Silver peeked inside Professor Elm's lab. His heart beating with anticipation as he saw three pokeballs placed neatly on the table. Silver grinned. Today's the day.
He chuckled. That dumb professor doesn't know what hit him once I –
"Umm…what are you doing?"
Silver immediately turned his head to his left – a curious looking girl was looking at him. Silver scoffed and faced his attention to the window. Just ignore her, Silver. She's just some pest.
Kotone tilted her head – confused. This morning, her mother said that Professor Elm was looking for her. So without haste, she skipped to the lab – only to find a weird redhead peeking at the professor's window. She crossed her arms.
"Helloooo. I'm talking to you," she said, moving closer to the redhead.
Silver was getting pissed. The girl was really making him lose his patience. But since better judgment got the best of him, he kept his mouth shut.
Well, it was fine until Kotone started to poke his head.
"You, boy! I'm asking you! Are you a stalker?" Kotone started to poke harder. She didn't care about her safety – seeing the fact that they were both alone and hidden behind some thick bushes. She wanted answers.
Silver growled. Screw better judgment!
Without a word, he held Kotone's waist. The brunette blushed as his actions – now she was worried.
"H-Hey! What are you do-" Her mouth went mute as Silver carried Kotone and placed her on his shoulder. The girl was stunned to death. W-W-What the –? This guy is crazy! She quickly wriggled – trying to free herself from the weird boy's clutches. "Hey! Lemme go!" Kotone shouted.
Which made Silver lose his patience even faster. He strode through the thick bushes. Once they were the other side of the bush, Silver threw Kotone on the ground – harshly.
"Ow!" Kotone yelled in pain. Her bum had kissed the hard soil and she could feel her bum getting swollen due to the impact. She glared at the mean redhead who was looking at her disgustingly. "What was that for?" she growled.
Silver smirked – satisfied at the pain he'd inflicted her. "Word of advice," He bent down closer to Kotone. "Fuck off." Before Kotone could spite Silver, he turned around and moved back into the bushes – kicking a few dust at her face. Kotone coughed.
She growled. That…that jerk! She quickly jumped on her feet and barged into the lab – her heart burn with anger and demise.
Silver couldn't believe his eyes. The girl he just thrown on the ground was the exact person Professor Elm was waiting for! Silver growled quietly. Great, that woman is really in my way.
He stood quietly by the window – his eyes fixed at the girl who finally chose her pokemon – a Cyndaquil. He scoffed in disgust as the new trainer held her pokemon up in the air happily. Silver could hear the pokemon's happy squeal too.
What a stupid, pathetic sight. Silver focused his gaze on the sky – repulsed by the icky scene he just saw. To him, love is weak. Love only brings pain and sorrow and nothing good can come out of it. He wanted power. Power is the only way for Silver to prove that he is the strongest and the greatest of them all.
Unwarily, Silver smiled a cynical smile. Everyone is weak.
He faced his attention back at the lab – the girl was leaving and Professor Elm was behind her, leaving the two remaining pokeballs unguarded. Silver smirked. Time to shine. Slowly, he opened the window and sneaked in.
Kotone walked past Cherrygrove City. She had completed her task to meet Mr Pokemon by Professor Elm. As a result, she received a mysterious egg. Kotone smiled. She glanced at her happy Cyndaquil. It was a joyous day for her. Not only did she receive her first pokemon, but she also got a world renowned pokedex from a world renowned professor. Kotone giggled.
Suddenly her mind flew back minutes after she left Mr Pokemon's house. Professor Elm had called her on her Pokegear – saying that she needs to come back to the lab as soon as possible. Kotone sighed. The professor sounded worried and panicky when he called her.
Suddenly, her thoughts went to a halt as she saw a red figure crossing her way. She knew that figure.
It's him.
Silver walked contently to Cherrygrove City. His smile didn't leave his face ever since he ran far away, leaving New Bark Town. He glanced at the pokeball in his hand – which made his smile grew wider. Mission accomplished.
Silver looked forward. His footsteps stopped as he saw the girl he'd met early that morning. He grunted. Oh, her. He paced a few more steps towards Kotone – his smirk flashing delinquently.
Kotone stood quietly as the boy came towards her. She frowned as she remembered the painful incident that happened to her bum. Unwarily, she held her hips.
Silver looked at Kotone. The girl was wearing a pissed off look. But he can care less about what she feels. He looked down. Her tiny Cyndaquil smiled brightly at Silver – oblivious at his trainer's resent towards him. Silver scoffed.
"So, you got a pokemon." He stared at Kotone. She raised her eyebrow as a sign of a 'so what?'.
Silver chuckled. Dumb girl. "I got a pokemon too." He twirled the pokeball on his finger. Kotone raised her eyebrows in shock.
However, his twirling stopped as she asked, "Professor Elm gave you a pokemon?"
Uh oh. This idiot knows that idiot. Silver clutched his pokeball. He didn't want his meet with the girl to be any more suspicious. "More or less," he muttered. Suddenly, Silver heard laughter. He looked up. Kotone was jumping up and down and was clapping her hands in glee. What the heck?
Kotone was excited. She instantly forgot her short feud with Silver as soon as she knew the boy had a pokemon from the same professor. "Yayy! A friend!" She shouted unwarily.
Silver was astonished. Since when did I become her friend? "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up!" He raised his hands in front of the jumping girl. "Nobody says you're my friend! I don't even want to be friends with you!"
His statement successfully made Kotone stopped her cheering. She slightly frowned. "You don't have to be that rude…" she muttered.
Silver scoffed. "Listen you, I don't know you and I don't want to. Plus," he looked down at her Cyndaquil. "Your sad excuse for a pokemon is no match for my powerhouse."
The second Cyndaquil heard Silver's ridicule comment about him, the fire mouse began to sprout fire from his back – angry. Kotone herself was taken aback by his words. "Hey!" She yelled furiously. Nobody mocks my pokemon!
Unfortunately, Silver was unaffected. "I'll show you what a real pokemon is." He threw his pokeball up in the air and soon enough, Totodile jumped out.
"Toto!" The water pokemon yelled in triumph.
Kotone grinned. The boy wanted a battle. And she was going to prove that her pokemon is not a weakling. "Ready, Cyndaquil!" Her starter didn't need to be asked twice. He wanted to teach the redhead a lesson.
"Go! Tackle attack!" Cyndaquil barged towards Totodile and landed a good smack on him.
Silver growled silently. "Totodile! Water Gun!"
Uh oh. Kotone began to panic. Her Cyndaquil was a fire type and water was one thing he hated the most. "Cyndaquil, dodge!" Luckily, the fire mouse was quick on his feet as he jumped before the water blast can hit him.
"Now, Tackle!" The starter plunged towards Totodile again – only to be halted as Totodile leapt over him – dodging the blow.
"Ah!" Kotone yelped. Silver grinned pompously.
"Water Gun again!" The airborne Totodile blasted another ray of water – hitting the Cyndaquil right on his face.
"Cyndaquil!" His trainer yelled in panic. The flames his back fused out as Cyndaquil crashed in front of her.
Silver cackled cynically. "Well, once a weakling, always a weakling."
Kotone growled. She knelt down and picked up her Cyndaquil. "Cyndaquil...I'm sorry…"
Before Kotone could admit defeat, Cyndaquil started to wiggle harshly in her arms. "Eh, Cynda-" Her mouth was shut quiet when the starter jumped out of her arms and growled ferociously at Silver and Totodile.
"Cyndaquil?" Kotone was stunned. She has never seen her pokemon acting out rashly. The starter was slightly shaking but he was still on his feet. "Cyndaquil…" she muttered – worried.
"Cynda!" The starter barked. He looked at his trainer – telling him that he is not giving up. Kotone was shocked to see the flaring determination in his eyes. He looked at Silver. He was still smirking. Like a jerk should be.
She stood up – determined as her pokemon. "Alright then. Let's finish this!" Cyndaquil roared and soon, his flames were lit back again.
Silver stared at the fire pokemon. His eyebrow raised in disgust. "Tch," he grunted and waved at his Totodile. "Get rid of that runt!" The water starter nodded and blasted another water gun at Cyndaquil like before.
Only this time, the fire mouse was ready. "Cyndaquil! Jump!" Her pokemon jumped in mid air. "Now Smokescreen!" In seconds, Cyndaquil shot an obscuring cloud of smoke – blinding his opponent.
Silver growled. Totodile couldn't see anything and so did he. "Water Gun, you little twerp!" But before Totodile could open his mouth, Cyndaquil headbutted him on the head.
"Ack!" The water starter yelped and crashed on Silver's feet – knocking him out.
Cyndaquil and Kotone won the battle.
"Yayy! Yayy!" Kotone jumped joyfully. They had won their first battle. Cyndaquil roared happily and jumped in his trainer's arms. Both trainer and pokemon hugged and jumped in circles.
Silver called back the fainted Totodile in his pokeball. He clenched the pokeball in his hand tightly – frustrated.
His anger didn't dissolve as soon as he heard Kotone saying, "I love you Cyndaquil! You're the greatest most awesome pokemon ever!"
Silver gritted his teeth. His eyes down on the ground. "Stupid…" he muttered.
Kotone halted her victory jump and looked at the down Silver. She smiled innocently and moved towards her fallen opponent. "Hey." Silver looked up. A hand in a form of a shake was pointed in front of him. He looked at Kotone. She was still smiling.
This irritated Silver. He swatted the hand away – leaving her stunned.
"You just got lucky," he muttered angrily.
Kotone frowned. The man was really testing her patience. "Just who do you think you are?"
Silver chuckled vilely. "You wanna know who I am?" He bent down a little and moved his face closer to hers. Her cheeks blushed faintly at the closeness. "I am the world's greatest pokemon trainer," Silver said arrogantly and shoved the girl away. Without another word, he walked away – hoping to never see the girl again.
But that thought will never happen as he heard the girl shouting, "Silver!"
Silver turned around – shocked. He saw the trainer waved a small, silver card as she called him. Unwarily, Silver moved his hands in his pocket. Now he was completely traumatized. He dropped his trainer card. And the girl picked it up and saw his name!
With swift legs, Silver ran back to Kotone and swiped his trainer card from her grasp roughly. "Y-You little pest! Stop looking at my card!" he stammered.
Kotone raised her eyebrow in confusion. "You're the one who dropped it…" she grumbled. "Silver, huh?" Kotone rubbed her chin. "What a weird name."
The redhead was taken aback at her words. He hissed, "What did you say pu-"
"But that's cute. A cute name for a cute face like you." Kotone flashed a sweet, bright smile at Silver – causing the boy to flinch slightly and blush.
"W-Whaa…" Silver stammered even louder. He clenched his fist. "Weakling!" He spat out. Suddenly, the trainer realized on thing – she knew his name. And he will be in trouble if he got caught. "Oh crap!" Silver yelled and ran faster, away from the girl. I am dead!
Before Silver could move to the next route, he heard the girl yelled, "Nice to meet you! I'm Kotone!"
Deep inside, he cursed a thousand curses – hoping that it will be the last he'd seen her.
When Kotone entered lab, she saw a police officer interviewing the professor – his face sweating and shaking as he talked to the deputy.
"Hey guys!" Kotone waved. "What's going on?" Cyndaquil peeked through her trainer's shoulder – curious.
Professor Elm saw Kotone and flashed a worried look. "Oh Kotone! Thank Arceus you're here!" The professor yelled as he ran towards her.
Kotone tilted her head to her right – confused as her pokemon.
Soon, the police officer walked calmly towards the blundered trainer. "There has been a report that a pokemon was stolen from this lab." Kotone gasped. She looked at Professor Elm, then back to the policeman. "Which one?"
"Totodile was stolen…" Professor Elm mumbled sadly.
Suddenly, her thoughts flew back to the battle between her and Silver. She remembered him using a Totodile.
I got a pokemon too.
Kotone gasped again. He stole Totodile!
The police officer stared at Kotone who was in a state of shock. Suddenly, his mind clicked. "You know, there is a saying that a culprit will come back to the scene of the crime." He held Kotone's arm. She was startled by his actions. "That means…you're the one who stole it!"
Kotone couldn't believe her ears. Are you kidding me? "H-Hey! Let go!" She struggled. Cyndaquil who was resting peacefully on her shoulder began to bark madly – threatening the policeman.
Before any damage can happened, Hibiki barged into the lab and pulled Kotone towards him. "Wait! Kotone didn't do it! I saw it! It was some red-headed dude!"
Kotone froze at the incident was that happening to fast. First, she was being pulled away by an officer. Now, she was in Hibiki's arms.
The policeman scratched his head in embarrassment. "Sorry…force of habit. So, you know the thief's name?"
Hibiki shook his head. "Unfortunately, I don't. He ran off before I could catch him."
Kotone regained her senses and flailed her arms for freedom. She was getting angsty. "Ugh, Hibiki. Let me go."
Her friend blushed and released Kotone. "Sorry…"
The trainer scoffed annoyingly. Before she could yell at the boy, the policeman asked her. "Do you, by any chance, know his name?"
Kotone kept quiet. Her mind was contemplating whether to tell him or not – to tell him that she not only battled the boy, but also know his name.
Finally, she opened her mouth. "Well…I did battle him when I was on my way here…"
The three men in the room stared at Kotone in disbelief. "You did?" The police officer asked. "What is his name?"
Silence filled the lab again. Kotone bit her lip. Should I or shouldn't I? The trainer felt like she was cooperating with the bad guy if she won't say the name. But the Totodile…he looked happy with him. Aw man, what should I do? Kotone sighed quietly.
"Miss." Kotone looked at the officer. "The name?" He was getting impatient.
Finally, with one sharp breath, she said, "Slyvia."
Another silence filled the lab, only this time, it was an awkward one.
"Huh?" The officer raised his eyebrow in confusion.
Kotone stared at him. "You heard me. The boy's name was Slyvia. I saw his trainer card."
The policeman shook his head slightly. "It's a boy. And his name is Slyvia?" He wasn't convinced.
Kotone nodded her head fast. "Yes. Slyvia. That's his name. I swear. Don't blame me, blame his parents for naming him." On her shoulder, Cyndaquil was coughing a small laugh.
After minutes of critical thinking, finally the policeman gave in. "Very well then. Slyvia. I'll report this and tell the others to look for him." He tipped his hat. "Thank you for your cooperation." And with that, he left.
"Slyvia?" Hibiki asked in disbelief. "What a sissy name."
Kotone just shrugged. Although deep inside, she wanted to laugh so hard knowing that the boys fell for it. She flashed a small grin. Today, Silver acted like a jerk to her. And know that she knew he stole Totodile, she wanted to get revenge on him even more. And she doesn't want anybody getting in her way.
Just you wait Silver! I'm going to teach you a lesson!