Austin had barely the time to cry out before he found himself in a familiar choke hold.
"Let me go!"
"Oh, it's you." Lucario released Austin, letting the human scramble away from him. Austin frantically brushed himself off, as if the pokemon's touch still held some power over him. He glared at Lucario, pulling himself back to his feet with the help of the nearby cabinetry.
"Goddammit," Austin hissed, smacking the newfound switch on his Pokedex to light up the dark room but it was unnecessary as the back up generator switched on showering the two of them with artificial light. Lucario stared wide-eyed up at the low lamps across the ceiling, but Austin ignored his innocent surprise. "Is this how it's always gonna be between us?"
"You shouldn't sneak up on me."
" I didn't sneak up on you."
" Oh, really then why did I open my eyes from that contraption into a dark room ?"
" I don't know, the lights suddenly went off when I opened your pokeball."
Austin curiously found that Lucario was standing, as if transfixed.
"What's wrong?" Austin asked.
" We aren't in Rota anymore."
" Yeah, we are in Kanto."
Lucario's ears dropped down reminding Austin of a sad dog.
" What's wrong ?"
" It's nothing, I just wanted to look upon my home before coming to Kanto."
" I am sorry, I didn't know."
" Couldn't you have summoned me in Rota ?" Lucario curiously asked.
Austin puckered his lips before saying.his white lie," I couldn't since there wasn't any transport machine or PC in Rota."
" What's a transport machine ?"
" Like this." Austin pointed at the screen besides them.
...
Nurse Joy opened the call room as she heard sounds of something being torn apart.
Nurse Joy saw Austin trying to light a cigarette while a Luacrio tore apart the screen.
Nurse Joy was too dumbfounded to say anything.
" I'll pay for it."
" Sure, to which sugar daddy should I contact." Nurse Joy sardonically said.
" How much is it ?" Austin asked with a helpless tone.
" 10,000." Nurse Joy answered.
" Catch"
( ~ Whoosh ~ )
Nurse Joy glanced at the item she had caught as her eyes widened.
In her hand was a stack of 10,000 pokedollars.
" I am sure that is enough to cover the cost. Please close the door on your way out."
Nurse Joy obliged as she closed the door while glancing at the stack of money in her hand.
Are trainers' these days this rich ?
Should I become a pokemon trainer ?
Hearing the sounds of Luacrio, Nurse Joy thought.
' On a second thought. Maybe I shouldn't be become a pokemon trainer.'
.....
Lucario paused to touch the Pokenav he had snatched from Austin, not able to make heads or tails of its odd design.
Austin came up alongside him. He eyed the tool with far less reverence before returning his attention to the pokemon in front of him. "So you don't rememberโฆ being in that crystal all this time."
"Small mercies," Lucario muttered, touching the cool plastic handle before pulling back with a start. It was quite unlike any material he had ever seen forged before. His eyes fell back upon the strange young man standing next to him. The future was still too foreign.
" I want to apologize for breaking that stranger transport machine."
" ( ~Sigh~ ) Don't worry, you were just curious. I already paid for the damages."
" Sir Austin, I promise you that I will return the money back to you."
" It's not a problem, Lucario, you promised me that you will teach me the ways of Aura and you accepted to being my pokemon and I am responsible for anything you do."
Lucario frowned before asking," Does that mean I am your servant ?"
" No, No, being my pokemon means that your are my family. It's your choice. If you want you can destroy your Pokeball and leave anytime you want."
" You are a kind man just like Sir Aaron. Master Austin, thank you for accepting me into your family."
Austin sweat dropped at Lucario's knightly words.
" Sure."
" Master Austin, may I ask how does one earn money in this time ?"
" There are many ways but the highest way is through pokemon battles."
" I didn't know there was a war going on in Kanto."
" There isn't." Austin replied with confusion visible on his face.
" Then how does one earn money through battle if there isn't a war ?" Luacrio curiously asked as they climbed the stairs with Luacrio and Austin ignoring the gazes of everyone who looked at them.
" I am confused. What was your question Lucario ?"
" Master Austin, if there isn't a War then what is the purpose of pokemon battles."
Suddenly it clicked in Austin's mind as he asked," Luacrio, were pokemon battles in war a means of earning in your time ?"
" Yes, is that not the case in the future ?"
" Nope."
" Then what is the purpose of battle if not for the safety on the land and people."
" Entertainment, I guess."
" Entertainment, Entertainment! What barbaric times have I gone to ? Battle in the name of entertainment" Lucario replied as if he was offended by the very notion of pokemon battles for entertainment.
" Well, we can't help it. Times change." Austin tried to calm Luacrio down which seemed to work.
" I guess Master Austin is right"
" Lucario, why do you call me Master Austin?"
" Because I have been accepted into your family. It is only right that I call you master."
" You can call me Austin."
" I wouldn't dare."
Austin chuckled at Lucario's words.
" Luacrio, don't call me Master infront of other people or they'll think your into BDSM." Austin replied with a giggle
" What ?"
" Nothing it was just a joke."
" Was a supposed to laugh ?" Luacrio curiously asked causing Austin to blush in embarrassment as he realized his immature joke.
Seeing Austin's embarrassment, Luacrio tried to muster a laugh.
" Forget it, your just making it more embarrassing." Austin replied.
" My apologies."
" .... "
Lucario curiously looked around the halls they were walking in.
" Lucario, can I ask you something?"
" Yes."
" Why were your eyes closed when you were released from the staff ?"
" I was temporarily blinded before I was sealed. When I was released, I sensed your aura which was exactly the same as that of Sir Aaron's which caused me to attack you."
" Mistakes happen I guess. So are you eyes ok ?"
" Thank you for your concern but the witch doctor was able to fix my eyes."
" Witch doctor? .... due you mean bill."
" Yes, Sir Bill was able to treat me back to health and he even gave me a delectable treat that I still can't forget. It was like the flavours of heavens were washing over my tongue."
" Uh, huh." Austin replied as he opened the door to his room which revealed a mess.
Cake batter and cream covered most of the carpets.
Scizor, Pikachu and Bulbasaur were watching something on Yellow's Pokedex while everyone else was running around trying to clean the mess.
A cake covered Yellow spoke up," Ash, I can explain."
Lucario curiously asked Austin," Is this some kind of greeting ritual in the future?"
Austin released a big sigh as he opened his cigarette pack only to find it completely empty.
' Goddamnit!'
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๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ. ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ '๐ฆ'๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐. ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. ๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐.