Chapter Two:
Shinx and Turtwig
"Hey, Yuri! A wild Pokemon! Finally!"
"Really?" Yuri looked over at her friend, Kanzo, and the Nintendo DS he was holding. "Oh, a Shinx! Those things are so cute!"
"Heh heh!" said Kanzo. "I'm gonna catch it!"
Then his game shut off. At first, he was too shocked to speak. Then it turned on again.
The DS grew larger, eventually big enough to open the portal...
It opened...
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Kanzo looked around, seeing naught but nature. And yet, somehow he knew where he was.
He looked down at his Turtwig. It was glaring at Shinx, who had attack its master. Suddenly, Shinx attacked!
It went for Turtwig, tackling him. Kanzo did the only thing he could think of doing.
"Use tackle, Turtwig!" he said, not using his brain much. "Attack it back!"
Both hit at once, and something happened that made Kanzo sigh. They knocked each other out.
"Geez." he said, looking at the Pokeball in his hand. "That was a little...easy."
He threw the Pokeball, aiming for Shinx. It was absorbed into the ball by a red light, and rolled around for a second before stopping.
Then it was silent. Turtwig, though bleeding slightly, walked over to the ball and nudged it. Nothing.
Kanzo frowned. He didn't know for sure what was going on...
Where are you, Yuri-Chan? He thought. He looked up at the blue sky. Where am I? What happened, merely a few minutes ago, inside of my room?
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps. He turned around to see a boy around his age, holding a Pokeball in his hand, and throwing it up and down.
"Hey, there." he said. "My name's Neki. I can see your Turwig's injured."
"...yeah..." Kanzo said, raising an eyebrow. Who is this guy?
"Well, I run a traveling healing service for Pokemon." said the boy named Neki. "If you give me your Turtwig for a second, I can heal it."
I don't remember reading about this online. Thought Kanzo. A guy in the game who can heal Pokemon...
Shrugging off his suspicions, he bent down to pick up Turtwig. After placing him in his arms, he walked him over to Neki. "Here, thanks for your help."
"No problem." said Neki, his face serious. Then he broke into a smile. "Actually, I should thank you!"
He turned around and broken into a run. "See ya later, sucker!"
"Hey, get back here!" yelled Kanzo, now following him. "You bastard!"
Neki was slightly faster than Kanzo, and he had more endurance. Kanzo was slowing.
"Damn...it..." muttered Kanzo, struggling to catch up. Then he noticed that they were entering a town. "Good, a town! I can find him there!"
Neki entered the town, and Kanzo followed him about fifteen seconds later. But he was surprised to see that Neki had vanished. There was no sign of him anywhere, not even a single person for him to hide behind.
"Damn!" swore Kanzo. "That snake got away!"
"Snake, you say?"
Kanzo turned around. A young girl was standing there. "Hey, my name's Sayu. Are you looking for a snake?"
"A jerk who kidnaped my Turtwig." said Kanzo. He looked at the ground, tears welling in his eyes. "I couldn't save him. I couldn't save Turtwig."
Sayu sighed. "I guess I should tell you something. You don't have to worry about anything, 'cause your just in one of my dreams. It'll all be okay after I wake up."
Kanzo's tears vanished, and he quickly looked up at the girl. She was looking out into the air, a dreamy look on her face. "Um, dream?"
"Yes." she said. "I must have fallen asleep playing my new game, Pokemon Pearl. Since you're in my dream, you should know what that is."
"Wait. Hold on. Did a big portal appear and suck you into your Nintendo DS?" Kanzo's face was focused. "Did you then wake up in this place?"
"You should know, considering..."
"This isn't a dream!" said Kanzo, grabbing Sayu by the shoulders. "The same thing happened to me!"
"Wait a minute, if this isn't a dream..." Sayu's face turned red, and she grew angry at Kanzo. "Then you're a little too close for comfort, boy!"
She pushed him back. "Don't you dare touch me again! I've had enough of you dumb boys trying to do things like that! Boys who act nice, boys like...!"
Her voice trailed off, and Kanzo looked at her curiously. "Boys like...?"
"It's none of your business." said Sayu, her face going back to its normal colour. "Now, if this isn't a dream, then we were both sucked into our Pokemon games?"
"...it looks like it." said Kanzo. "I'm Kanzo, by the way. My friend Yuri-Chan and I were playing the games we just bought at The Game Monster..."
"Game Monster?" repeated Sayu, eyes blank. "That's where I bought my copy. I was somewhere around twentieth, where were you?"
"First in line!" Kanzo held up his left hand, lifting up two fingers in a v-shape. "And Yuri-Chan..."
His face saddened. "Yuri-Chan...she was sucked into her game, too. That means that she's somewhere in this world..."
"Ah!" said Sayu. Her face lit up. "Didn't you say that your Turtwig was taken by a thief?"
"You're right!" Kanzo looked around. "But that bastard's probably long gone by now..."
A rustle in the bushes. Kanzo and Sayu turned around to see Neki walked out of the bushes, holding Kanzo's Turtwig. "I overheard everything you guys said, and I figured I should come clean."
He let Turtwig onto the ground, and the Pokemon walked over to Kanzo, nudging his leg with its head. Kanzo nodded, and pulled a Pokeball from his belt. He brought Turwig back into the Pokeball. When this was done, he said, "Come clean?"
"Yeah." Neki frowned. "I'm also from Earth. I was lucky enough to get eighty-third in line. I got one of the last ones in the first package at The Game Monster."
"You too, huh?" said Kanzo. He looked around. "Where are we, anyways?"
"Can't you tell from the fact that you caught a Shinx?" asked Neki, snorting. "We're in Sandgem Town. The second town in the game, and the place that Professor Rowan lives."
"Oh." said Kanzo. He looked at both Neki and Sayu, noticing their differences. Sayu seemed to be wearing normal clothes, a blue skirt and the white-and-blue top. She also wore a red ascot, and had her brown hair formed into a ponytail.
Neki was different, though. He wore tattered jeans, and a dirty white shirt. Though, with all the dirt on it, it seemed to be more of a grey-ish colour now. He had black hair sticking out of the black bandana he wore.
"Yo, kid." said Neki, making Kanzo pay attention. "You awake?"
"Oh, sorry. My name's Kanzo."
"Right, Kanzo." repeated Neki. "And you already know that my name's Neki."
He turned to Sayu. "Now, what's this girl's name? By the way, I like your..."
As he took a step closer to Sayu, she backed away. "Don't touch me, you perverted boy! And don't comment on my body at all! I don't give a damn what you think, whether it's nice or mean!"
"Hey..." said Neki, growing angry. "I was just gonna comment on your Kricketot, idiot!"
"Liar!" said Sayu. "I saw you staring at...!"
"GUYS!" exclaimed Kanzo, making the two shut up. "Don't you both realize our problem, here? We're all stuck in this world, with no way home! Not only that, but none of us have played this game, so we have no idea what we should do to complete it, except attempt to defeat every Gym Leader and become Champions!"
It wasn't until the words were out of his mouth that Kanzo realized what he said. "Become...Champions..."
Neki laughed. "There can only be one Champion, Kanzo. Even if we all get the gym badges, we can't all proceed past that point together. So why should we all work together until then?"
Kanzo didn't say anything, he didn't get a chance to. Sayu spoke. "Because none of us understand this world, and out best chance of getting out of here lies in us working together. Plus, there might be others who're trapped in this world, including Kanzo's friend, Yuri. If we can form a group, then we can fight an enemies together..."
Kanzo nodded. "Sayu's right, Neki. No matter what happens, we have to stick together. We have to get all eight gym badges, and then we have to each take the Pokemon League Challenge!"
Neki sighed. "Geez, I had to find the two who'd wanna work together."
Before the other two could protest, he held up his hands. "Well, I guess I have no choice. Friends, then?"
"Sure." said Kanzo, smiling. "Just no more stealing Pokemon."
He gave Neki a high-five, and the two grinned at each other.
Sayu, though, stayed back...
For now, I guess I actually have to work with boys. But, when this is all over, I won't have any more connection with the stupid gender!
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Next Time:
The First Battles!
Kanzo, Sayu, and Neki are now officially traveling together. Neki seems to be trustworthy, and so does Sayu. But both have their secrets, and they aren't about to share them. Though when they run into a few in-game trainers, the team must pass their first test, that of proving they can work together!
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Author's Note: I'm starting to enjoy this story more. I even have Sayu and Neki's stories planned out in my head. While writing this chapter, I've even come up with a few other good ideas. I hope I can put them to use!
Thank you to those who reviewed the first chapter! Though, I must say, I hope that more people will read and review the story as time passes! Please, people, recommend this story to your friends! That is, if you yourself like it (smiles).
More reviews will inspire me further (seriously)! Please R&R!
-Salazare