Ice Cream!

[3rd P.o.v.]

~Blackthorn City~

The trio was in a dilemma, ever since they left Pewter City they have realized how weak they are.

It was more or less them taking the word of Ross all to heart.

Or they just trusted Ross way too much, to the point they'd believe anything he said.

"This time I'm not taking any bullshit whatsoever, don't let go of me no matter what else I'll break your ankles," Ross spoke in a no-bullshit manner.

He rightfully did so, the Gym Leader of this City is Clair, cousin to Lance a member of Kanto's Elite Four.

Her known Pokemon in the anime, are Dragonite, Kingdra, Gyarados, Dragonair and a Druddigon.

All strong Pokemon and he wasn't in the mood to fight a Pseudo Legendary that has an Elite Trainer backing it.

All powerhouses in their own right added the fact she is cousins with one of the strongest trainers in the world makes her a difficult opponent to face.

If He were to defeat her, she could just call her cousin to come and defeat him, making the whole situation go out of his league.

They agreed without any questions, throughout their journey he saved them multiple times so why isn't this time different.

They hid on the outskirts of the City, slipping into stores, stealing food and snacks, even some rare looking stones.

Even with the berries, Ross rathered Japanese food, and since the entire world of Pokemon had some kind of Japanese culture it made things easier.

Stuffing a rice ball in his mouth, savouring the taste as he hadn't had one for a while now.

They had to find a trainer Asap as their levelling was starting to decrease.

The stronger Pokemon were located in the Gyms, which will make him fight harder. The harder he fought the more experience he gained.

With most Gym leaders Pokemon being higher levelled as well making things easier to level up.

Their journey was being limited by the lack of finesse, they only fought with pure instinct and no tactic.

So he decided to learn every Martial Arts he could and combine them with his 'Punching Moves'.

Unless Ross gave them a plan they would have been fighting purely on Instincts, though it completely works for Maki.

She subconsciously uses moves perfect for the situation, or are at least viable enough to counter whatever comes at her.

Ross looked back at Maki, even if he didn't like to pry into other people's business, she was a friend and he didn't wasn't any dead weight right now.

He was also the reason the entire ordeal happened, he could have just avoided the Ghastlys and made their way to the city easily.

"What happened?" He asked fully intent on listening, though the people around would hear her, unlike him.

The saving grace was she spoke Japanese fluently, or the language of this world. So hearing a random voice in a populated area isn't that big of a deal.

"I would rather not, Star." Her downcast posture became even more so as if she was trying to bury herself alive.

Her face was gaining a blush every second thinking about the reason for her mental breakdown.

Ross was already facing forward as he didn't want to pry too much, so he didn't see the scene that would have made him facepalm.

As they continued making their way across the City in another region something comically serious was happening.

[3rd P.o.v.]

~Victory Road~

"Why do you look so dumb, your hair looks like it's falling off your head, have you been using that hair product again!"

{Flashback no Jutsu!}

Cynthia pointed accusingly at the red-headed man, he sported a black coat, that had golden stripes by the collar.

He wore a red jacket, with something akin to a Gyarados head in the middle of it.

He wore ankle height black pants and red boots that make up his outfit.

At this moment he was walking around victory road in a disguise to hide from any passerbys.

Even if he was the strongest elite four-member, he still preferred to do mundane things like walking and gelling his hair, according to him he looked cool.

Until a Garchomp smashed right in front of him, destroying the path for the second time in the day.

Now and when the Purple Pokemon Bruno described fought with a Machamp. Which was fixed just recently.

Now they had to do it again, sighing he looked on, as the smoke subsided he turned around to run away, only to get snatches in the air like a child.

The woman hoisted him above her head with one hand, with her airheaded personality she didn't fully comprehend how strong she really is.

{Flashback no Jutsu End!}

"Can you put me down Cynthia, I have a raid to do." He said the last part with determination.

"Last time I did that you flew out of the Stratosphere and hid from me, eventually fainting until your Dragonite brought you down."

"You stood outside my room the entire day just looking for a fight, what the hell is wrong with you woman."

He pointed at her like he was wronged, completely unbefitting for an Elite Four member,

"Don't worry I only came for some information, and you're the best informant am I right, since your member of the Pokemon G-Men aren't you."

His entire demeanour changed, his once goofy nature turned completely serious, akin to when he faces Pokemon challengers.

"What do you need, it better be serious, else I'll be leaving, I have an investigation to do."

He spoke with absolute finality, even if Cynthia was a Pokemon Champion, Lance was one of the Top 10 strongest Pokemon Trainers in the world.

He wasn't going down without a fight, no matter the circumstances, even if he had to fight Cynthia to leave he would within a heartbeat.

Realizing this was her last chance for the time being she lost her somewhat quirky character and took out a picture from her coat.

"Have you seen this Pokemon, anywhere at all?" Showing him the small baby version of Star Platinum.

Letting go of his colour he fell landing gracefully, taking the picture from her hand he looked at her, squinting his eye.

"Why would you like to know where this Pokemon is?" This Pokemon was something the world has never seen before.

It has a body practically the same as a human child, it's accompanied by another Pokemon that isn't from this region either.

But that wasn't the reason Lance was suspicious. If she was looking for the Pokemon, then it had to mean she knew something he didn't.

Even if they were friends and battled multiple times against each other, there was no way someone like Lance who was a detective would trust someone wholeheartedly.

"It laid waste to a partial part of the Viridian Forest, it also is being accompanied by a Machoke, if that doesn't have my interest then what should."

She did have other interests, such as the statues of Dialga and Palkia but she wanted to take a vacation from being the Champion.

The best way to do it was catching Pokemon in her books, or even head to a resort but that means wearing a disguise...a hassle.

Hearing her reason even Lance wanted to take a more thorough look into it, but protecting the world was what mattered the most to him.

He didn't one hundred percent trust her but giving her some information, for the time being, wasn't that much of a problem.

"Bruno said he saw a purple humanoid Pokemon taking a punch that wiped out part of the forestry." She knew about that from some external informants.

"He also said it fought a Machamp, though for a Pokemon to evolve that fast in the wild is unbelievable."

They both were on the same page, three Pokemon teaming up from completely different species was beyond just weird.

Their evolving in practically 5 months is weird as well, Pokemon need extreme stimulation to evolve.

Like a scar from their past that they wanted to overcome, but for both a Machoke and 'Ora to evolve in five months, means they had to go through some shit.

"After 'Ora' tanked the shot, the Machamp fainted, allowing itself to be carried away. According to Bruno, it disappeared before either himself or his Machamp could have another glimpse."

"Where is the location?" She spoke as some archaeologist tool appeared out of thin air.

"*Sigh*, it's already been fixed, the Indigo League is going to start in four months after all."

Her stoic face throughout this conversation slightly broke into a frown, she was regretting coming on an adventure to make herself feel young again.

"Do you have a clue where it went?" He began thinking somewhat like a Pokemon.

Which he had no clue how to, he could ask his Pokémon but he didn't want to release any more information that could lead to the rare Pokemon's demise.

Understanding his position in this conversation she gave up on finding the Pokemon, for now, she had bigger fish to fry.

"Garchomp, let's go get some ice cream!" Shouting with righteousness and her bubbly personality showing itself once again her Garchomp blasted off.

Leaving a completely bewildered Lance, who after rethinking his decision of being friends with her regretted it.