In the Midst of the Cold Winter, a Rose Blooms Beautifully
Team:
Luxray *Zero*, Houndoom *Slade* Mismagius *Shinku*, Snorunt *Sugintou*, Pikachu colored Pichu *Ami* & Spiky-eared Pichu *Amu*
3rd Person POV
"Jeez, that Volkner. I swear, one day the city's gunna start a riot and go after him." Flint hastily wandered along the road from the Valor Lake front to Sunyshore mumbling about the black-out plaguing the near-by city. "This is the fourth black-out that Volkner's caused this month! Maybe I should go over to that gym of his and beat some sense into him, 'cause we all know he needs it." He stared straight down at the concrete route, roughly kicking some rocks to take his anger out on.
"Those poor rocks." Flint swiftly spun around to see a teenage girl adorned in a white and blue laced Lolita, matching her snow white hair. Her eyes were a little more than half lidded, matching the expression on her face showing no emotion as if she were just a doll.
"Aha, well you see, I was just taking my anger out o-" Flint looked dead-panned as the mysterious girl brushed passed him as if he were nothing. "H-hey! I was talking to you!" Flint quickly reached out and attempted to grab the girl's arm, but suddenly stopped when a red beam came shooting out of her pocket. The girl paused as if she were waiting for something, then turned around to face the red headed boy.
"Luxraaaay!" Her gaze lazily went from the Elite Four member to her angered Luxray, who seemed ready to rip Flint's hand off. His trainer closed her eyes and let out a tired sigh then looked up at Flint who had been stunned by the Pokémon's menacing glare.
"Ah.. ah.. I wasn't going to do anythin' ya know." Flint sweat dropped and shook his hands defensively trying to get the Luxray to understand. Luxray let out a vicious growl and readied itself into hunting posture until the girl uttered the magic word.
"Zero," the name sharply left her mouth as she sent an even greater glare at her Luxray. The Pokémon glanced from Flint, back to its trainer repeatedly until it finally backed away from Flint, retreating to it's trainer's side.
"Ah... nice Luxray you got there" Flint sweat dropped again, rubbing the back of his head as he tried to sound calm.
"Hn" was all the girl said before she called the Pokémon back into its luxury ball and turned to continue her journey to Sunyshore.
"Er... hey... Wait!" Flint came running up beside the girl, but kept a good distance this time. "You.." Flint bent over with his hands on his knees as he lightly panted, "You're strong right? I could tell by the way your Luxray looked. Maybe you could help me out with something." Flint looked up to see the girl's beautiful face, but she had kept on walking, ignoring the famous red headed Elite Four. "Wait up! It's about the Sunyshore gym leader!" The girl came to a halt and glanced over her shoulder to see the puffy red afro already catching up.
"What do you want?" Although her voice was laced with boredom, a bit of aggravation was also thrown in.
"You see, the gym leader's a good friend of mine so I come to visit him quite often, but lately he's been pretty bored with all the trainers coming in. He says that there hasn't been one able to beat him in a while. He's gone to extremes just to keep himself busy, like remodeling the gym and the city. His 'little' attempts to find entertainment have been sending numerous black-outs to plague Sunyshore."
"And your point is?" The girl quietly yawned and turned to face the ocean that lay to her left.
"My point IS that you have to beat him. Maybe even make it a challenge for him, y'know? Spice things up a bit." Flint's hopeful eyes met her royal violet ones and soon, the girl let out another sigh.
"We'll see. If he's as good as you say he is, then maybe he'll be an interesting catch for me too. He's right about the lack of challenging opponents you know." A pause filled the pleasant beach air as Flint nervously awaited her reply. "I'll see what I can do." A hint of a smirk crawled onto her face as she turned to Flint who seemed like he was ready to dance with a group of Ludicolo. A giant grin bloomed on his face as he turned to the beauty and held out his hand.
"Haha, by the way, I'm Flint." The girl looked from Flint to his hand, unknowingly imitating what Zero had done earlier and slowly reached out to shake it.
"Karina."
