Alright, heads up, this chapter is probably gonna suck big time, but it'll pick up in the next chapter. Just sayin'
"Come on, Jinjira!" Bianca and Cheren cheered Jinjira on from the sidelines. She looked back at them, tossed her blazing red braid behind her shoulders, and gave them a thumbs-up and a quick smile before catching the football and running towards the goal.
"Come on, Jinjira!" Bianca cheered her on. Jinjira was the star of her team. Being raised by Pokemon, she was raised like one and lived like one, and more often than not acted like one! This gave her an advantage, especially her speed, stamina, and strength. She even knocked another player out with one punch!
"And something tells me the game just started, am I correct?" said a voice from behind the two of them. Bianca and Cheren turned around to see a taller boy with wild green hair and unnatural blue eyes. Cheren rolled his eyes and adjusted his glasses on his nose.
"Jinjira wanted you to be here, didn't she?" he sneered. Bianca elbowed him in the ribs, making him stifle a moan and step back. "She told me about it, yes, but coming was my choice," he answered, watching Jinjira out of the corner of his eye. N knew she'd always been good in sports and played very well. Being raised by Pokemon, she's always acted like one.
Jinjira had caught the football, but was about to be tackled. She quickly spun around to the side and threw the ball, and as expected, it sailed across the grassy field, but stopped short when a player from the opposing team caught it. "Dammit!" she mouthed to herself.
"Oh, come on, Jinjira!" Cheren yelled out to her. Jinjira heard him, shot hom a look, and ran to retrieve the football.
Suddenly, the other player threw it. It sailed across the field over to another teammate. Jinjira reacted by running over towards the ball. She crouched to the ground for a split second, then pounced for it, successfully catching it, but landing hard on the ground, making N, Cheren, and Bianca cringe.
"Is she alright?" N asked, worried. Cheren looked towards N. "There's one way to find out," Cheren smiled, then looked back at Jinjira, who held her right wrist.
"Nice going, princess!" Cheren yelled to Jinjira at the top of his lungs. Jinjira let go of her wrist, shot a glare at him, and flipped him off. "You would!" Cheren yelled to her.
"You wish!" Jinjira yelled back. Bianca bit back a laugh as Cheren looked back at N.
"She's alright," he remarked, the looking back at Jinjira, who seemed to be arguing with the head coach of the game. It didn't take a genius to know what they were fighting over: the coach saw Jinjira getting hurt and wanted her to sit out, but of course, Jinjira just had to want to keep playing. She could have her left arm snapped in half and her right shoulder dislocated and she'd still want to play football! They said things back and forth, then the coach pointed to the side where the three friends stood, and Jinjira reluctantly agreed to go.
As she walked over, she smiled at N, high fived Bianca, and punched Cheren with her left hand. "You alright?" N asked her. She looked up at him, still holding her right hand. "Yeah, I landed pretty hard right on my hand. Coach over there thinks I may have really hurt it and won't let me play any more," she growled, looking back at the game going on.
Cheren shook his head. "You could seriously hurt yourself like that, Jinjira. The coach is just trying to keep you safe, and you know that," Cheren said. He knew that remark would have gotten him slapped, but he wouldn't since she hurt her hand. "Does it hurt at all?" Bianca asked. Jinjira nodded.
"Like hell, but I can still play," she said, starting back for the field, but N put his hand on her shoulder, stopping her in her tracks. She looked back at him with an irritated look.
"Jinjira, you're hurt. You need to take a break until your hand heals or you might hurt it worse," he said. Jinjira turned around. "I have two hands, and I can catch the ball with one hand!"
"But you're not going to," N started, his voice almost a growl. "And who's gonna stop me?" she challenged, taking a step back. "Jinjira! N's right!" Cheren said. He hated agreeing with N, but he was right. Jinjira needed to take a break from that game. She played until she looked about to pass out, and Bianca's Gardevoir had to use Hypnosis to get her still so they could get her to Bianca's house, which seemed to be her adopted home.
"Like I care. I'm still gonna play," Jinjira said, starting to walk away towards the field again. "Jinjira!" N said to her, this time taking her elbow and pulling he back, making her freeze. "You're not playing until your hand gets better," he scolded her, keeping her arm in his grip and pulling her closer to him. Jinjira growled, but listened to him, pulling away and taking a few steps backwards. "Dammit," she said under her breath, not looking at N as she said it. She finally looked his way again. "Fine," she growled, then walking past him to the Driftveil Market. Cheren looked at N in astonishment.
"How did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Jinjira won't listen to a thing me or Bianca tells her, but you put your hand on her shoulder and look her in the eye and she'll do anything you say."
"I don't try to make her listen, she just does."
"What do you do to make her listen to you?!"
"I don't do anything! She just listens to me! What do you think, I cast some kind of spell on her?!"
"Guys, stop it!" Bianca said, pushing the two away from each other. She looks at N. "Cheren's just jealous since you seem to have control over Jinjira and he can't get her to do shit," she started. Cheren punched her shoulder, making her yelp, but she punched him back. Harder.
"Ow, dammit Bianca!" Cheren yelped. "Where did you learn to hit?!" he asked. Bianca shrugged. "Jinjira taught me," she smiled.
"Wait a minute," N started. "Did you see which way Jinjira went?" he asked. "Yeah, towards Driftveil Market," Cheren answered. N narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure that's where she went?" he asked. N thought she'd try to go back to the game.
Cheren caught on and his eyes widened. "Oh no, she didn't!" he started. "We need to get to Driftveil Market!" Bianca yelped, already dashing towards it.
"Ugh, should have known she might try that," Cheren groaned. N shrugged. "Well, strange thing is I don't see her on the field," N said. This caught Cheren's attention. "What?!" he ran over to get a view of the game, and sure enough, she wasn't there.
"But how can that be?" N asked. Cheren shrugged. "Maybe she found Ghetsis again," he joked. N shook his head. "No. Trust me, she didn't. She may have found something-"
Bbrrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggg! Cheren's Xtransciever started ringing. He answered it to see it was Jinjira.
"I'm surprised you're not on the field playing again," Cheren smirked. Jinjira shook her head. "No, I found something here, but I don't know what it is," she said.
"What does it say?" N asked. Jinira looked down. "It says Ouija Board on it," she said. This immediately caught Cheren's attention.
"Where the hell did you find an ouija board?!" he yelped.
"It was for sale here! I asked Bianca what it was, and she just bought it and said we'd use it later," Jinjira shrugged.
"Oh no," N groaned. Him and Cheren both knew what an Ouija board was and what it could do.
They also knew what Bianca was probably planning to do later in the evening.
