The White Forest

"Clawitzer use Aura Sphere !!!" commanded a blond-haired trainer.

The trainer wore a fancy white dress that people are not seen wearing normally.

The trainer had an expression of annoyance while facing his opponent.

This was Siebold, one of the trainers from Kalos.

"Victreebel destroy them use Energy Ball and dash towards him with Solar Blade," Aoki commanded with an amused smile as if he was enjoying the torment of his opponent.

A bit far from the battle, a group of people were watching the fight unfold.

"Sigh! Not even a day has passed since they met and they are already fighting.." elite four Drasna massaged her forehead.

"How did it start..going by their expression it doesn't seem like a friendly battle, " said gym leader Draiden.

"Siebold is a famous chef in Kalos you see and which is something he takes pride in.

I had heard that he challenges every chef he hears is good to a cooking show off to prove himself.

Today was the same…..

Siebold challenged Professor Gunhildr to a cooking match and surprisingly lost.

Siebold couldn't accept his defeat and asked for a rematch, but professor Gunhildr refused .So, Siebold challenged Professor to a one-on-one Pokemon battle with the condition that if Siebold won, Professor Gunhildr would accept the rematch of cooking match"

Drasna said watching the two Pokemon fight.

"I see…. What about the other trainers ?"

" I heard that Steven Wallace and Professor Gunhildr had a friendly match but I don't know the conclusion.

I got to know they were already friends before the event.

Some of the female trainers like Misty, Cynthia, Phoebe, and your disciple Iris spend most of their time outside while trainers like Sabrina and Claire don't socialize much.

All the trainers had some sort of interaction with each other so no need to worry"

Besides the two Dragon trainers, two other people were watching Aoki and Siebold fight with interest.

They were Professor Rowan from Sinnoh who specialized in Pokemon evolutions and Professor Elm from Jhoto who specialized in Pokemon breeding.

Both of them had a long conversation with Aoki as they wanted to assess him.

Being the field they wanted to see the knowledge of the person who Professor Oak and Carolina spoke so highly about.

They were amazed by the observations Aoki made on wild Pokemon, especially the Pokemon he owned.

The way he talked was as if he had years of experience in the field in spite of just being 17.

Both of them gave him a pretty high evaluation and talked about their research.

Aoki got to know a lot about breeding which he was not so knowledgeable about and the detailed process that takes place during the evolution of a Pokemon.

Boom!

A loud explosion rang out as Victreebel's Solar Blade and Clawitzer's Crab hammer collided in which the latter lost the confrontation.

"I believe that's enough… The matches will be starting tomorrow. It's better to conserve your strength right now. " Aoki said to Siebold.

Siebold had a sour face but agreed.

He too knew that this battle was pointless, it was just his pride acting up.

Aoki called Victreebel back and went back to training.

The desert environment was a new domain so he trained his Pokemon to get used to fighting in a domain where the ground was not stable.

After a few hours of training, he returned to his hotel.

"Why are you all in my room again?"

Aoki asked the three people in his room.

Cynthia could be seen sitting on a chair, Misty on the bed, and Sabrina floating mid-air.

All of them had cards on their hands and a lot of board games spread around the bed.

"It's not fair that you got the largest and the best room, so we just borrowed it," Misty said.

Sabrina saw Aoki and just smirked.

"You will not kick us out right?" Cynthia made the puppy eyes she learned from Misty.

The last few days Misty and Cynthia had a lot of fun messing around so they now together try to annoy Aoki when he is not training.

As similar personalities attract each other, they both become friends with Iris with Phoebe joining the fun.

Sabrina spends most of her time in Aoki's room. He suspected that she hadn't even entered her room for a moment since they came here.

Was Aoki bothered by this?

Not at all.

It was fun to spend time with three beautiful ladies.

Aoki messed around with them for a while with different games till they fell asleep.

At midnight Aoki ensured that no one was watching and left the hotel on the back of Salamence.

While he was flying, Pidgeot joined him from another direction and had Darkrai riding on her back.

"Did you find what I asked Darkrai?"

[I did… but I didn't find Zekrom, Reshiram, or Kyurem.

I didn't see the sword of Justice either.

But I found the lair of the Pokemon Haxorus you asked for.]

It's been a long time since Aoki had played the Unova series Pokemon games so he has completely forgotten about the region.

He wanted to get the Tao trio on his team which includes Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurum but it was impossible without knowing their exact location.

So he wanted to get the other dragon species of the Unova region.

Darkrai and Pidgeot have been going around the region Aoki marked on the map to search for Hydrigon and Haxhorous communities but were only able to find the Haxsorous community where he was currently going.

' I will come to Unova after the Pokemon league to find the legendaries'

He had to be quick today as the Youth cup will be starting the next day.

He called back and Pidgeot and made Darkrai sit behind him for directions.

"Salamence ready?" Aoki said touching his ring.

[I sure am ] Salamance said as the small stone that was attached to one of the horns on his head started glowing too.

"Respond to my calling and become the emperor of the sky…

Salamance Mega Evolve !!!"

The two stones glowed in bright multicolored light.

Salamance's wings meld together into a single huge, crescent-shaped wing. The abnormal purple color of his wings expanded to form flame-like symbols looking like tattoos on the bloodred wings.

The ridges above its eyes are now far less prominent, and it no longer possesses the thick, gray scaling over its lower jaw.

Instead, the smooth red flesh underneath has been left exposed, increasing its streamlined appearance.

The upper pair of fins resting on the sides of its head are now elongated and tapered.

The lower pair has not changed much. However, the middle set now takes the form of quarter-arches, spanning towards the bridge of the nose.

The remnants of its shelled underbelly have been drastically transformed into a segmented, more aerodynamic, vest-like armored frame.

Salamence's energy broke through the beginning of Champion rank and reached mid-Champion.

This was the second time Aoki had mega-evolved Salamance and the speed he showed was several times more than he expected.

"Let's go Salamance"

Boom!

Salamance flapped his new wings and became a blur.

The sound he made was like a jet plane breaking the sound barrier.

Aoki had to cover his ears with Darkness Aura or else his eardrums would burst.

The location he was going to was 'White forest'

Although it was an explosive area in the Pokemon games, it was a real place here along with Black City.

The white forest was a special place due to its strange features. The first is that no outside noise exits the forest or inside noise goes outside as if the trees were a natural sound barrier.

The second was the trees….every tree in the forest randomly becomes white in color and returns back to normal again.

Aoki had suspected Hydreigon to be in this area but Darkrai found the Haxorus community instead.

It didn't take long for him to fly to the white forest with Mega Salamence's flying speed.

From above he could see a large tree at the center of the forest but decided to land away from it near the Dragon's habitat.

Just as rumors said, he didn't hear anything outside the forest but began to hear noises after entering the forest.

Aoki canceled Mega Evolution of Salamance as they landed near a small and gave him some minutes to rest as his wings had heated up a lot.

Aoki released Nidoking, Victreebel, and Clefable and asked them to take a closer look at the habitat and record some observations.

He released Gyarados into the river to do anything he wanted and Pidgeot and Aerodactyl to survey the sky.

"Come out Celebi, " he said out loud as the space around him rippled and small green Celebi came out with curiosity in her eyes.

"This is an interesting place, you can check it out"

~Thank you for the lift ~ Celebi said in a cute voice before disappearing.

He took the Pokeballs of Charizard and Salamence with him.

He let out Abra, Trapinch, and Eevee to let them experience how a dense forest at night feels like.

The Eevee instantly jumped into Aoki's shoulder after being let out.

Out of all his Pokemon, Eevee is attached to Aoki the most, surpassing even Clefable.

She always wants to stay close to Aoki except for the time he is training her.

Eevee hates staying in Pokeballs so Aoki decided to let her travel with him just like Ash and Pikachu after she reached a certain power level.

"Woah I have never had such a place, "

Trapinch said with stars in his eyes.

"Of course, you have never seen such a place, you lived in a desert after all. I lived in a forest so I saw similar scenes every day" Eevee said with a smirk.

Eevee was a bit arrogant, unlike Trapinch who had a simple attitude.

"It's beautiful but I still like the desert more"

Puff!

Abra almost laughed hearing Trapinch's reply. This was a daily occurrence, Eevee trying to annoy Trapinch but being unsuccessful every time.

"What are you laughing at ?! want me to smack you or something ?" Eevee got pissed at Abra.

"You know you can't touch me right? I will just teleport away~" Abra opened his eyes and made a playful expression.

All three Pokemon were at junior rank and Aoki wanted them to grow taking their time, unlike the time when he first started as the circumstances are different.

"Let's go…." Aoki said making the three of them stop their quarrel.

The forest was very similar to the Viridian forest due to the size and noise the insects made.

There were fireflies at every corner of the forest making it pretty easy to navigate in the dark.

Aoki could feel eyes on him and his Pokemon as they walked toward the location.

'Seems like we will get a welcome when we reach there '.

Finally, after walking for a while he reached a place that looked like a giant abandoned temple near a cave.

There was not a single firefly in this area so it was quite dark to see so Aoki took out a torch for his Pokemon.

There were large stone pillars around the entrance that had deep cut marks similar to a machete Aoki carried to cut down wild plants to make paths in the deep forest.

There were some thick trees too with similar marks to the trees.

A large number of large rocks were kept at random places as if they were brought from somewhere else having deeper marks

'It feels like the Axew lines practice their moves here'

Suddenly Aoki's instincts kicked in and he jumped back as a black slash passed from the place he was standing cutting off the nearby tree in half.

It was night slash

Abra, Eevee, and Trapinch immediately became ready for battle. With Psychic abilities, Abra immediately told Aoki the number of attackers and their distance with telepathy.

Slowly in the dark forest, he could see a lot of glowing eyes that were getting closure.

"You three stand back, you cannot handle the situation.

Just watch and learn"

More night slashes came in his direction which were all destroyed by dark tendrils that came out of his shadow.

He clicked the two Pokeballs on his belt to release Charizard and Salamance who immediately released their energy restraints stopping the movements of the approaching group.

The fire at Charizard's tail illuminated the surrounding.

Charizard gave a low roar ordering the hiding Pokemon to come out.

But none of them moved which pissed Charizard a lot.

Salamance stopped Charizard and roared telling them that if they don't come out he would destroy their home to the ground.

A threat from a champion-level Pokemon was not to be taken lightly.

This made all the Pokemon come forwards slowly.

As the light fell on them, Aoki recognized the Pokemon.

They were around ten Fraxure and one Axew that had surrounded them.

All the Fraxure were at master rank while the Axew was at junior rank but a different color than normal Axew.

A Shiny Axew

'It is a strong tribe'.

Fraxure was a bipedal, draconic Pokémon with long, gray tusks with red tips protruding from the sides of its mouth.

It has dark eyes with red irises, a gray face, and a cowl-like feature of green segments on its head, neck, back, and chest.

Its arms have three red fingers, and its lower body is gray, with red speckles on the underbelly. It has red toes and a red tip on its tail.

The Axew that was with them came forward with anger in his eyes growling at Aoki and the others to leave their home.

Axew is a bipedal, grayish-green Pokémon with pale, straight tusks protruding from the sides of its mouth.

The back of its head is dark grayish-green with a tall, slightly curved horn.

Large, dark grayish-green ovals surround its red eyes, and it has a short, rounded snout with large nostrils.

The leader Fraxure roared back and pulled back Axew not to aggravate the situation.

Aoki was impressed by Axew's guts to stand up against enemies way beyond his level.

Unlike Trapipnch who came to Salamance just based on instincts that surpassed his fear, Axew was truly brave and was ready to fight with his own will.

"I am a Pokemon train who trains Pokemon to make them stronger. " Aoki said to the Fraxure.

"See the two dragons beside me" indicating Charizard and Salamanca.

"I raised them since they were kids and now see where they are"

"So I am here to give one Axew of your tribe to train under me.

I will give them everything they need and ensure they reach the top."

Salamance and Charizard translated the things Aoki said to the group of dragons.

Fraxure observed Aoki with caution and asked him to follow him to their leader.

He knew how much of a threat the Pokemon with Aoki were.

"Are you out of your mind? Why are you taking them to our home !!" the Axew protested.

"Shut up Kid! I know what's best for the tribe" The Fraxure roared angrily making the Axew shut up but clearly not accepting the decision.

The group asked Aoki to wait before the temple while he called their leader.

"I don't think the leader is willing to part with a member without a fight…..So who is going to fight" Salamance asked.

"Of course, I am going to fight, " said Charizard.

"No, I am fighting " Salamance replied back.

Eevee and Trapinch just stared at the two scary Pokemon arguing.

"Neither of you will fight.

Darkrai, you will be fighting " Aoki said making the two dragons disappointed.

[Okay ]

Besides fighting everyone on Aoki's team, Darkrai hasn't fought any other opponent for a while.

"Two three will closely observe how Pokemon at the elite rank fight, you two have to reach this level one day," Aoki said to Abra, Eevee, and Trapinch.

After waiting for a while a lot of the tribe members came out with two female elite ranked Haxoros and one male quasi-champion ranked Haxorous.

Behind them were around fifteen Fraxure with three to four Axew, all prepared for combat.

Aoki was sure that there were more Pokemon inside the den, especially the Pokemon who were not ready to fight.

Haxorus is a bipedal Pokémon with a dark, yellow-green covering on its back and most of the front.

It has black skin covering its torso, tail tip, and thighs, as well as red talons and claws.

Its large tusks, which resemble scythes, are black and edged in red, and are located on its upper jaw on the side of its mouth. These tusks, which can cut steel beams, are unbreakable.

Its medium-sized eyes are red with black pupils.

Ridged plate-like skin travels from its back to its head region. It has solid armor and the legs and tail have a dividing line pattern.

Its arms are quite small, with three digits two elliptical triceps and biceps, and circular elbows.

Its hands are small and circular with small red claws. Its legs are formidable and strong with three-toed feet with a red talon on each toe.

It was extremely rare to see three elite Pokemon in one place which can be taken that they are the leading tribe in the entire forest.

The three Haxorous felt a threat from the two Dragons with Aoki, especially Salamence.

But none of the dragons had fear in their eyes.

They ignored Abra, Trapinch, and Eevee who were just ants their eyes.

The three Haxorous were confident in their strength and number to repel the enemy but they still decided to have a conversation.

"You must have heard about the offer I made...

I need an Axew to join me.

We can do it the easy way or the hard way and believe me, you don't want the hard way " Aoki which Salamence translated.

Not every day could he get a chance to get a dragon Pokemon.

Since he was in front of one, he was taking one with him.

""We refuse ""all three Haxosous said in unison.

'Hmp! They don't know what's best for them' Eevee thought.

'Yay! Time for slaughter !!' Trapinch got delighted.

'Sigh! Here we go again…..' Abra thought.

"So you want it the hard way…." Aoki muttered.

"We will not give away any of our tribe members.

This is not a place where you can order around….

I advise you to leave unless you want serious consequences." the leader said with anger.

"What if I don't….."

"You brought this upon yourself human!!

Everyone follow the formation!!"

The leader roared and all three of them dashed toward Aoki with their limbs and tusks coated with dense Dragon-type energy.

"Make sure to suppress your killing intent Darkrai…I want to see what they can do"