Pokémon Beyond the Blue

There are endless trees, and when you are in the forest, it seems like you can never get out.

Riolu quickly jumped on the branches while collecting edible tree fruits.

Ikki and the reunited Yuuto were chatting happily in the back.

"Yuuto, how many badges have you collected since we separated?"

"Hmph, there are already four of them!"

Yuuto seemed to have known that Ikki would ask this question, and the moment he finished speaking, he showed the badge on the inside of his shirt.

"You don't have to be sad, you will definitely get eight badges with me here!"

"Thank you very much for comforting me, but it seems like I have to deal with a lot of problems when I'm with you."

"Well... I'm so sad. I, I was, was, disliked."

As he said this, Yuuto squatted on the ground aside and started drawing circles.

Of course, Ikki was joking, and he also knew that Yuuto's reaction was staged.

It seems that after being apart for so long, the two people's understanding of each other has not diminished, but seems to have increased a lot.

"What's wrong Riolu?"

Ikki looked up and saw Riolu jumping over from a distance, as if he wanted to say something to him.

"There is a big road ahead. Look at the sign on the road next to it. You should be able to reach Qianhong City at the end of the road. Do you want to take a rest there?"

Ikki picked up the map in his hand and looked at it carefully before saying to Riolu: "Well, looking at the marks on the map, we have reached the road to Qianhong City. It will be convenient after that. , let’s take a rest now.”

After hearing what the two of them said, Yuuto immediately jumped over and slapped Ikki hard on the back like the big brother next door.

"What's wrong with Ikki, you can't stand it at this level? What's the point? Well, just let me, a trainee coach, train you! You must at least get here today!"

As he spoke, Yuuto stretched out his hand on the map and pointed to a place not far from Qianhong City.

"Eh?! Yuuto, you're not joking, are you?"

"Of course not. This is a cruel decision made for you. I can't bear it either..."

Riolu looked at the two people and spread his hands helplessly.

As expected, Yuuto's level of offlineness has not changed at all.

But after that, Yuuto began to regret saying such words.

"Ikki, why didn't you tell me that you had a little fire pony!"

Ikki stared at Yuuto for a while and said something that almost made Yuuto vomit blood.

"You didn't ask me." After saying that, he patted the little fire horse hard and galloped forward.

"why is it like this……"

Yuuto looked at Riolu lonely and squatted down with tears in his eyes.

"It seems we are the only ones leaving together..."

"No, it's you alone."

Although Riolu doesn't hate Yuuto, he spends too little time with Yuuto. Riolu doesn't know any information about this person, but he feels that he is not a bad person, and he has never revealed that he wants to do anything bad. of waveguide.

"Hey, then you..."

"I'll go with Ikki, take care of yourself!"

After saying that, he didn't care about Yuuto's reaction, and ran forward directly. The speed was basically equivalent to [Tell to move]. By the time Yuuto reacted, Riolu had already caught up with Ikki, who had left early. .

"You... why are you like this! Wait for me!"

Yuuto, who was thrown away, let out a high-decibel shout that was almost inaudible at ordinary times, making the two people in front of him feel a little lucky that they didn't have to go with him.

"The gym trainers at the Light Red Gym use poison-type elves. Is there any good way to deal with them..."

Ikki also gradually got used to riding a horse, at least he no longer barked while riding like before.Sitting on the horse, he freed up one hand and took out the trainer's manual he got from somewhere, and looked thoughtful.

"Does Riolu know of any good ideas?"

Ikki, who had no clue, could only focus on Riolu, who was following closely behind the little fire horse.

"Riolu has lived in the forest for a long time. He should have some experience. Please tell me, even a little bit!"

"..."

"Can't you tell me this? In fact, Riolu knows, but he just doesn't want to tell me, right?"

"..."

He really didn't know how to deal with the poison elves. He couldn't just deal with the trouble caused by the poison elves because he had nothing to do. It would be really embarrassing if he got hit by paralysis powder or sleeping powder.

"If I remember correctly, the sweet peaches you bought are resistant to poison. You can let Charmander and Lulili eat a few before the battle begins."

Ikki quickly took the backpack in front of him and fumbled around inside.

"Phew~, luckily there is some left. Thanks, Riolu."

"But I don't guarantee it will work!"

After listening to Riolu's advice, Ikki was deeply immersed in his own thinking, and gave Riolu the task of rushing forward.

'This child won't be dependent on me anymore...really, he will become a nanny. '

But then he thought about it, Ikki had helped him many times, well, he just treated it as a return favor.

He had no choice but to accept his fate and take on the role of coachman that Ikki had been before he came to consciousness.

'It's just a poison-type gym...can Ikki be defeated...'

Although some tree fruits do have the ability to resist abnormal conditions, if time goes by, those who should be poisoned will still be poisoned.The strength of poison type gym trainers is not just blown away. This match also makes a quick victory impossible - the attack range of poison type spirits cannot be achieved just by Lu Lili's [Pray for Rain]. Dealing with it is also a challenge for Ikki.

But isn’t the point of this trip just to challenge different gyms? If the gym trainers are not strong, what’s the point of challenging?

About 10 minutes after Ikki fell into deep thought, Riolu asked the little fire pony to stop.The reason is nothing else. If this speed continues, Yuuto may, no, will definitely not be able to keep up.

Riolu jumped on the horse's back and patted Ikki with his paw, who seemed to have lost his temper.

"Eh? Where are we?"

After being woken up, Ikki looked like he didn't know what happened.

"You are too serious. You are so absorbed in thinking of a countermeasure."

Ikki could only smile and said: "Anyway, Riolu is here, so it doesn't matter if I think about the problem seriously. And if you don't take the gym challenge seriously, then where should I take it seriously?"

Ikki's words made sense, and Riolu gave up arguing with him and jumped onto the big tree by the roadside two or three times.

"That's it for today. Although there is no problem if we continue walking, Yuuto may not be able to do it. He doesn't have an elf like your little fire horse."

Hearing this, Ikki stood up on tiptoes and tried his best to look on the road, but except for some dust blown up by the wind occasionally, no one could be seen at all.

"Uh...it seems so."

After getting the little fire horse, Riolu re-estimated the time and found that if he continued at this speed, he would be able to make up for all the previous delays in just a few days. If this situation continued, he would definitely be able to collect it within the specified time. Collect enough badges and still have a lot of time left.So they dispersed again.

Yuuto appeared at the other end of the road about three hours after that. When he saw Ikki and the little fire horse, he suddenly had an unknown strength and ran over. A cloud of dust was raised, and Riolu, who was resting in the tree with his eyes closed, was so startled that he jumped in front of Ikki, thinking that some dangerous elf had suddenly appeared.After seeing clearly that it was Yuuto, Riolu stepped aside, allowing Ikki to directly bear Yuuto's impact.

"Ikki, why did you leave me and run away? Do you know how tired I am from walking here? Wuwuwu..."

Then this person grabbed Ikki's clothes, tears flashing in his eyes, as if he was about to cry.

"Didn't you say you should exercise, Yuuto?"

Ikki immediately faced Yuuto with the harmless expression he learned from Riolu.

"Well……"

Yuuto seemed to be unable to find any reason. After thinking hard for a while, he finally let go of his hand.

"Forget it, I admit defeat."

As if realizing his slowness, Yuuto sat down on the grass by the roadside, then instantly regained his energy and looked at Riolu excitedly.

"Ikki, you haven't conquered Riolu yet, right? Can you let me try to fight him? I've become very strong!"

It seems that Yuuto's strength is not bad. His four badges are proof of his strength, but...

Before Ikki could answer, Riolu raised his paw and shook it from side to side.

"do not want!"

Yuuto froze in place while maintaining a smile, and then... for one second... for two seconds... he stood up and ran to the side to draw circles.

The remaining two people looked at each other and smiled.With Yuuto joining us, it seems that traveling becomes less boring - of course, I don't mean bullying him.