Pokémon: Creators of the Future [IC/PG-16/Started/Accepting Via OOC]

[Pichu]

Kotomi gulped. "No, no, no!" she yelled. "I just want directions! No battling!" Azumarill didn't care if Kotomi wanted to battle or not, for she jumped out in front of Kotomi. "Zu!" she cried, then shot a stream of water at the Mawile. "Arceus damn it, Azumarill!" Kotomi yelled. "I guess now that you've attacked we have to battle!" While this was occurring, one of the Rocket grunts turned onto the street to see Kotomi. He pulled out a PokeGear and held it up to his ear. "I might of found her, on the corner of Fourth and Bark Street." he said. "She's in the middle of a Pokemon battle though, and her Azumarill looks pretty strong. I'll see if I can interfere." He shoved the PokeGear back into his pocket and watch the battle from the bushes.

Sakura pulled her PokeGear from her face. "Number 44 found her." she said. Gengar cackled again. Sakura noticed Professor Elm's lab down the street. "Hold on." she said, then walked away from the grunts, her Gengar following. She got to the lab and barged inside, while Gengar floated through a wall. "Professor Elm?!" she questioned.

[Fen.]

Once Glaceon had quenched her thirst, she slowly crawled back to Marina's side, sleeping once again upon her lap. The mutilated peasant had long since been eliminated. Marina yawned and stood up from her throne. Glaceon reponded and trailled at her master's heels. As Marina walked through the hole in the wall, she pulled up the right sleeve of her black-ice colored dress, revealing her C-gear. Without skipping a beat, she tuned into the radio signals of the teams of surrounding nations, in all of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova. She spoke briskly and clearly.
[color=#008080][i]"I want a report from anyone in the neighboring nations of any "children" that have been located. If any have been found in Hoenn, bring them to me, and I will see it done that their last breath will be taken in my mansion."[/i][/color][color=#000000] she ended the transmition by pulling her sleeve back down over her C-Gear. Her sharp motions had lead her to the foyer of her mansion. She stood at the top of a grand stai[/color]


[color=#000000]rcase made of glass and ice, which gave of an array of lights and colors whenever the light shone on its beautiful steps. The same carved patters adorned the walls and floors of the foyer, with the symbol of Team Rime frozen into the center of the frosted room.[/color]

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It was here where Marina waited for her second-in-command to arrive from their mission, as it was crucial that her partner had succeded in their mission. Glaceon mewed peacefully, and rested on the top steps of the foyer, waiting for the results of the misssion as well.

[Pichu]

Sakura held her Pokegear up to her ear again. "Is that Marina?" she questioned. "The Aqua leader?" Gengar gave a confused look, then continued to scare a nearby lab assistant. Sakura held her Pokegear up to her ear and said;

"[i]Marina? Yeah, this is Sakura. What you mean by "children"? The children with the Pokemon inside of them or whatever? Cause there's one in Johto. And get this, it's Giovanni Ichinose's daughter. He told me about that thing that Arceus did to some kids years ago. He tried to murder his wife because of it. And don't you even think of killing her. I want to be the one who hears her last gulp for life. Anyways, if you hear of any of those damn kids in Johto or Kanto, point them to me.[/i]"

And the she ended the message without a good bye. She then looked forward to see a now much older Professor Elm.

"Professor Elm!" she yelled. The professor looked back at the ginger beauty and remembered back when he was young, and gave Sakura her first Pokemon, Azurill. "Sakura!" he said. "Long time no see. I haven't talked to you since you got involved with... Rocket." Sakura smirked. "Listen, I don't want to give an old man trouble, plus I don't want to hurt you, I really don't. So if you can just tell me how to get to Fourth Street, I'll be on my way." Professor Elm gulped. "Of course. Just go down the street and take the next two rights. You can't miss it." he said. Sakura nodded. "Thanks, old man." she said, then backed out of the lab, her Gengar following. The Professor sighed. "She used to be such a nice girl... Where did she go wrong?"

[Alice Moonflowyr]

Mawile took the stream of water without so much as a flinch, and looked rather amused. [color=#B22222]"Tsk. Water attacks are useless against Mawile. While she can learn Steel-type moves, she is primarily a Dark type. Continue Mawile." [/color]Mawile launched a flurry of attacks on Azumarill, starting with a Sucker Punch, landing an attack on Azumarills stomach. Mawile then went into a defenseive state, and followed up with Torment, preventing Azumarill from using the same move multiple times in a row. "Mawwile."
[color=#B22222]"Care to retaliate...Azu?" [/color]

[encapturer]

I got what I came here for, Mallath thought to himself as he ran through the forest. Everything was going to plan. All he need to do was rendezvous with his unit waiting for him. Unfortunately, the man heard a second set of footsteps trailing behind him. Mallath thought about luring his pursuer into an ambush, but he decided he would teach a lesson, instead. So he slowed down until he heard a voice from behind him.

"Give it up, Plasma scum!" A definitely male voice came from behind. Mallath turned around and examined the one who followed him. A young male, barely into his twenties. Dressed conservatively, for travel. One Pokeball hanging from his belt. One in his hand.

Mallath bit his lip. "Already deciding to use your Pokemon?" He asked, mockingly.

"I'll stop you here!" The young trainer said, tossing his Pokeball towards Mallath. "Go, Houndour!"

Before the creature could be released from his Pokeball, Mallath dashed forward in a motion that could barely be seen by his foe. The Pokeball opened in a flash of light. Mallath further closed the distance between himself and his target. The light began forming into the recognizable shape of a Houndour. Mallath ran past the Houndour, and past the trainer. As the trainer turned to see what was going on, Mallath grabbed the Pokeball hanging from the young man's belt, and yanked it off, breaking the harness holding it in place.

"You would do better if you did not rely on these creatures all the time," Mallath said to the now frightened trainer. Before he could get an answer, Mallath punched the young man in the gut before running off. As he fled, the Houndour chased after him, occasionally assaulting him with its fiery breath, but it soon retreated, presumably to be with his unconscious trainer. There was no need for anything else, no more worries of anyone trailing him. And those splicers were just that much closer to being in Team Plasma's posession once again...

[Pichu]

Kotomi scoffed. "Her name is Azumarill!" she yelled. Azumarill took the hit to the stomach, then laughed. "Azumarill use Rollout followed by an Aqua Ring!" Azumarill nodded, then curled up into blue ball. Then she launched herself at Mawile several times, as Rollout causes one to do. After five hits, Azumarill uncurled and then a ring of water appeared around her, restoring her health a little bit. "You're move!" Kotomi yelled. As she said that, Sakura, her Gengar, and two grunts turned the corner to see the fight. "That's her." Sakura said. "That grunt wasn't kidding. That Azumarill looks pretty tough. And the Mawile on the other side of the field looks equally strong." Gengar drifted to the ground to stand. "Let's stake out and watch how this goes, shall we?"

[Alice Moonflowyr]

Mawile took the hits with gusto, and as soon as the ring of water appeared, she started crying. She looked a bit pitiful just sitting there, sobbing her eyes out. Only Sisiori could see what Mawile was doing. [i][color=#B22222]Brilliant. Without my even having to instruct her, Mawile instantly knew what to do! The Fake Tears move should get Azumarill off guard, and then Mawile can charge in with....let's see, Iron Head.[/color][/i][color=#B22222] [/color]Sisi walked over to Mawile and said; [color=#B22222]"It's ok....you big Iron Head. It's ok." [/color]Sisi then backed off and made a gesture at Kotomi. [color=#B22222]"Make your decision. And make sure it's the right one..."[/color]

[Pichu]

Kotomi studied the Mawile closely. [i]'I must say, this Mawile is a very good actor. I should congratulate the trainer after the battle. But those are Fake Tears... I'm just not sure what she's trying to do...' [/i]Kotomi thought herself. "Azumarill, careful, but let's try a Superpower!" Kotomi said. Azumarill nodded. "Zu!" she cried. All of a sudden, her body glowed with a bright blue aura, then a large rock shot out of the ground, which glowed with a blue aura. Azumarill's ears suddenly pointed at Mawile, and then the rock flew at her, which should crush the target. Kotomi looked away as the rock came into contact with the Pokemon.

"That looked painful."

[Alice Moonflowyr]

Mawiles plan backfired, and instead of getting Azumarill off-guard, opened herself up to a major amount of pain. She didnt faint, but Sisiori considered the damage enough and recalled her. [color=#B22222]"Damn. Nice job. But let's see how you fare against this next pokemon..." [/color]Sisi chose her next pokemon with care, and threw the Pokeball into the air. A large metal snake burst out of the ball, with parts of it's body spinning somewhat. [color=#B22222]"Steelix, take the field. Devastator." [/color]The Steelix gave an almost imperceptible nod, and burrowed underground, throwing dirt into the air. [i][color=#B22222]Steelixs' Devastator strategy should end this portion of the battle. Unless she has pokemon other than Azumarill. [/color][/i]

[Pichu]

Kotomi shrugged. "A two Pokemon battle? Ok then." She held up a Pokeball. "Azumarill, return!" she yelled. Then a red light engulfed the aquatic Pokemon and then it disappeared into the Pokeball. Kotomi reached into her bag a pulled out a second Pokeball and tossed it on the field. "Go Whimsicott!" she yelled. Suddenly, a cheery grass type Pokemon appeared. "Whimsicott!" he cried. "Ok, Whimsicott, counter-attack with a Mega Drain when Steelix appears!" Whimsicott jumped and then awaited for the steel snake to shoot out of ground.

Sakura studied the battle. "She's been busy training." she said. "I've never seen an Azumarill use such a powerful Superpower attack. She'll be a tough one to off." Gengar laughed at the responds and then started to levitate.

[Alice Moonflowyr]

[color=#B22222][i]Yesss. A Grass-Type. Steelix should be able to make last-second adjustments...it's simply a different element after all. [/i][/color]Steelix then burst out of the ground and, in a few seconds, saw the Whimsicott, and made a small change to it's tactics. The original plan was to burst out of the ground and use Thunder Fang on the Azumarill. Steelix simply needed to change the Thunder Fang to a Fire Fang, which he did flawlessly, albiet getting hit by the Mega Drain as he did so. Seeing Steelix was a little stumped as to what next, Sisiori said; [color=#B22222]"Steelix, minor tactical change. Impact." [/color]The Steelix then roared, and a ball of pure energy formed in it's mouth. A beam then came directly out of the ball, and struck Whimsicott directly in the face. A Hyper Beam wasn't something to be played with....
[color=#B22222]"You think you're strong? Try living on Mt. Silver for 13 years of your life with no one but your Pokemon. Then come tell me you're strong." [/color]Sisiori said, Steelix looking rather menacing beside her. She then tossed Steelix a yellow berry, which it snapped up. It immidiatly looked rejuvinated.

[Pichu]

Kotomi gasped. All the attacks from the Steelix were too much for her little Whimsicott. "Whimsicott, return!" she yelled. Another red aura surrounded the Pokemon, then it disappeared into the Pokeball. Kotomi smiled, then walked up to Sisiori. "Well played." she said. "Living on Mt. Sliver for 13 years? Only with Pokemon? Not sure if that's supposed to be a good or bad thing, but it looks like you've trained your Pokemon really well. And trust me I'm not strong. I'm anything but. But battling is a fun way to show off the skills we can teach to our Pokemon, so I like it. I learned most of my skills from my father..." Kotomi paused and stared downwards. Then she came to and looked back to Sisiori. "By the way, I'm Kotomi Ichinose! Pleased to meet you." Kotomi bowed.

[Envoy of Twilight]

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[color=#B22222]"Seems like it would be good for both Pokemon." [/color]Hayato said, walking up to Ace, rubbing his ears as he recalled him to his Poke-ball for some rest. Then as the wind blew harder, and after Etner's yell, Hayato himself became very excited. The flames in his eyes were now overtaking them, as he smirked a bit.

[color=#B22222]"My name is Hayato Takeshi. To be honest, this is the most excitement I've ever gotten from any Pokemon battle I've had before!" [/color]he said. What he didn't know was, this kid Etner was similar to him...in more ways than one. However, something was making Hayato think that him and Etner had known each other prior to this...but it was impossible. He had just met the guy...and there was no way they ever met before. But something about this kid seemed...familiar...but Hayato couldn't put his finger on it.
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[color=#b22222][b][i]"I'm not quite sure how I know you..but it feels like we know each other somehow.."[/i][/b][/color]
[i]Etner had a sudden pain in his chest, which caused him to put both hands on his heart for a moment. Somewhere, in the back of his mind, a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIWXKG0FDY"]familiar tune[/url] started to echo throughout his entire being. It startled him at first, but it began to feel almost..natural. Suddenly, with his eyes now glowing blue yet again, he looked up at Hayato and, rather strangely, spoke in a completely different voice. The voice seemed to carry throughout the trees as it began to speak through Etner.[/i]

[b][color=#b22222][i]"Entei..my friend.."[/i][/color][/b]

[i]After the three words, Etner shook his head rapidly, knocking himself out of his delusion. However, his eyes still glowed. He began to think about what just happened, and simply could not figure it out. He had no idea what exactly was going on, but he most definetly wanted to.[/i]

[i]Etner then looked over at the two females who had started to battle. The two seemed evenly matched, but a certain turn of events tipped the scales in one of their favor. They looked pretty strong, but it did not seem like anything he couldn't handle with some determination. Etner looked back at Hayato, awaiting his response.[/i]

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Hayato heard Etner, but he originally thought he called him by his name. But wait...they had just met...so what did he just call him? But then he paused as he held his head, a burning sensation piercing through it. As it slowly died down...Hayato stood up right...but something was different...especially as he now spoke, small puffs of smoke began to pour from his mouth.

[i][color=#FF0000]"We meet again...Guardian of the Sea..."[/color][/i]

After a split second, Hayato finally returned to normal as he just held his head, moving back toward a tree to lean up against. [color=#B22222][i]T-The hell just happened? G-Guardian of the Sea? Why did I say that? [/i][/color]he thought.

[Mehmani]

As Andrew lay back in his chair, petting Dulcamara and lounging over a small cigar, he thought about just how boring his day was. That makes me feel even more bored, he thought. BLEEP-BLEEP! The phone rang loudly enough that it shocked the half-asleep Andrew into dropping his cigar. He swore and ushered his relaxed Ampharos away as he took the call.

"Hello?"
"Yes boss. Sorry about the mix-up, I just thought I should tell you about what Miss Orion is doing," Petrel replied flatly.
"Oh for Arceus' sake, what now? Is she bathing in the blood of Lillipup? Razing a hamlet to the ground for fun?" said Andrew.
Petrel sighed and continued. "No, but pretty close. She's looking for those Arceus kids again. Wants to eradicate them all. The boss knows more than me. What are you going to- Hello? Andrew, boss? He hung up on me!"

Andrew slammed down the phone and rung up Sakura.
"Sakura? You there? You had better tell me what's going on. There's a shipment on today and all!"

[Pichu]

Sakura picked up her Pokegear. "Andrew, honey!" she said. "How are things holding up at the HQ? Cause if it's not running smoothly I will personally see that you are out of work." Sakura then continued to laugh, and her Gengar's eerie cackles could be heard in the background. "Well I think Marina, that Aqua girl, is trying to find those damned Arceus kids. She wants to kill them all..." Sakura paused. "I'm going to let you in on a little secret. So you know Giovanni's girl? The weird one with the purple hair. She's one of those kids. Giovanni even told me. That's the reason why he killed his wife, to get rid of the little girl before she was born. Well I'm in New Bark and she's also here. I want to personally murder her. If you could, don't interfere. I want to hear her last gulp for life." Sakura said, then simply hung up without a proper goodbye.

[Mehmani]

"Sakura? Hello? Oh, s***!" Andrew roared through gritted teeth, twisting the pen in his hands. "No. No more bloodshed. Especially innocent children. That's just...no. Too much for me. My conscience is drowned with the dead. I can't finish this off. What are you? The reformer of criminals? The man who was supposed to make Rocket legitimate? Is that even your calling any more?"

As he closed his eyes, the same vision came back to him. Where was it? Don't be a fool, you know perfectly well where it was. You always will. Lavender Town, the south-eastern suburb of Dewer's Hill. It's still there, even now. Fourteen years on and it hasn't changed. You know because you visit it every month. To go to the Cemetery and lay flowers. The family still wonder who puts them there. Cathy. Cathy Burton, wife of Jack Burton. You know because young Strabo, your lost friend, slit young Jack's throat that night, with failing hands and listless tears burning in his eyes. As the other one, that other Grunt who you still don't even know, burned her. He didn't just kill her. He razed Cathy to the ground. A Heatmor, was it? Of course it was. You know because you saw her burn and the nameless Grunt laughing and lost Strabo cradling the dead man in his arms, confused with sadness and anger and everything else. And then the nameless one picked up what was left of her and kicked her and smiled, as you stood and watched her stare up at you with soft, yielding, despairing eyes. You were sixteen then. She was expecting a child. She had only been married for two weeks, to her childhood sweetheart, Jack, the miner who was due to fly back home to Oreburgh for his next month-long shift. Cathy would wait for him and they'd have the baby together. And sixteen year old you, confused, lost Strabo and that nameless Grunt took it all away. You could not let that happen again. Not now. Not anywhere, please not again. And yet you sit there in your desk and organize your shipments, knowing that someone will die today. Unless you stop it, of course. Unless you know someone who could help.

"Lake. I need your help," Andrew's voice, rendered hollow and pathetic from the old memories, fell word by word down the phone.
"What do you need? I'm in Cherrygrove now," Aaron replied, a little bemused.
"I need you to fly to New Bark as soon as possible or a child will die. Sakura's going to kill her. Stop her, oh please."
"She'll know you had something to do with this, Strephon old boy. Knowing her temperament I wouldn't advise it," replied Aaron, the unease clear in his voice. He didn't seem particularly keen on doing it.
"Fire me? I'd like to see her try. Use a rental Pokemon and fly over there. You can just drop off the rented Pokemon at the rental place when you get there."
"Strephon, my friend," said Aaron. "It's one child. It's nothing. You don't even know her. You've never met her. You are risking compromising yourself even more by doing this."
"Oh Lake, you haven't seen the things I've seen," Andrew replied, shuddering with horror. "I may not know her, but I know that she's dead."

The phone went dead as Aaron Lake lay back in his chair and put his Pokegear back in his pocket, staring at the floor for answers. He strode out of the café and into the Pokemon Center next door.
"Excuse me, madam, can I rent a Pokemon to fly to New Bark Town?"
"Of course," replied the receptionist, smiling neatly at him. "We've got a Pidgeot here who'll get you there in no time, ten minutes to be exact. That'll cost you- Oh! Sorry let me answer this call. Yep. Erm, yes, of course. Sorry about that sir, your rental Pokemon has been paid for by a, erm...Mr. Swithin? Remember to return it to the Pokemon Center when you get there. Thank you!"
Aaron called the Pidgeot out of its ball and clambered onto its back.
"Strephon, the things I do for friends."

[Alice Moonflowyr]

Sisiori frowned. She didnt know exactly how to respond in this situation...so she simply said; [color=#B22222]"My name is Sisiori." [/color]She did not return the bow. She then shrugged and then a strange feeling came over her....and her head hurt like crazy. [color=#B22222][i]What...what is happening....argh.[/i] [/color]She suddenly felt a [i]presence[/i] in her mind, and she felt her psyche being pushed aside, to be replaced with a huge conciousness...one of fire, and flames and flying. She knew it's name instantly, and it's name was Moltres. She also knew it as the mind of the Pokemon she met as a child of three years old....and it humbled her. Nothing had done so since the strange Trainer dressed in red, who had gifted her with her first Pokemon....but she felt herself speak. [color=#FF0000]"Virizion....how interesting to see you again. As you can see, I made up my mind as Zapdos and Articuno begged me to do...tell me...have you heard any word of them?"[/color]

[Super Chaos Sonic]

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Eki walked up to Hayate after determining that the group was safe and asked; [color=#4B0082]"Do you know a Professer Elm? He said I had to come here to fetch something for him." [/color]As Sisiori started her battle, he said; [color=#4B0082]"Jeez...your sister is scary. I wouldnt wanna battle her." [/color]
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Hayato after finally got his bearings back together, as he heard Eki restate everything she had just said. He slowly turned to her and rubbed the back of his neck. [color=#B22222]"Um...I don't really know him..." [/color]he said slowly, still feeling weird after...whatever that was that happened to him. Then when he mentioned a sister, he looked at her funny. [color=#B22222]"Um miss, you must have me confused for someone else...I'm an only child...and that definitely ain't my sister..."[/color] Hayato said, pointing to Sisiori. [color=#B22222][i]However...something about her feels...familiar...about as familiar as this Etner kid. But I don't know any of these fricken kids...do I? [/i][/color]he thought, holding his head.

[Alice Moonflowyr]

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Hayato after finally got his bearings back together, as he heard Eki restate everything she had just said. He slowly turned to her and rubbed the back of his neck. [color=#B22222]"Um...I don't really know him..." [/color]he said slowly, still feeling weird after...whatever that was that happened to him. Then when he mentioned a sister, he looked at her funny. [color=#B22222]"Um miss, you must have me confused for someone else...I'm an only child...and that definitely ain't my sister..."[/color] Hayato said, pointing to Sisiori. [color=#B22222][i]However...something about her feels...familiar...about as familiar as this Etner kid. But I don't know any of these fricken kids...do I? [/i][/color]he thought, holding his head.
[/quote]Eki rubbed the back of his head and said; [color=#4B0082]"Ah, sorry. You both have that bright red hair, so I just assumed...." [i]Jeezus, I blundered. Doofus, gotta do better. [/i]"But anyway, do you know a Professer Elm? I was supposed to come here to get him something a bit...specific, and I was wondering if you could help me out?" [/color]Eki then noticed the battle between Sisiori and Kotomi had ended with a vicious Hyper Beam to the face. He shivered a bit. He then noticed somehting wrong.....his head hurt, and suddenly his mouth moved without his doing; [color=#800080][b]"Entei, you bastard. What luck running into you here....haaa. It feels SO good, being out in this world again...old friend."[/b][/color]

[Super Chaos Sonic]

[color=#B22222]"W-Who??" [/color]Hayato asked...until the burning sensation in his head returned. He let out a loud yell/howl, as he slammed back onto the tree, completely still and silent. Then his eyes shot open, as a smirk appeared on his face.

[color=#FF0000][i]"The great Guardian of the Reverse World...it seems fate has brought us together...the same as it brought me to reunite with the Guardian of the Sea." [/i][/color]Hayato and his strange voice said, glancing over at Etner. The steam poured from his mouth as he glanced over at Eki. [color=#FF0000][i]"So I take it, HIS plan is finally going into motion if we're starting to see each other again. However I haven't seen any of my brothers yet...the North Wind and the Legend of Thunder...and don't ask about me calling us by our given titles. I wish to keep these humans from knowing everything." [/i][/color]

With this said...the voice left, as Hayato slammed against the tree again, groaning. [color=#B22222]"W-What...the hell?" [/color]he asked, holding his head.

[Alice Moonflowyr]

[color=#800080][i][b]The Guardians of Time and Space have yet to make an appearance as well, Volcano Hound. But I have heard tell of the Bird of Fire having made a late decision...and transferring his essence into a three-year old girl. The Creator was not pleased. As for the Guardian of the Sea....Lugia is not the true Guardian. He is merely a subordinate of the true Guardian, just as the Rainbow Bird is inferior to the Bird of Fire. The true Guardians would be much better companions. They of the Sea, Earth, and Sky. I hope I will be able to tolerate him. [/b][/i][/color][i][b]Giratina mentally sighed. [color=#800080]I suppose we should communicate like this from now on. The humans will get suspicious if we keep possessing them like that. Do you know how to communicate mentally...? [/color][/b][/i]

Eki started as his head cleared. He shook his head and asked if Hayato was all right.

(OOC: The idea of the Legendaries communicating mentally seems like a good idea. We wouldnt have to keep doing this 'possession' thing, and this would allow plot to speed up, and for some rather humerous interactions. By the way, their host humans cannot hear them whilst they do this.)

[Pichu]

Kotomi gave a questioning look. "I'm sorry?" she said. "I'm not Virizion, clearly." She was wondering if Sisiori telling her that she looked like a Pokemon was a good or bad thing. "As I said before, I'm Kotomi Ichinose. And it's nice to meet you, Sisiori." Kotomi said. Then a sudden migraine pierced Kotomi's head. It didn't feel right, and she knew this wasn't a normal headache.

[i][color=#00ff00]"Moltres, honey!"[/color][/i] Virizion said mentally to Moltres. Kotomi couldn't hear the conversation and her head only hurt worse. [i][color=#00ff00]"Sorry, no word from the other birds... But what about Terrakion, Cobalion, and Keldeo? Oh, how I've been missing them. I've spend 19 years with this lovely lady. But she doesn't know I'm here... Her father never told her, and killed her mother to prevent this from happening..." [/color][/i]

The pain in Kotomi's head suddenly disappeared. Sakura stood from behind the bush and walked up to Sisiori and Kotomi. Her Gengar floated behind her. "Hello." she said, then smirked. "You wouldn't happen to be Kotomi Ichinose, would you? Giovanni Ichinose's seed?" Kotomi paused in shock.

[Mehmani]

The woman at the Pokemon Center was right - it only took a short amount of time for the Pidgeot to fly to New Bark Town. It landed right outside the Pokemon Center and shuffled Aaron off its back.
"Careful!" cried Aaron, staring the Pidgeot down.
"Pid-geot. Pid," it replied quietly.
Aaron jogged over to the Pokemon Center near the gate to Route 29. New Bark Town had been developed quite a lot in the past few years, although the core of the town remained the same - several houses overlooking the link to Tohjo Falls and in turn, Kanto, with the famous Elm lab overlooking it. It was the western area of the town by the gate that had changed. A Pokemon Mart and Center had been built, along with several blocks of flats to capitalize on New Bark's pleasant location. As Aaron dropped his rental Pokemon off, he looked around for a girl that matched the vague description Andrew gave him. Long purple-blue hair, the same colour eyes and a pretty face. He spotted a bunch of kids over by the Elm lab and wait - that was definitely Sakura.

"Oh no, no. Quick, Gyarados!" Aaron called out his Gyarados to assist him as he ran towards the group. "Gyarados, Dragon Dance, keep moving!"
Aaron stepped in front of Sakura and Kotomi.
"My name is Aaron Lake. Galactic Second-in-Command. You are not going to hurt this child."

[ListenToLife]

"Sir...Sir...latest report on the Johto import, Sir!"

Victor took a slow turn as the small grunt, barely out of his teens, ran up behind him holding a large folder; breathing heavily after running after the suited man. Victor merely sighed and brushed his fingers through his short, brown hair. He smiled comfortingly at the nervous child, though the poor intern remained terrified. Probably something to do with the terrifying, all-knowing eyes that stared down at him, piercing through his very soul.

"Speak then...Jonathon, wasn't it?" Victor ordered, a rather gruff and experience voice emerging from his mouth; rattly from smoking and the only thing to betray his real age, admist the youthful exterior he had. "Come on boy, I have business to attend to."

The boy shook himself for a moment and place the folder in Victor's outstretched arm, bowing to the great man. "J-just John, sir." John stammered, nervously raising his head as Victor opened the brief, his eyes skimming across the pages. "And I-i'm afraid Rocket seem to be starting a monopoly on Dark types in Johto; taxing any that come in through ordinary means and taking any that come in through other ways." John added, gulping slightly as a dark expression came over Victor's face, and the boss stopped on a specific page; and John seemed to be able to guess which page.

"Squad 231 are gone, are they?" Victor muttered, slamming the brief shut with one hand and handing it back to the boy. As Victor started to turn away, thoughts swirling in his head, he turned his head to look back at the boy. "Good work John; tell Mallath to make his way to Johto when he returns." Victor ordered, before beginning his walk again, ignoring the stares from other Grunts who were rushing to and fro, or sitting at computers, supposedly working. As John stood up, he could feel all eyes on him, and almost got himself a round of applause, except that would've caused some sort of reaction from Victor. Instead, he merely beamed and ran back the way he had come from, dropping off the folder at his desk and awaiting Mallaths arrival in the office block.

Victor, meanwhile, opened a private elevator for himself, stepping inside the cold metal box as it rose upwards, the numbers above the door rising rapidly. He merely sighed as it reach floor 100, and stepped out onto the roof of the large office building, the building blending in perfectly with the surrounding skyscrapers of Castelia City. Victor sighed and walked over to the edge of the building, the air ruffling his suit slightly, even revealing a small glint of metal sticking out from his right breast pocket. He waited for a few minutes, merely admiring the scenery, when the whirring of a Helicopter motor started to grow in volume from behind. He didn't need to turn around to know it was his, especially when a small black bird flew from the same direction and landed on his shoulder, emitting a quiet "Krow" as its talons delicately attached themselves to Victor's pristine clothing.

Victor pivoted himself slowly and stepped inside the Helicopter, giving a simple nod to the driver, who had already been informed of their destination. The small bird hopped off his shoulder and sat itself down on the seat next to him, while a large, purple cat-like pokémon moved up onto his lap, stretching itself across his legs. "Lets go talk to Ms Takako; cant have Rocket upstaging our business now, can we?" Victor muttered, scratching under the Espeon's ear as the helicopter flew over the Unova region, heading for Johto.



As they were approaching Johto, the Helicopter radio started to crackle, and the young, amateurish voice of the Team Aqua...no, it was Team Rime now...Leader started to surround the helicopter, irritating Victor's ears. "Why they would allow a mere child to run an organisation like that is beyond me." Victor muttered, sighing as she tried to assume authority over him, one of the richest men in the world. If he wanted to kill someone, he would have them killed. If he didn't, they wouldn't. Simple as. Why would someone as powerful as him - in many ways - need to take orders or hand people over to another group, when he could deal with them himself?

He sighed and focussed on the land that was fast approaching them, and the cities that could be seen in the distance. Sakura would most likely be around one of them; a southern one, if his scouts were correct. So Cherrygrove was first up to check; the nearby New Bark town his second stop in finding the rocket Leader. He leaned over to the window, looking down as the Helicopter passed over the small town overlooking Tohjo falls, heading for the City that could be seen past the intervening forest.