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It was your typical day at Busy Bee Lobby. Things were... well busy.

"Sylveeeeooon!"

There, pushing through the crowds, was a Sylveon being chased by a boy calling after her. It was her trainer, Michael. Sylveon paused to sniff the air before continuing on, following the sweet scent of a cake being baked. When Michael caught up to her, she was sitting outside a building with a sign that read "Ms Crumbs' Bakery".

"So this is what you've been after?" Michael asked. Sylveon nodded in reply. Michael pushed the door open, causing a bell to chime as the duo entered."Welcome!" a middle aged woman greeted from the counter. She had curly brown hair. "I don't think I've ever seen your face before," she pointed out. "Yeah, Sylveon and I are pretty new here," Michael replied. "In that case, are you interested in anything?" the woman asked.

MIchael skimmed through the menu on the counter when something that he didn't recognize caught his eye. "What's a malasada?" he asked. "Oh, it's a fried bread popular in the Alola region of the Pokemon world. They're kind of like doughnuts," the woman responded. "In that case, I'd like two please," Michael replied. "Consider it on the house for you first timers. You just have a seat at one of the tables," the woman told them. "Thank you, miss," Michael acknowledged.

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At that moment, just outside the window, an trainer of color with a colorful name trudged exhaustively up the street. In his hands he held open a map. His eyes were dragging across the map like a student who had neglected to study for his exam that very morning. On his head sat a Ninjask, studying the map from her perch, equally confused.
“Okay Nintenda, That's it. We've been looking for this place for fourteen hours now!” Purple panted, throwing his arms up and waving the map like a white flag in surrender.
“Ninja-”(Master, we have only been searching for our destination for a mere-) Nintenda buzzed, snatching the map to save it from being torn by him.
“I know we're already too late, I don't even care anymore!” Purple interrupted her, coming to a stop.
“I just want to Find this place and get it over with so that the adress doesn't haunt me forever.”
Looking around where they stopped, something caught the Ninjask's buggy little eyes and she floated off her trainer's head to investigate.
“Ninjask ask jas.”(Master, perhaps someone within this baking establishment could offer us adequate directions toward our destination.) Nintenda buzzed, altering him of the bakery sign.
“"Crumbs Bakery"? Nintenda if you were hungry, why didn't you just say so?” Purple chuckled, petting her cute little head a he limped toward the door.
“And Hey! Perhaps someone within this baking establishment could offer us adequate directions toward our destination!” He hoped as he stepped into the door. After a wistful sigh, Nintenda compliently followed him in, prioritizing the prospect of a snack over the futile search for their destination.

“So, let's see here...” Purple pondered out loud, studying the menu like a student who had already passed and was reading it for fun.
“That'll be a Custap Berry Poffin for you right, girl?”
“Jas.”(Yes master, with extra seeds.) Nintenda buzzed, once more perched upon his head.
“...And knowing Kappin, he would want a Supreme Summer Poké Puff. Those are his favorites...” He further mused, reading down the menu.
“And if you two are getting something, I'm sure Clucky's gonna want a bag of spicy Poké Beans too. Okay that settles it.” Purple clasped his hands together, ready to order.
“Hello?” Purple tapped the bell on the counter ready to order, but the cashier was missing. “I'm uh... ready to order...” She must be busy in the back.
“That's okay. I can wait.” Purple shrugged, turning around to resume his search. Noticing Michael at the table first, Purple took a deep breath.
“Just play it cool.” He coached himself under his breath as he causally made his way over to Michael's table.

“Yo Wassup?” Purple "casually" greeted Michael. “Hey sorry to bother you man, but you got any idea how to get to Route 135?”

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"Sorry, but I don't know any Routes, and even if I did, I'm not sure this place has any," Michael responded. "I can't help but notice that you have a Ninjask. Are you by chance from Orre or Hoenn?" he asked. After a few minutes, woman came back with a plate that held two malasadas. "Here you are," she said as she sat the plate down on the table. "Thank you, miss," Michael responded to her.  "I don't think I've seen you in here before either. What can I get for you?" she asked Purple.

Michael handed over one of the malasadas to Sylveon while biting into the other. He savored the sweet flavor a bit before swallowing. "I can see why these are popular in Alola," he stated. "(So sweet!~)" Sylveon exclaimed, having already taken a bite. "I'm glad you both like them," the woman said. "So where in our world did you two trainers come from?" she asked. "I came from Orre. All the Pokemon there can be found in Johto, Kanto, or Hoenn," Michael answered.

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“I've got a Ninjask?” Purple asked with a start as if hearing about this for the first time. “Where?” He coyly continued, looking to his left and too his right.
There was no Ninjask in his field of vision, for Nintenda was perched high atop his head. Purple couldn't see her because the brim of his cap was in the way.
“Sorry fam, I got no idea what you're talking about.”

“Ninjask jas.”(Master, in despite the results of recent investigation, I can confirm with 100% certainty that you, in fact, do possess a Ninjask.) Nintenda buzzed, finally crawling down into his field of view.
“Oh hey! Turns out I do! That's a relief.” Purple feigned a sigh of relief. “I don't know what I'd do without her! Who's a good little Ninjask?” He cooed, stroking the black markings on her forehead.
“Jas.”(It is I, Master. I am the 'good little Ninjask.') Nintenda purred, hovering before him.

“Aw yeah, I remember the day I caught this one right here.” Purple reminisced nostalgically. “On Route 116 back in Hoenn, That's where we're both from. She was the cutest little Nincada, you should've seen her.” He continued, twiddling her front legs. “Back then she hated sunlight so much, every time I she came out of her ball, she'd scurry under my shadow and-”
“Ninja ni.”(If you please Master, I insist that you cease the telling this anecdote.) Nintenda embarassedly buzzed up to interrupt him.

Just then the waitress came back with the two malasadas Michael ordered.
“Oh hello, uh sure,” Purple cleared his throat, trying to remember his order.
“I'll have uh... Two number 9's, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip-” He began to recite from memory.
“Ni.”(Master, I am quite sure that was not to be your order.) Nintenda interrupted to correct him.

“No no wait sorry. I mean I'll have a a Custap Berry Poffin with extra seeds, a Supreme Summer Poké Puff and a bag of Spicy Poké Beans.” Purple finally corrected himself.
“Jas.”(Very good, Master.) Nintenda nodded.
“...And y'know, I think I'll have one of those Masaldas.” He added, noticing how much Michael and his Sylveon were enjoying their malasadas.

“And I'm from Hoenn by the way. Where there's "Too much water" and not enough Lapras in it.” Purple jokingly answered the other question.

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It would seem that this trainer was not very bright as he recited an order that had absolutely nothing to do with the bakery, causing the the woman and Michael to look on in confusion until Nintenda interrupted. Sylveon giggled. "(Humans can be so silly sometimes,)" she commented. "Slurpuff, would you be a dear and come over here?!" The woman called.Soon after, a pink doglike creature walked over to the group.

"...I'm sorry, but is that a Pokemon made of cake?" MIchael asked. The woman giggled.  "Slurpuff sure do look that way, don't they?" she replied. "We need a Custap Berry Poffin with extra seeds, a Supreme Summer Pokepuff, a bag of spicy Pokebeans, and another one of the Malasadas from the fresh batch we just finished," she relayed to the Meringue Pokemon. "(On it!)" Slurpuff responded as he hurried off to the kitchen. "Slurpuff and I actually come from Kalos. Slurpuff are popular in kitchens there because of their extraordinary sense of smell. Their noses are 100 million more sensitive than ours," she told them.

"As for me, I'm Ms Crumbs, the one who runs this bakery," she finally introduced herself, nearly causing Michael to choke on his Malasada. "You? You're Ms Crumbs?" he gasped. "What? Were you expecting someone older?" she responded smugly as Slurpuff returned with a tray that held Purple's order. "I'm Michael, the closest thing Orre has to a League Champion. I woke up up in the hospital when I got here and found that Sylveon here evolved from my Eevee while I was out cold," he introduced himself as Slurpuff carefully lifted the tray up and placed it on the table.

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“Jas, Ninjask. Nin, ninja?-”(Affirmative, humans can indeed be quite silly some of the time. However they can also serve quite the amicable purpose, do they not?) Nintenda agreed with Sylveon's sentiment.

“Now I've heard of Pokémon being cute enough to eat, but this is ridiculous!~” Purple riffed on Slurpuff's cuteness for a rimshot that never came.
“And if you think that's unusual, you should get a load of the Vanillite, Vanillish, Vanilluxe: They're a family of Pokémon from the Unova region that look like... wait for it... Ice Cream!” He paused dramatically to let Michael's mind recover from being blown.
“Isn't that the coolest thing ever? Not that I've ever been to Unova myself, but I'd love to sometime...”

It was a good thing Purple's order hadn't come yet or he'd have choked the same upon finding out who Ms Crumbs was.
“P-pleased to meet ya, Miss.” Purple greeted with a rehearsed tip of the hat. It was not too late to choke as he now found out that Michael was a League Champion.
“You're a League Champion? That's So Ultra Mega! I'm a League Champion too!” He pounded the table excitedly. “Well I was... almost...” He sank in his seat alongside his excitement.

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"They sound like Pokemon that have nightmares of being eaten by an Alakazam," Michael quipped. "What's next? A Pokemon that looks like cotton candy?" he asked. "Well actually, Slurpuff evolves from one just like that named Swirlix," Ms Crumbs mentioned. Slurpuff was then startled by Purple's sudden outburst. "I said closest. We don't actually have a Pokemon League in my region, but we do have two places that give the leagues a run for their money. The first is Mt Battle, a place where us trainers go to train and try to reach the top. The only thing standing in the way? 100 trainers. The other is Orre Colosseum. It's where the best of the best of Orre's trainers gather and compete," Michael explained.

He paused for moment to take another bite of his malasada, chew it, and then swallow it. "But get this: when I tried to enter back when I had Lugia, they wouldn't let me use it. I look at the receptionist like 'you have to be joking,' and then she hands me a list of banned Pokemon," he mentioned. "You caught Lugia?!"Ms Crumbs gasped. Michael shrugged half heartedly.

"Long story short, Orre had two criminal groups. The first, Team Snagem, stole Pokemon using Snag Machines, kind of like the one on my arm. They used to supply these Pokemon to the other group, Cipher, a group that turns perfectly normal Pokemon like Slurpuff, Nintenda, and my Sylveon into Shadow Pokemon, which are the only things my Snag Machine works on. Among the Shadow Pokemon they controlled was one that was nearly impossible to purify, XD001: Shadow Lugia," he summarized. He then paused to eat more of his malasada while he let that sink in for a moment.

"I was given this Snag Machine so I could snag each and every last Shadow Pokemon and purify them, especially that Lugia, and I succeeded. In fact, I snagged Lugia, the legendary birds of Kanto, and three other Shadow Pokemon in one sitting," he recalled. "You sound like the Kalos Champion. Our champion was part of a group of five trainers that worked together to save the region from a group called Team Flare," Ms Crumbs mentioned. "Let me guess, Fire type users?" Michael guessed.

"I'm not sure actually. I haven't really ran into them," Ms Crumbs responded. "You know, I don't think you gave us your name earlier," Michael pointed out to Purple.

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“Orre Colosseum? I think I've heard of that place... isn't that that secret stadium out there in the sands? All this time I thought that place was just a myth.” Purple scratched his head in bewilderment as Nintenda swooped down and plucked her Poffin off the tray like a bird of prey.

“I wonder how those 100 trainers feel about waiting on Mountain Battle like that.” Purple pondered as he took his malasada in his hand.
“Apparently the Sea Basin Pokémon itself going on rampage wasn't a good enough excuse for being late to the Hoenn League Championship...” He huffed, taking a grumpy bite of his malasada and pouting. Without warning Purple's eyes shot wide open.
“these are. delicious.” He whispered loudly as if just receiving a Full Restore.

As delicious as it was, it was Purple's turn to almost choke upon hearing Michael caught the Diving Pokémon itself.
“You Caught Lugia” Purple gasped in unison with Ms Crumbs, almost causing Nintenda to drop her Poffin onto the brim of his hat.
“Ni.”(That was not worth interrupting my Poffin, Master.) Nintenda buzzed before resuming munching away at her Poffin.

“Wow that is... for lack of a better word, dark.” Purple blinked, letting Michael's summary sink for a moment. “Back in Hoenn, all we had to worry about were pirates. Pirates and nerds.”

“Ninja.”(Trainer Michael, your chronicled deeds are both heroic and impressive.) Nintenda complimented Michael in Pokéspeak. “Ninjask.” (To be able to traverse with a trainer as accomplished as yourself must be a most rewarding experience.)
“Dude you are some kind of Hero!” Purple added.
“Wait really? I didn't? I thought I did...” He blinked, stunned with embarrassment upon realizing. “Aw man where are my manners? I'm talking to a hero and didn't even give him my name!”

“Well it's uh, duFine. Purple duFine, at your service.” He put his malasada down and extended his hand out for a shake, almost hoping to shake that awesome Snag arm.
“And I'd like you to meet my team: You've already met Nintenda” Purple gestured up to his Ninjask, who decided it was worth interrupting her Poffin to wave hello.
“And these are...” He reached into his Pokéballsack and swung two Pokéballs in the air. And out of the red balls came forth,

♪ “Ludicolo~!” ♪(♪ Captain's back~! ♪) a Ludicolo sang jolly as he splashed out of his ball. “Kappineapple,”


“Blaziken.”(This'd aughta be good.) a Blaziken crowed as he burst from his ball. “And Clucky!”

“Cololu, Dico di?”(Ay Purp Drank, are we there yet?) Kappineapple greeted his trainer with a high five.
“Ke zi. Ken zik.”(We'd better be. I haven't stretched my legs in hours.) Clucky huffed, opting to stretch out his muscularly feathered legs than high five Kappineapple.
“Guys guys! I want you to meet Michael. He's the champion of the Orre League!”
“Olo Lu! Di Colo Ludicolo!”(Howdy Mike! Any friend of the Kid is a friend of the Captain!) Kappineapple cheerfully extended a large flipper-like hand of friendship.
“Ke Ken?”(Did you say Champion?) Clucky crowed, raising an eyebrow of disbelief.

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"(I wouldn't know. I've been left at home for most of his adventure,)" Sylveon told Nintenda. "(Though it probably didn't help that I was flirting with a Pokemon almost every other battle,)" she admitted as she blushed. "You know, if you fought Kyogre, you could probably handle the Hoenn Elite Four," Michael said as he shook Purple's hand with his Snag Machine arm as his other hand was preoccupied with his malasada. "I already told you, Orre doesn't have a Pokemon League," he told Purple awkwardly as he shook Kappineapple's flipper. Of course, I definitely would be the champ if we had one, he thought to himself.

"I'd show you the rest of my team if I didn't release them all back home except for Sylveon. Though in all fairness, most of the Shadow Pokemon I took from Cipher were probably stolen to begin with, and stealing something that was already stolen doesn't make it mine," he pointed out. "Maybe I should take on one of those missions. Maybe if I'm lucky, I could find a wild Pokemon I can catch while I'm on one of those if nothing else," he thought aloud. As Purple and Michael talked, Ms Crumbs gaze drifted to a picture hanging on the wall.

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(It feels as cool as it looks.) Purple thought as he shook Michael's Snag Machine hand.
“Y'know, I'm pretty sure I could...” He sighed wistful frustration. “But by the time I got to the end of Victory Road, still soaking wet and shaking Barboaches out of my shoes, All the lights were off and the door was locked.”
“Zik...”(Those ungrateful Grumpigs...) Clucky grumbled sorely.

“Ludico locidul. Cololu!”(Ah TomatoBerry TamatoBerry. You're still cool to me!) Kappineapple chuckled, pulling Michael into a hug.
“I shoudl've warned you about him, he's a hugger.” Purple shrugged sheepishly.
(It feels as cool as it looks. (Ludicolo.)) Kappineapple thought as it was his turn to shake Michael's Snag Machine hand.

“Aw that's too bad.” Purple tisked upon finding out Michael didn't have the rest of his team with him. “We could've had a battle or something.” Clucky simply grunted in disappointment while Kappineapple took advantage of having Michael in his arms and began to playfully spin him around.
“Oh yeah and where Clucky likes to battle, Kappin likes to dance!” His trainer began to brag.
♪“Ludicolo~!”♪ (♪And Sing~!♪) a Ludicolo added, hitting the note flawlessly.
“And sing! He performs at tournaments, contests, half time shows,” His proud trainer began to count on his fingers.
“Lolu.” (And day cares.) Kappineapple winked at Sylveon.

“Blaziken. Ke?”(That reminds me, Are we there yet or what?) Clucky asked Nintenda, reminded of their trip.
“Ninjask, ni. Nin jask.”(Unfortunately team mate Clucky the Blaziken, no we have not arrived at our destination yet. We are taking a quiescence at this confectionary to await further directions.)
“Zik! Blaziken-Ke? Ke?” (Ugh I knew it! I Told you guys there was no Route 155 on that map-Is that a Poffin you're eating? Are those Pokébeans I smell?) Clucky began to rant until he noticed what Nintenda was munching away on. She eats slow for a Pokémon without a visible mouth.
“Jas, jas.” (Yes yes I am, and yes yes they are.)

“Oh yeah guys, I almost for got. I gocha sna-acks!~”Purple announced, wagging the bag of Pokébeans for Clucky.
“Ken, blazi?” (Unova Birch, took you this long to tell us?) Clucky chirped as he snatched the bag from his trainer, finally cheering up as he pecked away at the seeds inside.
“I aughta warn ya man. Missions on Li can get wierd with a capital Wii.” Purple felt compelled to warn as Kappineapple finally put Michael bag down in his seat and snagged his coveted Poképuff. “Wierd enough you could spell it that way.”

Before taking a bite into his precious Poképuff, Kappineapple couldn't help but notice the third person in the room and the picture on the wall she was staring at.
“Lu di?.” (Who is that?)

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Michael dropped his Malasada as he was pulled into a hug before being spun around. Sylveon, being close by, easily caught the dropped malasada with one of her feelers. When Kappineapple winked as he mentioned daycares, Sylveon promptly looked away as if aware of the implications and resumed eating her malasada. Just as the Ludicolo was returning Michael to his seat, Sylveon tossed the dropped malasada back to him, which Michael caught about the same time he was back in his seat. "Maybe we can have a one on one battle with you and Clucky sometime if I don't have a couple more Pokemon by then," Michael mentioned.

"As for the missions, this whole world is weird. Of course some of the missions are going to be weird," he pointed out. "Anyway, I thought I took my time making the decision to release my Pokemon, but considering recent happenings, I think I made that choice a little too soon. Not only am I in a different world, but even before I ended up here, I've also heard rumors that there are still Shadow Pokemon in Orre. If there are any here on Li, I need to catch them, and I'm going to need a little more than just Sylveon to do that," he explained. Then he caught Ludicolo looking at Ms Crumbs, who was staring at a picture of a Pikachu.

"Ms Crumbs, is that a Pikachu in a skirt?" he asked. "Hm? Oh yes, in fact, this Pikachu used to visit our bakery frequently. Each time she would show up, she would wear a different costume. I even caught her dressing up as one of my past customers too," Ms Crumbs answered. "A PIkachu that dresses up? You don't see that often," Michael commented. "She does more than dress up. She performs too," Ms Crumbs mentioned. "Sounds like a Pokemon Kappineapple would like," Michael noted. "She's also the first Pikachu I've seen who can use Icicle Crash and Fire Spin," Ms Crumbs added.

Michael looked at the Pikachu with a newfound interest. A Pikachu that could use moves an ordinary Pikachu couldn't even learn? Where is this Pikachu, and how could Michael get it?

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“A 1v1? Clucky would love that, wouldn't ya boy?” Purple elbowed his Blaziken with a wink as he pecked away at his Pokébeans.
Clucky lifted a single bean and crunched it in half with his beak, taunting his strength.
“You can take that as a yes.” His trainer proudly boasted.

“Blaziken?” (Shadow Pokémon Here?)“Shadow Pokémon Here?” Both trainer and Pokémon gasped in unison.
“Now wait that's different from... Starvia Pokémon, right?” Purple asked with a new twinge of nervousness in his voice.
“Bla. Zi ken bla zik... Ke?” (I wouldn't sweat it. Can't be any worse than Dark Types... Right?) Clucky shrugged, refusing to be intimidated.

Clucky and Purple looked at each other and then back at Michael, who was now looking over at Ms Crumbs and Kappineapple.

“Olo! Di lu colo.~” (Well toast me in the bathtub! She looks pretty pretty in human clothes.~) Kappineapple whistled and nodded at the picture of Cosplay Pikachu, liking what he saw. “Lu Di!” (I have Got to know her name!)

“Ninja? Ask.” (A #25 Electric type Pikachu possessing the ability to perform the Ice type technique known as Icicle Crash and the Fire type technique known as Fire Spin? That is a most infrequent anomaly.) Nintenda pondered out loud to Sylveon.
“Bla.” (Sounds impossible to me. I'll believe it when I see it.) Clucky shrugged, unimpressed.
“Ninja, ask ninjas.” (Pokémon Sylveon, perhaps if your master and our master cooperate, we stand a higher percent chance of encountering this "Cosplay" Pikachu and be able to observe her performing these techniques up close.)

“She looks like the perfect model for a drawing...” Purple began to ponder, squinting and trying to visualize her on an easel, much to Kappinepple's agreement.
“Di! Lolu!” (Yes she would. Purp, you gotta find this girl!) Kappinepple's wholeheartedly agreed. “Cololu...” (And draw her like one of your Kalos Pokémon...)

“Hey Michael. I just had a crazy idea: You need a team to help you hunt down Shadow Pokémon,” Purple examined after some nudging from his Ludicolo. “Clucky wants to battle, Kappin wants to find this Pikachu, and I want to draw all of the above...”

“Ni, jas, ninjask.” (Do not mind me, as I have now finished my Poffin, I want for nothing.) Nintenda shrugged, having finished her delicious Poffin. It was hard to tell from her tone whether she was being sarcastic. She always sounded like that after all.
“So What if we worked together?” Purple proposed. “Whadaya say?”

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“Definitely different from Starvia. That’s more of a plague from what I learned at the hospital. You wouldn’t usually be able to tell a Shadow Pokémon from a regular Pokémon because the only usual difference is that their auras are black. That’s because their hearts are closed,” Michael explained. “(She even looks as cute as me),” Sylveon agreed with Kappineapple.

“(From what I can tell she can only use certain moves depending on what she’s wearing. When she’s wearing her blue dress, she can use Icicle Crash, and Fire Spin when she’s holding a wand. Heck, she even calls herself Cosplay Pikachu,)” Slurpuff mentioned to the Pokémon. “(If her moves change when she dresses a human, I wonder what would happen if she dressed up as another Pokémon,)” Sylveon commented. Slurpuff blinked in surprise. “(Well now that you mention it, so do I,)” he replied.

“That idea doesn’t really sound all that crazy. I would be happy to work together,” Michael replied to Purple. “Before you run off to look for her, I should point out that she has been missing for quite some time. Someone should have found her by now if she was just missing,” Ms Crumbs pointed out. “In that case, that easily means one of three things other than being infected. Someone is holding her captive, she’s trophied somewhere hidden from view, or she doesn’t want to be found,” Michael listed. “Anything else we should know?”

“I’m afraid not. The only thing that might help is that she seems to have Hoenn tastes,” Ms Crumbs answered. “In that case, as far as finding this Pikachu, I’d say the best we can do is ask around Life Sphere. Otherwise, we’d have a better chance just waiting here for her to turn up,” Michael stated.

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“Oh okay… I guess. At least you can tell a Starvia infected Pokémon if it’s coloured…” Purple scratched his head, looking down at his purple hoodie and purple shoes, not sure if he should be relieved by the news or not.
“…Dark violet. But to track a Shadow Pokémon, you’d need one that could see Aura right? Like a Lucario?” He asked while Kappineapple waggled his eyebrows as Sylveon complimented herself.

“Jas… Ninjask.”(The concept of a Pokémon’s ability being incidental to currently worn attire does possess some feasibility. The principle might be similar to the mechanic of Held Items granting the holding Pokémon special abilities as well as statistic enhancements.) Nintenda nodded, calculating the logic.
“Ask.”(The possible resulting techniques a #25 Electric type Pikachu could gain from donning the necessary attire to resemble a #700 Fairy type Sylveon, #685 Fairy type Slurpuff or a #291 Bug/Flying type Ninjask such as myself fills me with curiosity.)
“Olo, cololu di colo!”(Hey Cluckster, maybe if she dresses like a Blaziken she’d be able to use Blaze Kick!) Kappineapple mused, playfully elbowing the resident Blaziken.
“Ke ken bla.”(And maybe if she dresses up like a Ludicolo she can use Annoy.) Clucky squawked with an eyeroll.
“Cololu!”(That’s be so ultra!) Kappineapple whistled, only hearing the first half of what Clucky said then being lost in the prospect of her dressing like a Ludicolo.

“Ha-halright then!” Purple excitedly jumped up with an open hand ready to seal the new partnership with a high five. “Welcome to Team Purp-No wait a minute you’re a human too so that doesn’t… hmm…” the human Pokémon trainer paused his excitement to deliberate on the team name.

“Di ludi?”(She’s got Hoenn tastes?) Kappineapple zipped up to Ms Crumbs, parroting what she said in the form of a Pokéspeak question.
“ Di ludic! Ludic Colo~”(The Captain’s from Hoenn! And all the ladies agree, he’s delicious.~) He bragged, posing handsomely as he referred to himself in the third person. Clucky and Nintendo could only shrug and roll their eyes.

“I guess that settles it. That side quest’ll have to wait.” Purple decicively pounded his fist.
“Round it up guys, we’re going back to Life Sphere to hunt for Cosplay Pikachu!” The trainer rallied his Pokémon.

“…Bla?”(…So we’re Not going to Route 155?)

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"What's a Lucario?" Michael asked. "Lucario is the Aura Pokemon. It can sense and manipulate aura, or at least that's what Korrina told me," Ms Crumbs explained. "You're right, that wou-Did you just say manipulate?" Michael interrupted himself. "That I did," Ms Crumbs confirmed. "Sounds like something that would help with purifying Shadow Pokemon too," Michael mentioned. "Anyway, we don't have those in Orre. Instead, I have an Aura Reader clipped to my headband. It activates when I'm around a Shadow Pokemon and it lets me see their aura," he explained, getting back on track again. To seal the deal, he high fived Purple.

"Uh.... Purple? We're already in Life Sphere," Michael pointed out as Purple mentioned going back to Life Sphere. Then bell chimed as a new pair walked in. This time, it was a girl with a Weavile.

"Hello Nia, will you be having your usual?" Ms Crumbs asked. "Yes, thank you Ms Crumbs," Nia replied. Slurpuff  walked back to the kitchen. "That Pokemon looks an awful lot like Sneasel," Michael commented. He really does look kind of like a Sneasel, Sylveon thought in agreement as she eyed the Weavile curiously. "That's because it's Sneasel's evolved form, Weavile. You'd need an item to evolve Sneasel that I'm guessing you can't get from Orre," Ms Crumbs explained.