Chapter 8

"What?! You are bringing back the team?!" Archy said in a shocked voice. White ignored him as she turned on the Pokemon Center's PC.

"Is something wrong with that?" she asked coolly.

"Yes there is!" Archy started. "One, Tiny hates you."

"Don't remind me, but in my defense, she doesn't like anyone." she growled.

"Two, Seth will act like a jerk." continued the Arcanine. "Three, Rapi hates me. Four, Di-Di will destroy that kid's Tepig. Remember the last time she met a Fire Type? And five, they will literally kill Zoroark. I don't want blood shed." Archy explained.

"So, your beginning to like Zoroark?" White asked with a smirk, making Archy rolled his eyes.

"No, but N will be after your blood if his Zoroark dies." He snarled.

"Good point." she agreed as four pokeballs rolled out of the machine.

"I still wish you wouldn't do this."

"So you want me to walk around Unova with only three pokemon?" White asked, starting to walk away. Archy growled something and followed her.

It has been three days since Hugh had talked to White. Leia, Amos, and Hugh were already up and out before White, but she didn't mind. She liked being alone. That is, if you call being with Archy all day long alone.

Once she was outside the Pokemon Center, White threw the pokeballs into the air, yelling the names of the inhabitants.

"Come out Rapi, Seth, Di-Di, Zoroark, Tiny!" White yelled as the pokemon appeared.

Rapi the Rapidash, Seth the Serperior, Di-Di the Gorebyss, Tiny the Espeon, and Zoroark all stood in front of her. Their reactions were exactly like White had thought.

"Hello White, Archy." Rapi said kindly, but tossed her head back when addressing Archy. Archy twitched and nodded.

"What's this thing doing here? Where's Purr?" Seth snarled, pointing his tail at Zoroark.

"I have a name you know." Zoroark snapped.

"Oh shoot, you're gonna drag me into some kind of death trap, aren't ya?" Tiny growled at White, using her slight country-like accent.

"HELLO! ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOGETHER!" Di-Di squealed happily, who had no grudge against anyone.

"Will all of you just be quiet for a minute?" White snapped at them all. They all fell silent except for Seth.

"What's this guy doing here?" Seth repeated.

"If you let me speak, I will explain." she said coldly.

"Then do it fast, because I want to know why Purr was replaced with a traitor." Tiny huffed. Zoroark snarled at her and went to stand beside Archy.

"Stop jabbering, or none of you will hear what I got to say!" White snapped.

"Seth, Tiny, stop talking." Rapi ordered, and they fell silent.

"Good, now please stop calling Zoroark a thing, because he is going to be here awhile." White growled.

"What?! Why is that?!" Tiny snapped, her eyes full of anger. Zoroark flexed his claws in a threatening way.

"Team Plasma is back, and N asked White to help him." Archy explained dully before White could answer.

"This better be a very bad joke." Seth hissed.

"Well too bad, because it isn't." snapped Zoroark.

"Have you actually seen Team Plasma?" Rapi asked curiously.

"No." White admitted.

"Then how do you know that N isn't lying?" she pointed out.

"Alder said that a grunt was spotted not too far from here." White explained.

"I still don't want to go." Tiny said flatly.

"Well too bad, because you have to come." Archy retorted.

"THIS WILL BE SO MUCH FUN!" Di-Di squeaked. "WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO ANYWAY?"

"I gotta train some kids and help stop Team Plasma. They seem to have what it takes to bring Team Plasma down." White said.

"You're on your own for that." Seth growled.

"Actually you, Rapi, Archy, and Di-Di will be helping me train their starter pokemon." she said matter of factly.

"Is that one of the kids?" asked Rapi, looking down a street. Amos and Oliver were running toward them, a pokeball in his hand.

"White, I caught a pokemon! I caught a Patrat!" he said excitedly, as he reached White and her pokemon.

"Congratulations," she told him calmly. However, Amos's attention quickly went to her team.

"Are these all yours?" he asked, bewildered.

"Yes. This is Rapi, Seth, Di-Di, and Tiny." White explained, watching her pokemon give some sign of greeting to him.

"Who are you?" Seth hissed at the Oshawott.

"I'm Oliver the Oshawott," introduced Oliver nervously.

"You're kind of small," Tiny hissed, holding Oliver's gaze with her's.
"Well I just set off with Amos." He explained shyly.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Oliver." Rapi said kindly. The Oshawott smiled sheepishly at the Rapidash.

"Where did you get all these guys?" Amos asked White. She didn't answer. White didn't exactly want to tell him that she stole Seth, or how she met the other four.

"I travel to different regions." she explained, half fibbing. "These are the pokemon that I prefer out of the rest."

Thankfully, Amos changed the subject. "Hugh also caught a Pidove. Leia keeps letting the other pokemon get away though. You should see it. She is wasting perfectly good pokeballs on trees, rocks, or Hugh." Amos told her with a slight smile.

"Is she honestly trying to catch one?" White asked.

"Yep." Amos snickered, and she rolled her eyes.

"Come on." she sighed, "Sounds like she needs some serious help. Badly."

"No kidding. She hit her Snivy with the pokeball instead of the Purrloin." said Amos.

White returned all her pokemon to their pokeballs except for Tiny. She and Tiny needed to start acting friendly toward each other.

"Which route were you all on?" White asked Amos.

"The one past the burned bell tower." he said, pointing toward a road that lead into a forest.

"Show me the way then." she told him. "I haven't been on that route in awhile."

"Why do I have to walk?" Tiny moaned from behind her.

"Because your legs aren't broken, and you need to get outside more." White hissed. The Espeon spat and ran ahead of them.

Amos led her into the forest, where the road was covered in shadows. The bushes rustled slightly. White could catch a few words from hidden pokemon, but nothing that meant anything to her.

"I'm surprised that there is no Zubats here." Amos said.

"There are no Zubats here. Not in Unova, anyway," White snarled.

"How do you know that?" he asked as he leapt over a fallen branch.

"Because I grew up here, and I went on a journey here." she snapped lightly.

"White, listen!" Tiny suddenly hissed.

White stopped and looked at Tiny. Her ears were shot up straight, and her body was tense. The Espeon's eyes were filled with fear. Then White heard it too.

"Those children are so weak. A perfect opportunity to steal more. I must tell the master..." A voice hissed.

"White?" Amos said uncertainty. White held up her hand, still trying to listen. But the voice trailed off, and was gone.

"Run!" White suddenly burst out, and ran down the road that lead deeper into the forest.

"What? White, wait up!" Amos shouted, as he ran after her. "Why are we run?!" Tiny grabbed Oliver by his tail, and ran beside White.

"We got to find your cousins!"

"Why?! Is Leia doing that much damage-"

"It has nothing to do with her skills at catching pokemon!" White shouted. "They're here! They are going to attack them!"