Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. The Pokemon own me.
Yasuki Toumoura smiled to herself as she counted the wad of cash she had just received. "Heh heh- this little business sure pays off!" Yasuki was a 14 year-old girl, with shoulder length dark brown hair with a white streak at the front. She was wearing her usual outfit: a black t-shirt, denim shorts, and a thin silver vest. She didn't seem like a "nice" person to start out with, but there was another catch: Yasuki was a thief, and she had the world of Pokemon to thank. Yasuki had never quite cared for the Pokemon themselves, but their capture devices were different. Poke balls were always in high demand, but no one wants the ones that have cracked cases or have some missing. These defect cartons are placed in discount bins. Yasuki had turned this into a profitable organization. She would slip into the stores and steal the defects, and take them home. Yasuki would fix the damaged cartons and fill the ones that had balls missing. Then, she would take them back to the store and sell then at triple, or even quadruple the original price. She had stolen other things before, but this had made the best profits yet! Yasuki pocketed the money as she walked home, humming to herself. "Home" for Yasuki was a rocky hollow with a thick cover of bushes. She had found it not too long ago, and had made it her place. It was a nice, protected cave- like place, comfortable to live in. And, there was a nice grassy clearing near it, surrounded by a thin patch of forest. It was what Yasuki considered close to perfect, since they wouldn't let minors rent apartments. She had dropped out of school a while ago, she considered it useless and a waste of time and money. She had run away from her parents when she was 10, because of her independent nature she had wanted a life of her own. Also, her parents had never appreciated her much anyway. Yasuki was happy where she was. She didn't need friends or family, people had always bothered her anyway. But her companionless life was about to change....
As Yasuki walked past an alley on the way home, she heard some strange noise. She backed up, thinking it was a gang of wild Pikachu. She liked to watch then fight among themselves every once in a while, the electrical battles were always exciting. But as Yasuki stared into the darkness she didn't see the Pikachu gang, but there were two dark shapes in the alley. Something started to growl. Yasuki began to wonder what was going on, when there was a loud crack and something flew towards her. She leaped up and caught the... broken Poke ball? It had been growing darker, and a streetlight flipped on, illuminating the alley. The two dark shapes were, a young black- and white Pokemon and a weird guy wearing a red and black sweater. He was backing the poor Pokemon into a corner. Yasuki watched as he slapped the Pokemon, which cringed in the corner, pulling back from its attacker. The man threw another poke ball, which the Pokemon bravely swatted back at him. The man then tried to grab the Pokemon by its neck. He pulled out another poke ball as the Pokemon struggled to get free.
Suddenly, out of the blue Yasuki yelled, "Stop it! Let that Pokemon GO!!!"
Yasuki herself didn't even realize she said it at first.
The man turned around and said, "Why should I listen to some kid? Who are you, anyway?" which gave the Pokemon just enough time to chomp down on the man's hand.
"YEEEEOOWWWWW!!!!!" The man recoiled, screeching in pain as the Pokemon scampered down the alleyway. Yasuki ran in to restrain the man, who had somewhat recovered from the bite and looked ready to give chase. The small Pokemon stopped at the end of the alley to look back at Yasuki. She turned to yell at it.
"Run! Run now, while you still can!!"
With one last look back, the Pokemon scampered away. Yasuki stared at the man.
"Now," she began, pulling her fist back, "maybe this will teach you not to pick on helpless Pokemon!!"
She punched him until his face was bruised and bloody. She left him on the ground in the alley as she continued on home. Stepping out of the alleyway, she looked around. The little Pokemon seemed to have escaped safely. Yasuki picked up some burgers before finally arriving home. She climbed through the underbrush and slid down the short tunnel, then proceeding to heat up two of the lanterns she had in her house. Suddenly she heard a noise. She climbed up the tunnel into the clearing, looking around but seeing nothing. She figured it was just the wind, so she slid back down the tunnel, blocking the entrance with a rock. A pair of watchful eyes lingered in the shadows.... but after a moment they disappeared.
Almost a week later, Yasuki had nearly forgotten about the whole incident, but she had been curious at first. She later found out the Pokemon she had met was an Absol. But Yasuki went back to business as usual, forgetting all about the Pokemon. Until that night... Yasuki was a bit late walking home, because the police Growlithe had barked at her, causing Officer Jenny to give chase. Not that this was Yasuki's first brush with the law, of course... She entered the forest, only to hear a loud explosion, followed by high- pitched howls of despair. Yasuki ran in the direction of the noise, which sounded oddly familiar... She burst into a clearing, only to find the man from the alleyway with a few others. They, too, had costumes similar to his. They stood on top of a machine, and also in the clearing was a net- filled with about 20 absol!
"Hahahahaha!!" one of the people cackled. "Now Team Magma has a whole bunch of rare absol on our side!"
Team Magma. So that was their name... Yasuki knew she had to do something. Using her thievery skills, Yasuki slipped into the clearing, sticking to the shadows. She slipped behind the net of howling absol, took out her pocketknife and began to free them. After most of the absol were out, a Magma member turned around.
"Hey!! Some kid let all the absol out!"
The other Magmas turned around.
"That's the kid from before!!" one of them yelled. "Don't worry," he continued. "I'll take care of her!!"
He leaped towards Yasuki, grabbing the knife and turning it back towards her throat.
"You shouldn't have come here, kid," he said, about to deliver the final blow.
Suddenly, an Absol leaped through the air, knocking the Magma on the ground. Yasuki didn't hesitate to get up, but as she stood she realized that the absol that had saved her was the one that she had met earlier. The other absol had backed the rest of the Magmas up to their machine. The Magma that had attacked Yasuki ran to help. He and his teammates got in their net machine and started to drive away. All the absol looked at Yasuki. She thought back to the website where she had learned about the absol.
"Uh.... Use... Razor Wind! Now!"
The absol colony whipped up a giant whirlwind , blowing the Magmas miles away. As they were blown away, Yasuki could hear them scream,
"You won't get away with this, kid!"
"Yeah! We'll get you, and your little Absol too!!"
Their screams faded as they moved farther away. Yasuki looked back at the absol colony and smiled. They nodded to each other and began a synonymous howl. But this cry was not of pain, it was saluting Yasuki's efforts to save their clan. The leader of the clan moved forward, nodding at Yasuki. It then turned to the clan and yowled a signal for them to leave for their own territory, way up in the mountains. They began to move. Yasuki searched the crowd for her friend, but could not find the absol that saved her life. She thought to herself,
"That's too bad. I wanted to thank that absol...."
She watched the absol leave and retreated to her home. She got a few steps down the path when something brushed against her leg. She leaped back and stared for a second before realizing that it was the young absol!
"H- hey there. Uh, thanks... y'know, for helping me back there. Guess we're even now, huh?"
She smiled as the absol replied, "Ab. Ab ab ab soool. Sol ab sol."
"I don't really know what that means, but I guess I'll understand it eventually. You're not going back to your clan, are you?"
"Ab. Ab sool." said the absol.
"Well, then...I suppose... you can stay with me for awhile. I don't know a lot about Pokemon but I'm willing to learn for you."
Absol let out a happy cry of "Soooool!" as she leapt into the air. Absol then knocked a Great Ball off Yasuki's belt (Yasuki had managed to swipe a few undamaged balls to fill up some half- empty cartons) and poked the capture beam release button to draw herself into the Great ball. Yasuki stared at it for a minute. Had this really been the Pokemon that had felt so strongly about the Magma capturing her? Yasuki then released the absol.
"Well, I guess this officially makes you my Pokemon now. I know you don't like poke balls, so you don't have to stay in one. Besides, I'd like it better if you were out here, by my side."
Absol seemed to smile. Yasuki and Absol walked toward home, and with a bright future ahead, they had no idea of the surprise and adventure that awaits them.
--See, I am capable of writing a happy story! So... there! R&R, you know the rest.-- --absolkagome--
Yasuki Toumoura smiled to herself as she counted the wad of cash she had just received. "Heh heh- this little business sure pays off!" Yasuki was a 14 year-old girl, with shoulder length dark brown hair with a white streak at the front. She was wearing her usual outfit: a black t-shirt, denim shorts, and a thin silver vest. She didn't seem like a "nice" person to start out with, but there was another catch: Yasuki was a thief, and she had the world of Pokemon to thank. Yasuki had never quite cared for the Pokemon themselves, but their capture devices were different. Poke balls were always in high demand, but no one wants the ones that have cracked cases or have some missing. These defect cartons are placed in discount bins. Yasuki had turned this into a profitable organization. She would slip into the stores and steal the defects, and take them home. Yasuki would fix the damaged cartons and fill the ones that had balls missing. Then, she would take them back to the store and sell then at triple, or even quadruple the original price. She had stolen other things before, but this had made the best profits yet! Yasuki pocketed the money as she walked home, humming to herself. "Home" for Yasuki was a rocky hollow with a thick cover of bushes. She had found it not too long ago, and had made it her place. It was a nice, protected cave- like place, comfortable to live in. And, there was a nice grassy clearing near it, surrounded by a thin patch of forest. It was what Yasuki considered close to perfect, since they wouldn't let minors rent apartments. She had dropped out of school a while ago, she considered it useless and a waste of time and money. She had run away from her parents when she was 10, because of her independent nature she had wanted a life of her own. Also, her parents had never appreciated her much anyway. Yasuki was happy where she was. She didn't need friends or family, people had always bothered her anyway. But her companionless life was about to change....
As Yasuki walked past an alley on the way home, she heard some strange noise. She backed up, thinking it was a gang of wild Pikachu. She liked to watch then fight among themselves every once in a while, the electrical battles were always exciting. But as Yasuki stared into the darkness she didn't see the Pikachu gang, but there were two dark shapes in the alley. Something started to growl. Yasuki began to wonder what was going on, when there was a loud crack and something flew towards her. She leaped up and caught the... broken Poke ball? It had been growing darker, and a streetlight flipped on, illuminating the alley. The two dark shapes were, a young black- and white Pokemon and a weird guy wearing a red and black sweater. He was backing the poor Pokemon into a corner. Yasuki watched as he slapped the Pokemon, which cringed in the corner, pulling back from its attacker. The man threw another poke ball, which the Pokemon bravely swatted back at him. The man then tried to grab the Pokemon by its neck. He pulled out another poke ball as the Pokemon struggled to get free.
Suddenly, out of the blue Yasuki yelled, "Stop it! Let that Pokemon GO!!!"
Yasuki herself didn't even realize she said it at first.
The man turned around and said, "Why should I listen to some kid? Who are you, anyway?" which gave the Pokemon just enough time to chomp down on the man's hand.
"YEEEEOOWWWWW!!!!!" The man recoiled, screeching in pain as the Pokemon scampered down the alleyway. Yasuki ran in to restrain the man, who had somewhat recovered from the bite and looked ready to give chase. The small Pokemon stopped at the end of the alley to look back at Yasuki. She turned to yell at it.
"Run! Run now, while you still can!!"
With one last look back, the Pokemon scampered away. Yasuki stared at the man.
"Now," she began, pulling her fist back, "maybe this will teach you not to pick on helpless Pokemon!!"
She punched him until his face was bruised and bloody. She left him on the ground in the alley as she continued on home. Stepping out of the alleyway, she looked around. The little Pokemon seemed to have escaped safely. Yasuki picked up some burgers before finally arriving home. She climbed through the underbrush and slid down the short tunnel, then proceeding to heat up two of the lanterns she had in her house. Suddenly she heard a noise. She climbed up the tunnel into the clearing, looking around but seeing nothing. She figured it was just the wind, so she slid back down the tunnel, blocking the entrance with a rock. A pair of watchful eyes lingered in the shadows.... but after a moment they disappeared.
Almost a week later, Yasuki had nearly forgotten about the whole incident, but she had been curious at first. She later found out the Pokemon she had met was an Absol. But Yasuki went back to business as usual, forgetting all about the Pokemon. Until that night... Yasuki was a bit late walking home, because the police Growlithe had barked at her, causing Officer Jenny to give chase. Not that this was Yasuki's first brush with the law, of course... She entered the forest, only to hear a loud explosion, followed by high- pitched howls of despair. Yasuki ran in the direction of the noise, which sounded oddly familiar... She burst into a clearing, only to find the man from the alleyway with a few others. They, too, had costumes similar to his. They stood on top of a machine, and also in the clearing was a net- filled with about 20 absol!
"Hahahahaha!!" one of the people cackled. "Now Team Magma has a whole bunch of rare absol on our side!"
Team Magma. So that was their name... Yasuki knew she had to do something. Using her thievery skills, Yasuki slipped into the clearing, sticking to the shadows. She slipped behind the net of howling absol, took out her pocketknife and began to free them. After most of the absol were out, a Magma member turned around.
"Hey!! Some kid let all the absol out!"
The other Magmas turned around.
"That's the kid from before!!" one of them yelled. "Don't worry," he continued. "I'll take care of her!!"
He leaped towards Yasuki, grabbing the knife and turning it back towards her throat.
"You shouldn't have come here, kid," he said, about to deliver the final blow.
Suddenly, an Absol leaped through the air, knocking the Magma on the ground. Yasuki didn't hesitate to get up, but as she stood she realized that the absol that had saved her was the one that she had met earlier. The other absol had backed the rest of the Magmas up to their machine. The Magma that had attacked Yasuki ran to help. He and his teammates got in their net machine and started to drive away. All the absol looked at Yasuki. She thought back to the website where she had learned about the absol.
"Uh.... Use... Razor Wind! Now!"
The absol colony whipped up a giant whirlwind , blowing the Magmas miles away. As they were blown away, Yasuki could hear them scream,
"You won't get away with this, kid!"
"Yeah! We'll get you, and your little Absol too!!"
Their screams faded as they moved farther away. Yasuki looked back at the absol colony and smiled. They nodded to each other and began a synonymous howl. But this cry was not of pain, it was saluting Yasuki's efforts to save their clan. The leader of the clan moved forward, nodding at Yasuki. It then turned to the clan and yowled a signal for them to leave for their own territory, way up in the mountains. They began to move. Yasuki searched the crowd for her friend, but could not find the absol that saved her life. She thought to herself,
"That's too bad. I wanted to thank that absol...."
She watched the absol leave and retreated to her home. She got a few steps down the path when something brushed against her leg. She leaped back and stared for a second before realizing that it was the young absol!
"H- hey there. Uh, thanks... y'know, for helping me back there. Guess we're even now, huh?"
She smiled as the absol replied, "Ab. Ab ab ab soool. Sol ab sol."
"I don't really know what that means, but I guess I'll understand it eventually. You're not going back to your clan, are you?"
"Ab. Ab sool." said the absol.
"Well, then...I suppose... you can stay with me for awhile. I don't know a lot about Pokemon but I'm willing to learn for you."
Absol let out a happy cry of "Soooool!" as she leapt into the air. Absol then knocked a Great Ball off Yasuki's belt (Yasuki had managed to swipe a few undamaged balls to fill up some half- empty cartons) and poked the capture beam release button to draw herself into the Great ball. Yasuki stared at it for a minute. Had this really been the Pokemon that had felt so strongly about the Magma capturing her? Yasuki then released the absol.
"Well, I guess this officially makes you my Pokemon now. I know you don't like poke balls, so you don't have to stay in one. Besides, I'd like it better if you were out here, by my side."
Absol seemed to smile. Yasuki and Absol walked toward home, and with a bright future ahead, they had no idea of the surprise and adventure that awaits them.
--See, I am capable of writing a happy story! So... there! R&R, you know the rest.-- --absolkagome--