Well haven't been on this website in forever. Got really into Love Live! and of course I will forever love pokemon so why not crossover right? I don't own Nozomi Tojou, Maki Nishikino, any other girls who might pop up later, or any of the pokemon. Please Enjoy! Don't forget to R&R
"Spike! Come on boy, let's get going."
A young teen twirled a strand of red hair between her fingertips as she walked towards the front door. She checked her designer backpack one more time, making sure that everything she needed for the journey was there. About to turn 16 years old in a few weeks, anyone would think she would be fully capable of taking care of herself out there in the real world. Although she had stayed in the wonderful town of Goldenrod City to study at a very expensive and world renowned pokemon academy instead of leaving at the age of ten like most trainers would, the redhead liked to believe her maturity would make up for her lack of experience. Still, her parents subtly insisted that she had someone accompany her at least to the border that connected Johto and Kanto with the excuse that the older girl just needed to teach her how to take care of the pokemon egg she was supposed to take care of. What a bother.
"Arrrawrr!" Her houndoom barked, earning her attention.
She patted the pup on the head, then hollered into the house. "Bye mama, bye papa. I'm leaving now."
"Wait Maki, hold on!" An older woman walked down the stairs followed by a man. Her parents smiled proudly at their daughter and wrapped her in a huge hug. "Remember what we told you. Be wary of strange looking people. Watch were you're going because pokemon swarm everywhere. Oh and—"
"Mama… Papa…" Maki groaned as she tried to push her parents off her. "Relax I'll be fine…"
"We know sweetheart. But we can't help but worry." Her father grinned and reached out to ruffle her hair a little.
"Here. We have a little present for you." Her mom had her turn around so she could put a necklace around Maki's neck. It was a pure gold, oval shaped pendant.
"Huh? What's this for?" Maki blinked in surprise.
Her parents just smiled back at her. "It's a locket," said her father. "Open it up whenever you're missing home."
Maki rolled her eyes yet gave them an amuse chuckle. Despite her parents being super protective and often overbearing, it was nice to know that they loved her. "Thanks. We'll I guess I should get going. Ecruteak City isn't just across the street."
"Okay. Stay safe sweetie." Her mom kissed her forehead, only to earn another eyeroll.
"Call us when you get a chance." Her dad chimed in.
"Alright alright." Maki started to back away before her parents had the chance to change their minds and make her stay. "Bye Ma, Bye Pa!"
The hellhound bumped into her leg as they walked past the tall buildings and city lights. "Arrr Arroooo?" Spike snickered, giving his owner a teasing grin and even puffing out a little flame.
"S-shut up Spike… I'm not n-nervous! Heck I'm glad to finally get out and travel on my own for once." Maki pouted with a slight tint on her cheeks and turned her head away from her pokemon. As much as she hated to admit it, Spike was probably right. The further they walked away from her home at the center of the city and as they passed by all the familiar building she grew up with, the more her heart pounded at the realization that she was actually leaving. It's not like she hadn't traveled out of the city before, but all those times she had, her parents were always by her side and usually they were traveling by car. It was only now hitting her that it would only be her and her pokemon.
When she saw the signs that said route 35, she realized that she was at the edge of Goldenrod's City limits. She stopped in her tracks and turned around.
"We're really leaving, huh boy?" Her eyes scanned the familiar city one more time before turning around again. She clenched her hands into fists at her sides. Looking at Spike, the two nodded at each other—trainer and pokemon in agreement. The two moved forward, ready to take on the unknown.
A young woman with purple long purple locks tied in loose pigtails, hummed happily as she sang and danced around the field with whichever pokemon cared to join her. Baby pidgeys and spearows flapped their wings, while eevees, nidorans, skitties, and many more pranced around her feet. Her own flaaffy was in her arms, giggling with her. Her sweet soprano drew the attention of more baby pokemon who already recognized her voice as one of their main caretakers. Some of the babies tried to chirp in with her, but many of them had yet to fully develop their vocal chords yet, some unable to even make a sound yet.
The woman chuckled when she saw the baby pidgey and spearow that had been singing with her accidentally bump into each other. She bent down to put her flaaffy down and pick up the two birds. Kissing their heads, she mumbled and cooed to them to let the two babies that they were okay and that there was no need to cry. Satisfied with their caretaker's reassurance, the two managed to spread their wings again and take flight. Smiling at them, she continued her previous song and dance.
Hearing the song floating in the air as she passed by, Maki looked over the fence. She watched at the young woman, who was not much older than herself, pranced around with the pokemon as if she didn't have a care in the world. Maki's lips couldn't help but twitch into a soft smile. It was cute how the girl spun around in her pink dress with the pokemon. It was almost childlike, yet somehow she had this elegance to her step that just emphasized that there was no chance that she was a child.
"Arawrr roo roo ro!" Spike began to snicker again, an all knowing grin across his snout.
Maki flashed a glare at the hound. "Even you gotta admit that's adorable… It's baby pokemon of crying out loud."
The houndoom rolled his eyes and puffed some smoke in response.
Maki rolled her eyes back. "Well, come on." She beckoned with a sigh. "Let's get inside before the sun is completely down… I'm exhausted. That swarm of beedrills… never again..."
The two walked away from the fence, searching for the address to the pokemon ranch that did business with her parents. Thankfully, they didn't have to walk far before finding the cottage-like building with the address on the paper. When she opened the door, a little bell hanging over their head rang and a young brunette quickly walked over to the front desk.
"Good evening! How can I help you, miss?" The girl smiled at her.
Maki pulled out the paper from her pocket and showed it to her. "I'm Maki Nishikino. Uhh.. My parents told me to show this to whoever was here and ask for Nozomi.. Toujou?"
"Toujou-san…" The girl repeated, sounding a bit surprised. Nevertheless, she nodded and smiled again. "Just a moment Nishikino-san, let me go find her. Feel free to relax in the waiting room. There's some snacks for your houndoom too on the shelf that you can feel free to help yourself to."
"Alright, thanks." Maki tucked her hands in her jacket's pokets and walked to the other side of the room with Spike, who was already wagging his tail in anticipation of the treats.
It took a few minutes for the brunette to find the other girl. It was always so hard keeping track of the young woman who seemed to wander off with the pokemon she took care of. "Nozomi-chan..?"
Nozomi looked up at the shorter girl from her seat surrounded by baby pokemon. "Mimori? What's up."
"Other than it's starting to get dark and you should really head inside?" The girl rolled her eyes before lending a hand to her friend. Golden eyes gave Nozomi a stern look as she shook her head. "Someone is looking for you? Nishikino-san. Does that ring a bell?"
The purplette's smile quickly faded and she was almost tempted to flop back to her seat on the grass. "Nishikino, huh. They do business with my parents…" Nozomi sighed. She beckoned her flaaffy to follow them as they walked back to the cottage. "The daughter is supposed to pick up the egg her parents bought and you know how I feel about people buying eggs. I bet you five bucks that she's a prissy little, sheltered princess who wouldn't be able to take care of the poor pokemon when it hatches. Heck her parents even paid my parents extra and now I'm stuck babysitting her until we get to Kanto's borders."
"Geez, I don't remember the last time I've seen you so bitter." Mimori chuckled, giving the other a playful nudge.
"Well you know how I feel about these things. Grew up around all these prissy people because of my parents. I refused to be one of those…" Nozomi groaned again. "They have such twisted views. Even my parents views are a bit skewed. No thanks. I'm alright."
"Hey look at the bright side." Mimori shrugged. "You were going to Kanto anyway for this season's competitions, right? At least you're making an extra buck out of it."
"I guess. Even if it's really my parent's money." Nozomi rolled her eyes.
"Who knows. The girl's pretty. Maybe you two will fall in love during your little adventure. Now wouldn't that be something?"
Nozomi laughed at that one. "I'm all in for flirting and messing around, but to hell with that idea, Mimori. Like I would ever fall for some rich princess."
"I mean. Friendly reminder that you are technically a rich princess."
"The more the reason I have no interest."
Nozomi opened the door to the cottage and walked towards the front. She leaned against the front desk and looked around the room til her eyes spotted a redhead sitting in the corner reading a magazine and her houndoom munching away at a bone. She took note of the designer backpack, dress, jacket, and probably just about everything she had with her. It did surprise her that the pokemon at her side was a houndoom instead of some stereotypical rich people's pokemon. Usually rich parents would ask them to breed their kids a skitty or furfrou… some cute classy pokemon from another region which made them rare and highly sought after around these parts.
"Hey cutie pie. Heard you were lookin' for me. Come to ask me for a date?"
Maki jumped up slightly, surprised to hear the voice after sitting in silence and getting lost in her own thoughts for a while. When she looked up, she was even more surprised to see that the girl who had been singing and dancing earlier at the counter.
Shaking off her shock and embarrassed look, she stood up and held her head up in an attempt to make herself look like she were more in control than she really was. "Mou… You wish I were…" She walked over to the counter, arms crossed over her chest. "Mama and Papa sent me to pick up my egg?"
Despite the flirty grin on her lips, Nozomi was internally groaning. This girl really was reeking of that upper class stench that she hated so much. The way she acted like she was above everyone, heck the tone of her voice sounded so entitled. It was disgusting. "To think I thought you'd be excited to pick me up. We will be spendin' a lot of time together like your parents requested, are we not?"
The hostile vibe Nozomi was radiating into the room sent a shiver down her spine. Was this really the same, childlike girl that she had seen earlier out in the field? Maki wondered as the older teen moved around the counter with a different sway to her step. That childish glow had definitely dissipated to the point that you could question its ever being there. Despite Maki being slightly taller than the other, the older girl's emerald eyes pierced into her soul and the closer Nozomi got to her, the smaller she felt. Maki hated that.
"You're more than welcome to stay here after I get my egg." Maki huffed, staring Nozomi straight in the eye. "I didn't even want anyone to come with me in the first place. I'm fully capable to making it to Kanto by myself."
"Oh booo. What a disappointment. Don't ya think it'd be fun to travel with little ol' me?" Her voice purred as she reached out to caress Maki's chin and bend forward so her own face was closer to the younger girls. She gave Maki a rather slow look down, making it obvious that she was checking her out. Then she backed off and gave her a wink. "In any case, I was paid so I intend on doing my job. Besides, I don't trust you with that egg. It's not a toy, sweetheart. You actually have to take care of it."
"I k-know that!" Maki snapped back at her. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the older girl. Why the hell was this girl messing with her like this? Her closeness and flirting made Maki's heart race, not used to this kind of thing, yet her hostile vibe was quite intimidating and made Maki frustrated.
"Sure you do, sweetheart." Nozomi smiled, pleased with Maki's flustered expression. At least she knew she could amuse herself. Lacing her hands behind her back, she beckoned the redhead to come follow her. "Well, let me show you to the guest room. Unless you rather stay with me tonight~"
"The guest room is fine…" Maki flushed and turned her head away from the other. She beckoned Spike to follow them up the stairs and into the room.
Nozomi let her in then stood at the doorway and watched as the redhead settled. "Bathroom is at the end of the hallway. If you need anything my room is just next door."
Grateful that the teasing stopped, Maki relaxed. Spike hopped on the bed next to her and curled up. "Thanks Toujou-san."
"Nozomi is fine. No need to be formal with me, sweetheart." The girl smiled softly, too tuckered out to mess around.
Maki nodded. "Alright. You can call me Maki then instead of those... nicknames."
"No promises. I enjoy using pet names for people." Nozomi turned around to close the door. "Goodnight Maki-chan. We're leaving bright and early tomorrow so get some rest."
Once the older girl left, Maki got dressed for bed then immediately hid under the blankets with Spike curled up next to her. Closing her eyes, she let out a tired sigh. "This is going to be one hell of a trip…"