Anabelle De Tonnancourt ~ Poliwag - Lvl 10 Sandshrew - Lvl 10 Lumiose City, Surrounding Forest ------------------------- The long, blond haired girl had been walking for hours now in hope of reaching Lumiose city before nightfall. He sole companion as of now was a Poliwag she was holding against her chest, both arms wrapped around the pokemon. Jetty was the name Ana gave her faithful companion, and she pokemon was about as big as Ana's whole torso. Not so long ago, Ana recalled thinking that Poliwags were actually a lot smaller than that, but reality caught back to her when her friend began it's growing cycle. Despite it's large size, or larger than anticipated size, Jetty remained kind of light so Anabelle kept on carrying her when possible, but ti was not rare to see the pokemon jumping along beside the girl. ''Awwh...Jetty, do [i]you[/i] see any town nearby?'' the girl said, desperately. ''Didn't think so...Gah! And it is getting kind of hot, non?'' and she sighed. Jetty jumped onto the ground and turned back to her trainer, shifting it's head in confusion (which was pretty much it's whole body). ''Jetty? What are you--...No, nevermind! Jetty, don't you dare--'' but before she could end her sentence, the small pokemon let a stream of cold water out from it's mouth into the air, pouring it down like rain onto Anabelle who, on her side, let both her arms fall along her body. If she had hopes this day would take a better turn, it was washed away by Jetty's water. ''--...dare to do that...Yep, merci beaucoup. You are unbelievable!'' She said crouching that to catch the little traitor, but the Poliwag began running away playfully, letting out a series of ''Poli, Poli, Poliwaaaaag ~'' sounding way too much like laughing to Ana's taste. ''Get back here, I'll show you!'' she said laughing as well as she gave chase. Jetty ran through a bush, jumped on the other side of a small tree trunk and below another one, the through another bush when it abruptly and suddenly ran straight into what seemed like a human's leg, making it fall on it's back. Since it had no arms, Jetty used it's tail to launch herself back on feet. It really was the leg of another human, a female, actually, with brown hair. She seemed a big angry, and when Poliwag followed the direction of the girl's stare she noticed two other humans that all had pokemons with them. Scared, Jetty ran back to her own trainer who just now caught up to the pokemon, completely exhausted. Anabelle had both hands on her knees, catching her breath before finally looking up at what she thought would be a triumphant Jetty....only to notice three persons with one pokemon each. The girl stared at them for a moment before realizing exactly what happened and finally snapping out of it, taking a few steps forward. ''Bonjour, Hello!'' She said with an accent that did not betray the fact she originated from Kalos (French accent). Her cloths were completely wet despite having not a single cloud in the sky. ''My name is Anabelle de Tonnancourt, and my friend is called Jetty. Sorry if she disturbed you...I was chasing her through the forest and...anyway, sorry, that's not interesting. What are you doing here?....Hrm, I mean!...Where you heading to Lumiose City? That's where I am going. You don't look from around here...Maybe I can help?'' The girl said in an all too friendly tone. She walked towards them, taking what seemed like a map out of her bag and unfolding it completely. It was a map of the Kalos region. She turned it towards them and pointed to where they actually were. ''Here! I mean...we are here! And Lumiose City is over there'' she pointed the city, then folded back the map to put it away. ''So...are you heading there? Because me and Jetty could use a bit of company, right Jetty?'' ----------- Hideyoshi, Michi&Aoi Inkay - Lvl 10 Beldrum - Lvl 10 & Misdreavus - Lvl 10 Nidoran - Lvl 10 Lumiose City ----------- In between the large buildings of Lumiose city was floating a lonely Beldrum. It was actually looking for something specific, but apparently did not find it yet. However, it was come to cross ways with an equally alert Noibat, who just passed above. The Beldrum went in the direction the Noibat came from and had a peek at the crowded street, immediately spotting what seemed to be the previous Noibat's trainer. Akarui, Beldrum's given name, immediately turned around and headed back the way it came. It failed in finding the Blackbody Corporation base, or meeting place, but instead found something else to report in. A tall man with snow white hair was waiting in one of the alleys for his pokemon to come back. He was awfully calm despite being lost. Rather, he was not lost, [i]but[/i] he wasn't able to find what he was looking for which was equally as bad. Close by was a girl way smaller than him who had long reddish hair and a black ribbon in it. She was wearing a black dress while he was wearing a long, white jacket. Where the man posed an able man full of wit, the girl posed as a reckless and over agitated child. She was playing with her Nidoran named Spiky, both of them on the ground. Michi tried countless times to educate his little sister into having a more mature attitude, but abandoned a few weeks back when he realized how hopeless it was. No matter how different the both of them were, they formed a perfect team. The man looked up and a smile appeared on his face. ''Aoi, enough kidding around.'' he said while taking a step towards his returning Beldrum. ''Akarui's back.'' The girl stood back as quick as possible while having a Nidoran trying to pin you down, still laughing. She then put her friend back in her pokeball and turned to her brother. ''Alright, alright. So, Akarui's found the place?'' ''Don't think so, not so soon, but he might have found another lead. It's the only one we got today, so let's just go.'' Aoi knew better than to question her big brother, so she just nodded her shoulders and followed her brother. It took a few moments, but they eventually reached the end of the alleys. It was giving into a busy street. Michi took a peek and noticed a man standing here with an Eevee, waiting for something. Now, Michi could not speak to pokemons or understand them, but he was smart enough to understand that if Beldrum brought him here it was because he thought the man had something to do with Blackbody Corp. ''Okay, let's stay low for now. We should wait to see what the guy,s gonna do next. Aoi, don't leave my side, okay? ... Aoi?'' Michi said, the turned around when he got no answer from her...only to realize she was gone. Completely caught off guard, the man looked all around until he finally spotted her black ribbon making her way through the crowd towards the man. Quickly at that. Michi face palmed and ran after her, but not fast enough. The girl reached the man before her brother even began going after her. ''Hey there! I'm Hideyoshi Aoi, nice to meet you? So, are you with the Blackbody Corpo--'' she began saying before Michi could stop her by covering her mouth with his hand. ''Not here, idiot!'' but seemed like it was a bit too late for that. The white haired boy looked up at the man, cursing to himself. ''You got a name?''