Pokémon: Vampire Princess*

Chaptet 44: Fashion•

"This city is known to us as the city of bloody nightmares, because there is a clock on a mysterious tree somewhere here... where there is 13th hours. On this mysterious time, someone dies. You can hear their screams on that time all the time" I rubbed my arms, shaking "It always comes from that tree. I always try to avoid this place as much as possible"

"That's right" Xavier said "It's always crawling with hunters since they suspect that there's some vampire activities, but nothing really comes up. We just assume it's a ghost screaming at the haunting hour, but hunters always stick around just to be sure"

"W-Wow..." I shivered "To think a place as beautiful as thing has a dark secret in it" I shook my head "let's hurry and find the boys!" He nodded and looked at his Holocaster.

"I just told them that we're here, so they should be meeting us in front of the factory" we made our way to wherever the factory was while I was pinching my nose the entire time and looking at how beautiful the city was with it's fall colors in the tree. It's already Fall... to think I left home on my birthday in February. I came a long way since then...

"Hey Yannie?" Xavier called, looking at me pinching my nose "are you going to keep doing that?"

"Well" I responded with a weird voice "I don't want to gag the entire time. This place is polluted in the scent" he held his chin and slowed down his jogging. Shauna didn't notice and kept running "what can I do?"

"Would be smart to get you a gas mask at times like this. Who knows how long we'll be in this city" he sniffed the air "must suck to have a good sense of smell"

"Especially for today, but it's amazing when you're about to eat something that smells amazing" he chuckled "let's hurry" he took my hand and helped me run to our destination, finally seeing a large plain building with two pillars with large Pokéballs on top of them. So this is the place that makes Pokéballs to catch Pokémon. It makes me wonder what it was like when my mom was young. Did she have a Pokémon of her own without catching it?

It's best to not look into her past when it may hurt me later on. I got distracted that I ran into Xavier's back "what's wrong-"

"Get this man to stop chasing me! Dammit!" Trevor ran pass us. H-Huh..? Right behind him was a Team Flare grunt chasing after him.

"Stop right there, you grunt!" Shauna chased after him with Tierno running far behind. He lost his breath and leaned on his knees, later seeing us watching them.

"You guys are finally here! Thank goodness! We already took care of most of the grunts by battling! There are three others who are more powerful and won't leave the president alone!"

"Got it!" I said with the weird sound "I got this!" Xavier stopped me from going into the factory "what? What's up?"

"I recommend you looking for a mask to help you avoid the smell in the city. Breathing from your mouth won't be good for you" I pouted "I got this"

"Are you sure?" He winked and ran into the building. I looked back at Tierno running back towards Shauna again. It was just me now.

"Yeah, it would be annoying to battle while I'm doing this. My Pokémon won't hear me" I shook my head and started walking around the city, looking at everything while spotting people look at me funny. Where do I even begin to look for a mask?

"Get your Magikarp buns here!" A vendor yelled out.

"Young lady! Please try on this scarf! It's so soft!" A woman in a silk shop yelled out. I waved and jumped when someone else yelled at me.

"You seem hungry! How about some fresh ramen!?"

"We offer 50% off everything tonight!"

"Would you like to try on some clothes? A pretty girl like you should look around!" I blushed and panicked, not doing what to do! T-there are so many people yelling at me!