The ear shattering screech of a black digital alarm clock went off just as a flock of noisy pidgeys flew over Nuvema town. Hilda slammed her hand down on the snooze button and abruptly sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. I hate Mondays… Hilda threw the thick covers off her body and hesitantly got out of bed, heading to the bathroom down the hall. As much as Hilda hated waking up early on Monday mornings, she actually enjoyed going to school in Striaton city. Not because she found the classwork to be child's play, it's because her childhood friends happen to attend the same high school as her. They made every day at Kaze High interesting.
Hilda stood in front of the bathroom mirror, buttoning up her white uniform shirt. She pulled a light brown v-vest sweater over her shirt and smoothed her hands down her pleated navy blue skirt. Why does the best schools have to be so far away? It's a pain riding my bike down those long routes. Hilda adjusted her ribbon real quick before grabbing her black leather book bag and dashing downstairs. School starts at 8:00 and it's already 6:30, so I need to hurry up. I'll eat a light breakfast. Hilda caught a slice of toasted bread with her mouth, stuffed a big black bento in her book bag, and grabbed a bottle of room temperature green tea.
"See you mom!" Hilda shouted, but her voice was muffled.
"Goodbye darling!" Her mother said.
Hilda devoured the toast and dusted the crumbs off her mouth then she unchained her bike from the side of her house. Hilda placed her book bag in the metal basket and pedaled off towards Striaton city. It took her fifteen minutes to get to the city, though it would have been ten minutes if she hadn't stopped to pick Bianca up from the pokémart. Hilda chained up her bike at the bike racks and entered the rather large building with her busty best friend. The airhead pulled a red brush out of her square leather school bag and ran it through her short blonde hair, for once she wasn't wearing her green beret. Actually she had straightened her hair, probably going for a new look to impress Cheren.
"Did you study for the unit test on evolution?" Hilda asked.
"I tried to, but I kept procrastinating! Studying is hard!" Bianca confessed. "I called Cheren on my X-transceiver and he totally helped me out. I did a fifteen minute cram sensation at 5:30 in the morning at the kitchen table. Evolution is so elementary!"
"I swear you're the only person I know that can cram a bunch of info in their head and pass the test with a C or higher." Hilda muttered.
Hilda and Bianca entered their homeroom classroom, where Hilda took a seat at the window and placed her book bag on the desk. While Bianca texted Cheren on her dust pink flip-phone, Hilda watched the door to see if their homeroom teacher would walk in. He's always late…why does he even bother waking up early in the morning if he's just going to be late to class. Hilda chugged down half of her green tea and watched a blue-haired girl walk through the door. She instantly recognized the innocent looking teen as Dawn, a teenage mother from the TwinLeaf town. Not too long ago Dawn had gotten knocked up by Kenny, her ex-boyfriend, and rumor has it that she let Ash Ketchum go to town on her. At first only a couple of people knew about it, but an angry ex-girlfriend decided to tell everyone about Dawn's dilemma. Hilda nudged Bianca; the blonde looked up from her phone and giggled, seeing Dawn.
"Her mom should just home school her." Hilda muttered.
"I wouldn't be able to show my face around school if I were in her situation." Bianca chimed in. "Thankfully I'm not."
"Don't jinx it Bianca." Hilda warned. "You might end up as teenage mom with low self-esteem."
"Oh come on, we all know Cheren is too uptight to try anything on me." Bianca said casually. "Besides, I have a little more respect for myself. My body is a temple and no one has access to it."
Hilda shook her head and glanced at Dawn with a sympathetic look. I feel bad for her…she won't be able to hang out with her friends after school or go anywhere in general because she'll be too busy raising that baby. If I were in her shoes I would have made my dead beat baby daddy take care of his child and if he refuses to do so, then I better see a child support check in my mailbox every month. Hilda put her bottle of green tea away and watched another student walk through the door. It was a brown haired and brown eyed boy of average height and he wore a black gakuran. Typical Hilbert…god he looks like a dork without his hat on…
"Good morning Hilda." Hilbert greeted. He gazed at Bianca's chest. "Good morning…boobies."
Hilda pulled her science textbook out of her book bag and smacked Hilbert with it. The brown eyed boy was sent flying across the room and crash landed in between some desks.
"Pervert…" Hilda muttered.
"He's so lucky Cheren isn't the violent type." Bianca muttered, not looking up from her phone.
It was no secret that Hilbert has a crush on both Hilda and Bianca, but Bianca is already in a committed relationship with Cheren and Hilda has eyes for someone else. Though every once in a while Hilda had to knock some sense into him for acting like a perv around Bianca when Cheren isn't around. The only way to properly knock some sense into him was to use a thick book or if there weren't any books around, then Hilda would have to use her fist which is much deadlier than a book. Hilda slid the science book back into her leather bag and sat back, smiling in satisfaction.
"Good morning class! Sorry I'm late!" Mr. Kiyomizu apologized quickly.
Bianca pouted sending Cheren a quick goodbye text before putting her phone away in her bag. Mr. Kiyomizu went over the announcements and discussed the advertisement of school clubs and student council which will be held in the auditorium tomorrow at lunch. Looks like I'll be representing wrestling tomorrow, we could use some new female members. Hilda placed her hands against the back of her head and listened to the rest of the boring announcements. Then the door opened a shady character walked in. He wore a gakuran like the other male students, but something about him was off.
"Class, this is Proton. He's a new student so please be nice." Mr. Kiyomizu added.
Proton? That's an unusual name, but I've heard stranger. Hilda watched the green haired young man walked down the aisle and plopped down at the desk behind her. Of all the seats in this classroom why did the one behind me have to be empty? Hilda removed her hands from the back of her head and sat up straight so that she wasn't touching Proton. The green-haired adolescent leaned forward, tugging at her ponytail.
"Hmm, you're a pretty little thing. How well can you use those fists?" Proton whispered in her ear.
"That depends…do you want to die or get some sense knocked into you?" Hilda whispered back.
"Ohh~! Feisty! I like that." Proton whispered with a smirk. "After school, meet me in the dream yard. I have a proposal for you."
"What kind of proposal?" Hilda whispered.
"Find out." Proton mouthed with a grin.
Hilda moved his hand away from her ponytail and pulled out a notebook. Something about this guy is off and meeting him at the dream yard seems like a bad idea, but judging by the way he's eyeing Bianca I think he's the type of guy that can make things happen…bad things. Hilda bit down on her black ink pen and nervously chewed on it. What if he threatens to harm my mother or my friends? I have no choice, but to meet this weirdo at dream yard and see what he wants from me.
Third period came to end and the lunch bell went off. The teacher exited the classroom, leaving the students alone to eat their food and socialize. Hilda put her pen down and stretched her upper body. Finally it's lunch time! I sat through three boring lectures and I had to take notes, even though I know everything about pokémon evolution, legendary pokémon, and the history of Reshiram and Zekrom. Hilda pulled out her black bento and a pair of chopsticks.
"You know, that new kid Proton has been mad dogging me since he got here." Bianca said.
"Just ignore him. I'll handle it." Hilda muttered. "Anyway check out the teenage mom, she's eating lunch with her ex best friend's ex-boyfriend. Talk about sleazy."
"Yeah, I would never date any of your ex-boyfriends." Bianca said. "I already have the best boyfriend in the world!"
"Who would date Ash Ketchum anyway? He's not even that cute." Hilda said, stuffing some tamagoyaki in her mouth.
"I guess it has something to do with his personality." Bianca said with a shrug.
"Did you hear? The teenage mom is trying to run for student council." Hilda said. "Like they would ever make a teenage mother represent the student council."
Hilda shuddered feeling Proton's cold hands against her skin. She didn't move or say anything, Bianca didn't seem to notice which is good. Proton leaned forward again.
"Bad mouthing another student? That's a little cruel, don't you think?" Proton whispered.
"I'm just stating facts." Hilda conceded. "Anyway, what do you want from me? I already agreed to meet you at the dream yard after school."
"I just wanted to get your opinion on ladies fitness wear. Hmm you look like a medium." Proton observed.
"Um it's alright I guess and yeah, I'm a medium." Hilda murmured.
Proton nodded and sat back to finish the rest of his food. Hilda kept her mouth shut and her head down for the rest of the day. When the dismissal bell went off, Hilda stiffly collected her things and went to the bike racks with Bianca.
"Cheren is walking me home so I'll see you later." Bianca said. "Bye Hilda!"
"Bye Bianca…" Hilda sighed.
Hilda stood there and watched Bianca walk off with a bespectacled teen. Aww great, I'm on my own. Hilda unchained her bike from the steel bike rack, placed her book bag in the basket, and road off to the dream yard which wasn't too far away from the school. She walked her bike over to a broken cement wall and leaned it against it then turned to face Proton who appeared out of nowhere. Accompanying the green-haired adolescent is a petite brunette and a creepy looking purple-haired man, who's clearly older then all three of them.
"Hello Hilda, I'm so grateful that you came here like I requested." Proton said. "This is the girl I told you about Petrel."
"She's got a pretty face and a good body that's for sure, but are you sure she can fight?" The purple-haired man smirked.
"Oh yes she can fight. I'm confident that she can send a bouffalant running home to its mommy with one punch." Proton replied.
Hilda clutched her sweater and stared at them in confusion. What's going on? Why is Proton so confident about my fighting skills? Hilda backed up a little.
"Oh, how rude of me! Hilda this is my good friend Petrel and that's Aurora." Proton said. "Aurora, how about you give Hilda a taste of your combat skills?"
The brunette nodded and charged at Hilda with her left hand balled up into a fist. Hilda dodged Aurora's fist and jumped back, creating some distance between them. What the heck is going on?! The brunette struck Hilda in the face with her heel and sent the schoolgirl crashing into the cement wall with another swift kick. Hilda panted heavily as she wiped some blood off the corner of her mouth, staring up at Aurora.
"Come on Hilda, fight her!" Proton cheered. "I'll let you leave once you beat her."
Looks like I have no choice, but to beat her up. Hilda rose to her feet and spit some blood onto the grass. This would be so much easier and less painless if I could just use my pokémon. Hilda grabbed Aurora's fist; jerking the brunette forward and punching. The brunette stumbled back and shook her head, trying to recover from the blow. Hilda then dropped to the ground and swung her leg, knocking Aurora off balance. As the brunette came crashing down Hilda brought her elbow down on the back of Aurora's neck. I know a move like that is dangerous, but I went easy on her. She won't die or anything, she'll just be unconscious for a bit. Hilda backed up some more and looked up Petrel and Proton. Both men looked satisfied.
"That was an excellent battle! It was like watching two wild pokémon fight each other!" Proton exclaimed happily. "Didn't I tell you she could fight?"
"You proved me wrong Proton." Petrel admitted. "But Aurora was an amateur fighter, she didn't stand a chance against Hilda. Anyway I think this would be the perfect to explain to Hilda why we did all of this."
"Yes, of course." Proton nodded.
Hilda turned to leave, but Petrel grabbed her wrist and brought her close to his body. He held her hands behind her back and made Hilda face Proton.
"Don't be alarmed Hilda. We don't plan on hurting you or anything, but I'd like to discuss that proposal with you." Proton said, stepping forward. "You see I recruit strong female fighters for my dear friend Petrel and we take these females to an abandoned unground train station in Virbank city where we hold fights. Petrel bets money on his fighters and puts them up against other female fighters, if he wins then gets double of what he bet and if he loses…well you don't want to know what happens to those poor women. You, on the other hand, is a promising fighter and I know you'll make a valuable addition to Petrel's collection. He's been running low on fighters."
"You mean…I'm going to fight other teen girls like a pokémon just so you guys can make some easy money?! That's sick!" Hilda growled.
"Sick? You force your pokémon to battle other pokémon and you think what we're doing is sick?" Proton pointed out.
"That's different! They want to fight so that they can become stronger! What you're doing is inhumane." Hilda spat.
"Hmm, I don't care for you opinion and that tone of yours better change. You'll be doing this whether you like it or not, if you refuse then I'll gladly show the authorities this video of you beating up Aurora." Proton threatened.
Petrel released Hilda and walked over to Proton.
"We'll also hurt your family and friends, even your pokémon. So don't try anything." Proton added. "Have a nice day Hilda."
Petrel picked up Aurora and walked off with Proton. Hilda dropped to her knees and stared down at her hands with wide eyes. What did I just get myself into…?