Vyser D: Don't own it.
Update: 4 / 5 / 08: Reformatted chapter.
Traveling the Miles
A Pokemon Fanfiction
By
Vyser Dragoon
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...what the? What in the world is this supposed to be?
Huh? Talk about myself? What's the point in that?
Well, I guess I could, to start off I'm just a young man trying to get through school, having average grades…
…a couple of average friends…
…and toss in a love of soccer, and you've got me pegged.
Or you would've, until my father's job uprooted my life. All my friends, my school…all of it gone.
And here I find myself in a new region of the world, one of the more boring areas on this rock we call Earth…
…but…somehow, and I don't know why…but I've got a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach…
…I don't know what it is…however; I just know that I'm not going to like it at all…
Oh! I just realized this, but I never introduced myself, the name's…
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Chapter 1
Enter in a New Region
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With the evening sun began to creep down upon the large grassy plain, two large moving vans to roam across the plains, many birds chirping over the metallic vehicles. The roads were jagged, causing the vans to bounce somewhat a few times...
Now, normally this wouldn't be a problem…normally, this would be a calm sight…normally this would be a chance to interact with the people driving the trucks…
…unless you were in the back of the moving vans with the furniture.
BOOM!
"ACK!"
With his head popping out from underneath a pile of boxes and manga, the young man took a deep breath before lowering his head to allow his slightly messy brown hair to shadow over his eyes. "You should ride in the back of the truck son…it'll be fun, son…it'll get your mind off of us moving, son…heh…last time I'll listen to dad…"
Freeing himself of the pile, the young man began dusting off his the white denim vest he had over his jet-black shirt. Because of the boxes, his worn out jeans were ripped underneath his right knee. "Dang it! These jeans were my favorite! Dang it dad!"
With a loud screech of the van's tires, the young man lost his footing causing him to slip backwards with another loud crash. "NOT AGAIN!"
A few minutes later…
"Miles? We're here son!" A strong, older voice laughed as the door to the back of the moving van, letting the little bit of light that was left of the day to pour into the back of the van. "Oh…are you okay?"
"Yeah…" The young man named Miles moaned, keeping his balance on the large messy pile while trying not to fall on his head. "…I just love being upside down dad."
"Well, that's good," Miles's father chuckled pushing up his glasses with a large smile on his hardened face.
In this light, Miles couldn't see his father clearly, and being upside down didn't help either, although, falling to the ground, Miles immediately sat up rubbing the back of his head with a loud sigh. "Tell me again how I managed to talk you into letting me ride with the furniture?"
"Heh, I don't know son," Miles's Father answered rubbing his three haired chin a few times while walking backwards to allow the gray muscular Pokemon (otherwise known as Machoke) to enter the back of the van and pull out a few seconds later lifting up a bunch of boxes. "But…come now! Take a look at our new house!"
With a slight groan, Miles immediately hopped out of the back of the moving van, seeing the two storied house with a light blue paint job to it. To be honest, the building looked rather new but, the style made the building look like it was made in Kanto or Johto. Miles couldn't help but blink a few times at the sight of the house. "Uh, dad, no offense, but aren't we in Saora? The land known for technology?"
"You've been doing your homework son," Miles's dad chuckled crouching down to lift up a small black and gray wolf like pokemon that began to bark slightly, known as a Poochyena. "Look, even Luna likes it…"
"I get that dad…but, shouldn't our house be a bit…" Miles turned towards his dad, gesturing towards the house that had the Machoke pokemon bringing in furniture. "…more updated for the future?"
"You forget," Miles's dad chuckled wagging his finger as the Poochyena known as Luna wagged its paw in a similar fashion. "We moved into Serene Town…a quiet portion of the Saora region. You'd have to go to Burgundy Town…after you head past Temp Town…"
"Okay! Okay! I get the idea," Miles sighed lowering his head. Sometimes he hated the fact that his dad would get too detailed in his explanations.
"Oh…okay," Miles's dad said blinking a few times at his son's behavior.
"Um, not to be rude," Miles coughed covering his face with his hands. "But, what's that smell?"
"Hmm…looks like you're still a big city kid, son," Miles's father laughed placing Luna on the ground to run around, trying to get used to the new lawn that was laid out in front of the house. "This is fresh air! Take a big whiff of it my son and enjoy the fruits of nature!"
"…this won't be good…" Miles sighed lowering his head as his father stepped behind him, placing a hand on Miles's shoulder.
"Son…look, I know that this is a big change," Miles's father sighed lowering his head slightly tightening his grip. "Moving from Honen to Saora, what with me getting this new job and all, it can be tough. So, I just want to let you know that I'm sorry that you had to leave everything behind…"
Yeah, that's the way to cheer up your kid…
"…whatever, since we're going to be here a while before you job requires you to move again…I'm going to check out the town," Miles sighed stretching his arms into the air before walking away from his dad. "See ya in a little."
"Don't be a stranger son!" Miles's dad announced to his son before he disappeared into the distance.
"Arf! Arf!" Luna barked rubbing up against her master's leg.
Smiling down at Luna, Miles's father began petting the small pup as it yelp a little bit. "…yeah…I know it's a big change but hey, I know Miles will get used to it…eventually…"
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Time: 7:28 p.m.
Location: Serene Town,
Main Park
With a small bottle of orange soda in his hand, Miles continued his journey through the small town of Serene. Actually, the town was bigger when one got a better look at the many places in the town.
An arcade, a small shopping center (which is where Miles got the orange soda), and even a Pokemon Lab…of course, Miles already knew that facility was here. His dad was joining the ranks of the Saora Pokemon Science league, studying up on how the pokemon in this country reacted to this region's environment.
Walking through the town's large park, Miles had noted that the park had many trees and even had lake in the middle of the park. This was probably why the town had that fresh air smell that Miles couldn't get used to.
The sky was beginning to reach twilight as Miles walked through the park, slowly taking a few sips of his orange soda. From what he could tell, there were plenty of people walking around the park area; it was a warm night after all…
…a majority of them being couples…some things never changed, no matter where one would go in this vast world. The park that Miles usually hanged out with his group of friends was also filled with young high school lovers…
"I guess…this town's not so bad," Miles admitted crossing his arms as he drank some more of his orange soda. 'The smell leaves something to be desired…'
"Phoenix! Ember!"
"Sealth! Dodge it with Quick Attack, and counter with Pound!"
"Hmm?" Miles questioned turning to the side only to see an orange and yellow blur flying at his face. "URGH!"
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"Kurai! Look what you did!"
"…his fault for standing there…"
"Why do you have to be so mean?"
"…do you have to ask so much Valerie? It's annoying…"
"Hmph!"
"Anyway…who is this guy?"
Slowly opening his eyes, Miles's vision slowly came back to him as he was met with two faces looking down at him. Looking at both of them, Miles slowly sat up, rubbing his face. "My nose…what happened?"
"Oh! You're awake!" One of the persons exclaimed making Miles look up to see who was talking to him.
Standing to the right of his vision was a girl who looked to be around his age, only a few inches shorter than he was. And although his head was pounding, Miles was still able get at the girl.
The slight early evening breeze blew the petite girl's long brown hair braided into many locks, along with a few blond high lights. Although her hair was covered with a red hat that had a flame design around the base of it to keep her locks in line, and she was dressed in a red short sleeved jacket with a black T-shirt underneath, and khaki shorts.
And in her arms was a small orange bird that had a few yellow feathers that chirped a few times…
'A Torchic?'
"Sorry about that," The braided haired girl giggled with a small red blush on her face as she knelt down to look Miles eye to eye…her Torchic did the same as well. "You okay?"
"Y-Yeah," Miles gulped slowly standing up while rubbing the back of his head. "What happened exactly?"
"Well," The braided haired girl started with a small sweatdrop appearing on the side of her head.
"…you're just a casualty of war," A colder, yet boring voice answered, making Miles to turn to see a guy standing next to the girl, the guy looked to be slightly older than Miles, defined by his height…although, his hair definitely added a few inches.
His sharp, tanned face was topped with spiked back black hair that had many blue highlights streaming back; he even had two large stands of hair that stand up immediately like antennae with a sharp 'boing' sound. "What in the world are you looking at?"
The bug haired man's semi muscular body was covered a baggy denim jacket with the sleeves rolled up hanging over his white shirt that had a black angel wing imprint on it and he was wearing black jeans. "…are you deaf?"
Sitting on his shoulder was a small green gecko lizard that had large yellow eyes and a large leaf like tail that seemed to wrap itself around the young man's neck. Miles blinked a few times as the little green lizard yawned loudly. 'A Treecko?'
"Kurai! Do you have to sound so cold?" The Braided haired girl huffed narrowing her eyes down at the weird haired young man named Kurai.
"…Valerie, it's the easiest way to explain this," Kurai explained wagging his finger as his Treecko did the same, only with his tail. "…besides, it was his own fault for not acting quickly enough…"
"Don't try to pin the blame on him," Valerie hissed as the Torchic chirped angrily at Kurai and his Treecko. "He didn't know we were having a battle!"
"…Not to interrupt this little argument," Miles interrupted raising his hand up to get both Valerie and Kurai's attentions. "But…where's my orange soda?"
"…oh that?" Kurai asked pointing downwards to show Miles's orange soda pouring down the ground.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!"
…that's what Miles wanted to shout into the air, but instead as he slumped his head down and sighed. "…that's a shame…"
"Oh wait a minute…" Kurai muttered crossing his arms. "…you must be the new guy who's moving in that old house near the entrance…saw the moving vans a while ago…"
"Uh? Yeah, I'm Miles Sabers; it's nice to meet…" Miles paused trying to remember when the two said their names.
Raising her hand up, Valerie allowed her Torchic to jump on top of her hat. "Valerie Sinclair! Welcome to Serene Town!"
"Thanks," Miles replied taking Valerie's hand for a short second before turning towards Kurai. "And you are…"
Scoffing his head to the side, Kurai's two hair antennae whipped slightly in the air. "Kurai…Kurai Stormwalt."
"So Miles how do you like Serene Town so far?" Valerie asked as her Torchic chirped happily.
"Well…" Miles had to think on that question for a few minutes…especially since he'd been hurt several times in the past few hours. "…it's been an interesting experience to say the least…and the air's hard to get used to…"
"The air?" Kurai questioned falling backwards to sit down on the ground.
"I used to live in a large city," Miles explained. "My guess would be that I'm used to the polluted air and not the fresh air here…"
"Really? Where are you from?" Valerie asked, slightly confused that Miles would be having a problem the fresh air.
"Ah, well, I've been moving for so long that I've forgotten where I'm originally from," Miles sighed shaking his head a little bit, smiling as he looked at the Torchic. "So…I take it that you're both trainers eh?"
"Well, kinda, we got our pokemon from Professor Pine a few weeks ago," Valerie replied scratching the Torchic's head, making it chirp loudly. "Meet Phoenix, my Torchic!"
"…oh, am I supposed to introduce my Treecko?" Kurai asked with a loud sigh while shaking his head while his Treecko did the same. "Fine…meet Sealth…"
"…that's a weird name," Miles admitted blinking a few times.
Then with a small chuckle, Kurai poked his forehead with his thumb with a small smile on his face. "Really? Well then…perhaps you could enlighten us as to what a proper name is. I don't suppose you have a pokemon…right?"
"Uh, well…" Miles was caught now, the only pokemon he had as Luna…and she was more like a family pet…besides, the Poochyena was caught by his father. "…I don't have any…"
"Heh…just what I thought," Kurai sighed in resolve shaking his head a few times as Sealth did the same.
"Kurai! Don't be mean to him!" Valerie protested as Phoenix chirped with her master.
"But hey! There should still be a Mudkip left…" Miles speculated as Valerie and Kurai sent each other wary looks. "I mean…it looks like you two got your pokemon from the Honen re…"
"Actually, Mudkip was taken first," Kurai answered pushing his hair antennae from out of his face. "You see, each year Serene town receives the original starter pokemon from the other regions. This year, it was from the Honen region, and Professor Pine's son was the first to grab a pokemon. In fact, he was the first to leave a few weeks ago…"
"Then why are you two still here?" Miles asked tilting his head to the side.
"Unfortunately, you see, Professor Pine's son also took the last Pokedex when he left," Valerie explained raising her fingers up in a peace sign. "But, tomorrow, Professor Pine's coming back tomorrow from a trip and he's going to give us both the new Pokedexs."
"Then shouldn't he have some starter pokemon?" Miles questioned rubbing his chin.
"Actually, no, you see, we only receive the starter pokemon every six months," Kurai answered with a small crooked smile on his face. "And like Valerie said a few minutes ago, we've gotten our starter Pokemon a few weeks ago."
"And tomorrow," Valerie wrapped up. "Just as soon as we meet with Professor Pine, we'll be on our way."
"…well…" Miles looked down at his wrist, just to see what time it was.
"Hey!" Valerie shouted suddenly making both boys jump slightly. "I got an idea! Maybe you should come with us to meet Professor Pine!"
"Huh?" Miles asked raising an eyebrow.
"…not a bad idea Val," Kurai sighted slowly standing up.
"Yeah! The professor might be able to special order a pokemon for you," Val explained. "May take a week or two, but, if you're interested you can join us when we travel."
Raising his hands up in a defensive manner, Miles sweatdropped slightly at the offer of the two newcomers. "Uh, t-that's alright, I mean, the aspect of traveling the country on foot isn't on my to-do list. Thanks though…"
"Well, I suppose that's good," Kurai sighed stretching his arms in the air. "You'd probably just slow us down kid."
"Kurai!" Valerie protested.
"What I meant to say…nice to meet ya kid," Kurai chuckled spinning on his heel and began to walking away. "I'm getting tired anyway, so see ya later…"
"You'll have to forgive Kurai, he's not much of a people person," Valerie giggled watching Kurai walk away. "Anyway, welcome to Saora Miles. Sorry that we won't be here to show you around the town."
"Ah, don't worry about it," Miles replied scratching the back of his head. "Um, what time are you leaving tomorrow?"
"I'm not really sure," Valerie answered scratching the back of Phoenix's head. "Why?"
"Well, uh, maybe I could see you guys off," Miles suggested turning slightly.
"Don't worry! I'll make sure that Kurai and I will say goodbye to you," Valerie replied with a snap of her free hand before spinning on her heel. "I'll see ya tomorrow Miles!"
"Yeah!" Miles shouted out, in the first hour, Miles had met two potential friends…
And tomorrow, he'd have to say goodbye to them…
Later…at the entrance to Serene Town at precisely at midnight…
"Heh…you sure we've got the right place, four eyes?"
"What do you take me for? I may be new…but that doesn't mean that I haven't prepared for this moment! And don't call me four eyes!"
"Uh…you do realize that I'm new too…"
"What?! Why would they send two newbie members on a mission?"
"Relax specs. We don't need to stress this…you've got the time when the Prof. should get here right?"
"Well of course! I'm not screwing up my first mission!"
"Then take a deep breath and relax. We'll be able to get the target…"
"I suppose you're right…"
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Time: 6:14 a.m.
Location: Serene Town,
Sabers' Residence
The morning sun slowly appeared over the calm horizon that belonged to Serene Town, and pouring into the window of Miles's new room…
"GOOD MORNING! MILES!"
"What the!?"
BOOM!
Dressed in his pajamas, Miles landed on the black carpeted floor as his dad crashed on top of the medium sized bed, bouncing a few times on the mattress. "Good to see you up son!"
"Dad! What in the world?!" Miles shouted standing up as his dad leapt from the bed. "What kind of dad tries to attack his son while he's sleeping?!"
"Ha! You needed to get out of your slump son," Miles's dad laughed showing his flowing white lab coat over his blue and white striped shirt with black pants.
"So…it's time to get up! You're going with me to meet with my new boss, Professor Pine!"
"And when was this decided?!" Miles sighed trying to catch his breath while sitting on the ground.
"Five minutes ago when I got a call from my boss's cell phone!" Miles's dad answered lifting his thumb up in a friendly manner with a large smirk on his face. "So get dressed and hurry up! We've got fifteen minutes till Professor Pine reaches the entrance of the town..."
And with that, Miles's father exited Miles's room, a smile plastered all over his face, while his son slapped his forehead. "You could've told me this earlier!"
A few minutes later…
"Son, why did you dress like you did yesterday?" Miles's father asked while walking next to his son whose hair was quite messy, even more so than usual.
"You didn't give me much choice today dad," Miles growled glaring daggers at his father.
"That's no excuse for wearing dirty clothes," Miles's father replied wagging his finger at his son.
"Oh, I give up…" Miles sighed lowering his head.
"We're here!"
Miles looked up to see Serene Town's entrance sign…and immediately sweatdropped at the sky blue sign with the town's name written in green letters. "…that seems so tacky…"
"Well, get used to it!" Miles's father laughed slapping his son's back. "Now then…Prof. Pine should be here…"
"Hey, dad, how come all the professors in the Pokemon Majority are named after trees?" Miles asked before his dad slowly walked forward. "And wouldn't ya know…I get ignored…"
"Miles?"
With his name called, Miles turned around to see Valerie and Kurai standing right behind him. While Valerie had a surprised look on his face, Kurai on the other hand…he looked to be half asleep. "Valerie? Kurai? What in the world are you two doing here?"
"Well…" Kurai yawned while covering his mouth. "We just got called here to meet Prof. Pine…and now, same question, only to you…and who's this goofy looking guy?"
"Miles!" Miles's dad announced putting his son into a headlock. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your new friends?"
"N-No!" Miles sputtered trying to get free from his father's death grip.
"Then I'll do it for you!" Mile's dad laughed loudly. "Nice to meet ya you two! I'm Miles's father known as…"
"Dad! Knock it off!" Miles shouted breaking free from his father's death grip.
"…an interesting father you have there Miles," Kurai chuckled before yawning loudly.
"Say son," Miles's father chuckled pulling Miles to the side. "That girl's pretty cute; I had no idea that my younger son was such a player!"
With a large blush creeping onto his face, Miles could only stutter a few times. "D-Dad! Knock it off!"
"Hey! There's the professor!" Valerie announced.
That's when everyone looked up to see a weird man walking into the town, Miles's dad lifting his hand up to the man. The weird man had finely combed sandy blonde hair with a small goatee on his broad face dressed in a college professional professor suit. In his right hand was a small brief case and in his left arm, appeared to be…
'A blue egg?'
"Professor Pine! It's a pleasure to meet you!" Miles's father announced surprising the apparent Professor as he bounced towards the professor.
"…is your dad like this all the time?" Kurai asked leaning next to Miles. "…or does he just drink too much coffee?"
"Dear Latios, I'm glad that he quit drinking coffee three years ago," Miles sighed in response.
"Eh? Oh, oh yes," Professor Pine sighed in surprise. "You must be the new guy at the office…Duke Sabers correct?"
"Ah! It's an honor for you to say my name," Miles's Father Duke chuckled with a large smile on his face. That's when he finally noticed the egg in Pine's hand. "Hmm? Is this what I believe we discussed?"
"Yes, I managed to pick this up, and it'll be your first project as well," Pine replied carefully lifting the egg up.
"Hey Professor Pine!" Valerie greeted pumping her arm in the air.
"Ah, Valerie, Kurai…" Professor Pine listed off as he looked at the two Serene Town kids, but stopped when he reached Miles. After a few seconds, a large question mark appeared over the professor's head. "Oh dear…I'm sorry but I don' really remember you…"
"Oh! This is my son," Duke introduced skidding behind Miles and placing his hands on Miles's shoulders. "Miles, say hello to the nice man!"
"…dad I'm not a little kid, I can introduce myself," Miles sighed making Professor Pine laugh.
"Ah, he reminds me of my own son," Pine laughed loudly rubbing his chin at Miles. "So…tell me young man…it must be strenuous to move to a new region…"
"Pretty much…" Miles replied. "Try moving from place to place each and every other year."
Meanwhile a few yards away…
"Hey! Is that blonde dude the guy we're…?"
"Correct…and look in his left arm!"
"WOW! A brief case!"
"…I said left."
"Oh…that's the real target?"
"Of course…now…on the count of three…two…"
Back with the group…
"So, you going to try to become a trainer like the rest of the kids here?" Pine asked with a bright smile turning towards Kurai and Valerie.
"Well…traveling isn't really my forte," Miles answered lowering his head. "But…"
"Beedrill! Poison Sting!"
With that loud battle cry, group of people turned to the side just in time to see many purple needles shoot into the ground, making all five of them step back just in time.
"Kids! Stay back!" Duke shouted pushing his son back while lifting up a pokeball.
From behind his father, Miles (along with Kurai and Valerie) saw who the attackers were. Standing at least fifteen feet were two mysterious cloaked men, the cloaks dark purple with what appeared to be a large fang that looked to belong to a viper on the chest. The cloaks were ripped to show the men's black clothes underneath and their faces were covered by the hoods of their cloaks.
But, their sizes were drastically different, one was a huge muscular man and the other was a small man who was about Miles's height with a pair of glaring lights from under the hood (maybe he had glasses). While floating next to the big guy, was a large yellow and black bee with a two large needles as if they were hands, a Beedrill.
The little cloaked person raised his hand up, a small cackle coming from his hood. "Professor Pine…I believe you have something that we're in need of. So, we're only going to ask this once."
"Hand over the egg, and no one gets hurt."
"And don't even think about calling the coppers!" The large cloaked person laughed throwing his arms to his sides.
"…that was rather unnecessary," The little cloaked man sighed slapping his forehead. "They don't have time to do that!"
Pine looked down at the egg, and then looked back towards Miles…then with a quick second; Miles had the egg in his arms. "Miles! Take the egg and run!"
"Huh?!" Miles questioned with a few question marks appearing over his head.
"Him?" Kurai questioned blinking a few times.
"Kids! There's no time! Go!" Duke shouted making Miles, Kurai, and Valerie turn around and run. "Make sure that they don't get that egg!"
"R-Right!" Miles announced running off into the town.
"Hey!" The large cloaked person shouted lifting his hand up toward the Beedrill who began to fly after Miles. "Stop him this instant!"
"Oh no you don't!" Duke shouted throwing his pokeball into the air, releasing the Poochyena, Luna to leap into the air stopping the Beedrill. "I'm your opponent!"
"…Chase…" The short cloaked person muttered getting the large cloaked person, Chase's attention. "Deal with these two…I'll get the egg…"
"Heh…you got it Zane!" Chase shouted pulling another pokeball from his belt as the little cloaked person began to follow Miles, a distance between the two. "I'll enjoy this! Go Grimer!"
Meanwhile, Miles continued to run, having no idea where he was going right now. 'Oh, man! Oh, man! Oh, man!'
"What's so special with this egg?" Valerie asked while running directly next to Miles as did Kurai.
"…now's not the time," Kurai pointed out turning his head around. "We've got company…"
"Heh! You better stop right now kids!" Zane shouted only ten feet behind the three, and closing the gap between him and the kids.
"Wah!" Miles yelped running a little faster, cradling the big egg in his arms. He was too preoccupied with the chase to notice that the egg began to move a little bit.
"Hey! Wait up for us!" Kurai shouted as he and Valerie began to run even faster.
"Dang it! Why doesn't anyone listen to that?" Zane growled reaching for a pair pokeballs, immediately tossing them both into the air. "I was hoping it wouldn't come to this…"
"Seviper! Skorupi! Make them run down that alley!"
Two bright flashes of light appeared in front of the three running kids, one forming into a large black snake with many purple markings, two long curved fangs and a large bladed table. The second was a small purple scorpion like monster with a clawed tail. The two pokemon stepped forward, making Miles skid to a stop with Valerie and Kurai directly behind him.
The Seviper hissed menacingly and the Skorupi lifted its claws at the three young kids before Miles gulped. "…I'm afraid to ask…but does this happen a lot in Saora?"
"Dang it…" Kurai muttered as he, Miles and Valerie slowly backed up into alleyway…
…until they backed up into the chain linked fence at the end of the alley. "Not good at all…" Valerie gulped.
"Maybe for you," Zane chuckled slowly walking towards Miles. "Now then…"
Ba-Dum!
"Why not hand over the egg little boy?" Zane offered lifting his hand up towards Miles as the Seviper and Skorupi slithered and crawled (respectively) next to the weird cloaked man.
"Little? We're both the same height!" Miles replied turning left and right, seeing Valerie and Kurai both lifting up a pokeball in their hands.
"…we're not going to just let you do what you want!" Valerie announced throwing the pokeball into the air, snapping the ball open to allow Phoenix the Torchic to land on the ground in front of her, chirping loudly.
"…this probably won't end well," Kurai muttered tossing the ball forward, allowing Sealth the Treecko to stand in front of Kurai. "…but, I'll have to do this…I guess…"
"Runts," Zane sighed with a snap of his fingers, calling both the Seviper and Skorupi in front of him. "You two keep them occupied…"
With a nod the two poison pokemon charged forward, while Kane slowly walked behind them, his arms crossed.
While Valerie and Kurai were giving commands to their pokemon, Miles looked at the chain link fence and then down at the egg. 'I could probably scale this fence…but, with the egg in my arms…it'd be hard to do it, and I would probably drop the egg. Plus…'
Miles turned towards Valerie and Kurai, still entranced by his owe thoughts to listen to their commands. There was no way he'd abandon them…
Ba-Dum! Ba-Dum!
"So kiddies, you had a good run," Zane chuckled slowly walking into the alley, past the battling pokemon. "However, your time is up. Hand over the egg before I really get mad."
'Okay…this isn't what I had in mind when I was forcibly woken up today…' Miles thought tightening his grip around the egg. "No…"
"Yeah! It's three against one!" Valerie pointed out raising her fist up. "There's no way that you'll get this egg!"
"…I admire your courage kids," Zane sighed snapping his black gloved fingers, once more. That's when a painful chirp and forced cough echoed through the alley. "However, courage isn't worth squat unless you've got something to back it up."
"Sealth!"
"Phoenix!"
Miles's eyes widened at the sight behind Zane, the Seviper (although it was a little battle damaged along with the Skorupi) was wrapped around Phoenix, squeezing the fire bird pokemon tight. While the Skorupi had its clawed tail pinning Sealth to the brick wall by its neck.
Ba-Dum! Ba-Dum! Ba-Dum!
"Last chance kid…" Zane stated lifting his hand up towards Miles. "Your choice…either you give me the egg… or I'll rid the world of two runts…"
"…the day I give you this egg," Miles scowled putting his back up against the chain link fence. "…is the day you get to be six feet tall!"
That did it…a large blood vessel appeared on the back of Zane's hood, making him clutch his fist very tightly. "Why you little…no one mocks my height and gets away with it! Seviper! Skorupi! Finish…"
Ba-Dum! Ba-Dum! Ba-Dum! Ba-DUM!
A small cracking sound echoed through the alley, making everyone stop in their tracks and turn towards the egg…a large crack had appeared on the egg's shell, and was getting bigger!
"Huh?" Valerie and Kurai questioned taking their eyes off of their own pokemon for a second.
"Whoa! What the!?" Zane stuttered pulling his collar as the egg began to get more cracks. "The egg! I-It's…"
"Hatching…" Miles muttered before the egg's shell shattered in a small bright light. "…it…it feels warm…"
When the light died down, Miles's eyes met with small brown red eyes that looked at him curiously. Those brown red eyes belonged to a small blue fox like creature, its extended fur on its head; the area around his eyes, chest and hind legs had black fur on them. At the sight of Miles, the small pokemon wagged it long blue tail and yelped in joy. "Ri-Riolu!"
"W-what in the?" Miles questioned blinking a few times at the weird pokemon.
'What a cutie!' Valerie thought for a second.
"…Well…that answers what the hell was in the egg," Zane chuckled shaking his head as his Seviper and Skorupi looked at him in a strange manner. "Uh…right! Now then! Hand that pokemon over right now! Or else…"
"Viper!"
"Skor! Kor!"
"Knock it off!" Miles shouted closing his eyes.
"Riolu!"
Opening his eyes, Miles was shocked to see the small blue and black pokemon slam its foot on the top of the Seviper's head, sending it to the ground releasing the panting Phoenix.
Then, with a jump from the wall, the fox pokemon propelled itself into Skorupi, slamming its hind foot into the scorpion pokemon, sending it skidding backwards. And being released from the wall, Sealth began reach for his breath.
The small pokemon then flipped backwards and went into a fighting stance. Everyone was awestruck, especially Miles whose eyes widened at the pokemon's speed. "Whoa…"
"Seviper! Skorupi! Don't let that pup get the best of you!" Zane snarled as his slightly bruised up snake and scorpion pokemon raised their heads up. "Good! Now! Iron Tail on that pup and Poison Sting!"
With its loud hiss, the Seviper charged forward, its bladed tail glowing silver and the Skorupi's stinger glowing purple, Miles looked down to see the blue and black pokemon, Riolu looking to him…as if he was waiting for something, even though the Seviper and Skorupi's attacks were getting closer. Then it hit Miles. "R-Right! Use…uh…"
"Phoenix! Ember!"
"Sealth! Dodge it with Quick Attack, and counter with Pound!"
"Quick Attack!"
Then, just as the Seviper's Iron Tail was about to slam into the small Riolu, in a blue and black blur, the Riolu slammed its foot into the side of Seviper's face, sending it flying backwards into the Skorupi, flying them both past Zane, almost hitting the surprised purple cloaked man. "W-what the?!"
When the small Riolu landed on the ground, he immediately leapt into Miles's arms, rubbing his head into Miles's chest, as if to celebrate the victory. "That…that was amazing…"
"…what just happened?" Kurai asked lifting Sealth with his hand. "…I blinked and missed it…"
"I don't know…" Valerie replied.
"Yeah, yeah," Zane sighed returning his Seviper back into its pokeball. "Fortunately for you, I only got this Seviper and Skorupi a day ago. But, I can still take the pokemon myself!"
Before Zane could get another step towards Miles, Valerie and Kurai, two broad hands immediately clasped on the small cloaked man's shoulders, making him turn his head to see Duke (with a few bruises on his face) smiling down at him. "…now, I know you weren't just threatening a few innocent kids now…were you?"
"Uh…yes?" Zane answered as the grip on his shoulders began to tighten before he thrown backwards over Duke's shoulders. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
As a loud crash filled the air and a sweatdrop rolling off of all six of the kids and pokemon's heads, Duke slowly walked to his son with a smile and knelt down to be eye level with his son. "Well now…So that's what was in the egg…"
A little shy, Riolu immediately turned to Miles's chest to hide himself from Duke, just laughed in response. "Ha, shy little guy isn't he?"
'But…how did this little guy take down that Seviper and Skorupi with such speed?' Miles thought, slowly petting the little Riolu's head.
"Son…I think we need to have a little talk," Duke stated getting Miles's attention, this was actually one of the few times that Miles's father had been serious. "And you two…you'll have to come with me to Professor Pine's lab."
"…about what?" Miles asked standing up, while still carrying Riolu…even though it was a little heavy for its size.
"We'll have to talk at Professor Pine's lab," Duke answered standing up with his son, a more serious look on his face.
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Vyser D: Reviews would be nice…
Update: Changed the chapter to make it a little cleaner…