Chapter no.231 Breaking the News

[ Austin's POV ]
When my eyes flickered open, the first thing I saw was a graffiti-drunk buff middle age man doing a kawaii pose.
My mind went blank thinking I was still in a dream.
{ You are not in a dream }
Hearing the telepathic voice of Munna, a sense of dread filled my heart.
How much is this going to cost?
{ A lot }
Thank you for your input, Munna.
{ No problem }
Sigh, who did this?
{ Do I even need to say it? }
Fuck, where is haunter?
{ Haunter has gone out but you should look at what she did to your underwear }
What did she do?
I thought as dread filled my heart.
Suddenly all the pairs of underwear I have floated above me.
Each of the underwear had been dyed pink and an extremely accurate pokemon drawing in extremely suggestive poses.
I didn't know whether to cry or to laugh.
Munna, Burn them.
{ Really! }
Yes, now burn them.
{ If you say so but only on one condition. }
What?
{ Can you wear them at least once? }
.....
Austin was left speechless as he got up from the bed.
I am going to get Charmeleon to burn them.
{ Come on, just try them once. }
I'd rather burn in hell.
{ ..... }
Ignoring Munna's pouting, Austin gathered all his decorated suggestive underwear to burn.
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
[ An hour later ]
" ..... but don't worry my pokemon put out the fire," Austin said with a smile at the staff member who asked about the smell of smoke coming from his room.
" Thank you for that and I apologize for disturbing you on a morning."
" It is no problem, you were just doing your job."
Austin said as he closed the door.
" Guys, cut in out."
Austin said while gazing upon the crying Munna who was sitting on Scizor's head.
Pidgeot and Clefable comforted the psychic type while Scizor read his rom-com novel.
Wortortle licked his lips as Pikachu flipped the eyes he was frying on the annoyed Charmeleon's tail flame.
" What am I going to do with you all ?" Austin asked himself as he sat on the bed while Kingler spat out Pikachu's eyes that were covered in garlic Ketchup.
Switching on the Xtransceiver to make a call to Bill Montgomery, Austin activated the call function, he selected Bill's contact number, and after three rings, a flash of light appeared on the screen as Bill's- wait-
"What the?!" Austin screamed, getting up from the bed, as he yelled into the Xtransceiver.
On the screen was Bill with a black eye.
" What's wrong ?"
To answer Bill's question, Austin just pointed at his eye.
" Oh, well your friend here is quite energetic."
Bill's screen moved to show Lucario playing with a rumba.
Cute.
Austin thought before coughing into his hand.
" So mind telling me, why you sent Luacrio to me even though you can legally carry 20 pokemon with you ?"
Austin chuckled dryly as he replied," Let's just say I found him by chance."
Bill narrowed his eyes at Austin who looked away.
How could Austin tell bill that he had gaslighted an aura master Luacrio into becoming his master and pokemon and to keep his white lies from being found out he had sent Luacrio to Kanto?
" Fine I won't get into the nitty-gritty of it but I have to say Ash you are my lucky star."
" Why ?"
" Because now I have a Pokemon to talk to."
" Can't psychic types talk to pokemon ?"
" They can if they have the telepathy ability and it is not easy to find such a pokemon."
" Oh," Austin replied as he glanced at Munna.
'I should thank Cynthia next time I call her.'
" Anyway, Bill I am going to transfer Luacrio when I return to Kanto."
" Really ."
" When are you coming back ?"
" Tomorrow."
" Really."
Hearing Bill's disappointed tone, Austin frowned," What's wrong ?"
" It's nothing."
" You want to spend more time with Lucario."
" Yes, please, can I ?"
" You can." Bill's face was like that of a child receiving a new toy.
" but I have a few conditions."
" Anything, what do you want ?"
" So Bill, what can you tell me about the Safari Zone ?"
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
[ Inn : 10: 30 A.M ]
Yellow pulled herself out of bed as she washed up.
When she noted the time, her eyes widened as she had slept in, her pokemon must be starving.
" Everyone, I am sorry."
Yellow quickly went through her fanny pack where she found that all her pokeballs had been opened.
( ~ Bzzz ~ )
Hearing the sounds of Kitty's wings, Yellow went to the small kitchen where she saw all her pokemon eating.
" Finally awake sleepyhead."
Austin's voice shocked yellow who remained frozen.
" A...Ash."
" Yeah."
" What are you doing here ?"
" Feeding your pokemon since you decided to sleep in."
Yellow rubbed her head in embarrassment.
Dody placed Yellow's straw hat on her head.
" Thanks, Dody."
" Yellow, I have some bad news. You might want to sit down."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
( ~ Sob ~ )
( ~ Sob ~ )
( ~ Sob ~ )
Dody, Tenty, Dish, Kitty, and Yellow all were balling their eyes out as Austin broke down the news of Raticate's Death.
" Free !"
Butterfree struggled to breathe as Kitty was hugging him while crying.
Similarly, Dody was being comforted by Pidgeot and Scizor ( reluctantly ).
Dish and Tenty had Bulbasaur and Pikachu to comfort them respectively.
Austin used 24th tissue to clean Yellow who had cried so much that she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.
Glancing at the sleeping Yellow against his arm, Austin just smiled melancholically as he remembered why Yellow always slept.
If Munna hadn't confirmed that everything that he saw was real, he would have assumed that it was just a horrible nightmare.
A few minutes later, a sad atmosphere had formed in the kitchen as Yellow's pokemon mourned the loss of their friend while Austin's pokemon tried to cope with emotions that flared up when Raticate's death was brought up.
" Yellow."
" Y...( ~ Sniff ~ ) Yeah."
" I am going to hunt down team rocket."
" B..( ~ Sniff ~ ) But isn't that dangerous."
" It is and that is why I want you to promise me that you won't tell anyone about this."
" E...Even Brock and Misty."
" Especially those two!"
Yellow nodded before hugging Austin who was surprised by the gesture.
" I am sorry."
" Sorry for what ?"
" Sorry that you had to deal with Raticate's loss all on your own."
" Don't worry, it wasn't your fault that Raticate died. It is team rocket's fault and they are going to pay for it."
" A...Ash, I want to help."
' ( ~ Sigh ~ ) I knew this was coming.'
" Let's have a battle."
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
[ 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ]
𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝗽𝗱𝗼𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘄, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 "𝗠𝗲𝘄𝘁𝘄𝗼", 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 (𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲) 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗶, 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻. 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿: 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴, 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆.
( A.N: The original Arcanine doesn't exist, it is just a belief people have created to give Arcanine the title of legendary pokemon )