The Journey Saga By: Artistical Cosmical The Forest Ninja After a stay in the Rodent Valley, an encounter with Team A.F and their poke mon evolving, our heroes are walking through a section of the forest that would take them to Gemini City. {How much further?} Complained Mousa s Flareaton as he was walking beside Mousa. About an hour and thirty minutes, Around the clock I m afraid. Replied Mouna as she was looking at her map. {I m beat } cried Flareaton as he was about to collapse from walking for so long. Hop on my hat. Said Mousa helpfully as Flareaton happily jumped on his head. They were walking for about 5 minutes out of the hour and thirty minutes then all of a sudden, throwing stars were shot at them! Did mention there was a skeleton-cross bones on this area of the map? asked Mouna nervously as she saw that the stars could ve sliced her hair off. {No! lucky us, we dodged them} yelled Leafinglide in shock as the stars could ve clipped his wings. Who dares enter the lair of the Forest Ninja? yelled a demanding, Japanese accented, female voice. Just some poke mon trainers! We were just leaving! cried Hank as he tried to tip-toe out. Then battle me! The voice replied. I m Trinni, the Forest Ninja! Then a girl in a black ninja costume fell out of the trees and was dangling from a rope, upside down. Then a blue bat with a big mouth emerged from the trees and landed on the ninja s shoulder. Isn t that a Golbat? asked Mouna. Hank whipped out his Poke Alex and unlike Mousa s his was an Alexandria. [Don t you dolts know anything? If you studied harder you wouldn t need me] shouted Hank s Poke Alex. Well! I can t believe your like that you collection of gigabytes and megachips! Hank yelled back. [FINE! Golbat is a bat poke mon that can take a fairly large amount in a single bite with its incredibly large mouth and can pack a good Wing Attack but, its specialty attacks are Leech Life and Bite. THERE! I said it! Can I go back to bed?] Yeah, whatever. Hmm, thought Trinni. That boy in the glasses looks cute ^_^ Don t expect me to go easy on you! Trinni shouted. Go, Machop! A poke mon resembling a lizard popped out of Trinni s poke ball. I ve heard of those! Machops are supposed to like different training techniques! Mousa said, This ninja must ve taught it the ways of the ninja! No prob. Gigachip can handle anything! Hank boasted as he released the large rodent like poke mon. Gigachip, use your fury swipes! Gigachip was trying to swipe Machop but with ninja-like speed, disappeared and reappeared next to her. This went on for a while then, Machop did a ninja-like jump, 5 feet into the air and stomped Gigachip. She was out for the count!! Return! Okay Leafinglide, give em your peck attack! Leafinglide was flying around and peck Machop his sharp beak but Machop was suddenly moving his arms, fast! Leafinglide was in enough trouble! When Machop stopped, Leafinglide fell. Hank ran to him and gave him some super potion. Ha Ha! Your poke mon are weak! You need plenty of training! Trinni seemed to be enjoying this but if you were to be able to see into her heart you could tell she was depressed for some reason. Okay, Mouna said as she grabbed her poke ball Mouna calls Seadcaw! the sphere released the blue serpent poke mon with a yellow mask. Seadcaw, HYPER BEAM! No beginner s dragon poke mon can learn an advanced attack like that till the dragon is at its highest level! Mousa yelled as Seadcaw charged up an orange beam and shot it at Machop. Not even ninja skills can trick their way through this! When the beam simmered down, Machop was scorched and Trinni and Golbat were on the ground. Not bad. I never expected such a low leveled poke mon to hold such power. I ll make a note of it. Trinni said as though she might ve bruised a few bones. Return, Machop. Go, Ninjaroo! Trinni released what looked like a kangaroo with a flap on its neck, red punching gloves, red skin and a white stomach. Haven t heard of that one, Mouna said as she was trying to find out what its strengths and weaknesses were. Alexander should be able to figure out what this is. Mousa said as he pulled out his Poke Alex. [G day mate! Ninjaroos are said to be one of the toughest fighting poke mon, they are!] Mousa s Poke Alex was speaking Australian! [It s said to ave an' amazin jump, bout tweny feet I es pect mate! Also, it can throw a thumpin good barrage-punch an watch out for its lef ook!] Mousa, Mouna and Hank just stared. {Next time we see Professor Hazel, I m going to ask her to remove the personality chip from this machine.} Flareaton said, still dazzled at the Poke Alex. Let us start the battle already! Trinni yelled as she shattered a nearby boulder with a single punch. YIKES! Our heroes yelled stiffly while all their hair stood on end. Ninjaroo, Left Hook! Trinni commanded. The Ninjaroo gave Seadcaw a hard punch in the face. Now, the Tornado Punch, Ninjaroo spun his arm around like a twister and hit Seadcaw where it hurts! No! Mouna cried. Return, Seadcaw. My turn, go Byochip! Mousa yelled as he threw his blue and red sphere. Great! Trinni thought. Now I have to hurt the poke mon of the kid I think is cute! Now what? If I go easy on him, they ll suspect I like the kid and if I don t, I be in total shame . Ninjaroo, Left Hook! Trinni yelled. Ninjaroo was about to punch Byochip with his left fist but he didn t even make contact before Byochip made a nice horn attack in Ninjaroo s stomach. Ninjaroo was still standing thought and did a smooth left hook across Byochip s face. Byochip tried a headbutt for starters and then gave him a bite attack. Ninjaroo retaliated with a tornado punch and a swift attack. Apparently, both poke mon were at the same level and were having an all out brawl. Everyone was string at the battle that seemed to never end until finally, the smoke cleared and Ninjaroo was victorious! Return, Mousa sighed. Go Flareaton! Flareaton Jumped off Mousa s head and got ready for action. Okay Flareaton, try a flame tackle. Flareaton made the fire on his body harmful and tackled Ninjaroo. Ninjaroo, Trinni called. Swift attack! Ninjaroo threw a million stars at Flareaton who quickly used any agility attack and a fireball attack. Flareaton, finish it off with a flamethrower! Flareaton spat a huge stream of fire. Ninjaroo was red no more, just charred black. Not bad, Trinni said. Go, Goly! The Golbat flew from Trinni s shoulder and dived towards Flareaton who made a quick dodge that made Goly eat dirt instead of blood. {Too bad Goly! You have a bad aim!} Flareaton mocked. {This is the way to do it!} Flareaton closed his eyes and the sky went dark. TAKE COVER, EVERYONE! Mousa yelled as he jumped behind a rock. Oh no! Mouna cried as she jumped into some bushes. {Yikes!} Leafinglide cried as he hid in some trees. What s going on? Trinni asked. Flareaton s strongest attack, Hank explained as he emerged from the bushes. Fire storm. The problem is he hasn t learned to control it yet. Hank dived back into his bush with only his spiky white hair showing. From the dark clouds above came down ball of fire, capable of destroying a city. The fire balls hit Goly everywhere and sent him to the ground. NO! Trinni cried. Goly! Trinni ran to the injured Golbat. You re good. Trinni said slyly. Now can any of you challenge me in combat? I can. Mousa said as he turned his cap backwards like Ash Ketchum. WORSE! Trinni thought. I Mousa Touri of Zodiac Town shall challenge you to a Challenge in combat Fine Trinni suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Mousa and made an attempt to punch him but Mousa studied Ninja Combat and simply side stepped. Mousa made his move and threw a hard punch at Trinni s stomach. Hank, Mouna, Ninjaroo, Flareaton, Seadcaw, Leafinglide, Byochip, Gigachip and Goly were enjoying snacks while watching Trinni and Mousa fight. {How much would you like to bet that the boy is going to win?} Ninjaroo asked Flareaton. {How s about 30 apples?} Flareaton replied. {Deal!} The fight was raging. Trinni made a flying kick to Mousa but Mousa easily grabbed her foot and threw her. Mousa tried one of his combos called Elbow, Punch and Chop. Mousa elbowed Trinni, followed by a nice, hard punch and ended with a karate chop. Trinni picked Mousa up and threw him into the trees. He didn t come down! It seems that Ninjaroo had won his bet but then something jumped down from the trees. It was Mousa. Trinni and Mousa jumped into the trees and were jumping through the branches like an obstacle course. You dare try to challenge the almighty Forest Ninja Trinni? yelled Trinni. You re about to meet a worthy opponent! yelled Mousa as he grabbed a long, smooth stick, preparing to show her how powerful the weakling boy is. Mousa swung at her legs but she jumped and kicked Mousa s face. Trinni jumped from the trees and threw her boomerang ninja stars at Mousa. He thought fast though, he dodged them, easily. Mousa threw his stick at Trinni but she grabbed it and crushed it like soft butter! In the forest the notorious Team A.F. Twins were seeking revenge on Mousa, Hank and Mouna when some ninja stars suddenly appeared and got them stuck to some trees. Now how did this happen? Jenny cried. There must be a Ninja in these parts. Mecatso said. NINJA?! Jake yelled. We re better off hanging around here then. Jenny said. Just then, more ninja stars headed for Team A.F. s necks but then, turned around. Or not 1, Jake said quietly. 2, Jenny followed. It looks like Team A.F. is pinned up.! The trio said loudly as they sobbed on the spot. Meanwhile, the battle between skill and strength was raging on. Suddenly, the boomerang ninja stars cam back. Trinni and Mousa dodged them all. Or so they thought. One more came, which Trinni didn t notice, barely missed her face but scratched off her mask! The most beautiful face Mousa had seen was concealed under the mask and Mousa tried his hardest not to gawp. She had ruby, red eyes and brown hair with two pompoms. Trinni knew by this point, she was ruined! Someone saw her face. She could be easily identified and sent to the police for constant trainer ambush and thievery! Fine! Trinni cried. You win. No one has ever unmasked me before. {Hah!} Ninjaroo cried. {I win the bet, Flareaton. Hand over the 30 apples!} {Darn!} Flareaton yelled as gave Ninjaroo 30 small, red apples. {NO NO NO!} Goly yelled as he jumped on Trinni s shoulder. {You can t just give up! Take revenge on him!} Trinni shook her head. {Why not?} Trinni turned her back on Mousa and blushed. {No .} Goly whispered. I shall lead them out of the forest and we shall finally leave here. Trinni whispered back. Trinni finally spoke. I shall take you all out of this forest. The gang followed until they reached a valley with a dirt path. This path shall take you to Gemini town. Good luck and may good fortune be upon you. Thanks, Mouna said. We hope things will go well for you too, Will you be staying in your section of forest? Hank asked. No, Trinni replied as Goly started to wave his wings franticly. I shall go on my own quest. I shall go find myself out in the world. And so Our heroes walk to their next gym as Trinni just smiles in a sly way as she grabbed a small bag To Be Continued Preview of Chapter Four: Double Trouble Elements: Welcome to the Rye said. Gemini City poke mon said Fye. Gym, where we train Psychic poke mon and Fighting poke mon in Complete Harmony! The twins said together. Our heroes were bedazzled at the boy s telepathy. Rye, said a teenager with brown hair, green jacket, orange shirt, blue jeans and a necklace that had a poke ball that said Official Poke mon Gym Leader. Fye, I think you re scaring our challengers.