Pokemon Heroes: Sinnoh Saga [Book 1]

Chapter 48: The Pokemon Daycare

"Hideo Yamamoto was my grandfather Salvatore's first apprentice, and from what I learned from my other grandfather, Yamamoto had trained his family in similar methods. I later learned that out of respect for his former teacher's secrecy, Yamamoto evolved what he learned from my grandfather; that way he wasn't revealing too much of the Accardi Method. So, you could say that Yamamoto's skills are partially his own; half Accardi and half Yamamoto. Hideo respected my grandfather, both of them actually. I went to visit him the day after the Solaceon Ruins Incident, and my grandfather Aurelio joined me. Though Hideo didn't know that, at least...I don't think he did. He was a bit odd. His wife seemed to know more than she was letting on."

The Sleepy Swellow Inn was a quiet little inn on the main street of town. It was an old inn, with an old-fashioned inside, run by an elderly couple whose family had been running the inn for generations.

Well known and well situated, yet out of the way. It was the perfect place to stay in Sam's opinion. It was there the group was staying during their week in Solaceon Town, and what a week it had been.

Alyssandra had not only won her fourth contest ribbon, but had also experienced, for the first time, the famed Trainer-Pokémon Bond.

The group in unison had discovered a secret alcove behind a stone tablet in the wall in the Solaceon Ruins, and in the alcove, an ancient wooden box filled with tiles of letters from the alphabet of the U-Prime language.

Sam had told Alyssandra about being able to see and communicate with the ghost of his dead grandfather, but rather than fear for his sanity, she had joined in on the secret, and often enjoyed conversations with Sam and Aurelio about random, seemingly unimportant things.

As a result, Sam and Alyssandra, despite being very close friends already, had grown even closer, a special bond growing between, a bond based on secrecy.

Now the group lay in Sam and Jeremy's room, draped across the beds just after breakfast.

No one was quite sure what they wanted to do that day; they had explored the ruins. Alyssandra was done her contest, and they spent yesterday exploring the downtown core of Solaceon Town.

Alyssandra said she wanted to go back to a few shops and buy things, and then relax by the small pool outback with her Pokémon, while Niya wished to go do more research on the U-Prime language and its history, origins, and any known information on it.

Jeremy agreed, and declared his desire to join Niya at the local library after he had gone for a run with his Pokémon. He was still trying to get into shape for the Pokémon Ranger Exam.

Sam on the other hand, didn't feel like doing either.

While he still had an interest in the U-Prime language, and the group's discovery at the Solaceon Ruins, after playing around with the tiles last night, Sam had felt weird being around them. His solution was to stay away from the tiles for a little bit, at least until the feeling of being watched and the tingling in his spine went away.

Sam himself felt like going to visit Mr. Yamamoto at the Pokémon Day Care in town; if anything, to meet him personally, having been a close friend of both his grandfathers.

After a few more minutes of debate the group decided it was best to split up and do what they wanted to do separately.

Each of them had their Spiritomb with them as well; Alyssandra was going to teach hers the joys of shopping and sunbathing, while Niya intended to teach hers about research and libraries. Jeremy was going to bring his along for his run along with the rest of his Pokémon. Sam had his in his shoulder bag but didn't plan on taking Spiritomb out until he reached the Pokémon Day Care.