Tringus

Chapter XIII: Unfinished Business On The Way To The Lapis Ward! Well, it's time for some more Unfinished Business to take care of as I head on my way to the Lapis Ward. First, I think it's time I head to the Beryl Cemetery before we leave the Beryl Ward. I enter the cemetery, and find a whole lot of graves. I read the names of all of the deceased people, and I find one grave that says this: "Shadowkeeper- To steal your soul in darkness' shroud..." After a moment of silence, a shadow jumps out of the grave and attacks me! Turns out that the shadow was actually a Shuppet. I catch the Shuppet, and name it after it's grave, Shadowkeep. Since there is nothing else in the cemetery, I might as well leave. If I had Rock Smash, I would be able to get into the cave that's near the cemetery, but I don't, so I leave. I heal my Pokemon and head down to the Jasper Ward. I look around in some buildings, and in one of the buildings, I find a lost Azurill. I decide to take the Azurill along with me, and attempt to give Azurill back to its rightful owner. However, when I go back to the building, the owner of the Azurill is gone. I guess I'll be taking the little Azurill for myself then. Onward to the Peridot Ward! I look inside the buildings to see if there's anything I missed, and I guess SOMEBODY added something called Common Candy. Thanks, Ame! Anyways, I decide to try finding the source of these Common Candies. I decide to head to the Obsidia Ward, and what luck! A Candy Store has been built! Who built it! Ame, Reborn's very own Willy Wonka! When I get in there, I see all of these hyper-active little boys hyped up on sugar. After seeing the candy store, I leave. Since it's a windy night, I head up to the Onyx Ward to try finding some rare Pokemon. However, the Pokemon I'm looking for is not there. However, I do find the man and the Lillipup! The man finally caught Lillipup after so long. The man gets tired out and says that he can't keep doing this. He's actually deciding to release Lillipup! However, he feels like he's seen me somewhere before. He doesn't remember meeting me, but he swears he does. He says that he doesn't have the energy to give Lillipup the attention and care it needs. He then comes up with an idea of letting me take care of Lillipup. I'll be happy to take Lillipup off your hands! I take the Lillipup, and then head into the Onyx Arcade. After a few days of cheat--- I MEAN gambling at the Voltorb Flip, I manage to get enough coins to get all of the Pokemon from the whole arcade. In the Onyx Arcade, I got a Psyduck, a Shinx, and a Trapinch, and I had a total of 20,812 coins. It gets to be about morning, so I head to the Rooftop Garden, where I now find a lone Starly perched on the roof. Right when I walk up behind it, it attacks me all of a sudden! I catch the startled Starly, then I head out of the Onyx Ward, because I am done with that place for now. I find a swarm of Hoppips near the Obsidia Slums as well, and decide to catch one for myself. I catch one, then I head over to the Jasper and Beryl Wards to see if there's any other Pokemon that I can catch. I know there's Pokemon still in the Obsidia and Onyx Wards to catch, but I can come back for those later. Yeah... Never mind. I'm going to go straight to the Lapis Ward. As I travel the Opal Bridge to the Lapis Ward, I encounter a few trainers that I seem to know. Each of their Pokemon give plenty of experience points for my team, and not to mention, plenty of money too! Eventually, I make it up to what I THINK is the Lapis Ward, but it is ACTUALLY the NORTH OBSIDIA WARD. People are in panic. Why is everybody in panic? I then find out my answer. The Grand Stairway was bombed... People say that the Grand Gate hasn't been used in years. Why would anybody blow up the Grand Stairway? I guess I'm going to have to find out... Current Pokemon Stats The team hasn't trained that much, as I've been just catching Pokemon. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 31 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Persian Name: Persian Level: 28 Moves: Taunt, Cut, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 30 Moves: Twister, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Gardevoir Name: Gardevoir Level: 32 Moves: Magical Leaf, Confusion, Calm Mind, Teleport Kadabra Name: Henry Level: 31 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Psybeam, Charge Beam Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 22 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen

Chapter XII: Corey, Agent Beryl of Team Meteor! After training my Pokemon up to speed, I head to the Beryl Ward Gym, where I find that there are a few machines that can poison the minds of people. According to the chief, these machines made his men attack each other. Time to find the source of these machines, and shut them down! By the way, when I trained my Pokemon, Kirlia evolves into... Gardevoir! Also, despite evolving at level 31, Gardevoir learns Calm Mind! And, not only that, but Meowth also evolves into... Persian! I decide to battle all of the police officers so I can train my Pokemon some more. After I beat the three officers, I find a way to shut off the machines. To turn off the machines, I have to set them all to blue. Once I set them all to blue, a secret door opens. Inside the door is the house part of Corey's gym. It's Corey and Heather's house. Inside the deepest room, Corey awaits, and he's not happy. He's mad that first, I destroyed the three PULSE-Tangrowth systems that he conceived for Team Meteor. Then, I revitalized the City Police Department, causing them to ambush him, and out him in front of his own daughter. He asks what I have come for now, his badge or his blood. I only want his badge, that is all. However, he says that his superiors have been informed of my interference. "Team Meteor does not forgive..." But that does nothing for him now. I've forced his hand. It's my own fault that he's rock-bottom now, and there's nothing left for him to lose. The only reason he kept going through the years was for Heather, and now, she'll never speak to him again. So when he asks himself why this happened... There's only one answer he'll reach. Me... I am the one responsible for this. I ruined the small fraction of a life he had rebuilt. "Now the only way out of it for me... Is to end you." Corey, I know you are mad at me, but please forgive me! I only did this to save Reborn! I know Team Meteor does not forgive, but I will forgive you... I will forgive ZEL... And I will forgive... Taka... But most of all, I will forgive you... Team Meteor or not. You did all of this for the sake of Heather. That is why I will forgive you... As an agent of Team Meteor, Corey sends out Trubbish, and I send out Gardevoir, and have her use Confusion on Trubbish. However, Trubbish survives with a Focus Sash, and lands a Stockpile. Corey heals Trubbish with a Super Potion, and so I finish off Trubbish with another Confusion, and Trubbish is down. Corey sends out Skuntank, so I send out Hydra to deal with Skuntank. Hydra fires off a few Dragon Rages, and Skuntank can't even knock down Hydra. Just when Skuntank is at its last leg, Corey heals Skuntank with a few Super Potions. Thankfully, these are all his Super Potions, so now I can knock out his team with a breeze. I finish off Skuntank with a few more Dragon Rages, and it's finally down. Corey sends out Croagunk, so I keep Hydra out and use Dragon Rage. I heal Hydra with a Super Potion, and finish off Croagunk with Dragon Rage, even though Hydra kept getting Sucker Punched by Croagunk. Corey sends out Haunter, and has Haunter use Confuse Ray. I heal Hydra with another Super Potion, and eventually, Hydra snaps out of his confusion, and gives a Bite to Haunter. Hydra must have bitten Haunter in the face, because Haunter only survived by one life left. Corey gets annoyed by Hydra's sweep, and has it cut short by having Haunter use Destiny Bond. Unfortunately for me, this works, and Hydra is down, along with Haunter. Corey sends out Grimer, and so I send out Henry. I keep having Henry use Charge Beam so his Special Attack stat can increase for when I battle Crobat, his strongest Pokemon. Grimer ends up getting knocked out from Charge Beam spam, and Corey sends out Crobat. Crobat uses Nasty Plot, which is worthless, because Crobat gets mind-blown from Psybeam, and gets knocked out. After a long while, I swiftly win the battle! Corey is speechless. He tells me to savor this victory, for every joy, bitter misery rushes after. He's surprised that I'm not going to kill him, cause I only came for his badge. Instead, I'll let the police apprehend Corey. However, he says that's not going to work, cause he has a better idea. In fact, the most succulent idea he's ever had in years. He tells me to go to the Beryl Bridge, and whatever answers I desire, he will give me them there. With that said, he vanishes to the Beryl Bridge. I head back to the entrance, and talk to the chief. He's shocked that I defeated Corey, and says that now all they have to do is catch him. However, he can't do much himself unless his men recover. When I head outside, I find an Absol on top of Corey's gym/home. Odd... I can't help but feel something bad is about to happen. I heal my team, and head to the Beryl Bridge, just like what Corey wanted. However, When I get there, I see Corey and his Pokemon. Apparently, Corey has no further use for his Pokemon, and is releasing them. Why not give them to me? One by one, Skuntank, Croagunk, Grimer, and even Trubbish, who looks back at Corey. Crobat is the only one to stay. However, Corey is harsh to Crobat too, saying that he's not special. Crobat stays, but that just makes Corey mad. Corey then yells at the poor Crobat, and so Crobat flies away. After his Pokemon all run away, his sad music plays, as he says he has no need for his Pokeballs. He asks me what do I want to know. I ask him why he joined Team Meteor first. The reason why he joined Team Meteor is because he didn't have a choice. He was cursed by his own luck. He then tells his story about his life. Once, there was a beautiful Ruby Ring. He scored it from a collector a long time ago. He's not a man of jewelry, but it was the most dazzling ring he had ever seen. He decided that he would introduce that ring to what true beauty was. He offered it to his love in engagement. It wasn't before long after they were married that his wife became pregnant, and they were both very excited. Back then, he was happy. He was naive. His wife... didn't survive Heather's birth. He was told that she died because of a technical error during the delivery... A faulted machine that took her life. She would have been more likely to be stuck by lightning. Then, he learned there was more. The doctor who was in charge of her refused to relinquish that Ruby Ring. Was she murdered for it? But the answer... It was Team Meteor. That doctor had been sent by Team Meteor to steal that ring. For what purpose, we don't know... But Corey bartered with them. He was foolishly desperate to cling onto her memory- because she was the only life he had left. He agreed to serve them as long as he was allowed to keep the ring. He was selfish. He placed his own desires above what was best for Heather. And now because of it, she's gone... He tells me that Heather has the Ruby Ring now, and she will be hunted for it. As a request, he wants me to watch over her for him. He says that he no longer has the right to call himself her father, and so I guess he passes her on to me. He then jumps on the bridge, says that he will be with his love soon, and falls off the edge! It's suicide! Someone then calls Corey a moron for falling off of the edge. Fern shows up, and says that Corey was the only reason he came up to the Beryl Ward, and now it's a waste of time for him. He laughs at me because he jumped off before he even gave me the badge! He then insults Corey and says that Corey's a sorry excuse for a leader. What a heartless jerk! However, HE sees it as natural selection. 'Big deal if an old guy jumps off a bridge', he says. He taunts me saying if I'm so concerned about him, why not go down there and find him? However, he says something useful. He tells me that Corey fell into the Lapis Ward, which is just north from the Opal Bridge. He doesn't see the point in trying. However, a huge rumbling sound occurs, and he's scared, wondering what the heck it is. He then shows me a huge plume of smoke rising from the North Obsidia Ward! Right at the Grand Stairway! Something's going down, and he's going to go find out what it is. He taunts me and leaves, while I wonder a few things about Corey's story and the events happening now. I guess there's another mystery on our hands... Current Pokemon Stats Well, this team has been trained a lot. Especially Meowth and Kirlia, just so they could evolve into Persian and Gardevoir. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 31 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Persian Name: Persian Level: 28 Moves: Taunt, Cut, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 30 Moves: Twister, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Gardevoir Name: Gardevoir Level: 31 Moves: Magical Leaf, Confusion, Calm Mind, Teleport Kadabra Name: Henry Level: 31 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Psybeam, Charge Beam Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 22 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen

Chapter XI: The Beryl Ward Conspiracy! After I get to the Beryl Ward, I notice a fork in the road. On my right, it leads to the Beryl Bridge, and on my left, it leads to a mysterious jungle called the Rhodochrine Jungle. I don't know which way to go, so I head back to the Peridot Ward and go to the girl's friend's house, cause I was invited there. I head there, and the girl thanks me again. Her friend gives me a Membership Sticker for the Obsidia Ward's Department Store. I thank them for inviting me over, and leave. After wandering around some more, I go to a building, where I find two Team Meteor grunts who just got orders from the boss. Once they get to the location, they're going to secure the targets, and make a silent escape. Supposedly, their two targets are the last of their kind left in Reborn. Once they're eliminated, it's another-- However, I get caught by them, and they threaten me not to get in their business, and then they flee. I wander around the Peridot Ward some more, and I find the two Meteor grunts again, but this time, they're attacking a woman with an Igglybuff and a Cleffa, and yes, it is what it looks like. Team Meteor is stealing Igglybuff and Cleffa. However, I'm just in time to stop them. They notice me again, and instead of running, they say the Team Meteor motto, and attack. They send out Poochyena and Stunky, which to my surprise, are VERY weak. I guess this was unfinished business I forgot to do. Oh well, I beat them easily with Dragon Rages. After I beat them, they retreat in order to not jeopardize the mission. The woman thanks me so much for saving her precious Pokemon. In return, she gratefully lets me take care of one of her Pokemon, cause she can guard one, but not both. She wonders if they will come back, but rest assured, they won't. The choose is between Igglybuff and Cleffa. Igglybuff is cute, and is one of my all-time favorites from when I was a kid, but Cleffa has really good abilities and is more useful in battle. I choose Cleffa for now, cause I know that I can catch Igglybuff at a different time. With that said, I leave. I head back up to the Jasper Ward gate, and head in the Peridot Ward Apartments and find that the girl who lost her Snubbull found her Snubbull, but can't train it. Oh wait, I found them before! However, she notices that I have two badges, and asks if I could have Snubbull. I mean, she is right, she is unqualified to take care of Pokemon. So, I will gladly take Snubbull off of her hands! However, Snubbull is a whopping Level 20. No WONDER why she couldn't get a badge with it. After I get the Snubbull, I head to the Opal Bridge, and battle any trainers that I missed. After I do that, I decide to head back up to the Beryl Ward. I know which way to go! I head back up to the Beryl Ward, and head all the way to the Rhodochrine Jungle. Apparently, the jungle is the ONLY way to get deeper into the Beryl Ward. Sadly, as I head deeper, I stumble upon a pitfall trap, and there was no way to get around it. I fall into a cage, and there's a gang of Nuzleafs waiting for me. However, instead of battling me, they leave me inside the cage to rot. A few minutes later, Fern comes to the rescue, or so I think. Instead, he laughs at me that I fell in the trap, and just leaves. He comes back a few seconds later, and only stepped away to avoid bursting in laughter. He says that being helpless suits me, and just laughs at me. He was hoping to find a Gym Leader, but all he found was me in a cage. He asks how many badges I have now, and is bragging that he tore through two Gym Leaders already. He tells me that Nuzleaf are deceptively crafty to build traps. He says that he'll gladly open the cage for me... If I get on my knees and beg. NO WAY am I going to beg to a LOSER. He gets mad, and tells me to rot in there for all he cares. And then, he just leaves me to probably die. I COULD use Kirlia's Teleport, but I won't. However, a few minutes later after I hopelessly walk around, looking for an escape, a mysterious Chatot comes to the rescue, saying 'release Trevo!' Chatot pulls the lever, and runs away. Now, I don't know anyone who has a Chatot. Unless... Could it be...? Taka! I head just east of the cage trap, and find that there's many more levers to pull. However, I have to go the other way, because the way I was going lead deeper into the Beryl Ward. I want to explore more of the Rhodochrine Jungle before I head deeper into the Beryl Ward. There are a few caves, and I find one of the three missing officers trapped in a cell. I guess these Nuzleaf ARE crafty. I guess the Nuzleaf captured him too. I pull the lever, and save the officer. He thanks me, and leaves back to the Police Station. I head to the other cave, and I find a lever deep inside. I pull it, and it apparently does nothing. I get out of the cave, climb the cliff, and cross the bridge. Sadly, it made me go right back where I started. However, if I didn't go down where those caves are, I never would have found that officer. I head to the Beryl Ward, where I find a couple of Team Meteor grunts. Now's the tie to fight! However, I go to the building behind the tree, and find a lever at the back. There's a grunt who I think is familiar, but I beat her anyways. I pull the lever, and it unravels the last of the blockade, allowing me to pass freely. I decide to enter the building that the Meteor grunt is blocking, so I battle the grunt and beat him easily. I look inside the building, and I find a friendly person who heals my Pokemon! After I heal my Pokemon, I leave. After I cross the newly formed bridge, I head deeper into the Beryl Ward and battle the Meteor grunt that's in my path. I find a building where I find that another police officer is being held hostage by a Team Meteor grunt. I beat the grunt easily and save the police officer! The officer says that Team Meteor is meeting up ahead. He thanks me for saving him and returns to the Police Station. I feel like I'm missing one more officer though. Lucky for me, I find a lone Growlithe in the same building as the guy who heals my Pokemon. However, Growlithe seems to be looking intensely down in a hole. Could the officer be trapped? I get the Growlithe to move so I can get in there myself. Sure enough, I find the police officer. However, it seems that he didn't make it. Growlithe heads back to the Police Station, now knowing that its master is dead. I return to the Police Station and report that all of the officers are found, and I report that one of them is dead. The chief is grateful that I found his entire police force. He says that in every region, all of the officers are issued a Growlithe as partner Pokemon, but now that the Growlithe's trainer is gone... He doesn't want to give the Growlithe to another recruit, as it would insult the poor officer. As thanks for saving the Jasper Ward and the entire police force, he offers me to take care of the Growlithe. Plus, I did find the Growlithe at its time of need. He gives me the Growlithe as a token of appreciation, and appoints me as an honorary member of the Reborn City Police Department! I proudly take Growlithe with me, and head back to the Beryl Ward. However, the police force should help me apprehend them as well. What could Team Meteor be plotting? I teleport to the guy who healed my Pokemon, and he heals my Pokemon again. After for so long, I FINALLY teach my strong Meowth Cut. As I head down to the center of the Beryl Ward, I keep running into more and more Meteor grunts. However, I guess it was only a few I had to face, because now, I am at the core of the Team Meteor operation. I head over to them, and Zero is the first to notice my presence. Taka just doesn't care whether I'm here or not. The one up front wonders who I am, and Taka reveals that I'm the one who thrashed their plans in the Jasper Ward. Sooo, he invited me to come there so they can all gang up on me. Eve tells the guy that I'm also responsible for destroying the PULSE in the Obsidia Ward. The guy tells me that I'm outnumbered and outclassed. Just as they're ready to take me down, someone stops them. The girl with the Salamence has returned. Eve reveals that the girl is Heather, the daughter of the Beryl Ward Gym Leader, Corey! The mysterious man seems to know who Heather is. He asks Heather what she is doing there, and Heather says she's going to stop them. He asks if her father always lets her prance recklessly into danger, but she tells him to stop talking about her dad. She also says that his rules suck. The mysterious man scolds her, saying that's no way to treat your parents, and he tells her that she is completely out of control. She tells him to shut up, cause she wants to fight them, not be lectured by him like he's her dad. He tells Taka and ZEL to deal with me and protect the PULSE, while he teaches her a lesson. Lumi is kinda like Taka. They're my enemy, but it's nothing personal. Zero says that it's payback time, and this time, with his own Pokemon! Taka, ZEL, I will forgive you, no matter how evil your intentions are. But for now, we fight. We fight... For the Beryl Ward! Taka sends out Lileep and ZEL sends out Glaceon, while I send out Kirlia and Hydra. I knock Lileep out easily with Hydra's Dragon Rage. Taka then sends out PULSE-Tangrowth, which means that the PULSE will stop working after I beat them. I knock out PULSE-Tangrowth by ganging up on it with Kirlia and Hydra, so Taka sends out Chatot. Hydra manages to get a critical hit on Glaceon, and knocks Glaceon out. ZEL then sends out Espeon, who I wipe out with a few Bites. Unfortunately, Hydra is not faster than Espeon, and faints. I send out Growlithe. Growlithe uses Helping Hand to boost Meowth's Bite. However, Growlithe faints instantly as it is ganged up on by Espeon and Chatot, so I send out Henry. Meowth faints from Psybeam, so I send out Charles, who is my last Pokemon. Henry uses Disable on Chatot to disable its Chatter. Espeon faints from Charles' Dragon Rage, and so ZEL sends out Umbreon. Lucky for me, Chatot's Sing misses, and Henry knocks out Chatot. I guess that's my thanks to Chatot for saving me earlier! However, Umbreon revenge kills Henry just as Henry levels up. Just as I nearly kill Umbreon, ZEL gives Umbreon a Super Potion. However, I manage to kill off Umbreon with another Dragon Rage, and I miraculously defeat Taka and ZEL, win the battle, and save the Beryl Ward! Taka doesn't care he lost, but Eve says that the PULSE has been deactivated, and there's no longer any reason to stay. Taka decides to leave, knowing there isn't any other reason to stay, and invites ZEL to come with him. They all leave, except the mysterious man, who is still battling Heather. He is very disappointed at Taka and ZEL for running off, and says they are useless. He calls his Crobat to return, and says that he will finish this later with Heather. For now though, he runs off. Heather gets mad, calls her Salamence back, then follows the mysterious man, hot in pursuit. Thankfully, the police force arrives just in time to apprehend this mysterious man. They have him completely surrounded, and the mysterious man reveals that Taka and ZEL were supposed to get rid of them. The chief reveals that they DID do their mission. Thanks to my efforts, however, they were able to restore the police force. So apparently, it was Team Meteor who threw that officer into the hole. I can never forgive them for murder, however. The chief goes up to the mysterious man and reveals the criminal in a Scooby-Doo like fashion, and reveals that the mysterious criminal is none other than Corey, the Beryl Ward Gym Leader! Heather is shocked at this, and is enraged. Corey didn't want to reveal his identity when she was around, but hey, it happens. Heather knew he was a jerk, but she never knew he was evil. She doesn't even look at him, and calls Salamence out to fly away. Corey is relieved she's gone, and says that it's easier if she wasn't here. Even the CHIEF doesn't understand why Corey is involved with Team Meteor, and the Gym Leaders are Reborn's most trusted citizens. Corey laughs at the chief, and says welcome to reality, where it is cold, and cruel. It's life. The chief is worried that there's more, and which Corey, at the risk of exposing his comrades identities, that the chief would be stupid to think otherwise. Corey then says that 'Paradise' isn't real, 'Candyland' isn't real, and that plastic world in which we control everything? "It's all about to end..." The chief tells Corey that he's going to have to face the judge. Corey questions him, and says that they have done nothing here, and that they have unmasked a father before his daughter, and that they showed her what all daughters will learn eventually- Pain. "You want to apprehend me? I'll be waiting in my gym." And then, without a sound, Corey vanishes without a trace. The chief is shocked, but he knows it's a trap. He tells his men to head out and apprehend Corey at his gym. But I'll be the judge of that! I'll be the one to apprehend Corey. I need to win a badge anyways, so I'll do just that! Current Pokemon Stats Let's officially welcome Kirlia to the team! She'll be replacing Magby for now, until I can get an Elekid, who will probably be replacing Henry, since all I really use Henry for is Electric type moves. However, I'm going to need Henry in order to win against Corey. And there were quite a bit of level ups for some of the team members, and new moves too! (Finally, Henry learns something other than Charge Beam.) And now, I'm going to train all of my Pokemon, and some to evolve. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 29 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Meowth Name: Meowth Level: 25 Moves: Taunt, Cut, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 28 Moves: Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Kirlia Name: Kirlia Level: 26 Moves: Magical Leaf, Confusion, Double Team, Teleport Kadabra Name: Henry Level: 28 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Psybeam, Charge Beam Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 19 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen

Chapter X: The Jasper Ward Conspiracy! After I did some unfinished business at the familiar places, it's time for me to head to the Jasper Ward. I look at the news to find that the Jasper and Beryl Wards are still in peril. However, a young girl with a Salamence is trying to solve the case herself. However, she's gonna need some help, so I head there myself. I go to the guard that's blocking off the Jasper Ward, and he allows me to pass, cause I know how to stop the destruction, right at its source. He wishes me good luck as I venture forth into the desolate Jasper Ward. As I get to the Jasper Ward, I notice the Police Station. I knew I'd find the Police Station one city or another! I wander around the city, and find that there's wild Pokemon EVERYWHERE. Even when I'm on the sidewalk, there's wild Pokemon! I can see why the Jasper and Beryl Wards suffered worse than the Obsidia Ward. I head inside the Police Station and meet the Chief of the Reborn City Police Department. He says that the Police are very busy, and that he cannot take requests at this time. However, a police officer comes in, and finds that I'm the guy who saved the Obsidia Ward. He recognizes me from when Florinia allowed access into the Obsidia Ward. The Chief is shocked, and the officer asks if I have come to the Jasper Ward to come help there too. I reply yes, and even though I'm not officially enlisted, the Chief cannot require me to act on any orders. However, I am free to move freely about the area. In return, he asks me to find five members of his police force. Two of them are in the Jasper Ward, and three of them are in the Beryl Ward. Time to go find them! I find a lone Growlithe in the back of the Police Station, but I'll come back for him later. Along the way to find a Pokemon Center, I battle a few trainers. This is where I begin training Ralts. Not only that but I also train Henry. Eventually, I get to the Pokemon Center, which I am glad I do, cause otherwise, I'd be dead. Anyways, I head back down to the Police Station and go right, where I find a Team Meteor grunt in front of some trees. I beat the grunt, then head back to the Pokemon Center and heal my Pokemon. I grab out the other Meowth, and use him as my cutting slave. I enter a house, where I find that an Azurill is missing, cause the guy's freaking out about it. I head back outside, and find one of the officers trapped, and I don't know how to rescue him. I head back to the building below the Pokemon Center, and head left. Eventually, I find another Team Meteor Grunt, who remembers me from before. I beat her, and find myself inside this forest called the Malchous Forest. As I wander in the forest, I find a few Team Meteor grunts lurking around, some of them being familiar. There's no doubt that the source is coming from this forest. I beat the grunts, and collect a few items. Eventually, I get down to where I find this strange guy with another Tangrowth trapped in another PULSE. Apparently, he's actually sorry for all the people who lost their homes and their lives to Tangrowth's destruction that it has been forced to cause. He introduces himself as Taka, and asks for my name, which I reply Trevo. He was told I was coming, and for someone who stopped the PULSE in the Obsidia Ward, I'm not what he expected. He says that I look confused because I don't know what the PULSE Project is. He explains that PULSE is the Pokemon Ultimation Link-System Exxagerator. Basically, it morphs into the Pokemon, and expands its abilities. So even what was one a normal Tangrowth can do everything that I saw happened to the Jasper Ward. It's just not Tangrowth either, it even works on other Pokemon. However, it's not best for their health. In fact, destroying a whole city region is pretty hard on their bodies. Ironically, he's not like all the other Team Meteor people, as he actually wants to release Tangrowth. However, he unfortunately has other orders. He reveals he's part of Team Meteor, which I already knew that out. His current order... is to eliminate me. However, it is not personal, but it is orders after all. Taka, even though you're part of Team Meteor, I will still forgive you. Team Meteor Admin Taka sends out Lileep while I send out Ralts. I switch out into Hydra, and use Dragon Rage, while Lileep can't even hurt Hydra. Lileep faints, and Taka sends out PULSE-Tangrowth. I use this opportunity to send out Ralts, then switch out into Charles. I knock out PULSE-Tangrowth with a Dragon Rage and an Ember. Taka sends out Chatot as his last Pokemon, while I switch out into Ralts and then switch out into Henry and wipe out Chatot with Charge Beam. However, its bark is worse than its bite, as Henry gets knocked out without using Charge Beam once. I send out Charles, and I manage to get in a Dragon Rage. However, Chatot lulls Charles to sleep with Sing. Unfortunately, Taka chooses this time to heal Chatot with two Super Potions. Chatot knocks out Charles, so I send out Hydra to save the day. Lucky for me, Hydra doesn't faint, and Dragon Rage hits, Chatot faints, and I win the battle! After the battle, Taka wonders that maybe the Jasper Ward will return to normal just like how the Obsidia Ward returned to normal. He also tells me that the same thing is happening in the Beryl Ward, which is north of the Jasper Ward. He tells me that the Beryl Ward is where they started the whole plant attack, so I figure that the Beryl Ward suffered the most damage. He tells me I should head there, and says Peace and leaves. You know, maybe he's not a bad guy, but just a poor lost soul. After that whole thing, I follow Taka down the same route, but I'm stopped by this girl, who was going to beat Team Meteor herself. She then says that it's not fair, cause she finally got away from her dad to stop Team Meteor. And he never lets her go anywhere or do anything. Sometimes, she wonders if her father is secretly a bad guy, and that he punishes her because every time he looks at her mother's ring at night, he cries, and she looks just like her mother. That's why she stole the ring and ran away. She says there's another one of those PULSE Machines at the Beryl Ward, where she lives. She says that she's going to try stopping them there, and she tells me not to stop her. She gets on her Salamence and flies off. Was she the girl from the news? I head back to the Jasper Ward, but however, there's STILL wild Pokemon lurking around. I find a few buildings I couldn't get to, and I find one of the police officers in there with a Meteor grunt. Apparently, the grunt has the officer as a hostage. Like most of the grunts I battled here, that one remembers me too. I easily beat the grunt, and lucky me, Ralts evolves into a Kirlia! After I win the battle, the grunt pushes me out of the way and leaves. I talk to the officer, and he's safe and sound. He goes back to the Police Station, and so with that done, I leave to get the other officer. I head to the other building, and find that a girl's been trapped up in her room since the elevator was stuck. However, she realizes that the elevator isn't stuck, cause I'm up there, and thanks me. She says that I can talk to her at her friend's house in the Peridot Ward. I find the other officer after I teleport to the Pokemon Center. After I save the officer, I head over to the Beryl Ward, and end my mission for the Jasper Ward. Even though I saved the Jasper Ward, there is still one more place to save: The Beryl Ward! And each trial is more treacherous than the last... Current Pokemon Stats I have no idea who to replace with Kirlia. Either Henry, or Magmordo. I'm most likely going to replace Magmordo, cause Henry is fine (Even though its only attack is Charge Beam Q_Q), but I want to know what you guys think I should do. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 27 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Meowth Name: Meowth Level: 24 Moves: Scratch, Faint Attack, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 27 Moves: Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Kadabra Name: Henry Level: 26 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Miracle Eye, Charge Beam Magby Name: Magmordo Level: 24 Moves: Faint Attack, Flame Burst, Ember, SmokeScreen Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 19 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen Kirlia Name: Kirlia Level: 20 Moves: Growl, Confusion, Double Team, Teleport

Chapter IX: Unfinished Business In The Obsidia Ward! After I beat Florinia, I decide to heal my Pokemon, cause who wouldn't heal their Pokemon after a tough battle? After I leave the Trainer School/Gym, I head to the Cas--- I MEAN Arcade, and try my luck at finding coins on the ground, and winning the slot machines. Lucky me, I end up lucky with a few lucky 7's. After I get a few lucky 7's, I leave, and head over to the Daycare Center, hoping that the nice elderly couple will forgive me if I caused any harm. However, after I talked to them a few times, they REALLY get agitated, and they reveal that they were fakes all along! Turns out that they were really Team Meteor grunts in disguise of an elderly couple! They then do their own motto similar to Team Rocket's, which is not bad, really. After they say their motto, they battle me with a couple of Venonats, which I easily get rid of thanks to Porygon and Hydra. However, the Pokemon amount isn't promising, and they send out Aron and Roggenrola after I get rid of their Venonats. I then get rid of Aron and Roggenrola, and win the battle. It seems that I battled the two before at the factory that me, Fern, Julia, and Florinia investigated, as they remember me from back then. They've been posing off as the Daycare Couple for weeks now, and no one even suspected it while Team Meteor was stealing their Pokemon from right under their noses! Seems I DID miss a few things. They spill that the real ones are locked away somewhere far away, and I would need a key to reach them. However, the key is somewhere else, and I think I know just where they hid it, the empty house in the Obsidia Park! They locked up the Daycare Couple to make sure Pokemon don't breed. They give me a few parting words: "Everyone must be eliminated... We do not forgive..." They then retreat without a trace. I head to the Obsidia Park, and it was right where I thought it would be! Inside the empty house. Strange, I didn't see it before. Oh well! Time to rescue the nice elderly couple! There were a few warehouses in the Coral Ward, so I guess I'll search for them there! I get into the Coral Ward, and the first Warehouse I see, I unlock the door. However, it didn't work! I stumble into another Warehouse, and find the sounds of a Spoink! Though that's not the problem right now. I go to the warehouse just below the one that didn't work, and I find strange noises coming from the room. I just hope it's not what I think it is, ughh... Anyways, I unlock the door, and I find the sweet elderly couple. They ask if I'm a Team Meteor member, in which I tell them I'm not. I have come to save them! They say that Team Meteor abducted them so that they could no longer raise the Pokemon of other trainers, and said that they were going to impersonate the Daycare Couple and steal the trainer's Pokemon instead! However, they overheard one of the assailants talking about storing one of the stolen Pokemon in another warehouse. Maybe that was the Spoink I heard? With the Daycare Couple safe and sound, they return to their home to restore their business and their reputation. I go to the warehouse next to the one I heard Spoink in, an it's NOT Spoink making the thumping sounds. I head inside, and find a Team Meteor grunt checking the warehouse for any last Pokemon to take with them as they retreat. Though I do notice a cute little Happiny hiding from him. The grunt retreats, and I decide to put Porygon in the PC so I can get Happiny. However, when I head for the PC, I notice a familiar Lilipup. Perhaps it's the same Lilipup from before! I put Magmordo in the PC Instead, so I can use Porygon to help catch Lilipup. However, just as I try catching Lilipup, it runs away again! I guess I'll just have to catch Happiny and Spoink then. Happiny looks lost, so I take her with me. After I get Happiny, I go to the warehouse with the Spoink in it, and decide to catch it. Ironically, Spoink can be caught in ANY of the boxes, not just a specific one. I catch the hiding Spoink, then I go do one more thing, and that's to find what's in that box in the Obsidia Slums. However, when I go to the slums, I don't go to the box, but I go to a door where apparently, I haven't been in there before, and I find a Scraggy that's all alone. I walk up to it, and it attacks me! I catch the Scraggy, and come upon the idea that maybe I could use Scraggy's Headbutt to move the box. However, Headbutt doesn't even do that. I guess I am done in the Obsidia Ward. Onward to the Peridot Ward! As I get to the Opal Ward, I'm stopped by trainers. I fend them off, and get to the Peridot Ward. I find a bum who needs money. Apparently, he's blocking off the only way to get inside a building, and so I pay him. Eventually, he goes to sleep, and moves. I find the building, and I see a Ralts inside. Thankfully, I don't have to battle it, and it comes along with me just fine. I also rename Sleeper to Henry (You know, Henry Houdini, the magician) at the Name Rater's house. Now that everything's out of the way (I hope), Onward to the Jasper Ward! Current Pokemon Stats Porygon is actually a pretty useful Pokemon when it comes to using Trace. I'm thinking of replacing Kadabra with Ralts, who I'm going to evolve into Gardevoir, cause it's a female. After soft-resetting many times, I got a female Ralts with a Timid nature and the ability Trace. What do you guys think I should replace with Ralts? Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 25 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Meowth Name: Meowth Level: 24 Moves: Scratch, Faint Attack, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 26 Moves: Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Kadabra Name: Henry Level: 24 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Miracle Eye, Charge Beam Magby Name: Magmordo Level: 24 Moves: Faint Attack, Flame Burst, Ember, SmokeScreen Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 19 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen

Imagine this: What if, Pokemon de-evolved from this common candy? For example, what if a, let's say, Chameleon, grew down to level 15. It could potentially de-evolve back into a Charmander. And if there was evolutions by stones, there could potentially be a new item called the De-Evolution Stone. Just a thought I've been thinking about.

Chapter VIII: Florinia, The Desert Rose! After I heal my Pokemon, I decide to head out to the Onyx Ward for a bit. I find one of Fern's goons, Skye, in the apartments, and he apologizes from what happened before. He makes it up to me by inviting me to the Rooftop Garden up on top of the apartments. I find that the garden is actually a really good place to train. What makes the training easy is that there's a lot of Bellsprouts to battle, and the only moves they can really attack with are Poison Powder and Wrap. That's why I try letting the Bellsprouts paralyze my team, instead of letting them suffer with poison. After I got ready to go to the Gym and train for a little bit, I buy some Super Potions, then go through the black and red door, only to find another room that is not the gym, with the gym guy right there. He explains that the door right there is linked to the machines that are all over the school. However, since I solved every puzzle, The door is unlocked, and I see no door. He says that Florinia uses Grass types that can do well in sandstorm weather, which is why she has a Cradily with her. Too bad I have no fighting type moves to beat her with. I guess I might as well go with what I have. I enter the Gym, and apparently, there's only Florinia to battle. That means that this chapter's gonna be a whole lot shorter than I expected. I talk to Florinia, emotionless as always, and even though I was a big help while fighting Team Meteor, that alone won't help me win my badge. Figures. She then tells me not to mistake her abilities. Florinia, I suggest you not to mistake my abilities. Put this seed of wisdom in your head, Florinia: Victory for you is useless. While you seem to have an advantage, I will win this battle swiftly like a rose. When I win, I'll send your brother Fern all the way home crying. Let us begin the battle. Hypothesis: Subject possesses insufficient data for conclusive results. Expected Outcome: Failure. As the Head Instructor, Florinia sends out Carnivine first. I then send out Porygon so that I can do the switch so I can give Porygon some experience points too. I then switch into Magmordo, and burn Carnivine with a couple of Flame Bursts and heal Magmordo. Just as I heal Magmordo, Carnivine hits me with a Sleep Powder. So now, I let Carnivine burn from a burn he gets from Magmordo's Flame Body, while I just keep healing Magmordo. Eventually, Magmordo wakes up, so now he can kill Carnivine. Carnivine goes down from Flame Burst, and Florinia sends out Foongus, while I switch out into Porygon, and heal Magmordo. I switch out to Meowth, then use Fake Out and Screech. However, I get Death By Rollout, so now I have to switch to Magmordo and use Flame Burst, which wipes out Foongus. Florinia sends out Cradily, so I send out Charles, and use Dragon Rage. However, Cradily wipes out Charles with Smack Down, so now I switch into using Hydra, and use Dragon Rage. Cradily gets knocked out after a few times, and then Florina sends out Grotle. I leave Hydra out, so it can kill off Grotle with Dragon Rage. Lucky for me, Grotle didn't use Sandstorm before she fainted. Florinia sends out Cacnea, who I believe would have had benefits from Sandstorm, but that didn't happen, did it? Anyways, I leave Hydra out, cause Porygon's already had its share of training. Though I still have to train Porygon, it will wait. I use Dragon Rage against Cacnea, and knock it out in a few hits. Florinia sends out her finest hour, Breloom, who uses the Poison Heal abuse. Lucky for me, Hydra was just fast enough to kill off Breloom. All Breloom did was Mach Punch, which didn't do anything to Hydra. After a long battle, I win the battle! Florinia seems disappointed she lost, but even though she lost, she still gives me the Canopy Badge. She explains that the Canopy Badge encourages proper behavior among Pokemon up to Level 35. She also gives me TM86 Grass Knot. She explains what the move does, and then she bids me farewell. Just as I walk away, Florinia calls my name, and stops me. She asks me where am I going to go next. She asks me one final request: "Because of my status as Gym Leader and Faculty at the Onyx Trainers School, I cannot stray far from it. However, there is still crisis in the city, and as you know, the Jasper and Beryl Wards have been ransacked by the same spell as Obsidia. However, whereas we caught Obsidia in a budding state, we were not so fortunate with the other two wards. Being that you alone know the truth of what transpired in the Obsidia Park, I would ask that you venture to the Jasper Ward. Discover if there is not a similar plot behind the destruction there. Moreover, this will be useful for your own quest as well. One of the Reborn League Gyms lie beyond Jasper. I will make preparations for your passage into Jasper. I might wish you 'Good Luck', however, luck is merely an illusory essentialization of statistics, and is not inherently good or bad in any way. Regardless, farewell." And so a new mission begins... Current Pokemon Stats Porygon and Hydra grew quite a bit from the battle. I completely forgot that Hydra had Dragon Rage, and that saved me big time. And most of the team learned some new moves, too! Maybe next chapter, I'm gonna go through unfinished business. There's a LOT of stuff I need to catch up on. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 25 Moves: Scary Face, Dragon Rage, Ember, SmokeScreen Meowth Name: Meowth Level: 24 Moves: Scratch, Faint Attack, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 25 Moves: Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage Kadabra Name: Sleeper Level: 24 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Miracle Eye, Charge Beam Magby Name: Magmordo Level: 24 Moves: Faint Attack, Flame Burst, Ember, SmokeScreen Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 16 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen

Whoa, Episode VII is released already? WOW. Time flies fast these days... Time to download it then.

Chapter VII: Onyx Ward's Finest Trainer School! After I saved the Obsidia Ward from destruction, I decide to look around the new freshly cleaned Obsidia. While I was looking around, I saw a Siplh Co. Building here. Seems fishy, considering there's a Devon Co. Building here too. Since there is nothing here to look at, I head to the Onyx Ward. When I get to the Onyx Ward, first thing I find is that there's no trouble here. I also find a HUGE Arcade, and first thing I do is go to the lottery, where, lucky me, Hydra's ID matches the fourth digit of the Lottery ticket, so I win an ultra ball. One person breaks the fourth wall, by saying that they're playing a game called Pokemon Reborn, and says that I've probably never heard of it. I'm IN the game, kid. I leave the arcade, cause I don't have a Coin Case. I battle a few people, and head to the Pokemon Center to heal my team. I head to the Department Store in the Obsidia Ward, and get a Membership Card. That place sells EVERYTHING. Too bad I don't know how to get stickers... So, I leave. I head back to the Onyx Ward, and head to the Trainer's School, only to find two kids gossiping. Ignoring them, I head to the gym on the left side, but then there's a group of kids who are having some sort of private discussion, and they battle me. no matter, it's good training for my team. However, they're all talking about which gym leaders are their favorites. Four Reborn Gym Leaders actually graduated from the Trainers School here. These Gym Leaders are Julia, Florinia, Titania, and Amaria . Funny thing, they were all roommates. Well, time to head to the gym now, but first, to heal my team AGAIN. I head inside the gym, and it sounds a bit different than the one from Julia's gym, yet it has the same tune. However, as I step inside the gym, I encounter Fern, who knew that I was going to challenge his sister, Florinia. He then trash talks to me and says I don't deserve to challenge her. But I SAVED the Obsidia Ward! He says he'll prevent me from battling her by telling his goon Trey to tell the other guys to prevent me from battling Florinia. He tells his other goon Skye to hit the switch at the gate. He says the reason why he's preventing me from battling Florinia is because it's a matter of his family, and his school's pride, and he says I'm not worthy. I guess I have no choice but to prove I'm worthy. I head to the Trainer School, where I am challenged to a battle by the kid who blocked me before. I beat the guy, and head inside the school, where lucky me, there is a Pokemon Center in it. I heal my team, and read some books. After I read the books, I head into the battle areas where I battle trainers. Apparently, Fern runs a gang, cause one of the kids says "So you're the one the boss wanted!" I beat the ones on the first floor, and then head upstairs, where an old man battles me. I do not need any more distractions! I beat the old man, and head into a room, where this kid's raging about the Onyx Arcade system being crappy now. He gives me his coin case, because he is done with the Arcade's crap. I go in another room and find a computer with an error in it, causing me to battle a Porygon that is level 5. WHY is Porygon level 5? I catch it, and I then go back to battling Fern's goons. I head into a huge room, apparently Julia's, Florinia's, Titania's, and Amaria's dorm. I end up reading Julia's diary, and I found that Amy was the Captain of the Cheerleaders BEFORE Julia was. When I read Florinia's diary, I found the reason why she is emotionless. She is emotionless because of her past. When I read Titania's diary, she KNEW someone would end up reading it, and tells them to know someone in person, and not through their personal stuff. When I read Amaria's diary, I found her true emotions. She hides her smile with a dark depression. Sad, but true. With some education learned from all this, I leave. I battle one of Fern's goons, and much to my delight, Hydra evolves into a strong Gyarados, who also learns Bite. I head downstairs, and find Trey, who battles me. Time to test out Hydra's new power, which apparently, is MUCH Stronger than before. I head deeper, and find a bunch of machines. I keep reading books to answer correctly on these machines. I go left, and battle with Skye, who tries to prevent me from going over there. I beat him, study up the books, and get the answers right. I head into the next room, and apparently, the Gym and the Trainer School are CONNECTED. So HA, In your FACE, Fern! I save the game, walk up to Fern. He gets disappointed that I am in his presence, knowing that his goons failed. He then calls me a loser. He says he's doing me a favor of not embarrassing myself, but I know he's lying. He tells me to go home and give up. I have no home... For your information Fern, I am NOT a loser, and I will NOT go home. Instead, I will beat you right here, and right now. I will make you burn with your own shame of yourself, and I will prove that I am SUPERIOR to you! Fern sends out Lombre, while I send out Hydra. I have Hydra use Bite on Lombre a few times to kill it. However, Hydra is killed before he could even finish off Lombre. So, I send out Porygon to do the job. However, Fern had to be an idiot and use a Super Potion, and kill off Porygon with Absorb and Fury Swipes. I send out Meowth to do the job, and lucky me, one of my bites flinched Lombre, and another one was a critical hit and killed Lombre, so now my Meowth lives with 1 HP left. So now, Fern sends out Servine to do the job, and I SWEAR Servine was a female when it was a Snivy. I keep Meowth out for one last Bite before he faints. I then send out Charles, and spam Dragon Rage and kill Servine. Fern sends out Roselia, and I kill off Roselia with Dragon Rage too. However, Fern had to be a jerk and use Stun Spore on Charles. However, I still successfully kill off Roselia, and manage to defeat Fern! Fern then gets mad, and says, "Two can play at that game, Trevo." So now, he's officially Gary Oak of the Reborn Region, and he begins his own journey. So now, I gotta heal my team so I can battle the gym. As I go heal my team, I notice that the gate is unlocked. Maybe Fern opened it? Anyways, I heal my Pokemon, leave Ekans in the PC cause Florinia uses Grass types, and I also teach Sleeper Charge Beam. Now I'm ready to head to Florinia's Gym! As Fern and Gary say, "See ya later, losers!" Current Pokemon Stats I'm thinking of putting Porygon in my team, but I'm having a tough decision on who to replace. Who should I replace? I'm thinking of replacing Magmordo with Elekid, but I guess I could replace Magmordo with Porygon for now. Charmeleon Name: Charles Level: 25 Moves: Scratch, Dragon Rage, Ember, Smoke Screen Meowth Name: Meowth Level: 21 Moves: Scratch, Fury Swipes, Bite, Fake Out Gyarados Name: Hydra Level: 21 Moves: Splash, Tackle Kadabra Name: Sleeper Level: 22 Moves: Teleport, Disable, Miracle Eye, Charge Beam Magby Name: Magmordo Level: 17 Moves: Faint Attack, Leer, Ember, Smoke Screen Porygon Name: Porygon Level: 12 Moves: Conversion 2, Tackle, Conversion, Sharpen