Up in flames
Summary:
Jinjira Black knew something wasn't right even before the first word escaped from Ghetsis's lips during his speech at Accumula Town. She sets off to find out the truth about Team Plasma, and ends up traveling with N, a boy who claims to hear Pokemon and seems to have an interest in Jinjira. The longer she travels with N, the more she finds herself being drawn closer and closer to him, as if she were being controlled. She realizes the true reason behind this so-called 'control' and learns his past with Team Plasma, but despite that, she feels an even stronger attraction to N. Jinjira finds out his 'ability,' and finds out her feelings for N may all be controlled. Every move, every thought, every emotion may all be controlled. Soon, N asks her an impossible choice, and Jinjira must choose between the two equally dangerous futures put before her.
Will she win control over her own mind again and convince N of Team Plasma's bloodthirsty intentions for Unova and satisfy her desire for vengeance against Team Plasma due to an incident in her past, or will N's manipulation win her over, making her his princess...his Queen...his merrionette?
Main Characters:
Jinjira Black
Age: 16
Stubborn, feisty, flirty, Scottish, fast-talking, and very voilent when angered, Jinjira Black is more like a Blaziken than a human! Jinjira is no princess, knows how to (and will) fight for what she believes is right. She is as tomboy as a girl can get, refusing to wear a skirt, dress, or even enything pink or lace! Orphaned when she was young, Jinjira grew up in a forest, where the Pokemon there raised her as if she were their own child. She gained many Pokemon talents, and can fight as well as a Lucario, more agile than a Liepard, and even climb like a Primeape! She travels with N, who is seemingly flirting with her, and they both stumble upon Team Plasma's evil plot. Her hatred of Team Plasma only fuels her ambitions to stop them, and she isn't about to let N's flattery stop her.
N Harmonia
Age: 17
With innocent blue eyes and a heart-melting smile, N is quite the flatterer! He meets Jinjira and travels with her, agreeing to help her uncover the true purpose of Team Plasma. He has the unusual ability to completely control body and mind, making even the most stubborn people his mindless puppets. He realizes his own attraction to Jinjira, and tries using his gift of hearing Pokemon to talk to her Absol, attempting to gain both Absol's and Jinjira's trust. Only when N and Jinjira realize Team Pasma's true goals does N notice Jinjira's deep hatred of the group. He realizes her want for vengeance against the evil group, and decides to help her, but is he helping her stop them, or is he planning something else?
Read this to find out, dammit!
A small blue flame rose from the palm of Jinjira Black's hand.
She gazed into it, and it somehow relaxed her. Absol cried out in protest. It never liked it when Jinjira did this trick, but Absol knew it never hurt her. Jinjira always had this ability, but she had a hard time controling it. If she was angry, a wild blue inferno would spiral instanly from her fingertips and spread all around, and she could extinguish her blue (and it's always blue) fire at will.
Jinjira looked into a puddle on the stone pathway. A girl with a mask of freckles and skin white as ivory, blazing red hair in a braid down to her waist, piercing green eyes that seemed to be glowing, blue jeans, military boots, and a pitch-Black T-Shirt looked back up at her. Everyone told her she looked like her mother, with her high cheekbones and almost skeletal features, she was almost a perfect reflection, except for her red hair.
Absol suddenly poked Jinjira's leg with its horn and, as soon as it got her attention, tilted its head over to the plaza, where a man stepped up to speak.
"My name is Ghetsis," he began, his fiery red eyes scanning the crowd.
"Arceus, help us all," Jinjira said, loud enough for Ghetsis to hear her. From then on, he watched her out of the corner of his eye. "I represent Team Plasma. I am here to talk to you about Pokemon Liberation," he said. He had such an arresting voice everyone in the crowd instantly shut up. Jinjira staightened up. Team Plasma?! It can't be! she desperately tried to erase the name from her mind, only to fail.
"I'm sure you all believe Pokemon and People are partners, we have come to live together because we want and need each other. However, is that really the truth? Have you ever considered that perhaps we humans...only assume that this is the truth?" he asked, pacing back and forth on the raised ground. This guy must be Team Plasma's leader, but then again, who in their right mind would follow him?! Jinjira narrowed her eyes at Ghetsis, but it did nothing to affect him.
After all, what good would a Death Stare from a 16-year old girl have on a 40 year old 6 foot tall egotistic man? None.
Ghetsis walked over to a little girl, around 5 years old, holding a Lillipup in her arms. Both her and her Lillipup gazed in both astonishment and fear at him.
"Pokemon are subject to the selfish commands of trainers... they get pushed around when they are our 'partners at work," Ghetsis continued. The little girl started crying, and her mother shook her head, scolding Ghetsis without saying a single word. Ghetsis suddenly turned, facing everyone in the crowd.
"Can ANYONE say with confidence what I'm saying is completely false?" he asked, still watching Jinjira out of the corner of his eye. She thought about it, and, before she knew it, she spoke out from the crowd.
"Yeah. I can,"
Everyone gasped and stared in astonishment at her, as if she'd done something and had been benished from Unova. Ghetsis looked as if he were forcing himself to stay calm.
"And what is your name?"
"I am Jinjira Black. I can stand up to you, Ghetsis, and I have something to say,"
Ghetsis forced a laugh, but immediately resumed his fiery-eyed stone-statue stare.
"Alright, Ms. Jinjira, why do you think I'm saying lies?"
"Not ALL Pokemon are mistreated. Look at me and Absol! Look at that little girl with her Lillipup! Look at all these people and their Pokemon! Do THEY look as if they're mistreated?!"
"Well! You certainly have a temper, don't you?" Ghetsis asked, forcing it into a laugh.
"No, genius, I'm a perfect little angel!" Jinjira snapped.
People in the crown went, 'Ooh!' as she made her way back into the crowd, whith Ghetsis still staring her down.
"Well? Go on with your pathetic, evil speech," Jinjira hissed through gritted teeth, waving her hand. Ghetsis gave her a split-second Death Stare, then resumed his speech, again, pacing back and forth along the raised ground.
"Now, Pokemon are different from Humans. They are living beings that contain unknown potential. We have much to learn from them. Tell me, what is our responsibility towards these being called Pokemon?" he asked. Jinjira held her breath, hoping no one would say, 'liberation' but there was only one word whispered among the crowd: 'Liberation?"
"That's right! We must liberate Pokemon! Then, and ONLY then, will Pokemon and People truly be equals! I implore you to consider your relationship with Pokemon," Ghetsis finished off, looking Jinjira dead in her eyes the entire time he said that last part.
Ghetsis vanished soon after he finished off this speech. Jinjira walked over to the banner Ghetsis's 'servants' forgot to bring with them. Absol chirped and pointed its horn to a ripped part of the cloth of the bottom of the banner.
"Your Absol...it just spoke," a voice said, shocking Jinjira.
She raised her head really fast, but it collided with the iron support bar on the bottom of the banner.
"O-ow! Damn!" she exclaimed, turning around to see the boy who said it. The boy was pretty tall, almost six feet, with wild green hair and unnatural blue eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," he laughed, grabbing her hand and pulling Jinjira to her feet in a flash.
"Wait a second, did you just say Absol spoke?" she asked, rubbing the back of her head where it collided with the iron support bar, still looking him in the eye.
"Yes...it's talking...," he said, literally milliseconds after she asked that. The boy talked incredibly fast, and Jinjira was barely able to understand him,
"Yes, I just did say Absol spoke. My name is N," he said, pulling off a heart-melting smile. She rolled her eyes, not allowing herself to fall for his charm, and looked back at the banner.
"THAT is what I was curious about. Those scratch marks on the bottom of the banner," Jinjira said, piointing to the bottom of it. N walked over.
"Was definitely a Pokemon that did this," he started. Jinjira almost smacked him.
"For what Team Plasma does, I don't blame them. Since the fire-" Jinjira stopped herself. N locked his gaze with hers. She felt the heat of that fire on Driftveil, the Team Plasma emblem in the flames...she shook it away. "Never mind." she finished herself.
N knew she wanted to say something else. He was curious, but didn't ask her about it.
"You never told me your name," N said without looking at her. Jinjira was shocked.
"Why SHOULD I tell you?!" she said, standing up and attempting to walk away.
Absol bounded up to N and chirped at him. N smiled.
"Jinjira, is it?" he asked. She stopped cold. How did he know? Jinjira turned to face N.
"How did you know?" she asked.
N looked at Absol, who had a smug grin. Jinjira shook her head. I'll bet he was in the crowd when I told Ghetsis what for about Pokemon Liberation! Jinjira thought to herself. She turned to N, who was still examining the torn banner.
"I think it was torn by a Zoroark," N started. Jinjira picked up the town fabric, not realizing how close N was to her.
"Definitely a Pokemon, but BECAUSE a Pokemon did this, I don't think Team Plasma are who they say they are," Jinjira said. N looked over at her. "I think you're right. A Pokemon wouldn't just tear apart a fabric just because it wants to," N began. Jinjira let the torn banner fall to the ground. N looked at Jinjira.
"What are you going to do now?"
" *scoffs* Find out what Team Plasma is REALLY up to, genius!"
N just smiled at her again. "Strange. Thats what I was planning to do," he said. Jinjira looked at N.
"Are you trying to flatter me? 'Cause it aint' working!" Jinjira said without thinking. N just smiled again.
"I could help you, you know," he started.
"Woah! Okay, lover boy, stop right there!" Jinjira stood up real quick and held her hand out.
"I'll find this out on my own, thank you very much!" she finished. Absol scoffed at N, then walked towards Straiton City with Jinira.
B.T.W. I got the inspiration from another fanfiction I read. Anyway, please review and tell me what you think of it!