"ow!"
The fleeing owth let out a sharp cry as a sudden burst of flas erupted from its body, leaving it singed and covered in soot.
Terrified, owth hastily tossed away the Fla Orb and bolted deeper into the burrow without looking back.
Relying on its incredible speed and its innocent, harmless appearance, owth had always enjoyed stealing items from other Pokémon.
Not only did this allow it to eat well effortlessly, but it also greatly satisfied its obsession with collecting shiny objects.
owth initially thought today's haul was exceptional. Both the shimring Silver Powder and the fiery red orb had made it ecstatic.
But it had never expected that the fire-red orb would automatically release flas. Completely caught off guard, owth was burned, jolted in fright, and reflexively threw the orb away.
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Seven or eight minutes later, Houndoom, following the lingering scent of owth, arrived at the spot where the Fla Orb had been discarded.
"Awooo!"
Houndoom excitedly reclaid the Fla Orb. The joy of recovering what was lost made it wag its tail enthusiastically.
Seeing the Fla Orb simply lying on the ground, Sato quickly pieced together what had happened.
Fla Orbs weren't sothing just any Pokémon could held. Aside from Fire-type Pokémon and those with the Water Veil ability, any other Pokémon that held a Fla Orb would suffer from a burn!
Now that the Fla Orb had been recovered, Sato didn't want his Pokémon to continue searching in vain, so he mounted Houndoom and prepared to head back imdiately.
"Wait!"
"Hmm?" Houndoom stopped and turned to look at its trainer. For so reason, it had a feeling that sothing big was about to happen!
"Houndoom, can you still track owth's scent?"
Houndoom nodded. Not only had owth not tried to mask its scent, but the Fla Orb itself was still tainted with the sll of burnt fur.
It was absolutely awful! Hmm... I'll definitely have to clean the Fla Orb thoroughly when we get back, Houndoom thought to itself as its mind wandered.
"Let's go! We're tracking down owth!"
Houndoom's ears perked up, and it let out an excited howl. It knew Sato wanted to return quickly, so it hadn't protested.
But now that Sato was taking the initiative to go after owth, it was more than happy to oblige!
Houndoom's tracking speed increased, its direction becoming more precise. A few minutes later, trainer and Pokémon stopped at the base of a large, sturdy tree.
"Awooo!"
Houndoom howled loudly at the tree, startling a large group of Pidgey that had already settled in for the night.
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Inside the tree hollow, owth had just finished eating a Rawst Berry to heal its burn. It was happily admiring the day's haul: a pouch of glistening Silver Powder.
But suddenly, a deafening howl echoed from below, scaring it so badly that it nearly dropped the Silver Powder.
owth cautiously poked its head out of the hollow and imdiately spotted Houndoom standing below!
"owth!"
owth yowled angrily. The reason it got burned in the first place was because of this troubleso Pokémon's item!
I wasn't even going to look for you, and yet you ca after ?! owth was so furious that it leaped straight down from the tree.
But mid-air, a thought suddenly struck it.
Wait... I... probably... can't win against this bad guy!
"ow!"
Panicking, owth flailed its limbs wildly, trying to grab onto sothing to stop its descent. It had already seen the amused glint in Houndoom's eyes... this was terrifying!
Boom!
The dark night was suddenly illuminated by a blazing inferno, and owth's wide, frightened eyes reflected the glow of the flas!
Flas roared as Houndoom's Fire Blast struck mid-air, hitting owth directly!
A one-hit knockout!
Fueled by its burning anger, Houndoom's Fire Blast naturally activated the boost from the Fla Orb, making it even more powerful!
And owth... simply wasn't that strong.
"Awooo!"
With a night full of emotional highs and lows, Houndoom let out a long, satisfied howl, once again startling a flock of skittish Pidgey.
anwhile, Sato had already climbed the tree on his own, finding owth's hidden hollow.
"As I expected!"
With a pleased expression, Sato reached in and began rummaging through the contents of the hollow.
"Silver Powder? Not bad!"
The first thing he found was placed right at the entrance of the hollow, easy to grab.
Silver Powder could boost the power of Bug-type moves. If Ariados didn't want it, Sato could use it to compensate Pupitar for its Mimicry Training expenses.
Ti to dig deeper!
"Gold Nugget!"
"Water Stone!"
"Oran Berry!"
"Light Clay!"
"Pearl!"
"Star Piece!"
"Wait... this is... a ga Stone!"
Sato stared at the mysterious, glass-like marble in his hand, both shocked and thrilled.
From what he knew, it would take more than a decade before ga Evolution would gradually spread from the Kalos region. But once it did, it caused a massive sensation!
Allowing certain Pokémon to break through their limits and gain imnse power, even if only for a short duration, was enough to drive countless trainers, who had been stuck in their progress for years, into a frenzy.
And now, he had just found a ga Stone... in a wild owth's hoard!
Excitent? No... this was pure euphoria!
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Sato felt his Dark Aura surge restlessly within him, as an intense feeling of excitent pulsed from deep inside, directly linked to the ga Stone in his hand!
"This ans... this ga Stone is most likely ant for a Dark-type Pokémon!"
In his past life, Sato had known about ga Stones, but due to their extre rarity, he had never had the chance to properly understand them.
If he had, perhaps he would already know which Pokémon this ga Stone belonged to.
If it was compatible with one of his current partners, that would be ideal. If not... Sato would go to any lengths to capture the right Pokémon for it!
Sell it? Not a chance. Not in this lifeti!
"Let's go back!"
After thoroughly searching every inch of the tree hollow and finding nothing else, Sato jumped down, mounted Houndoom, and rushed back to camp at full speed.
Half an hour later, all of his Pokémon had been called back to camp, except for Sharpedo and Houndoom, who remained with him.
"I want you both to try sensing the energy within this stone."
Houndoom and Sharpedo exchanged glances, uncertain about Sato's intentions. Still, they obediently focused their eyes on the ga Stone.
A long mont passed.
Nothing happened.
Neither the Pokémon nor the ga Stone showed any reaction.
Unwilling to give up, Sato pressed the ga Stone against Sharpedo's body.
"Do you feel anything strange?"
Sharpedo quietly concentrated for a while, then shook its head.
"What about you?" Sato moved the ga Stone to Houndoom.
"Woof..."
Houndoom also shook its head. Even as intelligent as it was, it had no idea what Sato was trying to do.
"I really hope... this belongs to Tyranitar."
Sato clenched the ga Stone tightly, his voice filled with anticipation and nervousness.
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