Episode 2
Time had gone by quickly since Kurisu and Ani left to start their journey. It had already turned late; the sky was filled with the crimson colour of the sunset. Kurisu looked out over the cliff towards the forest ahead of them. "Looks like a forest is up ahead...we should probably stop here for the night." Kurisu said as he turned to Ani.
Ani nodded. "Yeah..." she said."Maybe some Pokémon will come out at night." It was just then that a few Pokémon cries were heard amongst the sound of the small gentle wind.
"I'm sure some will...the question is what and whether they will be nice or not." Kurisu said as he walked over to Ani and sat down on the remains of a tree stump. "Either way, I wonder what our first Pokémon encounter will be..."
"Maybe a Poochyena?" said Ani as she sat down near the base of a tree. "…or a Zigzagoon? Maybe even…a Pikachu!" She was getting more and more excited as she spoke.
Kurisu just smiled as he looked over. He admitted he was interested in what Pokémon they'd find first aswell. But then his mind shifted to Ani "So Ani...mind telling me a little bit about yourself?" He said as he blushed a tiny bit.
Ani looked over at Kurisu when he asked the question. She smiled and said, "Sure! What did you want to know first?" Ani then adjusted herself comfortably against the tree.
Kurisu just smiled as he looked over at her "Well...tell me anything about yourself. Like some personal info?" He blushed a little as his voice went quiet. Never had he had the chance to ask someone about themselves so quickly when they had only just met earlier that day.
Ani thought about it for a moment. "Well..." she said. "I guess I like candy... And I once had a habit of biting my fingernails when I was little."
All Kurisu could do was chuckle a little "Maybe that last one was a little too personal. I meant like your age and interests?" Kurisu said as he slowly calmed himself down, and got up from his tree stump and walked towards Ani.
"Oh," said Ani, chuckling a bit as well. "Well I like to go on the computer, draw, sing, dance, and... uh... hmm..." She gave some more thought into it. "Oh! And I've wanted to go on an adventure as a kid!" Her eyes glanced towards the sunset, like she thinking back to the day she dreamt of taking the challenge of an adventure.
"Likewise here!" Kurisu was surprised that she had the same desire for so long as he did. "I was like that too...Though it's thanks to my parents that I finally got the urge to finally start it" Kurisu's eyes then glanced in the same direction as Ani, straight towards the sunset.
"Really?" said Ani also surprised that they had the same ambition. "What are they like?" She turned herself back towards Kurisu, as if what he had said had snapped her back from a trance.
"Well..." Kurisu's mind began to recall his parents, as he closed his eyes. "My Mum works for one of the Pokémon Gym's back in Johto. She helps look after the gym in Goldenrod City, whereas my Dad was a trainer in the past. He has a lot of Pokémon back home" Kurisu opened his eyes and then looked up at the sky "They talked about how fun it was to have Pokémon so...they said to me that I should try."
Ani smiled brightly at that. "My dad wanted to be a Gym leader when he was young," she said. "But he never got that chance... Instead he collected badges in Kanto and nearly got into the Hall of Fame! He said the Indigo League was where he met my mom." She looked up at the sky for a moment. "They stopped being trainers when they got married. They don't talk much about it... I know my dad was happy when I told him I wanted to be a trainer."
Kurisu's eye widened at the mention of how skilled her dad was. "Wow...he nearly got into the Hall of Fame? That's amazing!" Kurisu turned back with quite an explosion of energy. "I bet he was happy...I mean I would be, if someone like you became a trainer when their dad was so skilled." It was at that moment that a bush nearby started to rustle.
Ani was about to say more when she heard the rustle. "Hmm?" she inquired curiously. "What was that?"
Kurisu just slowly moves forwards towards the bush "W-Who's there?" He said rather nervously. He was scared what might be lurking within the bush but obviously it was best to know what was there.
The rustling increased a little bit more and more until suddenly a small black figure popped out the bushes and stood its ground. Kurisu fell back when it jumped out, causing him to fall onto his bottom. The black creature was now in full view. It was in the shape of a small black wolf with grey hair on its back. It stood there, growling at the pair. "It's a Pokémon!" Kurisu said as he got back to his feet. "It has to be!"
Ani 'oooh'ed at that and quickly pulled out her Pokédex. "I wonder what it is," she said.
The Pokédex popped open and turned itself on. The screen lit up and a picture of the Pokémon appeared on the screen. 'Poochyena, the bite Pokémon. POOCHYENA is an omnivore - it will eat anything. A distinguishing feature is how large its fangs are compared to its body. This Pokémon tries to intimidate its foes by making the hair on its tail bristle out." The Pokédex spoke with its electronic female style voice, as it was accustomed for Ani and then turned itself off.
Ani smiled at that, then looked towards the Poochyena when she closed her Pokédex. "It's so cute!" she said. "I want it!" She then pulled out her Pokéball with her Torchic in it. "Go Torchic!" She then threw the ball, which opened to reveal her Torchic.
Kurisu stood up and quickly moved out the way. "Ani! You remember how to catch a Pokémon right?" He was curious as to how to catch a Pokémon in the wild, but excited as he never seen a capture right in front of him before.
"Yep!" said Ani as she turned to Kurisu with a determined look on her face. She then turned back and saw her Torchic was ready to fight. "You have to weaken it first. So Torchic, use scratch!" Torchic gave a focused 'Chic!' noise at that before running towards the Poochyena; jumping into the air as it prepared to scratch with its talons.
The Poochyena gritted its teeth and jumped into the air towards Torchic. It opened its mouth wide showing off its mighty, sharp, white teeth. Kurisu gasped as he watched it jump into the air. "Look out! I think its going to use Bite!" He quickly turned to Ani, hoping in time for her to react.
Ani gave a quick gasp, but then regained her focus back to her Pokémon rather then the opponent. "Quick Torchic, evade it!" Ani called out, hoping her Torchic would be able to dodge in time. Torchic gasped a bit and quickly tried to manoeuvre away from the teeth as it stopped its midair attack.
But the Poochyena was too quick and managed to bite into Torchic's leg. Kurisu watched in horror as the bite hit its mark. "It's fast!" He pointed out to Ani.
Torchic screamed as it was bitten and began pecking at the Poochyena to release it. Ani became worried as she tried to think of a way to weaken the wolf Pokémon. "Use Ember!" she shouted. "Now Torchic!" The Torchic stopped pecking for a moment and took a deep breath as it began spouting out small orbs of fire at Poochyena.
The orbs hit Poochyena right into the face. The grip loosened on the bite and Poochyena fell down onto the ground. "Nice! Keep it up Torchic!" Kurisu jumped with energy as he was getting excited from the battle. Poochyena tried to stand up but was having trouble.
"Finish it with Scratch Torchic!" Ani called out, feeling excited as well. Torchic nodded and began run-limping at Poochyena, leaping into the air again and ready to land a scratch with its good foot.
All Poochyena could do was go wide eyed as the foot connected with it. It flew back and landed just near the tree stump where Kurisu was sitting before. It just lay there, unable to move but it showed signs that it still wanted to fight. "Now is your chance!" Kurisu called out with quite a force, he was acting like a captain of the army.
Ani quickly grabbed an empty Pokéball from her waist at that. "Here we go!" she called out as she threw the ball at the Poochyena.
The Pokéball hit the wounded Poochyena and a bright red light engulfed it. It was sent into the Pokéball and the ball fell to the ground. It began to shake to side to side as the capture process was almost done. After a little bit of struggling, the ball stopped moving and all was quiet. Kurisu stared at the ball for a while then turned to Ani and Torchic "You did it!" He exploded with energy as he rushed over to Ani and gave her a hug.
Ani hugged back, cheering in delight. "YAAAAAYYY! I did it! We did it Torchic! We caught our first Pokémon!" Torchic cheered in delight and ran around in circles around Ani and Kurisu before falling over because of its injured leg.
Kurisu looked over at Torchic, his mouth widened as he gasped at Torchic's injury. "That bite must have done more then what we thought!"
Ani kneeled down beside her Torchic and took a look at the injury. "Torchic can't move properly with an injured leg," she said as she pulled out a first aid kit from her bag. "Good thing I packed a first aid kit." With that, she began patching up the young fire-type.
Kurisu watched in amazement as Ani patched the leg up. "Wow...you really were packed for this sort of thing huh?" He said sounding rather impressed that Ani was so prepared for this situation. "I wonder how your new Pokémon is doing?" Once Ani was done patching up her Torchic, she turned to her Pokéball and picked it up. "Well, let's see, Come on out Poochyena!" she said as she tossed the ball up in the air. It opened to reveal the Poochyena.
Poochyena panted a little for air as it was still recovering from the battle. It then shook its head and looked up at Ani. Then it looked at Torchic and then finally at Kurisu. It gently and slowly backed away due it nerves, its ears flopped down.
"Hey there!" said Ani as she kneeled down beside the Poochyena. "Welcome to the team. You okay?" Ani gave a gentle smile towards Poochyena, hoping to ease
Poochyena just stared into nothing for a while then it slowly nodded its head and slowly walked towards Ani. "I think it's trying to get used to you Ani." Kurisu said as he kneeled down next to her.
Ani nodded and slowly reached out toward the Poochyena, trying to show that she meant no harm.
Poochyena just sniffed Ani's hand gently, and then it gave a little smile and gave it a playful lick. "Pooch!" It gave a playful cry as it began to run around Ani, then stared at Kurisu with the same look it gave Ani earlier.
Ani giggled a bit, and then turned to Kurisu. "I think it likes you too." she said with a smile.
Kurisu slowly extended his hand forward to the Poochyena, hoping the response would be just the same. The timid Pokémon slowly did the same as before, sniffing Kurisu's hand and then licking it slowly. After a little bit of time, The Poochyena began to jump and down and run around the pair of trainer's legs, acting like a playful puppy.
Ani giggled at how excited the Poochyena was, and then turned to her Torchic, who was slowly approaching the Pokémon, slightly limping but able to walk still.
The Poochyena turned to the Torchic and then slowly walked towards it. Its eyes filled with a bit of worry because of the condition the Torchic was in. "Don't worry little guy. Torchic is going to be fine." Kurisu said with a comforting tone to his voice.
Ani nodded. "Yeah," she said as she gently picked up her Torchic and gave it a little pet it on the head. "Nothing that the Pokémon Centre can't fix." Torchic smiled and 'Torchic!'ed in agreement.
Poochyena just gave a little smile, it was still worried but he could see how happy they were that it wasn't serious. Kurisu juts gave a little stretch as the sun just about disappeared under the horizon. "Well...I guess it's about time we set up the tent." He turned to Ani "Ever slept out before?"
Ani shook her head. "Nope," she said. "I've always wanted to go camping though!" She then gently set down her Torchic and rummaged through her bag for a tent.
Kurisu rummaged around in his bag for his tent aswell and eventually he found it. Setting it up was quite easy as his dad had showed him how to set one up before he left. After a good 10 minutes, he had set up his small tent "There...finished!" Kurisu wiped the tiny sweat from his forehead. "How's yours coming along Ani?" He turned towards his friend to see how she was doing.
Ani started to panic a little as she rummaged through her bag. "I can't find a tent…" said Ani as she continued to search. She then pulled out a sleeping bag. "But I found this."
"At least you have a sleeping bag Ani." He said as he looked at his tent and began to think. Then he turned back to Ani and gave a smile "Well...you can stay in my tent tonight if you want to?" His face blushed a little as he gently rubbed his foot on the ground.
Ani looked towards the tent, then at Kurisu, blushing a bit as well. "I dunno," she said. "Wouldn't it be a bit... cramped in there?"
Kurisu bowed his head abit but then shook his head as he looked up at her. "Maybe...but wouldn't it be better then sleeping out in the cold?" He was concerned for Ani's health and safety and did want to do what he could.
Ani thought about it for a moment, then soon turned to Kurisu and smiled. "Sure," she said. "At least until we get to town. We may need to stock up on supplies we need..." A thought then came to her. "Did you bring any money with you?"
Kurisu smirked a little. "I have abit of money. I have about 5000 Pokédollars so that should last us for a while." He pulled out his wallet from his bag, revealing the notes within the top part of his wallet "What about you?"
Ani rummaged through her own wallet and pulled out a decent sum of money out. "About 2500," she said.
Kurisu smiled "So between us we have 7500 Pokédollars, which sounds like we should be fine for a while." Kurisu then looked out towards the scenery. "Well...let's get ourselves ready for our first night together." Kurisu said, covering his mouth as he yawned a little and took off his shoes. His barefeet gently resting against the short grass beneath him.
Ani nodded and took off her own shoes, letting her barefeet rest aswell and yawning as well before searching through her bag for some pyjamas.
"Did you bring any Pyjama's with you?" Kurisu said as he pulled out his pyjamas from his bag. He then walked behind a nearby rock and began to get changed into them, blushing a little as he noticed Ani watching him disappear behind the rock.
Ani giggled as she watched him go behind the rock, and then continued rummaging. "I should have" she said, looking through her clothes for PJs.
As he continued to change, Kurisu could hear Ani rummage through her bag. "If you can't find any then...you might have to sleep in your clothes..." He blushed a bright red, feeling quite happy that she couldn't see his face "Not that...there's a problem with that...since you...look quite nice" Kurisu's voice was quiet at that moment.
Ani laughed a bit, blushing a little as well. "Thanks. But it wouldn't be comfortable if I did that," she said as she continued looking. "Let' see... ah! Right here!" She then pulled out a pair of pink PJs with little white stars all over them.
Kurisu smiled as he heard the joy coming from Ani. "Glad you found them..." He said quietly as he just finished putting the bottom half of his PJ's. "Am I...alright to come out or...are you still changing?" his face went quite red as he was worried he would come out at a bad timing. He then realised he forgot his PJ top. He took a tiny peek round the rock to see where his bag was. He quickly ran back to his bag and managed to pull out his red PJ top. It was then he looked up and could see Ani in her PJ's whilst all he was standing there with his bare chest in view.
Ani had changed into her PJs when Kurisu had asked the question, but before she could answer he ran back to his bag. She looked over at him and blushed a deep red when she saw his bare chest. "Uhhh... um..." she said, not sure what to say.
Kurisu blushed a bright red as he looked up at Ani. He quickly stood up and looked at Ani in her PJ's. "Uhh..." He couldn't really say anything in response. It was then he looked down at his chest and quickly bowed his head, he wanted to just hide behind the rock and put it on. "I-I'll...j-just...put this...back on..." He was so nervous speaking to Ani as he looked at her. But as he turned away to head towards the rock again, he felt his hand held tightly by something...
"Wait," said Ani as she held his hand. "Um..." She blushed a bit, hen looked away slightly. "I think... you look... pretty good..."
Kurisu's face blushed gently as he heard Ani's words. Slowly, he turned towards Ani whom he could see was hiding her face. "I...I do...?" Kurisu said quietly as he gently held onto Ani's hand.
Ani nodded a bit, slowly. She then gulped a bit and turned towards the tent. "Um... it's kinda cold out, huh?" she asked, laughing nervously.
Kurisu's attention soon shifted to the tent as she spoke "Y-Yeah...Then again...I have no shirt on and...you're PJ's...have a little tummy exposed there..." He blushed gently as he gave a little smile "Are you...going to keep your Pokémon out...?" He was nervous to speak as he turned his head to look at Ani.
"W-Well..." said Ani as she looked towards her Torchic and Poochyena."Why not..? They can... get to know each other... this way..."
"S-Sure...let me get Mudkip out aswell..." He looked down at his hand, blushing a little "That is...if well...you want to let go" Kurisu gave a gentle smile as he slowly let his grip on her hand go gently. Ani let go as well, but still felt the lingering warmth of his hand for a moment before smiling a little.
Kurisu was still blushing a little as he then picked up Mudkip's Pokéball. "Come and join us Mudkip." And with that he pressed the button on the Pokéball and Mudkip came out and began to jump up and down. Torchic greeted Mudkip, and then led it over to Poochyena.
Mudkip just tilted it head at Poochyena and then put its paw out, as if it was offering a paw shake. Kurisu just smirked "Aww...look at that, Mudkip has some manners. Mudkip, this is our new friend, Poochyena."
Poochyena looked over at Mudkip, a bit curious at first but then it went over to the water-type and sniffed it a bit. Poochyena soon smiled and held up his own paw. "Pooch!" it exclaimed.
Mudkip happily smiled as his paw touched the new Pokémon's paw aswell. Kurisu just gave a smile and then looked at Ani "Anyway...I best put my shirt back on...so we can get some sleep." Kurisu then bowed his face and looked up at her, blushing a little "Unless...you prefer...this off...?" His face blushed a lot deeper at that moment.
"Well..." Before Ani could reply, a cold wind passed through them. "M-M-M-Maybe y-you should... p-put it on..." she said, shivering. "I-I-It's pretty c-c-c-c-cold out here..." She then went over to the tent and quickly climbed in.
The cold breeze brushed over his chest and quickly climbed in "G-g-g-g-good idea! Wait for me!" He quickly replied as he turned to the Pokémon "You three, come on in!" He waved his hands as he wanted the three Pokémon to be warm too. Mudkip just looked over then nodded his head and ran towards the tent.
Mudkip, Torchic and Poochyena quickly climbed into the tent and dove under what ever they could dive under to get warm. Ani couldn't help but giggled at how cute that was.
Kurisu zipped up the tent and turned to see his Mudkip had snuggled under his t-shirt "Well...guess I know what my t-shirt is used as tonight." He chuckled a little as he smiled at the sight of the 3 Pokémon trying to get warm. "Guess...I have to sleep with it off..." He blushed a little as he turned to Ani.
Ani nodded, blushing a bit as well. "Yeah," she said before snuggling into her sleeping bag. "Well, g'night Kurisu. G'night Poochy and Torchic." With that, she closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Kurisu snuggles into his sleeping bag and smiled at Ani and the Pokémon. "Yeah...G'night Ani, Goodnight Mudkip..." And with that his voice went quieter as he was about to drift off to sleep. But he was having a little trouble drifting to sleep as he looked at Ani. His heart beated quite a bit as he turned his ahead to look away "She...said...I looked nice..." he quietly murmured to himself. Wondering what Ani was thinking about him.
Ani woke up for a second to glance over a bit at Kurisu. 'He does look nice...' she thought. 'And he IS nice too... Yeah, today was DEFINATELY a good day.' She then closed her eyes again and soon fell asleep.
Kurisu then looked over at Ani and smiled gently as he heard her drift off to sleep. "I wonder...what tomorrow will hold..." He thought as he slowly drifted off to sleep himself.
The sound of the evening echoed through the air and the cold wind blew, ending the first day of the adventure of the two friends. But little did they know that the next day would change both their lives with a fateful encounter…..