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</span></b></i><br/><br/><br/><i><b><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Pokemon: Yugen</span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size: 18px">Episode 4: The trainer's will!</span></b></i><br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5PWnM6AlA&amp;index=2&amp;list=PL2E1A2C12F3A3B7D3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appropriate Theme</a><br/><br/><div class="ToggleTriggerAnchor bbCodeSpoilerContainer">
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<div class="SpoilerTarget bbCodeSpoilerText">Our heroes arrived on the mysterious islands of Yugen, a recently discovered wilderness. Making their landing in the town of Saisho, a veritable mecca of Pokemon trainers, they set off into a new world! But, as if unprovoked, the town was set upon by an ancient Pokemon, a Suicune. As people fled, a band of trainers rushed to the defense of the town! Among them Satoshi Shirakawa, the trainer that, at the age of ten, swept the Pokemon League to become the youngest Pokemon Master in history. He was the living legend known famously as Red. Fear became amazement as, for the first time in fourteen years, Red battled before a crowd. The ancient Suicune was defeated and fell and before the eyes of everyone. Defeated, it began to glow and, as if dissolving into light, vanished into thin air. It left behind only a black residue that boiled away into nothing. The crowds cheered, but the Pokemon Professor of Yugen, Professor Pine was troubled by the event, sending Red into the mountains to track the Suicune's path and find where it came from.<br/>
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As the legend departed, so too did our heroes! Venturing forth upon Route 1, they strode confidently forth, encountering wild Pokemon and trainers eager to prove their worth! After two days travel, they arrived at Utsumi. Once a sleepy little village, the town had become a hotspot for traveling trainers looking to relax in the town's hot springs bath. There, Eleyna at last learned the secret to her first step in becoming a trainer with the help of Brollem, a retired Gym master from Kanto. They met Lydia, and venturing into the Spirit Forest, Jake and Lydia encountered a spirit that warned them of an ominous change in the balance of the island that could spell doom for the people living there! Settling in, our heroes and the many traveling trainers celebrated the village's Yokai Matsuri, enjoying a feast and dance beneath the stars of Yugen.<br/>
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The band of trainers decided to continue their adventure on the northern island, taking a boat heading up route number 8! The groups destination, parts unknown down beyond Route 7, past an area called Senjo, the battlefield! Leaving Morobashi, who knows what adventure awaits them!<br/>
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</div><br/><br/><br/><br/>Eleyna grinned. The sun was above them, the sky blue and clear, the air warm and carrying the smell of spring as it turned to summer. The Boulder Badge on her hat glistened, a spark of sunlight reflecting with a sharp flash. Growlithe walked beside them, head held high as he lead his pack - at least as far as he had decided. One hand on her pack slung over her shoulder, the other resting on the belt sitting off kilter on her hips, two Pokeballs on it.<br/><br/>The band of trainers were on their way to new horizons, adventure beyond the beaten trail! Eleyna could feel the energy in the air, the excitement.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Forward they went! Towards adventure!</span>" She declared aloud. "<span style="color: #0000ff">Who knew what they would find out beyond the routes? New Pokemon? Secret places of wonder? More twerps with Catterpies!? Who knows!</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Seriously though,</span>" She looked at Aisha, "<span style="color: #0000ff">That was kid was annoying.</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">So... does that map say <i>why</i> it's called the battlefield?</span>" Eleyna turned around, walking backwards as she directed the question at Naomi, intrepid map keeper and knower of things.<br/><br/>Naturally it didn't, of course. The map only marked out the routes and locations along the way, indicating the safest avenues of travel.<br/><br/>A chiming bell rung behind the group, and as they stepped aside a trainer riding a bicycle zipped by them on the road.<br/><br/>Eleyna cast her gaze to the surrounding countryside. Fields of grass swayed all around them, to the north a great range of snow capped mountains dominated the horizon. To the south, a great coastline stretching out, the sea glimmering in the sunshine. A flock of pidgey swooped down, disappearing into the tall grass. Eleyna had half a mind to go catch one. She could use a Pidgeotto. She delighted in the idea of flying with a Pokemon. Though learning to do so may prove troublesome - though she doubted it would be anywhere near as problematic as getting the Tentacruel to learn surf had proven when she'd ridden it alongside the ferry. It was hard enough getting it to keep it's tentacles off her butt!<br/><br/>It wasn't long before the trainers came across a peculiar scene. Parked off the side of the route was a large truck, a food label printed on it's back, the two large doors swung open, scraps of food strewn about on the ground behind it. A short distance away, a rather rotund Snorlax had sprawled out on the road and fallen asleep. A few trainers stood to the side watching, including the bicyclist that had passed earlier.<br/><br/>Around the Snorlax's arms was a thick rope that lead across the ground to the back of a Pokemon Ranger ATV. A ranger sat in the driven seat, while a police offer with teal hair stood on it, her heels planted on the back of the passenger seat and on the dash. She yelled, pointing forward, "<span style="color: #006666">Hit it!</span>"<br/><br/>The ranger hit the gas and the ATV took off for about a meter than came to a sudden halt as the rope tied to the Snorlax went taut. The ATV's wheels spun and the engine whined as it tried to pull the Snorlax off the road. The officer looked back at the Snorlax, and the ranger looked up at the officer, or more accurately, up her skirt as she stood over him. The ATV  whined and pushed and pulled and fought, and then suddenly sputtered as steam began pouring out of the hood. The ranger put his head on the steering wheel in dismay.<br/><br/>The officer jumped down off the ATV, then kicked it.<br/><br/>The group came to a halt beside the truck, watching. Growlithe's attention turned to the food strewn about the ground, from which he began to take his pick.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Hey! Growlithe stop that!</span>" Eleyna scolded futilely.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #006633">Ah, don't bother worrying. It's all just about ruined anyway.</span>" A man in overalls said, the logo on the side of the truck on the sleeve of his shirt, the apparent driver.<br/><br/>Someone asked what happened and the diver rubbed his balding head. "<span style="color: #006633">Ah... I pulled over to take a leak, and I guess the Snorlax had smelled what I was hauling. When I turned around it had pulled the back open there and was having itself a feast.</span>"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>