Start to a New Adventure!
The fourteen year old girl stood up, stretching her arms above her with intertwined fingers. Her honey brown hair swaying in her low pigtails, nearly touching her knees. She turned back the hat on her head as she opened her eyes and smiled.
"Finally, I can get away..."
"Lady Hotaru! Lady Hotaru! Where are you?" one of the houses butlers and a maid yelled. They were too close by for her tastes.
"Aaaaah...crap..." she groaned. "How do they always know I'm gone..." she huffed, running into the trees around the over sized house. "Treeko! Chikorita! Help me hide!" she yelled in a hushed tone in the middle of the space. All but suddenly, vines were wrapped around her waist as she was quickly pulled up into the greenery. "Thanks! It'll be a while before they find me this time."
"Miss Hotaru! Please come back, your mother's nerves will come undone if she finds you missing again!" they yelled again in a futile persuasion.
"Who cares..." she huffed. "Anyway, I got your ribbon back Treeko! Come here." the said Pokemon climbed into the girl's lap as she tied the pink ribbon to the side and fluffed it. "There we go..." she smiled. "There. All us girls should nice." she giggled with a smile. Watching the maid run by just made her laugh more.
"Hotaru..." another voice called. A male voice, not entirely deep but you could tell he wasn't up to any good. "It's not nice to drive mom nuts like that..."
"I care for her as much as she cares for Pokemon..."
"Not much huh?" he laughed. "But if you don't come you know she won't let you out."
"Go away Hiyori..." she sighed.
"Why not call me 'brother' at least once before you go?" he chuckled, leaning against the tree she was sitting in. He looked up to her frowning at him.
"The day I call you 'brother' is the day I'll call her 'mother' with sincerity..." she puffed looking away from his position and folding her arms.
"Ouch...I don't know why you hate me so much-"
"Yes you do!" anger flashed through normally calm sapphire blue eyes. "I hate people who'd abuse a pokemon and you know it!"
"So then, how's my Torchic doing?"
"I believe you mean my Combusken...and he's doing just fine without you..."
"Hah!" he closed his eyes smirking smugly. "You just did me a favor back then by taking that weakling off my ha-"
"Shut up!" she yelled, diving feet first from the tree, effectively landing on him and pressing his face in the dirt. "Come on you two!"
"Chicko!" it called as she spun to catch it. As she began to run off the Treeko swung form tree to tree, jumping and landing on the girl's shoulder, nuzzling into her cheek with a coo of it's name. The boy quickly forgotten about growled as he pushed himself off the ground.
"HOTARU!"
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"Miss Hotaru! Thank goodness you finally showed up." the maid sighed relieved. Hotaru sighed, but in annoyance instead.
"I told you Nana, don't call me 'miss' or 'lady', my name is just 'Hotaru'..."
"Hotaru Aiami..." the maid corrected.
"...just Hotaru..." she grumbled back.
"Well let's fix you up for her."
"Why? It'll be forever before I come back. I'll just go in like this."
"B-but you mother-"
"Wants me to be and dress like her little doll. I'm not. I like shorts and baggy shirts. Too bad for her. Besides, then it'd take longer to leave cause I'd have to change back..."
"Um...okay...but the Pokemon-"
"Will finally be out of her way. She can at least get a last look at them whether she wants to or not." she opened the door to the meeting with her mother. "Oh, thanks for watching out for me. It's not you I'm annoyed with. I think I made you sad..." she sighed looking at the others face.
"O-oh...well thank you Hotaru but I'm fine..."
"Alright...bye-bye." and with that she stepped into the room.
"Hotaru..." she looked to the middle-aged woman sitting in the middle of the room who seemed to be glaring at her. Her hair was the same color but cut shoulder length and had a slight wave to it. Her eyes were a darker blue but they were smaller than the girl's and also had a type of frost in them. Her frown creased her face as her child came into full view. "I don't appreciate you bringing that one in here..." she scowled pointedly at the Treeko on Hotaru's shoulder. The girl brought it to her chest in a hug along with the Chikorita. "You know I don't like it."
"You don't like any of them..."
"It is not important nor attractive as the ones you could have..."
"Which is why you ordered me this Chikorita. You have no more say..."
"What of it? I even made sure it was a rare one..." she sighed, referring to it's gold color. Hotaru rolled her eyes.
"Why did you send the maids after me if you don't want anything? I want to hurry and leave your know..."
"That impatient?"
"Maybe..."
"Where is your brother?"
"Cleaning the dirt off his 'pretty boy' face as far as I know..." Hotaru shrugged.
"Any why?"
"Because she thought it was a good idea to lunge at me from a tree branch while I wasn't looking..." he growled, flinging the double doors open and glaring at the girl who did nothing but glare back before looking away. "Those stupid little ones helped her do it too..." he averted his gaze down. Treeko clung to her more as Chikorita stuck her tongue out at him.
"Anyway, we each have a parting gift for you. Being the smart one I got you a travel set..." she stated as the maids came in with a few bags embroidered with a cherry blossom symbol in the top or center of them. The bags were mostly black and blue and the symbol itself was a bright magenta. Obviously set to match the shirt and hat she herself customized and is wearing at the moment. "You have pokeballs for sure...I was told you'd need a starter."
"I've got three!" the two pokemon jumped from her arms as she examined the balls. They were custom for her alright. Same as the shirt. Same as her hat. Same as her bags. She pulled two out and placed them on the floor in front of the two grass types. They looked to each other and smiled as they tapped their heads against the ball. Soon after being taken in the ball gave a ding. "Wonderful...hey Combusken! Come here!" the called Pokemon peeked around the door. The girl tossed the ball and it took the bird inside.
"It won't work. I haven't released him fully yet..." the black capped boy smiled, Being.
"Really? Where's the ball?"
"Here..." he held up a customized ball to his own tastes. Whereas hers was black, his was as well. Difference being blue for her was green to him and instead of a sakura blossom in pink, he had fire in a blazing scarlet.
"Huh..." she eyed the miniature ball before hitting his hand, forcing him to toss it up. As it was still in midair, she spun quickly, planting a successful roundhouse kick on the sphere at high force. Flying past their mother, it smacked hard into the wall, leaving a decently sized dent in it and a massive crack in the ball. She walked over and examined it, carefully poking it to avoid the sparks. "Oh yeah...this thing's dead..."
"Hey! What the frik Hotaru?" he grabbed the front of her shirt, yanking her to his eye level. They glared at each other for some time before the youngest broke the silence, along with the ding of a pokeball.
"How long you gonna keep your hands there pervert?" and with that her glare deepened. He blinked, clearly not understanding what she meant. Then, quickly assessing , he let her go by pushing roughly as his cheeks found a light shade of pink at the accusation. She huffed, straightening her shirt and patting at the wrinkles. "Anyway, I'm leaving now..." she strapped on the waist bag and snatched up the back pack, glancing inside quickly. Nothing she wanted. She'd have to make a stop at her room before completely leaving. She began walking out the door until:
"Hey sis, you gonna get my gift?" the boy huffed. His said sister picked up the balls and turned back to him, hooking them on her waist in the process.
"Don't call me that, it's rude. And figuring that it's from you, I don't know if I should..."
"Aww sis, that's mean...I went to all the trouble of getting you this..." he smiled. She just stared at him blankly. Eventually,she huffed and he pulled an item out his pocket and tossed it at her. Not to her...AT her. She blocked and caught it simultaneously then looked to the palm of her hand. She raised a brow at him. "It's the deluxe version of an item that's been out for a while now. They made it to never break and is water-proof, fire-proof, blah blah. It's called a 'Poke-Talker'. It let's you understand Pokemon."
"Really?" sarcasm was there but was ignored.
"Yes. Try it."
"..." grabbing a random ball, she ended up letting out Chikorita. She placed the earpiece in the correct place and kneeled down. "Hey Chikorita..."
"Yes?" the little green grass type answered in a sweet childlike voice.
"What's my name?"
"Hotaru. Of course but you can't-"
"Thank you! And I now can..." the girl smiled back. The pokemon blinked then smiled.
"Amazing! Looks like he can do something good sometimes!" The grass pokemon giggled while jumping into the girl's lap. Hotaru laughed back.
"I guess buuut...this was probably a fluke."
"Yeah!" it smiled happily.
"Hotaru." the mother finally cut in. The girl sighed and looked over.
"Yes?"
"You love these...creatures...enough to leave home for them? I hardly understand why you would..."
"Ugh! That's only part of the reason anyway. I want to help them! I want to save them from idiots like him!" she yelled point at Hiyori. "And the other part is you..."
"Me?"
"Goodbye, anyways...come on..." she looked down to her little friend as they walked out the room and to her own bedroom. Passing by a maid she sighed and flopped on her bed.
"Are you tire Miss Hotaru?"
"No...what are you doing over there?"
"Umm...well..." the maid smiled. "I suggest to your mother we set this up. Don't you know how you can get things from anywhere if you open your inventory box with your pokegear?"
"Didn't really know that but okay...What's it do?" she chuckled, walking up to the maid and device.
"Well, I'm putting your favorite outfits in here in case you want to change during your travels. That's okay right? And I can put anything you want on here whenever. Since it's your home computer, I won't need your pokegear to get to it."
"Amazing! I love how you look out for me." she replied playfully and smiling. Soon though, the smile lightly faded. "Hotaru-chan?"
"Yes?" the girl smiled, due to being called that honorific instead of the usual annoying ones.
"May I...hug you?" her voice slightly cracked mid-question. Of course this led to worry.
"What's wrong?" she tried to look unto the face of the maid but her head was hung down as well as her arms. The maid suddenly embraced her tightly.
"Nothing... I'll just miss you...a lot...especially the way you make your mother and brother fume until their ears turn red..." they both laughed at that, the maid wiping a small tear away daintily. It was a sad laugh but still a legit one.
"Yeah...I know...I can come visit secretly just for you!" she whispered while hugging back. "Besides, I'd comeback for you for sure. You feel more like my real mother to me than my actual one..." she giggled. "That's why I always called you 'Nana'. Even though I was little I was smart enough to switch the letters." a small laugh came from the maid as she let go and took a deep breath.
"I see. And I am horribly used to being called that. Hotaru...have a great journey for me,okay?" she sniffled, smiling more. "Let me pack you a comforter and some bandages...you want to help the pokemon, right? You'll need a whole kit! Let's get to work!"
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After packing up everything and receiving a group hugs from the maids and others, she left the house and exited the east side of the city of Lilycove, her hometown. She eventually let Treeko out, Combusken rather stay inside. As they walked along, the girl stopped.
"Who is that?" she asked to thin air. Her eyes shifted as she gripped the handles of her back pack.
"Huh?" Treeko questioned before locking onto the noises. "Trainers?"
"They shouldn't be laughing like that...they're up to no good..." Hotaru responded, eyes narrowing.
"The grass! Over there! Come on!" Chikorita yelled worriedly while running in the direction. Upon getting closer, the boys became more audible.
"Aw, look at it. We got him good!" the first boy jeered. The second blue capped boy scoffed.
"That just means we've been training. The stupid Absol didn't help my Hariyama get any stronger..."
"An Absol?" the girl whispered to herself as she approached through the thicket. She parted the grass and her eyes widened. They didn't train on it, they pummeled the poor thing! "What the hell is wrong with you two, have you lost your minds?" she yelled. Sure, she'd apologize later for cursing but still...
"We were training, duh! You stupid?" the capped boy responded.
"Okay...how bout I train on you? Would you like that?"
"Sure, our pokemon are still full of energy-"
"No, on you. Let's go!" she yelled charging at the two. She did a low leg sweep to trip the first boy then rose to a crouch to punch the other square in the chest. Turning back to the first, who was just standing, she sent a quick knee to his stomach which was followed by a chop to the neck and another knee but to the chest. That was followed up by a high kick to the second boy's chin and a quick jab to his abdomen before she swung him into the other. They bounded to the ground, wincing and looking up quickly. The glare on the girls visage was menacing, even forewarning of another beating."Hey..."
"Y-Yeah? W-What?"
"You see what you did to that Absol? Never do that again...if you do, I'll hunt you down and beat you down with actual skill. Got it?" looking at the thrashing they got, they wondered what damage she'd do with a fighting style. They looked up at her terrified. "I said, 'Got it'?"
"Y-yes! We will never do it again!" they shouted in unison.
"Good...now get lost..." they scurried to their feet and ran as feet could carry them, respective pokemon trailing not to far behind. After they were clearly gone, she sighed. "That could've gone better. Guess that was my fault for getting mad. Suppose it still works though..." she spun on her heels to turn to the animal like creature. "Now for you-no! Don't try to stand up!" she yelled while rushing over to it, pulling off her bag attention snapped as he suddenly glared up at her.
"Don't touch me!" he growled. She froze before shaking off the slight fear and reached out to him.
"I'm only trying to help you...you're hurt badly..."
"Feh...I've been through worse because of you humans..."
"Huh?"
"You and your 'training' always leave the wild pokemon in this type of situation...go away..." he growled again, standing to walk away but instead staggered to the side. She got to her knees, pulling out a first aid kit and reaching for his leg. He snatched away with another growl, causing her to sigh and take his leg forcefully.
"Look here. You're hurt and all I want to do is help you. I'm not trying to capture you or anything so will you let me treat you?"
"Even so, humans like you will hurt me aga-"
"Hey! I'm not like everyone so don't say 'you humans'! I hate people who do that as much as you do, okay?" she huffed out. "Anyway..." she began wrapping up his hind leg as well as a part of his body. The silence taking over the moment as she checked the rest of him. Finding that she'd gotten all his wounds, she stood. "There. I would ask you to stay near me until you're better but...I guess you wouldn't..." he looked away for a moment as she put her hands in her lap. Her eyes focused only on her hands until a white paw was placed on them. Her eyes snapped upward, as well as the rest of her head. Although he still wouldn't look directly at her, he glanced from her to the scenery.
"I guess it's fine...since you aren't like the others...but only until I'm healed, 'got it' girl?"
"It's not 'girl'. My name is Hotaru. It'll be nice traveling with you Absol." she beamed, reaching out to touch his cheek. After a quick pet she stood, facing the road."Well, since we're travel mates now, Absol, there's Treeko and Chikorita here..." she forwarded to the two standing back in the grass.
"It's nice to meet you Absol..." Treeko greeted bowing.
"Yo, hope you have fun with us sometime!" he golden colored grass pokemon giggled. He stared blankly before looking back to the trainer.
"Umm...okay..."
"There's also Combusken but he's shy. Let's go then?" she herself giggled as well. He nodded as they began to walk off, Chikorita in the girl's arms, the gecko pokemon hanging off her shoulder and Absol walking beside her. She blinked before looking to him albeit a bit bashfully. "You want to know something odd? You're one of my favorite pokemon..."
A/N And with that it's done ^^ i'll update this with inspiration and the bugging of my friend lmmfao she wants me to get to her trainer already...