Hoenn Harem *Author's Note*

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“Talking”

“Thinking or Telepathy”

*Mumble or Action*

“…” – Speechless or a moment of silence

"Official Announcement"

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~*~*~*~*~ Chapter 3 – Treasure Hunt ~*~*~*~*~



Eterna City. What was once a simple traditional town was now one of the most commercial cities in Sinnoh, dedicated mainly into manufacturing exotic jewelry it rapidly became known as “Women’s Heaven on Earth”.



From street venders to luxury stores everywhere Gem’s were sold imbued into any imaginable items at any conceivable price, targeting all possible customers…and thief’s. Due to high number of robberies in the past, now it also had the biggest Police Station in all four regions to ensure that every street had at least one officer on watch.



“This place is amazing, I heard about it but I can’t believe it’s true…there isn’t one single piece of trash in the streets, everybody respects the rules and you hardly have to worry about your wallet!” said Vi gazing at everything around her.



“Are you kidding? Everything here is damn expensive, if you don’t get mugged on the streets you’re robbed inside the stores.” joked Max.



“You got that right.” added Ash laughing.



“Idiots…but why are we here anyways? I figured we’d be coming to this city because of the Police Station but we don’t seem to be going that way…” asked Vi directing the question to her mentor.



“They might help us in the future but right now I scheduled an appointment with someone that may have had something to do with the false spheres.” answered Gary.



“An appointment..? Why would the culprits accept seeing us without it being a trap?” asked Max apprehensive.



“Don’t worry Max, the guys we’re gonna see aren’t a threat…at ALL.” reassured Ash.



“Wait…don’t tell me…” Max mumbled.



“Yup.”



“THEM? They are our only lead in all this??”



“For now…yes.” said Gary.



“We’re THAT desperate??” asked Max somewhat upset.



“Pretty much.”



~*~*~*~*~*~



After entering one of the tallest building in the city they we’re guided towards the elevator, their destination was the last floor.



“I just wanna state that I don’t consent with any of this.” protested Max.



“Oh move on Max, out of us you even have the least to complain.” said Ash tired.



“Pikachu agrees with me, don’t you buddy?”



“Pika!” said the pokemon nodding his head.



“Traitor…” mumbled the Pokemon Master.



“Will someone explain what’s going on here?” asked Vi confused.



“Don’t ask, you’re happier not knowing, it’s a very long story.” answered Gary.



“Fine…” she whispered turning around, in the back of the elevator she noticed a company slogan, it said:



To keep the world with innovation



To bring to live your own imagination



To spread around beauty and love



To make you feel like the stars above



Gems, Jewels and Beyond



Double Royale blasts off the competition into the sky



Acquire now and prepare to fly high



“Lame…” Vi joked.



As the elevator stopped the doors led into a large room, it was very modern and the windows showed the entire city. In the center was a large desk with a man, a lady and a pokemon waiting for them.



“Hello twerps. Come on in.” joked the woman, she had very long magenta hair and dressed like an executive diva with plenty of jewelry, her face seemed awkward as if she had Botox to stretch it.



“How may we help you?” sarcastically added the man, Vi couldn’t tell if his hair was blue or light purple, asides from that he showed very feminine tastes and traces wearing a corporate grey suit with a white silk shirt underneath.



“Jessie…James…long time no see.” said Ash, he didn’t know what else to say to them while being polite.



“What do you guys want with us? I doubt you’re here for the nostalgia of the old days.” asked Meowth, time hadn’t been kind on him the pokemon seemed old and tired.



“We have some questions to ask and…Vi is everything ok?” wondered Gary looking at the girl, she looked like a statue gazing in shock.



“…”



“That Meowth…he talked…”



“Yeah, he can do that…too much if you ask me.” answered Ash.



“…”



“No freaking way…

…that‘s fucking…

…AMAZING!” she said walking towards him to take a better look, “You have gotta be one of the coolest feline pokemon EVER!” Vi stated almost showing stars in her eyes.



“Well now…don’t make me blush…finally some appreciation!” said the pokemon embarrassed.



“You have a twerp fan…you can die happy.” taunted Jessie.



“Come here you idiot, you have no idea of what you’re saying. Behave yourself.” said Max pulling her back.



“Thanks Max, as I was saying we need to ask you some questions regarding a robbery at one of my museums.” inquired Gary.



“You know we quit Team Rocket a long time ago, we spent so many years of our lives chasing that yellow fur ball over there and when we finally did capture and delivered him…what did they do? THEY LAUGHED IN OUR FACES! It was then that we realized we were beyond Team Rocket, they couldn’t distinguish a rare pokemon if it hit them in the face. We don’t rob anymore we discovered something we’re much better at.” stated James.



“Yes, after so many endless days setting traps and making schemes we became not only masters of deception and construction…but probably the best diggers in the World. So we realized our mission in life wasn’t to reach the sky above but to dig deep underground, now we own one of the largest jewelry companies selling new kinds of exotic Gems made exclusively by us.” added Jessie showing her imbued rings.



“All we had to do was create machines that can manipulate existing Gems and turning them into new jewels, now we’re millionaires, we could probably buy Team Rocket if we wanted!” finished Meowth.



“We know all that…did you or did you not have anything to do with the robbery of the Aurora Spheres in the Oreburgh Museum?” asked Ash still tired of their useless long motos and speeches.



“The Aurora Spheres..?” they all asked in unison before staring at each other, “Why should we help you anyways?”



“Your company owns the only machines in Sinnoh capable of manufacturing those false spheres, plus I doubt your pride would allow you to quit Team Rocket forever, now that you have fame and fortune all that is left is being complimented and respected by Giovanni, I bet you would do anything he asked of you.” accused Gary.



“Shut you’re trap, you have no idea what it’s like to fulfill your goal and be spit in the face for it! Team Rocket means nothing to us and Giovanni is now far from being the person we used to look up for!” defended James offended.



“James! Be quiet!” shouted Jessy knowing he was saying too much.



“Spill out all you know or I’m pretty sure your customers won’t appreciate knowing that they’re buying jewelry from ex-criminal agents, according to the your deal with the police if any of you break even one legislation you go straight to jail and I have proof that your company has broken a few small ones already.” threatened the professor.



“You ungrateful shit-head, you already blackmailed us six years ago to know the location of their laboratory. You want Team Rocket to blow our heads off? Or do you just want to see us broke and miserable again?” complained Jessie, she hated being oppressed instead of being the oppressor.



“As long as Team Rocket doesn’t know you’re the ones giving us information you’re probably safe, if they considered you three a menace you’d be dead long ago. So start talking.” commented Ash.



“Please, this Sphere thing doesn’t even have anything to do with Team Rocket, if you overlook those infractions we’ll tell you who requested them.” said James.



“Fine. But you better fix them soon.” agreed Gary.



“You probably won’t believe this but several weeks ago we got a proposal from Robert Kors, in his latest movie he wanted to use perfect replicates of the Aurora Spheres and he paid a lot for each. We know nothing about robberies.” explained Meowth.



“Everything was perfectly legal and the money was transferred from his personal account.” added Jessie.



“Robert Kors? He’s one of the best movie directors nowadays, maybe someone stole the Spheres from him.” suggested the girl, she was feeling very left out of the conversation.



“Did he came here in person?” asked Max, he was feeling the same.



“No. He sent us a video message, you can examine it if you want.” answered James, reaching out for a small CD.



After watching the video on a screen they could tell it wasn’t bullshit, what they had said was true. However, something seemed off.



“I’ll contact the director, either he got ripped off or he has something to do with this. Let’s go now.” said Gary upset, he didn’t like this turn of events one bit.



But before they could leave an employee entered the room in haste.



“What is it now?” asked Jessie still piss off.



“I was going to package one delivery when I noticed several items were missing, I think somebody stole them!” answered the girl out of breath.



“What? That’s impossible our security is flawless. Are you sure it wasn’t someone who moved them?” suggested James.



“It was on the low security room, the delivery was one of Arceus Plates but there are none left now. All other items in the room seemed untouched.”



“You have gotta be shitting me.” said Meowth slowly.



“I knew we should have moved them to the high security areas. This is embarrassing.” said James covering his head.



“What’s going on here? I thought you guys sold jewelry.” inquired Ash.



“During the excavations for Gems we find tons of other items that aren’t of any use to our business, so we auction them on-line for trainers or collectors. Unlike all other merchandise we keep this ones on a large room that has a less security than the rest, they aren’t worth much compared to the jewels.” he explained.



“You don’t seem surprised about this theft…” commented the professor noticing his expressions.



“Should we tell them?” asked Meowth to his partners.



“Why not, let them take care of this for us, we have bigger things to worry about. We got a call from Giovanni, he wanted one of each Arceus Plates we had in exchange for “the honor of helping Team Rocket”. But we told him to pay the price or go fuck himself, and now they’re gone.” said Jessie.



“…”



“When were you three planning on telling us this?” asked Gary angrier than before.



“Wait, wait…am I hearing this well? YOU got robbed by Team Rocket? Oh man…I love karma.” joked Ash laughing his lungs out.



“Be serious Ash. I don’t get it, this isn’t like Team Rocket, Arceus Plates aren’t rare enough for Giovanni to make a personal call.”



“He sounded kinda desperate for them, he also got angry when we said we didn’t have neither a Mind Plate or a….fuck.” realized James.



“What?”



“I think I might I have accidentally said the name of one of our clients, I told him Gardenia had recently purchased the Meadow one.”



“You guys contact the police immediately, let’s go to the Gym quickly.”



~*~*~*~*~*~



The Gym wasn’t far from where they were, it was also easy to spot since it was surrounded by several Officer Jenny’s.



“What’s the situation?”



“Oh, good afternoon professor Oak, the Gym Leader was attacked by a man it seems he took one of her pokemon.” answered the Officer.



“Did she recognize the person?” he asked eagerly.



“You can bet your ass I did! This son of a bitch took my lovely Roserade!” whined Gardenia showing an image taken by the safety cameras, asides from having longer hair time hadn’t changed her much.



“Wait…I know that guy, he played in the Hoenn Pokemon League just like me, Steven Key I think…don’t tell me he’s a Team Rocket grunt now.” said Vi disappointed,



“I don’t care who the hell he is, my Gym is closed until I get my darling back!”



“Was the Roserade holding an item when he took him?” asked Ash.



“Yes an Arceus Plate, but I don’t give a shit about that, just bring my pokemon back.”



“There is no need to worry, we already located where the culprit is, we’re capturing him right now.” announced one Jenny.



“Where?” demanded the professor.



“Near the Sacred Statues. But we’re taking him in for interrogation.”



“Good, do you mind if we join the investigation? We suspect Team Rocket may be connect to several thefts including this one.”



“Any help is welcomed.”



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A few hours later.



“I’m telling you it wasn’t me. If boring me to death is your strategy it won’t work, I have nothing to confess.” said Steven sitting alone on an interrogation room, he had his legs over a table sitting on a wooden chair.



“Be quiet, watch this video captured by the security cameras and then tell me if it wasn’t you.” said an Officer entering the room with a remote control.



The video was short, it showed Steven challenging Gardenia but after the first battle where the Roserade was beaten he pushed the Gym Leader and ran with the pokeball.



“First of all. I would never do anything this low. Second. When the fake “me” pushes her you can see he has a normal arm under the coat.”



“So?” she asked with arrogance.



“So. My left arm isn’t normal at all.” he answered showing a fully mechanical Damascus arm.



“It’s just like with the robbery of the other Plates, we see an employee entering the room in the video and then when we try to find him he’s gagged unconscious in the bathroom.” said another Jenny behind the one way mirror.



“This is insane, it’s like Team Rocket suddenly became a master at disguise, they always sucked at it before. And why Arceus Plates? They’re hard to find but come on…all this for that?” wondered Ash.



“I’m beginning to doubt Team Rocket alone did this, we might have found what we were looking for.” commented Gary grinning in a strange content.



“About damn time.” added Max.



“Max where’s Vi?”



“She went to the bathroom.”



Meanwhile on one of the many corridors.



“Oh don’t worry it’s easy to find, first go left, then go up, go to right and it’s the fourth door after the interrogation rooms.” said a rather young Officer Jenny.



“But I just came from there…oh well thanks I’ll figure it out.” said the trainer.



As she turned left inside the enormous building she began feeling a strong sensation, as if she was being followed. She turned back but saw nothing besides people passing by in the previous corridor where she had been.



She walked a few more steps but kept on feeling weird, the girl didn’t like the idea of the corridor being filled by closed doors, suddenly she felt something grasping her skirt and then the awkward sensation vanished.



Vi began walking faster and eventually found the bathroom, it was there that she finally noticed there was something new inside her pockets. It was a little black card with white letters, it said:



Search the Solaceon Ruins to find what you’re looking for. Be careful.



The Black Phantom



“This just gets weirder and weirder…” she mumbled.



~*~*~*~*~*~



“Trap or not the tip is correct, according to the legend the Solaceon Ruins are the only known place left with a hidden Mind Plate, it wouldn’t surprise me if whoever is doing this was moving towards there.” said Gary while they walked towards the aircraft.



“Shouldn’t we get reinforcements?” asked Max worried about flying straight into the wolf’s mouth.



“We informed the Officers, the local ones in Solaceon are already guarding the entrance.” answered Ash climbing up the small stairs before noticing someone was already inside the vessel, “You? Shouldn’t you still be under arrest?”



“I figured it would be faster to prove my innocence if I helped capture the culprit instead of sitting in an idle room.” answered Steven Key calmly.



“There’s no time to waste with this, let’s just go, you’ll explain how you got here to the Police later.”



~*~*~*~*~



On foot the trip would have taken a long time but through the air it was rather quick. During that short time they hardly had time to plan on what to do as soon as they got there, it would depend on the situation.



After their arrival they realized that the circumstances weren’t good at all, in front of the ruins were five Team Rocket grunts defeating the remaining Officer Jennies, both Vi and Steven were shocked to recognize the face of the their unit leader – it was Bren, another player from the Hoenn Pokemon League.



“You?...Why?” she asked disappointed.



“You wouldn’t understand.” he answered.



“It doesn’t matter, there are no excuses for joining the wrong side, you guys move on I’ll handle it.” demanded Steven.



“It’s five against one…this Officers can’t fight anymore, I’ll stay too.” said Max.



“No, go on, we have no idea of how many grunts will be inside the ruins and five weak-asses are nothing against me.”



“I’ll make you pay for that comment…” complained Bren.



“Let’s move on, reinforcements will be arriving soon to back him up, meanwhile we need to stop the head of this operation.” commanded Gary running towards the entrance.



“Hey wait! Come on let’s go.” said Ash dragging Vi and Max.



Inside the ruins they realized that in front of them were two different pathways, with the lack of time they simply divided themselves in groups of two, one with Vi and Gary and the other with Max and Ash, but as soon as they stepped into the halls and made their pokemon use Flash they saw that everything around them had switched and all of them were now on their own.



“This has to be the work of Unown…Team Rocket must have upset them and now they’re trapping everyone that enters their lair.” said Gary to himself.



Everyone walked around lost and confuse for a long time, but eventually they could see the walls changing as if the spell had been drawn away. In front of Gary was now Ash fainted with several wounds.



Meanwhile, on the outside Steven and Bren kept on battling, all other grunts had already been defeated and ran away.



“This may be my last pokemon but I won’t give up” said Bren sending into battle a Black Mew.



“A black one? Team Rocket must have kept experimenting on Mew…go Lucario.”



The battle was long and now matter how many strategies or attacks they used none of the trainers seemed to be willing to lose. But before the match reached a conclusion sirens from police cars began ringing loudly in the air.



“It’s time to go, but to prove I’m not a traitor I’ll give you a tip…ignore your vision and take focus on the other senses…” informed the Team Rocket agent before being transported away by bubbles with the help of his Mew.



“…”



“Are you ok sir?” asked an Officer.



“I’m fine, help the other Officers.” said Steven still staring calmly into the sky.



Back in the ruins Max was the only one that seemed to see a light at the end of his pathway, but once he reached it he saw Vi sitting on top of a grunt with the Mind Plate on her hands.



“What? There was only one?” he asked surprised.



“Yeah, apparently he’s the boss of this operation but he was pretty easy to defeat, where are the others? We should get out of this place now.”



“But…” Max added.



“But what?”



“…did he take that Plate from that altar? Shouldn’t we put it back first?” the trainer wondered staring at an ancient stone sculpture.



“Why? Let’s just take it, it’ll be more useful with us than stuck in there.”



“…”



“What’s the name of your first pokemon?” he knew something was strange, so he decided to play safe.



“…What’s this now?” she asked gently touching his face.



“…What’s my name? Say it.”



“Oh…you wanna play dirty is that it? Fine…” the girl whispered softly in his ear.



He could feel his heart beating rapidly, part of him knew that it was probably an imposter…but her smell…it was driving him crazy, every single hormone in his body was exploding with desire, for some reason attacking her felt like something out of the question.



“You’re not Vi…”



“How could you suspect of me? Don’t you like me?” she teased while playing with her breasts.



“I…you’re not her….” he managed to say again with his mind feeling like a tornado of emotions.



“Yes I am, I’m the girl you dream about, I’m the one you fantasize while you touch yourself at night…”



“Stay away from me…what’s happening?” he knew he was losing his mind, he did in fact had a secret crush on his team mate, but this was beyond it, every part of him wanted to melt into her…he could think of nothing besides taking her right there.



“You want me?” she muttered, placing one of her hands on top of the growth in his pants.



“…Yes.” he said blushing.



“Do you like me?” continued the girl, reaching inside and massaging softly his hard member.



“……Yes.”



“But do you love me?” her hand was now pumping hard and fast.



“………Maybe.”



“MAYBE?!” she shouted annoyed stopping the hand job.



“Please don’t stop…” he said in desperation throwing her against the wall, Max was unable to control any of his actions any longer “…I love you.” he answered, hardly grabbing her breasts and placing himself between her legs, the girl was facing the wall and had her back turned to him.



She freed herself and turned so that she could face him, so while staring deep into his eyes she demanded “If you really want me…kiss me first…”



But before their lips could meet they heard a loud shout “PIKACHU THUNDERBOLT!”



After that when Max stopped sensing her smell his mind went blank and fell onto the floor. The girl managed to run away.



Ash was wounded so only Gary followed her, but she was fast, very fast. Outside she was faced with several police cars and Steven Key.



“Please! Help me! The imposter turned into professor Gary Oak! He wants to kill me!” she shouted running towards them.



However, she felt her arm being harshly grabbed by the man, his expression was frightening.



“You’re not the trainer, it’s like that guy warned…you don’t smell like her, in fact, you smell like that blonde girl that tried to flirt with me yesterday. Is that why you framed me? Can’t accept a no?” he softly said, even knowing it was a villain he didn’t want to harm her.



“Fuck off!” she shouted releasing herself, but getting several guns pointed at her face. Meanwhile Gary appeared from the ruins.



“You think those things can stop me? TELEPORT!!” screamed the girl with the Plate firmly held in her hand, she was pointing it into the sky.



In seconds her body vanished leaving everyone speechless about what happened.



“I don’t believe it…” mumbled Gary.



In the mean time back at the altar.



“It’s ok…you’re a guy it’s normal to act the way you did.” said Ash trying to relief Max.



“I knew it wasn’t her…and I left myself lose control anyways…” explained the young man slightly crying.



“Don’t stress over that.”



“Ash…don’t you get it?”



“What?”



“If she’s a fake…what did she do to the real one…?”



“…”



---------------------------------To be Continued--------------------------------