The beginning of a new road {Path of the Aura Ranger: Book II}

I Pikachu's P.O.V

"That boy! The moment I get my paws on him I'll end him!" I growled, cheeks sparkling with barely contained electricity. "What part of stay close does he not understand?! It is the fifth time he has ran away!"

"Wow... I've never seen Uncle so angry before," I heard Riolu wonder out loud from Ash's shoulder, as Lucario, Riley, Iris, and Axew took a couple of steps back.

Now that's a good and well-behaved pokemon, I thought calming down a little bit. He does not run away every time we take our eyes from him. Not like Oshawott... that's it! I am telling Ash to keep him in his Poke Ball from now on! Maybe that will teach him!

"Calm down partner," Ash kneeled down and patted my head with a chuckle. "He is young and excited, there's nothing wrong with that. Not to mention with our aura abilities, finding him will be easy."

"Don't defend him!" I snapped at him, glaring heatedly. "We were suposed to be looking for that Sandile with sunglasses! Not for a wandering Oshawott!"

That's right, on our way to Striaton City, for the first Gym Battle, we discovered this spa resort hotel that has this amazing feature. A natural hot sand pit! Amazing! The guests are given a sand bath by covering them with a layer of sand. I was really looking for that, after all the hard battles I fought back in the islands. However, Dan, the son's owner, told us that it was closed because there's a Sandile wearing sunglasses that appeared one that making the rest of the normally peaceful Sandile act irrationally. Then Oshawott had to ran away... THAT'S IT! YOU DO NOT GET IN THE MIDDLE OF A IRRITATED POKEMON AND HIS CHANCE TO RELAX!

"Oh, there he is," Max said, pointing at a pitfall trap. In it there he was, a crying Oshawott. "I hope he did not get hurt."

Seeing him cry made me feel so good.

That's what you get for running away! I crowed in my head... Since when did I become this sadistic?

"Don't cry sweet boy," Ash told him softly, creating a rope made of pure aura and pulling Oshawott out of the pitfall trap and into his arms. "Now everything is better. There's nothing to worry about."

"Wait! Don't!" I cried out, but it was already too late. Ash had just jinxed us. "Good job, stupid!"

From the ground a group of Sandile came out, the one wearing sunglasses was on the front- clearly the leader.

"So, who is catching that Sandile?" Riley asked the question that everyone was thinking.

"Are they that good?" Iris inquired, as she observed Ash and Max's excitement.

"Why don't you look it up yourself?" Lucario replied, pointing at her Pokedex.

She took it out and we could all hear it's robotic voice: Sandile, they live buried in the sands of the desert. The sun-warmed sands prevent their body temperature from dropping. It submerges itself in sand and moves as if swimming. This wise behavior keeps its enemies from finding it and maintains its temperature.

"Now look up his last evolution," Riley continued for his partner.

Krookodile, a very violent pokemon, they try to clamp down on anything that moves in front of their eyes. They never allow prey to escape. Their jaws are so powerful, they can crush the body of an automobile. It can expand the focus of its eyes, enabling it to see objects in the far distance as if it were using binoculars.

"Wow... they can really crush the body of an automobile?!" Iris exclaimed stunned.

"They do, they become powerful pokemon," Ash commented, crossing his arms over his chest. "However, they can also be very temperamental and violent pokemon. Especially, if they possess the Moxie ability. Having so many of them in one area so close to tourists and civilians is dangerous," Ash pursed his lips and I knew he was already thinking of contacting this area's Ace Rangers.