Chapter 9

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"Hurry faster, man!" Katie shouted at the Rhyhorn who had volunteered to lead them to the cavern.

"Katie, I'm as worried as you, but don't freak out," Shelly lectured the bristling blue cat.

"Why would I care about that whiny grey fuzzball!" Katie snapped back at the motherly Wartortle.

"I'm just so bored and annoyed that instead of looking for badges, we're looking for some brat!" Katie seethed.

"Why, you little...." Shelly roared, but Rachel put her hand on Shelly's shoulder.

"Katie's been like this since I met her. She pretends that she doesn't care about anyone but me, and I do think she doesn't want me to step on a bomb that could be planted nearby, but I think that she does care. If only because I do," Rachel calmly explained as Shelly adjusted the flower tucked behind her ear.

"How long have you been with Katie?" Shelly queried.

"A couple months really, but she's comforted me through-" Rachel's sentence was cut off by Rhyhorn.

"We're at the stop! Good luck finding your friend, another trainer came by, they had blond hair and that latest fashion, the cat one?" The Rhyhorn said before plopping down on the ground.

"Ohmigosh that means Sky might find Aura!" Rachel said with a gleam in her eyes.

The cave was dark, so Rachel called all her pokemon out to help search. Since pokemon have better vision and Lily's fire tuft of hair brightened the area around the 7, they began looking for Aura or Sky.

"Hey, have you seen a fuzzy small grey kitten?" Bernie asked a small Cubone, who was digging some sort of mound.

"Oh, yeah! Poor thing came in with ol' Tiny, ranting about some devil dog," The Cubone replied with a sniff, "There have been some mean Pokemon stinking up the joint, with some shady humans to boot," that got the group confused, did they mean either Sky or her pokemon? Sky didn't look shady.

"If I could see where to fly, we might find Aura faster." Tammy groaned. She hated having to slowly walk through the cave.

"True to that," Katie added, as she couldn't use her flying powers.

"Have you been looking for this sweet little fuzz-puff here?" spoke a quiet concerned voice as Rachel turned to see.

"Wow, an Amaura!" Rachel exclaimed with stars in her eyes.

"Aura, I'm so glad you're here!" Shelly rejoiced, running up to her small "kid"ten and covering her in cuddles.


"My little Tiny found her walking in and they played together," said a Kangaskhan that was also with the Amaura. "I'm Marly, but everyone calls me Memma, and my fossil friend is Aurora, pleased to meet you.

"Thank you for taking care of Aura," Rachel replied. She noticed Aura was stuttering and her eyes were watery.

"Lil' kit, what's wrong?" Hardy asked. He had never seen a Pokemon so distressed before.
"I... was playing with Tiny when this mean... dog came and tried eating us.." Aura sniffled between sobs. "And...they took my friend Rockstar!"

"Who, darling?" Shelly asked as she hugged her fuzzy kitten.

"Team Flare!"
A few of the pokemon were confused, but Lily gave a gasp of shock, flashbacks of red flashes and a dark colored lion with a scarred face haunted her memory.

Lily then walked toward Aura, her face cold and her blue/green eyes blazing.

Lily then walked toward Aura, her face cold and her blue/green eyes blazing

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