Chapter no.244 Austin's Goal

"Congratulations on your win. These Barbaric Fights are somewhat entertaining." Lucario added as he communited only with Austin by Aura.
"Thanks." Austin answered before he noticed Yellow hadn't said anything. Her straw hat was covering her eyes so Austin couldn't see her expression.
"Yellw?"
Yellow quickly looked up before giving Ash a cheerful smile. "You did wonderful, Ash! I'm so happy you got you next badge!"
"Thanks...," Austin said.
"Hey, Ash. Would it still be okay for us to hang out later?" Janine asked.
"Janine! A true ninja does not say things like that," Koga scolded.
"Sorry," Janine muttered and bowed once more. Despite training to be a ninja and gym leader, she still possessed many child-like qualities.
Austin noticed that Yellow's expression had darkened again once Janine mentioned the hangout.
Looks like someone is jealous.
Koga meanwhile coughed as he brought everyone's attention to him.
Koga pulled out a black card with various pokemon drawn on it in gold.
" I have to say Ash, you are lucky to have come to my gym during this month since the Indigo league has decided to open the Safari Zone for any trainers that won the Soul Badge. But you have to promise not to disclose this info or the league may get involved and your license can be suspended."
Koga stated as he handed over the card to Austin who couldn't help but smile.
" Guess my luck is finally turning around." Austin whispered it but everyone still heard it.
Yellow patted Austin as she closed her eyes melancholically causing him to glance at her.
" Yellow, stop patting my butt."
Yellow's face erupted in a blush before she passed out.
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Koga and Janine sweatdropped as the saw the scene.
" Well, thank you for the amazing battle and Janine I apologize but we are kind of in a hurry so I can't hang out." Austin said as he picked Yellow up bridal style before leaving.
Janine was visibly sad as she saw Austin leaving.
Patting his daughter's head, Koga said," Maybe it is for the best."
Janine glanced at her father before huffing.
" Come on, Dad I finally found someone who seems to be hiding something behind a mask."
" Janine, everyone is entitled to have their own privacy. I know you get bored in this quiet town with all your training that you can't even implement but testing out your skills on someone like him is dangerous."
" Really?!"
" Of course, Janine while you may see someone who is wearing a mask to hide himself, I see a dangerous man whose anger has been set towards revenge."
" Why do you think that ?"
" You still haven't learned the art of picking up body language secrets and emotions. Throughout the battle he never once flinched at any of my moves and tactics yet his body moved when his pokemon got hit. The look that flashed through his eyes wasn't the look of someone protective rather it was the same look that people who have been hurt by the world have when anything close to them gets slightly hurt."
" Fine, father do you think he was holding back ?"
" Yes, I know it. He was hiding his skills to a varying degree. If that Lucario is a part of his main team then even I don't think I could win with my most powerful team."
Janine looked at her father in shock.
Her father was training to challenge the Elite four yet he wasn't confident in battling against Ash.
" Y..you must be joking right ?!"
" No, everytime I gaze upon that Lucario that stood behind Ash, I couldn't help but feel I am staring down the champion of Kanto himself."
" T...then why was he here ?"
" I think his goal was to get access to the Safari Zone through us. But where could he have gained the information that one could only gain access to the Safari Zone through my gym." Koga said with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
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The Pokemon Center was a madhouse when Austin got back. He wondered what could have caused such a commotion in such a short amount of time. It clearly wasn't because there were a lot of injured Pokemon because Nurse Joy didn't appear especially busy. So what could the problem be? He was thankful they already had rooms reserved here from previous nights.
Deciding to ask Nurse Joy, Austin went over to her. She was looking worriedly at all the people in the lobby but not preoccupied. Austin knew he wasn't interrupting anything.
"Excuse me, Nurse Joy. What is with all of the reporter here so suddenly?" Austin asked her.
Nurse Joy sighed before giving her answer. "There have been rumors of a Dratini sighted in the Safari Zone this week. It's been all over the news recently which attracted a lot of attention. Naturally, many trainers have come down to Fuchsia City to visit the Safari Zone and hopefully catch a Dratini but since they are not allowed to enter as per the rules, they are leaving while the reporters are here to confirm the Dratini's existence.Some people don't believe the reports and think it is a big hoax. Some even think it was completely made up with no evidence and was really used as a publicity stunt," Nurse Joy said.
"What do you think, Nurse Joy?" Austin asked curiously.
"I personally think it's real. Kaiser is the warden of the Safari Zone, and he has been there an extremely long time. There is actually a picture of him and a Dratini inside of the entrance building that was taken almost thirty years ago. As far as I know, that Dratini is still in the Safari Zone," Nurse Joy answered.
" Thank you for informing me. Can I get the key card to use PC room ?" Austin asked.
" Sure but don't break anything this time." Nurse Joy said with a forced smile that looked faker then Brock's ability to get a girl.
Luacrio and Austin looked to side which looker very interesting with Lucario stating.
"Look at that beauty piece of art, the wonders of modern technology"
" Lucario, that's a trashcan."
Nurse Joy sighed and handed over a keycard to Austin who handed over yellow to Luacrio.
" Due you want me to conduct a check up on your friend." Nurse Joy asked with worry.
" If that is fine with you."
" This is my job, so I have to be fine with it."
Nurse Joy's reply reminded Austin of the Nurse Joy on Birth Island.
" Lucario, can you go with Nurse Joy to have Yellow checked out while I go make a call ?"
" As you wish, I will have it done."
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"𝗜 𝗮𝘄𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀." 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺: 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗜𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺.