Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Trema: Land of Victory ❯ Wilderness Adventures ( Chapter 9 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Well, here we are with yet another Chapter of the Trema Series. We are glad to have thought of this Chapter during our absence, and here it is!
~Veloran Darkfyre and Du Mar

Chapter Nine: Wilderness Adventures

Previously, on Trema: Land of Victory

Soon, Shinryu was walking back out of the PokéCenter with Night at his side as he began walking towards the PokeLab. "Alright, time to go meet with Professor Alpine!"

Shinryu entered the Lab and walked up towards the counter.

"Excuse me." Shinryu said to the receptionist. "I am here to see Professor Alpine."

The receptionist looked up at Shinryu and nodded. "And may I ask who you are Sir?"
Shinryu smirked, recognizing her voice from over the phone. "Hello Laura. I am Shinryu."

The brunette gasped as she quickly stood up. "Shinryu! The Professor is in the back." She called a Security Officer over. "Take this man to Professor Alpine right away please."

Shinryu sighed as the Officer nodded."Oh I hate special treatment just because I am a Maxwell by birth..."groused underneath his breath so the Officer didn't hear him. "Lead the way."

The Guard grunted noncommittally and began walking towards a door, with Shinryu following behind him. He opened a door and stepped to the side. "I don't want to escort you. Alpine is down this hall a ways. Take a right at the second intersection, and you will come to her Office."

Shinryu nodded. "Thank you." He walked down the hallway as Night chased after him.

Standing on a hill to the north of Auburn City, a man in black clothes with a dark purple hat was watching the City.Shinryu is here... He is the key to the plan.With a swish of his cloak, he vanished from the spot just as a wild Mightyena and its Poochyena pups had made their way to where he was standing.

Shinryu knocked on a door and stood there waiting patiently.

In a few minutes, the door opened and Professor Alpine stood there with a smile. "Why hello Shinryu. I recognize you from a photo of the VIPs and from all I've heard from Oak. Come on in!"

Shinryu nodded as he walked into Alpine's office, sitting down in a chair across from her desk as she closed the door and went to go sit down also. Night sat down next to Shinryu's chair, staring up at the Professor curiously.

"I found your request quite challenging Shinryu." Alpine spoke, staring across at him. "The normal Town Map device was never meant to be compatible with the Pokégear, but I succeeded." She opened a drawer in her desk and pulled out a small card. "This is the Trema map, complete with locations of landmarks and information on them." She placed it on the desk in front of Shinryu.

Shinryu smiled at Alpine as he picked up the card. "Thank you so much."

"No problem." Alpine smiled back. "You impressed my husband immensely. I think that a majority of the others coming here will find him a greater challenge than you did."

Shinryu laughed. "I think you may be right. I understood the reason for that puzzle of his: To see the battle style and know about the Pokémon his opponent uses before they even reach him."

Alpine smiled. "I see... You figured that out just by entering the Gym?" She asked.

"Yes. It was kind of obvious." Shinryu admitted. "But some people are so set on Challenging a Leader, they ignore what is right in front of their face."

Alpine nodded. "That is true... Some just go head first. Now I understand why you are such a powerful Trainer in your own right. You retain a calm head."

Shinryu chuckled. "Well... Not always... When I see someone abusing their Pokémon, I tend to fly off the handle and hurt them."

Alpine frowned. "Really?"

Shinryu nodded. "Yes... I rescued a Pokémon from a Trainer who was abusing his Pokémon for losing against me before I won the Unova League. A Zorua, that is now a fully-grown Zoroark."

Alpine's eyes widened. "So... You're the Shinryu the Unova Police-force dropped the charges against you for Assault One?"

Shinryu nodded. "I may have gone too far... But I did it to rescue it from that life."

"An honorable reason." Alpine said. "Now, I have some work to do."

Shinryu inclined his head. "Thank you Professor Alpine. It was wonderful meeting you in person."

"Pleasure was all mine. Oak talks highly of you whenever your name comes up. Says you're one of the precious few Trainers he has chosen that have achieved the status of granduer you have. The Dragonsong of Hoenn was a fine moniker for Lance to grant you. And the Championbreaker also fits you very well."

Shinryu smiled at Alpine as he stood up. "You flatter me." He held out his hand and shook Alpine's before he and Night left the Office.

As Shinryu left, Alpine smiled to herself as she pulled out a folder containing Shinryu's Trainer Profile and began to review his statistics more. She almost dropped his file as she stared at his win-lose ratio. "He really hasn't lost a match as the Champion... And he only lost one match in his life... Against Seth Maxwell the Burning Mirror."

Shinryu walked outside of the Lab and looked around. "Hmm... Where to go?" He asked while he idly installed the card he just got into his Pokégear. He pulled his bag so he could open the medicine pouch and stared at the contents. "Hmm... Yeah, that's where to next. And then we leave Auburn." He said as he zipped up the pouch and began making his way to the PokéMart.

The blue-roofed building was located directly next to and a part of the PokéCenter. He stepped inside because the doors were already opened and looked around the aisles of goods and gear essential to a Trainer on a journey. He ignored the items on the shelf as he approached the counter. "Good morning. I am here to pick up my usual order."

"Usual order?" Asked the clerk, obviously confused.

"Yes, a package of Full Restores and Revives already bought and paid for in advance before I came here to Trema." Shinryu said calmly. "The order was placed by Triam Inc, and I am one of their sponsors."

The clerk nodded and went into the back. He came back with a package and a clipboard. "Alright, is your name Richard Maxwell?"

Shinryu nodded.

"Okay, sign here." Said the Clerk as he handed Shinryu the clipboard.

Shinryu scribbled his real name in a unique flourish, using a hidden symbol above the 'I' of his name disguised as a normal dot. "Here you go." He handed the clipboard back and the Clerk passed the package to Shinryu.

"Have a good day sir."

Shinryu and Night walked away from the Mart and began making their way for the West side of town.Thank you!He thought to himself.I hate being in cities...

(Meanwhile...)

Hyato and Lydia made their way up the rocky slopes of Stone Forest Path. As they rose in elevation, the air dried out, but the sun beat down hard on the area. Hyato dragged his feet and slumped over as he trudged on. Lydia walked like normal.

"It's notthathot," Lydia said, watching Hyato struggle to move.

"Just cause... you... grew up in... a volcano," Hyato breathed.

"I didn't grow up in a volcano." Lydia said, "stop being a baby."

Hyato meandered on, ignoring Lydia. He hadn't slowed much, so Lydia wasn't too worried.

They quickly came to a cliff wall. There was no way around, and it was too tall to climb. Or so Lydia thought. Hyato wasted no time, gripping the stone wall like a ladder, slowly finding his way up.

"What are you a Mankey?" Lydia said.

"Ook!" Hyato replied, as he continued.

"I can't climb that you know." Lydia called.

Hyato reached the top. "Well, then how are you gonna get up?" he called.

"I don't know," Lydia said.

"Hold on." Hyato disappeared from view. A few moments later he let down a rope. "Climb up."

"I CAN'T! I don't have the strength!" Lydia complained.

"Then just grab it and hold on! I'll pull you up." Hyato said.

"I'm too heavy!"

"You're not heavy!"

"Well my bag is."

"Then tie it on, I'll pull it up first." Hyato reasoned.

Lydia tied her pack onto the rope. Hyato pulled it up then tossed the rope back down.

Lydia grabbed on and was pulled up. "Weren't you exhausted from the heat?" She asked when she got to the top.

"Was I?" Hyato asked.

"Yes, you were. You complained for at least a mile." Lydia said, picking up her backpack.

"Oh yeah," Hyato remembered. He looked up towards the sun, "I guess it's not so bad."

"Whatever." Lydia and Hyato continued down the road. Hyato wasn't complaining or anything, he was just fine.

"So how long till we reach Tectra City?" Hyato asked.

"Well, since, this path isn't supposed to be walkable, I don't know." Lydia said.

"What do you mean?" Hyato asked.

"Most people don't go around scaling cliffs Hyato." Lydia said.

"Why not?" Hyato asked, "It's not hard."

"It is for normal people." Lydia said.

"What are you getting at..." Hyato asked suspiciously.

"You're not normal Hyato," Lydia said. "Isn't it obvious?"

"I'm not?" Hyato asked. "Then what am I?"

"I don't know!" Lydia snapped.

"I'm sorry Lydia. What did I do wrong?" Hyato asked, worried.

"It's nothing." Lydia said.

"Okay," Hyato said, not believing her.

They walked on in silence. Nothing managed to break it. The awkward tension was painful, Hyato kept sweating, or was that the heat?

Hyato wanted to say something, but he had no words to work with. So they continued silently. At one point Hyato brought out Etherea to try to liven things up, but even Etherea could feel the tension and stayed silent.

Lydia didn't mean to snap at Hyato, he didn't deserve it. But she wasn't herself. She felt like she'd lost something over the past few days.

Then they heard a noise. It was enough to snap both of them back to reality. In front of them were a small group of Pokémon. They were small, about the size of a head. And that's what they seemed to be.

They were little purple heads with arms. Their eyes and arms were not human-like, but very close. Their eyes had horizontal lines running through them in place of pupils. Instead of a mouth they had four teeth at the bottom of their head, like if you ripped the lower jaw off a skull. They each had little wispy red horns and a vertical red stripe running down their forehead from the back.

"Whoa, they're covered in black flame." Hyato pointed out. The flames were small and hard to see. "What's that Pokémon?" Hyato said as he pulled out his Pokédex.

*Ping*[Noirignis The super toxin Pokémon. Noirignis is a fire/poison type that feeds off of toxic gases. When this Pokémon battles, it uses miasma to poison the enemies while healing itself.]

"Awesome!" Hyato said, sending out Etherea, "That one is mine!"

"Go ahead Hyato," Lydia said, "I'm gonna go see what's ahead." Lydia continued up the path.

Hyato and Etherea approached the Noirignis' and stood valiantly before them. "Noirignis!" Hyato called, pointing one of them out. "We challenge you to battle!"

The Noirignis that Hyato called out looked stunned for a moment, then stepped forward with fighting spirit.

Etherea stepped forward and readied itself. "Alright! Let's do this!" Hyato said.

Lydia walked ahead along the path. She took special notice of the oddly shaped rocks and leaves that blanketed the path. Lydia entertained her eyes with the sights while secretly pondering about the problem.

What was the problem? Why did Lydia feel so out of it, she couldn't find an answer. Lydia came to a section of the path that was quite odd. Stone trees were everywhere, as if someone had carved out hundreds of tree statues up and down the path. They were awfully realistic, though why someone would carve them was beyond comprehension.
Lydia walked over and ran her hand along one of the light brown tree-stones. It was a rough, dusty texture. The pine needles could be felt with amazing accuracy. Lydia was beginning to think these weren't man-made.

"It's horrible isn't it?" said an unfamiliar voice. Lydia turned to see a tall trainer walking over from inside the stone forest. "The way these trees have died." The trainer had curly Blue hair and rectangular glasses. He walked with an air of happiness, and seemed intelligent too.

"These trees were alive? I thought they were statues." Lydia asked the trainer.

"No, these trees were alive, long ago, but they've been stone for decades now." The trainer said, "Oh, I'm Laz by the way." Laz held out his hand to Lydia.

Lydia shook his hand, "Nice to meet you Laz. My name is Lydia."

"Alright Lydia, now that introductions are through," Laz held up a Pokéball, "Why don't we have a match?"

Slightly taken aback Lydia said, "Just like that?"

"Of course, this is a league challenge after all. So our eyes have met, and we should battle. How does 3 on 3 sound?"

Lydia didn't even need a moment to think. "I accept!" She said with battle-ready ferocity.

"Alright, my first battle in Trema! Here goes nothing! Go Stantler!" Laz sent out the Big Horn Pokémon, and it looked ready for battle.

"Go! Sabre!" Lydia's Kabutops appeared quickly, ready for battle. Stantler's imposing horns cut Sabre's attack. "Now Metal Sound." Sabre rubbed his claws together rapidly, producing a harsh sound. The fierce sound of metal scraping affected Stantler's stance. It's Special defense was sharply reduced.

"Stantler, use Calm Mind!" Stantler focused, the orbs in its antlers glowed as it's Special Attack and Defense rose.

"Sabre, Rain dance!" Kabutops moved in an odd but specific dance and summoned the rain.

"Crap, your Kabutops must have Swift Swim, Stantler Role play!" Stantler altered it's stance, making itself look and feel like Sabre, copying Kabutops' Swift Swim ability.

Both Stantler and Kabutops' grew faster as the rain pelted down on them, a thin bluish sheen surrounding them.

"Alright Sabre, use Brine!" Sabre struck with a tactical water strike, heightened by Rain Dance, and more powerful to Stantler's low Special Defense.

Stantler took the hit hard, but was still in the fight, "Stantler, Energy Ball," Stantler launched a ball of green energy at Kabutops. It hit hard, and was super-effective. Kabutops fainted.

"You deserve a rest Sabre, Go Skydive!" Kabutops was recalled and replaced with Archeops.

"So, another fossil Pokémon huh?" Laz said.

"Skydive! Dragon pulse!" Archeops sent out a concentrated pulse of powerful purplish energy. Stantler took a direct hit and fell to the ground hard, fainted.

The rain persisted, covering Lydia, Laz and Skydive in cold water.

"Well done Stantler, Alright, go Ursaring!" Laz's Ursaring stood taller than Archeops, but Archeops wasn't afraid. "Ursaring, use Slash!" Ursaring slashed with its sharp claws. It wasn't very effective but it was still a critical hit.

Skydive recovered quickly, "Alright Skydive, Substitute!" Archeops created a copy of itself.

"Ursaring, Brick Break." Ursaring smashed through the substitute easily.

"Skydive, use Substitute again," Skydive created another copy of itself, it was low in health now.

"Ursaring, use Slash" it wasn't very effective, the substitute remained.

"Now Skydive, Endeavor!" Skydive brought Ursaring down into low health to match Skydive.

"What! No, Ursaring Brick Break!" The weakened Ursaring lunged forward and smashed Archeops' substitute. The substitute faded, but Skydive remained.

"Now Skydive, use Crunch!" Skydive flew forward and bit hard into Ursaring. But Ursaring managed to stay up, not very fazed by the attack.

"Ha! Fell victim to Archeops defeatist ability!" Laz boasted. "Ursaring, use Faint attack." Ursaring approached Skydive disarmingly, and landed a final blow. Skydive fainted.

Only one Pokémon left. I can do this! "Go Tyranus!" Lydia said, throwing up a blue Pokéball.

Laz got a horrified look on his face. "A Tyranitar?" he exclaimed.

"No." Lydia said as her Pokémon emerged.

"WAAAAAAAA-boufett." Cried the Wobbuffet.

Laz laughed, "Really? A Wobbuffet? Ursaring use Slash!" Ursaring ran forth and slashed Wobbuffet.

It immediately countered the attack, a mysterious force doubling the power as Wobbuffet smacked back and defeating Ursaring. "Tyranus just used counter." Lydia said happily.

"What?" Laz said, "Hmmph, well take this! Go Noctowl!" Laz sent forth a large Noctowl, it hooted suspiciously at Tyranus.

"Tyranus, Safeguard." Wobbuffet created a powerful field of energy around itself.

"Noctowl, use work up!" Noctowl got itself all worked up, raising its attack and special attack.

"Tyranus, use Counter." Wobbuffet prepared to counter Noctowl's attack.

"Simple solution, Noctowl, use Heat Wave!" Noctowl flapped its wings with great force, sending a wave of burning heat at Wobbuffet. The powerful fire attack enveloped Wobbuffet, but safeguard protected it from getting burned.

Time to end this. Lydia thought. " Tyranus, Mirror coat!" Tyranus coated itself in a shining reflective coat.

"All I have to do is use a physical attack!" Laz said.

"No, Noctowl will use Heat Wave again!" Lydia cried.

"No he won't…" Laz began, but was cut off by Noctowl's flapping wings. Noctowl forced out another heat wave, which struck Tyranus hard. Then Tyranus's mirror coat shone brightly and an enormous wave of heat erupted at Noctowl with crushing force. Noctowl was enveloped in the heat, and fainted.

"WHAT! How did you do that?" Laz said, as he returned Noctowl to its Pokéball.

"I'm sorry." Lydia apologized. "I did it on accident, I didn't mean to order your Pokémon."

Laz pulled out three small yellow crystal, pressing one to the top of each of his Pokéballs. The revives melted around the storage units, and disappeared. "I suppose its all right." Laz said finally, "You won, fair and square." Laz pulled out his trainer card and linked to Lydia's, then he transferred over some funds. "3000 seems fair."

Lydia felt rejuvenated. "Thanks for the fight Laz, where are you headed?"

"I'm off to Auburn city." He replied.

"Well best of luck, I need to go find my traveling companion." Lydia said as they parted ways.

As Lydia walked back towards where she left Hyato, she reflected on her battle. She had fought and won, and now she felt loads better. It had been more than a week since her last Pokémon battle, and that must be why she was so angry. Lydia smiled as she rounded the last corner to meet up with Hyato.

Hyato was panting and coughing, covered in soot and mud. He smiled when he saw Lydia. "I caught it!" He exclaimed with one thumb up in a victorious pose.

"What happened?" Lydia asked as she handed Hyato a towel.

"Fire Pokémon fight fiercely. They all fought me at once, but Etherea was amazing and managed to beat them." Hyato said, no longer coughing. "So what were you up to?"

"Nothing much," Lydia said, "I had a fight with another trainer. I won."

Hyato grinned, "Awesome! Well we've no time to lose! We need to make it to Tectra city today!"

Lydia groaned, Tectra city was miles of rough terrain away, but she had a feeling that Hyato wasn't lying.

A single candle flame broke the darkness of the room. The light flickered and jumped at every movement, casting dancing shadows on the dimly lit walls. Two men sat across from each other, separated by a small table on which the candle sat.

"We have come to ask that you begin your end of the agreement." The smaller man in the mask said.

The other man looked at him from beneath the hood of his coat. "He's here then?"

The smaller man nodded, causing the candle light to flicker and dance.

The hooded man rose to his feet, head nearly touching the roof. "Very well."

Shinryu sighed with relief as he walked along Wreck Path, Night trotting at his side. "It is so good to be away from people now."

Night nodded as they stopped, Shinryu stretching his arms as he sighed again. "Yes, it is good to be away from stinky, smelly, annoying humans."

"Oi!"

"What? You're not really human anyway Shinryu. You're a Chosen." Said Night with a purr as she advanced on Shinryu and knocked him over so she was standing over him. "You're my mate, so you aren't Human at all."

Shinryu sighed as he stared up into Night's crimson eyes. "Yeah, I guess you are right about that. I am not fully human, after all I stopped a Hitmonchan's Megapunch easily."

Night smiled down at her mate, licking his nose playfully. "Good. At least you understand that concept." She got off of him.

Shinryu stood up and pulled his Pokeballs off of his belt. "Come on out guys!" He shouted, and with a variance of colors many Pokémon appeared into existence.

Freya the Flygon hummed as she nuzzled Shinryu's shoulder, her Gentle Nature showing.

Dusk the Zoroark sat down next to Shinryu's right leg, looking up at her master with caring and trust.

Flare the Blaziken appeared next to Night, and the two immediately began talking with each other like old friends in their Pokespeak.

A Hydreigon roared as she levitated in the air to Shinryu's left, gently nipping at Shinryu's arm despite her Rash Nature.

A Salamence curled up on the ground somewhat away from the group, sinking into a nap.

"Hey Guys." Said Shinryu happily as he pet the Pokémon who were trying to get his attention. "Kaira, you are gentler than you let on as always." He told the Hydreigon, who let out a soft roar as she nuzzled into his hand. "And Dusk, great job against Alberon. He was definitely much tougher than any of the Elite Four in the other regions I've challenged." Dusk grinned happily, closing her eyes as a pleased look crossed her face.
"And Freya, the Goddess of Contest. You did wonderful in your first actual battle against someone. You did a brilliant job." Freya hummed as she nuzzled against Shinryu's shoulder.

The Salamence's snore filled the air.

"Phera? Are you sleeping?" Asked Shinryu as he maneuvered around his Pokémon easily and appeared next to the snoring Salamence. "Oh well... I guess you miss dinner."
The result was immediate: Phera awoke and looked at Shinryu. Her eyes literally said: "Food?"

"Hahaha! I wouldn't make you miss food if I have the chance." Shinryu said as he lowered his bag to the ground and began to dig through it. He eventually pulled out a container of PokeBlocks and then a case of Poffins, and finally a mixer and a box of Apricorns. "Alright, those who want PokeBlocks first line up now. Poffins will be handed out also, and the Aprijuice later. Kaira and Phera, since you two mostly hunt you can go ahead and leave to find some food. Just be careful, we don't know how strong the Wild Pokémon of this region are."

Phera and Kaira both roared in acknowledgment as they took to the air and flew off in opposite directions. The rest lined up to receive their PokeBlocks.

Five minutes later, his Pokémon were eating on their treats happily while Shinryu was blending together the Apricorn juice.

Soon, Flare came up to Shinryu and sat down next to him.

"Hey girl... Do you miss him?" Asked Shinryu as he was shaking the blender.

Flare nodded, her eyes slightly saddened.

"That's okay... So do I." Shinryu placed the still unfinished blend of Aprijuice as he placed a hand on Flare's shoulder. "Seth will be missed by both of us... He was your Master while I was his Brother..." He paused as a lone tear made its way down his cheek. "Seth... Was someone who I loved very much... Without him I wouldn't be alive today."

Flare cooed softly as she held Shinryu's head to her chest as he began to cry softly, although it wouldn't have been obvious to a passerby that he was crying because of the way Night was blocking his face from view when she approached also.

"Shinryu?" Asked Night tentatively.

"Y-yes Night?" Asked Shinryu over his sobbing.

"Are you okay?" Night approached and nuzzled Shinryu's arm with the side of her head that her scythe wasn't on.

Shinryu shook his head. "No... I am not okay, but then again I am also not depressed... Its just that if Seth wasn't alive when something happened, I wouldn't have met you."
Night's eyes softened as she stopped nuzzling her mate and stared into his eyes. "I understand... I understand all too well."

Flare let Shinryu go as she placed a hand on his cheek. She spoke in the tongue of the Pokémon, which Shinryu still couldn't understand.

"She says: Shinryu, if you don't calm down I am going to smack you."

Shinryu smiled at Flare, who smiled back at him as best as she could with her beak. "Alright. I will calm down now." He sat up and closed his eyes, taking deep calming breaths. As soon as he was done, he opened his eyes and looked at Flare again. "Alright, you ready for some training?"

Flare nodded eagerly, clucking softly.

"Good." He stood up and walked over to where the rest of his Pokémon were, Kaira and Phera having caught a couple of Scyther to eat and had returned during this. "Alright guys, you know the routine." He said as he continued past with Flare.

They reached a larger span of the area they were camped and Shinryu settled into a defensive stance. "It's been about a few months since I trained with you." He told Flare, who inclined her head also as she stared at Shinryu. "But lets see how well I improved! You can use whatever moves you want besides Special moves, because this is Physical."
Flare nodded.

"Alright! Lets go!" Shinryu shouted as a thin film of aura surrounded him. He ran forward, his steps creating slight indents in the ground.

Flare ran also, and the two met in the middle locked together as they caught each others punches.

They backed away and kicked each other, only to have their kicks intercept the others. The resulting shockwave that emitted from this pushed the two back, as Shinryu flipped around and landed in a tri-form crouch. (A/N: Think in the Animes where they land using their hand and end up in a crouch that way.) "Good! Now faster!" He shouted as his aura intensified until it was visible to the naked eye, slightly purplish and black as he ran faster towards Flare.

Flare ran faster as well, her superior speed making her reach Shinryu quickly so she used an Uppercut to hit Shinryu, who blocked the attack with a cross of his arms to protect his chest.

Shinryu soared through the air, flipping around as he landed on his feet and bent his knees to absorb the impact. "Sky Uppercut." He said as he recognized the move. "Good choice!" He ran again, jumping over a Low Kick from Flare and spinning around to hit Flare across the shoulder, knocking her over.

Flare used her arms and flipped back onto her feet, spinning around to kick at where Shinryu was.

Shinryu saw this so he brought his arm down and lifted himself out of reach and away from the powerful kick that a Blaziken was known to deal with their powerful legs.Low Kick...He thought as he landed and blocked an energy charged punch by bringing his arm up and pushing away the attack, the electricity staying away from his body as he brought his own punch in to hit Flare.

(One hour later...)

Shinryu held up his hand as he landed again, signaling to Flare that is was time to stop. "That is good." He said before he sat down, concentrating on controlling his breathing.

Flare sat down also, her breathing fast and rapid.

"That was great." Shinryu said to Flare. "I have definitely gotten faster and stronger since the last time we fought. Thank you for the opportunity to fight you again."

"Blaziken!" Crowed Flare, a happy look in her eyes as if she had said 'thank you.'

Shinryu smiled as Night approached him and sat next to him. "Hey you." He said as he reached out and pulled her to him, a playful look in his eyes. "How much did you like the show?"

"Oh I loved it. You are definitely developing all of your abilities as a Chosen because your Aura just revealed itself." Answered Night as she stared into Shinryu's eyes.

"Oh?" Shinryu pulled back from Night and staring at her. "An Aura?"

Night grinned. "Yes, a purple and black Aura." She said happily.

Shinryu looked thoughtful, his eyes glazing as his mind began to wander.

"Shinryu?" Asked Night, pulling away from him and staring at the now unfocused Shinryu. She didn't get any response.

"Night, I think he is finally heeding the Calling."Flare said, bringing Night's attention onto her."He has resisted for eight years after all."

Night nodded as she curled up next to Shinryu, a worried look in her eyes before she closed them and fell asleep, the day finally ending.

Hyato and Lydia walked along with a skip in their step. Having just stopped for lunch, both of the Trainers were full of energy and ready to close the final gap between them and Tectra city. Lydia had one of her Pokémon out, a Venasaur, to help with moving obstacles out of the way.

Even though the path had steepened, both trainers proceeded with silent happiness; until they came to the cliff. If the cliff from before was compared to this, then it would need to be renamed a speed bump. The cliff face before them stretched up at least 100 yards, probably more.

"I can't climb this." Hyato said immediately.

"Of course you wont be climbing this." Lydia retorted, "but then, how will we get up?"

"We could fly up on Archeops." Hyato suggested.

"No can do, Archeops fainted and I forgot to buy revives." Lydia said.

They stood there, lost in thought.

Finally Hyato did something. He walked into a clump of stone trees, and returned with two petrified sticks.

"What are those for?" Lydia asked.

"You'll see." Hyato said. He sat down and pulled out a piece of metal from his bag. He started chipping away at the sticks, near the end. It took a while, but he managed to fashion a point on the end of each stone stick.

Looking pleased with himself, Hyato took the sticks and started walking up and down the wall. "What are you doing?" Lydia asked.

Hyato turned to look at Lydia. "These stone trees are harder than the wall, I can climb if I use these." He explained.

"What if you fall," Lydia asked, with a worried tone.

"I wont" Hyato assured.

Lydia bit back her worry. "Fine, but don't try anything you cant do." Lydia was worried, but something about Hyato made her trust him.

Hyato smiled, and turned back to the wall. With the sticks in make-shift sheathes on his back, he began to climb. Lydia watched him for a bit, but decided to look away, unable to look any longer. Lydia started walking along the cliff face.

It wasn't long before Lydia noticed something on the cliff. From where they were before it had looked like a crack in the wall, but on closer inspection, it seemed to be intentional. Lydia went over to investigate, only to find a staircase built into the cliff, going all the way up.

Lydia looked back to see that Hyato was already halfway to the top, so she decided to surprise him by beating him there. Lydia went up the staircase, hastily at first, but slowing down due to fatigue.

By the time Hyato was nearly there, Lydia was waiting at the top. "Need a hand?" Lydia asked when Hyato was in arm's reach.

Hyato smiled, "Sure!" and reached out to take Lydia's hand. Lydia pulled with all her might, finally managing to bring Hyato over the ledge.

Hyato came up with impressive momentum, causing Lydia to fall backward, and Hyato to fall on top of her. Their gazes met, causing both to blush furiously. "Lydia." Hyato whispered.

"Y-yes?" Lydia said, her heart raising in velocity.

Hyato stared deep into Lydia's eyes, drawn in by the beauty of Lydia's ocean-blue orbs. After a long silent moment, Hyato moved and allowed Lydia to sit up.

They both sat there on the edge of the cliff, looking away from each other. Hyato's heart was beating fast and his face was red. He wasn't used to this feeling, and a thousand thoughts rushed through his head at light speed.

After a long uncomfortable silence, Lydia stood up and said, "Come on Hyato, Tectra city is close," offering her hand to Hyato.

Hyato smiled, a different kind of smile than his usual goofy overconfident smile. "Let's go." He said.

Hyato and Lydia set off down the last stretch of the path, almost all the way to Tectra city.

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