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Love Rivals
Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn all exit the Solaceon Ruins and look to the west of them to see the wooded area that Warden Cabala told them about.
"Let's get going." said Luna.
"Hello, Loud siblings." said a voice the Loud sisters recognized, making them look to see Irida walking over to them.
"Hi, Irida!" said Leni.
"What brings you here?" asked Luan.
"I came to look into Ursaluna's violent behavior myself." said Irida.
"Oh." said Lynn. Irida looks among the Loud sisters.
"Is your brother around?" asked Irida with a blush, making the Loud sisters tremble and squeal with delight.
"He went on ahead with our sisters, Lana and Lisa, to study the Pokemon in that area over there." Luan said as she points towards the direction her younger siblings went in.
"I'll go catch up with him." said Irida as she quickly runs off.
"She really likes Linky." said Leni with a smile.
"Wish we could see her with him, but we have to deal with the Miss Fortune Bandits and get that piece of wall back." said Luna.
"Come on." said Lynn as she and her sisters went off towards the wooded area.
Meanwhile, with Lincoln, Lana, and Lisa; they were looking at all the Pokemon in the area they were in.
They did a good amount of battling, partly for information to put in their pokedex, and to help their Pokemon grow stronger.
Lincoln's Quilava learned Flamethrower, his Luxio learned Crunch, his Buizel learned Double Hit, and his Alpha Parasect got a little stronger; also, during the training, his Luxio and Buizel started to glow.
"My Buizel and Luxio are evolving!" said Lincoln. They all watch as Lincoln's Pokemon started to change; when they finished, Luxio was bigger, his eyes were yellow and red, his body was almost completely covered in black fur with a thick mane of it on his head. Lisa looks through her notes to see what Luxio was now.
"According to these notes, your Luxio is now a Luxray." said Lisa.
"Awesome!" said Lincoln.
Lincoln's Buizel was bigger, taller, and the ring that was around his neck was longer and drooped all the way down around his back.
"And your Buizel is now a Floatzel." said Lisa.
"This is so amazing!" said Lincoln.
"And adds more knowledge to the pokedex." said Lisa as she writes down the new information in her tome.
Lana's Mothim learned Air Slash, her Monferno learned Nasty Plot, her Munchlax learned Bite, her Shellos learned Mud Bomb, and her Carnivine learned Crunch.
Lisa's Pikachu got stronger, her Stantler learned Psyshield Bash, and her Scyther learned Air Slash and Swords Dance.
"We're making remarkable progress with our Pokemon, siblings." said Lisa. "And I also gained more data on the ones we battled."
"Yeah, we're doing awesome!" said Lana. As Lincoln looks around some more, he sees a very large Pokemon that's body looked like it was made of blue vines, along with long ones with red tips, coming out of its side, acting like arms with three fingers; Lincoln also noticed it had glowing red eyes.
"That's an Alpha Pokemon!" said Lincoln. Lisa looks through her notes to see what the Pokemon was.
"That's called a Tangrowth." said Lisa. "It's a grass type Pokemon."
"We should be careful." said Lincoln. "Alpha Pokemon aren't to be messed with."
"But you have one on your side." said Lana as she looks at Lincoln's Alpha Parasect.
"We must exercise caution when dealing with an Alpha." said Lisa.
"Let's use Pokemon with an advantage against grass types." said Lincoln. "I'll have Quilava battle it."
"I'll use Mothim." said Lana as she lets her bug/flying type out of his pokeball.
"And I believe my Scyther will be of great assistance." said Lisa as she lets her bug/flying type out of her pokeball.
Meanwhile, in the wooded area west of Solaceon Ruins, Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn were investigating it for signs of the Miss Fortune Bandits. As they explored, they see the remains of a campfire that had some smoke coming out of it.
"You think those three made this?" asked Luna.
"Probably." said Lynn.
"Since it's still smoking a bit, they must've been here not that long ago." said Luan.
"That's right." Charm's voice calls out from nearby. "In fact, we're still here!" The Loud sisters look around and soon see the Miss Fortune Bandits standing on some tree branches; they soon jump down from the tree they were in, and land in front of the Loud sisters.
"Hello, Charm." said Lynn, looking at Charm.
"Hello, Coin." said Leni, looking at Coin.
"Hello, possible future sister-in-law." said Luna, looking at Clover. Clover squeals in response; she begins looking around for Lincoln.
"Where's my future husband?" asked Clover.
"But more importantly, where's that pokedex?" asked Charm.
"We don't have it with us." replied Luan.
"Hey, Clover; Lincoln dreamed about you again." said Leni.
"Really?!" exclaimed Clover, excitedly.
"Yeah; in this dream, you and Lincoln were adults, you were married..." Luna started to say, making Clover squeal in delight. "...you had a daughter and lived in a cottage together."
"And he made more paintings." said Lynn as she grabs the painting storage cases she had on her back and pulls out a painting of Lincoln and Clover as adults with their daughter, Chiosa from one of them. Clover looks in awe at the painting.
"Is that girl in that painting me and Lincoln's daughter?" asked Clover, excitedly.
"Yes; her name's Chiosa." said Leni. Clover looked at the adult version of Lincoln in the painting.
"Wow; he looks so handsome as an adult." said Clover, blushing. "Did me and Lincoln kiss in his dream?"
"You were about to, but like before, Luan woke him up before you two could." said Lynn, pointing at Luan who was trying to sneak away; Clover runs at Luan and tackles her from behind, knocking her to the ground; she grabs Luan's head and begins repeatedly slamming her face into the ground.
"How many times are you going to wake Lincoln up before we kiss?!" asked Clover, angrily as he continued slamming Luan's face into the ground.
"I...OW...think you..OOF...got something else..OW...to worry about!" said Luan as Clover continued to slam her face into the ground before stopping.
"Like what?!" asked Clover as she slams Luan's face into the ground again.
"Remember that Irida girl we told you about?" asked Luna.
"The one also pursuing my future husband?!" asked Clover as she gets off Luan's back.
"Yep; we met up with her and she asked where Lincoln was; we told her and she went after Lincoln that way." said Lynn, pointing at the direction Lincoln, Lana, Lisa, and Irida went.
"We don't care about that!" exclaimed Charm.
"We only want your pokedex; right, Clover?!" said Coin, only to get no response. She looks around and saw that Clover was gone. "Clover?" She, Charm, Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn looked around for Clover until they saw her running towards the direction Lincoln, his sisters, and Irida went.
"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON IRIDA, I'LL HAVE SNOVER FREEZE HER SOLID AND THEN I'LL PUT HER IN THE DEEPEST, COLDEST PART OF THE HISUI REGION SO SHE'LL NEVER BE FOUND OR UNFROZEN!" exclaimed Clover as she continued running.
"Clover, get back here!" said Charm.
"I think she wants to be with our brother." said Luna with a laugh.
"Now about that Wall Fragment you stole from the Solaceon Ruins." said Lynn.
"Oh, you're here for that." said Charm.
"If you want it, you'll have to force us to give it to you." said Coin.
"Already planned on it." said Lynn as she takes out a pokeball while her sisters, along with Charm and Coin, each pull out one of their own.
Meanwhile, back with Lincoln, Lana, and Lisa; they were all surrounding a tired out Tangrowth.
"Quilava, use Flamethrower!" said Lincoln. Quilava nods before releasing a powerful stream of fire from his mouth that hits Tangrowth, doing enough super effective damage to knock it out.
"Man, I thought Mothim was done for after he got hit by those rocks." said Lana.
"I believe that attack was called Ancient Power." said Lisa. "At least we got more information on Tangrowth."
"Let's keep looking around." said Lincoln. The three Loud siblings continue to walk before Lincoln suddenly feels a pair of arms wrap around his torso; he looks behind him and blushes when he sees Irida.
"Hello, Lincoln." said Irida as she snuggles his back.
"H-H-Hello, Irida." Lincoln stuttered, making Lana and Lisa giggle with delight.
"What are you doing here?" asked Lana.
"I came to look into Ursaluna's rampaging behavior." said Irida.
"Perhaps we can travel to where it is together." suggested Lisa.
"If I get to be with Lincoln, then I love that idea." said Irida as she hooks one of her arms around one of Lincoln's, making him blush.
"Let's go then." said Lisa. The four make their way onward until they reach an area that had several pools of mud all over it; Lana goes over to one and dips her hand into one.
"Why am I so drawn to this stuff?" asked Lana.
"Hopefully we'll find more of those tablets and regain more of our memories." said Lisa.
"Hey, look over there." said Lincoln as he points over at a Pokemon that he and his sisters recognized that was sitting in a mud pool.
"It's a Croagunk." said Lana.
"Like the one that Coin has." said Lincoln.
"You mean one of those bandits you all told me about before?" asked Irida.
"Precisely." said Lisa. The Croagunk looks over at the group and glares at them.
"I don't think it's happy to see us." said Lincoln.
"Can I try catching it?" asked Lana. "Something about it feels familiar; I mean, sure I've seen Coin's Croagunk, but there's something about Croagunk that gets to me."
"Sure." said Lincoln. Lana takes out her Shellos' pokeball and lets him out of it.
"Okay, Shellos; use Mud Bomb!" said Lana. Shellos launches a glob of mud at the Croagunk, dealing super effective damage, and lowering its accuracy; it responds by launching a glob of poisonous liquid at Shellos, hitting and damaging her. "Shellos, use Water Pulse!" Her Shellos fires off a mass of pulsing water from her mouth and it hits the Croagunk, knocking it onto its back.
"Try catching it, Lana!" said Lincoln. Lana nods before taking an empty pokeball and tosses it at the Croagunk, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggles once before a firework shoots out of it.
"Yeah! I caught Croagunk!" said Lana. Lisa looks through her notes to find out more about Lana's newest Pokemon.
"According to Professor Laventon's research; your Croagunk's a girl, and she should know Poison Sting, Rock Smash, Mud Bomb, Venoshock, and Nasty Plot." said Lisa.
"Thanks." said Lana.
"Let's continue on, everyone." said Lisa.
"HEY!" shouts a voice the Loud siblings recognized.
"I know that voice." said Lincoln with a blush; they all look behind them and see an angry-looking Clover running over to them.
"Who's that?" asked Irida.
"That's Clover." said Lana. Irida wraps her arms around Lincoln and holds him tight to her; Clover soon reaches the group.
"Keep your arms off my future husband!" Clover yells to Irida.
"Your future husband?!" Irida replied. Clover walks over to Irida and shoves her, making her release Lincoln.
"That's right!" said Clover as she wraps her arms around Lincoln, making him blush. "I saw him first!"
"Well, I like him more!" said Irida as she grabs one of Lincoln's arms and pulls him away from Clover who quickly grabs Lincoln's other arm.
"No, I do!" said Clover as she pulls Lincoln closer to her and kisses him on the lips, making him blush, and Lisa and Lana giggle. Irida pulls Lincoln back to her and then kisses him on the lips.
"Man, our other sisters would love to see this." said Lana. The tug/kiss contest between the two Lincoln admirers continues on for about a minute before Lincoln drops to the ground, due to him being overheated from all the blushing he did, while the two girls get in each other's faces.
"Lincoln should be with me!" said Clover. "He dreamed that me and him were married with a daughter!"
"How did you know he did?!" asked Lana.
"Me, Coin, and Charm ran into your older sisters and one of them told me about it." said Clover as she continues to glare at Irida. "One of them showed me the paintings he made of it."
"Well, Lincoln loves Pokemon as much as I do, plus I'm more sophisticated than you, so he should be with me!" said Irida.
"Let me give you another reason why Lincoln should be with me." said Clover.
"And what reason is that?" asked Irida before Clover suddenly slaps her across the face.
"That!" said Clover. Irida rubs her cheek before taking a deep breath.
"I understand, but let me make a statement of my own." said Irida before she slaps Clover across the face who doesn't say anything else, but instead slaps Irida again.
"Stay... away... from... my... future... husband!" said Clover through clenched teeth.
"Make me!" said Irida. The two snarl before they grab each other's hair, Clover by the hair that framed Irida's face while Irida grabs her braids; the two struggle before Clover yanks Irida's hair so hard the two lose their balance and fall into one of the mud pools where they begin to wrestle around.
'Why do I have the urge to join in on this?' Lana asked herself as Clover and Irida continued fighting.
"What's going on here?!" Charm's voice calls out, making Lana and Lisa look to see Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn, along with Charm and Coin, running over to them.
"Clover and Irida are fighting over our sole brother." said Lisa, making Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn squeal with delight.
"And what's with Lincoln?" asked Lynn as she notices her brother with a beet red face and a stunned expression on it.
"Clover and Irida each kissed Lincoln on the lips approximately ten times before this altercation started." said Lisa, causing Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn to squeal again.
"Clover, that's enough!" said Charm as she pulls the Miss Fortune Bandit off of Irida.
"Let me at her!" said Clover as she struggles to break free of her sister's grasp.
"I'm certain this is going to attract the attention of the Security Corps, and me and Coin have no Pokemon capable of battling, thanks to those Loud sisters!" said Charm as she points at Leni, Luna, Luan, and Lynn, who smirk at her.
"I don't care!" said Clover as she continues to try to get at Irida who was stepping out of the mud pool; but it was in vain as Charm and Coin start to drag her away.
"We must hurry!" said Coin as she pulls Clover away.
"Stay away from my future husband!" shouts Clover before she, as well as Charm and Coin, leaves their sights.
"That was interesting." said Luan. Just then, a few Security Corps members showed up.
"What is all this commotion?" asked one of the Security Corps members.
"Bandits." said Irida.
"There you are, Lady Irida." said a Security Corps member.
"Umm.. why are you covered in mud?" asked another Security Corps member.
"One of those bandits did this to me." said Irida.
"Well, anyway; the Pearl Clan requires your presence to deal with a problem." said a Security Corps member. "We're here to bring you back to your settlement." Irida growls before looking back at the Loud siblings.
"It seems I have something to take care of." said Irida; she shakes mud off her hands. "Plus, I could use a bath."
"We'll be perfectly fine." said Lisa.
"And make sure that Clover girl stays away from Lincoln!" said Irida.
"We'll try." said Lana as she looks away with a smile. The Security Corps and Irida head off somewhere, but not before Irida blows a kiss to Lincoln who regained his senses.
"What's going on?" asked Lincoln as he shakes the cobwebs out of his head.
"Irida and Clover were fighting over you." said Lana.
"Oh yeah." said Lincoln with a blush. Lana then notices that Luna was carrying a large stone slab.
"What's that?" asked Lana.
"It's something the Miss Fortune Bandits took from the Solaceon Ruins." said Luna.
"Our Pokemon beat theirs in battle and they surrendered it." said Lynn. "Then they said they were coming after you, so we came over in case you needed help."
"We should still return this thing." said Luna as she looks at the stone wall fragment.
"Let's go then." said Lincoln.
Meanwhile, with the Miss Fortune Bandits, Charm and Coin were chewing out a muddied Clover.
"If you would've stayed with us instead of going after that Lincoln boy, we'd still have that piece of the ruin wall!" said Charm.
"My future husband is more important to me than a dumb stone with weird symbols on it." said Clover as she crosses her arms and pouts.
"Well, I don't think we'd have gotten much for it anyway." said Coin.
"Perhaps you're right." said Charm. "Let's focus on something else; like the pokedex those Louds are making."
"Why didn't we try taking it from them earlier when we caught up with them?" asked Coin.
"Because we didn't have enough Pokemon able to battle them for it." said Charm.
"Those Louds are getting stronger." said Coin. Clover wasn't paying attention to her sisters as her mind was focused on Lincoln.
'My darling; I hope that Irida girl stays away from you before we're together again.' Clover thought to herself as she blushes.
The Louds have had another encounter with the Miss Fortune Bandits, with a rivalry forming between Clover and Irida for Lincoln. What will happen to the Louds as their work with the Galaxy Team Survey Corps continues?
End of Chapter 32
Pokemon Lincoln has with him: Quilava (M), Luxray (M), Floatzel (M), and Alpha Parasect (M).
Pokemon Lori has with her: Staravia (F), Beautifly (F), and Combee (F).
Pokemon Leni has with her: Dewott (F), Espeon (F), Buneary (F), and Budew (F).
Pokemon Lola has with her: Ponyta (F), Sylveon (F), and Happiny (F).
Pokemon Lana has with her: Mothim (M), Monferno (M), Munchlax (M), Shellos (M, Carnivine (F), and Croagunk (F).
Pokemon Lynn has with her: Dartrix (M), and Machop (M).
Pokemon Lily has with her: Bibarel (F), Staravia (M), Beautifly (F), Geodude (M), and Cherubi (F).
Pokemon Luan has with her: Staravia (F), Dustox (M), and Mr Mime (F).
Pokemon Luna has with her: Staravia (F), Dustox (M), Kricketune (F), and Hisuian Sneasel (M).
Pokemon Lucy has with her: Drifloon (F), Kadabra (F), and Golbat (F).
Pokemon Lisa has with her: Pikachu (F), Stantler (M), and Scyther (F).
Number of wisps Lucy found: 14