Part 2: mysteries and training
The four pokemon were eating their food, and it sounds like they were introducing themselves, but I wasn't paying attention to them at the moment.
"So, let's learn about each other." I said.
"Ah, right. I'm from route 42, near blackthorn city. My house is a small cottage. It's quite small, but it works for my parents and I." She explained. Something about her voice seemed a little nervous, but when I asked, she dismissed it.
"I'm fine, I'm just homesick, I guess." She smiled.
"Alright then."
(Dan!) I heard christa yell.
"Hm? Yo-" Sherryl was about to say, but I unintentionally interrupted her.
"Yeah?" I asked Christa.
Sherryl got slightly surprised. I was too. Does she... understand Pokemon like me?
She pointed to a boy who had entered the building. I gasped. He seemed like the red-haired boy professor Elm described.
"Huh? What happened?" Sherryl asked.
I gritted my teeth. "Might be wrong here, but he's the thief who took cyndaquil."
"What!? I'd heard from professor Elm that one of the pokemon got stolen. I'm surprised that he would show up here."
Perhaps... I went over to the trainer. "You're that thief, aren't you?" I glared. The other trainer smirked.
"And what if I am?" He said.
I clenched my fists. "Why?" I asked, angered.
He didn't answer. Instead, he decided to take out his pokeball. "Let's battle!" He threw the ball in the air and it revealed a Cyndaquil."Cynda!"
Huh? Did he...?
"Cynd!" He put out a ember directly at me. The other trainer just stood there.
"You-" I managed to get out the way. Christa and Mike heard the commotion and came to my side.
Nurse Joy was witnessing the whole situation. She quickly called 911 for the Jennys to arrive.
"Hmph."
(Are you alright?!) Christa and Mike said.
"Yeah, just barely. That Cyndaquil's weird. I haven't been able to understand him."
"Understand? Don't tell me... you've the same ability I have!" Sherryl also came.
Before I could reply, the Cyndaquil launched another ember. I quickly told Christa to intercept it with a water gun.
The two were evenly matched, even with Christa's type advantage. The two moves eventually dissolved. I had Mike use a gust, and Sherryl had Jake use hypnosis. The Cyndaquil fell asleep.
The boy clenched his fists, frustrated. "Two vs one is NOT fair!" He said.
"That's what you get for trying to kill me." I smirked.
We both heard the police sirens. "Crap." The other boy said, and he put down a smoke bomb throughout the whole pokemon center, and retreated when the smoke dissolved.
Chapter 5
Officer Jennies were around the pokemon center, asking everyone questions and putting up no crossing lines around the entrances.
The next day, after the two of us finished questioning, we went on our way to violet city.
"Are you really able to understand pokemon?" I asked. (How odd, meeting two trainers who can understand pokemon in my lifetime.) Christa said, finding a comfortable spot on my shoulder. Mike was flying a little above me. Mina was in Sherryl's arms, and Jake was in his pokeball, being nocturnal.
"Yeah. I suddenly obtained it when I was 8. It was so weird." She said.
"Hm."
Soon, it was time for a break, and the two of us sat down as I put down a picnic blanket and pulled out some food and the basket Mike's parents gave me.
"Where did you get that?" Sherryl asked.
"Mike's parents gave me it. It's nice." I explained.
Sherryl nodded. I opened the basket to reveal many different types of berries. Christa and Mike got chesto and cheri berries respectively. Mina got some sitrus berries.
I ate a sandwich as Sherryl got some donuts from her bag.
"By the way, would you like to have a quick battle with me? Well, after we eat, of course." I asked.
"Of course. You don't mind do you?" She asked Mina, who nodded.
(You're on!) She said, looking at Christa, who smirked.
After lunch, we went to a small lakeside to have the battle. "Ready?" I asked
"Yeah!"
I flipped a coin to see who attacks first, and Sherryl got the honors. "Razor leaf!"
"Dodge!"
Mina summoned some leaves and threw them at Christa. She quickly dodged, moving to the right. Mina then tried to tackle, and Christa went in for a scratch. The two collided, sending them back. Christa then used water gun and Mina used razor leaf. The water gun connected, then I had Christa aim at some leaves to dissipate them.
A few stray leaves were able to hit Christa, damaging her a little. Mina quickly then shot leaves in 2 different directions like a boomerang. Christa then used water gun below herself to propel herself off the ground to dodge it. As she was free falling, Mina used vine whip to try and get her down and deal some damage.
"Try and spin and use water gun!" I said, taking a risk.
(What?) Christa said, then tried to do it anyway. The water gun formed a shield, making the whips unable to get close. Mina used razor leaf to try and hit Christa. They weren't able to hit, however, and Christa hit her, knocking her out.
Chapter 6
Sherryl healed Mina and she was back up and ready. "Good try, perhaps we'll do better next time." Sherryl smiled at Mina. She jumped into Sherryl's arms.
"We should get going. Mr. Pokémon's house should be nearby." Mina got on my shoulders as Mike took off. We went off to Mr. Pokémon's house.
Near nightfall, we found the house. Jake was out of his ball now, perched on Sherryl's head.
I knocked on the door. "Coming!" I heard a voice yell. The door opened to reveal an old man.
"My name's Dan, and this is Sherryl. Professor Elm told us to find you." I explained.
He smiled. "Great. I've been expecting you. Come in!" Both of us went inside the house. It was quite small, but enough to fit one person.
"Here. Have a seat." He led us to 2 sofas. After sitting down, he asked us if we wanted something to drink.
We requested water and waited as he brought them to the table.
He got them. "Mr Pokémon, what was the thing professor Elm was talking about?" Sherryl asked.
"Oh! I made a new discovery a little while back. Take a look!" He brought out two different... "Pokémon eggs? Is that it?" I asked, slightly annoyed.
"Yes! Now these aren't from Pokémon you'll see easily find here in johto." He handed us the Pokémon eggs.
"Alright then." We took the Pokémon eggs.
Mr. Pokémon offered us a place to rest for the night. We accepted and slept on the sofas.
The next morning, the two of us said our goodbyes and we were on our way.