I am not good at introductions...
I do not Pokemon! I only own my OCs!
"Hey Flash?" I asked. The large black and blue cat by my side glanced at me. "Where were we going again?" He closed his eyes tight and growled, almost as if it were a sigh. He looked up at me and sent me a terrifying glare. I pouted and crossed my arms. "No need to snap, it's just a question..."
We had gotten on a boat a while ago, but I don't remember why. The boat is heading towards... uh... Well, the boat's heading somewhere, so we'll have to deal with it. Flash probably wouldn't like it, though. I've always had a terrible memory.
I kicked my legs back and forth on the bench until I heard a loud growl. Instantly, I looked at Flash however, the sound did not come from him. It took me a moment, but I finally realized it was coming from me. My cheeks turned red and I chuckled quietly. "We haven't eaten today," I said.
"Yes you have," he replied. I looked away from him and sighed. "You had a rather large meal, and if I might add, you had a lot of sweets as well." Flash stood up and stretched. "Besides, you're out of money...again."
"Well, if you-"
"Hey! Blaze!" I looked over to see Ash and two people running towards me. "It's been a while!" He said. I tilted my head to the side.
"Has it really?" I mumbled.
"What are you guys doing in Unova? I thought you went looking for your dad?" he asked.
"Oh... We have no idea?" I said happily. While Ash just smiled, the people behind him gave me uncertain looks. Flash sighed and rolled his eyes. It went silent for a moment before they decided to break the silence.
"Well, this is Cilan," he said, pointing to the green-haired man. "And this is Iris," Now pointing to the purple haired girl. "And Axew."
"Hi, I'm Blaze, and this is my brother, Flash," I greeted. I looked back to Ash and smiled.
"What's that pokemon next to you?" Iris asked. "I've never seen it before."
"You don't know what a Luxray is? Everyone from Sinnoh knows what a Luxray is. They're some of the most powerful pokemon," I explained. I heard Flash growl, so I sent him a confused look. "What?"
"You're being rude," he growled. He nudged me towards them. "You should apologize." I rolled my eyes. Why does he care so much? It's alright for other people to do it, so why not me?
"Hey Blaze." I looked at Ash again. "I have to get ready for the Aspertia gym, do you want to battle?" He put both fists in front of his chest and looked at me with a huge smile. His eyes were sparkling, I mean literally sparkling. Yep. Same old Ash.
"Only a little kid would get so worked up just talking about a battle," Iris scoffed. She shrugged. "That's Ash alright." And Flash calls me rude...
"I seem to recall you getting quite excited over a battle," Cilan stated. Iris rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. I watched on as Iris began to argue with him. If anything, she's the little kid.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt," I said. "But I'll have you know, that Paul has trained us extremely well." I smirked at his shocked face. He probably forgot that I was traveling with Paul...
I stood up and stretched. I actually haven't battled in a while. However, I noticed the figure of a man walking towards us. He was extremely tall, and had long, green, hair tied in a ponytail. He wore a black and white hat, and a long sleeved white sweater. He was smiling, but it didn't look friendly. Instantly, I spun Ash around so he could see. "There is a man coming towards us," I stated. He gave me an odd look, as if to say so what. Pikachu being the idiot he is, walked right up to him.
"Who are you?" Pikachu stated. He walked straight up to Pikachu and got down on his knees. Swiftly, he raised his hand and began to pet him.
"You're a cute one," the man stated. Pikachu leaned into his touch almost like it was the greatest thing he ever felt. He looked into Pikachu's eyes and acted like we weren't there.
"Sure is," Ash stated. I narrowed my eyes at him. "So... Why were you staring at us earlier. " The man looked up and gave us an annoyed look. But Ash being Ash doesn't know what annoying is.
"He was staring at you?" I said. Look I'm an idiot, but I'm not stupid. This guy is creeping on a ten year old kid, I'm pretty sure anyone would be suspicious. Flash growled and took a step in front of me.
"It's alright Luxray," He stated. He looked back down at Pikachu. "I heard a friends voice, that's all." He stood up, towering over me, and gave a small smile.
"Heard a friend?" Ash asked. His smile grew larger.
"I refer to all pokemon as friends." I gazed at him. Obviously. Who wouldn't?
"Me too!" Ash said. Pikachu turned away and jumped onto Ash's shoulder. "I think of Pikachu as my number one friend." I nodded along.
"I consider Flash my brother," I added in. The man looked shocked for a moment, but then gave me an approving look.
"I like that." He paused, and looked conflicted for a moment, but then he decided to speak. "I just heard Pikachu's inner voice saying how much it cares about you." I tilted my head.
"Inner voice?" Iris muttered. He nodded.
"Wait. So you can understand what pokemon are saying?" Ash asked. Once again the man nodded. "Wow that's so cool! Blaze can do that too," Ash exclaimed. I closed my eyes tightly and shrunk down as if I would be slapped. Ash! You know I don't like people knowing about that!
"That's nothing to be ashamed about," the man said. I opened my eyes and shook my head. He looked a bit angry at that. "It's a beautiful thing." No it isn't. It's a curse.
"Wait! You can!" Iris shouted. Flash growled even louder and pushed me backwards.
"Don't listen to them," he muttered. He looked up at me. "If anything bad happens I will protect you." I nodded.
"Thanks Flash." I looked back at the group. "You can't tell anyone. Ash already broke that rule, but he won't again. Bad things happen when people find out," I explained.
"I'm sure it's not like that," the man said. I rapidly shook my head.
"Please don't tell anyone!" I insisted. Cilan put a hand on my shoulder and smiled.
"Don't worry Blaze. We won't tell anyone." I nodded uncertainly. I don't believe them. Cilan looked at the man. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Cilan, and I used to be a gym-leader."
"I'm Iris, ...and this is Axew," she said hesitantly.
"I'm Ash, and this is my buddy Pikachu." Everyone turned to me.
"Oh uh... I'm Blaze," I introduced. I grabbed onto Flash nervously. Then proceeded to extend my hand towards him. He grabbed it gently as if not to scare me, then quickly let me go. "And this is my brother Flash." Flash didn't say anything, he just growled. This is as good as it's gonna get.
"I'm N. I'm always happy to meet new friends," he said. N? He did seem a little familiar. I haven't met him before, but I'm sure I've herd it before. He extended his hand towards Ash, who happily shook it.
"Me too N!" Ash said. Just as they finished the greeting, my stomach growled loudly again. Everyone turned towards me with a smile.
"You just ate!" Flash groaned. My cheeks turned bright red.
"Shut up Flash!"
We all sat down st a round table. Me, Ash, ...and N had to take our hats off. Apparently, it's rude to ware a hat inside.
I had gotten into a fight with the captain, because Flash is "too big" to be inside the cafe. Which I thought was completely ridiculous. ...Which ended up getting me threatened to get kicked off the boat, apparently they can do that. So I told the captain to screw off, and that Flash had a right to be out. Obviously, that pissed off the captain, so he put his hand on my shoulder and gently pushed me out. ...Flash didn't take to kindly to that. And well... Lets just say we didn't get anymore problems with him. I sat down next to both N and Ash, with Flash at my side, and ordered food.
"Yeah, can I have coffee? But just have it black and boiling hot." I looked over at Flash. "What do you want?" I asked.
"Nothing," he stated. My jaw dropped.
"What do you mean nothing! Dude, we just got free food and you're turning it down!" He lied down and yawned.
"Yep." I glared at him.
"That will be all," I said. The waiter nodded and hurried off. When I looked back at the group they were all giving me amused looks. "What?" I asked.
"Nothing, you just missed Ash tell you about seeing Zekrom," Iris snickered. I shrugged.
"So. I've dealt with enough legendary pokemon. ...Giratina was my limit," I muttered. N looked like he wanted to ask, but he took the hint and stayed quiet.
"So Blaze," Ash started. "You never told us why you came to Unova."
"Oh yeah! You said it was something about your father," Iris stated.
"No. Ash said that. We left Sinnoh to get away," I said. I shrugged. "I also got board. You and Brock left, then Dawn left for Johto. I stayed with Paul for a while, but then he left to become a frontier thingy. All I had was Reggie. Don't get me wrong, I like Reggie, But it's different when you live with him," I explained.
"Your coffee," the waiter said. I took the steaming cup from him and set it on the table.
"What about your father?" Iris asked. I played around with the cup before answering her.
"What about him?" I forced out. "I found him... sort of." I sighed and looked at her. "There's nothing to tell. ...That and I'm not ready to talk about it." She nodded in understanding.
"Enough about me." I turned towards N and spoke. "Where are you headed?" He gave me a confused look.
"I already told you," he stated.
"I guess I wasn't listening. Can you give it to me in a nutshell?"
"Sure. I want to meet Reshiram," he stated. I lifted my cup to my lips.
"Want my opinion?" I asked. I took a sip then glanced at him. "Don't do it. Something bad happens every time when people screw with legandarys." He looked annoyed at my words, but he did seem thoughtful. I looked distastefully at my cup. N stood up and faced the window. This coffee if awful.
"I want to know why pokemon are in this world. Why are they here, and what impact we have on each other." He clenched his hat tightly in his hands. "I also want to find out if people and pokemon are really meant to be together," he said. He gazed up into the sky.
"Of coarse they are," Ash said. N turned and looked at Ash. "We help each other out in battles, and a bunch of other things." N grimaced at the word battle. "I mean, take Blaze and Flash for example," he started.
"Don't bring it up," I said.
"...Alright. But you get my point." N frowned.
"No... No I just can't accept that answer." With out another word, N stormed out of the cafe.
"What a strange man," I stated.
Alright. First Chapter if pretty bad, but you guys know me. The story usually gets better with the second chapter. I'm already working on chapter 2 so hopefully this won't be an issue. I'm trying here, guys. But I am literally going through hell at home. I don't mean something small; something extremely major happened, and I haven't had time to do any writing.
(I'm also writing this to get rid this horrible writers block for Shattered Hope.)
Also, please leave a review and tell me if you like it, or tell me why you don't so I can improve on it.