Pokemon: Alexandrite & Topaz

Chapter 26: War on the Cycling Road

"You two really need to work on Berserk and Machoke," Hikaru advised as they finished up eating and went to Cycling Road.

"Yeah, I know," Kimyona and Sentoki said in unison. Yesterday's incident with Snorlax wasn't the best moment in Sentoki's and Kimyona's battling career.

"You two are lucky that Riolu actually likes battling," Hikaru added, "The others might not have bothered with something like Snorlax."

"Seriously?" Sentoki gave her a skeptical look.

"Yeah. It was only a Snorlax anyways. My other Pokemon knew that you guys could have handled it. Why do you think I always used Charizard instead of Pichu in my battles?"

"We always thought that you wanted to train it," Kimyona said.

"What kind of Pokemon doesn't like battling?" Sentoki said.

"Mine apparently. They've always been like that. They only go into battle when they think it's worth it."

"Is that why you don't challenge gyms?" Kimyona asked. Hikaru just shrugged. The group kept walking until they reached the entrance of Cycling Road. The only people there were motorcyclists and bikers.

"We need bikes," Kimyona pointed out.

"Oh!" Hikaru said, "I remember something!" She ran over to the gate and was talking to the attendee. She followed the attendee to the back of the gate and told Sentoki and Kimyona to come with. There, bikes were waiting for them.

"While you two were celebrating getting your badges, Erika told me that she had bikes waiting for us at the entrance of Cycling Road," Hikaru informed them.

"Why would she tell you, of all people?" Sentoki retorted, "If she was going to tell us something that important then she should've at least told Kimyona. She's the responsible one. And you almost forgot about it."

"But I didn't." Hikaru got on her red bike. Kimyona did the same but with a green one. "There's no need to worry about it. We got bikes. We should use them, not discuss who's more responsible. And besides, these were gifts for calming her Victreebel." She gestured for Sentoki to get on a blue bike. He got on and led the group down Cycling Road.

Cycling Road had a lot of trainers who were battling. Sentoki and Kimyona thought this was the perfect setting for training. Hikaru, on the other hand, was enjoying the scenery of the place. While Kimyona was having a battle with a biker, Sentoki hinted of the conversation he had with Hikaru at the Pokemon Center. He wanted Hikaru to tell him straight on about the matter but Hikaru wouldn't budge. This left him in a somewhat sour mood but he didn't show it.

After Kimyona won her battle, the trio continued on Cycling Road. As they were looking around admiring the scenery and feeling the cool breeze, Sentoki suddenly crashed into someone on a motorcycle. He handspringed up and yelled," HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!"

"You're the one who crashed into me."

"WELL YOU COULD'VE SAID SOMETHING LIKE 'HEY KID LOOK OUT!'''

"Well I could've simply ran you over."

"What's going on over here?!" yelled another man on a motorcycle.

He was buff. He had an orange mohawk with a black leather jacket with no sleeves. He had denim jeans with holes in them.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Hikaru asked.

"I'm Jake, leader of the Fire Bikers."

"Fire Bikers? Have you heard of them?" Kimyona asked Sentoki.

"Nope, should I do a quick Google search?" Sentoki offered, already in on Kimyona's joke.

"Yeah maybe. That's a good idea," Kimyona said, trying not to smile.