Riolu looked back at Nijito to shake his head "no." He then hurried
in the direction of the waves, only to freeze and skid backwards as
a Stunky leapt out from the shadows - one of the wild Pokémon that
had invaded the castle.
Deep within the castle, a sort of presence glowed... A small
Pokémon up above felt it and wished to hurry towards it, but knew
he could not.
Since the Rock Peak Gate was the closest to the market, Taiyou
reached it soon enough, and entered the cavernous "gate" to search
for the Golem and see what had happened.
"Thank you, Torchic!" Taiyou said appreciatively, taking the torch.
He used it to light the way as he entered the Rock Peak Gate, the
long cavern stretching between the Seirei Kingdom and the other
kingdoms to the southwest. The Golem guarding it served to prevent
intruders - Pokémon or human - with bad intentions from
entering.
Riolu nodded. He knew very few Special moves, but he prepared to
use Hidden Power on the Stunky.
Riolu darted to the left just as Stunky's Stench activated and he
released a foul-smelling spray. The spray didn't hit anyone, but
the wall it hit would probably need to be cleaned...
Riolu took Stunky's distraction to launch his Hidden Power. Being
Ice-type, it was regularly effective, but Riolu's Special Attack
wasn't as high as Attack, so it didn't hurt much at all. It only
really served to make the Stunky angry.
A Noibat swooped down towards Torchic.
"LOOK OUT!!" Taiyou exclaimed.
Riolu darted towards Stunky and prepared to use Force Palm, but the
skunk Pokémon was too quick. He whipped around and sprayed Riolu,
getting a painful liquid in the Aura Pokémon's eyes and
(temporarily) making his sense of smell useless due to the horrid
stench permeating his nose.
"Torchic, are you alright?!" Taiyou asked worriedly.
Stunky didn't appreciate being kicked into a wall, and sprayed
Nijito as well before fleeing back into the shadows.
Riolu covered his eyes with his arm to try to make the stinging go
away.
"Torchic, use Ember!!" Taiyou instructed, hoping that the light
would scare the Noibat away.
Luckily most of the spray had just hit the back of his suitcoat.
Unfortunately he was sprayed." Here Riolu let me help." He said as
he pulled a cloth napkin out of his supplies bag.
"Torchic tor-CHI!" Torchic said as he sent a flamethrower at noibat
singing one of its wings.
"Flamethrower?" Taiyou asked confusedly. "Amazing!! Great job,
Torchic!!"
Riolu wiped his eyes with the cloth and stood up, beginning to feel
better. He was still rather upset that they hadn't managed to
succeed against even the first wild Pokémon they met, but at least
they had found one. That was a start.
(Autocorrect just changed Noibat into moi. What the heck? XD)
Riolu nodded and continued walking in the direction of the waves he
had felt. He really wasn't sure what they were, but they stood out
for some reason - he wasn't strong enough to feel most waves from
even a few feet away, but whatever this was must have been really
far away if he still hadn't reached it, and he had felt it for a
while already.
"Amazing, Torchic!!" Taiyou cheered. He suddenly remembered they
were on a mission and began walking through the tunnel, which
seemed not to have many branches or crossroads.
Riolu felt the waves stronger than ever, yet something told him
their quest was only just beginning. He shook his head.
Taiyou found the first fork in the path. Go left, or go right...?
"Torchic, what do you think?"
Taiyou nodded and went down the left path.
Riolu nodded and continued in the direction of the waves until he
found a vast doorway blocked by two giant doors. Passing through
those doors was forbidden, but the King had made exceptions for
Aura Guardians on missions in the past when necessary.