A New Start As A Trainer/Chapter 29: Friends in Need

Story by Aquos on SoFurry

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#3 of A New Start As A Trainer/ part 2

What's this? Another chapter? So soon? Why?

Well, I felt SO bad for leaving you guys hanging for so long that I'm posting ALL of the finished chapters that I wrote in my absence.


Hey guys, here with another chapter of Lucas's and Lucario's adventure together! So, we should recap:

1) ** **Shane and Lucas got their second badge each

2) ** **Lucas found his sister, Lexi, after she mysteriously ended up here like him and she joined them on the journey

3) ** **Flygon had an idea, while Lucas, Lucario, and Emily were playing, that he could try and be Emily's temporary Starter Pokemon until she got her own

Okay, now that everything is covered let's dive into the story again (oh and please tell me if I'm doing something wrong with this; going to do something a little cliché).........

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(Normal POV)

Flygon, finally able to fall asleep fifteen minutes ago, snoozed soundly all curled up under the tree; Lexi was laying on him gently, using him as a pillow which she found very smooth and cool; Lucario relaxed in the tree on a low branch so he wouldn't sleep on the ground; Lucas laid on the water lazily on his back as the sun warmed him and the water kept him cooled: basically he was at the perfect temperature he wanted.

"Ah.....this feels nice," He said to himself, sighing contently "Isn't it Shane?"

No reply back.

"Shane? You there?" Lucas asked, looking towards the tree and getting into the water again: he saw Lucario, Em, Flygon....but no Shane; he didn't see Gallade or Monferno either.

"They aren't here: is something wrong?" He swam for the edge, getting a bit tired after getting there.

"Guys, Shane and the others aren't here: I don't think they were even here when we were playing a half hour ago! They could be in trouble!" The alertness in his voice brought everyone to their senses: Shane, Monferno, Gallade.....missing?

"Are you sure they didn't just leave for a bit and will come back soon?" asked Lexi, getting just as worried.

"No, they were NOT here; remember in Diamond........Team Galactic's semi-HQ is here in Eterna?" Lucas said, fearing the worse. Lexi sat up all the way, wide-eyed with the thought of it.

"Who's Team 'Galactic'?" Lucario asked, unsure what the two humans were talking about.

"Team Galactic are a bunch of crooks, stealing Pokemon and using them for their purposes to take control of the legendary Sinnoh Pokemon. They're dangerous, stealthy, and down-right evil!" Lucas scoffed, spitting afterwards to prove his point.

"Ugh, sounds bad....." Flygon said, gaining their attention temporarily.

"They are MORE than bad....they are evil: E-V-I-L, EVIL!" Lexi said, getting all worked up about it; Lucas came over and pushed her back down so she was sitting again.

"Calm down sis, I'm pretty sure they aren't with them: Shane's tough and so are his Pokemon...along with Gallade and Monferno; we have nothing to worry about......" Lucas trailed up, grabbing his shirt and pulling it on "BUT it wouldn't hurt to look for them."

"Right, best to be safe." Lucario said, jumping down and landing smoothly. Lexi pulled on the jeans shorts and Lucas gave her the shirt she was wearing before she changed. Lucas went to grab his belt but saw one of his Pokeballs missing; he looked around and saw his Dragon-type holding it in both paws.

"Flygon.......is something wrong?"

"No, I was just wondering...do you think I could....be Lexi's.....starter? Just for now at least, until she gets her own?" He said, looking slightly at her, then away and back to Lucas.

'He wants to be Lex's Pokemon? What does SHE think about it?' Lucas thought, scratching his head. He looked over to his sister and walked over to her; he whispered into her ear what Flygon asked and she whispered back her response. Lucas grinned and they BOTH walked back to Flygon; Lexi then went up and hugged him.

"Yes, Flygon: you can be my starter until I get my own: I would be honored." Flygon smiled and hugged the human girl tighter, nuzzling her neck lovingly.

"Thank you! I promise I will be the most obedient Pokemon for you!"

"You don't have to do that...but thank you. Now.....can you let go of me: your hug is hurting me a little." Lex said kindly, loving the nuzzling....but the hug, not so much. He let go and gave the Pokeball he was holding to Em; she minimized it and put it in her pocket so she wouldn't lose it.

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(Shane, Monferno, and Gallade, Normal POV)

*Flashback*

"Hey guys, I was thinking: me, Lexi, Lukey and FG should up ahead. Me and Em need to do something really quick." Lucas then whispered something to Em and she grinned, understanding what he meant. Everyone else was clueless as Lucas, Lexi, Lucario, and Flygon flew off towards the entrance of Eterna.

"What was THAT about?" Monferno asked, lost on what was happening; he turned towards Gallade, the Psychic-type Pokemon of the group.

"What? I couldn't read their thoughts: that's the Gardevoirs' job, Telepathy is THEIR thing." Gallade said, looking a bit shocked that the monkey would ask him on anything: did have SOME tension....though they didn't know why.

Monferno shrugged as Shane snapped to get their attention back.

"Guys, they just went ahead so they could get ready for when WE got there: it's pretty obvious that Lucas and Lexi don't have swimsuits and they went to get some." He sighed, thinking on why Lucas chose them as his Pokemon...but he couldn't judge: he still questioned HIS Pok­­­­emons' personality.

"Oh....well why didn't he tell us that then: we would've understood." Gallade said arms crossed as they began to walk again towards the Eterna Gate.

"He probably didn't want you guys to know: you gotta remember he's not from here...and neither is Lexi: they're brother and sister."

"Yeah, I guess.....maybe you're right Shane." Gallade admitted: he was never trustful with humans since he met Lucas as a Kirlia still.

"Still, he could have told us....and I don't even like to swim: I'm a Fire-type...remember?" Monferno interrupted, bringing up a good point: Lucas always seemed to be a little sneaky...even when he had a good reason to be.

"That's just him, I've heard Lucario talk about him: he's fun, caring, kind, and does the things he does because he doesn't want anyone to get hurt and ALWAYS has good intentions when doing something bad like not being straight forward with people.....and then he goes on and talks about his looks and I just left." Gallade said, laughing afterwards when he said the last part. Everyone joined in and soon realized they were halfway there when they saw some people.....strange looking people: they had this weird sort of haircut and their hair was a bright Cyan blue; both were wearing the same thing: a light grey uniform with a fancy "G" on the back. They were carrying a big box with a Pokeball on the side........they seemed suspicious of something since they were being silent and somewhat vigilant of anyone.

Shane got curious and so did everyone else as they walked up to them and overheard them both talking, obviously adults.

"We need to hurry; He doesn't want to be kept waiting!" One said, a female voice saying it.

"I know, I'm hurrying: I'm a simple Grunt." The other said, male. They continued to carry the boxes and turned around, soon seeing they were being watched.

"What do you want kid? We've got more important things to deal with." The female scoffed. Shane looked at the box and caught a glimpse of Pokeballs.....and a lot of them.

"Where are you going with those balls?" He asked, thinking this through: two people talking highly about someone....wearing uniforms...Grunt....where has he heard that before?

"Hey....are those Pokeballs? What are you doing with them?" Shane asked again, suspicious to the two: he didn't like them....and he thinks he knows why.

"It's none of your business to know, now scram!" said the male harshly. Shane just glared at them, taking in more and more of the two.

"......Wait a sec: you're Team Galactic! You're stealing Pokeballs!" He said, taking Salamence's ball and releasing his dragon. Monferno and Gallade, catching on, got into battle position.

"Dammit! The kid's a trainer! DO SOMETHING!" cried the female grunt, taking the box and starting to run. The male, on the other hand, took out a ball and summoned a Drowsee.

"Drowsee; gives these twerps a little nap." Before anyone could react Drowsee sent out four rings, each one hitting Shane, Salamence, Monferno, and Gallade. They all got really tired and soon toppled over, falling into a deep slumber........

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After what seemed like hours Shane finally woke up......only to find himself, Monferno, and Gallade in a small room and all his stuff gone.

"Hey, guys? You okay?" he asked, getting up slowly. Monferno sat up right quickly and yawned, apparently well-rested from the forceful nap; Gallade got up and stretched slightly before looking around.

"Where are we? And what happened?" the Fire monkey asked, looking around and hopping on any box he could in the room.

"I think we went to sleep by that Hypnosis. I don't know where we are...." Shane said, looking for any door or window or anything: only a door. He ran over to it and yanked on it, then pushed hard against it: locked. He soon began looking around, finding out he didn't have his Pokémon or his backpack: they must have taken them.

"Shoot! That was our only way.....now what?"

"Guess we just wait then," Gallade said calmly, leaning on a wall and folding his arms "Lucas and the others will see that we aren't back and will go looking for us. Simple."

'If only it WAS that easy.' Monferno thought as he sat down on an empty crate.

*End of Flashback*

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(Lucas' POV)

We've been looking for our other teammates for quite some time after we left the river: almost for two hour and still nothing; Lexi went with FG to get a Starly's eye-view while me and Lucario split up and searched the other parts of town: me close to the bicycle path and Lukey towards the Palkia statue we saw earlier. We met up in the center of town for a quick check to see if anyone found them.

"Damn, where are they? We checked every rock and stone in this place," Lucario said, panting hard: obviously he was running.

"I know: it's like they just up and vanished." Lexi said, catching me off-guard with the term "up-and-vanished" since I haven't heard her say it before.

"Well, there is only one other place they could be: the Team Galactic building. No one checked it I think......so they could be inside." I said positively, not wanting to give up my search.

"Right....so where is it?" Flygon asked.

"It's that weird looking building with the spinning satellite dish on it. We should hurry!" I said, my voice urgent for the last part; we broke into a run to reach the blue and yellow building.

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While we were on our way to the building Lex popped up a sudden question:

"Hey Bub, Lucario: you said that David was just like you.......and I was wondering about what you told me about all that happened. Do you think he has something to do with the dream about being put here for a reason? He has Latios.....you have Lucario.....It just adds up to me."

"I'm not sure, it's possible though: David got here with a freak storm.....as did I. You said you got in after just touching my still charged DS that morning I got in and you appeared here a week after I did. You know, YOU could be the one that the three Pokemon were talking about.......but you don't have a bond to any Pokemon; only other person is David so.......you COULD be right on that idea." I said, thinking in my head about what she said.

'Maybe Em's right: David got here with the same concept I did.....or I got here through the same concept of him; whatever, doesn't matter. What DOES matter is about those weird dreams about the three Pokemon: I know I've seen them before, it's on the tip of my tongue........DAMN! If only I could remember!' Before I could keep going we reached Team Galactic's Eterna HQ. We climbed over a hedge and I made my way to a window; I peered in to look inside: abandoned.

'SHIT!' I cussed in my mind, now losing the only other clue I had to finding my Pokemon and friend.....wait: wasn't there ANOTHER HQ of theirs somewhere in Sinnoh? I quickly made my way back to the others to tell them of the news.

"Bad news: this place is abandoned....and it was recent too."

"Dang in! What now?" asked Lexi; I began to think: in my Platinum game I got through here, then to Veilstone where they had that warehouse I had to battle to get through with Dawn.....wait: warehouse! Team Galactic's MAIN HQ is in Veilstone!

"Wait, I remember something from my Pokemon game: Team Galactic has TWO bases.....and the one we HADVEN'T check is in Veilstone. We need to get there pronto!" I said, now rummaging my bag for my clothes and Lexi's; after about a minute I gave her the clothes she wore and I had my clothes in hand. He went back to the PC for a quick rest and change and we headed for the bike path.

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(Normal POV)

Ten minutes later the trainers and Pokemon reached the entrance, the bike shop back a bit of a ways back. We were stopped by some people in our way: trainers.

"Excuse, but we cannot let you pass: you need to have a bike with you."

"Aw...man! Fine, guess we have no choice. But how are we gonna carry it around with us?" asked Lucas, thinking about how he could carry it: folding it up and putting it in his bag.....damn; that would be heavy.

"Don't worry: the bikes are foldable and are very light-weight so it's not very hard to carry with you during your journey." The female one of them said. Lucas thought that he should since it was necessary in Platinum, so he took their advice and went to the Bike store there. It wasn't very big all-together...but it sure did hold a LOT of bikes.

A man in a suit was in the front, watching a little boy ride off. He was wearing a grey suit with a hat on...and he seemed to be quite old. The minute he saw the two kids he had a smile on his face.

"Hello, are you here to get a bike to travel down the Bicycle Path?" he asked, as if knowing what Lucas and Lexi wanted to ask.

"Yeah, we need to get to Veilstone....... also we need it to go to cities and towns faster: we've been walking since Canalave City." Said Lucas, whispering to Lexi that it was true. The owner looked at him, questioning if it was true.....so Lucas looked over to Lucario.

"It's true: I was his first Pokémon in Canalave and we've been walking ever since we got here."

"Oh, well of course: come with me, I think I might have something for you two." He said, motioning to Lexi and Lucas.

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After about ten minutes both the humans were on their new bikes, riding to the Bicycle Path again: Lucas on a dark blue bike with yellow streaks, Lexi on a purple bike with purple circles, and Lucario riding on Flygon's back close to Lucas.

"Wow, this is MUCH better: I haven't ridden a bike is SO long!" Lucas called out, throwing his hands up and showing off.

"Lucas, that's not a good idea: you might fall." Lucario warned, watching so he could see if his boyfriend needed any help. Lucas cringed and gripped the handle bars so he could steer.

"Better." Lucario said, now bringing his attention back to their destination now nearing them.

After about a few minutes they arrived in-front of the Cycling Road. The two trainers that were there before saw that the two OTHER trainers had bikes so they let them pass...but not without passing some worthy information: 'the Cycling Road had a LOT of battles.....and most were double battles.'

"Okay.....'the Cycling Road has a lot of battling, most are which are Double Battles.'......what do they mean by that?" asked Lexi, not really understanding what the two said.

"It means we're going to have to battle a lot.......mostly you and me TOGETHER: that mean you and I have to work TOGETHER to win.....me and Lucario with you and Flygon," Lucas explained, then looked towards the dragon "FG, looks like your FIRST battle will be with Lex; I'm sure she'll give you some good commands during battle."

"I hope so: I wanna win." Said FG, flying in-between Lexi and Lucas and the dragon nuzzled the girl slightly; she giggled and then pushed the dragon away gently.

"Not now: I'm riding my bike, I might fall off and get hurt."

"Okay, but I'll do it later." He said, smiling; Lucas found it kind of weird: 'I THINK she's is enjoying this a little TOO much.'

"Shut up, I like his nuzzling." Lexi said.

"I didn't say anything...." Lucas said innocently.

"But you were thinking it, I can tell: same exact aura." Lucario said, chuckling; Lucas was surprised by Lucario's sudden addition to the talk....so he went into a little mental talk with him.

'Hey, Lukey.....is something wrong? You're barely talking at all.....'

'Well.....kinda, yeah.'

'Can you tell me why?'

'It looks as if you're forgetting about me: you're spending so much time your sister.....it's making me jealous.'

'Aw....Lukey: there is NO need for you to worry about her, we're just catching up since we haven't seen each other in a while. I am still ALL yours totally, no matter what.'

'Are you sure?' Lucas chuckled to himself, seeing how his PokeMate is jealous.

'Open up your locket and read what is inside it' Lucario took his necklace and opened it up, reading it in his mind.

'Lucario, I am yours forever. That will NEVER change and NO ONE should convince you otherwise.' Lucario chuckled to himself as well and had a tear form in his eyes.

'I have always kept that promise and I will KEEP that promise FOREVER.....alright?'

'Yeah, I shouldn't worry about that.....but I DO have one more thing that's keeping me quiet: what's going to happen in the Cycling Road?'

'I don't know, babe........but I KNOW we can do it.' Lucas thought confidently.

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AQUOS: STOP! Sorry I had to stop you there: it was dragging on.

LUCAS: What?! We were just getting to the good part.

LUCARIO: Yeah: I wanted to battle....too much energy in me.

LEXI: Me too, wanna jog with me?

FLYGON: Hey, what about me?! I'm still part of this group!

LUCAS, LUCARIO, LEXI: We know!

FLYGON: OKAY! Sheesh....just wanted to say I was still here.

AQUOS: Okay everyone, take 5: I need to edit the script a bit before next shoot.

EVERYONE ELSE: 'kay.


Well, then.........time to type chapter 30.