My Own Pokémon journey chapter 2: Meeting a Stranger who is and isn't a stranger
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or anything else from other shows.
Previously on My Own Pokémon journey Hurley started his Pokémon journey and is currently on the path that leads to Viridian City.
Not meeting many pokémon Hurley asks "Where do think all the pokémon are Riolu? I would have thought that we would have met at least one by now"
Riolu just shrugs his shoulders and they keep walking down the path.
As they are walking down the path a Spearow appears from a tree and starts dive-bombing them and keeps aggressively attacking them.
"A tough guy, eh" Hurley thinks and says "Let's catch this one, Riolu"
Riolu nods his head and serious look comes in his eyes.
"Let's start with Quick Attack to dodge the attacks and then attack" and Riolu dodges out of the way but as he goes to attack Spearow, Spearow pulls up and dodges the attack.
"Pretty smart too" Hurley thinks "It looks like we'll have to finish this in one move" and says "Alright Riolu, time to get original. Use Endure to prepare for Spearow's attack" and Riolu pulls his arms to his side and tenses himself to prepare himself and as Spearow hits Hurley says "Now capture him and pin him to the ground" and Riolu wraps his arms around Spearow's body and pins him to the ground and Spearow flaps his wings and struggles to escape but Riolu has him firmly pinned "Now Riolu keep him pinned and start knocking the living daylights out of him" and after repositioning himself by getting on top of Spearow he takes his arms off and starts punching Spearow.
After a little bit Spearow gets knocked and Riolu gets off and Hurley says "Good job Riolu" and then grabs a pokéball, hits the center button, and throws it at Spearow. It hits Spearow and he changes into a red light and gets sucked into the pokéball. After a few seconds of the pokéball twitching it dings and Hurley goes and picks it up saying "Well, we caught our first pokémon now let's continue on" and puts it on the belt then as Hurley turns around to keep walking Riolu suddenly passes out.
"I guess the battle was a little too much for you" Hurley thinks and grabs a pokéball off the belt "you deserve a good rest" then hits the button and tosses it at Riolu. After Riolu is safely in the pokéball Hurley picks it up and puts it on the belt then continues toward Viridian city and as he does he sees pokémon starting to come out of hiding.
"I guess that Spearow was bullying the other pokémon" Hurley thinks "I would catch some more but my pokémon are too tired right now" and continues walking.
After walking all day Hurley decides to set up camp as the sun starts to go down and after setting he goes to a break in the trees to watch the sunset and thinks "It really is quite beautiful out here" and continues to watch.
Just as the sun fully sets there's a sudden flash of red light that blinds Hurley for a moment and forces him to close his eyes and while his eyes are closed he feels something land on him with a lot of weight and pins him.
"Where am I?" he hears a voice ask "Where's Naruto and Tenten?"
Recognizing the voice Hurley thinks "There's no way this is possible. I'm imagining this. I must have been knocked out by whatever hit me and am dreaming right now" and opens his eyes to see that who he thinks he hears is sitting on him and she's looking around with a confused look on her face and he reaches up and pinches his face. "OK, so it's not a dream" he thinks and says "Would you mind getting off of me please" and the young woman looks down and sees Hurley and says "Of, excuse me. I didn't realize you were down there" and immediately gets off of him.
Hurley sits up and says "Not to be rude, but how is it that you don't realize that you're sitting on someone?"
"When you've been what I've been through you would tend to not notice something like that" the young woman says
"How about you tell me what happened" Hurley says "Maybe I can help"
"There's no way you can help" the young woman says "You wouldn't even understand what I would be talking about"
"You'll be quite surprised" Hurley says "I'm sure that I'll understand everything you say"
"Ok I'll tell you" the young woman says "One moment I'm telling Naruto that I love him and will protect him and look at him to see a scared look on his face then prepare to attack Pain to distract him while Tenten goes to pull out the spikes that are holding Naruto down and then there's this red light that get brighter and brighter until it's so bright that I have to close my eyes and then I feel myself falling and it seemed like I hit the ground, but I hit you apparently, then when I open my eyes the terrain is completely foreign, and you know the rest"
There are a few minutes of silence then the young woman says "You didn't understand did you?"
"It's not that" Hurley says "I'm not sure how best to tell you this"
"Just try your best" the young woman says "Anything would be better than not knowing"
"Ok" Hurley says "You may not believe me, but you are actually no longer in your dimension and I know of your dimension because in our dimension we view a show that tells a story of your dimension, and like a lot of stories there is some truth but reality is different as well. From what I can figure, Naruto was scared that you would and would rather send you away than see you die so he made a deal with the Kyuubi. I infer this from the way you mentioned the scared look on his face, the red light that I saw being the same color as the Kyuubi's chakra, and the fact that you are here now. Having watched the show myself I know you but you have no clue about me and would like to introduce myself. My name is Hurley Combs and it's a pleasure to finally meet you." and puts his hand out.
"Even though you already know my name I'll introduce myself. My name is Hinata Hyuuga and it's a pleasure to meet you as well" Hinata says and shakes his hand.
"If you would like I have a camp set up and we could eat something" Hurley suggests
Hinata puts her hand over her stomach and says "I am a little hungry, but I still have a few questions"
"I'll answer any questions you have the best I can at camp" Hurley says
"Ok let's go" Hinata says and they start walking towards camp.
After a few minutes they reach camp and Hurley gets the making for peanut butter sandwiches and some bananas out of the bag.
As they are making the sandwiches Hurley says "Sorry that the meal's so simple. I don't really have anything to do real cooking"
"That's alright" Hinata says "I understand. After all you can't carry much in a backpack"
Once the sandwiches are made he brings out Riolu and Spearow to eat with them. Riolu grabs a sandwich and Spearow pecks at some bread.
"What are these creatures?" Hinata asks
"These are called pokémon" Hurley says "This is Riolu" and points at Riolu "and this is Spearow" and points to Spearow.
"What are pokémon exactly?" Hinata asks
"Pokémon are creatures with special abilities" Hurley says "People catch them and train them and compete in pokémon battles"
"That sounds cruel" Hinata says
"It's not really cruel" Hurley says "They don't get seriously hurt and pokémon and trainer work together. They learn to trust each other and, for many people, become friends by battling together"
"It still sounds cruel to force them to battle" Hinata says
"I don't know about other people, but if one of my pokémon didn't want to battle I wouldn't force them" Hurley says "This is about traveling together and having adventures and it makes it more meaningful when you are traveling with others that you care about. Another way of thinking about it is that pokémon battles are like the sparring matches you have in your dimension. We're training to become stronger just like they are"
"I guess that makes sense" Hinata says "but another question I have is where are we?"
"We're on a route that leads from Pallet town to Viridian City" Hurley says
"Why are you going to Viridian City?" Hinata asks
"To sign up for the Pokémon League Challenge" Hurley says
"What is the Pokémon League Challenge?" Hinata asks
"It's a large tournament that trainers enter by challenging eight gym leaders around the region and winning the gym badges" Hurley says
"This all very interesting, but what should I do now?" Hinata asks
"It's not exactly safe to be traveling alone" Hurley says "Wild pokémon could attack you at any time. If you would like to you could travel with me"
"But what about Naruto?" Hinata asks "He might be in trouble and need my help"
"Naruto can take care of himself" Hurley says "Anyways, as far as I know there's no way for you to get back home. You might as well travel with someone who can help you"
"You make a very good point" Hinata says "I'll travel with you until I can find a way back home" and they both start eating.
After eating Hurley and Hinata sit and stare at the moon while Spearow and Riolu sleep nearby. "At least it's a beautiful night" Hurley says
"It sure is" Hinata says sounding a little sad
"What's wrong?" Hurley asks
"I don't want to talk about it" Hinata says "I just want to go to bed"
"Go ahead and take my sleeping bag" Hurley says
"I can't do that" Hinata says "It's your sleeping bag and besides what are you go to use to sleep"
"Don't worry about me" Hurley says "It's a nice night tonight and besides that I can sleep anywhere"
"It still wouldn't be right" Hinata says
"Just take it already" Hurley says "I won't take no for an answer"
"Ok" Hinata says and crawls into the sleeping bag
After a few minutes Hurley hears Hinata sobbing and thinks "I can understand what you're going through. You're all alone without anybody that you know, you're homesick, and worst of all you can no longer be with the one you love. It will take time but everything will be alright and I will be there for you every step of the way" and then lies down on the ground next to her.
Unable to fall asleep Hurley rolls over and watches Hinata until she falls asleep and thinks "If only you knew how much I care about you, but I can't tell you right now" then reaches out and runs his hand through her hair which seems to calm her down a little bit "No matter what I will be a friend for you because that what you need the most right now" then rolls to the opposite side and falls asleep.
What will happen to Hinata? How will she deal with her situation? Keep reading to find out.