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Hahahaha OH SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED. Reisu is writing another multi-chaptered fic she may or may not be able to finish. Oh dear. Includes KyoSaya, Male!Kyoko (hopefully better now), Moemon designs drawn by me, and... a crossover. I love crossovers, don't you? Anyway...
"Hmph… damn bastards… how come they can tell me what to do…" he grumbled under his breath as he sat at the edge of the beach, murmuring more death threats, his chin propped up on his hands glumly.
This particular young boy is, in fact, what they call a Pokemon – but since this world is inhabited only by Pokemon, and they did have to make their living somehow, they adapted to their conditions and transformed themselves into (or at least something resembling) humans. Now, he had flaming short red hair, with a semi-long ponytail tied with a flame clip. Around his neck, yellow feathers of all sizes adorned it, and he wore a red-orange sleeveless shirt. A yellow belt is secured around his waist, with the same yellow feathers hanging from the belt lazily. He completed the look with red-orange shorts and crimson slippers. All in all, he is a Torchic.
"Bah!" he stood up abruptly, clenching his fists tightly beside him. "That's it; I've made up my mind! I'm gonna join an exploration team and when I get strong enough, I'm gonna kick those pussies' asses all way to Sunday!" he declared confidently. A few moments later, his posture drooped a bit. "But, hm, who's gonna be my partner? I don't wanna just march in Mystery Dungeons by myself, that'd be pretty intimidating…"
He was about to pace back and forth the entire beach, seeing as it wasn't all that big anyway, when a huge wave of water practically dumped itself over his entirety and once the wave evaporated/faded back into the ocean, a dripping-wet Torchic shook in rage and fury with all the anger clearly shown in his little Torchic face.
"WHO DID THAT?!" he shrieked, turning around violently to search for the culprit/s in the attack. A slight 'eep!' revealed the location immediately, and the Torchic swiveled his head in an instant to the boulder where the sound had come from. A hushed chastising was whispered behind the rock and he narrowed his eyes – two of them, perhaps? Either way, he was going to break every single bone in their body, so it wouldn't matter at all.
"E-Er, we did!" Ah, they made themselves known. A duo of a boy and a girl stepped out of the rock, the boy attempting to make himself look imposing even though he was sweating profusely. "I-I am Kriemhild! And this is Gretchen!" he pointed at himself for the first name, and directed towards the absolutely horrified girl for the second.
"K-K-K-Kriemhild! Shouldn't we have not told him our names?! He's gonna hunt us down now! Ohh, we're doomed!" she was almost on her knees by now, ready to start begging for the pissed off Torchic to spare their lives.
Kriemhild waved it off. "It'll be fine! I mean, Chief'll take care of 'im, so we don't have to- ACK!" Just as soon as the last syllable left his mouth, the Torchic sprinted over to them with surprising speed and slashed the other boy straight on the face with his sharp nails. "Holy mother of Mew! What'd you do that for?"
Gretchen immediately took the hint and grabbed something underneath the Torchic's neckfeathers with impressive agility, leaving the redhead with no time to act before it was stolen. In the small girl's clutched hands was a red gem encrusted in a golden pin. At the edges, small and barely noticeable holes still had the soft white string threaded in it to make some sort of necklace.
The Torchic practically went white with rage. He threw himself on the duo with hands flailing around wildly, ready to scratch both of them to death. Kriemhild and Gretchen quickly ran for it, zooming off for the cave not too far away. The cave is usually just called 'the cave', but the Torchic knew better than to go in immediately by himself; The Cave is a Mystery Dungeon, and most of the civilized Pokemon avoided going inside The Cave as much as possible. He himself really shouldn't enter The Cave either – it was absolutely filled with Water-type Pokemon everywhere, and since he is a Fire-type, it would be insane to enter there without at least someone helping him ou-
"AH! I-Is that them? Owowow, my arm…"
Spinning at the sudden voice, the Torchic stared at the blue-haired girl quickly running his way. She stopped next to him, panting heavily, and then turned to look at him with sea-blue eyes. He tilted his head to the side, inquiring about her sudden appearance.
"Hey, did you see a Koffing and a Zubat come by? Called themselves Kriemhild and Gretchen, I think?" she asked. She had teal blue hair, with a tuft of hair making itself known by poking out higher than the rest of the wayward strands a bit more. She wore what looked like a one-piece blue swimsuit, but with short-shorts. She had two yellow clips to hold back her hair at one side, and in the center of her chest, a yellow 'V' was placed. On both sides of her short-covered thighs were red spikes, and a reptilian-like tail made itself known behind her by swinging side to side agitatedly, with more of those red spikes above the aqua blue tail. The Torchic confirmed her to be of a Totodile species, albeit he was taken aback at the huge gash on her right arm. Since when…?
He decided to reply. "Yeah, they went over there," he pointed at the cave with a scowl. "I was gonna go after them too, but since it's a Mystery Dungeon, and filled with Water-types at that, I tho-"
"Then, no time to waste!" he was surprised as the Totodile grabbed his wrist and sped off into the cave hurriedly. "Let's team up for now to get after them! I'm Sayaka, what's your name?"
He was confused for a moment – should he really team up with this peculiar Totodile? Then again, he didn't exactly have much choice in the matter, and he really needed that gem back. So he supposed he'll go along with Sayaka for now, then.
"Kyosuke." He responded simply. A sudden tremble passed over Sayaka's entire body, and she almost halted, but Kyosuke pulled her along deeper into The Cave. The Totodile let herself be pulled, shaking her head slightly at the thought that entered her brain when he mentioned his name.
'He's not that Kyosuke. Stupid Sayaka.'
They found the stairs in all four floors quickly enough, avoiding battle since Kyosuke is weak to water, and Sayaka's arm seriously needed treatment, and they arrived at the pit of The Cave in record speed. Now that he wasn't as angry as before, Kyosuke could get a good look at the duo and confirmed them to be Koffing and Zubat; the Koffing was a male with shoulder-length violet hair, and an indigo-collared violet long-sleeved sweatshirt. A skull with crossbones was stitched messily on the side of the shirt, and he also wore dark indigo sweatpants, finishing the look with violet Converses. The Zubat, on the other hand, had long blue hair that covered her eyes and small, almost unnoticeable, Zubat ears at the side of her head. A small purple ribbon was cutely tied around her neck, complimenting her simple one-piece blue dress and bat wings at her side. Two long and thin blue strands connected at the back of her dress waved in the air like coattails.
"Gah! Looks like they did find us…" Kriemhild the Koffing muttered with an irritated look on his face.
Gretchen the Zubat looked terrified about her soon-to-come painful future. "Oh Arceus! W-W-What are we going to do? If we fail, not only are they going to kick our butts, but Chief's gonna-! Ahh, I don't even wanna think about it!"
Sayaka, on the other hand, stepped up to them and gritted her sharp teeth, clenching her left fist tightly. "Y-You…! Give me back my Soul Gem, otherwise I can't guarantee your time in this world!"
Kyosuke raised his eyebrow. Her, too? Was he not the only one with-
He was snapped out of his thoughts once more as the Koffing spread out his hand, revealing four poisonous spikes in the spaces between the fingers. He grinned proudly, and clenched the spikes tighter, causing a large amount of poison gas to spray out all of a sudden. Sayaka jumped back, surprised, but she hardened her glare.
"Kriemhild, come on, let's just get out of here! We've got the materials, now we can just give them to Chief!" Gretchen persuaded, but her cries fell on deaf ears. The Koffing shook his head stubbornly, and dashed forward, ready to tackle Kyosuke on the gut. The Torchic narrowed his eyes.
"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get, then." He muttered.
Kyosuke easily jumped over the sloppily aimed attack and readied his hands, the nails glowing and growing longer instantly as he swooped down at his prey, slashing Kriemhild on his back. However, the gas that had been released wasn't just for show, and a bright flash of light emitted around his hands before he tumbled back, the searing pain stunning his mind for a bit. The Koffing looked proud at the feat the poison gas had done, but he didn't expect a sudden force slammed on his back, right where the slash marks were still bleeding out. The force turned out to be Gretchen, blown back by the Totodile's angered slashing. They both tried to stand back up, legs trembling unsteadily all the while, when Kyosuke took action and formed a leapt at them once more, this time kicking the Koffing on the face, effectively knocking him out.
Sayaka, on the other hand, looked worse for wear. Gretchen had attempted far-range combat with her, and since she didn't know any long-range attacks yet, she had to run around The Pit and chase after the frightened Zubat while Gretchen shot off air cutters at the Totodile with her wings. These had effectively cut her skin and clothes, leaving rips and tears all over her. Having had enough, Sayaka leapt forward and Gretchen, not expecting it, received a point-blank scratch on the face with Sayaka's hands, fueled by annoyance and anger mixed in. When Gretchen had crashed into her partner-in-crime and stood back up, you could say Sayaka hadn't taken this very nicely and, coupled with her already aching arm, dealt a harsh uppercut to the Zubat's chin. This time, she stumbled around before flopping over and fainting.
The duo of Torchic and Totodile panted tiredly for a moment, before they let out a sigh and sat back down on the moist sand and rock surrounding them, breathing out their respective groans of pain. "That was tiring. I'm hungry…" Kyosuke muttered, to which Sayaka nodded in agreement. "Likewise."
The Koffing struggled to get back up when they weren't looking, however, and grabbed Gretchen, attempting to scamper out of the pit without being noticed. This didn't work out very well for them in the end, seeing as how their major injuries were terribly limiting them from being stealthy, and Sayaka grabbed on to the Koffing's pant sleeve. He froze, and slowly turned back, irritated. "Fine, fine! Here, take your damned gems or whatever!" He threw the two gems on the ground, resulting to Sayaka scrambling to get the two items before they sank deeper, and Kriemhild escaped successfully.
Sayaka examined the gems for a moment once she got them back; one was hers, a blue and crescent shaped sparkling gem with all the shades of the ocean, and the other was (presumably) Kyosuke's, a red jewel with the fires of happiness and sadness encrusted in an elegant golden pin. She carefully felt the scarlet gem for a while, bearing in mind the somewhat striking resemblance of the gem's to her own, before handing it over to the tired Kyosuke. The Torchic accepted it gratefully, grunting his appreciation without a single 'thanks'. Sayaka felt herself pout slightly.
"Well, my job here's done. Thanks for your help, um… Kyosuke." It certainly felt strange calling him that, especially if the name was so similar to another Pokemon. Sayaka eyed her arm for a bit, noting that the bleeding had stopped, even though it still hurt like hell. Kyosuke instinctively tilted his head at her statement, before something came to mind.
"Hm, hey, can you form an exploration team with me?"
If she had been drinking or eating something, she would have spat it out in an instant. Sayaka turned her head to Kyosuke so fast that in a cartoon, there would have been a crack. "W-What? I just met you, and now you're recruiting me out of the blue? What the…?"
The Torchic sat up, fingering the gem and keeping it in his fluff of neckfeathers. "Well," he started nonchalantly. "You helped me get my most prized possession back, you're strong, and you seem like you hold a vendetta against these guys. Plus, I've wanted to form an exploration team for a while," Okay, so maybe he just suddenly wanted to make one for revenge, but she didn't need to know that. "But I couldn't find a good partner to come along with me. What say you? Could you join me in an exploration team?"
Sayaka stood shock still, trying to get her bearings together again after his mind-boggling explanation that just appeared out of nowhere. If she joined this exploration team of his – or rather, make an exploration team – then her normal life would grab its suitcases and pretty much walk out for a lifetime vacation, at least until she got used to the dangers. She'd have fun with this guy (maybe), make some new friends (maybe), hell, something completely and utterly ridiculous might even happen to her and Kyosuke that she wouldn't believe it had happened and her wish might even come true (maybe). However, if she did make an exploration team with him, she might get hurt, she might get sick, she might be in trouble all the time, she'd definitely be flirting with death, she might always be in danger with no one to rely on except this strange Torchic, and she obviously wouldn't have time to check up on a friend daily.
She didn't realize she had been pondering over this for five minutes, nearing six, and Kyosuke had just about given up. He yawned, stretched his hands, and stood up. "Well, I guess you don't wanna. That's fine, I'll go by myself, shouldn't be too hard… hm, how 'm I gonna get through the rock and ground types though-"
"W-Wait."
Kyosuke was already near the portal in every Mystery Dungeon's end that allowed Pokemon to return to the front of the entrance, when Sayaka stopped him with a shaky protest.
"Um, I'll… go… with you." the Totodile muttered as quietly as possible, so quiet that Kyosuke couldn't understand much of it. However, he did catch on to the general meaning and beamed, which was extremely uncharacteristic of him. He caught himself before the smile spread too wide though, and morphed it into a victorious smirk. "Heh, alright then, Sayaka. Don't hold me back from now on, alright?"
"I should be telling you that," Sayaka shot back. 'What have I gotten myself into again?'
... Hm... average words in a chapter in this story may be a little over 2k. Good enough. SEND IN YOUR CRITICISM, MY BODY IS READY.
Reisu, 5/10/13