YourSecretWeapon

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Kjolmar was amazed at the size of Noivern. Then he frowned. "You're huge, Noivern. I'm afraid you will have to go back in your pokeball. Noivern protested stubbornly and glared at Apollo, who was laying back in Kjolmar's arms.
Apollo noticed the glare and jumped to the ground. "I'll walk if that helps putting Noivern at ease." he mentally told Luna in order to get the message spread.
Noivern growled and hit his wing against Kjolmar's belt, hitting his pokeball button. Noivern returned to his pokeball by his own choice, but he wasn't very pleased about it. "Sorry Noivern, I'll let you back out as soon opportunity presents itself."

"The guy in red was Han." Kjolmar explained to Aro "He used to be a member of Team Flare, a villainous organisation in Kalos. They are disbanded now but he still keeps a grudge against me for defeating them. His Pyroar is very powerful. Despite the fire type being weak to the water type, Pyroar is quite the challenge for Gyarados. I've defeated him before but to be honest, I was lucky to have mega evolution on my side."

When Aro rested in the meadow and let all of his pokemon out, Kjolmar followed his example. Well, he didn't let Gyarados out for several reasons: there wasn't a water surface nearby and Gyarados could be quite antisocial. But the others could rest in the meadow.

Beau immediately went to play with Belle. Kjolmar smiled as both the Eevee's were running circles around each other. He noticed how Beau's fur was just that little darker than Belle's. Ideal for telling them apart.

Apollo made his way to Luna and sat down next to her. "I wish Kjolmar could hear me, like Aro can hear you." he mentally said to Luna. His voice sounded quite neutral so it was difficult to say how he felt about that.

Noivern seemed happy to get out so soon but he was also still a bit annoyed by having to go inside his pokeball earlier. He flapped his wings and landed on a nearby tree to take a rest.

Kjolmar laughed out loud. "Man, Aro, look at this. Two of my pokemon prefer being near you, one of my pokemon is upset with me and my last one can't even be unleashed without complete ravage. I'm clueless how I beat two region champions already." He looked at all his unleashed pokemon one by one and then sighed. "You know what, I'm going to let Gyarados out at the stream nearby. Even he deserves a break. Can I count on you to keep an eye on my pokemon for a minute? Beau is playing with Belle anyway and Apollo seems occupied with Luna. And I doubt Noivern will wake up soon. Be right back."

At the stream, Gyarados was let out. It roared fiercely but when he noticed only Kjolmar was around, he instantly calmed down. Gyarados lowered his head so he could rub it against Kjolmar's body. "Hey boy, are you well rested? That was quite the gym battle back there. Well done! Splash around as much as you want, I'll come get you in a bit, okay?" Gyarados blinked his eyes in agreement and dived underwater.

Back at the meadow, Kjolmar grinned at Beau and Belle trying to catch each others tail. He sat down next to Aro and felt pleased that he isn't taking this journey alone. "You know, my sister also has an Eevee. He's called Brody. It's my sister's first year to go on an adventure so she's facing the gym leaders back home first." Kjolmar quietly watched Dante for a few seconds but then turned back to Aro. "Do you have any siblings?"

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

After he was explained about Cyrus, Team Galactic and even the special bond that he'd have with Riolu one day, Kjolmar was asked about his mega stone. "Well... There is two parts to that. First you something called a key stone, like the one you can see in my watch right here." He showed Aro how the key stone was clicked into the watch.

"Then you need the right mega stone for your pokemon to have it mega evolve."
Kjolmar realized Aro wouldn't have asked about it if he had known all of this. "My apologies. I wrongly assumed every trainer was told about this at the start of his quest. At least, that's how it happens in Kalos. Perhaps Rowan knows more about it but he kept it to himself until he fully understands it? Or maybe that old man is becoming senile after all. Hehe, don't tell him I said that."

"Every pokemon that can mega evolve, has a different mega stone." Kjolmar continued.
"For example, Gyarados is wearing a collar with gyaradosite. A Gardevoir would wear gardevoirite, and so on."

Kjolmar glared at Apollo. He couldn't quite hear him through telepathy yet but he just knew it would happen one day. "Actually, mega evolving also requires a strong bond between a trainer and his pokemon, similar to Riolu's telepathy. Perhaps Luna would be able to mega evolve if you found the correct mega stone, I don't know all the pokemon that can mega evolve. But if that is the case, I can gladly ask my region's professor to send us an extra keystone for you."

After Aro's egg hatched into a Chimchar, the team was on their way to Floroma town. But before they got there, a net captured Noibat and a male Pyroar grabbed the net with its mouth and started running.
"A Pyroar in Sinnoh?" Kjolmar gasped. "Don't tell me that he followed me all the way here?"

The group chased the Pyroar who was kidnapping Noibat. It led them straight to someone who looked like a trainer, dressed in red. "So that Pyroar IS yours! What are you doing here, Han?"
The boy chuckled. "I went to find you in Lumiose but there was no one there. Then I encountered your sister along the road and tricked her into telling me where you went. Obviously I won't rest until I've taken your gyaradosite and then beat your Gyarados. So how about a trade? You get Noibat back in exchange for your gyaradosite. And afterwards we battle."

Kjolmar was still carrying Apollo in his arms. He whispered something to him. "Okay buddy, here's what we are going to do. Telepathically tell Luna that Aro should make his way around that guy and block him from the other side, so he won't be able to escape. I'll close in from the front."

While Apollo jumped from his arms, Kjolmar slowly walked up to Han. With Han being completely focused on Kjolmar, Apollo saw his chance to use telepathy towards Luna. Kjolmar looked Han straight in the eye while approaching him. "I have a better idea. How about I don't give you anything but we'll battle without using mega evolution. If you win, you get the gyaradosite. If I win, you leave us alone."
Han shook his head. "As if I'm going to take any chances with you. Pyroar is powerful but so is Gyarados, I've experienced that more than once. The deal is simple: the gyaradosite for Noibat's safe return."

Noibat clearly got fed up with the situation and started to hit the net he was captured in from all sides. It screeched loudly while doing so, becoming more and more enraged. Then it started to glow with a bright light. Everyone looked at Noibat and gasped. "Is it...?"

When the light faded, the net broke and Noibat had evolved into Noivern. It pinched its eyes at Han and started flapping its wings, creating a whirlwind that blasted Han away into the distance. Pyroar seemed shocked and started to run after his master.

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

With both of them having the Coal Badge, the duo made their way back to Professor Rowan to return the recovered briefcase. "The Professor will be with you shortly. Please have a seat over there." one of his assistents said. Kjolmar sat down and was rather quiet for a few minutes while just staring at Aro.

A trainer called Paul passed them and pauzed in front of them. "You guys are trainers right? Do you happen to have a full team? I'm looking for a six-on-six battle."
Kjolmar shook his head. "Most of my pokemon are back home in Kalos. I only brought two of them with me. Even though I recently gained two new additions to my team, that only brings me to a total of four. My friend here doesn't have six partners on him right now either."
He realised both of them could easily transfer pokemon from their storage but Kjolmar didn't feel up for a battle right now. He first wanted to talk some things through with Aro.
Paul rolled his eyes. "Later then, I'm sure we'll bump into each other. Let me know when you have a full team."

Kjolmar barely responded to it. He didn't know Paul but he was sure that Gyarados alone would guide him to victory. Then again, he shouldn't underestimate other trainers like that. When Paul left and there was still no sign of Rowan, Kjolmar tried to interrupt the silence between him and Aro. "Maybe we should fill our team a bit more, in case more rivals request six-on-six battles. We could search the tall grass outside."

Noibat crawled right next to Apollo, who was sitting in Kjolmar's arms. He accidentally pushed Apollo a bit to the side. Well, at least it looked accidentally. Apollo glowed a little and thought to himself (and therefor indirectly to Luna) "Noibat doesn't seem to like it when I'm the center of Kjolmar's attention."
Kjolmar noticed Apollo glowing and it gave him a tingling sensation, but he couldn't hear his thoughts yet. Wondering a bit why Noibat was being so possessive suddenly, he turned his attention back to Aro.
"So. I bet we both have some questions for each other, I saw you looking at my Gyarados. I'll start. Number one, who is Cyrus? Number two, what happened to you right there after you saw Apollo?"

Meanwhile, a Mesprit was outside the building, looking in through a window. It gazed at Kjolmar intensely. That same Mesprit had been spying on him earlier at Lake Verity, when it had lured Noibat there. When Mesprit heard Rowan approach, it vanished back to its lake.

"Ah, you recovered my research, wonderful!" Rowan said to the duo. "Oh my, it got all mixed up." he said with a frown. Kjolmar figured that happened because he had been going through it. "Those thugs..." he said, giving Aro an apologizing look for the little white lie.
Rowan cleared his throat before adressing the trainers. "I must admitt, I was considering to find help from someone older than you two but you amaze me by retrieving this succesfully. Unfortunately, there is more going on than what meets the eye. Team Galactic has taken over an entire building in Eterna City. Could I count on you to drive them out?"

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Roark apparantly wasn't just the gym leader of Orebourgh, he was also the foreman of the mines. "Ah so you have been in the mines, challenger? Then you must realise by now that I use rock type pokemon. How about a one on one?"

Kjolmar petted Noibat's cheek. "Why don't you sit this one out, buddy?" Noibat rolled its eyes shortly but then nodded and complied. It flew over to Aro, where it landed next to Luna in order to watch the battle.

Looking at his belt with pokeballs, Kjolmar frowned. "Eevee isn't a match for rock types either, specially since I haven't trained him yet. That only leaves one option."

Roark sent out Rampardos.
"This guy only evolved earlier today but you will notice his immense power from the start."

Kjolmar closed his eyes while grabbing the pokeball he needed. Upon throwing it up, he opened his eyes and yelled "Gyarados, I choose you!" A massive Gyarados appeared and let out a loud voice. It was so intimedating that you could tell it was stronger than the average Gyarados. Around its neck was a collar with gyaradosite.

The battle was quite the sight as both pokemon seemed to be powerhouses. Gyarados looked to be a bit stronger than Rampardos but those headbutts sure hurt a lot. When both of them grew exhausted from fighting, Kjolmar held his right hand on the watch he was wearing on his left wrist. For a second he considered using the key stone that was in the watch but he changed his mind. Gyarados could do definitely win this one without mega evolving. "Hyper Beam, then finish it with Hydro Pump!" Rampardos fainted.

Gyarados let out a victorious cry and then moved its head towards Kjolmar and rubbed it against his body. Kjolmar rubbed Gyarados' head and whispered "Well done, I am once again proud of you." Despite its seemingly brutal nature, it appeared to be very loyal and even submissive to Kjolmar.

Roark walked over to hand Kjolmar the Coal Badge. "That is an impressive partner you got there." he said while reaching out his hand to pat Gyarados. But Gyarados pulled away and growled fiercly at Roark. "Easy boy." Kjolmar said and retreated Gyarados. "I am sorry about that but he doesn't trust anyone but me. He has an extreme complicated history and I have been with him ever since he was a Magikarp."

The moment Kjolmar received the badge, the egg in his backpack started moving and cracking. It was almost as if the victory had triggered it. Kjolmar gasped and put it in front of him while it hatched. Two blue paws reached out that seemed somehow familiar. They pushed against the cracked shell in order to free itself completely. It was a Riolu! It hadn't opened its eyes yet but slowly got on its feet. When its eyes opened, it looked directly at Kjolmar. In slow motion, its gaze turned to Luna and then back to Kjolmar.

"Whoa, it seems we both have a Riolu now. Welcome to the team,.. hmh.. Apollo!"

It jumped into Kjolmar's arms and obviously wanted to be carried. Quite different than Luna for example. Then again, Apollo only just hatched so it was a bit younger than Luna. While in Kjolmar's arms, he looked at Luna again and started to glow. Were they commmunicating?

Noibat had started to hover around Kjolmar to get his attention. There was a possibility that she was jaleous that Apollo was being carried by Kjolmar but there was no way to be sure, as Noibat could be quite the showoff.

Roark cleared his throat and coughed. "Uhum. I don't want to interrupt this beautiful moment but is the next challenger ready?"

Kjolmar reached out his arm in front of Aro. "He will be right after he told me who Cyrus is." he said with a friendly tone.

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Kjolmar had seen enough villainous teams to recognise one. After all, he had defeated both Team Flare and Team Plasma before. (Ironically, he didn't recognize Jesse and James, as they were dressed in casual outfits at the time). Aro seemed to know more about them though, as he mentioned someone who was probably the leader.

"Who is Cyrus?" Kjolmar asked out loud, curious to find out more about the man in charge.
Could he be worse than Lysandre?

The grunts were very confident, as was Aro. When Aro asked Kjolmar if he was ready, he smirked.
"My friend, I was born ready. Go, Noibat, show that Zubat that there is only place for one bat around here."
Noibat used a combination of Absorb, Super Fang and Hurricane. He took some hits from the Zubat but the battle was definitely going in Noibat's favor.

Next thing they know, Aro seemed to burst out in an uncontrolable anger. Luckily for them, it made both him and Luna charge a powerful attack. So powerful it had instantly knocked out Glameow and throw its master down the mines. Kjolmar looked at Aro with a hint of suspicion. In order to finish the battle, he told Noibat to use Sky Attack on Zubat and it ended the battle. Zubat's master dropped the briefcase and ran the other way.

Kjolmar walked up to Aro, hesitated about what to say but eventually came up wth "Remind me to never get on your bad side." He smiled a little and then looked at Luna. "Or you, for that matter."

He picked up the briefcase. "Let's get this back to the Professor. Are you okay or do you need a minute?"
Kjolmar peeked at the briefcase, sat down and opened it. While he did this, he peeked at Aro again. "I know it's not the most polite thing to do but I want to know what we just risked our lives for. If you don't tell the Professor, I won't tell him you almost turned into the hulk."

Kjolmar didn't like Rowan all that much, he found the man stiff as an ironing board. A great contrast with Professor Sycamore for example. Tho Sycamore was a lot younger so that could have something to do with it.

Unfortunately, there were only scientific documents about evolution in the briefcase. Quite boring to Kjolmar. Even more to Noibat who had lost interest instantly. Kjolmar closed the briefcase and checked if Aro was ready to go.

"By the way, isn't there a gym in this town? We should challenge it while we are here."

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Belle was a great name for Aro's Eevee. Kjolmar looked at his own Eevee, who seemed to be male. "Would you like a name that starts with the letter B too?" The Eevee nodded approvingly. "Let's see. B... Bry... Ba... Oh, I got it! How about Beau? It perfectly matches your bond with Belle." Once again, the Eevee nodded approvingly. "Welcome to the team, Beau."

While chasing after the thugs that took Rowan's research, Kjolmar noticed how Aro was in sync with Luna. He was even a little bit jaleous, despite having a great bond with his own pokemon. After all, it wasn't easy to get where they were now, specially with... Oh well, there would be plenty of time to reflect on that later.

As Kjolmar and Noibat caught up with Aro and Luna, he wondered why they looked at him in a particular way but decided not to ask. Rowan's research was top priority now.

But in his rush, Kjolmar tripped over something and took a hard fall to the floor. Noibat quickly flew over to him, grabbed his shirt with its little paws and pulled him back up. "Thanks Noibat. Djee, I'm normally not that clumpsy."

Then a male voice sounded from the dark path in front of them. "Did that old fool send his little errand boys? Don't think we'll give up the research that easily!"

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Kjolmar followed Aro's example and pressed the button of his new pokeball. A second Eevee came out.
"Well, hi there. I am Kjolmar, if you roll with me, you're going to have a great time."

The Eevee smiled and nodded before going to play with Aro's Eevee.
"When Riley said these two are inseperable, he sure meant it. I think they are a couple."

Noibat flew over to the two Eevees playing and hovered around Kjolmar's Eevee.
"Oh right, and this is Noibat. He's been my partner for a long time now. I also have someone else to introduce you to, but..." Kjolmar stared at the pokeball at his belt with a certain worried look.
"Well, let's just say you'll get a chance for that later." His worried look changed into a smile.

"Hmh, it's not easy to tell those Eevee's apart. Should we nickname them?" he asked Aro.

"Oh by the way, I've been meaning to talk to you about something. I am a bit worried about my egg, it's still not moving. When I hatched eggs in the past, it never took this long. Do you think anything is wrong with it?"

Out of nowhere, Professor Rowan came running towards them. "Help! Someone!"
"Oh goodness, I am so glad I bumped into you two. Some thugs just stole my research. They headed towards the Orebourgh mines. Please, help me retrieve my work!"

Welcome to Youtopia

If the fog wasn't coming from the attractions, then where was it coming from? "Alice, scan that fog please."
Beep,beep. "I detect a 25% toxic substance, Alec."

Right after the analysis, Alec moved a little faster so he would not touch the fog at all. "This is bad, I bet someone already tweeted about it." As he grabbed his phone, he noticed there was no internet connection. Looking at the frustrated customers, he guessed they had a similar problem.

"Should we try to back entrance?" he asked Adeline, fully aware that it would take them quite some time to get there. All of a sudden an angry woman stormed towards Alec and smashed her purse towards his face. Alec noticed it only right before it would hit him but instead it went right through him, as if he was some sort of hologram. "You can be glad I missed you!" the woman shouted and calmed herself down a bit. "Ma'm, please, we will try to get you out but we can only help you if you stay calm." Alec replied.

Stepping a little closer to Adeline, he whispered "It missed me? I would've sworn she hit me right in the face but I didn't feel a thing."

Clearly, the fog wasn't the only strange thing going on.

Welcome to Youtopia

"I wonder if we would get fired if we would unleash the dinosaurs from Prehistoric Valley upon them." Alec joked to Adeline with a smirk on his face. "Alec!" Alice protested right away. "Unleashing the dinosaurs would..."

"Oh, hold your sensors, Alice. Really, we should program you with a sense of humor." Alec said to his A.I. assistant while giving Adeline a subtle wink. Alice clearly took information literally. "I will scan for a humor download pack, Alec."

Ignoring Alice's comment, Alec turned back to Adeline. "Could you keep the crowd calm while I try to force the doors open? Honestly, where are our bosses all the time?"

But before Alec could force the doors, a mysterious gas slowly made its way from the front gates towards the crowd. It looked so creepy and somehow dangerous that people immediatly backed away from it, avoiding contact with the gas. This forced everyone to go deeper into the theme park again, being even further away from leaving. "Is that coming from one of the attractions? I've never seen it before." Alec asked out loud.

The Sinnoh Chapters 2.0

Upon arriving at Jubilife city, Kjolmar smiled at the view of the city. It reminded him a bit of certain cities in his own region somehow, which he hadn't expected at all. "Right, let's get to your friend then?" he suggested. "I don't suppose he or she happens to have a little snack for us?" After asking the question, Kjolmar wondered if he had been inpolite and offered Aro a reassuring smile.

Kjolmar wondered why the egg in his backpack wasn't showing any signs of life yet. It took a lot longer to hatch than any egg he bred before. Was something wrong with it? Gently he patted the egg in the hope that it would somehow effect the breeding process but it remained as quiet as it had been before. If only his sister had been here, she was an incredibly talented breeder. That reminded him to give her a call later.

While they made their way to Aro's friend, they were being followed by Jesse and James. What Kjolmar didn't realize was they were members of the villainous Team Rocket. For Kjolmar, they were just two trainers. However, Sinnoh had it's own villainous team called Galactic and two of their grunts had just entered Jubilife. So many villains in one city? Something would definitely happen. Without the heroes noticing it, all those villains were cornering them.