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A/N: If you haven't read Pokémon: Journeys Intertwined yet, then you might not understand a lot of what's going on in this story now. If you have read it then I congratulate you and thank you for taking the time to read this. We hope you enjoy Johto Beginnings.
---Route 32---
"Ah! The fresh air, the cool breeze! Nothing beats having a picnic on a nice Spring day! Right, Raikiri?" Kage, the silver-eyed tomboy said happily as her jacket swayed from the breeze.
"Pichu pichu! (Yuppers!)" Raikiri, the small electric mouse Pokémon, chirped happily as a reply to her trainer.
"Um. . . I don't know about you guys but. . . WE'RE IN A FOREST!!!"
Anemoné, the jet-black haired companion of Kage, shouted.
"Cynda cyndaquil. . . (That's true. . .)" The fire mouse Pokémon, Lucifer, said sighing an anime mushroom-sigh from beside Raikiri .
"Mou. . . That was really loud, Anemoné!" The tomboy replied, rubbing her ears as black cat ears appeared. "And it's POKéMON forest."
"That's besides the point, Kage. . ." Anemoné mumbled as she scooted away from an Ekans that had slithered past her. "And a lot of Pokémon are dangerous you know. . ."
"-Blink- Rheally? M'how?" Kage replied, chewing her salmon-filled onigiri before swallowing it. "Mm. . . Yummy! These are great, ya know?"
"Really? Thanks! Took me a while to perfect it!" Anemoné started before blinking and puffing out her cheeks a bit, "Hey! That's besides the point! We need to get out of this place! What if we get bitten by an Ekans? Then we might get poisoned!"
"Huh? Did you say something?" Kage asked confused as she finished her third onigiri. "Sorry. I wasn't listening. . ."
"-Sigh- How could I forget?" The blue-violet eyed girl mumbled letting out a mushroom-sigh as her head dropped slightly and a depressed aura covered her.
It was only a few days ago and maybe an hour after the two girls had begun traveling together, did Anemoné find out, that her tomboy-like friend had a very short-attention span.
"Eh? Nani? Forget what?" Kage asked blinking with her confused look on and question-marks around her.
"-Sigh- Forget it, Kage." Anemoné mumbled before smiling at the still confused tomboy, "Let's just get out of here fast so that we can reach Azalea Town, okay?"
". . ." No response.
"Eh? Kage? What's up?" The berry-lover asked looking at her friend confused before feeling a tug on her capris. "Hm? Zensoku? Do you know why Kage's acting weird?"
"Sentret sen! (A Pokémon that's what!)" The meerkat-like Pokémon responded nodding before pointing at a brown and tan bird-like Pokémon.
"A Pidgey? Those are rare here compared to Route 30 and 31." Anemoné said out loud as she remembered reading that in one of her many Pokémon books. "Hey Kage-!?"
Anemoné was abruptly cut off and began to sweat drop a waterfall when she saw the strange smirk that Kage now had. 'Oh boy. . .'
Another thing that the young berry lover had found out about Kage: NEVER (and she meant NEVER) cross path with Kage when she's smirking like that.
"I'll. . . just. . . stay over here. Heh heh heh?" Anemoné said laughing nervously before scooting closer to a tree and away from Kage.
Kage didn't seem to have noticed the nervous Anemoné and kept her eyes on the Pokémon. "Raikiri."
"Pichu pichu. (Got it.)" Raikiri responded also eyeing the Pokémon as electricity began to spark from her cheeks.
"Sentre sentret. . . (Oh boy. . .)" Zensoku said before plopping down next to Anemoné.
"Eev? Eevee eev. . . (Hm? I don't get it. . .)" Atsuko mumbled laying down on Anemoné's lap.
"Heh. Time to battle." Kage said as her bangs shadowed her eyes before she looked up alert. "Raikiri! Use Spark now!"
"Pichu pichu! (Better watch out 'cause here I come!)"
Raikiri began to charge at the Pidgey as the sparks from her cheeks became more intense.
"Pichuuuuu!!! (Take thiiiss!!!)"
The small mouse jumped before a burst of electricity, although weaker than thundershock, flew from Raikiri's small body heading towards the Pidgey.
Boom!
Raikiri landed safely on all fours and watched as the dust began to clear but the Pidgey. . . disappeared?!
"What the-?!" Kage whispered surprised before the sound of flapping was heard from above. "Huh? Ah! Raikiri, look out!"
"Pichu? (Huh?)" Raikiri gave a small look of confusion before a cry of pain. "Pichu! (Ah!)"
"Raikiri!" Kage shouted, worried as she saw the small Pokémon being tackled by the flying bird.
Suddenly, a strong wind current started to from the Pokémon's wing beats. "Pidgey! (Gust!)"
"Raikiri! Dodge it! Quick!"
"Pichu! (Right!)" Raikiri said as she pushed herself off the ground and into the air, surprising the opponent.
"Great! Now use Thundershock!"
"Pi. . . chuuuuu!!! (Thunder. . . shock!!!)"
The surge of electricity bursted from Raikiri hitting the surprised Pokémon and paralyzing it.
"Heh. Now. . . Go Pokéball!" Kage shouted throwing an empty red-and-white catching device at the immobilized creature.
A flash of red before the Pidgey disappeared into the Pokéball.
One shake. . . a red glow.
Two shake. . . another red glow.
Three shake. . . the light dimmed and the device became motionless.
Silence.
"It. . . worked?" Kage said blinking before it was finally registered in her mind. "Hey! It worked! Awesome job Raikiri!"
"Pichu pichu. Cha. . . (Heh heh. Thanks. . .)" Raikiri chirped happily as she rubbed the back of her head before falling onto her back swirly-eyed.
Kage picked up the tired Pokémon and hugged her before returning Raikiri to her Pokéball. "Go on and rest now, Raikiri."
"Hey Kage!" Kage turned and blinked before catching the object thrown at her. "You nearly forgot your new Pokémon."
"Huh? Oh. Oh! Oops. Man, I gotta stop doing that, huh?" Kage replied giving a sheepish grin.
"Yeah you do have to stop it but it's okay. That's what makes you, you." Anemoné said laughing a bit as Zensoku ran up to Kage looking curiously at the ball in her hand.
"Sentret sen? (So Pidgey's in there?)" Zensoku questioned before he was tackled by Atsuko. "Eevee eev eevee vee, vee? (Kind of obvious, don't ya think?)"
Zensoku puffed out his cheeks a bit as Lucifer sighed. "Cyndaquil quil cynda cynda. Cynda cyndaquil. . . (Stop teasing him, Atsuko. Besides, I wonder how Raikiri's feeling. . .)"
Right when Lucifer finished that thought, a flash of white light came from one of Kage's Pokéballs to reveal Raikiri, refreshed and alert. "Pichu pichu? (Someone said my name?)"
"You feeling alright now, Rai-Rai?" Kage asked bending as Raikiri jumped onto her right shoulder and bopped Kage on the head softly.
"Pichu pichu! Pichu pi pichu chu! (Of course I'm alright! And don't call me Rai-Rai!)" Raikiri said before pouting.
Kage laughed a bit before taking Pidgey's Pokéball and throwing it up into the air. "Well then, let's meet our new friend! Go! Tsubasa!"
A flash of white light before the Pidgey appeared, slightly ruffled. "Pidgey pidge? (Nngh, what happened?)"
Raikiri jumped down from her perch on Kage's shoulder and in front of the bird Pokémon, "Pichu pichu! (Welcome to the team!)"
"Pidgey? (Team?)"
Zensoku walked up to Tsubasa, "Sentret sentret sen sen. (Our trainer, Kage, caught ya so now you'll be with us, Tsubasa.)"
"Pidgey? Pidgey pidgey pidge? (Tsubasa? Why are you calling me that?)"
"Eevee eev! Vee vee eevee vee, eevee? (It's your name now! Plus, Pidgey gets kind of old saying all the time since there are a bunch of Pidgeys around, ya know?)" Atsuko piped up happily as she trotted over to the small group.
"Pidgey pidge. . . (I guess you're right. . .)"
"Cyndaquil quil cynda cyndaquil quil? Cyndaquil cynda! (Well, why don't we introduce ourselves properly now? I'm Lucifer by the way!)" The male fire mouse said rather politely.
"Pichu! Pi pichu? Cha! Pichu pichu, pichu chu! (Yeah! Why don't we? By the way! Raikiri's my name, shocking's my game!)" The female tiny mouse Pokémon piped up.
The male scout Pokémon sweatdropped at Raikiri's introduction before smiling at Tsubasa, "Sentret sen sentret. (I'm Zensoku.)"
"Eevee eev! Vee vee eevee eev! (And I'm Atsuko! Please to meet ya!)" The female evolution Pokémon chirped happily.
"Pidgey pidgey pidge pidge. Pidgey! (I'm Tsubasa, as you already know. Nice to meet you!)" The female tiny bird Pokémon responded.
"Well, since you guys are done introducing yourselves. I guess we should too, huh?"
Kage said out loud before smiling at them. "Kage Kuroi, as the other four already know."
"And I'm Anemoné Phoenix!" The berry lover added in before looking at the now slightly pink sky. "By the way, Kage, we should hurry and continue on now. it's about to get dark."
Kage looked up at the sky before nodding, "Yeah, you're right. Okay! Return now you guys!"
Three flashes of red light before Atsuko, Tsubasa, and Zensoku disappeared into their respective Pokéballs.
Raikiri and Lucifer jumped onto their trainers shoulders before all of them began to walk once more.
After about an hour of walking, Anemoné and Kage had reached a cave just as the sun began to set.
"I guess we have to go through this cave to get to Azalea Town. . ." Anemoné said out loud blinking as she stared at the entrance.
"Cyndaquil. . . (It's a bit dark. . .)" Lucifer mumbled from his perch.
"Pichu pichu! Pichu pichu chu! (No worries! A bit of darkness won't hurt us!)" Raikiri said jumping off of Kage's shoulder and running into the cave.
"Five. . ." Kage said beginning to count down.
"Four. . ." Anemoné gave Kage a look that said, "What in the name of Ho-Oh are you doing?"
"Three. . ." Kage said smirking a bit.
"Two. . ." Lucifer yawned a bit.
"One. . ." A faint sound from the cave.
"Zero."
"Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! (Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!)"
A blur of yellow before the others saw Raikiri clinging onto Kage with anime tears running down her face.
Kage sighed a bit before giving the small Pokémon a look of amusement, "So what did you see, Raikiri-Chan?"
"Pipichupichupipipichuchu! (Idunnowhatitwasbutitwasscary!)" The tiny mouse Pokémon replied in one breath.
Kage patted Raikiri on the head a bit, "Saa. Is that so?" Raikiri nodded as an answer. "Yosh! Let's go then!"
"Pichu?!?! (Whaaat?!?!)"
---Union Cave---
"Pichu pichu! (I'm scared!)" Raikiri whimpered still clinging onto Kage.
"Don't worry Rai-Rai. It'll be fine. There aren't any ghost Pokémon here." Kage reassured but Raikiri still didn't let go.
Anemoné and Lucifer were both watching the scene while sweatdropping, "Well this wouldn't have happened if you didn't let Raikiri enter the cave all alone."
"Cyndaquil quil. . . (She's right, you know. . .)" Lucifer added in, looking at the female Pichu.
Kage sighed a bit, "Alright, alright. I get it already. Cut me some slack alright?"
After several moments of walking through the dark cave, Raikiri had fallen asleep in Kage's arms and Lucifer was trying to stay awake.
"Hm? Lucifer are you tired?" Anemoné questioned giving the fire mouse a concerned look.
"Cyndaquil cyndaquil quil. . . (No I'm not. I can stay awake. . .)" Lucifer mumbled before yawning a bit.
Anemoné raised an eyebrow, "Riiight, and I'm the gingerbread man. Come on let's get you inside your Pokéball, okays?"
Lucifer was about to respond but instead let out a yawn before nodding.
Anemoné smiled a bit before taking out Lucifer's Pokéball and returning him to it.
A yawn was then heard from Anemoné's companion making her raise an eyebrow at the embarrassed tomboy.
"Heh heh heh? Guess I'm tired too. . ." Kage said grinning sheepishly while blushing faintly.
"Why don't we get some sleep?" Anemoné suggested before taking out her Pokénav to check the time. "Wow! It's midnight already! Come on. Let's set up camp."
Kage just nodded as the two found a suitable place for them near a lake in the cave to set up their sleeping bags.
As they were about to sleep, Anemoné took out her Pokénav again and called her mother to say goodnight and how she ended up with Kage and the others.
After a couple of minutes she hung up and placed it next to her.
"Oyasumi nasai." Kage yawned before settling down in sleeping bag. Raikiri snuggled close to Kage's body heat.
"G'night, Kage." Anemoné mumbled back before all of them fell asleep listening to the soft 'drip, drip, drip' of the cave water.
---Morning---
Sunlight shone from a slight crack in the top of the cave towards Anemoné thus waking her up.
"Nngh. Morning already?" Anemoné mumbled, rubbing her eyes before checking the time. "Eight o'clock. . . Guess I should get ready. . ."
The berry girl yawned a bit while stretching before getting up, ready, and making breakfast.
An hour later, Kage and Raikiri's nose twitch slightly to the rich smell of food in the air before both sat up drooling a bit, still half-asleep.
"I smell food. . ."
"Pichu pichu. . . (Me too. . .)"
Both trainer and Pokémon looked towards the direction the smell was coming from before their eyes seem to light up, "Food/Pichu!!! (Food!!!)"
Within a flash, Kage had dressed and washed up along with Raikiri before the two were seen sitting in front of the sizzling food.
"Oh? You guys are awake now? 'Bout time." Anemoné teased making the other two stick out their tongues at her.
"Pichu? (Huh?)" Raikiri mumbled as if realizing something, which she did. "Pichu pichu pi cha? (Where's Lucifer?)"
"Oh!" Anemoné said a bit surprised before taking out two Pokéballs. "I had him returned to the Pokéball last night. We better let them out now for breakfast and all that."
Kage nodded in agreement and took out her Pokéballs as well.
"Come on out everyone!"
Four flashes of white light appeared before revealing Atsuko, Lucifer, Tsubasa, and Zensoku.
"Eevee eev? (Huh? What's up?)" Atsuko asked before yawning and plopping herself next to Raikiri.
"Pichu pichu, pichu? (The sky, what else?)" Raikiri replied still staring at the food.
"Sentret tret sentret sen. . . (You're starting to drool. . .)" Zensoku pointed out making Raikiri snap out of it and glare at him playfully.
"Cynda cyndaquil quil. (Good morning everyone.)" Lucifer mumbled before sitting on Anemoné's lap.
"Pidgey pidge! (Good morning!)" Tsubasa chirped happily before perching herself on Kage's left shoulder.
The tomboy smiled at the tiny bird before patting her on the head, "G'morning you guys."
"Yep! Good morning indeed!" Anemoné said happily as she placed several dishes of Pokémon food onto the floor before giving Kage her plate.
"Yaaay! Food!" The silver-eyed girl chirped happily before starting to eat as Tsubasa flew down to join the other Pokémon.
Anemoné smiled at the scene in front of her before giggling a bit as Zensoku began chasing Raikiri around for stealing his PokéFood.
However, the peaceful scene was soon disrupted as a large shadow covered the group.
"Nani?" Kage questioned softly before her eyes widen slightly at the sight. "Holy God of Chocolately Goodness."
In front of the group, and away from the body of water, stood the 28' 10" tall rock-like snake Pokémon, Onix.
"Kage. . ." Anemoné mumbled.
"Yeah?" Kage replied still staring at the huge Pokémon.
"Mind stepping back?" The berry girl said as she got into position.
"Hm? Oh! Sure. Raikiri, Zensoku, Tsubasa." Kage called out to her Pokémon making them look at her confused. "Fall back. Let Anemoné and the others take care of this."
The three Pokémon blinked before nodding and stayed close to Kage while allowing room for the battle to begin.
---Battle: Start!---
"Lucifer! Atsuko! Let's go!" Anemoné called out as her Pokémon took their places in front of her.
"ROAR!" Onix let out a loud roar before charging at the much smaller Pokémon.
"Quickly! Dodge it!" Anemoné shouted as the two Pokémon jumped out of the way and onto safely. "Now, Atsuko, use Sand-Attack! Lucifer, use Ember!"
"Eev! (Right!)" Atsuko chirped as she kicked up sand into Onix's eyes making him move backwards trying to get the sand out.
"Cyndaquil. Daaaaaaaaa!!! (My turn. Embeeeeeerrr!!!)" A jet of red flames engulfed Onix but when it died down, the rock snake was still conscious.
"Grrr-rrrawrrr!!" Another load roar before Onix thrashed his tail onto the side of the cave making rocks and debris fall down onto the Pokémon
"Ah! Lucifer! Atsuko!" Anemoné cried out, worried.
Luckily, however, both had dodged it but not without doing some damage to them.
Meanwhile, the others on the "sideline", look on worried except for Raikiri who was cheering them on while wearing a white-and-red headband and jacket as well as holding up fans.
"Come on you guys! You can do it! Lucifer use Smokescreen!"
"Cyn. . . daaaaa!!! (Smoke. . . screeeen!!!)"
Billows of black smoke soon covered part of the area as well as blinding Onix.
"Great job! Now, Atsuko! Use Tackle!" Anemoné commanded.
"Wait! Don't! It won't have much effect!" Kage shouted but her voice was drowned out by Onix's roar.
"Eev. . . vee! (Here I. . . come!)"
A full-body tackle towards Onix but Atsuko was knocked back, dizzy, as the attack did barely any damage.
"Atsuko! Are you okay?" Anemoné asked worriedly.
"Eevee eev. . . (Just dizzy. . .)" Atsuko responded swaying a bit with swirly-eyes.
"Cyndaquil cyndaquil! (Anemoné! It's my turn now!)" Lucifer said standing in front of Atsuko.
Anemoné nodded a bit, "Right! Lucifer let's finish this off! Use Ember!"
"Cyn'quil!!! (E'ber!!!)"
Another jet of hot flames, although noticeably bigger, was shot at Onix making the large rock snake fall to the ground weak.
"Lucifer. . . That was awesome!" Anemoné praised happily as Lucifer smiled back.
"Cyndaquil! (Thanks!)"
"Anemoné! Quickly! You're Pokéball!" Kage shouted from her place as the other three Pokémon were celebrating.
"Oh! Right! Pokéball! Go!" Anemoné said throwing the red-and-white device at Onix.
---Battle: End!---
One glow, one shake. . .
Another glow, another shake. . .
Last glow, last shake before the ball went completely motionless.
Anemoné shuffled towards the Pokéball and picked it up, "I did it. . . I did it! Alright!"
Anemoné laughed a bit and picked up the tired Eevee and Cyndaquil before twirling them around a bit, "And I couldn't have done it without you guys! So thanks!"
"Eevee evv. (No prob.)" "Cynda cyn. (You're welcome.)" The two replied before both fell asleep.
"Yeah. You guys should take a rest." Anemoné said smiling a bit before returning them to their Pokéball.
"Well. . . Let's clean up now and get going." Kage said walking up towards the berry lover as all of the Pokémon were returned to their Pokéball, except for Raikiri.
"Pichu pichu! (Congrats by the way!)"
"Ahaha! Thanks Raikiri! And, yeah, we should. Shouldn't we?" Anemoné replied whilst looking at the trashed place before sighing. "Well, let's get started."
After about half-an-hour of cleaning up and walking the rest of the cave, the two trainers finally exited the cave, passed Route 33, and entered Azalea Town but what's this? What's with all these weirdoes in the black get-up?
(BONUS PART) ---Route 33---
"Ne, ne. Anemoné-Chan. -"
"-Sigh- What is it now, Kage? -.-"
"-Sweatdrop- I was just wondering what you're gonna name your new Onix."
"Huh? Oh! Um. I'm not gonna name him anything."
"Eh? Really? o.o?"
"Yes, really. I mean, do I have to name every single Pokémon I catch? e.e "
"Hm. Good point. ."
"Great! Now, can we please walk in peace and quiet?"
"Oka-Hey! What's that suppose to mean?! x.x "
"Pichu pichu. (It means your loud.) -.-"
"Mou, Rai-Rai's being mean to me again. T-T"
". . . Pichu pichu pi? (. . . How many chocolate did you eat?)"
"Not a lot. Only about ten bars. "
"TEN BARS?! O.O"
"Cynda. . . quil quil cynda. . . (She's. . . starting to bounce around now. . .) o.oU"
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
"-Sigh- Someone kill me now. . "
"Pichu! (Okay!) --"
BZZT!
"OW! Geez Louise Raikiri! I didn't mean it literally!"
"Pichu pichu! (Wah! I'm sorry!) T-T"
"Cyndaquil. . . (Weirdoes. . .) -.-"
A/N: So, how was it? We hope it wasn't sappy. Thanks for reading! And the next chapter will be up soon. Oh by the way we're going to be mixing in Jesse, James's, Cassidy's, Botch—err I mean Butch's motto together, so until then! Happy Readings.