`A BERRY PICKING WE GO , {OPEN}

[mike]

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After a few hours of making it into Pinwheel forest, Mike and Cullen decided to stop and set up camp. It was such a beautiful place, large open spaced, big towering trees and a vast variety of wild Pokemon everywhere they looked. It was the perfect place to stop and set up camp. They found this nice, large, lush clearing with plenty of room to set up their tent and make a fire. Cullen was a much better cook than Mike, so he always prepared the meals for them when they camped out like this.

After everything was all set up, he let out all his Pokemon and they all split up in search for fire wood ad fresh berries. Something they seemed to do often, Mike loved some particular berries and so did his Pokemon. Cullen wouldn’t let him venture off alone though, so Mike had Ambipom by his side as he searched around the Pinwheel forest. Finally they came across a bush of Sitrus Berries and both smiled at each other as they started to collect them in a basket. “These look great, don’t they Ambipom?” He looked over at his partner, who was already digging in.

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[Akkai]

The red head body guard was taking a nap in the high branches of the trees in pinwheel forest. His Braviary Iruka was perches above him and was on guard looking for any sort of human that would approach them. But someone is Akkai’s party was gone. His normal team of pokemon were relaxing beneath the shade of the giant tree but Akkai’s Absol had disappeared, which wasn’t unlike him. Akkai’s Absol Yori had wandered off from his companions into the depths of pinwheel forest. The grey pokemon was running through the forest with no trouble at all his eyes scanning the area around him and his nose smelt all the different scents of the forest. But as Yori ran he came to a sliding halt. His ears twitched slightly and his nose moved slightly as the smell of berries carried into his nose as well as the smell of a human an another pokemon. Yori zipped towards the scent but kept his distance when he found what he smelt. It was a young human male and an Ambipom.

Yori lowered himself to the ground as he watched the two pick the berries off the tree. A soft rumble of Yori’s stomach caused the mountain pokemon to jump slightly at the sound that came from his own body. Yori put up his guard not sure if the other pokemon heard it or not.

[mike]

AKKAI

As Mike and his Pokemon partner collected berries in the basket, it didn't take long before something caught Ambipom's attention. The Pokemon stopped collected and his head danced around and looked over to the bushes where it heard a noise. Mike looked over at him curiously, then he raised his head to look in the dame direction, but nothing was there. "Hey buddy, something over there?" Mike asked, his Ambipom nodded and took a few hops forward before pointing over to the bushes. "Is it a Pokemon?" He then asked, his partner again responded with a nod of it's head. Mike bit his lip and took a few steps closer, right next to his Ambipom.

Mike leaned over and went down to his knees, setting the basket of berries next to him, scopping a few in his hand. His Ambipom nodded it's head with approval as it rubbed it's stomach. Whatever was hiding in there was probably hungry, Ambipon always seemed to have a sense about food. "Hey there, it's okay, I won't hurt you," He started, taking one Sitrus berry with his other hand and tossing it over to the bush. "Don't be shy, we have plenty to spare if you want some." He said, waiting to see if it would show itself or not. 

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[Akkai]

Yori leaned back onto his back legs as the human and the Ambipom approached him. He was ready to leap right over them and bolt back to camp but then the human tossed a few berries near the bush he was hiding behind. Yori looked to the berries as his stomach growled back up the young man who handed them to him. Looking behind him from the corner of his eye thinking one of his teammates might have followed him before he crawled out from behind the bush and started to much down on the berries. As he finished snarking down the last couple berries a familiar bark could be heard echoing through the forest. Yori’s head shot up as it turned to the sound but before he could react a large wolf pokemon came flying out of the trees tackling the pore Absol to the ground. This large beast was Kuma the Arcanine. The large wolf pokemon licked the scythe head piece of Absol’s head before barking happily like a hunting dog that just caught its first duck.

Yori grumbled unpleasantly as he just kept his position on the ground beneath the large pokemon. Then through the silence of the forest the sound of Akkai’s voice broke through, ”KUMA!!! YORI!!!” After a couple of moments the infamous Akkai would appear from where the Aracanine had appeared with a beautiful ninetails walking beside him. The ninetails Yumiko gave Yori a deadly look before walking in front of her master brushing her multiple tails across his leg and took a protective position in front of him. ”This is where you wandered off too Yori. And Kuma get off of him,” sighed Akkai as he gave his Absol a raised eyebrow before giving his large canine pokemon a harden look. The arcanine wined before giving his friend a final lick and leaping off of him and in that same leap landing beside his master. Akkai sighed as he pet the large beast on the side of the face. Kuma gave a low grow of approval at the affecsion he was getting. Akkai would then stop when he noticed the boy and the monkey pokemon not to far away from his Absol.

”Did Yori cause you any problems?” asked Akkai which was a normal question he asked when it came to Yori and his adventures away from “home”. Yori gave his master a glare before rubbing his face clean with his paws before getting back to his feet and shaking himself out.

[mike]

AKKAI

After a few seconds of patiently waiting, finally an Absol came wandering out from behind the bushes and went straight for the berries. Mike smirked, looking over at it as he started to snack. "Oh, it's an Absol, cool. I wonder if it's wild or not.." He questioned,glancing over to Ambipol, who simply shrugged and Mike looked around for any other people or Pokemon, but it just seemed to be Absol here for now. How strange. 

Suddenly, a large Pokemon flew at the Absol out of nowhere and tackled it. Mike gasped at the anitial shock and popped up to his feet, backing away, thinking it was here to attack. Ambipom leaped in front of Mike to protect him in case it tried anything.

Mike soon noticed the Pokemon, a rather large Arcanine, wasn't attacking at all. It was actually licking the Absol and being friendly and playful with it. Mike sighed and it broke into a chuckle as he shook his head. "Oh phew, it's friendly." He muttered. Ambipom gratefully wiped the sweat from it's brow and just took a seat right in front of Mike. And that's when he heard the yelling of a man.

With a brow raised, he watched an older man came out into the clearing, a beautiful Ninetails by it's side. The way he was talking to the Pokemon, he knew they must have been his.

After the man finally noticed Mike, he asked if the Pokemon had been any problem. He didn't know which one Yuri was, but he was assuming he was referring to the Absol that found him originally. Mike just shook his head quickly, "N-No! Not at all, he seemed hungry so I gave him some berries.. I thought it might have been a wild Pokemon." He explained.

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[Akkai]

Sighing to himself once again Akkai gave a small gesture which was a sign Yori was familiar with. It was a sign to come or retreat back when they were in battle. Yori looked to the boy and the monkey pokemon before walked over to his master but hiding next to the large fire canine who just happily stood there. ”That’s good. But what would you be doing this deep in Pinwheel forest?” asked Akkai who now questioned why this guy would be out this far in the forest. Of course it wasn’t against any laws but it was uncommon for people to be this far in the woods this close to night falls. Akkai was use to camping out here since it took him and his former guardian almost two months to find the perfect home after leaving the city. Akkai enjoyed camping out with his pokemon but it wasn’t always the safest bet. Camping was fun when you were in a pretty safe place but forest like these were full of all kinds of pokemon most of the time friendly but pokemon relied on instinct rather than their mental capacity so it can be killed or be killed if you are on the wrong side of an angry pokemon.

[mike]

AKKAI

Mike watched briefly as his Pokemon quickly retreated with a simple gesture. Mike looked over at this mysterious man as he then asked what Mike was doing so deep out in Pinwheel forest. It was a good question, one he didn't expect to be asked or even have to answer. He thought it would be peaceful here, just him, Cullen, and their Pokemon. 

"I'm on my way to Nacrene to challenge the gym leader and my friend and I decided to set out camp out here, didn't think anyone else would be out here." He explained, looking over at him. Ambipon simply nodded it's head and looked up at Mike, who smiled back at him. "We decided to venture around and try to find berries, like those over there." He explained, gesturing behind him to the bush popular with fresh Sitrus berries that they had been picking clean before the Absol came and turned everything around, not that he minded.

He took a breath before asking his own question. "What about you? What are you doing out here?" He asked, biting his bottom lip slightly as he awaited an answer.

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[Akkai]

Akkai was slightly surprised since this would be the first actual trainer he had run into for a very long time. Since the war started Akkai had been forced into a line of work that caused him to change his lifestyle. Akkai use to fun into trainers all the time back before the war and the death of his father but now a days the only trainers he ran into were ones fighting in the war not participating in gym league battles. Akkai never competed in gym battles but he had quite a bit of experience in pokemon battles and if he were ever to sign up for that ridicules competition he probably would do ok. But then the boy brought up berries. Akkai normally didn’t pick berries since he wasn’t the biggest fan of them but his pokemon liked to go out and find them when they could. Most of Akkai’s pokemon loved berries and were extremely good at finding them. Surprisingly it was Yori who liked wild berries the most since what Akkai could remember his father use to berry hunt when he was a trainer with Yori.

Then the young man asked why Akkai was out here. Akkai took a moment to think about what his answer should be but he made sure to think quickly to not put any suspicion on what he actually was doing here. ”My team and I were searching for Virizion,” responded Akkai calmly. Akkai as a young boy heard about the legendary pokemon of Unova from Chez. Before Chez set up camp in the city he used to be a trainer who sought out legendary pokemon but not to catch just to understand and study. This fact about Chez surprised Akkai but Akkai loved hearing the stories that Chez use to tell him before he went to sleep.

[mike]

AKKAI

Everything seemed good now, almost casual. It was hard to tell lately, who you might meet on your journey that could be a decent person with no evil or psychotic tenancies and who could very much be excising those traits. He was never sure who to trust, but he was the type to believe in someone and give them a chance, despite how they looked. He never judged a book by its cover. He was a kind and understanding person like that, he wanted to believe everyone had at least a little good in them, no matter how bad they might come across.

Doesn't mean he's going to trust any of them, oh no, he wasn't dumb.

Mike's thought bubble popped when he heard the name Virizion. He raised a brow high. "Virizion.. as in the legendary Pokemon?" He repeated, looking around. "Here?" He asked, obviously surprised. Never did he hear any rumors like that, not around Pinwheel Forrest. Unless he's on his way to wherever that Pokemon may be.

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[Akkai]

Akkai was expecting this reaction from the other since the search for rare pokemon wasn’t common in times of war and legendary pokemon tended to hide away during the rages of human war. Akkai had remembered Chez talking about Virizion wandering through this forest from time to time. Akkai believed him because Chez had a photo album full of these legendary pokemon with dates and locations. Chez had spotted Virizion twice once in Pinwheel forest the other time on route 11. ”Yeah. My team and I have been tracking Virizion for a while and he led us here. We lost track of him a couple hours ago so we decided to set up camp for the night a couple clicks from here,” replied Akkai as he pointed to where he had originally came from. Akkai’s true purpose here wasn’t all that pleasant. Akkai had done a hit and was informed to take the body and burn it. Akkai knew he wasn’t going to be able to burn it near the place he had shot the man so he decided to come here since not many trainers wondered this deep into the forest.

Akkai had already burned the man’s body took him at least a day to completely dispose of the body and with the help of his fire pokemon it made it a whole lot easier. The ashes were still piled with what was left of the wood he used to burn the body and he was supposed to dump those ashes into the ocean sometime tonight. But Akkai was going to wait till morning before he made his move. He didn’t expect anyone to be this deep in the forest and he wasn’t all that keen on being caught now.

[mike]

AKKAI

The strange man explained that him and his team, guessing that meant him and his Pokemon, were out tracking the legendary Pokemon to this very forest. "Wow, really?" He asked, his eyes flew up and looked all around him. To think, a legendary Pokemon could be right around him and he'd never even think about it. But now he was, and he couldn't help but wonder where it could be hiding. And if he looked at it without even noticing.

Mike bit his lip and looked back down to him. "Is that your job?" he asked, raising a brow. "Are you like, researching legendary Pokemon or something?" He asked, just plainly out of curiosity. It would make sense, if that was like his job to study legendary Pokemon.

In fact, it would be a pretty damn cool job to have.

"I'm Mike by the way," He was about to extend his hand and walk over to him, but his Pokemon seemed a bit- well, intimidating and he didn't really feel like pissing them off. "And you are..." He hoped to at least get a name.

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[Akkai]

Akkai nodded his head in response. Akkai was of course no research or anything like that but he had enough knowledge to make someone believe he was one. When he was still young and before Chez would let him go out with him in the gang Akkai spent hours reading his logs and looking through his photo albums of legendary pokemon. Akkai thought Chez was the coolest man in the world and was happy to call him his father. Chez loved to tell Akkai stories of his past and how he used to live his life before he became a gangster. Akkai smirked to himself at the thought that Chez would ever become that man again. Akkai wondered what would of happen if Chez didn’t change direction in his life, what would have happened to Akkai?? He probably would be in prison after being shipping to foster home to foster home and ending up into some bad business he couldn’t handle.

”In a sense. I am hired by private companies to study these pokemon and be able to track them,” explained Akkai as he let his hand brush across the Ninetail’s neck and down her back. Akkai wondered once the war was over and his services wouldn’t be needed would he turn to the like Chez originally had. Would he become a legendary pokemon tracker become a researcher in Unova. It wouldn’t be a bad deal. Akkai enjoyed traveling and being away from humans for long periods of time sounded like a great plan. Combing his fingers through his hair he looked up at the changing sky from blue to and orange redish color of dusk. ”My name is Chez,” responded Akkai using his deceased father’s name since his name sometimes through up red flags. Akkai wasn’t all that keen on sharing who he was so he was just going to play pretend with this guy and then go on his marry way.

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[mike]

AKKAI

He raised both brows as he nodded his head. "Wow, that's a pretty cool job. But does it get a lot of.. success? I mean, like, tracking down Legendary Pokemon must be the hardest thing to do in this world. How do you manage?" He asked curiously. He was interested. Legends interested him and so did Pokemon. Therefor legendary Pokemon really interested him and he couldn't help but ask. But he was starting to feel like he was starting to bug the guy a little. Maybe he should just back off now and go back to camp.

But as usual, his overly curious mind couldn't help but ask that other question. There was just no stopping it sometimes.

"Nice to meet you, Chez." He nodded his head and looked around. "I'm.. really sorry for bothering you.. and your Pokemon. I should leave you be to continue your search." He said, mostly to himself so he could let the poor guy continue. The last thing the guy needed was a stupid trainer getting in his way.

Ambipom had picked the basket of berries with his tail and they both started to walk past them. "Good luck on your little adventure, Chez." he said, nodding his head and smiling.

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[Akkai]

”When you enjoy the company of pokemon more than people it’s quite easy. I rather be away from humans all together if I could but in this time in age is hard to seclude yourself from those types of things,” replied Akkai as he shoved his hands in his pockets and looked up into the night sky. The stars were slowly starting to show themselves becoming little diamonds in the sky. Akkai loved the night it always seemed to be the most peaceful time. Akkai then looked to the boy and then over to his monkey pokemon. Akkai knew the kid probably wasn’t traveling alone he probably was traveling with someone else. The reason why Akkai knew this was because Kuma informed him. Kuma had the best nose out of all of his pokemon and he smelt the scent of another human on the boy. Akkai wasn’t surprised that the boy wasn’t traveling alone. In the time of war it was safer to travel in groups just in case a Nox or Lux soldier think it would be fun to kill you. Taking a deep breath Akkai let out a soft whistle causing Kuma to bow forward giving Akkai the ability to climb onto his back.

”Be careful onto your way to camp Mike. There are plenty of restless pokemon who wouldn’t be afraid to attack if they see you as a threat,” warned Akkai as Kuma started to turn away. Before leaving Akkai dropped a bag that would be full of pokemon food that he had bought in Nacrene City. That would be his thanks to the young man for taking care of his troublesome Absol. From there Kuma took one bound and he disappeared all you could see was a blur of black orange and tan as he used extreme speed to disappear into the depths of the forest. Yumiko and Yori fallowed shortly after disappearing into the darkness.