but this time with her spectral ice pokemon.
"Oh, you must be a rookie if you're sending an ice type out to face a fire type," Yoshi sneered, "Typhlosion use flame wheel." The large pokemon rolled himself into a large fire ball and rolled toward Froslass.
"Barricade with avalanche," A dark cloud quickly formed over the battlefield, then rained down massive chunks of ice that easily protected her from the fire attack, "Shadow ball!"
The attack ripped through the ice and and dealt double damage to the fire pokemon and easily knocked him out, "Grrr, how can that be?"
"Know who you're facing kid," Azula spoke, "Miracle is a two time league finalist, and an Orange League Champion. You lost the second you opened your mouth."
"I haven't lost yet, Ledyba your up."
"Froslass return. Girls if you want to go on ahead I will catch up to you in a few minutes." Miracle told them.
"Just shut this guy up okay,"Azula said.
"No mercy baby," Saki added as they headed out.
"Boy I'm going to tell you this once, and only once," Miracle spoke, "Yield or I will not just beat you, I will dismantle you."
"You are not as strong as you think you are Girl!."
"Then I wager said Kricketot, for one of yours. Take it or leave it."
A bit taken back by the wager, Yoshi was not all too thrilled for the sudden turn in Miracle's favor, "Which pokemon?"
"We will cross that bridge momentarily. Now are you positive you still want to continue with this?" He again nodded.
"Okay then. I will use my Pineco." Mira released her small bug pokemon and just smiled, "You can go first."
"Ledyba use comet punch!"
"Block it with swift," The attacks collided and left Ledyba vulnerable, "Headbutt!" The lady bug pokemon was struck directly in the gut and shot like a cannonball into the trees.
"Ledyba!"
"Finish it with pin missile!" Miracle ordered. Spinning at a high speed, Pineco launched a volley of razor thin hairs that easily dropped Ledyba and winning Miracle the match, "Now! Show me your pokedex."
An angered Yoshi returned his fallen pokemon and then presented his pokedex to Miracle, "This is absolutely embarrassing."
"Oh...looks like you have a very interesting pokemon...And looks to me like you haven't had it very long either."
"Shit, you'd be doing me a favor. I came across that pokemon in a trade festival and have been unable to get it to listen to me. Its a giant paper weight if you ask me."
"Works for me, and if I ever see you again, I will rip your testicles off your body through your gut." Miracle snarled, "Now get lost."
Yoshi sighed and left hastily, leaving Miracle with her newest pokemon, "I never thought this guy would have such a rare pokemon. I've never seen this guy in anything but text books, and Oak's pokemon research shows...This guy is gonna freak Saki out."
Half Hour Later
"Where the heck could she be?" Sakinah asked, "Sandgem Town is right in front of us."
"Maybe that guy was a bit tougher then Miracle expected. Or she came across another pokemon and chased it down." Harmony was on the ground beneath her chasing after Zuzu.
"That woman is so instinctual, she has that overwhelming power of perception, and she is just as good as she brags she is...How did we end up so lucky?"
"Im the lucky one," Miracle appeared right next to them and leaned down to sweep her little girl up into the air.
"What the hell took you so long?!" Saki demanded.
"I had to make sure Yoshi would know his place. I easily kicked his ass in a pokemon battle, but I had put a stipulation on it that he ended up having to pay off."
"Ooh, let me guess," Azula laughed, "Would it have anything to to with probably pilfering a pokemon."
Miracle smiled and pulled out a black pokeball, "Not to mention its in a heavy ball, a specialty of the Jhoto Region."
"So its a pokemon found in Jhoto then?" Saki asked.
"Alola! Its a pokemon only found in Alola."
"Just tell us what it is." Azula smiled. Miracle was too excited, and just released the massive pokemon.
"What the hell is that!?" Saki shrieked.
"Dhelmise!" The anchor pokemon hovered near them, no expression, unwavering.
"This is the sea creeper pokemon, and he is very intimidating."
"He is freaky, and garish...I love him," Azula grinned.
"Ship!" Harmony cheered.
"Ahhhh!" Saki screamed, just before she fainted.
"Thats about what I expected," Miracle smiled.
"Why is she scared of this guy? Hes bloody awesome." Azula asked.
"Ghosts are always a bit hard for psychics, but this guy is a ghost she has probably never seen before and is known for grabbing swimmers and pulling them to the bottom of the ocean to drown them. And you know she doesn't swim well either."
"He is going to be a handful though. But I still think hes awesome."
"And he is strong as hell to. Now lets get her up and finish our trek to Sandgem before we are interrupted again." Mira said, "Return Dhelmise."
"She isn't gonna wake up for a while, so you get her and I'll get mini us."
"No problem. Lets get going."
